Immortality and Cultivation: I Have Too Many Talents

Chapter 382 A desperate battle (Please subscribe)
The head of the Lu family gave a forced smile.

"Master Shen is joking."

"I've misremembered. Master Shen's ransom is 500,000 spirit stones."

"If you're temporarily short of funds, that's fine."

"The Lu family is willing to hire Master Shen as their alchemist advisor, with an annual salary of 100,000 spirit stones."

"The ransom debt can be paid off in just five years."

Shen Xuan shook his head slightly.

Slowly turn around and head towards the port of Baihe Island.

The head of the Lu family was slightly taken aback.

Is he heading back to White Crane Island?
"Master Shen, you should think this through."

"If you go back this time and then want to come out again, the price won't be the same!"

Shen Xuan ignored him.

She continued walking back calmly.

"presumptuous!"

At the Lu family head's signal, a Lu family cultivator shouted angrily.

Two ice bears roared and charged toward Shen Xuan.

However, Shen Xuan only glanced back at the two Ice Bears that tread on waves.

His body emitted a peculiar aura.

Domineering and majestic, mysterious and awe-inspiring.

The two ice bears were so frightened that they covered their heads and fled.

It left a wet stain on the ground.

A pungent, unpleasant smell permeated the air.

The head of the Lu family was suddenly startled.

He is at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Just now, Shen Danshi's body suddenly surged with energy.

He was alright, just a slight tremor in his heart.

The two mid-grade second-tier Ice Bears were so frightened that they lost control of their bladders and urinated.

"Bloodline suppression?"

"Just who is this Alchemist Shen?"

Seeing Shen Xuan return to White Crane Island, the head of the Lu family felt a vague unease.

He didn't sense any fear from Shen Xuan.

He's far too composed.

It was as if everything was under his control.

"Could he be a core disciple of some major sect?"

On the flagship of the Lu family.

The Lu family patriarch and Lu Zhanpeng were both resting with their eyes closed.

The head of the Lu family came in and quietly recounted what had just happened.

"So what if he's a core disciple of a major sect!"

Lu Zhanpeng sneered, "Since Shen Changsheng is unwilling to reveal his identity, what's wrong with our Lu family treating him as a rogue cultivator?"

"If he can refine pills for the Wei family, why can't he refine pills for our Lu family!"

"Zhanhao, don't overthink it, just follow the rules! Otherwise, if everyone is exempt like him, what will others think of the Lu family!"

Patriarch Lu nodded and said, "Zhanpeng is right. However, we will launch a final attack to break through the formation tomorrow. If we injure that Alchemist Shen, I'm afraid he has an extraordinary background and his sect will come to cause trouble."

"It doesn't matter."

The Lu family patriarch, who had been resting with his eyes closed, slowly opened them.

“I will keep an eye on this man. As soon as I see him, I will capture him alive and hand him over to Zhanhao for safekeeping.”

"That's good. The ancestral method is still the most reliable."

With the Lu family patriarch speaking, the Lu family head felt a great weight lifted from his shoulders and continued to plan the final assault on the island tomorrow.

……

"Master Shen, why are you back?"

Shen Xuan's return came as a surprise to everyone in the Wei family.

The head of the Wei family came in person to inquire.

"The Lu family demanded a ransom of 500,000 spirit stones, which Mr. Shen refused to pay."

Shen Xuan said calmly.

"The Lu family is despicable!"

The head of the Wei family gave the Lu family a good scolding.

They cursed his ancestors, including Lu's patriarch, Lu Zhanpeng, and Lu Zhanhao.

Shen Xuan remained calm.

He knew that the head of the Wei family was venting his anger.

The Wei family is about to be wiped out.

As the head of the family, I bear too much pressure.

He cursed for the entire time it takes for an incense stick to burn.

The head of the Wei family had just recovered.

"I'm sorry to have made you laugh, Master Shen. I feel resentful whenever the Lu family is mentioned."

"I want to see Master Qingxin."

"it is good!"

Not long after.

In the Wei family's council hall, Shen Xuan saw the exhausted-looking patriarch of the Wei family.

Clearly, the impending great battle was taking a toll on him.

However, Shen Xuan noticed.

The Wei family patriarch's blood and energy were more vigorous than last time.

It seems he has already taken the Longevity Pill and is refining its medicinal power.

At this point, time is running out.

Shen Xuan got straight to the point.

“Master, I have a close friend who cultivates both spirit and body, and has reached the Golden Body Realm. He can transform into a dragon.”

“He is near the Dongshan sea area. If you are willing, you can offer the remains of the divine turtle as payment, and I, Shen, can act as your intermediary to invite him to come and help.”

The old patriarch of the Wei family's eyes lit up.

"Dual cultivation of spirit and body, perfected golden body? What is this person's cultivation level?"

"Mid-stage Foundation Building".

"Only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage!"

A hint of disappointment crept into the voice of the Wei family patriarch.

"Rest assured, Master. Although this person is only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, his body-refining techniques are not to be underestimated."

"On the sea, it can withstand a fake elixir cultivator's breath for a hundred breaths."

The patriarch of the Wei family pondered for a while.

"A hundred breaths should be enough!"

The Wei family's warships were extremely fast.

After a hundred breaths, it can travel a hundred miles at high speed.

Even a fake True Immortal could only catch up with two or three ships.

The remaining warships could use this opportunity to escape.

After much deliberation, the Wei family patriarch finally decided to agree to the deal.

the reason is simple.

The Wei family was at their wits' end.

Even if there is only a sliver of hope, we must strive for it.

The remains of the divine tortoise are certainly precious.

How could that compare to the lives of the Wei family members?

The Wei family patriarch and Shen Xuan discussed it.

Agreed to make a partial advance payment.

The remains of the divine tortoise are actually thirteen pieces of tortoise shell.

The Wei family patriarch took out a piece.

Each tortoise shell was the size of a tabletop, dark brown, with an ancient and weathered surface, covered with intricate patterns, its luster restrained, like a divine object concealing its true nature. Shen Xuan glanced at it only once.

His heart trembled violently, his soul surged, and his teeth mutated, involuntarily transforming into the shape of fangs.

Shen Xuan quickly circulated his internal energy to calm his spiritual power and control the abnormal changes in his body.

The Wei family patriarch seemed to sense something was amiss and glanced at Shen Xuan with some surprise.

"Don't worry, Mr. Shen. He is a very trustworthy friend of mine. I can vouch for him."

"If that person can stop the Lu family's True Person for a hundred breaths, I am willing to pay three pieces of tortoise shell."

"This piece of tortoise shell is the deposit."

Shen Xuan asked, "What if we could hold them off for even half a moment?"

"I will keep my word on the five tortoise shells."

One hundred breaths is equivalent to five minutes.

Half a quarter of an hour is seven or eight minutes.

In a battle between cultivators, the outcome can be decided in an instant.

With his cultivation at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and the perfected Golden Body realm, he withstood the fake Core Formation cultivator for half a quarter of an hour.

Even newly promoted pseudo-core cultivators.

It's all a miracle.

Shen Xuan fell silent.

He glanced at the tortoise shell in his hand.

After a few breaths, he asked quietly, "What if—I mean, what if my friend severely injured the Lu family's fake Core Formation cultivator, forcing him to flee and withdraw from the battlefield?"

"Could you please give the remaining twelve pieces of the divine tortoise remains to my friend?"

The Wei family patriarch trembled.

"impossible!"

"Master Shen, the difference between the True Person Realm and the Foundation Establishment Realm is like heaven and earth."

“Newly promoted pseudo-core cultivators like Lu Zhanpeng have doubled their spiritual power, soul, consciousness, and physical body compared to when they were at the peak of Foundation Establishment.”

"To put it simply, Lu Zhanpeng is now in a position to easily defeat three versions of himself who are at the peak of Foundation Establishment."

Shen Xuan smiled slightly.

"What if? Nothing is absolute. Tell me, are you willing to pay the full amount?"

"Having severely injured and fled, I can only offer seven pieces."

The Wei family patriarch sighed and said, "Lu Zhanpeng's serious injury cannot change the tragic outcome of the Wei family's loss of their sacred land and the clansmen's desperate escape."

"unless……"

Shen Xuan nodded.

“Master, I understand. Three pieces for a hundred breaths, five pieces for half a quarter of an hour, and seven pieces for a severe injury.”

"If we can kill Lu Zhanpeng and resolve the crisis of the Wei family, we will have all thirteen pieces of the Divine Turtle Remains."

"Sir, is my understanding correct?"

The Wei family patriarch stared at Shen Xuan.

He examined it repeatedly with his divine sense.

opposite.

Shen Xuan remained calm and composed.

a long time.

The Wei family patriarch finally uttered a single word: "Yes."

……

The next day.

The sky is bright.

The Lu family's warships gathered together and bombarded the port leading out to sea from Baihe Island.

The protective array of White Crane Island is connected to a second-tier top-grade spiritual vein, focusing on defense and having relatively weak attack capabilities.

The ships were already somewhat damaged after being bombarded by the Lu family's warships for ten consecutive days.

now.

The Lu family's warships concentrated their firepower and bombarded the enemy simultaneously.

The island's protective formation was visibly crumbling.

at this time.

The Wei family monks were all ready.

The elderly, women, and children all evacuated to the warships.

These warships didn't have much offensive or defensive capability; they were only used for scattering and escaping.

The two fastest warships, each carrying a dozen or so people, were elite members of the Wei family, the heirs of the family line.

Wei Yating, Qingfeng Mingyue, and others are all included in it.

The remaining adult members of the Wei family, led by a dozen or so Foundation Establishment cultivators, lined up and boarded the warship, ready for battle.

The head of the Wei family spoke passionately on the flagship.

"White Crane Island is a thousand-year-old foundation established by our ancestor, the Immortal Cangming, after countless hardships."

“An Yue is incompetent and ashamed before his ancestors, unable to defend against powerful enemies.”

"Today, we have reached the final moment of life and death."

"Our ancestor and Anyue will fight to the last moment, vowing to live and die with White Crane Island."

"Gentlemen, are you willing to die with our ancestor? Tell the enemy that they can take White Crane Island and our lives."

"But they can never take away our dignity!"

"Your parents and children are right behind you; there's nowhere to retreat!"

"We will all perish here. With our lives, we will carve a bloody path for our people."

"Our Wei family will rise again!"

Finally, the head of the Wei family mustered all his strength and shouted, "Fight!"

The eight hundred Wei family cultivators all shouted in unison, "Fight!"

The sound was loud and clear, echoing throughout the entire White Crane Island.

Shen Xuan, who remained hidden, silently watched all of this.

For some reason, I felt a little touched.

Shen Xuan admitted that he was timid and afraid of trouble.

If you're confident, strike hard.

When unsure, one becomes hesitant and overly cautious.

He was genuinely afraid of dying.

He genuinely didn't want to be enemies with the Lu family.

"A true man can bend and stretch. I can simply leave. Why bother with the Lu family?"

"When I have achieved success in my cultivation in the future, what difficulty will it be to avenge this humiliation!"

Both the Lu family patriarch and Lu Zhanpeng were pseudo-core cultivators, their cultivation paths severed, limiting their potential for improvement in combat power.

If Shen Xuan were to condense a true core, he could easily defeat the two Lu family True Persons.

However, that was many years later.

"Let's take a look first."

"Even if we can't defeat them, we can still get three pieces of the divine turtle's remains by holding out in the sea for a hundred breaths."

It was a genuine Tier 3 spiritual item; Shen Xuan had no reason to give it up.

He consoled himself in this way.

In truth, her heart had already leaned towards the Wei family.

After all, he couldn't completely sever ties with family and friends and remain aloof from worldly affairs.

Shen Xuan used the [Invisibility Technique] to conceal his aura and silently sneaked into Wei Yating's warship.

Weijia's port of call.

Amidst the barrage of psionic cannon fire, the island-protecting array finally let out a mournful cry, its spiritual light dissipating.

The island's protective array had already been damaged, and there had been no time to repair it.

Under the continuous attacks of the Lu family's warships, the rate at which spiritual energy was replenished could not keep up with the rate at which it was consumed, and the warships quickly collapsed.

"The formation is broken!"

"Come on!"

"The Lu family has given an order: everyone rush into White Crane Island, and your swords will not be sheathed for three days!"

The rogue cultivators from the Lu family camp rushed towards White Crane Island.

They seemed to see countless spirit stones and magical objects, as well as numerous beautiful female cultivators, beckoning to them.

(End of this chapter)