486: Chapter 363_2 486: Chapter 363_2 It wasn’t just Jiang Tang they admired, with their nine women and one man troupe; the two pets that had turned into humans had an even greater capacity for alcohol than they did.
They drank cup after cup, as if drinking water—could that really be the case?
To guzzle such fine wine like oxen—they were being too wasteful!
Jiang Tang kept taking out jar after jar of wine, all brewed by the two pets, storing up a lot of such fine wine in his space.
He couldn’t do without a little stock!
Like some drunkards himself, the ones by his side were becoming better and better at holding their liquor.
With many future celebrations to come, he had grown accustomed to the fine wines produced by his space and was unwilling to drink the wines sold in the outside Cultivation World.
Then there was his treasured collection of wine brewed from Spirit Longevity Fruit in his space—one cup could add a few hundred years to one’s life.
With his not-yet-ascended body, he already possessed a lifespan of 10,000 years.
This was exactly the longevity and immortality that Cultivators of the world sought after.
Wasn’t their great pursuit just for the sake of longevity?
Having achieved this, he felt it was far from sufficient; he wanted to start a business, to reach the pinnacle of his life.
Jiang Tang’s hearty drinking meant that those with him all wished he would share some wine, allowing them to keep a little for themselves.
Likewise, they thought of honoring their families back home.
However, while they enjoyed eating and drinking by Jiang Tang’s side, they currently had no thoughts of going home, and such ideas merely flitted across their minds.
The people who had been drinking cup by cup finally finished off the dishes on the table.
There was no place here to rest, nor rooms for separate cultivation in retreat.
After eating his fill, Jiang Tang didn’t take everyone away from the place.
Instead, he sent messages to those who wished to join the Saint Sect, waiting for them to arrive.
While sending messages, he of course also transmitted the location of this place, with their unique positioning system that allowed others to find it even amidst great fog.
Thus, Lai Jianlin received the message, informed Luo Yaxuan, and then there were the Jiang Family members whom Jiang Tang had also notified.
Luo Yaxuan and Lai Jianlin, leading their family members and friends, rushed to the place, encountering people from the Jiang family along the way to the location designated by Jiang Tang’s message.
However, they were unknowingly followed.
Because the place they were going to was relatively close, a few hundred miles could be traversed in just half a day’s flight, passing through some mortal areas, where there were other unfamiliar Cultivators flying in the sky.
The tail following them included several people from the Huang Family, Huang Lei, the younger brother from Hell Palace, carrying out a family mission, hoping to track where these families would go.
He intended to join them under the guise of an outsider to learn new skills.
His heart, still costumed in disguise, trailed them from a distance.
Huang Lei had cultivated in a different Immortal Sect from his older brother.
Upon returning to his family and learning of his brother’s death, he discovered that an elder in his family had obtained a Supreme Elixir that slightly improved his cultivation.
As a family disciple, even the elites hadn’t received a Supreme Elixir, since they couldn’t afford the high-priced pills.
So they thought of an irregular approach—committing robberies.
Now, with the Luo Family, Lai Family, and Jiang Family disciples taking action, they wanted to follow and see if they could join them as ordinary people to learn cultivation techniques, spells, gather resources, accompanying several Elders’ grandsons in disguise.
He was merely at the Mid Foundation Establishment stage.
Seeing other families’ disciples reach the Golden Core stage made him envious.
The few who followed him were also at the Initial Stage of Foundation Establishment, like Huang Lei, returning from learning cultivation techniques at different Immortal Sects.
They thought of themselves as elites in their own Immortal Sects and expected to be elites in their families too.
But things were unpredictable, and upon their return, they found that many had changed—if they didn’t become stronger, they’d fall behind.
So, they could only steal resources.
Now, to improve their cultivation, they wanted to infiltrate another team by posing as ordinary people.
This was the only way for them to have a chance to improve their cultivation.
And for the sake of cultivation advancement, Huang Lei became ruthless, even forsaking his scruples for revenge.
Huang Lei hoped one day to meet Jiang Tang, the enemy of his family and the cause of his brother’s death.
If he had the chance, he wanted to stir up trouble from within or become one of Jiang Tang’s trusted aides and take his life when least expected.
Huang Lei’s thoughts were a bit naive.
He believed he could handle Jiang Tang, but was it not rare to even catch a glimpse of such a lofty being?
In just half a day’s time, Jiang Tang in the cave received messages from Lai Jianlin, Luo Yaxuan, and people from the Jiang Family.
They had arrived in the area only to find themselves in dense fog, clueless about which mountain was Jiang Tang’s actual location.
Of course, Jiang Tang knew that without his guidance, entering the area shrouded in mist would make it impossible to find him since the terrain below was not visible from the skies.
It was due to Jiang Tang’s supernatural vision, a capability far superior to ordinary people, that he could find this unique place in the midst of the mist.
The monkey simply used the mist to occlude the area and also sealed away the spiritual energy.
However, Jiang Tang had already sealed off hundreds of miles around him.
Without his guidance and activation, one could only fly over through communication, but landing was not an option.
Naturally, he was using a spell—if one attempted to land from above they would enter a dangerous illusion array.
Jiang Tang was aware of the area the monkey had sealed.
He used his own skills to seal it so that those outside could neither see the rainbow glimmer nor hear the unique sounds from within.
He had sealed both bases, making this the first base he intended to develop.
Accompanied by their friend, people from the three families, guided by the light, flew high in the sky.
Huang Lei and his group kept their distance, fearing discovery.
When they followed the others into the mist, they found that those people had disappeared.
Flying high above the fog was like entering a realm of darkness where they could neither see their hands in front of them nor discern what was below.
Unable to see the people from before, how could they continue to follow?
Standing at the edge of the mist, Huang Lei and his group flew for a while but became frightened.
Not being able to see the path ahead could mean falling into danger.
They feared an ambush, as their cultivation levels were too low to dare continue flying.
So, they retreated back outside the fog, where villages and fields lay, seemingly inhabited by ordinary civilians.
Not daring to re-enter the region of mist, Huang Lei and his companions could only wander above the mortal area.
When they realized they were utterly unable to penetrate the fog-covered area,
as they tried to descend from above toward the ground below, they not only found the fog as a barrier but sensed danger awaiting them below, giving them the acute impression that a trap lay ahead on the path.
As they had often set up traps themselves, ambushing others to pilfer resources and commit murders for treasure, they felt a distinct sense of danger.
They didn’t know if a formidable figure was waiting to rob and kill them,
or if a trap was waiting for them to leap into it.
The presence of thick fog made them extremely suspicious, convinced it was not natural.
It must be the activation of an array, or perhaps set by a great power.
Without the owner’s permission, entering it could either lead into an illusion array, or perhaps some lethal trap was waiting for them.
“What do we do?
How did those people get in?” complained one of the companions, discontentedly.
“We don’t understand what’s going on.
They must’ve had someone guiding them in.
Someday, the secrets here will be known to others; thus, we have no choice but to wait here!”
Listening to his companions, Huang Lei understood they were only concerned with increasing their own cultivation, and they did not bear the heavy burden he did.
He carried the responsibility of seeking vengeance.
Finding his enemy’s whereabouts required patience and tolerance!