I Have A Cultivation World

Chapter 1304: Chapter 717: First Entry into the Ruins _2 Chapter 1304: Chapter 717: First Entry into the Ruins _2 And Ban Zhaodan, who had returned from his Foundation Establishment, did not seek revenge for the insults and contempt he had received over the past twenty years. He merely picked up a new sword and, after being promoted to Elder, continued to farm and practice swordsmanship on his little hill.

According to Ban Zhaodan, the reason he was able to hear the path to Foundation Establishment was because he had heard of the exploits of Chen Mobai.

Then, imitating the behavior of the person with the greatest swordsmanship talent in the Eastern Wilderness in a millennium, he farmed, trained with his sword, drank tea, and brewed wine in a separate courtyard far from Golden Cliff, living a pastoral life, comprehending the true Sword Dao that belonged to him. Ultimately, he cut away all the dust in his heart and grasped the Sword Heart that was most suitable for him.

Ban Zhaodan idolized Chen Mobai; he had received word too late when Chen Mobai last came to Golden Cliff to refine Primordial True Qi.

This time, since he had the chance, he insisted on participating.

Because of this, an internal sword competition was held at Golden Cliff, and ultimately, Ban Zhaodan outshone the other candidates and arrived at Northern Abyss City along with Ning Leshan.

In comparison, the doings at Wind Rain Hamlet were rather more typical.

They were preparing for a major battle with demonic beasts, and so the two Foundation Establishment Practitioners they sent this time, compared to the other three Veins, were ordinary figures.

On the other hand, the Qi Practitioners from each Vein were essentially all elite.

After all, there was a saying in the Eastern Wilderness, “With guidance from a Great Sage and Good Teacher, there is no confusion on the path to Foundation Establishment.”

So, when these Qi Practitioners heard the news, their reaction was even more intense than that of the Foundation Establishment Practitioners.

If not for Chen Mobai’s rule that early, middle, and late Qi Cultivation had to be equally represented, the Qi Practitioners brought by each Vein this time would have all been those in the late stages of their training.

These past few days, as Practitioners from the Five Veins kept arriving, Northern Abyss City became even more prosperous.

Chen Mobai called his eldest disciple, Liu Wenbo, over and, after meeting with the Foundation Establishment Practitioners from each Vein, he left him in charge of commanding the men below on his behalf.

Another suitable candidate was naturally Yin Qingmei.

But if she left, the progress of opening up Dark Water would be delayed. Plus, the Ruins are still an unknown realm, and this time, they were going to fight Devil Cultivators, which was somewhat dangerous. So, after consideration, he decided to have her stay behind in the Eastern Wilderness to work on infrastructure.

In the end, after making a selection within the Sect, Chen Mobai chose Mu Yuan from the large list of names that E Yun had submitted.

Once all the personnel were decided upon, Chen Mobai did not delay any longer and went straight to Wu Shangge to discuss with Ye Qing about when they would depart.

Besides them, Yu Hai and Shen Shanqing were also present. By recruiting Loose Cultivators, they had managed to assemble a formidable army of a hundred Cultivators, who would also escort Ye Qing deep into the Ruins.

Chen Mobai had no objections to this. The Ruins are perilous, and more people meant more strength.

And the lead for this expedition was Ye Qing.

The Saint Heir of Jiutian Dangmo Sect was a decisive person and directly opted to leave Northern Abyss City in three days, heading straight for the Ruins.

Chen Mobai had no objections, and before leaving, Ye Qing gave him a hundred top-grade Spirit Stones as preliminary expenses for this operation.

One could only say that it was characteristic of a Taoist Child from a Holy Land of the Eastern Earth to give away millions of Spirit Stones at a time.

Moreover, the quality of these top-grade Spirit Stones was better than those mined in the Eastern Wilderness—clear and pure as ripples on water, surely mined from a large Spirit Stone Mine.

However, Chen Mobai noticed that, when Ye Qing was taking out these Spirit Stones, his beautiful Junior Sister hesitated as if wanting to speak.

Upon returning, Chen Mobai directly gave two top-grade Spirit Stones to each Foundation Establishment Practitioner who had come from the Five Veins. This made them all incredibly nervous, stating they had yet to achieve any merits and dared not accept them.

“Set off in three days. The dangers in the Ruins are unpredictable; keep one for yourselves, and exchange the rest for low-grade Spirit Stones. Then distribute them among the Qi Practitioners so they can purchase various talismans, Spirit Rice, elixirs, and the like in Northern Abyss City, to prevent any unpreparedness.”

After Chen Mobai spoke these words, the Foundation Establishment Practitioners dared to accept the offer.

Soon, the economy of Northern Abyss City thrived with the arrival of this large army of Cultivators, and many merchants made a killing.

But the most substantial profits, of course, went to the various shops of the Wood Vein, as well as the Little Nan Mountain Shop.

The day of departure arrived quickly.

From the Five Elements Sect, there were five Flying Boats, led by their respective Foundation Establishment Practitioners, differentiated by color.

Shen Shanqing and Yu Hai used a flying boat, and although they only had a hundred people, the minimum requirement for recruitment was cultivators in the later stages of Qi Cultivation.

Chen Mobai had E Yun inquire about it and learned that as long as they departed from Northern Abyss City, they would be given a daily allowance of ten spirit stones.

Even during the most intense battles in the Eastern Wilderness, such a price could not be offered.

That was precisely why there were so many applicants.

In addition to Qi Practitioners, six Foundation Establishment Practitioners who resided in Northern Abyss City were also invited to join.

Three of them were loose cultivators and the other three were from cultivator families originating from the Eastern Wilderness. They were stationed in Northern Abyss City to look after their family’s businesses, but with such an opportunity arising, and the chance to establish relations with a Taoist Child from the Jiutian Dangmo Sect, they enthusiastically joined in.

The group quickly left the Eastern Wilderness and entered the airspace over the Ruins.

Since it bordered the Eastern Wilderness, the area had already been thoroughly explored by previous generations of cultivators.

The range a hundred miles beyond that vicinity had also been cleaned up by Zhou Shengqing last time. Chen Mobai and Ye Qing flew at the forefront, and they soon arrived at the battlefield that they had initially chosen to confront the Xuan Xiao Dao Palace.

There was a Rank-3 Lower-grade Spirit Vein here that had previously been fortified with Array Prohibitions by the Divine Wood Sect.

And they were still in effect.

The group rested here for half a day, then once again piloted the flying boat, venturing deeper into the Ruins.

Beyond that point, there were practically no absolutely safe areas.

Trouble arose as soon as they entered.

They saw the sky and earth engulfed in a sandstorm, which howled and formed ten huge tornadoes, each over ten meters tall, slithering like pythons from all directions to converge.

Wherever it passed, whether sandstone or trees, all were swept up. Judging by the direction, they were about to move towards their flying boat, as if they wanted to devour them.

“This is a natural disaster unique to the Ruins. Once sucked inside, one must endure an endless assault of wind blades. Everyone, be careful!”

The one speaking was a loose cultivator at the Foundation Establishment level named Song Qi. He often traveled between the East Barbarians and the Eastern Wilderness, reportedly mastering a safe passage. Relying on bringing people between these two regions, he conducted business and thus earned his resources for Foundation Establishment.

He was considered one of the cultivators most experienced with the Ruins in Northern Abyss City.

As he spoke, he seemed to want to demonstrate his abilities, releasing a jade sword into the air. His movements as he traced in midair were extremely elegant; afterward, talismans were integrated into the sand tornadoes in front of him, causing them to stand still as if they were made of clay.

A few breaths later, the tornadoes began to slowly disperse as if they had lost their life force.

Seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

However, at that moment, a bone spear shot out of the tornado without any warning, piercing through Song Qi’s chest.

Song Qi’s eyes bulged, blood spilling onto the yellow sands.

Until his death, he did not understand how he had been ambushed.

The remaining Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation cultivators on the flying boat saw this and promptly prepared their magic artifacts for defense.

Chen Mobai frowned slightly, as even he had not seen how the spear had shot out from within the tornado.

But his Art of Spiritual Eyes revealed that Song Qi’s heart had been penetrated, a wisp of mysterious and indefinable evil qi had infiltrated his organs, and even rushed into his Sea of Knowledge at the Purple Mansion. He wasn’t going to live much longer.

“Elder Brother, this looks like a technique of the Corpse Disassembling Devil Sect.”

At this moment, the blue-robed girl beside Ye Qing spoke.

Chen Mobai knew her as Yuan Zhen. Although she wasn’t as renowned as Ye Qing, she was still a genius who achieved Core Formation within the cycle of jiazi and was now a candidate for Saintess of the Jiutian Dangmo Sect.

Compared to Ye Qing, she fit Chen Mobai’s impression of a major sect’s disciple much better, very proud.