Cultivating Immortality Starts with Rubbing a Computer

Chapter 195 A Close Call (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and clear waters.

The scenery at Qujiuguan is delightful; if it were in the mortal world, it would surely be a place for travelers to climb and visit.

However, this pleasant scene is now filled with a chilling atmosphere.

Various colorful magical powers filled the air, weaving into a net.

Various formations rose up and enveloped this world.

"Your Excellency, stop trying to escape. It's pointless!"

"As long as you give up all the treasures you have looted, we promise not to offend you."

"Yes, we promise we will not harm your lives."

"As a fairy of a celestial sect, you surely have no shortage of these treasures. Why throw your life away for them?"

"You have a bright future ahead of you. Don't let a moment of anger lead you into a desperate situation."

As time went on, Mo Yiyi and Bai Xiaoxin did not mount any effective counterattack.

More and more Foundation Builders are convinced of this.

The immortal sect that Mo Yiyi and the others belong to upholds the principle of life-and-death trials.

"Fellow Daoist, I've noticed they've never used any high-level trump cards. They only possess extraordinary techniques and great supernatural abilities. So…?"

"Hehe, I already knew what you were thinking. Looks like you're just a fox borrowing the tiger's power."

"We were simply too intimidated by the power of the Immortal Sect and were intimidated by them."

"That's called being cautious; it's better to be safe than sorry."

"Now, for the sake of the Golden Core, there's no room for 'what ifs' anymore. Even if there were 'what ifs', there's no turning back."

"That's right!"

There are wild immortal sect lineages in the cultivation world.

Although this possibility is extremely low due to the monopoly of cultivation techniques in the cultivation world.

But it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Of course, even wild ones are protected by a seal and cannot be spread at will.

It is extremely difficult to obtain.

Therefore, it is more likely that we can only obtain the supplies they possess.

But at least if they're in the wild, the likelihood of retaliation is lower.

That would be even safer.

As a result, the Foundation Establishment cultivators were even more motivated to work.

Faced with an overwhelming encirclement, Bai Xiaoxin finally made her move.

She used her clairvoyance to find the weakest point in the disaster.

A single, decisive blow.

The Ash Spirit Leaf traversed the void and instantly arrived in front of a Foundation Establishment Stage 8 cultivator.

"Qiang——!"

The net of justice suddenly appeared, hindering the advance of the Ash Spirit Leaf.

The Foundation Establishment Stage 8 sneered repeatedly: "It's useless. The magic weapon you rely on only controls speed."

"As long as we set up an array, layer upon layer of barriers."

"Your speed poses no threat to us!"

Bai Xiaoxin said calmly, "Is that so?"

“Crack, crack, crack—!”

The protective net that had been blocking the Ash Spirit Leaf broke instantly, and before the Foundation Establishment Stage 8 cultivator could react, he was killed by Bai Xiaoxin.

"Damn it! They're experts in formations!"

"It was only by hitting the weak point of the formation that it was breached."

"We underestimated them. We've revised the formation. It's undergoing a transformation."

"It may not be due to mastery of formations, but perhaps it's the effect of the Bright and Obscure Heavenly Eye."

At this point, Master Qixia put forward his own viewpoint.

"I see, that makes sense."

"Hehe, it's alright. What's real and what's fake are intertwined. How can one possibly see through everything? Watch me set up a formation within a formation to seal off all weaknesses."

Formations are like people.

Humans have fatal weaknesses.

The formation goes without saying.

However, despite this, this fatal weakness is extremely difficult to exploit.

It's dynamic again.

Generally speaking, even array masters of the same level would need to spend a long time calculating before they could find a flaw.

Moreover, time is limited, and it can slip away unnoticed.

Breaking the formation with this method would be extremely difficult.

Moreover, the formations are layered and ever-changing.

You may see the surface formation, but you may not be able to see the inner formation.

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—!”

The Ash Spirit Leaf launched a series of attacks, taking the lives of two Foundation Establishment Stage 7 cultivators and one Foundation Establishment Stage 8 cultivator.

Moreover, each time it penetrated the weak points of the formation.

This left the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators with no time to resist.

During this process, attacks naturally landed around Bai Xiaoxin.

But all of them were neutralized by Mo Yiyi's Great Origin Technique.

Her black hair moved without wind, and countless particles of light appeared at the ends.

He was surrounded by divine light, like a veil draped over his body, with countless stars twinkling on it.

That is the light emitted when photons absorb energy and leap out as energy is returned to the dimensional energy that was brought in.

Each time energy is returned, a thin mist-like glow rises around her, transforming into firefly-like threads.

Her features were outlined as if she were a goddess descended to earth.

"Your attacks are too weak."

"It can't even break through my defenses."

"And they have the audacity to tell us to give up the treasure?"

"What a joke!"

"I'm telling you right now, even if you attack for three days and three nights, it will be in vain."

"You might as well kneel down and beg for mercy."

“I can also pardon your offenses.”

These words enraged the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

"Insanity!"

"I really don't know how to live or die!"

"Are you really prepared to withstand all of our attacks? Don't hide!"

"Tell us your origins in detail, and we might consider sparing your lives."

Mo Yiyi's arrogant words fueled the killing intent of the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

They had long seen through Mo Yiyi's true nature.

Not much foundation building is needed.

It only takes ten Foundation Establishment cultivators attacking together to break through Mo Yiyi's defenses.

Previously, it seemed invincible.

It can accommodate dozens of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

It's just that the intelligence is unknown, and the energy is absorbed in batches.

"How much longer will it take to complete the encirclement?"

"Not much longer, just ten breaths will suffice."

"Alright, let them be arrogant for the next ten breaths. During these ten breaths, we'll focus all our defense on them to avoid picking them off one by one and causing unnecessary losses."

“That’s right, their array formation skills are even more powerful than we imagined, almost at the Golden Core stage. But our advantage is our numbers. With more people, we can fill in any gaps and make up for any problems. As long as we set up the array like this, we can reduce casualties.”

"Perhaps we can even set a trap to launch a counterattack."

Bai Xiaoxin would certainly not fall into the trap. She possesses the Bright and Dark Heavenly Eye, which can detect fortune and misfortune and understand the secrets of heaven. She can act in advance and use the Passage Pattern Array to avoid being ambushed.

Especially the last point, which is Fang Jun's accumulated knowledge.

If it weren't for the limitations imposed by Bai Xiaoxin and Mo Yiyi's strength, they could have broken through the formation's encirclement long ago.

"Senior sister, it seems we can't hold on for much longer."

"Judging from the current situation, we will be in dire straits if we have just one more minute."

"Unless you give up what you have gained, there are few other variables."

Listen to Bai Xiaoxin's calm analysis.

Mo Yiyi asked, "Isn't there any other way to gain greater benefits?"

Bai Xiaoxin said, "Originally, there was some, but if Senior Sister hadn't been so greedy before, she would have only taken half."

"I don't think it will escalate to this point."

"Of course, it's also possible if an accident occurs."

"As long as a treasure of the value of the Purple Star Soul Fruit appears, the struggle among these Foundation Establishment cultivators will inevitably lead to new variables."

"At that time, we might be able to hold out for even longer."

Upon hearing this, Mo Yiyi said, "In that case, let this treasure be born."

Bai Xiaoxin was speechless.

How can something like this be born into the world whenever it wants?
The Purple Star Soul Fruit, which can boost one's power by 20%, is quite outrageous.

After all, a great supernatural power must be perfected to be 100%.

But how difficult is it to cultivate great supernatural powers?

It's considered good if one out of ten cultivators at the ninth level of the Foundation Establishment stage can even get to the basics.

It's simply impossible to expect perfection.

Therefore, treasures like the Purple Star Soul Fruit, which increase the probability by 20%, are the most precious to Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Such treasures have rarely appeared when the Xuanming Palace was opened in the past.

They are all treasures that are only one-tenth or half-tenths complete.

This appearance was probably due to Mo Yiyi's good fortune.

Otherwise, there probably wouldn't be any.

If there's another one, from a probability perspective, the chances are just too low.

"Junior sister, look what this is?" Suddenly, a drop of water shimmering with golden light appeared out of thin air as Mo Yiyi and Bai Xiaoxin flew.

It is no bigger than a thumb, yet it is as sticky as honey, with a golden sheen on the outside and a crystal-clear interior.

When light passes through, it refracts into tiny, illusory patterns, like the manifestation of some kind of law.

The space around it distorted slightly, and with each tremor, a golden halo rippled outwards, even the howling winds turned into gentle ripples the moment they touched the halo.

Mo Yiyi subconsciously reached out, and the water droplet actually floated towards her and easily fell into her hand: "Junior sister, this seems to be Nine Heavens Golden Marrow."

"It is said to be the spinal cord of the ancient heavens. Golden Core cultivators used secret methods to extract it from the heavens."

Bai Xiaoxin was speechless: "Senior sister, you actually believe this? If you ask me, this is clearly something formed by a Golden Core cultivator manipulating the flow of air, creating some kind of Dao pattern that then condenses."

"It has absolutely nothing to do with any heaven or earth."

As she spoke, Bai Xiaoxin pulled Mo Yiyi along and sped up again.

Because the Nine Heavens Golden Marrow has a particularly significant effect: it increases the chance of forming a Golden Core by 30%.

"Is this the Nine Heavens Golden Marrow? Another treasure has appeared?"

"Why is the probability of finding treasures in the Xuanming Palace so high this time? Could it be that those two little girls really have a way to find treasures?"

"It must be a matter of good fortune. How could someone who has obtained the inheritance of a celestial sect not have great fortune? Their probability of obtaining treasures is naturally higher than ours."

"Nine Heavens Golden Marrow! It seems we really have a chance to form our cores this time."

Instantly, the Foundation Establishment cultivators' killing intent surged even higher.

They speculated that keeping Mo Yiyi and the others around might lead to the reappearance of some treasure.

But there's still one problem.

That's the variable.

After Mo Yiyi obtained the Nine Heavens Golden Marrow, a new Xuanming Battle Soul was formed.

Moreover, there is only one of these newly appeared Xuanming Battle Souls.

However, his armor was more magnificent, more exquisitely decorated, and deep blue all over, and his aura was more than three times that of someone at the ninth level of Foundation Establishment.

Furthermore, the moment it appeared, it also gathered the auras of the other Xuanming War Souls.

They have gradually formed a more powerful whole.

Therefore, even though they knew it might be beneficial for Mo Yiyi and the others to survive.

Those who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage didn't dare.

After all, once they obtained the treasure, they would be facing these monsters.

That foreshadowed the fate of Mo Yiyi and the others.

Moreover, having offended such a person with immense potential, the idea of ​​sparing one's life is nothing but empty talk.

These are all just delaying tactics.

The possibility of letting them go was nonexistent from the very beginning.

"Hand over the Nine Heavens Golden Marrow, and I'll spare your lives!"

"Put down the Purple Star Soul Fruit, or next year this day will be your death anniversary."

"Don't be so stubborn and fall into the demon of greed."

"Greed will only lead you to death. It will bring you nothing but nothing."

Mo Yiyi, who was defending with the Great Origin Technique, seemed to feel her limit in the face of the increasingly fierce attack: "Junior sister, it seems that we have to give up this Nine Heavens Golden Marrow and use it as something to disrupt the situation."

Bai Xiaoxin hadn't even had a chance to speak yet.

The newly appeared Xuanming Battle Soul spoke, its voice like muffled thunder, carrying a chilling aura: "Go, go! The greedy die!"

Before the words were finished, a towering black mist suddenly erupted from its body, within which countless twisted, dark waters could be vaguely seen, as if even the air itself was being corroded and hissing.

Behind it, the hundred Xuanming Battle Souls that were connected to it also blazed with black flames.

In an instant, the color of the world changed!

The hundred Xuanming battle spirits simultaneously roared to the sky, their sound waves shattering the clouds within a ten-mile radius.

Their armor was linked together, and black flames intertwined, forming a mobile Xuanming battle formation in the void.

"boom--!"

As soon as the battle formation moved, the speed of the Xuanming Battle Soul increased dramatically, instantly shattering the formation set up by the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up! Speed ​​up again!
It rushed towards Mo Yiyi at high speed.

"Oh no! The Xuanming Battle Soul is going to reclaim the treasure!"

"We need to speed things up; we can't afford to waste our efforts!"

The Foundation Establishment cultivators were also in a hurry, and they held nothing back, desperately mobilizing all their magical power.

“Buzz, buzz, buzz—!”

Golden light shone throughout the world, weaving together various Dao patterns.

"Luo Tian Grand Formation, descend!"

"The Thousand Autumns Falling Leaves Formation, activate!"

"A formation of overlapping mountains, hold it!"

The energy surged, and the magic power surged.

Their target is not only Bai Xiaoxin, but also those Xuanming Battle Souls.

Greed! Anger! Ignorance!

Faced with the attack, the hundred battle spirits suddenly roared in unison, each word transforming into a materialized Dao pattern that bombarded the enemy.

When the first word "greed" was uttered, the power of the Luo Tian Grand Array was shaken open, revealing spiderweb-like cracks.

The second "anger" caused the Thousand Autumns Falling Leaves Formation to flicker violently.

When the word "obsession" exploded, the towering mountains and ridges withered like dead grass and trees, instantly turning into ashes!

However, the Foundation Establishers have already achieved their goal.

Surrounded by them and the Xuanming War Souls, Mo Yiyi and Bai Xiaoxin had nowhere to escape.

Unknown ten breaths.

They had already blocked their escape route in advance.

The triple formation has also slightly hindered the Xuanming War Soul from capturing Mo Yiyi and the others.

It's time for them to reap the rewards.

"Haha! The opportunity to form the Core is mine!"

"Struggling, struggling, is nothing more than a caged bird."

"Thank you for your blessings, which have allowed me to have such a blessing."

Master Qixia suddenly sighed, "I wonder how many more fellow cultivators will die in the pursuit of the Golden Elixir."

"Hehe, Venerable Qixia, stop making sarcastic remarks. If you really have pity, you can just leave later."

"That's right, stop pretending."

Master Qixia shook his head: "Now that things have come to this, how could I possibly give up?"

"Bai Xiaoxin, rather than let you die at the hands of outsiders, I'd rather you die by my hand, laying the foundation for my Golden Core cultivation."

The words have not yet fallen.

A surge of magical power erupted from his sleeve, eager to be the first to seize the treasure.

Other foundation builders were not to be outdone.

The formations, magical power, and natal magic treasures all bombarded Mo Yiyi and Bai Xiaoxin.

"Roar--!"

Faced with this situation, the Xuanming War Souls were naturally unwilling to accept it.

Led by the Xuanming War Soul, they roared to the sky.

The waves shook the very air, and a hundred terrifying maws opened and closed simultaneously:
"Go! Go!"

The two characters “去就” condensed in mid-air into ancient, pitch-black Dao patterns, each stroke formed by twisted black water.

As soon as these Dao patterns took shape, they caused a change in the heavens and earth, with winds swirling into the clouds and attacking Mo Yiyi and Bai Xiaoxin.

It seems that they cannot recover the treasure.

Then destroy them all.

"Senior sister, are you scared?"

Faced with such a crisis, Bai Xiaoxin calmly and composedly questioned Mo Yiyi.

Mo Yiyi smiled slightly: "Actually, I'm not afraid. I'm sure you're not afraid either, Junior Sister."

"Otherwise, why did you still speed me up and fly away before?"

"Instead of advising me to abandon the Nine Heavens Golden Marrow?"

Bai Xiaoxin said, "But Senior Sister, you were clearly a little panicked before, and you even asked me for advice."

Mo Yiyi smiled even more brightly: "Junior sister, remember. Nothing happened just now, and I didn't ask you anything."

Bai Xiaoxin thought for a moment and nodded: "Understood, Senior Sister."

Mo Yiyi smiled with satisfaction, looked at the colorful magical light, and said nonchalantly, "Junior sister, look how beautiful the fireworks are."

Bai Xiaoxin said nothing and did nothing. She also received the Calamity Ash Spirit Leaf into her body and quietly watched the Dao patterns and magic power of the two characters "Go and Go" that attacked her, and recorded them.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators were puzzled by this, but it did not stop them from continuing their attack.

"Why have you given up resisting?"

"Knowing you're powerless to resist, that's all you can do. Do you really think you can fight back in the current situation?"

"Yeah, why didn't they just give up the resistance sooner? They've been making a fuss over nothing."

"They won't shed a tear until they see the coffin."

"What a pity, what a pity, two Dao Child level figures have fallen."

"Potential is potential, and strength is strength. No matter how strong the potential, without strength, one will ultimately perish."

"Don't let your guard down. The Xuanming War Soul wants us to get nothing. Stay alert."

"You don't need to remind me."

A trace of sadness flashed in Master Qixia's eyes: "Bai Xiaoxin, Bai Xiaoxin. I will build a cenotaph for you, and place it next to your master, Master Duanxia."

"This must be your last wish."

"I will make your wishes come true."

"Consider it settling the score between us."

The Xuanming War Souls weren't that sentimental; they were just trying to prevent Foundation Establishment cultivators from stealing their kills.

The black light emanating from the two Dao patterns, "Go" and "Return," became even more profound.

However, just as all the attacks were about to fall on Mo Yiyi and Bai Xiaoxin.

All the energy was strangely frozen in mid-air, like a painting that had been suddenly paused.

At the same time, a helpless voice rang out.

"Seriously, spoilers can be so rampant."

(End of this chapter)