Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 357

Chapter 357 The Demise of the Nascent Soul King Family, the Mysteries of That Year (Seeking Subscriptions)

Yan Hao knelt before Li Chang’an, bowing deeply, his words filled with sincerity and reverence

. He wanted to become Li Chang’an’s disciple!

In terms of array formation skills, the two were only one word apart: “quasi.”

But he knew in his heart that without the guidance of a master, even if he spent decades or hundreds of years, he might not be able to overcome this hurdle.

“I will not accept disciples, get up.”

Li Chang’an refused quite decisively.

He hadn’t even accepted Song Yu’er, how could he accept Yan Hao?

Yan Hao refused to get up, sincerely saying, “Master Li, I am willing to offer you all my treasures and the spiritual veins of Five Dragon Mountain, just asking you to guide me on the path of fourth-order array formation!”

“No need for that.”

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly, grabbed him by the neck, and forcibly lifted him up.

“Fellow Daoist Yan, I am focused on my cultivation and do not wish to be distracted by my disciple. If you have any doubts about formations, you can gather them up and ask me all at once at a suitable time.”

“Thank you, Master Li!”

Yan Hao was filled with excitement and thanked him repeatedly.

He knew he had been somewhat impolite and immediately offered a treasure as an apology.

However, Li Chang’an did not accept it.

Soon,

Chi Qingxuan and the others arrived.

“Fellow Daoist Li, it’s only been a few years since we last parted. I thought you wouldn’t have made much progress in formations, but I didn’t expect you to have such talent.”

Chi Qingxuan sighed again.

Li Chang’an smiled and said, “It was also good luck. I originally needed more time, but I unexpectedly entered a state of enlightenment and understood many things I didn’t understand.”

“So it was enlightenment.”

Hearing this, everyone felt a little better.

A state of enlightenment.

It is rare and hard to come by.

A long period of enlightenment can be worth decades of hard work.

Yu Tao exclaimed, “Regardless, Fellow Daoist Li is ultimately a fourth-tier array master. If you were willing to join my Azure Dragon Sect, your status would be second only to a few Nascent Soul True Monarchs.”

“I’ve always been carefree and unwilling to be bound by sect rules. Thank you for your kindness, Fellow Daoist Yu.”

With that, Li Chang’an raised his hand.

The materials from the explosion of the small azure dragon were summoned before everyone.

“Everyone, there aren’t many treasures. Please choose freely.”

Most of these materials were related to mechanisms and puppets. Although their value was considerable, almost no one needed them, so they were distributed casually.

Zhuo Wanshuang put away two Azure Dragon Eye Stones, a joyful expression appearing on her pretty face.

She thanked Li Chang’an again, “Without Fellow Daoist Li, I truly don’t know what I would have done on this trip. If Fellow Daoist Li needs my help, just tell me.”

Chi Qingxuan chuckled, “Junior Sister, Fellow Daoist Li does indeed need your help.”

“Hmm? Is Fellow Daoist Li facing some difficulties?”

“It’s not really a difficulty,”

Li Chang’an replied.

He then brought up the matter of the fourth-tier body-refining technique.

Chi Qingxuan and Chi Qingwu then discussed the Azure Dragon True Monarch’s attitude.

After listening, Zhuo Wanshuang pondered for a long time.

“This matter… is indeed somewhat difficult.”

Copying the technique wouldn’t actually be a loss for the Azure Dragon Sect.

The problem was that if everyone could obtain techniques through personal connections and private exchanges, the Azure Dragon Sect’s rules would have long been in chaos.

Without rules, there can be no order.

Zhuo Wanshuang said, “Fellow Daoist Li, I will try my best to persuade my father, but as for whether it will succeed, I cannot guarantee.”

“Thank you, Fellow Daoist Zhuo!”

Li Chang’an felt somewhat relieved.

The Azure Dragon True Monarch doted on his youngest daughter, Zhuo Wanshuang.

As long as Zhuo Wanshuang spoke up, the Azure Dragon True Monarch would likely consider it carefully.

Thus,

the matter officially ended.

Everyone had gained something and returned to Changqing Mountain, celebrating in the Changqing Mountain courtyard.

…

The next day.

Zhuo Wanshuang and Chi Qingxuan and the others departed.

The dragon-headed flying boat quickly disappeared into the horizon.

“I hope it works.”

Li Chang’an’s eyes were deep as he watched them leave, secretly hoping.

A month passed.

He waited while searching for the last few array-setting treasures.

To his surprise, the communication treasures never sent any news.

“Strange, a month has passed, why is there still no news from Zhuo Wanshuang? Could it be that she also failed?”

Li Chang’an held the communication jade pendant Zhuo Wanshuang had given him, pondering silently.

Just then,

the aura of a Nascent Soul True Monarch suddenly descended upon Changqing Mountain.

Li Chang’an was startled; this aura was completely unfamiliar, he had never encountered it before, and feared it was enemy rather than friend.

Fortunately, he quickly sensed three familiar Golden Core auras.

Chi Qingxuan, Chi Qingwu, and Zhuo Wanshuang were all present.

He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

“It must be the Azure Dragon True Monarch.” To be

on the safe side, his true body quietly disappeared into the depths of the earth, ready to use the Realm-Splitting Talisman at any time.

He only used a blood-dripping avatar to go out and greet them.

Inside the courtyard of Changqing Mountain.

A middle-aged man in a green robe stood with his hands behind his back.

He possessed an extraordinary air, exuding an imposing presence without anger, and emanating the unique pressure of a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

Li Chang’an immediately stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

“Greetings, Senior Azure Dragon.”

“Hmm.”

True Monarch Azure Dragon nodded slightly, giving him a few glances.

“You’re quite capable, lad. Not only did you bribe two of my disciples, but you also bewitched my daughter, making them constantly try to persuade me.”

Hearing this, Li Chang’an’s heart skipped a beat.

This senior…

seemed to have come to interrogate him.

He bowed and said, “Senior, you are wise. I have only had normal interactions with the three fellow Daoists and have not used any special means.”

“I know, otherwise how could you have survived until now?”

Azure Dragon True Monarch snorted coldly, seemingly in a bad mood.

Behind him,

the three remained silent, not daring to transmit their voices.

Zhuo Wanshuang’s eyes were bright, and she raised her slender eyebrows, constantly winking at Li Chang’an, as if trying to express something.

But Li Chang’an really couldn’t understand what she meant.

At this moment, he heard Azure Dragon True Monarch say, “The conditions I have offered you are already quite good. As long as you achieve the fourth level of Body Refinement, you will protect the Azure Dragon Sect for a hundred years. Why do you refuse?”

“I am naturally undisciplined and used to the life of a rogue cultivator. I am afraid that it will conflict with the sect’s rules.”

“How absurd!”

Azure Dragon True Monarch reprimanded.

“Once you achieve the fourth level of Body Refinement, your status will be equal to that of a Nascent Soul True Monarch. Your rules will be the sect’s rules. How could there be any conflict?”

Li Chang’an was speechless.

What Azure Dragon True Monarch said was not wrong.

If he could truly achieve fourth-order body refinement, the Azure Dragon Sect would accept it even if he violated numerous rules.

Seeing that he had nothing to say,

the Azure Dragon True Monarch said again, “Fine, I’ll concede. You don’t need to guard it for a hundred years; fifty years will suffice.”

Li Chang’an was stunned: “This…”

“What, you still don’t agree?”

the Azure Dragon True Monarch asked sternly.

“You, as a Golden Core True Person, have a lifespan of five hundred years, and you can’t even bear to

part with fifty years?” “Senior, it’s not that I’m unwilling to part with these fifty years,”

Li Chang’an hurriedly explained.

He no longer used the rules as an excuse but revealed his true thoughts.

“I’ve always cherished my life and have a nickname of ‘coward’ in Zhao Kingdom. The reason I refuse is because I’m worried about a great upheaval in the cultivation world.”

He made his words very clear.

If he signed a spiritual contract to protect the Azure Dragon Sect, he would lose the freedom to run away at any time.

What if a great upheaval suddenly broke out within these fifty years?

“Absurd!”

the Azure Dragon True Monarch said coldly, reprimanding him once again.

“My Azure Dragon Sect has been passed down for ten thousand years. So what if a great chaos breaks out? What kind of chaos could threaten a Nascent Soul cultivator? In just fifty years, the situation in the cultivation world cannot change.”

The words had barely left his lips

when Song Yu’er suddenly rushed down the mountain.

Her face was filled with anxiety, and she held several jade slips containing messages in her hand, shouting,

“Senior, something terrible has happened! The Wang family has been wiped out!”

“Hmm?”

Hearing this, everyone turned their heads.

Li Chang’an felt a bad premonition.

He immediately asked, “Yu’er, which Wang family?”

“The Northern Plains Wang family, the one with a Nascent Soul cultivator!”

“What?”

Even Azure Dragon True Monarch found this unbelievable.

He waved his hand, immediately taking the jade slips from Song Yu’er’s hand to examine the information within.

A hint of displeasure immediately appeared on Song Yu’er’s pretty face. She had intended to deliver this message to Li Chang’an, but it had been intercepted by Azure Dragon True Monarch.

She whispered, “Senior, who is this middle-aged man? He looks fierce.”

“Yu’er, this is a Nascent Soul True Monarch from the Azure Dragon Sect. He can hear your whispers.”

“Ah?”

Song Yu’er’s face turned deathly pale, and she dared not say anything more.

Li Chang’an wasn’t worried.

Given the Azure Dragon True Monarch’s status, he wouldn’t stoop to the level of an ignorant Foundation Establishment junior.

What he was worried about now was the situation in the cultivation world.

“How could the Wang family have been suddenly wiped out?”

The Wang family was, after all, a family with a history of ten thousand years, possessing a very deep foundation.

Even if only Wang Yannian, a Nascent Soul True Monarch, remained, he could still protect the Wang family’s territory with a fourth-order grand formation.

Without absolute certainty, the Great Qi Emperor would never rashly attack the Wang family’s territory.

Even if he could destroy the Wang family’s territory, he might not be able to spare Wang Yannian.

Wang Yannian still had four hundred years of lifespan left.

If a Nascent Soul True Monarch like him hid in the shadows, seeking revenge,

then the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty would not be at peace for the next few hundred years!

Song Yu’er whispered, “Senior, it seems the Wang family wasn’t destroyed by the Great Qi Immortal Dynasty. The information I received indicates that the Great Qi Emperor and Senior Jiang Xuanyuan both stated that they did not take action.” “

It was the Demonic Sect!”

Azure Dragon True Monarch suddenly spoke.

He casually flicked out a few fingers of spiritual light, sending the information he had seen into the sea of consciousness of Li Chang’an, Zhuo Wanshuang, and the others.

According to the information, the Wang family’s

ancestral territory, which they had cultivated for ten thousand years, was razed to the ground overnight!

Countless members of the Wang family died tragically, their deaths particularly gruesome. Wang Yannian, the Nascent

Soul ancestor of the Wang family, has vanished without a trace.

The current family head, along with numerous high-ranking Golden Core cultivators, holy sons and daughters, are also mostly missing.

“Could it be that Fellow Daoist Wang has also met with misfortune?”

Li Chang’an immediately took out his communication jade pendant, attempting to contact Wang Qianling, but there was no response from the other end.

Chi Qingxuan and the other two also took out their jade pendants, contacting their friends in the Wang family. Without exception

,

they received no response!

It seemed that no one in the entire Wang family was alive.

Chi Qingxuan asked, “Master, is it truly the Demonic Sect?”

“Yes, apart from the Demonic Sect, no other force could possibly wipe out the Wang family overnight, not even my Qingyun Sect.”

The Azure Dragon True Monarch’s expression was solemn as he gazed northward.

Since the Demonic Sect had made its move, it wouldn’t easily back down.

Next, the entire cultivation world would likely be plunged into unprecedented chaos.

Who knows how many Nascent Soul cultivators would perish.

“Come back with me and let’s discuss this matter properly.”

With a wave of his hand, he swept away Zhuo Wanshuang and the other two, disappearing from Changqing Mountain in an instant, leaving only a cold sentence echoing in Li Chang’an’s ears.

“Li Chang’an, fifty years is my bottom line. Think it over carefully.”

His attitude was clear; there was no way he would back down now. The reason he

had previously agreed to compromise for fifty years was purely because he couldn’t resist his youngest daughter’s pleas.

Now, chaos was imminent in the cultivation world.

He naturally couldn’t easily let go of Li Chang’an, a rogue cultivator with the potential to achieve the fourth level of body refinement.

The more fourth-level power the Azure Dragon Sect had, the more hope they had of surviving the chaos.

“Fifty years…”

Li Chang’an sighed softly.

With the storm approaching, he naturally couldn’t agree to this fifty-year deadline.

He calculated with his fingers, and a heavy feeling suddenly arose in his heart. Blood-red light flashed before his eyes, and he faintly heard endless wails in his ears.

“The chaotic world has truly arrived.”

Li Chang’an’s heart was heavy, and he patted Song Yu’er’s head.

“Yu’er, you no longer need to go down the mountain for training. You can stay on the mountain to cultivate.”

“Yes.”

Song Yu’er was no longer the naive little girl she once was, and naturally understood the harshness of the future.

In the following days,

Li Chang’an kept inquiring about news from all sides, but not much information came out.

Finally, on this day,

Wang Qianling’s reply suddenly sounded in the communication artifact she had given him.

“Fellow Daoist Li, I am unharmed, but my clansmen suffered heavy casualties.”

“It’s good that Fellow Daoist Wang is alright.”

Li Chang’an immediately asked her for the truth.

Wang Qianling told him.

A few days ago, more than ten Nascent Soul True Monarchs from the Demonic Sect crossed the border between the two countries and descended upon the Wang family’s territory.

The Wang family only had one Nascent Soul cultivator left, Wang Yannian. How could they withstand them?

After a battle,

Wang Yannian’s physical body was destroyed, and only his Nascent Soul escaped.

As for the other Wang family members in the Wang family’s territory, none of them escaped.

They were either killed or became talents for the Demonic Sect.

The reason Wang Qianling was still alive was simply because she was not at the Wang family that day.

After another Nascent Soul True Monarch of the Wang family went missing, Wang Yannian sensed something was wrong and moved many core members of the clan to a safe place in advance.

Including Wang Qianling, many Golden Core cultivators and talented descendants of the Wang family all escaped the massacre. They hadn’t shown themselves

these past few days

because they were worried about being targeted. They

were worried not only about the demonic forces but also about the other seven righteous Nascent Soul forces.

Without the protection of a Nascent Soul True

Monarch, the remaining cultivators of the Wang family were like easy prey to the various Nascent Soul forces.

“Fortunately, our ancestor’s Nascent Soul is unharmed and has returned to the Nascent Soul realm,”

Wang Qianling said, trusting Li Chang’an implicitly, explaining the current situation of the Wang family in detail.

One of the Wang family’s Golden Core prodigies had voluntarily offered his body for Wang Yannian’s Nascent Soul to possess.

After these few days of adjustment,

Wang Yannian’s Nascent Soul strength had recovered to seventy or eighty percent, enough to protect the remaining members of the Wang family.

Li Chang’an asked, “Fellow Daoist Wang, what does the Wang family plan to do next?”

“Naturally, revenge!”

Wang Qianling answered decisively.

The Wang family and the Yan Kingdom’s Demonic Sect have a deep-seated blood feud.

Wang Yannian has contacted the other seven Nascent Soul factions to discuss how to deal with the Demonic Sect. With

a formidable enemy at hand

, even the most entangled conflicts must be temporarily set aside.

On that very day, Emperor Qi Jiuyang of the Great Qi Dynasty publicly announced that all grudges with the Wang family were wiped clean!

Subsequently,

the Huangsha Sect and the Zixia Sect shook hands and made peace.

The four major sects of the Yuan Kingdom also put aside their disputes, ending a century of conflict.

The Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the eight major forces of both countries led their disciples to the border to block the invasion of the demonic path.

Within just a few days, dozens of Nascent Soul battles occurred.

A few days later,

the righteous paths of both countries officially declared war on the demonic path of the Yan Kingdom!

Thus, the war between good and evil officially began.

Li Chang’an, located in the southern region of the Zhao Kingdom, in the rear, was not worried about the demonic cultivators attacking for the time being.

The current battlefield

was concentrated on the northern border of the two countries.

He sat calmly on Changqing Mountain, gathering information from all sides and constantly analyzing the situation.

“This is troublesome. The Nascent Soul and fourth-tier power of the righteous paths of both countries seems far inferior to the demonic sects.”

He frowned slightly, looking at the messages in his hand.

The Yan Kingdom, where the demonic path resided, had a territory exceeding that of the Yuan and Zhao Kingdoms combined, and its cultivation resources far surpassed those of the two countries.

Furthermore, the demonic path’s cultivation philosophy was more extreme and ruthless.

In a cruel environment with abundant resources, more powerful individuals often emerged.

However, this was not the case.

For this battle, the demonic

path of Yan Kingdom has been plotting for centuries!

According to reports,

hundreds of years ago, the current sect leader of the Netherworld Soul Sect, “True Lord Tianming,” took office and personally formulated a strategy to weaken both countries.

During these centuries, the demonic forces have used various methods to constantly instigate internal strife between the righteous paths of the two kingdoms.

The Four Spirit Sects of Yuan Kingdom split due to this instigation.

After the split, the four sects engaged in numerous battles, resulting in the deaths of several Nascent Soul True Monarchs and a large number of prodigies.

The conflict between the four Nascent Soul forces of Zhao Kingdom was also secretly instigated by the demonic path.

Not only Nascent Soul forces

, but also the conflicts and infighting among many Golden Core forces are related to the demonic path.

Furthermore,

the demonic path is adept at utilizing demonic beasts.

In recent years, their presence has been behind the beast tides that have erupted in various places.

The beast tide in the southern region of Zhao Kingdom that year, seemingly caused by True Person Huanghe hunting a third-tier demon king, was actually a tactic employed by demonic cultivators!

“No wonder that beast tide back then revealed so many strange things.”

Looking at this information, several long-buried doubts in Li Chang’an’s heart were finally resolved.

That beast tide had too many illogical aspects.

Low-level demonic beasts actually used formations!

Back then,

Li Chang’an had his doubts.

Who taught those demonic beasts to use formations?

Furthermore, the demonic beasts didn’t charge recklessly; instead, they used numerous strategies such as feigning weakness and luring the enemy deep into their territory, causing heavy losses to all human forces.

The performance of those third-tier demon kings far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Just when the beast tide was finally ending, before everyone could even catch their breath, the three major sects suddenly erupted into a celestial war, causing widespread devastation throughout the Southern Region.

Now,

everything is explained.

Long before Li Chang’an embarked on his cultivation journey, the demonic path had already planned all of this.

After hundreds of years of internal strife, the overall strength of the cultivation worlds of the two countries had declined significantly, far from its peak.

Meanwhile, the five major sects of the demonic path were at their zenith, brimming with power.

“The outcome of this battle is probably not good,”

Li Chang’an pondered.

“Fortunately, I was prepared; I already have hundreds of demonic cultivator identities.”

If the demonic path conquered the two countries in one fell swoop, he could simply become a demonic cultivator himself.

Just then,

a tortoise-shaped jade pendant in his storage bag suddenly became slightly warm.

Li Chang’an took out the pendant and probed it with his divine sense, immediately hearing the worried words of Lin Xuanyan, the Xuanwu Saint Son.

“Fellow Daoist Li, the demonic path is launching a massive attack. I’m afraid the righteous path cannot withstand it. Let’s discuss our retreat.”

(End of Chapter)