Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 184 Demonic Cultivators Cause Chaos (10,000-word update, please subscribe)

A month later.

The White Lotus Fairy, drenched in fragrant sweat, flew out of the pool of the Great Water Ape Corpse Beast.

"Spirit-Locking Array, Taiyin Corpse Beast Liquid..."

"Shen Lang, Bai Lian is out of spirit stones!"

The White Lotus Fairy habitually acted coquettishly towards Shen Xuan.

How much do you want to borrow?

Shen Xuan and the White Lotus Fairy always kept clear accounts.

Feelings are feelings, and spiritual stones are spiritual stones; they should never be confused.

In fact, Shen Xuan didn't expect the spirit stones he lent to Fairy Bai Lian to be returned.

But I can't just give it to her for free.

They must not allow the filthy spirit stone to taint their pure feelings.

"White Lotus, calculate it!"

"Three years' worth of Taiyin Corpse Beast Liquid, plus the cost of the Spirit Locking Array spirit stones..."

"You need over ten thousand spirit stones, I'll lend you three thousand first!"

Shen Xuan did not lend more.

He knew that the White Lotus Fairy had a secret stash of money.

Back in the inner quarters.

Shen Xuan inquired about news from the outside world.

"Shen Lang, the Ancestor and the Patriarch have confirmed that Wu Yulan is the Holy Maiden of the Blood Spirit Sect. Currently, the atmosphere in Qingyang Prefecture is not right, and demonic cultivators are appearing from time to time. In the mortal world, some villages and towns have suddenly lost all their inhabitants."

"The patriarch and the family head believe that the Blood Spirit Sect's demonic cultivators have begun to sacrifice mortals!"

Shen Xuan frowned slightly: "Don't they care about those cultivation families?"

Ordinary mortals all have corresponding cultivation families for protection.

They are the foundation of humanity, and some are even blood relatives of cultivation families.

In slightly larger counties, there are always immortal masters from cultivation families stationed there.

“Demonic cultivators are ferocious, and the family cultivators may not be able to control them.”

"Moreover, the Blood Spirit Sect came with great force this time, and many cultivation families turned against them, some even secretly surrendering and becoming demons."

Shen Xuan sighed deeply.

In the world of cultivation, strength ultimately reigns supreme.

Right and wrong are far less important than practical benefits.

What changes have occurred in the Wu family of Chiyan?

This is what Shen Xuan is focusing on.

The four major cultivation families in Qingyang Prefecture are clearly distinct.

The Su family resolutely sided with the Qingyun Sect and therefore sealed off their mountain to defend themselves.

On the surface, the Zhou and Zhao families sided with the Qingyun Sect, but in reality, they remained neutral, hoping to profit from the chaos.

The Wu family became the stronghold of the demonic cultivators of the Spirit Blood Sect.

"The Wu family has been making big moves. Recently, under the guise of slaying demons and eliminating evil, they have wiped out several small cultivation families in the surrounding area."

"At the same time, we vigorously recruited rogue cultivators to join the Wu family, taught them cultivation techniques, rewarded them with spiritual pills, and organized personnel to conquer surrounding forces."

Shen Xuan nodded: "It seems Wu Yulan is starting to get anxious."

The competition among the Holy Maidens and Holy Sons of the Blood Spirit Sect is equally fierce.

Either condense the demon core, or die in battle.

There is no third option.

"Qingyang Prefecture is, after all, within the sphere of influence of the Qingyun Sect, and they will not sit idly by!"

"But I don't know when they will send someone."

Shen Xuan pondered to himself.

He picked up his pen and wrote letters to Qin Yuehan and Lü Zhengying respectively.

Ask them to help find out about the Qingyun Sect's actions and personnel situation regarding the Qingyang Prefecture.

The White Lotus Fairy then spoke about the situation of some small cultivation families in Qingyang Prefecture.

Among them, the Nangong family of Luoying Mountain, the newly promoted Foundation Establishment Nangong Guang is exceptionally strong. As soon as he reached Foundation Establishment, he destroyed the Nangong family's long-time nemesis.

"Patriarch Zhou said that Nangong Guang is very likely the incarnation of the Holy Son of the Blood Spirit Sect."

Within the territory of Qingyang Prefecture, the Daoist Sect and the Demonic Sect are bound to fight.

At this moment, Shen Xuan finally understood the meaning of Master Gufeng.

He was tasked with ensuring the continuation of the Su family line.

"Master thinks too highly of me!"

Shen Xuan pondered to himself.

If it is limited to Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.

Shen Xuan was still somewhat confident.

Even a demonic cultivator at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Even if Shen Xuan can't win, preserving his life shouldn't be a problem.

As for powerful cultivation families like the Zhou and Zhao families...

To have stood firm in Qingyang Prefecture for a thousand years, one must have one's own way of surviving.

The White Lotus Fairy didn't think that much about it.

As a woman, she was more concerned with improving her own abilities.

"Can't we wait a few years! Once the Water Ape Corpse Beast is fully formed, White Lotus can also make a fortune from it!"

Shen Xuan slapped him across the face.

The feel of that perky butt is really nice.

"Shen Lang!"

"You're so arrogant! The Holy Maiden and Holy Son of the Blood Spirit Sect aren't so easy to deal with!"

Shen Xuan coldly retorted, "Don't underestimate them. Even if your ancestor were to take action, he might not be able to defeat them!"

In terms of combat power, the Zhou family patriarch is the number one cultivator in Qingyang Prefecture. He is at the late Foundation Establishment stage, and also possesses multiple Foundation Establishment level spirit beasts.

His strength is comparable to that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the peak.

Moreover, Shen Xuan had his suspicions.

The Zhou family patriarch was also conserving his energy.

Once the situation changes.

There is a way to forcibly advance to the Foundation Establishment stage.

But, in this way.

The already slim chance of forming a golden core has been completely eliminated.

The battle between the righteous and the demonic ultimately resulted in rivers of blood.

Regardless of who wins or loses, ordinary mortals and lowly cultivators will inevitably suffer the greatest losses.

……

a few days later.

The head of the Su family visited again.

This time, he made a request.

Please ask Shen Xuan to increase the production of Thunder Talismans.

If possible, we hope Shen Xuan will sell them some high-quality thunder talismans.

"Chaos is brewing. Huaijing's skills are meager, and he has no other choice but to plead with Master Shen to lend a hand for the sake of Master Gufeng!"

The conversation has gone to this point.

Shen Xuan couldn't refuse outright.

They promised to appropriately increase the production of Thunder Talismans.

Twenty high-quality thunder talismans were sold to the Su family.

"Making high-quality thunder talismans is not easy, and I, Shen, also need to protect myself!"

"I understand, thank you for your help, Master Shen!"

The head of the Su family was deeply grateful and bowed repeatedly in thanks before leaving.

……

The territory of the Zhou family, the Beast Tamers.

The main hall for clan affairs.

The Zhou family members gathered in small groups, their eyes secretly glancing at the White Lotus Fairy sitting in the seat of honor.

Chaos was beginning to emerge in Qingyang Prefecture.

Demonic cultivators have been spotted in various places.

The Zhou family issued a family mission to eradicate demonic cultivators within their jurisdiction.

There are always some demonic cultivators from Liang Kingdom who secretly infiltrate Qingyang Prefecture to perform blood sacrifices on mortals in order to cultivate demonic arts or forge demonic artifacts.

This kind of task has been done in previous years as well.

There are especially many this year.

Among the cultivation families in Qingyang Prefecture, the Zhou family disciples are considered strong.

A team of several late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, along with their trained spirit beasts, could still overwhelm a lone demonic cultivator with sheer numbers.

The Zhou family's Foundation Establishment cultivators are stationed in designated areas to provide support at any time.

Soon, the demonic cultivators realized that the Zhou family of Beast Tamers was not to be trifled with. Some died, some were injured, and the rest scattered like birds and beasts.

The Zhou family members achieved a great victory and flocked to the clan affairs hall to hand over the heads of the demonic cultivators and the spoils of victory in exchange for clan contributions.

This time, a technique that had never appeared before appeared in the family's cultivation methods.

【Taiyin Corpse Beast Technique】.

The technique can be crafted using the corpse of a spirit beast, possessing approximately 80% of its original strength.

To exchange for this technique, in addition to paying a huge amount of family contribution points, one also needs the approval of the White Lotus Fairy and three thousand spirit stones.

Outside the main hall of clan affairs.

Under an ancient tree.

A group of Zhou family members gathered in front of an old man.

"Greetings, Uncle Seventeen!"

"Have you collected enough contribution points?"

“It’s all here!”

One of them stepped forward and asked, "Seventeenth Uncle, is that [Taiyin Corpse Beast Technique] really that good? It requires so many family contribution points to exchange for it!"

"What do you know!"

Uncle Seventeen glared at him.

"That was obtained by Zhou Bailian from a disciple of a True Immortal. How could a high-level technique from a major sect be passed down so easily!"

"Collecting enough family contribution points only grants you the qualification to be selected!"

"Zhou Bailian only passed on her skills to seven disciples!"

"Each person also needs to pay three thousand spirit stones!"

The man quickly bowed and said, "Uncle Seventeen, please calm down. I was unaware of such details!"

Uncle Seventeen coughed a few times, his gaze sweeping over everyone: "Every branch and lineage is vying for it, and our lineage is no exception. Whoever is chosen will have all the family contribution points of the others transferred to them!"

"This is the intention of Elder Qianyuan."

"Yes, Seventeenth Uncle!"

The Zhou family members were excited and lined up to enter the clan affairs hall in an orderly manner.

At this moment, Fairy Bailian was introducing the Zhou family elders to Shen Xuan.

After the pleasantries.

Shen Xuan glared at the White Lotus Fairy with a hint of helplessness.

This time, he was used by the White Lotus Fairy to pull the tiger flag.

Bai Lian chuckled.

"More than 20,000 spirit stones!"

(End of this chapter)