33: Evacuate, Luoyun Sect

[Afterward, you traveled tirelessly and finally escaped into the sphere of influence of the Great Abyss Dynasty.]

[At this time, the Great Abyss Dynasty was not as eager to conscript troops as in the last simulation, giving you a brief moment to catch your breath.]

[You and Mu Ningshuang found a city named Changhe City to rest and recuperate.]

[At the same time, you did not intend to use the Spirit Medicine obtained in the Ancient Wood Realm. After all, the skeleton's methods were too bizarre; who knew if he had put something else inside the Spirit Medicine?]

[You found a random shop in Changhe City to sell the Spirit Medicine in your hand.]

[However, upon seeing your Spirit Medicine, the shopkeeper's eyes lit up, and he showed an expression of disbelief.]

["Fellow Daoist, where did you obtain your Spirit Medicine?"]

[Hearing this, your eyes narrowed slightly, immediately sensing his ill intentions.]

["Shopkeeper, my Spirit Medicine is all obtained through the Righteous Path. You must examine it carefully."]

[Upon hearing your reply, the shopkeeper gave a cold laugh.]

["Righteous Path? Hmph... Men, seize this person!"]

["Scram!"]

[You shouted loudly, and then your previously ordinary aura was no longer concealed, bursting forth—fifth level of the Golden Core!]

[Although this level of cultivation was nothing special in the Cultivation World, you were confident that this minor shopkeeper would definitely be intimidated by you.]

[As expected, after witnessing your cultivation level, the shopkeeper immediately began to kowtow and beg for mercy.]

["Spare my life, my Lord! Spare my life, my Lord!"]

["It is this lowly one who failed to recognize your greatness. Please show mercy, my Lord!"]

[You looked at the shopkeeper and asked him what was so special about these Spirit Medicines that made him want to seize them by force.]

["Please forgive me, my Lord, please forgive me."]

["This lowly one... this lowly one doesn't know what happened just now either. At the very first glance of these Spirit Medicines, I had an urge to claim them as my own."]

[Hearing this, you immediately realized something was wrong.]

[Although your Crisis Awareness had not yet warned you, a bad premonition had already arisen in your heart.]

[You gave all the Spirit Medicine to the shopkeeper and ordered him to hand them over to the City Lord of Tianhe City. If they were not delivered within an hour, you would surely slaughter his entire family.]

[Yielding to your strength, the shopkeeper had no choice but to do as he was told.]

[Then, you looted all the Spirit Stones in the shop and left after promising the shopkeeper that you would return them once the Spirit Medicine was delivered.]

[Shortly after you left, your Crisis Awareness sent an alert, though it was not very strong this time.]

[More than half an hour later, a giant hand that blotted out the sky enveloped the entire Changhe City.]

[Looking at that familiar silhouette,]

[you realized that this was indeed that skeleton!]

[Only, he was much stronger now; that pressure was something only a Nascent Soul Cultivator could possess!]

["You cannot escape!"]

[The giant hand condensed into a palm and struck directly at the City Lord's Mansion.]

[Rumble! Bang!]

[The City Lord's Mansion collapsed at the impact, but there was still a Formation inside that barely blocked the giant hand.]

["Who dares to invade my Changhe City?!"]

["Hand over the thief!"]

[Without a word, the skeleton attacked the City Lord's Mansion once more.]

[And this time, the Formation of the City Lord's Mansion was powerless to resist, directly crushed and exploded by the skeleton!]

["What audacity! Sect Master Wu, please lend me a hand!"]

["Very well!"]

[As soon as the words fell, a white figure flew out from the City Lord's Mansion and clashed with the skeleton.]

[This person's cultivation was profound, surprisingly reaching the Peak of Nascent Soul.]

[He even faintly suppressed the skeleton.]

[You breathed a sigh of relief, and then left Tianhe City again with Mu Ningshuang.]

[You set your destination this time as the Falling Cloud Sect.]

[Currently, they were opposing the actions of the Dynasty Alliance, and with the powerful Mysterious Soul holding the fort, it would be relatively safer.]

[The 109th year.]

[Relying on the Spirit Stones you plundered from the shop in Tianhe City, you opened a shop in Luoyue City.]

[This place was close to the Falling Cloud Sect and was quite safe.]

[Normally, Mu Ningshuang was in charge of managing it, while you focused entirely on cultivation.]

[The 120th year.]

[You clearly felt that your body had aged significantly.]

[With your current physical condition, you probably wouldn't even live to see two hundred.]

[Moreover, the aging of your body slowed down your cultivation speed. Even with the help of Heaven Rewards Diligence, you felt that breaking through to the sixth level of the Golden Core was far out of reach.]

[You came to terms with it.]

[Knowing that there was no hope for a Breakthrough, you replaced Mu Ningshuang and began to manage the shop yourself.]

[She possessed the Myriad Wood Revival Physique, which could gradually restore her depleted lifespan.]

[Compared to you, she might still have a chance to break through.]

[The 122nd year.]

[Chu Han, the Young Sect Master of the Falling Cloud Sect, broke through to the Peak of Golden Core.]

[Upon learning this news, your heart remained completely undisturbed.]

[The 123rd year.]

[You could clearly feel that your life had entered its countdown.]

[During this time, you did not intend to sit idly by and wait for death.]

[Instead, you turned your attention to Tang Chuan, Chu Han, and Xiao Su.]

[The whereabouts of the first two were very easy to find.]

[Chu Han was cultivating in the Falling Cloud Sect, which was not far from you. However, with the Mysterious Soul holding the fort inside the Falling Cloud Sect, you had no opportunity to make a move at all.]

[Besides, you were no longer a match for Chu Han at this point.]

[As for Tang Chuan...]

[Like Chu Han, he also possessed a Protagonist Halo.]

[Furthermore, in the previous Prodigy Arena, he had shone brilliantly, defeating many young prodigies.]

[You speculated that even if his current strength was not at the Peak of Golden Core, it was not far from it.]

[Moreover, he was guarded by Tang Chui, who had already reached the Peak of Nascent Soul a hundred years ago and would only be stronger now.]

[And finally, Xiao Su...]

[You knew nothing about her current situation.]

[Since she escaped from the Great Wu Dynasty, there had been no news of her.]

[Of course, compared to the first two, her Luck was not just a little bit worse.]

[Without your help, whether she could have left the Great Wu Dynasty alive would have been highly questionable.]

[You also didn't know what exact use her Protagonist Halo had.]

[However, three of the Slave Gu you had planted back then were still alive.]

[This meant that among Fat Second Master and the others who were Xiao Su's subordinates back then, at least three had broken through to Foundation Establishment and survived to this day.]

[You began to inquire about the major events happening in the Eastern Continent Cultivation World, looking for an opportunity to meet them.]

[As it turned out, you actually found one.]

[Three years later, a ruin would appear in the former territory of the Great Wu Dynasty.]

[The level of these ruins was much higher than that of the Great Desolate Ruins from before, and it could accommodate Golden Core Cultivators.]

[Furthermore, powerful Cultivators speculated that there might be immortal techniques within this Secret Realm.]

[You immediately realized that these ruins might have been prepared for one of them.]