Martial Arts Crossover: Infiltrating a Girls' Chat Group at the Start

He nodded.

Then Xiao Fei continued, "You'll come to Chiyun City with me, and I'll protect you."

She placed her hand on Lin Zhu's shoulder again, pressing her body close, thinking to herself, "I really want to hug him!"

She felt an involuntary pleasure when she was close to Lin Zhu, a pleasure that was even more irresistible than cultivation.

"Then I'll have to trouble you to take care of me along the way, Sister Feifei." Lin Zhu's expression was a little unnatural; Xiao Fei was being too affectionate towards him.

Xiao Fei noticed Lin Zhu's unease, her eyes narrowing slightly. 'Little brother, watch me charm you to death!'

A pure heart remains unperturbed even when the sky falls!

Lin Zhu silently recited the Ice Heart Mantra, suppressing the impulse in his heart.

Xiao Fei promoted him so quickly; even if his cultivation level was high enough, it couldn't have happened so fast. He must have a powerful background.

This is in the Pangu Realm, and with such a powerful background, he doesn't want to provoke them for the time being.

Without the chat group, he was actually a little nervous. After all, he wasn't strong enough and didn't have any backing, so it was better to develop his strength cautiously.

Now he has only one problem: he can't hide his appearance.

Judging from Xiao Fei's reaction, he felt that even in the Pangu Realm, he was a bit too conspicuous.

"When do we set off?" he asked Xiao Fei.

“There are still eleven days left,” Xiao Fei said, inviting, “Since the time is so short, little brother, you don’t need to go to the accommodation arranged by the merchant guild. Just stay in my attic.”

Her way of addressing Lin Zhu changed quite naturally.

Lin Zhu hesitated, "This isn't a good idea."

"What's wrong with that? Come with me." Xiao Fei grabbed Lin Zhu's arm and dragged her into the attic with a swaying waist.

Of course, the two were not in the same room.

Xiao Fei was also afraid that she might not be able to resist and would take care of Lin Zhu ahead of schedule.

For dual cultivation, the first time is of course the best.

Lin Zhu's strength is not yet sufficient, so this won't significantly improve her overall strength.

Given that she only reached the level of a Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal at the age of three thousand, it would take her at least ten thousand years to break through to the Golden Immortal realm.

If a bottleneck is encountered, this time will be extended indefinitely.

As for the three calamities and nine tribulations, she would have no difficulty overcoming them, after all, she had so many acquired spiritual treasures protecting her, and her own abilities were also quite remarkable.

Lin Zhu also breathed a sigh of relief.

Eleven days passed in the blink of an eye.

In recent days, Lin Zhu inquired about many things from Xiao Fei, and learned from her about the specific existence of the Heavenly Court, the Underworld, and the ancestral court of the human race.

I also learned about some legendary figures in the Pangu world.

For example, the Great God of the Three Altars and the True Lord of Guanjiang Estuary.

But when Lin Zhu subtly inquired about the Investiture of the Gods, Xiao Fei was completely confused and said she didn't understand what Lin Zhu was talking about.

'Either they weren't officially deified, or they were hidden away. That makes sense, given the tripartite balance of power between the ancestral court of humanity, the underworld, and the heavenly court.'

As for the names such as Renjiao, Chanjiao, and Jiejiao, Lin Zhu didn't dare to ask.

Better safe than sorry.

Chapter 694 Unexpected Changes, Staying For Now

At the entrance of Zhongbao Trading Company, a group of thirty people set off eastward.

Looking at the rows of flying boats in front of him, Lin Zhu asked Xiao Fei, "Why use flying boats? Can't we just put the cargo in storage bags?"

Knowing that Lin Zhu was unfamiliar with Zhongbao Trading Company, Xiao Fei explained, "We will be transporting some live demons to Linjiang City, which cannot be put into the Qiankun Bag."

With this explanation, Lin Zhu understood and said, "They must all be demons at the Celestial Immortal Realm or above."

“Not bad.” Xiao Fei nodded.

Only demons at the Celestial Immortal realm or above are valuable; killing one is an act of merit.

Because they are corrupted by innate evil energy, demons, though intelligent, are more violent and bloodthirsty than ordinary demons and monsters.

Of course, every individual affected by the innate evil energy in the Pangu Realm is the same, including the human race.

Generally speaking, when humans or immortals turn into demons, they are usually killed directly and are not captured.

Then, Xiao Fei transmitted her voice again: 'Besides the fact that the goods are living creatures, we have another purpose.'

Lin Zhu had a vague idea forming in his mind: 'Wouldn't a large amount of supplies attract demons?'

"That's right," Xiao Fei said. "Although demons and evil spirits are brutal and bloodthirsty, they also possess some unorthodox skills, hiding among the crowd and remaining unseen. With such a commotion, they will come."

Lin Zhu nodded, showing no aversion to Zhongbao Trading Company's entrapment tactics.

But on the other hand, it also proves how terrifying innate malevolent energy can be.

Besides accumulating merit to mitigate some of the innate negative energy, it can also be countered with incense, copper coins, or lucky silver coins.

Take Lin Zhu as an example. He is a human, but not a naturally born human. Normally, he would not be able to resolve the innate evil energy that he passively inhaled due to cultivation.

However, this can be offset by accumulating merit.

One hundred merit points in the Earth Immortal Realm allow one to cultivate without restraint, without worrying about the influence of innate evil energy on oneself.

The Celestial Immortal realm requires 10,000 points, while the True Immortal realm requires 1 million points.

The amount of merit required to advance to each new realm will increase a hundredfold.

If one's merits are insufficient, one can use incense, coins, and good fortune to resolve the issue.

Incense coins can be used for those below the Golden Immortal level, but for those above the Golden Immortal level, they must use Fortune Silver Coins, and in large quantities.

Taking a Golden Immortal as an example, it takes one hundred Qi Luck Silver Coins to circulate one complete cycle of magical power within the body without accumulating merit.

Depending on the amount of merit one accumulates, the proportion of luck and silver coins consumed can be reduced accordingly.

Because it is so difficult to accumulate merit, the Pangu Realm consumes a lot of incense coins and fortune coins.

Lin Zhu's current merits are only enough for him to cultivate to the level of Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal.

Of course, it doesn't mean that you must use merit money, lucky money, and incense coins to resolve the innate evil energy in your body; you can also resolve it yourself.

However, this kind of cultivation is too slow and does not allow for deep-level seclusion.

However, Lin Zhu is an exception. Not only does his life soul have a strong resistance to innate evil energy, but he can also use innate evil energy to temper his physique, and his merits can be used to accumulate his own blessings.

The stronger your luck, the easier it is to trigger a serendipitous encounter.

Just as they were about to leave the city, Wuping City suddenly trembled.

A golden light shone forth, transforming into a giant golden hand that slammed towards the sky.

Lin Zhu subconsciously looked up at the sky and saw streaks of black gas with colorful patterns descending from the sky, like meteorites.

The giant golden hand pushed aside the streams of black energy, preventing them from crashing into Wuping City.

Wuping City is home to a diverse array of creatures, including humans, as well as some demons and spirits. Spirits are beings that have evolved from plants and trees, making them even rarer than demons.

Spirits are rarely seen in the human world. After they cultivate themselves into celestial beings, they usually enter the Heavenly Court, which is in dire need of such talents.

After all, the more spirits and monsters a place has, the less innate malevolent energy it has.

Depending on its quality, the innate spiritual root can purify an area within a radius of at least one million miles, creating a region free of evil influences.

Xiao Fei once said that the Heavenly Court is the largest blessed land in the Pangu Realm, and there is no innate evil energy there.

Wuping City gathers the fortune of a radius of over 100,000 li, and those clusters of energy cannot descend upon it.

But the situation was different in the villages and towns outside Wuping City. Outside Lin Zhu's sight, the golden hand that had gathered in more than 20% of the towns and villages was defeated by the black energy cloud.

Lin Zhu snapped out of her daze and looked at Xiao Fei, "What's that?"

“It seems so…” Xiao Fei paused, deep in thought.

Before she could speak, a voice came from the direction of the city lord's mansion, "Cultivators in the city, listen to my command. After the innate evil energy dissipates, follow me out of the city to subdue demons and protect the peace of my Wuping City."

After he finished speaking, beams of golden light fell on the cultivators in the city, the kind that they couldn't avoid.

“Yes, the innate evil energy from beyond the heavens. My people have told me about it.” Xiao Fei began to explain to Lin Zhu, “Those wisps of energy are the extremely dense source of innate evil energy. Once they descend, it’s fine if they sink into the ground, they will only slowly evaporate. But if they hit living beings, they will definitely give birth to powerful ferocious beasts or demons.”

Meanwhile, under the watchful eyes of many powerful figures in the Pangu Realm, the largest primordial source of evil energy fell towards the East Sea, striking a rock on a mountain.

The coincidence is that the mountain is the main vein of the ten continents of the East Sea and the source of the three islands. Although it is just a mountain on an island, the concentration of innate spiritual energy is no less than that of a top-grade grotto-heaven.

That stone had absorbed at least ninety-nine epochs of innate spiritual energy and earth vein power.

Each era is 1.2 billion years.

It has already undergone a great transformation within its body, giving birth to a celestial embryo.

Unexpectedly, the greatest source of innate malevolent energy struck it directly. The powerful figures of the Three Realms were powerless to stop it and could only watch helplessly as the source of innate malevolent energy merged with the immortal embryo within the stone.

The stone vibrated ninety-nine times in a row, then calmed down and returned to its ordinary appearance, but it was still absorbing innate spiritual energy.

But this time, it's even absorbing innate malevolent energy.

A sigh came from beyond the sky, and a flash of blue light disappeared into the stone.

In Wuping City, Lin Zhu looked at the golden light on his palm and asked, "What is this?"

"Sigh!" Xiao Fei gave a bitter smile. "We can't leave anytime soon. We have to help Wuping City clean up the surrounding hazards. However, this can also be considered an opportunity."

Lin Zhu thought of the Chongli Mountains, "Will reinforcements come from the direction of Chiyun City?"

"No." Xiao Fei shook her head, then looked up at the sky, "but it will come from the sky and the ground."

"The Heavenly Court and the Underworld." Lin Zhu nodded. It made sense; these two places were attached to the Pangu Realm, so naturally they would come to help.

Xiao Fei said, "They won't come to Wuping City's jurisdiction; they'll only venture deep into the Chongli Mountains."

Seeing Lin Zhu's confusion, she continued, "You'll understand once these evil energies dissipate."

Lin Zhu didn't ask any more questions after hearing this.