Chapter 2083: Agreement and the Wan Jian Sect Attack

These two Golden Ginseng Fruits were quite valuable, equivalent to over a century of arduous cultivation for Wang Qingshan. Wang Qingshan expressed his gratitude and put away the two Golden Ginseng Fruits.

Wang Qingshan frowned, stating, "There aren't any powerful restrictions here. It doesn't seem like a forbidden zone; it's more like an unknown secret realm." He worried that Long Xin would keep asking him to break open interfaces endlessly.

"This must be an unknown secret realm. It's unexpected that we stumbled upon one by chance. Fellow Daoist Wang, I know of many other spatial nodes where we might make more discoveries. How about we cooperate? Any treasures we find will be shared equally." Long Xin proposed, his tone enthusiastic. There were many rare treasures here, especially high-grade spirit herbs. He had acquired seven Golden Ginseng Fruits, which, along with other high-grade spirit herbs, would be enough for him to cultivate to the mid-stage of the Spirit Transformation realm.

Wang Qingshan was somewhat tempted. Advancing further after reaching the Spirit Transformation stage was extremely difficult. If he could find a few more unknown secret realms and obtain over ten spirit fruits or spirit herbs that matured only after ten thousand years, it would significantly accelerate his cultivation speed.

"Once you reach the Spirit Transformation stage, relying solely on meditation and arduous cultivation for hundreds of years isn't very effective," Long Xin said, his voice full of temptation. "However, with rare treasures and spirit fruits, our advancement speed would be much faster."

Wang Qingshan said gravely, "I can cooperate with you, but I want five Nine Blazing Fruits. You obtained dozens; sharing five with me shouldn’t be a problem, right?” A wisp of his divine sense, attached to a Stone Spirit, had been lurking underground. It had unexpectedly overheard discussions among Tianlan Sect disciples that there was a Nine Blazing Fruit tree with dozens of fruits here, guarded by a fifth-tier demonic beast, which a Spirit Transformation cultivator from the Tianlan Sect had gone to eliminate.

Nine Blazing Fruits could assist cultivators in breaking through to the Spirit Transformation stage. The Wang family wanted to cultivate more Spirit Transformation cultivators, and therefore needed rare treasures like Nine Blazing Fruits, especially since the Wang family didn't have any fifth-tier alchemists.

Soon after, several streaks of light flew in from a distance and came to a halt. There were two men and one woman. Their faces were slightly pale, but they were smiling broadly, seemingly having reaped a considerable harvest.

“Senior Brother Li, how did it go? Did you acquire the Nine Blazing Fruits?” Long Xin asked a tall, elderly man in a green robe, his gaze serious.

The old man in green robes glanced at Wang Qingshan, hesitating to speak.

“It’s fine,” Long Xin said generously, waving his hand. “Fellow Daoist Wang is one of us; you can speak freely.”

The old man in green robes nodded and replied, “Yes, we got them, though not many.”

“Hand over seven Nine Blazing Fruits to Fellow Daoist Wang,” Long Xin instructed. “He will be cooperating with us to search for unknown secret realms.” Long Xin knew that Nine Blazing Fruits primarily aided Nascent Soul cultivators in breaking through to the Spirit Transformation stage and were of little use to Spirit Transformation cultivators themselves. For him, if Wang Qingshan was willing to help, giving him even half of the Nine Blazing Fruits would not be an issue. Wang Qingshan had asked for five, so Long Xin decided to be generous and give him seven.

Long Xin didn't care whether the Tianlan Sect could continue to produce more Spirit Transformation cultivators. He only cared about whether he himself could ascend to the Spirit Realm. As long as it helped him improve his cultivation and ascend, everything was negotiable.

The old man in green robes nodded, flicked his sleeve, and seven exquisite jade boxes flew out, landing before Wang Qingshan. Wang Qingshan carefully inspected them, confirmed they were indeed seven Nine Blazing Fruits, and nodded in satisfaction.

“I can continue to search for unknown secret realms with you,” Wang Qingshan stated seriously, “but I won’t help you indefinitely. In three years, whether we find another secret realm or not, I will leave.” Wang Qingshan stated this solemnly, as he couldn't keep aimlessly following Long Xin if they continuously failed to find new secret realms.

“Three years? That’s too short,” Long Xin countered. “Just traveling will take considerable time. Ten years would be more reasonable. I’ll give you ten Nine Blazing Fruits.”

Wang Qingshan shook his head. “Five years at most.”

After some negotiation, Long Xin gave Wang Qingshan fifteen Nine Blazing Fruits and a batch of high-grade spirit herbs. In return, Wang Qingshan agreed to accompany Long Xin and his group for ten years, searching for unknown secret realms or other interfaces. With fifteen Nine Blazing Fruits, the Wang family would surely be able to produce at least one more Spirit Transformation cultivator.

“Let’s go! We’ll head to the next location,” Long Xin said excitedly. They flew upwards, departing from this unknown space.

The Tianlan Sect cultivators would slowly scour the area for cultivation resources; Long Xin no longer needed to worry about the remaining matters.

“The Void Spirit Mountain Range has several spatial nodes whose seals are too strong to break,” Long Xin said gravely. “We don’t know what lies beyond them, so let’s go to the Void Spirit Mountain Range and investigate.” Long Xin’s voice was serious as he transformed into a golden streak of light and flew towards the sky. Wang Qingshan and the others quickly followed.

Dongli Realm, Myriad Swords Sect.

Numerous buildings lay in ruins, flames soared skyward, and countless corpses littered the ground. In the sky, a massive blood-red cloud pulsed, from which faint, mournful wails of ghosts could be heard. Numerous flying swords were scattered across the ground, their spiritual light dim.

A tall, slender girl in a blue dress stood in the void, her face bloodless. She clutched a dim blue flying sword, and by her aura, she was unmistakably in the early stage of the Spirit Transformation realm.

Liu Ruyi's physical body had been destroyed. Fortunately, Wang Changsheng had saved her Nascent Soul. Upon returning to the Dongli Realm, Wang Changsheng sent Liu Ruyi's Nascent Soul back to the Myriad Swords Sect. Liu Ruyi had taken over a new body and restarted her cultivation. After hundreds of years, she had finally managed to recover her cultivation to the early Spirit Transformation stage, only for powerful enemies to invade.

“Who are you people? There are no cultivators like you in the Dongli Realm,” Liu Ruyi asked coldly, her eyes filled with confusion. Blood-path cultivation techniques were rare in the Dongli Realm. When had two early-stage Spirit Transformation blood cultivators appeared?

“I am Chen Tiandao of the Tianlan Sect,” Chen Tiandao stated coldly. “Today marks the annihilation of your Myriad Swords Sect.” With a cold declaration, Chen Tiandao slashed his blood-red long saber towards the void. A piercing tearing sound echoed, and a blindingly bright, gigantic blood-colored blade swept out, heading directly for Liu Ruyi.

Yang Yaoyao flicked her sleeve, causing the blood-red cloud in the sky to churn violently. A vast expanse of blood-colored flames poured down, crashing towards Liu Ruyi.

A fierce glint flashed in Liu Ruyi’s eyes. She flung her blue flying sword forward, her body rapidly withered, merging into the sword, and its light flared intensely.

Sword-Human Unity!

The blue flying sword transformed into a dazzling blue long rainbow, striking towards the colossal blood-colored blade. With a muffled thud, the colossal blood-colored blade was sliced in half like thin paper by the blue long rainbow, which then shot directly towards Chen Tiandao and the other person.

Chen Tiandao and Yang Yaoyao scoffed. A powerful blood-red light erupted from their bodies, and the blue long rainbow abruptly changed direction, flying towards the distant horizon.

“Hmph, trying to run? No chance,” Yang Yaoyao scoffed. She was about to move to intercept her but was stopped by Chen Tiandao.

“A Spirit Transformation stage sword cultivator is not easy to deal with. Let’s just forget it,” Chen Tiandao said seriously. “Even a cornered dog will jump over a wall. Let’s find another target!” He chanted an incantation, and the blood cloud churned violently, rapidly expanding, then quickly descending, its blinding blood-red light engulfing the entire island.

Half a month later, news of the Tianlan Sect’s Spirit Transformation cultivators attacking the Myriad Swords Sect quickly spread throughout the South Sea Cultivation World, causing widespread panic.