Chapter 438: Chapter 9: The Final Step of the Plan—Mortals Can Fight Immortals Too! (5k, Two-in-One)
Currently, the influence of the Nether Realm covers almost one-third of Qing State’s territory.
Compared to ten years ago, it is now several times more powerful.
"However, regardless of whether it’s the Blood Pupil Old Demon or Zheng Tianhe, they are merely puppets of the Celestial Beings..."
"Today, the Blood Pupil Old Demon is dead; tomorrow, there will be a Celestial Harmony Old Demon... the day after..."
Lin Chen shook his head, knowing that with his own strength, he could never possibly contend against the entire Spirit Realm.
The only hope is to mobilize cultivators at the bottom level, and even millions of mortals.
When everyone practices the Martial Path and possesses the power to confront cultivators, the Celestial Beings will no longer sit comfortably.
"Currently, the Martial Path is still small, but it is developing rapidly like wildfire."
"Before it gets noticed by the Spirit Realm, it is absolutely the best opportunity for development..."
Lin Chen murmured.
Five years ago, Lin Chen laid down the ruins of the Martial Arts Palace, drawing thousands of cultivators to explore.
And using this, he revealed the Breathing Technique to the world.
In just five years, nearly all cultivators on the Meteor Islands have learned the tenth generation of the Martial Arts Breathing Technique.
Even almost one-tenth, numbering in the tens of millions of mortals, have also learned the Martial Arts Breathing Technique.
Among them, those with outstanding Martial Path aptitude already possess Martial General level strength.
And those with ordinary aptitude have strength comparable to Qi Refining cultivators.
This means that, in just five years, the Meteor Islands have gained over ten million Qi Refining cultivators.
The once unattainable Immortal Masters are no longer so distant in the eyes of these mortals.
Lin Chen suddenly thought of something and muttered:
"Speaking of which, half a month ago, an interesting event was reported..."
In the Meteor Islands, cultivators and mortals live mixed, with an average of one cultivator for every few thousand people.
But for mortals, cultivators are still high above.
On Fufeng Island’s Dock City, among the disciples recruited by the Star Martial Arts Hall, there was a mortal named Hu Bin.
This Hu Bin came from a well-off family; his parents ran several tofu shops in the city, making a living by selling tofu.
At sixteen, he married and had a child, who was already two or three years old.
He could be said to have a fulfilling family life.
Although Hu Bin was twenty, he still had the temperament of a youth.
Three years ago, he joined the Star Martial Arts Hall to practice martial arts, and given his decent aptitude, he was accepted as a direct disciple within a few years.
In addition to his parents’ successful tofu business, which occasionally allowed him to buy some sea beast meat to strengthen his physique.
But an incident occurred unexpectedly a month ago.
Hu Bin’s wife was beautiful and was famously known as the Tofu Beauty in Dock City.
An offshoot disciple of a cultivation clan, passing by the tofu shop, saw Hu Bin’s wife and developed admiration for her.
Learning that Hu Bin was merely a martial artist who had not yet embarked on the cultivation path, the disciple harbored thoughts of coercion.
On the Meteor Islands, hundreds of years ago, it was not uncommon for mortals to offer their wives and daughters to cultivators.
But by chance, Hu Bin had a deep relationship with his wife, and when this disciple harassed the Tofu Beauty, Hu Bin happened to witness it.
Thus, Hu Bin became enraged and drove the offshoot disciple away.
If the matter ended there, it might not have reached Lin Chen’s ears.
But that cultivation clan’s offshoot disciple felt humiliated and secretly called people to abduct Hu Bin’s wife, imprisoning her and violating her multiple times.
Upon finding out, Hu Bin was furious beyond measure.
He found the offshoot disciple and killed him with just three punches.
This disciple, only at the late stage of Qi Refining, was no match for Hu Bin.
Later, that cultivation clan sought to take Hu Bin’s life.
Even more, Hu Bin fought and killed several Foundation Establishment elders with his life.
Eventually, a Core Formation Elder from the clan intervened to try to kill Hu Bin.
Unexpectedly, as Hu Bin faced his demise, he activated his potential.
He broke through to the Martial Spirit level and ultimately killed that Fake Pill Elder, escaping from Fufeng Island.
A Core Formation Cultivator, slain by a mortal.
This major event quickly spread across Fufeng Island and even the Meteor Islands.
Ultimately, it also reached Lin Chen’s ears.
All cultivators who heard of this felt something was amiss.
The might of cultivators was accumulated through daily accumulation over millions of years.
Historically, no Core Formation cultivator has ever perished at the hands of a mortal.
This enraged many cultivators, who wanted to hunt down Hu Bin.
Meanwhile, mortals and martial artists who learned of this couldn’t help but applaud.
Though they didn’t dare openly support Hu Bin in public, most martial artists secretly admired him.
Mortals practiced martial arts for livelihood and self-preservation.
In the past, mortals bullied by cultivators not only dared not speak but had to smile in compensation.
But now, there was the first instance of a mortal slaying an Immortal Master.
This greatly reduced the sanctity of Immortal Masters among mortal martial artists.
Indeed, some martial artists are eager to try and want to take revenge on cultivators who once humiliated them.
In contrast, on the cultivator’s side, everyone felt a sense of crisis.
The mortals once seen as ants now had the capital to contend with them.
This made them feel extremely endangered, accelerating their practice of Breathing Techniques.
There’s no way around it!
Cultivating alone might not match those proficient in slaying martial artists; to not fall behind, they must also practice Immortal Martial dual cultivation!
As a result, a subtle change occurred in the relationship between cultivators and mortals.
This change is not yet apparent, as cultivators still appear high above to mortals.
The pressure accumulated over countless years cannot be dispelled in a day or two.
"Heh, but this is just the beginning..."
"Since there is a first example, there will be more and more in the future..."
Lin Chen’s lips curved into a slight smile.
In only five years, the development of the Martial Path in the Meteor Islands had become irreversible.
Tens of millions of mortals practiced the Martial Path, and the duplicated Breathing Technique books were in the tens of millions.
Even some cultivators began selling the Breathing Technique to other islands in Ying State.
A Martial Arts Breathing Technique book, brought to other archipelagos tens of thousands of miles away, is worth millions of Spirit Stones!
The Immortal Merchants of the cultivation realm have once again caught the scent of Spirit Stones...
