I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 46: Rumors and Calamity

Chapter 46: Chapter 46: Rumors and Calamity

Three days later, Li Jizhou received a voice transmission from Lu Zhenhua.

“Brother, the main pavilion hasn’t gathered specific information, but don’t worry. Due to the Celestial Secret Pavilion’s urgent retreat, the main pavilion is concerned about chaos in the Inverted Mountain and has sent a protective team ahead, including a Foundation Establishment elder to lead it.”

After pondering Lu Zhenhua’s transmission, Li Jizhou nodded slightly.

The Ten Thousand Talisman Pavilion seems reliable, at least not foolish, and responds quickly.

With a Foundation Establishment cultivator for protection, there shouldn’t be major issues.

The only thing that makes Li Jizhou slightly worried is the timing!

Another point,

Fear arises from the unknown.

As long as the truth about the Celestial Secret Pavilion’s retreat is not revealed, a sword hangs over everyone’s head in the Inverted Mountain.

In the following days, Li Jizhou stayed indoors, temporarily putting all other matters aside, crafting talismans through the night.

Aside from protective, escape, and survival talismans, he also drew nearly a hundred rather superfluous talismans.

Sound Stealing Talisman.

As the name suggests, it’s a talisman that can eavesdrop on others’ voices.

It’s considered superfluous because it can easily be detected, especially within the Spiritual Sense range of someone in Late Stage Qi Cultivation. If they want to probe, it’s nearly impossible to hide.

Besides, in the cultivation realm, people usually use Divine Sense to directly sense words if they wish to eavesdrop.

However, Li Jizhou wasn’t aiming to snoop on someone’s privacy this time, but rather to collect information widely, consolidate it, and form his own judgment.

With elite assistance, the four major city gates of east, south, west, and north of the Inverted Mountain, and the main streets of the outer city, including a few busiest ones inside, were all buried with Sound Stealing Talismans.

In crowded places like these, people generally wouldn’t destroy them, keeping their distance from unrelated matters.

Once everything was ready, Li Jizhou began a life of quiet listening in his small courtyard, tuning in to all matters in the city.

This task wasn’t easy; if not for his strong Divine Soul, the varied sounds from over a hundred places converging into his consciousness could have been overwhelming.

Even so, he spent a day and night barely matching each sound to its location.

However, quickly filtering out effective sounds was still a bit challenging.

Many useless, even frivolous sounds would inadvertently seep into his consciousness.

If not for considering that places like the Celestial Immortal Tower were major sources of information, he would have longed to remotely let them self-destruct.

As days passed, he became increasingly adept at monitoring.

And on this particular day, he heard a familiar voice.

The talisman was buried under a marketplace in the southwest outer city.

“Third Uncle, Brother Yu is all packed and ready to leave.”

“Young Master Ye, the sudden turn of events can’t be helped, and my actions for your and Third Miss’s safety hope for your understanding.”

“No problem, I received a message from the sect as well, summoning disciples immediately back to the sect.”

“Brother Yu, aren’t you going to our house? It’s Spring Clan Celebration!”

“Being in the sect, I am constrained; it’s hard to say now, but my father will definitely go, representing me is enough!”

“Alright, Yutong, don’t make it difficult for Young Master Ye; sect matters are pressing, let’s talk after we leave the Inverted Mountain…”

As the Yang family’s voices faded, Li Jizhou praised the decisiveness of the Yang family’s steward.

As for that Ye Jingyu, he is headed back to the sect.

The Divine Intent Sect is to the northwest, a distance of 108,000 miles, considerably reducing the chance of meeting again.

Aside from the Yang family’s decisive departure, the Sound Stealing Talismans at the four city gates occasionally transmitted many conversations.

Clearly, many people are anxious too.

However, most conversations revolved around how deceitful and vicious the outside cultivators are.

And sporadic dialogues at the marketplace in the southwest reflected that the Celestial Secret Pavilion’s retreat also affected the Thunder Spirit Crystal Ore.

Many visiting loose cultivators have started preparing to leave.

Even the prominent figures previously stationed at Thunder Spirit Crystal Ore seem to be making moves.

“It truly is a storm brewing!”

However, these are all concerns about the unknown and provide no useful information to Li Jizhou.

Until ten nights later,

A conversation between a part-time female cultivator at the Celestial Immortal Tower and her patron aroused Li Jizhou’s attention.

“Beloved, with everyone so on edge recently, your reputation as a gifted predictor, do you know what’s really happening?”

“Hehe, of course I know, but… I only share this with you, don’t spread it.”

“Don’t worry, beloved, you know how tight my lips are, don’t you?”

“Oh?!”

“Oh, you’re teasing, tell me now.”

“Alright, alright, hmm… muah… can talk now… hmm…”

“Let me tell you, the reason the Celestial Secret Pavilion fled is because chaos is about to erupt here.”

“Muah~ Why?”

“Because… ah… because Daoist Venerable Mo Li has fallen!”

“What???”

“Oh~ Quiet… I’m telling you, since Daoist Venerable Mo Li has fallen, the Inverted Mountain is bound to become the fat meat for three sects and five families to fight over.

This place originally was a Tier Four Spirit Vein, if the three sects take it, and nurture it with arrays and a vast amount of Spirit Stones, perhaps in a hundred years it could restore to Tier Four Spirit Vein.

Besides, the treasure vault suppressed by the Thunder Flame Sect years ago could lead to Infant Formation opportunities.

But most of the loose cultivators inside the Inverted Mountain can’t accept this outcome,

many of them hid here because they were wanted by three sects and five families outside. If they take the Inverted Mountain, they will be doomed.

Moreover, the major loose cultivator figures at the Central Dojo have lived affluent lives over the years, how could they possibly hand it over?

Even some minor cultivators in the slum areas lived here because they couldn’t survive in the markets and Immortal Cities outside; they wouldn’t want the Inverted Mountain to become another Immortal City under the rule of three sects and five families.

A great battle is inevitable.”

“No, I meant, you said Daoist Venerable Mo Li…”

“Just a guess!”

“Oh, you’re deliberately trying to scare me!”

…

Only after hearing the end did Li Jizhou feel relieved.

Just a guess?

That’s daring!

To fabricate rumors about figures like Daoist Venerable?

However, he must admit, the cultivator famed as a predictor does have sharp insights into developments.

Li Jizhou thought of this outcome the moment he awakened his Innate Wisdom.

Once Daoist Venerable Mo Li falls, chaos is certain in the Inverted Mountain.

The entire Cultivation Realm of Qi Kingdom would go mad for decades because of it!

This was a key reason he always wanted to leave the Inverted Mountain.

Initially, hearing the final rumor, Li Jizhou didn’t think much of it.

Unexpectedly, events unfolded that Li Jizhou didn’t anticipate over the following days.

“Have you heard? The Celestial Secret Pavilion retreated because Daoist Venerable Mo Li fell!”

“Daoist Venerable Mo Li has fallen!”

“Daoist Venerable Mo Li accidentally entered an ancient relic and unfortunately perished!”

“Daoist Venerable Mo Li went to the Central Domain Dynasty, and was slain by the Jiuli Dynasty’s Saint Emperor in one strike!”

“Daoist Venerable Mo Li ventured into a devil’s den, bereft of escort, and was shattered to oblivion by the Demon Dao’s Blood Demon Ancestor!”

…

The situation escalated, nearly every moment, discussions about Daoist Venerable Mo Li’s fall echoed throughout the Inverted Mountain.

Each person’s account varied.

Listening to claims made with such certainty, if not aware of the rumor’s origin, Li Jizhou might’ve believed it!

“That female cultivator’s business must be booming!”

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