Chapter 701: Blood Moon

For Aaron, what is "face"?

It is worth absolutely nothing!

Besides... he is not the one going to sell misery, so naturally, he cares even less.

"Going to Great Gan this time, first is to observe the wind direction, second is to sell a wave of misery; even if Shushan Sword Pavilion doesn't make a move, perhaps there are other sects... as for the third..."

"If the general trend is truly impossible to salvage, then just slip away?"

"Uh... or should I try to save it first?"

As for why he let He Yu go along?

Aside from letting the other party step forward to sell misery, Aaron also did not want to come face-to-face with the cultivators of Shushan Sword Pavilion.

After all, he had done bad things before, so he felt a bit guilty...

However, this was even more in line with the Immortal in Aaron's heart.

Aaron arrived inside the Cave Abode and patted his Storage Bag.

All sorts of things, too numerous to mention.

Alas...

He Yu's words came from the Jade Talisman, sounding like a cuckoo crying blood.

Aaron also clapped his hands and laughed: "I see this small sect in the Extreme West... it's just like this plate of date-ball cakes, it's bound to be finished sooner or later!!"

"So that's how it is!"

【Talent: Immortality】

Even the patrolling cultivators guarding the gate were not particularly surprised to see Aaron, a Golden Core Cultivator; they simply bowed and smoothly processed the paperwork for the two of them.

Another young girl in red asked with a smile.

"The Absolute Observer located behind the multiple veils!"

"Haha... this fellow Daoist speaks quite humorously..."

Some bloody objects emerged, and he quickly arranged them into the appearance of a sacrificial Ritual.

"In order to protect the safety of the entire Extreme West, I have no choice but to make this painful decision..."

"Mm, thank you for your hard work."

With an old horse like Aaron leading the way, crossing the Boundless Desert and heading toward Great Gan was naturally quite smooth.

A young man in blue robes was telling an interesting story.

Drop a big bomb first, then shrink back to the Extreme West and continue to lie low!

He Yu completely had the mindset of a bumpkin entering the city, feeling that a pair of eyes was not enough to take it all in.

Aaron then loudly pushed the Ritual forward: "In the name of Aaron Sotos! Summon the Spirit of Delusion... descend!!!"

A certain fairy announced she had found a desirable husband and was preparing to hold a Daoist companion ceremony...

"After all, doing bad things also requires cover..."

"Entrusting one's own safety to the kindness of others' thoughts is naturally ridiculous..."

"Supreme Elder... Shushan Sword Pavilion is completely ignoring it..."

The night was deep.

Aaron occupied a table, sipping tea leisurely.

At this moment, Aaron picked up a cup of Spirit Tea and heard other Immortal Cultivators who were also drinking tea talking about recent interesting events in the Immortal Cultivation World.

A teahouse.

Arriving at a desolate mountain, streaks of Sword Light descended, quickly carving out a Cave Abode.

Qianyang City.

"Know why the purple potato monster lost? Because he only killed half!"

"If I could, I would rather lie low in the Extreme West until the end of time..."

He Yu was somewhat happy.

Aaron said with a hint of self-satisfaction.

"Ten thousand things compete for freedom under the frosty sky; why must one have a Spirit Root to cultivate immortality?"

Anyway, he said he bought Spirit Pills, but he didn't say how many! Nor did he say specifically how effective they were at extending life.

Even if there is only a slight possibility, one cannot take the risk!

He looked at the Attribute Panel and sighed deeply:

Even the beautiful yearning in his heart for Great Gan and the Shushan Sword Pavilion of the past had been completely worn away...

"I want everyone to be like a dragon, everyone to have the opportunity to transcend!"

Aaron muttered to himself, and after finishing his cultivation, he came to the deck of the Flying Boat.

The Black Demon Sect and Shushan Sword Pavilion were both major Immortal and Demon sects that previously had Nascent Soul cultivators; they occupied extremely vast territories, and the border between them was even larger than the entire Extreme West combined!

Aaron's expression did not change; after all, he had long guessed the result. Without hope, there is no disappointment: "Things have come to this; you don't need to rendezvous with me, go back to the sect yourself... I still have some things to handle in Great Gan."

The reason Shen Qingchen and the others sent by the Extreme West Alliance succeeded back then was because the Black Demon Sect was weak, and Shushan Sword Pavilion was intentionally suppressing its development.

A certain famous Immortal Cultivator fell in a magical duel or a ruin...

Aaron nodded slightly upon hearing this.

While Aaron was deep in thought, he saw that old cultivator cup his hands: "In my opinion... that Sect Master He will not only hit a wall at Shushan Sword Pavilion, but even if he seeks out the Zhengqi Sect or the Taixu Sect... he still won't get a response. Who knows, he might even be finished off by a Demon Cultivator halfway there... don't you all think this is ridiculous? Hahaha..."

"As you command!"

"However, there are quite a few good things in this Qianyang City... Back in the day, I bought a top-grade Spirit Pill for extending life in this very city..."

He was truly sad.

He Yu was being used as manual labor to operate this Flying Boat, yet his face was full of admiration: "I never expected the Supreme Elder to actually have a map of this Boundless Desert... This Disciple heard that ever since the Haoran Sect was destroyed, the commercial Flying Boat routes to Great Gan have ceased operations... I have always regretted not being able to witness them."

"Hehe... That is not necessarily true. Demon Cultivators also cultivate the Spirit Qi of heaven and earth! It is just that the nature of it is somewhat different..."

Aaron sneered a few times, his vast Dharma Power from the late Golden Core stage pouring into the Array Formation, transforming into a radiance that shot up into the sky.

"Hehe, the one who destroyed the Haoran Sect back then was the Qingding Sect, and the one who destroyed the Qingding Sect was the Li Family..."

"Drink tea, drink tea..."

【Age: 1403】

At this moment, he always felt he should say some opening remarks to this world:

After being away for several hundred years, this city composed entirely of Immortal Cultivators was still as bustling and magnificent as it was in the past.

"Shopkeeper, another plate of Spirit Date Cake."

'After finishing the big task at hand, I will go straight back to the Extreme West and lay low; if I lay low until the end, I should have everything... Why take the risk?'

Even so, they did not order the Black Demon Sect to withdraw from the Extreme West, but instead left behind Yuanchen Country as a nail.

"What profound insight does this elder have?"

Aaron cast a Silent Talisman, then input Dharma Power into the Transmission Jade Talisman.

Nowadays, the Black Demon Sect has produced a Spirit Severing Demon Cultivator; even the Shushan Sword Pavilion is unwilling to clash head-on and has voluntarily dissolved the oath, all with the intention of diverting the disaster elsewhere.

'Xuantian Sect ruins...'

After the communication was finished, Aaron's palm immediately flared with Black Sun Demon Fire, burning this jade talisman.

Crack!

The old cultivator stuffed a pastry made of Spirit Rice into his mouth, then said unhurriedly: "You all might not know... This Black Demon Sect is about to rise up; who knows, they might become the eleventh sect of Great Gan!"

"But why? Why does someone always want to come and break my sense of security?!"

Young people often hold unrealistic fantasies, but after suffering a few heavy losses in the great classroom of society, their edges are all smoothed out.

【Realm: Late Golden Core】

To be ranked alongside the Ten Great Sects of Great Gan, they naturally must have produced a Spirit Severing cultivator!

"So that's how it is... The Black Demon Sect... This is a major sect of the Demonic Dao that has always been at odds with the Shushan Sword Pavilion. Even if they fell into a disadvantageous position, being able to survive until now is clearly no small matter..." An older, more experienced cultivator said a fair word: "That little broken place doesn't even have a Nascent Soul, so can't they only come to beg our Great Gan's Righteous Sects for help? It's a pity... Hehe... This time, even if that Sect Master hits his head and dies in front of the Shushan Sword Pavilion's mountain gate, the Shushan Sword Pavilion will absolutely not agree."

At this critical juncture of survival, the Supreme Elder being able to live a few more years is absolutely of great benefit to the Yaowang Sect!

Aaron laughed twice, letting He Yu guess for himself.

"That person knelt before Thousand Sword Peak and wept... Do you know who that is? He is actually a Sect Master too; it is said there are even Golden Core Cultivators in his sect... It is simply a disgrace to us Foundation Establishment cultivators, phew!"

Aaron steered a faint, ethereal trail of light, arriving at the border between the Black Demon Sect and the Shushan Sword Pavilion.

The people coming and going in this teahouse were all Immortal Cultivators, and telling interesting stories from time to time was a pretty good pastime for relaxing.

After some banter, Aaron stood up and left, arriving at the corner of the street.

"This matter is simple..." Aaron smiled and immediately had the waiter bring over a few types of Spirit Food and snacks.

"I came to this world so that everyone could be like a dragon, so that everyone could cultivate immortality! This is good, this is the one!"

"The Creator above the Creator!"

If he were to unfortunately die because of this, Aaron would definitely posthumously appoint him as an honorary Supreme Elder of the Yaowang Sect, and then promote his descendants...

Even between the two of them, they only used items like Transmission Jade Talismans to contact each other.

'If a Righteous Sect really does make a move, that would be a huge profit!'

When all this was completed, Aaron, outside of the Ritual, used his attainments in Third-tier Array Formations to set up an augmenting Immortal Array.

Although he had changed his face, such a Nascent Soul sect might not necessarily fail to recognize him...

Aaron brought He Yu to Great Gan; on the surface, he said it was to "weep for the Qin court," but in reality, it could only be used to fool children.

'I also don't need to reach that step...'

At this time, a mocking voice entered his ears:

In the Immortal Cultivation World, regardless of the Demonic Dao or the so-called 'Righteous Sects,' they all actually follow one law, and that is—the strong prey upon the weak!

It interprets the law of the jungle to the fullest.

Hmm, ever since arriving in Qianyang City, he had split up with He Yu, letting He Yu go do the work alone.

Immediately, he walked out of this place as if nothing had happened, blending into the crowd.

After all, if one cultivated into a stone for the sake of immortality, there wouldn't be much meaning in it.

While on the road, Aaron did not slack off in his own cultivation.

"Actually... I still have a very good impression of this world."

"I also found out news... Even the Zhengqi Sect, the leader of the Righteous Sects among the Ten Great Sects, is allowing the Black Demon Sect to run rampant... This is the appeasement the Supreme Elder spoke of earlier!"

Subsequently, a low and hoarse, strange language sounded within the Ritual Array:

Outside the Cave Abode, the heavens seemed to sense something; dark clouds gathered, and sudden thunder rumbled.

"Don't overthink it... The Haoran Sect being able to establish shipping routes back then was the result of both the Righteous and Demonic sides calling a truce..." Aaron poured a bucket of cold water directly: "Now that the Black Demon Sect is rampant, even if only one Flying Boat was robbed, you'll have plenty to cry about!"

But He Yu, who went to weep at the gates every day, could not escape...

"No, this is too villainous, change it, start over!"

Aaron placed his hand on He Yu's shoulder and said earnestly, "The future of the Yaowang Sect and the Extreme West depends on you!"

"Is this Qianyang City?"

"Sigh... the Supreme Elder is right." He Yu regretfully abandoned this originally very tempting idea.

Half a year later.

"Spirit wandering in the unknown delusion, Absolutely Neutral Existence, Silent Observer!"

After asking about the prices in Qianyang City, he couldn't help but sigh: "Living in Qianyang is not easy..."

【Name: Fang Yu (Aaron)】

As soon as these words were spoken, many people's expressions changed: "Could it be... Spirit Severing?!"

In the dark, it seemed as if some passage had been opened.

Although Aaron had seen this point long ago, letting He Yu come forward was just an excuse and a cover.

'Besides this, I can also test the attitude of those Righteous Sects and gather information at the same time...'

What he really wanted to do, naturally, was to stir up a big event.

"To tell you the truth... this old man does know a bit of the inside story, but my stomach is hungry..." The old cultivator had a rather brazen air about him.

——Aaron did this to prevent He Yu from being targeted by a Black Demon Sect Nascent Soul cultivator, which would then allow them to follow the vine and find him...

"Sigh... in this Immortal Cultivation World, Taoism wanes while the Demon waxes!"

An Immortal Cultivator dressed as a Taoist sighed and said.

As for whether there are still Spirit Severing cultivators in these sects today, that is a top secret known only to their own high-level members.

A genius from such-and-such sect has reached Golden Core...

Aaron raised his teacup in a distant toast and asked with a smile.

Outside, the Thunder within the dark clouds looked like fish scales.

"Let's find a place to stay first... then after resting for a few days, you will have to go and cry about your misery..."

As he spoke, his eyes turned to look at Aaron, who was glancing over here.

"Entering the late stage of Golden Core, the Proficiency requirement has risen further... I feel that without Spirit Pills, and if the Spirit Vein Qi is not very abundant, it will probably take a thousand years to reach perfection?"

【Technique: Mingyu Art 16th Layer (2/30000)】

Most of the Ten Great Sects of Great Gan were founded by Spirit Severing cultivators, or they possess foundations at the Spirit Severing level.

The old cultivator shook his head disapprovingly, seemingly having seen too many dirty deeds of those Righteous Sects, and was somewhat cynical: "Let's not talk about that for now, let's go back to that Sect Master who is selling his misery... Since the Black Demon Sect has produced a Spirit Severing cultivator, the Ten Great Sects of Great Gan will naturally not be its enemy. Compared to dividing up the territory of Great Gan, the Black Demon Sect is interested in expanding to the four wildernesses; they would support it before they could even stop it! How could they intervene?"

The various states of the cultivation world are actually very similar to those of mortals.

This old cultivator had hit the nail on the head.

Naturally, in such a desolate wilderness, there are no Spirit Veins, let alone cultivators.

"Oh? Since you are a Sect Master, why go to kneel at the mountain gate? Did you offend that group of Sword Cultivators?"

Times have changed!

After all, his whereabouts are uncertain, and he can hide his identity.

Inside his sleeve, a Transmission Jade Talisman was blinking.

'Forget it... I'd better not go.'

'Coming to Great Gan this time... through secret inquiries, it seems to have been completely abandoned and has become a well-known dangerous place, a dead zone?'

This is actually patching his own longevity.

"If he had offended them, he wouldn't be alive now... It turns out that person calls himself He Yu, from the Extreme West... a place of poverty and desolation where the highest level of cultivators is only Golden Core. Recently, the Black Demon Sect has been expanding there, squeezing the cultivators of those small places until they are miserable, which is why they came to ask for help!"

He Yu inexplicably felt a heavy weight on his body and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, Supreme Elder! Even if I have to kneel to death in front of the mountain gate, I will move those Righteous Sects to take action!"

"So the Li Family originally obtained the route map from the Qingding Sect, and it later came into our sect's hands?" He Yu's eyes lit up: "If we can open a shipping route like the Haoran Sect, the profits would simply be..."

If it is considered covert for a single cultivator to cross the Boundless Desert, then driving a huge Flying Boat and flaunting it is simply inviting Demon Cultivators to rob them.

But the next moment, the clouds cleared and the thunder dispersed, revealing a bright, clear Moon.

This Immortal Cultivator is no different from a mortal, and the Immortal Cultivators of Great Gan naturally feel superior to any cultivator from a small place.

Immediately after, that Moon suddenly became incomparably Scarlet, and branches seemed to stretch out upon it...

The 'Blood Moon Disaster', which would be permanently remembered by the Immortal Cultivation World of later generations, had begun!

(End of this chapter)