A leisurely life in the world of cultivation

Chapter 221 Unrestrained
Upon hearing this, not only were the leaders of the other five sects shocked, but their eyes also showed fear. They all wondered if the True Monarch Ancestor of the Xuanlei Sword Sect had gone mad.
Even Lei Yuntian was startled.

No matter how much filth and scheming there is among the seven sects in secret, on the surface, they are always united.

Moreover, not only on the surface, but also when dealing with external forces, such as those from Zhongzhou and other spiritual realms, the seven sects will unite to resist.

Furthermore, when facing the Sinners or the Demons, being allies and supporting each other is also a basic rule.

Otherwise, the Northern Spiritual Domain would not have always been ruled by the seven sects.

Therefore, when the Five Elements Sect was besieged, even though the other six sects were stalling for time, they still sent out rescue personnel.

But now Lei Tianyi is making such a demand, which is really a sign of tearing off the mask and blatantly bullying the weak.

Is the Xuanlei Sword Sect planning to break away from the Seven Sects Alliance?
However, Lei Tianyi seemed oblivious to the reactions of the others, focusing solely on Li Weizhou.

It's easy to imagine the immense pressure Li Weizhou must be under right now.

However, to everyone's surprise, Li Weizhou remained calm and composed, seemingly unconcerned that this True Monarch expert would forcefully "borrow" it. A smile even appeared on his face as he said, "It's not that I'm stingy or unwilling to lend it. It's simply that this opportunity has fallen into my Hidden Divine Palace and cannot be retrieved. It can only be summoned when needed. Once it leaves the Hidden Divine Palace, it cannot be taken back. The Five Elements Sect has a three-thousand-year history, and among the many exceptionally talented disciples it has produced, only I can utilize it, and that is the reason."

Seeing his completely relaxed demeanor, Lei Tianyi's eyes flickered slightly, and he said, "Then shall we use it?"

Li Weizhou chuckled, his gaze towards Lei Tianyi even carrying a hint of amusement, and said, "To you?"

Liu Xuanzhou, Huineng, and the others all changed their expressions and looked horrified.

Even they would never dare to speak to a True Monarch-level expert with such an expression and tone.

Lei Yuntian couldn't stand it any longer and advised, "Ancestor, Sect Leader Li should use his self-defense abilities on eradicating the Sin Clan..."

Lei Tianyi ignored him, stared at Li Weizhou for a while, and then slowly nodded and said, "It seems that the Five Mountains True Monarch really left behind some good things."

After saying that, his figure disappeared again in an instant.

Lei Yuntian quickly tried to smooth things over, saying, "Sect Leader Li, the Ancestor just wanted to test your courage. There's really no need for that. After all, the battle of Qingshui City is enough to make Sect Leader Li famous throughout the world."

If the six sect leaders had previously underestimated Li Weizhou to some extent, even after the battle of Qingshui City, he was still just a lower realm cultivator.

But after witnessing his "unrestrained" behavior in front of a True Lord Ancestor, these people seemed to finally understand some things...

It's very simple. Even True Monarch Ancestors are nothing special in this person's eyes, so what about them, these True Persons...?

Just as Lei Yuntian finished his attempt to smooth things over, before the atmosphere in the hall had fully eased, a rough, hoarse voice suddenly broke the silence.

Zhao Xinghe, the leader of the Seven Star Mountain Sect, took a step forward. He loosened and then clenched his fist on the hilt of his sword, and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, let's skip the formalities before Senior Lei's memorial tablet! Let's reiterate: as long as the Sinful Clan is eradicated, our Northern Spirit Region will never have peace! The matters we discussed last time should be settled!"

He swept his gaze across the crowd in the hall, finally settling on Li Weizhou. His tone was much more solemn than before as he said, "In the battle of Qingshui City, Sect Leader Li slew three Spirit God Realm Sin Cultivators and forced back the Immortal Spirit Realm cultivators. At the same time, on the Xuanlei Sword Sect's side, two Immortal Spirit Sin Cultivators attacked simultaneously. What does this mean? It means that the Sin Clan is not a disorganized mob, but rather a unified force with a well-planned strategy!"

Now that things have come to this, pursuing the matter as an individual sect will either result in an ambush like the Xuanlei Sword Sect, or, like my Seven Star Mountain, we'll lose track of them—a complete waste of effort! Sect Leader Li, what do you say? What are the opinions of the other sect leaders?”

Liu Xuanzhou, Huineng and the others nodded. Previously, each sect fought its own battles. Once they found traces of the Sin Clan, they would send disciples to pursue them. However, the Sin Clan was good at hiding. Often, they would be discovered on one side and then disappear on the other, making all their efforts futile.

Li Weizhou had no objection. The arena competition was getting more and more heated. As the peerless "bait" such as the Wood Essence Pill was thrown out, more and more masters wanted to join his school.

Inner gates cannot accept students, but outer gates can.

These experts are at least at the late stage of the Spirit Origin Realm, no less than the elite disciples of the Seven Sects' inner sects.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Zhao Xinghe raised his voice a few decibels and said, "In my opinion, the seven sects can select elite disciples to form multiple joint pursuit forces! They can carry out constant pursuit until the very end! Each team should be followed by an inner sect elder, who must not intervene unless a Spirit God Realm sin cultivator makes a move. This way, the disciples within the sect can also be trained."

"Normalized pursuit?"

Su Qingwan, the sect leader of Yueyan Sect, frowned and said, "This is forcing the other side into a decisive battle. Furthermore, if the sinful cultivators of the Northern Spiritual Domain suffer heavy losses, they will naturally bring in sinful cultivator experts from other spiritual domains. In this way, it is equivalent to the strength of our Northern Spiritual Domain fighting against several sinful cultivators."

Her concerns were not unfounded; the Sin Clan had always presented themselves as a desperate army, thus demonstrating remarkable unity.

It seemed that only in this way could they survive.

If the criminal races of the Northern Spirit Domain are relentlessly pursued, it is very likely that they will attract experts from criminal races of other spirit domains to come and help them.

Li Weizhou offered a suggestion: "Leave the criminals who haven't cultivated for now; focus on killing the experts. And don't publicize it; kill them discreetly."

Liu Xuanzhou, the head of the Xuanyuan Dao Sect, nodded and said, "That makes sense."

The others had no objections.

Zhao Xinghe immediately replied, "Alright, then let's kill the experts first. Each sect should send its own people. The Xuanlei Sword Sect just suffered a disaster, so send fewer—ten Spirit Origin Realm disciples will suffice. The Xuanyuan Dao Sect, Tianji Temple, Seven Star Mountain, Yueyan Sect, Xingluo Temple, and Five Elements Sect should each send fifteen, for a total of one hundred. They should each form ten groups. As for the inner sect elders..."

Li Weizhou said, "The Five Elements Sect doesn't have any Spirit God Realm elders. I could barely be considered one, but... I must stay and guard the sect. All other sects have True Monarch level experts guarding their formations, so they have nothing to fear even if a sinful cultivator at the Immortal Spirit Realm attacks. But the Five Elements Sect is different. If I'm not here, let alone two Immortal Spirit Realm experts, even one wouldn't be able to withstand it."

Xingluo Temple's leader, Li Qingyi, glanced at Zhou Yueniang beside Li Weizhou, then said with concern, "That's easy to say. If you don't have any, then don't go out for now. But your sect's fifteen disciples..."

Li Weizhou smiled and said, "Don't worry about that. We can still gather fifteen disciples at the Spirit Origin Realm."

Liu Xuanzhou cautioned, "Sect Leader Li, the joint team concerns the disciples of the seven sects; we cannot be careless. If we substitute outsiders, and there is any negligence, then..."

Li Weizhou said, "That makes sense. I think it would be better to do this: we don't need to force different sects to form mixed teams, nor do we need to force each team to have a certain number of people."

"How can we guarantee the results of the battle?"

Zhao Xinghe frowned. Li Weizhou smiled and said, "The Seven Sects can take out some treasures to reward the group that kills the most enemies. Also, if you hunt down the Sin Clan, don't waste the corpses. You can bring them to the Five Elements Sect to exchange with me. I obtained a Dragon Marrow Blood Fir, which can be cultivated using the flesh and blood of these beasts."

Su Qingwan of the Moon Evolution Sect smiled charmingly at Li Weizhou and asked, "I wonder what treasures Sect Leader Li intends to offer in exchange?"

Li Weizhou said, "If you can produce the corpse of a Spirit God Realm expert, you can obtain an Ice Heart Pill. I'd like to inform you all in advance that the only daughter of the Bai family from the Hundred Herbs Sect has now joined the Five Elements Sect. The Bai family comes from the Medicine King Valley in Central China, and the Bai family girl has extremely high attainments in alchemy..."

Lei Yuntian's expression was extremely grim as he stared at Li Weizhou and asked, "Then, where did the Ice Soul Pearl come from?"

It can be said that the direct cause of the Xuanlei Sword Sect's heavy losses lies in the "great achievements" of the outer sect elder Lei Qianjue last time, who launched a sneak attack on the Ice and Snow Secret Realm and destroyed the Ice Dragon that the Sin Clan had painstakingly cultivated for hundreds of years.

However, in his final letter, Lei Qianjue told the sect that he did not destroy the secret realm; someone had framed the Xuanlei Sword Sect for it.

To find out who destroyed it, all you need to do is find out who took the Ice Soul Pearl.

Lei Yuntian never expected that Li Weizhou would be so audacious and malicious, taking out the Ice Soul Pearl in front of the Xuanlei Sword Sect members who were filled with sorrow!
Does this person really think that the Immortal Spirit True Monarch of the Xuanlei Sword Sect is no match for him?!

Did he really think he could survive beneath the Thunder King's Cauldron?!

If Li Weizhou doesn't give an explanation today, he will definitely not leave the Xuanlei Sword Sect alive!
Li Weizhou seemed oblivious to the sudden freeze in the atmosphere, and chuckled, "Bai Cao Tang originates from the Medicine King Valley in Zhongzhou, and the Medicine King Valley had the method to cultivate Ice Soul Insects back then..."

Lei Yuntian's face grew increasingly gloomy, and his eyes became even more dangerous as he stared at Li Weizhou and said, word by word, "The cultivation method of the Medicine King Valley in Zhongzhou has long since disappeared!"

Li Weizhou said happily, "What a coincidence, it is the Ice Soul Insect that the Bai family's ancestors once cultivated."

As he spoke, he took out a tablet and said with a smile, "You can take a look at the current cultivation site of the Ice Soul Pearl of my Five Elements Sect."

Upon hearing this, the sect leaders, who had all been expressionless, approached a little closer without changing their expressions.

When Li Weizhou brought up the footage, he saw a little girl picking Ice Soul Pearls inside the Five Elements Sect's artificial ice and snow secret realm... Just as they were wondering if it was fake, the camera suddenly reversed, focusing on Li Weizhou's smiling face. He even waved, gave a thumbs up, and said, "Guaranteed authentic!"

The six sect leaders: "..."

Liu Xuanzhou looked at Lei Yuntian and said, "It seems that what Sect Leader Li said is true."

Li Qingyi from Xingluo Temple stared intently at the PAD in Li Weizhou's hand, her eyes filled with astonishment and doubt.

what is this? !!

Although Lei Yuntian was also surprised, he didn't care about that at the moment. Instead, he said in a firm voice, "That can only mean that the Ice and Snow Secret Realm of the Sin Clan was also created by the Hundred Herbs Hall!"

Li Weizhou shrugged and said, "Maybe. The owner of Baicaotang has been missing for many years. Now, Baicaotang only has an old servant and a little girl left. Is Sect Leader Lei planning to take his anger out on them?"

Lei Yuntian: "..."

Liu Xuanzhou smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Lei's mind is not so broad, so Sect Leader Li need not worry. However, I wonder if it would be possible for our sect to build a similar training ground? This is certainly an unreasonable request, but I will certainly not let you work in vain."

Li Weizhou readily agreed, "No problem! And I won't ask for an exorbitant price. The situation in the Northern Spiritual Domain is becoming increasingly critical. The foundation of my Five Elements Grand Array is merely five Profound-level spiritual veins. How can that withstand a sneak attack from a True Monarch level expert? Therefore, I plan to upgrade all five spiritual veins to Earth-level spiritual veins. In this way, even if the legacy left by our ancestor is exhausted, my Five Elements Sect can barely protect itself. I have long heard from my master's wife that the successive sect leaders of the Xuan Yuan Dao Sect have all been highly skilled administrators with profound sect foundations. As long as Sect Leader Liu can provide a spiritual vein... regardless of whether it is of the metal, wood, water, fire, or earth element, I will personally step forward to build a small ice and snow secret realm for the Xuan Yuan Dao Sect to cultivate Ice Soul Pearls."

"..."

Liu Xuanzhou was at a loss for words.

But there was a hint of "Is this a scam?" in his eyes...

While others were asking for a certain number of spirit stones, this guy was asking for an entire spirit vein.

And they even said they wouldn't ask for an exorbitant price?!

Xingluo Temple's leader, Li Qingyi, chuckled and said, "Sect Leader Li, isn't this price a bit too outrageous...?"

Li Weizhou waved his hand and said, "Think about it yourselves. What is the value of a small secret realm that continuously cultivates Ice Soul Pearls? It is only because our seven sects are of one mind that I am willing to do this. If it were anyone else, even if the Medicine King Valley of Zhongzhou came to ask, I would not agree. Because once there is too much of something, it becomes worthless."

Upon hearing this, the monk Huineng chanted a Buddhist prayer and asked, "Sect Leader Li, can such an illusion truly cultivate the Ice Soul Pearl?"

Which other sect needs someone with a "pure and unblemished" Dao heart more than Tianji Temple?
Besides Tianji Temple, Xuanlei Sword Sect also needs it.

Or, every sect needs it!
Li Weizhou smiled and said, "The Five Elements Sect has only produced one batch so far. How about this, when the Ice Soul Worm produces pearls again next year, we can invite everyone to go and see for themselves. Then we can judge whether it's worth it or not."

……

After leaving the Xuanlei Sword Sect's mountain gate, Zhou Yueniang asked curiously, "Are you really going to help them build a small ice and snow secret realm?"

Li Weizhou laughed and said, "If they really can help me gather five spiritual veins, of course I won't be stingy. They want this thing to strengthen their sect's power. In fact, it's almost useless to them, especially to their top experts. But upgrading the five spiritual veins will be extremely beneficial to our family. In addition to greatly improving our defense, it will also benefit your cultivation. Furthermore, the Five Elements Territory will expand by three thousand miles. At that time, the children will have a larger area to move around freely. How much stronger they become is irrelevant to me; I just want us to be carefree at home."

Zhou Yueniang smiled faintly and asked, "If that Immortal Spirit True Monarch really wanted to force you to take action today, what should you do? Can you defeat him?"

Li Weizhou laughed and said, "That's someone else's home turf. Once the Thunder King Cauldron appears, most immortals will flee. However, I may be temporarily outmatched, but I have innate spatial abilities. There are people in this world who can hold me back, but they certainly won't include these True Monarchs from the Northern Spirit Domain. Haha, let's go, time to go home!"

Having said that, he put his arm around Zhou Yueniang's waist and disappeared instantly in front of the Xuanlei Sword Sect's mountain gate.

After a long while, a figure slowly emerged in front of the dilapidated mountain gate of the Xuanlei Sword Sect...

Lei Tianyi was horrified. He couldn't sense how the lower realm child had left.

This is right in front of the Xuanlei Sword Sect's mountain gate, within the range of the sect's protective formation!
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(End of this chapter)