Cultivating Immortality in the Winter Wasteland.

Chapter 881 Falling out and being ruthless
The world of Cuiwei is a vast continent called Cuiwei Continent.

The Daoist practices on the Cuiwei Continent are not profound; the highest level of cultivation is only the Nascent Soul stage.

But on this day, a huge portal appeared in the Emerald World, and behind the portal, a much wider world could be faintly seen.

This portal is known as the Immortal Gate, or the Gate to Heaven.

Within a dozen days of this portal appearing, more than a dozen battles to suppress demons had broken out on the Cuiwei Continent.

The righteous leader Liu Cangsheng led his comrades in a bloody battle here for a long time. They defeated and repelled wave after wave of demonic masters, and even killed eight of the twelve demonic lords.

At this moment, Liu Cangsheng was extremely exhausted, but the eyes of the righteous experts around him were full of excitement.

They stood guard before the immortal gate, waiting for it to open so they could seize a tremendous opportunity.

Not only are the highest-level cultivators on the Cuiwei Continent at the Nascent Soul stage, but most of the Daoist techniques passed down are also dubious.

This world is of a relatively high level, but it seems to have experienced some major calamities, resulting in the loss of profound Taoist techniques and a break in their transmission.

Beside Liu Cangsheng was a tall old man, who was the leader of the Five Profound Immortal Sect of the Righteous Path and a Nascent Soul expert.

At this moment, the tall old man said in a deep voice, "Now that the twelve venerable ones of the demonic path are severely weakened, they would never dare to start another war so easily. Why don't we hurry up and find a way to break through the immortal gate here and seize the opportunity as soon as possible?"

Liu Cangsheng sighed and said, "I wish I could, but unfortunately the opening time of this immortal gate is hard to predict."

The tall, elderly man, named Chen Daolei, also sighed and said, "There's something I don't know whether I should say or not."

Upon hearing this, Liu Cangsheng said, "Given our friendship of over five hundred years, why would you say such a thing? Just say what you have to say."

Chen Daolei said, “Recently, some fellow Daoists have been eager to enter this immortal sect and are unwilling to fight with the demonic path anymore. They believe that the demonic path is inexhaustible and there is no need to miss out on this opportunity. I know that you have the world in your heart and want to use this opportunity to wipe out the demonic path and save the people from suffering. However, those people are reincarnated every hundred years or so. In the end, they are not on the same side as us. It is not worth missing out on this opportunity for them.”

Liu Cangsheng initially remained calm upon hearing this, but his brows furrowed more and more deeply later on.

He said in a deep voice, "Is this your idea, or someone else's?"

Chen Daolei said, "I knew you would be angry. This isn't just my opinion; everyone thinks the same way."

Liu Cangsheng said in a deep voice, "Then let me tell you the truth. During this period, we can see other heavens and worlds through this immortal gate. If people from other heavens and worlds can also see this scene, I don't know how many experts will flock here. At that time, our situation will be very bad."

Chen Daolei said, "Fellow Daoist, your words are confused. Since the Immortal Sect has appeared in our Cuiwei World, it belongs to our Cuiwei World. If people from other worlds come, we can just kill them."

Liu Cangsheng sighed, "Fellow Daoist is truly confused. He doesn't know how powerful the experts in other heavens are. However, judging from some historical documents, our Cuiwei World experienced a major upheaval, which caused some profound Daoist techniques to be lost. How can we fight against the experts in other worlds? Therefore, using this opportunity to eradicate the demonic path is the most appropriate solution."

Liu Cangsheng was indeed quick to react and had a very clear understanding of things.

He used this opportunity to gather experts in front of the immortal gate, attracting many powerful demonic cultivators to come.

Those powerful demonic cultivators were ambushed and suffered heavy casualties.

However, Liu Cangsheng did not expect that it would be his righteous allies who would be the first to lose their temper and recommend Chen Daolei to come and talk to him about this matter.

Chen Daolei advised, "Don't you want to recreate the glory of the previous era? Are you really willing to stay at the Nascent Soul stage forever? Stop wasting your energy in vain."

Liu Cangsheng said, "The demonic path suffered heavy losses this time. It was only because we united as one that we were able to defeat them. This will save us a lot of trouble in the future. Otherwise, the demonic path's raids would have affected all the major sects."

Chen Daolei sighed, looked at Liu Cangsheng, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

He then turned around and glanced at the righteous experts who were looking in this direction, and waved to them.

The leaders of the righteous sects first changed their expressions, and then walked towards Liu Cangsheng together.

Among them were men and women, young and old. A slightly plump old man with a ruddy complexion was the leader of the Tianlong Immortal Sect.

At this moment, he said in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Liu, we have always respected your character and elected you as our leader. But you can't just waste everyone's time for the sake of acting on behalf of Heaven. We are all risking our lives to stay here. If you keep holding us back from exploring the Immortal Gate, I'm afraid it will be difficult to win everyone's support."

Liu Cangsheng said, "I'm doing this for everyone's good. It's best if we keep our distance from the affairs of the immortal sects and don't get involved. Otherwise, I'm afraid all sects will face annihilation."

The slightly plump old man with a ruddy complexion smiled and said, "What danger could there be? If people from other heavens come, we can all explore on our own. Besides, how much stronger can their cultivation be than ours?"

Because the Daoist arts in the Cuiwei World are weak, these people are all in the Nascent Soul stage and have not yet traveled through the heavens. Therefore, they do not know how strong the so-called experts of the heavens are. Instead, they are filled with curiosity and have a vague idea of ​​competing with them.

Liu Cangsheng's attempts to dissuade him were to no avail. In his view, the most crucial thing was to severely damage the demonic path in one fell swoop, so that the demonic path would not dare to cause trouble for hundreds of years.

Liu Cangsheng's tone softened slightly as he said, "If the demonic path doesn't come over again in the next few days, everyone can explore as much as they can. If there's anything you need, I'll do my best to cooperate."

But the people were still not satisfied.

A stern-faced man in black said in a deep voice, "I suspect that some people are embezzling from the premises, leaving all of us here in order to monopolize this resource."

Liu Cangsheng's expression changed slightly; this was an extremely serious accusation.

He looked at the man in black and said, "Fellow Daoist Nie, this is just baseless speculation and slander. Given our friendship, why would you go to such lengths?"

This man in black was a rogue cultivator who managed to cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage despite the fragmentation of cultivation techniques and the incompleteness of the Great Dao in this world. He was a ruthless person among ruthless people.

The attrition rate faced by independent cultivators is frighteningly high.

At this moment, the man in black, Daoist Nie Xuan, said in a deep voice: "Blocking someone's path to wealth is like killing their parents, especially someone with such strong suspicion who wants to take it all for themselves. They are not tolerated by the world!"

A beautiful woman also said in a deep voice, "That's right. The Immortal Sect has appeared, but instead of letting everyone explore, they are fighting a bloody battle with the Demonic Path. In my opinion, some people probably want to use this to make us and the Demonic Path both suffer heavy losses so that they can monopolize the opportunities of the Immortal Sect."

"Not only that, just as Fellow Daoist Nie said, some people have already secretly sneaked in to explore and obtained treasures. It's a pity that we are still kept in the dark. He took the opportunity to start a war with the demonic path and buy time."

Everyone was talking at once, and their faces were all very grim.

Liu Cangsheng patiently explained.

These leaders of righteous sects were all his friends, but now they turned against each other for this invisible and intangible benefit. Their expressions grew increasingly grim, and their words became increasingly sharp and sarcastic.

Liu Cangsheng, unable to bear it any longer, growled, "Stop talking! Why do you all doubt me so much?"

Before he could finish speaking, a long sword came flying through the air and pierced his waist and abdomen.

Upon seeing this, Liu Cangsheng immediately dodged, his first thought being that it was a demonic invasion.

Just as he was about to defend himself, he discovered that one of the righteous leaders, a Taoist in purple robes, was activating a spell.

The flying sword in the sky changed direction again and thrust towards him, its sword light extremely sharp.

Liu Cangsheng was furious and took out a flying sword.

The flying sword was only three inches long, thin and sharp, like a child's toy, yet it struck down the other flying sword as it flew into the sky. The two streaks of light collided, producing a metallic clang.

At this moment, only Liu Cangsheng's flying sword was circling around him.

Liu Cangsheng said in a deep voice, "Why did you ambush me, fellow Daoist?"

However, before he could finish speaking, the leaders of the righteous sects who were usually on good terms with him suddenly turned hostile and began to kill him.

Not only that, the skilled disciples he brought were also surrounded and attacked, and soon suffered heavy casualties.

Liu Cangsheng was shocked and asked incredulously, "Why would you all do this? Why would you do this?"

Seeing the masters die tragically one by one, his heart felt as if it were bleeding, and his face became distorted.

Master Nie Xuan said coldly, "What's the point of a Taoist who doesn't think about seizing immortal treasures and spends all day slaying demons and fighting against evil? You should have died long ago."

Clearly, he harbored considerable resentment towards this righteous leader.

At this moment, one magical treasure after another was unleashed: bells, tripods, bottles, seals, swords, spears, halberds, axes, hooks, and forks. All kinds of magical treasures unleashed extraordinary power and hurled themselves at Liu Cangsheng.

Liu Cangsheng was severely injured in the attack.

Although he was the leader of the righteous path, he was no match for the attacks of so many powerful figures.

Not only that, but his disciples were quickly slaughtered. They were all killed by those around them who suddenly attacked them. Some of them died before they could even react, and their golden cores were shattered. Some even secretly took out their golden cores.

Liu Cangsheng was furious. He activated his supernatural powers, trying to break through the encirclement and find another way, or to kill someone at the cost of his life. However, the experts who surrounded him had planned it all beforehand, as if they had rehearsed it, and trapped him inside.

Liu Cangsheng felt a sense of sorrow.

This siege tactic was something he found in an ancient immortal land and taught to everyone, but he never expected it to become a prison that trapped him.

All the experts he led had been killed in battle, and he was in dire straits.

Just then, a streak of light appeared on the horizon, landed on the ground, and kept looking at the Immortal Sect.

Everyone was somewhat surprised. Did this person not know how to read the room?

There's a fight going on here, why would someone fly over to join in?
Master Nie Xuan coldly said to the newcomer, "Where did this demonic brat come from!"

They could see the man's face clearly; he was a handsome young man.

His eyebrows were thick and dark, and his nose was very straight, making him appear resolute and courageous.

His eyes were very bright, but when he unconsciously squinted, they were like two sharp blades, as if they could pierce the heart.

Faced with the crowd's calls, the young man finally turned his gaze away from the Immortal Sect's gate.

The young man frowned and asked, "What did you say?"

Master Nie Xuan felt deeply insulted; this person must be faking it.

He looked at Liu Cangsheng and said, "Where did you find such a helper?"

Liu Cangsheng was also puzzled, wondering where this young man had come from, but this person was definitely not one of the masters in his sect.

He felt extremely pained when he recalled how these friends had betrayed him and slaughtered all the disciples in his sect.

Liu Cangsheng said to the handsome young man in the wide-sleeved robe, "Fellow Daoist, you should leave quickly. These people claim to be righteous masters and have been friends with me for many years, but they have turned their backs on me for the sake of the Immortal Sect's opportunities. You should not get involved in this trouble."

The young man had his hands tucked into his sleeves, and he didn't seem to have any murderous intent.

Despite being surrounded by many experts, he remained calm and composed, seemingly not taking anyone around him seriously.

This young man was Chen Wang. He had found the whereabouts of the Bronze Immortal Palace and rushed over immediately, only to find these people fighting here.

However, the reputation of the Bronze Immortal Palace was too great, so Chen Wang ignored them and glanced at them casually. He felt that these people's cultivation level was not high, so he did not take them to heart. He just focused on the Immortal Sect until he was attracted by their conversation.

Chen Wang glanced at Liu Cangsheng, then looked at the others.

The Qi Observation Technique allows one to perceive the Qi of all things in heaven and earth. Apart from Liu Cangsheng, everyone else harbors some resentment, though to varying degrees.

Moreover, Liu Cangsheng's bloodlust was extremely strong, indicating that he would die young and perish today.

Chen Wang said, "You said they were your friends before, and they risked their lives to kill you for the sake of the immortal sect's opportunities? I'm not surprised by this kind of thing."

Liu Cangsheng didn't understand why this young man was speaking up for him. He quickly said, "Fellow Daoist, you should leave quickly. It's not convenient to say more about the inside story."

Master Nie Xuan frowned deeply. He didn't know the relationship between Chen Wang and Liu Cangsheng. From their conversation, they seemed not to know each other, but their sudden appearance at this moment made him realize something was wrong.

"You come from the heavens, and you also want to seize this immortal gate!"

Chen Wang nodded: "Of course, who wouldn't want that?"

He was deeply concerned about the current extremely chaotic situation, but this concern was not limited to the cultivators on the Cuiwei Continent.

Seeing how frankly he spoke, Nie Xuan Daoist of Wanhua Valley felt somewhat insulted.

He always felt that the young man's nonchalant attitude was a sign that he looked down on him.

Master Nie Xuan sneered, "So what if they are cultivators from all the heavens?"

He suddenly waved his hand, and hundreds of silver needles shot out, transforming into a large net that fiercely attacked Chen Wang.

Chen Wang looked completely bewildered, not out of fear, but rather out of shock.

How dare this Nascent Soul cultivator? Who gave him the courage?
He never expected to be provoked by a Nascent Soul cultivator on the Cuiwei Continent, which greatly surprised Chen Wang.

Before the silver needles even reached Chen Wang, they froze in mid-air, motionless, as if solidified by a force.

Upon seeing this, Daoist Nie Xuan was utterly shocked.

Chen Wang said, "Don't you communicate with the heavens here? This place is practically a backwater. How can there be such an arrogant and conceited person like you?"

Chen Wang blew a breath, and the silver needles flew back and shot into Nie Xuan Dao Ren's body.

Immediately, Master Nie Xuan's face contorted in pain, and he collapsed to the ground, writhing in agony.

(End of this chapter)