Ji Diaozha asked in a deep voice, "When did you agree with them to make your move?"
Ji Changba said in a low voice, "Three days later, our Hehuan Sect will join forces with Xuanxiao and Yunche to attack Zifeng Forest."
Ji Diaozha nodded. "Then let's wait three more days."
"Ancestor... In order to persuade Xuanxiao to help me, I promised to give him the Joyful Union Cauldron to help him through his tribulation. I beg your permission..."
Ji Diaozha pondered for a moment, then nodded and said, "Fine... I can't use the Hehuan Cauldron to fight against the Heavenly Tribulation either, so I'll give it to Xuanxiao... It'll be a way to maintain good relations with Xuanxiao City for generations."
Ji Changba bowed and said, "In that case... I'll go and make preparations."
......
Inside the Purple Maple Forest, Chu Tianyao was cultivating in his cave.
"Ding! The host has accumulated a total of 5.3 billion Dao Points over the past two hundred days."
"Ding! The current remaining Dao Points are insufficient to break through to the next major realm... (It takes 300 billion Dao Points to advance from the ninth level of the Integration Realm to the first level of the Mahayana Realm.) The current remaining Dao Points are [number missing]!"
Chu Tianyao slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air. "I'm still more than 30 billion Dao Evolution Points short of reaching the Great Ascension Realm..."
“This kind of cultivation is a bit too slow... I still have more than two million spirit stones on hand, I should go and purchase some magical artifacts and supplies to feed the system.”
Chu Tianyao traveled by the light, heading towards Lin Dong City in the far north.
"After all, I killed the young sect leader and the supreme elder of the Hehuan Sect, even though more than half a year has passed..."
"However, the Hehuan Sect may have already found out the truth, and they may still be preparing to take action against me when the opportunity arises."
"As the largest city in the Upper Realm, Xuanxiao City must have many disciples of the Hehuan Sect... To avoid unnecessary trouble, I'd better go to Winter City."
With Chu Tianyao's current cultivation level, it only took him an hour to arrive at Winter City in the far north.
Winterhold is perpetually covered in snow, and the city is still shrouded in biting wind and frost.
Even Chu Tianyao, who was at the ninth level of the Void Refinement Realm back then, could hardly withstand such hardships.
For him, who has now entered the Integration Realm, this bit of hardship is nothing.
Chu Tianyao arrived at the magical artifact shop in Winter City...
The owner of the magic item shop was also a cultivator at the Integration Realm. When he saw a customer visiting, he greeted him warmly.
"Fellow Daoist, what kind of magical artifact would you like to see?"
Chu Tianyao asked, "Boss, do you have any Mahayana-level magic artifacts here?"
"A Mahayana-level magic artifact?" The shopkeeper looked at Chu Tianyao with a strange expression.
He thought for a moment, then said, "This fellow Daoist is probably not a cultivator from the North. The highest level of magic weapons and spiritual artifacts we sell here is the Integration Realm."
“Mahayana-level magical artifacts are extremely precious! They are also very rare in the entire Shangzhen Realm, with only a dozen or so pieces.”
"If you want a magic weapon for the Mahayana stage, you can only try your luck when the auction house opens regularly."
Chu Tianyao nodded. "I see... May I ask, boss, how much does a Mahayana stage magic artifact usually cost?"
"Hmm...it's hard to say." The owner of the magic item shop thought for a moment, "If it's calculated in spirit stones, it would probably be around twenty million spirit stones."
"..." The words of the magic item shop owner silenced Chu Tianyao. "What the hell does twenty million spirit stones mean?!"
"Back when I was in the Nascent Soul stage, I only earned a few spirit stones a month mining. Damn it, a Mahayana stage magic weapon costs twenty million?!"
"No wonder that Supreme Elder Zhang Ji Yuanzhong of the Hehuan Sect, despite already being at the second level of the Mahayana Realm, still doesn't possess a single Mahayana magic weapon; it turns out he can't afford one..."
Chu Tianyao touched his storage bag, "I only have a little over two million spirit stones in total. Forget about Mahayana stage magic weapons, let's take a look at Nascent Soul stage magic treasures and spiritual artifacts!"
Chu Tianyao asked, "Boss, how many spirit stones does a magic weapon for the Nascent Soul stage cost?"
"Fellow Daoist, a magic weapon for a Nascent Soul cultivator costs one million spirit stones..."
After some haggling, Chu Tianyao finally acquired three magic artifacts for the Integration Realm for 2.7 million spirit stones.
That's equivalent to a 10% discount.
"Phew... The three Nascent Soul Realm magic artifacts have already used up all my spirit stones."
Chu Tianyao issued a command to the system in his mind...
"System, recycle all materials and convert them into Dao Points."
"Ding! Cultivation pills and magic artifacts are being recycled. Dao Points are being calculated. Please wait..."
"Ding! After confirmation... You have obtained Dao Derivation Points."
"My current cultivation level is the ninth level of the Integration Realm!"
"Ding! The current remaining Dao Points are insufficient to break through to the next major realm... (It takes 300 billion Dao Points to advance from the ninth level of the Integration Realm to the first level of the Mahayana Realm.) Current remaining Dao Points."
Chu Tianyao sighed, "Alas... I still haven't broken through to the Great Ascension Realm!"
"I'm still over 17 billion Dao Points short of reaching the Great Ascension Realm... but I'm out of spirit stones..."
"My master usually cultivates in the Purple Maple Forest; she's a typical homebody...and she doesn't go out to earn spirit stones..."
"Looks like I can only continue to passively sign in and slowly accumulate Dao Points..."
Just as Chu Tianyao was feeling somewhat helpless, a sense of unease suddenly arose in his heart!
"This is... telepathic detection?! I've been secretly targeted..."
"Could it be that he was targeted because he bought a Nascent Soul Realm artifact at the artifact shop earlier, and someone is planning to kill him and steal his treasure?!"
Chu Tianyao's mind raced, and he quickly calmed himself down. "Judging from their aura, they shouldn't be Mahayana cultivators... they seem to be several Nascent Soul cultivators."
"I did not conceal my strength; my cultivation at the ninth level of the Integration Realm was clearly revealed. The fact that these people dared to target me... means they are also cultivators at the Integration Realm."
Chu Tianyao chuckled inwardly, "Hehe... I was just worried about not having any spirit stones or magical artifacts to feed the system, and now someone's delivering them."
He made up his mind and headed towards a secluded spot outside Winterfell.
After about a quarter of an hour, Chu Tianyao arrived at a secluded place in the far north.
“There are five cultivators at the Integration Realm in total…” Chu Tianyao frowned slightly. “Three are at the eighth level of the Integration Realm, and two are at the ninth level of the Integration Realm.”
He stopped. "You've all followed me all this way, it's time for you to show yourselves."
"Hahaha! Since you sensed that we were tracking you, you still dared to go to such a desolate place alone."
A burly cultivator laughed and said, "Should I call you confident, or should I call you foolish?"
This burly cultivator was at the ninth level of the Integration Realm.
The other cultivator at the ninth level of the Integration Realm was a hunched and emaciated old man.
The old man said, "Hand over the Nascent Soul Realm artifact, and you can live."
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