I Have A Cultivation World Chapter 2456: 1093: Where People's Hearts Lie (Part 4)
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After all, the Burning Heaven Meridians stemmed from the split of the holy land, with every treasure from the Fen Tianjing Di Treasury taken by them.
“I’ll entrust this task to you, Brother Zhang.”
As Chen Mobai uttered these words, he passed three taels of Enlightenment Tea over to Zhang Pankong.
“How could I possibly take this…”
Even as Zhang Pankong protested, his fingers darted forward, snatching it up and stashing it straight into his Storage Bag.
“In that case, I’ll head back to the sect and assist you in tracking down these materials, True Monarch!”
With the reward in hand, Zhang Pankong’s zeal surged dramatically.
Chen Mobai personally saw him off at the entrance.
Gifts from all Three Great Sacred Lands left Chen Mobai deeply pleased. This clearly showed his commanding influence across the East Continent.
Days flew by in a blur, and soon three months had elapsed.
Chen Mobai instructed Gu Yan to meticulously prepare a roster, listing every East Continent faction that arrived to celebrate his breakthrough to Divinity Transformation and offered presents. Except for outliers like Sun Bathing Sea, highlighted with a red mark, the others could expect warm receptions from Five Elements Sect Disciples going forward.
Chen Mobai kept track of those factions that skipped sending gifts as well.
Take the Yi Yuan Dao Palace, for example!
As the esteemed Sect Master of the Main Meridians, he had risen to immortality, yet a subordinate branch like theirs hadn’t bothered dispatching even a single representative.
Chen Mobai hadn’t sought out gifts in the first place, but he viewed the Yi Yuan Dao Palace’s omission as a blatant disregard for proper order.
Right when he was scheming to leverage this slight as a pretext for a trip to Mount Wudi—hoping to lure the Primordial Clock his way—the Yi Yuan Dao Palace unexpectedly dispatched an envoy.
Yet, it turned out not to be the individual he anticipated.
It was Xiao Yuli.
Su Ziluo escorted her inside, since during Chen Mobai’s campaign for legitimacy, he had dispatched her to East Land to reach out to Xiao Yuli, leading the two women to swap Message Talismans.
“Greetings, Sect Master!”
Stepping into the grand hall, Xiao Yuli bowed deeply in reverence to Chen Mobai.
That said, her face bore a faint pallor, and her presence felt frail, suggesting grave wounds.
“What occurred?”
Through the activation of his Rank-5 Echoes in the Void, Chen Mobai swiftly sensed the chaotic flow of her Primordial True Qi inside her body, along with a vicious, crimson Demonic Qi lurking in her Dantian and Qi Sea, relentlessly feeding on her life force and blood.
“To the Sect Master: In East Li’s sect, I faced an assault from Diao Xianlan of the Jade Mirror Demon Sect. The Demon Path deployed the Bead that Breaks Meridians, shattering the Formation and storming through the mountain gate. The sect disciples and I scattered in all directions, narrowly surviving the Jade Mirror Saint Heir’s pursuit thanks to the enigmatic depths of Primordial True Qi…”
In Chen Mobai’s presence, Xiao Yuli held nothing back, detailing every event from her recent years with full candor.
Years prior, the White Bone Demon King spearheaded the Demon Path’s fierce retaliation, leading to fates akin to Xiao Yuli’s for Nascent Soul Cultivators who had laboriously built their bases in East Li.
The lucky survivors managed to flee with their lives intact, but the unfortunate, like the four Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Nine Heavens Morality Sect who defended Huangquan Mountain, saw their Heart and Mind crushed by the White Bone Demon King, reduced to mindless zombies.
Her getaway from East Li succeeded mostly because Diao Xianlan was occupied with a ritual offering and didn’t chase her personally.
Following that, she made her way back to East Land.
Still, with Earth Virtue unavailable, she couldn’t climb Mount Wudi and had to recover at the base in Yi Yuan Immortal City instead.
During the fall of the mountain gate, though, Diao Xianlan inflicted a heavy blow on her with Blood Spirit Demon Light—a curse that Primordial True Qi merely contained, unable to purge or dissolve it.
Furthermore, over time, the Blood Spirit Demon Light intensified, drawing power from her vital essence and blood.
In her hour of utter hopelessness, news reached her of Chen Mobai’s ascension to immortality.
After weighing her options and remembering how Chen Lingming had been treated, she gathered her things and journeyed straight there.
“Unforgivable! Even as part of a branch under Yi Yuan Dao Palace, you remain a true member of the Five Elements Sect. The Demon Path has crossed the line…”
Upon hearing her tale, Chen Mobai let out a cold huff, declaring his unyielding grudge against the Demon Path.
“This visit marks my turn from shadows to light; I beg the Sect Master to welcome me!” Enduring the pain of her wounds, Xiao Yuli declared as she dropped to her knees in a profound bow.
Chen Mobai quickly intervened to halt her.