Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 357 The Great Harmony Decree, the Holy Maiden

Inside the cave on the ground.

The Mo family elder was giving instructions to the Foundation Establishment cultivators who were entering.

"Those three were relatively well-behaved in the cave, weren't they?" He first inquired about the situation of Li Ping and the other two.

The Foundation Establishment cultivator who entered quickly said, "Ancestor, please rest assured, those three are resting in the prepared cave dwellings. I have arranged for people to keep an eye on them nearby."

The Mo family elder nodded, then said solemnly, "Wei and Feng have a deep grudge against the Four Fiends of the East Sea. Our Mo family has always helped them, and we cannot turn a blind eye to this. Now take my token and go to their Mirage Nest to tell them about this and ask them to come and kill Wei, Feng, and Li Ping. I will assist them then."

"Yes, Ancestor." The Foundation Establishment cultivator agreed, but then hesitated, "But it's impossible to distinguish up from down from north from south in the mirage. If I go in, I'm afraid I'll get trapped in an illusion and won't be able to get out. My own life is a small matter, but if I delay Ancestor's important matter, I will be willing to die ten thousand times over."

The Mo family patriarch glanced at him: "What are you worried about? Do you think I, your ancestor, would send you to your death?"

The Mo family member who had reached the Foundation Establishment stage repeatedly said "I dare not," and he looked up at his ancestor.

Suddenly, the ancestor took out a bronze token from his storage bag while speaking, and controlled it with his magic to float it in front of him: "With this Great Harmony Token, you can ignore the influence of the mirage and fly directly to the lair of the Four Fiends."

After receiving the token, the Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Mo family still looked somewhat doubtful. The Mo family patriarch chuckled and said, "Worried that the token won't work? Hehe... Do you think the Four Fiends of the East Sea dared to set up their lair in the mirage? It's because they have this 'Great Harmony' token bestowed by the Holy Maiden as their means of entry and exit. The Holy Maiden's natal spirit beast possesses a trace of mirage dragon bloodline, and this token seals the aura of that beast, so it can naturally ignore the various dangers in the mirage."

Mo, who had just reached the Foundation Establishment stage, suddenly realized what was happening and respectfully said, "Please rest assured, Ancestor, I will definitely tell those four seniors everything that happened here and invite them to come."

The Mo family matriarch smiled and nodded: "Go ahead."

……

Inside the cave, listening to the conversation between the two, Li Ping gradually calmed down from his shock and anger.

He also clearly saw the bronze token that the Mo family elder had given to the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the family, and what caught his attention in particular were the two ancient characters "Da Tong" engraved on it.

"Holy Maiden? Datong? Is Datong a sect, or is it simply the name of a token? I've never heard of it before."

Li Ping pondered silently.

Regardless of whether Datong is the name of a sect, the one who issued the Datong decree to them was probably not a small force.

Judging from what Elder Mo said, he and the Four Fiends of the East Sea are all members of this force, and there is also a Holy Maiden with a higher status than them in the organization. Obviously, there is a high probability that there are Nascent Soul cultivators in this force.

However, such a powerful force not only harbors filth and corruption but is also extremely secretive, which makes Li Ping somewhat wary.

"A spirit beast with a trace of mirage dragon bloodline..." Li Ping remembered encountering such a spirit beast a long time ago in the Western Wilderness.

Yu Menghan from the Yinghai Chamber of Commerce came to him specifically to ask him to treat a dying spirit beast called the "Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly".

The Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly seems to possess a trace of the Mirage Dragon's bloodline. Is there any connection between the two?

As he pondered, Li Ping's expression grew increasingly solemn.

However, the mysteries surrounding this did not deter him; on the contrary, his killing intent toward the Four Fiends of the East Sea grew stronger as he pondered the matter.

The threat posed to him by the Four Fiends of the East Sea was very real.

He had initially only been wary of the Four Fiends of the East Sea, but now that he knew they were suspected of being members of a secret Nascent Soul faction, he felt like he had a bone stuck in his throat and had no choice but to get rid of them as soon as possible.

If you've offended someone with such a powerful background, you either have to flee or decisively eliminate them to eradicate the threat completely.

Sitting idly by and waiting to die is the most foolish thing to do!

"call!"

Under the influence of his divine sense, Li Ping noticed that the Foundation Establishment cultivator summoned by the Mo family elder had left his range and was flying towards the outside of the island. He took a deep breath, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

He still believes that only dead enemies are good enemies.

"Take us back to our cave!" Li Ping calmly instructed the Earth Spirit Rat.

A yellowish-brown halo instantly enveloped the man and two beasts, and they rapidly fled towards the cave dwelling that the Mo family had arranged for Li Ping.

Whoosh!

As soon as it emerged from the ground, Li Ping directly controlled Xuan Yi with his divine sense to come over, covering it with earth-yellow spiritual light.

Immediately, the earth-yellow spiritual light carried the puppet underground, moving rapidly towards the location of the cave where the Mo family's patriarch was cultivating.

……

After sending his capable descendants to inform the Four Fiends of the East Sea, Elder Mo shook his head and closed his eyes to meditate and regulate his breathing.

"Sigh, I didn't want to take action, but you all came to me on your own," he thought to himself.

With his assistance and the advantage of the formation and terrain, even if Wei and Feng were both mid-stage Core Formation cultivators, they would have no chance of escaping a five-on-three sneak attack.

By assisting the Four Fiends in killing three Core Formation cultivators, he should be able to get a considerable share of resources, and perhaps even make further progress on the path of immortality!

As he closed his eyes in reverie, he suddenly sensed a strange fluctuation of magical power emanating from him.

He hurriedly opened his divine sense and his eyes, and saw it at a glance.

No one knows when, but a strangely shaped ancient bronze mirror appeared directly above his cave. A beam of light shone from the mirror and hit him directly.

He instantly felt that he could not move; not only his body, but even his magical power and divine sense were imprisoned.

"Who is it?" The Mo family elder struggled frantically, trying to break free from the beam of light.

The Lotus Mirror was ultimately just the natal magic weapon of Zhou Lingyan, a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation. Moreover, after her death, Li Ping refined it and gave it to Xuan Yi to use, so it could only unleash less than 70% of the magic weapon's original power.

Such power could subdue a Core Formation cultivator in a surprise attack, but imprisoning him for too long would obviously be unrealistic.

Therefore, only a moment later, Elder Mo forcibly broke free from the beam of light.

But as soon as he managed to break free, before he could do anything more, a dazzling golden light appeared before his eyes, causing him to squint involuntarily. When his vision cleared again...

He was shocked to find himself thrown into the air, and in front of him stood a headless corpse, motionless.

"This corpse looks so familiar..." These were the last thoughts of the Mo family patriarch before his mind went black and he lost consciousness completely.

"puff!"

"puff!"

The head and body of the Mo family patriarch fell to the ground one after the other with two dull thuds.

In a corner of the cave, Li Ping watched this scene indifferently. A golden guillotine was placed in front of him, its blade constantly flashing with a chilling light.

Ignoring everything else, he hurriedly took out a jade bottle from his storage bag and used magic to try to draw out the soul of the Mo family's patriarch.

However, after a short while, only a wisp of a remnant soul was drawn out. Upon seeing this, Li Ping couldn't help but show a helpless expression.

"What a pity. I dare not hold back against a Core Formation cultivator. I can only kill him instantly." Li Ping took the magic weapon and storage bag handed to him by the puppet, shook his head inwardly, and then flicked out a fireball to burn the corpse to ashes.

Human cultivators are not as foolish as low-level demonic beasts. Once they die, given the strength of the soul of a Core Formation cultivator, they will immediately choose to reincarnate upon sensing the pull of reincarnation.

Unless one is a high-level cultivator skilled in the Dao of Souls, there is simply no time to stop them.

Therefore, the only way to search the souls of human cultivators is basically to capture them alive.

Just like when Li Ping captured Yan Liming alive, his soul was imprisoned inside his body, so he could only let Li Ping do whatever he wanted to him. Li Ping even forcibly extracted his soul completely.

However, Nascent Soul cultivators are different; their Nascent Soul is their true form, and their outer body is merely a shell.

To search the soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator, one must capture their Nascent Soul.

"I wonder how much information can be found in this remnant soul."

Li Ping, holding the jade bottle, sat cross-legged in the original seat of the Mo family's patriarch. His appearance gradually changed, eventually transforming into the image of the Mo family's patriarch with white hair and beard.

Only then did he retrieve the remnant soul of the Mo family patriarch and forcibly search for its memories.

As he began searching the soul, a mournful roar suddenly echoed through the cave, and a chilling wind filled the entire cave.

……

More than half a day later.

Li Ping, posing as the matriarch of the Mo family, appeared in the Mo family's treasure vault.

The guarding cultivator immediately bowed respectfully: "Ancestor!"

Li Ping smiled and nodded: "No need for formalities, I've come to fetch some spiritual materials to reinforce the clan's protective formation."

The guarding cultivators naturally dared not stop their ancestor and respectfully invited him into the treasure vault.

Without any hesitation, Li Ping took a batch of useful second-tier spiritual materials and, together with the third-tier spiritual materials he found in the Mo family's storage bag, began to modify the Mo family's protective formation.

Just started.

When Li Ping overheard that the Mo family elder wanted to join forces with the Four Fiends of the East Sea to deal with the three of them, he was both shocked and furious.

But after he figured it out, he realized that it was actually a good thing.

First of all.

The people sent by the Mo family elder were able to promptly summon the Four Fiends of the East Sea from the mirage, effectively solving the problem of them wasting time waiting in the East Sea.

Second.

Originally, when they went to seek revenge on the Four Fiends of the East Sea, the other side had the advantage of terrain, relying on their stronghold to set up a formation, which might have led to a fierce battle.

But now, as long as he kills the Mo family's patriarch and takes control of the Mo family's protective formation in his guise, the advantage will be on their side.

When the Four Fiends of the East Sea thought they had the upper hand, they excitedly entered the Mo family's protective formation, ready to take advantage of the terrain to fight five against three.

They will find that this is not kicking a dog when it's down, but rather that they have walked right into a trap.

"With the advantage of the formation, I must try to capture one of them alive and search their soul to understand the so-called Great Harmony Order and the Holy Maiden," Li Ping thought to himself as he modified and strengthened the formation.

He had not found any similar information when he searched the remnant soul of the Mo family patriarch.

At this moment, he still felt a vague sense of unease about the power behind the Mo family's patriarch and the Four Fiends of the East Sea.