Longevity: Sweeping Across the World as an Eunuch

Chapter 225: Chapter 123: The Extreme Cultivators’ Conspiracy (Part 2)

"A Foundation Establishment High Grade Magical Artifact... that’s enough to trade for a Foundation Establishment Pill."

Looking at Chu Shan, who had collapsed and was spitting blood, Yun Hu revealed a vicious grin. He slapped his Storage Bag and summoned a pitch-black Demon Ghost about thirty feet tall. It punched Chu Shan again and again until he was completely silent, only then did it stop.

Afterward, he remained somewhat wary, but the temptation of the Foundation Establishment Pill was too much to resist. His heart itching with greed, he stepped forward to collect Chu Shan’s Storage Bag.

At that moment, Chu Shan, who had been completely devoid of any aura, suddenly shot his eyes wide open and spat out a sharp sword.

BANG!

The Demon Ghost exploded!

Yun Hu, who was linked to it, saw his expression change drastically.

"Something’s wrong."

"This isn’t a normal Qi Cultivation Immortal Technique."

"This is One Sword... You’re an Extreme Cultivator?!"

Yun Hu was scared out of his wits. Unfortunately, it was too late to flee.

BANG!

The Sword Qi sliced him in half at the waist.

His aura vanished.

He was dead.

"What a pity."

"I even exposed the Cloud Immortal Pavilion, yet only one of you took the bait. How infuriating. How could one person possibly be enough to eat?"

Chu Shan cursed under his breath, his handsome features twisting into a sinister expression. He resentfully kicked Yun Hu’s bisected corpse at his feet.

Then, a horrifying scene unfolded.

He took a deep breath, and Essence Qi surged from Yun Hu’s body into his mouth and nose. The corpse rapidly shriveled, turning into a withered husk.

"BURP!"

Chu Shan let out a satisfied burp.

「In the distance.」

Su Chen, who had witnessed the entire scene, was also somewhat surprised.

He sensed an aura on this person that was similar to his own, but much more impure. At first, he couldn’t figure it out, but now he understood. The other man was also an Extreme Realm Immortal.

However, he was far from being Su Chen’s equal.

’Extreme Realm Immortals feed on Immortals...’

The phrase suddenly popped into Su Chen’s mind.

’So they really do "eat" Immortals!’

’Looks like I’ve gotten myself into something troublesome again.’

Su Chen mused, unsure whether he should leave or stay.

Just then, a furious shout rang out.

"Get out here!"

"You rat."

"Spying on me, learning my identity... did you think you could live?"

The voice arrived in an instant.

BOOM!

Chu Shan, sword in hand, charged toward Su Chen. Yun Hu’s Storage Bag and his Foundation Establishment Spiritual Artifact—a bolt of iridescent cloth—hung from his waist as he swung his blade.

After getting a clear look at Su Chen, a hint of contempt appeared in Chu Shan’s eyes.

’I thought another strong enemy had arrived, but it’s just this quack doctor from the Jianghu. A mediocre mortal, not even worth mentioning.’

"Kid."

"If you have to blame someone, blame yourself for seeing something you shouldn’t have."

"Hahaha!"

Chu Shan flashed a vicious grin.

But at that very moment, Su Chen suddenly lifted his gaze to Chu Shan, seemingly letting out a sigh.

"Why must you?"

In that instant, a feeling washed over Chu Shan, making his scalp tingle and the hairs on his body stand on end. It was the feeling of being targeted by a ferocious beast—no, a natural predator.

It was as if...

The other person was an Extreme Realm Immortal.

And he was an Immortal.

A dish, served up right in front of his foe.

And what’s more, he, the dish, had actively delivered himself to the diner’s door.

"Why seek your own death!"

Su Chen murmured.

In that moment, mimicking what Chu Shan had just done, he took a sharp breath.

In a flash, a terrifying suction force erupted.

"No!"

Chu Shan was horrified beyond belief, watching in disbelief as the Essence Qi and Spiritual Qi inside his body scattered and flowed toward Su Chen’s mouth and nose, just as Yun Hu’s had.

"Impossible!"

"I am an Extreme Cultivator!"

"According to the legends of Extreme Realm Immortals, even if you were at the Peak of Qi Cultivation, you should be my prey! How could I be the one being preyed upon..."

"Who in the world are you?!"

Terrified, Chu Shan deployed the Foundation Establishment Spiritual Artifact from his waist, the iridescent cloud-like cloth, sending it to envelop Su Chen as he turned to flee.

But he had only taken two steps before he collapsed. THUD! He fell to the ground, turning into a dried corpse just like Yun Hu.

"Hm?"

Now, even Su Chen was bewildered.

That last move had felt almost instinctual.

By the time he came to his senses, the first kindred spirit he had encountered in the Mountain Sea Realm was already dead, his dao extinguished. They hadn’t even had time for Magical Combat, though Su Chen was certain the man would have been no match for him.

"How strange!"

Su Chen was puzzled.

However, the plundered Essence Qi and Spiritual Qi rapidly nourished his own body. In an instant, the Innate Dragon Qi within him churned violently, giving birth to a second strand. Consequently, a second Dragon Pattern appeared on his Profound Robe.

Ten Sounds.

It also required ten strands of Innate Dragon Qi as a foundation.

Only then could Su Chen advance toward the Foundation Establishment Realm!

Extreme Realm Immortals feed on Immortals.

And he...

This unprecedented monster, this Extreme Realm Demon Dragon, fed like a true Demon. He went straight to the source, preying on his own kind—that is, he fed on Extreme Realm Immortals...

Looking at Chu Shan’s corpse, Su Chen had a gut feeling that this matter must never, ever be known to anyone.

Otherwise, the Extreme Cultivators would hunt him with a frenzy ten or even a hundred times greater than that of the Immortal Sects and Demon Sects, ensuring he would die without a place for burial!

At that time, the entire world would be his enemy.

"What a hassle. I just wanted to take a drop of blood to learn about the Human World of this Mountain Sea Realm."

Looking at the Dry Bones on the ground, Su Chen shook his head. Not forgetting his original purpose, he took a Finger Bone and was about to leave.

Soon, Su Chen stopped in his tracks.

He silently glanced at the two Storage Bags hanging from Chu Shan’s waist and reached out to take them.

"I’ll study these Storage Bags from the Mountain Sea Realm and see how they differ from the Storage Rings in the Palm of the Human World."

Su Chen left.

Soon, a figure arrived, treading on the air.

He had a full head of gray hair and an aged face, but his eyes were sharp and bright. He scrutinized the traces left at the scene, and before long, his expression froze as he saw the two horrifying sets of Dry Bones on the ground.

"There are Extreme Cultivators in Daqi?"

He was none other than the Foundation Establishment Immortal Master from the Profound Celestial Sect, stationed to guard the Daqi Country.

SWISH!

In an instant, a blaze of fire shot into the sky, transforming into an ethereal Firebird. It beat its wings and soared high, flying ten thousand li to deliver a message to the gates of the Profound Celestial Sect.

Anything concerning Extreme Cultivators was of the utmost importance.

The appearance of a trace proved that there was likely a whole nest of them hidden here.

"Bastard!"

"A top-level Red Fire Signal Arrow?!"

"Are they insane?!"

"Which damned idiot exposed their identity? If I find out who it was, I’ll skin them alive."

Far away, in the Daqi Imperial Palace, an old man in a Bright Yellow Dragon Robe, who had been lying on his sickbed with a listless aura as if illness had seeped into his bones, suddenly sat bolt upright. Watching the ethereal Firebird streak across the sky above the Imperial City, his entire face twisted with a rage so intense he looked ready to devour someone.

"Ruining my thousand-year plan for the Extreme Cultivators!"

"Dammit all!"

He was none other than the Emperor of Daqi, who, according to rumor, was terminally ill and on the verge of death.

No.

Perhaps the Emperor of Daqi truly was gravely ill and dying.

Or perhaps even already dead.

But.

He was definitely not that person.

"Your Majesty."

"The Crown Prince requests an audience."

"This old servant... I truly couldn’t stop him..."

The sound of hurried footsteps approached, accompanied by the panicked voice of an old Eunuch.

At this, the expression of this "Emperor of Daqi" twisted further. He wanted to strike, but he suddenly sensed the aura of the Profound Celestial Sect’s Foundation Establishment guardian hurrying toward the Imperial Palace. He instantly extinguished his Killing Intent and resumed his act as the dying Old Emperor on his sickbed.

"My son, for what matter have you come to see Us...?"

Daqi Crown Prince Yi looked around, dismissed the attendants, and crept mysteriously to the sickbed, whispering in the Emperor’s ear.

"Father Emperor, I think... I’ve discovered an Extreme Cultivator..."

BOOM!

In that instant, the "Old Emperor’s" eyes flew wide with fury. He subconsciously clenched his sleeves, his Killing Intent reaching its peak.

But at that very moment, the Profound Celestial Sect’s Foundation Establishment guardian descended, barging directly into the room.

Helpless, he could only retract his Killing Intent once more.

’A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator can be killed with a flick of a finger.’

’But... what happens after I kill him?’

’If the guardian Foundation Establishment cultivator falls, the Profound Celestial Sect will definitely send someone to investigate. Even if it’s not a Core Formation expert, it will be someone at Foundation Establishment Perfection.’

’Not to mention... this whole mess with the Red Fire Signal Arrow has already happened.’

"Tell me in detail, about this Extreme Cultivator..."

The Old Emperor said, affectionately patting Crown Prince Yi’s head.

"Father Emperor, a Mortal Cultivation practitioner who has achieved Nine Times Life-taking has come to the Imperial Capital! He must be an Extreme Cultivator! How else could he achieve Nine Times Life-taking? I request that we report this to the Foundation Establishment guardian for a thorough investigation."

"Also, my royal brother, Snow, has been exchanging furtive glances with this person and is colluding with him. I beseech you to apprehend him at once and punish him by exterminating his nine relations, as is the law for accomplices of Extreme Cultivators..."

For a moment, the Old Emperor’s hand froze.

He, a mighty Core Formation Extreme Cultivator Demon who had devoured countless Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators and commanded the very elements, had nearly been frightened by a good-for-nothing. To think he had believed this son of his had discovered the tracks of his hidden boys in the Imperial Capital and was about to risk exposure to silence him.

All he could say was that the reputation of the Daqi Crown Prince as a useless blockhead was truly well-deserved.

"Nine Times Life-taking means he is a prodigy, like a dragon among men."

"An Extreme Cultivator is an Extreme Cultivator."

"The two cannot be confused."

"Crown Prince, please speak with caution. Do not disrespect a Great Cultivator who has reached the peak of Life-taking. Such a dragon-like prodigy possesses great fortune. He is destined for great achievements should he pursue cultivation, for which Foundation Establishment is merely the starting point. You must not speak of him so lightly."

At that moment, the Profound Celestial Sect’s Foundation Establishment guardian stepped into the grand hall.