As the conflict between the Comrcial Alliance and the Righteous Army grew more intense, the number of cultivators fleeing to the Purple Vine Mountain to seek refuge increased by the day.
Especially five years ago, when the battles between the Comrcial Alliance and the Righteous Army were fierce, many Loose Cultivators originally belonging to the Immortal City, including so who were dependent on certain powers or sects but were unwilling to be involved in the conflict, hurried to flee to the Purple Vine Mountain Range for refuge.
Chaos in the Yan Kingdom left few places for the low-tier cultivators to escape to; in the northern Central Domain, Tier Four Demon Beasts rampaged along the Black Water River, posing a risk even to Nascent Soul True Monarchs of being swallowed whole by the Black Flood Dragon there.
To ntion the east is needless, as the Demon Sect in the Wei Kingdom had already been exposed; who would dare to go court death?
As for the west, the Ten Thousand Poison Swamp, with its countless moody and unpredictable strange folk and evil cultivators, was a place generally eschewed by cultivators.
Thus, the southern Purple Vine Mountain Range beca the only feasible escape route.
Over these years, Li Jizhou sensed nurous cultivators approaching or passing by his mountain cave.
However, those entering the region of Li Jizhou’s ditation cave were relatively few, as the aura of Tier Three Great Demons in this area was too strong for ordinary cultivators, who would steer clear from afar; hence, those who dared to co were mostly at the Middle Stage of Core Formation or above.
Moreover, within Li Jizhou’s cave, with a Tier Three Shield Array, supplented by a small piece of Ghost Shadow Cold Gold as the array base, not even cultivators at the Late Stage of Core Formation passing by would necessarily discover it.
Regarding the passing cultivators, Li Jizhou remained unmoved, and even those who had cultivated nearby for a year or longer didn’t elicit any reaction from him.
Being fellow sufferers fleeing disaster, why be so eager to harm each other?
However, two years ago, a cultivator at the Middle Stage of Core Formation perished here.
Nothing more than because that True Person accidentally discovered Gua Gua.
Perhaps finding it too arrogant, or for so other reason,
he launched a covert attack on Gua Gua.
In the end, he was nearly instantly killed by a swift puppet.
Li Jizhou also absorbed and stored his aura and essence blood.
Through fragnts of mories from his sea of consciousness, it was revealed that he had been an elder of a sect already annihilated, a sect that, a hundred years back, contended with another power over a copper mine site, leading both powers to mutual destruction, with the Comrcial Alliance exploiting the situation to seize the benefits.
In these two years, as the montum of the Righteous Army grew considerable, nearly taking over major parts of the Yan Kingdom, the numbers of fleeing cultivators significantly dwindled.
In fact, so even started to gradually depart from the Purple Vine Mountain Range, heading towards the stable Immortal City training sites behind the Righteous Army’s lines.
If not for so apprehension towards Cyan Pine True Monarch, Li Jizhou might have already been tempted to leave the mountain for secluded cultivation in the western Yan Kingdom.
Over eight years, the Spirit Gathering Array increasingly depleted Spirit Stones, primarily because too many cultivators had invaded the Purple Vine Mountain Range, diluting the Spiritual Qi, thereby increasing the number of Spirit Stones required by the Spirit Gathering Array.
However, based on the concentration of Spiritual Qi, Li Jizhou observed an uptrend in Spiritual Qi within the mountains over the recent years, leading him to surmise that the situation with the Righteous Army should be improving.
However, two years later...
This day, Li Jizhou frowned slightly,
divine sense perceiving a large number of cultivators rushing westward through the mountains from the east,
without much thought, he decisively summoned back the Gua Gua army.
The mass escape of cultivators from east to west clearly indicated the presence of a being more terrifying than the Tier Three Demon Beasts to the west.
He quietly vanished from the cave, catching up with a fleeing cultivator.
"Fellow Daoist, may I ask what’s happening in the east?"
"Flee quickly, the Demon Sect has erged from the Wei Kingdom, supporting the Comrcial Alliance, and Alliance Leader Yu’s Righteous Army has already been repelled.
Alliance Leader Yu was injured by the Demon Monarch, and if not for the intervention of the Profound Celestial Sect’s Nascent Soul Middle Stage ancestor, he might have perished,
Master Ye took people to the Southern Domain to destroy the Spirit Vein and corpse nourishnt, ending up being pursued by a large number of demon cultivators from the Demon Sect, his life now uncertain,
the Demon Sect’s savagery rampages throughout the eastern Yan Kingdom, even hiding cultivators within Purple Vine Mountain are being captured in droves, their thods utterly ruthless..." That cultivator had barely finished before he went fleeing off again.
Li Jizhou looked towards the Central Domain direction with a deep frown.
Even setting aside the Comrcial Alliance and Wuxiang Sect’s decade-long affair, Yu Ziyu’s Righteous Army had already battled the Comrcial Alliance for twelve years, and yet, the Central Domain remains passive?
Even with the Demon Sect openly active, those major figures yet refrain from intervening?
"Divinity Transformation doesn’t enter the Southern Domain...Just what kind of ga are the Sacred Lands of the Immortal Race in Central Domain playing?"
After a mont of silence, he glanced around.
"Where else is there to flee?"
Monts later,
in an ordinary grove within the western Yan Kingdom, a puppet that had lain dormant for ten years suddenly stirred.
"Ji Ji Ji~" A nest of Spirit Rats nesting in a tree hollow fled in panic.
At its initial revival glance, the puppet looked like nothing more than pieces of wood roughly stitched together, devoid of any aura or power,
yet in the span of a breath, flesh and blood grew upon it, condensing essence blood, emitting an aura of a cultivator in the Middle Stage of Core Formation.
Monts later, a square-faced cultivator at the Middle Stage of Core Formation erged from the dead tree.
This individual was precisely the cultivator, Master Huangshi, who attacked Gua Gua years earlier.
Once Master Huangshi erged from the tree hollow, he flew towards Qingyin Valley.
Simultaneously, Li Jizhou took all his belongings, dismantled the cave base, and likewise flew westward.
A half month later, Master Huangshi arrived at Qingyin Valley.
Upon inquiry, he learned the current Qingyin Valley was no longer the main stronghold of the Righteous Army,
Five years prior, after the Righteous Army successfully seized several Immortal Cities in the central region, they entrenched themselves in a city slightly northeast in the northern part of Yan Kingdom nad the Feathered Immortal City, boasting a quasi-Fourth Tier Spirit Vein, under ten thousand li from the Comrcial Alliance’s headquarters.
And presently, Qingyin Valley and the Spiritual Veins eastward towards Feathered Immortal City were largely turned into the Righteous Army’s supply bases.
"Master Huangshi, currently the frontlines are in tight straits, talismans, and pills are much needed, might you possess skills in these fields?"
Master Huangshi expressed his willingness to contribute to the cause of eradicating the demonic and defending the Tao, leading the duty officer guarding Qingyin Valley to inquire with anticipation.
"I, Huang, do not practice such skills, only adept at combat. I shall make this eight-foot body available to Feathered Immortal City!" Saying this, Master Huangshi took his leave from the guard, flying away into the distance.
"Brave warrior, accept my respect!"
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Hundreds of li away, Master Huangshi concealed himself within a woodland.
Li Jizhou descended from the treetops, collected the magic-dispersed puppet into a storage bag, and then headed towards Qingyin Valley.
"I, Master Chang Chun, possess shallow cultivation, yet excel in Talisman crafting, trained in Divine Soul cultivation techniques, capable of crafting Tier Three advanced level talismans, and possibly quasi-Fourth Tier talismans, should there be materials, eager to contribute to the dispensation of demonic forces!" Li Jizhou didn’t disguise himself this ti, stating his identity and purpose directly.
The Righteous Army guards were overjoyed upon hearing this.
"High virtue, Master Chang Chun, please accept my salutation!"
"Rest assured, Master Chang Chun, we lack no materials here, but desire high-tier Talisman Masters like you. Besides, we established this supply base for safety considerations; unless the entire frontline perishes, this place is assuredly safe, please follow !"
No surprises, after undergoing a series of screenings and surveillances to confirm he was neither a Comrcial Alliance spy nor a lackey of the Demon Dao, Li Jizhou entered the Qingyin Valley training ground as his true self, becoming a reserve Talisman Master.
Additionally, owing to his ability to craft Tier Three high-level Talismans, the Righteous Army duty officer arranged for him to sit at the core site of a Tier Three Middle Grade Spirit Vein.
Li Jizhou practiced for two hours daily, dedicating the remainder to talisman crafting, neither occupying the other.
Moreover, as the duty officer had proclaid, material provisions here were indeed ample, even with no shortage of quasi-Fourth Tier materials.
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