Chapter 142: A Pure Land for Cultivators, Escaping a War

"However, it is likely not such an easy matter for you all to take refuge in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range."

"This is the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, a paradise for Monster Beasts, and it is also home to many poisonous insects and fierce beasts."

"Previously, there were three Foundation Establishment families living in this place, but they accidentally angered a Third-tier Monster Beast in the depths of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, and as a result, the entire group was wiped out."

"If you wish to survive here for several years, I fear you will need to be extremely cautious, treading as if on thin ice."

"Do not anger the Third-tier Monster Beasts here, otherwise no one will be able to save you."

Zhou Sui said in a deep voice, offering his own advice.

"Thank you for the information, fellow Daoist, but even so, it is still better than those exorbitant taxes and levies in the outside world."

"It is better than being captured by those sect Cultivators to serve as cannon fodder."

Jiang Qi nodded, indicating that he also knew the dangers of living in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

He had also understood the risks involved beforehand.

But even so, they still made this decision.

It was precisely because the outside was simply too chaotic, and human life was worth nothing at all.

Rather than being captured by those demonic Cultivators and suffering a fate worse than death, it would be better to die at the hands of Monster Beasts.

At least there would be no pain before death.

"Since that is the case, then I wish you good luck."

Zhou Sui took a deep look at Jiang Qi and the others; he understood their thinking very well.

Oppressive government is fiercer than a tiger.

Even for Cultivators, this is the case; even Foundation Establishment Cultivators will face the exploitation of their sects.

If it were a time of peace, a Golden Core sect might perhaps give these loose Foundation Establishment Cultivators some face.

But now that it has reached a critical moment of life and death, it is a matter of "those who submit prosper, those who resist perish."

In order to obtain large amounts of war supplies, all kinds of exorbitant taxes and levies have followed one after another.

Whether they are loose Cultivators or Cultivator families, they are all equally exploited by the Golden Core sects.

No one has any way to resist.

The Jiang Family was exactly like this; seeing such a situation, they moved overnight and fled into the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

After all, the environment of the Cloud Mist Mountain Range is complex and filled with many Monster Beasts, making it unsuitable for Cultivators to survive.

No one would fight over this place.

It is not a place that must be contested by military strategists.

This also gave them, these loose Cultivators and Cultivator families, a place where they could survive.

Many Cultivator families, in order to avoid the war, have one after another headed to deep mountains and wild forests like the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.

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Not long after, the Jiang Family and the others left. They had already found a place suitable for living and survival nearby, and began to build their own houses and set up Array Formations.

"Husband, I didn't expect that by hiding in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, we would actually avoid a war."

Mu Ziyan said with great emotion.

She knew just how tragic wars between sects could be; it was just like the wars of secular dynasties, with the common people displaced, starving corpses everywhere, and countless casualties.

During this period of time, basically within a radius of tens of thousands of miles, there were not many places that were pure lands.

If they had left the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, they might have been dragged into the war.

"Indeed, it seems we should continue to lay low in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range."

"Although this is a paradise for Monster Beasts, as long as we are careful, these Monster Beasts will not harm us."

Zhou Sui also nodded.

He felt more and more that his decision to hide in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range was a display of foresight; if he had really gone elsewhere, he would definitely have been dragged into this war, and might even have been captured by these Golden Core sects to serve as cannon fodder.

On the contrary, by staying in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, there are abundant cultivation resources here, and there are no exorbitant taxes and levies from sects.

It is countless times better than being in the outside world.

It is practically a paradise on earth.

However, he was also a bit depressed; he had originally wanted to use the power of Leng Yuexi, perhaps to indirectly control the Xianxia Sect.

But looking at the current situation, perhaps the Xianxia Sect is already on the verge of collapse.

Yet he did not feel too much regret.

After all, compared to the Xianxia Sect, his Dao Companion Leng Yuexi was more important.

Whether he obtained the Xianxia Sect or not did not matter; even if he really obtained it, it would only be icing on the cake.

"But Sister Leng, now that the Xianxia Sect is at war with other sects, do you not intend to go back?"

Xia Jingyan looked at Leng Yuexi curiously.

After all, Leng Yuexi is the Young Sect Master of the Xianxia Sect, equivalent to the next Sect Master of the Xianxia Sect.

Now that the sect is in trouble, she might want to go back to help.

"I do not intend to go back."

Leng Yuexi shook her head: "The Xianxia Sect is a sect with a long history; it has encountered several life-and-death crises, and its foundation is not something an ordinary Cultivator can imagine. Destroying the Xianxia Sect is not such a simple matter."

"Moreover, I am currently only a Foundation Establishment Cultivator. For a great sect war like this, having one more or one less Foundation Establishment Cultivator actually makes no difference. One should not take oneself too seriously."

"Therefore, my greatest goal now is to advance to the Golden Core realm. Once I become a Golden Core Real Person, I can change the balance of power in the region, and even change the course of the war."

She thought very clearly.

Although she had deep feelings for the Xianxia Sect, she also had self-awareness.

She was merely a small figure.

Even if she returned to the Xianxia Sect, she would be unable to change any of the situation in this war.

What truly determines the situation of a war is still the Golden Core Real Person.

If she could advance to become a Golden Core Real Person, she would be able to become a chess player and place pieces on the chessboard.

Otherwise, she could only drift with the tide and be sacrificed by others.

It was like that before.

She had been besieged in Miyun City for over two years, but the main sect had no intention of sending anyone to rescue her.

If it weren't for her husband saving her, she feared she would have died long ago.

Therefore, at this moment, she abandoned her illusions; to the Xianxia Sect, she was actually not as important as she had imagined.

"That is correct; the sect war has nothing much to do with us, so there is no need to get involved."

"Right now, the most important thing for you is to advance to Golden Core."

"In this way, no matter what danger appears, you will be able to handle it with ease."

Zhou Sui also very much agreed with the thoughts of Leng Yuexi.

"Sister Leng, are you planning to form your Golden Core here?"

Ji Bingyu asked curiously.

"That's right."

Leng Yuexi nodded: "This is a good location for forming a Golden Core; it possesses a Second-tier Spirit Vein. Although it cannot compare to the Third-tier Spirit Vein of the Xianxia Sect, the Spirit Qi is barely enough."

"In fact, with the help of the Jiedan Spiritual Object Ice Fire Spirit Liquid and the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill, the assistance of the Spirit Vein does not seem as significant. As long as it takes a few months, I will definitely succeed in forming my Golden Core."

She clenched her pink fist, appearing incomparably confident.

"Sister Leng, leave the matter of your Golden Core formation to me."

"I have just become a Second-tier Array Master and can set up a Second-tier Spirit Gathering Array to help you gather the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth, as well as a Concealment Array to mask the aura of your breakthrough and avoid being detected by the Third-tier Monster Beast of the mountain range."

"With my help, surely no one will be able to disturb your Golden Core formation."

Xia Jingyan said immediately.

"Thank you for your help, sisters."

Hearing these words, Leng Yuexi smiled slightly, and a trace of warmth could not help but well up in her heart.

As expected, they were the ones who were truly family.

Compared to those Disciples of the Xianxia Sect who would abandon others at any time, the relationship between family members was much closer.