Chapter 1708
Shopping Spree
However, Nan Ti felt that things were not so simple.
You should know that he has the peak of Taiyi realm. Although he has not transcended and is far from breaking through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, he is definitely one of the most powerful beings in the Myriad Profound Realms!
However, even with his current level of cultivation, he was not only unable to stop the demon from escaping, but when he was about to make a move to stop it, an extremely powerful aura emanated from the spatial rift behind it, causing him to immediately abandon the idea.
It was precisely this aura that made Nan Ti feel very uneasy, unlike Xu Ran and Bei Yang who didn't take it seriously.
But now the great battle is over, and the enemy has fled to who-knows-where. Even if he wanted to do something, he was powerless to do anything. He could only record the last details and tell the other elders of the Immortal Alliance to be more careful.
Unlike the worried Nan Ti, the other cultivators were very happy, not only because they had resolved the danger threatening the Immortal Alliance, but also because they had each received some merit after the battle!
In this purification of the Yin and Evil Land, without an outstanding individual like Li Zhirui who turned the tide and made a huge contribution, the merits naturally wouldn't be concentrated on any one cultivator.
Moreover, the pollution here is more severe, so the merits bestowed by Heaven are greater, and the merits received by everyone are naturally greater as well.
Therefore, all the other cultivators were very happy and excitedly boarded the cloud boat and left.
After Nan Ti returned to the Immortal Alliance headquarters, he expressed his concerns, but unfortunately, no one paid attention to them. He couldn't bring it up again, so he could only record it on a jade slip and put it in the Scripture Pavilion, hoping it might come in handy in the future.
On the contrary, after this battle, they felt that purified lotus seeds were a good thing!
They discovered that the power of purification is extremely effective at suppressing evil forces, and the various methods employed by demonic cultivators fall into this category.
Therefore, everyone is trying to acquire more purified lotus seeds for their respective forces, especially high-grade lotus seeds, so that they can use them to suppress the enemy in future battles against demonic cultivators.
In addition, they began to specifically train disciples to practice the purification laws.
However, this mainly applies to powerful and well-established forces; other forces, even if they wanted to cultivate such forces, did not have the capability.
……
Two flowers bloom, one branch each.
Li Zhirui, who was still in seclusion for cultivation, was unaware that the evil place in the Lingxiao Mountains had been successfully dealt with.
What they didn't know was that the cultivators who participated in the battle, as well as the higher-ups of the Immortal Alliance, had developed a strong curiosity about the purified lotus seeds, feeling that they were very useful, and all wanted to contact him to obtain them.
The remaining purified lotus seeds from the previous great battle numbered only a little over ten thousand low-grade lotus seeds, which was far from enough to distribute among so many forces. Cultivating them slowly would be too inefficient.
Furthermore, what they want are lotus seeds that can reproduce normally, which cannot be artificially stimulated by using the secret lotus-planting technique.
Their main purpose in doing this was to gain an advantage in the future war against the demonic cultivators, since the immortal and demonic paths were sworn enemies! The conflict had never stopped for a single day.
As for the words the monster left behind before it left, only Nan Ti cared about them; the other cultivators didn't pay any attention to them.
However, no one knew Li Zhirui's whereabouts, so they could only start with Qianji Pavilion, since the two sides had previously traded through Qianji Pavilion.
And this is the only way to find out his location. After all, it's impossible to search aimlessly in the vast territory of the Immortal Alliance, right? That would take forever.
However, when they inquired at Qianji Pavilion, which was located on their own territory, they realized that they could not get a direct answer.
Upon further questioning, it was discovered that the person on the other side of the teleportation array was actually a Taiyi Elder from the Qianji Pavilion. Their whereabouts were not fixed, and they were constantly on the move, so the Qianji Pavilion could not pinpoint their exact location.
However, if they are willing to pay some price, Qianji Pavilion can slowly investigate.
However, no force was willing to do so, since the Qianji Pavilion's asking price was notoriously high.
Therefore, they finally turned their attention to the Yuntian Sect, which possessed a large number of high-level purification lotus seeds, as the Yuntian Sect had a considerable number of purification lotus seeds, including some at the Earth Immortal level.
If Li Zhirui knew about this, he would definitely be willing to offer up some more purified lotus seeds to trade with the major forces of the Immortal Alliance, easily acquiring a large amount of resources once again.
On another note!
In the silent room, Li Zhirui sat cross-legged on a futon with a serious expression, his breathing beginning to fluctuate violently.
Suddenly! His aura surged to its peak, but when he tried to continue his charge, it was as if something was blocking his way, preventing him from breaking through.
As time passed, that powerful aura began to slowly decline, as if it had failed to break through to a higher realm.
But at that moment, Li Zhirui's somewhat subdued aura suddenly surged several times over, breaking through the bottleneck with unstoppable momentum!
With a loud boom, a powerful gust of air erupted from his body, blowing the simple decorations in the quiet room to their sides before slowly returning to calm. No one noticed that a cultivator at the peak of the Profound Immortal realm had been born here.
"Peak of the Mystic Immortal Realm..."
After an unknown amount of time, Li Zhirui slowly opened his eyes and murmured, "I'm only one step away from the Golden Immortal Realm!"
To be honest, he himself was quite surprised by this series of breakthroughs.
Because at first, he only wanted to break through to the late stage of Xuanxian, but unexpectedly, at the moment of success, a mysterious power suddenly descended, not only protecting his soul, but also opening the purification law to him completely!
Although he didn't understand what was going on, how could he miss such a great opportunity? Therefore, he seized the opportunity decisively and broke through two minor realms from the mid-stage of the Profound Immortal realm to achieve the perfection of the Profound Immortal realm.
Even now, Li Zhirui still doesn't understand what that special power is all about.
However, he knew this posed no threat to him, so he had no intention of getting to the bottom of it.
"It's time to leave..."
Continuing to stay in the Myriad Profound Realm and trying to break through to the Golden Immortal Realm is not a good idea, because it will burden him with too much karma, and it will be several times more difficult to get rid of it later. So now is the best time.
Moreover, Li Zhirui did not absorb the spiritual energy of the Myriad Profound Realms during this breakthrough, in order to avoid getting too entangled in karma.
In other words, although he has broken through to a higher realm, his cultivation level is still at the mid-stage of the Profound Immortal realm.
The greatest karmic burden he carries is the comprehension of the purification laws of the Myriad Profound Realms, but he possesses a vast amount of merit that can completely offset it.
Therefore, Li Zhirui can leave at any time if he wants!
Considering that he was about to leave, he planned to buy more spiritual items from the Myriad Realms, especially various kinds of spiritual seeds.
When he has time in the future, he can deduce new pill formulas based on the spiritual objects from different worlds that he has. At that time, he will monopolize all these pills, and you can imagine how much profit that will bring.
So, over the next few days, Li Zhirui kept changing identities and went on a buying spree of spirit seeds in the Immortal City. Regardless of their grade or rarity, he would buy any spirit seed that was for sale.
Unfortunately, high-level spirit seeds are restricted by the Immortal Alliance and are almost never sold to outsiders.
Sometimes he would go to the market stalls of independent cultivators to look for spiritual objects that were still alive, but he didn't find much. Moreover, his actions these past few days, even though he kept changing his identity and appearance, had still attracted someone's attention.
Li Zhirui himself realized this, so he decisively ended his shopping spree and planned to leave the Myriad Realms immediately.
After leaving the immortal city, he was followed by several cultivators who made no attempt to conceal their whereabouts, completely unconcerned about being exposed, as if they had him completely under their control.
"Ah!"
He couldn't help but let out a cold laugh, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes.
If he were in the early stages of entering the Myriad Profound Realm, under the suppression of the Heavenly Dao and unable to unleash even 40% of his strength, then he might have avoided the attacks of these cultivators and tried to escape.
But now that Li Zhirui can unleash his full power, why would he be afraid of a few Celestial Immortal cultivators?
From another perspective, his disguise was quite successful, and they did not see through his true cultivation level.
After flying several hundred miles away from the immortal city, he stopped and turned to face these reckless fools.
"Oh? You know you can't escape, so you're not going to keep running? In that case, why not just hand over your storage treasure and avoid being tortured?" One of them said with a smile, but a murderous intent flashed in his eyes.
Murder to steal treasure, murder to steal treasure, how can you steal treasure without killing!
Moreover, the other party is a 'celestial being' after all, and no one knows his background or origins. If we really let him go, wouldn't that be like releasing a tiger back into the mountains, leaving behind hidden dangers?
Seeing that the other cultivators quickly blocked off the area and surrounded Li Zhirui, it was clear that they had no intention of letting him go.
"Ugh!"
Surrounded by the crowd, he showed no panic. He shook his head and sighed, saying, "If you turn around and leave now, I can let you go. But if we really start fighting later, you won't have that chance."
"How arrogant!" The cultivators sneered, their faces showing disdain.
But in the next instant, their expressions changed drastically, and they trembled uncontrollably.
Because Li Zhirui no longer concealed his cultivation level, the aura of the Xuanxian realm spread throughout the world.
"This……"
"Run!"
Some people were still in a state of panic, but others reacted immediately and fled to the distance as quickly as possible.
"You think you can leave now? It's too late!"
Without him making any move, long, snake-like vines sprouted out, tearing through the air and binding the cultivators who were trying to escape.
If they had a teleportation talisman to save their lives, they might have been able to escape immediately. But if they had that kind of wealth, they wouldn't have come here to rob and plunder.
"You've been watching for so long, aren't you going to show yourself?" Li Zhirui didn't kill the cultivators immediately, but spoke to the empty space in front of him.
Not far away, a spatial fluctuation suddenly appeared, and a Xuanxian cultivator slowly appeared. This person had also come for the spiritual item in his hand.
But unlike those celestial beings, he wanted to capture everyone in one fell swoop, so he was in no hurry to make a move.
"I never expected that what I thought was an ant would actually be a fellow Daoist Xuanxian. I have misjudged him." The Xuanxian did not make a move immediately and said calmly.
"Are you still unwilling to abandon your previous plans?" Li Zhirui suddenly spoke, asking if the other party was still prepared to take action and seize the spiritual item from him.
The immortal smiled and said, "Since we're already here, we should give it a try, otherwise we'll inevitably feel somewhat resentful."
"it is good!"
With Li Zhirui's strength, he was naturally fearless and took the initiative to attack. In an instant, dark clouds pressed down from the sky, and a torrential rain fell, transforming into various spirit beasts to launch an attack.
At the same time, large trees rose from the ground, combining with countless vines to quickly form a cage, trapping him inside.
"not good!"
Xuanxian's expression changed drastically. He never expected that the opponent's strength would be so great, putting him in danger in the blink of an eye.
He's no longer thinking about taking the spiritual item from the other party; instead, he's considering how to leave safely!
"Ok?"
Li Zhirui, who originally wanted to further intensify his offensive, suddenly looked up into the distance, where several dazzling beams of light were flying toward him at an extremely fast speed.
"The reinforcements arrived so quickly?"
He frowned, looking quite regretful, but ultimately chose to give up on defeating the man and leave as quickly as possible.
However, before that, Li Zhirui took all the storage treasures of those celestial immortals without harming their lives, but gave them a profound lesson.
With a whoosh, he vanished instantly.
In less than a quarter of an hour, the several Xuanxian who had rushed from afar arrived at the place and saw the Xuanxian who was still trapped in the supernatural power.
As for the celestial cultivators groaning in pain not far away, they didn't even glance at them. After all, they only had broken arms and legs; they wouldn't die.
"Junior Brother Liu, how did you end up in such a sorry state?" they asked curiously after rescuing him.
Junior Brother Liu looked very ugly, after all, he had really embarrassed himself this time!
Faced with his fellow disciple's question, he said stiffly, "That person is also a Xuanxian, and most likely a Xuanxian at the peak of his cultivation..."
"Really? Isn't he just a Celestial Immortal cultivator?" one of his fellow disciples, who didn't get along with him, exclaimed.
They were originally resting and recuperating in the Immortal City, preparing to go to the Void for training after a period of time.
However, he inadvertently discovered that the 'Celestial Immortal' Li Zhirui was buying spiritual items in large quantities, and thus conceived the idea of killing him to steal his treasures. He then had his junior brother Liu, who was in the best condition, take action and eliminate Li Zhirui outside the Immortal City.
Unexpectedly, they received a plea for help from Junior Brother Liu shortly afterward and rushed over to rescue him in time; otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
Junior Brother Liu completely ignored the sarcastic question. (End of Chapter)