Seeking Immortality in a Bizarre World-Chapter 592 - 587: Looking for Someone Who Lost Himself? Brothers in Arms United_1
"Xue Family, to think you’d see such a day!"
"Xue Chengyang is dead! The wicked bring about their own ruin!"
"Today is the day I take my revenge!"
Zhuo Chengdao’s emotions were complex upon learning that the Taming Demon Sect and the Xue Family’s lands had become an Extinguishing Spirit Zone, and that the Xue Family Head had fallen.
Xue Chengyang, the man he had always considered his greatest enemy, was dead. Unfortunately, not by his own hand.
The news was so sudden he felt a disorienting lack of purpose.
However, it wasn’t only Xue Chengyang who had destroyed the Zhuo Family back then. Although the chief culprit was dead, other evildoers were still alive.
The Xue Family had destroyed many factions and made countless enemies. Arriving a step too late, he had no chance to take revenge himself.
Though Zhuo Chengdao’s cultivation level was not high enough, he did not want to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and resolutely set foot in the Land of Extinction.
"Junior Brother Zhuo, such a momentous event and you didn’t even tell us! Do you not consider me your senior brother?"
"Don’t overestimate yourself with your Late-stage Divinity Transformation cultivation! Your senior brother has your back."
"I don’t know what Master was thinking, not making a move. This also cost you the chance to kill your enemy with your own hands."
His Second Senior Brother Zong Wu, Fifth Senior Brother Guang Wu, and Seventh Senior Brother Qing Ge appeared one after another.
They had a very good relationship with Zhuo Chengdao and were aware of the feud between him and the Xue Family.
When they saw Zhuo Chengdao leave the sect, they immediately understood his intentions and hurriedly followed him.
"I appreciate my senior brothers’ kind intentions, but this is my personal grudge. It’s not appropriate to drag you all into it," Zhuo Chengdao said, touched, yet he hurriedly declined.
The cultivation levels of his three senior brothers were far above his own. With their assistance, dealing with the Xue Family cultivators would be much easier.
But this was, after all, his own vendetta. His senior brothers had come because of him. If anything untoward happened to them, Zhuo Chengdao would never forgive himself.
Why drag them into his personal affairs?
"Tenth Junior Brother, don’t reject their kindness!"
"Fellow disciples should naturally support one another."
"I shouldn’t have been so stubborn; it cost you the chance to personally slay your enemy."
A figure materialized out of thin air. It was Ancestor Jikong, clutching the collar of Eldest Senior Brother Yu Lin’s Taoist robe as if carrying a chick.
Ancestor Jikong had returned to his normal appearance, no longer the half-man, half-dragon demonified form Jia Ren had seen. Devoid of his previous domineering aura, he was just an ordinary old man.
"Greetings to all my junior brothers," Yu Lin cupped his hands towards his junior brothers before saying, "Thank you, Master, for bringing me along."
Ancestor Jikong’s words, "Fellow disciples should help and support each other, allowing no estrangement to grow between you," caused Yu Lin’s expression to freeze. He remained silent for a long time.
He hadn’t wanted to come; otherwise, he would have acted with his junior brothers much earlier.
It was Ancestor Jikong who thought differently, leading to the present scene.
I am your most favored eldest disciple!
Since when have I become so unimportant?
"Thank you, Master and Senior Brothers. This is a small matter that my senior brothers and I can handle. There’s no need to trouble you, Master," Zhuo Chengdao said, bowing hurriedly to Ancestor Jikong.
His senior brothers had joined the sect far earlier than him. Except for the Seventh Senior Brother, they had all successively broken through to the Void Refinement Stage. With their help, dealing with the Xue Family wouldn’t be difficult.
The Xue Family only had a few Void Refinement Stage cultivators. For Body Integration Realm cultivators to intervene would be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut.
This matter needn’t trouble the esteemed elder.
Ancestor Jikong nodded. He didn’t believe the Xue Family, lacking any Body Integration Realm cultivators, could pose a threat to his disciples.
He glanced towards the Extinguishing Spirit Zone, then looked back. "You mustn’t be careless," he warned. "Spirit-devouring monsters might be lurking in this place. Be vigilant."
"I’ve just received intelligence that Eleven has appeared in the Great Clarity Sect Territory."
"That boy is nothing but trouble. He got himself lost while others were searching for him. Has he still not received word that I’ve returned to the sect?"
"I’m going to the Taiqing Sect!"
Knowing the special place Jia Ren held in their master’s heart, the group watched Ancestor Jikong depart via Instantaneous Movement.
The senior brothers had been quite shocked when they first learned Jia Ren was still alive.
Resurrection from the dead?
No, the Lingbao Sect must harbor some profound secrets.
Zhuo Chengdao was the happiest among them; Jia Ren being alive was excellent news.
Regrettably, he hadn’t seen his junior brother return to the sect for a long time.
Not long after returning to the sect himself, Zhuo Chengdao unexpectedly received news about the Xue Family and rushed to the Land of Extinction without delay.
"Thank you, Senior Brothers, for extending your aid. This junior brother is endlessly grateful. If you ever need anything in the future, I will go through fire and water for you!" Zhuo Chengdao cupped his hands, thanking his senior brothers for their help.
Since the destruction of his family and the tragic deaths of his kin, the sect and his senior brothers had once again given him the warmth of a home.
His heart overflowed with gratitude too profound for words.
"We’re fellow disciples; no need for such formalities."
"Let’s hurry, lest the Xue Family cultivators escape."
Zong Wu smiled and patted Zhuo Chengdao’s shoulder, indicating that such a matter was trivial.
Zhuo Chengdao wasted no time, heading straight for the Xue Family’s location.
Consuming Spiritual Energy without reservation, they raced tens of thousands of li and finally reached their destination.
The Xue Family possessed numerous resources, scattered sporadically in various places. The losses they incurred were far less than those of the Taming Demon Sect.
Their scattered resources made collection quite troublesome.
Zhuo Chengdao and his group arrived a step late, encountering a few Xue Family stragglers left behind to gather cultivation resources.
"Where have the Xue Family members gone?"
Heart-Mind Sensing was an excellent interrogation technique. Simply speaking would cause related memories to surface in the subject’s mind. Even if they remained silent, one could still ascertain the relevant information.
"Luo Family Manor? Twenty thousand li from here?"
"To think that even the Luo Family couldn’t escape your venomous clutches!"
Ordinary cultivators possessed no treasures to guard against mind-reading, so Zhuo Chengdao easily learned the Xue Family’s whereabouts.
The Luo Family was slightly weaker than the Xue Family, and a few of their members had distant kinship with the Zhuo Family.
With death, all is extinguished like a lamp. Without any mutual benefits, and with only Zhuo Chengdao remaining, the Zhuo Family had completely lost contact with Luo Family Manor.
Unexpectedly, the Luo Family Manor had also been wiped out by the Xue Family at some unknown time.
This matter had been handled covertly, with no word leaking out. If not for Zhuo Chengdao’s use of Heart-Mind Sensing, he would never have found them.
The group hurried towards Luo Family Manor, continuously using elixirs and Spirit Stones en route to recover their depleted Spiritual Power.
Since reaching the Divinity Transformation Stage, they had used the heavens and earth as a conduit to continuously replenish their consumed Spiritual Energy. Unless they employed Divine Skills with extremely high Spiritual Power consumption, they rarely needed to use elixirs or Spirit Stones.
The Extinguishing Spirit Zone was too perverse; everything about it felt wrong. It was impossible to imagine what terrifying entity had devoured all the Spiritual Energy here.
"Finally, out of this damned Extinguishing Spirit Zone! I never want to set foot in this cursed place again."
The group exchanged comments, their faces filled with undisguised disgust.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth is the foundation of cultivation. Without its replenishment, any spell or Divine Skill becomes a net drain.
Moreover, the long lifespans of high-order cultivators and their ability to achieve a form of immortality by subsisting on Qi were all sustained by Spiritual Energy.
No powerful cultivator was willing to be completely devoid of Spiritual Power and taste mortality once more.
"We’re finally here!"
The group had just arrived at Luo Family Manor when they were met with a scene of utter chaos.
"Ah! Why are the Spirit Stones gone?!"
"And the Spiritual Medicines and treasures the Xue Family accumulated for so long? They’re all gone..."
From a distance, they heard wails of despair, filled with grief and indignation.
Zhuo Chengdao’s group rushed over to see the Xue Family members looking like defeated roosters, utterly dejected.
"My son! Where has Xue Gui gone?!"
"Has anyone seen Xue Gui?"
A disheveled middle-aged woman with a face full of resentment searched frantically through the crowd.
Her son had just excitedly told her he was about to acquire the offspring of a legendary Ancient Thunder Roc.
Yet, in the blink of an eye, her son had vanished.
The treasures were a secondary concern; Luo Family Manor’s annual output could barely sustain their cultivation.
But her father and husband were dead, the Flame Sparrow was gone, the Ancient Thunder Roc was lost, and now her only son had suddenly disappeared. This was too much for Wen Ren Ruo to bear.
Blessings rarely come in pairs, while misfortunes never come alone.
Just as the Xue Family reeled from these blows, five uninvited guests arrived.
"Does the Xue Family still remember me?"
Zhuo Chengdao, at the forefront, activated a Boundary-Breaking Talisman in his right hand, effortlessly tearing a hole in Luo Family Manor’s defensive Formation.
"The remnant of the Zhuo Family!"
"How did he find this place?!"
Zhuo Chengdao was exceptionally talented, born with the Nine Spirit Sword Body. The Zhuo Family had placed high hopes on him, sending him to the Lingbao Sect to cultivate.
This surviving member of the Zhuo Family had always been a thorn in the Xue Family’s side. They had repeatedly tried to lure him out of the Lingbao Sect for an assassination.
Unfortunately, after Zhuo Chengdao discerned their plots twice, his movements became even more secretive.
The informants the Xue Family had bought at great cost had died in the great battle at the Lingbao Sect, completely severing their intelligence channels.
If not for that, the Xue Family’s best chance to kill Zhuo Chengdao would have been when he left the sect in search of his master.
"Do the Lingbao Sect cultivators intend to meddle in personal vendettas?"
A Xue Family Void Refinement Stage cultivator stared intently at the four individuals behind Zhuo Chengdao. Three were Void Refinement Stage cultivators, and one was at the peak of the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Without them, dealing with Zhuo Chengdao wouldn’t be difficult for the Xue Family.
But with three additional Void Refinement Stage cultivators from the Lingbao Sect, their chances of victory were extremely slim.
"Fellow disciples must, of course, stand united."
A voice suddenly rang out. Jia Ren appeared out of nowhere, carrying an unconscious Divinity Transformation Stage cultivator.
He had arrived even earlier than Zhuo Chengdao. With his Mirror Flower Divine Moon, he had effortlessly plundered the Xue Family’s riches and, while at it, abducted Xue Chengyang’s son, planning to give Junior Brother Zhuo a satisfactory resolution.
He hadn’t expected that shortly after he left, Zhuo Chengdao’s group would arrive, leading to the current scene. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶
"Junior Brother Jia?! You’re as elusive as a divine dragon! When did you arrive?!"
"Master is still looking for you! He just left for the Taiqing Sect. I’ll inform him at once."
Zong Wu, Guang Wu, Qing Ge, and Zhuo Chengdao were both astonished and overjoyed to see Jia Ren.
Senior Brother Yu Lin was also taken aback. Sensing Jia Ren’s early Void Refinement Stage Spiritual Power fluctuations, his expression became complicated.
"Release my son!"
However, someone wasn’t about to give these fellow disciples a chance to reunite and reminisce.
Seeing her son held captive, Wen Ren Ruo’s eyes blazed crimson with fury. A scarlet, awl-like Spiritual Treasure shot towards Jia Ren.
Jia Ren merely held Xue Gui up as a shield, and the scarlet Spiritual Treasure awl flew back into Wen Ren Ruo’s hand.
Ignoring her gaze, which was practically shooting flames, he smiled and said, "Why trouble Master with such a trivial matter? Let’s deal with things here first."
"It won’t be too late to see Master after this is settled."
Although Jia Ren said this, he was resolute in his heart: he would not return to the Lingbao Sect until he broke through to the Body Integration Realm.
