Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

RUMBLE...

Just then, a clap of thunder echoed from within Golden Crow City, followed by a dazzling Escape Light streaking across the sky.

When the Escape Light faded, an opulently dressed, middle-aged cultivator appeared. The immense pressure of a Nascent Soul True Monarch instantly enveloped the scene.

"What brazen villain dares to ambush and kill a valued guest of my Ten Thousand Treasures Tower! Huh? Where’d he go? He ran that fast? Oh no, my Phan—"

The middle-aged cultivator was none other than the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master, and he bellowed coldly the moment he appeared.

But the next moment, when he got a clear view of the scene, he froze, his expression instantly turning foul.

He had planned to use "maintaining order" as a pretext to openly swoop in and reap the spoils.

That was why he had deliberately waited a moment before setting out.

But now, it seemed his plan had obviously failed; he had even lost a Tier Three Phantom Beetle.

The crucial point was that Xiao Yunhong and the others were still there, so he had to cut himself off mid-sentence. It was so infuriating he could have spat blood.

"Senior!"

Xiao Yunhong and the others hastily saluted.

"Hmph. Carry on. I’m going to apprehend the culprit!"

The Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master gave a slight nod, then immediately transformed back into an Escape Light and gave chase in the direction Zhang Chi had fled.

’Damn it! What a rare opportunity, and this is how it ends. It seems I’ll have to find other targets!’

Unfortunately, the Tower Master chased for hundreds of miles without even catching a glimpse of his target.

And so, muttering curses, the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master had no choice but to give up. He then immediately rushed off to "maintain order" in other places.

The reason for his failure was simple.

For one, Zhang Chi’s Blood Escape was swift. Though it was far from matching a Nascent Soul Cultivator’s speed, he had activated it first, putting significant distance between them right from the start.

For another, Zhang Chi had long since changed direction and altered his aura, making him naturally difficult to find.

Of course, this was also because the cultivation Zhang Chi had initially revealed was so low, which had made the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master careless and unprepared. He hadn’t used any methods other than the Tier Three Phantom Beetle.

——

"What a shame!"

Meanwhile, Xiao Yunhong and the Cangwu Twin Sisters saw the Tower Master give chase and assumed Zhang Chi was a dead man, finding it quite a pity.

"Heh, what’s there to feel sorry about?" Yu Wan sneered. "A lawless villain like that deserves to die. Even if the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master didn’t kill him, someone else would have, sooner or later!"

"Junior Sister is right. If that brat hadn’t run so fast, we would’ve already struck and killed him. There would have been no need for the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master to get involved!"

"Exactly. He has some strength, but he’s ultimately just in the Golden Core Late Stage, and the people he killed were all nobodies. He can’t be compared to the powerhouses of our Cyan Cloud Sect!"

Standing beside Yu Wan were a male and a female cultivator, both at Golden Core Peak. They were not young, and their faces were filled with arrogance.

"You..."

The Cangwu Twin Sisters and Xiao Yunhong were left speechless, forced to admit the others had a point.

Moreover, they recognized these two masters from the Cyan Cloud Sect. The pair’s Combat Power was indeed formidable. They were a Daoist couple, and thanks to their age and proficiency in joint Swordsmanship, they were even known by the title ’Cyan Cloud Elders’.

Even Xiao Yunhong didn’t dare to be too brazen in their presence.

"Alright, the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master must have killed him and left directly. Let’s go back, too!"

"Yes, Young Master!"

The three groups waited a while longer, but there was still no sign of the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master’s return.

During this time, Xiao Yunhong tried to befriend the Cangwu Twin Sisters, but they paid him little attention.

Seeing this, Yu Wan sneered and taunted from the side, trying to bait Xiao Yunhong into a life-and-death duel with her.

Xiao Yunhong could only choose to make a swift departure.

Although the Cangwu Twin Sisters and Yu Wan were all top prodigies of Yuan South, they didn’t get along. So, they too flew off into the distance with their sect-mates, transforming into streaks of rainbow light.

And since the three groups had different destinations, they did not travel together.

RUMBLE...

But at that very moment, the sound of thunder rang out again.

This sound, however, wasn’t produced by a flying object. It was an anomaly of heaven and earth, caused by the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi undergoing some kind of high-speed vibration, and thus it propagated faster than the object itself.

’Could that Tower Master be back?’

Curious, Xiao Yunhong and the others immediately looked in the direction the thunder came from.

But in the next moment, they saw neither an Escape Light nor the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master. Instead, they saw an impossibly fast black Sword Light.

This Sword Light was somewhat familiar to them; it was from the mysterious expert who had slain the Tribulation Cultivators at the city gate earlier.

But the mysterious expert himself was nowhere to be seen, and it was impossible to tell where he was hiding.

Of course, it was also possible that he was simply too far away, so they could only see the Sword Light and not the person.

However, they all felt this was unlikely, as their group even included Golden Core Peak Cultivators.

And unless a cultivator was using an Array, the maximum range of their Sword Control couldn’t exceed the scanning range of their Divine Thought.

Therefore, if he were nearby, the Golden Core Peak Cultivators would have already detected him with their Divine Thought.

Unless the man’s Divine Thought was stronger than a Golden Core Peak Cultivator’s—but they all felt that possibility was extremely remote.

Even though the major Immortal Sects all had Secret Techniques for cultivating Divine Thought, they were all very difficult to practice. Even if one succeeded, the increase in power wouldn’t be that dramatic.

Some Evil Dao Cultivation Techniques could, but cultivators who practiced them generally didn’t live to reach the Golden Core Late Stage.

"It’s that cultivator? He didn’t die?"

"Why isn’t he running for his life? What’s he doing back here? And why has he only sent out his Flying Sword, instead of appearing in person?"

Xiao Yunhong and the others were all deeply confused.

However, the three groups had different attitudes. Xiao Yunhong and the Cangwu Twin Sisters both breathed a sigh of relief for the mysterious cultivator.

"Such a shame!"

Yu Wan and the Cyan Cloud Elders, however, were quite disappointed.

"It’s not a shame at all. For us, this might be a good thing!"

"You mean, we take this chance to kill him?"

"Exactly!"

But their disappointment soon gave way to excitement.

In their view, although the mysterious cultivator had escaped the chase, he was most likely already heavily injured.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t be hiding his face.

This way, they could take the opportunity to kill him.

If they succeeded, they could not only obtain a large amount of spoils but also take the opportunity to curry favor with the Ten Thousand Treasures Tower Master.

They could even earn a substantial amount of battle merits.

That’s right. Even though the war between the Righteous and Demon factions had ended, the Battle Merit Stele still existed. It was just that battle merits could now only be obtained through methods like guarding the Demon Abyss, killing Demons, Demonized Beasts, and True Demon Sect cultivators.

And in their eyes, Zhang Chi could easily be labeled a True Demon Sect cultivator.

Next, they exchanged messages via sound transmission, and after a quick discussion, immediately decided to find and kill him.

SWOOSH!

But just then, the Sword Light was already upon them, slashing directly at their group.

"Not good!"

"Why is he attacking us?"

"Could he have heard our sound transmission? That’s impossible!"

The three from the Cyan Cloud Sect were shocked.

"What’s going on?"

Xiao Yunhong and the Cangwu Twin Sisters were just as surprised.

"Excellent timing!"

"We were just looking for trouble with you, and you deliver yourself right to our door, trying to ambush us, no less. Since that’s the case, we have all the more reason to act!"

However, the three from the Cyan Cloud Sect quickly calmed down. Sneering disdainfully, they each summoned their Magical Treasures.