Suddenly, Li Xingtian's voice came from outside the main hall, and the three cultivators turned around sharply to look.

But then they saw an old man with a sword in his arms sitting on the threshold, his fingers dangling the rope of a wine jug, his face full of displeasure.

He neither got to drink the wine nor successfully completed his seclusion, and was in a terrible mood... It's all the fault of these uninvited guests, why did they have to come to this desolate place of ours?

"Who are you! When...?"

The female cultivator was surprised, but the leading male cultivator raised his hand to stop her from saying the second half of his sentence. He narrowed his eyes and looked Li Xingtian up and down, then suddenly smiled and respectfully cupped his hands to Li Xingtian: "May I ask your name, senior?"

This male cultivator possessed profound cultivation, which even Su Lin couldn't see through, but at the same time, he also couldn't see through Li Xingtian.

He could only tell that Li Xingtian had the cultivation level of the initial stage of Golden Core formation, but how could a mere cultivator at the initial stage of Golden Core formation silently approach him from behind without him even noticing?

The world of cultivators is vast, with countless talented and extraordinary individuals emerging. Although Tian Shu sits in charge, remotely controlling the major immortal sects, there are also extremely troublesome old monsters among the rogue cultivators, as well as some with a perverse sense of humor who like to play dumb to deceive others.

The male cultivator, mindful of this, dared not be too careless.

"I remain unchanged in my name; I am Li Xingtian, the Sword Immortal."

Li Xingtian smacked his lips, savoring the lingering taste of wine. His answer was nonchalant, which only made the three of them more uneasy.

A remote, scattered sect, the manifestation of thunder, a gathering of mortals, a Foundation Establishment master, a mysterious ancestor... how did all these things come together? They seem completely mismatched!

There are too many suspicious details, which is enough to show that this old man is extraordinary.

After all, what rogue cultivator would dare to be so arrogant as to openly call himself a "Sword Immortal"?

"So it's Senior Li. I've long admired your name."

The male cultivator spoke cautiously, but Li Xingtian scoffed, "Ridiculous, you've really heard of my great name?"

I'm not from around here, so you have no right to hear my name.

Li Xingtian's words were cutting. The female cultivator was about to rebuke him, but was stopped by her companion. The male cultivator spoke more cautiously: "I am sorry to have made you laugh, senior. I am indeed ignorant and ill-informed. Unfortunately, I have duties to perform and cannot come here. I really do not want to disturb your cultivation."

"Since there is a senior here to oversee things, the evil spirits under the thunder should not be able to be born. I will now leave and report everything to Tian Shu truthfully."

The male cultivator paused and looked at Li Xingtian.

Li Xingtian, holding the wine pot, glanced at the gap in the rim and then, out of the corner of his eye, said, "What? Are you waiting for this old man to give you a ride?"

"I wouldn't dare."

The male cultivator shook his head, made a hand seal, and quickly passed through the door. The moment he passed Li Xingtian, his whole body tensed up, fearing that he would be killed.

The remaining two cultivators quickly followed, and only after the three of them flew far away did the female cultivator dare to ask in a low voice, "Senior Uncle, is there something wrong with this place? What is the origin of that old man?"

"If you can't see through it, don't meddle. Just go back and report."

The male cultivator shook his head, his eyes filled with caution: "I used my divine sense to touch his body, but he didn't care at all. I can't see through his background at all. He's probably an unparalleled old monster."

"Hiss~!"

The other two looked horrified. When they looked back at Xiaoyun Temple in the mountains, they felt even more terrified and fled even faster.

......

"You run really fast."

Li Xingtian gazed at the horizon, a slight smirk playing on his lips. These three were indeed mysterious.

Their arrival was strange, and their departure was equally swift.

"It was Grandpa who was so clever; he scared them away."

Xiao Linlin walked closer and praised him, then turned around and instructed Xu Zhenshu, "Senior Sister, take the wounded man away, give him medicine and care to save his life."

"yes."

Xu Zhenshu nodded and led the elves to take care of the wounded.

The other survivors finally breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Su Lin. Huang Yi then whispered to Su Lin, "Su Shen, those NPCs are from Tian Shu. We're afraid our days are going to be tough."

"Yes, I've heard of the name Tian Shu."

Su Lin nodded silently. In the first two days after arriving at the game, the most frequently mentioned information about the Immortal Source Stones came from his followers, and that was the name [Tian Shu].

The world in this competition is a cultivation world, without mortal dynasties. The general trend of the world is guided by sects of all sizes. Among the major sects, nine immortal sects are the most respected. The nine immortal sects jointly established an organization called "Tian Shu" (Heavenly Pivot), which nominally coordinates the cultivators and sects of the world.

The intricacies here are roughly similar to those of the Sword Pavilion world back then, only more detailed and more brutal.

The united Tian Shu, comprised of the nine great immortal sects, doesn't care about the distinction between good and evil. The cultivators only care about cultivation resources. Tian Shu controls everything in the world, and those who disobey are considered demons and evil.

In this world, all good things, divine objects, wondrous techniques, blessed lands, cauldrons, blood slaves... are all controlled by the Heavenly Pivot, and are first enjoyed by the nine great immortal sects. The rest are divided up layer by layer, and by the time they reach the middle-level sects, there is not much left.

The remaining minor and scattered sects didn't get much good food and were also the main group being exploited at every level.

After all, in years when no divine objects are born, the Tian Shu Immortal Sect has to squeeze food out of the weaker cultivators if they want to eat well.

As for the independent cultivators... although some of them differ from the Tian Shu's ideals and are unrestrained, very few of them are strong and they are not a force to be reckoned with; they are simply prey for the Tian Shu Immortal Sect.

From the very beginning, Su Lin had clearly defined the basic framework of this world. If viewed as a pyramid, from bottom to top, it would be: rogue cultivators (rogue sects), minor sects, major sects, and immortal sects (celestial pivot).

The other ordinary people in various places are a real part of the local population and cultivation resources. They are a group with a lower status and even less control over their destiny, only slightly better off than livestock.

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