Forging Immortality through the Dao Seed

"Could it be because of a poor boy from the Lower Realm that she regretted her marriage with the young master of The Li Family? Right, what exactly happened here? Could this fairy of the Chu Clan have been cursed by that person from the Lower Realm, otherwise how could she make such a bizarre decision?"

The man's pupils shrank as he pressed on with his questions.

As for this incident that had been the talk of the town in the Beast Territory and even in the neighbouring domains, they had naturally heard about it, just not the details.

However.

Facing the other party's curious gaze, the innkeeper shook his head in silence, his face showing an expression of profound secrecy.

Generations of their ancestors had lived in Lingjiang Immortal City, and the majesty of the Chu Clan was already ingrained in their bones; they naturally knew what to say and what not to say.

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In a desolate house at the corner of the city.

Four pale-faced figures were currently cultivating, their spiritual glow fading to the brink.

The room was engulfed in silence.

"Sigh, it seems the Chu Clan must have a special method to sense the approximate location of their clan members, otherwise they couldn't possibly have started the massive hunt just after we entered Lingjiang Immortal City."

Qiu Han, who was sitting in a corner, got up from the ground, first carefully peeked through the crack of the window, then analyzed.

"It's all because Junior Sister was wilful that our two Senior Brothers are now in danger."

Chu Yan said, filled with regret.

"Haha, you can't blame Junior Sister. After all, when you came to claim the treasure, we agreed too," Yuanming smiled wryly.

Then, as if thinking of something, he quickly turned to Chu Yan and eagerly asked,

"Right, Junior Sister, can you take out that innate divine item you spoke of so that we can have a look as well?"

Qiu Han and Nong Xingzhou also turned their heads, looking at Chu Yan with equal anticipation.

It wasn't long before.

Chu Yan carefully pulled out a mystical jade box covered in Dao Patterns.

Upon opening the jade box, inside was a pearl which faintly held an image of a Three-legged Divine Crow stretching its wings as if to fly, entwined with endless scorching divine flames, resembling a brilliant sun.

But in the blink of an eye.

There was a 'snap', the jade box was closed, and the profound aura that was spreading through it began to dissipate bit by bit.

The lingering glow of the flames projected onto three stunned faces.

"This is... an innate divine item?"

Nong Xingzhou muttered, seeing such an incredible treasure for the first time.

"According to the information Junior Sister obtained from that cave dwelling, this item is called the Jiu Yan Great Sun Pearl, a high-rank innate divine item, said to be made from the nesting material of the Great Sun Jiu Yan. Its value is incalculable, easily surpassing tens of quadrillions if it involved luck movement!"

Chu Yan explained softly.

"Hiss—, quadrillions!"

The other three all took a sharp breath, following which Yuanming and Qiu Han looked at Nong Xingzhou with envious eyes.

It was as though they were saying: Boy, you really are lucky.

"Wait, a high-rank innate divine item... didn't Senior Brother Zhang Jing demand compensation from that Dong Ming Earth Immortal—" Qiu Han suddenly realized, thoughtfully speaking, a sense of indescribable shock welling up in his heart.

He and Yuanming exchanged looks, unable to hide their astonishment.

Only at that moment did the two of them understand the full weight of what Senior Brother Zhang Jing had casually mentioned.

Tens of quadrillions of heaven-reaching luck movement! It was beyond their wildest dreams.

Meanwhile.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Every street, every house, we can't miss any, they must still be within Lingjiang Immortal City, and today, even if we have to dig three feet into the ground, we must find them."

A loud shout reverberated through the empty streets.

"Yes!" The crowd responded in unison, and a team of cultivators dispersed, thoroughly searching for Yuanming and the others.

On the spot.

Containing his excitement, the Family Head of the Chu Clan turned to an elder, "Uncle, I ask you to personally guard the east gate to prevent those scourges from escaping the city."

"Yes, Family Head!"

The elder transformed into an Escape Light and in a moment, disappeared into the distance.

"I wonder what The Li Family was thinking, letting them escape with the Immortal Treasure. They even dared to return to Lingjiang Immortal City, thinking they can blend in without notice? Too bad... the methods of our Heavenly Realm's great clan are not something that mere Lower Realm people can imagine," the Family Head of the Chu Clan mused, a hint of joy in his eyes.

The Li Family missing out on that Immortal Treasure, could it be that it's destined to fall into their hands instead, a gift from the heavens?

"Father, when we find little sister, how should we deal with her?" The young man beside him suddenly asked.

"Of course, we kill them all, to avoid future troubles."

The Family Head of the Chu Clan said without hesitation, with an icy expression.

"But after all, she's our little sister—"

The young man was about to say more, but was immediately interrupted by the Family Head of the Chu Clan.

"You've seen the power of the Locking Immortal Treasure yourself; it shouldn't belong to those people. Without wiping them out completely, future troubles are bound to be endless. As the future Family Head of the Chu Family, how can you not understand such a simple truth?"

"I... I understand now!"

The man's heart trembled.

Time ticked away.

At the city gate.

You Yuanming and his two companions, who had hoped to sneak away in the chaos, were ultimately discovered and promptly surrounded tightly by the Chu Family's cultivators.

In their field of vision, there was a dense crowd of people everywhere.

We're done for! There's really no escaping now.

A profound sense of despair suddenly spread from the depths of the four people's hearts.

Half a quarter of an hour later.

The crowd parted of their own accord to create a path, as Chu Father led the Chu Family elders slowly toward where You Yuanming and his companions stood not far away.

Staring at her father's stern expression, Chu Yan bit her teeth and stepped forward, on the verge of tears, she said:

"Father, are you really so heartless?"

"Hand over the Immortal Treasure you stole from our Chu Family, and I'll let you leave," Chu Father said righteously.

"You—"

Hearing such shameless words, You Yuanming and his two companions turned red with anger. They wanted to argue but were immediately stopped by a hand gesture.

"Father, this Immortal Binding Chain is a treasure of a Senior Brother, and the Chu Family cannot afford to offend him. How about this? Your daughter also knows the whereabouts of a congenital divine object. If you let the three of them go, your daughter will reveal its location to you and will voluntarily return to the Family to be punished."

Chu Yan's gaze lightly shifted from her father's and elder brother's faces, her eyes filled with a hopeful sheen.

However.

"Unfilial offspring, you even stole a congenital divine object from the family? It seems we must search your soul this time," Chu Father said coldly, his eyes inadvertently revealing a flicker of greed.

An unexpected windfall?!

The legendary congenital divine object, whose value is on par with, if not more precious than, an immortal treasure.

With this object, the Chu Family's rise is unstoppable.

And beside him.

The young man turned his head away, not daring to look at his younger sister anymore. He knew that his sister and those three people from the Lower Realm had no chance of surviving today.

"Take action!"

Chu Father said indifferently.

In an instant, mighty waves of mana swirled around, causing the air to boil and emit oppressive waves.

Yet at that moment.

High above in the sky, a terrifying commotion erupted, with beams of immortal light carrying unimaginable force sweeping toward the ground.

Where the immortal light passed, all life was extinguished, sending chills down one's spine.

"What is that?"

Everyone on the ground looked up, and the terrifying silhouettes of one black and one green, fiercely battling and stirring up the clouds, suddenly came into view.

In the center of the crowd.

The expressions of You Yuanming and his companions involuntarily stiffened.

At just one glance, they recognized the green figure—it was unmistakably Senior Brother Zhang Jing.

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"Are you a cultivator of the Combining Dao from the Taiyi Pavilion of the Beast Territory? Jiu Yan ordered me to leave, yet you come to slay me. That's quite interesting," Senior Brother Zhang Jing said.

Above the Qingyun.

Zhang Jing stood tall and straight like a pine, his green Immortal Sword continuously humming.

"I am not, don't talk nonsense," the robust man adjusted his mask, speaking with a simple and honest voice, "Also, I'm not here to intercept the True Teaching, but merely to temporarily confine the True Teaching within the Beast Territory upon orders."

"I have offended you."

With that, the man flipped his right hand, and a square seal with intricate mountain Dao Patterns materialized in his palm, emitting a diffusive yellow light in endless rotation.

A sense of heaviness that almost wanted to collapse the void quietly spread in every direction.

The next moment.

The seal flew out of his hand into the air, spun around, and sprinkled beams of yellow light around.

Suddenly, Zhang Jing atop the Qingyun felt unstable as if an invisible giant hand was rapidly dragging him toward the ground.

A beam of yellow light hit the ground.

Boom, boom—

With a series of roars, the ground split apart, and soon afterward, it rose rapidly, forming an elongated mountain range that stretched for a hundred miles, glowing with a metallic luster.