Be the Hardest Working Demon Cultivator!

Chapter 376: 217. A True Immortal Descends, Inviting Demon Lord Tan to Enter Tribulation_2

Could they really have such great influence?

Although Ning Shuqi and Jun Zimo were both very confident, they were not confident to this extent.

So, these two once again set aside their prejudices.

“Ning fellow cultivator.”

“Jun fellow cultivator.”

Jun Zimo and Ning Shuqi greeted each other, as if they were still at the Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain.

“I wonder what your thoughts are on this matter?” Jun Zimo asked first, not beating around the bush but getting straight to the point.

Because hiding was meaningless.

“Jun fellow cultivator, don’t you already have an answer in your mind? After all, before we had even reached the Land of the Four Pillars, we had seen similar scenes; that fellow cultivator Long Zhangyuan, I have not forgotten,” said Ning Shuqi.

As he spoke these words, Ning Shuqi’s face grew somber.

But this gloominess was not directed at Jun Zimo, as Jun Zimo’s expression was no better.

He understood the meaning behind Ning Shuqi’s words.

At that time, Zhang Yuan had everything going smoothly for him, yet everything related to him had already been arranged by the mountain of sword disciples long before.

Zhang Yuan was like a puppet manipulated by strings in a puppet show.

Now, they, too, resembled the puppets in a puppet play!

“Perhaps our ascension was orchestrated for this very arrangement?” Jun Zimo said bitterly. It was a blow to his usual pride, a blow that had been delivered when Tan Shuchang had achieved the state of everlasting life.

And now, this discovery undoubtedly made Jun Zimo feel miserable, filled with a sense of irony.

“Both of us could be so arranged, so … what about Tan Shuchang?” Jun Zimo suddenly said.

“Jun fellow cultivator, are you suggesting that Demon Lord Tan might not have ascended at all?” Ning Shuqi asked.

Jun Zimo nodded. @@novelbin@@

He had once mentioned this to the Fairy Wan Chen, that Tan Shuchang had not yet ascended. But actually, it was only his speculation, for during his time cultivating in the Immortal Sect of the Book Mountain, he learned of two ways to ascend.

One way was to achieve the three certifications of ascension, which completed the journey, and the Land of the Four Pillars would actively accept the other. Another way was like theirs, where being chosen led them to ascend to the Land of the Four Pillars.

Before ascending, the column of light marking Tan Shuchang’s departure had been earth-shattering, but regarding whether Tan Shuchang had truly ascended, Jun Zimo harbored doubts.

Because the phenomenon of Tan Shuchang’s ascension differed entirely from the records left by the ancestors at Guan He Xi Tuo Mountain.

And at that time, Tan Shuchang had only just achieved the realm of one certification for everlasting life.

Thus, Jun Zimo believed that Tan Shuchang had not truly ascended at that time, and it was highly likely that he had used this as a cover for himself. Although Jun Zimo couldn’t find a reasonable explanation for why Tan Shuchang would do so in his speculation, Jun Zimo wouldn’t trust the behavior of a demon cultivator.

Though, to be fair, not all demon cultivators are unscrupulous, but why would an honorable person become a demon cultivator?

“At that time, Tan Shuchang was merely a stepping stone set up in the mountain of sword disciples for Zhang Yuan to gain fame, but in the end, he turned the tables. I wonder if we could emulate him?” Jun Zimo said, revealing his reason for suddenly mentioning Tan Shuchang.

“Tan Shuchang broke the three hundred-year-old constraints of heaven and earth in just four years, achieving one certification for everlasting life. If you and I could become immortals within four years, perhaps, we could overturn the situation just as he did …” Ning Shuqi said, his tone becoming deep and thoughtful.

“…” In his astonishment, Jun Zimo’s pupils constricted, and after thinking for a moment, he said, “Do you recall the two blood-red shadows on our bodies when we first ascended?”

“I remember, Brother Bai said it was a kind of evil spirit in this world,” Ning Shuqi nodded. As he shared Jun Zimo’s doubts about whether Tan Shuchang had ascended, he had speculated at the time but later dismissed the thought.

Rather than believe it was Tan Shuchang’s doing, it made more sense to think it was a special evil spirit of the Land of the Four Pillars.

After all, it was a place where the ancestors with three certifications could come after ascending, and having such an evil spirit was quite reasonable.

“Brother Bai didn’t say it was specific to the Land of the Four Pillars, so could there be a possibility that it was actually Tan Shuchang’s Divine Skill? At the time of his ascension, the phenomenon indeed didn’t match the records of the ancestors’ ascension left behind, but what if he came to this realm afterward through you and me?” Jun Zimo said.

Upon hearing this, Ning Shuqi was stunned and hesitantly said, “He could catch up?”

“Cultivating for four years, achieving one certification for everlasting life. Without even the second certification, he killed all the returning ancestors, who although were constrained by the world at the time, it remains quite unbelievable. After all, those ancestors had cultivated in the Land of the Four Pillars for three hundred years! So, having achieved so many impossibilities, why couldn’t he achieve this too?” Jun Zimo said, his attitude somewhat desperate.

“Jun fellow cultivator, are you suggesting we seek Tan Shuchang? Yet, we have already encountered many Loose Cultivators, some with spiritual domains, as well as Five Spirits Domain, Fa Domain, and other places, but we have not heard of any whose first certification for everlasting life is a cultivator named Tan Shuchang?” Ning Shuqi shook his head slightly, “Here, any Loose Cultivator who has achieved one certification for everlasting life is well known across many domains; it is unreasonable that no one would have heard of the name Tan Shuchang.”

As for the possibility of changing names, they had considered that too, so they specifically inquired about demon cultivators among the Loose Cultivators. However, even though there are many demon cultivators with undisclosed skills due to special circumstances, demon cultivators who have achieved one certification for everlasting life are exceedingly rare.

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