Episode 156

  Insufficient then water bottom and go, again to a creek mouth, follow the water and down. Again several tens of days, exit the water and view, see peach forest layer by layer drop drop, extend while going, don't know its how many also.

  "Could it be in Apricot Forest as well?"

  The insufficient will divine the dust out of the body and spread it around. A hundred miles away, there is indeed a giant apricot tree.

  "Hey! Big brother, take a look at that strange creature in the water. I've never seen it before!"

  A beautiful woman shouted loudly.

  "Haha! What's so strange about that? It's just a fish demon that has just transformed. Let's hurry up and go, Little Sister!"

  That senior brother smiled and said, "It's obvious that this girl is quite spoiled by us seniors."

  "Yes! Older brother."

  In the empty space of thirty or fifty feet above the cloud tops, a dozen or so figures flew swiftly and urgently in a straight line, scanning the ground below without pause.

  "But brother, is it true that Shi Zong really didn't die?"

  "Isn't he dead? How is it possible! It's just that when one is alive, they must be seen by people, and when one is dead, they must be seen as a corpse. What can be done about it!"

  He was shocked upon hearing the news.

  "Heavens! They're so patient!"

  Then sank down to the river bottom and swam quietly.

  The crowd of cultivators on the cloud head accelerated their journey. The delicate female cultivator, however, kept gazing downwards at the river below. Suddenly, she steered her cloud downwards and sped down towards the water, following the current, and when she saw something insufficient, she dove into the water and walked, exclaiming in surprise:

  "Hmm! This beast is quite resourceful, I can see the power of divine recognition, it actually knows how to dive and escape with its life! Let me stir up some trouble for it, and see what it does!"

  "Little sister, but don't wander around recklessly! Recently, the boundary has been in great chaos, we must be on guard against enemy cultivators' harassment!"

  "I understand, Master! I won't go far, just playing on this water for a moment."

  As she replied to her senior brother's words, the delicate girl took off the long sword from her shoulder and shouted:

  "Long! Longer!"

  The sword transformed and grew rapidly, becoming a giant sword seven or eight feet long. The young woman tossed the giant sword into the air, shouting an incantation as it flashed with crystal-like sword energy and flew towards the river. Poor Insufficient had not yet fully recovered from his injuries, but seeing the divine sword approaching, he used all his strength to dodge. Although the young woman was a cultivator of the Condensed Origin, she rarely ventured into the mortal realm and her attack power and skill were no match for ordinary cultivators. Despite this, Insufficient dodged left and right, looking disheveled, but overexerted himself, causing his wounds to reopen and fresh blood to flow out, staining the nearby river water red.

  "You stinky girl! How vicious! Unprovoked and yet you're so ruthless!"

  Not enough to watch this woman's needlework, she works with great energy, without showing any signs of stopping, and thinks carefully:

  "Looking at this group of cultivators, they are probably unaware of our sect's identity. It would be better to slow down a bit, or that female cultivator might lose her patience and leave."

  Then slowed down and gradually fell in the distant sky tens of thousands of feet away.

  "Little sister, hurry up and follow me. Master ordered us to set an ambush downstream as soon as possible. If we go slowly, we'll ruin Master's plan and will definitely be punished!"

  "Hmph! I'm not afraid!"

  "Oh no! My little ancestor, if you're not afraid, will it drag us down? Or should we just stop being greedy?"

  "Alas! Just a moment more and I would have forced that shape-shifting demon out of the water. At that time, digging out its elixir core to refine an immortal pill would certainly greatly enhance my spiritual powers. What a pity!"

  Jiao Jiao let out a sigh, rose into the air and chased after her fellow disciples.

  Insufficient hidden underwater for a long time, feeling that they had gone far away, only then swam out of the water surface, struggled to climb to the shore, fell to the ground and couldn't move.

  For a long time, he didn't dare to look at his own body. The blood was oozing out from the cracked part and had dyed a large piece of ground beneath him red.

  "What bad luck! Running into such a vicious female cultivator, it's enough to make one laugh and cry at the same time. If you were just an ordinary condensed yuan female cultivator, then even if our family had a true yuan dan, it would only be barely enough to transform, what great use would that be? You'd better not try to randomly slash at me! If they didn't want to set up an ambush ahead, I would have definitely died at your hands... Wait! Ambush? Ah, yes! They want to set up an ambush to capture me! Could it be that the other cultivators already know that our family hasn't died? No! It can't be! It must be that they haven't seen our family's body and aren't willing to give up! Then... then our family has already been bitten by the crocodile demon!"

  Furrowing one's brow in discontent, crossing back and forth along the riverbank.

  "Thus, the surrounding intersections must have been blocked by them!"

  Suddenly felt a sense of unease. He extended his spiritual awareness to transform into dust, scanning the surrounding area within a hundred miles, and indeed! Once again releasing his spiritual awareness, within a thousand-mile radius, all roads and paths, rivers and canals, were filled with troops arrayed in formation waiting in ambush.

  "We have no choice but to take risks!"

  Looking up at the distant and dark Jiē Líng Mountain, he secretly made a decision.

  He then put on the old clothes from his bundle and set off towards Jie Ling Mountain. There was no conversation along the way, nor were they intercepted by monks or disturbed by any demons, and so they continued on like this.

  "It seems that up ahead is that town. Several years ago, a certain family and Chang'er bought clothes there. Well, let's just consider it a revisit to an old haunt!"

  At this time, the sky was already dark, and it was just getting darker. I walked down the small hill without hesitation and headed straight to the town.

  The small town seemed to have been renovated, with lanterns and streamers everywhere. From the whispers of the villagers chatting nearby, I learned that it was the wedding of the son of a wealthy family in the town. Before I could walk further, a middle-aged man who looked like a scholar stood up under the dim light of a tailor's shop and said:

  "Sir! Ah yeah! You! You! You...... Are you a human or a ghost?"

  "Don't be afraid, shopkeeper! With a face like mine, it's you who should be startled!"

  "Oh! Sir, don't be offended! It's just that I was startled when I saw you suddenly appear in the shop. What would you like to buy?"

  The shopkeeper slowly calmed down and said.

  "I'd like to buy a hat to cover my face, so I won't scare the villagers when I go out. You take a look at this garment, it's already damaged, let's buy a new set of clothes!"

  "Is the suit ready-made or tailored?"

  "Ready-to-wear."

  "Good, let's take a look over here."

  Not for a moment, not enough to choose good clothes. But when paying, I just knew that I had no money on me! Those several law bags were already damaged, and the previous gains were gone without a trace. Now, all over my body, only one package is left, and only one leather belt remains.

  "Shopkeeper, we've spent all our money at someone else's store!"

  His face turned red with embarrassment as he said awkwardly.

  "Haha! Sir, our store is a small business and can't give things away for free! In that case, I'll give you this hat as a gift!"

  "Oh dear! It's really... I'm so grateful... thank you, boss!"

  Insufficiently embarrassed, he took his hat and was about to leave. Suddenly, he raised his head and looked around, and on the wall to the side, a painting was hanging straight in the middle. It was something he had done himself when he was young. He remembered that the old tailor had a bad temper, but when he and Yinger were leaving, he thanked him loudly. Insufficient let out a long sigh and said to himself quietly:

  "Time is like the water in the east, flowing away and never to be recovered. Past events are just like that, like a dream, an illusion, like smoke, like clouds, seemingly real but actually not!"

  He lowered his head, put on a bamboo hat to cover his face, and walked out of the door.

  "This is really frightening! With such an appearance, it's almost inhuman! It's enough to scare someone to death!"

  The shopkeeper patted his chest and was still afraid. At that time, in the backyard of this store, a cellar, a person opened his eyes, looking at the direction that was not far away, and said after a long while:

  "Alas! Let it be then! My heart is indeed too weak to bear it! If I let this child go, it would mean losing countless superior materials for immortality, spiritual elixirs, and precious treasures!"

  He let out a deep breath and closed his eyes again, continuing his meditation.

  If not at this time on the side, it is certain to recognize that the person is the stinky spleen tailor of that year. It's just that now it seems a bit old. However, where is it known that it has already been paid for a trip to the dangerous border?

  Insufficient to leave the small town, he went straight to Jie Ling Shan without concealing his figure. Although several waves of powerful spiritual beings scanned him, there was no danger. There were also several low-level cultivators who intercepted and questioned him, but they did not have a fierce appearance, and the cultivators were shocked and frightened, how could they recognize that this person was the one who had been captured by the sea? Naturally, it was fruitless. Just as he was about to reach Jie Ling Shan, his body suddenly boiled with blood, and it didn't stop for a long time. If he couldn't recognize the divine spirit, he would not know that this was the method used by the powerful cultivator. Even ordinary small circle cultivators could not understand it. However, Insufficient's cultivation was greatly different from the norm, how could other cultivators know what he had done?

  Insufficient energy makes one feel overwhelmed, suddenly becoming like a small mouse caught in the gaze of a fierce cat, with limbs weakened and unable to move. In a state of extreme fear, I hastily invoked the divine power of the original energy to protect me, but unfortunately, it was unable to guard against the evil force that had taken hold. My entire body's blood continued to boil with rage. It was at this critical moment that if things had gone slightly differently, I would have been doomed forever. Although I managed to calm myself down for the time being, the image of fear still lingered and could not be concealed.

  "Little one, you are not worthy of being recorded in history! Do you want to die with honor or live? It will be decided with just one word!"

  A woman's gentle voice is like a wonderful melody.

  Fear of inadequacy!