Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Wei Xi fell silent, looking like a deflated balloon.

"Your cultivation level," Xiao Pingting, a cultivator at the Dao level, observed Wei Xi's cultivation, "is it close to forming the Core Formation?"

"You've been quite lucky; in just five or six years, your cultivation has reached the critical point of Core Formation."

"Since you're unwilling to discuss private matters, let me ask you if you noticed anything unusual during your visit to the Devouring Sea Sect?"

Wei Xi, looking displeased, reluctantly said, "We went to visit Kui Yi, only to find out she wasn't at the Devouring Sea Sect at all. Apart from them fighting amongst themselves, nothing strange happened."

"You got into a fight yourself?"

"Internal strife, I don't know anything about the merfolk. After it was over, the merfolk sent the three of us and the caravan out together."

Pretending to have her little scheme exposed, Wei Xi complained, "Back then, the merfolk were all fine. We even rested in Fishtail Town for a day, and no one was killed. We were unlucky enough in the sea, who knew we'd get into this kind of trouble after coming out?"

"Then how did you and Qin Feng end up in the sea?"

Wei Xi said impatiently, "Besides the Bone Reef Sea, what else is there that's worth coming here for us? As you saw, we almost died in there."

Xiao Pingting narrowed her eyes slightly, clearly not believing Wei Xi's explanation.

“The Bone Reef Sea is extremely dangerous,” another elder frowned and said, “You’re too reckless! Han Su is getting old, how can he be so lax in disciplining his young disciples?”

Xiao Pingting seemed to have thought of something and was about to ask a question when she was interrupted by a knock on the door.

The door was pushed open, and Chi Peishuang's frost-white eyelashes stood out conspicuously in the night.

"Elders, your sect's leader has arrived."

"Let him wait!" Xiao Pingting said sternly, clearly displeased. "Get out!"

Chi Pei remained unmoved and calmly said to Xiao Pingting, "Elder Xiao, the leaders and elders of various sects have all gone there, it seems there is something urgent."

Having said that, Xiao Pingting and the other elder had no choice but to leave with Chi Pei.

The wooden door closed quietly, leaving Wei Xi and the room in silence.

“Strange.” Wei Xi pondered the abruptly ended interrogation. “Xiao Pingting seems more concerned about my experience in the Bone Reef Sea.”

"And then there's Chi Pei. A disciple of Linchuan Pavilion, coming here to inform the elders of Wanjian Sect? It seems more like he's trying to find out if there's any progress inside."

As early as during the sect competition, Wei Xi had been keeping track of Chi Pei's whereabouts.

After all, the fact that Chi Pei had infiltrated the trial team was always highly suspicious.

Although Li Chun's investigation failed to uncover any flaws in Chi Pei's actions, Wei Xi had a hunch.

Chi Pei has a deeper secret.

"During the sect competition, besides Tun Qing's rebellion, Yin Feng was also killed?"

Thinking of Yin Feng, Wei Xi couldn't help but roll his eyes. "His death is related to Sha Zi. Chi Pei is currently at Linchuan Pavilion, a pavilion that accepts disciples based on the purity of their innate talent!"

Wei Xi sat up abruptly; the bad guy was right next to her!
Chi Pei appears noble and aloof, but who knew that she had secretly joined the evil organization Yi Hua!

Yes, Wei Xi has already concluded that Chi Pei has joined the Yi Hua scheme.

"It's like a mouse falling into a rice jar!" Wei Xi cursed inwardly. "Yin Feng probably stumbled upon Chi Pei meeting with the people from Yihua, and was killed as a result. Since the people from Yihua would come to Dongyi to kill people, they probably know something about the upheaval in Dongyi, which is why they let Chi Pei infiltrate the trial team to test Tun Qing."

"When Lian Gou was kidnapped, besides Tu Mi and You Lanjing, there should have been two other cultivators who committed the crime, one of whom was Chi Pei."

"Unexpectedly, Lian Gou survived. Chi Pei was worried that his undercover identity would be exposed, so he became Lian Gou's guard."

Wei Xi sneered repeatedly. This bad guy was really good at hiding! He was so well hidden that it was impossible to guard against him!
“However,” Wei Xi thought for a moment, “with Chi Pei as a lead, as long as we keep an eye on him, we can follow the trail and nip this rotten flower in the bud!” After his initial anger subsided, Wei Xi outlined his main tasks for the next few years:
First, we must continuously improve our own cultivation and strive to get rid of the predicament of our cultivation being disconnected from our physical constitution as soon as possible.

Secondly, they secretly investigated the secrets of the Heavenly Dao while remaining vigilant against the omnipresent Weaver of Heaven. After all, Wei Xi had obtained the Dao of Cause and Effect, clearly making him a threat to the Heavenly Dao's position;

Thirdly, we need to find an opportunity to go to Jucheng to settle accounts with Li Changxu. This step will require Yun Qing's cooperation.

“It’s not that I want to go against the will of Heaven,” Wei Xi said, overcome with grief, “it’s that the will of Heaven won’t let me go! Otherwise, would I not have left behind the [Tethering Threads] in the future?”

"Although I have attained the Dao of Cause and Effect, I am still confused. This is probably the downside of obtaining the Dao by relying on the principles of heaven and earth; I still need time to hone my skills."

"But I still can't understand how I could have been involved in the Dongyi upheaval thousands of years ago. It doesn't make sense!"

Wei Xi couldn't think of anything special about herself. She was born in a remote mountain village. Apart from being mute, she was healthy and quick-witted. She entered the immortal sect at the age of ten.

Looking back, Wei Xi felt that he was only slightly less fortunate than the hundreds of other cultivators of the same period, and there was nothing particularly outstanding about him.

"Can a person truly exist in the past, present, and future simultaneously?" Wei Xi was deeply puzzled. "Or is it that time flows by, but something is left behind forever?"

"I chose to leave behind the [Pulling Silk]? Just as words leave behind the 'Tao' through one's bones?"

"But what's the point of doing this? The past events have clues to follow. Heaven can simply follow the path of justice and let things settle down. Why watch tragedy repeat itself time and time again?"

Wei Xi doesn't study philosophy, and he doesn't even know what physics is.

The young monk spent the entire night lost in thought, suffering from rare insomnia.

The next day, Wei Xi, sporting dark circles under his eyes, was questioned by two more interrogators.

One was Chi Pei, whom Wei Xi hated with a passion; the other was wearing a Taoist robe from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, and looked somewhat familiar, but not friendly.

The interrogator's status had clearly declined, and Wei Xi keenly grasped the implications behind this.

Either they've been cleared of suspicion, or something more important has diverted everyone's attention.

But something even stranger happened: Chi Pei didn't say a word the whole time, his arms crossed, seemingly lost in thought; while the other cultivator asked questions methodically, and even provided guidance that was favorable to Wei Xi.

Wei Xi was completely bewildered during the interrogation and was released that afternoon.

"Wei Xi," Xie Yingying greeted him with concern, "You've been wronged these past two days!"

"Senior Sister Xie!? What brings you here?"

“Your senior brother Yan is guarding the house at Yizhang Plains. I came here this time because I was worried about you!” Senior Sister Xie’s tone became stern, and Wei Xi subconsciously shrank his neck. “If Wei An hadn’t let it slip, I wouldn’t have known that the three of you had run off to Bone Reef Sea!”

"When I heard that something happened to the Devouring Sea Sect, I was so scared I almost jumped out of my skin! Who knows if the three of you will be affected!"

Wei Xi didn't expect to be scolded as soon as he came out. Just as he was about to pretend to faint, he heard Senior Brother Wang, who was there to help him out, speak up.

“Senior Sister,” Wang Xin said, “Where would Wei Xi know all this? She can’t predict the future. She must have been frightened by this incident as well. With the way the Ten Thousand Swords Sect interrogated her, Junior Sister was so worried that she couldn’t sleep well and her eyes were all dark circles.”

Wei Xi nodded hurriedly, then feigned guilt and regret, thus escaping a disaster.

Upon returning to the Qingcheng Sect's headquarters, they found Qin Feng and Lian Gouyan sitting obediently at the table, while the sect's disciples waited for the meal to begin.

Wei Xi quickly sat down next to the two men and said a few words. Then he heard Lian Gouyan whisper, "Wang Xin and Wang Huan put in a lot of effort this time. Shouldn't we show our appreciation?"

"What do you mean?"

Qin Feng, who was released first, replied, "Among the second group of people interrogating you was that cultivator from the Ten Thousand Swords Sect, who is Wang Xin and Wang Huan's mother." (End of Chapter)