The moment Li Bao saw the sacred mountain, despair filled his eyes.
On his way back to Zhongzhou, he had even fantasized that the sect might come to his rescue.
After all, he was the son of the Supreme Elder of the Cangshan Sect.
However, the tranquility along the way made him realize that the sect had completely abandoned him.
Now, all that awaits him is the judgment of the holy mountain.
The enforcement team consisted of only a few people, and they couldn't control Li Bao's thoughts.
They rode swiftly back to the Holy Mountain, handed Li Bao over to the people of the Punishment Hall, and then the rest was none of their business.
Their mission this time was simply to capture Li Bao; the subsequent interrogation would be handled by the Execution Hall.
However, they could be certain that after the interrogation in the Hall of Punishments, it would be confirmed that Li Bao had indeed killed the hundreds of people in the Miao village.
That guy is definitely not going to make it.
The ban on Mount Kailash is no joke.
Over the past decade or so, many powerful individuals have defied the law, but so far, none of them have escaped the Holy Mountain's punishment once their evil deeds have been exposed.
Even Foundation Establishment Realm experts cannot escape the pursuit of their law enforcement team!
"Senior brother, now that the mission is complete, where are you going? We're planning to go to the Hall of Merit to see what we can exchange for. Do you want to come?"
After handing Li Bao over to the Hall of Punishments, the other members of the enforcement team asked the young man questions.
"I won't go, you guys go ahead."
The young man's heart still ached at the thought of it.
This mission cost him a 【Lightness Talisman】 and a 【Lightning Talisman】, which was quite a hefty price to pay.
The credit for capturing Li Bao cannot make up for this loss.
He thought about it for a moment and realized that it was because his skills were too poor.
If his cultivation level is at the Lesser Completion of the Innate Realm, with the blessing of the 【Lightness Talisman】, he will definitely be able to capture Li Bao even without using the 【Lightning Talisman】.
Therefore, he felt that it was not advisable to take on any more missions recently. He should calm down, concentrate on cultivation, and see if he could advance his cultivation level further.
The other members of the enforcement team exchanged glances after hearing this.
They knew that their senior brother had lost out on this mission and was probably not in a good mood.
So they didn't say anything more, afraid of upsetting him.
After parting ways with his fellow disciples, the young man headed towards his residence.
As members of the enforcement team, they are entitled to live on the sacred mountain.
It's just that it's located quite low, near the foot of the mountain.
Of course, given their initial cultivation level at the Innate Realm, even if they were allowed to live in a high place, they wouldn't be able to.
The invisible pressure of the sacred mountain grows stronger the higher you go.
Furthermore, in recent years, with the continuous revival of spiritual energy, the invisible pressure on the sacred mountain has also been gradually increasing.
It's fine to go up the mountain occasionally, but if you stay there long-term, even someone at the Innate Realm cannot withstand that immense pressure.
Back at his lodgings, the young man was about to hang up a sign saying "Closed to Visitors" when suddenly he felt an incredibly powerful pressure emanating from the mountain.
It made him feel a tremor in his heart, and his hands and feet couldn't help but shake.
"What happened?!"
The young man was shocked and immediately ran out of his residence to look up at the mountain.
But before he could figure anything out, he felt the terrifying pressure suddenly disappear, as if what he had just felt was just an illusion.
But the young man knew that this was definitely not an illusion.
The pressure he felt just now was terrifying, far more so than the aura emanating from a certain Golden Core Realm expert he had once seen from afar.
"Who is emanating this aura? The three Holy Lords, or perhaps the legendary one has emerged from seclusion?"
The young man couldn't help but get excited at the thought of that legendary figure.
There have always been rumors about the sacred mountain, and it is said that the legendary figure is in seclusion on the mountain.
However, no one on the holy mountain has ever seen the true form of that being.
It's likely that no one except the three holy masters can confirm whether this rumor is true or not.
Moreover, since that holy gathering ten years ago, that person has rarely appeared in the world, as if he has disappeared without a trace.
No one can be sure where he is.
Now, feeling this sudden and powerful pressure, the young man couldn't help but recall this rumor.
On the sacred mountain, there were many people who shared the same thoughts as the young man.
Unfortunately, despite numerous speculations, no one has been able to verify them.
The oppressive aura that just came from was coming from the very top of the sacred mountain.
At that location, the invisible pressure emanating from the sacred mountain itself had reached a terrifying level.
Even a Golden Core cultivator would find it difficult to stay for long.
Those cultivators below the Golden Core stage don't even have the qualifications to set foot here.
Therefore, most of the people on the sacred mountain who felt the oppressive aura just now, after a moment of surprise and doubt, could only suppress the matter in their hearts and go about their own business.
In a cave dwelling filled with spiritual energy on the upper level of the sacred mountain.
Having just broken through and inadvertently released a trace of his aura, Lu Qing showed a sigh of admiration.
"Did this breakthrough in seclusion take nearly a year?"
It takes so long to achieve even a small breakthrough.
It will probably take a long time before I can officially enter the fourth stage of the Golden Core realm.
and......"
Lu Qing sensed the spiritual energy in the cave and looked helpless.
"Since breaking through to the third stage of the Golden Core realm, the spiritual energy in this sacred mountain cave has become less effective for me."
Otherwise, it wouldn't have taken six or seven years to cultivate from the third stage of the Golden Core realm to the current state of perfect completion of the third stage.
Indeed, Lu Qing's breakthrough just now was not a major breakthrough.
It was merely cultivating the third stage of the Golden Core to perfection.
He had already reached the third stage of the cultivation realm seven years ago.
It took a full seven years to complete the third stage of cultivation.
That's why the cultivation speed has become so slow.
The reason for this is that his foundation is simply too deep.
The foundation of his perfectly refined golden core was already astonishingly profound.
In addition, the Five Elements Gourd and the Five Spirit Pearls are two extraordinary treasures that nourish the soul and body at all times.
This further enhanced his talent and potential, reaching an unprecedented level.
However, even with an exceptionally deep foundation and talent, there are still flaws.
That is his cultivation level; each level of advancement requires a massive amount of resources.
Moreover, it was because what he had refined was a perfect golden elixir.
Its own magical power was already incredibly pure.
When one first enters the Golden Core realm, the purity of one's magical power is probably comparable to that of a second or third-stage high-grade Golden Core cultivator.
After reaching the third stage of the Golden Core realm, the purity of one's magical power reaches a level unimaginable to ordinary Golden Core cultivators.
Such pure magical power requires a large amount of spiritual energy to condense into even a single strand.
To reach the third stage of perfection, the required spiritual energy is enormous.
It was in this sacred mountain cave that he also had the Five Elements Gourd, his natal magic treasure, to help purify and condense his magical power.
Otherwise, the time it would take him to reach the third stage of perfection would probably be several times longer.
However, that's all for now.
After completing the third transformation, Lu Qing felt that the spiritual energy in the cave was becoming less effective for him.
It will likely be incredibly difficult for him to advance to the fourth job advancement.
