Using entries to cultivate immortality in chaotic times

Chapter 128 "Destroying My Sect's Foundation, Deserves Death A Thousand Times!!!"_4

And the reason the Walking Heavenly Girl could instantly rise from the Foundation Establishment Stage to the sixth level of the Golden Core—could it be because of this Eight-petal Demon Lotus?

At this moment, the overwhelming Demonic Qi emitted by this Eight-petal Demon Lotus bore no hint of the previous ferocity; rather, it was extremely calm, much like a tamed demon beast.

After a long silence, Chen Qiu sent forth his Divine Sense to probe, and the Eight-petal Demon Lotus did not evade. It quietly hovered in mid-air, and he waved his hand to collect it into his small world.

And at the moment the Eight-petal Demon Lotus entered his body, again floating in the mid-air of the small world, it took over the original position of the Eight-petal Fire Lotus, emitting a deathly aura that made the entire Chao Tian Sect feel faintly cold and sinister.

He didn't know what this Eight-petal Demon Lotus was.

But it was definitely something on the same level as the Eight-petal Fire Lotus. To this day, he didn't know what the Eight-petal Fire Lotus was, what kind of divine material or treasure it was, or what its effects were. However, he knew that it was with the help of the Eight-petal Fire Lotus that he had elevated his Golden Core from the tenth grade to the twelfth grade.

A divine material that could enhance a Golden Core from tenth to twelfth grade was certainly no ordinary object.

Only then did he release Fat Long and others from his small world.

...

"Grandma's..."

Standing at the bottom of the deep pit, Fat Long looked at the shattered remnant on the ground and couldn't help but feel his stomach churn violently, his face instantly turning pale as he said with unprecedented fear, "Brother Qiu... could this Walking Heavenly Girl be a man after all?"

"Brother Qiu, don't scare me!"

"..."

After a long silence, Chen Qiu finally spoke reassuringly in a soft voice, "It's a woman, don't worry. It was just the Demonic Qi entering her body, causing some minor changes."

He couldn't bear to tell the truth.

He wasn't sure whether the Walking Heavenly Girl was male or female, but there was one thing he could be certain of...

Fat Long had most likely encountered a male before.

After all, he knew of an entry highly suitable for Dual Cultivation, where yin and yang are reversed, and genders can be altered. With so many disciples in the Flower Offering Sect, there definitely was a disciple with this entry, and Fat Long wasn't only used by the Walking Heavenly Girl as a supplement—others had used Fat Long as well.

Maybe that included...

But seeing that Fat Long's moral integrity was about to be completely shattered, Chen Qiu still felt that sometimes a well-intentioned lie was a form of kindness, just like the lie he was telling now—it was a kindly one.

He had originally wanted to see if the Flower Offering Sect had any warehouse where treasures were stored, to take as trophies, but the battle had been too fierce.

The entire mountain of the Flower Offering Sect had been leveled to the ground, turning into a deep pit.

All things had been turned to dust.

The only treasures were the two storage rings in the hands of the Flower Offering Sect Master and the one in the hands of the Great Elder of the Flower Offering Sect, which he had collected, plus two Golden Cores.

However, at this moment—

A voice suddenly resounded in everyone's ears.

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"Heavenly Dao Decree": Heavenly Dao senses—the Holy Daughter of the Demon Clan has perished, worldly disputes to emerge half a year prior.

Furthermore, three days later, the Sea Clan will invade.

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"..."

Chen Qiu frowned slightly as the Heavenly Dao Decree rang beside his ear, looking downward toward the chunks blown apart at the bottom of the pit—was this Walking Heavenly Girl actually the Holy Daughter of the Demon Clan?

The Demon Clan?

This Demon Clan doesn't sound like the same one from the invasion of Fufeng City.

And what was the connection between the death of the Demon Clan Holy Daughter and the worldly disputes emerging half a year earlier?

After pausing to think for a moment on the spot.

He shook his head, no longer dwelling on it, and instead stood up to prepare to head to the east of Da Xia to see what the situation with the Sea Clan invasion was, to see if he could find any opportunities. Da Xia was bordered by the sea only on the east, hence the so-called Sea Clan invasion would naturally occur on the east side of Da Xia.

...

The sky gradually darkened.

At that moment, Chen Qiu and his group were walking in a small coastal county town where numerous mortals had already started to pack in panic, preparing to temporarily flee the city.

Even the inn they were staying at was deserted, the shopkeeper had run off, and no one was there to collect the silver taels.

Only after asking around did they find out.

It was not uncommon for demon beasts from the sea to land on the shores to slaughter lone humans for food, and although Da Xia had dispatched powerful guardians to protect the people, it was impossible for these protectors to watch over everyone at all times.

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At best, they could only minimize the death rate, but occasionally, humans were still taken by the demon beasts as food.

This time, the invasion by the Sea Clan was a large-scale attack by sea demons on the coastal cities, which naturally prompted the people of these coastal towns to pack their belongings and flee inland, planning to return once the crisis was over.

Meanwhile.

Many Sect Disciples headed towards the coast, replacing the fleeing mortals by moving into the inns within the city.

Chen Qiu, sensing the humid, fishy sea breeze in the air, leaned on the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella and walked silently along the cobblestone road forward, stopping only much later. He stood at the city gate, gazing at the sea nearby, then suddenly spoke with a calm expression,

"Scholar."

"Hmm?"

The nearby scholar immediately approached, puzzled. Since leaving the Flower Offering Sect and arriving in "Hai Province," Brother Qiu had been somewhat restless.

"You once said that the State Preceptor wants to train you to become Da Xia's top Sword Cultivator, right?"

"Perhaps,"

The scholar shook his head uncertainly, "I'm just guessing. Primarily because, years ago, I inexplicably returned from the Hundred Countries to Jing Province to escort Ji Renjian. That event was so strange that I eventually realized something was wrong. I walked away in time, without even seeing Ji Renjian's face."

"I'm not the kind of person who could accomplish that."

"Later, I also discussed it with Fat Long, and he mostly agreed with me. Fat Long also thought that the State Preceptor wanted to match Ji Renjian and me so that I could solidify my position as Da Xia's top Sword Cultivator with the 'Heavenly Dao Beauty' effect of Ji Renjian."

"But later, I didn't want to be controlled by the State Preceptor, so I drew myself out. Furthermore, after being hunted down by the Capital City Zhang Family, I was already regarded as dead in the eyes of the world, and the State Preceptor gave up on me completely."

"Seeing that this pawn was of no use, the State Preceptor then settled for second best by letting Ji Renjian and Ji Taiping be together, pushing Ji Taiping to become Da Xia's top Sword Cultivator. Now, Ji Taiping has reached the Human Sword Unity stage. Although his aura is still a bit chaotic and not very stable, it's already a realm that all Sword Cultivators aspire to."

"Hmm."

Chen Qiu nodded slightly, gazing at the sea and after a long silence, he softly said, "If you became the strongest Sword Cultivator in Da Xia, reaching the Golden Core Peak Great Perfection Cultivation, do you think you could break the Nascent Soul shackles and achieve the Nascent Soul stage?"

"I don't know."

The scholar shook his head, "I don't know why the State Preceptor thinks that a supreme Sword Cultivator could break Da Xia's shackles."

"What if there were also a supreme Magic Practitioner?"

The scholar suddenly froze, a look of astonishment flashing in his eyes, "Brother Qiu, what do you mean?"

Chen Qiu didn't respond, merely leaning on the Heavenly Mechanism Umbrella, standing in place, feeling the fishy and moist sea breeze, gazing at the calm sea, and remaining silent for a long time.

He believed that the Eight-petal Fire Lotus in the Endless Desert Sea of Earth Fire was his to claim.

Apart from him, no one could enter the Sea of Earth Fire without replenishing Spiritual Energy, not even the Supreme Elder of Xing Dou Sect.

He believed it was his chance.

But when a Eight-petal Demon Lotus suddenly emerged from the corpse of the Heavenly Girl, the situation didn't feel right anymore; one time he believed it was his opportunity, but happening again so soon, he began to doubt that his luck was that good.

So, he thought it through further.

Why he came to the Flower Offering Sect was because he heard people discussing it when leaving the inn.

And why he forged a Twelve Grade Golden Core was because Old Man Cao gave him a Jade Scroll, containing all the breakthrough materials necessary from the First Grade to the Tenth Grade, and why he obtained the Eight-petal Fire Lotus and broke through to the Twelve Grade Golden Core.

It was because the Master of Poison Sect gravely injured him, forcing him to seek pills at Xing Dou Sect.

From the Jade Scroll of the Master of Poison Sect, he knew that it was "Taoist Sect," the Master of Poison Sect then knew who had entered his Forbidden Land, and "Taoist Sect" is a... Gua Cultivation sect.

The guardian of the Array Repair inheritance, Old Man Cao.

Who just happens to be proficient in Gua Cultivation.

He had seen Old Man Cao more than once. The first time they met, Old Man Cao told him in Qi Tian Market that he had a resentful spirit on him. The second time was when Qi Tian Market was destroyed, and the third time was at the Array Repair inheritance.

Why would Old Man Cao kindly tell him so much information?