Mortal: Fifteenth Realm Sword Cultivator

With departure from Tiannan imminent.

Solving the problem of Xin Ruyin's Dragon Roar Body is now quite urgent.

This was to ensure that the woman would have a better foundation when she arrived at the Chaotic Star Sea.

He did not spend a lot of time repeatedly recuperating and repairing his meridians because the Dragon Roar Body was frequently damaged.

Every so often, Lu Jianghe would activate his own pure true essence to help her nourish herself.

Let's see if we can help Xin Ruyin advance a little further from the eighth level of Qi Refining.

In addition to setting up one or two more protective and detection arrays in the courtyard.

Lu Jianghe devoted the rest of his energy to searching for spiritual herbs.

For this reason, he made a special trip to the major sect markets within the Zijin Kingdom and the Cheqi Kingdom.

Fortunately, the heavens were on their side, and after a search, they found a 600-year-old "Never-Sleeping Marquis".

Now, only the final ingredient, "Chaoyuan'e," is missing from the "White Bone and Flesh Regeneration" elixir needed to completely cure Xin Ruyin's Dragon Roar Body.

As for why they didn't choose the closer Yue Kingdom, the six sects and seven factions of the demonic path were currently locked in fierce battle.

All resources are prioritized for the front lines.

The spiritual herbs aged over three hundred years have long been firmly controlled, plundered, and used entirely as war reserves.

Let alone six hundred years old, even ordinary hundred-year-old spiritual herbs are hard to find in the market.

If you rush to investigate, you will inevitably be targeted by someone in no time, and it will be a loss for you.

The last stop was the State of Xu.

If they still can't find the last main medicinal herb here, they'll have no choice but to try and get it from Han Li.

Lu Jianghe was certain that this kid knew about the existence of the ancient teleportation array and that he might leave this place one day.

They must have planned ahead and made detailed collections of various rare medicinal herbs circulating in the cultivation world.

Regardless of the age, whether it's a hundred-year-old seedling or a mere few decades old, it makes little difference to him as long as the little green bottle accelerates its ripening; it only takes a short period of time.

Lu Jianghe did not transform into a streak of light; instead, he rode the wind towards the direction of the Xu Kingdom.

As he passed through the capital of Xu Kingdom, several sudden bursts of spiritual energy below caught his attention.

Lu Jianghe stood frozen in mid-air, seemingly lost in thought.

Could it be such a coincidence?

Thoughts surged like a book, and all the past events concerning the Blood Fiend Cult instantly and clearly surfaced in my mind.

Since ancient times, immortals have looked down on kings and nobles.

When mortal emperors seize power, they inevitably develop a greedy desire for immortality; human nature is inherently evil, and this is to be expected.

However, this is a major taboo among immortals and is absolutely forbidden.

As for comparing it to domesticated livestock, the claim that one doesn't want to be a puppet or an ant is nothing but pointless whining.

Imagine if everyone wanted to live a long and immortal life, and also coveted the power to rule the mortal world, wouldn't the order of the cultivation world be in complete chaos?

Under the guise of searching for those with spiritual roots, they are actually engaging in activities to amass personal wealth. Whether their intentions are to benefit themselves or harm others is perfectly clear to everyone.

To put it bluntly, it's nothing more than enjoying the benefits of power while harboring resentment towards the forces that maintain the rules—a classic case of the pot calling the kettle black.

This is a matter of wanting both.

Even though they are villains, they have different stances and their own obsessions.

The display of hypocrisy is utterly repulsive.

He's already a king, yet he wants to become a cultivator.

Once they're reduced to ordinary citizens, they'll behave themselves.

Lu Jianghe detected with his divine sense that Han Li had used the chaos created by the explosive talismans to escape and instantly disappeared into a dense bamboo forest in the back garden.

Zhao, the leader of the Black Fiend Sect, who was now half-human and half-demon, let out a furious roar of being tricked and immediately flew after them.

However, as soon as he stepped into the bamboo forest, the surrounding scenery changed abruptly.

Five beams of light—gold, cyan, red, blue, and yellow—rose without warning from five directions in the bamboo forest, intertwining and instantly forming a huge, mysterious light shield that trapped it within.

It was the Inverted Five Elements Array refined by Xin Ruyin.

Lu Jianghe looked down and fixed his gaze on the four figures that suddenly appeared in the forest.

Two men and two women.

One of them was Han Li.

When his gaze swept over one of the women...

is her?

Lu Jianghe's heart stirred slightly.

This woman was none other than the female cultivator who, when she and her fellow disciples were besieging the second-tier Azure Scale Python near the small swamp by Mount Tainan, was trapped in a dangerous situation but refused to escape alone.

What a coincidence!

But is this woman Chen Qiaoqian or Zhong Weiniang?

Lu Jianghe was also unable to tell the difference for the time being.

The four people below were completely unaware of his arrival.

Watching Han Li manipulate the formation with such skill and composure, it was clear he did indeed possess some talent.

Inside the bamboo forest, the Five Elements Reversal Array shimmered with light, and various colored spiritual lights intertwined to form a net, firmly trapping the Black Fiend Cult Leader.

His body was filled with demonic energy, and an eerie red light constantly impacted the array barrier.

This beast has already condensed the "Blood Coagulation Five Elements Pill," and although it has not yet been refined, it can be considered to be at the pseudo-pill stage.

Han Li donned two defensive magical artifacts that shimmered with spiritual light, and urgently shouted, "If any of you have talismans or treasures, take this opportunity to activate them and join forces to eliminate this person!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a dark figure descended from the sky and appeared three zhang behind the group.

"Save it. Every time you use a talisman, it's one less you can use. Since we just happened to be passing by, I'll take care of him for you."

Upon hearing the sound, the four of them turned around almost simultaneously, forgetting even to use their divine senses to investigate, and all showed expressions of panic.

When Han Li recognized the person who had approached, his eyes lit up with surprise and he exclaimed, "Brother Lu!"

The woman next to him, with her pretty face and slightly chubby cheeks, was surprised, then her gaze fell on Lu Jianghe's face, and the more she looked at him, the more familiar he seemed.

A thought flashed through her mind: wasn't this the Core Formation cultivator who had once slain the demon beast and saved her and Jing-ge?

Thinking of this, Zhong Weiniang felt a pang of sorrow.

If this senior had arrived sooner, perhaps Jing-ge wouldn't have died.

Chen Qiaoqian and Song Meng were both taken aback.

Lu Jianghe stood riding the wind, his body radiating no magical light whatsoever, causing surprise to rise in both of their hearts.

Junior Brother Han has also met Core Formation cultivators?

In any case, with the help of a Core Formation cultivator, the tension in my body immediately eased considerably.

Han Li pushed the array plate, and the intricate runes engraved on it, including the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches, suddenly rotated and changed.

Not far ahead, a crack suddenly appeared in the barrier of the inverted Five Elements Formation.

Trapped in the formation, the Black Fiend Cult Leader's last bit of patience ran out, and he was preparing to forcefully unleash the Black Blood Blade.

In that instant, a gap appeared in the array barrier.

He was overjoyed. The eerie, demonic light, intertwined with black and red, and carrying a thick, tangible aura of malevolence, shot out.

"Hahaha!"

After escaping, the Black Fiend Cult Leader let out a deafening, maniacal laugh, his voice wild and tyrannical.

"You cunning brat, have you lost your mind? How dare you open the formation and release me? You're practically courting death!"

Seeing that the others remained silent and instead looked at the person behind them, the Black Fiend Cult Leader sneered.

"Oh? Another one coming to their death? You disciples from the seven sects are just wasting your time..."