Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 266 - 272: Dispute

Li Zhirui opened up his vast divine sense fully, which was likely more powerful than that of cultivators of the same realm due to his transmigration.

Furthermore, as he never gave up practicing the ”Visualization Skill of the Divine Turtle Calming the Sea,” Li Zhiruiʼs spiritual soul strength was now estimated to be nearly on par with someone at the Golden Core Late Stage.

The stronger the spiritual soul, the stronger the divine sense, and now that he had fully extended his divine sense, he almost covered one-fifth of the Hundred Zang Spirit Mountain.

It didnʼt take long for Li Zhirui to spot a tall building with the sign ”Scripture Pavilion” hanging on its facade.

As he flew over to take a closer look, he saw that the Scripture Pavilion looked as if it had just gone through a major battle. Although it hadnʼt collapsed, its precarious state made Li Zhirui wonder if it would immediately fall apart if a strong wind blew through.

Only after casting his defensive spell did he take his first step towards the Scripture Pavilion, encountering no traps as one might find in storybooks—everything seemed exceptionally ordinary and plain.

Soon, Li Zhirui stopped at the entrance, then threw a vine inside and controlled it to spread and explore the interior, trying to sense any danger.

What he didnʼt know was that the Huo Family, upon seeing a specific life token shatter—before going into battle, they placed a special life token on one of their clansmen who would accompany them to the battlefield without participating in the fight.

This personʼs role was to convey messages to the Huo Family; if he died, the Huo Family had to abandon their clan lands without hesitation and flee the Wind Corruption Prefecture with all their people.

Other forces had similar arrangements, as this was the fastest way to send messages. As for the life of a clansman? In their eyes, it was insignificant.

Despite being prepared, the moment the special life token shattered, the demon cultivators of the Huo Family still fell into deep panic, and their retreat became chaotic and disorderly.

As for why the Scripture Pavilion was so deteriorated, it was because some members of the Huo Family had eagerly looted it while others were preoccupied, and in the process, they fought over a Jade Slip, leading to the damage.

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”Is there really no danger?”

Having used the vine to explore every corner of the Scripture Pavilion without triggering any formations or mechanisms, Li Zhirui finally walked in with ease.

His eyes fell upon the scattered Jade Slips everywhere. He casually pulled one into his hand and, after probing it with his divine sense, found it to simply be a basic Spirit Pill Prescription.

He picked up a few more Jade Slips and realized their contents were quite similar, all basic skills of little note, and all skills he had already learned.

”Could the more precious methods be on the second floor, or in a hidden room?” Li Zhirui pondered as he began to ascend to the second level.

There were indeed several Jade Slips on the second floor, but the collection was meager, and they looked as though they had been carelessly thrown on the floor.

”Hmm, it seems the more valuable methods have all been taken by the Huo Family,” Li Zhirui thought with slight regret. But still hopeful, he used his divine sense to probe further.

Reality, however, did not offer any surprises, as the contents of these Jade Slips were merely common second-tier Demonic Tao spells.

”Could it really be that Iʼve found nothing at all?” Despite sweeping his divine sense around multiple times, he found no secret chambers or compartments, only able to sigh in resignation as he turned to leave the Scripture Pavilion.

The Jade Slips inside were all Demonic Tao spells, which the Li family certainly could not practice, so Li Zhirui naturally couldnʼt be bothered to collect them.

Just as he was about to join up with his family, he suddenly heard a loud battle erupt. His mind tensed, and he quickly rushed toward the noise.

Moments later, Li Zhirui saw Li Shiqing being attacked by two Golden Core cultivators. If not for Da Qingʼs defensive efforts, Li Shiqing would have been injured long ago.

”No good!”

”How come there is another Golden Core cultivator?!”

At the moment Li Zhirui appeared, those two men noticed his presence, their expressions slightly changed, and they immediately retreated backwards, warily watching Li Zhirui.

”Uncle, whatʼs going on?” Li Zhirui asked, struggling to restrain his anger.

”We were originally searching for Spiritual Objects in the mountains, but they suddenly descended from the sky, wanting to snatch the third-order Vitality Fruit Tree we spotted. Second Uncle naturally didnʼt want to give in, so a fight broke out,” Li Shiren explained.

Vitality Fruit Tree? Li Zhirui thought for a moment and quickly understood the effects of this Spirit Tree.

This is a relatively rare Spirit Fruit Tree, whose fruits contain very rich Spiritual Energy, which can be directly assimilated or used as the main ingredient in concocting Vitality Pills.

No wonder these two Golden Core cultivators were tempted and wanted to claim it for themselves.

However, they encountered the Li family, who were stronger!

”Gentlemen, instead of getting entangled with us here, why not take the opportunity now while it is still early to find another Spirit Land?” Li Zhirui said, his pitch-black pupils looking at the two men with an indifferent expression.

He really didnʼt want to engage in conflict again if possible, even though he had never seen these two men before and they might be Golden Core cultivators from Green Mountain State, they had, after all, recently united against Demon Cultivators.

”Humph!” one of the men snorted coldly in reply, ”Do you really think that just the two of you can take us down?”

”In that case, donʼt blame me for being ruthless!”

Good words failed to persuade the determined, as Li Zhirui saw they still refused to leave, and a cold murderous intent flashed through his eyes.

At the tips of his fingers, a myriad of Spirit Lights shot out, intertwining with each other, and the blue-green hues seemed to occupy the entire expanse of heaven and earth, as countless light swords emitting bone-chilling Sword Qi shot towards the two men endlessly.

When the assault hit their Defensive Spiritual Light, the severe fluctuations drastically changed the menʼs complexions as they realized the strength of the opponentʼs attack.

With Da Qing by his side, Li Zhirui had no need to worry about his own safety. Mana poured out wildly, creating a lifelike giant dragon, not just in appearance but also with the imposing pressure of the Dragon Tribe!

Roar!

The giant dragon roared, and in an instant, wind, cloud, thunder, and lightning all converged together, the thunderbolts seeming to have eyes of their own, constantly locking on the two Golden Core cultivators, preventing them from dodging no matter how hard they tried.

Half an hour later, the two menʼs protective Spirit Light had dimmed significantly, and their complexions looked extremely poor.

”Fine, fine, fine, consider yourselves formidable. Next time we meet, weʼll surely have another lesson!” It was still that man, who after dropping a menacing remark, fled towards the distance in a wretched state.

Li Zhirui didnʼt take their words to heart, nor did he pursue them. Right now, the most important thing was to seize the Spiritual Objects on this Spirit Mountain.

”Zhirui, did you gain anything from this trip?”

Li Zhirui sighed helplessly and said, ”The Huo Family must have been prepared. The Methods left in the Scripture Pavilion are too low-level, and moreover, they are Demonic Tao Methods, of no benefit to our clan.”