Chapter 2183: Chapter 1561: Regret (Part 2)

"Hmm?"

Just when everyone thought this Profound Immortal would continue straight into the city, he suddenly stopped halfway, as if detecting something. A vast, terrifying Divine Sense swept through the crowd, searching for something unknown.

Many cultivators, with guilty consciences, trembled under the pressure, faces pale, guessing that some past deed had been exposed, and their mentor was coming to trouble them.

Li Zhirui felt a stir in his heart, having some guesses, and his slightly lowered eyelids concealed the sharpness in his eyes.

The person likely sensed the faint Outer Realm aura permeating the world, which caused him to stop suddenly.

There was nothing to be done; this was already the result after he applied the Purification Principle to cleanse himself, but the Outer Realm aura couldn’t be entirely resolved in a short time.

Luckily, after all, he was merely a Profound Immortal, his realm not much higher than Li Zhirui’s, thus making such a fuss to find the Outer Realm creature hidden among the crowd.

After half an hour had passed, many low-level cultivators couldn’t withstand the pressure for long, collapsing directly to the ground, fainting, and some even struggled for breath, as if about to explode and die at any moment.

Many cultivators took out magical treasures and spiritual objects to resist the pressure, maintaining their dignity and preventing injury.

For a while, chaos reigned outside the city gates.

"Lin Ruwu of the Changhong Lin Family, greetings, senior. May I ask what the senior is searching for? We may be weak, but together, we might be able to assist the senior."

Many cultivators chose to announce their affiliations, hoping to leverage their backing to make the Profound Immortal restrain himself.

But despite this, the Profound Immortal had no intention of stopping, continuing his intimidation with overwhelming pressure, and scanning every cultivator with his Divine Sense.

Li Zhirui disguised himself as a Human Immortal from a Loose Cultivator background, like many other Human Immortals, had already ’unable to endure’ the pressure, kneeling on one knee, clenching his teeth, and painstakingly holding on.

His heart sank slightly; this wasn’t a long-term solution!

But right now, apart from revealing his power, he couldn’t think of a better resolution.

Yet once done, it would undoubtedly attract attention and invite more trouble.

This was why Li Zhirui would rather appear a bit miserable than reveal his realm and identity.

Moreover, he suspected the person was intent on finding an Outer Realm creature to uncover clues leading to another world, seeking a chance to invade that world.

Once achieved, upon successful invasion, he would receive immensely rich rewards.

"Enough!"

Fortunately! At this moment, a low voice echoed from within the Immortal City, "Fellow Daoist Rong Yun, are you here at Cangye Immortal City to show off your might?"

Along with the voice came a gentle force dispelling the immense pressure from the Profound Immortal, allowing those still struggling to breathe a sigh of relief.

As for the injured cultivators, the aloof Profound Immortal naturally felt no remorse, let alone offered any compensation.

"Fellow Daoist Cang He jests, I merely found a possibly hidden Outer Realm creature among the crowd, got temporarily excited, and meant no offense or intention towards Fellow Daoist."

The Profound Immortal named Rong Yun swiftly withdrew his pressure, offering a brief explanation, then flew over the Immortal City, entering the territory of the Alien Race.

In truth, if possible, he didn’t want to leave just yet, but many things aren’t as one wishes.

No other sound came from within the city.

Soon, many cultivators emerged from the Immortal City, replacing the previous group of city sentinels, beginning to organize and disperse the crowd.

Afterwards, Li Zhirui quickly entered the Immortal City.

A mere wall apart, the situation for cultivators was worlds apart; inside the city, no one was subjected to the previous Profound Immortal’s pressure.

He, familiar with the city’s layout through the memories of that Demon Cultivator, soon leased a Cave Mansion, planning to stay here for some time.

Over time, coupled with Li Zhirui’s personal efforts, he would soon eradicate all Outer Realm aura, preventing a repeat of the earlier situation.

This was also thanks to the benevolence and tolerance of the Heavenly Dao of this Realm; in other worlds, such things wouldn’t be so easy!

To completely remove the Outer Realm aura, who knows what great cost would be needed.

"Do you think what that Profound Immortal said earlier is true? Does a real Outer Realm creature exist?"

"I don’t think so."

A certain cultivator cautiously glanced around, lowering his voice, "Senior Rong Yun hails from the Wanguang Sect, whereas the defending senior within is from Youming Mountain; these two factions are long-standing adversaries, with deep-rooted resentments."

"So I think this may be deliberate, aiming to embarrass Youming Mountain."

"Those injured cultivators are truly unlucky, caught in the crossfire of these two clashing factions, without any compensation."

"I’ve heard some weaker cultivators are already near the brink of death, really so unfortunate."

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Li Zhirui shook his head slightly, not having gleaned any useful information from their exchange, then got up to return to the Cave Mansion, focusing first on resolving his own issues.

First, he activated the formation native to the Cave Mansion, then set up another formation, ensuring his cultivation wouldn’t be disturbed by the outside world.

He proceeded to sit cross-legged on a meditation mat, manipulating the Purification Principle, eradicating the residual Outer Realm aura.

Days rose and fell, time flew by.

Through over a month of rigorous cultivation, Li Zhirui completely resolved all Outer Realm aura, such that even a Profound Immortal cultivator couldn’t detect anything amiss.

However, facing a Golden Immortal cultivator, caution was still necessary.

The key reason was his lack of accurate judgment and understanding of Golden Immortals, unsure of the difference between himself and them, so being careful seemed wiser.

Fortunately, Golden Immortals are quite rare, not easily encountered.

Having resolved this issue, Li Zhirui planned to venture into the Alien Race’s lands to search for spiritual objects, enrich his harvest, and fill his space with items.

Since breaking through to the Profound Immortal Realm, his Personal Space area was akin to a Minor Thousand World, but still had vast empty spaces yet to be planted with spiritual objects.

Many spiritual objects growing in Spirit Lands were not planted by the few Devil Spirits, but propagated themselves through seeds.

Besides that, there’s also the reason to gather ingredients for the Immortal Ascension Pill.

If Li Zhirui remembers correctly, one of the main ingredients for the Immortal Ascension Pill, the Transcendent Flower, primarily grows within the territory of the Primordial Spirit Race.

Other supplementary ingredients are also distributed.

If lucky, he might only need to purchase a few types of spiritual objects to start refining the Immortal Ascension Pill.

With this in mind, Li Zhirui soon arrived at the west city gate.

Here lay the entrance to the territory of the Primordial Spirit Race.

Yet, the number of cultivators leaving the city was significantly fewer, making the contrast with the scene when he entered the city earlier much more apparent.

"Looks like it’s still affected by that incident."

Thinking of this, Li Zhirui shook his head, considering the chief of Cangye Immortal City rather foolish; if he had intervened when Rong Yun acted, none of what followed would happen.

At the very least, afterwards, they could have provided some care to injured cultivators, like assisting in treatment, or offering free temporary housing, etc.

However, he did nothing, issued no instructions, simply leaving those cultivators unassisted.

What Li Zhirui didn’t know was, during his seclusion, the number of cultivators residing in Cangye Immortal City had dropped by twenty percent, and those traveling through from there had fallen by thirty percent!

At this time, the Profound Immortal guarding the city, Cang He, had realized his oversight, regretting deeply the consequences caused by his negligence.