Invincible!

Chapter 233 The Truth
The realm of magical power!?

Li Xian scrutinized Tang Yu for a long time before finally confirming that she was indeed only at the Magic Power Realm.

He had mastered the sword intent. Although he had not yet developed divine sense, his time in the Ancient Burial Ground of Immortals, where he absorbed and refined a great deal of the experience of his predecessors, had been a great training ground for his spirit. Breaking through to the next realm and refining his spirit was within reach.

Under such close scrutiny, even a Golden Core cultivator could not escape his perception.

"I clearly exchanged for the Five Innate Elements... so why am I still only at the Mana Realm?"

Li Xian frowned slightly.

He thought of the Holy Son of the Imperial Palace who had previously arranged to meet him in Dengxian City.

Could this be a trap set by the Holy Son and the Immortal Ascension City?
Did Dengxian City deliberately lure him here in this way?

wrong!

How despicable is the method of ascending to the Immortal City?
Luring him here in such an outrageous manner and then ambushing him is tantamount to directly starting a war with the Great Luo Immortal Sect!
Even if the Great Luo Immortal Sect directly dispatched a Celestial Realm expert to take action, no one would dare to utter a single word of dissent.

"The Immortal City wouldn't be that stupid."

Li Xian pondered, the cultivation supplies he had exchanged on the account flashing through his mind.

The first time was the Five Primordial Qi, the second time was the Spirit-Nourishing Grass, the third time was the Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit, the fourth time was the Essence of Taiyin, and the fifth time was the Nine-Turn Creation Pill...

He then exchanged for Taiyin Essence and healing pills several times.

The amount being exchanged kept increasing.

Until recently, he exchanged 400 million Sun Essence in one go.

"The Spirit-Nourishing Grass... is a substance that helps cultivators at the fourth realm achieve spiritual perfection; the Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit is something that enhances physical constitution; and the Taiyin Essence, needless to say, is used to adapt to the power of Taiyin..."

After a moment's thought, Li Xian quickly came up with a complete exchange chain.

The person who holds his token should be one of the Five Elements in harmony...

No, it should be a cultivator who has gathered three flowers at the top.

But now...

It should already be the true essence of Taiyin.

They're even preparing to ignite the true fire of the sun.

One billion!

Unless one is a true disciple of a celestial sect and enjoys the sect's benefits, a cultivator at the sixth realm of the Sun True Fire realm outside the sect could not save up this huge sum of money even if they didn't eat or drink for a lifetime.

"Why is he still only at the Magic Power Realm?"

At this moment, a spiritual fluctuation emanated from the Spirit Ruins, seemingly carrying a sense of bewilderment.

"Didn't she use those resources? Could there be some kind of conspiracy involved? Could it be that Dengxian City deliberately lured you out in this way to harm you?"

The spirit spoke, but then immediately denied it: "No, that's too low-level. Are the Ascending Immortal City lineage courting death? If they really dared to do that, the experts of your Great Luo Immortal Sect would hunt them down to the ends of the earth..."

"If even you can see there's a problem, then it's definitely not that problem."

Li replied first.

"Hey, Mr. Li, what do you mean?! What do you mean that just because I can see the problem, it can't be this problem? You're discriminating against me!"

Lingxu huffed angrily.

But Li Xian's thoughts were pulled away from the matter by its playful antics.

"Forget it, why should I think so much? There's a trace of my spirit on that token. As long as it gets close, I can sense it and just circle around the Immortal Ascension City."

Right then and there, he was about to turn and leave.

But just as he was about to leave, he seemed to realize something and was slightly taken aback.

Sensing that the token containing his spiritual energy was rapidly approaching in this direction!
"Delivered to your doorstep?"

He moved to intercept.

But then he noticed that the fluctuations of the artifact seemed to be heading straight for the weapon-refining shop. So he simply hid to the side to see what was going on.

"call out!"

Soon, a beam of light landed on the weapon-refining shop, revealing the figure of a woman in her early twenties.

This person...

Li Xian looked at it and it seemed somewhat familiar.

After a while, he remembered that she was also the disciple of the number one rogue cultivator in the world, Zhao Chen's junior sister, whose name should be He He.

The refined gold containing his spiritual energy was on her.

I remember when I first met her, she had just reached the Three Flowers Convergence stage, and now...

Judging from the magical energy emanating from her as she flew in on a sword, she had clearly cultivated true essence and entered the fifth realm!

Li Xian's mind stirred slightly.

He had not developed divine consciousness, making it difficult for him to possess a body with his divine consciousness, but spiritual consciousness is a part of a cultivator's power.

As Li Xian unleashed a burst of magical power using the Great Luo Limitless Sword Qi technique, he quickly heard He He's voice as she entered the shop.

"Work hard. Even though you didn't manage to become a disciple, you are still a registered disciple of my Dengxian Peak lineage. Keep a good eye on the shop, and you might be able to earn enough red gold in the future to exchange for materials to buy the Five Elements of Primordial Qi."

She appeared to be advising, but her tone carried a hint of condescension.

"Thank you, senior sister."

Tang Yu seemed to express her heartfelt gratitude: "Without Senior Sister's help, I would never be qualified to become the manager of a first-class shop. I will do my best to manage the business and attract customers for Senior Sister."

"Alright, it's better to rely on yourself than others! Last year, you received a whopping 18,000 taels of pure gold as dividends! Keep it up, and if you save for another 30 years, you'll be able to exchange it for your first Gui Water Qi. As a person, you have to have backbone. Those great sect masters are playing tricks on us, breaking their promises and refusing to give us the Five Qi of the Primordial Heaven. We can definitely earn it through our own efforts!"

He He said heavily.

"Yes, all these blessings were brought by Senior Sister, and Junior Sister will remember them forever."

Tang Yu bowed again.

“I am your senior sister… Although you have not officially become a disciple of Master, you are still Master’s nominal disciple. Now that I have gotten involved in this matter, I will take full responsibility for it.”

He He continued to comfort her.

But in that tone...

Li Xian, however, vaguely sensed a strange sense of amusement, as if it were some kind of suppressed stimulation and excitement.

Based on their conversation, and He He's breakthrough from the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top to the Taiyin True Essence...

He already guessed what it was.

"Ha, you've got guts."

Now that the culprit has been found, Li Xian is no longer wasting time.

He strode forward, heading straight for the shop that sold magical artifacts.

This shop allows Tang Yu, the manager, to earn nearly 20,000 yuan a year, so its scale is naturally quite large.

Besides Tang Yu, who was stationed outside the powerful realm, there were also many maids and service personnel who had not yet established their Dao foundation.

Upon seeing Mr. Li enter the store, they immediately came to greet him.

Li Xian ignored them and, with a few quick steps, crossed the second floor and went straight to the third floor.

At this moment, He He was still acting like a senior sister next to Tang Yu, listening to Tang Yu's compliments and words of gratitude.

Li Xian suddenly burst in, and He He was slightly taken aback. But when she saw his face clearly, her eyes widened and she let out an uncontrollable scream: "You...you...how could you be here!?"

The next moment, she seemed to realize something, and she turned sharply, about to rush out of the shop.

But almost as soon as she turned around, Li Xian had already unleashed his sword intent.

The overwhelming sword intent at the peak of its power directly disrupted her brain's control over her body, effectively freezing her in place.

Immediately afterwards, he waved his hand, and the storage ring in He He's hand fell into his hand. He scanned it with his spiritual sense and found that more than 300 million units of solar essence were inside.

The refined gold engraved with his spiritual energy fluctuations also fell into Li Xian's hands.

He looked at Tang Yu, who didn't seem particularly panicked, and asked, "I told you to take this to the Great Luo Immortal Sect's headquarters to exchange for the Five Qi of the Primordial Chaos, but you didn't go?"

"I can not."

After Tang Yu finished speaking, he immediately ordered the staff members who had caught up with him: "Distinguished guests have arrived, you may all step back."

The staff members were puzzled, but they obeyed the order and turned to leave.

After those people left, Tang Yu knelt down before Li Xian and begged, "Senior, please save my life."

"Ok?"

Li Xian glanced at Tang Yu, then at He He, and quickly realized something: "You know?"

"Yes."

Tang Yu said with a bitter expression, "Shortly after she took this item from me, she immediately claimed that Senior Li's promise of the five innate energies was a joke. At that time, I guessed that she had already pocketed the five innate energies that Senior Li promised me, but... I dared not show it, otherwise, I was afraid she would kill me to silence me, so I could only pretend to be angry..."

Although He He was intimidated by Li Xianjian's intentions, it did not mean that he had lost his perception of the outside world.

Upon hearing Tang Yu's words, she couldn't help but widen her eyes in disbelief.

Tang Yu quickly replied, "He He is inherently willful, capricious, and reckless. Seeing that I feigned indignation, she didn't kill me. Instead, she planted a tracking spell on me and then used the excuse of arranging a job for me to drive me out of Dengxian Peak and make me work at this magic item shop. Moreover... she comes every few days to listen to my thanks. Her true intention is..."

She took a deep breath: "It's all to satisfy her perverted desire to take away my innate five elements opportunity, which I knew nothing about, and I even had to thank her in every way."

Upon hearing this, He He, who was intimidated by the sword intent, immediately looked shocked and angry.

She thought she was superior and could manipulate someone as insignificant as Tang Yu at will, but she never expected...

The clown was actually herself!?

"How could I, a mere cultivator at the Dharma Power Realm, a disciple with no background and no family background who has lost both parents, possibly defy the will of a fifth-realm direct disciple of the Ascending Immortal Peak lineage? Over the years, knowing this, I could only pretend to be compliant and dare not reveal the slightest abnormality..."

After speaking, Tang Yu kowtowed again and said, "This junior dares not ask for anything more, I only hope that senior can take me away from Dengxian City."

After all, her existence is ultimately a hidden danger.

Once He He grows disgusted with this manipulative behavior, he will eventually silence her.

Unfortunately, she possessed a tracking spell left behind by the fifth-level disciple of the Dengxian Peak lineage, making escape impossible. Asking Li Xian to take her away from Dengxian City was indeed her only way out.

Li Xian didn't speak, but turned his gaze to He He, holding the storage ring: "The evidence is conclusive, what else do you have to say?"

As his sword intent subsided slightly, He He regained control of her body, but she was so terrified that her body went limp, and her gaze towards Li Xian was filled with fear: "You...you can't kill me! This is Ascension City! My master is the number one rogue cultivator in the world! I am his most talented disciple...you can't kill me..."

"..."

Upon hearing that He He actually regarded her master Gu Qianfan as her support, Li Xian was momentarily speechless.

How could a rogue cultivator at the Refining Spirit Realm, considered the number one in the world, suppress the Dao Child of the Great Luo Immortal Sect, one of the nine great immortal sects?
What kind of logic is this?

"I... I originally wanted to help Junior Sister Tang Yu exchange for the Five Qi of the Innate Realm, but who knew... who knew that the people from your Great Luo Immortal Sect wouldn't even bother to verify it?"

He He quickly said, "Every time I take this piece of refined gold there, they give me whatever I ask for. How can you blame me?!"

As she spoke, it seemed she had found a reason: "If you don't meet all my demands, I will definitely stop. How could I dare to keep asking for more..."

At that moment, Li Xian understood. This He He…

She's not only bad, she's also stupid!

He felt that continuing to talk to this idiot would be an insult to his own intelligence.

"Fine, I don't want to hear your excuses anymore. You should just die."

Right then and there, he condensed a sword aura, intending to send her on her way.

But as the sword energy condensed, and its sharpness was about to strike, He He seemed to finally realize that even if the person in front of her wanted to take her life, it would only take a moment.

"die……"

Overwhelmed by the fear of death, she couldn't help but scream, "No, don't kill me! I... I like to travel around, and I accidentally stumbled upon a huge secret, a secret related to a holy son. If you don't kill me, I'll tell you..."

"Son?"

Li Xian's condensed sword energy paused slightly: "The Holy Son of the Imperial Palace?"

"Yes, yes, yes, it's the Holy Son of the Imperial Palace!"

He He quickly said, "My master has joined forces with the Holy Son of the Imperial Palace. They have been waiting for an opportunity to ambush and kill you or Yi Yuanshi... As long as they succeed, our lineage of Ascending Immortal City will be completely relocated to the Nine Heavens Holy Land and become a member of the Nine Heavens Holy Land..."

She paused, then continued, "It was only after I learned of this news that I repeatedly exchanged supplies from your Great Luo Immortal Sect's base..."

Her eyes flickered, a hint of fear in them: "Anyway... we're almost at the Nine Heavens Holy Land... and this token can be exchanged for anything, so why not exchange it..."

"Immortal Ascension City and the Nine Heavens Holy Land have colluded? Gu Qianfan is going to join forces with the Holy Son of the Imperial Palace to deal with me?"

Li Xian's heart stirred.

He had a vague idea of ​​what was going on.

When he left Dengxian City and headed to Shengxian Peak, there seemed to be two streaks of light following him closely.

At the time, he exclaimed that Dengxian City truly lived up to its reputation as the number one city of rogue cultivators in the world, with powerful figures everywhere.

However, he had a mission to complete at that time, so he didn't waste time causing any trouble. He flew at full speed and quickly shook off the two streaks of light.

Now think about it...

His escape technique was so fast that even Xuanling praised it.

The two men almost caught up with the shadow he left behind, demonstrating their extraordinary flying skills.

Is it possible...

Were those two streaks of light the City Lord of Dengxian City, Gu Qianfan, and the Holy Son of the Emperor's Palace from the Nine Heavens Holy Land? At that time, he was already so close to the truth?

"Ok?"

Just then, Li Xian seemed to sense something.

His gaze immediately swept over He He.

It's not this idiot.

"call out!"

At that moment, a streak of light arrived swiftly.

However, it was Zhao Chen, the Golden Core cultivator in charge of handling all matters related to the Ascension Tower, who personally came.

Upon arrival, the Golden Core cultivator immediately spoke: "We are deeply grateful for the presence of Daoist Li. We have failed to greet you properly, and this is truly a sin of us who have ascended to the Immortal City."

After hearing this, Li Xian understood what was going on.

Although he disguised himself slightly when he entered Dengxian City, he had neither cultivated the art of concealing his breath nor learned the art of transformation. In addition, he intimidated He He, which can be considered as a burst of sword intent, and naturally attracted the people of Dengxian City.

“Your lineage has a pretty good grasp of Ascension City.”

"Li Daozi's brilliance is like the sun shining brightly in all directions. No one can ignore your arrival."

As Zhao Chen spoke, he turned his gaze to He He, who was stunned by the sword intent: "I don't know where my good-for-nothing junior sister has offended Li Daozi. I apologize to Li Daozi on her behalf, and I implore Li Daozi to give us a chance to apologize to you."

"apologize?"

Li Xian glanced at him: "Your junior sister has accumulated several times more resources in the past few years, didn't you know?"

Zhao Chen was taken aback.

He looked at He He. Didn't his junior sister say that she had discovered a Golden Core cave during her training trip? Could it be...?

"But that's not important now, what's important is..."

Li Xian turned his gaze in another direction: "This disciple from the Ascending Immortal Peak lineage told me everything about your collusion with the Nine Heavens Holy Land. Why don't you come out and kill him to silence him?"

"Kill him to silence him? This... what makes Li Daozi say that?"

Zhao Chen was immediately startled.

But the next second, a figure suddenly appeared.

Upon seeing this person, Zhao Chen quickly bowed and said, "Senior Uncle Dugu..."

"Only you?"

Li Xian looked at the old man who had clearly reached the peak of the Spirit Refinement stage and was slightly disappointed: "Now I can be sure that this is not a trap."

Dugu Xuan, who had suddenly appeared, twitched his face and immediately said, "Li Daozi, He He is my junior brother's disciple. You used your sword intent to intimidate her, are you trying to use some secret technique to alter her cognition and memories, and use her to frame my Dengxian City? Please hand her over as soon as possible..."

"Ok?"

Li Xian was somewhat surprised: "You've come this far, and you're still thinking of hiding it? Deceiving yourselves? No! The reason you haven't made a move yet is because you haven't reached an agreement with the Nine Heavens Holy Land?"

He smiled and said, "Fine, don't bother with any conditions. Whatever choice you make is irrelevant. Today, either you kill me and serve the Nine Heavens Holy Land, then go far away, or I kill you all, and the lineage of Ascending Immortal City will become history."

He He, standing to the side, trembled with fear, her eyes filled with uncontrollable terror: "Save me! Uncle-Master Dugu, save me! Senior Brother Zhao, save me!"

Zhao Chen was stunned.

He was completely kept in the dark.

But loneliness hangs in the air...

"Li Daozi, are you trying to force us to ascend to the Immortal City?!"

The old man, at the peak of the Spirit Refinement stage, said with a gloomy face: "If you leave now, we can pretend nothing happened..."

He seemed to be saying that there was still room for redemption, but before he could finish speaking, he suddenly attacked. A sword light shot through the air at an incredible speed, fiercely reaching Li Xian's front.

Clearly, he was well aware that the only thing Dengxian City could do now was to capture Li Xian and use him as a pawn to negotiate with the Holy Son of the Imperial Palace.

"it is good."

Li Xian immediately activated his Floating Dawn True Body, his arm surrounded by dark golden light, and then he thrust out like lightning, grabbing the sword light that shot towards him.

The violent collision of the sword light and the dark golden light created a terrifying sword aura that shot out in all directions, revealing its true form—a seventh-realm magic weapon.

However, almost as soon as Li Xian managed to forcibly capture the edge of this seventh-realm magic weapon, the flying sword shattered, transforming into countless small flying swords resembling fish scales. Some of them lunged at Li Xian, while others...

It actually shot directly at He He, who was intimidated by the sword intent beside him.

"Senior brother, save me!"

The Fifth Realm True Essence cultivator screamed in terror.

However, under the overwhelming force of the sword intent, he was completely unable to move an inch.

"Junior sister!?"

Zhao Chen exclaimed in surprise.

Master Dugu's fish-scale sword was actually aimed at Junior Sister He He.
He didn't know why his senior master was acting this way, but out of his deep love for his fellow disciples, he still acted immediately, condensing several golden rays to intercept the fish-scale flying swords and blasting them away one by one.

"Fool! What kind of trash did Junior Brother collect! Now, we in Ascending Immortal City have no other choice..."

This scene both shocked and enraged Dugu Xuan.

But Li Xian ignored his emotions.

Now that the move has been made...

The Great Devouring Technique is cast.

The seventh-realm magic treasures that had originally been broken down into smaller, fish-scale-like flying swords were actually stopped by the Great Devouring Technique and "retreated" towards his palm.

The whole process was like a time rewind.

As he seized the seventh-realm magic treasure, Li Xian suddenly lunged forward, his true form growing larger in the wind, instantly transforming into a towering giant twenty meters tall.

Dark golden light flowed across the giant's body. He clenched his left fist and punched down at Dugu Xuan, who had summoned three more flying swords to form a sword formation.

His previous battle with the peak Refinement stage expert from the Heavenly Fiend Demon Sect made him realize his recent arrogance and complacency.

At this moment, as the dark golden fist force slammed down, a black sun appeared behind him, pressing down on Dugu Xuan's mind with unprecedented weight.

Just as Dugu Xuan was about to launch a counterattack, his pupils suddenly opened wide. The Yin God that only a peak Refinement God expert could condense roared, forcibly supporting the dark particle that had been pressing into his mind.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, a powerful divine sense swept towards the Ascension Peak like a storm!
"Junior brother!"

Fu Li's true form, with its dark golden arm carrying the force of a thunderbolt, slammed into Dugu Xuan's sword formation, instantly shattering the three sword lights into countless fragments of iron.

The violent tremors shook his spirit and energy, causing the dark particles that he had painstakingly supported with his Yin spirit to fall at an even faster speed.

Just like placing a piece in a game of chess.

With a single black stone, he pressed down on the center point, completely suppressing the Yin God below, making it impossible for him to recover.

"clatter!"

As the "black piece" fell completely, Dugu Xuan let out a roar full of unwillingness, his divine sense burning to its limit.

"what!"

but……

Useless.

Dugu Xuan, whose Yin spirit was completely suppressed by the "black piece" formed by the sword intent, had no time to mobilize his magic power. He could only watch helplessly as the dark golden giant hand that had shattered his Three Talents Sword Formation crushed his body with unparalleled force.

The protective magic artifact shone brightly instinctively, but it couldn't stop the dark golden giant hand from advancing at all.

As the light dimmed, the punch finally landed on his body, filling his vision.

"No!"

With a final, desperate scream, this peak-level Yin Spirit cultivator, second only to the number one loose immortal in the world, was crushed into a bloody mist by the dark golden fist force.

After killing this peak Refinement God expert, Li Xian did not hesitate at all, and soared into the sky, looking towards the Immortal Ascension Peak.

There……

A terrifying aura shot straight into the sky, stirring up the wind and clouds, and with a mighty force, pressed down on his location.

Gu Qianfan, the number one rogue cultivator in the world.

　My memory isn't what it used to be, so I went back and looked through the pages. At first, Gu Qianfan was called Li Qianfan, but those chapters are locked and can't be changed, so let's just call him Gu Qianfan for now.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)