I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 247 - 147: Sudden Turn of Events
Chapter 247: Chapter 147: Sudden Turn of Events
Three months later, Master Huangshi arrived at another medium-sized cultivation country in the southern part of Chu Kingdom.
This country’s main vein was only Tier Two High-level, yet it still harbored a Golden Corpse.
“Boom~”
As he approached the Spirit Vein Land, a loud explosion was heard.
Upon careful sensing, it turned out to be the power of a Celestial Thunder Talisman.
Li Jizhou immediately instructed Master Huangshi to send out a Swift Puppet to investigate.
Soon, the Swift Puppet’s vision transmitted back to Li Jizhou,
showing a slender figure standing mid-air, with long black hair dancing in the wind, holding a Celestial Thunder Talisman that was spawning lightning, surging downward towards the Spirit Vein below.
It was actually Ye Jingyu!
Behind him were at least twenty people, all at the middle to late stage of Core Formation, fiercely battling against the Demon Dao cultivators of the Divine Corpse Dao.
Such a lineup appearing in the Southern Domain was truly defying the heavens, showing the importance the Righteous Army placed on the corpse nourishment of the Southern Domain’s spirit veins.
It seemed they were determined to completely eradicate this future threat.
Over twenty middle to late stage Core Formation True Persons took action, and naturally, the defending demon cultivators were powerless to resist. However, it was apparent they were short on Celestial Thunder Talismans; relying solely on their Magical Power to deal with the demon cultivators who practiced Yin Sha was not very efficient, only using up one or two talismans to ultimately destroy the Golden Corpse beneath the Spirit Vein.
But this was enough!
With the destruction of the Golden Corpse below the Spirit Vein and all demon cultivators slain on the scene, Ye Jingyu and his group left immediately, heading to another cultivation country.
They probably feared that the corpse demons of the Divine Corpse Dao would rush to the scene personally, so they raced against time.
Watching Ye Jingyu’s group depart, Li Jizhou nodded slightly.
Even though they were short on Celestial Thunder Talismans, their overall strength was far superior to his alone, so there was no need for worry.
If things went as expected, with their efficiency, within a maximum of a year, the remaining thirty Golden Corpses nurtured under the spirit veins in the Southern Domain should be completely eradicated.
After pondering for a moment, Li Jizhou ultimately chose not to pursue them, considering that the puppet’s flying speed was too slow, and catching up would only be a burden. What was needed now was efficiency.
“Roar~” While he was thinking, suddenly, the ground shook, and a hoarse roar echoed through the area.
A closer look revealed that just above the now-destroyed spirit vein, there was a wave of space fluctuations, and soon, nearly a hundred people were vying to step out from the Void Domain Gate.
Li Jizhou’s expression instantly changed, and he immediately controlled the Swift Puppet to retreat at full speed.
Because his temporal sense showed that among the newcomers, the lifespans of the five leading individuals all exceeded a thousand years.
Nascent Soul True Monarchs without a doubt!
And each was carrying a heavy aura of Yin Sha,
likely five of the so-called Nine Great Demon Gods of the Demon Dao Nine Sects.
“To actually send five Nascent Soul True Monarchs at once!”
This showed that the Demon Sect’s regard for the Southern Domain’s spirit vein corpse nourishment far surpassed the inherent value of a Great Success Golden Corpse.
With five Nascent Soul True Monarch level figures personally protecting a Great Success Golden Corpse, it was naturally not for the lust of its battle power.
After all, the power of the Celestial Thunder Talisman had long proven effective, and annihilating a Great Success Golden Corpse would only consume a few more talismans.
Moreover, with the Yan Kingdom frontline entrenched in fierce confrontation, the fact that the Demon Sect still dispatched five Nascent Soul True Monarchs to the Southern Domain illustrated that in their hearts, the business of the Southern Domain’s spirit vein corpse nourishment surpassed the significance of defeating the Righteous Army on the frontline.
Especially since they actually used the Space Domain Gate to arrive, such a distant domain gate would require familiarity with arrays and would need at least a Middle Stage Nascent Soul expert to achieve.
And it would undoubtedly consume quite a bit, needing some time to fully recover.
Such a cost was truly bewildering.
“It seems that Ye Jingyu and his team might fail in this mission and are in great danger!” Li Jizhou sighed lightly, feeling powerless.
As the Swift Puppet entered Master Huangshi’s storage bag, becoming a dead object, Master Huangshi also instantly dispersed all aura, becoming a dead puppet, collapsing amidst the trees with no breath remaining.
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Inside Qingyin Valley, Li Jizhou slowly rose, looking towards the northeastern frontline.
“With the Demon Sect’s Five Demon Gods gone, and at least one Middle Stage Nascent Soul expending True Essence to open a domain gate, Fellow Daoist Yu and the others should find it somewhat easier.”
And indeed,
three days later, scouts brought news from the frontlines.
The Righteous Army not only resisted the Demon Sect’s offensive but also pushed the battlefield back to Wuzhong Immortal City’s merchant alliance headquarters!
The Demon Sect’s merchant alliance even began avoiding battle, firmly locking down the city gates.
This news left Li Jizhou slightly frozen in thought.
Both the Demon Sect and the merchant alliance were on the verge of overpowering the Righteous Army, yet at this critical moment, they completely abandoned a favorable position.
They even weakened instantly.
“Is the Southern Domain’s spirit vein corpse nourishment so crucial to them?”
For a moment, Li Jizhou’s thoughts became somewhat chaotic.
Sixty years ago, when he first learned about the spirit vein corpse nourishment issue, he was puzzled, leaning more towards the idea that some mastermind wanted to control the power of a Great Success Golden Corpse.
Later, upon learning about the Demon Sect’s matters in Wei Kingdom, he thought he had uncovered the root cause.
The Demon Sect uses corpse nourishment to strengthen themselves.
However, now, without intervention from the Central Domain Sacred Land’s Immortal Race, the Demon Sect and Merchant Alliance colluding can almost take over the entire Yan Kingdom, at which point the entire Eastern Desolate Southern Domain will become the Demon Sect’s pasture.
It should be satisfying the Demon Sect’s purpose.
But their current actions are inexplicable.
“Why is the Golden Corpse more important than occupying the Yan Kingdom?”
“Could it be that the Demon Sect’s goal is not to pasture the entire Eastern Desolate Southern Domain? Or is it that this matter is not led by the Demon Sect?”
Li Jizhou calmed his mind, letting go of habitual thinking, and classified all known information so far.
After a day and night, Li Jizhou slowly opened his eyes.
Discarding habitual thoughts, he rationally compiled all the information and found the key point.
The importance of corpse nourishment in the Southern Domain takes precedence!
“Both the Merchant Alliance and Demon Sect serve the Spirit Vein corpse nourishment!”
The Merchant Alliance conceals information, manufactures internal strife within Yan Kingdom, diverting the cultivators’ attention to cover up the Southern Domain Spirit Vein corpse nourishment.
The Demon Sect strengthens its power to act as the implementers and protectors for Spirit Vein corpse nourishment.
“What benefits or significance does this bring them?”
The result of Spirit Vein corpse nourishment has only two outcomes.
One is cultivating a Great Success Golden Corpse, combat power akin to an Early Stage Nascent Soul True Monarch.
Two is damaging the Spirit Vein, causing it to gradually deplete.
The first point can almost be dismissed; although theoretically, a Great Success Golden Corpse has power comparable to an Early Stage Nascent Soul True Monarch, in reality, it only possesses the brute power of the Golden Corpse and lacks the Nascent Soul True Monarch’s various divine abilities, not comparable at all, and has glaring weaknesses, crumbling at the sight of Celestial Thunder like clay chickens and pottery dogs.
Moreover, each of the nine Demon Dao sects has its own peculiarities; it’s improbable for all to be in pursuit of the Divine Corpse Dao’s Golden Corpse.
Thus, the second point is likely the root cause.
“Destroy the Spirit Vein? If a country’s main vein is destroyed, the national Spirit Vein ceases; if a domain’s Spirit Vein is annihilated, it inevitably affects the higher structure…”
In this cultivation world, all Spirit Veins are extensions of the Central State’s main vein, like a giant tree’s branches.
The Central State’s Spirit Vein Ancestral Source stretches out major branches towards the Eastern Desolation, Nanling, Western Desert, and Northern Plain,
The major branches further spread out smaller branches within their domain.
In the Eastern Desolation, the Central Domain is the major branch, while the Southern and Northern Domains are smaller branches.
The Spirit Vein Ancestral Source continuously provides Spiritual Qi to all branches, and all smaller branches again extract essence from the earth to nourish the Ancestral Source.
If the smaller branches are severed, ultimately the Ancestral Source must be impacted.
“But what advantage do they gain from destroying the Spirit Vein?”
Li Jizhou couldn’t comprehend.
Not mentioning the Merchant Alliance, even the nine sects of Demon Dao need spiritual energy for cultivation and require high-tier cultivators as consumables,
If the realm lacks spiritual energy, their path forward also ends.
Why suffer such trouble?
“They must also merely be pawns!”
In the end, Li Jizhou concluded.
There must be an overseer behind the Merchant Alliance and Demon Sect.
The only ones able to control these two are great figures from the Central Domain.
And regarding the overseer’s aim, Li Jizhou also couldn’t discern.
If the Spirit Vein of the Eastern Desolate Southern Domain is entirely destroyed, the Central Domain must be affected, detrimental without any benefit.
“What do they ultimately seek?”
After long contemplation, Li Jizhou’s brow furrowed.
About things beyond Nascent Soul, he knew very little; it’s hard to fathom!
In his heart, a trace of helplessness emerged.
Originally, he thought that once the matter was made public, the whole cultivation community of Yan Kingdom would unite, bringing clarity and peace.
However, now, it seems not so simple.
The entire Southern Domain is a chessboard of some great figure, and being pawns within, it’s not simple to resist the player.
“Boom~” Just as Li Jizhou was lost in thought, a sudden powerful Magical Power fluctuation emerged outside the valley.
Immediately after, an invisible pressure enveloped the entire Qingyin Valley.
Li Jizhou looked with Divine Sense in surprise.
A cultivator shrouded in black mist was attacking Qingyin Valley’s Quasi-Fourth Tier Mountain Protection Array.
And sensing its lifespan, it exceeded a thousand!
“Bang!” In the next moment, the Quasi-Fourth Tier Array shattered directly.
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