readytorunbook Chapter 2722 The situation is tense
Chapter 2722 The situation is tense
A massive array rose up throughout Maple Leaf City. Judging from Sun Yi's mastery of array formations, this massive array was fully capable of withstanding attacks from a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.
Such formations consume a great deal of spiritual energy and are generally impossible to deploy directly.
Furthermore, Sun Yi noticed that there were quite a few cultivators wearing standard battle armor standing at the city gate and around Maple Leaf City.
Sun Yi recognized these as the army of cultivators from the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom.
Sun Yi guessed that something was wrong, so he directly stood in front of a middle-aged Nascent Soul cultivator.
The early Nascent Soul cultivator was about to get angry when he was blocked, but when he felt the terrifying aura emanating from Sun Yi, his anger instantly dissipated.
"What guidance do you have, senior?" The middle-aged cultivator bowed respectfully to Sun Yi.
"What's going on in Maple Leaf City? Why does the atmosphere seem so tense?"
"Senior doesn't know?" The middle-aged cultivator looked at Sun Yi with a surprised expression.
"I have just finished my seclusion," Sun Yi said calmly.
"I see, no wonder you didn't know."
"As far as I know, not only is the atmosphere in Maple Leaf City tense, but the atmosphere throughout the entire Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom is very tense right now, as if war is about to break out."
"Fighting? Who's fighting whom?" Sun Yi looked at the middle-aged cultivator in surprise.
"I heard that the other three great immortal kingdoms, along with several other major forces of the human race, have joined forces to attack the Azure Heaven Immortal Kingdom. It is said that several major battles have broken out not long ago, and a Mahayana Saint in the Azure Heaven Immortal Kingdom was injured."
"The Azure Heaven Immortal Kingdom is currently preparing for war nationwide, and I'm afraid the outbreak of a major war is not far off," the middle-aged cultivator said with concern.
"Aren't the local forces in the Spirit Realm allies? How could things suddenly turn out like this?" Although Sun Yi had already guessed the general reason, he still asked.
"Sigh, it's all because a major event recently occurred in the cultivation world. A certain ascending force publicly revealed three top-tier cultivation techniques and also announced the theory that cultivating body, spirit, and qi simultaneously can safely break through realms."
"Is that so?" Sun Yi feigned surprise.
"It's absolutely true. This was originally a good thing, but the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom received the news first, so it arranged for Mahayana stage experts to go to various forces to exchange for spirit and body refining resources in advance."
"Because the conditions offered by the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom were quite good, we were able to exchange a lot of body-refining and spirit-refining resources from various major forces."
"However, soon the major powers also received the news and realized the importance of these body refining and spirit refining resources. So they went back on their word and demanded that the body refining and spirit refining resources be exchanged back from the cultivators of the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom."
"The Azure Heaven Immortal Kingdom was naturally unwilling, and so the conflict erupted."
"Various forces have taken action against the top experts of the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom and intercepted them, resulting in a fierce battle between the two sides."
"Although no top experts have perished, many experts from the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom have been injured."
"They escaped back to the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom by means of survival, but the other forces naturally would not let it go, so they joined forces to force the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom to hand over its resources for refining the spirit and body."
"At the same time, the Qingtian Immortal Kingdom also experienced some turmoil due to the actions of the royal family."
"The royal family of the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom, having received advance notice, directly seized the body-refining and spirit-refining resources within the Immortal Kingdom through administrative orders, and simultaneously occupied the production areas of these resources."
"So even though the cultivators of the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom know the benefits of the Three Paths in One and have top-notch techniques for refining the spirit, body, and qi, they do not have the corresponding cultivation resources, so their cultivation speed is relatively slow."
"Nowadays, most cultivators can only focus on the cultivation of Qi Refining, while the cultivation of Spirit Refining and Body Refining is very slow, which makes the cultivators of the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom very dissatisfied."
"Therefore, some daring cultivators directly attacked the body-refining and spirit-refining resource sites controlled by the royal family and seized a portion of these resources."
"Despite the severe punishment imposed by the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom, it still failed to curb this trend. Therefore, the Azure Sky Immortal Kingdom deployed heavy troops on the border while also stationing its cultivation army in various cultivation cities to maintain the stability of the Immortal Kingdom."
"Senior, these are the three top-tier cultivation techniques and a secret method for opening up the Five Elements Dantian announced by that ascending force, as well as a detailed introduction to the theory of the unity of the three paths."
The middle-aged cultivator took out several jade slips and respectfully presented them to Sun Yi.
Sun Yi scanned the jade slips with his divine sense and found that they indeed contained the contents announced by the War Sect, without any modifications.
Sun Yi feigned surprise and put away the jade slips, then casually tossed a jade bottle to the middle-aged cultivator, saying, "Consider this bottle of fourth-tier body-refining spiritual blood your reward."
After Sun Yi finished speaking, he transformed into a streak of light and rushed towards Maple Leaf City. He would not forget the purpose of his visit, which was mainly to test the aura detection devices of the major forces in the Spirit Realm.
The middle-aged cultivator took the jade bottle and examined it carefully. The next moment, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
The jade bottle contained dozens of drops of potent fourth-tier demon blood essence. What was most remarkable was that this blood essence was extremely pure, containing no remnant souls or demonic power, making it a top-tier material for body refinement.
Such top-tier fourth-order body-refining essence blood is now absolutely priceless, and there's no market for it even if you have the price.
Sun Yi didn't take this fourth-tier demon blood essence seriously at all, and flew directly towards Maple Leaf City.
The towering city gate of Maple Leaf City was a hundred feet high and enormous. Above the gate hung a strange magical artifact that looked like an eyeball.
This magical artifact cast a hazy light that enveloped the entrance to the city gate, and all cultivators entering Maple Leaf City had to pass through this hazy light.
"A seventh-tier detection artifact, what a grand gesture."
Sun Yi glanced at the detection artifact, then headed directly into Maple Leaf City. He had already used the Concealment Technique, taken the Concealment Pill, used the Concealment Talisman, and activated the Concealment Token.
It was as if four layers of barriers had appeared around Sun Yi, specifically designed to isolate the aura of those who had ascended to immortality.
When Sun Yi stepped into the area shrouded in hazy light, his powerful spiritual energy naturally detected a strange probing force detecting his aura.
This probing aura was extremely mysterious, penetrating through the two layers of aura defense set up by Sun Yi before being completely blocked.
The remaining two layers of aura barriers completely blocked this probing power, so this seventh-tier detection artifact failed to detect the aura of an ascendant on Sun Yi.
"Success!" Sun Yi's face lit up with joy, but he did not turn around and leave. Instead, he strode inside, intending to gather the latest information about the cultivation world from within Maple Leaf City.