I forge immortality with spiritual treasures.

Chapter 115 New Ideas
Beyond the verdant mountains, lush greenery abounds.

A female cultivator with a coiled snake-shaped hair bun hid among the giant trees, her face showing a solemn expression.

"What exactly was that noise? Why haven't we heard anything back yet?"

Her eyes flickered: "Could something have really gone wrong?"

"No."

"That old dog Lai has the cultivation of fusing the Qi and evil, and he is also sitting on the formation. If he has met with misfortune, what kind of person must his opponent be?"

The female cultivator made up her mind, gritted her teeth, and decided to take the first step, risking punishment.

She made a hand seal and escaped from the giant tree. Just as she was about to leave quietly, she suddenly saw a streak of light rising from behind the mountain barrier in the east, flying swiftly in this direction.

"what is that……"

For no apparent reason, her heart skipped a beat, and she quickly fled in a certain direction.

Unexpectedly, that streak of light also came chasing after them!

Alarm bells rang in the female cultivator's mind. She no longer cared about revealing her identity and hurriedly increased her escape speed. However, the streak of light was too fast. In just a few flashes, it was already in front of her.

Only then did she realize that the stream of light was actually an arrow.

At the same time, the hairs on his body stood on end, as if a life-or-death crisis was imminent.

Without time to think, she quickly waved her sleeve, sending out a shield-shaped magical artifact to block in front of her. Then she made hand seals and chanted incantations, releasing a thin purple light to create another layer of protection.

Unexpectedly, the arrow struck the shield without hesitation, piercing it through in one blow!
The female cultivator was terrified and frantically unleashed her magic, casting several beams of purple light in front of her in a short time. However, these beams were as thin as paper before the arrow.

"Do not……"

She opened her mouth slightly, as if she wanted to shout something.

But in the next instant, the arrow had already pierced through mercilessly!

Click, click, click——

The arrow's momentum remained undiminished, piercing straight through the trees. The sound of breaking was largely masked, and so, silently, a broken magical artifact and a soft corpse both fell into the mountains.

After a long while, a streak of light shot through the air and stopped above, where a handsome Taoist priest stepped out.

This principle should naturally be explained.

Ying Chan followed the energy to this place, looked down and saw a corpse that had already been killed. He nodded slightly.

Although he focused more on cultivation after joining the Immortal Abode, he did not forget to study the Dao Seed and refine magical artifacts in his spare time.

Currently, the Qiankun Bow in his hand, forged from lightning-struck wood, has been refined with twelve layers of restrictions. The progress is a bit slow, but it is only at the level of a mid-grade magic weapon.

However, the power of the Qiankun Bow cannot be compared with that of ordinary magical artifacts.

After all, what truly endows the Qiankun Bow with power is the divine runes. Whether it's the material of the magical artifact or the restrictions, their real function is merely to manifest this power.

Strictly speaking, Ying Chan has not yet been able to fully unleash the power of the Qiankun Bow, even though the essence he has grasped is only one ten-thousandth of the true Qiankun Bow's power.

Even so, the power of the Qiankun Bow is no longer what it used to be.

The unorthodox cultivator who had previously refined his evil energy was able to withstand the attack of the Gengjin Yuanfu sword energy thanks to his protective spells, but he still met his end under the blow of the Qiankun Bow. How much more so for these mediocre unorthodox cultivators.

After confirming that the corpse was indeed the correct one, and collecting the magical artifacts and other items from the body, Ying Chan flicked his finger, unleashing a sword aura that severed the corpse's head.

Only then did a slight smile appear on his face.

"Thus, all nine heretical Xuan Guangs have been executed."

Ying Chan searched all the way here, and these unorthodox mystical lights, which he shot with an arrow from afar, even if they did not die on the spot, basically lost their ability to resist, so it was effortless.

"It seems that after returning to the Immortal Abode, I should find a method to cultivate in the search for Qi and traces." Ying Chan was not unaware that with the power of the Qiankun Bow, it could kill enemies and win battles even from several mountains away.

However, with the cultivation level of a Xuan Guang cultivator, it is difficult to lock onto an enemy's aura from a distance.

However, inspired by the Qi-seeking incantation of his two senior brothers, Ji and Qiao, Ying Chan immediately realized that if he combined it with the Qi-seeking and tracking method, he could also kill enemies from afar.

Perhaps with his cultivation level, even if he mastered the Qi-Seeking Mantra, he might not achieve even one-tenth of the results of his two senior brothers in a short period of time.

But this was enough to ensure that Ying Chan would remain undefeated in battles against Xuan Guang cultivators.

Of course, this method is not without its flaws...

As is the case today, Ying Chan's perception range is not that far.

Although he could use Qiao Honghu's Qi-seeking spell to search for enemies from several mountains away, he still had to come in person to either confirm the situation or clean up the mess.

But he was in no hurry to consider these shortcomings.

Ying Chan put away his new idea and was about to leave when he suddenly noticed that the trees in front of him had been broken, seemingly caused by his own arrow.

After a moment's thought, he drew a wisp of the life-giving energy of the green wood from his magic aperture, transforming it into a thin mist that sprinkled down, as compensation for the vitality of this forest, before riding on the flames.

They vanished into the heavens, heading east over several layers of green mountains.

Soon, Ying Chan returned to the herb garden on the sacred mountain, only to see a figure standing with his hands behind his back on the mountaintop. It turned out that Qiao Honghu had been waiting for a long time.

Ying Chan raised an eyebrow.

I'll just be cleaning up some loose ends, so it won't take much time.

However, Qiao Honghu was chasing three cultivators who had at least refined their evil energy, and they were not gathered in one place, so taking them down was effortless.

This senior brother is truly incredibly talented.

He pressed down the flames and quickly descended to the mountaintop. He cupped his hands and said, "Senior brother, I have fulfilled my mission. The leader of the nine unorthodox cultivators is here."

He released all the severed heads.

"good."

Seeing this, Qiao Honghu said, "In that case, today's trip was not in vain."

Ying Chan nodded, then pondered for a moment and asked, "May I ask, senior brother, what should be done with the survivors in the mine?"

Qiao Honghu frowned upon hearing this.

“I have found and questioned several of those heretical people who were kidnapped from who-knows-where. They are suffering from torture and are completely numb. They know nothing about cultivation and cannot explain the ins and outs of their practice.”

"In my opinion, even after being rescued, they will need to be settled and recuperated for a period of time before they can recover their spirits and find out where they came from."

"This……"

Ying Chan pondered, "If this is reported to our sect, will the sect intervene?"

“That’s natural,” Qiao Honghu said. “Our sect inherits the orthodox tradition of Taoism and has the virtue of cherishing life, so how could we abandon it?”

Ying Chan breathed a slight sigh of relief upon hearing this: "In that case, when I return to the Immortal Abode, I will report this matter to our sect."

"But before that, we should rescue them from the mine..."

As the two were discussing, Qiao Honghu suddenly twitched his eyebrows and looked up at the sky, only to see several streaks of cloud light appearing one after another, heading straight for them.

"Oh?"

Qiao Honghu let out a soft "hmm," and said thoughtfully, "You've come at just the right time..."

(End of this chapter)