To achieve immortality, I cultivate using Qi Luck

Chapter 895: Chapter 378 Immortal Sect’s Allegiance_2 Chapter 895: Chapter 378 Immortal Sect’s Allegiance_2 Xuan Chengzi wore a smile filled with hidden intents, revealing the trump cards he held.

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuan couldn’t help but feel a shock in his heart, giving rise to feelings of dread.

He had long been aware of the four Inborn martial artists from Purple Cloud Dao aiding Ning Country; he had no particular reaction to this news.

But within the ranks of Purple Cloud Dao, aside from these four Inborn martial artists, there were unexpectedly four others, among whom was Xuan Chengzi, a second-level master.

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This was truly surprising.

An Inborn Grandmaster is not as common as cabbage.

Just like in his Chu State, setting aside a few Avatars, the genuinely homegrown Inborn Grandmasters were only Zhou Qing, Sun Siwen, and two yet-to-grow sons of his own.

The other five, who had only broken through to the Inborn level this year, had consumed Divine Blood Elixirs subsidized mostly by White Phoenix Temple, the Barbarians, and Feishuang Tao.

Yet even after scouring the country and gaining support from such powerful factions, setting aside the allied forces like Feishuang Tao and Liuyang Sect and disregarding the Avatars, Chu State had only ten Inborn Grandmasters in total.

However, on the side of Purple Cloud Dao, without relying on plundering or others’ aid, relying solely on their own foundation, they had nurtured eight Inborn Grandmasters.

This didn’t even take into account the elixirs they provided to Ning Country, helping them nurture four state of mind-level Inborns.

If one were to count those, the actual strength of Purple Cloud Dao would become even more fearsome.

A single sect with twelve Inborns.

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Among the dominant powers in the Nine Provinces, there are probably few with such strength, right?

No wonder.

With such strength, even if the cultivators of the sect left, Xuan Chengzi still had such confidence, not the least bit worried about Lu Yuan’s revenge, presenting an attitude of wanting equal relations with Chu State.

Faced with this power, Lu Yuan indeed dared not act rashly.

It wasn’t that he couldn’t defeat the eight Inborns.

With Chu State’s current strength, defeating eight Inborns would be a piece of cake.

Even if he waited a bit longer, once he had his breakthrough in both the Immortal Method of Gathering Two Qi and the realm of a Martial Arts Grandmaster, suppressing these eight Inborns by himself would not be difficult at all.

But defeating Inborns is easy; killing them is hard.

With the number of eight Inborn masters, just one or two escaping would be enough for them to take revenge on Chu State fiercely, resulting in a huge disaster.

If Lu Yuan truly dared to mobilize troops to encircle Tianluo Mountain, although Purple Cloud Dao would inevitably not be able to resist and their Mountain Gate may be annihilated.

Xuan Chengzi and the other seven Inborn Grandmasters could also scatter and resort to guerrilla warfare throughout Chu State, slaughtering and destroying in retaliation.

By the time Chu State managed to quell this chaos, it’s estimated that at least a few million people would die, and the nation’s vitality would be greatly damaged.

By then, not only might the unification of Jiangdong face changes, but even the future ambitions of conquering Central Plains might be directly dashed.

‘Damnable it is, now that the Heavenly and Earthly Aura is so thin, my magic power is stifled, unable to be fully utilized.

Otherwise, these mere eight Inborns, even if they scatter and flee, are but a matter of a few dozen spells from me, and would stand no chance of being so presumptuous in my presence.’ Lu Yuan thought bitterly to himself.

With his current strength, not to mention ordinary grandmasters, even a second-level grandmaster like Xuan Chengzi in front of him would be utterly powerless against his full force.

The threat of eight Inborn Grandmasters from the opponent, under normal circumstances in the Immortal Cultivation World, would be nothing but a joke.

But now, with the Heavenly and Earthly Aura so scarcely available, almost to extinction, even cultivators felt distressed.

With Lu Yuan’s cultivation, he certainly could easily slaughter these Inborn Grandmasters, but trying to wantonly kill eight dispersed fleeing Inborn Grandmasters might leave him drained of magic power before they were all dead.

The lack of Spiritual Energy has become his greatest weakness.

As for hunting down those normal grandmasters with the strength of a Martial Arts Grandmaster.

It’s not impossible, but in terms of time efficiency, it’s far less than using spells.

In the end, it would still be inevitable for those grandmasters to succeed in causing havoc within the borders of Chu State.

At this thought, Lu Yuan suppressed the anger in his heart and looked at Xuan Chengzi, who was seemingly indifferent.

A smile also appeared on his face, “If your sect truly has such strength, indeed you qualify to cooperate with me.”
Although he was somewhat annoyed, he had to admit that with his current strength, dealing with Purple Cloud Dao with minimal losses was indeed difficult.

Therefore, to reduce the losses, he could only swallow his pride for the time being.

Moreover, Purple Cloud Dao’s intention wasn’t to be enemies with Chu State; rather, they came seeking cooperation.

The two sides need not become mortal enemies.

In fact, looking at it from another perspective at this moment, Purple Cloud Dao having eight Inborns, if Chu State could turn this force to its advantage, or rather, have them join their camp,
then his own strength would undoubtedly surge in an instant.

Without mentioning anything else, the number of Inborn Grandmasters Chu State could deploy would definitely exceed twenty.

Such an immediate benefit, Lu Yuan naturally saw no reason to refuse.

‘What is it but a loss of face?

Once I’ve swallowed Purple Cloud Dao, leveraging their strength to accelerate the unification of Jiangnan, and increasing my strength even more swiftly,
then I can embark on a Northern Expedition to unify the Nine Provinces.

When the world is unified and Qi Luck soars, with my cultivation greatly advanced…

Hmph, eight Inborns, let’s see if your Purple Cloud Dao will still have any Inborn masters in two hundred years.’
As a seeker of longevity, Lu Yuan’s greatest advantage is his lifespan.

Now Purple Cloud Dao is troublesome, and Xuan Chengzi is arrogant.

But if he can outlast two hundred years, no, even a hundred years, those eight Inborns of Purple Cloud Dao might not know how many will remain.

On the contrary, by then, Chu State would have long unified Jiangnan and even Central State.