A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 160 Killing Intent, Tragic
Admittedly, during the Bloodstained Forbidden Zone, both sides benefited from each other's actions and owed each other nothing.

But when he was teleported using the teleportation array, he truly felt indebted to the other party.

Even if the woman was planning to wait for him to return and might have had ulterior motives, she ultimately didn't leak the secret; that's what you call human kindness.

Gotta admit it.

just.

Even so.

He still planned to... kill them to silence them.

Since he has already formed his Nascent Soul and is free from inner demons, killing this woman will not leave him with any regrets, guilt, or flaws in his Dao heart.

Moreover, killing this woman would indeed be more beneficial than harmful to him.

Because as long as he kills the witnesses as soon as possible, no one will know that he possesses the opportunity of the Blood Forbidden Land, nor will anyone know that he controls an ancient teleportation array that can be used.

It's important to understand that if either of these two secrets were to be leaked, it would cause enormous trouble.

Let alone the early and mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators in Tiannan who would covet him so intensely, even the three great cultivators would probably want to have a good talk with him.

For example, once the location of the ancient teleportation array is exposed, he will lose his advantage of monopolizing the benefits of the Chaotic Star Sea.

If, by chance, the ancient teleportation array is damaged while he is on the other side of the Chaotic Star Sea, he will be unable to teleport back and will be trapped there. In that case, the only way back to Tiannan would be to first spend many years flying across to the Great Jin Dynasty, and then take a detour back to Tiannan.

There are too many variables, too many crises, and too much risk involved.

In addition, you may miss several great opportunities in the most dangerous place in the south, the Fallen Demon Valley.

The opportunity in Fallen Demon Valley is crucial for him to advance to the late Nascent Soul stage and even the Divine Transformation stage.

It also relates to the boundless spiritual energy layer of the endless sea.

He didn't elaborate on the other minor opportunities, such as obtaining the body of an ancient demon.

Furthermore.

If Gan Rushuang had the intention to find out that he had returned to Tiannan, she would have arranged for Nascent Soul cultivators from the Hidden Moon Sect to wait for him near the teleportation array in the mine.

Therefore, when he completes the teleportation next time, he will most likely be ambushed by the entire Hidden Moon Sect.

The dangers involved are chilling to even think about.

For example, if the secrets of the forbidden land's opportunities were known to outsiders, the Old Demon Hehuan would definitely not mind keeping a close eye on him. After all, whether it's the inheritance of the wind-elemental array in the Crimson Forbidden Land, the inheritance of ancient cultivation techniques, the good things left behind by ancient cultivators, or even the opportunities of the Nascent Soul stage, they are enough to alarm any Nascent Soul stage cultivator.

Capturing him would provide an extra opportunity to advance to the Nascent Soul stage, and the Nascent Soul cultivators of Tiannan would undoubtedly search for him frantically.

therefore.

The benefits of eliminating Gan Rushuang far outweigh the drawbacks.

Not killing them could lead to endless troubles.

"I wonder how much sense of belonging Gan Rushuang has to the Hidden Moon Sect these days?"

"If you have a strong sense of belonging, then you can only... sacrifice your fellow Daoists to save yourself."

He dared not risk his life for this woman's kindness.

Even if the other party might be Nangong Wan, the female protagonist in his book, he wouldn't dare to gamble.

Winning only brings a small consolation.

We lost. We lost everything.

The stakes are simply not equal.

Moreover, the feeling that his life and death were entirely in the hands of others was suffocating.

...

The Hidden Moon Sect suffered heavy losses of its elite forces during the demonic invasion more than a hundred years ago.

During the great defeat, even a pseudo-infant level monster like Qiong Laoguai perished.

There were other sacrifices among the cultivators in the late stage of Core Formation.

The sect lost a total of eight Core Formation stage cultivators.

The sect suffered heavy losses among its Foundation Establishment cultivators. On the battlefield, Foundation Establishment cultivators were routed by the demonic army, with less than one in ten surviving. The elite Qi Refining cultivators who participated in the battle were even more decimated, with very few survivors, and those who were lucky enough to escape were less than one in a hundred.

That devastating defeat, caused by a coordinated attack from within and without, inflicted immense damage on the Hidden Moon Sect.

The losses were so severe that even a century of recuperation could not restore them.

Well, not only did they fail to recover, but the situation worsened due to over a century of open and covert struggles with the existing sects of the Northern Liang Kingdom, as well as the continuous invasions and wars by the Mulan people. In particular, after the death of the Grand Elder, who was in the mid-Nascent Soul stage, the sect's situation became extremely delicate.

Currently, the Hidden Moon Sect only has two Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

One is Fairy Ni Cai, who is of the same generation as Ancestor Linghu, and has a peak early Nascent Soul cultivation level. She has been stuck at a bottleneck for hundreds of years and has not been able to make a breakthrough to this day.

The other one was a male cultivator.

The early stage of the primordial spirit stage, which occurred decades ago.

It was fortunate that this person successfully formed his Nascent Soul, helping the Hidden Moon Sect to continue its lineage. Otherwise, with only one early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, the Hidden Moon Sect would have been truly in a state of flux. He was simply not worthy of being the leader of the original six sects of the Yue Kingdom.

After all, both Huangfeng Valley and Qingxu Sect have old monsters in the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Linghu Laoguai has been in the mid-stage for a century, possessing profound cultivation and a wealthy family background. The elder of Qingxu Sect has also been in the mid-stage for several decades, having long since stabilized his realm.

Even though neither of them were mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators skilled in combat, they were not cultivators in the early stage of Nascent Soul who could easily be taken advantage of.

And compared to the original trajectory.

During this period, the Hidden Moon Sect was missing another key Nascent Soul cultivator: Nangong Wan!

As a result, even the superficial glamour that the original "three-legged balance" barely maintained no longer existed.

Furthermore, the Fairy of Rainbow Colors from the Hidden Moon Sect did not actually obtain any opportunity to advance to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm.

Linglong Mountain, the westernmost part of the Northern Liang Kingdom.

This is the current location of the Hidden Moon Sect's mountain gate.

The cultivators of the Hidden Moon Sect used magic to build countless pavilions and palaces around this sacred mountain, and also set up a mountain gate formation that was inferior to the mountain-protecting formation of the Yue Kingdom.

Down the mountain, Han Li had already learned about the predicament of the Hidden Moon Sect through the two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators he encountered on the Soul Searching Path.

By comparing it with the original trajectory of the Hidden Moon Sect, they saw clearly the more dire situation of the original Yue Kingdom's number one sect.

"So, should I take the risk of infiltrating the Hidden Moon Sect to capture them, or kill them to silence them? Or should I stir up trouble, lure Gan Rushuang out of the sect first, and then decide what to do next?"

After thinking about it, I felt that sneaking in would be safer.

He calculated the time again; the Void Heaven Palace was still a few years away from opening. Furthermore, the Void Heaven Remnant Map hadn't reacted yet. If it did react, he could leave Tiannan and return to the Chaotic Star Sea immediately.

Therefore, he decided to sneak in anyway.

They would find an opportunity to kill the person and then leave.

If he moves faster, he can fly straight to the Nine Heavens Gale Layer before the mountain gate formation is fully activated, and even the cultivators of the Hidden Moon Sect will not be able to stop him.

...

Linglong Mountain, thousands of feet high and spanning tens of miles, is one of the best spiritual veins and treasure lands in the Northern Liang Kingdom.

The mountain is roughly divided into three layers: upper, middle, and lower.

At the very bottom of the mountain, there is an ordinary spiritual vein, where the spiritual energy is passable. The environment at the foot of the mountain is average, surrounded by densely packed houses, which are the living and cultivation areas for the lower-level disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect.

From the foot of the mountain to its midsection, only Foundation Establishment cultivators are qualified to set foot there. The quality of the spiritual energy here is slightly better, but it is still comparable to the spiritual vein branches on the more than three hundred ordinary mountain peaks on Kui Xing Island in the Chaotic Star Sea. In fact, it is even inferior.

The uppermost layer above the mountainside has a much higher quality and more abundant spiritual energy. This area is naturally divided among the Core Formation stage cultivators of the sect.

In the very center of the hilltop area, there is actually a separate courtyard.

This place is the cave dwelling of two Nascent Soul elders of the Hidden Moon Sect.

There is also a council hall where only those at the Core Formation stage can participate in council proceedings.

At this moment.

A dashing middle-aged man and a still-charming female cultivator were sitting in the hall discussing matters with a beautiful woman with exquisite features and stunning looks.

"Nephew Gan, have you thought about that matter...?"

The Nascent Soul stage female cultivator above asked in a friendly tone.

Below, a stunningly beautiful woman, who appeared to be sitting upright but was actually only sitting on the stool with half her buttocks, trembled slightly upon hearing this.

She bit her lip, feeling very unwilling.

“Nephew, you’ve been delaying for three years now, keeping up with Fellow Daoist Wei of the Huayi Sect. If you don’t give them an answer soon, they might become unhappy. And the Huayi Sect is one of the two major sects of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance. If we offend them…”

　I'll just write a short chapter for now; it's too late. Time to rest.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)