Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 344 - 350: Rushing About (A few hundred words short, can subscribe later)

Not a single one! But now with you all joining, thereʼs no need to trick people with empty promises anymore.

Harsh truths are hard to hear, so Li Zhirui naturally wouldnʼt speak candidly. He smiled mysteriously and said, ”Fellow Daoists can rest assured, our team is quite strong, and as long as there are no accidents, we should be able to leave Myriad Thunder State safely.”

A trace of joy appeared on the faces of the few, who then asked somewhat sheepishly, ”May we know when you plan to depart?”

The situation in Myriad Thunder State is changing by the day, now itʼs Shen Leishan gaining the upper hand, seemingly about to wipe out the evil cultivators in one fell swoop, and the next moment itʼs the evil cultivators laughing wildly, unbearably arrogant.

”We can leave today,” Li Zhirui said. ”You can also invite more fellows to join. That way, when we leave, even if we encounter evil cultivators, we will have the strength to resist.”

”Maybe we can even kill those evil cultivators.”

Li Zhirui looked at the cultivator who had spoken these words with some surprise; he didnʼt expect someone so young to harbor such deep resentment.

”Youʼre right,” he agreed, ”weʼll strive to invite more cultivators. If we encounter any evil cultivators who donʼt know better, weʼll send them off this world quickly!”

Afterward, Li Zhirui quickly left, changed his appearance, and started to invite more Loose Cultivators.

The initial group of Loose Cultivators also began to invite others wishing to leave the small Marketplace, and their numbers swiftly grew.

After settling the matters here, Li Zhirui left, and he didnʼt just leave the small Marketplace—he left it directly.

He had already given out the method; if those Loose Cultivators are still too foolish to grasp the essence of it, then Li Zhirui considered it his bad luck and decided to no longer meddle in these affairs.

Then, without a momentʼs rest, Li Zhirui continued to another Marketplace to start coaxing more Loose Cultivators.

The reason he didnʼt return was that, when he left, he had Da Qing stay behind in Guangqing State. With him helping to guard, Li Zhirui wasnʼt too worried about the situation there.

As for the matter being exposed? So what, now in the family besides Li Shiqing and Li Shilian, who can punish him? Who would dare to punish him?

It was from this day onward that Li Zhirui began his relentless journey, visiting different Marketplaces every day to persuade Loose Cultivators to band together and leave Myriad Thunder State.

Once they left, they were unlikely to return, after all, as Loose Cultivators, they had no real foundation in Myriad Thunder State. Why would they go through the trouble to come back?

About ten days later, Li Zhirui returned to the first Marketplace he had visited for this operation and was pleasantly surprised to find even fewer cultivators!

”Fellow Daoist, why has the number of people in the Marketplace decreased so much?” Li Zhirui used a charm spell very naturally and commanded, ”Tell the truth!”

”A few days ago, I saw a group of over twenty cultivators leaving the Marketplace in broad daylight. It has been since that day that the number of cultivators in the Marketplace has been decreasing.”

Li Zhirui was very pleased to hear this; although only over two hundred people left this small Marketplace, when combined with the other Marketplaces and the resulting impact, the number was definitely significant!

”Then why didnʼt you leave?”

”I previously believed that Shen Leishan would definitely resolve the evil cultivator issue, so I kept holding on...”

Li Zhirui raised an eyebrow. When it came to Shen Leishan, he was truly curious about what was going on there, as they had been defeated by the evil cultivators several times in a row, leading to the death of many disciples.

However, information on Shen Leishan was not so easily obtained, especially during this chaotic period, so Li Zhirui couldnʼt find any answers at all.

Just as he was ready to get up and leave, he suddenly caught a whiff of an unusual scent, a smell thick with the stench of blood!

”Have the evil cultivators set their sights on this marketplace?” Li Zhirui frowned. He had no desire to encounter them and was about to leave when he thought this might be a good opportunity to observe the evil cultivators up close, so he found a hidden corner with a blooming red flower.

With swift movements of his hands, Li Zhirui cast spells in succession and, before long, he completely vanished from sight.

He had only recently obtained the Wood Concealing Art, and his casting speed was still somewhat slow. Fortunately, he wasnʼt in combat, or the sudden disappearance might make someone suspect the red flower.

”Kill!”

Soon, cries of killing echoed in Li Zhiruiʼs ears, followed by the clashing of spells and magic artifacts, the agonizing wails of pain, and the devout prayers.

However, what puzzled him was that the strength of these evil cultivators wasnʼt very formidable; against cultivators of the same realm, most would have the upper hand, not to mention those from Shen Leishan who specialized in the Thunder Method.

The reason they could suppress the cultivators in the marketplace was twofold: firstly because they were numerous, secondly, their morale was high, whereas the cultivators were despondent. The last, and most critical reason, was that they held the geographical advantage!

Outside the marketplace, a blood-colored Great Array had covered the area at some unknown time.

”How did Shen Leishan lose? Or rather, did Shen Leishan truly lose? Could they have another purpose?” Li Zhirui was suddenly flooded with a myriad of thoughts, yet without more information, he couldnʼt confirm anything.

Li Zhirui suddenly felt that his travels these past days were like a joke, his elaborate plans merely innocuous jests in the face of his adversaries.

ʼI must never be so arrogant and self-assured again!ʼ Li Zhirui warned himself internally, and in such circumstances, his mindset, which hadnʼt progressed in quite some time, finally took a step forward!

Almost at the same moment, he sensed the bottleneck that constrained his cultivation loosen.

And this meant he could attempt to break through to the Golden Core Late Stage!

As for when he might successfully break through, that was uncertain—it might be a year or even several decades.

But no matter what, Li Zhirui no longer needed to worry about his cultivation stagnating.

ʼI didnʼt expect such an unforeseen gain.ʼ

As he was internally tumultuous, he inadvertently let out a trace of his aura, which happened to be detected by Fengsui, an evil cultivator Golden Core leading the team harvesting flesh and blood.

”Whoʼs there!” Fengsui bellowed, and from his hand flew a dark red light toward the direction where Li Zhirui was hidden.

”A bit of bad luck,” murmured Li Zhirui in a low voice as a blue water screen effortlessly blocked the incoming attack.

To conceal his identity, he opted not to use his more adept Wood-attribute Skill, instead utilizing the more auxiliary Water-based spell.

”Who are you? Sneaking around over there, what is your purpose!” Fengsui demanded fiercely but with inner trepidation.

He felt a tremendous pressure emanating from Li Zhirui, yet, emboldened by having the Tri-Yuan Blood Fiend Great Formation on his side, he did not consider himself outmatched.