Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 425 Return to Shenwu
Now that Zhenwu Peak is all alone, it's too tedious for him to do everything by himself, whether it's collecting materials or handling miscellaneous tasks.

He naturally didn't need to spend time stabilizing his realm. With the help of the attribute panel, once he entered the Foundation Establishment stage, it was as if he had been immersed in it for a hundred years. His previous attempts were just because he was itching to try.

Suddenly.

Xu Yunfan looked up, his gaze sharp as lightning, and stood with his hands behind his back atop Zhenwu Peak, the phantom image of a three-headed, six-armed deity appearing and disappearing behind him.

He scanned his surroundings with his divine sense, and those Foundation Establishment cultivators who were openly or covertly spying on him immediately felt as if they were being pricked by needles.

In the southeastern clouds, a sinister gaze made contact with him and trembled violently, retreating hastily as if burned, causing the clouds to dissipate in chaos.

On the cliff in the northwest corner, a certain True Person's unbridled exploration was abruptly cut off. The clash of their divine senses produced a sound like metal clashing against stone, and finally, the other party groaned and withdrew their gaze.

The three auras that came from the north together visibly faltered. Two of them immediately turned their clouds around, while only the purple-robed elder in the middle managed to keep his eyes on him for three breaths. But the moment the Xuanwu Dharma Image suddenly opened its eyes, his expression changed drastically, and he retreated with a cold snort.

The mountain wind swept across the newly formed Zhenwu Peak, tearing the remnants of the fleeing divine consciousness to shreds.

Xu Yunfan's lips curled into a cold smile, and his six arms simultaneously formed the Demon-Subduing Seal, causing the spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius to suddenly boil like bubbling oil.

Those eyes that were still secretly watching were suddenly struck dumb, and they all withdrew and avoided the view.

He clearly heard the crisp sound of objects falling to the ground several miles away, and two or three hastily generated streaks of light veered off course and crashed into the distant mountains.

“If you want to look, then look openly and honestly.”

Xu Yunfan's voice was like the clang of metal, making the scales of the Xuanwu statue on the peak clang. "Such a sneaky act, does he even deserve to be called a True Man?"

As he uttered the last word, he deliberately incorporated the "fighting" technique into the sound waves.

Where the visible ripples spread, seven or eight deeply hidden divine marks appeared and burned into blue smoke in the air.

A series of cracking sounds echoed across the entire Zhenwu Peak, and countless spying artifacts were rendered useless at that moment.

The disciples watching from the foot of the mountain saw a sudden burst of dazzling light from the summit of Zhenwu Peak. When their vision returned, most of the Foundation Establishment uncles who were usually aloof had already dispersed.

At least six Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Xu Yunfan was somewhat surprised. He hadn't expected that the Yuanshi Sect had quite a few Foundation Establishment cultivators, and these were just the front-line people.

He immediately waved his hand, and thirty-six small flags appeared from his sleeve.

"The quality is a bit lacking..."

This small flag was a low-level magic artifact that Xu Tian and the others had looted. Now, with the infusion of magic power, its material could hardly withstand it, and it emitted a buzzing sound.

With a flick of his finger, thirty-six small flags flew out in succession, tracing streaks of spiritual light in the air.

Following the key points of setting up the "Hidden Star and Obscuring Moon Formation" in "Introduction to Formation Techniques", small flags were nailed into the earth vein nodes around Zhenwu Peak.

With each flag lowered, ripples spread across the ground, and the cloud-shaped characters engraved on the flagpole lit up with a bluish light.

"If the Kan position is missing one, the Li palace will supplement it with three."

He made a hand seal and gave a soft shout, and three blood crystals flew out from his sleeve.

Xu Yunfan examined the blood crystals closely. These were blood essences refined by those ruthless demonic sect disciples through blood sacrifices to mortals.

He was naturally ashamed; although he was a True Person of the Demonic Sect, he considered himself a righteous person.

"Even if I, Xu, want to cultivate, I will do it fair and square, through honest robbery, not fair trade." He muttered to himself righteously, "These experience packs obtained by bullying mortals are so cheap that they're considered worthless. No wonder these Qi Refining disciples are regarded as consumables."

He tossed it aside and filled the array eye with the blood crystal; it was the only thing he had on him at the moment.

Strictly speaking, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, he was indeed ridiculously poor.

The previously trembling flag immediately stabilized, its surface moving without wind, forming a spiderweb-like network of spiritual lines in the void.

As the last array pattern closed, a thin mist suddenly rose from the summit, enveloping the entire Zhenwu Peak.

Seeing that the entire Zhenwu Peak was shrouded in a hazy mist, the probing divine thoughts receded like a tide.

On a cloud platform somewhere in the Yuanshi Sect, several Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered together, gazing at the distant Zhenwu Peak, their expressions varied.

The first to speak was a middle-aged cultivator in a green robe. He held a jade-shaped folding fan in his hand, tapping it lightly on his palm, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"It's quite surprising that this person, who has condensed the Divine Martial Dao Foundation, is also proficient in the Dao of Arrays."

An elderly man with white hair and a youthful face stroked his beard and chuckled, "Proficient? Not necessarily."

He narrowed his eyes, his gaze seemingly able to pierce through the thin mist. "It's just the Hidden Star and Obscuring Moon Array from the initial stages of array formation; its grade is indeed not high. But..."

The old man paused, his tone now tinged with admiration, "To be able to adjust the layout according to the mountain's contours and the energy flow nodes with such skill is already quite remarkable. I never imagined that my Holy Sect would have such talent."

"Ah"

A black-clad cultivator with a sinister face sneered, "It seems he's not like the previous one. Legend has it that he was incredibly stubborn, provoking others everywhere as soon as he reached the Foundation Establishment stage, making enemies everywhere by relying on his unparalleled combat power among those of the same realm, only to end up dead and vanished. Little did he know that fighting face-to-face is the lowest form of tactic."

Foundation Establishment cultivators can already glimpse the mysteries of cause and effect, and naturally they are well-versed in the art of remote planning.

The Foundation Establishment True Persons of the Primordial Sect are particularly skilled in this art, and each of them is an expert at manipulating cause and effect.

They might be playing chess on a cloud platform or fishing for luck on a mountain peak, seemingly carefree and unrestrained, but in reality, they have already laid deadly traps thousands of miles away.

However, sometimes, once the other side flips the table, then no one can play anymore, and they can only fight it out in a real battle. The true master of the Demonic Sect will naturally teach people why it is called the Demonic Sect.

The green-robed cultivator nodded upon hearing this, snapping his folding fan shut: "It is true that this person knew how to lie low after leaving the Divine Martial Realm, and later became a disciple of a True Monarch. Now he has soared to great heights. It is truly a matter of timing and destiny."

He looked at everyone meaningfully, "I think that vacant position might actually fall on his head."

"Position?"

The white-haired old woman, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke, her voice hoarse like sandpaper scraping, "Is the Golden Elixir so easy to obtain?"

Her withered fingers gripped a string of dark red prayer beads, moving one bead with each word she spoke. "Which of us hasn't undergone three lifetimes of reincarnation and endured countless tribulations? Some people..."

A shadow crossed the old woman's eyes. "She can't even return to the Foundation Establishment stage; she's completely trapped in the cycle of suffering forever."
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On Zhenwu Peak, after setting up the formation and completing the concealment, Xu Yunfan let out a soft breath.

These Yuanmo Sect guys have an extremely strong desire to spy, and they try every means to investigate. Without some methods and formations, it would be really impossible to stop them.

Next, we need to return to the Divine Martial Realm and bring Bi Yuan and the others up.

The disciples of the Holy Sect are not to be trusted. If they are temporarily recruited and subjected to a little pressure, they will likely scatter like birds and beasts. Only Bi Yuan and the others are truly of one mind with him.

(I'm so sorry everyone, something came up today and I'm only releasing one chapter for now. I'll update four chapters tomorrow.)

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