Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

"Although the Dingsheng Banner has been returned to Tang Yin, she has a lot on her plate, especially after the collective disappearance of the immortal cultivators, her workload has only increased... She simply doesn't have much time to focus on this strange thing!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Xi's eyes dodged slightly. He suppressed the instinct to run away and pretended to be calm as he looked at Fan Shan, who was frowning.

Wei Xi now felt that Fan Shan's every word and action was strange. How could he trust him anymore? Thinking carefully, this "person" not only had a strange origin, but what he said was also too shocking.

Unfortunately, many seemingly true things cannot be verified due to the long time.

Wei Xi's personality was such that she would naturally run as far away as possible from such a situation. However, she had to flee from Fan Shan, and later, she wanted to take advantage of the Yin and Yang Qi, which tied her to this matter from both sides, making her unable to move easily.

Wei Xi made up his mind: When he returned to the Qingcheng Sect, he would thoroughly excavate the Bailu Pavilion's collection to uncover what truly happened at the end of the Golden Age! Was it true, as "Fan Shan" had said, that prominent monks from every sect had mysteriously disappeared one after another? Was there a second wave of yin and yang energy, leading to a wave of beasts wreaking havoc on the world?
Wei Xi calmly covered Qin Feng, fearing that "Fan Shan" would suddenly turn against him and leave the three of them stranded here.

"Fan Shan," seemingly unaware of the anomaly, pulled out a set of wine utensils from the shelf and began pouring wine into a glass. He continued, "If the bodies hadn't disappeared from the city we were defending, I'm afraid we wouldn't have discovered this sinister thing!"

"The disciple in charge of collecting the bodies came crawling to me, saying that the morgue was inexplicably empty!"

"Fan Shan" flicked his wrist, drank the wine in his cup, set it down, and then filled it up again. "After much investigation, we found that it was the Dingsheng Banner that ate those corpses! It was clean, without leaving any trace!"

"You mean..." Qin Feng said, watching the liquid dissolve in the gas: "Inside that flag outside...it's been over a thousand years, aren't those corpses still inside?"

Fan Shan scoffed, his eyebrows arched exaggeratedly. "This thing has a huge appetite! For all these years, I've only seen it take in food, never spit anything out! What, you still want to visit me, Senior?"

If he had been like before, Qin Feng would have drawn his sword.

But Qin Feng had lost too much blood and didn't even have the energy to engage in a quarrel with his friend. He curled his lips and stopped asking questions.

Wei Xi was full of doubts. Now that he knew the secret hidden in the notes, he had even more reason to suspect that the "Fan Shan" in front of him was an imposter.

But she always felt that she had missed some details, so she couldn't jump to conclusion.

"Fan Shan" whispered, "The Dingsheng Banner is incredibly strange! It can completely devour anything that carries yin and yang energy! And it can take its power for itself..."

Wei Xi said, "Strange! Senior, please don't try to fool me! Why didn't it catch me?"

"Humph! No matter how bizarre this Dingsheng Banner is, it's just a magical weapon!" Fan Shan said this with considerable pride, "I used all my skills to refine this thing once again."

At this point, his suddenly high spirits waned again. "Originally, we wanted to use it to slowly absorb the leaking Yin and Yang Qi. That way, even if we die guarding the rift, we can prevent the Yin and Yang Qi scattered outside from causing trouble."

"What a pity... What a pity..." "Fan Shan" did not say the rest of the words, and another glass of wine went down his throat.

Wei Xi suppressed his excitement and said, "Senior, from your description, does the Dingsheng Banner have a spirit?"

"You're quite knowledgeable! The Dingsheng Banner does have a spirit, but that spirit is a defective piece without any intelligence. Its only function is to drive the Dingsheng Banner to seek out Yin and Yang Qi to devour."

"If not for this, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to refine the Dingsheng Banner again so easily!"

Wei Xi understood and nodded, "Senior, you are so clever! You know that this spiritual weapon has already given birth to a spirit. You simply take advantage of the situation and use this spirit to lock the Dingsheng Banner's devouring range on the inactive Yin and Yang Qi!"

"That's right!" Fan Shan slammed the table. "You are quite intelligent! I did tamper with the weapon spirit!" "Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes. I didn't expect Xu Fulin to have a backup plan! Nowadays, most of the immortal cultivators are young people who don't use Yin and Yang Qi to cultivate... This Dingsheng Banner has become a burden. I don't know how many cultivators it has swallowed over the years... If the rift erupts a few more times, I'm afraid the Dingsheng Banner will be gone!"

"By then, not only will the beast tide caused by the Yin and Yang Qi be a problem, but the precious materials and strange magical instruments we've added will also cause a lot of trouble, just like this victory banner!"

At this point, "Fan Shan" threw down his empty wine glass and said, "We have become the biggest joke!"

Seeing him like this, Wei Xi closed his mouth cautiously: If this person knew about the good things done by the Chongxiao City Chamber of Commerce, or if he knew that a flag very similar to the Dingsheng Banner was planted at the city gate, he would probably be in big trouble.

Before Wei Xi could change the subject, he heard a loud bang outside, followed by two thunderclaps, and the shaking of the entire ship suddenly increased to a higher level.

Wei Xi, full of doubts, leaned on the table and heard a slightly drunken voice in his ears.

"The time has come, get ready to go!"

"Fan Shan" stood up, vaguely hearing the sound of shaking water, and called Wei Qin to follow.

Wei Xi pinched the scroll at his waist and felt the vague response from the person in the painting, then he helped Qin Feng to follow.

"You Qingcheng Sect..." "Fan Shan," holding a lantern, stood at the narrow entrance and suddenly turned back to look at the two of them. "Are you really completely clueless?"

Qin Feng realized without Wei Xi's explanation that this was a difficult question to answer. Fortunately, no matter how much her expression changed, it was not noticeable, so the gas did not notice anything strange.

Qin Feng didn't know how to answer, so she pursed her lips until a hand gently pressed on her shoulder, and Wei Xi's slightly shameful voice sounded.

"Senior, you may not know that our sect's strength is currently very low. The sect leader... the elders are not interested in fame and fortune, and the disciples are even more lazy. In the past sect competitions, there have been countless embarrassing incidents! How could they know about the golden age?"

"If it weren't for the senior's teachings, I'm afraid we would know nothing!"

The point of Wei Xi’s words is not whether the Qingcheng Sect knew about it, but whether the Qingcheng Sect did not have the ability to know?
After all, you don't want to anger the other party and ruin things just when you are about to escape.

"Really?" The other party sneered and snapped his fingers to brighten the lights. "The Qingcheng Sect is still the same! What's the point of arguing with you? It's pointless!"

After "Fan Shan" finished speaking, he took the two people and the painting and walked towards the deck.

Wei Xi walked the short distance with trepidation and extreme vigilance. It wasn't until he reached the deck that the view suddenly opened up.

Yin and Yang gathered near the fissure that stretched across the earth, so dense it felt like the night was falling. Everything around them was submerged in the source of all things, and with them, they would return to the endless abyss.

Qin Feng shuddered, obviously thinking of the Dieqi Mountain where he would go when he formed the Dan.

The Dusk and Dawn Treasure Ship also demonstrated its extraordinary effectiveness: the yin and yang energy within three meters of it was forcibly cut apart, creating a safe area.

"Everything is about balance. What have we done wrong?"

(End of this chapter)