Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan - Chapter 1355: 1146: Development_2

Chapter 1355: Chapter 1146: Development_2

This is exactly what the Li family wants to see!

The family’s strength is weak, it should not show off, because this could bring disaster upon themselves.

As the saying goes, virtue not matching position will surely bring disaster.

Merely having fame without matching strength is the same.

Of course, doing this somewhat wrongs Li Chengsheng and Li Chengshuo since it draws attention to them.

Luckily, they spend most of their time in their Divine Domain, which is in the starry sky beyond the nine heavens, and they are blessed with great merit, so no one should provoke them, posing no danger.

Meanwhile, in the Netherworld among the Ghost Clan, Hei He recounts his experiences to the various Heavenly Immortals.

In this process, he naturally defends and conceals himself to some extent to avoid taking all the punishment.

“Ah! No wonder! No wonder those two Star Lords are so fearless, no wonder the Li family is unafraid. It turns out it’s because they have the backing of the Big Dipper lineage.”

After Gouchen’s intervention, the Ghost Clan immediately abandoned the idea of retaliating against the Li family and continued to hide in the Netherworld, while sending clan members to the Yang Realm to find suitable territory.

…

The Primal Spirit Realm suddenly became peaceful and calm.

It’s not that wars didn’t break out, just like on the Immortal Demon Battlefield, death and slaughter occur at every moment.

It’s just that there weren’t any wars aimed at annihilating a place and exterminating it completely.

Such a peaceful environment is a great thing for most forces, as a tranquil external environment allows for better development and growth.

Li Zhirui sat cross-legged, his cultivation technique operating within him, inhaling and exhaling large amounts of Spiritual Energy, countless Water and Wood Spiritual Qi gathered around him, turning into two streams of light constantly circling.

With each rotation, bringing Water and Wood Spiritual Qi, it would also be absorbed by him and then refined into Mana.

From the outside, one would notice a Spirit Qi Vortex outside the cave mansion where Li Zhirui was secluded, which was drawing in abundant Water and Wood Spiritual Qi nearby.

The Spiritual Energy he absorbed was immense; if not for the clan’s Spirit Vein advancing, he wouldn’t be able to freely absorb Spiritual Energy like this to increase his Mana.

Across Mount Wanxian, there were many clan members just like Li Zhirui who were in secluded cultivation.

Thḭ𝖘 𝒸hа̄p𝘵ꬲr 𝙞ʂ p𝟬ʂ†𝘦ⅆ b𝗒 𝘬𝒾𝓉𝖾𝖓𝐨𝕧𝘦𝕝

The more one comes into contact with, the more one learns.

The Li family’s remote location had the advantage of less external pressure, and within ten thousand miles, there were no powers that could threaten the family.

But the disadvantage is also apparent: it’s easy to become arrogant and ignorant of the larger world.

Fortunately, the Li family has been avoiding this situation for years, maintaining good development for a long time.

However, this also has its limits!

For instance, in recent decades, the pace of the Li family’s development has clearly slowed down, even stagnating.

Fortunately, the Ghost Clan appeared at this time!

To the Li family, this enormous race brought immense threat and pressure, and if not for two transactions with Emperor Ziwei, there might not be any members of the Li family on Mount Wanxian now.

Especially before Gouchen’s intervention, the attack from dozens of Ghost Clan members required all clan members to unite and fully activate the Mountain Protection Array to barely resist.

This was intentional on Li Zhirui’s part.

When negotiating with Ziwei, he considered this, so he devised a gesture to have the Earth Immortals of the Big Dipper intervene.

The purpose was to give the clan members, who were intoxicated with illusionary glory, a hard slap to wake them up and let them see that there are countless forces stronger than the Li family in the Primal Spirit Realm.

In fact, the Li family is indeed something to be proud of!

Like back when Li Zhirui, Li Zhixuan, and Jiang Fengwu led their clan members to fight against the beast tide led by five Individual Immortal Water Devils, not only could they triumph, but they also captured three Water Devils and made them Mountain Guardian Spirit Beasts.

Such a glorious victory, how could it not make the clan members proud?

Such situations of winning the weak against the strong, the few against the many, occurred very frequently in the Li family, further enforcing the arrogance of the clan members.

Fortunately, in such a situation, the Ghost Clan appeared and brought tremendous pressure, throwing a bucket of cold water on the proud clan members, waking them up.

Thus, in a certain sense, the Ghost Clan did a favor to the Li family, and the Li family should thank the Ghost Clan for being such a ‘villain’.

Now the clan members are waking up one by one, starting to truly work hard on cultivation, enhancing their strength, and strengthening the family’s power.

Therefore, in the current Mount Wanxian, cave mansions with closed doors are everywhere, and from each one emanates either weak or strong waves of Spiritual Energy.

——

Time in the Li family’s dedicated cultivation flew by quickly, as if in the blink of an eye, but upon reflection, more than a hundred years had passed.

During this time, the Li family’s strength significantly improved, and several more clan members reached the Integration and Great Vehicle Realm, not to mention the others.

The only pity is that Da Qing, Xiaoqing, and others still haven’t broken through to the Individual Immortal level.

The threshold of this Immortal Realm is so high that only a scant few out of millions could cross it.

Thus, Li Zhirui is prepared for them not being able to break through, just being confined within the Mortal Realm.

However, he cannot abandon Da Qing and others, who have accompanied him all his life; although Spirit Beasts have long lifespans, compared to Li Zhirui who has attained ‘Longevity’, they are still not enough.

Therefore, Li Zhirui is considering searching for compatible Immortal-grade Spiritual Objects to raise their grade and, subsequently, their cultivation.

The difficulty is immense, as Immortal-grade Spiritual Objects are rare enough, and finding compatible ones is even harder.

Now he can only have Da Qing and others accumulate more Mana to slowly enhance their bloodline, using perseverance like water wearing down stone to accomplish this.

…

Over a century of recuperation and recovery led the Primal Spirit Realm into an era of abundant Spiritual Energy and rich Spiritual Objects, and the strength of various factions increased significantly.

And it is entirely predictable what such a situation will lead to.

Conflicts once again arose on the land of the Primal Spirit Realm!

However, these have little to do with the Li family, which resides in a secluded corner.

Yet some people don’t want to see the Li family so leisurely and come to cause trouble.

That would be the Sea Clan from the east!

This beast tide certainly isn’t targeted at the Li family; the Li family doesn’t have the qualification for the Sea Clan to specially initiate a beast tide unless it was due to clan hatred or an important mission.

The reason for the beast tide outbreak is simple; after more than a century of recovery, the Sea Clan population became too large, and even the resource-rich East Sea couldn’t sustain so many Water Devils, so they needed a way to reduce numbers.

The beast tide is a great method for this, both achieving the goal of reducing Water Devils and selecting excellent low-level Water Devils for cultivation.

…

“Kill!”

“Charge at them!”

“Don’t retreat! Attack! As long as you break through the city in front, you’ll have unobstructed roads with countless resources beckoning to us!”

A large number of Water Devils in charge of driving low-level cannon fodder were shouting hoarsely from the rear, sometimes using Secret Techniques to prevent them from turning back.

But looking at the piled-up corpses like mountains, even rivers filled and stopped flowing with bodies, they couldn’t help but question in their hearts: Can we still win? No! The question is, can we still return alive?

Since the beast tide attacked Shanhai State and entered those two gorges, it’s been over ten days now, but those two Immortal Cities stand firm, blocking the Water Devils’ path.

The attacking Water Devils suffered heavy losses, while the defending cultivators also had significant casualties.

Due to the sheer number of Water Devils, they can rotate their attacks non-stop day and night, but the city doesn’t have enough cultivators to ensure everyone’s spirit remains perfect.

In such an intensely militant battlefield, even a slight lapse can lead to death and path extinction.

As for Li Zhirui, Jiang Fengwu, and Mu, these three Individual Immortals of the Li family, they have not taken any action yet.