Longzang

Chapter 1054 Born in the Mud
The great battle has begun.

In Guantun County, Wei Yuan entered the main hall where Zhang Sheng was resting and said, "The war has begun, much earlier than I expected. It would have been better if it had been six months later, then I would have had more manpower and resources at my disposal, and I could have been more at ease. Fortunately, Immortal Ancestor Zhao Li sent ten million manpower, so I don't have to worry about this place and can focus on the battle."

Well, I'm pretty low on luck right now, and I'll have to stay in the Fourth Cave Heaven. In their eyes, I'm probably at my weakest. Heh, but they probably don't know that even without luck, I'm still a formidable fighter.

Okay, I have to go now. Wait for me to come back.

Zhang Sheng lay quietly, motionless. The entire formation pulsed with life force, continuously.

After leaving the hall, Wei Yuan was about to leave when Ji Liuli walked out from the side and said, "I'll go with you."

Wei Yuan shook his head: "You can't go. You should stay here and guard. There are immortals on the other side who could make a move at any time. Your karma isn't strong enough, so it's too dangerous. You can only participate in this round after you reach the Yujing realm. I'll go first now."

"Aren't you also a Dharma Aspect?" Ji Liuli said, only realizing something was wrong as soon as the words left her mouth. She used the Heavenly Secret Technique twice on Wei Yuan, and the result was clear both times: Dharma Aspect Perfection.

“You are a Dharma Aspect, no, not a Dharma Aspect, still no…” Ji Liuli realized at this moment that Wei Yuan’s condition was not right, he couldn’t even understand her Heavenly Secrets Technique.

Given her relationship with Wei Yuan, the result should have been quite accurate, but it was clearly far from accurate.

"You stay," Wei Yuan said, leaving no room for argument.

Just as Ji Liuli was about to object, Wei Yuan reached out and pressed down on her shoulder. With that press, the surrounding space instantly froze, and Ji Liuli was unable to move!

With the power of the central earth and the overwhelming momentum of the entire world, Wei Yuan suppressed Ji Liuli's Dharma body, which was extremely powerful, and made him unable to move an inch under the absolute pressure of the Six Cave Heavens.

Having suppressed Ji Liuli, Wei Yuan walked into the night and disappeared.

Outside the walls of Guantun County, there were two completely different worlds. The land outside was barren and desolate, filled with death, dotted with skeletons and dried corpses, even the trees were withered. The earth, yet to be covered by fresh snow, was black, dry, and lifeless, like necrotic sores.

Several crows cried mournfully in the night, clearly having failed to find enough food to fill their bellies during the day and forced to continue their search under the cover of darkness.

A cold, somewhat blurry moon hung in the sky.

Cangwu and Prince Ji stood beneath the moon. They were positioned extremely high, completely invisible from the ground. Even with Yu Jing's keen eyesight, he could only discern two tiny black dots. Furthermore, under the suppression of Cangwu's immortal status, even if Yu Jing saw them directly, he would simply assume it was an illusion and ignore them.

Cangwu watched Wei Yuan walk out of Guantun County and gradually disappear into the distance, and couldn't help but sneer: "He actually dared to walk out of there! How little respect does he have for me? If I let him go back alive today, I'll..."

Just as he was about to utter some harsh words, Cangwu suddenly stopped, sensing something was amiss.

Just then, Prince Ji said, "This is a golden opportunity! I beg the immortal to lend a hand, to broaden my horizons, and to grind this traitor to dust!"

Cangwu frowned slightly, but then felt that Prince Ji probably wouldn't perceive that much; this was a whim that only immortals could have.

But King Ji was right about one thing: Wei Yuan's aura was extremely dim at this moment, almost nonexistent. Killing him now would have the lowest cost.

A gray light flickered at Cangwu's fingertip, preparing to strike Wei Yuan. But just as his fingertip was about to rise, he suddenly saw a spider silk hanging down from the void!
A spider silk descended right in front of him!
The spider silk shimmered faintly silver in the moonlight, swaying gently in the night breeze. Each sway stirred a tremor in Cangwu's heart. He had never seen the thread of cause and effect so clearly before!

With each increase in the gray light at his fingertips, the spider silk drifted closer to Cangwu. Unbeknownst to him, Cangwu was drenched in a cold sweat! How could he, a seemingly incorruptible immortal, be sweating?

Cangwu knew that he absolutely could not escape now; escaping would be useless, and he could not escape this causal thread that had been drawn by the laws of nature. As for what would happen once he was touched by it, Cangwu did not want to know.

Under King Ji's piercing gaze, Cangwu dispelled the gray light from his fingertips and calmly said to King Ji, "If I were to take action myself, the karma would be too great. Let your two retainers handle it, and I will also send a subordinate to assist me."

Prince Ji nodded and drew two runes with his fingers. Cangwu reached out, grabbed the runes, and pulled hard, revealing two high-ranking cultivators from the Imperial Realm. An elderly man with a gloomy face stepped out from behind him and bowed to Cangwu.

Cangwu pointed at Wei Yuan, who was walking alone on the ground, and said, "Kill this man!"

The three bowed again and then disappeared together.

Wei Yuan, who was walking alone on the ground, suddenly stopped. Three people appeared out of thin air and surrounded him. Wei Yuan looked at them and said, "The three seniors Yu Jing really think highly of me."

A dignified-looking middle-aged man said, "The three of us have arrived. You have no chance of escaping. Quickly surrender and save us all trouble."

The old man with a gloomy face said, "You are currently without any support and have no chance against us. It would be best if you surrendered sooner rather than later. If you are willing to surrender, I can guarantee that you will have a place under the Lord's command."

The third cultivator, with long, fiery red hair, said slowly, "It's a blessing you've accumulated over many lifetimes that Elder Su Wuwang, the Thousand Machine Hermit, is willing to guarantee your safety. Why don't you hurry up and comply? If you miss this opportunity, don't blame us for being ruthless!"

The middle-aged man said, "Elder Mo is still so willing to mentor the younger generation. If it were me, I would have already killed him with a single sword strike!"

The red-haired old man said to Wei Yuan, "Although I cultivate the fire element, I cherish talent. If you can become a disciple of the Venerable Lord, you will surely be given a celestial position!"
"Very well, since you don't know who we are, let me show you, so you'll know that what we say is true. This one is Ling Canglan, the Sword Master of the Cold Abyss, and I am Mo Fentian, the Crimson Flame Immortal."

Wei Yuan felt a slight chill. Mo Fentian and Ling Canglan were both renowned high-level cultivators of the Imperial Realm, especially skilled in killing. Ling Canglan was a world-famous sword cultivator who had sparred with several elders of the Sword Palace and had never been at a disadvantage against any of them.

As for Su Wuwang, Wei Yuan had never heard of him, but this man put the most pressure on Wei Yuan.

After the three introduced themselves, Wei Yuan did not answer the question. Instead, he pointed to the surrounding land and asked, "Seniors, looking at this barren land stretching for thousands of miles, at this land that has lost all its vitality and will take at least a hundred years to be cultivated again, and at least twenty or thirty million wronged souls on this land, what are your thoughts?"

Mo Fentian's red eyebrows furrowed tightly, and he didn't know how to answer for a moment.

Ling Canglan coldly replied, "Cultivating immortality is about seizing the power of Heaven, fighting for survival at the last hurdle, winning and losing, accepting the consequences! Immortals are like this, cultivators are like this, so why should these mortals be an exception? It's just that they are unlucky and deserve this calamity. But if we really talk about it seriously, isn't the root cause their muddled and unambitious lifestyle?"
If they had worked harder, strived for excellence, and cultivated their foundational Dao forms much earlier, they wouldn't have faced this calamity. The causes of the past have led to the effects of today. These countless bones only demonstrate that these mortals lacked both innate talent and the will to work hard. In my opinion, the main problem was simply a lack of effort.

Wei Yuan, who had been calm, suddenly became furious upon hearing this and roared, "These people were born in Ji Kingdom. How many times a year can they even get a full meal? They can't even get enough to eat, how can they forge their bodies? Without forging their bodies, there's no point in talking about Dao Foundation or Dharma Form! They were born into a quagmire, how can they strive? Although Ji Kingdom is vast, have any of the billions of mortals ever had even the slightest chance?!"
They were born without any chance! And who created this quagmire in the world?

The fact that you, senior, can stand here so high and mighty, giving orders, is simply because you were born into a good family. If you were born into one of these ordinary people, you'd be just as useless!

　PS: I'll see if I can grind it out a bit more tonight.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)