Longevity, starting from being a chicken raising servant

“Don’t worry, you’re not alone. Li Canghai has more than a dozen Class II cultivators around him. To block them, I need at least eight or nine more teams, maybe even more.”

“Moreover, those small fry from the Incense Fire Dao have all gathered here. If you want to return to base, you must pass through here and you’ll inevitably encounter them.”

“Instead of fighting alone when the time comes, why not follow me and eliminate Canghai now. It’ll be easier to escape.”

Upon hearing these words, Wang Ba secretly glanced at Hua Meng.

“Senior, there’s no problem with what Elder Zhu said. If we were to return, we either have to go this way or detour from the south-eastern direction of the Mountain Sea Sect. Either way is too far, and we’ll have to cross the territory occupied by Incense Fire Dao…”

Hua Meng transmitted in secret.

Mountain Sea Sect?

Wang Ba rejected this route straight away, for he hadn’t forgotten about the disciple he’d killed at the sect’s front door.

After some quiet deliberations, Wang Ba could only choose to accept.

As Zhu Ziji had said, since all the Incense Fire Dao cultivators in the vicinity had gathered here, he would certainly encounter them if he wanted to return.

If he couldn’t quickly defeat the opponent, the constant arrival of Incense Fire Dao cultivators would create a do or die situation.

In this sense, his chances of returning might be even greater if he followed Zhu Ziji.

However, he also needs to guard against Zhu Ziji from faking his death if the situation becomes unfavorable.

Thinking this, Wang Ba had no choice but to salute and say:

“I am willing to follow Elder Zhu.”

Upon hearing this, Zhu Ziji’s face broke into a satisfied nod.

Then he reached out his hand, and a Heavenly Gate Order began to ascend above his palm.

Not knowing what he did, he soon showed a look of joy:

“Good, there are a few teams nearby! I have asked them to come over!”

Upon hearing this, Wang Ba felt relieved.

He was really afraid of being the only one recruited by Zhu Ziji. If there was another Foundation Establishment Competitor, there would be another person to share the risk.

Zhu Ziji soon took out his storage ring, which Wang Ba hadn’t noticed before – probably a result of some special technique.

Zhu Ziji took out some elixirs and began to consume and refine them.

His aura quickly recovered.

The scars on his waist and abdomen began to scar over.

Not long after, a team cautiously flew over.

The leader was dressed in a red and black Daoist robe, his aura was powerful and richer than Wang Ba’s. He was clearly a middle-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, expressly a disciple of the Tianmen Cult.

Then came the second, and the third.

By the time Zhu Ziji finished his ceremony, with him as the center, there were nearly ten Foundation Establishment cultivators around him.

“Good, enough! You guys will follow me later, block those Incense Fire Dao mobs for me, Canghai is mine,” Zhu Ziji announced, looking at the others with a satisfied nod.

The cultivators didn’t make a sound.

Almost ten Foundation Establishment cultivators, in fact, most of them didn’t want to follow Zhu Ziji to besiege Canghai.

But they had no choice. The Incense Fire Dao cultivators had blocked the road back to the Tianmen Cult for everyone. If they wanted to break through the line of defense of the Incense Fire Dao cultivators by themselves, it was less likely than if they reached Core Formation on the spot.

Zhu Ziji closed his eyes to sense something, then suddenly opened his eyes and pointed in a direction:

“If I am not mistaken, Canghai is in that direction!”

“Follow me!”

Immediately, a group of people followed behind Zhu Ziji, heading in the direction of Canghai and his party.

Wang Ba, among them, found himself gradually moving to the front.

A sweep of his Spiritual Sense revealed a few Foundation Establishment cultivators purposefully slowing down and falling behind.

“A bunch of old slickers!”

Wang Ba couldn’t help but curse inwardly.

How could he not see what these people were thinking? They all wanted to stay in the back and preserve their strength!

What’s worse, he had the same thought!

However, before he could act, his heart suddenly jolted!

At the limit of his Spiritual Sense, he saw a group of profound Incense Fire Dao cultivators drinking wine in a tall city. Among them, a man of robust build stood at the rear of the crowd. He was much more powerful and formidable than the ordinary Incense Fire Dao cultivators.

Facing Zhu Ziji’s storm-like approach, the man seemed a bit surprised at first, but then a grin appeared on his face!

“So you didn’t die? So you must be that Butcher Dao. This time, I’ll crush your soul bit by bit and see how you come back to life!”

With that, he tossed away his wine cup and swung his hand.

The surrounding Incense Fire Dao cultivators dispersed orderly as if they had received an order, their talismans and magic tools… were heading towards the cultivators of the Tianmen Cult!

A group of them secretly summoned their Destined Ghost internally and cast spells.

On the Tianmen Cult’s side, there were several cultivators who released talismans specifically for soul protection, covering every Foundation Establishment Cultivator and most Qi Refining stage cultivators.

“Scatter! Block them!”

Zhu Ziji shouted, then rushed to the robust cultivator in the crowd.

This man was his target for this mission, one of the two top cultivators among the Class II cultivators of the Incense Fire Dao, Canghai!

Seeing this, Canghai also showed an excited look, unlike the ordinary Incense Fire Dao cultivators, he directly jumped out of the crowd and met Zhu Ziji.

The Foundation Establishment cultivators of the Tianmen Cult also knew this wasn’t the time to shirk, they all found their opponents.

Wang Ba also picked an early-stage cultivator. His main reason for this choice was because the opponent appeared to be injured and his aura was unstable.

However, before he could engage the opponent, whoosh—

At the critical moment, a light abruptly lit up on Wang Ba’s body, then with a bang, the light shattered.

But Wang Ba also used this force to fly backwards.

His mana coming into operation, he quickly stabilized his body. Then he had a chance to look in the direction not far away.

He saw an Incense Fire Dao cultivator with his body all crimson, emitting an aura equivalent to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, but his aura was unstable as if he had just broken through recently, looking at him with a grim smile and relaxed expression.

“Your opponent is me…poor chap!”

Feeling the aura from the opponent, Wang Ba’s face instantly twisted into a strange expression..