My path to immortality was smooth sailing.

"Jing'er, the situation in Wushan has been turbulent lately. It's best if you don't go out and just focus on your cultivation in Yudie Peak," Uncle Wei Yue advised.

"Why?" Wei Jing asked, puzzled. He had just received a deposit of one hundred spirit stones as payment.

Wei Yue sighed and said, "There are rumors that the Qingfu Sect will issue a land reclamation order before its Core Formation Ancestor dies."

"Old Ancestor Liu of the Qingfu Sect is already nine hundred years old, it's time..." The uncle made a face with his tongue sticking out and his eyes wide open.

With the impending demise of the Azure Talisman Core Formation Ancestor, those demonic sect brats are already stirring with ambition.

"Things in Wushan haven't been peaceful lately!" Wei Yue said worriedly.

The Qingfu Sect is the number one sect in Wushan. It overshadows many cultivation families and second- and third-rate sects, and it also guards Wushan to deter monsters and demonic sects.

The fall of the Qingfu Sect's patriarch will shatter the long-standing peace and change the landscape of Wushan.

Some cultivation families will be ruined or even wiped out in this upheaval, while new families will rise up, making great contributions in the pioneering war and receiving spiritual fields and veins as rewards from the Qingfu Sect.

This is how the Chu family rose to power a century ago.

"Yes, Uncle, I understand." Wei Jing nodded.

Recalling the moment he had piloted the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle through the skies above Willow Stone Town, he felt a vague unease.

"The clan will hold a general meeting in the next couple of days, and the clan chief will announce this news."

Just as Wei Yue had predicted, the clan chief Wei Shuo convened a clan meeting the next day, demanding that defenses be strengthened and the entire clan prepare for war.

"We also need to strengthen the defenses in Liushi Town. Wei Dao and Hong Gu, you two will stay in Liushi Town for the time being to protect the mortal foundation of our Wei family."

The majority of the population of Liushi Town are ordinary people from the Wei family, who are the most important source of the Wei family's immortal seedlings. It is no exaggeration to say that they are the foundation of the Wei family.

"Yes!" Elders Wei Dao and Hong Gu replied.

"Elder, you are in charge of leading the land reclamation and preparations for war. All other elders and family members must unite as one to overcome the crisis at Wushan." Wei Shuo's tone was stern as he scanned the crowd.

After the meeting, clan chief Wei Shuo kept Wei Jing behind and gave him another earnest pep talk.

"Jing'er, with the changes at Wushan, even with the Wei family's four-hundred-year foundation and profound heritage, it's like being adrift in a storm." Wei Shuo shook his head.

"Therefore, I ask you to join the Azure Talisman Sect. Once you successfully establish your foundation in the Azure Talisman Sect, the help you can provide to your family will be no less than if you were in your clan."

Wei Jing took a deep breath and slowly nodded, saying, "Clan leader, I understand."

"It's best if you can figure it out."

……

Five days passed in a flash, and Wei Jing arrived as promised.

Soon after, Wei Yun and Wei Long arrived together. Unlike Wei Long, who was beaming with joy, Wei Yun had a worried look on his face.

"Recently, Wushan has been in turmoil. Several small cultivation families without Foundation Establishment ancestors to oversee them have been wiped out." Wei Yun's tone was heavy, and Wei Jing could see the deep worry in her eyes.

"What's it to us? We should mind our own business." Wei Long shook his head; he couldn't possibly concern himself with such matters.

Let the Qingfu Sect worry about these things!

"I'm afraid we might encounter demonic cultivators on this trip." Wei Yun frowned. What do you think I'm worried about!

"I hope I'm not that unlucky!" Wei Long said tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Wei Jing immediately nodded in agreement, saying, "Sister Wei Yun is absolutely right."

"So..." Wei Jing said, extending his hand.

"You'll have to pay more."

Wei Yun and Wei Long's faces immediately darkened, with Wei Yun glaring coldly at Wei Jing.

"Haha! Just kidding, just kidding." Wei Jing chuckled.

"Let's go! We'll be back quickly." After saying this, Wei Jing opened his palm, and the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle grew larger in the wind.

"Come on up!" Wei Jing took the lead and jumped onto the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle.

"This...this doesn't cost money, does it?" Wei Long looked at Wei Long suspiciously.

"What are you saying! We're all brothers of the same clan, come up here quickly."

"There are only two seats, Young Master Long, please stand!" Wei Jing said, then beckoned Wei Jun to come up.

After the three of them came up, Wei Jing immediately recited the incantation and urged the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle to fly rapidly, instantly transforming into a streak of light.

"Cough cough! Wei Jing, slow down, slow down." Wei Long swayed unsteadily; he didn't have a seat and could only stand.

The Cloud Shuttle was incredibly fast, sometimes diving, sometimes pulling up, and occasionally even doing a 360-degree spin in the air.

Wei Long felt like his leftovers were about to be shaken out.

Fortunately, Wei Yun used a colorful ribbon to restrain him, otherwise he might have really been thrown out.

"Wei Jing, slow down!" Wei Jun said, squinting. The gale in the sky was like a sharp blade, scraping against people's faces and stinging painfully.

Wei Jing glanced at him, then slowed down.

After flying for more than an hour, the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle finally landed in the northwest corner of the Spirit Mist Forest, which is close to the Jiangbei Plain and next to the Fallen River.

There are abundant aquatic plants, which is the favorite food of the unicorn bull.

The northwest corner of the Spirit Mist Forest is different from other places.

The trees here are not as tall and dense as those deeper in the forest; instead, they are much sparser.

Clumps of aquatic plants grew wildly in the clearing in the woods, reaching half a person's height, with glistening dewdrops hanging on their blades.

"We've arrived." Wei Jing and the other two jumped off the flying shuttle, and Wei Jing reached out and pulled it back into his arms.

"It's so great to have a flying artifact. Such a long distance would take three days and three nights to walk on foot." Wei Long looked enviously at the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle in Wei Jing's hand.

It was as if they had forgotten all the discomfort they had experienced on the Broken Cloud Shuttle.

Even Wei Yun's eyes showed a different light; flying magical artifacts were indeed good.

Therefore, their purpose on this trip is to kill the one-horned bull and use its hide as the main material to make peach blossom pouches.

Although the Peach Blossom Pouch cannot match the speed of the Cloud-Breaking Shuttle, it is stable; after all, it is a flying magical artifact.

"Let's go! Let's search for the One-Horned Bull's trail, finish the mission as soon as possible, and return to Jade Stack Peak. Let's avoid any unforeseen complications," Wei Jing said softly.

"Yes!" The two nodded at the same time.

Then, the three of them began searching in the Spirit Mist Forest, none of them having much wilderness experience.

Wei Jing even crammed at the last minute, reading some records and precautions about the Lingwu Forest and some introductions to the habits of the One-Horned Bull two days before departure.

Actually, the Spirit Mist Forest is relatively safe, as long as you don't provoke the two Tier 2 Ironback Mountain Crocodiles in the forest.

"A tributary of the Staggering River flows through the Spirit Mist Forest. This area is rich in water and grass, and there must be unicorns among them. Let's search patiently."

It would be best to find someone who is alone.

Wei Jing stood on a fallen, dead tree, his fingers clenched as if looking into the distance, gazing into the distance.

"We've been going around in circles for almost an hour now." Wei Long squatted under a big tree, holding a twig in his hand and unconsciously drawing circles on the ground.

"Don't even mention the one-horned bull, we haven't seen a single hair of it."

Wei Jing jumped down from the dead tree, patted the dirt off his hands, and looked up at the sky. The sun had already risen above the treetops in the east.

The sunlight grew intense, yet it lingered in the woods, making the air stifling and hot, like a steamer.

"Let's go, head north along the tributary." Wei Jing pointed in the direction and took the lead.

Don't give up, keep looking.

The three of them walked along the river.

Persistence pays off. After the three of them had been traveling for about half an hour, Wei Jing heard a commotion in the distance.

Wei Jing didn't speak, but simply pointed ahead.

About fifty feet away, at a bend in the river, there was a wide meadow.

At the edge of the meadow, near the river, five or six gray-brown figures were drinking water.

It was a one-horned bull.

Wei Long was overjoyed and said, "Great! We have three immature wild bulls. Killing them is enough to make two peach blossom pouches."