I have Immortality In The Cultivation World

Chapter 167: Chapter 166 An Elder of the Sect

yuan qi quickly returned with an even uglier expression on his face.

"master, not long after you came back, my junior brother fled the sect. before leaving, he deceived the sect's treasure vault open and swept it clean!"

"pff!"

feng yang, upon hearing the news, was so outraged that he could no longer suppress the ghostly energy within him. he spat out black blood, and his raven-black hair visibly turned to silvery strands at an alarming rate.

"master, you must take good care of your health!" yuan qi, terrified, fell to his knees and repeatedly tried to comfort and reassure him.

"heh! i was once just a fisherman, and by sheer luck, i caught the attention of my master and was taken in as a disciple. from qi refinement to foundation establishment, then to golden core, i have gone through countless battles and braved many storms in these four hundred years."

feng yang's voice was as cold as ice, "i never imagined i would capsize in such a small ditch and lose all my lifelong reputation in one fell swoop!"

yuan qi trembled with fear, feeling that his master might be falling into demonhood. his master had always doted on his junior brother, who had been so filial. now everything had turned into hatred.

"brother tang, i was originally planning to invite you to join our sect when i was a few years older."

feng yang said, "but now that i have encountered a misfortune, i have lost at least thirty to fifty years of my life expectancy and could pass away at any moment. at this critical and turbulent time, i won't beat around the bush. what do you think, brother tang?"

zhou yi frowned slightly, his face showing hesitation. enjoy more content from m-v l'e|-novelhall.net

perhaps the ghost king sect had left themselves a way out in advance, or maybe it was to retaliate against the overseas cultivators for meddling in the affairs of the nine continents. in any case, the eastern sea was no longer peaceful.

"this time, the battle between good and evil is unprecedented in scale. where in the world is there a safe haven?"

it seemed that feng yang could see through zhou yi's thoughts and tried to persuade him, "the four seas are on the edge of the world, and nascent soul ancestors wouldn't bother with it. with your cultivation level, you should be more than capable of protecting yourself!"

zhou yi didn't immediately agree but instead asked, "do you know if there is a limit to how far one can travel eastward in the eastern sea?"

"???"

feng yang looked utterly perplexed and even the nearby yuan qi showed a face of astonishment. they could hardly believe there was such a timid golden elixir true monarch in the world!

"i don't know the extreme limits of the eastern sea; however, according to the records, there was a nascent soul ancestor who once ventured deep into the eastern sea. the farther east, the scarcer the land became, and the spiritual energy became increasingly thin, until reaching an absolute land of absolute spirit!"

"i see."

zhou yi knew that there was no escaping it. he immediately switched to an excited and eager look and agreed, "if brother feng sincerely invites me, how could i decline? i am willing to join the earth fire palace!"

it's rare to see someone change their demeanor so quickly!

feng yang was at a loss, not knowing whether it was right or wrong, but had no other choice. he ordered yuan qi.

"sadly, even if you gave me a dozen immortal artifacts, i wouldn't hesitate to leave when it's time to slip away!"

power unused is power wasted!

zhou yi immediately went to the scripture pavilion, selected his main cultivation technique, and still choosing the slow but steady path, he picked the innate pure yang scripture.

this cultivation technique was upright and majestic, emphasizing firm foundations and profound depth. practice was slow but rarely met bottlenecks, and the pure yang mana had a significant restraining effect on evil and heretical powers.

the earth fire tempering treasure technique, earth elemental shield, and a secret technique called the xuan yuan fire control technique from the opening of the sect were all recorded into the jade slip and brought back to the hall of spiritual fire for contemplation.

the hall of spiritual fire was located in the core area of the earth fire palace, spread over ten acres and planted with exotic flowers and plants; even the paving stones on the ground were made from spirit vein materials. the corridors and pavilions were engraved with the spirit gathering array patterns, arranged in an extravagantly luxurious manner.

ten miles away was the mysterious fire hall, where feng yang usually resided. the two halls, one to the east and one to the west, stood equally without distinction, both guarding the sect in a cornered formation.

over the years, zhou yi had come to a detailed understanding of the earth fire palace. the central spirit vein fractured island was unsuitable for cultivation, but the islands built for palaces were for the supreme elders and true disciples to practice, with ordinary disciples practicing on dozens of nearby small islands.

not only were there disciples of the sect on the small islands, but also families of mortals associated with the sect, with a total population exceeding one hundred thousand.

beyond, extending for three thousand miles of sea territory belonged to the earth fire palace's influence. each year, disciples patrolled the subordinate islands to test the spirit root aptitudes of newborns.

"the population under the earth fire palace's rule adds up to no more than a million, which is nothing compared to cloud continent, not even comparable to qian jing; no wonder eastern sea sect is always at risk of inheritance severance!"

zhou yi shook his head slightly, put these thoughts aside, and closed himself off for secluded cultivation of the pure yang scripture.

...

several months later,

feng yang had completely eradicated the ghostly energy, but there was no way to recover his diminished lifespan; he could only rely on consuming life-extending elixirs in the future.

at the same time, the celebration for joining the sect began.

unfortunately, only five true monarchs were invited to the ceremony. it was not that someone bore ill will towards zhou yi, but rather, true monarchs like wan bao were dispatched to the nine continents to eradicate demons. the price set by the orthodox sects was getting higher and higher, from spirit veins to scriptures, all the way to core formation or even nascent soul spiritual objects!

zhou yi stood on the high platform, accepting individual obeisances from true disciples and a collective obeisance from ordinary disciples.

"greetings to the supreme elder!"

"may elder tang enjoy endless blessings, safety in gold, and an evergreen path!"

facing the tsunami-like cheers, becoming the hope of more than three thousand cultivators, zhou yi suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of mission and responsibility and quickly recited a heart-clearing spell to calm his excitement.

"immeasurable heavenly honored one!"

"i am but a passerby who draws no karma and touches no causality!"