Chapter Thirty-Seven: Despair

  As the old man walked away, the faint smile on the white-robed youth's face suddenly disappeared. He snorted coldly and muttered to himself: "Old fox, you still think you can take that little brat with dual spirit roots as your disciple? Dream on!" As soon as he finished speaking, a sharp whistle escaped his lips. The sound had barely faded when a distant eagle cry echoed from the horizon. Before long, the grey-feathered giant eagle swooped down from the high sky and flew towards the white-robed youth. When it landed beside him, its massive body stirred up a whirlwind.

  The white-robed youth finally shifted his gaze to the ground, coldly saying: "Alright, after listening to my talk for so long, it's time to come out and show your face! I'm eager to see what kind of three heads and six arms a Golden Core stage cultivator like you has, that can kill a same-stage cultivator with one strike!"

  Perhaps it was too long, and the "Hidden Shadow Token" lost some of its effectiveness. Perhaps this person had a divine thought secret technique that discovered the dark hidden Wumuwu Daoist at the bottom of the earth, and could even investigate that Wumuwu Daoist was a Golden Elixir period cultivator.

  But there was no sound coming from the ground.

  A young man in white robes let out a cold snort, and with a flick of his wrist, he tossed out a snow-white crystal orb the size of a chicken egg. The crystal orb rotated rapidly in mid-air, growing to the size of a human head, before vanishing into the ground in an instant. A chill, icy aura unlike anything else instantly enveloped the area within several hundred meters.

  After the sound of "hula hula" passed, the ground within hundreds of meters was all white and frozen into a huge ice block. Even the sun in the sky turned pale, as if the space had suddenly changed from scorching summer to extremely cold winter.

  In the town, a local squire had long since lent his family's large courtyard to the Black Iron Army for temporary residence. In a spacious hall, General Tie Wing said to Tie Xin Tang, Shui Sheng, Da Niu, Wang Long and Xiao Juan: "You five also saw today's wolf pack, those few green wolves are first-class demon beasts, enough to compete with Qi-refining third-layer cultivators, and that flute-playing cultivator is a beast shaman from the Di people tribe, at least having sixth-level Qi-refining abilities, we are simply no match for them."

  Tie Xin Tang pouted and said: "Wasn't that just being killed by someone? Right, Father, where is the Huo Ling Sect, why did they come to help us?"

  General Iron Wing stroked the cheek of Iron Heart Tang, and sighed: "Silly girl, where would Fire Spirit Sect's cultivators come to help us? That was just a lie your father told to deceive others. You five remember, except for Yu Ding Gate's cultivators, any other sect's cultivators may be our enemies, and may come to kill us. Now your father has received accurate news that something major has happened in Yu Ding Gate, I'm afraid you won't be able to cultivate in Yu Ding Gate!"

  "Why? We've been stuck in that broken Taoist temple reciting scriptures and meditating every day, isn't it all for the sake of being able to go to Yuding Gate to learn magic? Are they not accepting us now?" Tie Xin Tang shouted in dissatisfaction.

  General Iron Wing shook his head and said, "It's not that the Jade Cauldron Sect doesn't want to accept you, but the entire Jade Cauldron Mountain has been surrounded by many foreign cultivators, making it impossible to get in or out. Even a senior who used to be able to send messages to my father has had no news for over two years. At first, my father thought this senior was just traveling far away, but now it seems that's not the case at all. The Jade Cauldron Sect is already struggling to protect itself, how can it possibly take in new disciples?"

  The faces of the five people changed, and their hearts were filled with a thousand unpleasant feelings. For these three years, joining the Jade Cauldron Sect had been the top priority in their minds, and they all dreamed of becoming a Jade Cauldron Sect cultivator. Even Xiaojuan, the youngest among them, fantasized every day about joining the Jade Cauldron Sect and becoming a flying "immortal". Now that they had finally cultivated their spiritual roots with great difficulty, their hopes were shattered in an instant.

  Shui Sheng opened his mouth, but only felt a bitter taste in his mouth. Even the thought of asking who had killed that "Beast Witch" earlier disappeared completely.

  Tieyi saw the five people looking dejected, their heads hung low and their faces pale. He said, "It's just that you can't enter Yuding Gate for the time being, it's not like you're not allowed to cultivate and ask about the Tao. I, as a useless spiritual root, am still alive and well, and a small setback has knocked all of you down?"

  Tie Xin Tang's heart was twisted, she rolled her eyes and ignored him. The other four people raised their heads one by one, but they didn't look much better either. Xiao Juan's eyes were dull and she muttered to herself: "Those immortals can fly, why don't they just fly out and escape?"

  "Alright, no more nonsense. Since this beast wizard has appeared here, wanting to use the evil wolf to kill everyone, it means that we have already caught the attention of the heterodox cultivators. From now on, there will be even more powerful heterodox cultivators coming to cause us trouble. If you five were like other ordinary children who haven't cultivated any magic, you might still have a chance to survive in the hands of the heterodox cultivators. But now that you have magic on your side, it's likely that you'll only bring about disaster upon yourselves!" General Long Wing said solemnly.

  Upon hearing this, all five of them were shocked at the same time.

  "Why?!" Tieshentang screamed again. "Why, because you are already a cultivator, a cultivator of our Zhongzhou, and when your cultivation is high enough, you will become an enemy of the alien cultivators! Just for this reason, they won't let you off! Once those alien cultivators find out about you, you might lose your life at any moment!"

  Looking at General Iron Wing's face sinking like water, it didn't seem like he was joking. The five little children looked at each other in dismay, unable to say a word.

  It turns out that being a cultivator is actually more dangerous than being an ordinary mortal!

  It turns out that cultivators can also be ruthless and bloodthirsty demons!

  Even if there were more ferocious wolves just now, the shock they brought would not be as great as the few words Iron Wing General said.

  Seeing the complex expressions of the five, General Iron Wing asked: "Do you now regret learning magic?" The five little ones looked at each other, not knowing how to respond for a moment. General Iron Wing sighed and said: "If Master Wummu knew it would end up like this, he probably wouldn't have kindly taught you magic!"

  As soon as the name "Wu Mu Dao Ren" was mentioned, Shui Sheng suddenly became agitated and loudly said: "No, I don't regret it! In this world, evil people who want to kill others will still care about whether you have any magic or not? Don't those foreign cultivators also kill ordinary people? If we didn't have magic, it would be even easier to kill them. And if we did have magic, maybe we could even kill them instead! Since I was young, my mother has always said that wolves eating humans and humans eating wolves are the same thing - there's no logic to discuss, it just depends on whose fist is bigger!"

  In Shui Sheng's heart, if he had just felt lost and afraid, now it suddenly turned into anger. For a moment, countless thoughts rolled in his mind: "Wu Mu Dao Ren's magical powers are obviously high, why didn't he go to drive away the alien cultivators surrounding Yu Ding Men? Is what he often says about cultivators having heavenly justice and conscience all nonsense? Does he say one thing and do another? Why? Why should those aliens surround Yu Ding Mountain? Do they have a deep hatred for the cultivators of Yu Ding Men? Wanting to kill all the cultivators of Yu Ding Men? What are the cultivators of Yu Ding Men hiding in the door for? Just letting others come to kill?"

  Tie Xin swung his small fist and said, "I don't regret it either. If someone wants to come and kill me with magic, I'll use magic to kill him first!" Wang Long, Da Niu, and Xiao Juan were equally excited. Wang Long looked up and asked, "Uncle Tie, what should we do now?"

  General Iron Wing saw the five children change from their previous loss and fear to their current excitement, knowing they had temporarily escaped the loss of not being able to go to Yu Ding Gate. He took a slight breath of relief, took over Wang Long's words, and said: "We can't go to Yu Ding Gate now, going would only be sending ourselves to death for nothing. Since that's the case, we can only retreat back to Longyan City first, then deliberate on our next move. However, you five cannot stay with everyone else anymore, it's too dangerous, I don't want any of you to have an accident."

  "No, I'm going to be with you, I'm not afraid of them! If those foreign monks dare to come over, I'll fight them!" Tie Xin Tang said loudly.

  General Iron Wing's face was stern, and he said in a severe tone: "You're not afraid of me? You really don't know the height of heaven and the thickness of earth! With your current abilities, those foreign cultivators wanting to kill you is easier than pinching an ant to death. Can't you think about yourselves, and also think about your parents and family? If because of a moment's impulsiveness, you throw away your lives for nothing, who can avenge you? Remember, if you want to avoid being bullied by those foreign cultivators, live well, cultivate your divine powers until you can defeat your opponents, then come back and show off!"

  Tie Xin Tang watched her father blow up, feeling discontent in her heart, pouting her mouth, but not daring to retort. Wang Long was already 14 years old this year, although his magical powers were not as good as Shui Sheng's, his mind was more mature than Shui Sheng and Tie Xin Tang's three siblings. Seeing the few people with a resentful look on their faces, he said loudly: "Uncle Tie is right, we can't lose our lives now. Even if there is no Yu Ding Gate, we can still cultivate immortality, but without our lives, nothing else matters. Uncle Tie, you say it, how do the five of us return to Longyan City from another road?"

  General Iron Wing's expression slightly eased when he heard Wang Long say this, and he reached out to take out a delicate sandalwood box, saying: "It is indeed for the five of you to go together, but it is not for you to return to Dragon City now. Returning to Dragon City now would also be dangerous. I have a talisman here that can send the five of you 500 miles away at once. Once you land, find a town with more people and hide among them. Don't make any rash moves for now. Wait until a year or two has passed, then quietly return to Dragon City after finding out there's no commotion in Dragon City.

  Tie Xin's eyes rolled around and he said: "Since there are such talismans, why not give us a few more, directly sending us to even farther places?"

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