The Transmigrator's Cultivation - Chapter 447

A young man in green attire, with a handsome and approachable appearance…

This figure indeed resembled the description given by Yun Lie quite closely. However, there was a slight difference: this young cultivator was holding a small child.

In this battlefield of the Nine Void, children were extremely rare, which certainly drew attention.

The reason the short-statured shen cultivator noticed the young cultivator was mainly due to the child. With his experience, he quickly realized that this was a cultivator who had just arrived on the battlefield, making it an opportunity to ambush him for a profit…

However, he didn’t anticipate that before he could follow, the young cultivator had already vanished, leaving him searching for a long time without success.

Because of this, the short man had a particularly deep impression of him.

It also allowed Wang Qingshan to see the young cultivator’s appearance clearly.

The soul-searching technique was extremely domineering; within a brief moment, the shen cultivator’s soul was on the verge of collapse and could no longer be sustained.

Wang Qingshan, concerned that he might not extract enough information and would need to use the technique again later, decided to temporarily withdraw, letting the shen cultivator go for the moment.

Even so, this shen cultivator was now collapsed on the ground, defecating uncontrollably, and could hardly move a muscle.

The two female shen cultivators nearby watched in horror, trembling like leaves in the wind, completely terrified.

Several male cultivators had no pity for the fairer sex; regardless of how pitiful the women appeared, they were only thinking about how, when they questioned them again, they would not dare to conceal or act clever anymore. The female cultivators, in turn, could only despise them after catching a glimpse, refusing to associate with them.

At this moment, Zeng Zhidao asked, “Qingshan, what have you discovered?”

Wang Qingshan hesitated briefly before replying, “I seem to have seen a junior of Daoist Yun…”

Yun Lie raised his head to look.

In an instant, Wang Qingshan felt as if he was being targeted by something dangerous, causing him to feel a chill all over. He quickly regained his composure and continued, “In the memory of that shen cultivator, there is indeed a young cultivator in green attire, looking like this.” He didn’t dare delay any further and immediately used a water mirror technique to project the young cultivator’s image.

In the water mirror, it indeed showed a young man with a youthful appearance, his features gentle. Even as an image, he emanated an aura of approachability. He was holding a small child, who looked quite young and adorable, seemingly well-cared for, with a naive expression that made him appear very obedient.

Such a scene was pleasing to the heart.

Upon seeing this, Zeng Zhidao turned to the white-clothed sword cultivator: “Daoist Yun, is this your shidi?”

Yun Lie nodded slightly, “That is indeed Ziqing.” His aura softened slightly at that moment, prompting the others to feel an unspoken sense of curiosity.

Hong Ni also asked her companion, “Qingshan, do you know where Daoist Xu is?”

Wang Qingshan thought for a moment before answering, “There’s a small base not too far from here, located in the northeast.” After pondering for a bit longer, he added, “That base only has a small troop stationed there, with around twenty thousand men, but there are quite a few shen cultivators attached to them. These shen cultivators are quite renowned in that base, acting as solitary cultivators forming their own group. They have some connections with the small troop’s leader and often indulge in bullying others, but they have all been suppressed by that leader. Usually, many weaker shen cultivators who haven’t joined the troop, along with some local cultivators, are the most likely to suffer.”

Originally, cultivators from the lower realms who could arrive at the Nine Void battlefield were extremely rare, and this group hardly ever crossed paths, let alone establish any relations.

Naturally, prior to this, he had never engaged with other lower realm cultivators.

These shen cultivators were also receiving missions, but the tasks issued at the small base were not as detailed as those from large bases; the reasons and consequences were not very clear. Even the maps in their hands were not as clearly defined as theirs. Thus, the maps held by those shen cultivators indicated that they should try to exterminate as many monsters as possible in a certain area and report the number and rank of the monsters killed, but they had no understanding of how many dangers might exist within that area.

From the perspective of those shen cultivators, they treated this as an extremely ordinary mission. They would not prepare as thoroughly or strengthen their defenses like Zeng Zhidao and his companions did. Therefore, when they encountered a group of cultivators, their initial response was one of greed, rather than the mission conflict Zeng Zhidao and the others had initially anticipated.

After Wang Qingshan finished speaking, the cultivators realized that these shen cultivators were unaware of anything that would be significantly advantageous to them. The only useful information they had was the whereabouts of Yun Lie’s junior, Xu Ziqing—at least he had remained quite safe days prior and had not been harmed by several large demon ambushes at the base, which was good news. However, where Xu Ziqing had gone afterward remained unknown…

Zeng Zhidao was still worried. Now that they had discovered Xu Ziqing’s trail, should they head to that small base? If they didn’t go, Yun Lie might leave without them; if they went together, what would happen to their mission? They certainly couldn’t just abandon it, could they? Not to mention, if they were to give up this opportunity, they feared they would find it difficult to encounter such a great chance again in the future.

The number of lower realm cultivators in this Nine Void battlefield was not significant; they truly felt weak and isolated.

Just as they were caught in this dilemma, Hong Ni first asked, “What do you think, Daoist Yun?”

Yun Lie pondered slightly, “I do not recognize that child.”

Zeng Zhidao then understood, “You intend to investigate the identity of the child first?”

Yun Lie replied, “Indeed.”

The cultivators realized this reasoning made sense.

Since Yun Lie did not know the child, but the child was traveling with Xu Ziqing, it was likely that the child had been encountered by Xu Ziqing later on. Therefore, finding the child would clarify Xu Ziqing’s whereabouts. Moreover, in such a vast Nine Void battlefield, a small child would be far more conspicuous than a cultivator in green attire, providing another avenue to pursue.

Thinking further, to raise such a delicate-looking child must require substantial financial backing, likely connected to several major legions!

Yun Lie continued, “Which large legion is close to the base Xu Ziqing went to?”

Zeng Zhidao and the others thought for a moment, “That base is not near several major legions; however, the Qin Family Army and the Li Family Army should be relatively close.”

Yun Lie then said, “Let’s continue on our way. If we encounter individuals from either of these bases, we will inquire further. If we still do not find anyone by the time we complete the route indicated on the map, we will head our separate ways.”

Upon hearing this, Zeng Zhidao smiled, “Then we will go as Daoist Yun suggests.”

This was indeed a good plan.

Originally, these two legions were on either side of this route. Now, by undertaking this mission while moving forward, they could obtain news at any time once they received it, saving time and achieving two objectives in one go.

With the decision made, the cultivators then looked towards the two women.

They had been listening to the conversations of the others, their fear growing stronger. Now, seeing everyone looking in their direction, their anxiety increased, and they quickly pleaded for mercy without stopping.

Hong Ni and the other three female cultivators glanced at them, and suddenly, Hong Ni struck, killing the one with lingering desires in her eyes with a single palm strike. Her head exploded, resulting in a rather tragic death. The other woman immediately dared not move again, her pleas for mercy stopping at once.

Chun Yu Jing and Zhu Meng Xiang felt greatly relieved. Hong Ni raised an eyebrow and sternly said, “We have decided to keep you alive because you are useful. If you do not behave, this woman will share the same fate! Do you understand?”

The woman’s face turned pale, “I understand, I am Tian Xiuzhen, thank you for sparing my life! Thank you for sparing my life!”

For a moment, she even became somewhat incoherent.

Hong Ni and the others were finally satisfied.

Zeng Zhiyuan was quick on his feet. Before the bodies of the shen cultivators were burned, he had already removed the bags hanging from their waists, which were used for storing items in the divine realm, similar to storage bags and storage rings. However, these items could only be opened by those with divine powers; cultivators could not activate them without divine abilities.

To obtain the items inside, it truly required this female shen cultivator to act.

Ultimately, they kept this woman because she was the weakest, and her thoughts were easier to control compared to the other female cultivator.

Soon, seven or eight bags were placed in front of Tian Xiuzhen.

Hong Ni said, “Open all of them.”

Tian Xiuzhen’s lips trembled slightly as she quickly infused her divine power into the bags and then untied the ropes on top.

shen cultivators usually need to reach the Transforming Tribulation realm to thoroughly seal their storage items with their divine power. Among those shen cultivators, none had reached that level; anyone else receiving a bag would know to continuously infuse their divine power to cover the bags, thus allowing them to open them.

Nevertheless, after Tian Xiuzhen covered all the bags with her divine power, she was drenched in sweat, her complexion flushed. After all, her divine power was the weakest; this action had consumed more than half of it, and even the bright light behind her began to blur. At this point, she felt increasingly incapable of escaping and could only hope that the cultivators would keep their promise and not take her life.

After finishing, Zeng Zhiyuan turned all the bags upright and emptied the contents, checking them one by one.

Hong Ni then walked up to Tian Xiuzhen and smiled at her.

Tian Xiuzhen shivered in fear.

However, Hong Ni shot a thin red light into her forehead and said, “This is a child curse in my hands; the mother curse is in my possession. If you have any ulterior thoughts, as long as you move your heart, it will affect the child curse and reflect back to the mother curse. At that time, if I crush the mother curse, your life will be lost.”

Hearing this, Tian Xiuzhen trembled and replied, “Yes.” But her heart finally felt at ease. Controlling her with the child curse would surely mean they intended to let her go, as long as she harbored no malicious intent, she could keep her life… Sure enough, when Hong Ni waved her hand again, she was allowed to leave.

Tian Xiuzhen struggled to stand up, not daring to hesitate for a moment, and hurriedly turned to leave.

Meanwhile, Zeng Zhiyuan had sorted everything out and allocated three-tenths to Yun Lie, while the remaining seven-tenths were distributed among the others.

Then, the group continued to walk forward according to their previous plan.

Having already encountered someone working on a mission, they would likely meet more people ahead…

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Xu Ziqing looked at the map in Li Xiuzhu’s hands, which was roughly five feet square. Several major legions occupied various sides, each maintaining peace in their respective areas.

From the map, the locations of the five major legions could be considered the five pillars of the Nine Void battlefield, encompassing the entire battlefield within their reach. There were also many small legion bases between them, appearing on the map as large as marbles or as small as beans or grains of rice, densely packed and scattered throughout the battlefield.

Though they seemed to have traveled quite far now, on this map, they were still less than a tenth of an inch away.

Translator: Lynn

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