Chapter 707: The Method of Seizing Spirituality

"Feiying... you dare to come and provoke this old man? Are you tired of living?"

"And you say my Yaowang Sect has defected to the Demonic Dao? Isn't it you who is acting as a dog for the Black Demon Sect?"

Aaron laughed aloud, though he was complaining in his heart: 'The Black Demon Sect branch is enough... Their Spirit Severing Ancestor, that stray dog, has already become a dog to my true body, and now they dare to bare their fangs at me?'

"Slander!"

Feiying Zhenren felt a stir in his heart and secretly transmitted his voice to Qiyun Shuangyou: "This Fang Laoguai already knows our secret; he must not be left alive!"

"Rest assured!"

Qiyun Shuangyou let out a ferocious laugh, clouds and dragons coiling around their bodies as they arrived before Aaron: "Fang Laoguai... today we have come to seek instruction!"

'Are they specifically waiting to trap people?'

"A method for mortals to seize Spirit Roots?!"

'As for this position of fortress master, I will naturally take it without hesitation...'

Yaowang Sect plaza.

This was a spiritual intuition for divination, which returned to him after he remodeled this world.

Only then did he leisurely steer his escape Light, arriving before Qianchong Laozu, who was being entangled by Xiaoqing.

"Reporting to the Supreme Elder... this Disciple has only recently returned to the sect, and encountered a Weird matter outside... May I ask, can a mortal who originally has no Spirit Root practice Taoism?"

And at this moment, a strong fear of being persecuted arose.

Compared to Qiyun Shuangyou and Feiying Daoren... his ending was still considered good.

Besides this, there are also Spirit Souls and Weird things causing chaos among the people of the Lin and Wu nations... requiring Immortal Cultivators to be sent to handle them one by one.

At this moment, these two people had only one thought: to escape from the hands of Fang Laoguai!

"What happened just now?"

The two of them clasped their hands together, executing a Combined Body Escape Technique, transforming into a streak of white Light, barely escaping the attack range before the Black Jade Seal descended.

Seeing their own Golden Core Ancestor being killed one after another, those Sect Cultivators had long since fled in a swarm...

"Master... this person is a bad guy who wants to use Xiaoqing to refine Gu Insects, kill him!" Xiaoqing cried out with hatred.

Apart from the great war and the captives, in reality, the previous Blood Moon Disaster had also brought terrifying changes to the Extreme West.

"Xiaoqing, what do you think?"

Aaron, of course, wanted to immediately go into seclusion to break through to the Nascent Soul stage.

The Right Protector beside him made the same gesture.

The old cultivator who had been saved by Aaron earlier said, tears streaming down his face.

As cultivators, the biggest difference between them and mortals is the possession of a Spirit Root.

Not to mention anything else, that night both camps had cultivators go mad, leading to heavy casualties on both sides.

All the cultivators could no longer sit still: "This matter is highly concerning... this kind of method is a great enemy to us Immortal Cultivators!"

A Black Jade Seal, like a small mountain, smashed down directly from the sky, as if it were the Heaven-Turning Seal from mythology, possessing the power to make the heavens and earth change color!

"Ah... Golden Core Late Stage?"

The three Golden Core Ancestors exchanged a glance and immediately split into three streaks of Light, fleeing in different directions!

"If you had known today would come, why act as you did in the beginning?"

Just as Qianchong Laozu was slowly slipping away, a streak of escape Light descended from the sky, revealing Aaron's figure: "Qianchong, where do you intend to go? Would you like me to give you a lift?"

One by one, the Sect Cultivators had tears in their eyes.

As for the speed of cultivation, one could completely say that everything before was just a disguise!

Anyway, with his, Fang Laozu's, brilliant Immortal Cultivator aptitude of forming a Golden Core in a few decades back then, is it so abnormal to have cultivated for hundreds of years and reached the False Nascent Soul realm?

"You hid so deeply! I hate you!"

Aaron tapped his mount, and Xiaoqing roared, directly entangling Qianchong Laozu.

Aaron glanced at him: "Speak your mind..."

The fact that Qiyun Shuangyou died so inexplicably only deepened the chill in their hearts.

A Spirit Severing cultivator?

Many Foundation Establishment Dashiu obeyed with awe, though one of the Foundation Establishment cultivators hesitated to speak.

Accompanied by his narration, those Yaowang Sect cultivators all wore expressions of horror.

"Destroy it, it must be destroyed!"

"Ang!"

Qianchong Laozu, Feiying Daoren, and even the female Golden Core cultivator were all shocked, their souls fleeing in terror at the same time.

He thought for a moment and asked his spirit pet.

"Qiyun Shuangyou actually died?"

'I hope the other party can safely avoid the Blood Moon Disaster and, by the way, cross the Boundless Desert alone to return... This desert is too big; when this Ancestor returned, I didn't encounter him...'

Just as the two were about to make contact, the crimson giant dragon opened its maw and suddenly spat out a sharp, peerless stream of Light!

"You, old sir, have been executing divine abilities one after another; you must take care of yourself."

He sighed, putting on a look of concern for the nation and the people: "This seat and the Sect Master went to Great Gan to plead with the righteous sects... but those righteous sects feared the Black Demon Sect's great power and actually washed their hands of it, ignoring us... And within the Black Demon Sect, a Nascent Soul Late Stage old demon has actually broken through to the Spirit Severing realm!"

'It's a pity... my true body was really killed. Using a Substitute Gu is only equivalent to seizing a body to return to life, and it is still subject to the rules of possession; it can be done once, but not twice...'

Furthermore, after hundreds of years of cultivation by Aaron with Essence Qi, its power far exceeds that of ordinary Dharma Treasures, and even compared to the Invisible Sword of the Shushan Sword Pavilion, it is not inferior!

Aaron flicked his finger, and streaks of Invisible Sword Qi flew out, strangling toward Feiying Daoren.

The corpse of Ancestor Qianchong immediately fell from mid-air, and that Dharma Treasure, the "Raising Gu Pot," was also snatched into Aaron's palm with a wave of his hand.

Now that the Yaowang Sect cultivators are organizing a counterattack and pursuit, there is no need to worry too much.

"Speak... what else is there?"

"Oh?"

"A challenge?... Step forward and die!"

However, at this moment, those ox-hair needles unexpectedly stopped obeying, as if they had been subjected to some immense attractive force, and were directly sucked onto the bottom of the Black Jade Seal.

After absorbing these two clouds of red mist, the original protective cloud dragon let out a long roar, its body suddenly expanding and growing larger... transforming into a red dragon several hundred feet long, which collided head-on with the Black Jade Seal!

Roar, roar!

"It is..." Cold sweat appeared on the forehead of that Foundation Establishment Disciple: "This disciple was traveling recently and once saw a mortal without a Spirit Root rise up suddenly, using weird means to kill a Qi Refining Early Stage cultivator... and even, through even weirder means, seized the other party's Spirit Root... After I captured him, I forced out of him that this person also obtained a secret technique through moon worship, named—'Stealing Spirit,' which can help mortals seize the Spirit Roots of cultivators!"

Both of them are Golden Core Mid-Stage, and they have cultivated a set of combined attack secret techniques; even against a Golden Core Late Stage, they have the confidence to hold their own.

"As for this Wanxing Sect... taking advantage of the situation to attack my Yaowang Sect, it is eighty percent likely they were instigated by the Black Demon Sect. This grudge must be avenged... Once I emerge from seclusion, I will certainly annihilate the Wanxing Sect!"

Aaron thought for a moment and made a decision: "Send out the law enforcement team to first clean up the weird occurrences in the Lin Kingdom... Remember, do not force it; if you encounter danger, you are permitted to retreat or seal it off!"

This Fang Laoguai is clearly the most terrifying kind!

"Run!"

—Earth Pole Meta-Magnetic Divine Ability!

Then... Boom!

The small mountain-like Black Jade Seal fell, smashing the red giant dragon into pieces, and still continued to fall toward the Qiyun Shuangyou with undiminished momentum!

"Ugh..."

"Cough, cough... Rest assured, these old bones of mine... can still hold up!"

At this moment, a needle was thrust down, immediately piercing through the two men's protective light shields, and thousands of Invisible Sword Qi erupted!

Pfft, pfft!

Clang!

Within that stream of light were countless needles as thin as ox hair, refined with Demonic Dao secret techniques; even the protective divine abilities of Golden Core Cultivators would be easily pierced, and if one's physical body or soul were even slightly touched, one would be poisoned to death!

It is an extremely sinister Dharma Treasure!

The next instant, an invisible and formless thin needle pierced his dantian, shattering his Golden Core.

By this time, he no longer minded exposing some of his trump cards, or even his False Nascent Soul cultivation.

Aaron descended from the sky and was warmly welcomed by the Yaowang Sect cultivators.

"If you, old sir, had arrived one step later... we would likely have all perished."

Sometimes, standing openly at the forefront is actually a better form of concealment and disguise.

The corpses of the Qiyun Shuangyou, turned into honeycombs, fell from the sky, spilling blood across the earth all the way down...

On the edge of the Yaowang Sect.

A Gu Immortal Sect cultivator with a tattoo on his face suddenly had his expression turn somewhat weird when Ancestor Qianchong died.

"Supreme Elder... you have finally returned."

Immediately, he said nothing and turned to leave.

"This Dharma Power... far exceeds that of an ordinary Golden Core Late Stage. Are you a Golden Core Late Stage perfection... a False Nascent Soul cultivator who is only one step away from condensing a Nascent Soul?"

However, as long as one breaks through to Nascent Soul, one can live freely and easily for another four or five hundred years!

"Supreme Elder, how is Sect Master He?"

Aaron let out a cold snort, and his Golden Core Late Stage Dharma Power erupted!

Boom!

"Fellow Daoist, spare my life... I have a heaven-shaking secret that I am willing to offer to you!"

"Fellow Daoist... I had long seen that Daoist Feiying harbored evil intentions, and that the Wanxing Sect is the true spy for the Demon Sect."

After all, Fang Laoguai is already over six hundred years old; even with profound cultivation, who knows if consecutive fierce battles would severely damage his Essence Qi and lead to a shortened lifespan?

'Damn it... Fang Laoguai is truly a pitfall... he had actually cultivated to the Golden Core Late Stage... those two Dharma Treasures, one for attack and one for defense, are both incredibly sharp...'

"Go!"

Xiaoqing, the atmosphere-setter, cheered and shouted repeatedly.

"Fang Laoguai!"

If he had known earlier that Fang Laoguai was at the False Nascent Soul realm, he would have been a fool to come and besiege the Yaowang Sect!

Unfortunately, there are no "ifs" in this world...

"According to the iron laws of the Immortal Cultivation World, it should not be possible, unless one has eaten some legendary heaven-sent treasure capable of stimulating the growth of a Spirit Root..."

He bit the tip of his tongue hard, causing a mouthful of essence blood to turn into red mist, which he sprayed onto the cloud dragon.

This Fang Laoguai hid too deeply and was too good at enduring, leading him to his death...

He possesses rich experience in countering weirdness and knows that for some weird things, leaving them alone is also a way of dealing with them.

'Even so... the Far West will be quite lively in the future, right... after all, it is the final fortress of immortal cultivation with the lowest level of mystery!'

Of course, there were also a few unlucky ones who defected before the battle; they were directly stripped of their Dharma Power and kept under guard, waiting for the punishment hall to severely punish them later...

After all, mortals are the foundation of the Immortal Cultivation World; without a massive base of mortals, how could babies with Spirit Roots be born?

'Speaking of which... I was still lenient toward the Far West; if it were the pollution intensity of Great Gan... all these cultivators would have died, died completely!'

The pinnacle of this world?

Most crucially, it is extremely sinister and leaves no trace!

Although he claimed that he could fight a Late Stage cultivator by joining forces with the Right Protector, there are differences even among Golden Core Late Stage cultivators.

But of course, one cannot say it like that.

Daoist Feiying was only at the early Golden Core stage; terrified, his face turned pale as he shouted a sound transmission to beg for mercy: "As long as Fellow Daoist spares me this once, the Wanxing Sect will follow the lead of the Yaowang Sect from now on!"

'Fortunately, I am currently only at Foundation Establishment, so my target is not large. I will just maintain this Foundation Establishment escape speed and slowly flee the battlefield... I must absolutely not attract the attention of Fang Laoguai.'

"Master is amazing, Master is truly formidable!"

Aaron frowned, his intuition suddenly sensing something subtly different.

A Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Master-Disciple Faction asked with a face full of worry, seemingly a disciple of He Yu.

"I always feel something is wrong... is this person really dead?"

Aaron waved his hand and announced a major piece of good news.

Ancestor Qianchong let out a desperate roar...

That Foundation Establishment cultivator asked tremblingly.

Aaron toyed with the Black Jade Seal in his hand, a half-smile appearing on his face as he scanned the battlefield below.

Doesn't that mean—the Yaowang Sect, and even the entire Far West, are beyond saving?

"Cough, cough... However, you need not worry. When the Ancestor returned, he discovered that the Blood Moon Disaster had already erupted. The Black Demon Sect might have already fallen, and even if they haven't, they won't be coming to target our Far West."

The Left Protector shrieked, a fierce look flashing across his face: "Use the Secret technique!"

"Not good!"

He made a secret decision in his heart: "Seclusion... I must immediately go into seclusion to form a Nascent Soul... otherwise, everywhere I go, I am asked if my body is well. This bluff is about to be exposed..."

This needle was shadowless and formless, and even more incomparably sharp!

However, being able to escape with his life from the hands of that baleful star, Ancestor Qianchong was already incomparably fortunate.

The Left Protector widened his eyes and blurted out.

"Fang Laoguai is actually at the False Nascent Soul realm?"

Although this Golden Core Cultivator's insect-driving technique was powerful, the Wanshou Turtle's body had extremely high defense and thick skin; it would still take a long time for those Gu Insects to bite through its defense.

After being struck several times by the Black Jade Seal, all his protective Dharma Treasures were shattered. A look of regret, resentment, and despair appeared on Daoist Feiying's face, which finally turned into a single complaint.

Aaron coughed a few times, revealing a trace of weak fatigue.

"Yes!"

While fleeing for his life, he was secretly smug in his heart: 'This Substitute Gu is truly useful... if it weren't for the distance limitation, it would be the supreme treasure of my Gu Immortal sect...'

Ancestor Qianchong put away his Gu Insects and said righteously: "I am willing to testify for Fellow Daoist, and I request to be the vanguard to attack the Wanxing Sect!"

Aaron had always turned a deaf ear to the wailing of a defeated dog, directly using a sword to slaughter both the physical body and soul of Daoist Feiying.

Although he was immortal, in the eyes of outsiders, Fang Laoguai should have died long ago... what kind of situation was it to keep lingering on like this?

He made a bold declaration: "This Far West... it is time for it to have a master!"

He closed his eyes, and his powerful Divine Sense, comparable to a Nascent Soul Early Stage cultivator, scanned the battlefield inch by inch...

But before the two could even heave a sigh of relief, an Invisible Needle fell from the void!

Perhaps some cultivators consider themselves powerful and do not fear mortals, but mortals who have mastered Weird powers are different.

"Identify the Demon Qi of those captured cultivators one by one; kill everyone suspected of being a Demon Cultivator... better to kill by mistake than to let one go."

Aaron was slightly embarrassed; he had long forgotten about He Yu...

And in just a short amount of time, Aaron had already caught up to the weakest female Golden Core cultivator, burning her to ashes with a burst of Demon fire, and then used the Blood Burning Escape Technique to catch up to Daoist Feiying.

After all, if one does not cultivate to the late Golden Core perfection, how can one condense a Nascent Soul in the future?

Aaron flicked his finger.

A chill rose in Ancestor Qianchong's heart, and he opened his mouth to spit out a pitch-black, jar-shaped Dharma Treasure, inside which countless insects seemed to be chirping.

He left the life of this Golden Core Cultivator to Xiaoqing to decide.

But he soon discovered that there were too many matters in the Yaowang Sect, and it simply would not allow him to slack off and run away immediately...

Furthermore, what about those high-level cultivators who wanted to obtain better Spirit Roots for their mortal descendants?

The Yaowang Main Hall was noisy; the changes brought by the Blood Moon Disaster were profoundly affecting this world...

(End of chapter)