We Agreed On Experiencing Life, So Why Did You Immortals Become Real? - Chapter 5

Chapter 5 Anger

Nujiang Li really wanted to laugh. When had he ever practiced the Devil Path?

The Devil Path was a key target of the Human Emperor Palace. Anyone who dared to practice the

Devil Path would be prepared to go against the entire world of immortal cultivation. There were dozens of paths to becoming an immortal, including the Body Refining Path, the Gu Path, the Qi Refining Path, the Rune Path, and so on. However, there was only one path that was forbidden by the world of immortal cultivation.

That was the Devil Path, the path of ascending to heaven alone.

The Devil Path emphasized no taboos, no scruples, using all means, using all living things to support one person. It didn’t matter how many people died, as long as one could survive and become stronger.

When the path to ascension still existed, the Kyushu Continent wasn’t particularly averse to the magic path. After all, even cultivating the magic path to its ultimate limit still led to ascension, a feat within the Kyushu Continent’s tolerance. However, after ascension ceased, the magic pathists sought to offer a blood sacrifice to the Kyushu Continent, raising an immortal from the inhabitants of the land, perhaps even achieving ascension. Some even resorted to creating tragedies that wiped out entire dynasties.

Consequently, an unwritten rule emerged among the Kyushu Continent’s practitioners: anyone practicing the magic path was punishable by anyone.

“Aren’t you surprised?”

“Without any evidence, of course I’m not surprised.”

“Of course there is evidence. Haven’t you heard of a legend that you don’t know whether it’s true or not? Before becoming the Human Emperor, Emperor Jiang Ren fought against the extraterritorial demons, regardless of the consequences, resulting in the deaths of people in the city and no one survived. Moreover, the number of babies stolen by the Jiang family has long exceeded a hundred. What can the Jiang family do with so many babies? They must be sacrificing the babies with blood, replenishing the body with the same substance, and helping people break through the pill and become infants. This is a thorough method of the devil. How could Emperor Jiang Ren not know about this?”

“With Emperor Jiang Ren’s methods, it is so easy to help others achieve the Nascent Soul, but he does not stop the Jiang family from using magic methods. This shows that he is not only indulging the Jiang family, he is probably also a member of the devil. Only people in the devil will leave other methods of achieving the Nascent Soul unused and allow their own family to use extreme methods of magic!” “

Senior Zhang, if my speculation is true, and the current Human Emperor is a member of the demonic path, then the Kyushu Continent will face catastrophe! Senior Zhang, please inform your sect leader of this!”

Yuan Wuxing was about to kneel and plead with Jiang Li, but he felt as if he were being dragged by a pair of large hands, preventing him from kneeling.

“Senior Zhang…”

Yuan Wuxing was about to say something else when he saw Jiang Li, with a gloomy face, stand up and walk out of the house.

Jiang Li’s aura was terrifying, as if on the verge of anger. Yuan Wuxing swallowed his saliva and said nothing more.

No matter how Yuan Wuxing spoke ill of the Human Emperor, such as that he secretly aided the Jiang family and that he secretly practiced the demonic path, Jiang Li would smile calmly and ignore it, treating it as a joke. He knew he had never done such things.

But Yuan Wuxing’s speculation about the Jiang family’s blood sacrifice of infants was different, because Jiang Li knew it was extremely likely true!

Otherwise, it would be difficult to explain why the Jiang family needed so many infants!

The Human Emperor Palace is the foremost force opposing demonic practices on the Jiuzhou Continent, yet the Jiang family is likely using its name to cultivate demonic practices!

Jiang Li was furious. He used his own divine sense to spread across hundreds of miles, gaining a complete understanding of the situation in several cities, including Qingcheng. Yet, he found nothing.

This absence was a problem in itself.

He found no signs of a blood sacrifice, but he also found no missing infant.

Jiang Li also focused his divine sense on the Jiang family compound. The Jiang family was still worshipping their ancestors, as he had seen before, with no changes. There were no basements or secret passages.

In this case, either Yuan Wuxing’s claims were wrong, or someone had hidden the baby in another dimension.

There are two ways to access dimensions on the Jiuzhou Continent: one uses a storage ring, allowing access at any time, but this dimension cannot accommodate living beings. The other involves finding a spatial node, which is immovable but can accommodate living beings. Secret realms are a form of this.

The spatial nodes are extremely hidden, and unless one enters or exits the dimension, they are completely undetectable from the outside.

“Is there any concrete evidence for what you’re saying? For example, using a recording ball to record the conversation between the Jiang family patriarch and the city lord?”

Seeing Jiang Li reenter the house, Yuan Wuxing

‘s expression became as calm as before, completely devoid of the gloom he had just experienced. “No. Using the recording ball at that time would have caused a surge of mana, which couldn’t be hidden from a city lord in the Nascent Soul stage. As for other evidence… none.”

Yuan Wuxing felt somewhat disappointed at this point, but then he continued, “The Jiang family’s frequency of ancestral worship is similar to the frequency of infant thefts. I suspect they’re only ostensibly worshipping their ancestors, but are actually sacrificing their babies with blood. However, the security during these ancestral worships is so tight that I’ve been unable to gain entry despite trying for years.”

“The Jiang family is currently holding a ceremony. Senior, you can try…”

Jiang Li shook his head. “I’ve already been to the Jiang family, and there’s nothing unusual… Hmm?”

Jiang Li’s lips curled slightly, a hint of joy at finding a clue, yet also a sneer.

“And I discovered something while I was talking.”

Jiang Li’s spiritual sense remained unrestricted, covering an area of a hundred miles.

…

Under a big tree on the outskirts of Qingcheng, the space twisted and an old man in a linen robe walked out.

The old man in the linen robe carefully observed his surroundings, and after making sure that there was no one, he stood up and flew towards the Jiang family ancestral hall.

…

Jiang Li did not follow the old man in the linen robe to the Jiang family, but pulled Yuan Wuxing to the space node on the outskirts of Qingcheng.

With a light touch, ripples appeared in the space, and eventually a stable space door was formed.

This space is very small, only the size of a cave. As soon as he entered the space, the pungent smell of blood hit him in the face, choking Yuan Wuxing and making him cough.

After Yuan Wuxing got used to the smell of blood, he was stunned by the scene before him.

Hundreds of skeletons less than the length of a forearm were piled on both sides of the cave, as if they were thrown aside casually by someone. The skulls were separated from the spine, and the hand and leg bones were separated from the torso bones. It was very messy.

At the end of the road stood an altar stained red with blood. Upon the altar lay the remains of more than a dozen intact infants. A trace of blood was seeping from the bones into the air, and the flesh and blood were dissipating at a visible rate, adding a further intensification to the nauseating smell of blood. Soon, the white bones could be seen at the fingertips.

Unable to bear it any longer, Yuan Wuxing stumbled to the wall, leaning against it once more as he began to retch. However, he lost his grip on the wall, his hand slipped, and he fell into the pile of bones.

He didn’t have the strength to rise, so he lay there among the bones, retching and crying. “Beasts! Those Jiang family beasts! How could they do this? Don’t they have children?”

Jiang Li said nothing, his expression frighteningly cold.

Jiang Li didn’t follow the hemp-robed old man, knowing he couldn’t escape. He had come here to see if there was still a chance of saving a few people.

Now it seemed that none could be saved.

The calm and peaceful chanting of the Rebirth Mantra echoed in the small space. Originally a low, inaudible whisper, it gradually became louder and clearer.

The last few syllables caused the space to tremble, stones falling, as if it would collapse at any moment.

“Zhang… Senior Zhang.”

Yuan Wuxing stared at the enraged Jiang Li, stunned.

The mere sound of his voice could shake the space to the point of shattering—clearly beyond the reach of a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Jiang Li turned to look at the red-eyed middle-aged man, revealing a white, toothy smile, and said, “Let’s go to the Jiang family’s house.”

(End of Chapter)