The Sect Protection Array’s consumption of Spirit Stones could be described as a vast ocean; without a Spirit Vein to support it, even the great sects had repeatedly reduced the scope of the Formation and lowered the consumption of Spirit Stones. There woulde a day when the Formation and Prohibition would end, and the path to immortality would likewise vanish.


    Therefore, inheritances like the Speck of Dust Formation suddenly plummeted in value, bing almost worthless.


    Perhaps the first time they were sold, they would still be expensive—after all, they were rare inheritances, but the old Taoist in front of me had no idea how many hands had passed it around, so I certainly didn’t believe he could have killed a disciple of the Ghost King Sect.


    "Ten Spirit Stones."


    Zhou Yi took out Spirit Stones from his storage bag and said, "In the future, if there are simr inheritances, whether they are Cultivation Techniques or any of the four arts of cultivating immortality, this venerable one is willing to purchase them."


    While speaking, he slightly revealed his Foundation Establishment aura, which caused Xu Ling’s forehead to sweat profusely as he nodded repeatedly.


    "Rest assured, this junior knows quite a few disciples of the Five Spirits Sect and will surely purchase their entire inheritance."


    Zhou Yi nodded slightly and transformed into a fleeing light to leave, nning to return another day to congratte them.


    ...


    Hall of Spiritual Fire.


    Zhou Yi was currently contemting the Speck of Dust Formation, trying to integrate it with the Illusion Array and the Spirit Gathering Array.


    In the future, when Spiritual Energy waspletely cut off, he nned to enclose three to five acres ofnd turned into a speck of dust, nt the foundation wood and hide from the world for secluded cultivation.


    Mr. Zhai knocked on the door and entered, bowing and reporting respectfully.


    "Elder, today I attended a cultivator gathering, and during a banquetpetition, I defeated an Imperial n’s defending real person."


    Baiyun View had settled near the capital of Da Qian for a year and hadn’t hidden its identity as a Foundation Establishment Real Person, deliberately making connections and quickly integrating into the circle of cultivators. He frequently participated in banquets and due to the profoundness of the Lightning Method, his reputation in the capital gradually increased.


    "Now that demons have arisen all over Cloud Continent, the Imperial Court is expanding the Immortal Pensions Office and recruiting cultivators far and wide to y demons and exorcise ghosts. By defeating the Imperial n’s defending real person, with the emperor’s temperament, he will certainly want to recruit you."


    Zhou Yi said, "With your strength, it’ll be easy to take control of the Immortal Pensions Office and recruit sect disciples to join. The end of the Dharma is unstoppable, and the Earth Fire Pce’s inheritance may well be here!"


    Mr. Zhai said in confusion, "Elder, doesn’t this mean the sect is dependent on the Imperial Court? The mere Li Imperial n..."


    "Times change! Originally, a worldly court like ours should not have caught the eye of the sect, but as Spiritual Energy is increasingly thinning, the Earth Fire Pce hopes to pass on its heritage for a long time and must rely on the Imperial Court for ennoblement and recognition."


    Zhou Yi said, "Now we support the Great Qian in suppressing demons and ghosts all over thend, and in the future when the Spiritual Energy haspletely disappeared, and there are no more demons in the world, that will be the time for Great Qian to repay the Earth Fire Pce!"


    Mr. Zhai suddenly realized, "Elder makes sense."


    "The sect’s inheritance is not necessarily about cultivating immortality; take for example the ssics written by those sages. Those people have long passed on, but their spirit and names are still passed down in the world, whereas those Nascent Soul ancestors who were once awe-inspiring have died quietly and namelessly."


    Zhou Yi said, "The Earth Fire Pce... no, Baiyun View might receive the support of the Great Qian Imperial Court in the future, and perhaps you will be regarded as a sage by posterity."


    "Hiss! The leading authority in the Taoistmunity! A sage!"


    Mr. Zhai’s eyes shone brightly, astounded by Elder Tang’s aspirations, and he whispered softly.


    "Elder, should we hollow out the Li Royal Family and then, like recing the old with the new, seize control of Great Qian?s power?"


    "The Li family is not simple; don’t forget that they have backers."


    Zhou Yi reminded, "The Dan Ding Sect is just closing its gates for now, and there’s a Li family Heavenly Spiritual Root Real Person quietly cultivating inside. With his master Xuan Xiao Daojun’s capabilities, it’s not impossible for him to ascend to be a Golden Elixir True Monarch before the end!"


    "Elder has considered everything thoroughly."


    Mr. Zhai felt a surge of great energy rejuvenating his old bones, his mind fixated on bing a noted figure in the Taoistmunity, and he already started pondering a majestic and resounding Taoist moniker.


    At this moment.


    Sect Leader Yuan Qi knocked and entered, holding a jade stone invitation in his hand.


    "Elder, the Minister of Rites from the Great Qian hase, and tomorrow at noon Emperor Guangming ising to Baiyun View to consult on the Tao."


    Zhou Yi took out the divination cylinder and cast the Minor Divination Technique, as the divination stick fell to the ground.


    The upper sign.


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    "The time is upon us!"


    ...


    The following day.


    Emperor Guangming rode the Magic Artifact Jade Pnquin and descended upon Baiyun View.


    Mr. Zhai led the disciples in forming lines to wee him, and they discussed the Tao within the View for several hours. The emperor was immensely impressed with the methods for health maintenance and prolonging life.


    Half a monthter.


    The Imperial Court decreed Zhai Kang to be the real person of Communication and Manifest Protection, in charge of the Immortal Pensions Office, tasked with suppressing the demons and ghosts of thirty-six prefectures.


    Zhai Kang did not disappoint the Imperial Court. He widely invited allied cultivators from all directions, such as the hermit Yuan Qi from Wuyou Mountain, the cave master Mr. Wei from Que Shi Mountain, and many Qi Refinement Realm cultivators from the Three Mountains and Five Peaks.


    The severance of the ancestral vein had only happened a year ago, and the posture of the high and mighty Foundation Establishment cultivators had not yet fallen, they were still rare figures in themon world.


    Three True Ones were recruited in session, with the Immortal Pensions Office bing strong in soldiers and horses, dispatching monks in all directions to y demons and evil spirits nourished by spiritual energy.


    The demons had not long been born and were weak in strength; even the fierce spirits formed from resentment’s Qi needed time to grow, and they were quickly reduced to ash and smoke under the spells of orthodox cultivators.


    As the disciples of the Earth Fire Pce masqueraded as Loose Cultivators and deliberately spread the word, the reputation of the White Cloud View spread throughout Cloud Continent, bing in the eyes of themon people akin to the descending saviors who lift suffering.


    ...


    Hall of Spiritual Fire.


    Zhou Yi inscribed one array pattern after another onto the Array te.


    The dense lines converged into prohibitions, the Spirit Stones embedded and activated with mana, causing the array’s spiritual light to flicker, and the pce of several dozen zhang in space disappeared from view.


    "One Spirit Stone can scale down ten zhang of space."


    Zhou Yi was still in the pce, his Divine Sense sweeping the outside world, barely perceiving a feeling of space twisting.


    "The Mountain Protection Array of the Dan Ding Sect shrinks a thousand li into a speck of dust, involving hundreds to thousands ofyered formations, hence from the outside, it presents not the slightest abnormality. Such actions consume too much, the Spiritual Energy emitted by the Jianmu is hardly enough to support it, at most only ayer of Illusion Array can be arranged."


    "It won’t make much of an impact, in a thousand years there will be no one left in the world who understands formations!"


    Zhou Yi had to calcte precisely, maintaining the triple consumption of his cultivation level, formation, and spirit field, which exactly equaled the Spiritual Energy dispensed by the Jianmu.


    The Longevity Dao Fruit served as the core of a perpetual motion machine, ensuring that no matter how many hundreds, thousands or tens of thousands of years passed, Zhou Yi could maintain his cultivation level. As the Jianmu grew, it emitted more and more Spiritual Energy, and, as such, the range epassed by the formation also expanded.


    "The Earth Fire Pce has already arranged the inheritance, I have settled the cause and effect."


    "I heard that a disciple has joined the Immortal Pensions Office, ensuring peace and steadiness in one ce, already married to a mortal woman, and will be a local family in the future, I wonder if they will remember to bury in the underground pce."


    Having lived for so long, what Zhou Yi saw most was the changing human heart, and he had long since been able to not demand too much.


    To not demand is to be free of troubles!


    Zhou Yi prompted the Earth Fire Pce to join the Immortal Pensions Office, not only to resolve the sect’s cause and effect but also to eradicate demons and evil spirits.


    After all, the ancestral vein had an indirect rtionship with Zhou Yi, and such an idental catastrophe that gave rise to rampant demons in the world should also be resolved within his capabilities.


    "Having concluded matters of the world, it is time to enter seclusion!"


    "There is an old acquaintance that I must meet before seclusion, so as not to emerge and find the worldpletely changed..."


    With this thought, Zhou Yi performed the Transforming Shape Form and transformed into an old Daoist with white hair, riding a light to fly southeast towards the capital of the Great Qian Dynasty.


    ...


    Mountain of Eternal Life.


    Emperor Chongming’s Tomb.


    The Great Qian Dynasty was established six hundred years ago, which had already be orthodox. Grass was lush around the tombs of the former dynasty and asionally literati came toment.


    In his descent, Zhou Yi’s Divine Sense scanned over the tombs, making no attempt to conceal his Golden Core aura.


    Huang Yuniang emerged from the tomb, her brows slightly furrowed, "For what matter does the Daoist friend unexpectedly visit without reason?"


    The Golden Core Ghost King, whose Soul Body had already condensed into substance.


    Zhou Yi looked at the woman in front of him, her appearance identical to that of hundreds of years ago, with a faint stirring of emotion.


    "I havee specially to apologize. It was rash of me to make you entrust your life to Xuan Xiao Daojun, not thinking it would lead to such a cmitous disaster."


    "So it’s the descendant of my benefactor."


    Huang Yuniang beamed and said, "No need for such, the fellow Daoist’s actions have saved my life once again. With Senior Xuan Xiao’s means, it was only a matter of time before the destruction of the Ghost King Sect."


    Zhou Yi nodded slightly, agreeing with what Huang Yuniang said.


    Xiao Tiezhu was endowed with thick luck, perhaps obtaining the inheritance of ancient formations, or perhaps directly acquiring a Supreme Treasure that could break formations. In time, one of the four great demon sects would surely be annihted.


    "My lifespan is only another three to five decades, and there are no disciples under my name. I havee specially this time to bid farewell and settle the cause and effect from hundreds of years ago."


    "I have the secret techniques of the Ghost King Sect in my hand..."


    Sensing the aura of death on Zhou Yi’s body and knowing his words were true, Huang Yuniang said, "Fellow Daoist can convert to practicing the Ghost Path, so even when Spiritual Energy is exhausted, one can rely on the Qi of resentment and Yin to live for more years."


    "What’s the use in desperately clinging to life."


    "As cultivators who defy the heavens for our lives, we are not the kind who fear death and are greedy for life, when the great cmityes we should face it with equanimity!"


    Zhou Yi bid farewell with sped hands, transforming into a light and vanishing into the sky.