I am a late bloomer in the world of cultivating immortals

"Accepted the mission and left the Heavenly Demon Palace?"

"Talent lost to the masses?"

More than a decade after Wei Tu left the Heavenly Demon Palace.

Clan Chief Liu, far away in the 'Black Cloud Minor Realm', eventually received this intelligence report on Wei Tu's recent situation.

This immediately disappointed him, who had placed high hopes on Wei Tu.

"So be it. He was just a random talent discovered at random. Whether he succeeds or not is within an acceptable range... As long as the ancestor's reincarnation is successful this time... my Nine Serpents Willow Clan can climb to the top of the 'Black Cloud Minor World'."

"At that time, having made such a great contribution, how could I not be appreciated by the ancestor and supported in breaking through to the Integration Realm..."

Chief Liu chuckled coldly, crushed the jade slip in his hand with a single palm strike, and began to indulge in wild fantasies about the future.

Compared to this, a disciple who is only expected to reach the Void Refinement Realm in the future is not worth paying too much attention to.

"Continue to nurture Ruan Shui'er, and do your best to help her break through to the peak of the Golden Core stage within two hundred years..." Clan Chief Liu raised his hand, summoned the magic realm that connected him to the middle-aged beauty, and gave her instructions.

"As much as possible?" Upon hearing this, the middle-aged beauty at the Lushan Dojo immediately showed hesitation.

While cultivation should be pursued as quickly as possible, forcing growth without considering the consequences would not be beneficial for Ruan Shui'er's future path.

"Two hundred years from now, a secret realm will open within the Black Cloud Realm... It is the most suitable place for Golden Core cultivators to enter. If Shui'er can benefit from this secret realm, she will have unparalleled advantages in the future..." Clan Chief Liu said this prepared speech without changing his expression, continuing to deceive the middle-aged beauty.

Upon hearing this, the middle-aged woman was immediately delighted, and her expression softened, showing that she had been persuaded by Chief Liu.

"Don't worry, Clan Chief. With Shui'er's current cultivation progress, reaching the peak of the Golden Core stage within two hundred years is definitely not a problem," the middle-aged beauty assured Ruan Shui'er.

At this point, the middle-aged woman inquired about Wei Tu's recent situation, since in a sense, Wei Tu was a cultivator she had watched grow up...

"Him? He's become just another ordinary person." Clan Chief Liu shook his head slightly and, without any hesitation, told the middle-aged woman what he knew about Wei Tu's current situation.

"Pity."

"I thought he could rise to prominence in the Heavenly Demon Realm, just like our clan's Senior Yu Linzi." The middle-aged beauty sighed inwardly, feeling fortunate that Wei Tu had been indifferent to Ruan Shui'er back then.

Otherwise, the fall of one and the rise of the other would not be a good thing for the other party either.

……

"This is the Five-Colored Demon Land?"

Meanwhile, on the other side, Wei Tu, who was traveling through the Heavenly Demon Realm in a mysterious combined form, finally found the spiritual material he needed at his destination—the Five-Colored Demon Soil.

“Senior, our clan has already presented the ‘Dark Cloud Soil.’ As for the matter we promised… I wonder what you…”

At this moment, an elderly man with blond hair who was standing to the side and looked anxious couldn't help but speak up to remind Wei Tu after seeing the hint of joy on his face.

"I will fulfill my promise to you, but what I said before was only to help you resist the invasion from the Yama clan and protect your clan's peace for a hundred years... I will not intervene in the war between your two clans. You should understand this, fellow Daoist."

Upon opening the box, Wei Tu was overjoyed to see that the black spiritual soil flowing like liquid and resembling ointment inside the jade box was indeed the 'Five-Colored Demonic Soil' he had been searching for for years. He casually replied to the yellow-haired old man.

"How can we protect our people's peace for a hundred years if we don't intervene in the war between the two races?"

Upon hearing this, the blond old man was about to retort, but due to Wei Tu's strength, his dissatisfaction and unpredictable mood instantly transformed into a pleading expression towards Wei Tu.

"What I say is certainly true, Fellow Daoist Puyu, please rest assured." Wei Tu flipped his palm, put the 'Five-Colored Demon Soil' into his pocket, and said with a faint smile.

After speaking, he looked up and glanced at the half-human, half-horse cultivators of the Evil Horse Clan who were gathered outside the territory of the 'Puyu Clan' and fighting with the Puyu Clan. After pondering for a moment, he waved his sleeve.

The next moment, dozens of colorful array flags flew out of his sleeves one by one. After hovering in the air for a moment, they immediately transformed into an extremely complex array covered with dazzling blue light.

And in the instant the great formation was formed.

Those 'Ya Ma Clan' cultivators who had invaded the Pu Yu Clan's territory were instantly struck by an invisible force, flying backward like kites with broken strings, and crashing in disarray outside the array's light barrier.

"A sixth-grade low-level defensive formation?" Upon seeing this, the yellow-haired old man's gaze towards Wei Tu changed instantly, turning into visible awe, with all his previous dissatisfaction gone.

"It was my ignorance that led me to offend you, senior..." The blond-haired old man swallowed hard, as if he had thought of something. He gritted his teeth, lifted the hem of his robe, and knelt down to apologize to Wei Tu in front of him.

But Wei Tu, who witnessed this scene, remained extremely calm and ignored the cultivator's attempt to curry favor.

There's no other reason than that since he flew to this place more than a decade ago, he has encountered such small families offering their gratitude with utmost deference more than once.

We're completely immune to this now.

More than a decade ago, after arriving at the spiritual land of the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor, which he had personally recorded as the place where the Heavenly Demon Realm had produced the 'Five-Colored Demon Soil', he did not find even a trace of the 'Five-Colored Demon Soil' here.

It was as if the records of the Seven Treasures Demon Ancestor were wrong.

However, he was not discouraged at that time. Instead, he inquired about the 'Five-Colored Demon Land' among the major forces in this spiritual land and left contact artifacts for each of them, promising to trade the spiritual object for a large sum of money.

However, compared to the hefty reward, these low-level demon races, caught in the bloody battles, preferred to ask this 'senior' of unknown cultivation level to help them resist foreign invasions or eliminate other forces.

Over time, he became famous in this remote corner of the Heavenly Demon Realm, and became a savior of the major forces in the vicinity.

Similarly, for this reason, these local forces immediately began to secretly and vigorously collect all spiritual objects that resembled the description of 'Five-Colored Spiritual Soil'.

Wei Tu witnessed this scene and secretly contributed to it.

Hard work pays off.

His wait of more than ten years was not in vain.

After these local forces exhausted all means to collect 'Five-Colored Demon Soil', he finally found a complete 'Five-Colored Demon Soil' in the place where it was once produced.

This item, being a rare spiritual material in the cultivation world, also seems to possess the ability to conceal itself as a divine object, disguising itself exactly as another spiritual material in the cultivation world—"Dark Cloud Soil".

If he hadn't already reached the Integration Realm and knew how to identify this treasure, he would have been blinded by it and mistaken it for a low-grade spiritual material.

"Is it that mysterious senior?"

In the distance, the cultivators of the Evil Horse Clan who were besieging the Puyu Clan looked rather grim when they saw the sixth-order defensive formation set up by Wei Tu.

Over the past decade or so, they have heard of Wei Tu's name and know his extraordinary abilities.

But they never imagined that the array he set up with a casual wave of his hand would be enough to leave their entire clan helpless.

"Was it the Puyu clan that provided the item that senior needed? Previously, this mysterious cultivator had always been responsive to requests, but he had never openly helped a clan like this before..."

Several Nascent Soul stage ancestors of the Evil Horse clan sat together, discussing specific countermeasures with tense expressions.

However, for a time, none of them could come up with any good solutions.

Rats have their paths, and snakes have theirs.

Their Evil Horse Clan also has connections with a major force in the Heavenly Demon Realm, but... it's not their background, just a tangible relationship, making it difficult to ask a powerful figure within that force to intervene.

Moreover, Wei Tu's actions were not intentionally aimed at the 'Yaima Clan'; he was merely granting the Puyu Clan's request and temporarily providing them with protection.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been driven out of the Puyu clan's territory, but would have been directly wiped out by Wei Tu.

With such a powerful dragon passing through, yet maintaining a degree of restraint, no major force in the demon realm would willingly risk such misfortune.

After all, no one can know whether there is an even more powerful figure backing Wei Tu, this mysterious cultivator.

only……

This situation is extremely unfavorable for their Yama clan.

Once the Puyu clan gains a chance to catch its breath, or perhaps obtains some opportunity from Wei Tu, the number of Nascent Soul ancestors within the clan will greatly increase...

Conversely, the family facing annihilation is the Yama clan.

"However, we have also tried to find that 'Dark Cloud Soil,' but none of the 'Dark Cloud Soil' we found met that senior's requirements... Now, what can we do to get him to stand on our side and stop protecting the Puyu clan?"

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the Yama clan frowned deeply, their faces showing worry.

From the clouds, Wei Tu, who was watching this scene, shook his head after listening to what the Nascent Soul ancestors of the Evil Horse Clan had to say, and then decided to leave.

He had already achieved his goal and there was no need to waste any more time in this desolate corner.

only--

Just as his escape light began, a voice he heard made him let out a soft "Eh!" and look at the several Nascent Soul ancestors of the Evil Horse Clan with surprise in his eyes.

"Is what you say true? Have you really seen traces of the 'Ghost-Faced Fox'?" Wei Tu's figure appeared in front of these Nascent Soul ancestors of the Evil Horse Clan in an instant, and he asked with a slight narrowing of his eyes.

The Ghost-Faced Fox is not a demonic beast, but a rare type of Yin creature or Yin demon in the cultivation world.

Similarly, the places where this yin object appears are often places where yin energy flourishes and where yin meridians exist.

For ordinary cultivators, the 'Yin Meridian' is of no benefit.

On the contrary, the extremely yin and cold energy carried by the Yin Meridians can severely damage a cultivator's heart meridian and cause irreversible damage to the physical body.

but--

For Wei Tu, a body cultivator, the Yin land containing 'Yin meridians' is not like that.

The flourishing of Yin energy means that it can greatly 'obscure the secrets of heaven' and can act as a natural formation to help him resist the power of the heavenly tribulation from the 'life-severing calamity'!

Furthermore, these dark places are generally located within gaps and crevices in the void, making them extremely hidden...

With these two factors combined, it is undoubtedly the best place for him to cultivate in seclusion at present.

"Ghost-faced raccoon? How did you know about our conversation..."

Wei Tu's words were like a sudden clap of thunder.

In an instant, the several Nascent Soul elders of the Evil Horse Clan were startled.

However, after sensing the astonishing aura emanating from Wei Tu, their expressions changed, and they quickly revealed fear and awe.

“This is certainly true. We did indeed see the ‘Ghost-Faced Fox’ in the ‘Hundred Ridges Mountains’ hundreds of years ago.” The Nascent Soul ancestors of the Evil Horse Clan exchanged glances, suppressed their shock, and swallowed hard as they replied.

"But... that masked raccoon was extremely cunning. After we spotted it, it vanished in an instant. Afterwards, we searched high and low, but we couldn't find even the slightest trace of it. It was as if what we encountered was just an illusion."

"The Bailing Mountains?" Upon hearing this, Wei Tu raised an eyebrow, and a thoughtful expression immediately appeared on his face.

While searching for the 'Five-Colored Demon Land', he had also heard of the 'Hundred Ridge Mountains' mentioned by these people.

According to legend, the Bailing Mountains were formed from the accumulated tombs of powerful beings from the ancient and prehistoric eras of the Heavenly Demon Realm.

However, similar rumors are countless in the cultivation world. Wherever there is a little history, they can be traced back to certain powerful beings or immortals.

Therefore, when he first heard about the origin of the 'Bailing Mountains', he only listened to it as a story, but he never expected that there would be traces of the 'Ghost-faced Fox' in it.

"If there really is a ghost-faced raccoon dog? This rumor might actually have some credibility..." Wei Tu thought to himself.

When powerful beings and immortals fall, the places where they are buried are naturally not ordinary. They either become treasure lands where spiritual beings are born, or dark places where evil spirits are born...

The four major medicinal gardens in the human realm and the Great Cang Cultivation Realm ultimately originated from the demonic power within An Liangcai's demonic body; it was simply transformed into spiritual power by the 'Demon Sealing Array'.

Furthermore, the 'Corpse Immortal Ancient Tomb' and 'Demonic Demon Desolate Tomb' in the spirit world are more or less related to some powerful immortal beings who have fallen in the past.

Of course, Wei Tu did not believe that a mere 'Bailing Mountain Range' could compare to the 'Corpse Immortal Ancient Tomb' and 'Ming Demon Desolate Tomb' in the Spirit Realm.

There's no other reason than that even if the 'Hundred Ridges Mountain Range' truly possessed such a treasure, it would have long been thoroughly explored by the Heavenly Demon Realm forces that rule this world, and would certainly not have been left for an outsider like him.

However, while a large-scale burial ground is out of the question, he still has a chance to try his luck at a 'small-scale burial ground' that forms by chance.

Having confirmed the truth of this statement, Wei Tu did not hesitate. He coldly glanced at the few cultivators of the Evil Horse Clan in front of him, and then, without any mercy, waved his sleeve and used his magic power to imprison them in place.

Soul search, memory erasure...

All in one go.

Then, he raised his hand and released the Crimson Feather Ghost Insect King, using 'illusion magic' to fill in the missing parts of these people's memories.

"If it is true, I will reward you handsomely when I return to this place..." After saying this casually, Wei Tu immediately flew towards the 'Bailing Mountains' mentioned by these people.

At this moment, the few people who had just woken up were also very excited as they watched Wei Tu's disappearing light, secretly praying that Wei Tu would get his wish this time.

For the past ten years or so, although the surrounding forces have been greatly troubled by Wei Tu's existence, without exception, they have never questioned Wei Tu's credibility in the slightest.

The Puyu tribe, protected by Wei Tu and thus able to preserve their territory, is the best proof of this! (End of Chapter)