Chapter 816 - 810: Return to Biluo, Discussing the Dao in Chaotian
East Domain, Chaotian Palace!
As the space portal opened, Qin Feng was the first to step out!
Following him were quite a number of cultivators from various sects.
This space gate was established at Chaotian Palace, not their Beast Taming Sect; generally, without special reasons, it wouldn’t be casually opened just for him.
Therefore, Qin Feng stayed a bit longer in the Canglan Realm, returning to Biluo with the cultivator team from various sects transporting resources and treasures back to their sects.
However, among these people, his cultivation was the highest, his strength was the greatest, and his fame was the loudest, so the others consciously followed behind him, even a few immortals from various sects did the same.
After Qin Feng exited, the others began to steer various sizes of space magical treasures and poured out one by one.
The fact is that ordinary space magical items like storage bags have limited space, whether limited by materials or refining methods; the smaller the space magical item, the fewer materials used, thus the harder it is to refine.
Ordinary artifact refiners cannot refine space magical treasures that are both large in space and small in size, so they can only refine some space-type flying escape treasures that are not small in size based on materials, satisfying the need to carry large amounts of goods and resources while letting many cultivators accompany all the way.
In fact, many major forces and large caravans basically use this kind of large space-type flying escape treasures that can carry goods, provide seating, and offer decent defensive capabilities. In some sense, these treasures could be considered the embryonic form of cave heaven treasures.
Of course, they are actually worlds apart from cave heaven treasures and are not even close to the same level!
“Haha, Daoist Fellow Qin!”
The Heavenly Immortal stationed at the space portal at Chaotian Palace brightened his eyes upon seeing Qin Feng, hurriedly got up to greet him: “It has been years since we last met, Daoist Fellow has traveled in the otherworld for so long, you must have gained quite a lot!”
“Daoist Fellow Wangji, you flatter me!”
Qin Feng smiled, bowing courteously, not mentioning his cultivation progress, but rather changing the topic: “I see your sect is bustling with activity, Qi Fortune on the rise, it seems you’ve been developing very smoothly these past years, congratulations, congratulations indeed!”
“Haha… Congratulations to you too, truth be told, it’s thanks to the concerted effort of various sects that we achieved today’s success, otherwise, our Chaotian Palace alone could not have conquered Canglan and several other worlds!”
Daoist Wangji evidently was in a good mood, his words were filled with more confidence than before the expedition, clearly showing his sect had developed very successfully over the years, increasing his confidence manifold!
This person was of Heavenly Immortal Realm cultivation and was also the array master of Chaotian Palace. Previously, when setting up the space portals in the Five Canglan Realms, he put in quite an effort, so Qin Feng was more courteous to him.
The two conversed for a while, and Daoist Wangji invited Qin Feng to stay at Chaotian Palace for a few days as a guest, to discuss the profound and exchange what they had learned.
Qin Feng didn’t refuse and agreed readily.
Since it’s a rare visit to the East Domain, of course, he couldn’t just return directly; he had to witness the grand scene of the East Domain and see how the various sects, claiming to be authentic Daoism, differ from those in the Southern Domain!
Therefore, he turned around and instructed the Beast Taming Sect’s resource transportation team to return first, without waiting for him to join them on the road.
Initially, his appearance wasn’t factored into the team, and there was also a True Immortal Realm Supreme Elder accompanying the team with the Five Poisons Sect, so there wouldn’t be any issue in Biluo.
Even though there is a large area of perilous land between the East Domain and the Southern Domain, with many bandit cultivators and demon clans hidden in secret, plundering passing caravans and cultivators.
But those guys aren’t so blind as to set their sights on the Beast Taming Sect and the Five Poisons Sect, these two large sects, seeking death isn’t done this way, thus Qin Feng wasn’t worried about them.
In the following days, he stayed at Chaotian Palace, discussing and exchanging learnings with the many immortals of Chaotian Palace, elaborating on the mysteries of daoist divine powers, feeling greatly benefited after a few days!
Even Chaotian Ancestor summoned him once while giving a lecture to his disciples, allowing him to listen in, which also benefited him greatly!
Chaotian Palace, as an orthodox Daoist sect, practices cultivation techniques that are relatively moderate compared to the radical methods of lesser paths.
Though these techniques may seem to advance slower at times, they are actually more secure, seldom showing signs of going demonic, advancing step by step steadily, and upon reaching higher realms, they may advance more easily than many of the deviant methods!
This is quite different from many sects in the Southern Domain.
The Southern Domain has various sects practicing all sorts of methods, albeit in a diverse but orderly manner, excelling distinctly in various fields.
For instance, the Beast Taming Sect excels in beast taming, their cultivation techniques demand high levels of divine sense, giving them a far greater divine soul strength than ordinary sect cultivators.
As for the Five Poisons Sect, though not orthodox, their poison insects are remarkably powerful, especially useful during expeditions to lethally deal with opponents, many powerful poison insects are even unpredictable, posing serious threats to beings of the Divine Realm if careless.
For instance, Taiyi Mountain Golden Light Cave practices exclusively the Sword Dao, admitting no other methods apart from the sword.
Although Sword Cultivators find becoming immortal more challenging due to their overly fierce True Yuan and distinctive laws, Taiyi Mountain Sword Cultivators are renowned for their aggressive offensive abilities and mastery in sieging.
The lineage of Sword Cultivators, though stemming from Daoism, stands independent of it, forming their distinct path, renowned in the cultivation world as the foremost in killing and warfare!
It’s just that being too unyielding can lead to breaking; the overwhelming desire to kill often results in most Sword Cultivators having a decisive and ruthless nature, often leaving no mercy in their attacks. These guys are only suitable for external battles on the battlefield, as they can easily stir up various troubles within the Realm.
In the Cultivation World, every major and minor Sword Sect will inevitably have some rival sects, many of which they provoke intentionally or unintentionally, primarily to find opponents for their disciples to test their skills, as constant dueling within the sect is not enough!
Others, like the Ten Thousand Pills Hall, Sky Talisman Sect, Wanfa Sect, Divine Weapon Family, and other great forces, each strive to perfect their specialized paths.
At first glance, it seems that the Southern Domain’s sects are superior, as they specialize and seemingly progress further.
But in fact, that’s not the case.
The reputation of Daoism’s legitimate lineage isn’t for nothing. In reality, the East Domain not only has the highest number of Great Powers among the Five Domains, but also the most Immortals, far surpassing the other four regions.
Even in terms of combat power, their upright combat methods fear no crooked ways of the Evil Path. Even the most sharp or cunning Divine Power Secret Techniques, once encountered, are quickly met with countermeasures!
This is why the East Domain remains at the top of the Cultivation World, known as the leader of the Five Domains, and it’s not just because of Grandmaster Ancestor Taixuan alone!
Qin Feng stayed in Chaotian Palace for nine days before taking his leave and departing.
He didn’t rush, but instead took his time wandering through the East Domain, observing the grandeur of its Cultivation World, and purchased some East Domain specialties from several large Markets, before finally using the Space Escape Divine Shuttle to head towards the Southern Domain.
The reason for not flying with a Spiritual Beast was because the distance between the East Domain and Southern Domain was too far; he didn’t want to waste too much time traveling, so he used the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths Space Escape Divine Shuttle.
This Divine Shuttle is incredibly fast, able to pass through the void, and travel through space. Even in Canglan Realm, where space is exceptionally stable, it can travel millions of miles in a day!
As such, Qin Feng sped through the air swiftly and soon left the East Domain, entering a seemingly endless Manghuang Forest.
This is the dangerous area that segregates the Southern Domain from the East Domain.
The forest here seems lush and vibrant, but it’s quite mysterious. Not only does mist often rise to confuse the spirit, but various dangerous poisonous and miasmic gases are mixed in, making it difficult to discern.
More importantly, during the Ancient Great Tribulation, countless battles broke out here, and many cultivators from destroyed sects retreated here, hoping to use the dangerous environment to fight against intruders, laying down unknown numbers of Arrays, countless prohibitions, and traps!
Without long-term exploration, even flying overhead is dangerous as one might accidentally trigger some No-Fly Array and fall into the treacherous terrain below.
Qin Feng is not an ordinary cultivator, having cultivated to the Heavenly Immortal Peak, he fears no such dangers.
If it were the God Burying Abyss or other ancient battlefield relics, that’s a different matter, but this place is not enough to hinder his steps.
However, just as he was about to fly out of this ancient forest, he descended from the high altitudes, changing direction and flying downwards.
He not only descended but from a distance, punched towards what appeared to be an ordinary patch of forest. A hundred-zhang wide Shaking Heaven Divine Fist descended from the sky, shattering that part of the forest, revealing a team hidden by Illusion Technique!
He had not expected to encounter a group of Bandit Cultivators plundering a business caravan here.
If it were ordinary plundering, he might not have cared or intervened.
After all, such Bandit Cultivators might have unknown connections; some could be disguised forces or family members of a sect or clan lying in ambush for enemy sects or clans, perhaps for revenge, such things are common.
Like the plundering incident he stumbled upon now, he could immediately tell that the Bandit Cultivators below were surely someone in disguise.
Originally, he didn’t want to meddle with such matters, but today was different because among the group intercepting the business caravan were members of the Demon Clan.
This was different!
If they were subdued Spiritual Beasts, it might be different, but these Demon Beasts appeared ferocious and bloodthirsty, showing no signs of being tamed, more adept at killing and eating people.
Thus, Qin Feng went down and punched through the Illusion Array masking them from external sight, then with a gesture grabbed the two leading Great Demons.
These two Great Demons of the Primordial Spirit Realm roamed freely usually and assumed their Divine Skills would allow them to escape easily in the forest, but being caught now, they found it impossible to break free, their eyes filled with astonishment, roaring continuously.
Qin Feng did not slay these two creatures but intended to put them into the Demon Refining Pot for future use as cannon fodder; in future battles, they could serve as vanguard scouts. The death of such people-eating monsters wouldn’t be lamentable.
“Who dares…”
Someone behind scolded, but before finishing, they heard a bang and were sent flying, becoming listless, unable to get up!
Their disguised Bandit Cultivator compatriots turned pale upon seeing this.
“Senior, calm down, we are not Bandit Cultivators. We are here seeking revenge! This Ling Family once…”
“Hmph, colluding with the demon clan to harm the human clan, you deserve death!”