Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

"Vile creature, you’re courting death!"

Song Youdao and the Patriarch Xie were enraged. They immediately flew over and began to unleash their attacks.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

Patriarch Xie used a Small Seal Magical Artifact, while Song Youdao used the Fire Bomb Technique. Very quickly, all the Demon Souls were slain.

"Hm? No, something’s wrong. These Demon Souls didn’t truly die. They must have come from a Magical Artifact like a Soul Banner. I see now! It must be a Demonic Cultivator, pulling the strings from the shadows!"

But Song Youdao didn’t relax. Instead, he frowned slightly, having immediately noticed the problem.

"Over there!"

He then spotted a furtive figure in the distance, fleeing toward the city’s outskirts.

The person was dressed in black, which concealed their Spiritual Power fluctuations. Coupled with the distance, it was impossible to discern their specific Cultivation level.

However, they held a wicked Long Banner emitting black qi. It was clearly a Demon Cultivator, the true culprit.

"After them!"

"Bastard! Die!"

And so, Song Youdao and Patriarch Xie transformed into two streaks of Escape Light and gave chase.

They weren’t worried about a trap. The enemy wasn’t moving fast, and the Demon Souls were of a low Level, Tier Two Low Grade at best.

Therefore, their opponent’s Cultivation was surely not high.

More importantly, they were within the Red Leaf Inner City, and Patriarch Xie had already fully activated the Array.

It was like shooting fish in a barrel.

Unless their opponent was at the Foundation Establishment Peak and possessed a special method to break the Array, their death was absolutely certain.

But they both felt the chance of their opponent being at the Foundation Establishment Peak was extremely small.

After all, cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Peak were typically well-known figures with hopes of reaching Core Formation. No one like that would come here to cause trouble for no reason.

The next moment, they had caught up and simultaneously urged their Magical Artifacts to strike the figure.

ROAR!

But just then, the figure spun around, revealing a green face and sharp fangs from beneath its black robes as it roared and lunged at them.

The Magical Artifacts struck the figure but failed to injure it in the slightest. They couldn’t even break through the black light that suddenly appeared on its body.

"Not good! It’s a Tier Two Peak Corpse Puppet, and no ordinary one at that! Quick, we’ll fight as we retreat! Use the Array to suppress it while we send a message to the Sect for help!"

Song Youdao was greatly alarmed but decisively made his arrangements.

"Right, Senior Brother Song. But we can’t let it escape! The Demon Cultivator who ambushed my Xie Family last time had a Corpse Puppet very similar to this one, just not as strong. I suspect that masked person from last time has returned!"

Patriarch Xie shivered in fright at the sight of the Corpse Puppet, and his mind immediately raced.

As he spoke, he couldn’t help but grind his teeth, yet he also felt incredibly fortunate.

’Thank goodness Song Youdao is here today. He was the one flying in front the whole time, otherwise I’d be dead for sure.’

He then hurriedly activated the Array, and streaks of white Spiritual Light immediately shot toward the Corpse Puppet, attempting to suppress it.

Normally, this would have certainly succeeded.

After all, the Level of Red Leaf City’s City Defense Array was quite high, not to mention they now had Song Youdao’s help.

BOOM!

But just then, the Corpse Puppet let out a strange laugh and crushed a Breaking Charm.

The Array’s Spiritual Light instantly dissipated. A white light from the charm shot into the sky, tearing a large hole in the Array Light Curtain above.

SWOOSH!

Then, several black shadows descended from the sky as fast as lightning, diving toward Patriarch Xie like goshawks.

Their speed was so immense that Patriarch Xie, a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivator, had no time to react and couldn’t even see what the black shadows were.

"No!"

The next moment, Patriarch Xie screamed as the black shadows’ sharp claws crushed his skull, and his consciousness instantly plunged into darkness.

"What’s going on?"

Song Youdao was startled. He quickly retreated and decisively activated all his defenses.

Only then did he get a clear look: the black shadows were six strange, winged, four-legged Demon Beasts. They resembled snakes but were also very different.

Moreover, these Demon Beasts were all at the Tier Two Late Stage. Considering they had launched a sneak attack, it would have been a miracle if Patriarch Xie had managed to defend himself.

’Damn it! How did this happen? Who are these people? Why do they have so many tricks up their sleeve?’

’This is bad. The Xie Family is finished, but I can’t be buried with them. I still have a great future ahead of me!’

Song Youdao was instantly filled with a terrible premonition.

Although he was a veteran Foundation Establishment Peak cultivator, the enemy’s lineup was clearly stronger.

The Corpse Puppet itself was no weaker than him, and even more bizarrely, it could actually use Spirit Talismans and Magical Artifacts.

With the addition of these Demon Beasts, he would definitely be at a disadvantage in a real fight.

What’s more, there was likely a Demon Cultivator masterminding this from behind the scenes.

And now that Patriarch Xie was dead, the Array here was of no help at all.

SWISH!

So, Song Youdao decisively took out a Small Shifting Talisman and crushed it. A five-colored curtain of light immediately enveloped him, about to teleport him to a random distant location.

KRAK!

But at that exact moment, a cyan Wind Blade flashed past. Song Youdao felt nothing at first, but then a sharp, immense pain suddenly washed over him.

At the same time, he was finally teleported away.

But his right arm, his Storage Bag, and some fragments of his Magic Robe and Magical Artifacts had been severed and left behind.

"No!"

A hundred li away, Song Youdao screamed in a mixture of fury and agony, but it was too late to change anything.

He then quickly sealed his acupuncture points to stop the bleeding before immediately fleeing into the distance.

That’s right. Despite his fury, he was terrified the enemy would pursue him.

He also figured out what had just happened. The Corpse Puppet must have used a Tier Three Wind Blade Talisman.

’If I hadn’t been fast enough and lucky, I would have lost more than just an arm and my Storage Bag—I would have lost my life!’

Meanwhile, back in Red Leaf City, the Corpse Puppet immediately picked up the Storage Bag and other spoils of war, then stomped on the severed arm, crushing it. It then leaped onto the back of a Demon Beast and shot into the sky, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

The other Demon Beasts did the same, without the slightest hesitation.

SWOOSH!

Just as they vanished into the distance, a dazzling Escape Light flew over from the direction of the Cangwu Sect.

Unfortunately, the Escape Light was a step too late!

* * *

"Nephew Zhang, it is better to resolve enmity than to create it. I am already aware of how the Xie Family wronged you back then. Although our Song Family was not involved, as a family on friendly terms with the Xie, I feel it is my duty to help you and the Xie Family resolve this grudge."

"After all, it was not a major incident. Neither side was injured, and more importantly, no one died. You also successfully became a Foundation Establishment Cultivator and even obtained an Upper Grade Cultivation Technique."

"Therefore, I will summon Patriarch Xie here now to apologize to you in person and offer you some form of compensation. We can let this matter be a thing of the past. What do you think?"

"Also, Sect Leader and fellow disciples, what are your thoughts?"

Deep within the Sect, in a Floating Palace, the Golden Core Dwarf from the Song Family suddenly made this proposal.

"I think that’s acceptable!"

"A fine suggestion!"

"We are all fellow sect members; we should value harmony!"

Upon hearing this, the various Golden Core cultivators nodded in agreement, especially those from families with good relations with the Song Family.

The Sect Leader and the other Golden Core cultivators frowned slightly but did not object, as they had no reason to.

Only Elder Jian’s expression turned cold, and he looked ready to erupt.

"Alright. It’s all in the past anyway; I’ve nearly forgotten about it. However, the incident had a great impact on me, so you must compensate me with two Upper Grade Cultivation Techniques, and you must give them to me now. I also want Spirit Stones. Not many, just two hundred thousand Low Grade Spirit Stones will do. Otherwise, I refuse to reconcile."

"I will wait until I reach the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage, then go to the Sect’s Life and Death Platform and engage the Xie Family in a duel to the death!"

Zhang Chi sneered internally but agreed at once, immediately laying out his conditions on the spot.