Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

Jiang Shifei flew through the air, the wind whistling past his ears.

The flight speed of a Golden Core cultivator is more than twice as fast as that of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The mountains and rivers beneath our feet rushed past, the outline of Canglin City flashed by on the left, followed by the continuous mountain ranges.

In less than half an hour, we arrived at Qingyun Mountain.

He stopped in mid-air and looked down at the mountain below.

The mountain is still the same mountain.

The courtyard at the foot of the mountain, the outer gate halfway up the mountain, and the inner gate at the top of the mountain were exactly the same as when he left.

He remembered that he started cultivating in a courtyard at the foot of the mountain, living in a woodshed, chopping trees and firewood every day, and practicing the Wood Spirit Technique at night.

Those days are long gone.

The entire mountain is now shrouded in a pale golden light, resembling an inverted cauldron. Runes flow across the light, occasionally flashing and emitting a buzzing sound.

The Mountain-Protecting Array is a formation capable of blocking attacks from early-stage Golden Core cultivators.

But they couldn't stop him!

Jiang Shi raised his right hand, pointing his index finger at the light screen below.

The five-colored golden core in his dantian suddenly spun, and the true essence of the Earth element surged through his meridians to his fingertips. He didn't use his full strength, only thirty percent of it.

Earthly Divine Light.

A beam of earthy brown light shot out from the fingertip, fast and straight, like an arrow, and crashed hard into the golden light screen.

boom--

The sound wasn't loud, but the whole mountain was shaking.

The golden light screen trembled violently, and a crack appeared where it had been hit.

The cracks spread outwards like a spider web, multiplying and increasing rapidly.

In the span of three breaths.

wow-

The protective array around the mountain shattered.

Golden fragments fell from the sky like rain, some of which scattered in mid-air, turning into specks of light and disappearing.

The entire Qingyun Mountain was shaking.

Dozens of people rushed out of the mountain gate.

There were outer disciples in the Qi Refining stage and inner elders in the Foundation Establishment stage.

Some of them were holding magical implements, while others were making hand seals, but when they looked up and saw the river stone floating in mid-air, they were all stunned.

Golden Core stage! A Golden Core stage cultivator!

That imposing aura pressed down like a mountain pressing down on your head.

"A Golden Core cultivator!" someone exclaimed.

No one dared to make a move.

Several Foundation Establishment stage elders turned pale, their hands trembling as they struggled to hold their magical artifacts. They could sense that if the person in the sky wanted to kill them, a single thought would suffice.

Jiang Shi ignored them.

His spiritual consciousness surged forth from his sea of ​​consciousness, flowing like water across the entire Qingyun Mountain. The situation in the courtyard at the foot of the mountain, the situation in the outer gate on the mountainside, and the situation in the inner gate at the summit were all clearly imprinted in his mind.

The inner gate secret hall.

There was a chaotic mass of demonic energy there, like a black fog, carrying the scent of demonic possession.

Sect Leader Lu was right there.

Jiang Shi withdrew his spiritual sense and took a step forward.

His figure disappeared in mid-air and reappeared at the entrance of the inner sect's secret hall.

The Qingyun Sect disciples behind them looked at each other, none of them daring to follow.

The secret palace is located at the innermost part of the mountaintop. It is a gray-white stone palace with its doors tightly closed.

The door has array patterns that are still glowing, but the mountain-protecting array is broken, so the array on the door can't stop him at all.

Jiang Shi raised his hand and slammed it on the door.

Pebbles flew everywhere, and dust rose into the air.

The two stone doors shattered into dozens of pieces, which crashed to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

The hall was dark, with only a few ever-burning lamps emitting a dim yellow light.

Sect Leader Lu sat cross-legged in the center of the hall.

He was wearing a dirty Taoist robe, his hair was disheveled, and his face was covered with black lines.

Its eyes were blood red, and a black mist swirled in its pupils.

His body was shrouded in black demonic energy, his aura chaotic, sometimes strong and sometimes weak, clearly indicating that he had gone mad from demonic possession.

Upon seeing Jiang Shi, Sect Leader Lu was taken aback.

Then he laughed.

The laughter was awful, like the sound of a broken gong.

"You've finally come." He stood up, his demonic energy surging violently. "I've waited two years for you!"

Nine dark red light marks lit up behind him. The light marks floated in mid-air, arranged in a circle, like nine blood-red eyes.

The nine-headed demon puppet emerged from the shadows.

There were demonic wolves, demonic snakes, demonic eagles, and demonic scorpions, all at the Foundation Establishment stage. Their eye sockets glowed red, and their bodies were a size larger than normal demonic puppets, clearly having been enhanced by Sect Leader Lu using demonic techniques.

The nine-headed demon puppets surrounded Sect Leader Lu, protecting him in the middle.

"You think you're invincible just because you're at the Golden Core stage?" Sect Leader Lu's voice became shrill and thin, like fingernails scraping against stone.

"I possess the complete Scripture of Universal Transformation of the Demonic Source, and nine demonic puppets. Even if a Golden Core cultivator comes, I can still kill them!"

Jiang Shi remained expressionless, but a fire blazed in his eyes.

Divine Light of Fire.

A crimson light shot out from his eyes, as fast as lightning.

The first demonic puppet was hit, but it didn't even scream before its body exploded in the middle, turning into ashes scattered all over the ground.

The second one, the third one, the fourth one—

The nine-headed demon puppet disintegrated, burned, and dissipated within the red light.

It took no more than three breaths.

Sect Leader Lu's smile froze on his face.

Before he could make a second move, Jiang Shi had already appeared in front of him.

She slapped him on the chest.

Earth element (戊土) governs the mountain.

A yellowish-brown light shone in his palm, and the power of a mountain exploded in Sect Leader Lu's chest. Sect Leader Lu was sent flying backward as if he had been hit by a mountain, his feet leaving the ground.

He smashed through the walls of the secret chamber, sending rubble and dust flying as he crashed into the plaza outside.

The ground was smashed into a crater, and rubble flew everywhere.

Sect Leader Lu lay prone in the pit, spitting out blood. The blood was black, mixed with the stench of demonic energy.

He tried to stand up, but the demonic energy within him began to backfire. The demonic seals he had painstakingly refined were now writhing like venomous snakes in his meridians, tearing at his internal organs.

"Shanhaiqi...save me..." he cried out in a hoarse voice.

The mountain and sea flag hanging above his head moved.

But it wasn't about protecting him.

A woman in white floated out from the flag. She wore a plain white dress, her face was aloof, and she didn't even glance at Sect Leader Lu before flying straight to Jiang Shi.

"A descendant of the Lin family, the Golden Core Imprint of the Five Elements Master." She looked at Jiang Shi, her voice calm, "You are the true master of the Mountain and Sea Flag."

The spirit of the Mountain and Sea Flag shines brightly.

The large banner flew up from above Sect Leader Lu's head, transformed into a beam of white light, and entered Jiang Shi's body.

Warm spiritual energy flowed into his meridians, and a powerful force settled in his dantian. The Mountain and Sea Banner, a superior-grade spiritual artifact, had recognized its master.

Sect Leader Lu stared wide-eyed in disbelief.

"Impossible... My Lu family has worshipped you for a thousand years..."

The woman in white turned her head and glanced at him indifferently.

"What you are offering is a spiritual stone, not the heart of the Dao."

Sect Leader Lu opened his mouth, as if to say something, but the demonic energy completely backfired.

He let out a final scream, his body shattered into ashes, which were scattered by the wind.

The square fell silent.

Jiang Shi stood still and looked down at his hands.

The power of the Mountain and Sea Flag was still circulating within his body, resonating with the Five-Colored Golden Elixir, making his magical power even more profound.

The woman in white was still floating beside him, not saying a word, just quietly watching him.

"Take me to Lin Feiyu," Jiang Shi said.

The woman in white nodded.

"He was at the Lin family's old residence."

Jiang Shi rose into the air and flew towards the back of Qingyun Mountain.

Behind him, the disciples of the Qingyun Sect knelt on the ground. No one dared to raise their heads.

Chapter 279: The Mountain and Sea Flag Recognizes Its Master - A Surprise! Click to unlock now.