Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Chapter 296: Chapter 296: First Encounter with the Thousand Demon Cave_1

Under the gaze of everyone,

Tang Yuan quickly grasped the situation, then led the Great Qian group across the sky, heading north.

Only a street full of cultivators with varying expressions remained.

In an instant, everyone busied themselves.

“According to the rules, we must wait at least half a day after the people of Great Qian have left before we can follow,”

Xu Wanyun adjusted her emotions, holding the possibly outdated information she had, as she explained to Shen Yi, “What follows is the time for cultivators to exchange treasures and make final preparations… The main goal of the Immortal Sect and Great Qian is the Year Wood fruits. With them attracting the attention of the demons, it’s the best chance to profit from the chaos.”

“Let’s follow,”

Shen Yi waited for a moment, then summoned his Dao Infant, with currents of Year Wood essence flowing around his body.

Immediately after, he followed suit.

Those Primordial Grandmasters are meant to be exchanged for Incense Willpower; unless necessary, it’s best not to lose them prematurely.

“Eh! But that’s Great Qian’s rule,”

Xu Wanyun said somewhat helplessly; the supreme power has already been tolerant enough to permit other cultivators to follow behind and glean some benefits.

Shen Yi’s actions weren’t seemingly fearful of offending Great Qian.

Moreover… The plan was to let the people of Great Qian face the potential traps first. By following so closely, in case Tang Yuan and the others were ambushed, there might be a risk of being entangled in it themselves.@@novelbin@@

“Auntie, quickly,”

A’Qing urged a few times, believing that Brother Shen had his own plan.

“Too lazy to argue with you,”

Xu Wanyun rolled her eyes at her and casually summoned a wooden boat.

The three of them quickly left the range of the Demon-suppressing City.

Still within sight were the green mountains and clear waters.

Shen Yi moved through the air at an unhurried pace, bolstered by his Golden Eagle Divine Ability, ensuring he wouldn’t lose track of the others.

However, he was somewhat puzzled.

Looking ahead, where was any indication of a demon lair?

“We’re approaching the Teleportation Array now,”

Xu Wanyun caught up and said softly, “Doesn’t it seem absurd? A group of demons live better than Wutong Mountain, and to visit their territory, we have to use such methods, as if visiting an Immortal Sect.”

“If that is the case, why don’t the demons just shut down the array?”

Shen Yi was slightly confused.

If the Thousand Demon Cave is really as lavish as implied, how could they tolerate cultivators freely coming and going in their domain?

“You don’t know about this,”

Xu Wanyun raised an eyebrow, whispering, “According to the records of our family ‘wen,’ the entire defense Formation of the Thousand Demon Cave is controlled by Wutong Mountain.”

“Isn’t that strange!”

She clicked her tongue in wonder, “Even according to the elders in my family, the position of Wutong Mountain in relation to the location of the Thousand Demon Cave, following the habits of our array construction, strangely resembles that of an outer gate and an inner gate.”

“As for Great Qian, it’s like the commoners who gather at the foot of a power’s mountain…”

“This whole area, it’s like a vast Immortal Sect!”

Upon hearing this, A’Qing sighed, “Auntie is just spouting the wild guesses of our elders, with no evidence whatsoever. How could there be such a vast Formation in this world?”

Clearly, to someone like her who formally studied formations, her aunt was the type who believed rumors too readily, exaggerating at the slightest hint of information.

“Immortal Sect…”

Shen Yi suddenly recalled the words of his senior brother Zhu.

What Xu Wanyun had said may not be entirely fiction.

Could it be that the Thousand Demon Cave was originally part of Wutong Mountain, but the cultivators were driven out by demons?

But that’s not right either.

If they had the strength to forcefully take over the land while resisting the Formation, the disparity in power would not be ordinary at all; why wouldn’t the demons eradicate the root of the problem and continue to let the Immortal Sect and Great Qian oppose them?

…

Almost at the same time.

Tang Yuan had already arrived at an incredibly majestic archway.

The white jade columns of the archway were covered in cracks, as if weathered by endless years. The carved dragons and phoenixes had long since been damaged beyond repair, with only large holes remaining where their eyes should have been, as though the eyeballs had been gouged out, lifeless and desolate.

At the very top, where a signboard should have been placed, was now empty.

The group had been here many times before.

The initial shock had long since faded.

Tang Yuan stepped toward the archway, casually glancing back as he did so.

“Loose cultivators nowadays are braver than we were back in the day,” he said with a light chuckle and shake of his head.

“Resources are scarce, there is no way forward.”

The cultivators of Great Qian resonated with this sentiment as they looked back. Outside this archway, Primordial was the limit.

To continue advancing in their cultivation, entering the Thousand Demon Cave was the only option.

As long as one could break in and then walk out alive, in a few hundred years, perhaps a new prestigious power would emerge.

For example, the Thirteen Forms of Golden Body of Great Qian were all found within.

And such precious items were merely part of the collections stored together with miscellaneous books in the cultivators’ cavern abodes.

Taking risks for one’s own future path was not sad.

What was truly sad was that they were working for others and enduring all kinds of humiliation.

Fortunately, with Senior Tang leading this time, there was no need to deal with that riffraff from the Mysterious Light Cave.

“Is everyone ready?”

Tang Yuan asked, as he arrived under the archway.

“We can only resign ourselves to fate,” the group replied with bitter smiles.

“…” Tang Yuan withdrew his gaze and said no more.

This group of Grandmasters from Great Qian clearly had lost their spirit, which also indirectly proved that the mighty power occupying the land of Jiuzhou had no more chance of rising again.

It was slightly regrettable, but it had nothing to do with him.

With that thought, he stepped into the archway.

His figure rippled like water and disappeared from the spot.

After everyone had vanished.

Soon, Shen Yi, along with two women, also descended from the sky and similarly strode through it.

Different from the nausea he experienced the last time he entered a cavern abode.

Shen Yi did not even have time to react when a whole new world appeared before his eyes.

The Reception Hall, large as a hill, had collapsed halfway, covered by dense weeds. The ruins of the great hall looked as if they had been ransacked countless times, appearing even more desolate and lonely at a glance.

“Such abundant breath of heaven and earth,” Xu Wanyun said unconsciously with wide eyes, but someone tugged at her sleeve.

She turned to look and saw Shen Yi, who, unnoticed, had donned a black cloak with a Breath Concealing Array Plate in hand. Even A’Qing, who reminded her, had her aura well concealed.

Xu Wanyun immediately caught on and followed suit.

“They must have news of a cavern abode’s opening. We can take the opportunity to search the Thousand Demon Cave for something else… Geez, a land of countless mountains and caves, it’s actually real!”

Shen Yi looked past the Reception Hall at the endless verdant mountains.

He slowly shook his head, “Keep up with them.”

“Huh?” Xu Wanyun was utterly astounded. Weren’t they here to search for the Spiritual Root?

“Big Brother Shen only wants the best items.”

A’Qing understood Shen Yi better. Rather than scouring the wilds for remnants that had been searched countless times by many cultivators, it would definitely be more efficient to go directly for the items everyone was vying for.

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