Five Immortals Gate

This immediately made Zheng Youlin realize something: the hands of the several killed cultivators held clues about the Five Immortals Sect.

And anyone the Five Immortals Sect thought might know about the clues, like those cultivators who had interacted with the deceased, were likely also killed.

Zheng Youlin and the others were all too familiar with this method, a means of damage control that the Five Immortals Sect employed whenever someone leaked their whereabouts.

This undoubtedly indicated that the clues in the hands of the slain were indeed real, not just suspected, and likely quite detailed.

Only such a reason could drive the Five Immortals Sect cultivators to act so desperately, continuously killing people to silence them.

This excited Zheng Youlin. Since there were people with such detailed clues, they certainly had to find out their origins.

So they began to expand their search area, which stretched on for year after year, because their initial assumption was wrong: the killed individuals were not local cultivators.

They investigated for a long time, but no one recognized where the killed individuals in the wilderness came from. However, Zheng Youlin and his group had their own methods for tracking.

Following the intermittent clues, Zheng Youlin and the others also began to expand their search range, and slowly discovered a pattern.

When investigating some market towns, they would occasionally obtain information about cultivators who resembled the deceased.

Such suspected appearances in market towns were the most likely occurrences in their investigation, indicating that the most probable places for those individuals to appear were in these market towns.

Moreover, they were inquiring about information. However, by the time Zheng Youlin and the others found these leads, a long time had passed, and many details had become very vague.

Although there were also killings or disappearances in those market towns, it couldn't be confirmed that the victims had interacted with the deceased, especially since robbery and murder were too common around market towns.

Even deaths within the market towns themselves were not particularly strange.

However, Zheng Youlin still believed that among those who died, some must have interacted with the deceased, and were then silenced by the Five Immortals Sect cultivators.

By doing so, the perpetrators used the guise of robbery and murder in the market towns to confuse others!

Zheng Youlin and his group investigated in this way, but the further they went, the fewer related deaths they found, due to the passage of time.

However, this thread, however faint, still remained. When it came to tracking down Five Immortals Sect cultivators, the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect cultivators were extremely patient and experienced.

Even if the clues completely disappeared, they would often investigate the surrounding area for many years, repeatedly confirming before deciding whether to finally abandon the search.

Through repeated comparisons, Zheng Youlin and his group had derived a hidden clue: they occasionally obtained information about the deceased individuals in market towns to the west.

However, the further west the clues led, the vaguer they became. This, in turn, excited Zheng Youlin and his group, indicating that the individuals had been investigating all the way from the west.

Moreover, this also suggested that they had been investigating for a long time, which was why the previous traces were so ambiguous. What could drive them to be so persistent?

The answer might coincide with their own thoughts...

Finally, in recent years, after entering a market town, when they took out the jade slip engraved with the appearances of the deceased and began to inquire about information, someone unexpectedly recognized one of them.

They said that this person was a sword cultivator from 'Lost Solitary City.' At that time, although Zheng Youlin and his group had not yet reached 'Lost Solitary City' while heading west, they had already entered the territory controlled by its backing force.

Seeing that the person they were inquiring about finally had concrete information, Zheng Youlin was overjoyed. All their efforts had finally paid off.

After carefully inquiring about the situation of 'Lost Solitary City,' they headed straight for 'Lost Solitary City,' which greatly increased their speed.

Afterward, they tried to use teleportation arrays as much as possible, allowing them to continue inquiring about the deceased in the market towns they passed.

To their delight, someone actually recognized the origins of the portraits in the jade slip, and provided relatively clear information: they were sword cultivators from 'Lost Solitary City.'

At this point, Zheng Youlin no longer had any doubts, so they came all the way here...

I don't think that with our sect's strength, we can still find them later. Does Fellow Daoist Zheng think that our small sect is even stronger than your sect?"

After hearing this, 'Yuan Zhen' was not so happy. He immediately shook his head, which made Zheng Youlin frown.

"Senior Yuan, we did lose track of them, but if it weren't for the information we provided, you might have lost the opportunity to find the real enemy.

Moreover, our clues have not expired and can still be used to find them again. We just found your sect's clues first.

I think the reason why the Five Immortals Sect hasn't acted yet is that they haven't arrived yet, or that they were too rushed when they killed the people, and your sect's cultivators had their own means of concealment, which is why they haven't found you yet.

Furthermore, with all due respect, you may not really understand how powerful the Five Immortals Sect is. With just your strength, even the forces behind your sect will not be able to stop them if they act.

If you cooperate with our sect, such as setting a trap here, you will gain unimaginable benefits!"

Zheng Youlin cupped his hands towards the front.

"You... are you threatening my sect?"

After hearing this, 'Yuan Zhen' narrowed his eyes. The other party's words implicitly threatened that the Five Immortals Sect could destroy the entire 'Lost Solitary City' at any time.

"I dare not, but what I said is the truth. You have never faced how powerful the Five Immortals Sect is!

Others only covet their cultivation methods, but have you ever thought about the reason why? Isn't it because they are too powerful?

Power represents not only cultivation methods, but also the ability to kill others at any time, and very easily.

Just looking at how the Five Immortals Sect has been living well all along, you can know if what I said is right.

Our sect has fought with them for too many years, and we have used more than just a few Integration Realm cultivators. Even we have not gained the upper hand!"

Zheng Youlin suddenly smiled and cupped his hands towards 'Yuan Zhen' again. His words had become even more explicit.

Did the other party really think that with three Integration Realm experts in their sect, they could monopolize the benefits without fear of being overwhelmed?

He was also warning 'Yuan Zhen' that the Yin-Yang Chaos Sect not only had many Integration Realm experts, but also supreme experts above the Integration Realm.

And here, there were some things he couldn't say, such as even if people obtained the Five Immortals Sect's cultivation methods, they probably wouldn't be able to cultivate them.

Zheng Youlin knew some things about the Five Immortals Sect, but he wasn't too clear on the specifics, but it certainly required mixed spiritual roots.

It was said that only in this way could an internal five elements be formed in the body, but even if he said such a thing about mixed spiritual roots, how many of these sects would believe it?

They would only think that this was the Yin Yang Chaos Gate spouting nonsense. In their understanding, the Five Immortals Gate's techniques were just a powerful method of cultivating the five elements.

As long as you obtain the techniques, you can cultivate according to the strongest attribute in your aptitude. This is actually the view of the vast majority of cultivators.

Therefore, saying such a thing would definitely not be believed by the other party. On the contrary, it would backfire, making them think that you want to monopolize the benefits.

Moreover, this is actually confidential information, and Zheng Youlin didn't want to let people know about it casually…

In his heart, he no longer wanted to continue talking. If the other party still didn't agree, then he could get up and leave.

This also shows that the other party values the clues in their hands too much. Even if they lose the opportunity to avenge their disciple, they still want to obtain the greatest benefit.

Then, don't blame yourself for being ruthless later. The Yin Yang Chaos Gate has already done its utmost. At that time, I'm afraid they will be begging me, offering all the information with both hands.

Sure enough, after he said this, "Yuan Zhen" at the head of the table fell into deep thought. Zheng Youlin also stopped talking and just sat there quietly waiting.

For a time, the entire hall became silent. After about a dozen breaths, "Yuan Zhen" finally raised his head to look at Zheng Youlin again.

Zheng Youlin below also felt a movement in his heart, but at this moment, he suddenly felt a little dizzy. However, before he could think about it, he heard the words coming from above,

"Okay, I can tell you the news!"

Just as these words entered his ears, Zheng Youlin, who was sitting below, suddenly swayed. His face didn't even have time to change color before his head tilted and his body softly fell onto the chair.

"Yuan Zhen" was still sitting above, and he continued to speak.

"This news is very real. In fact, my sect has already found a cultivator from the Five Immortals Gate, and he is in this sect. Moreover, I can let you find him. Isn't this clue very direct!"

Zheng Youlin's eyes were wide open in the chair. His consciousness was not lost, but his whole person was very dazed, and he had no strength at all.

"Yuan Zhen's" voice was not loud, but he could hear it clearly. At this time, "Yuan Zhen's" gaze towards him became extremely cold, making him feel like he had fallen into an ice cellar…

After "Yuan Zhen" finished saying this, he slowly stood up. The reason why he had said so much to Zheng Youlin before was to attract the other party's attention.

He didn't want to fight with the other party. The Yin Yang Chaos Gate's cultivators' techniques were also top-notch existences. Who knew what kind of secret techniques or divine powers they had.

Once there were any powerful methods of breaking restrictions, or magic weapons that he didn't expect, if he was not careful, let alone the other party running out of the hall.

Even if the other party attacked the formation restrictions and made a sound, once it spread outside, he would not have any reason to prevaricate.

However, he could use the poison that could knock down a Composite Body Realm cultivator. As long as he could make the other party feel that he had some scruples first, he could concentrate most of his attention on things he was interested in.

Then, this kind of insidious method would generally be very easy to succeed, and these were all based on Qiu Yu's report, his understanding of the Yin Yang Chaos Gate, and his initial judgment after observing this person's conversation.

"Yuan Zhen" knew that Zheng Youlin's arrogance was in his bones. As long as he hit his vital point, everything could proceed silently, and the result would be as easy as flowing water.

"Using a tiger to devour a wolf." Li Yan once used a highly poisonous substance in a mountain cave to deal with the azure gauze-clad beauty and Zheng Xingfan in order to destroy the "Heaven-Shaking Thunder" protected by Mu Guyue in the Barren Moon Continent.

In the end, after Zheng Xingfan was poisoned, he lost even the strength to speak while still conscious, and was made into a human skin red lantern by Li Yan…

"Yuan Zhen" had already walked in front of the other party while Zheng Youlin was watching. Zheng Youlin was still constantly urging the power of his body.

But he could only feel that his own vast power was being quickly swallowed by a strange force, and he was becoming weaker and weaker, one breath worse than the last.

"Why… why? How dare a cultivator from a small sect attack me, and even a Composite Body Realm cultivator is so shameless and despicable as to poison a junior…"

When Zheng Youlin softly fell down, his mind was already in chaos. He didn't even notice Yuan Zhen's last sentence just now.

His heart was full of incomprehension. This was not something that a cultivator from a small sect dared to do. He was a cultivator from the Yin Yang Chaos Gate.

This was not because he was really conceited, but because he had indeed conducted a lot of investigations into "Luo Gucheng" before, and judged that the other party would not dare to act for the sake of his great foundation.

Moreover, as a senior, it was despicable to secretly attack a junior. Even if he was killed, Zheng Youlin felt that it was understandable.

But his chaotic thoughts suddenly turned into stillness, and a palm had already directly covered his head.

"Soul Searching!"

When these two words appeared in Zheng Youlin's mind, who had always been extremely proud, his heart was suddenly filled with infinite fear.

He never thought that there would be a day when someone would perform a soul search on him.

This was a right that he could only exercise on others, but in the next moment, a burst of severe pain came from his sea of consciousness…

About a quarter of an hour later, "Yuan Zhen's" palm had already left Zheng Youlin's crown, and then he fed Zheng Youlin, who was lying on the chair, half a pill.

Immediately, he continuously tapped on the other party's body with one hand, causing spots of light to light up on Zheng Youlin's body surface. Then, "Yuan Zhen" waved his hand, and Zheng Youlin disappeared from the room.

He still didn't kill the other party, and this was the second Yin Yang Chaos Gate cultivator he had captured alive. This person, like Xiao Yunzong, had some places in his sea of consciousness sealed.

As long as his divine sense touched it slightly, Zheng Youlin's sea of consciousness would immediately show signs of self-destruction, and that might also be the place where the other party's techniques were sealed.

Due to the urgency of time, even Zheng Youlin's other normal memories, "Yuan Zhen" did not explore them well, but he had already obtained some of the things he temporarily wanted.

The words that Zheng Youlin said before were not entirely true, with half of them being false, deliberately concealing some important information.

Zheng Youlin's trip this time was with another Void Refinement Realm cultivator. Although the things they were doing were related to the Five Immortals Gate, they were not actually targeting the Five Immortals Gate.

Because of the Netherworld Sect's affairs in the Lower Realm, the two sects had not completely resolved this matter, and the two sides had not sent people to discuss it for a while.

Later, they discovered that the Netherworld Sect seemed to have strengthened its investigation into the Yin Yang Chaos Gate, and at the same time, there was also the shadow of the Destruction Sect here.

What kind of sect was the Yin Yang Chaos Gate? Their power was very strong, and they also had many enemies, so their intelligence network was quite large.

Therefore, when someone investigated their sect, they quickly noticed something and began to be vigilant.

It was just that the other party's investigation was also very careful, so the information they could obtain was not very much after it was gathered.

There was actually a reason for this, that was, the Yin Yang Chaos Gate didn't know that some of the Netherworld Sect disciples they were going to kill in the Ghost Domain had actually escaped.

The reason was also very simple. After the Underworld Emperor of the first level of Asura Hell reported the matter to the Northern Underworld Emperor, the Northern Underworld Emperor was also quite furious and severely punished Ye Luo and the others.

Afterwards, he ordered them to settle this matter themselves, but at the same time, how could the Northern Underworld Emperor notify the Yin Yang Chaos Gate of this kind of unfulfilled promise and thankless task.

Therefore, the Yin Yang Chaos Gate was completely unaware and had been kept in the dark all along!