Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 214 Escaping the Kuai Family
The Kuai family's spiritual vein was a scene of bustling activity, with Kuai Wuliang leading his men to dig three feet into the ground, determined to find Fang Jingxuan.

In a corner, Fang Jingxuan was carefully inspecting various places with several other Qi Refining cultivators from the Kuai family.

These Qi Refining cultivators did not notice anything unusual about Fang Jingxuan's existence. In their minds, Fang Jingxuan was a companion who had lived with them for a long time.

It seems illogical, but it is actually very logical, because within the minds of these cultivators, a sword intent of detachment is silently at work.

This gift from the Green Gourd Sword Vine a few years ago has come in handy now.

The Illusionary Sword Intent can construct illusions and interfere with others' perceptions, especially for Qi Refining cultivators, who are completely unaware that they have been affected.

Of course, illusions that defy their common sense will be less believable. For example, seeing a long-dead relative come back to life is such a clumsy trick that will be immediately exposed.

However, it's easy to simply insert someone into their minds who looks familiar, someone they haven't interacted with much before, but definitely remember.

Therefore, while using his powerful divine soul to unleash the Illusionary Sword Intent, making these Qi Refining cultivators vouch for him, Fang Jingxuan carefully observed the surrounding environment, looking for a breakthrough.

Now, Fang Jingxuan is unsure whether he can directly penetrate the Kuai family's protective mountain formation by relying on the Rainbow Transformation Light Escape technique used by Liu Gu. After all, this formation is much more complex than the formation of the Sword Vine Spirit Garden.

"Have any of you found anything?"

At this moment, a Foundation Establishment cultivator flew over with several people to inquire about the situation.

Fang Jingxuan did not speak; instead, an older Qi Refining cultivator stepped forward to answer:
"I found nothing amiss. Please enlighten me, my esteemed guest."

Yu Keqing looked around at everyone and shook his head inwardly. How could these Qi Refining cultivators possibly find the Foundation Establishment cultivator who had escaped?

It was just a show, to give Kuai Wuliang an explanation.

"Keep on alert. If anything unusual is detected, immediately trigger an alarm hearing."

A few breaths later, Yu Keqing led a few people away to find the next Qi Refining team to inquire about the situation.

Fang Jingxuan felt relieved. Fortunately, there were many cultivators in the Kuai family. Not every Foundation Establishment cultivator could recognize all the Qi Refining cultivators. With the contrast of these Qi Refining cultivators among them, he did not reveal any flaws.

After this little incident, Fang Jingxuan pretended to inspect the area with the others. As his Illusionary Sword Intent was activated, it subtly influenced these Qi Refining cultivators, causing them to deviate from their path. As a result, Fang Jingxuan got closer and closer to the outer boundary.

At this moment, half an hour had passed since Fang Jingxuan took away the Green Gourd Sword Vine. The entire Kuai family spiritual land had been mobilized, with hundreds of cultivators deployed, forming a large-scale operation.

However, as time went by, the sounds within the spiritual land gradually quieted down, giving Fang Jingxuan a bad feeling.

With hope within reach, Fang Jingxuan was about to transform into a rainbow of light and escape, but at that moment, the "whim" in his heart issued a warning, reminding him that something was wrong ahead.

Fang Jingxuan had always trusted his innate talent, so since his instincts were warning him, he couldn't stubbornly continue forward.

Fang Jingxuan's mind stirred, and he unleashed the power of the Illusionary Sword Intent once more, giving these Qi Refining cultivators a hint in their minds, instructing them to investigate in a different location.

Just as the Qi Refining team was about to turn around, three Foundation Establishment cultivators flew over from the portal not far away. The leader was Kuai Wuliang, and the guest elder Yu from before.

After that brief encounter, Yu Keqing had sensed something amiss. His natal element was a Pure Heart Bamboo, which possessed the power to purify the mind and brighten the spirit. Although Fang Jingxuan hadn't used the Illusionary Sword Intent on him, the close proximity of these Qi Refining cultivators had still made him acutely aware of the abnormality. However, his own combat strength was weak, and he couldn't be entirely certain, so he reported it to Kuai Wuliang.

Kuai Wuliang valued this intelligence highly, but to avoid this being a ploy by Fang Jingxuan to lure the enemy away from their stronghold, he specially sought out another Foundation Establishment cultivator. This Foundation Establishment cultivator's natal element was a tortoise shell, which possessed the supernatural power of divination.

He determined that this was the most likely location for Fang Jingxuan, and by secretly monitoring the location of this Qi Refining team, Kuai Wuliang was able to arrive here a step ahead of schedule.

"You lot, stop. I have new orders."

As Kuai Wuliang flew closer, the three Foundation Establishment cultivators were ready to make their move. He then gave the order, signaling the Qi Refining cultivators to cooperate, intending to first stabilize Fang Jingxuan, who was hiding among them.

At the same time, Kuai Wuliang's soul secretly transmitted a message, instructing his fellow Foundation Establishment disciples who were guarding other locations to prevent Fang Jingxuan from escaping to also hurry over here as soon as possible.

Although Kuai Tong believed that he was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator and had an overwhelming advantage over Fang Jingxuan, who was only in the early stage of Foundation Establishment, the matter was too serious for him to be complacent. He decided to proceed with caution.

In the group, Fang Jingxuan sighed inwardly. The Kuai family was indeed quite powerful; his move hadn't fooled them.

Seeing that he was about to be exposed, Fang Jingxuan stopped pretending. This place was already very close to the outside world. As long as he broke through the formation in front of him, he would be free from all constraints.

In the next instant, Liu Gu leaped out of the Spirit Control Bag at his waist, wrapped around Fang Jingxuan, and transformed into a rainbow of light, shooting swiftly into the formation.

"Escape technique!?"

At this moment, Kuai Wuliang finally understood why Fang Jingxuan was able to escape from the array of the Sword Spirit Garden and even take away the sword vine.

Faced with the supernatural powers and techniques that this Foundation Establishment cultivator shouldn't possess, Kuai Wuliang instantly regained his composure and immediately unleashed a large net, accompanied by countless spells, which enveloped the rainbow light that Fang Jingxuan had transformed into.

The other two Foundation Establishment cultivators were still in the dark.

Faced with Kuai Wuliang's net and attack, Fang Jingxuan neither dodged nor avoided. If this Rainbow Light Escape Technique were so easy to block, it wouldn't be worthy of being his trump card.

Sure enough, although the net was shimmering with layers of restrictive power, Fang Jingxuan passed through it in an instant and headed straight for the mountain-protecting formation.

And those spells and techniques were completely useless.

"Quickly send an order to the central chamber of the formation, instructing them to replace the stones with top-grade spirit stones and activate the formation to its maximum potential!"

Kuai Wuliang let out a slightly desperate roar, watching Fang Jingxuan. The rainbow light flashed four times in a row, dodging all four changes of the mountain-protecting formation, and then completely disappeared.

Three breaths later, the great formation in front of Kuai Wuliang finally shone with even more brilliant light, but by then it was too late.

"Quickly, inform all allies, vassals, black market operators, and independent cultivators of the Artifact and Talisman Alliance to issue an exorbitant bounty. This person must be brought back. I'll go first; we can't let him get away like this."

Without hesitation, Kuai Wuliang summoned his flying artifact and chased after the location where Fang Jingxuan had disappeared. After he left, Yu Keqing, with a grim expression, told the other Foundation Establishment cultivators who had rushed over about Kuai Wuliang's decision.

Immediately, three cultivators in the mid-to-late stages of Foundation Establishment also left the formation and followed Kuai Wuliang. The rest of the people then performed their respective duties and quickly disseminated the news through various channels.

(End of this chapter)