Simplification System: From Perfect Arrow Skill to Immortal

Chapter 178: Chapter 130: Geniuses Gather! The Void Hall Opens! The Hatred of Xuan Gu!

Lin Chang’sheng, Wang Gang, and Li Tianyun chatted casually as they sped along.

”Daoist Wang, Daoist Li, after hearing you two talk, I really admire that Lin Chang’sheng. But you know, Lin Chang’sheng killed a Golden Core from the Corpse King Sect, and now the Corpse King Sect’s Golden Core Peak is hunting him down. I fear his situation is dire.”

Lin Chang’sheng’s eyes flickered as he asked.

”That I don’t know. But Elder Lin was able to seize Heaven and Earth Qi and Jade Spirit Marrow. I believe he won’t be captured so easily!”

Wang Gang said in a deep voice.

”Yeah, you’re probably right.”

Lin Chang’sheng nodded.

Right now, he had used the Bone Transformation Technique and become Yu Xiaochang. With Ghost Dao Tracking gone, no one should recognize him.

The three continued on their journey.

A month later.

Lin Chang’sheng saw an endless stretch of green prairie ahead, and a hundred feet up in the sky above that prairie, there appeared an ancient, faintly black Great Hall, radiating a long-lost, ancient aura.

The hall had three stories, about ten miles wide, floating in the sky, surrounded by immortal mist, looking just like a palace of the immortals.

There were three semicircular gates across the hall, from left to right: Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, and Nascent Soul, each for their respective stages.

Each gate was ten zhang high, nearly four or five zhang wide, and it looked as if white light was shooting out from within, mysterious and unfathomable.

On the Foundation Establishment gate, there was a symbol of a meditating person.

On the Golden Core gate, there was the symbol of a Golden Core.

On the Nascent Soul gate, there was a symbol of a tiny person.

At this time.

The Void Hall had not yet reached its opening hour.

On that vast prairie, tens of thousands of cultivators waited in anticipation: Nascent Soul stage, Golden Core stage, Foundation Establishment stage!

The largest group was Foundation Establishment cultivators. Some were floating in the air, while others were seated on the prairie, quietly meditating as they waited.

Even though the Southern Domain Cultivation Realm and Demon Evil Sea, as well as the Beimu Immortal Race, had their own grudges, everyone suppressed their hatred for now, waiting for the battle that would erupt once the Void Hall opened!

”I just hope that this time I can find a Core Formation treasure in the Void Hall and become a Golden Core cultivator!”

”Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... The Foundation Establishment area has the most people. Even if fortunes are everywhere in there, the competition will be intense!”

”Then what? The path of cultivation is about defying the heavens. If you don’t fight for it, you stay where you are—how will you ever improve?”

”This time’s Void Hall struggle is bound to be ferocious! I see Southern Domain’s Foundation Establishment prodigies: Stone Hao of the Golden Talisman Immortal Sect, Consort Ling of the Yanyue Immortal Sect, Zhuo Yijian of the Celestial Sword Immortal Sect, Xin Yun’Er of the Liuyun Immortal Sect, Zhang Aoxue of the Yin Yang Dao Sect, Loose Cultivator Tu Yunfei, Mu Yunfeng—they’re all here!”

”And not just them—Demon Evil Sea’s Yin Yang Hall’s Bu Tianzhi, Celestial Ghost Sect’s Xuan Gu, Taiyin Island’s Jian Kefa, Corpse King Sect’s Nie Xiangyuan, Celestial Demon Sect’s Wan Wushuang, Beimu Immortal Race’s Beimu Saintess, Mu Huang’s Saint Heir, the Little Divine Master—all here! This Foundation Establishment struggle might be... unprecedented!”

”Huh? Anyone know if the so-called ’Crazy Cultivator’ who slew a Golden Core—Lin Chang’sheng—came?”

”I doubt Lin Chang’sheng will show. He’s already refined eight streams of Heaven and Earth Qi, and grabbed quite a bit of Jade Spirit Marrow. His chance for Core Formation is so much higher. Plus, the Corpse King Sect’s Golden Core Peak Lu Yunchang is waiting here for him!”

”Hard to say! I heard Daoist Lin’s Disguise Technique is magical—almost no one’s seen his real face!”

”......”

Lin Chang’sheng stood among the crowd with Wang Gang and Li Tianyun; all kinds of whispers floated into his ears.

”With the Void Hall about to open, so many Foundation Establishment prodigies from both the Righteous and Evil Dao and the Beimu Immortal Race are here. It’s going to be an intense struggle. I’d better be careful, take every step cautiously, and get some treasures to increase my Core Formation odds!”

Listening to the chatter around him, Lin Chang’sheng grew wary inside.

Even though his flesh and divine sense were comparable to a middle-stage Golden Core, and he even had an early-stage Golden Corpse, he didn’t dare get careless.

The path of cultivation is to proceed step by step, solidly and cautiously.

One misstep, and you’re dead.

Now, Wang Gang and Li Tianyun picked a slope of grass, took out a pillow and began meditating as they waited for the Void Hall to open. Lin Chang’sheng took out a chair from his storage bag, sat down, and cultivated as well.

......

Just then.

Twenty miles from Void Hall.

On a grassy hillside.

”I wonder if Brother Lin is here too?”

”Corpse King Sect’s Golden Core Peak Lu Yunchang is scanning the area; he still hasn’t found Brother Lin!”

A slender girl in a purple dress with stunning beauty looked out over the many thousands of cultivators, her pretty face full of worry and anticipation.

Gao Ziyue naturally hoped Lin Chang’sheng could evade the Corpse King Sect’s Golden Core Peak’s pursuit.

Right now, after her master’s devoted cultivation, Gao Ziyue had reached Foundation Establishment Fifth Layer.

”Ziyue, once we’re in the Void Hall, I won’t be nearby to look after you. You must put safety first. Your five Foundation Establishment Peak senior sisters will always be at your side, protecting you!”

Ji Ruyan gazed at Gao Ziyue, filled with concern, and repeatedly reminded her.

Gao Ziyue was her pride and joy.

Almost all the best elixir resources and spiritual artifacts—this time, she’d even given her a bunch of talismans, spiritual artifacts, and Talisman Treasures. She hoped Ziyue could grow even faster.

”Thank you, Master. Your disciple understands.”

Gao Ziyue bowed in acknowledgment.

Beside Gao Ziyue, Li Jiantang watched Zhao Fuhu intently, also reminding him again and again: ”Ah Hu, you’re my best disciple. Once inside, focus only on your training. Safety first, and don’t get separated from your senior brothers! Got it?”

”Master, your disciple understands!”

Zhao Fuhu nodded.

”The Void Hall is full of opportunity, but this time, there must be no less than twenty thousand cultivators, and more are arriving every moment!”

”You must be extremely careful!”

Zhuge Buping, dressed in a Profound Robe, stood next to Zhao Fuhu, his gaze deep and thoughtful as he pondered.

He knew.

From an ordinary martial arts disciple to where he was today had not come easily.

No matter what—it had become his habit to go over everything carefully in his mind, making sure nothing was missed before acting.

He always believed: only if you survive, can you keep walking the Dao of cultivation!

........

Further away.

On a grassy hill, nearly a hundred female cultivators dressed in moon-white immortal robes—each hem embroidered with a cloud-shrouded moon—gathered together, reminding each other to stay cautious.

”I wonder if she... came too?”

Among them, a stunning woman in white immortal robes scanned the crowd, as if searching for someone.

This cultivator was Yu Lingfei of Yanyue Immortal Sect.

This time, she had come with her sect, seeking her own Golden Core fortune!

......

To the right of Void Hall, fifteen miles away.

”Lin Chang’sheng, you bastard!”

”I know you’re here! Just don’t let me find you!”

A tall, beautiful lady in purple dress gritted her teeth as she stared out at the masses of cultivators. She was seething with hatred.

Wan Wushuang remembered the rotten hand she’d encountered in that brothel; she couldn’t let it go.

She wished she could chop that hand off!

.......

Void Hall.

Thirty miles away.

A middle-aged man dressed in black robes, with a coffin emblem on his hem, sat cross-legged with over a hundred cultivators around him.

Some were Golden Core, others Foundation Establishment—all were from the Corpse King Sect.

”Lin Chang’sheng, you can’t escape!”

Lu Yunchang’s gaze swept over the densely packed cultivators, his expression clouded and cold.

He couldn’t believe a dignified Golden Core Peak, chasing a mere Foundation Establishment Third Layer little worm, had still let him slip away—his pride was crushed.

He resolved to capture Lin Chang’sheng, torture him alive, cut him to pieces, use his soul to light the Sky Lantern, and finally refine him into a Corpse Puppet!

......

Among the crowd of cultivators.

A middle-aged man with a short mustache kept tightening his belt and scanning the area, his eyes roving across the cultivators.

If you watched closely, you’d notice he was looking mostly at pairs of Dao companions, his gaze lingering especially on the married women.

”I wonder if Lin Chang’sheng showed up here?”

”These days, that kid’s practically famous!”

Cao De glanced back from a married woman, muttering to himself.

.......

”Father! Big Brother! Don’t worry! One day I’ll catch the killer who took your lives—and rip him to pieces!”

Twenty miles outside Void Hall, Xuan Gu, dressed in black, had a dark look on his face.

When he learned that his father’s Soul Token had shattered, he could hardly believe it.

The truth was right in front of him. He had to accept that, and knew full well he wasn’t a match for the killer yet. He must enter the Void Hall, search for fortunes, and grow stronger!

........

Time slipped by.

On the third day, under the watchful eyes of every cultivator, Void Hall in the sky trembled, ripples sweeping out as the void warped and twisted!

In the next instant—

The three semicircular gates on Void Hall shone even brighter, bursting with ten thousand rays!

”Void Hall’s opening!”

”We can go in now!”

”Quick, quick, quick—the Void Hall only stays open for one Hour! When that’s up, it closes again. If you want to go in, wait till next time!”

”........”

The Void Hall blazed with white light, and tens of thousands of cultivators surged forward like fish heading upstream, flying toward the three gates!

Foundation Establishment stage entered the Foundation Establishment Gate.

Golden Core stage entered the Golden Core Gate.

Nascent Soul stage entered the Nascent Soul Gate!

”It’s finally opening!”

Lin Chang’sheng picked up a low-grade spiritual artifact, mounted it, and joined the cultivators flying for the Foundation Establishment Gate!

......

Just at that moment, as the Southern Realm, Demon Evil Sea, and Beimu’s cultivators streamed into the Void Hall—

Deep beneath the Cultivation Realm, tens of thousands of zhang below the earth, lay a vast, ancient Great Hall, dense with a heavy atmosphere.

The hall was supported by 108 massive pillars.

On those pillars were carvings of mountains, rivers, sun and moon, stars!

And in the center, on a Cold Ice White Jade Platform, was a giant crystal coffin, three zhang long and shining like jade.

Inside it lay a cultured-looking middle-aged man, who slowly opened his eyes, shock flashing across his face. ”Hmm? This is the Heaven-Reaching Immortal Treasure, the Void Hall, number 999 on the Celestial Immortal List of the Immortal Realm? How did it end up in the Immortal Relic Land?”

”Could it be...?”