Old Five is a Goose.
Chapter 596: The Mighty Shenmeng Mountain
In Hubo's view, Mo Wuji could restrain him with his domain, meaning he was at least a late-stage Earth Immortal powerhouse, or even a peak Earth Immortal. Although it was somewhat shocking for a late-stage Earth Immortal to restrain him, even the most powerful Earth Immortal was no match for a Loose Immortal.
Mo Wuji asked solemnly, "Where is the Shen Meng Mountain?"
"Senior, could you please ask that bird to stop sucking the young master's blood..."
Hubo had just finished speaking when the green-robed youth suddenly fell to the ground. At this moment, his face was pale, his aura was weak, the surrounding spiritual rhyme had disappeared, and there was not a trace of cultivation left.
On the other hand, Shuaiguo was full of vigor, his eyes shining. Although it had not yet grown its third leg, the gray feathers all over its body had gained a lot of luster. Mo Wuji once again felt what Shuaiguo used to be like.
"Master, I listened to you and sucked back all the essence blood he took from me. I didn't kill him." Shuaiguo said triumphantly and flew directly to Mo Wuji's shoulder.
Hubo was dumbfounded. The middle-aged man who was still restrained by Mo Wuji suddenly felt a lightness around him. He hurriedly rushed over, helped up the green-robed youth, and fed him several pills.
Mo Wuji could naturally see that Shuaiguo not only retrieved the essence blood that belonged to it, but also turned around and absorbed all the essence blood of the green-robed youth. If he hadn't released the middle-aged man to save the youth, the green-robed youth would obviously not have lived long.
"You're quite good, you even collected interest." Mo Wuji was extremely disgusted by the practice of absorbing other people's essence blood for cultivation. If this green-robed youth hadn't been absorbing Shuaiguo's essence blood every day, he wouldn't have allowed Shuaiguo to be so presumptuous. However, if Shuaiguo dared to absorb human essence blood again, he wouldn't be polite.
Shuaiguo hadn't been with Mo Wuji for long, but it understood Mo Wuji's meaning. Being with Mo Wuji, Mo Wuji had never allowed it to suck human blood. Hearing that Mo Wuji's tone was a little off, it quickly said, "Master, this was just an accidental little bit of essence blood..."
"If there's a second time, I'll skin you alive and stew you." Mo Wuji said without hesitation.
Shuaiguo quickly shook its head. "No, no, unless Master tells me to..."
Mo Wuji was too lazy to pay attention to this guy and turned his gaze back to Hubo.
Hubo looked at the dying green-robed youth with a pale face. After a long while, he said, "You killed the young master..."
Mo Wuji said indifferently, "I'm asking you questions. If you talk nonsense again, I'll really kill you."
"Yes, yes..." Hubo quickly replied, "Shen Meng Mountain is on the Sea Different Continent. It is the number one sect on the Sea Different Continent."
"Can cultivators from the Sea Different Continent ascend to the Immortal Realm?" Mo Wuji stared at Hubo. This was the question he was most concerned about.
"Yes." Hubo dared not not answer. He was worried that Mo Wuji would really kill them all at once. If Mo Wuji really did that, even if the Loose Immortals of Shen Meng Mountain could come, they could only avenge them.
"Then who captured Shuaiguo?" Shuaiguo's revenge had also been taken. Mo Wuji asked this question because he wanted to know how to return to True Star.
Hubo already knew that Shuaiguo was the gray-haired bird in front of him. He quickly said, "It really wasn't us. It was an elder of the sect..."
Mo Wuji thought to himself that it seemed he would have to make a trip to Shen Meng Mountain. He continued to ask, "Then tell me, what is a Loose Immortal? Why are Loose Immortals more powerful than Celestial Immortals and Golden Immortals?"
Hubo was very contemptuous of Mo Wuji's words in his heart. He suspected that Mo Wuji hadn't been listening to him carefully just now. He had clearly said that the strength of a fifth-revolution Loose Immortal could be compared to a Golden Immortal. When did he say that Loose Immortals were more powerful than Celestial Immortals and Golden Immortals? Loose Immortals were also divided into several revolutions, okay? It was terrible to know nothing. Besides, could Celestial Immortals and Golden Immortals be the same?
Hubo dared not say these words. He respectfully replied, "A Loose Immortal is an Earth Immortal who failed to pass the tribulation and then retained their primordial spirit. Loose Immortals are these Earth Immortals who have rebuilt their primordial spirit. A first-revolution Loose Immortal is the realm after the primordial spirit has undergone the first thunder tribulation, a second-revolution Loose Immortal is after the second thunder tribulation..."
"The primordial spirit can undergo tribulation?" Mo Wuji asked in surprise. The primordial spirit didn't even have a physical body, so how could it undergo tribulation? Moreover, the primordial spirit feared lightning strikes the most.
Hubo knew that Mo Wuji knew nothing, so he could only patiently explain, "The primordial spirit's thunder tribulation is different from the Celestial Immortal's thunder tribulation. The power is not weaker than the Celestial Immortal's thunder tribulation. As long as the Loose Immortal prepares enough natural treasures and magical weapons, they have a chance to successfully pass the tribulation. Each time they successfully pass the tribulation, the Loose Immortal's body becomes more condensed, and their divine powers become more powerful. It is said that after a Loose Immortal successfully passes the ninth tribulation, they can directly condense a physical body and ascend to the Immortal Realm to become a Grand Unity Immortal."
"How do you know about Grand Unity Immortals?" Mo Wuji was a little surprised. He didn't expect that after ascending from the cultivation world, there would still be a chance to become a Grand Unity Immortal. This was simply too heaven-defying.
After an Earth Immortal failed to pass the tribulation, they could still switch to cultivating as a Loose Immortal. Sure enough, the Dao of Heaven never cuts off all hope and always gives people a glimmer of life. Mo Wuji knew that this kind of Loose Immortal who switched cultivation after failing the tribulation was completely different from the kind of Loose Immortal who had no sect.
Hubo replied, "Because the cultivation methods of Shen Meng Mountain are very conducive to switching to cultivating as a Loose Immortal, Shen Meng Mountain has the most Loose Immortals. Also, because Loose Immortals are powerful, they can communicate information with Shen Meng Mountain in the Immortal Realm, and that's how they know about various actions in the Immortal Realm."
Shen Meng Mountain has a sect in the Immortal Realm? Mo Wuji had really never heard of Shen Meng Mountain as an Immortal Sect.
Hubo saw Mo Wuji's surprise and snorted coldly in his heart. It was too late to be afraid now. He still respectfully replied, "Yes, Shen Meng Mountain has a sect in the Immortal Realm, and the sect is very large."
"How many Loose Immortals are there in Shen Meng Mountain, and what is the highest level?" Mo Wuji had already planned to make a trip to the Sea Different Continent. Besides wanting to know if he could go to the Immortal Realm from the Sea Different Continent, he also wanted to find the cultivator who captured Shuaiguo.
"There are three Loose Immortals, one fifth-revolution Loose Immortal, one second-revolution Loose Immortal, and one first-revolution Loose Immortal." Hubo honestly replied.
"Since that's the case, then lead the way. I want to make a trip to the Sea Different Continent." Hearing that there were no eighth-revolution or ninth-revolution Loose Immortals, Mo Wuji said immediately.
Although Mo Wuji was not afraid of eighth-revolution or ninth-revolution Loose Immortals, it was better to be careful.
"Senior is going to the Sea Different Continent?" Hubo looked at Mo Wuji in surprise and asked.
"You just need to lead the way. Don't talk so much nonsense." Mo Wuji was not polite at all.
Hubo then felt the space around him loosen. He quickly bowed and walked quickly to the place where the flying ship was controlled.
Only by getting to Shen Meng Mountain as soon as possible would he have a chance to save the young master.
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The Sea Different Continent, although called a continent, was actually just a planet in the vast starry sky. When Hubo's flying ship entered the Sea Different Continent, Mo Wuji's spiritual will could see that this planet was many times larger than True Star.
The spiritual energy was even more incomparable to True Star. No wonder there could be powerhouses comparable to Golden Immortals here. For a cultivator who had not yet transformed into immortal essence, this place was indeed a holy land for cultivation.
The mountain gate of Shen Meng Mountain was even more majestic and grand. Mo Wuji didn't know how Meng Shen Mountain knew of Mo Wuji's arrival. Hubo had just brought Mo Wuji to the outside of Meng Shen Mountain's mountain gate when a group of more than ten people walked out of the sect.
When Mo Wuji saw this group of people, he knew that Hubo really hadn't been bragging.
Among this group of more than ten people, there were at least five Earth Immortal powerhouses, and two of them had bodies that were half-illusory and half-real, with primordial energy faintly flowing on their bodies. They looked even more powerful than the five Earth Immortals. Mo Wuji estimated that these two should be the Loose Immortals Hubo had mentioned.
"I am Tang Anxuan, the sect master of Shen Meng Mountain. I hastily learned of a friend's arrival from afar. Tang Anxuan has been remiss in welcoming you. Please forgive me, please forgive me." The person leading the group was a middle-aged man with only a fourth-level Earth Immortal cultivation. This guy seemed to not have seen the green-robed youth being carried on someone's back. His tone was extremely amiable and polite.
Mo Wuji nodded and scanned the two Loose Immortals. The main purpose of his coming here was to ask these two Loose Immortals how they communicated with the Immortal Realm. Of course, Mo Wuji also knew that Shen Meng Mountain would definitely not talk to him nicely.
Seeing that Mo Wuji only nodded, the short man standing behind Tang Anxuan snorted coldly, his killing intent surrounding him.
Mo Wuji naturally saw through the short man's cultivation at a glance. He was a seventh-level Earth Immortal, higher than Tang Anxuan.
Obviously, Tang Anxuan's status was higher than his. He just waved his hand slightly, and the short man restrained his killing intent. On the other hand, the two Loose Immortals had been lowering their eyes, as if they hadn't seen Mo Wuji at all.
"May I ask how I should address this friend?" Tang Anxuan had been smiling all along, and his magnanimity seemed to be extraordinary.
"Mo Wuji." Mo Wuji said casually.
"I have heard of you, I have heard of you." Tang Anxuan didn't know what he had heard of Mo Wuji, but his mouth was as smooth as milk, and he opened his mouth and said, "Let me introduce you to Mo Daoist. This is our Shen Meng Mountain's fifth-revolution Loose Immortal elder, Ling Lian."
Mo Wuji had long noticed this Ling Lian. This guy was lowering his eyes and seemed to not have seen Mo Wuji, his face full of gloominess. Somewhat contrary to his gloomy face were his extremely beautiful palms, with slender fingers, just like a woman's hands.
Ordinary people might not be able to tell, but Mo Wuji could tell at a glance that this guy's body was not solid. It seemed that Hubo was right when he said that Loose Immortals were primordial spirits that had undergone tribulation.
Seeing that Mo Wuji was ignoring Ling Lian, Tang Anxuan was secretly shocked, but his expression remained the same. He continued to introduce Mo Wuji.
Tian Zizong, a short-haired old man, was a ninth-level Earth Immortal. The short man who was full of killing intent just now was called Han Qi, a seventh-level Earth Immortal. These two guys were Shen Meng Mountain's first and second elders. There was also another second-revolution Loose Immortal, Xing Feng, who looked somewhat thin.
Although they all seemed to have come out to welcome Mo Wuji, the fact was that no one showed any respect to Mo Wuji when Tang Anxuan made the introductions.
(The second update may be delayed a bit.)