Immortal through Beast Taming-Chapter 648 - 10: The Secret Passage

"Xingyu Sect? Never heard of it."

"I think I’ve heard about it. At its peak, it was a sect with an Immortal King overseeing it, a dao lineage of Immortal King level."

"Seems like... it’s a sect that specialized in business?"

"But it didn’t stay glorious for long. Later, it declined, with only a few stray cats and dogs."

"How did the cultivators of this sect manage to survive until now?"

Lin Jing didn’t gain any useful intelligence from the Celestial Emperor’s Tomb.

As a dominant power of the Ancient Immortal Realm... Celestial Court.

A sect that at its most glorious only had an Immortal King overseeing it and focused mainly on business, indeed seemed not needing too much attention from these Empresses of the Celestial Emperor.

However, those Empresses might dismiss it, but Lin Jing could not afford to do so.

The old man who called himself the "Sect Leader of Xingyu," might have been an Immortal Monarch at his peak.

Lin Jing planned to meet this Xingyu Sect Leader to see what exactly he was up to.

...

A few days later.

Half of the Foundation Establishment cultivators in Hua Nation had all switched to practicing "Immortal Traveling Technique." Although the practitioners who switched showed no apparent side effects, still half of the cultivators steadfastly refused to switch cultivation techniques.

They did not believe that someone would resort to a massacre just because they refused to cultivate the so-called new technique.

"The later generations of cultivators indeed have stubborn bones."

"To think there are still so many who disregard my words."

The leader of Xingyu Sect, seeing the list handed over by Hu Yousong, spoke with a displeased tone.

"Seems like without killing the chicken to scare the monkey, these people will not understand what rules mean."

"Lu Mountain Hermit... among those who refuse to cultivate, she’s the one with the highest cultivation, right."

Hu Yousong, faced with the inquiry from the Xingyu Sect Leader, dripped sweat from his forehead.

"Responding to the senior, yes, but..."

"But what."

"But this Lu Mountain Hermit once received guidance from a master, who has a profound background..."

"A master, what master, why have you never mentioned this before." The Xingyu Sect Leader looked at him.

"That master has likely already left Hua Nation, or might not even be in this world anymore, so..."

"What was the cultivation level of that person."

"Void Profound, Void Profound Realm."

"Void Profound, to cultivate to Void Profound in this era, their talent must be quite good, did they find some Grotto Heaven?" The Xingyu Sect Leader muttered to himself.

Hu Yousong wasn’t lying. He had heard from his junior that both Lin Jing and the master wouldn’t stay long on Earth.

Furthermore, having not seen Lin Jing for a long time, he presumed Lin Jing and his junior had already returned to the Cultivation Realm.

However, even if they were present, they would absolutely not be a match for this "Immortal."

"Heh, no matter her identity, since her cultivation is the highest, I’ll use her to show these people the consequences of disobedience."

The Xingyu Sect Leader sneered coldly, saying, "Where is she now?"

Oh no...

Hu Yousong hurriedly said, "Senior, why don’t you let me persuade them once more, I assure you, I will convince them..."

Bam!

Hu Yousong was directly slapped and sent flying, his spirit forcefully controlled by Mana to reveal Lu Mountain Hermit’s cultivation location.

"You are not yet in a position to give instructions."

......

Porcelain City.

It had now become a large cultivation metropolis, the concentration of Spiritual Qi here ranking among the top five within the entirety of Hua Nation, thanks in no small part to Lin Jing’s efforts.

Within and beyond this city, there was also a group of cultivators who had obtained "Immortal Traveling Technique" but had not practiced it, and as the deadline approached, it was impossible for them not to feel any tension at all inside.

However, within Hua Nation, at least over half of the Foundation Establishment cultivators had not switched, so many people nurtured a glimmer of hope.

Boom!!!

Yet a thunderous boom shattered these hopeful thoughts completely, a gigantic silver vortex appearing like the divine mark descending upon the mortal realm, and though Spiritual Qi resurgence had been ongoing for some time, most people still knew little of the power of advanced cultivators, let alone... a True Immortal’s descent.

From within the silver vortex, a divine figure slowly emerged, gazing with boundless majesty at this city of millions, linking lives in nearby cities; whether mortal or cultivator, human or demon beast, all felt the approach of death.

Some people were so scared they fainted directly.

"Lu Mountain Hermit, with Nascent Soul Cultivation, defying Immortal command, deserves death..."

On a Spirit Mountain in the outskirts, Lu Mountain Hermit looked up at the gigantic shadow in the sky, trembling, feeling her scalp tingle, despite having cultivated to Nascent Soul, still found herself so insignificant.

"Senior..."

In the face of the enormous shadow slowly raising a hand, seemingly about to wipe the entire city off the map, she could only seek aid from Lin Jing.

Because Lin Jing had then said with a smile to them:

Do not cultivate.

If the opponent dares to come, he will take action.

Though she did not know why Lin Jing had such confidence to confront an Ancient Immortal but...

No one else was left to believe in.

The entire city, hundreds of thousands of people at this moment, felt so exceedingly close to death, but at this moment, a gentle voice rang out.

"I’ve been waiting for you for a long time."

An Immortal Mirror was levitated in the air, and in the next instant, from within emerged dozens to hundreds of overlapping finger shadows, like a sacred artifact that could uphold heaven and earth, directly crushing towards the shadow in the sky.

The opponent’s background was formidable; Lin Jing did not rashly take action but instead used the Immortal Mirror and a large amount of Immortal Power resources to store countless Immortal King-level Celestial Demon Fingers to welcome the opponent.

The Celestial Demon Finger, brimming with Demonic Qi, pierced through the sky with one strike, tearing the gigantic shadow in the heavens, leaving those cultivators who regretted not practicing "Immortal Traveling Technique" with expressions of disbelief.

Puff.

The Primordial Spirit Avatar was instantly killed, and far away in the Dao Alliance, the old man spat out blood in shock, clutching his chest and writhing in agony, a sight leaving Hu Yousong beside him with an incomprehensible look.

"Impossible, Mid-grade Immortal Artifact, Immortal King’s Divine Technique, how is this possible..."

Buzz.

The next instant, Lin Jing traveled across ten thousand miles like a Celestial Demon, directly descending at the Dao Alliance, landing before this Ancient Immortal.

"Disturbing my peaceful cultivation, give me a reason not to kill you."

"What is ’Immortal Traveling Technique’, and how have you... survived until now."

The murderous aura capable of annihilating the entire Celestial Demon Realm emanated from the Slaughter Immortal Body, casting a shadow of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, causing the old man’s pupils to contract, unable to comprehend how such a figure could exist in the Ancient Immortal Realm.

No reason, it makes no sense at all, upon his awakening, he had surveyed, this Ancient Immortal Realm couldn’t possibly have such a strong individual.

"Spare my life, fellow Daoist..."

"I am the current Sect Leader of Xingyu Sect. Countless years ago, my Xingyu Sect’s Immortal King Ancestor discovered a secret path in this realm that allowed illicit travel to another Immortal Realm. My Xingyu Sect once utilized this path to trade resources between the realms, amassing wealth continuously, and ’Immortal Traveling Technique’ practitioners are the sacrificial offerings that activate the path’s array."

"Back then, with the decline of Spiritual Qi, I deemed myself unable to safely traverse between realms, so I intended to leave through this path. Who knew chaos would occur within the path, trapping me within, where I’ve slept until today; I... am willing to co-develop the path with fellow Daoist, begging fellow Daoist to spare me."