A Mortal’s Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu’s Rebirth as the Reincarnation Dao Ancestor - Chapter 162

Chapter 160 Killing Intent, Tragic

Indeed, during the time in the Crimson Forbidden Land, both sides benefited and owed each other nothing.

But during the teleportation array, he truly owed her a favor.

Even if this woman was planning to wait for his return and might have had ill intentions, she ultimately didn’t leak the secret, which was a favor.

He had to acknowledge it.

However,

even so,

he still planned to… kill her to silence her.

Anyway, he had already formed his Nascent Soul and was free from the inner demon tribulation, so killing this woman wouldn’t leave him with any regrets, guilt, or flaws in his Dao heart.

Moreover, killing this woman would indeed be more beneficial than harmful to him.

Because as long as he killed her early to silence her, no one would know that he possessed the opportunity of the Crimson Forbidden Land, nor would anyone know that he controlled a usable ancient teleportation array.

You must know that if either of these two secrets were leaked, it would be a huge problem.

Not to mention that the early and mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators of Tiannan would have extremely strong covetousness towards him, even the three great cultivators would probably want to have a good talk with him.

For example, if the location of the ancient teleportation array is exposed, he will lose his advantage of exclusively controlling the benefits of the Chaotic Star Sea.

And if the ancient teleportation array is damaged while he is on the other side of the Chaotic Star Sea, he will be unable to teleport back and will be trapped there. At that time, the only way back to Tiannan would be to spend many years flying to the Great Jin Dynasty and then using a route back to Tiannan.

This involves too many variables, too many crises, and too great risks.

Furthermore, he might miss several major opportunities in the most dangerous place in Tiannan, the Fallen Demon Valley.

The opportunities in the Fallen Demon Valley are related to his advancement to the late Nascent Soul stage and even the Deity Transformation stage. They

are also related to the ten-thousand-foot spiritual energy layer of the Boundless Sea.

He won’t elaborate on the other minor opportunities, such as the ancient demon’s physical body.

Moreover ,

if Gan Rushuang were to find out that he had returned to Tiannan and then specifically arrange for Nascent Soul cultivators from the Hidden Moon Sect to ambush him near the mine’s teleportation array,

then when he happens to complete his next teleportation, he would most likely be ambushed by the entire Hidden Moon Sect.

The danger involved is chilling to even contemplate.

For example, if the secret of the forbidden land’s opportunities were known to outsiders, the Old Demon Hehuan would definitely not mind keeping a close eye on him. After all, whether it’s the inheritance of the wind-elemental array in the Crimson Forbidden Land, the inheritance of ancient cultivation techniques, the good things left behind by ancient cultivators, or even the opportunities for Nascent Soul cultivators, they are all enough to alarm any

Nascent Soul cultivator in the late stage. Capturing him would provide an additional opportunity to help them reach Nascent Soul, and the Nascent Soul cultivators of Tiannan would definitely search for him like madmen.

Therefore,

killing Gan Rushuang would be far more beneficial than harmful.

Not killing her would lead to endless troubles.

“I just wonder how much sense of belonging Gan Rushuang has to the Hidden Moon Sect now?”

“If her sense of belonging is very strong, then I can only… sacrifice my friend rather than myself.”

He dared not gamble his life on this woman’s kindness.

Even if she might be the heroine Nangong Wan from his book, he dared not gamble.

If he won, he would only gain a little comfort.

If he lost, he would lose everything.

The rational stakes were simply not equal.

Moreover, the feeling that his life and death were entirely in someone else’s hands was suffocating.

…

The Hidden Moon Sect suffered heavy losses during the demonic invasion over a century ago.

In the great rout, even a pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator like Old Monster Qiong perished.

Other late-stage Core Formation cultivators also perished.

In total, the sect lost eight Core

Formation cultivators. The sect also lost most of its Foundation Establishment cultivators; on the battlefield, Foundation Establishment cultivators were utterly routed by the demonic army, with less than one in ten surviving. The Qi Refining elites who participated were even more decimated, with very few survivors; those who were lucky were less than one in a hundred.

That rout, caused by internal and external forces, inflicted immense damage on the Hidden Moon Sect.

The losses were so severe that even a century of recuperation couldn’t fully heal them.

In fact, not only did they fail to recover, but their situation worsened due to over a century of open and covert struggles with the existing sects of the Northern Liang Kingdom, as well as the continuous invasions and wars by the Mulan people.

Especially after the passing of the Grand Elder, a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator, the sect’s situation became extremely delicate.

Currently, the Hidden Moon Sect only has two Nascent Soul

cultivators. One is Fairy Ni Cai, of the same generation as Elder Linghu, at the peak of the early Nascent Soul stage. She has been stuck at this bottleneck for hundreds of years and has yet to break through.

The other is a male cultivator

who formed his Nascent Soul several decades ago.

It’s fortunate that he successfully formed his Nascent Soul, helping the Hidden Moon Sect to continue its lineage; otherwise, with only one early Nascent Soul cultivator in charge, the sect would be severely lacking in talent. They are simply unworthy of being the leader of the original six sects of the Yue Kingdom.

After all, both Yellow Maple Valley and Qingxu Sect have old monsters at the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

Elder Linghu has been at the mid-Nascent Soul stage for a century, possessing profound cultivation and a wealthy background. The elder of Qingxu Sect has also been at the mid-Nascent Soul stage for decades, having long since stabilized his realm.

Even though neither of them are mid-Nascent Soul cultivators skilled in combat, they are not easily challenged by early Nascent Soul cultivators.

And compared to the original trajectory…

During this period, the Hidden Moon Sect lacked another crucial Nascent Soul cultivator: Nangong Wan!

Thus, even the superficial glamour maintained by the “three-legged balance” in the original timeline vanished.

Furthermore, the Hidden Moon Sect’s Fairy Ni Cai never received the opportunity to advance to the mid-Nascent Soul stage.

In the far west of the Northern Liang Kingdom,

on Linglong Mountain, lies the current location of the Hidden Moon

Sect’s mountain gate. The sect’s cultivators have used magic to construct countless pavilions and palaces around this sacred mountain, and have also set up a mountain gate array that is inferior to the protective array of the Yue Kingdom era.

Down the mountain, Han Li, through two Foundation Establishment cultivators he encountered on the Soul Search Path, understood the Hidden Moon Sect’s predicament.

Comparing it to the Hidden Moon Sect in the original timeline, he saw this far more dire situation of the former Yue Kingdom’s number one sect.

“So, should I risk infiltrating the Hidden Moon Sect to capture them, or simply kill them to silence them? Or should I alert them, lure Gan Rushuang out of the mountain gate first, and then deal with her as needed?”

After thinking it over, he felt that infiltrating was safer.

He also calculated the time; the Void Heaven Palace was still a few years away from opening. Moreover, the Void Heaven Remnant Map hadn’t reacted yet. If it did react, he could leave Tiannan and return to the Chaotic Star Sea in time.

Therefore, he decided to infiltrate. He

would find an opportunity to kill them

and leave. If he was fast enough, he could fly straight to the Nine Heavens Gale Layer before the mountain gate’s grand formation was fully activated, and the Hidden Moon Sect cultivators wouldn’t be able to stop him.

…

Linglong Mountain, thousands of feet high and tens of miles in size, is one of the best spiritual vein treasures in the Northern Liang Kingdom.

The mountain is roughly divided into three layers: upper, middle, and lower.

The lowest part at the foot of the mountain is an ordinary spiritual vein, with enough spiritual energy to make do. The environment at the foot of the mountain is average, surrounded by densely packed houses, which are the living and cultivation areas for the lower-level disciples of the Hidden Moon Sect.

From the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, only Foundation Establishment cultivators are qualified to set foot here. The quality of the spiritual energy here is slightly better, but it is still comparable to the spiritual energy branches on the more than three hundred ordinary mountain peaks on Kui Xing Island in the Chaotic Star Sea

. It is even inferior in some ways. The highest level above the mountainside has a much better quality of spiritual energy, and it is quite abundant. This area is naturally divided among the Core Formation cultivators of the sect.

In the very center of the mountaintop area, there is actually a separate courtyard.

This is the cave dwelling of the two Nascent Soul ancestors of the Hidden Moon Sect. There is

also a council hall where only Core Formation cultivators can participate in the council.

At this moment

, a dashing middle-aged man and a still charming female cultivator are sitting in the hall with a beautiful woman with exquisite features and stunning looks, discussing matters.

“Junior Nephew Gan, that matter… have you thought it through?”

The Nascent Soul female cultivator above asked kindly.

Below, the stunning woman, who seemed to be sitting upright but was actually only sitting on a small part of the stool, trembled slightly upon hearing this.

She bit her lip, clearly unwilling to give up.

“Nephew, you’ve been delaying Fellow Daoist Wei of the Huayi Sect for three years now. If you don’t give them an answer soon, Fellow Daoist Wei might become unhappy. And the Huayi Sect is one of the two major sects of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance. If we offend them…” (I

‘ll just write a short chapter for now; it’s too late. Time to rest.)

(End of Chapter)