To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck-Chapter 1514 - 588: Breaking Through Changqing Mountain

Time reversed six hours.

At this moment, the sun had just set, and the darkness was still very faint, but the moon-white in the Heavenly Vault was already vaguely visible.

Under such a cusp of day and night, Huang Xuan and his companions had quietly arrived at Mountain foot of the Changqing Mountain.

The woods were deep, vast, and boundless.

This primeval forest was always seen as forbidden terrain by the villagers nearby, who dared not trespass too frequently.

Even though there were often tales of reclusive immortals in the Mountains, and many mortals had witnessed streaks of light flashing across the sky, with the traces of Immortals barely discernible,

it was all the more reason for the commoners to revere the Mountain even more and feared offending the Immortals by entering rashly.

Even the Hunters who lived off the Mountain only dared to roam within ten miles of its outer edge. Venturing deeper was something they hesitated to do.

For this reason, due to the limited human activity, vast swaths of the formidable Changqing Mountain were wild and untamed.

Aside from the few Cave Mansions cultivated by Cultivators and some signs of civilization, most places were occupied by wild beasts and birds.

In fact, this was rather fitting, for those who dwell in the Mountain are called Immortals.

For a novice Cultivator, during the initial stage of Cultivation, it is indeed necessary to concentrate and settle one’s spirit, far from worldly temptations, in order to quickly enhance one’s Cultivation within the limited Lifespan and evolve towards longevity.

Otherwise, with the disciples too entangled in the worldly affairs, their minds and energies scattered, blinded by desires, who would have the peace of mind for dedicated cultivation?

Therefore, to ensure disciples could focus on cultivation before their determination was sufficient, every Immortal Sect would set up simple illusory formations near their domain to prevent commoners from entering the deep mountains and disturbing the Sect.

This is also the origin of many folk myths and tales of encountering strange events, Immortals, or spirits in the mountains.

Of course.

Such illusory formations were only effective against commoners with no cultivation. Any Cultivator who had cultivated some Magic Power and condensed some Divine Sense could see through them and not be misled.

This was an intentional strategy by the Immortal Sects.

After all, they simply wanted to use the formations to avoid commoner disturbances, not to block fellow Cultivators.

If you use simple illusory formations to stop commoners, other Cultivators will understand since everyone does it that way, and no one will complain.

But if you use formations to stop Cultivators, that’s likely to offend someone.

Should a Cultivator enter Changqing Mountain unawares and suddenly encounters your illusory formation, the harm might be minimal, but it would certainly be annoying.

Of course.

Changqing Mountain, as well as the territories of the various Immortal Sects in the Immortal Realm, are domains with respective owners. Other Cultivators, unless under urgent circumstances, would not rashly intrude as that would be seen as a provocation.

To be mistaken as an intruder or an enemy could easily lead to being killed on the spot.

This kind of offense is something outsiders usually wouldn’t commit, and owners would prefer not to either.

However, that being said.

If one were truly preparing for external enemies, a single illusory formation would not be of much use.

Illusory formations can trap and confuse the enemy, but they cannot kill the enemy.

While they can act as a barrier against intrusion, clearly they aren’t the best option.

Moreover, setting up illusory formations across the vast Changqing Mountain and keeping them active at all times, even those that only prevent Cultivators below the level of a True Immortal, would be immensely costly.

Even for a power like Qing Immortal Sect, it would be unbearable to cope with such expenses.

The most cost-effective strategy was to set up simple illusory formations on the outskirts with the help of Heaven and Earth’s power, at low to no cost, to stop commoners.

Then, within the core territory of the Mountain Gate, more emphasis would be placed on setting up Defensive Arrays or even Kill Arrays, to guard the most important areas at the smallest expense. This was the common practice among many Immortal Sects.

Qing Immortal Sect was no exception.

Except, as the former hegemon owning the entire Changqing Mountain and after operating for tens of thousands of years, their periphery had become overly extensive.

And the Sect’s actual territory had also become overly large.

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A mountain spanning tens of thousands of miles was the periphery of Qing Immortal Sect.

The regions within the Mountain, spanning tens of thousands of miles and encompassing thousands of peaks, were their core territory.

The area between the periphery and the core was also considered the general territory, and it was dotted with many Changqing Cultivator’s Cave Mansions, sprinkled like stars across the landscape.

Each of these Cultivator Cave Mansions had a variety of Formation Methods arranged by their owners.

Even some Formation Methods were interconnected under the Integrated control of the Mountain Gate, forming linked compound formations, which were equally formidable.

These Cave Mansion formations were the true first line of external defense for Qing Immortal Sect.

If outsiders wished to infiltrate Changqing Mountain, the first obstacle they had to overcome was these Cave Mansion formations.

Thus, when Huang Xuan and the others easily passed through the periphery’s illusory formations and arrived at Changqing Mountain, what caught their eyes were the tens of thousands of formations of varying sizes and affiliations.

"A Changqing Mountain has always been known as the leading mountain in the Changqing Domain, and the Qing Immortal Sect’s foundation is profound, far surpassing us from Taiping Dao and the Nine Provinces.

But such rumors, even if accompanied by vestiges, are ultimately shallow experiences.

Only at this moment, upon seeing with my own eyes, do I truly acknowledge the veracity of the tales!"

After carefully observing the landscapes within thousands of miles with his Dharma Eye, Huang Xuan couldn’t help but exclaim in astonishment.

Before his eyes, within a mere expanse of thousands of miles, there were over three hundred Cave Mansions, each guarded by a Formation Method, with varying sizes and degrees of power.

The smaller ones could only stop enemies who had condensed one or two levels of energy, while the larger formations could withstand one or two attacks from a True Immortal.