Chapter 114: Youmo Sect Retreats, Helping Dao Companion Achieve Foundation Establishment

"Elder, what should we do now?"

That Youmo Sect disciple asked, feeling very nervous.

Because if things continued like this, once the cultivators from the three great sects arrived, they would likely be unable to escape even with wings.

They had to make a decision right now.

"Has that Leng Yuexi still not been found?"

The Foundation Establishment Elder clenched his fists and asked.

"No, that Leng Yuexi disappeared long ago, and her whereabouts are unknown."

"We split into three groups of men to search for that woman."

"One group is in Miyun City, one group is in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, and another group is guarding the various key routes leading to the Xianxia Sect."

"But no matter which group of disciples it was, they did not find any suspicious figures."

"It is as if that woman suddenly evaporated from the face of the earth."

That Youmo Sect disciple said with great helplessness.

To tell the truth, he had already searched everywhere, but he could not find Leng Yuexi.

Clearly, this woman had already been poisoned; it was impossible for her to have run very far.

But they still could not discover a single trace of this woman, which left him feeling extremely depressed.

"Damn that Leng Yuexi, damn the Xianxia Sect."

That Foundation Establishment Elder gritted his teeth.

If he could capture Leng Yuexi this time, he could use her as leverage to threaten the Xianxia Sect.

When the time came, the Xianxia Sect would be afraid to act rashly, and their Youmo Sect would still have a chance to turn the tables.

But now, not only had the Golden Core Cultivators within the sect suffered heavy losses, but they hadn't even captured the hostage.

It could be said that they tried to kill a chicken but lost the rice, losing everything to the point of utter ruin.

He simply could not fathom how this woman had managed to slip away right under his nose.

"Forget it, we cannot continue to delay; let's retreat immediately."

"There is no need to fight to the death with the three great sects, otherwise we will surely suffer heavy losses."

The Foundation Establishment Elder immediately made the decision to retreat.

After all, he was not a fool; it was impossible for him to withstand the allied forces of the three great sects.

If they continued to stay here, it would purely be a path to death.

Although he was unwilling to have failed to capture Leng Yuexi, there was nothing he could do now.

He could only abandon the idea of capturing Leng Yuexi.

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Several days later.

Zhou Sui, who was staying in the depths of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range to cultivate, was the first to notice the movements in Miyun City, because he had left one of his clones in Miyun City.

After all, even though he had left Miyun City, he still hoped to know what was happening there, as this would facilitate future actions.

"No way, the Youmo Sect actually retreated?!"

Zhou Sui widened his eyes.

He could sense many Youmo Sect cultivators in a panic, just like stray dogs, rapidly retreating from Miyun City.

They were as miserable now as they had been arrogant before.

"Could it be that the Xianxia Sect won? Or did something happen to the Youmo Sect?"

Zhou Sui guessed secretly; he currently did not know what had happened to the Youmo Sect, but judging from the situation in Miyun City, these demonic cultivators were indeed retreating rapidly and disappearing from this city.

He felt a bit depressed.

He had only just left Miyun City, and that group of demonic cultivators had actually started to run away.

This was clearly playing him for a fool.

Of course, even if he knew the Youmo Sect was leaving, he would not continue to stay in Miyun City.

After all, whether it was to avoid the coming danger or to let his Dao Companion become a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he needed to go deep into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range to cultivate; the so-called avoiding danger was merely one of the reasons.

Most importantly, he did not know if the Youmo Sect had truly left, or if they were feigning a retreat only to launch a surprise counterattack.

Or perhaps they were setting a trap to lure Leng Yuexi out.

But no matter which factor it was, he couldn't be bothered to care.

Because he had long since jumped out of the chessboard and arrived at the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

Thinking of this, Zhou Sui temporarily stopped worrying about the events in Miyun City and looked at his Virtual Panel.

【Host: Zhou Sui, Cultivation: Qi Refining Eighth Layer (Progress 10%), Lifespan: 23 (210) years】

【Aptitude: Seventh Grade Spiritual Root (85%)】

【Sword Dao: First-tier High-grade (99%)】

【Rune: First-tier High-grade (99%)】

【Array Formation: First-tier High-grade (55%)】

【Alchemist: Second-tier Low-grade (29%)】

【Phantom Demon Transformation Art: Minor Achievement (55%)】

【Five Elements Alchemy Formula: Minor Achievement (55%)】

【Seven Apertures Exquisite Book: Heart Eye Identifying Objects (5%)】

【Fireball Technique: Grandmaster (7%), Wind Blade Technique: Proficient, Golden Light Technique: Proficient, Cold Ice Technique: Proficient, Spring Breeze Turns to Rain Technique: Proficient, Lightning Summoning Technique: Proficient...】

【Infatuation Gu: Second-tier Mid-grade, Clone Gu: First-tier High-grade, Wine Insect: First-tier High-grade, Gold-Eating Insect: First-tier High-grade, Book Gu: First-tier High-grade, Dream Soul Gu: First-tier High-grade, Dragon Elephant Gu: First-tier High-grade, Golden Light Myriad Poison Gu: First-tier Mid-grade.】

"It seems that it will be difficult to break through in Spirit Root and cultivation in the short term; it will still require a long period of cultivation."

Zhou Sui stroked his chin.

Clearly, after advancing to the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, the speed of cultivation had become increasingly slow; even with the assistance of Dao Companions and Pills, it would be impossible to break through to the Qi Refining Ninth Layer without a year or two.

The same was true for his Spirit Root.

Although his Spirit Root improved every day, compared to the beginning, the speed of its improvement had slowed down significantly; wanting to advance to a Sixth Grade Spiritual Root would also require a great deal of time.

Of course, his lifespan was incomparably long.

Even before advancing to the Foundation Establishment Realm, he already possessed a lifespan of two hundred and ten years; he still had plenty of time and was not in the least bit anxious.

As for the practice of the Four Arts of Cultivation, it had clearly also reached a bottleneck.

This was also limited by his Dao Companions.

After all, his three Dao Companions were currently only at the First-tier level; unless they advanced to the Foundation Establishment Realm, it would be difficult for them to advance to the Second-tier realm.

"In other words, what is most important right now is actually not my own cultivation, but the cultivation of my three Dao Companions."

"If their cultivation advances to the Foundation Establishment Realm, then the efficiency of Dual Cultivation will also be greatly improved."

"After all, Dual Cultivation with a Qi Refining stage female Cultivator and Dual Cultivation with a Foundation Establishment stage female Cultivator are completely different."

"I already have twelve portions of Foundation Establishment Spirit Medicine on me, but I am just lacking a Second-tier Monster Core, or perhaps a Golden Jade Immortal Plant."

"The Golden Jade Immortal Plant is unobtainable, but being situated in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, a Second-tier Monster Core is still something I can think about."

"The reason why hunting Second-tier Monster Beasts in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range is difficult is merely because of the fog, which blocks the vision of Cultivators and makes it easy to be ambushed by Monster Beasts."

"But I am different; I have a clone, and hundreds of Gold-Eating Insects, which can completely serve as eyes and bait to lure the Second-tier Monster Beasts over, and then leave them to Leng Yuexi to slay."

Zhou Sui narrowed his eyes.

To tell the truth, he felt this method was more feasible.

After all, he had a Foundation Establishment female Cultivator like Leng Yuexi by his side; if Leng Yuexi were to take action personally, what would mere Second-tier Monster Beasts amount to? They would certainly be captured with ease.

Originally, he had also wanted to cultivate a First-tier Monster Beast to advance to a Second-tier Monster Beast.

But thinking about it carefully, since he now had a Foundation Establishment Cultivator by his side, why bother with such time-consuming and laborious things?