Chapter 1479: Uninvited Guests Arrive

Translator: CinderTL

Two days later, South Pill City, which had been sealed for twenty-five hours, finally reopened.

The spatial reflection above the lake had vanished.

The resentful spirits outside the city, having exhausted their Primordial Qi, were consumed by Spiritual Qi and dissipated into nothingness.

During this Vengeful Spirit Tide, South Pill City only dispatched forces to eliminate a few exceptionally weakened void fiends at the very end. Before that, they had completely ignored the actions of the resentful spirits, as if they were invisible.

Remarkably, they had eradicated all the resentful spirits, including the three eighth-tier vengeful spirits, without losing a single soldier.

As the City-Protecting Formation barrier dissipated, the city’s inhabitants—whether disciples of Sects and Clans or rogue cultivators—remained remarkably calm. Those who needed to leave the city departed, while merchants continued their hawking as usual.

The Vengeful Spirit Tide occurred every ten years, and they had long grown accustomed to it.

Late in the afternoon, a young man in the Void Refinement Stage descended from the sky, landing on one of the city’s wide streets.

This was Song Wen.

After escaping the clutches of the old crone named Rong Luan and the three eighth-tier vengeful spirits, he had found a secluded spot to rest and recuperate.

Over an hour earlier, he had noticed a steady stream of cultivators flying past his hiding place.

He immediately deduced that South Pill City had reopened.

After disguising himself, Song Wen arrived at South Pill City.

He first casually entered an intelligence shop and purchased a map and brief information about the city and its surrounding areas.

From this, he learned that South Pill City was located in Yu Territory, a province in the heart of the Eastern Profound Continent, bordering five other provinces.

To the southwest of Yu Territory lay Azure Wutong Province, the very province where the Divine Blood Gate was situated.

The Rong Clan, Rong Luan’s family, was considered the foremost power in Yu Territory, boasting six Great Ascension Stage cultivators. They controlled virtually all of the western and southern regions of the territory, yet even with such dominance, the Rong Clan remained a subordinate force under the Divine Blood Gate.

South Pill City was one of the many major cities under the Rong Clan’s control.

Approximately one hundred miles beneath the city’s surface, subterranean fires raged, and molten lava flowed with extreme activity.

This lava contained a strand of extraordinary spiritual fire known as the Southern Bright Spirit Flame.

When mixed with magma, this flame became gentle and stable, possessing remarkable efficacy in refining medicinal materials and fusing pill liquids, significantly increasing the success rate of pill formation.

Gradually, numerous Pill Refiners established cultivation caves in the area, and over time, a city formed.

Due to the presence of the Southern Bright Spirit Flame and the abundance of medicinal pills produced there, the city was named South Pill City.

South Pill City annually generates vast quantities of spirit stones, medicinal pills, and various heavenly materials and earthly treasures for the Rong Clan.

For this reason, despite the Vengeful Spirit Tide that strikes every ten years, the Rong Clan spares no effort in defending the city.

Moreover, repelling the Vengeful Spirit Tide is actually quite straightforward.

By accurately calculating the timing and monitoring the spatial reflection, the city’s grand formation can be activated the moment resentful spirits begin teleporting in, effectively blocking them from entering.

Lacking spiritual intelligence, the resentful spirits quickly exhaust their Primordial Qi within a few days, causing their bodies to be invaded by Spiritual Qi and leading to their demise.

Furthermore, these spirits are remarkably foolish, relentlessly attacking only South Pill City’s City-Protecting Formation without attempting to forage elsewhere or escape through the spatial reflection.

The true source of mass slaughter lies in the occasional void fiends that follow in the wake of the resentful spirits.

Void fiends possess keen spiritual intelligence. They raid nearby smaller cities and markets for sustenance before retreating to the Western Rong Continent before the spatial reflection disappears.

After purchasing intelligence about South Pill City and a map of Yu Territory, Song Wen left the shop and, after navigating through the city’s winding streets, entered another intelligence shop to acquire information about the Rong Clan.

However, he obtained no valuable intelligence, only common knowledge. Yet this proved sufficient for his purposes.

For instance, he learned Rong Luan’s reputation and cultivation level, the Rong Clan’s ties to the Divine Blood Gate, and... that many Rong Clan members were cultivating within the Divine Blood Gate, some even becoming core disciples.

As Song Wen read the list of Rong Clan disciples who had joined the Divine Blood Gate, a sinister smile crept across his lips.

He resented Rong Luan, but as a mid-Great Ascension Stage cultivator, she would be difficult to deal with.

However, these Rong Clan disciples? They wouldn’t pose much of a challenge.

Consider it collecting some interest.

And if it also boosted his cultivation, why not?

Still, he had more pressing matters at hand. His revenge against the Rong Clan would have to wait.

Leaving the second intelligence shop, Song Wen strolled leisurely through South Pill City.

Perhaps due to the Divine Blood Gate’s influence, most cultivators in the city exuded a sinister aura. Yet there were also orthodox cultivators radiating pure spiritual light. The two groups coexisted peacefully, avoiding the usual melodramatic clashes between good and evil.

Song Wen visited over a dozen shops, selling a small portion of the spiritual materials he had obtained from demon beasts slaughtered on the Western Rong Continent. This yielded over four hundred thousand high-grade spirit stones.

He also purchased Spirit Herbs to complement the Yaoguang Lotus, which would enhance his innate talent.

With his preparations complete, Song Wen soared into the sky and departed South Pill City.

Peach Blossom Valley.

Located northwest of South Pill City, over thirteen million miles away.

Named for the vast peach blossom forest that stretches for thousands of miles around the valley.

This peach blossom forest was artificially cultivated, ensuring that throughout the year, countless peach trees are always in full bloom.

A gentle breeze carries the rich, lingering fragrance, lifting pink petals from their branches.

The scent drifts for thousands of miles, creating a dreamlike, otherworldly paradise where fallen blossoms dance in the air.

"Senior Gu Que, what do you think of the Spiritual Qi here?" Song Wen’s voice echoed in his sea of consciousness, his gaze sweeping across the shimmering sea of blossoms swaying in the wind, a hint of disdain flickering across his face.

Such a perfect place for cultivation, yet it’s been reduced to this vulgar display.

He couldn’t help but feel a growing contempt for the Peach Blossom True Immortal, whom he had never met.

The valley’s abundant Spiritual Qi naturally meant it wasn’t unclaimed territory. It served as the lair of a rogue cultivator known as the Peach Blossom True Immortal—a daoist title Song Wen found equally distasteful.

However, this individual was renowned for his exceptional skill in cultivating Spirit Herbs.

Rumor had it that the valley’s interior was essentially a Spirit Field, brimming with countless invaluable Spirit Herbs.

"The Spiritual Qi here is sufficient. However..."

Gu Que, whose divine sense had been allowed to extend beyond Song Wen’s sea of consciousness due to the intentional weakening of the Sea of Consciousness Black Hole’s restraints, continued slowly, savoring this rare moment of "freedom":

"However, the defensive array here is formidable. Can you forcibly break through it and claim this place for yourself?"

(End of the Chapter)

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