Chapter 1586 - Fighting a Quasi-Immortal
The Nalan Clan had turned human greed into a weapon. While a hundred astral crystals were barely enough for a day or two of cultivation at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm, they could sustain someone at the Earth Immortal Realm for at least ten days to half a month.
No one wanted to pass up such a bargain, especially when Liu Wuxie wasn't their kin nor did they owe him anything. Besides, countless people burned with jealousy that Liu Wuxie had hauled away a mountain of treasures from the Peach Blossom Cave, and they wished for nothing more than his death.
The Nalan Clan didn't need an elaborate scheme. They used a simple plan to flush Liu Wuxie out. It was direct, ruthless, and effective to dangle astral crystals in front of people until they forced him out in the open.
The Oceanic Clan and the Peach Blossom Gate sealed the surroundings tightly. Once someone proved they weren't Liu Wuxie, they could leave the encirclement.
The pirates of the Seventy-Two Caves guarded the outer perimeter, forming a second ring so dense that even a quasi-immortal would struggle to break free with ease.
"Damn it!" Liu Wuxie cursed inwardly. He hadn't expected the Nalan Clan to ignore the treasures and prioritize hunting him instead.
However, the counterfeit pills had already proven how skilled the Nalan Clan was at plotting. If Liu Wuxie hadn't infiltrated the underground alchemy workshop himself, the scheme behind the counterfeit pills would have remained buried forever.
In the blink of an eye, thousands rushed forward. They couldn't read the desolate characters, and staying served them no purpose. They could earn a hundred astral crystals for free by releasing their aura, and clashing with the Nalan Clan would only invite disaster.
People began stepping out from every direction. Within fifteen minutes, the encirclement thinned drastically, and a large group of experts withdrew to a thousand meters away to wait for a world-shaking battle to erupt.
"The Nalan Clan is smart. They rushed over to form an encirclement immediately and left Liu Wuxie with no room to escape," the retreating cultivators murmured among themselves. The Nalan Clan always moved after careful planning.
"Liu Wuxie might not even be among the crowd," someone argued. Maybe the Nalan Clan was wasting effort and throwing away millions of astral crystals for nothing.
"This world isn't too vast, and a black gate has appeared out of nowhere. It's impossible for Liu Wuxie not to be here," a cultivator at the Heaven Gaze Realm said, shaking his head.