To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

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Outside the Lingxiao Palace, Gu Fan walked out slowly, his eyes slightly unfocused, still pondering Qi Zongyuan's instructions.

The task can be simple in some ways, but complex in others.

Xu Changsheng was ordered to build a celestial city based on the market town of Xuan Yin Mountain. This was a complete shock to the cultivation families of Xuan Yin Mountain. Not only were their days of being kings and hegemons over, but they also had to contribute money and effort.

This could cost them their lives.

However, they lacked the courage to openly oppose the establishment of the Immortal City, so they resorted to underhanded tactics.

This tactic is—colluding with demonic cultivators.

We can't destroy the immortal city, but surely demonic cultivators can?

Therefore, during the two years of the Immortal City's construction, small groups of demonic cultivators constantly came to harass and sabotage it, greatly hindering the city's construction progress.

These demonic cultivators weren't aiming to kill, but rather to disrupt the immortal city's magic array or destroy the city walls that were only half-built.

They arrived under the cover of night, destroyed the magic array, and then fled.

Because of the presence of an inside agent, the demonic cultivators were fully aware of the defensive vulnerabilities of the immortal city, thus succeeding time and again.

This move is nothing more than using the demonic cultivators to try and force the Lingxiao Sect to change the distribution of benefits.

However, Xu Changsheng was clearly not one to compromise. He personally investigated for a long time and finally caught several demonic cultivators. But before the demonic cultivators could confess, some of them, feeling guilty, simply fled to the Wu Kingdom to seek refuge with the demonic cultivators.

After all, the Lu family serves as a cautionary tale.

Although Xu Changsheng had made prior arrangements to intercept most of the people, the Lingxiao Sect had limited manpower, and the core members still managed to escape.

The Lingxiao Sect cannot tolerate such defection; otherwise, the Xuan Yin Mountain would surely be in turmoil.

However, as a true disciple stationed at Xuan Yin Mountain, Xu Changsheng's every move was easily discovered, so it was impossible for him to personally pursue and kill him.

Since the two countries have not directly gone to war, Golden Core cultivators should not act rashly.

Therefore, the task fell to Gu Fan.

"So... this mission is to hunt down the Zhu family cultivators who have defected."

The Zhu family is the strongest among the five Xuan Yin clans, possessing two Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After the Lu family was wiped out, the Zhu family had become the most powerful family in Xuan Yin Mountain, and naturally also the family that suffered the greatest loss after the establishment of the Immortal City.

As for where the Zhu family is hiding after they joined the Wu Kingdom's demonic cultivators, we can only investigate after arriving at Xuan Yin Mountain.

Half a month later.

The shuttle landed outside the Xuan Yin Mountain market.

Gu Fan disguised himself as a rogue cultivator, followed by Li Fengyi in a pink dress. The two pretended to be a Daoist couple and walked side by side into the Xuan Yin Mountain Market.

Li Fengyi usually wore martial arts attire, but now that she's changed into a long dress, she seems a little uncomfortable, frequently turning her shoulders.

Gu Fan glanced sideways, holding a folding fan to cover his face, but the smile in his eyes betrayed him.

Li Fengyi simply rolled her eyes at him and stopped struggling.

Seeing this, Gu Fan suppressed his smile and turned to look at the Xuan Yin Mountain Market.

After several years, the Xuan Yin Mountain Market was no longer hidden in the formation, but was openly revealed and extended towards Xuan Yin Mountain, more than doubling in size.

The city wall, thirty feet high, surrounds the entire immortal city. Unfortunately, only two sides have been built and the wall has not yet been joined together. At the break point, a small section of the wall has collapsed, seemingly due to human sabotage.

The layout of the immortal city was also re-divided, and the streets where independent cultivators used to set up stalls were expanded into a market.

The former third floor, the villa where the disciples of the five Xuan Yin families enjoyed themselves, has been requisitioned and transformed into the residence of the Lingxiao Sect disciples.

To be precise, not only disciples of the Lingxiao Sect, but also disciples of the Hundred Refinements Sect were stationed here.

The resources of Xuanyin Mountain were originally shared by the three sects of Wei, with the Lingxiao Sect only taking the lion's share.

Therefore, the establishment of the Immortal City was spearheaded by the Lingxiao Sect, and the Hundred Refinements Sect also assigned some disciples to guard it. Only the Transformation Spirit Sect was unable to spare any manpower due to the pressure from the Wilderness Mountain.

According to Qi Zongyuan's instructions, when Gu Fan went to Wu Kingdom to pursue the enemy, one disciple from the Hundred Refinements Sect would accompany him.

Gu Fan and Li Fengyi found a deserted alley, waved their hands to release a message arrow, and then waited in place.

In just a moment, my divine sense detected two figures approaching.

The two men were cloaked, making their identities impossible to discern, until they entered the alley and removed their cloaks, at which point Gu Fan was able to identify them.

The person at the head was Xu Changsheng, while the other person surprised Gu Fan—it was Wu Chengdao.

"Greetings, Senior Brother Xu and Fellow Daoist Wu," Gu Fan said as he stepped forward.

Wu Chengdao laughed heartily: "This time, I will accompany you to the Wu Kingdom, and we can join forces to fight against our enemies again."

Upon hearing this, a look of joy appeared on Gu Fan's face.

After many years, Wu Chengdao had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and his cultivation was the highest among the four present. With his assistance, the chances of victory would undoubtedly be much greater.

"As expected of someone with a Heavenly Spiritual Root, their cultivation is incredibly fast," Gu Fan thought with envy.

However, although Wu Chengdao is strong, his methods of body cultivation are relatively limited, which is why Gu Fan is the main figure on this trip.

Xu Changsheng returned the greeting with a cupped hand, a rare hint of shame appearing on his usually stern face: "This matter arose because of me, yet I've troubled you, Junior Brother, to make this trip..."

Xu Changsheng nodded.

"According to the interrogation of the demonic cultivator, the Zhu family has pledged allegiance to the Blood Spirit Sect."

"However, the cultivation method practiced by the Zhu family is the Creation Law, and the Blood Spirit Sect is unlikely to accept the Zhu family into the sect. In most cases, they will only allow the Zhu family to reside in the Human Race City."

"The Blood Spirit Sect has ten human race cities. The closest one is 800 miles away from here, and the farthest one is 3,000 miles away. As for which human race city they are hiding in, we do not know. Junior Brother will have to find out for himself."

"Tsk." Gu Fan gasped, feeling that things were getting complicated.

The so-called "City of Human Races" is a unique arrangement of the demonic path. Most of the people in the city are descendants of cultivators. Although the vast majority are mortals, the probability of them developing spiritual roots is naturally higher.

The demonic sects regularly examine the spiritual roots of newborns in the city, and those who show talent will be absorbed into the sect.

As for whether to cultivate talent or mere skills, that's hard to say.

All the demonic sects attach great importance to the City of Human Race. There are always formations protecting the outer perimeter of the city, and Foundation Establishment cultivators are stationed inside. Once discovered, it is difficult to escape.

Even so, Gu Fan did not consider giving up.

The first task was undoubtedly a test from Qi Zongyuan. If he couldn't even complete this task, the future allocation of resources might be reduced.

Thinking of this, Gu Fan looked at Xu Changsheng and asked, "Senior Brother, do you have any knowledge of geomancy in the Wu Kingdom?"

Upon hearing this, Xu Changsheng took out a jade slip from his sleeve and said, "I specifically collected information about the Wu Kingdom before I came here, and it's all in this jade slip."

After saying this, Xu Changsheng took out another command arrow and continued, "If you kill the Zhu family traitors, when you return, you only need to release the command arrow within a hundred miles of Xuan Yin Mountain, and the elders of the sect will come to meet you."

Gu Fan nodded slightly and accepted the jade slip and command token.

"Does Fellow Martial Artist need to make any further preparations?" Gu Fan asked Wu Chengdao.

Wu Chengdao patted his storage pouch at his waist: "I've been prepared for a long time, just waiting for you to arrive!"

Gu Fan nodded: "In that case, let's set off immediately, just in case something goes wrong."

Upon hearing this, Xu Changsheng cupped his hands and said, "Then I will eagerly await your return."

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