Chapter 858: Immortal Cache

“He actually knows the Incense Gathering Qi Method—apparently, he may indeed be a descendant of Incense Daojun.”

In the inn.

Li Rui squinted at a middle-aged man on the street.

The Incense Gathering Qi Method, even during the peak of the Incense Sect, was only accessible to an extremely select few.

Had it not been for Zhu Yuanyong, he would never have learned of it, nor discovered that descendants of the Incense lineage still lingered in this city.

He never expected to see traces of Incense Daojun’s lineage on such a remote island city.

He was no righteous guardian from the Central Plains, and due to Zhu Yuanyong’s ties, he held no ill will toward the Incense Sect.

He merely wondered why the Incense Sect’s methods existed in Penglai City.

“Could it be that Incense Daojun foresaw his own defeat and secretly left a lineage behind overseas?”

In the days that followed.

He had been secretly observing the status of Incense Daojun’s lineage within the city.

As he pondered.

Two divine streaks descended from the sky.

“Brother Ji and the Purple Lightning Immortal have returned.”

The Purple Lightning Immortal, having attained True Lord status, was the pinnacle of power in the city and needed no concealment—she entered the City Lord’s mansion amid the awe-struck gazes of the populace.

Li Rui recognized them at once.

Though his true body knew both of them well, this was still his avatar, Lu Chuan—he’d better avoid meeting them.

“Brother Ji, the Eastern Sea may truly hold the key to activating the Ascension Platform!”

Inside the City Lord’s mansion.

Ji Fan’s eyes flickered with delight.

These past days, he and the Purple Lightning Immortal had scoured the Eastern Sea—and they had indeed found a hidden immortal realm.

Through that immortal realm,

they might yet enter the Ascension Platform.

He didn’t expect to ascend like the Green Emperor, but even a modicum of divine blessing would greatly increase his chances of attaining the Dao.

“Brother Ji, please don’t inform the Ji family of this.”

The Purple Lightning Immortal said gravely.

Ji Fan nodded: “Naturally.”

He had come to the Eastern Sea out of desperation; now that he’d finally found this divine opportunity, telling his ancestral family would be tantamount to handing it over to them—he simply couldn’t bring himself to sacrifice his own gain for others.

“That immortal realm won’t open for another year or so—Brother Ji, you might as well stay in Penglai City and cultivate for a while.”

She had barely finished speaking.

The Purple Lightning Immortal frowned slightly: “Brother Ji, there are some pests in this small continent that need clearing—I’ll take my leave now. We’ll speak again another day.”

“Naturally.”

Ji Fan bowed with a smile.

He had no intention of getting involved in the continent’s internal conflicts.

The Purple Lightning Immortal’s situation was somewhat similar to Li Rui’s.

Though she was a True Lord reincarnated, it took several lifetimes before she finally shattered the fetal veil—her lineage’s transmission had long been severed, so she had simply settled her roots on this small immortal continent.

These past days, he had also noticed.

Penglai City was far from peaceful.

Boom!

Thunderclouds gathered over Penglai City; dozens of lightning pillars, each dozens of zhang thick, crashed down.

A stout figure fled desperately from within the city.

“Damn!”

“That woman is truly insane.”

Wu De muttered under his breath.

With the Purple Lightning Immortal’s return, she had suddenly attacked the Incense lineage’s hideout—he, as the Thief of Incense, had nearly been fried alive.

He turned to the few subordinates who had escaped with him: “Let’s go—this Penglai City is no longer safe.”

Saying this,

Wu De was the first to sprint westward.

A young man hesitated slightly.

He lagged a beat behind.

“Hurry up—are you waiting to be struck dead by the Purple Lightning True Lord?”

Seeing the young man frozen in place, a fellow disciple slapped him on the back of the head.

“Oh, coming!”

The young man hurried forward.

But his gaze toward Wu De up front held a flicker of something strange.

“Brother Wu.”

Yes.