Eternal Life: Talent Grows with Age

Lu Chang’sheng, Li Nangua, Fang Shan, and several others leaned against the city wall, continuously slaughtering demon beasts.

Some demon beasts evaded the spells of these few, but couldn’t avoid the mid-stage Qi Cultivators who made up the majority defending the city walls.

After conscripting the late-stage Qi Cultivators from Platinum Immortal City, the Gu Family and Supreme Profound Sect did not stop; over the next month or so, they also called up a large number of mid-stage Qi Cultivators. When gathered in sufficient numbers, these cultivators, too, played an immense role on the defensive line.

The slaughter grew ever more intense and deadlocked. There were more demon beasts below Foundation Establishment, but at the Foundation level, they could not gain any advantage.

In just a little over a minute, the Wolf Demon showed clear signs of defeat in Fellow Daoist Yang’s hands.

Once Yang finished off the Wolf Demon, he could turn to help Fellow Daoist Heishi slay the Fox Demon.

The many late-stage Qi Cultivators atop the city wall felt a surge of confidence as they used various techniques to tangle with the horde of demon beasts.

Yet danger was everywhere, even so.

The demon beasts knew well: if they truly wanted to charge into the Immortal City unhindered, they first had to slaughter these high-ranking Qi Cultivators.

Otherwise, even if they entered the city, it would be useless. There were many Demon-Binding Spirit Arrays within, and when these late-stage Qi Cultivators turned back, slaying the invaders would be even easier.

Therefore, after suffering several losses, the late-stage Qi demon beasts gave up on barging into the city, instead surrounding and attacking these elite cultivators.

Faced with this, even someone like Gu Feng, a ninth-level Qi Cultivator, found it extremely troublesome.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, make sure to stick close to me."

Gu Feng saw many demon beasts using their numbers to break up and encircle the mid-stage Qi Cultivators below, and worried Lu Chang’sheng might be caught in this predicament as well.

"Don’t worry!"

Lu Chang’sheng nodded slightly.

Gu Feng noticed Mountain Nether lingering at Lu Chang’sheng’s side.

"Alchemist Lu has crafted a new puppet beast?"

Gu Feng asked in surprise.

"Yeah, I took a few days to refine it."

Gu Feng said no more. With several seventh-level Qi demon beasts now fallen here, more late-stage Qi demon beasts had begun to take notice of their side.

Gu Feng’s merits were, of course, the greatest; sword in hand, any seventh-level Qi demon beast could barely last thirty seconds against him.

"Gu Feng’s strength is truly no less than the Fang Family Ancestor, Fang Yuan."

Lu Chang’sheng observed in his heart, no wonder Fang Yuan used to go all out to suppress those who touted him as the ’number one below Foundation Establishment.’

One could see why he’d be uneasy.

It was like wielding a hidden blade; if such a flashy title landed on Fang Shan, and a petty ninth-level Qi stage powerhouse took notice, it would surely bring him great trouble.

"Everyone, beware—we’ve got trouble!"

At that moment, Gu Feng suddenly shouted a warning.

It was a late-stage Qi demon beast emitting a low roar, capable of rallying others. Many late-stage Qi demon beasts, who had been rampaging among the groups of mid-stage cultivators, abandoned their prey and charged toward them.

"Chang’sheng, you and the others deal with that Dog Demon."

Gu Feng had no choice but to assign the task, then he moved to face the three charging demon beasts, his face grim. The demonic power from those three wasn’t hidden in the slightest, so their strength was clear at a glance.

Two were eighth-level Qi, and one was ninth-level Qi—even for him, a single misstep could mean death.

Of course, this wasn’t what Gu Feng truly feared; with his own trump cards, he was about seventy percent confident of holding on. What he really worried about was Lu Chang’sheng and Li Nangua. If they couldn’t keep those two demon beasts busy, and the beasts freed themselves up to join his battle, his own situation would become much more dangerous.

Yet just as he engaged the three demon beasts, a loud boom erupted.

To the right, the puppet beast circling Lu Chang’sheng suddenly revealed its true might.

A Dog Demon over ten feet long was smashed into pulp on the spot, its remains swiftly collected by Lu Chang’sheng, stowed away inside his Treasure Vault Immortal Insect.

At a quick glance, Gu Feng felt deeply reassured and saw Lu Chang’sheng in a new light.

"That puppet beast is formidable—if it can bludgeon a seventh-level Qi Dog Demon to death this fast, it’s at least as strong as an eighth-level Qi Body Cultivator."

Gu Feng recalled that Lu Chang’sheng had studied Puppetry Technique with Fang Shan. From what he’d just witnessed, Lu Chang’sheng might very well have surpassed his teacher.

"If Miss Gu Chan were to marry him, even as a concubine, she’d hardly be lowering herself!"

Gu Feng thought to himself. While he’d never objected to Gu Chan’s interest in Lu Chang’sheng—in fact, he’d even supported it—he still had some reservations.

It wasn’t about status differences; rather, it was about Lu Chang’sheng’s attitude and the likelihood that, after joining the Lu Family, Gu Chan would probably be a ’concubine’ in name.

In that case, Lu Chang’sheng’s current strength and position might not be sufficient.

But now, his opinion had changed—and then some.

Suddenly, a shocking change erupted on the most attention-grabbing battlefield at the South Gate.

The Black Wolf, locked in fierce battle with Fellow Daoist Yang, was now clearly at a disadvantage—a fact that Yang was quick to notice.

Especially when, at one point, the Black Wolf Demon’s aura surged dramatically, only to fade again right after dodging a powerful spell from him.

If this had only happened once or twice, Yang might have assumed the Black Wolf Demon had some means of quickly stimulating its magical power.

However, from the first instance until now, it had already happened five times. To unleash such a power five times in so short a span was no feat for an ordinary Foundation Establishment demon beast.