The righteous path punishes Heaven

Chapter 82 March

Quanzhen Taoism, Inner Sect.

This time, the group entering the Immortal Ruins was led by the First Elder Ren Tianxiong and the recently promoted Second Elder, the Netherworld Ghost Old Monster Ming Shan, along with fifty inner disciples.

Zhang Yunling did not participate. Even though Duan Rong tried to persuade him to stay, he could not get Zhang Yunling to join the main force of Quanzhen Dao. However, in order to make up for the sect leader's disappointment, he still arranged for Ren Jixing to come back and go to Xianxu with the Quanzhen Dao group.

Ren Tianxiong also told Duan Rong and Ming Shan about Ren Jixing's matter. Only the three of them knew about it, so Ren Jixing was referred to as Ren Jiamo.

"Jiamo, although your cultivation is not the strongest, you and Zhang Yunling completed the previous mission together, and you also participated in the previous Xuanxu Ancient Realm mission. So you will also be a key member in this trip to the Immortal Ruins. Do you have any other opinions?"

Ren Jixing shook her head, indicating that she would follow the arrangement. Standing beside her, Lin Huaidong, the number one inner disciple of the Quanzhen Sect, was initially somewhat dissatisfied with this person who had suddenly appeared.

But after seeing Ren Jixing's face clearly, he also started judging people by their appearance. He instantly forgot all his resentment and only thought about how to perform well after entering the Immortal Ruins and win Ren Jiamo's heart.

Little did he know that the most important man in Ren Jixing's heart was still his junior brother, Zhang Yunling. Although he had many friends in the Quanzhen Sect, only Zhang Yunling was truly considered a brother. Even now that he was a woman, that brotherly bond remained unshakable.

In the Pei family's guest room, Zhang Yunling was refining pills. It had been several months since he had last refined pills, since he defeated Duan Suchen at the Quanzhen Sect.

Zhang Yunling specifically instructed the Pei family disciples not to disturb them easily and set up a divine sense barrier around them, because what he was going to refine this time was a fifth-grade pill that he had never tried before - the Purple Cloud Primordial Pill.

This pill can temporarily boost his strength by one major realm, lasting up to half an incense stick's time. However, the side effect is that it can cause his body to enter a state of deep exhaustion, the exact duration depending on the quality of the pill.

The favor I mentioned earlier was that all the materials for refining this pill were obtained by Zhang Yunling from the Pei family's pharmacy, and he even took a lot of rare medicinal herbs as well. Naturally, he wanted to make as much profit as possible from such a good opportunity.

Originally, even with his excellent comprehension of alchemy, it would have been somewhat difficult for him to refine a fifth-grade pill. However, Zhang Yunling's current Golden Core stage is the Profound Purple Core, which gives him an extra talent boost in alchemy. Even his alchemical fire is a vibrant purple, unlike the orange-red of others.

After spending two days and two nights refining the Purple Cloud Primordial Pill at top speed, Zhang Yunling recovered some of his spiritual power on the spot and immediately swallowed it.

He wasn't using this pill as a trump card to deal with danger in the Immortal Ruins, but rather to break the remaining half of the Nascent Soul Realm seal on the wooden box.

He only told his senior sister, Ren Jixing, about the wooden box; no one else knew. Zhang Yunling valued the wooden box so much because the Thief of Heaven's squad leader not only obtained the box but also possessed a fragment of a legacy map that the Pei family treasured.

Moreover, the seal on this wooden box requires a Nascent Soul Realm cultivation level to open, so the treasures inside must be extraordinary.

As the pill entered his stomach, the various medicinal herbs containing spiritual energy, which had been completely refined, took effect. With his cultivation level soaring, Zhang Yunling began to accumulate power in his right hand for the True Yang Finger. Now, after many battles, his True Yang Finger had reached the third level. When the power was accumulated to the maximum, it was enough to raise his strength to another level.

All his strength was concentrated in this one index finger, and a powerful surge of spiritual energy burst forth from the fingertip, striking the seal on the wooden box. It worked!

The seal was shattered by this attack. With a flash of golden light, a crack was heard, and the seal of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivator attached to it was completely broken, finally revealing the true form of the wooden box.

Because he used up the power of the pill too quickly, Zhang Yunling immediately fell into a state of exhaustion caused by the Zixiao Hunyuan Pill. He had no choice but to sit down on the spot and recover some strength before checking the wooden box.

In the darkness, the strange phenomena that had occurred in the Mysterious Void Ancient Realm and when he attained enlightenment of the One Qi Transformation into Three Pure Ones resonated within Zhang Yunling's mind.

He didn't understand where this feeling came from, but he still chose to hold his breath and concentrate, perhaps because fate was about to bestow something upon him, or perhaps he would lose something.

After resting, Zhang Yunling got up and went to the wooden box. He slowly opened the lid, revealing only a yellow gourd inside.

“A gourd? Could it be…” Zhang Yunling thought of the three statues he had seen in the Xuanxu Ancient Realm, one of which was holding a gourd.

Zhang Yunling took out the gourd and examined it carefully. Compared with the gourd in the statue's hand, this gourd looked too ordinary, and it felt like the kind of gourd that ordinary farmers grow in the fields.

After shaking it a few times, he discovered that the gourd was not only hollow, but also contained something that looked like a liquid. Thinking about it, Zhang Yunling understood that it was probably a wine pot.

"Regardless of the connection between this wine pot and the Immortal Ruins, since it is engraved with a Nascent Soul Realm seal, it must be some kind of treasure. Let's put it away for now."

Zhang Yunling used a fifth-grade pill and various other methods to break the seal, but what he got was a wine gourd without any spiritual energy fluctuations. He didn't regret it at all; on the contrary, he was somewhat looking forward to it.

The cultivation world is full of rare treasures; perhaps one day he will discover the true secret of this wine gourd.

The next day, at the Pei family compound.

The courtyard was very spacious, and even with all the members of the Wang family, the Lin family, and the Quanzhen Sect gathered there, there was no feeling of crowding.

Pei Jingshan, the head of the Pei family, Wang Yongquan, the head of the Wang family, Lin Bin, the head of the Lin family, and Duan Rong, the sect leader of the Quanzhen Sect, stood together on the stone platform in front of the hall, announcing various situations that needed attention to the hundreds of clan members and disciples in front of them, and distributing pills and magic treasures to them.

Zhang Yunling was not in any of these groups. He preferred to act alone, which gave him more freedom and meant that he wouldn't have to worry about others if he encountered any opportunities.

By this time, he had already found out the location of the Immortal Ruins and was already ahead of others on his way.

Meanwhile, all the disciples from other factions are now fully prepared and ready to split into five teams and head to their destinations from five different directions.

As the sect leader of the Quanzhen Sect, the strongest sect in Chang'an City, Duan Rong had more authority than others. He raised his voice using his cultivation and loudly issued the order:

"All disciples, listen to my command: depart immediately!"