r18novel Chapter 102 The Spirit Beast Mountain of Infernal Affairs
Chapter 102 The Spirit Beast Mountain of Infernal Affairs
Chapter 103 The Spirit Beast Mountain of Infernal Affairs
Although Lin Yue's cave dwelling is not exactly a blessed land, it does have a spiritual spring, so the cultivation environment is better than most places in Huangfeng Valley.
In addition, there were many elixirs and miraculous medicines to enhance cultivation, so the three Mo Yuzhu sisters' cultivation speed was naturally advancing by leaps and bounds.
Lin Yue planned to give the three sisters Foundation Establishment Pills when they reached the tenth level of Qi Refining, to directly help them establish their foundations.
Of course, Mo Yuzhu and Mo Fengwu, being of the Heavenly Spiritual Root, do not need Foundation Establishment Pills to establish their foundations.
However, it takes time to cultivate, so it's faster to just take Foundation Establishment Pills directly.
As for the ladies of the Mo family, when they reach the tenth level of Qi Refining, they will also take Foundation Establishment Pills to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
For Lin Yue now, while he might not have an endless supply of Foundation Establishment Pills, having a hundred or two hundred wouldn't be a problem.
This only requires Han Li to put in some effort; nothing else matters.
And it is believed that Han Li did not refuse.
Therefore, under these circumstances, the three Mo sisters' cultivation speed was naturally rapid, reaching the tenth level of the Qi Refining stage in just two years. After taking the Foundation Establishment Pill, they successfully established their foundation and officially became Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Lin Yue also passed on the "Great Evolution Technique" and the "Puppet True Explanation" to the three sisters, urging them to cultivate them diligently.
Of course, he himself, Xin Ruyin, Xiao Mei, Han Li, and Zhang Tie also made great progress in their cultivation. Han Li and Zhang Tie even successfully broke through to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.
The main difference is that the pill formula Lin Yue has obtained is far superior to the two formulas Han Li obtained from Lei Wanhe.
Furthermore, the numerous rare and precious herbs obtained from Hong Fu, Hong Fen, Li Huayuan, Linghu Laoguai, and Nangong Wan saved a great deal of time. Han Li only needed to accelerate their ripening and refine them into pills, and then Lin Yue could further refine them to enhance their medicinal power.
Under such circumstances, it is perfectly normal for everyone's cultivation level to advance by leaps and bounds.
Furthermore, there are the "Great Evolution Technique" and the "Puppet True Explanation". While Han Li and Zhang Tie have already refined Qi Refining stage puppets, Han Li has also cultivated the "Great Evolution Technique" to the first level, and can barely control the puppets to fight.
As for the others, apart from Lin Yue, none of them were able to break through due to their lack of talent. This disappointed Lin Yue, but he didn't say anything. He simply told everyone to continue their secluded cultivation.
He then left his cave in the Taiyue Mountains, preparing to search for the mineral vein where the ancient teleportation array and the Great Teleportation Token were located.
Although he had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, it would not be easy for him to condense his Golden Core and break through to the Core Formation stage.
Just staying in the cave to calm the mind and cultivate one's inner energy, and eliminating inner demons, would take two or three years, not to mention anything else.
He simply didn't have that much time to calm his mind and eliminate his inner demons, so he could only do other things.
Finding the Great Teleportation Token and the ancient teleportation array is undoubtedly the most important thing right now, as it is equivalent to finding a way out for ourselves and everyone else.
The Chaotic Star Sea is a cultivation region with even richer resources, much better than Tiannan.
Nowadays, the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stage disciples of the four sects—Yellow Maple Valley, Hidden Moon Sect, Pure Void Sect, and Giant Sword Sect—have received double the treatment they received before, which makes the other three sects extremely envious.
Everyone inquired about what had happened, but the higher-ups from all four factions remained silent about the details.
This made the other three factions feel as if something big was about to happen, and they all doubled the treatment of their disciples.
The Spirit Beast Mountain, in particular, felt that they had been exposed, so they sent people to Tianluo Kingdom to deliver a message. However, the message was delivered but not returned, and not even the people returned. This made the higher-ups of the Spirit Beast Mountain increasingly uneasy, feeling that they had been exposed.
They had no choice but to continue sending people to Tianluo Kingdom to deliver messages from various sources, but unfortunately, they all disappeared without a trace!
Meanwhile, other factions emerged throughout Lanzhou, effectively sealing off the entire city.
This made Spirit Beast Mountain realize that they had been exposed, but they dared not turn against each other. The strength of one sect was no match for the six sects, so they could only pretend not to know and look for an opportunity.
However, the six sects would never give him any chance, gradually encroaching on the territory of Spirit Beast Mountain and annexing affiliated cultivation families.
This naturally enraged the higher-ups of Spirit Beast Mountain, but they were helpless. They wanted to resist, but when the Grand Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect, Linghu Laoguai of the Yellow Maple Valley, and other Nascent Soul cultivators and late-stage Core Formation cultivators from the six sects gathered at Spirit Beast Mountain, and when the more than 3,000 Foundation Establishment disciples from the six sects completely sealed off Spirit Beast Mountain, the higher-ups of Spirit Beast Mountain knew that they had no choice.
No one knows what the Nascent Soul elders of the six sects negotiated with the higher-ups of Spirit Beast Mountain. In any case, all the Foundation Establishment disciples of the six sects disappeared overnight.
These Foundation Establishment stage disciples were all the most trustworthy disciples of the six sects, and they had voluntarily sworn an oath to their inner demons.
Disciples like Lin Yue, Zhang Tie, and Han Li, who had only recently established their foundation and came from humble backgrounds, were even unaware of the magnitude of the event.
Of course, Lin Yue still learned about this huge change from Hong Fu. As for what they discussed, although Hong Fu didn't say, Lin Yue could guess.
It's nothing more than using Spirit Beast Mountain as a spy. As for what method was used, the Heart Demon Oath probably won't work; it can only be a method similar to a divine prohibition technique.
Otherwise, Spirit Beast Mountain might already be gone, and the six factions would not give it any chance to resist or betray them.
Even so, there are many new faces among the Core Formation cultivators, Foundation Establishment disciples, and managers in Spirit Beast Mountain, who are in control of the mountain and have essentially sidelined the entire mountain.
Most of the low-level Qi Refining disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain were completely unaware of all this. They only knew that the person in charge had changed, and that he was a good person, and that his treatment had been improved, just like the other sects.
After learning about this, Lin Yue couldn't help but admire Nangong Wan's master, the Grand Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect.
All of this was planned and arranged by the other party, who severely injured the Nascent Soul Ancestor of Spirit Beast Mountain and forced the other party to agree to a series of conditions. Otherwise, the six sects would join forces to cleanse Spirit Beast Mountain.
Under this threat of death, even though he was unwilling, the Nascent Soul Ancestor of Spirit Beast Mountain had no choice but to agree.
Although they were spies planted in the Yue Kingdom by the Yu Ling Sect, they were not truly loyal. The Yu Ling Sect had promised to hand over the entire cultivation world of the Yue Kingdom to the Spirit Beast Mountain after the mission was accomplished.
Faced with such enormous profits, the patriarch and higher-ups of Spirit Beast Mountain finally agreed.
Of course, Spirit Beast Mountain knew the terror of the six demonic sects of Tianluo Kingdom, and knew that even if they didn't agree, the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom wouldn't be able to hold on.
But now the entire sect is on the verge of collapse, so the promise made to the Yuling Sect is naturally null and void.
However, even so, they had little hope of dealing with the six sects of Yue Kingdom and resisting the six demonic sects of Tianluo Kingdom.
Even though the six factions had secretly sent people to Yuanwu Kingdom, Zijin Kingdom, and even Cheqi Kingdom, Jiang Kingdom, and many other countries to seek help and inform them of the impending invasion by both the righteous and demonic paths.
However, these methods are still ineffective in the face of absolute power, unless they can be combined.
Therefore, the Grand Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect personally went to several powerful neutral sects, including the Crying Phoenix Sect, the Ancient Sword Sect, and the Palm Leaf Sect, in an attempt to unite them.
However, after listening to Hong Fu's words, Lin Yue still held no hope for this matter.
"Brother Panwu, it seems you lack confidence in the alliance?"
Inside the cave, seeing that Lin Yue's expression didn't change much after listening, she couldn't help but furrow her brows and ask further questions.
As a late-stage Core Formation cultivator from one of the Seven Sects, Hong Fu still held hope for this, because she knew that this was the only way to fight against the six demonic sects and the righteous alliance of Tianluo Kingdom.
The gap between the two sides is simply too large!
"It's not that we lack confidence, it's that it's simply impossible. Most of the cultivation communities in countries between the righteous and demonic paths are only concerned with their own affairs and won't get involved in this matter. Unless the righteous and demonic paths are about to clash at our doorstep, there's no possibility of them uniting. But even then, it's not the Yue Kingdom's cultivation community's turn."
"After all, compared to other countries, there are only two small countries, Cheqi and Jiang, between Yue and Tianluo. Now these two small countries are infiltrated like sieves, and Tianluo can almost completely invade them without much effort. Then, they fall into the hands of Yue."
"Even if the Yue Kingdom is prepared, it can only hold out for a short time at most, and it's unlikely to change anything. As for the alliance, it's already good enough that they didn't take advantage of the situation."
Lin Yue shook his head and said.
"Is there really no way to avoid this calamity?"
After hearing Lin Yue's words, Hong Fu's face grew even more unpleasant, but she did not refute them.
As a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, she naturally knew that what Lin Yue said was true.
"It's difficult unless the Grand Elder of the Hidden Moon Sect can break through to the late Nascent Soul stage. Once he breaks through to the late Nascent Soul stage, even if the six demonic sects of Tianluo Kingdom were given a second chance, they wouldn't dare to invade the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom. Moreover, they would be able to unite with many cultivation countries to fight against both the righteous and demonic paths."
Lin Yue thought for a moment and then spoke.
"A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator? How is that possible, especially in such a short time?"
After hearing Lin Yue's solution, Hong Fu gave a bitter smile.
"Then there's nothing we can do. After all, the only way to bridge the gap in strength is through strength itself, and any other means or methods will leave room for error. Only sufficient strength can resolve all crises and calamities."
Lin Yue continued.
"Then, Brother Panwu, what realm are you at?"
Hong Fu hesitated for a moment, then asked with a hint of anticipation in her bright eyes.
"You don't need to have any expectations of me. I'm not a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, otherwise I would have been famous throughout the entire Tiannan cultivation world long ago."
Seeing this, Lin Yue shook his head and shattered Hong Fu's beautiful dream without hesitation.
"I was overthinking it."
Upon hearing this, Hong Fu's face turned even more bitter.
The Wasteland Mine is a medium-sized spirit stone mine jointly controlled by seven factions. Although most of the mined stones are low-grade spirit stones, there are still quite a few mid-grade spirit stones.
Therefore, it ranks among the top five of the more than ten spirit stone mines controlled by the seven factions.
Xie Ning is a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Hidden Moon Sect who manages the desert mine. Although he is only at the early Foundation Establishment stage, he is the number one person in the entire spirit stone mine and controls the life and death of many miners.
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However, Xie Ning was not a harsh person, but with the increase in the treatment of the disciples of the seven sects, the most unfortunate ones were naturally these mine miners, whose daily workload increased significantly.
Although the Seven Sects recruited many more miners, they could only barely keep going, which was a major headache for Xie Ning.
Although he was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, he had cultivated for fifty or sixty years and vaguely sensed that something big was about to happen.
Otherwise, the treatment of the disciples of the seven sects could not have been increased so much.
Therefore, he also needs to plan his future.
On this day, just as Xie Ning was about to take advantage of the opportunity to escort the spirit stones to ask the manager of the Hidden Moon Sect to change the mission, he was completely unaware that a figure had silently entered the mine.
This figure was none other than Lin Yue, who had already found five or six spirit stone veins controlled by the seven sects.
This is the most likely one.
"Don't make me come all this way for nothing again." Lin Yue exhaled and silently passed by the many complaining miners at the mine, and no one noticed his presence.
The environment within the mine is deep and dark. Unless one is a cultivator, without using moonstones to illuminate the way, it is impossible to advance even an inch. If one forces their way forward, they will only get lost in the countless, densely packed mine passages that resemble a spider web.
On this day, a large hole suddenly appeared in the wall of a natural cave in the underground world. A spider-like puppet beast rushed out of the hole, peered around, and then jumped back into the cave.
Then, a figure followed the spider puppet out; it was Lin Yue.
"No, not again."
Seeing this, Lin Yue shook his head and continued to control the spider puppet to move forward, searching for its target, without changing his expression.
Following the spider puppet, Lin Yue traversed dozens of caves. The stalactite caves grew larger and larger, with the largest easily accommodating a hundred or so people.
But still, he found nothing, and Lin Yue had to consider whether to give up and head to the next mine.
After all, he didn't have much time left. Although the Spirit Beast Mountain had "abandoned darkness and turned to light," it didn't mean that the seven factions of Yue Kingdom could hold out for much longer. He had to prepare as soon as possible and find the ancient teleportation array as a backup plan.
Only by finding this way out can he feel at ease and deal with the upcoming invasion by the demonic forces.
Only in this way can we ensure the safety of ourselves and others.
"Let's look for two more days!"
After muttering something to himself, Lin Yue continued to control the spider puppet as it moved forward.
Another day passed, and Lin Yue raised an eyebrow. Then, through the passage left by the spider puppet, he arrived at a huge cavern.
At this moment, in the middle of the cave, a crystal-clear white spider several meters long was gnawing at a miner's corpse with its huge fangs. What pleased Lin Yue the most was that behind the spider, among piles of spirit stone ore, was an extremely ancient hexagonal teleportation array. On one side of the teleportation array, a five-colored skeleton sat cross-legged, floating three feet off the ground, holding a bright blue token in its hand, which emitted a faint glow.
And this was his goal these past few days: the ancient teleportation array and the Great Teleportation Token, plus the incredibly ferocious Blood Jade Spider that feeds on miners but has remained undiscovered for many years for some reason.