Seeking Immortality In The World Of Cultivation

Chapter 731: Chapter 567: Rampant and Unrestrained_2

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About a month ago.

An Ning sent a letter to He Song.

In the letter, An Ning mentioned that she would soon return to the Wind Snow Palace as she had received a summons from the Sect Leader of the palace.

Although her words in the letter were vague, she had already made her breakthrough to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment years before.

This return to the Wind Snow Palace was anticipated to be for her assignment as a guardian in one of the Immortal Cities, as that was her expectation.

It was customary that once one’s cultivation reached Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, they would be transferred to an Immortal City to serve as a guardian.

The Sect, considering that she would need a few more years to truly possess the strength of someone in the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, had not moved her in the past few years.

Now, several years had passed.

By reckoning, it seemed that the time for her to be transferred was approaching.

An Ning looked forward to this and was naturally quite excited. She was also visibly joyful when exchanging messages with He Song.

Back then, He Song, too, believed that An Ning was likely to be reassigned from Jinsha Immortal Lane to take up a guardian role in one of the cities under the jurisdiction of the Wind Snow Palace.

But unexpectedly.

She was now encountered once again in the Vast Wave Secret Realm.

Observing An Ning among the crowd, following a group of Wind Snow Palace cultivators marching ahead.

He Song speculated as to why An Ning would appear here.

An Ning’s cultivation had already broken through to the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment years ago.

Such a level of cultivation wasn’t high in the Cultivation World.

But it wasn’t low either.

Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, considered in any place, cannot be deemed weak.

Taking the opportunity of her return to the Sect Gate, deploying her to this place and having her experience the Secret Realm might also broaden her horizons.

Perhaps, when An Ning reached the Late Foundation Establishment Stage, seeking the Golden Core Opportunity would be greatly assisted.

Of course.

A Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, at the very least, could bolster the fighting strength within the Vast Wave Secret Realm, making the battles with demonic beasts a bit safer.

Most importantly.

Having such free labor at one’s disposal should not be wasted.

Perhaps, that was what the Sect Leader of Wind Snow Palace was thinking when deciding to send An Ning as well, right?

Otherwise.

Based on what An Ning had said before, she should have already been appointed as guardian in one of the Immortal Cities by now.

So how could she appear here?

With his divine consciousness, He Song sensed the group moving swiftly within the Vast Wave Secret Realm, along with a number of Foundation Establishment spirit beasts.

After confirming the number and cultivation levels of these people, He Song also felt a sense of relief.

The number of Wind Snow Palace cultivators entering the Vast Wave Secret Realm was not small.

There were as many as six Foundation Establishment cultivators alone.

Together with four Foundation Establishment spirit beasts, the combined Foundation Establishment power entering the Secret Realm reached a formidable count of ten.

Additionally, interspersed within the crowd were more than a dozen Qi Condensation Cultivators.

Under the protection of the ten major Foundation Establishment forces, these Qi Condensation Cultivators were also able to keep up with the group within the Secret Realm.

At this moment, this group of more than twenty individuals was rapidly moving forward, riding on the back of one of the Foundation Establishment spirit beasts.

On their way, the presence of so many Foundation Establishment auras caused the surrounding Qi Refining demonic beasts to flee in terror, and even the occasional Foundation Establishment demonic beast did likewise.

Such a considerable force—if even for the Golden Core Sect like Wind Snow Palace—it must have been a significant undertaking to amass.

The collection of these ten powerful Foundation Establishment forces to be sent into the Vast Wave Secret Realm indicated that the Sect Leader of Wind Snow Palace had made thorough preparations for this operation.

With such power within the Vast Wave Secret Realm, they could almost traverse it with impunity.

But it’s unknown.

What exactly is the purpose of bringing these ten powerful Foundation Establishment forces here?

Could it be.

Because Yu’er has slain quite a number of Foundation Establishment demonic beasts within the Vast Wave Secret Realm over the past ten years?

A thought flashed through He Song’s mind as he quietly looked towards Yu’er beside him.

At this moment, Yu’er also sensed the gaze from He Song.

However, Yu’er had not shed the beast bone in her throat, thus she couldn’t speak human language.

Seeing He Song’s gaze, all she could do was shake her head repeatedly.

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But He Song was unable to discern the specific meaning from its shaking head.

Seeing this, He Song waved his hand at it and then sat down to the side, closing his eyes and beginning to sense the situation of the Wind Snow Palace group’s location.

At the same time, however, another thought flickered through his mind.

Perhaps,

the appearance of these people was not because they had detected the decrease of demonic beasts in the Vast Wave Secret Realm.

The presence of Qi-refining cultivators in the team reminded He Song of something.

Such a team looked more like one that had come here for experience and training.

Otherwise,

why bring along over a dozen Qi Condensation Cultivators in the Vast Wave Secret Realm, a place frequently visited by demonic beasts of the Foundation Establishment Realm?

These Qi-refining cultivators had no significance in the Vast Wave Secret Realm.

If not protected by the combat prowess of surrounding Foundation Establishment cultivators,

these Qi-refining cultivators would be obliterated by any demonic beast they encountered.

It seemed unlikely that Wind Snow Palace would risk the lives of its disciples by letting them court death here.

As such,

the deployment of so many Foundation Establishment combatants, and bringing along over a dozen Qi-refining cultivators, raised the question of what exactly they intended to do.

And so it became a problem.

Training?

Or…

A stream of guesses passed through He Song’s mind, but they were all instantly dismissed for lack of any information.

Yet this was not enough to stump He Song.

He Song had now reached the Golden Core Middle Stage, and the power of his divine sense had naturally surged once more.

Previously, when he had reached the Early Jindan Stage, his divine sense could already extend over a range of a hundred and fifty miles.

This range resulted from He Song’s inherently powerful divine sense, coupled with various other opportunities that he encountered.

An ordinary Early Jindan Stage cultivator’s divine sense would not cover such an extensive area.

And now, with his cultivation having successfully broken through to the Golden Core Middle Stage,

his mana and the strength of his divine sense naturally surged following the breakthrough.

Leaving aside the increase in mana for the moment,

He Song’s divine sense could now envelop an area of more than two hundred miles around him.

Although he had not yet broken through the three-hundred-mile barrier, He Song was quite satisfied with the enhancement of his divine sense.

His divine sense was already much stronger than that of an ordinary cultivator.

Now that his cultivation had broken through again, his divine sense had significantly increased.

Reaching a range of more than two hundred miles.

For He Song, this range was already enough to allow him to perceive most dangers in advance and to envelop a vast area within his divine sense.

Moreover, since He Song’s cultivation had reached the Golden Core Realm,

the range of his Divine Consciousness Sensing had also become much stronger than before.

Without making contact with another’s divine sense, he could also better probe for the information he needed.

Such as this time.

When He Song extended his divine sense to start sensing the location of the Wind Snow Palace group and began to eavesdrop on their conversations,

the ten Foundation Establishment combatants of the Wind Snow Palace did not react at all.

The gap between their cultivation and He Song’s was too large.

They could not detect that a Gold Core Cultivator was eavesdropping nearby.

Therefore,

when someone in the Wind Snow Palace group finally began to speak, their voices naturally reached He Song’s ears very quickly.

In the pitch-black underground, where they could not see their hands in front of their faces,

alongside them were seemingly endless and swiftly receding currents of water, as well as fellow sect members with serious expressions.

Beneath their feet was the back of a spirit beast whose cultivation had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm.

In such an environment and atmosphere, it actually required a certain courage to open one’s mouth to speak.

Within the crowd,

a handsome young man quietly turned his head and exchanged a glance with a fellow sect brother beside him.

“Senior brother, I heard from those who participated in the last Outer Disciple Competition that after their contest, they did not go through a process like coming to this place,”