Chapter 561

"The progress seems even faster than I imagined."

Li Rui sat cross-legged in his room.

A full half-month had passed since the last time they wiped out the demonic cultivators.

The Jiazi Demon-Sweeping is a major event.

It is highly likely to last for several years, so he naturally would not neglect his cultivation just because of the war.

"Qi permeates the Purple Mansion, spirit illuminates the Yellow Court; Heaven unleashes its killing intent, shifting stars and changing constellations, until the Mysterious Pass opens and closes to embrace the Grand Void."

The contents of the handwritten notes surfaced in Li Rui's mind.

Wishing to undergo tribulation within the body.

According to what that ancient, powerful predecessor said, it requires relying on oneself rather than Heaven, and forging the Purple Mansion into a unified Primordial whole, so that it can withstand the might of Heaven.

To put it more directly.

It means the Purple Mansion must be sufficiently formidable.

For this, that ancient, powerful predecessor prepared quite a lot; he searched for who knows how many divine elixirs and spiritual treasures, and nurtured it for an extremely long time, only then barely managing to pass.

When enduring the lightning tribulation, the Purple Mansion was a full one hundred and twenty zhang wide.

Among cultivators, this is an extremely terrifying number.

It is precisely this Purple Mansion.

That ancient, powerful predecessor spent a full two hundred years on it.

Put simply, perhaps some heaven-gifted geniuses can achieve this, but they would never stubbornly confine themselves to pursuing the expansion of a single Purple Mansion; after all, compared to the fortune of undergoing tribulation within the body, it is more practical to raise one's cultivation realm as quickly as possible.

Therefore, very few people can expand their Purple Mansion to one hundred and twenty zhang.

By comparison.

Li Rui is much more relaxed.

After all, he is already at one hundred zhang now.

As long as he diligently cultivates the Immortal Dao Evergreen Visualization Diagram, he can continue to expand it; according to his current progress, it will take at most three to five years to reach one hundred and twenty zhang.

By then.

He will be a genuine land immortal.

Just thinking about it makes it hard not to feel stirred.

Fire Fengcheng, City Lord's Mansion.

"Wan Fadian's True Person Jiuji and Huang Longzi are sitting in command of this battlefield, and these demonic cultivators have even started carrying out assassinations. Quite a few people have been killed inside our Fire Fengcheng, and the losses are heavy. What do you all think should be done about this?"

A pleasant female voice rang out.

At the head of the great hall sat a stunningly beautiful young woman with a graceful figure and an alluring demeanor, dressed in a fiery red phoenix robe with a skirt slit almost to the top of her thighs.

This young woman is the City Lord of Fire Fengcheng.

Her cultivation base is at the Dao Body Realm, causing countless male cultivators in the city to dare only to watch from afar.

Besides this young woman.

There were seven or eight others in the hall.

They were also Dao Body Realm cultivators, all of whom were commanders in Fire Fengcheng for this Jiazi Demon-Sweeping.

"What else can we do?"

"An eye for an eye. We should also go and carry out assassinations; we must let those demonic cultivators know how formidable we are."

A middle-aged male cultivator with a round, bulging belly said.

"Amitabha, the benefactor's words are reasonable."

Another old monk immediately chimed in, his face full of compassion.

It was as if he were saying, you all shouldn't fight.

Yet in reality, it was a matter of taking lives.

'These bald donkeys, not one of them has good intentions.'

Fire Phoenix Huofeng Xianzi muttered to herself.

As the City Lord, she was also the person in charge of this battlefield for the Jiazi Demon-Sweeping, but she did not immediately state her position. Instead, she smiled and looked toward an imposing man sitting in the corner: "Daoist Yuan, what is your view?"

Everyone's gaze fell in unison upon Yuan Dingting.

Many people revealed strange expressions.

In this great war.

This body cultivator from a small grotto-heaven, who had previously been unknown, could be said to have become famous overnight.

He fought several brilliant battles.

They had no choice but to be convinced.

Yuan Dingting remained indifferent, slowly opening his mouth: "In warfare, assassination is merely a minor path. It would be better to press our great army toward their borders, leaving the demonic cultivators unable to catch their breath, and naturally, they won't be able to spare the effort for assassinations."

Once these words were spoken.

Before the other cultivators could speak.

Fire Phoenix Huofeng Xianzi was the first to applaud: "Daoist Yuan's insight is excellent. This little woman thinks we should do exactly that." Since the City Lord had said so.

Even if the other cultivators had different opinions, seeing the situation, they lost the desire to argue.

'This woman has gone feverish again.'

The middle-aged male cultivator who spoke earlier cursed in his heart.

But seeing Fire Phoenix Huofeng Xianzi's fair, tender thighs, he felt a surge of heat.

It was just a pity that Fire Phoenix Huofeng Xianzi didn't look his way; it was eighty percent likely to be the benefit of that pretty boy surnamed Yuan.

But as soon as the meeting ended.

Yuan Dingting was the first to leave, without even looking back.

Leaving only Fire Phoenix Huofeng Xianzi in the hall with a look of resentment.

"Big Brother, don't say it, you really shouldn't say it, those demonic cultivators actually have some discernment."

"Look, in Fire Fengcheng, our Big Brother is ranked eighth."

"Even higher than someone at the Dao Body Realm."

"Foster Father is also incredible, he's ranked first."

"Our Great Yu truly has a constant stream of talent."

Listening to Nie Siming, Ning Zhongtian, and the others discussing.

Li Rui had black lines on his forehead.

He didn't know which demonic cultivator's assassination list this had leaked from.

It contained the names of cultivators in Fire Fengcheng.

And they were all ranked.

He was naturally on it, and his ranking was quite good, even surpassing a True Person at the Dao Body Realm, which really made one not know whether to laugh or cry.

In Shenxiao City, he hadn't received such high treatment.

Of course.

Besides him, the most eye-catching one was actually Yuan Dingting.

'Gold is truly gold; it can shine anywhere.'

Back in the Yu Kingdom, before Yuan Dingting became a Martial Saint, when he was merely an ordinary general, he was just like this, frequently appearing on the enemy's must-kill list.

Now he was receiving the same treatment.

Who told him his aptitude was too good.

It simply couldn't be hidden.

At most, he went from being a monster to a genius, but he would certainly still be watched by those demonic cultivators.

It was just that he hadn't expected his ranking to be so high.

'Eighty percent likely to have something to do with Huang Longzi.'

Just after hearing news of Huang Longzi, this list was circulated.

Huang Longzi had stayed in the small grotto-heaven for an extremely long time.

It just so happened that his and Yuan Dingting's rankings were extremely high, which made it hard not to make associations.

"Is this the city?"

Outside Fire Fengcheng.

In a dense forest.

A middle-aged Daoist priest with a handlebar mustache and a boy who looked no more than thirteen or fourteen years old gazed at the magnificent city from afar.

"Mm."

The middle-aged man nodded: "Since they dared to kill our Junior Martial Brother, and Master has already made arrangements, we must get the job done."

The boy curled his lip: "When that guy surnamed He was alive, he wouldn't even call us Senior Martial Brother once, and now we have to help him get revenge. What kind of business is this?"

That's right.

This strange pair were both disciples of True Person Jiuji, having stepped into the Purple Mansion Realm two Jiazi ago, with extremely deep foundations; both had opened their Purple Mansions, and the boy even showed signs of Dao Integration, plus the divine talismans passed down by Daoist Jiuji.

In the Purple Mansion Realm, no one could resist them.

This time.

It was by Master's order.

To kill the cultivator in Fire Fengcheng—Li Rui.

As for Yuan Dingting, Master would naturally take action himself.

The boy narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tsk tsk, if we can kill him, Master will bestow a Dao Integration Pill. It's really worth a lot. Master really does like the Junior Martial Brother more; even after he's dead, it's still like this."

"Since that's the case, then you'll just have to die."

(End of chapter)