Only at the Mahayana Stage Does the Reversal System Appear - Chapter 21

Chapter 21 Two Dead Cities

The Holy Maiden of Pure Heart extended her divine sense, encompassing both towns.

Not only was Shanghe Town a dead town, but so was Xiahe Town!

The so-called lives of the people here were nothing more than a bunch of corpses moving about!

No wonder the Red Dust Patriarch, whose faith in the immortals and gods was shaken, hadn’t caused a stir when he arrived

. How could a dead man possibly be attracted to a beautiful woman? She was horrified; she had never seen anything like it.

There were eight small towns near the Red Dust Pure Land, and the Holy Maiden of Pure Heart worried about whether the situation in the other six towns was the same.

The other six towns were too far away for her divine sense to reach.

Fortunately, Jiang Li quickly provided an answer.

“Everything is normal in the other six towns,” Jiang Li thought, adding, “They’re all alive.”

The Holy Maiden of Pure Heart thought, “You might as well not explain. “

The Holy Maiden of Pure Heart’s divine sense could cover two towns because she could only do so.

Jiang Li’s divine sense could cover eight towns because there were only eight.

Even though all six towns were normal, the Holy Maiden of Pure Heart didn’t seem happy.

“How long has it been since you last came here? Even a Spirit Transformation Stage cultivator wouldn’t be in such a state.”

This method of maintaining the corpse’s lifelong movements was extremely advanced, and only someone at the Spirit Transformation Stage could detect it.

The Saint of Pure Heart explained dejectedly, “The Spirit Transformation Stage cultivators have already fasted. In the eyes of the sect’s elders, the Spirit Valley is a minor issue, and there’s no need to worry about its problems. Therefore, the sect only sends those disciples with no hope of further cultivation, those at the Golden Core Stage, stationed here. A Yuanying Stage steward can manage eight small towns, and there won’t be any problems.”

“But now a big problem has arisen!” Jiang Li said sternly.

The two arrived at the tavern below, where a waiter greeted them warmly.

“Oh, you two guests look unfamiliar. You must be from outside, right? That’s rare. Is this a fairy from the Mortal Pure Land?”

the waiter asked uncertainly, noting the Saint of Pure Heart’s stunning beauty. She nodded without a word.

“Waiter, I have something to ask you.”

Jiang Li took out a low-grade spirit stone and placed it on the table.

“Sir, this is absolutely impossible. You two are nobles from the Pure Land of Mortal Realm. How can I accept your money?” The waiter was startled and quickly refused.

After some evasion, the waiter finally accepted the spirit stone.

Trading here is done in copper coins, and a low-grade spirit stone is a very rare commodity.

The Pure Heart Saint raised an eyebrow slightly. The waiter’s movements were natural and smooth, without a trace of stiffness. To the n*ked eye, he could not tell the difference from a living person.

Using her spiritual sense to carefully examine the waiter, she discovered a Gu worm, male and female, in his Dantian and Sea of Consciousness, one controlling his movements and the other his thoughts. This was a highly skilled method of corpse control.

It was a method unique to the Gu Clan!

And as far as she knew, the disciple stationed there was a Gu Clan member!

She buried her discovery in her heart and quietly watched Jiang Li and the waiter converse.

“Has any particularly beautiful fairy passed by here in recent years?”

The waiter said without hesitation: “You don’t say, two years ago, no, it was three years ago, a fairy who was as beautiful as a painting passed by here. Everyone didn’t even eat and ran out to see her, but the fairy didn’t even look at us. She walked straight past barefoot. Some people wanted to follow the fairy, but were stopped by Fairy Yuan.”

“Fairy Yuan is…”

“It’s Fairy Yuan Ling who is in charge here.”

“So Fairy Yuan Ling also saw the beauty like a painting. How did she react? Did she show an obsessed look? Did she go up and kidnap her?”

The waiter was startled and whispered quickly: “Sir, please don’t talk nonsense. How could Fairy Yuan Ling lose her composure like this? She looked normal and just praised her beautifully.”

The Pure Heart Saint frowned slightly. Junior Sister Yuan Ling was a Gu person, so she naturally couldn’t be a descendant of the Red Dust Patriarch. How could she not be affected?

Weird, weird.

Jiang Li acted as if he hadn’t noticed anything, chatting with the waiter about random topics, such as how the harvest was this year, where Yuan Ling was now, how much spirit stones the Red Dust Pure Land used to purchase the spirit grain, and whether there had been any cuts.

The waiter, assuming the two men were sent by the Red Dust Pure Land to investigate, answered each question truthfully.

Finally, Jiang Li smiled and asked, “Do you know you’re dead?”

The waiter said,

bewildered, “Sir, what are you talking about?” “Haha, just kidding,” Jiang Li laughed, letting the bewildered waiter get back to his business.

“Was it Yuan Ling?”

“Don’t jump to conclusions. You heard it too. Yuan Ling isn’t influenced by the Red Dust Fairy. This isn’t as simple as it seems.”

“Yuan Ling is probably only at the Jindan stage. Judging from the level of Gu worm cultivation, these people aren’t like living people, not even aware they’re dead. It’s impossible for someone at the Jindan stage to create this.”

“And Gu isn’t necessarily the only one who uses it.”

Jiang Li had roamed the martial arts world for many years and witnessed all sorts of bizarre things. Naturally, he had more in mind than Jingxin, the Saintess who only went down the mountain for a few symbolic years before returning to her sect.

Unfortunately, the Gu Clan declined and chose to remain in seclusion, leaving Jiang Li with little knowledge of their affairs.

“Yuan Ling isn’t here. I don’t know where she went.”

“Let’s go to Xiahe Town. I’ve noticed a Jindan female cultivator there. She must be one of yours.” Jiang Li scanned Shanghe Town with his spiritual sense again, but found no trace of a Jindan-stage cultivator in Shanghe Town.   Du Xiner sat cross-legged in a cheap spirit gathering array, diligently cultivating. She didn’t know what had happened in recent years, but her spiritual power hadn’t increased at all. She felt like a leaky bucket, with just as much spiritual energy flowing in as it flowed out.

”   Maybe I’m really not cut out for cultivation. Coming here suits me,” Du Xiner said self-deprecatingly. She felt she had made the right choice to come to Xiahe Town. “Someone like me would be a burden if I stayed in the sect. It’s better to leave.”

“Who said you are a burden?” A crisp voice rang in Du Xiner’s ears, and she realized that the Holy Maiden Jingxin was standing in front of her, and next to her stood a handsome man.

But for some reason, tears seemed to well up in the eyes of the Holy Maiden.

How could the Holy Maiden Jingxin not feel sad? She didn’t have a deep impression of Yuan Ling, but she was impressed by Du Xiner.

The sisters in the Jindan period thought that she was a high-ranking saint and did not dare to approach her. Among the Jindan period, only Du Xiner dared to frequently ask her about the knowledge of cultivation. After

not seeing each other for a few years, they were already separated by Yin and Yang.

In the eyes of the Holy Maiden Jingxin, Du Xiner was also a moving corpse!

“I am sorry for you, and I am derelict in my duty…”

The Holy Maiden Jingxin knelt on the ground, hugged Du Xiner, and sobbed.

Du Xiner didn’t know the situation, so she had to keep sitting cross-legged and gently patted the back of the Holy Maiden Jingxin.

(End of this chapter)