Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 503 Bloodbath

A young man in a Taoist robe came to Fish Tail Town.

Then a group of cultivators followed in with a whoosh, wearing brightly colored Taoist robes, as if a vat of dye had been overturned.

But instead of laughter and joy, the atmosphere in Fishtail Town was heavy.

"Senior Brother Zheng, just like in the next town, everyone's dead!"

Upon hearing this, Zheng Duo, who had been working through the night for three days, swayed. The junior disciple who had come to report the situation rushed forward to help him, but Zheng Duo stopped him with a gesture.

"Are the bodies being examined?" Zheng Duo steadied himself. "If we don't have enough manpower, we'll send messages to Dingxin Sect and Shenmu Temple. The Wanjian Sect has already arrived, and these sects will come sooner or later."

"Another batch of fellow Daoists from Dingxin Sect has arrived," the junior disciple said respectfully. "The sect leader has already sent a message to Shenmu Temple, but there has been no reply yet."

Shenmu Temple is not far from Dongyi, and Zheng Duo estimated that it would take half a day to travel there after receiving the letter.

"Is anyone in charge coming over?"

Upon hearing this, the junior disciple said angrily, "Senior brother, the war in the Eastern Barbarian lands has just ended, and all the cities are busy gathering refugees. How can they possibly worry about stabilizing their rear? If it weren't for our people delivering the message, their city lord wouldn't even know that two towns under his jurisdiction have been emptied out! It's utterly dereliction of duty!"

Another Zhenhai Sect disciple said, "Even so, our people kindly reported the news, and they even asked if it was caused by a fight between cultivators! It's outrageous!"

“Alright,” Zheng Duo said calmly, “Cultivators are meant to uphold justice and protect the world. Furthermore, our sect is based in Dongyi and has always been supported by the people. Now that innocent civilians in the two towns have been killed, it is our duty as cultivators of the Zhenhai Sect to investigate the truth and collect the remains.”

“We’re not so ignorant as to not understand what you’re saying, Senior Brother,” the junior disciple complained. “It’s just that even the Devouring Sea Sect didn’t have a single fish left. We’re already too busy with your affairs, and now we have to take on this responsibility too.”

"The affairs of the Devouring Sea Sect are naturally under the overall control of the Myriad Swords Sect." Zheng Duo didn't want to dwell on this topic and turned to ask, "How are those two fellow Daoists from the Qingcheng Sect recovering?"

"One of them went berserk and crawled around on the ground like a madman whenever he saw someone; another fellow Daoist almost drowned and is still mentally unstable, which is truly pitiful."

Before Zheng Duo could ask any further questions, a cry of surprise was heard.

"At sea! There's a monster at sea!"

The stone stirred up a thousand waves; the cultivators busy in the town drew their weapons, and shouts of fighting filled the air.

"What is that thing? Is it the Bone Reef Sea crashing into the coast?"

"Nonsense! It's clearly a skinny monster! It's probably an ancient demon that woke up from hunger. It wasn't enough that it ate those merfolk from the Devouring Sea Sect, so it's here to wreak havoc on the shore! Fellow Daoists, don't panic, follow me to slay this monster!"

Hearing these sounds, Zheng Duo felt that the future of cultivators was doomed.

It's not surprising that these cultivators were talking nonsense. It was simply because they were short-handed. Several nearby sects were also worried about the tragedy of the Devouring Sea Sect happening to them, so they could only send two or three elders with a bunch of junior disciples to help.

Most of these young disciples have been in the sect for less than ten years. Their minds are not yet mature and they have not experienced much. Naturally, when they encounter something, they chatter like a hen with its feathers standing on end.

"Silence! Lay down your weapons!"

"You little brats, all you do is spout nonsense after you've had your fill! If a real monster came, you wouldn't even be enough to fill its teeth! Shut your mouths and listen to my orders!"

Once the senior brothers and sisters leading each sect spoke up, they finally managed to stabilize the situation. These reliable cultivators knew the importance of remaining calm in the face of danger, and besides, the enormous creature at sea was getting closer and closer, and they could already see that it was the skeleton of a large fish.

“Fellow Daoist Zheng,” Xu Jiuzhou, who arrived three days ago, approached Zheng Duo and said in a deep voice, “You live next to the Devouring Sea Sect, have you ever seen anything similar in the sea?”

“There are indeed some large fish in the open sea,” Zheng Duo said, “but this is the first time I’ve seen a moving fish skeleton. Perhaps the Duan Ye Sect can provide some answers?”

"The Duan Ye Sect is far away in the Western Regions. I'm afraid by the time they arrive, it will be too late! In my opinion, Elder Xian Hua of the Qingcheng Sect would be more suitable. When it comes to magical artifacts, he is an expert among experts!"

Zheng and Xu didn't respond. The man, feeling awkward, turned around and went back to discipline the junior disciples of his sect.

Before long, a large-eyed swallow stopped in front of the two. The cultivator in charge of reconnaissance rolled off his beast and said, "There's a person on that fish! She's wearing a Taoist robe and should be a fellow Daoist from the Qingcheng Sect! But she's already unconscious, so we can't get any information out of her."

"It's the Qingcheng Sect again," Xu Jiuzhou frowned. "The two lying in the room are still unconscious, and Dahai has brought over another one. Fellow Daoist Zheng, perhaps these three fellow Daoists know something?"

Zheng Duo knew what Xu Jiuzhou meant and said calmly, "Given the current situation, the Myriad Swords Sect has many people they want to question. The most urgent task is to rescue them; enough people have already died here!"

Several cultivators worked together to pull the fish skeleton that was drifting at sea to the shore.

The human head lying on the fish skeleton had many wounds on its face, but fortunately none of them were fatal; as for the wounds on its body, they were countless, turned white from being soaked in seawater, and looked like some kind of shelled mollusk; its eyes were closed, and it was unclear whether it was asleep or dead.

Zheng Duo reached out to the familiar man's neck and then shouted, "Call the medical practitioners from Dingxin Sect over here!"

Wei Xi opened his eyes and saw the roof beams, which relieved him.

She hadn't expected there to be so many demons and monsters in the sea. Even though she had reached the Core Formation stage, she had already killed five demonic beasts equivalent to the Core Formation stage on the long distance from Deadwater City to the coast. In the end, she was chased by a blue whale with its cubs and almost lost her life.

"Strange thing," Wei Xi heard the hoarse voice and took Lingyin out of his pocket. "Why is this sea not peaceful?"

"Because the Devouring Sea Sect was wiped out, and without the merfolk to suppress it, the demons and monsters in the sea came out to cause trouble."

The voice sounded so familiar that Wei Xi almost jumped off the bed.

"Long time no see," Feng Xiaotian, who had grown a bit taller, handed the decocted medicine to Wei Xi. "If this keeps up, I'll soon become your personal doctor!"

Wei Xi: It hasn't been that long since we last met.
Fortunately, Wei Xi could distinguish between reality and the trial, and blinked, saying, "Thank you. What did you say? The Devouring Sea Sect was wiped out?"

“I thought you knew some inside information,” Feng Xiaotian gestured for Wei Xi to drink the medicine first. “Didn’t you visit the Swallowing Sea Sect? Judging from your appearance, you don’t know as much as I do.”

Even Wei Xi needed a while to process such a bombshell announcement.

But Feng Xiaotian, who was always sharp-tongued, had no sense of keeping quiet when he met his friends. He spilled out all the information he knew.

"It's a rather tragic story. The Zhenhai Sect suddenly received a request for help from the Tunhai Sect. Although the two sects are at odds, the Zhenhai Sect did send someone after all."

"Before they even reached the Devouring Sea Sect, the advance cultivators saw the town covered in blood."

Wei Xi's shining image in the eyes of his peers has been further enhanced!