Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 529: Chapter 521 Primitive Tribe

“`Some people jokingly said that the name of this sect was chosen to cover up some ugliness. It was said that the main city of the No Peak Sect was located in a flat area, where a giant peak with its top severed stood.

The peak was over two thousand meters tall, looking as if someone had used a sword to slice off half of it, leaving only a base.

This land had once seen many powerful immortals, each with the ability to overturn rivers and seas, move mountains and split the earth.

After entering the No Peak Sect’s territory, Qin Niu secretly observed Chi Xing behind him.

He saw that Chi Xing was looking down, his eyes filled with endless hatred, and his clothes moving without any wind. However, due to the agreement with Qin Niu, he suppressed the hatred in his heart and dared not act on his own.

His behavior satisfied Qin Niu.

“Brother Chi, where is the great river you mentioned?”

“It’s more than two hundred li from here, on the west side of the No Peak Sect.”

Chi Xing urged his Black Mare Horse to come over, while Qin Niu took out a map and asked him to point out the location.

“Where is that cold spring?”

Since Qin Niu was preparing to help Chi Xing kill the Sixth Cave Master, he naturally had to be ready to confront the Huoyun Cave Sect.

Moreover, in his view, since the Sixth Cave Master was in seclusion outside, if he were to be killed discreetly, it might not even be noticed by the Huoyun Cave Sect.

After all, this wasn’t the first time Qin Niu had done such a thing.

Several elders and executors of the Nine Insect Gang had been secretly killed by him, and although there were people who secretly investigated afterward, they were never able to pin it on him.

He believed there were only two risks to this action: one was that Fang Hanshan was too powerful and could kill him in retaliation; the second was the Huoyun Cave Sect learning of it afterward and seeking revenge.

If he was cautious and careful enough in his actions, both risks could be minimized.

The fiercest tactic of the Huoyun Cave Sect was likely its fire poison attacks.

Qin Niu had now integrated the Ice Lotus and was more than capable of dealing with ordinary fire poison, but the fire poison of an Immortal Master could possibly be more formidable. Especially since Fang Hanshan practiced nefarious techniques, his fire skills were even more terrifying.

Investigating that cold spring under the river now could potentially yield significant benefits.

After Chi Xing was poisoned by the fire toxin, soaking in the cold spring alone allowed him to neutralize the poison. Although it took a month, it proved that the cold spring could neutralize the Sixth Cave Master’s fire poison, which was quite remarkable.

The dominance and sinister nature of the Huoyun Cave Cultivator’s fire poison was something Qin Niu had experienced firsthand.

At the time, even with Vice Gang Leader Gongsun’s formidable cultivation, he could only just suppress the fire poison and avoid being burnt alive. But it was difficult to completely cleanse himself of it.

Qin Niu fared even worse, nearly being burned alive by merely a touch of the fire poison.

“Here, the cold spring is at this position.”

After carefully identifying and searching on the map, Chi Xing confirmed the location of the cold spring.

“We should be able to reach Tian Cheng of the No Peak Sect today. When we get there, you’ll take me to explore this place.”

“Alright!”

Chi Xing nodded in agreement.

After nearly a day of travel, they finally arrived at Tian Cheng before dark.

It was the only city of the No Peak Sect.

Just like in the legends, from a distance, the city was perched atop a giant mountain with its top shorn off. The foundation of this great mountain was at least dozens of square kilometers in width, and its height exceeded two thousand meters.

Along the way, Qin Niu saw nothing but mountains upon mountains.

Most newcomers would think they had entered a primeval forest.

However, there was a significant difference between this place and a primeval forest, because here one could see humans living amongst the mountains. And it was rare to see towering trees; the vegetation was mostly ordinary shrubs.

Another important difference was the variety of roads. Even though the mountains were rugged, traces of human activity were visible everywhere, unlike the seldom-trodden primeval forests.

“Wan Yan, you and Xiao Qing find a place to stay in Tian Cheng for the time being. I’ll take Chi Xing out for a spin.”

Qin Niu said to his wife.“`

“Hmm! You all must pay attention to safety,” she said.

Now burdened with the care of two fox cubs, she appeared especially busy.

Even her cat was feeling neglected.

A woman is born with the radiance of motherhood, and once she has children, her entire focus shifts to them.

She had never been a mother before, and now, watching the two fox cubs crying for food, she probably regarded them as her ‘children’.

The carriage had been climbing uphill, and to ease the burden on the two Black Mare Horses, Qin Niu also had the idle Yalong colt help pull the carriage. Green Ox still basked in Qin Niu’s favor, never having to do such hard labor.

It seemed to thoroughly enjoy the unique geographical environment of the No Peak Sect.

Surrounded by mountains and filled with greenery everywhere, it was very happy. This journey, for it, was akin to touring and frolicking through the mountains and waters.

Now and then, it would even chew on the leaves and tender stems of plants that it found palatable.

The road to Tian Cheng was not straight but wound upwards.

This represented human ingenuity, as the circuitous upward mountain path reduced the incline to its lowest possible extent.

If they had created a straight road from the foot of the mountain to Tian Cheng, it probably wouldn’t be much different from the legendary ladder to heaven, especially with an altitude of over two thousand meters.

Gradually, their carriage finally reached the entrance to Tian Cheng.

There was no city wall, because a wall was simply unnecessary for protection.

The city gate was a huge rock standing there, with the words Tian Cheng carved into it.

In front of the gate were barricades, with a troop of soldiers in short skirts made of animal skins and wielding spears standing guard. Their attire made them look like primitive people from ancient times.

Entering the city required an entry fee, five copper coins per person.

If you had no money, you could offset the fee with food, animal hides, or captured beasts and birds.

The impression one got was that Tian Cheng was underdeveloped, almost cut off from the world. Sandwiched between two super sects, life there must be tough.

The rulers of the No Peak Sect didn’t dare to develop too much, for fear of causing any misunderstandings with their super neighbors.

“Ah!”

Wang Wanyan had just lifted the curtain to check out the local customs of Tian Cheng and couldn’t help but let out a shriek of surprise.

“What’s wrong?”

Qin Niu quickly asked.

“These, these women here, why aren’t they wearing any tops? It’s so embarrassing!”

She said, her embarrassment obvious.

“Each place has its own customs, we should just follow the local ways. We’re only staying here for one night after all, and we’ll leave first thing tomorrow morning,” Qin Niu replied quite unruffled.

Chi Xing must have visited this place many times and had long since grown accustomed to the local human attire.

Compared to the city of the Myriad Beast Gang, Tian Cheng seemed like a completely different world.

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In contrast, Tian Cheng seemed backward, akin to a primitive tribe from ancient times. The houses here were primarily made of stone, and the roofs were not covered in green tiles or glazed tiles, but in tree bark.

Indeed, every place had its own distinctive features.

Situated deep in the mountains with inaccessible transportation, building houses here meant using whatever materials were immediately at hand.

It was only within Tian Cheng that one could see a large number of stone houses; along their journey, they mostly saw wooden houses.

“Brother Chi, such a backward place as Tian Cheng, does it have any strong cultivators?”