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Chapter 1124: Chapter 1031: Curse
The person opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but suddenly felt a sharp stabbing pain all over his body. It was as if he would die the moment he spoke. His whole body trembled violently, and with a face as if at a funeral, he said, "I am being targeted by a curse. If I utter even a single word, I will die instantly."
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of dark light flashed in Li Zhirui’s eyes, and he immediately took action, bringing the person into a spatial dimension.
"Speak now. In this space, you won’t be affected by the curse."
Meanwhile.
In a Spirit Mountain many miles away, an old crone, weak in breath but of Great Vehicle cultivation, suddenly opened her eyes wide.
"What’s going on?!"
A hoarse and mocking voice rang out, the old crone’s face full of surprise, "Why has Liuerde’s Qi disappeared?"
If the Life Token next to her hadn’t been intact, she would have thought that Liuerde had already fallen!
"That Integration Cultivator can actually shield against divination?"
Probing divination is not too difficult, but to shield against divination, not to mention an Integration Cultivator, even Great Vehicle and Tribulation Transcendence Cultivators do not have this ability.
Either this person has an item capable of shielding divination, or he is an old monster hiding his true cultivation!
But regardless of which it is, it’s not good for the scheme they are planning.
Because he can learn more information from the captured Liuerde!
"Why has a sudden change occurred when the divination our ancestor deduced many years ago revealed nothing of this sort?" The old crone’s face turned gloomy, a fierce light flashing in her eyes.
Because no matter what, she will not allow this matter to be foiled!
The years of hard work they had put into this sect, as well as the hope of Longevity, must not have the slightest mishap.
With a thought, the old crone sent out several streaks of Spirit Light from her hand.
Soon, a Cloud Boat rose from this vast Spirit Mountain, flying towards the place where Liuerde’s Qi was last detected.
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"Well! So you’re still not going to speak?" Li Zhirui exuded a Killing Aura, as if he would kill the person in front of him in the next instant.
Liuerde seemed frightened, his face pale, repeatedly saying, "I’ll talk! Just please don’t kill me."
Seeing his appearance, Li Zhirui’s brow furrowed. After all, he was a Integration Cultivator; how could his Mental State and Dao Heart be so fragile?
In order to make him calm down quickly, so that he didn’t speak nonsense, Li Zhirui helplessly used his Calming Mind Divine Ability to quickly settle his nerves.
"I was born into the Yunshan Sect, a Great Vehicle Sect located in Qinghe State. About a thousand years ago, a Secret Realm appeared in Qinghe State, and our sect obtained a complete set of methods from the Human Dao Imperial Dynasty."
Under the influence of divine power, Liuerde became very calm and spoke steadily, "At that time, our sect was at its peak, so those ancestors simply contemplated the methods, hoping to draw inspiration and advance even further, and have more confidence in opening the gates to the Immortal Realm."
In Li Zhirui’s mind quickly appeared the location of Qinghe State, located west of the Human Dao Dynasty and very close.
So, the fact that the dynasty has been developing to this day without being discovered by Cultivators is not due to good luck but because a Great Vehicle power intervened and erased their presence, while also locking down the information.
As mentioned before, after breaking through to Great Vehicle, as long as one has enough strength and confidence, it is possible to directly sense the Thunder Tribulation.
But under normal circumstances, no cultivator would choose to do this, as it’s too difficult and dangerous.
Therefore, most Great Vehicle and Tribulation Transcending Cultivators are focused on cultivation, improving their own strength.
"But somehow, over the next few hundred years, our ancestors made no progress in their cultivation, so they turned their eyes to the methods of the Human Dao Dynasty!"
Liuerde raised his head and looked at Li Zhirui, saying, "You must also have heard some news; those who founded the Daqian Dynasty were seniors from our sect whose lifespans were nearing their ends, with a Great Vehicle old ancestor leading them."
Li Zhirui was shocked, right, if there wasn’t a cultivation power behind them, how could those Cultivators willingly abandon their cultivation and accept death?
The revelation about the cultivators’ Realm involved surprised him even more than the information he had gathered.
"Great Vehicle Cultivators, to be willing to forsake their cultivation for a nebulous future, how could they be so foolish?" Li Zhirui said with a sigh in his tone.
Given the same circumstances, Li Zhirui would rather seek a glimmer of survival in battle, even risking immediate death, than choose such an unreliable path.
"If, as you say, the dynasty was successfully established by Integration and Great Vehicle Cultivators, why didn’t they seize more territory at the beginning to lay a better foundation for their descendants?"
"You’ve also seen the Jade Slip; you know that what’s most important to the Human Dao Dynasty is not territory, but people’s hearts. At the time, the population on this land was very sparse, coupled with the ancestors’ limited lifespans, they had no choice but to settle for less and first establish the dynasty for the later generations to develop."
"All these years, has Yunshan Sect been assisting in the shadows?" 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝒑𝙪𝒃.𝒄𝒐𝙢
Li Zhirui’s eyebrows raised as he said, "Aren’t you worried that after this so-called Daqian Dynasty grows strong, it will take over and enslave you?"
There’s no need to reach the level of an imperial dynasty; just advancing further from where the current Daqian Dynasty stands would allow them to contend with Great Vehicle Cultivators!
This differs from Li Zhirui’s plan to impart knowledge to the Secular Clansmen of the Li family; his only intent was to use this method to ensure the safety of the Secular Clansmen, with no other motives.
But it’s clear that Yunshan Sect intends to leverage the power of the dynasty to fulfill their ancestors’ ambitions of achieving immortality and Longevity. Far from preventing the growth of the dynasty, they would actively assist it.
