Starting with the consumables of the Demonic Sect, one can barely achieve immortality.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the Misty Sea beyond the Moon-Hidden Palace.

A monk, radiating golden light, sat under a large tree with his eyes closed, holding a long sword.

His physical form shone as brightly as a Buddha statue in a temple, but his robes were plain and worn, and his trouser legs were even covered with mud that had softened from being dampened by the mist.

The monk, however, paid no attention and simply leaned against the big tree, lost in thought.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally opened his eyes, his empty pupils seemingly frozen in frost.

"A cultivator practicing the Earth element is lurking nearby."

"The Palace of Eternal Life... has already noticed our arrival."

Beside the big tree, an old scholar with a turban on his head took a puff of his old pipe, casually exhaling smoke.

"So what?"

"This is the first time the master has returned to the northern foothills. He is unaware of the ways these demons operate."

"These treacherous people who judge others by their own standards always shoot the arrow first and then draw the target."

"As long as they judge that there is even the slightest possibility that we, the righteous path, will intervene, they will definitely make preparations for it."

Whether they notice us or not makes no difference.

This veteran Foundation Establishment cultivator from Hancheng Academy showed no trace of the demeanor of a master. He took another deep drag of his pipe and casually brushed away the ash clinging to his robes.

When he spoke again, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes, piercing through the clouds:

"This is a good opportunity to seek justice for Junior Sister Wang."

The monk did not respond, but the female cultivator who was standing not far away on the mountainside, pretending to look at the sea of ​​mist with a viewing tube, sneered upon hearing this.

The old scholar asked calmly:

"Miaoyu, what are you laughing at?"

"Junior Sister Wang is not only Wang Qingxian of my Hancheng Academy, but also Miaoqing Daoist of your Shengao Sect."

"Senior Miaohe is detached from worldly affairs and does not wish to lower herself to avenge her, given her high status."

"But that doesn't mean that you, as Wang's fellow disciple, can disregard this friendship."

The Observation Tube is merely a spiritual artifact used by Qi Refining cultivators for remote observation. As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, she can see with her naked eyes what the tube can see.

She couldn't see through the fog with the naked eye, and even with the tube, she couldn't see through it; she simply found this act amusing.

Distracted by the old scholar, the female cultivator turned her head, her usually charming and round face unusually frosty:

"What do you intend to do? Make me go and beat up Zhong Tianying?"

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator at the [Blazing Fire] level who has been in the cultivation stage for many years, even Senior Sister Miaoqing couldn't defeat her when she was alive, and you want me to fight her?"

"Mr. Bai, although I have always known that you Confucianists like to use your power to suppress others."

"But don't think of us as fools just because we, the Three Pure Ones, don't concern ourselves with worldly affairs."

"Our Divine Proclamation Sect does not fight the Demonic Sect to the death, yet it remains the leader of the three sects."

"If a few words from you provoke a major conflict, I wonder who will ultimately benefit."

She was a righteous person, unlike the demonic cultivators who were two-faced and hypocritical; her words were even more sharp.

Mr. Bai slowly took a drag of his opium, his old face filled with barely concealed anger, but he did not argue with her.

The five true disciples in the Hall of Longevity are said to be cultivating the five virtues of fire, earth, metal, water, and wood, taking advantage of the principle of mutual generation among the five elements.

As long as the five of them are together in the hall, they can help each other's cultivation, which is a manifestation of the master of the Hall of Longevity's cultivation as an old demon.

Among the five elements, the cultivators who excel at combat have always been those of the [Flowing Fire] type!

【Liu Huo】 is the orthodox path of demonic cultivation. Long before the establishment of the Taiyin Immortal Sect, and even before the appearance of the second son of the Emperor, 【Taiyin Changyou Wuming Immortal Lord】, it was held by ancient demonic cultivators.

The ancestor of the Fire Virtue Demon Cultivator played a decisive role in the collapse of the Immortal Dynasty.

Otherwise, if the Immortal Dynasty had survived to this day, it would have been more difficult for the three religions to even take a single step into the Northern Territory than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle.

Even though they received the benefits, they still had to say the polite words. People from the three religions kept calling him "Fire Virtue Demon Cultivator," but they didn't think there was anything wrong with it at all.

But if he were to actually face a Fire-elemental Demon Cultivator, the situation would be completely different.

Just then, the monk under the tree said:

"I'll handle Zhong Tianying."

Upon hearing this, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators exchanged a glance and both breathed a sigh of relief.

Miaoyu smiled and said:

"Master Nagumo truly deserves to be called one of the few people in Lotus Temple who is proficient in swordsmanship. His words are as powerful as an arrow piercing the clouds, far superior to some people who only know how to bury themselves in books."

"If it weren't for hearing that the Master was determined to cultivate his own nature and not rely on external things, Miaoyu would really have wanted to choose a day to cultivate the Great Way with the Master."

"Let's test the master's precious pestle to see if it's as powerful as the knife in his bosom."

She was a native of the North and was known for her uninhibited speech and actions. Nan Yun didn't respond to her, but Mr. Bai was speechless with anger:

"You are supposed to be a righteous person, how can you utter such treacherous words!"

"The new generation of disciples accepted by the Shengao Sect is truly becoming more and more influenced by the local dissolute and immoral trends."

"How can one cultivate the righteous path while associating with insects like you who only know how to engage in dual cultivation all day long?"

Miaoyu, not to be outdone, retaliated:

"I don't need you Confucian scholars to teach me how to do things."

"You Southerners are so hypocritical! You shut your doors and indulge in intensive cultivation with your younger generations, oblivious to the world, yet you open the door and start cursing us Northern cultivators!"

"At least I, a humble Taoist, would not engage in dual cultivation in front of the ancestral master's statue. You Confucian cultivators, on the other hand, couldn't resist practicing in the library and even dared to laugh at me for being a hundred steps smaller than fifty."

Mr. Bai immediately appeared somewhat flustered and began to make a solemn and meticulous division:

"That was the work of those brats across the strait, what does it have to do with me, Han Cheng!"

Just as the two were about to start another round of bickering, Nan Yun, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke:

"That earth-elemental demon cultivator retreated."

The two looked at Nan Yun at the same time, and Miao Yu asked:

"Could it be that they know they can't afford to offend the master and have already retreated?"

Mr. Bai snorted coldly:

"That ignorant brat doesn't even know how he became a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the first place."

Miaoyu glanced at him:

"I am young and have been a disciple of three generations of immortal cultivators, with the support of good teachers and helpful friends."

"If this isn't enough to achieve Foundation Establishment, does it mean only old fogies who ruin their lungs from smoking opium can achieve it?"

Nan Yun completely ignored the argument between the two and simply said:

"The Earth Virtue cultivation method in the Northern Territory is incomplete. Even those who have cultivated the [Sinking Earth] Immortal Foundation are mostly substitute practitioners and rarely achieve true success."

"Whether this person stays or leaves is of no importance."

"The only person I am worried about on this trip is Zhong Tianying."

The monk from Lotus Temple, renowned for his combat prowess, slowly gripped the hilt of his sword:

"This humble monk believes...it is advisable to seize the initiative."

Upon hearing this, the two Foundation Establishment cultivators, who had been arguing incessantly, immediately fell silent.

Of course, Nan Yun could say such a thing. With his solid physique, honed through nearly a century of self-cultivation and tempering, even the fiercest flames wouldn't necessarily be able to melt his life.

But can the two of them be the same?

Mr. Bai exhaled a puff of smoke with unease:

"It would be best to plan this out carefully...it would be best to plan this out carefully!"