Chapter 52: A Luxury Travel Group? Now, My Confidence is Fully Charged!

Li Muchen’s gaze was resolute, his tone leaving no room for refusal.

Yun Qing understood what Li Muchen meant.

"Very well, if you must go, then go."

"I am uneasy about you going alone, even with Li Zhengyi and the other two by your side; their cultivation levels are simply too low."

"This time, there are roughly seventy to eighty thousand ordinary citizens scheduled to be sacrificed."

"The cultivators dispatched by Ji Hanliang will certainly not be few in number."

"Among them, there are bound to be individuals with profound cultivation."

"I will arrange for high-level elders and several disciples from the sect to accompany you."

Hearing Yun Qing’s arrangement, a smile instantly lit up Li Muchen’s eyes.

Fantastic!!

With reinforcements, his chances of winning would increase exponentially.

After lunch, Li Muchen stayed with Yun Qing in the room to learn about various sects and factions within the cultivation world.

Yun Qing placed special emphasis on explaining the cultivation sects located within the Northern Ji Kingdom.

Li Muchen memorized all of this information.

Roughly two hours later, Yun Qing had matters to attend to, so Li Muchen left the courtyard, returned to his own quarters, and began preparing for the upcoming departure.

……

Three days later.

This was the day Li Muchen would leave the Seeking Immortal Sect and set off for the Great Zhao Kingdom.

Still worried, Yun Qing arranged a retinue of two hundred cultivators to accompany him.

Looking at the vast crowd of two hundred people before him, Li Muchen’s jaw dropped wide enough to fit an egg.

"This! Isn't this a bit too extravagant?"

Li Muchen whipped around, looking back at Yun Qing.

"Master, is there really any need for this many people?"

Although, truth be told...

Looking at the overwhelming sea of two hundred cultivators, Li Muchen’s confidence skyrocketed instantly.

As expected, Master loved him the most.

Yun Qing spoke calmly, "Do not let the numbers deceive you; there are only thirty disciples with high-level cultivation among them."

"As for those with ultra-high-level cultivation, there are only two elders."

"The remaining hundred-plus disciples are all at the intermediate cultivation level."

Li Muchen listened carefully to the breakdown of his combat force, surprised to find there were actually thirty high-level disciples among them.

This was completely beyond his expectations.

"Master, will the sect really be alright with so many high-level disciples leaving all at once?"

Li Muchen still harbored a trace of worry.

What if, the moment he returned, some enemy took advantage of the void to launch an attack, leaving the Seeking Immortal Sect as nothing more than an empty shell?

That would be a colossal loss.

If he truly had to choose.

He would undoubtedly choose to keep the Seeking Immortal Sect intact rather than blindly rushing to save the seventy or eighty thousand citizens of the Great Zhao Kingdom.

When struggling to survive oneself, even a fool knows how to make that choice.

Fortunately, Yun Qing’s words completely set Li Muchen’s mind at ease.

"You do not understand..."

"The reason our Seeking Immortal Sect holds such a lofty position in the cultivation world relies on far more than just the existence of my master, the Medical Immortal."

"Among high-level cultivators alone, our Seeking Immortal Sect numbers over two hundred."

"Right now, I am merely giving you thirty of them."

"Go ahead and take them with you without worry; the sect’s affairs will be handled by the Grand Elder and myself, nothing major will go wrong."

Yun Qing’s explanation allowed Li Muchen to let out a massive sigh of relief.

"Very well, Master, you can rest easy."

"I will definitely bring everyone back to the sect safe and sound."

Although he said this without the slightest bit of inner conviction.

Still, morale was the sort of thing that one had to project when the occasion called for it.

Nevertheless, Li Muchen was still quite astonished by the true strength of the Seeking Immortal Sect!

Compared to the Seeking Immortal Sect, Green Wood Mountain did not even rate a mention.

Li Zhengyi and his fellow senior disciples possessed merely intermediate cultivation levels.

The four elders of Green Wood Mountain were still some distance away from achieving high-level cultivation.

As far as he knew, only the Master of Green Wood Mountain was a high-level cultivator.

And that Holy Lord possessed ultra-high-level cultivation.

However, none of this mattered anymore.

Both the Master and the Holy Lord of Green Wood Mountain had already perished inside the bellies of his four divine beasts.

The three senior disciples of Green Wood Mountain had also abandoned the dark to join the light, becoming Li Muchen’s personal protectors.

Green Wood Mountain had fallen into complete ruin.

Presently, his enemies were Ji Hanliang, the Second Prince of the Northern Ji Kingdom.

And the bogus dog-emperor of the Great Zhao Kingdom, Li Jiahuo.

Right, almost forgot about Wu Shanggui either.

That scoundrel who originally led the rebellion—if he didn't kill him, Li Muchen would find it impossible to vent his hatred!!

Once he had dealt with all of them.

He would certainly return to the Great Zhao Kingdom.

At that time, he would annex the Great Zhao Kingdom into the territory of the Great Tang Kingdom.

From then on, he would be the rightful Emperor of the Great Tang Kingdom.

Every single citizen of the Great Zhao Kingdom would become subjects of the Great Tang.

Yun Qing led Li Muchen forward to introduce the two elders leading the delegation.

"Muchen, come here."

"Master, what is it?"

"These two are Elder Bai and Elder Lan."

"The two of them are the ultra-high-level cultivators with the highest cultivation levels among this group."

"On this journey, if you encounter any problems, you should listen closely to the advice of the two elders."

"Understood, Master, your disciple understands."

"These thirty individuals are the high-level cultivators of our Seeking Immortal Sect; come and familiarize yourself with their faces..."

Li Muchen followed behind Elder Bai and Elder Lan, getting acquainted with all thirty high-level disciples.

Once all preparations were complete,

Li Muchen bade farewell to Yun Qing and the members of the Seeking Immortal Sect, and led the two-hundred-strong cultivation contingent toward a remote minor city in the Great Zhao Kingdom.

This entire group led by Li Muchen consisted of cultivation disciples.

Even those with the lowest cultivation were intermediate-level disciples of the sect, and flying on spiritual swords was one of the fundamental techniques they had mastered.

Aside from Li Muchen, everyone else could fly.

Elder Bai and Elder Lan knew that Li Muchen, their young master, had only recently stepped onto the threshold of cultivation and had not yet learned techniques such as sword flight.

Initially, they intended to take turns carrying Li Muchen in flight.

To their surprise, Li Muchen refused their offer.

With a thought, Li Muchen summoned the Aladdin’s Magic Carpet from his system storage space.

Using his mind, he manipulated the carpet, expanding its size at will.

He only stopped enlarging it once the Aladdin’s Magic Carpet was spacious enough to accommodate two hundred people.

Everyone present stared in stunned silence, their eyes fixed on this bizarre and unprecedented artifact.

"Young Master, what is this object?"

"It floats in mid-air and can change its size at will—how can it be so miraculous?"

Elder Bai gasped in amazement, grabbing Li Muchen’s arm as he pressed for answers.

"Elder Bai, Elder Lan, and fellow disciples."

"This is my magical treasure, named the Aladdin’s Magic Carpet."

"I can control it with my mind, causing this carpet to expand at will until it can accommodate everyone riding upon it."

Hearing this, Elder Lan hurriedly asked, "Do you mean to say, Young Master, that this Aladdin’s Magic Carpet can allow all of us to sit upon it?"

Li Muchen’s words provoked gasps of astonishment from the surrounding disciples!!

"Such a powerful and wondrous artifact actually exists?"

"In the cultivation world, cultivators can only ride upon their own flying swords."

"Aside from cultivators of high level and above who have the ability to carry others in flight, ordinary cultivators have no way of carrying passengers on flying swords."

"Can this carpet really be trusted?"

"If something goes wrong, we’ll all fall out of the sky together!!"