Exploring Immortality Cultivation-Chapter 879 - 208: Aftermath and the Task

"So in the end... you didn't manage to capture that Immortal?"

When Feng Luoyi asked this, there was still no expression on his face.

Liu Yi quickly bowed down, — it was really hard to see how this stout, fat man could shrink himself down so much. He said, "It's all my fault for not doing my job well."

Xie Xiaoxian and another Primordial Spirit Master were supporting each other. Since the two of them were suspected of having the Divine Plague Curse Technique in their bodies, they could not access the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, so Feng Luoyi manifested as an illusion. The two Primordial Spirit Masters also said to Feng Luoyi, "It's all our carelessness... If we hadn't been captured by that Banished Immortal and infused with the Divine Plague Curse Technique, maybe that Banished Immortal would have been executed already."

Feng Luoyi then looked at Wang Qi: "Do you have anything to say?"

Wang Qi turned his gaze aside, picking at his face with his left hand, "If I have to say something... I... shouldn't have used the Divine Plague Curse Technique so recklessly..."

Feng Luoyi neither nodded nor shook his head. Seeing this, Wang Qi gritted his teeth and added, "At the last moment, maybe... maybe I should have just killed him outright."

At the last moment, Wang Qi actually had a chance to kill Mei Gemu.

The final wave that seemed like a grand self-detonation and self-destruct aura of the Hongyun Divine Body was essentially just a cover for a teleportation technique.

And in the very end, Wang Qi got a chance to strike directly at Mei Gemu with his sword. At that time, Mei Gemu's consciousness had been completely destroyed, his body unable to move, and most of the divine power in his body had been drained to build the teleportation technique, so his defense was not high at all. Wang Qi only needed to take the opportunity to use the Indeterminate Cause Sword... no, as long as he could use any Extreme Move of the Heavenly Song, he might have completely ended Mei Gemu's life, this terrifying Banished Immortal.

However, Wang Qi was not sure of completely destroying Mei Gemu's soul. If Mei Gemu's Immortal Remnant Soul were allowed to bring the Divine Plague Curse and transcend tribulation, Shenzhou would face a great disaster.

Therefore, Wang Qi had another choice at that time — swing the sword, use the Sword Qi wave to carry the Spirit Sense, input the command, halt the self-replication of the Heart Demon Great Spell, turning it into an ordinary, "non-corrosive" garbage file.

But if this was done, the Divine Plague Curse would lose its power, and the already certain death of Mei Gemu might also have a chance to survive.

Having discovered it too late, Wang Qi only had time for one sword strike.

Is it to eliminate this Banished Immortal, risking his soul transcending tribulation again, turning some place in Shenzhou into a Death Land; or to input the terminating command, cease the Divine Plague Curse Technique, and let this Banished Immortal go?

At the last moment, Wang Qi acted according to his instincts and struck the final blow.

It was a Sword Qi carrying the Spirit Sense.

The purpose was to stop the self-replication of the Divine Plague Curse!

After hearing Wang Qi's introspection, Feng Luoyi's eyelids twitched suddenly, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly. Wang Qi didn't understand why his teacher had this expression.

At this time, out of nowhere, Mi tugged on Wang Qi's sleeve and kindly reminded him, "Actually, your teacher feels that you did well in that one thing, you didn't rush and weren't distracted by other things. That's good."

Wang Qi chuckled awkwardly, "This... this..."

"I originally wanted to say you made some... made some immediate progress, but I didn't expect you to still be this unstable." Feng Luoyi shook his head.

At Wang Qi's feet, Yue Luo Liu Li, who had turned into a seven-foot form and was coiling like a snake, was feeling low-spirited: "This time it was my fault... I shouldn't have shown hostility towards that Parasitic Beast."

At that time, the moment Yue Luo Liu Li sensed the Qi Intent of that "Parasitic Beast" from Mei Gemu, she showed hostility. She and Mei Gemu noticed each other almost simultaneously. She thought that if she hadn't asked Wang Qi to act immediately, perhaps Mei Gemu would have been captured by now.

This is simply the Dragon Clan's disgrace.

But Yue Luo Liu Li couldn't really be blamed for this. The faint Essence Demon Energy aura remaining on Mei Gemu only made him seem like he was on the Demon Cultivation path, and hadn't even achieved the Golden Core yet. And under the combined forces of her and Wang Qi, an ordinary Nascent Soul Stage Banished Immortal would have to drink hatred.

However, Mei Gemu was not an ordinary Banished Immortal. Mei Gemu was the secret successor of the real Immortal's latter plan, the only "complete memory bank", and was completely awakened under the Immortal's own enlightenment, and his strength was fundamentally different from the likes of Zhao Qingfeng whom Wang Qi had encountered.

Feng Luoyi shook his head slightly, "This can't be blamed on Daoist Liu Li. If it weren't for you, Daoist Liu Li, we might not have even discovered the Banished Immortal's trace."

Then, the Grandmaster of All beings looked at his subordinates and disciples: "How many times have I said that facing Banished Immortals, one can never be too cautious. They may have hundreds of billions of years of accumulation more than us. All the Laws we hold may already be things they've mastered or even discarded. Even the Divine Plague Curse is by no means omnipotent."

"Perhaps, what I did in the Divine Capital made you overly confident in this Law Gate. Xie Xiaoxian, Li Wanqing, when you two were capturing that Banished Immortal, you were more wary of the Divine Plague Curse than of Mei Gemu, and this is very problematic."

"Yes." The two Primordial Spirit Masters lowered their heads, full of shame.

"However, overall, the result is not too much of a failure. At least we know a few things. First, Mei Gemu is a completely different entity. If we treat him with the same experience as dealing with the likes of Zhao Qingfeng and other Banished Immortals, he would most likely slip away quietly. At that time, we would probably face even bigger problems. From an overall perspective, the result this time is not unacceptable."

"Additionally, we have also confirmed that the Banished Immortal Zhao Qingfeng, Mei Gemu, and the Divine Spirit 'Hongyuan' are the results of the same Immortal's Tribulation. Knowing this, we can do many things."

"Finally, most importantly, the Hongyuan God is finished, and the Hongyuan Divine Sect can be completely annihilated."

When Feng Luoyi said this, his gaze was on the Hongyuan Divine Body behind Wang Qi.

This Divine Body, compared to when Wang Qi and Liu Yi first saw it, had shrunk considerably, and its figure was somewhat blurred, with some unclear details. However, the instruments of torture connected with chains beneath it had been completely retracted, quietly floating and appearing much tamer.

Now, this Divine Spirit had been completely stripped by Wang Qi.

Its body now circulated a special "Divine Plague" produced by the Divine Capital Special Zone, which was equivalent to an operating system forcibly inserted by Wang Qi. This "operating system" in a broad sense also belonged to the Divine Plague Curse Technique, but generally, it was not infectious. However, as long as the believers of Hongyuan or Hongyuan's witches were involved, similar Divine Plague Curse Techniques would appear in their bodies.

This curse does not harm people. It is merely a "mark."

Through this mark, Shenzhou can search for and eliminate all remnants of the Hongyuan Sect on the Shenzhou Continent.

Another hidden danger within Shenzhou has been eradicated.

Feng Luoyi said to the three participants in the operation, as well as Wang Qi, Yue Luo, and Liu Li: "You should think this way. If it weren't for today's battle, that Banished Immortal would have escaped overseas with a fully intact state and a Divine Body, and then cultivated a powerful force within decades, threatening the safety of the entire Shenzhou. But now, his personality has disintegrated, and he is afflicted by the Heart Demon Great Spell and Divine Plague Curse Technique. Without years, even decades, of rehabilitation, it is impossible for him to recover."

"From this point of view, no matter what, we have gained. You don't need to be too discouraged."

"Furthermore, Wang Qi also obtained key items, which may partially compensate for the loss caused by the Banished Immortal's escape."

Wang Qi also integrated many memories of Mei Gemu. These memories lacked a specific chronological order, and their "format" currently awaits analysis, making them temporarily unreadable. However, these are merely issues of time sooner or later.

The three Grandmasters nodded in agreement. Then, Feng Luoyi said: "Wang Qi, come with me for a moment. There are some things I need to explain to you privately."

Wang Qi nodded towards Liu Yi and the other three Grandmasters, signaling goodbye. The three of them immediately took their leave as well. Subsequently, Wang Qi sat cross-legged on the ground, immersing himself entirely in the Ten Thousand Immortals Illusion Realm, arriving at a certain "chatroom," facing Feng Luoyi once more.

Wang Qi scratched his face: "Teacher, what you are going to say next won't be too harsh, will it?"

"No, it won't be too harsh, it just involves confidential matters," Feng Luoyi said. "Do you know that your rampant use of the Heart Demon Great Spell has become a very serious issue now?"

"Teacher, all the opponents I'm fighting now are people far beyond my knowledge. Without using the Heart Demon Great Spell and Divine Plague Curse Technique, I might not even be able to stand here now," Wang Qi shook his head. "Moreover, these two curse techniques are precisely meant to be refined and transformed through actual combat."

Feng Luoyi nodded: "Hmm... It is indeed an important means for us when facing Immortals, to derive a series of Divine Skills and tactics with Heart Demon Great Spell and Divine Plague Curse Technique as the core. This point, I agree. However, we still cannot control the Divine Plague Curse Technique well. If we rashly use it on an Immortal and then let the Immortal escape... Have you thought about what would happen then?"

"A Divine Plague sweeping the entire cosmic..." Wang Qi shivered a little but remained persistent: "Precisely because of this, it is necessary for us to practice more in relatively controllable situations. If we don't practice now... when it comes to life and death situations, I may not be able to ensure not using the Divine Plague Curse Technique."

Feng Luoyi nodded: "Indeed. Hmm, I also saw the report. Speaking of which, in the last moments, Mei Gemu didn't even notice your Divine Plague invasion. How did you conceive this Divine Plague?"

"The concept..." Wang Qi responded honestly: "In my recent uses, I noticed several flaws of the Divine Plague Curse Technique. The biggest one is 'the manifestation of the Divine Plague Curse can be suppressed by the subjective will.' This is a very troublesome characteristic. I have always thought about whether it is possible to create a Divine Plague that others are entirely unaware of, or it is too late by the time they notice. Fortunately, I have a friend who is a Cultivator of Yangshen Pavilion, so..."

Feng Luoyi said impatiently: "Just get to the point."

"So I created a technique that completely bypasses the superficial consciousness, achieving the strongest erosion from the level of underlying logic—if it cannot be detected, it naturally cannot be resisted. In fact, it can entirely lie dormant within anyone's spirit until specific instructions arrive..."

With each sentence Wang Qi spoke, Feng Luoyi's expression grew increasingly conflicted. And Meili's face, listening on the side, also grew angrier and angrier.

These were all the rebellious "instance" Wang Qi used to deal with Meili.

Feng Luoyi took a deep breath, interrupting Wang Qi: "Alright, Wang Qi, you don't need to say anymore. I understand."

Wang Qi was still eager to continue: "Teacher, I have just started explaining the principles of this Divine Plague Curse Technique, and I haven't even talked about its application in subduing Heart Demons and in cultivation..."

Mi forced a stop to Wang Qi, who was becoming more and more spirited. Feng Luoyi sighed: "Wang Qi, I just considered it. There's a secret mission using the Divine Plague Curse Technique to eliminate a group of people, would you be willing to take it?"