Chapter 173: Immortal Woods Of Qiu Prefecture
He had seen the world and even stayed in Heaven Pavilion.
But the extravagance of Heaven Pavilion in Juze City, compared to the Immortal Forest before his eyes, was simply vulgar and unbearable, merely a wine pool and meat forest of the Mortal World.
The Immortal Forest of Qiu Prefecture was like an immortal paradise, with vast Magic Energy clouds and mists. Its gate was just a Stone Gate, but meticulously carved, the masterful work of a Longevity Realm Giant.
Amid the Magic Energy clouds and mists, Spirit Wood towered to the skies, with fruits of Precious Medicine grade hanging on the trees.
The pavilions of the Immortal Forest were all suspended in the Void, situated above a large Formation Floating Island.
Standing on the Ground outside the Gate, one could only glimpse a corner of the Floating Island, connected by heavenly stairs. The Cultivators inside, men and women, were all like immortals, looking down on all living beings in the city.
Li Weiyi was stopped outside the door by the Deformed Humanoid Race Martial Cultivator guarding the Stone Gate.
The other’s cultivation was very high, an old-generation figure of the Fifth Realm of the Five Seas Realm, but in the Immortal Forest, he could only guard the Gate, like a guardian beast.
Li Weiyi understood the rules of the Immortal Forest: “I’m not going in! I only ask the old Mister to pass on a message, saying there’s a young man surnamed Chi outside the door, seeking to see Miss Qin Li. I have a deep friendship with her; she will definitely see me.”
The gate-guarding Martial Cultivator was very polite and smiled: “This old man is not a Pure Immortal Body and can’t go in either; I really can’t help.”
How could Li Weiyi believe that?
Even if he couldn’t go in, there must be a way to contact those inside.
Greed!
Li Weiyi gritted his teeth and took out a handful of Silver Coins to hand over.
The gate-guarding Martial Cultivator didn’t even glance at it and continued smiling: “Young Master Chi, please go back. Miss Qin Li is hard for even us to see once, let alone you?”
“I really have a deep friendship with her; it’s absolutely not bragging… He’s not a Pure Immortal Body, so why can he go in?”
Li Weiyi pointed to a young figure entering the Immortal Forest Stone Gate accompanied by a group of Pure Immortal Body men and women.
That young man was a Mortal, without the Physical Body of a Pure Immortal Body, but dressed in luxurious clothes with an extraordinary demeanor; even Pure Immortal Body Experts followed his lead.
The gate-guarding Martial Cultivator was moved and immediately made a silencing gesture, signaling him to keep his voice down: “That one is a exceptional Heavenly Prodigy personally selected by the master of the Immortal Forest, the Successor of Lei Xiao Sect, Lu Cangsheng.”
Li Weiyi said: “There can be exceptions? What conditions?”
The gate-guarding Martial Cultivator was very troubled and patiently said: “Don’t even think about it! Among the younger generation, the list sent to the master of the Immortal Forest, those selected, it’s rare to have even one in three to five years.”
Even though their conversation was very low, it still caught Lu Cangsheng’s attention; he paused slightly and looked over.
Qin Qian, following beside Lu Cangsheng, was a Pure Immortal Body woman cultivating the Sixth Sea of the Five Seas Realm, also glancing at Li Weiyi and chuckling lightly: “There are countless ridiculous things and ridiculous people in the world. Senior Brother, now you should understand, right? No need to be cautious about everything and overestimate opponents; not everyone is exceptionally intelligent. There are still many mediocre people who don’t know themselves in the world.”
“Let’s go!” Lu Cangsheng said indifferently.
The group disappeared into the Magic Energy clouds and mists.
The gate-guarding Martial Cultivator helplessly spread his hands and sighed: “See, it just invites ridicule.”
Having been inexplicably mocked, Li Weiyi felt no anger at all, only secretly sighing that being young and unknown in this world really made one stand like a minion. Wanting to enter a door or pass a single sentence was thousands of times difficult.
Who would value you? Think highly of you?
“Tian Shu Ge!”
A familiar voice came.
Li Weiyi turned to look and saw Little Fatty Shi Shishi standing on the distant Street side, waving nonstop at him.
“You’ve come to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City too?”
Li Weiyi walked over, feeling like meeting an old acquaintance in a foreign land.
After the Earth Wolf King Army suddenly turned sides on the Li Zhou battlefield, the two sides were no longer enemies but intimate allies.
Shi Shishi pulled him along: “Let’s change places to talk; don’t stand here, it’s embarrassing.”
“Why?” Li Weiyi was puzzled.
“Look over there!”
Shi Shishi pointed to the cluster of buildings of varying heights directly opposite the Immortal Forest Gate, bustling with voices inside and young Cultivators coming and going frequently.
The two entered one of the buildings; inside was like an open Shaft, with pavilions rising five stories on all sides, young attendants and maids shuttling back and forth delivering food, wine, and drinks. Martial Cultivators and Mind Masters among the young Cultivators gathered in rooms with open windows, laughing heartily and discussing matters under Heaven.
There were also many Martial Cultivators gathered by the window railings, peering toward the Immortal Forest Gate, excitedly describing to newcomers the scene of Lu Cangsheng and others entering just now. In their conversation, naturally, that embarrassing and funny Mortal Martial Cultivator was not omitted.
“That kid actually wanted to see Miss Qin Li… haha… the excuse he made, I can’t even bear to say…”
“He even tried to bribe the gate-guarding Martial Cultivator with Silver Coins; too stingy. If it were me, I’d use Spring Coins.”
…
Li Weiyi and Shi Shishi climbed the stairs amid the flow of people to a table on the third floor by the Immortal Forest Gate side.
Li Weiyi felt no shame at all, observing the Martial Cultivators in the building and noticing quite a few Five Seas Realm Experts. He said: “Were you here watching me earlier too?”
Shi Shishi nodded, then chuckled: “Those gathered outside the Immortal Forest are all busybodies; don’t take their words to heart. No one will remember you. See, even if you come up to this floor and pass by them, no one notices you.”
“They just want to catch a glimpse of those Successors coming to the Immortal Forest. Pure Immortal Bodies are indeed flawless in immortal essence, whether men or women; they’re really not comparable to us Mortals. Moreover, the Successors are all stunningly brilliant with countless legends; who doesn’t want to behold them?”
Li Weiyi said: “The dishes on this table…”
“Eat whatever; I’m treating today,” Shi Shishi said.
Li Weiyi was naturally not polite, eating while saying: “They’re here to behold legends, what about you?”
“I’m here to see Beauties!”
After Shi Shishi laughed, his round face was like a leather ball. Then thinking of something, he excitedly said: “Tian Shu Ge… forget it, I’ll call you Weiyi Ge. Do you really know Immortal Official Qin Li?”
Li Weiyi nodded.
“That’s Qin Li of Dual Sword Dance; in terms of beauty, she might even surpass Yang Qingxi. Flowing Stream, rippling Li waters…” Shi Shishi said.
Li Weiyi felt this kid was courting death. Not to mention Qin Li’s own frighteningly high cultivation, if these words reached Yin Nine’s ears, he’d definitely cleave him with an axe.
Though Li Weiyi hadn’t interacted much with Yin Nine and Yin Ten, he could tell the two had a close relationship, extremely familiar and tacit with each other—definitely something there.
“Shi Shishi, you’re a Law King of the Earth Wolf King Army, young yet at Peak cultivation. How come you couldn’t get an exception and can only stare dryly from outside the Immortal Forest?” Li Weiyi asked.
Shi Shishi immediately became modest: “Weiyi Ge, don’t mock me. My cultivation speed and Realm are indeed at the forefront among peers, but I’m still a hundred thousand miles from the Immortal Forest’s exceptions.”
“That Lu Cangsheng is also a Mortal; how did he do it? Could he be at Mortal Extreme, possessing Hundred Veins?” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Shishi said: “I don’t know much about Lu Cangsheng, but it seems because cultivating Lightning Law has no absolute relation to physique—that kid has very high attainment in Lightning Law and has defeated a Hundred Veins All Silver Pure Immortal Body.”
“With a Mortal body, forging heaven-defying battle achievements—impressive!” Li Weiyi secretly marveled, feeling that the world was vast indeed, with outstanding people emerging in droves.
Only after leaving Li Zhou did he truly open his eyes to the world.
Li Weiyi said: “In Zangxian Town, how much Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine did you harvest? Didn’t complete the Pure Immortal Body Metamorphosis?”
Shi Shishi scratched his head bitterly: “The higher the cultivation, the harder the Pure Immortal Body Metamorphosis; a single Realm difference means two or three times the difficulty. With my cultivation back then, I calculated it might take fifty stalks of Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine for a chance at Pure Immortal Body Metamorphosis, so I gave up.”
“But it wasn’t without gains! The Dyeing Cloud Exotic Medicine harvested in Zangxian Town helped me break through in cultivation; now I’ve started cultivating the Sixth Sea.”
“Worthy of a Law King; your cultivation speed can crown your peers,” Li Weiyi praised generously.
Shi Shishi was about the same age as Yin Twenty-Four and Li Ling, sixteen or seventeen.
While those Successors were already cultivating the Seventh Sea, a Realm higher in cultivation, most were over twenty-five years old.
Shi Shishi suddenly transmitted: “You’re from Jiu Li Hidden Sect, so you should know the inside story, right? Why did the Earth Wolf King Army suddenly switch sides and fully support your Jiu Li?”
Li Weiyi paused his Chopsticks and transmitted back: “You’re a Law King and don’t know. I’m just a little Hidden Person; what could I know?”
Shi Shishi sighed: “Old Nine and Old Six definitely know, but they’re tight-lipped and won’t say.”
Li Weiyi stirred: “Your Earth Wolf King Army shouldn’t have just you as a Five Seas Realm Expert, right? No Five Seas Realm Pure Immortal Body came to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City?”
Shi Shishi said: “We’re allies now, so I won’t hide it from you! Below the Ten Great Law Kings, there are indeed some formidable third-generation disciples who came with me to Qiu Zhou Prefecture City, all heirs of various Law Kings, including of course Pure Immortal Bodies.”
“How about helping me out? Send a trustworthy Pure Immortal Body into the Immortal Forest to pass a message for me,” Li Weiyi said.
Shi Shishi narrowed his eyes: “Pass a message to that Immortal Official Qin Li? She wouldn’t be from your Jiu Li Hidden Sect, would she? Otherwise, how could a Mortal Martial Cultivator like you, who just broke through to Five Seas, know someone of that caliber?”
Li Weiyi met his gaze and smiled: “Even your Heavenly King and Great Lord follow Jiu Li’s lead; aren’t you asking too much?”
Shi Shishi frowned, deep in thought, even suspecting if the Heavenly King was a high-level figure in Jiu Li Hidden Sect.
A group of young Martial Cultivators nearby started hooting: “Yang Qingxi is here, and Chen Wenwu too.”
Shi Shishi immediately rushed over, leaning on the Window Side, gazing toward the Immortal Forest Gate.
By the time Li Weiyi walked over, the group of Pure Immortal Body Cultivators from Sui Sect and San Chen Palace were already just backs. He whispered in Shi Shishi’s ear: “Seeing you so excited… how about we team up and grapple Yang Qingxi?”
Shi Shishi was very interested but soon shook his head: “Weiyi Ge, Yang Qingxi is no simple one. With your cultivation, don’t even think about her. You’re probably at the First Realm of the Five Seas Realm now, right? You might not fully grasp Five Seas Realm Experts yet. Yang Qingxi could kill you with a flick of a finger!”
Li Weiyi wouldn’t forget his grudges with Yang Qingxi: “No matter how strong she is, there are heavens beyond heavens and people beyond people.”
Seeing Li Weiyi’s calm gaze, not joking, Shi Shishi was shocked: “For real? If you can call in Jiu Li Hidden Sect Experts, plus my Earth Wolf King Army’s third-generation disciples, we could pull it off. Flowing Stream—thinking about it gets me excited, haha!”
“No rush; wait a few more days.”
Li Weiyi decided to at least break through to the Third Realm of the Five Seas Realm before acting: “You find someone first to help me contact Qin Li.”
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Wrote until four or five in the morning last night, slept at six, so late again today. Should adjust tomorrow.
