The ancient giant bear hiding in the world of immortal cultivation

Chapter 346 Seeking Immortals in Vain
"The Serpent Emperor had four daughters in total, and two of them are still alive today. One is my aunt, who is the Serpent Nineteen you know, and the other is the mother of Shenwu and Shenxiu, my third aunt, a great demon of the first rank, and one of the main forces in this prison break."

"That's why I call Shenwu my cousin and Shenxiu my older cousin. You know them both, but they're not here right now, otherwise I wouldn't be wasting so much breath talking to you."

"In short, after we escaped from prison, Senior Nine-Tailed Fox contacted the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance. The people from the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance helped us find our way. Almost everyone who escaped within an incense stick's time successfully arrived at the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance. The rest could only leave it to fate. For example, you. We've been very worried about you all these years, but I believed you were still alive. And look, hahaha, just as I thought."

"By the way, we are now in the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance, under the protection of three demon immortals from the alliance. We have already sworn to fight for the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance."

"I know you still don't believe me, but it's okay. For the past ten years or so, we've been trying to contact you, but it's been incredibly difficult. And if the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance and the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance go to war in the future, we're afraid we'll never have another chance to contact you. In short, our only advice to you is to survive, do everything you can to survive. If you have the chance to come to the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance in the future, you'll be able to see us again, but not necessarily all of us, because you know, we're living under someone else's roof. Now, whether we're humans, demons, monsters, or spirits, we've all united to form the Great Wilderness Sin Prison Legion, which is like a suicide camp..."

"Oh, I almost forgot the most important thing. In this world outside, war is no longer limited to between races. The Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance does not represent the human race, and the Vermilion Bird Immortal Alliance does not represent the demon race. It's hard to explain in a short time. Let's leave it at that. Come on, everyone, let's take turns saying hello."

Wudu laughed and stepped aside. The next second, Yue Shan's figure appeared at the other end of the Snake Guard mark. He wanted to say something, but in the end, he simply transformed into a bear.

Nothing could be more convincing than this.

"I really am your uncle. Try your best to live. I'll take care of your wives and concubines here, so don't worry."

The next second, Snake Nineteen flashed over. This time, its hair was completely white, but its smile remained unchanged. It looked at Wang Wu for a long time before whispering, "The past is the past. What matters is the present and the future. You must live! When you come back, Great-Grandma will arrange for you to take two concubines as compensation, okay?"

Wang Wu smirked, "I don't believe you!"
"Haha! That's more like it!" Snake Nineteen chuckled, then made another hand seal, expanding the Snake Guard Mark. In an instant, fifty or sixty figures appeared on it. But then, it suddenly became serious and said, "I'll destroy the Snake Guard Mark here, so you can erase it over there too. There are immortals in this outside world, so be careful, remember that!"

With a whoosh, the Serpent Guard Mark was interrupted.

Wang Wu was stunned for a moment, then quickly erased the snake guard mark. He stood in the river for several minutes before letting out a sigh. He actually didn't care whether the matter was true or false.

He didn't know if it was because he had been alone for too long or what, but faced with that absurd scene just now, he laughed!
Wudu is actually Lu Wuchen's son, and his mother is the daughter of the Snake Emperor. Snake Nineteen is the fourth daughter of the Snake Emperor.

Yue Shan is his uncle.

Could it get any more insane?

However, when he saw General Snow Wolf, Snake Nineteen, Ah Qing, and Madam Yu, he felt a genuine warmth in his heart.

Even if it's an illusion.

Of course, it might not be an illusion, and the four clowns would be vying to speak again, but Wang Wu doesn't need to this time.

He wanted to savor this tenderness for a little longer.

A few minutes later, Wang Wu let the strong wind carry away all his thoughts and drifted downstream along the river. Now he had no time to consider whether what had just happened was true or false. What he needed to do was find a safe place to stay, or most importantly, he needed to obtain a legal identity.

Liu Zongbai said that cultivators can see gray mist, but he can't see it. He can't even sense where the spiritual mist area is. Either Liu Zongbai's diary is full of nonsense, or he lacks some kind of identity verification.

In short, he needs to be more careful from now on.

The mighty river flows on, irrigating both banks, and occasionally a town or village of ordinary people will appear on its shore.

Occasionally, there are fishing boats on the river.

The river teems with fish and shrimp, all of them incredibly delicious, but none of them are monsters, not even a lowly ninth-rank demon.

The shore is lined with mountains and forests, lush vegetation, and many wild animals. Occasionally, you can even see a fierce tiger with piercing eyes and a white forehead, but none of them are monsters.

There is no possibility of spiritual herbs or medicines; the world's control over spiritual energy is so precise it's outrageous.

Yes, Wang Wu was very certain, increasingly certain, that this was not the sign of spiritual energy depletion in the Dharma-ending Age; rather, it was a sign that spiritual energy had been diverted.

If at least 90% of the contents of Liu Zongbai's diary are true, then this area right now is definitely a gray fog zone.

But he didn't know why it was divided into gray fog zones.

It might be related to resource consumption.

Wang Wu traveled down the river for two thousand miles, and all he saw was the same. In the end, he went ashore and transformed into a fisherman he had seen not long ago. He actually caught a few fresh fish from the river and went to the town to sell them.

Just in case, he even prepared more than a dozen contingency plans in advance, but none of them were used.

He entered the town smoothly, sold the fresh fish without difficulty, and received a hundred coins. He even sat down at a roadside tea stall, bought two cakes and a bowl of tea, and lingered until evening. Then, he changed his appearance and went to brothels, restaurants, inns, and pharmacies. Over the next few days, he explored the entire town thoroughly, but he did not encounter any supernatural events.

They are all ordinary people, just ordinary folks, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

On the streets, there were bullies who harassed and monopolized the market, unscrupulous merchants, petty thieves and beggars, spoiled rich kids, small business owners, merchants who traveled all over the country, security escort agencies, and government officials.

In the world of ordinary people, things are far from peaceful. There are mountain bandits, river pirates, and heavy taxes. The emperor has ruled for eighty years, and there are many stories from previous dynasties. The tales told by storytellers in taverns occasionally feature mountain spirits and stone monsters, but most of them are incomprehensible. Cultivating immortality?

Sorry, I don't have that background knowledge.

Yes, nobody knows about cultivating immortality, nobody knows about Qi cultivators. It's as if the concept has never existed.

In fact, during the last large-scale prison break, countless monsters and cultivators escaped, but not a single thing was left behind, and there were hardly any eyewitnesses.
Wang Wu felt that this only further proved that the Jade Cauldron Immortal Alliance's methods were quite powerful, showing that they didn't ignore mortals, but rather forbade them from becoming spirits...

Mortals should act like mortals. Why do you daydream about cultivating and ascending to immortality when you have nothing better to do? You mortals do all the work and think about it, but what about us cultivators and immortals?
Just stay at the bottom and be a good family, raise children steadily, and when the conditions are right, you can be selected to be a beast of burden.

Wang Wu understood.

So he stopped and waited quietly in this remote town. He knew he wouldn't find any cultivators from the outside world if he tried to actively search for them. But as long as cultivators needed a constant supply of new cattle and horses, the gray fog zone would definitely be opened every now and then.

That was his chance.

Ten years passed in this wait. One after another, the elderly in the town died, and the newborn children grew up. Only time remained unchanged.

But Wang Wu finally got what he was waiting for.

However, it was neither a stroke of good fortune nor any miracle. It was simply that officials sent by the imperial court, under the guise of selecting talented individuals for the country, were looking for young men and women aged ten to eighteen. It was a huge gimmick and caused quite a stir, but out of thousands of qualified young men and women in the entire town, only two were ultimately chosen, one boy and one girl.

Wang Wu had originally planned to take advantage of the chaos, but in the end, he had no chance at all.

Because he didn't expect that the two boys who were ultimately selected were not the two most talented ones he had chosen.

This is very strange.

The two selected boys were taken away and headed straight to the next town. This means that the selection process will last for a long time, involve traveling a long distance, and eventually be sent to the Spirit Mist District.
Wang Wu tried to follow from a distance, but to his near collapse, the group suddenly disappeared after rounding the foot of a mountain, vanishing into thin air. He hadn't even sensed anything throughout the entire process.

There is no doubt that there is a force at work that he cannot understand.

Wang Wu returned to the river somewhat dejectedly, only to find many large fish swimming upstream.

At first, he didn't take it seriously, but he soon discovered that it wasn't just the female fish swimming upstream, and they weren't going to lay eggs. He became very excited, and upon closer inspection, he realized that they were all large fish that had lived for ten years.

After hesitating for a moment, Wang Wu activated the Five Elements Spirit Array, mobilized his qi and blood, and transformed into a lively, medium-sized fish using the Earthly Fiend Transformation, which then swam upstream.

This time, after traveling less than 500 li upstream, Wang Wu finally discovered something amiss. He saw a hidden underwater portal, faintly glowing, at a sharp bend in the river ahead, and all the large fish rushed into it.

Some big fish disappeared after rushing in, while others fell out, as if they were not up to standard.

Wang Wu was astonished. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and rushed forward.

Because he was certain of only one thing: these large fish from the mortal realm, though seemingly full of vitality, were of very poor quality due to a lack of sufficient spiritual energy, and he wouldn't eat them even if they were given to him.

Therefore, even if they enter the Spirit Mist Zone as food, they will definitely need to be nurtured for a period of time.

It's impossible to kill them immediately after entering.

This is his opportunity, because he can't just waste time in the gray fog zone.

"Shh!"

As Wang Wu swam through the faint light gate, he immediately sensed at least twelve different sources of detection sweeping over him.

So strong!

However, relying on the changes in the Earthly Fiends manifested by the Five Elements Spiritual Array, he ultimately withstood the test and successfully passed through the gate of light. Soon he reappeared in the river, but the concentration of spiritual energy around him increased by ten percentage points.

That means it was originally 10%, but now it has become 20%!

But looking around, the environment hadn't changed at all. The river was still the same river, the scenery on both banks was the same, and even the towns and villages were exactly the same.

But at that moment, he heard a strange sound.

"Men, I am the naval captain under the King of Xijiang. My name is Yu Ermu. Listen up, from now on, you are under my command!"

"Now, I'm giving you ten years to cultivate. After ten years, those who pass the cultivation test will be given a position as a river patrolling water demon. Those who fail, well, I'm sorry, you'll all be eaten!"

(End of this chapter)