Eternal Life from the Golden Needle Technique

Chapter 546: Chapter 69: Chaotic Battle (2)

”Do you need any help?”

After a moment of silence,

Shen Changchuan finally spoke up.

He was also starting to understand why Nangong City had warned him and then left in such a hurry before.

’It was most likely due to the pressure from that so-called Prince Nangong!’

Shen Changchuan’s gaze deepened.

”No.”

”Thank you, Brother Shen, but I must avenge Six myself!”

Nangong City gently laid down the young man he was holding.

Then,

with slightly trembling hands, he formed a Sealing Technique and cast his Magic.

As his Magical Power surged, water materialized out of thin air and enveloped the dead youth on the ground.

The Seal and his Magical Power then shifted, and an intensely cold aura spread out, rapidly freezing the water into ice.

The young man whom Nangong City called Six was thus sealed within an ice coffin.

Nangong City took out his Storage Bag,

and placed the ice coffin inside.

After doing all this,

he looked up.

His expression was indifferent,

but deep within his slightly reddened eyes, a crazed hatred gleamed.

”Don’t worry, Six. It won’t be long before I send him down there to atone to you!”

’Since you want a fight, I’ll give you a good one!’

Rage surged within Nangong City.

It wasn’t until a long moment had passed

that he managed to suppress it.

His gaze became calm and steady again.

But compared to before,

his face had taken on a colder, sterner cast.

”Brother Shen, let’s go. They have people from the Divine Calculation Sect with them. They’ve probably broken through the outer Grand Array by now!”

”If we go now, we should still be in time for everything!”

「Meanwhile, near the Enlightenment Grotto Heaven.」

This had once been the most sacred secret land of the Xiangshan Sect, a place only its direct or Secret Disciples were qualified to enter.

First, it had suffered a world-ending palm strike from a supreme being of the Profound Pill Realm, which heavily damaged the outer Grand Array.

Then, after three hundred years of erosion by Time, with no one to perform maintenance, the Grand Array that had once withstood attacks from even the mightiest Profound Pill Realm experts had become incredibly fragile. It was a simple matter for the disciples of the Divine Calculation Sect to find a weak point and shatter it.

”Not bad. The gains from this one job are worth twenty years of my bitter Cultivation!”

At this moment,

Luo Jiuzhang, the Divine Calculation Sect disciple who was the chief contributor to breaking the Grand Array, did not rush into the Enlightenment Grotto Heaven with the others. He wasn’t interested in scrambling for potential fragments of the Enlightenment Stone, or even the lingering Dao aura it might have left behind.

Instead, he stood on a nearby hilltop, holding a tortoise shell that shimmered with faint, arcane runes up to the sky.

In the unseen world,

from beyond the horizon, something invisible and imperceptible—a profoundly mysterious essence, like Tribulation Qi or fate—was being drawn toward the tortoise shell and collected within it.

The light on the tortoise shell grew even more profound as a result.

Sensing this mysterious power within him rise,

a faint smile graced the corners of Luo Jiuzhang’s lips.

BOOM!!!

Just then,

from within the Enlightenment Grotto Heaven,

a continuous, thunderous roar echoed out. Even from a considerable distance, the violent tremors were palpable.

Evidently,

the people inside had already started fighting.

And in the sky,

more streaks of light flew over,

drawn by the fluctuations of battle.

They rushed toward the grotto.

In response to this,

Luo Jiuzhang didn’t move a muscle, nor did he seem to care. In fact, on some level, he hoped the fighting inside would become as fierce as possible.

’Fight, fight! The more fiercely you fight, the more benefits I’ll reap.’

’This conflict will be enough to push my Celestial Secret Technique to the next Realm!’

Clearly,

he was in an excellent mood.

The more intensely he instigated conflicts over resources, and the more ferocious the slaughter, the stronger the mysterious Tribulation Qi between heaven and earth would become, and the greater the benefits he could obtain.

So much so that,

a hint of regret appeared in his heart at that moment.

’What a pity.’

’The remnants of the Xiangshan Sect weren’t completely wiped out back then; some of them joined the Celestial Demon Sect. Because of that, many of the important Cultivation Resources were transferred away long before the Xiangshan Sect was destroyed.’

’Otherwise, if Heaven and Earth Treasures like the Enlightenment Stone were still here, even experts at the Divine Travel Realm and Profound Pill Realm would have been stirred into action!’

’If I could have instigated an event that embroiled the entire Southern Great Domain, I can’t even imagine how great my harvest would have been!’

Luo Jiuzhang gazed toward the Enlightenment Grotto Heaven,

a sense of regret welling up in his heart.

The Divine Calculation Sect’s method of cultivation was vastly different from the orthodox Path of Immortal Cultivation.

For them,

calamity, fortune, and other such immeasurable, mysterious forces were all powers that could be borrowed.

Furthermore,

when performing divinations, they could use the Techniques of the Divine Calculation Sect to substitute Tribulation Qi for their own lifespan, thus avoiding the karmic backlash that typically befalls those who leak the secrets of heaven.

Therefore,

as far as they were concerned,

the more chaotic the Immortal Cultivation Realm, the better.

And in a situation like this,

where he had personally instigated a major event like the opening of the Xiangshan Sect Gate Ruins and triggered a slaughter, the benefits he stood to gain were immense!

Of course,

this didn’t mean that disciples of the Divine Calculation Sect could just stir up such conflicts and slaughters whenever they pleased.

The prerequisite for doing these things was to have a legitimate reason and to follow the greater trend of events, at most giving a small push at a critical moment, all while avoiding karmic entanglement as much as possible.

Mastering this balance was as difficult as walking a tightrope.

Otherwise, under the karmic backlash, the Divine Calculation Sect would have long since become reviled pariahs, scorned by all for stirring up trouble.

’Forget it. As the saying goes, a loss may be a blessing in disguise.’

’With my current strength, if I were truly faced with a grand scene involving experts from the Divine Travel Realm or even Profound Pill Realm Zhenren, I’m afraid I would be out of my depth. It’s not something I could control at my current level.’

’This current conflict, although a bit small in scale, is perfectly suited for me to digest.’

’The next great trend will be the joint tournament between the major domains, followed by the impending war against the Celestial Demon Sect. Whether I can soar to the heavens in a single step will depend on those two events...’

Just as Luo Jiuzhang was contemplating and scheming about the future,

suddenly,

”Hm?”

He felt a stir in his heart.

He looked up

and saw two streaks of light flash across the sky,

disappearing in the direction of the Enlightenment Grotto Heaven within a few breaths’ time.

Luo Jiuzhang’s brows furrowed slightly.

Just now,

’Was that a sudden premonition?’

’But,’

’why did that feeling seem... strange?’

’Is it just my imagination?’

Luo Jiuzhang tried his best to recall the feeling,

but he couldn’t put his finger on it.

Finally, he shook his head and gave up trying to figure it out.

What he didn’t know was that,

of the two figures who had just streaked through the sky above him, one had turned back to glance at him.

”What is it, Brother Shen?”

”That person just now was a little strange. Who is he?”

”He’s that disciple from the Divine Calculation Sect, Luo Jiuzhang.”

”Is there a problem with him?”

”No... I just got a strange feeling.”

Shen Changchuan shook his head and didn’t pay it any more mind.