647: Chapter 637 Senichi (12)

The last glance from The Superior One Qingxu was like a thorn, piercing Qin Yun's heart.

Such a character would not give up easily.

"How much longer do we have to walk?"

Chi Li leaned against a giant crimson tree, his face somewhat pale.

Qin Yun turned back to look at him.

Chi Li frowned and said, "I am not tired."

"I am hungry."

When he said this word, even he felt it was somewhat absurd.

He was, after all, at the Venerable Realm level, yet he was plagued by hunger.

Qin Yun did not speak, merely raising his hand to press it onto his shoulder.

A gentle Dao technique probed in, quickly finding the source.

Inside Chi Li's body, that Nine-Headed Phoenix egg was beating extremely slowly.

Each beat was like a bottomless pit, devouring Chi Li's Origin.

"The Phoenix egg is eating you."

Chi Li's complexion worsened.

"I know."

He clutched his chest, where a more intense sense of emptiness surged.

"This thing can devour even more than I imagined."

Qin Yun withdrew his hand and looked into the distance.

He had a strong intuition that this Phoenix egg must not be lost.

Between the Nine-Headed Phoenix, the totem, and the azure pagoda, there must be a deeper Karma hidden.

"Let's find a place to stay first."

Qin Yun made a decision, "You need to replenish your energy, and I also need to figure out what place this is."

The two did not linger, concealing all their aura as they sped off in one direction.

Several days later, the outline of an Immortal City finally appeared on the horizon.

The city walls were extremely high, built from a type of cyan giant stone. Array patterns were carved into the stone walls, with Immortal Qi circulating between them, forming a visible light barrier.

At the city gate, people came and went.

There were Cultivators riding Immortal birds, aristocratic Disciples riding in ornate beast carriages, and Loose Cultivators who came on foot like them.

Qin Yun noticed that the aura of the Cultivators here was generally heavier than those in the Nine Continents.

Even a random city guard had the cultivation of the Venerable Realm.

"Songze Immortal City."

The two did not draw attention to themselves, blending into the crowd and successfully entering the city.

The streets inside the city were wide, with shops standing on both sides and Immortal light overflowing.

Qin Yun found a restaurant that looked the most crowded and asked for a seat by the window.

The restaurant was very noisy, with various conversations mixed together.

"Have you heard? The envoy from the Jade Pool Immortal Sect passed through our Songze a few days ago, and the City Lord personally went out of the city to welcome them. That spectacle..."

"The Jade Pool Immortal Sect? That is a top-tier major sect in our Eastern Nether Immortal Domain. It is said that the Sect Master, Immortal Lord Jade Pool, is a big shot who recently broke through to the Immortal Lord Realm."

"The Heavenly Immortal Realm is already a top-tier figure in our eyes, let alone the Immortal Lord above it, and the Immortal King and Immortal Emperor above the Immortal Lord."

"And there is also that legendary 'Ancestor'."

Qin Yun listened quietly.

Eastern Nether Immortal Domain.

Jade Pool Immortal Sect.

Immortal Lord, Immortal King, Immortal Emperor.

True Immortal, Spirit Immortal, Profound Immortal, Heavenly Immortal.

One unfamiliar term after another quickly sketched out a new world in his heart.

He also finally confirmed that his current Red Dust Immortal Dao Fruit was equivalent to the "True Immortal" level of this world.

However, it seemed a bit different.

He secretly sensed that his Immortal Yuan was more rounded than that True Immortal Cultivator at the neighboring table, and his aura was more free to retract and release.

His Dao Fruit seemed to be able to form a system of its own, not too constrained by the ordinary Dao rules of this world.

Qin Yun had a bottom line in his heart and became even more cautious.

"One pot of Clear Spring Brew, one Immortal Yuan."

Chi Li looked at the menu, his brows furrowing even tighter.

On them, there was not a single piece of Immortal Yuan, which was common currency in the Immortal Realm.

Qin Yun tried to take out some spiritual items from the Nine Continents to ask at the market, but the result was that people just treated them as local products they hadn't seen before and couldn't offer any price.

The two walked around a circle, effectively penniless.

Chi Li's sense of hunger was getting heavier and heavier; he leaned against the wall, his face becoming increasingly pale.

"I can still hold on."

Qin Yun glanced at him.

"Stop trying to be brave."

He turned and walked toward one of the busiest places in the city, the Mission Workshop.

In the main hall of the marketplace, a huge light screen hung, with various missions scrolling on it.

"Seek a 30,000-year-old Fire Cloud Ganoderma; reward is five Immortal Yuan."

"Escort a merchant caravan to Baichuan City; three Loose Immortals are needed; reward is eight Immortal Yuan per person."

Qin Yun's gaze swept over them, finally stopping on a Family list.

"The Zhao Family in the east of the city is recruiting Loose Immortal Realm Cultivators to hunt the Black Mountain Great Demon. After success, each person can receive fifty Immortal Yuan, and there is also a share of the Great Demon's Materials."

Chi Li also saw it.

"This one it is."

Loose Immortal was the Pseudo-Immortal level of the Nine Continents, above the Heavenly Emperor, but not yet in the Immortal Realm.

Qin Yun nodded.

The money came fast, it wouldn't immediately expose his trump cards, and he could also take the opportunity to test the combat power of Cultivators at the same level in this world.

The two came to the recruitment point set up by the Zhao Family.

Behind a long table sat a middle-aged man in brocade clothes, lazily registering names.

"Name, Origin."

Qin Yun said indifferently, "Yun, a nameless Loose Cultivator."

The middle-aged man raised his eyelids to scan him, not taking him seriously at all.

He then looked at Chi Li beside him, and seeing his pale face and weak expression, he curled his lips.

"He is going too?"

Chi Li frowned and did not speak.

Qin Yun said, "We are together."

The middle-aged man snorted and wrote down two names in the booklet, his tone somewhat dismissive.

"Fine, go wait over there."

Seven or eight Loose Cultivators who had applied had already gathered around, and seeing the two of them, they all showed expressions of watching a good show.

"Where did these greenhorns come from? Being so young and daring to come to hunt a Demon King?"

"The one next to him, I'm afraid he would fall if the wind blew; yet he's learning to be a Loose Cultivator."

"Probably just wanting to come and get some scraps; every year there are quite a few people like this who die in Black Mountain."

The discussions were not loud, but they were very harsh.

Chi Li was already weak and proud; how could he endure this? His face immediately sank.

Just at this moment, a young man wearing luxurious clothes walked over.

He had a jade pendant of the Zhao Family's direct lineage hanging at his waist, and two guards with deep auras followed behind him.

The young man saw Chi Li at a glance, his gaze sweeping over him and finally stopping on the faint Life Pattern traces on his wrist.

"Huh?"

He seemed to have discovered something interesting, walked up, and extended his finger to touch Chi Li's wrist.

"Your pattern is a bit interesting; it doesn't look like the Cultivation Technique of our Immortal Domain. Is it some strange technique from a barbaric region?"

Chi Li suddenly stepped back, avoiding his hand, his eyes turning cold.

"Take your dirty hand away."

The smile on the young man's face stiffened, then immediately turned cold.

"Giving you face?"

"A sickly person of unknown Origin, and you dare to speak to me like this?"

A guard behind him immediately stepped forward, the pressure of the Loose Immortal Realm pressing directly toward Chi Li.

"Offending my Young Lord, kneel!"

Chi Li was already weak, and being struck by this pressure, his body swayed, and his knees almost buckled.

But he held on tightly, refusing to bend his waist.

The surrounding Loose Cultivators all retreated, looking like they were watching the fun.

In their view, these two outsider Loose Cultivators were likely to fall here today.

Seeing that Chi Li did not kneel, the guard's eyes turned sharp, and he increased the force in his hand.

"Looking for death!"

Seeing that Chi Li was about to have his leg bones forcibly crushed, a hand gently pressed onto the guard's wrist.

It was Qin Yun.

He did not know when he had already stood in front of Chi Li, his expression calm, blocking the other party's offensive.

The guard's expression changed, wanting to pull his hand back, but found it unmoved.

"What do you mean, Your Excellency?"

Qin Yun said indifferently, "He is my person."

The Zhao Family Young Lord laughed, his laughter filled with sarcasm.

"Your person?"

"Perfect, today I will deal with you together!"

As soon as his voice fell, the other guard also moved, both attacking at the same time, pressing toward Qin Yun from left and right.

The two Loose Immortal auras combined together; ordinary Cultivators of the same level would likely be suppressed on the spot.

But Qin Yun just raised his eyes.

The next moment, a True Immortal aura radiated from his body.

The pressure from those two guards was instantly dispersed in front of this aura, becoming scattered.

The two retreated three steps in unison, their faces filled with shock.

The Zhao Family Young Lord also froze, the arrogance on his face turning into astonishment.

The surroundings suddenly went quiet.

Those Loose Cultivators who were originally watching the fun were all stunned at this moment.

"True Immortal... such a young True Immortal?"

"This aura is even more condensed than some True Immortal Realm Elders of the Zhao Family!"

"Could it be a Disciple from the Jade Pool Immortal Sect?"

The Zhao Family Young Lord's expression changed several times, finally squeezing out a smile.

"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

He waved his hand to let those two guards retreat, and his attitude immediately changed.

"This Fellow Daoist has profound strength; it was I who had eyes but failed to recognize Mount Tai."

Qin Yun withdrew his aura and did not look at him again.

He walked to Chi Li's side and supported him.

"Can you still stand steady?"

Chi Li looked at him, his eyes complex, finally squeezing only two words out through his teeth.

"Won't die."

The conflict was forcibly suppressed.

Qin Yun and Chi Li successfully entered the demon-hunting team.

Only this time, no one dared to look at them with contemptuous eyes again.

The Zhao Family's high-level members also quickly received the news and began to re-evaluate these two young True Immortals who had suddenly appeared.

At night, inside the inn room.

Chi Li sat cross-legged on the bed, his face still pale.

That sense of hunger was still increasing.

Qin Yun stood in front of the window, looking into the distance at the Black Mountain outside the city, which was shrouded in night.

He knew that this Immortal City could not be stayed in for long.

But before leaving, he must obtain enough Immortal Yuan.

He also had a vague sense of unease.

It was as if something was secretly watching.

Was it The Superior One Qingxu who hadn't gone far, or that Demon King about to be hunted?