Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

"Please, we beseech the three fellow Daoists to spare our lives. My fellow apprentice and I are willing to serve as slaves, and acknowledge you as our masters!" Realizing that no matter how they attacked, they were unable to break through the formation, the two men cried out and begged for mercy.

Li Zhirui watched with interest as the two men, tears streaming down their faces and wearing expressions of sorrowful pleading, lightly laughed and said, "If you two could conceal the hatred and murderous intent in your eyes a little better, perhaps I would have considered taking you in. Unfortunately, your acting is subpar."

Taking advantage of the two men's momentary stupor, the Green Scale Snake transformed into a bolt of lightning, leaving a shallow bite mark on their bodies.

"What was that?!" The senior apprentice with higher cultivation realized something amiss but could not clearly see that it was a Green Scale Snake that attacked them and cautiously swallowed a Detoxification Pill.

What a pity, the Detoxification Pill was useless.

Defending against the attacks of the formation and the sneak attacks by Li Zhirui's party, the two men had to defend themselves while also trying to find a way to escape.

However, gradually, they both noticed something was off with their bodies—their Mana was depleting too fast!

It was only then that they realized they had been poisoned.

"Even if I die, I won't make it easy for you!" The junior brother, his face twisted with resentment and venom, said before he stimulated the Mana within his body, trying to break the formation through self-explosion.

Unfortunately, Li Zhirui had been prepared for them to act desperately and had hidden Pine Needles nearby. Charged with a large influx of Mana, they shot out in an instant, piercing the vital acupoints of the junior brother, interrupting his attempt at self-destruction and also claiming his life. Your journey continues at My Virtual Library Empire

Looking at the corpse with protruding eyes and a grotesque deathlike appearance, the other man howled in grief, "Junior brother!"

Before they engaged in battle, they felt that even if they could not overcome Li Zhirui's trio, they could still leave with composure. But now, the junior brother had lost his life, and the senior apprentice's time was also running short.

"I curse you... may you die wretched deaths..." A string of extremely vicious curses spilled from his mouth. Before Li Shiren made his move, he suddenly thrust his sword into his own heart.

Even as he lay dying, spitting out fresh blood, he did not cease his cursing.

Li Zhirui and his companions looked disgruntled as they quickly cleaned up the battlefield, destroyed the bodies of the two men, then turned and entered the room to continue consolidating the multitude of first-order Spiritual Medicines inside.

"Zhirui, come quickly. Aren't these Red Essence Fungus and Phoenix Qi Grass the two auxiliary medicines needed for concocting the Foundation Establishment Pill?" Li Shiren called out excitedly.

Li Zhirui was startled. Red Essence Fungus and Phoenix Qi Grass were rarely available for open sale because they were auxiliary medicines for the Foundation Establishment Pill, and yet, to his surprise, they had obtained them here!

"Ren Uncle, collect them quickly!" Li Zhirui said with anticipation, "I wonder if the Spirit Seeds are still here."

If they had the Spirit Seeds, then, upon returning to the Li family, they could begin cultivating these two types of Spiritual Medicines!

Even if the Li family was not yet capable of concocting Foundation Establishment Pills, it did not matter because the two medicines were very precious on their own.

The Red Essence Fungus, when used alone as the main medicine, could be used to concoct Essence-Replenishing Pills. When combined with Yellow Flower Ginseng, they could create Two Treasures Pills that replenish Essence and Qi, and adding Nourishing Spirit Fruit into the mix, they could concoct second-order Three Treasures Pills.

Phoenix Qi Grass, aside from being used to concoct Evil-Expelling Pills, was also beneficial for avian Spirit Beasts, slightly increasing their cultivation speed.

It was said that if Phoenix Qi Grass was cultivated to the fourth level and consumed by avian Spirit Beasts, a trace of phoenix blood could emerge!

'To concoct the Foundation Establishment Pill, a total of nine types of Spiritual Medicines are needed. If we include the Sky Spirit Fruit from inside the space, the family has already found one-third of them!' Li Zhirui could hardly contain his excitement at the thought.

"Keep searching; maybe there are other Foundation Establishment Spiritual Medicines here."

Unfortunately, Li Zhirui's hope was doomed to be disappointed. Although there were many precious Spiritual Medicines, there were no more different types of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Medicines to be found.

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Deep underground the main hall of the ruins, there was an incredibly dark cavern. A sound like metal striking stone emitted from within, "The ruins have been open for several hours now. There must be quite a few cultivators outside. It's time to go out!"

A figure, donned in a Taoist robe embroidered with a Pill Furnace and wearing a lotus crown, emerged from the darkness. A faint beam of light that had passed through the river and penetrated the doors and windows just happened to fall upon him.

If someone were nearby at that moment, they would see that his skin was different from that of ordinary people, actually emitting a faint golden glow!

This meant that he wasn't human, but a zombie! A Golden Armor Corpse to be exact, comparable to a Golden Core cultivator, one who had awakened his memories from his past life, yet possessed a completely new consciousness!

"Those Golden Core fools outside, they still haven't broken the hall's Formation," the Golden Armor Corpse suddenly let out a strange laugh. "Then, let me help you out!"

It seemed as if the Golden Armor Corpse casually destroyed an ornament within the hall, but in reality, this was a critical point of the Formation.

Due to his action, the Formation protecting the main hall was now in imminent danger. At that very moment, the Golden Core cultivators outside launched an attack, and the Formation shattered as if in response.

"The Formation's broken!" More than a dozen Golden Core cultivators outside were momentarily stunned. Many of them felt something was odd about the situation and did not rush in.

However, a few Golden Core cultivators didn't give it much thought. As soon as the Formation broke, they couldn't wait to rush into the main hall.

"Aaahhh!"

The moment they entered, several screams followed immediately, with only three Golden Core cultivators clutching their now darkened abdominal wounds, they said nothing and flew towards the surface of the water.

"Is there some kind of ghost creature inside?" Jiang Tianming inwardly cheered his good luck, he was fortunate to have caught a glimpse of a few Golden Core cultivators from the Wood Spirit Sect not moving, and he firmly stopped himself from advancing. Otherwise, he would have shared the same fate as those three, or possibly even worse.@@novelbin@@

At least they managed to escape, preserving their lives for the time being.

As for the two Golden Core cultivators who had not come out, their chances of survival seemed slim.

Jiang Tianming did not flee right away, firstly because there were twelve Golden Core cultivators around, the ghost creature hiding inside the hall shouldn't be a match for them, and secondly, he was reluctant to give up the opportunity within the hall.

Nevertheless, he was also prepared to leave immediately should the situation turn sour.

"Crunch, crunch—"

From within the hall came the sound of bones and flesh being chewed, sending shivers down the spines of the gathered Golden Core cultivators, who became increasingly vigilant. Meanwhile, Mana began to circulate within their bodies, with Magic Artifacts in their hands ready to strike.

A moment later, a Golden Armor Corpse, wearing a bloodstained Taoist robe and having a green face with sharp fangs, walked out. With his unique voice, he said, "Since you don't want to leave, then stay for me!"

"Golden Armor Corpse!" An exclamation came from a Golden Core cultivator.

The moment the Golden Armor Corpse revealed himself, several dreadful attacks rained down on him. Yet, he did not make any moves, standing still as the attacks hit him.

"Are you trying to tickle me?" mocked the Golden Armor Corpse with a weird laugh. In the next instant, he appeared in front of a Golden Core cultivator, his long fingernails already piercing the cultivator's heart.

"How is this possible!?" The fear of death for that cultivator was evident among the crowd, but what was even more shocking was the Golden Armor Corpse's ability to withstand the attacks of numerous Golden Core cultivators without a scratch.

"Run!" The three Golden Core cultivators from the Wood Spirit Sect were the first to react, using their movement skills to fly towards the sky.

The other Golden Core cultivators were only half a beat slower, quickly following after them.

As for the thousands of Foundation Establishment and Qi Cultivation cultivators within the ruins, who cared about them now?