Immortality begins with inheriting the myriad arts of cultivation.

Chapter 410 Big Trouble and Departure

Soul-Devouring Forbidden.

It was a deadly restriction placed on the souls of Wei Yiling and Feng Xishuang by a high-ranking Nascent Soul cultivator from the Great Harmony Society.

Once it erupts, it will directly annihilate their souls, leaving them no time to resist before they die instantly.

Clearly, the Nascent Soul cultivator activated the Soul Devouring Restriction with the intention of taking their lives.

Fortunately, the Soul-Devouring Restriction in Feng Xishuang's body has been completely removed, and although the Soul-Devouring Restriction in Wei Yiling's body has not been completely removed, only about one-sixth of it remains.

With the sudden outbreak of the restriction, Feng Xishuang was naturally unharmed, while Wei Yiling suffered severe damage to her soul and was in critical condition, falling into a coma. Fortunately, her life was not in danger.

Fearing pursuit from the Datong Society, Feng Xishuang threw away the Datong tokens and other items that might reveal their whereabouts from the two of them, and hid in a secluded place, not daring to return to Lingxiao City.

At the end of the jade slip, Feng Xishuang mentioned that she hoped Li Ping could find some treasures to nourish the soul in Lingxiao City and send them to that hidden place to save Wei Yiling's life.

"The key to this matter lies with the group of 'ordinary cultists' that Wei Yiling and her team killed."

Although Feng Xishuang did not explicitly state it in the jade slip, Li Ping instantly understood where the problem lay.

The true target of the Datong Society was that group of so-called "mortal cultists." In fact, it could be said that the "demon-slaying" missions of the previous years were all paving the way for this.

The purpose of that series of missions was simply to make Wei and Feng lower their guard about the real mission objective.

After the two completed their mission of killing, they were immediately silenced by the Datong Society.

He could tell with his own eyes that the so-called "ordinary cultists" must have something special about them, so much so that even the Datong Society couldn't deal with them directly and had to rely on Wei and Feng, who were secretly controlling them, to take action.

"They were told to investigate thoroughly before taking action, but they had taken action many times without incident. In addition, this time they were dealing with mortals, whose status was much lower than that of Core Formation cultivators."

"Given all these factors, they ultimately let their guard down and fell for the trap!" Li Ping sighed softly.

He vaguely sensed that Wei and Feng might have gotten themselves into serious trouble this time, and that his relationship with the two was not a secret and could be easily uncovered with a little investigation.

Li Ping, these kinds of situations where things seem suspicious are very difficult to explain once you encounter them.

Especially in the cultivation world, high-level cultivators prefer to use coercive methods like "soul searching" rather than verbal questioning or enticement.

Although he had nothing to do with the matter, Li Ping did not want to be inexplicably subjected to a soul search to clear himself of suspicion.

So, just to be on the safe side, he decided to leave Lingxiao City and hide for a while before making any further moves.

Anyway, he didn't have any businesses or ties in Lingxiao City. As a rogue cultivator, his biggest advantage was his flexibility.

This is not cowardice.

The saying goes, "A son of a wealthy family will not sit under a dangerous roof."

He only has one life, and he's unwilling to take even the lowest possible risk.

……

About half a day later.

When Meng Wanjun finished dealing with the sale of Caibaixuan and returned to her cave with the spirit stones, she saw that Li Ping had already put away all the spirit beasts and the spirit herbs planted in the courtyard, and the array he had specially set up earlier had also disappeared without a trace.

"This is?"

Before Meng Wanjun could react to what was happening, Li Ping's voice came from beside her: "Is the matter of Caibaixuan settled? Then let's leave now and talk about it after we leave Lingxiao City."

She looked up and saw the young master walking out of the training room, his storage bag bulging at his waist.

"Yes, young master."

Meng Wanjun agreed without thinking, and then she saw the young master take out a silver flying boat and throw it into the air. When he landed on the flying boat, he also gestured for Meng Wanjun to follow.

Once Meng Wanjun stood still, Li Ping didn't even glance at the cave dwelling where he had lived for over thirty years.

With a thought, the flying boat beneath his feet transformed into a streak of silver light and flew towards the direction of leaving the city.

Looking down at the rapidly passing buildings and bustling crowds, Li Ping's consciousness turned to the wisp of silvery-white spiritual flame dancing within his dantian.

Fourth-tier Taiyin Cold Flame!

Although he didn't think he would be stopped when leaving the city, if anyone dared to stop him, even a Nascent Soul cultivator, Li Ping would let them taste the power of a fourth-order spiritual flame!

Then he used the Bloodwing Escape Technique to escape with Meng Wanjun.

After breaking through to the mid-stage of Core Formation, his Golden Core power greatly increased. After controlling the Frost Flame to unleash a fourth-tier attack, he would not be as exhausted as before and would still have the strength to escape!

Of course, Li Ping was just doing this as a precaution; the probability of him actually taking action was probably not high!

After all, no one had come to him before.

This is enough to show that either the news of the big mess that Wei and Feng made has not yet spread, or they themselves have not been exposed, so naturally they will not implicate Li Ping.

A multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind, and the flying boat had unknowingly come to rest at the array gate.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators guarding the area sensed the aura emanating from Li Ping and immediately opened the array gate respectfully, allowing the flying boat to depart. Compared to entering Lingxiao City, which required checking identity tokens and verifying identity, the departure procedure was much simpler.

A multitude of thoughts flashed through his mind, and the flying boat had unknowingly come to rest at the array gate.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators guarding the area sensed the aura emanating from Li Ping and immediately opened the array gate respectfully, allowing the flying boat to depart. Compared to entering Lingxiao City, which required checking identity tokens and verifying identity, the departure procedure was much simpler.

Having successfully left Lingxiao City, the silver flying boat traced a curve in the air and sped off towards the west of Lingxiao City.

The jade slip that Feng Xishuang sent through someone contained the location of her and Wei Yiling's hiding place.

The speed of the flying boat was equivalent to that of a late-stage Core Formation cultivator, and Wei Yiling's soul was injured, her life hanging by a thread, urgently waiting for Li Ping to save her.

Therefore, the flying boat did not fly very far.

He then put away the flying boat, and a pair of huge blood wings spread out on his back. He embraced Meng Wanjun in his arms, and then the blood wings flapped, turning into a blood line that flashed continuously in the sky before finally plunging into the void and disappearing!

Worried, Li Ping suddenly used the Bloodwing Escape Technique again to speed up his journey.

Using the power of the Core Formation stage to drive this escape technique, he could travel ten miles in an instant. In less than a few hours, he had already traveled more than 100,000 miles.

Such speed is unmatched, not to mention Core Formation cultivators, even ordinary Nascent Soul cultivators would find it difficult to achieve.

But the price paid was also exceptionally high.

When he stopped using his teleportation technique and hovered above a desolate mountain, Li Ping had a full head of silver hair, and his skin was extremely dry and covered with age spots.

Meng Wanjun hadn't yet recovered from the bliss of being held in the young master's arms when she looked up and saw his aged appearance, which startled her greatly.

"Young master, you—"

Before she could finish speaking, something even more surprising happened.

As if time were flowing backwards on the young master, his dry skin visibly became rosy, and his full head of silver hair was rapidly dyed black.

When the two stepped onto the ground, the young master had already regained his original refined appearance.

Li Ping put Meng Wanjun down, ignoring her incredulous expression, and scanned the desolate mountain with his divine sense, quickly discovering the formation hidden underground.

This formation was created by him and has both defensive and stealth effects.

Just as Li Ping discovered the formation, Feng Xishuang inside the formation also sensed his arrival and exclaimed with delight, "Master Li!"