Chapter 30: Chapter 30 How Did the Immortal Sect Territory Become Like This?

The female cultivators at the city gate looked toward Su Ping with undisguised amusement.

An old cultivator from the Hundred Treasure Workshop, guarding the city gate, squinted his eyes and reminded Su Ping,

“Taoist friend, is this your first time at the Hundred Treasure Workshop?”

“These female cultivators were raised and trained by the Dongli Clan of the Immortal Cultivation Families since they were young.”

“Although they have inferior spirit roots like those loose cultivators, they all are proficient in the Bewitching Technique and are completely obedient.”

“What’s more important is that the cultivation technique they practice not only doesn’t harm your primordial qi, but if managed well, it can also strengthen the body and improve health.”

“See those in purple robes? Those are the experienced premium ones, and their flavor is exceptionally good!”

Hearing that it could strengthen the body and improve health, Su Ping’s gaze lingered for a moment on several shops.

Then he saw the price tags standing next to the shops.

Immediately, he snapped out of it fully alert.

So expensive!

The price was cheaper than the female cultivators at Immortal Miao Building.

But one had to pay a deposit first to continue!

The Dongli Family knew how to earn spirit stones.

But this deposit was not something he could afford.

No, it wasn’t something he should pay.

He, Su Ping, came here to buy talismans and materials for refining artifacts to quickly enhance his own strength.

Strengthen the body and improve health? Not a high priority!

However, he could write a letter to Yun Jiu to inform him of this place, hoping it might be of some small help to him.

Su Ping shook his head and quickly left the city gate.

A few female cultivators glanced at Su Ping’s retreating figure and then withdrew their gazes.

“Looks like another poor devil.”

“Wearing a mask, so his appearance isn’t clear, but his vitality is quite strong, like a Body Cultivator. What a pity…”

Su Ping quickly entered the streets of the workshop, and seeing the multitude of shops, he soon found his targets.

He spent most of the spirit stones exchanged with the Yun Family at the Nine Leaf Workshop for white sugar.

Su Ping now had a storage bag at his waist, and the bag now contained a large amount of low-priced talismans and materials required for artifact refining.

Additionally, Su Ping found an old cultivator proficient in Beast Taming Skill at a street stall and, under his puzzled gaze, paid him with spirit stones to draw more than a dozen Beast Taming Talismans on the spot, effective only on mortal beasts, using materials Su Ping provided.

Having almost completed his purchases, and seeing that it was getting late, Su Ping planned to leave.

Suddenly, a muffled thunder rang out in the sky.

Many people in the Hundred Treasure Workshop looked up alarmed, only to see that the sound was from an Immortal Boat swiftly passing over the workshop.

The workshop soon buzzed with activity, as it seemed some astonishing news was spreading.

Su Ping was startled, thinking a natural disaster was erupting, and prepared to activate his Town Return Talisman.

It wasn’t long before the information came.

Someone ran by yelling,

“Hurry to Daze Inn, there have been frequent anomalies there, an exotic treasure has appeared!”

“What exotic treasure, I heard it is a relic of an Ancient Sect appearing there!”

“Hurry to claim the treasure. We, the neglected members of the outer sect or family cultivators, will never be able to achieve Foundation Establishment without this chance!”

People got noisy.

Some were tempted, some instinctively disbelieving, even afraid.

The more spirited youths began calling friends to form teams to embark.

Upon hearing the name of the inn, Su Ping had a thought, opened the map and his heart began to pound violently:

“Isn’t this inn near that eerie village I discovered?”

“An exotic treasure has emerged? A relic of an Ancient Sect has appeared?”

“Is it someone’s deliberate arrangement, or could it possibly be both?”

“With an Immortal Boat deployed, maybe even Foundation Establishment Cultivators will head there, logically something true must be there, as it’s hard to deceive them.”

Su Ping looked out over the bustling workshop, watching the enthusiastic faces of most people in his view.

Su Ping felt increasingly uneasy and didn’t even plan to return the way he had come.

Because that would take him past the place where the incident had occurred.

Su Ping chose to leave the workshop in the opposite direction, preferring to take a longer detour.

Shortly after leaving, Su Ping spotted other cultivators who, like him, were planning to stay far away from that area.

Among these cultivators was the kind-faced old cultivator who had sold Su Ping the Beast Taming Spell.

“I am Dongli Yu, a retired Beast Tamer from the Immortal Sect, now serving the Dongli Family.”

“Young friend, you look quite young, why not try your luck at finding an Immortal Fate?”

Upon hearing the name “Dongli,” Su Ping gave the old cultivator a second glance and responded to his inquiry,

“Uncle Master Dongli Yu, I am Yun Jiu, a Qi Cultivating cultivator from the Outer Sect’s Yichou Group!”

Su Ping performed the sect’s greeting, revealing a verifiable name.

“Not to hide from Uncle Master, I often read various travel logs circulated within the Immortal Sect, and hearing this news just made me feel a tightness in my heart, like a great disaster is looming.”

“Reading novels made you sense an imminent disaster?”

The old cultivator looked astonished for a moment, then smiled, shook his head, and did not continue to trouble Su Ping.

His choice to leave the workshop was simply because he had grown old and lost his ambition, instead worrying that the ensuing chaos might affect him.

He planned to return to his family’s residence to avoid trouble.

Those traveling with him were mostly old cultivators weak from age.

Seeing Su Ping speak frankly about his fear of trouble and choosing not to go, they found it interesting.

The group, all cultivators, moved quickly and after covering roughly seventy or eighty kilometers from the workshop,

Suddenly!

The ground trembled, and both Su Ping and the old cultivator’s faces changed slightly as they looked back in the direction of the workshop.

“It’s an earthquake happening in that direction!”

“If it’s around the Hundred Treasure Workshop, it’s probably manageable, but if it’s near that inn, with this magnitude… the scene must be extremely grisly!”

Su Ping mused to himself, feeling even more that his choice was extremely wise.

He also cautioned himself to be extra careful in all matters.

After all, Chi Yuan Immortal Sect Territory was no longer peaceful!

After the earthquake, everyone quickened their pace, and because their destinations varied, they gradually dispersed.

In the end, only Su Ping and the old cultivator, Dongli Yu, remained.

It was also time for them to part ways.

After a brief courtesy, Su Ping watched the old cultivator leave.

He then resumed his journey on a detour back to Frost Moon Villa.

About ten minutes later, Su Ping slowed his pace and deliberately took out a map, pretending to check it.

His gaze, however, stealthily shifted toward a pond near a fork in the road about a kilometer away.

The pond appeared quite ordinary.

But it had already been noticed by Su Ping, who possessed the Spiritual Rat, White.

Hidden inside were three cultivators of unknown origins, lying about three meters deep at the bottom of the pond, holding sharp blades with eyes closed, quietly waiting for passersby.

The cultivation of these three men was similar to that of the old cultivator, all at the Middle Period of Qi Cultivation,

which is the stage most Outer Sect cultivators reach after about twenty years of dedicated cultivation.

“Their aura doesn’t seem like that of evil cultivators.”

“But hiding in the pond and evidently using a formation to conceal themselves, they definitely don’t look like good folks!”

“If I turn now, I might immediately make them think I’ve noticed them, potentially causing them to attack me!”

“After all, on the surface, I’m merely a Middle Period Qi Cultivating cultivator, and I’m alone!”

“Alas, how has the Immortal Sect Territory come to be like this?”

“It’s not just the anomalies that erupt, but also people with lost morals and Tribulation Cultivators lurking about!”

“I just want to enjoy fishing quietly, being a peaceful, kind-hearted cultivator. Why won’t they let me be?”