Cultivation: Being Immortal

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Shenmu City

Lin Batian handles things very decisively and directly. He took Lin Jiang with him and went straight to the door. If anyone took the goods and didn’t want to pay, ask them if the Overlord Spear in his hand agrees or not.

As for the rules in Shenmu City, Lin Batian fully showed those people what "punishment cannot reach Void Achieving" means. When those businesses saw that the Void Achieving of Shenmu Sect was not appearing, they all became honest. The cunning merchants turned into obedient and law-abiding merchants, willingly handing over spirit stones and other resources.

"Now I can’t stay in Shenmu City anymore."

Lin Jiang sighed. Even though he had decided to leave, he had been running his business here for decades and still had a little bit of reluctance.

"How much merchandise is left to sell?"

"Seventy percent. We only managed to sell thirty percent before things went wrong."

"Don’t sell anymore. Let’s find another place."

Lin Jiang replied, he couldn’t think of a way out, so he could only leave. Luckily, he had already had someone pack up his things, and as long as he received some severance pay, it would be fine.

"Third Brother arranged for people to gradually evacuate. Although Shenmu Sect and Qing State are not enemies, we still can’t be careless."

"Yes, I understand."

Although Lin Die was still angry, she wouldn’t joke about the lives of her fellow tribe members. She wasn’t as carefree as Lin Ying, if she got really mad, she would leave everyone behind.

This is how they bully honest people, whoever is kind-hearted will suffer, and whoever is ruthless will be carefree. Lin Die was extremely cold to outsiders, but when it came to her own people, she was always gentle.

Lin Die quickly got busy. There were many Lin family members in Shenmu City. Initially, there were sixty to seventy people, but as they started families and careers, the number grew to several hundred. Later, Lin Dongyan and his group came with another few hundred people, and the proportion of women and children was quite high. If they wanted to leave quietly, it wouldn’t be easy.

However, the Lin family had enough experience in moving and escaping for their lives. Lin Die had a plan, and Lin Jiang was busy with his own matters.

There were a group of workers here who had been with Lin Jiang for decades. Even though they were leaving, Lin Jiang couldn’t just ignore everything. Severance pay needed to be distributed, and he had to write some recommendation letters or the like, so that they would have new things to do.

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"Master, where should we go next?"

"Aren’t you going back to the Five Elements Sect?"

"No, I’m not going back. It’s not interesting."

Lin Jiang said. Yun State isn’t as interesting as the other states. The place is too remote and the cultivation level is too low, except for the three major sects, the other sects can’t compare.

"It’s good to be adventurous, especially while young. Unlike me, I was busy with various things when I was young."

Lin Batian nodded, he already recognized Lin Jiang’s abilities. Although he didn’t have high cultivation and combat strength, he was efficient in handling other matters.

"So where should we go next?"

"Let’s go to North State. It’s difficult to establish ourselves anywhere else."

"North State, a harsh and haunted land."

Lin Jiang exclaimed that he had heard a lot about North State when he was in Shenmu City.

North State is located in the northern part of the cultivation world, covered mostly in snow and ice. It is extremely cold and scarcely inhabited by ordinary people due to harsh conditions. There are also not many cultivators there.

North State is a gathering place for many evil cultivators, outlaws, and others who have fled from different places and can’t survive there anymore. It is also the weakest part of the major sects’ power in the cultivation world.

"The most powerful creatures in North State are probably the Human Demons. Years ago, the Green Emperor banished Human Demons to North State, and we don’t know what happened to them since then."

Lin Batian nodded and added that another special characteristic of North State is the presence of Human Demons.

In ancient times, humans were weak and dependent on the existence of demons. They were almost like slaves, with demons having control over their lives. Some humans became food for demons, while others became their playthings. Offspring born from the union of humans and demons had mixed bloodlines.

What made these Human Demons most miserable is that neither side accepts them. They are neither loved by their fathers nor cared for by their mothers. In fact, many Human Demons are killed by their parents when they are still infants.

In ancient times, there were many Human Demons. Some of them joined forces with the Green Emperor to protect their territories and help fight against the Yao tribe.

After the Human Tribe won, they were supposed to give a territory to the Human Demon, but other members of the tribe opposed it. This made the Human Demon furious, so he rebelled and joined the Demon Tribe. Eventually, the Green Emperor suppressed him.

Remembering their past achievements, the Green Emperor didn’t kill them all but instead banished them to the almost uninhabited North State. They had to fend for themselves, and for a while, North State became known as the Demon Province.

In the following years, many evil practitioners of the Human Tribe fled to North State. Over time, they formed their own community and didn’t interact much with the cultivation world. This became the present-day North State.

"Did the Clan Leader have any plans in North State?"

"No, just taking a look around."

"Is it really that casual?"

Lin Jiang was surprised. Wasn’t the Lin family on the verge of bankruptcy? Wasn’t it difficult to accommodate a large number of clan members? How could they be so casual?

Lin Batian remained silent, while Lin Die spoke even less. As a strange atmosphere enveloped the flying boat, Lin Jiang decided to stay quiet as well.

The flying boat crossed Central Province and passed through You State until it reached North State, near the border with You State. That part of North State wasn’t completely covered in ice and snow—it resembled a wasteland with sparse trees, exuding a touch of desolation and grandeur.

"This is North State, why can’t I see anyone?"

"The population in North State is less than one-tenth of other states, extremely rare. It’s really hard to see anyone here."

"What do cultivators in North State rely on for sustenance and how do they practice?"

"North State has its own specialties. You’ll know when the time comes."

Lin Batian shook his head. He had never been to North State, but he had heard a lot of things about it.

"Bang!"

After advancing for hundreds of miles, the flying boat suddenly got attacked. A light beam flew towards the boat, but Lin Batian quickly swatted it away. However, he noticed dozens of figures attacking from all directions.

"The highest cultivation level is Nascent Soul. Lin Die, lead the team to disperse them, leave two alive to interrogate."

"Okay."

Lin Die didn’t get angry about this and led people to fight, more than ten Lin family members attacked the thieves.

"Aren’t you going out to help?"

Lin Batian looked at Lin Jiang in surprise, he acts like a lord, and so do you?

"Ahem, I’ll let my beast pet do the work."

Lin Jiang felt a little embarrassed, fighting and killing is not very interesting.

After saying that, he turned to Small Shadiao and gently tapped his head, saying, "What are you looking at? Go help!"

Small Shadiao rubbed his forehead and flew out fiercely. He had a painful day and needed to shift this pain elsewhere.

The attackers were not very strong, the strongest was only at the early stage of Nascent Soul. Lin Die easily defeated them, killing most of them. Only a few escaped, and Lin Die and Small Shadiao captured some prisoners.

Lin Batian didn’t bother with interrogation, he directly searched their souls, while Lin Jiang kept a close eye on one person. This person had dark scales on his body, as if he had a fish scale disease, which looked very disgusting.

"Don’t look, most of the people here in North State are a mix of Human and Demon. They either have a beast body with a human appearance or a human body with beast traits. In the future, you’ll see many of them, like those with horns on their foreheads or hands that change into claws. It’s different from the transformation of the demon tribe."

"Yes, Third Auntie."

Lin Jiang nodded, but his mind was full of imaginary mermaids. If there were mermaids in North State, would they have a human body with a fish head or a fish body with a human face?

The scene shifted, and he thought of a certain movie scene. Hey, don’t take off your clothes. I like this Avatar…

"What are you thinking about? You seem so engrossed."

"Ahem, I spaced out, I spaced out."

Lin Jiang felt awkward and dared not think anymore. If he kept thinking, he would embarrass himself.

"Master, if you look at their storage bags, the contents are rough. I don’t see any spiritual talismans, and their weapons are only at the level of spiritual tools. The treasures they use above the golden core level are also inferior."

Some of the Lin family descendants searched through the storage bags of those people, but inside they found only worn-out items. There was nothing good.

"I understand, I have a general understanding of the situation in North State, just follow me."

Lin Batian nodded, he had finished searching souls and understood the general situation in North State.

The flying boat continued to move forward, Lin Batian said to the crowd. The situation in North State is like this. North State is a cold and barren land with very few spiritual veins. Most places cannot sustain human life. However, there are still a lot of people in North State. They mainly live near some mines and rely on mining for a living. There are some merchants who come from You State and bring clothes, food, etc. to trade with them. It’s basically making a huge profit.

And the ones who just attacked us are bandits from North State. There are more bandits in North State than you can count. They make a living by plundering…

Lin Batian explained the general situation in North State and asked the crowd how they could profit from it. Most people said they would become bandits. With their strength, becoming a bandit would make them kings in North State. How many people could stop them?

Lin Batian remained calm and silent, just looking at the crowd. Lin Jiang knew that Lin Batian didn’t actually want to be just a bandit, but since Lin Die also didn’t speak up, he didn’t either, which irritated Lin Batian even more.

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