Top-level Qi Luck: Leading My Clan to Cultivate

It is evident, following this nearly year-long journey through the Secret Realm, that the disciples of the three Great Sects have all suffered losses to varying extents.

However, what is unexpected is that the overall strength of the Golden Sword Sect's disciples is not the strongest, yet the number of disciples who have survived is actually the highest among the three Great Sects.

It is truly incomprehensible!

One wonders what they have experienced during this period?

At this time, although the situation between the three parties is tense, when they converged together, they did not show any intention of initiating combat.

The main reason for their mutual restraint must be something in the valley.

As expected, following the sounds coming from within the valley, the cultivators from all three sides rushed into the inner part of the valley at the same time.

Behind them, several Loose Cultivators also joined the ranks of the three Great Sects, heading towards the valley.

A short while passed.

Dozens of cultivators arrived at the depths of the valley, stopping on a mountaintop, each wearing a solemn expression.

Following their gaze, about a thousand feet away on the ground opposite them, a Third Grade Medium Stage Fire Scale Python was coiled within a pit.

Its body, spanning more than twenty zhang, was curled into a circle with its massive head raised; meanwhile, a pair of blood-red eyes shot out a fierce light, angrily staring at the people present, seemingly infuriated by their disturbance.

However, taking into account the mature Jiuli Star Fruit behind it, the Fire Scale Python did not act rashly.

After all, this Jiuli Star Fruit tree had been under its guard for six hundred years, solely for the purpose of swallowing the fruit to make further progress.

Having waited so long for the fruit to finally ripen, it naturally would not allow Human Cultivators to get their hands on it.

On the opposite side of the Fire Scale Python, upon seeing such a formidable Demonic Beast, the crowd was somewhat frightened, but they did not have any intention of retreating.

Clearly, they had gathered here at the same time and had voluntarily entered the valley, surely in pursuit of some treasure, to willingly take such a risk.

In fact, that was indeed the case.

This valley was a known treasure land, containing a Jiuli Star Fruit tree that had been growing here. Since its discovery by people from the three Great Sects, more than a few thousand years had passed.

And the Jiuli Star Fruit was a Third Order Spiritual Fruit, capable of increasing by 30% the chances of breaking through to the Golden Core stage, making it one of the well-known Nascent Soul Spiritual Items in the Cultivation World.

It turns out that the effects of this fruit and the Fruit of Fortuity were nearly identical, both being among the best of the Nascent Soul Spiritual Items.

The difference lies in the fact that more fruits can be produced from the Jiuli Star Fruit, with a growth cycle of six hundred years per maturity, which is a hundred years longer than that of the Fruit of Fortuity.

More crucially, the Jiuli Star Fruit tree cannot be transplanted.

Otherwise, the cultivators who discovered it would have long since uprooted it and taken it back to their Sect to claim the credit.

As for the secret of the Jiuli Star Fruit tree being here, the higher-ups of the three Great Sects are all aware of it.

Six hundred years ago, by the account of the previous time of maturation, today was the day the Jiuli Star Fruits matured.

In the two previous openings of the Secret Realm, despite the high-ups of the three Great Sects being aware of the Jiuli Star Fruit's existence, no one had sent their disciples to visit this place.

Under such circumstances, the disciples of the three Great Sects would not have gathered here right before the Secret Realm closed, were it not for the condition of the imminent maturation of the Jiuli Star Fruit.

And the cultivators of the several Great Sects, who arrived just in time, were certainly acting under the instructions of the Sect Elders, specifically to collect the Jiuli Star Fruits and take them out of the Secret Realm.

After all, such Nascent Soul Spiritual Items are tremendously tempting for the three Great Sects.

Even when considering the overall strength of the three Great Sects, Nascent Soul Spiritual Items are exceedingly scarce, and they would naturally not let go of a known treasure, nor would they give up the struggle for it.

With this goal in mind, the surviving cultivators of the three Great Sects gathered here, obviously preparing to make a move on the Fire Scale Python.

As for such an action, six hundred years ago, the disciples of the three Great Sects had also undertaken it once.

And this time, the disciples of the three Great Sects were still divided into three groups, coming together for the same purpose.

At this very moment, every person from the three sides was extremely grave, obviously intimidated by the Fire Scale Python.

In the group from the Golden Sword Sect, the leader Chen Jianbin appeared calm, discussing something with his fellow Sect brothers.

On the other side, the leaders of the two Great Sects, Myriad Medicine Valley was headed by the powerful Yang Chen, while Zhenyang Sect was led by He Xin of the Foundation Establishment Great Perfection.

At this moment, they were similarly engaged in silent transmission with their sect brothers about something.

A moment as brief as the time it takes to drink a cup of tea passed.

Chen Jianbin of the Golden Sword Sect glanced at the cultivators of the other two Great Sects before he took the lead to speak.

"Daoist Yang, Daoist He, we have all seen the Fire Scale Python, and it has reached the standard of a Third Grade Medium Stage."

"Given the strength of this Demonic Beast, why don't we set aside our prejudices and deal with the beast first? How does that sound?"

No sooner had his words fallen than He Xin of the Zhenyang Sect, with an angry expression, snorted coldly and said mockingly, "Daoist Chen speaks as if it's such an easy matter. On this expedition to the Secret Realm, a great number of our disciples have died at your hands.

"Hmph... don't think that just because you've been discreet, I am unaware of your deeds."

Upon hearing this, Chen Jianbin also sneered mockingly before replying, "Hmph... without evidence, Daoist He, you should not slander recklessly!"

"You should know that this is the Secret Realm, the Demonic Beasts here outnumber all three of our sects combined many times over, and their overall strength far surpasses ours. It is not so strange for some fellow cultivators to fall here."

"Take our Golden Sword Sect, have we not also lost several brothers here? What have I said of it?"

"Furthermore, even if disciples of the two sects fought over treasures and suffered casualties, such occurrences are unavoidable, life and death are predestined, and if one lacks the strength and gets killed, one cannot blame others!"

His words made He Xin's face turn extremely somber.

"You... you... you're full of shit!"

Pointing at Chen Jianbin and after grumbling for a long while, He Xin couldn't come up with a rebuttal and could only curse.

Chen Jianbin's series of statements left He Xin speechless, his entire being was like a furious beast.

Just then, Long Qingshui from behind He Xin, unable to contain his anger, pointed at Chen Jianbin and retorted.

"Chen Jianbin, including those from Myriad Medicine Valley, the majority of our fallen comrades died at your hands."

"Don't think that without concrete evidence we would remain clueless, stop your sophistry!"

Long Qingshui's words indeed had an effect.

Hearing this, Yang Chen, the leader of the Myriad Medicine Valley's team, also had his expression darken.

In fact, he had his suspicions too, judging from the traces left on the battlefields of Myriad Medicine Valley's fallen disciples, it was highly likely the doing of the Golden Sword Sect Disciples.

However, with the dead being gone and no witnesses, the traces alone were not enough to point the finger at the Golden Sword Sect.

Besides, the loss of their forces was still within expectations.

Therefore, even though he was suspicious, since the Jiuli Star Fruit had not yet been obtained, he refrained from completely tearing off the mask of civility.

At this moment, Long Qingshui of the Zhenyang Sect had made a pun, bringing the contradictions to light during such a time.

For the sake of Myriad Medicine Valley's dignity, if he did not suppress the overbearing arrogance of the Golden Sword Sect, it would be too disgraceful.

What's more, the Golden Sword Sect had more surviving disciples, and their overall strength was subtly beginning to surpass that of Myriad Medicine Valley's disciples.

You should know, Myriad Medicine Valley entered the Secret Realm with thirty-one cultivators, having the most in number and strongest in overall strength.

It took half a year for them to regroup, and by then, only a little over twenty remained, and those who had not rejoined the group were most likely killed in the conflicts among cultivators.

Later, when hunting for treasures, they suffered more losses and ended up as the team they were now.

If they were to lose too many forces in the process of encircling the Fire Scale Python, they might truly be no match for the Golden Sword Sect when it came time to compete for the Jiuli Star Fruit.

Realizing this, Yang Chen quickly made up his mind.

That was to form an alliance with the weaker disciples of the Zhenyang Sect, to curb the movements of the Golden Sword Sect disciples, and strive for the greatest benefit.

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