337: Chapter 332 Weiwei doesn't care about other people's lives or deaths.

The gloomy cave was filled with a year-round, lingering cold dampness.

A few faint beams of light squeezed with difficulty through the cracks in the rock wall into this cramped space, casting flickering shadows on the scattered gravel on the ground.

The heavy scent of blood mixed with the bitter aroma of herbs floated in the air.

Su Lin squatted on the cold rock floor, his palms pressed against the backs of Cold Moon and Mu Qingxue.

The world tree seedling inside him was operating at an unprecedented speed, continuously channeling pure, flawless Creation Immortal Essence into his two disciples' nearly depleted Meridians.

"What on earth did I do to deserve this? I clearly came to the Upper Realm to enjoy a peaceful life, but instead, I've somehow ended up as a dedicated medic for you bunch of problem children."

Su Lin sighed inwardly.

Looking at these two peerless beauties who were usually high and mighty but now so weak they seemed ready to drift away with the wind, he felt his temples throbbing.

Back in the Lower Realm, one was the Empress of Nanyu who ruled over billions of miles of territory, while the other was the cold and aloof Fairy Qingyao.

Even if the sky fell, these two could mend it without batting an eye.

Now, look at them. Just a few days after arriving in the Taihuang Immortal Domain, they were chased like two homeless stray cats, hiding in this remote cave to cling to life.

"Revered Master, please do not waste too much of your Origin immortal power on us. This place is full of strangeness; you still need to preserve your strength to deal with any unexpected changes."

Although Cold Moon's voice was as weak as a thread, the stubbornness of an emperor was still engraved in her bones.

She tried to straighten her back slightly, but was forced back down by the powerful force emanating from Su Lin's palm.

Su Lin increased his strength slightly, sounding annoyed.

"Stop trying to be brave. Your proud Imperial Dao Dragon Qi was almost beaten to pieces, and even your Origin Dao Foundation has cracked. If I had arrived half a step later, you would have already become fertilizer for those Void Realm monsters outside."

Hearing this merciless scolding, a rare blush appeared on Cold Moon's pale, pretty face.

She bit her bloodless lower lip, her golden eyes flashing with resentment and humiliation. In the end, she obediently relaxed her body, letting Su Lin's warm immortal essence flow through her limbs and bones.

This feeling of being protected unconditionally allowed her imperial heart, which had always been tightly strung, to experience a long-lost sense of peace.

Mu Qingxue's condition was even worse than Cold Moon's.

What she cultivated was the ultimate Dao of Ice and Snow, and the heavy, violent Immortal Qi of this Taihuang Immortal Domain was already extremely hostile to her. Coupled with the continuous bloody battles, the originally pure power of extreme cold within her body had fallen into severe chaos.

"Revered Master, Qingxue is useless. I have embarrassed you."

Mu Qingxue turned her head slightly, her light blue eyes filled with tears.

Her iceberg-like expression, which hadn't melted for ten thousand years, was now completely gone, leaving her looking heart-wrenchingly fragile.

"We originally wanted to gather news about you in Tianhai City, but we didn't expect the guards to act so tyrannically. They arrested a group of newly ascended Lower Realm Cultivators in the street, and even extracted a female Cultivator's Dao Fruit on the spot. Eldest Senior Sister and I couldn't bear to watch, so we intervened."

As Su Lin guided the Chaos Immortal Energy to repair her damaged Ice Origin, he shook his head helplessly in his heart.

This wasn't embarrassing; it was a classic case of acting heroically only to get oneself dragged into trouble.

Accustomed to being the chess players in the Lower Realm, they had arrived in this strictly regulated Upper Realm and still treated it like a Jianghu where they could dispense justice at will. This was practically handing their heads to the enemy on a silver platter.

The rulers of this Taihuang Immortal Domain were all super capitalists who played the game of squeezing surplus value to the absolute limit.

"You two are usually so smart. Why did you lose your heads at such a critical moment? This is someone else's territory. Rashly taking action before figuring out the enemy's background is not like your usual style."

Su Lin's tone was harsh, but his movements became even gentler.

He precisely channeled the gentlest sliver of vitality purified from his Inner World deep into Mu Qingxue's near-shattered spiritual terrace.

Standing to the side, Chu Weiwei immediately became displeased when she saw this.

Toying with several strangely colored medicine bottles in her hand, she pouted her beautiful red lips and spoke in a sarcastic, mocking tone.

"Eldest Senior Sister and Seventh Junior Sister really have the hearts of Bodhisattvas, throwing away their own lives just to save a few strangers they don't even know.

But have you ever thought about how sad Revered Master would be if you actually died in this cold cave? You are simply being selfish, not putting Revered Master's feelings first at all."

Chu Weiwei took small steps to edge closer to Su Lin's side, her amethyst-like eyes gleaming with a morbid sense of possessiveness.

"Weiwei is still the most well-behaved; Weiwei only has eyes for Revered Master. Weiwei doesn't care about other people's lives at all."

Su Hongling leaned her heavy great sword against the rock wall and rolled her eyes dramatically without holding back.

"Chu the Third, stop being so sarcastic. Eldest Senior Sister and the others were just helping those in need. If it were me, I would have also smashed those abusive guards into meat pies.

A wicked person like you, full of bad water, will never understand what it means for the brave to emerge victorious when path meets path."

"The brave emerge victorious? Second Senior Sister, what you have is courage without brains. If you had gone, we'd probably have to break you out of the City Lord's dungeon right now."

Luo Ximei swayed her hips as she walked forward.

A deep, unfathomable demonic light flowed in her platinum-colored right eye, and the corner of her mouth curled into a cold smile that seemed to see through the world.

"The waters of Tianhai City run very deep. Since the City Lord, Golden Immortal Xuanming, dares to openly hunt Ascenders on the streets, it means this kind of harvesting has long been an unspoken rule in the Taihuang Immortal Domain.

By challenging such a deeply rooted rule, it's only expected that you would be hunted down across the entire city."

Suppressing the metallic taste of blood in her throat, Cold Moon looked up and cast a cold glance at Luo Ximei.

"As an emperor, it is my duty to protect the weak. If I shrink back in the face of such atrocities, my Imperial Dao Dragon Qi will also collapse.

A demonic Cultivator like you, who only knows slaughter, naturally cannot comprehend the Way of the Emperor."

"Oh, Eldest Senior Sister is indeed majestic. Too bad your status as an Empress doesn't seem to carry much weight here in the Upper Realm."

Luo Ximei retaliated with sarcasm, gently waving the folding fan in her hand, bringing with it a gust of fragrant wind.

Seeing that these ancestors were about to start arguing again due to their differing views, Su Lin felt his temples throbbing even harder.

He abruptly increased the output of his immortal essence, and a vast, majestic pressure instantly swept through the entire cave.

"All of you, shut up."

Su Lin's voice wasn't loud, but it carried an undeniable sense of oppression.

The cave instantly fell silent.

The female Disciples lowered their heads one after another. Although there was still some defiance in their eyes, none of them dared to talk back while their Revered Master was angry.

Yan Rusi, who had been shrinking in the corner acting like an invisible person, didn't even dare to breathe heavily now.

Looking at this mysterious man in green robes, her heart was filled with endless awe.

To be able to make these Female Demon Lords, who possessed Heaven-Defying combat strength and eccentric personalities, behave so obediently, Senior Su's methods were truly extraordinary.

Su Lin withdrew his hands from their backs.

After this deep treatment, the Meridians inside Cold Moon and Mu Qingxue finally regained their vitality, and the destructive Laws lingering in their wounds were completely expelled.

"Your bodies are temporarily fine, but you still need a few days of quiet recuperation to restore your peak combat strength."

Su Lin stood up, smoothed his robes, and looked down at his two disciples sitting cross-legged on the ground.

"Now, tell me everything that happened in Tianhai City, from start to finish.

What kind of enemies did you encounter? What was their cultivation? And what were the characteristics of those patrol guards' Cultivation Techniques?"

Su Lin needed the most detailed intelligence.

This Taihuang Immortal Domain was like a massive maze, and he had to figure out what kind of weapons the hunters hiding in its depths were equipped with.

Cold Moon took a deep breath, completely suppressing the blood churning in her chest, and her expression returned to its usual elegance and solemnity.

"Replying to Revered Master. After we were separated from you that day, we were teleported to the vicinity of Tianhai City's East Gate.

We originally wanted to enter the city quietly, but we happened to run into a slave-catching team composed of a hundred Earth Immortal Early Stage Cultivators."

As she recalled the scene, a strong murderous intent flashed in her golden eyes.

"Those people held a Magic Treasure called the 'Immortal-Binding Net'. That Magic Treasure is extremely vicious; once ensnared, the power of a Cultivator's Laws is instantly drained, leaving them at the enemy's mercy.

At that time, dozens of newly ascended Lower Realm Cultivators were trapped in the net like livestock, and there were even several female Cultivators with young children among them."

Mu Qingxue continued, "The guard commander leading them was a Revered Master at the Earth Immortal Late Stage.

He declared publicly that those Lower Realm Ascenders had no value and could only be sent to the underground furnace of the City Lord's Mansion to refine pure Immortal Spiritual Liquid.

We really couldn't sit by and watch, so we took action to forcefully break open the Immortal-Binding Net."

Su Lin nodded slightly, gesturing for them to continue.

This was indeed consistent with the usual style of this world's rulers, treating low-level Cultivators as renewable resources to be harvested frantically.

They had truly taken the concept of "squeezing dry and wiping clean" to the absolute extreme.

"At first, by relying on our combined attack technique, we easily defeated that slave-catching team."

Cold Moon's expression became extremely grave. "However, we underestimated Tianhai City's reaction speed.

Just as we rescued those people and were preparing to retreat, three incredibly terrifying pressures suddenly descended from the sky."

"They were powerhouses of the Heavenly Immortal rank."

Mu Qingxue gripped the Ice Sword beside her, her knuckles turning slightly white from the force.

"And they weren't ordinary Heavenly Immortals. Their Cultivation Techniques shared the same origin, and they joined forces to cast a combined Divine Ability called the 'Spirit-Severing Space-Locking Formation'.

Within that Formation, Eldest Senior Sister's and my Law powers were suppressed by nearly eighty percent.

We fought with all our might, even detonating several of our Lifebound Treasures, before we barely managed to tear open a rift and escape."

Three Heavenly Immortals joining forces.

Su Lin silently evaluated the enemy's combat strength.

It seemed that the foundation of Tianhai City's City Lord's Mansion was far deeper than what he had obtained from his previous soul search.

Just sending out a pursuit squad required three Heavenly Immantals to lead it. Such a grand display was definitely not something an ordinary force could pull off.

"Revered Master, the Cultivation Techniques of those Heavenly Immortals are very peculiar."

Cold Moon added an important detail.

"They do not seem to rely on absorbing external Immortal Qi to cast their Divine Abilities; the immortal essence inside them exhibits an extremely eerie dark red color.

That dark red immortal essence possesses extremely strong corrosive and devouring properties. When my Imperial Golden Dragon came into contact with that energy, it was actually directly melted and absorbed."

"Dark red immortal essence?"

Hearing this, Chu Weiwei knitted her beautiful brows slightly, seemingly thinking of something.

She pulled a crystal bottle filled with various medicinal herb powders from her sleeve, gently shaking it as she muttered to herself thoughtfully.

"An immortal essence that can devour other Law powers... This characteristic sounds like the 'Blood Fiend Immortal Crystal', which is forcefully purified using the essence blood and resentment of countless living beings.

If one uses this kind of thing to Cultivate over a long period, although their cultivation will advance by leaps and bounds, their mind will also be gradually eroded by resentment, turning them into madmen who only know slaughter."

Hearing this, a sudden flash of inspiration crossed Su Lin's mind.

Blood Fiend Immortal Crystal.

Harvesting the Dao Fruits of Lower Realm Cultivators.

And that massive Formation hidden beneath the City Lord's Mansion, used to irrigate the so-called "Calamity Blood Lotus".

Connecting all these clues, the outline of an extremely massive and atrocious conspiracy gradually took shape in Su Lin's mind.

"It seems this Golden Immortal Xuanming is not only a cold-blooded butcher, but also a madman who attempts to use evil methods to forcefully break through his Realm."

Su Lin sneered.

He turned and walked to the entrance of the cave, gazing at the depressing sky outside, which was shrouded in dark purple clouds.

The cold mountain wind blew against his slightly tattered green robe, yet it could not disperse the increasingly profound, calm aura around him.

"They hunt down Lower Realm Cultivators and extract Blood Fiend Immortal Crystals to nurture their Death Soldiers and guards.

At the same time, they use the most refined portion of that energy to irrigate that demonic plant.

This is an extremely perfect assembly line operation."

Su Lin turned his head to look at his disciples behind him.

"They treat this world as a breeding farm; in that case, we will be the butchers who smash the slaughterhouse to pieces."

"Old Man, when are we going to fight our way back?"

Su Hongling had long been unable to suppress the Battle Intent in her heart. She suddenly hoisted her great sword onto her shoulder, her red eyes filled with bloodthirsty excitement.

"My sword hasn't tasted blood in days; it's already starving!"

"No rush."

Su Lin raised his hand, gesturing for her to stay calm.

"Before we figure out all the trump cards of the City Lord's Mansion, rashly charging in will only put us on the defensive.

Moreover, there is still no news of Qiuyue and Old Fourth; we must first confirm their safety."

Hearing the mention of Gu Qiuyue and Ye You, Luo Ximei's movement of gently waving her folding fan paused slightly.

"Revered Master, Sixth Junior Sister is extremely shrewd and money-grubbing, and she holds countless top-grade Magic Treasures in her hands. Even if she can't win, protecting her own life is definitely not an issue.

As for Old Fourth, as long as that primeval Vicious Beast has meat to eat, she can thrive anywhere.

Our top priority right now is to resolve the trouble in front of us."

Luo Ximei's platinum-colored right eye gazed toward the endless mountains outside the cave.

"Since a moment ago, I've felt that the spatial fluctuations around this Hanyue Mountain have become unusually frequent.

It seems a large number of Cultivators are converging on our area."