Chapter 45: The Decline of the Immortal Cultivation World
Southern Region.

Zhou, Chu and Li were the three major powers, and the territory of each country was larger than that of China in the previous life.

Along the way, Lin Huang casually scanned with his spiritual sense and found that most of the people in the Three Kingdoms were ordinary people.

There were occasional martial artists, but no immortal cultivators were found.

After flying straight for eight thousand miles, we finally arrived at the destination of this journey, the City of Ascension!

It is surrounded by mountains, and there are straight arrow-like peaks piercing the sky everywhere.

On the top of the mountain, pine trees are intertwined with roots and branches, and thousands of feet high waterfalls cascade down from the mountain like jade dragons, which is beautiful beyond words.

There is a huge city located between the mountains, with the four big characters "City of Ascension" written on the city gate.

At this time, the Ascension Conference has not yet begun, and the Ascension City is shrouded in formations.

Lin Huang did not find any signs of living creatures in the city, let alone cultivators. It seemed like an empty city.

He randomly found a mountain, built a thatched cottage to live in temporarily, and waited for the Ascension Conference to begin.

The sun rose and the moon set, and ten days passed quickly.

Many lucky people holding the Ascension Orders have gathered in front of the Ascension City, all of them are smiling happily.

It seemed that when they arrived here, they had already entered the fairyland.

However, Liu Shujie, whom Lin Huang met before, was not among them.

Maybe he missed the time, or maybe he was killed on the way.

Lin Huang ignored these people and waited quietly for the arrival of the immortal cultivator.

On this day, the sun was rising and the sky was blue.

Suddenly, the whole sky darkened.

A huge flying boat, like an ancient behemoth, cut through the clouds, spanned the earth and sky, stirred the sky, and came in a mighty manner.

"Oh? It's finally here!"

Looking at the flying boat in the sky, Lin Huang stood up and said to himself.

I don't know when the originally blue sky darkened.

An ancient giant beast was hiding behind the clouds, as if it was about to fall from the sky at any moment.

An invisible pressure made everyone below unable to straighten their backs, but the pressure soon disappeared, as if to intimidate everyone.

The lucky ones in front of the Ascension City quietly looked up at the sky.

"The Immortal Envoy is here!"

Someone recognized the origin of the flying boat and exclaimed.

As soon as these words were spoken, the crowd immediately went wild.

"It's worth my 20,000 miles and half a year of walking!"

Someone exclaimed: "Finally caught up!"

This is an extremely huge flying boat, which is no less than five hundred feet long. The black flying boat is cold all over, and looks heavy and mysterious.

Standing below and looking up, it looks like a majestic and noble dragon, giving people a heavy sense of oppression.

There was a flag on the flying boat, with a banner with the word "Xian" written on it fluttering.

Soon, when the flying boat floated down to ten feet above the ground, several streams of light jumped down from the flying boat.

Upon closer inspection, they were actually cultivators wearing magical weapons.

With a sweep of his spiritual sense, Lin Huang quickly discovered the cultivation level of these people and became very confused.

"Three at the Foundation Establishment Stage, twelve at the late Qi Condensation Stage"

"There are fifteen Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators and three hundred Qi Condensation Realm cultivators in the flying boat, operating the flying boat."

"But then again, can a rookie at the Foundation Establishment Stage host a disciple-taking ceremony these days?"

When the Huangquan Sect was prosperous in the past, the rookies who were at the Qi training and foundation building stages were only qualified to be outer disciples.

Only by entering the Golden Core realm can one become an inner disciple.

Now, a mere outer disciple at the Foundation Establishment stage is actually qualified to preside over the ceremony of accepting disciples?
This is ridiculous! "Is the world of immortal cultivation declining, or are the people coming here only from inferior immortal cultivation sects?"

"Or maybe, because the Southern Region is a desert for cultivation, the major sects did not pay much attention to it and only sent out outer disciples?"

Lin Huang kept thinking about the reason in his mind, but he couldn't figure it out.

"Forget it. If you can't figure it out, just forget about it. Just ask and you'll know."

Then he flew straight towards the flying boat and landed on its deck.

"who?"

Lin Huang came uninvited and was soon discovered by the monks on the flying boat, and everyone filed out.

Led by a cultivator in the late foundation-building stage, who looked to be in his forties or fifties, he was followed by a group of cultivators.

Feeling the strong pressure emanating from Lin Huang, everyone's momentum weakened.

This aura is at least that of an old ancestor in the Golden Core Realm!

The leader's expression changed slightly, and he replied respectfully:

"I didn't know you were coming, Senior. I, Liu Zhengren, the elder of Yuqing Sect, failed to welcome you. I hope you will forgive me."

Yuqing Sect?
In the name of the Three Pure Ones?
Lin Huang was shocked. This sect must be very powerful!
Could it be the holy land of immortality passed down by the Three Pure Ones?

wrong!

Being able to become an elder at just the Foundation Establishment stage, what the hell?

Thoughts flashed through his mind, but there was no change in Lin Huang's expression.

He said calmly, "I have just come out of seclusion after many years of seclusion. The world has changed dramatically. Please tell me about the current situation of the immortal cultivation world."

It makes sense that he pretends to be a senior who has been in seclusion for many years and doesn’t understand the current situation!
"I see. It is my duty as a junior to do so."

Liu Zhengren smiled and replied, "Please come into the cabin to have some tea, I will tell you everything slowly."

They had heard of many times before that the seniors in the Jindan realm had been in seclusion for many years and had lost touch with the outside world.

But the first time I really encountered it was when a young lady got into a bridal sedan - the first time in her life.

The others also looked relieved, as long as they were not here to cause trouble.

As long as you coax this kind of old senior well, there won't be any big problem.

"it is good."

Lin Huang nodded, walked into the cabin and sat down. Liu Zhengren quickly ordered someone to bring him some fragrant tea.

After three rounds of tea, Liu Zhengren began to talk about the current situation in the world of immortal cultivation.

"Since the great changes in the world 1,200 years ago, our Tongwei Xiuxian world has inevitably declined."

But as soon as he finished the first sentence, he was interrupted by Lin Huang.

"Wait, the world changed 1,200 years ago? Tell me more about it!"

This was the time when the Huangquan Sect was destroyed. Could something unexpected have happened later?
Liu Zhengren looked at him strangely. How come this senior didn’t even understand this matter?

Could it be that Senior is testing me on purpose?
Ha, Mr. Liu’s chance to become an immortal has arrived!

Thinking of this, he quickly explained: "Excuse me, Senior, I don't know exactly what happened."

"I only know that after the destruction of the former largest demon sect, the Huangquan Sect, the three major holy sects, the Taixuan Sword Sect, the Shouyi Temple, and the Butian Sect, moved out of the Tongwei Xiuxian Realm and moved to other realms."

"An old ancestor in the Golden Core Realm analyzed that when the Huangquan Sect was wiped out, the spiritual veins of heaven and earth were broken, so the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gradually became thinner, and cultivation declined."

"Another Jindan-level senior also said that the Huangquan Sect's ancestor in the upper realm acted angrily and broke the world barrier of the Tongwei Xiuxian Realm, which led to this disaster."

“Someone else said.”

“There are many different opinions, and I don’t know the specific reasons, but since then, the Tongwei cultivation world has gradually declined. The Jindan is called the ancestor, the Yuanying is called the supreme, and the out-of-body realm cultivators are just legends.”

"The spiritual energy of the outside world is gradually decreasing. We cultivators have no choice but to move to remote places and set up many great formations in order to survive."

"It is said that outside the Southern Region, there are four other regions: Western Desert, Southern Region, Northern Continent, and Middle Earth. Unfortunately, I am weak and have never left the Southern Region, so I don't know the situation of the other four regions."

"Our Yuqing Sect was founded a thousand years ago. The founder of the sect was an outer disciple of Shouyi Temple in the past. He was fortunate to receive part of the inheritance of Shouyi Temple and accidentally found a blessed place. This is how he founded the Yuqing Sect's thousand-year foundation."

(End of this chapter)