chapter 78
78
I Just Want to Live Well but Surpassed the Protagonist – 77 Good and Evil
——Luo Feng Forest
Luo Feng Forest was home to many spirit beasts and demonic beasts, and its products were quite rich. However, the quality of the spiritual plants produced was not very high, mostly around the third rank. Therefore, most of the cultivators who entered and exited were at the Crystallization Stage.
Although cultivators often came to hunt spirit beasts and demonic beasts and collect herbs to obtain resources, today was obviously unusual because there were too many cultivators.
The strongest demonic beast in Luo Feng Forest was only at the second level of the Great Demon, which was equivalent to the second level of the Nascent Soul Stage for human cultivators.
The cultivation realms of human cultivators are Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, Crystallization, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Spirit Transformation, Void, Great Ascension, Saint (Half Saint, Saint), and Tribulation Transcendence.
The cultivation realms of demonic beasts and demons are Pre-Demon, Scattered Demon, Lesser Demon, Middle Demon, Great Demon, Demon King, Demon Venerable, Demon Emperor, Demon Saint (Half Saint, Saint), and Tribulation Transcendence.
Today, not only did a group of Crystallization Stage cultivators come to Luo Feng Forest, but there were also quite a few Golden Core cultivators, and there were even several Nascent Soul cultivators present. Although those cultivators didn’t get close, their auras alone scared the demonic beasts that used to run around everywhere into hiding.
So many human Crystallization Stage cultivators came at once. As long as they didn’t disturb me, it would be fine. Now, it’s as if a tribe is on an expedition. Could it be that they want to exterminate all the demonic beasts in my Luo Feng Forest? How unreasonable!
The Great Demon at the second level was filled with anger! Then… it hid in its nest and trembled.
In fact, humans generally wouldn’t do such a thing as killing the goose that lays the golden eggs. Luo Feng Forest was here, and new demonic beasts were born from time to time. The same was true for spiritual plants. It was a completely renewable resource. The reason why it was more lively than usual today was because…
“Huh? Why haven’t we seen Junior Brother Ye yet?” A cultivator asked directly.
Originally, when they were on their way here, they didn’t see Ye Yong. Everyone thought that Ye Yong’s flying instrument was too fast. However, after they arrived at Luo Feng Forest, they still didn’t find Ye Yong.
“Maybe he went inside to collect herbs. We said that we wouldn’t disturb him when he was carrying out his mission. We’ll only take action if he’s in danger.”
“Mm.”
Everyone waited for a while, but there was still no movement. Some Golden Core cultivators released their divine senses to search, but they didn’t find any trace of Ye Yong. However, those casual cultivators and disciples of other sects who were originally searching for resources in Luo Feng Forest were scared out of their wits by such a large group of people. They thought that a powerful demonic beast had appeared here and ran out in a panic.
“Someone’s coming. It’s Steward Sun Changliang of Wu Gui Sect!”
“Elder Lu Qi of Han Qing Sect is here too!”
Soon, some people from the large sects appeared, and even the small and medium sects were watching from afar.
“Did they all come to see Junior Brother Ye?” A Heavenly Luo Sect cultivator quickly realized something.
Seven-colored Foundation Establishment hasn’t appeared for many years. Ye Yong was already quite famous in the Great Zhou Dynasty, ranking fifth on the Foundation Establishment Heaven’s Pride List. On the day of the Heavenly Luo Sect assessment, his seven-colored Foundation Establishment was detected, instantly igniting the entire Eastern Continent.
Who wouldn’t want to obtain a genius with a seven-colored Foundation Establishment and an extremely high musical talent?
Playing spiritual music, gathering spiritual energy, and having 20,000 cultivators absorb it for half an hour. Even if there was a dragon vein nearby and the highest cultivation level of the 20,000 cultivators was only Golden Core, the one playing the music was only at Foundation Establishment!
Today, they received news that Ye Yong had come to Luofeng Forest to accept a medicinal herb commission. Naturally, other sects sent people to investigate. If possible, they would invite him to visit their sects and then inadvertently throw out benefits, hinting that he should leave Heavenly Luo Sect and join their sect.
As long as Ye Yong was not forced and made the choice himself, Heavenly Luo Sect couldn’t say anything. However, any cultivator with a normal mind wouldn’t leave their original sect to join another. But there was no harm in trying. What if it worked?
“Who leaked the news!?” Many Golden Core senior brothers and senior sisters from Heavenly Luo Sect were furious.
Among the crowd, a Nascent Soul cultivator’s eyes flickered.
In fact, most of the cultivators who leaked the news of Ye Yong coming out to do the commission just wanted to show off to their friends. After all, it was impossible for Heavenly Luo Sect cultivators to only have friends from their own sect. They also had friends from other sects.
However, friends have friends, and it spread like wildfire. By the time it got out, no one dared to admit it.
“Sun Changliang, long time no see.” A Heavenly Luo Sect steward who had been hiding at the back appeared. He didn’t care that people from other sects had come. Instead, he felt that it was safer with more people.
“Why are you still at Nascent Soul Layer Five? I’m already at Layer Six.” Sun Changliang looked like a muscular middle-aged man. He frowned, somewhat disdainful.
“I… I’ll definitely break through in a few years.” The Heavenly Luo Sect steward was speechless. What kind of way was this for friends to meet? Talking about cultivation level as soon as they met?
“Who cares if you break through or not? Where’s Ye Yong from your Heavenly Luo Sect? Bring him out for me to see.” Sun Changliang was a cultivator who was obsessed with martial techniques. Or rather, all the cultivators from their Martial Return Sect cultivated martial techniques, unlike Heavenly Luo Sect, which had martial techniques, spiritual techniques, and spells. And martial cultivators tended to be very straightforward in their speech.
“He’s not here.” That Heavenly Luo Sect steward was called Liu Guangxing. He shook his head. “You’ve come for nothing, but it’s not a complete waste of time.”
“What do you mean? Don’t beat around the bush.”
“You’ll know soon enough.” Liu Guangxing smiled and didn’t say anything.
“Damn riddle-speaker, always acting mysterious. Would it kill you to just speak clearly?”
While the two stewards were chatting, the young disciples were very confused.
Ye Yong wasn’t here? Then where was he?
Without giving them much time to think, someone shouted, “It’s the demonic sect!”
To the east, a large group of people and beasts were approaching.
At this moment, the quick-witted cultivators immediately understood why a group of young cultivators had come out without any protection, and why the higher-ups of Heavenly Luo Sect hadn’t stopped them. Instead, they had sent a Nascent Soul steward to follow them. It turned out that they wanted to use Ye Yong as bait to lure out those peeping demonic sects and cults and exterminate them.
In this situation, the young disciples were on the first level, thinking only about meeting Ye Yong. The female cultivators wanted to get close to Ye Yong, and the male cultivators wanted to get on Ye Yong’s good side. However, the Heavenly Luo Sect stewards and above were already on the fifth level. Protecting Ye Yong was one thing, but they also wanted to take the opportunity to deal with the demonic sect.
The demonic sect had indeed been rather arrogant recently. Not only were they causing trouble everywhere, but they had even dared to attack the Heavenly Luo Sect’s flying ship that was welcoming new disciples. If they didn’t make a big move, would the demonic sect really think that their top sect was just a title?
Although there were many sects in the demonic sect, the sect that had attacked the Heavenly Luo Sect’s flying ship might not necessarily come. But who cared? They would treat them all the same and destroy them all.
On the other hand, the demonic sect hoped to capture Ye Yong. If they couldn’t capture him, they would kill him in the chaos and prevent the righteous path from having another seven-colored Foundation Establishment genius.
Therefore, even though they saw a group of Nascent Soul and Golden Core righteous path cultivators, as well as a dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators, the demonic sect cultivators didn’t turn around and leave. They continued to approach.
At this moment, even if there were traitors among the righteous path cultivators, they wouldn’t be able to do much with the current tense atmosphere. They couldn’t send out a message saying that Ye Yong wasn’t there. They could only shout in their hearts, “Don’t come over. This is a trap.”
“Good boy! So that’s how it is!” Sun Changliang was obsessed with martial techniques, but he wasn’t stupid. After seeing the demonic sect, he understood what Liu Guangxing meant earlier. “It just so happens that I’ve recently learned a new martial technique. Let me use these demonic sect chop suey to practice!”
Soon, what was originally just a small matter of Ye Yong creating a diversion and casually accepting a commission, with his senior brother and senior sister worried and following him, instantly turned into a major event of a battle between good and evil.
Moreover, the battle situation was heavily biased towards the righteous path.
This was because the traitors didn’t discover that Heavenly Luo Sect had sent a Divine Transformation expert to follow them. The news that had been leaked out only mentioned that there were a few Nascent Soul experts following them.
The demonic sect that had come this time wasn’t just from one faction, but a coalition of several factions. Upon hearing such news, they gathered more than 20 Nascent Soul experts, plus a Divine Transformation expert, thinking that they were invincible. would capture Ye Yong and kill those young disciples, causing Heavenly Luo Sect to suffer a great loss. However, not only did other sects come to join in the fun, but Heavenly Luo Sect didn’t hold back at all, sending three Divine Transformation experts.
How could they fight like this?
It was relatively difficult to kill a Divine Transformation expert. When the demonic sect’s Divine Transformation expert saw that the situation wasn’t right, he immediately escaped. Many Nascent Soul experts also escaped. However, the remaining ones weren’t so lucky.
The Nascent Soul experts who could escape escaped, and those who couldn’t escape died. As for those Golden Core and Nascent Soul cannon fodders, they became good targets for the young disciples to practice on.
If they had fought to the death, they might have been able to achieve a one-for-one exchange. However, at this moment, everyone was thinking about escaping and had no intention of fighting. Therefore, the battle situation was completely one- sided.
——Heavenly Luo Sect Sect Master’s Cave Abode
“13 Nascent Soul Stage, 93 Golden Core Stage, thousands of Crystallization and Foundation Establishment Stage, and tens of thousands of Demonic Beasts have been eliminated.” The immortal crane slowly flew in and reported a series of numbers in human language.
“Less than I expected.” Sect Master Zong continued to write the cultivation technique.
It is very difficult to write a cultivation technique, especially an advanced one. It is necessary to consider the flow of spiritual energy, the user’s aptitude, and to ensure that the content of the cultivation technique is not contradictory and will not lead to Qi deviation or demonic possession.
“The Demonic Sect is not all fools. Many of them were hiding and watching the battle. However, after this experience, the next time they hear about Ye Yong going out, they will have to weigh the pros and cons.” The immortal crane laughed and said, “You are really ruthless. On the surface, you have three Divine Transformation Stage cultivators, but in fact, you also have a Void Refinement Stage cultivator.”
Sect Master Zong did not speak.
“However, it is always better to be safe than sorry.” The immortal crane continued, “This Ye Yong is also very interesting. When he goes out, he knows how to create a diversion and confuse others. He is very meticulous.”
“You think highly of him.” Sect Master Zong said.
“Seven-colored Foundation Establishment Stage, he is indeed outstanding. However, a genius who has not grown up is nothing after all. This time he went out, he left a good impression on me.”
The dialogue was somewhat similar to the previous one, but the positions of the two parties had been switched.