Chapter 245: Immortal Concrete Body

Chen Mobai felt a slight sense of relief upon seeing the two words Lan Haitain replied with. This guy, reputed to be the Foundation Establishment True Cultivator closest to Core Formation in the Immortal Sect, a top student of Kunpeng Dao Academy, and even the leader of the Sixth Group of the Heaven-Mending Underworld, shouldn't have any trouble dealing with a small terrorist, right?

"Why are you spacing out? How about you try these glasses?" Qing Nü's voice reached him. Chen Mobai saw her holding a pair of thin-framed, gold-rimmed glasses that clearly looked like something a successful person would wear.

"Customer, you have excellent taste," the salesperson said. "These glasses are the latest model developed by the Heavenly Eye Academy. The frames are made of spirit-titanium alloy, and the lenses are the newly synthesized spirit-sensing glass. Wearing them allows you to see the traces of spirit energy flow and also directly measure spirit energy values."

In the Immortal Sect, to maximize sales, everything had to be linked to cultivation and spirit energy. Ordinary items like glasses were no exception. Ordinary glasses could only be used as glasses, but glasses that became magic artifacts came with all sorts of selling points.

However, few people actually bought them.

As expected, as soon as Qing Nü heard about such flashy features, she thought they must be expensive and immediately dismissed them. She opted for a similar style with no special functions, merely for blocking spirit light.

Chen Mobai, however, had a thought. In the Immortal Sect, where all spirit energy was centrally managed, nobody really cared about glasses that could observe spirit energy traces. But it was different in the Sky River Realm. He could buy a pair. His Void-Piercing Spiritual Eyes could see through things in a small range. If he had to use his spiritual eyes to inspect all sixty mu of spirit fields, it would probably exhaust him to death.

However, Qing Nü's choice definitely wouldn't work; the style was too flashy.

Qing Nü pouted and chose another pair with silver semi-rimless frames, but Chen Mobai still shook his head. Finally, he chose a pair of black-framed glasses that Qing Nü found very unappealing.

"Too ugly," she commented.

Seeing Qing Nü a little downcast, Chen Mobai couldn't help but buy the two pairs of glasses she had liked as well.

"That's too wasteful, one pair is enough," Qing Nü said. However, since he had bought three pairs of glasses at once, Qing Nü ended up reminding him to be more frugal.

"Next year, I need to research the cultivation of second-tier spirit rice in agriculture," Chen Mobai explained. "I'll need to see the spirit energy distribution in the spirit fields, and these glasses will be perfect for that." This was the truth. The sixty mu of spirit fields below Little South Mountain, thanks to Zhuo Ming leading a group of helpers in diligent tilling, had already completed the process of soil nourishment for next year, according to his plan. However, due to being fallow for too long, the spirit fields had only recovered to the second-tier low-grade level. They would require several more rounds of cultivation, coupled with fertilization and maintenance, before potentially recovering to the third-tier level.

"Alright then," Qing Nü said, "so you'll be fine once you put them on?" Qing Nü didn't feel comfortable asking directly. Chen Mobai nodded, indicating that this special pair of light-blocking black-framed glasses had indeed blocked his uncontrolled Void-Piercing Spiritual Eyes.

After paying 50,000 cultivation merits, the two walked out of the glasses store. The main reason for the high price was the gold-rimmed glasses that could display spirit energy values; they were equivalent to a mid-grade first-tier magic artifact.

RUMBLE!

The two were just about to board a public transport vehicle when they suddenly heard a sound like muffled thunder.

"Is it going to rain?" Qing Nü asked. Qing Nü looked up at the clear, cloudless sky and couldn't help but pout, remarking on how changeable the weather was.

"It might just be thunder; it won't necessarily rain," Chen Mobai replied. Chen Mobai suddenly took off the black-framed glasses he was wearing and put on the gold-rimmed pair, looking in the direction from which the muffled thunder had come. He saw the spirit energy in the air rapidly converging towards that spot.

"Let's go, the bus is here," Qing Nü called out. Qing Nü turned and called to Chen Mobai. Seeing that he had put on the glasses she had chosen, she couldn't help but smile sweetly.

"Mhm," Chen Mobai responded. Chen Mobai had no intention of going to see what the commotion was about. He simply followed Qing Nü onto the public transport and left the area.

Lan Haitain clenched his right fist, slamming the bald youth, who was attempting to break through the barrier, heavily into the ground. But he immediately retracted his fist. Frowning, he looked at the red mark on it, slowly shook his hand, and dissipated the soreness.

"The Indestructible Concrete Body of the Jinshi Monastery," Lan Haitain asked, "are you 'Unmoving' or 'Unquiet'?"

As soon as Lan Haitain finished speaking, the bald youth, whom he had slammed into the ground, suddenly sprang up. A massive two-meter concrete fist formed from scattered stones in his palm, which he swung heavily.

"Don't you know who I am?" Lan Haitain said. Lan Haitain frowned, looking at the bald youth who dared to strike him. He opened his right hand, and his fair, slender fingers gently pressed down, unleashing an immense and vast primordial magnetic force.

BOOM!

The massive stone fist swung by the bald youth's right hand disintegrated the moment it touched Lan Haitain's five fingers. Immediately, Lan Haitain's fair fingers changed from a claw to a palm, and he casually pushed it against the bald youth's chest. Streaks of iron-black currents appeared, erupting like tattoos across Unmoving's entire body, resisting the advance of Lan Haitain's palm.

"Your Indestructible Concrete Body is well-trained," Lan Haitain said, "but unfortunately, your cultivation level is a bit lacking." Lan Haitain watched as Unmoving's veins bulged on his forehead, his skin turned crimson, and his meridians looked like thick black earthworms. Unmoving abruptly transformed into a two-meter tall giant. Lan Haitain then retracted his fingers into a fist.

With a "clang" like the reverberation of a bronze bell, Unmoving's golden body, now a giant, was shattered. He bounced back from in front of Lan Haitain like a cannonball, leaving a blood-stained trail of destruction on the ground, and then he lay on his back, spitting blood into the sky.

"You... butcher," Unmoving gasped, "why... are you... here?"

Unmoving struggled to stand up, but he felt his strength draining away with his blood. His previously enlarged body slowly shrank, becoming hunched and emaciated.

"Hmm, how should I explain this to you? Just a coincidence?" Lan Haitain mused. Lan Haitain stroked his chin, walking step by step towards Unmoving. At the same time, the previously hazy sky began to shrink with his steps, gradually encompassing both of them.

"Indeed, there's... a traitor... within the sect..." Unmoving muttered. Seeing the primordial magnetic domain begin to contract, Unmoving knew he wouldn't be able to escape today. He tried to activate the Indestructible Concrete Body, but found that in just three moves, Lan Haitain had already broken all the bones and meridians in his body. Such injuries essentially crippled him. Unmoving only felt that his luck was terrible. He was already at the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment and had cultivated the Indestructible Concrete Body. In the vast Immortal Sect, only a handful of Foundation Establishment True Cultivators could render him utterly helpless. But this guy in front of him happened to be one of them.

"Tell me why you're here," Lan Haitain said as he stood before Unmoving, "and I'll guarantee your life." Lan Haitain came before Unmoving. He lowered his head, looking directly into the latter's eyes, which were bleeding due to the shattering of his Indestructible Concrete Body.

"Cough, cough, cough... I won't be a traitor..." Unmoving coughed. Unmoving, however, was a tough guy and simply closed his eyes.

"Tsk, what a pity, you have to suffer for it," Lan Haitain sighed. Lan Haitain sighed and extended a finger, pointing it at Unmoving's Dantian Qi Sea, directly crippling his cultivation.

*Ring, ring, ring!*

After he had finished his work, Lan Haitain called the leader of the Third Group of the Heaven-Mending Unit, who specialized in extracting memories from the Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness.

"I understand, I'll send someone to pick him up immediately," the group leader replied.

After finishing the call, Lan Haitain looked down at the unconscious Unmoving again. A sudden curiosity arose in his heart. "Could it be that Gu Changfeng's trail could lead to a big fish?" he wondered. As he thought this, he was about to search Unmoving's body to see if he could find anything useful, when his divine sense suddenly gave off a frantic warning.

Primordial magnetic force erupted. Unmoving's entire body was lifted by him, and six pitch-black, dark-gold grenades came into his view.

"This guy!" Lan Haitain cursed. Lan Haitain cursed angrily, and the Six Controls Scripture erupted with full force.

BOOM!

Chen Mobai, who was eating with Qing Nü and the other two, felt a sudden slight tremor. He couldn't help but put down his bowl and chopsticks, looking in the direction where spirit energy was continuously converging.

"Can that guy really handle it?" he wondered.

Just as he was wondering whether to call and ask, a text message arrived.

"Done," it read.

It was from Lan Haitain, concise and to the point.

"Quite capable, isn't he?" Chen Mobai thought. Chen Mobai saw the reply and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He had to admit, Yang Jing and Kong Feichen's cooking was quite good. He was very full. According to Qing Nü, when they were at the orphanage, the three of them secretly cooked extra meals, which helped them develop their good cooking skills.

"Oh, right," Chen Mobai said, "I found two pill formulas in an ancient text in the Martial Arts Dao Academy library. I'm not sure if they can be improved upon; could you take a look?"

After eating, Chen Mobai and Qing Nü sat on the sofa, while Kong Feichen and Yang Jing cleared the dishes.

"Hundred Herb Pill, Spirit Nurturing Soup?" Qing Nü murmured. Qing Nü looked at the two pill formulas Chen Mobai sent her and began to read them very seriously.

"The formulas themselves aren't a problem," Qing Nü said, "but the materials are a bit wasteful. These seven herbs could be replaced with..."

These two pill formulas from the Hundred Herbs Scripture were something Chen Mobai intended to prepare for his disciples. Liu Wenbo had his family as a backing, so he was basically assured of becoming a true disciple when the next batch of Jade Marrow Golden Ganoderma matured. But it was a bit difficult for Zhuo Ming; she had already set her sights on the batch after the next. But Chen Mobai felt that since he had taken her as a disciple, and had her change her cultivation method, and she would likely be in charge of the sixty mu of spirit fields at Little South Mountain in the future, which might delay her cultivation progress, he felt it necessary to compensate her.

He didn't want to bring elixirs from the Immortal Sect to the Sky River Realm. Furthermore, people there only dared to consume elixirs from recognized brands. Recklessly introducing a new elixir or spiritual water, no matter how eloquently it was described, nobody would dare to consume it. Chen Mobai's idea was to use the Immortal Sect's technology to refine the Hundred Herb Pill and Spirit Nurturing Soup, and then see if he could cultivate an alchemy talent in the Sky River Realm. This would lay the groundwork for him to collect spiritual herbs and medicines for the Golden Liquid Jade Return Pill in the future. After all, if he didn't refine pills himself but periodically acquired spiritual herbs, it would easily arouse suspicion over time.

However, Zhuo Ming had already taken on the heavy responsibility of farming for him. Assigning the task of alchemy to her as well—wouldn't that be a bit too much for her?

Just as Chen Mobai was thinking about these things, Zhuo Ming, who was in the Sky River Realm selecting rice seeds, suddenly sneezed. She casually wiped her nose, continued picking out good rice seeds to plant, and began watering the seedlings.

"Unmoving is dead."

Inside a closed staircase of a shopping mall, the woman in sunglasses and Tuoba Wanyi met. Both had grave expressions.

"Didn't they say True Person Scarlet Robe and True Person Shiqing wouldn't act?" Tuoba Wanyi asked with a frown. He was well aware of Unmoving's strength; in Danxia City, no one apart from the two Core Formation True Persons could kill this top disciple of Jinshi Monastery.

"It wasn't them," the woman in sunglasses replied.

"Then who was it? The Heaven-Mending Unit?" Tuoba Wanyi pressed.

"Our moles haven't gotten any intelligence yet," the woman in sunglasses said, "but since Unmoving is dead, it's highly likely our mission has been exposed." After the woman in sunglasses finished speaking, she took out a talisman and lit it. This was her only divine summoning talisman capable of contacting the Divine Emissary Manor Lord. Although she felt it was a bit wasteful, for caution's sake, she decided to use it.

"What is it?" a voice asked.

A silver flame rose after the divine summoning talisman burned out, forming a two-meter-wide silver fire ring, like a circular mirror, revealing a blurry figure holding a seven-colored treasure tree.

"Greetings, Divine Emissary Manor Lord..." the woman in sunglasses said. After the woman in sunglasses finished explaining the situation, the Divine Emissary Manor Lord simply said, "Oh."

"What should we do next? Please instruct us, Divine Emissary Manor Lord!" Tuoba Wanyi said. Tuoba Wanyi secretly glanced up at this widely renowned Vice Sect Leader of the Ascension Sect, the Divine Emissary Manor Lord, who was rumored to have devoured a deity.

"I have a secret pawn I originally didn't want to use," the Divine Emissary Manor Lord said. As the Divine Emissary Manor Lord spoke, he suddenly turned, extended a finger, passed it through the silver fire ring, and gently tapped it on the center of the woman in sunglasses' forehead.

"Go!" he commanded.

After leaving that last remark, a gentle breeze blew, and the silver fire dissipated instantly, beautiful and dazzling like fireworks.

"Thank you, Divine Emissary Manor Lord," the woman in sunglasses said. The woman in sunglasses looked up, revealing a silver fire mark between her fair brows. Tuoba Wanyi sensed that she, already powerful, seemed to have surpassed her limits, reaching a terrifying realm he couldn't fathom.

"What did you get?" he couldn't help but ask.

"Powerful strength," the woman in sunglasses replied. "With this mark, I can gain invincible power below the Core Formation stage. As long as I don't encounter the Immortal Sect's strongest Foundation Establishment combatants like Lan Haitain, I'm confident I can defeat anyone."

The beautiful face of the woman in sunglasses radiated an unprecedented light of confidence. Tuoba Wanyi showed a look of envy, but he consoled himself that such power was built on sand, unstable at its foundation.

"The person has been found. Let's finish this quickly," she said. After saying this, the two disappeared from the spot.

That evening, at the Evergreen Pharmacy.

As soon as Chen Mobai flew in, he saw Lan Haitain already waiting.

"What's the background of that terrorist?" Chen Mobai asked.

"A follower of the Ascension Sect, a successor of the ancient Jinshi Monastery; his Dharma name is 'Unmoving'," Lan Haitain replied.

"Is he powerful?" Chen Mobai asked.

"Sixth layer of Foundation Establishment," Lan Haitain explained. "He also cultivated the Indestructible Concrete Body and once exchanged three hundred moves with the deputy leader of the Seventh Group, with neither side winning or losing."

"Why would such a terrifying guy come to Danxia City?" Chen Mobai asked.

Hearing Chen Mobai's question, Lan Haitain couldn't help but frown slightly. He had been building up for a while, emphasizing Unmoving's strength, just to highlight how he defeated his opponent in three moves and show off. But Chen Mobai stopped asking halfway, leaving him with a suffocating feeling in his chest.

"I originally wanted to extract information from his Purple Mansion Sea of Consciousness," Lan Haitain continued, "but he self-destructed using six Geng Metal grenades. However, I checked his itinerary; a total of three people exited the train station. The other two have also been located, and I'll deal with them all tonight."

As Lan Haitain spoke these words, his tone was relaxed, as if it were as simple as going out for a meal.

"Then you'll have your work cut out for you," Chen Mobai said. Chen Mobai didn't fall for the bait at all. He simply left that remark and flew away.

"Hey, wait," Lan Haitain called out, "don't you want to see the hidden, dark world of the Immortal Sect? With me taking action, your safety is absolutely guaranteed. Not everyone gets such an opportunity." As soon as Lan Haitain finished speaking, Chen Mobai was long gone.

After returning home, he first chatted with Yan Bingxuan for a while. Then, holding a mid-grade spirit stone in one hand, he cultivated the Four Yang Body, while with the other, he released the Azure Sun Seed, enhancing its power with the Pure Azure Art. The ability to multitask was taught to him by Yang Jing. Conveniently, his Divine Control Art had reached the Spirit Separation and Thought Transformation layer, so he learned it instantly. Chen Mobai, with his firm Dao Heart, was completely immune to any verbal temptations. He maintained his original intention, improving his strength in his own way.