novelhk Chapter 83 First Arrival in Tiannan
Chapter 83 First Arrival in Tiannan
The crowd turned around in terror.
The leader was a strikingly handsome young man.
He was followed by several stunningly beautiful women, all around twenty years old, with elegant and refined appearances and different temperaments.
Some are as serene as the moon, some as gentle as water, and some are as imposing as a hero.
It was Wen Tianren and his group who had been transported from the Chaotic Star Sea.
Because they had taken the Youth-Preserving Pill, they all looked to be only twenty years old.
However, the people from the Ghost Spirit Sect did not dare to underestimate them. The spirit insects that had caused them to fall from their magical artifacts were clearly raised by these people.
When the scarred man scanned the area with his divine sense, he discovered that only three of the female cultivators were Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The others were completely unable to perceive his level of attainment.
It was obvious that the rest of the people were all Core Formation cultivators at least at the Foundation Establishment stage.
Sure enough, the spirit insects flew back to the young man's side in an instant.
The members of the Ghost Spirit Sect, stared at by these people, immediately broke out in a cold sweat, their faces turned pale, and they trembled all over, constantly thinking about how to escape.
"Senior...Senior, spare my life!" The white-robed cultivator was the first to react, kneeling down with a thud, his voice trembling.
"We are merely guarding this mine under orders and have no intention of offending you seniors. This area is under the jurisdiction of the Yue Kingdom branch of the Ghost Spirit Sect. If you have any needs, we are willing to offer them with all our might!"
"Yes, Senior is wise!" The pretty female cultivator also hurriedly kowtowed, her eyes filled with tears.
"We are just low-ranking disciples. The young sect leader sent us to guard this formation."
Upon hearing the pretty female cultivator's words, the scarred cultivator cursed his own stupidity in his heart. Bringing up the young sect leader at this moment only showed that the sect cared about this place.
If these people find out, they'll have no way to survive.
Wen Tianren remained indifferent, not even lifting his eyelids, as if the people kneeling before him were not living people, but several corpses.
"What a pity!" he said calmly, his voice chillingly so. "You've all been talking too much nonsense."
Before he finished speaking, a flash of golden light appeared from his sleeve.
"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"
Several slender golden needles shot out like lightning, so fast that even their afterimages were not visible.
"Ugh!"
The scream lasted only a moment.
The white-robed cultivator, the pretty female cultivator, the man surnamed Jiang, the cultivator surnamed Zuo... along with two Qi-refining guards, were all pierced through the forehead by golden needles, their primordial spirits annihilated on the spot, and their bodies collapsed limply to the ground, without even having time to struggle.
Only the scarred monk seemed to be frozen in place, completely terrified.
"S-Senior, spare my life!"
Seeing that everyone else had been killed and only he remained, the scarred cultivator believed he still had value and hurriedly begged for mercy.
Unexpectedly, Wen Tianren stepped forward and pressed his right hand down on the man's crown like an iron clamp.
"Soul Search!"
A terrifying thought arose in his mind: this person was actually a Nascent Soul cultivator, and he had been left behind to search his soul.
"ah!!"
The scarred cultivator screamed in agony, his soul being invaded as if being torn to pieces, fragments of his memories flooding into Wen Tianren's sea of consciousness.
A moment later, Wen Tianren withdrew his right hand.
The scarred monk's eyes were glazed over, and he was foaming at the mouth. His soul had been completely destroyed, leaving only an empty shell.
With a casual wave of his hand, Wen Tianren incinerated the corpses of the Ghost Spirit Sect members and others into ashes with demonic flames. He then scanned the entire stalactite cave with his divine sense to confirm that there were no other survivors before turning around.
Through soul searching, Wen Tianren also gained a general understanding of the current situation in Tiannan.
Back then, after the demonic path invaded Yue and other countries, in order to counter the growing power of the demonic path and the righteous alliance.
The Heavenly Dao Alliance, a sect alliance of cultivators, is composed of more than a dozen countries of varying sizes.
In terms of power, the Heavenly Alliance is greater than either the righteous or the demonic path.
It was also due to the emergence of the Heavenly Alliance that the righteous and demonic paths stopped their annexation efforts and began to digest and divide up the countries that had been annexed.
The sects that survived the invasion by the righteous and demonic paths settled down in the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
The entire Tiannan region is divided up by the Demonic Path, the Righteous Path, the Heavenly Path Alliance, and the Nine Kingdoms Alliance.
However, due to the conflict with the mages of the Mulan Grassland, the Nine Kingdoms Alliance is having a very difficult time.
The Nine Nations Alliance faced the onslaught of the Muran army, whose offensives had become increasingly fierce in recent years, resulting in extremely brutal border battles.
Seeing this, neither the righteous nor the demonic paths dared to invade the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, otherwise, if the Nine Kingdoms Alliance withdrew, it would be their turn to face the Mulan people.
However, the Mulan army was too powerful, and the Nine Kingdoms Alliance alone was not enough to handle it.
Once the Nine Nations Alliance collapses, the Mulan people will enter their territory.
Therefore, not only did they not invade, but the righteous and demonic paths, as well as the Heavenly Dao Alliance, also took turns sending their cultivators to support the Nine Kingdoms Alliance in resisting the Mulan people's attack.
As for the newly formed Heavenly Dao Alliance, although it is strong and has the most Nascent Soul cultivators, it was originally just a loose alliance formed to resist the invasion of righteous and demonic forces.
Although they have become more formalized in recent years, the various sects are still not united.
Therefore, neither the righteous nor the demonic paths actively invade them, nor do they have the courage to actively attack the forces of the righteous and the demonic paths.
As a result, the four forces are in a strange state of balance because of the Mulan people.
Wen Tianren took out a blank jade slip, gathered his magic power at his fingertips, and inscribed all the information he had obtained from the soul search, such as the language and power distribution of Tiannan, into it.
Then he handed it to Zi Ling and the others, saying, "This is a list of languages and the distribution of various forces in the Tiannan region. Take a look for yourselves."
Zi Ling took the jade slip, pressed it against her forehead, examined its contents, and then handed it to Qing Yu beside her.
Before long, everyone had read the jade slip.
Looking at the distribution of forces in Tiannan, Yuan Yao sighed, "It seems there's quite a bit of fighting in Tiannan. Not only are there conflicts between the righteous and demonic paths, the Heavenly Dao Alliance, and the Nine Kingdoms Alliance, but there's also the invasion of the Mulan people on the border of the Nine Kingdoms Alliance."
Wen Tianren already knew the situation here, and immediately said, "The cultivation world is inherently full of constant strife; where can one find a truly peaceful place to cultivate? If I hadn't formed my Nascent Soul, I wouldn't dare to easily set foot in this unfamiliar cultivation world."
Zi Ling stepped forward and smiled, "Yes, Sister Yuan Yao, both my husband and Elder Yue are Nascent Soul cultivators. Judging from that person's memories, they are already capable of establishing a sect in Tiannan."
After reading the contents of the jade slip, Yue Qingyi looked at Wen Tianren and asked, "Fellow Daoist Wen, what are your plans for the next step?"
Wen Tianren pretended to ponder for a moment before replying, "There are three late-stage Grand Cultivators in Tiannan, each belonging to the righteous and demonic paths and the Nine Kingdoms Alliance. Only the Heavenly Dao Alliance has been formed by the alliance of various kingdoms over the past hundred years. The two alliance leaders can fight against the late-stage Grand Cultivators when they attack together, but they have more Nascent Soul cultivators than the other forces. I think the Heavenly Dao Alliance is suitable for our development and is relatively stable."
Upon hearing this, Yue Qingyi nodded, her eyes flashing with approval: "The Heavenly Dao Alliance, not bad. The Nine Kingdoms Alliance is being invaded by the Mulan people, and the conflict between the righteous and demonic paths is endless. Although the Heavenly Dao Alliance also has some conflicts with various forces, it is still relatively peaceful."
Seeing that the two elders had reached a decision, Zhou Yuan said, "Since the two elders feel that the Heavenly Dao Alliance is suitable for development, then let's go to the Heavenly Dao Alliance. But we don't know which country it's in specifically?"
The most important thing in choosing a place to establish power is to have spiritual veins for cultivation.
However, the spiritual veins in Tiannan and the Chaotic Star Sea are different.
The Chaotic Star Sea is a place with few people and many islands, with an area that is almost infinitely vast. There are countless islands of all sizes with spiritual veins, and each island is occupied by a different faction.
Tiannan is different. Tiannan has a large population and a considerable number of cultivators, but its land area is fixed.
As a result, although the Tiannan Continent is not small, every place with spiritual veins has been completely occupied by sects and cultivator families of all sizes.
Therefore, the lives of independent cultivators in the southern regions were extremely difficult. Without a sect, they could not even guarantee normal cultivation.
Unlike the Chaotic Star Sea, which has many independent cultivators and countless islands, where one can eventually find an island with spiritual veins to cultivate on if one searches diligently.
Not to mention, the rogue cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea can also hunt monsters to exchange for spirit stones and cultivation resources.
In Tiannan, it's not easy to find even a slightly higher-level demonic beast, as they have long been hunted down by cultivators in the past.
The most common demonic beasts that ordinary cultivators have seen are probably the spirit beasts kept by other cultivators.
The Tiannan Continent is divided into dozens of countries, governed by mortals who do not interfere with cultivators. Each country has several cultivation sects, resulting in a complex web of power dynamics.
If the situation is unclear, randomly occupying someone else's spiritual vein could easily provoke other sects or forces.
Wen Tianren looked at everyone and said, "There's no rush. We're currently in the Yue Kingdom, which is under the control of the Demonic Path, and we're still quite a distance from the territory of the Heavenly Dao Alliance. That cultivator didn't know much about the various countries of the Heavenly Dao Alliance either. Let's make a decision after we get to the Heavenly Dao Alliance."
Upon hearing this, all the women nodded in agreement, agreeing that Wen Tianren's words made sense.
"Alright, these Ghost Spirit Sect cultivators are dead. We don't know when the Ghost Spirit Sect will arrive. It's better to avoid trouble. Let's leave now."
After saying that, Wen Tianren tapped the teleportation array behind him with his finger, and several golden needle shadows shot out.
The teleportation array was immediately destroyed in a loud bang.
Now that the magic array on the Chaotic Star Sea side can be used normally, the teleportation array on the Tiannan side must be destroyed.
Otherwise, if other cultivators who come later discover the formation, they will be teleported to Tiannan.
Wen Tianren has already recorded the magic arrays on both sides, and they can be restored at any time.
The ancient array manual left behind by the Ice Soul Fairy also contains records of this ancient teleportation array.
In the future, Wen Tianren will not even need to set up the magic array on the original spot of this underground mine. With just a few modifications, he can set it up again in another place.
There are still many opportunities in the Chaotic Star Sea that Wen Tianren has not yet obtained, and he will definitely return to the Chaotic Star Sea in the future.
He didn't want to have to travel all the way to Yue Kingdom to teleport every time.
"Alright, let's go!"
Wen Tianren and his group flew out of the underground mine, and then patted their storage bags, causing an exquisite flying boat to quickly enlarge and hover in mid-air.
The group boarded the flying boat, which then transformed into a streak of light, tearing through the clouds and speeding towards the Heavenly Alliance.