No Money to Cultivate Immortality? - Chapter 821 (Patreon)

Chapter 821: The Struggle for the Immortal’s Inheritance

Listening to the voice that spread throughout the entire Labyrinth Realm, Zhang Yu’s heart stirred slightly. “It really is direct enough, simple enough, and open enough.”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “They’re directly telling everyone to fight over the inheritance? As long as I seize it, the immortal grotto-heaven on me, along with all the cavern-heaven production lines… will naturally be legitimized.”

Zhang Yu’s figure moved, already transforming into a wild gale that howled away, shooting straight toward the entrance to the Experimental Zone.

At the same time, he could sense that within the entire Factory Zone, almost all the cultivators were using different methods to move at high speed. They were like moths drawn to a blazing fire, each one doing their utmost to approach the entrance to the Experimental Zone.

Clearly, even if it was the inheritance of a Myriad Laws Sect traitor like Ying Xintian, it was still an immortal’s inheritance, enough to make countless cultivators burn with desire.

Qin Chuan, the minister of the Ghost Letter Department who had taken part in this exploration mission, could not help but feel his heart stir.

“So that’s it. So that’s it. It actually has to do with an immortal’s inheritance, with the inheritance of Ying Xintian, that traitorous immortal!”

Scene after scene of memory surfaced in Qin Chuan’s mind. Understanding dawned in his heart, and he sighed. “No wonder the Heavenly Demon Sect values this so much. No wonder they specifically arranged for Ying Aikun to come. No wonder Bu Daojun also laid out preparations in advance, parking the flying shuttle at the Old Days Graveyard ahead of time and keeping it on standby. Zhang Yu must also be a chess piece she arranged.”

Beside him, Deputy Minister Jiang Xunyi said, “The Heavenly Demon Sect had long been interested in Ying Xintian’s inheritance, so they deliberately brought Ying Aikun here and had this Immortal Descendant draw out the inheritance. Bu Daojun came specifically to intercept Ying Aikun, which is why she launched a surprise attack in the Ghost Letter Department and smashed his physical body.”

“Zhang Yu most likely also received Bu Daojun’s instructions to stop that man. That’s why he had the guts to use an immortal shuttle to smash the other party’s incarnation apart.”

Qin Chuan nodded slightly, but he could not help thinking about what he should do.

Intercept Ying Aikun? Or…

“Fight for the immortal’s inheritance. What better way to intercept him than seizing the immortal’s inheritance myself?”

“At this very moment, within this Labyrinth Realm, Void Refinement cultivators like me can be counted on one hand. I have the initiative. This is a perfect opportunity.”

“This immortal’s inheritance… I, Qin Chuan, may not be unable to contend for it.”

At this thought, Qin Chuan’s figure moved. He had already transformed into a long rainbow that shot into the sky and vanished from everyone’s sight.

“I’ll go ahead and scout the road. The rest of you can take your time catching up.”

Watching this minister, who had been timid and always stood at the very back during their previous exploration, suddenly rush to the very front, Deputy Minister Jiang Xunyi gave a cold snort in his heart. How could he not know what the other man was thinking?

He silently cursed to himself, “You think someone like you can seize a traitorous immortal’s inheritance?”

Although Void Refinement cultivators were far stronger than Nascent Soul cultivators in every aspect, and also had the protection of legal articles, giving them an absolute advantage, Jiang Xunyi did not think this difference in realm and official rank was necessarily an advantage when it came to fighting over an immortal’s inheritance.

“To become a Void Refinement cultivator, to establish legal articles, one’s body must inevitably bear the brand of a faction and the belonging of a Dao lineage. How could someone like that be as clean as we Nascent Soul cultivators?”

Jiang Xunyi felt that Ying Xintian, this traitorous immortal, probably would not choose a cultivator who had already established legal articles and gained a background as his inheritor.

Thinking this, Jiang Xunyi suddenly felt that, as a veteran Nascent Soul cultivator, he might not be without a chance either.

“Great Immortal Ying took enormous risks and did not hesitate to bankrupt himself in order to achieve his goal and realize his ideas.”

“In order to make a comeback, in order to dominate the gambling boards and temper a Dao Heart, I also took enormous risks and did not hesitate to bankrupt myself.”

“Master Ying and I are the same kind of person. This inheritance ought to be inherited by me. It can just so happen to clear my gambling debts and let me live a new life.”

At this thought, Jiang Xunyi also raised a streak of Nascent Soul Divine Light. He shot into the sky and rushed toward the entrance of the Experimental Zone.

At this moment, Ying Xintian’s notification was like a single spark. In an instant, it ignited the ambitions and desires of countless cultivators in the mystic realm, stirring countless people into restless action. They charged wildly through patch after patch of disordered space, all for the sake of fighting over that immortal’s inheritance.

At the same time, Zhang Yu had already transformed into a wild gale and arrived at the entrance to the Experimental Zone. The Qingming Riftspace Immortal Shuttle driven by his avatar had also converged with him.

After all, Zhang Yu understood that in the coming struggle for the immortal’s inheritance, he had to openly and honorably become Ying Xintian’s inheritor. He could no longer hide his existence and secretly obtain benefits as he had in the past.

So at this moment, Zhang Yu directly boarded the immortal shuttle. He no longer hid his identity and drove the immortal shuttle straight into the Experimental Zone.

The moment he entered the Experimental Zone, Zhang Yu felt a thought sweep across him, as though it wanted to lock onto him completely.

“That’s…”

Zhang Yu followed that thought with his senses and immediately saw Ling Chiye standing in the void not far away, towering there like a mountain peak.

Zhang Yu naturally still remembered this level five sect affairs officer of the Heavenly Demon Sect, a cultivator at the Void Refinement realm. Last time, it was this man who had come to the Ghost Letter Department with Ying Aikun to borrow Soul Cultivators.

When Ling Chiye saw Zhang Yu arrive in the immortal shuttle, his brows furrowed slightly. Killing intent flashed through his eyes and then, in the end, gradually faded.

Ling Chiye thought to himself, “Killing this Zhang Yu right now… shouldn’t be difficult.”

Although the other party had the protection of an immortal shuttle, as they went deeper into the Labyrinth Realm, the Spiritual Realm connection had gradually been severed. After reaching this Experimental Zone, they had almost completely lost contact with the outside world.

With no Righteous Gods descending, no Spiritual Realm connection, and all communication methods lost… in Ling Chiye’s eyes, this immortal shuttle was nothing more than a coffin.

After all, no matter how powerful this immortal shuttle was, it could not display much of its might in Zhang Yu’s hands.

If they were outside, Ling Chiye would still need to be wary of the authority possessed by the immortal shuttle.

But in this place, Ling Chiye was completely confident that he could kill the other party on the spot. The only things he needed to consider were how much power he would have to consume and whether he might be injured.

“Is it necessary?”

Ling Chiye withdrew his gaze and thought to himself, “Do I need to waste some strength, and perhaps even suffer a minor injury from the immortal shuttle… to deal with this Zhang Yu?”

He looked at the Experimental Zone ahead and could only see a sheet of darkness, with a few scattered points of Nascent Soul Divine Light mixed in, like a mysterious night sky dotted with several beams of starlight.

After entering the Experimental Zone, Ling Chiye had discovered… as a Void Refinement cultivator, he found it difficult to advance.

Light, direction, space… as long as he took one step forward, he would lose all his senses. Let alone continue exploring ahead, even moving became difficult.

Yet the other cultivators at the Nascent Soul realm were not affected in the slightest.

In that instant… Ling Chiye immediately understood. This had to be a restriction set by Ying Xintian, one that only allowed cultivators below Void Refinement to continue deeper and participate in the struggle for the inheritance.

“Is it because Void Refinement cultivators carry the brand of their Dao lineages too deeply, so he isn’t willing to choose them as inheritors? Or is it…”

Ling Chiye looked into the darkness, at the streak of Nascent Soul light that represented Ying Aikun, and thought to himself, “Because of Ying Aikun? No wonder after he joined the Heavenly Demon Sect, his cultivation remained at the Nascent Soul realm the whole time. The Taizhen Immortal Clan never helped him improve or recover. So this was what they were waiting for.”

“Ah, these immortal inheritances really are all reserved in advance. The people above divided them up long ago, one carrot for one hole… How could they truly be given out for people to fight over?”

At this moment, the trace of desire in Ling Chiye’s heart was extinguished. He no longer dared hope that he would get a share of the immortal’s inheritance.

He knew that his next duty was to escort and protect Ying Aikun, and ensure that after the other party seized the immortal’s inheritance, he could smoothly withdraw from the Labyrinth Realm. In this way, Ling Chiye would also count as having rendered a great contribution to the Heavenly Demon Sect.

“As expected, in the entire Labyrinth Realm, only Ying Aikun is most qualified to take the immortal’s inheritance.”

“There is a ninety-nine percent chance that Senior Ying will be the one to come out after seizing the inheritance…”

“If an accident happens then, and Senior Ying fails to seize the immortal’s inheritance, then… whoever seizes the immortal’s inheritance dies.”

Ling Chiye thought to himself, “If Senior Ying successfully obtains the immortal’s inheritance, then when the time comes, I must protect him and leave this place as soon as possible. I must protect him with all my strength until he leaves the Labyrinth Realm.”

And this was why Ling Chiye had hesitated and did not want to waste strength dealing with the immortal shuttle.

Just as Ling Chiye was thinking, he sensed two more auras at the Void Refinement realm step into the Experimental Zone. Then, like him, they were stopped at the entrance.

“Minister Xie of the Netherworld Palace, and Minister Qin of Myriad Laws Sect…”

These two were also old acquaintances of Ling Chiye’s from the Old Days Graveyard. He was confident that he could protect Ying Aikun and leave even in front of the two of them.

“There are currently no unfamiliar experts interfering. Everything is still under control.”

Ling Chiye let out a breath of relief in his heart. He knew that at this moment, outside the Labyrinth Realm, and perhaps even across the entire Old Days Graveyard, Su Lingyou of the Heavenly Demon Immortal Clan had probably already cut off all news regarding the abnormal changes in the Labyrinth Realm.

“Peak Master Su should be outside. No matter who obtains the immortal’s inheritance, in the end, they will definitely have to pass through her.”

Just then, not far away, Zhang Yu drove the immortal shuttle around and around before finally stopping.

Zhang Yu discovered that once his immortal shuttle reached this place, it was as if it had arrived before a barrier. No matter what, it could not advance even half a step farther.

Zhang Yu wondered, “What does this mean? They won’t let me in?”

Zhanxian reminded him, “I’m afraid they won’t let the immortal shuttle in. This should be a restriction deliberately set by Grandmaster, to prevent someone from bringing in things like immortal shuttles to fight over the inheritance and disrupting the order.”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “I’m afraid Ying Xintian also never expected that the inheritor he chose could drive over in a privileged flying shuttle with an immortal license plate, right? The original intent of setting up this kind of restriction should have been to protect his inheritor.”

Zhang Yu shook his head. With a turn of thought, he had already controlled the immortal shuttle to shoot him forward.

This time, that barrier did not appear again. Zhang Yu’s figure flashed, and he was transported to some unknown location.

The immortal shuttle responded to the command Zhang Yu left before departing. It transformed into a speck of dust and descended, hiding completely. It became difficult to detect, waiting for Zhang Yu’s return.

Watching this scene, Ling Chiye thought to himself, “You overestimate yourself. Are you worthy of touching an immortal’s inheritance?”

Ling Chiye had already seen plenty of scenes like Zhang Yu entering the Experimental Zone without being blocked by the barrier, then being transported away.

Judging from the streaks of Nascent Soul Divine Light that lit up in the darkness ahead, Ling Chiye determined that after being transported, these cultivators would randomly appear in different locations within the Experimental Zone.

And their target should be the blood-red light shooting into the sky at the center of the Experimental Zone.

Even across layers upon layers of space and an extremely vast distance, Ling Chiye could still sense a monstrous hatred from that blood-red light, as well as a deep power that originated from the Heavenly Demon Sect.

“That should be what Ying Xintian mentioned… the corpse of a former sect master of the Heavenly Demon Sect.”

From Ling Chiye’s perspective, the entire Experimental Zone was a sheet of darkness. Within that darkness, streak after streak of Divine Light from Nascent Soul experts surfaced like stars, constantly approaching the central blood-red light.

At this very moment, in Ling Chiye’s eyes, the one closest to the blood-red light and advancing the fastest was Ying Aikun’s Divine Light.

As for Zhang Yu, who had just entered…

Ling Chiye swept his gaze around but did not discover any new Nascent Soul Divine Light appearing.

“Is it too faint?”

“Or is it that… he has just entered Nascent Soul, his primordial spirit is too weak, and his power is limited, so he hasn’t released it for the time being?”

Ling Chiye shook his head, feeling that either was possible.

After all, after a breakthrough in realm, one’s combat power did not immediately undergo a qualitative change. Many things required cultivation bit by bit, accumulation bit by bit, and transformation bit by bit.

In Ling Chiye’s eyes, a lower cultivator like Zhang Yu, who had only just entered Nascent Soul, was not worth mentioning once the immortal shuttle was set aside. Joining this competition meant he had no self-awareness at all. It was fundamentally impossible for him to obtain the immortal’s inheritance.

“But it can be considered a good thing too.”

Zhang Yu had taken the initiative to leave the flying shuttle. In Ling Chiye’s eyes, this meant one less problem. When Ying Aikun emerged from the Experimental Zone, Zhang Yu might still be trapped inside. Ling Chiye would no longer need to consider the threat of the immortal shuttle.

…

At the same time.

Outside the Labyrinth Realm.

A cold, aloof young girl was draped in a black robe. One hand propped up her cheek as she silently watched the direction of the Labyrinth Realm.

It was none other than Su Lingyou of the Heavenly Demon Immortal Clan, who came from the Heavenly Demon Sect.

Before her eyes, messages sent by the cultivators exploring the Office Zone of the Labyrinth Realm were surfacing.

Although the Spiritual Realm connection in the Experimental Zone had already been completely severed, the Spiritual Realm in the Office Zone was still connected. This also allowed many cultivators to hear about the so-called immortal’s inheritance.

“Ying Xintian’s inheritance?”

“Looks like this trip really wasn’t wasted.”

Su Lingyou frowned slightly. Her right hand clenched faintly, as though she had already grasped the Spiritual Realm on the outer side of the Labyrinth Realm before her, forcefully suppressing all information regarding the abnormal changes in the Labyrinth Realm, Ying Xintian, and the immortal’s inheritance for the time being.

She knew that if they wanted to successfully obtain that item deep within the Labyrinth Realm, controlling information would be the key from here on out.

So ever since descending upon the Old Days Graveyard, Su Lingyou had been controlling the transmission of information in this place, preventing intelligence from leaking out and drawing in more unnecessary people.

Su Lingyou believed that as long as the news did not spread, the Labyrinth Realm would still remain within her control.

This was also why Su Lingyou had not actively stopped Zhang Yu when he drove the immortal shuttle toward the Labyrinth Realm.

After all, stopping the immortal shuttle outside the Labyrinth Realm and causing a huge commotion would draw attention far too easily. In particular, the immortal shuttle’s authority was too high, and there was a great deal of information that even she could not suppress.

So she simply let the immortal shuttle enter the Labyrinth Realm. In any case, once it went inside and the Spiritual Realm connection was severed… an immortal shuttle driven by a Nascent Soul cultivator would not be able to stir up much of a storm.

“Bu Yingshu… the people under you have truly made a grave mistake.”

“When handling a Labyrinth Realm, controlling information and maintaining an information gap are what matter most.”

“The significance of parking this immortal shuttle outside, guarding the entrance, is far greater than rushing in to ram someone.”

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