Cultivation: Being Immortal-Chapter 457:

Yun State, at the border

"Doesn’t life feel like a cycle? Over three hundred years ago, Brother Li brought me here."

Xia Qingshan looked at the scenery in the distance and said to Lin Jiang,

"Life is like a cycle, for ordinary people and cultivators alike."

"But becoming an immortal can break this cycle."

"I don’t really believe in immortals, or at least not the way I imagine them."

"That’s beyond my abilities, my abilities only apply to this world, and only once."

"I don’t know about others, but I will always remember you, Xia Qingshan. You will remain like the green mountains in front of my eyes."

Lin Jiang said, knowing that he might never see Xia Qingshan again.

"Nothing lasts forever, green mountains are like that, the sun is like that. Brother Li, forget it, I can’t figure it out."

"Brother Xia is overthinking."

"I’m really curious, what kind of being are you after all?"

"I’m just as confused as Brother Xia, I don’t understand either."

"Let’s not talk about it then."

"Haha, let’s not talk."

"I’m leaving, no need to see me off, take care and live well, my friend."

Xia Qingshan waved his hand, flew away directly, Lin Jiang also waved to him, watching him leave.

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North State, the northernmost place

Xia Qingshan’s figure descended from the sky, standing on top of an iceberg, looking around.

After that, Xia Qingshan threw out hundreds of special charms. The charms spread out and formed a large circle that was tens of kilometers wide. The charms activated, causing the ice inside the circle to quickly melt, and an Ice Stone appeared in front of Xia Qingshan.

"It’s me, you can come out now."

Xia Qingshan’s voice echoed out, and after a while, the Ice Stone began to slowly melt. Six shadowy figures appeared. As the ice on the figures melted completely, five of them fell to the ground, leaving only one.

The person moved a bit and then walked slowly towards Xia Qingshan.

"You really showed up."

"Didn’t you summon me?"

"But you are in human form, you shouldn’t be in human form, you made a mistake."

"A mistake? What mistake? By whose rules?"

"Indeed, the heavens are unfair, showing too much favoritism towards the human race."

The man shook his head with resentment in his tone, Xia Qingshan was trouble for her.

"Heaven is fair, soon I will have to visit the demon tribe."

"Haha, isn’t that even more unfair to me?"

"It’s fair for me to the whole demon tribe, and besides, picking on the weak is unfair too."

"What business do I have with the demon tribe? I’m not one of them."

"Whether I’m a demon or not doesn’t matter. What matters is that you summoned me, and I’m almost done with what I need to do. Can you help me with a small favor?"

"Go on."

"Your current body used to belong to a good friend of mine, could you return it to him?"

"To hear such words from you, a good friend, is surprising."

The man said she was really shocked, very shocked. It was already against the rules for humans to have friends, let alone in the human tribe. Which human tribe is so lucky?

"I have lived among humans for hundreds of years, having a few friends is normal, right?"

"Hehe, not really."

"Give me some face, will you?"

"You are almost disappearing, what face do you want? Besides, I have been melded with this body for a thousand years, I cannot separate from it anymore."

"You…"

Xia Qingshan was furious, but upon careful thought, he couldn’t do anything about her.

"You really won’t give me face?"

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"No wonder you lost, you really have a narrow heart."

"Stop talking so much, it will make you die more times."

"I don’t need your help, I can do this myself."

Xia Qingshan said, before he could finish his sentence, a bright light suddenly burst out from him and entered the person in front of him.

"You dare…"

"There’s nothing I won’t do. I, Xia Qingshan, treat others sincerely. If I promise something, I will do it. If you don’t give me face, then I’ll take action myself."

"Get out."

"Haha, too late."

Xia Qingshan’s laughter faded, his body suddenly fell down, leaving a shadow full of pain. She felt a deep helplessness, as if even the heavens were not helping him.

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In the far north, there was a place called North State.

Inside a certain Human Demon Tribe, Zhou Huaiying hid in a cave, with six elderly Human Demons trembling in fear in front of him.

"*Boom*"

"*Boom*"

With a spell, Zhou Huaiying made all six people explode, sucking their blood into his belly.

"Trash."

After absorbing their essence, Zhou Huaiying cursed, feeling frustrated by the weak help these six people provided. It was like a Nascent Soul stage person taking a pill meant for the Building Foundation Period, almost useless.

Even though they were trash, Zhou Huaiying still had to wait several years to feed on them, which angered him greatly.

Three hundred years ago, his true body was killed by a group of Tao Achieving at Danxia Sect. He escaped only by using a trick in hand and took some loyal disciples with him. He planned to rise again with their help, so he ordered them to capture cultivators everywhere for him to devour.

However, the pursuit from various sects was too intense. His actions were exposed several times, leading to being hunted down by all sects. This resulted in all his disciples being killed, and he himself suffered successive heavy injuries, unable to recover his strength in time.

In the end, Zhou Huaiying had to follow the example of the Blood Demon Ancestor from the past, hiding in North State and deceiving the Human Demon Tribe there, making them worship him like a deity. Every few years, these Human Demon Tribe would offer their people as sacrifices to him, providing him with blood sustenance.

Although this method was stable, it was too slow. After hiding here for nearly two hundred years, he had only managed to recover to Void Achieving level, which was useless outside and would lead to death.

"It’s time to go out and find food."

Zhou Huaiying gritted his teeth and decided to go out to hunt for food.

Due to the inadequate offerings from the Human Demon Tribe, he had been sneaking out to hunt for the past twenty years, attacking humans, demons, and the Human Demon Clan in the far north.

He was very careful in these actions. Every time, Zhou Huaiying would only hunt down a few individuals, eat his fill and leave, ensuring peace and quiet. After all, this was the weakest place ruled by humans.

Leaving the cave, Zhou Huaiying flew in the sky, continuously searching, like an eagle on a hunting mission.

"Huh"

Suddenly, Zhou Huaiying saw a person and felt very happy, flying towards the person.

"Bang"

Before reaching the person, Zhou Huaiying created a blood arrow and shot it towards the person.

However, the scene of the person’s death that he expected didn’t happen. The person just waved his hand and knocked down the blood arrow.

Zhou Huaiying was not angry, landing directly in front of the person, looking surprised at the person’s face.

"You, you…"

"It’s really a coincidence, Zhou Huaiying, it’s you."

"You’re still alive, it’s impossible."

Zhou Huaiying cried out in surprise as he recognized this person, Lin Batian’s daughter Lin Die. Didn’t she get trapped in Xiaotian City years ago and then disappear without a trace? Even if she was lucky enough not to die, so many years have passed. With her powerful cultivation back then, she should have perished by now.

"There’s nothing impossible in this world. For example, here you are, meeting me, aren’t you?"

"You are not Lin Die. Who are you?"

"You will find out soon."

Lin Die smiled and greeted her old friend. Then she waved her hand, summoning a bright light that formed into a huge net, trapping Zhou Huaiying.

Zhou Huaiying snorted and tried to break free from the net, but the next moment, his face changed drastically as he failed to do so.

"the Art of Blood Escape"

Lin Die was too powerful and Zhou Huaiying wanted to escape, as he was not as strong as before.

Zhou Huaiying’s body exploded into a mist of blood, attempting to escape using the Art of Blood Escape. Lin Die still smiled and tightened the net, trapping Zhou Huaiying thoroughly.

"What kind of being are you?"

Zhou Huaiying was extremely frightened as he looked at Lin Die in front of him. He didn’t run away, which was not something a person could do.

"Are you sure you want to know? The more you know, the faster you’ll die."

"…"

Zhou Huaiying wisely closed his mouth and stopped talking. He just kept watching Lin Die, trying to understand something from her expression.

However, it was doomed to be in vain. Lin Die’s outward appearance seemed completely normal.

Lin Die also glanced at Zhou Huaiying, raising her hand as if to slap him to death, but then she stopped. Instead, she gestured a spell in the air, and with a wave of her hand, the spell flew towards Zhou Huaiying.

Zhou Huaiying felt even more terrified and tried to dodge it, but he was covered by a huge net. No matter how hard he struggled, it was useless. He could only watch helplessly as the spell entered his body.

"Now, behave yourself. Perhaps you can still live. Otherwise, you may find death the most blissful thing. I haven’t forgotten the grudge against the Lin family."

Lin Die told Zhou Huaiying that he seemed like he wanted to cry, he realized that he was under some kind of powerful spell. He felt trapped and scared, as if he couldn’t think of a way to escape. Just thinking about breaking the spell would send him dangerous messages, causing great pain if he didn’t stop.

Zhou Huaiying had never heard of this kind of magic before, it was something new in the world of cultivation.

"Change your appearance and let’s go."

Lin Die glanced at Zhou Huaiying and calmly said before flying away with her giant net.

After much struggle and hardship, Zhou Huaiying hesitated to sacrifice himself, it was too difficult to come this far. The Divine Kingdom had endured for over a thousand years, and now Zhou Huaiying had to endure as well.