Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation

As another jolt reverberated, the water screen protecting the airship flickered, visibly weakening by a third.

The young Immortal Master summoned a magical artifact, but instantly lost track of the attacker's aura.

"Hmph! Cowardly rat." With a cold snort, he couldn't determine if the attack was from a human cultivator or a demon beast, so he steered the airship slightly, accelerating forward.

After waiting for a while with no further incidents, the few Immortal Seedlings tentatively inquired, "Immortal Master? Just now… did someone dare to attack you?"

"Hmph! Most likely some filthy rogue cultivator who didn't recognize my airship. You don't need to panic!" The young Immortal Master raised his chin disdainfully.

"Rogue cultivator?" The Immortal Seedlings were confused, their perception of the Immortal Realm shifting from their previous expectations.

"Rogue cultivator!" Li Ji'an was quite familiar with those two words.

"The ominous sign was a rogue cultivator?" He didn't trust the young cultivator's words. How could anyone not see such a large airship, and why would they attack twice?

But the reality was that after the two attacks, there were no further actions.

"Something's not right!" Suddenly, Li Ji'an's eyes snapped open.

"Immortal Master, be careful! We might be ambushed!"

"Hmm? Ambush? Do you even know what the Immortal Realm is like? In this Azure Cloud Province, who would dare to ambush me? Besides, my airship travels at full speed, covering a hundred miles in an instant. Who could possibly ambush us?" The young Immortal Master was taken aback, then glanced at Li Ji'an with contempt, sneering.

Li Ji'an frowned. He could only offer a reminder because they were on the same boat.

He had figured out why the attacker stopped after two attacks.

They were deliberately herding the airship in a certain direction, like a sheepdog herding sheep.

The young Immortal Master's change of direction meant they were approaching some pre-set ambush.

The enemy had set up an ambush in advance and knew their flight path, while this fool was young and arrogant. Danger!

Buzz~

As he pondered how to save himself, a buzzing sound suddenly filled the air.

Li Ji'an instantly felt deafened. He looked up and saw an invisible barrier, like a net from the heavens, appearing abruptly.

Immediately afterward, the rapidly flying airship was frozen in mid-air.

The immense inertia sent the people inside the airship flying out, slamming into the water screen.

"Pfft~" The Immortal Seedling with the lowest martial arts cultivation level had his internal organs ruptured from the impact, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

Except for Li Ji'an and Zhao Shuyao, who immediately circulated their Qi and blood for protection and suffered no damage, everyone else sustained varying degrees of injury.

And that wasn't all. After being fixed in the air, the airship struggled for only a breath before rapidly shrinking, eventually turning into a palm-sized boat.

After the ten Immortal Seedlings fell from the water screen, they no longer had the airship to stand on and plummeted towards the ground a hundred feet below.

Only then did Li Ji'an see the vast expanse of yellow sand below, stretching as far as the eye could see!

"Spirit Confinement Formation!" It took the young Immortal Master a full three breaths to react, looking at the frozen airship in disbelief, utterly shocked.

The Spirit Confinement Formation was a first-order high-level formation that could trap top-grade magical artifacts. It was difficult for anyone but a seasoned formation master to set up, and the materials for the formation base were quite expensive, definitely beyond the means of ordinary rogue cultivators.

Coincidentally, the airship that his ancestor had given him to receive these ants was a top-grade airship. Apart from the Spirit Confinement Formation, there was almost nothing to worry about in the entire southern Azure Cloud Province.

This was clearly aimed at him!

"Who is it? Come out!" The young Immortal Master held up the Chongshan Seal, as if ready to smash it down at any moment.

"Whoosh~" He was answered by several Fireball Techniques.

"Cowardly rat, take this!" The Chongshan Seal slammed down towards a sand dune somewhere below, scattering the fireballs into sparks.

Obviously, the opponent's Fireball Technique posed no threat to him, who held the Chongshan Seal.

After all, his Chongshan Seal was also a gift from his ancestor, a true exquisite magical artifact!

However, before he could feel happy, his expression changed drastically.

Several fireballs were flying towards the ten Immortal Seedlings falling below.

"This is your real purpose?"

Too late to control the Chongshan Seal, the young Immortal Master's entire body surged with magical power: "Imperial Heaven, Earthly Soil, Shield Up!"

Rumble~

The ground shook, and a foot-thick earthen wall rose from the yellow sand.

However, it was too late. Some of the fireballs had already passed through the earthen shield, whistling as they smashed into the falling Immortal Seedlings.

"Bang!"

"Ah!"

An Immortal Seedling was hit by a fireball. As sparks flew, his entire body was engulfed in flames, and a shrill cry echoed across the sandy ground.

"Immortal Master, save me!" The remaining Immortal Seedlings, seeing that scene, were terrified and hysterically screamed for help.

"Ah! I don't want to die, I haven't become an immortal yet…" Another person was burned to ashes.

Even the first Immortal Seedling, who had crashed into the water screen, ruptured his internal organs, spat blood, and fell to the sandy ground, didn't escape. Originally unconscious, he was burned awake, letting out a heart-wrenching scream.

Fireballs, screams, scorched smoke… made the scene even more chaotic, and the remaining Immortal Seedlings were terrified.

"This isn't the Immortal Realm, this is hell!"

"I don't want to become an immortal, I'll just be a mortal, I want to go home…" Some were crying in fear, wishing they could go home right now.

"Where is the immortality?" Zhao Shuyao was also trembling all over, unable to display the strength of a Qi and blood grandmaster.

Only Li Ji'an, who was prepared, had his Qi and blood surging, and his powerful soul and keen senses allowed him to grab Zhao Shuyao's collar and dodge three fireball attacks in a row, remaining much calmer.

"Everyone, pull yourselves together! If you want to live, you must save yourselves!" Seeing the remaining Immortal Seedlings about to die tragically, Li Ji'an focused his Qi in his dantian, his voice like thunder.

Like a lion's roar, the Immortal Seedlings' minds were shaken, and they finally came back to their senses.

Only then did they realize that the young guide Immortal Master was fighting two people shrouded in white mist, fighting two against one. How could he have time to save them?

At the same time, two more figures emerged from the sand dunes not far away, both masked.

"You two quickly kill the blood slaves. Don't be careless."

"Uncle, don't worry, they're just mere mortals, as easy as slaughtering chickens and dogs!"

With that, the two moved like the wind, instantly arriving in front of the remaining seven Immortal Seedlings.

"Let's see who kills more?"

"Let's compete!" The two reached an agreement.

"Immortal Masters, spare me!" One of the Immortal Seedlings, already terrified, knelt down and begged for mercy as the two Immortal Masters drifted over.

"Whoosh~" The masked man on the left waved his hand first, and a wind blade arrived in an instant, cutting off the Immortal Seedling's head like a watermelon.

"Ah!" The gushing hot blood drenched the clever female Immortal Seedling. No matter how clever her mind, how deep her schemes, how many tricks she had, they were useless in the face of extreme fear, leaving only terrified cries.

"Noisy!" Another masked cultivator pointed his sword at her.

"Whoosh~" A cicada-wing-thin flying sword pierced her heart on the spot.

"Don't sit still and wait for death! Resist!" Seeing the few people who were once revered as geniuses in the Immortal Bestowal Dynasty being easily killed without any resistance, Li Ji'an's face turned extremely gloomy.

The yellow sand stretched for thousands of miles, boundless, with no escape.

Only resistance could offer a glimmer of hope!