Being a Late Bloomer in the Cultivation World

He chose not to risk it, instead remaining hidden in the Medicinal Field to await the final moments.

He had gained much from killing Si Qing, but it had also cost him nearly all of his trump cards.

Of the three Ice Flood Dragon Swords he had prepared for the trip into the Secret Realm, only one remained.

In a bid to end the fight in one fell swoop, he had unleashed all of his talismans on Si Qing, leaving him with only two Defensive Talismans.

He had also consumed seventy percent of his Geomagnetic Primordial Light, leaving only thirty percent.

In his current state, he lacked the power to face the Jia Family’s Late-Stage Foundation Establishment cultivators.

After seeing the Talisman Treasures on Guu Xuan and Zhao Pengzong, Wei Tu concluded that the Jia Family cultivators must also possess some of immense power.

With a Talisman Treasure at their disposal, and without a geographical advantage of his own, the Jia Family cultivators could kill him as effortlessly as Guu Xuan had killed Zheng Xian.

Therefore, all things considered, the optimal solution was for him to hide in the Medicinal Field and only emerge after the Zhao Family cultivators, Master Qin, and the others had fought the Jia Family.

As for Kou Hongying’s safety, Wei Tu was in no position to help her at the moment.

If he were able, he would lend Kou Hongying a hand. But since he wasn’t, he had to prioritize his own survival.

Before entering the Yunze Secret Realm, all the cultivators, whether from the Three Immortal Sects or the Golden Core Families, had prepared themselves for death.

Kou Hongying, naturally... was no exception.

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Once his plan was set, Wei Tu used an Earth Magic skill to create a desk. Then, he took out a Talisman Pen and Spirit Ink from his Storage Bag and prepared for some Talisman Painting.

’Two years should be enough time to prepare some Tier Two Talismans for whatever dangers I might encounter later inside the Stone Hall.’

Time passed slowly.

One month.

Two months.

After the third month passed, the sounds of cultivators fighting and Magical Artifacts clashing echoed from within the Stone Hall.

However, it seemed to be a small-scale skirmish. Wei Tu didn’t hear Master Qin’s or Kou Hongying’s voices among the shouts of the combatants.

A year passed quickly.

The sounds of Magical Combat grew louder.

Wei Tu guessed that the cultivators from the two sides had gathered and begun a true confrontation.

After another half a year, Wei Tu, who had been hiding in the Medicinal Field, began to follow the plan he had made a year and a half ago. He prepared to open the White Jade Stone Gate and re-enter the Stone Hall.

He raised a Magical Power Shield, summoned his Turtle Shell Shield, and applied several Defensive Talismans to himself before carefully using the Primordial Forbidden to open the White Jade Stone Gate.

CLICK! CLICK!

The sound of a mechanism activating rang out.

A moment later, the White Jade Stone Gate opened.

’No one here!’ Seeing this, Wei Tu breathed a sigh of relief. He ordered his Sky-Splitting Carving to take the lead, and he followed slowly.

’There was a chaotic battle here. I can smell the blood of a Zhao Family cultivator.’ Wei Tu’s nose twitched as he sniffed the air.

He began walking, following the directions on his map.

Along the way, Wei Tu saw dark red bloodstains on the corridor floor and some rotting pieces of corpses.

’The auras of Zhao Shuyuan and two unfamiliar cultivators. Looks like the Jia Family is down to just two people.’

Wei Tu’s eyes glinted as the stench of the body parts reached him, and he made a quick mental calculation.

Only six cultivators from the Jia Family had entered the Yunze Secret Realm this time.

Two of the Jia Family’s juniors had been killed by their group on the altar.

As for the two unfamiliar auras here, he didn’t need to guess to know they belonged to cultivators from the Jia Family.

Wei Tu felt a small sense of relief at this.

About halfway there, Wei Tu heard the distant sounds of Magical Artifacts clashing and cultivators battling.

He hid to one side of the corridor, his gaze fixed on the site of the battle.

He saw that Master Qin and his disciple, along with the three Zhao Family cultivators, had completely surrounded the other two Jia Family cultivators. The two from the Jia Family were struggling to hold on, wielding Defensive Magical Artifacts and looking as if they could fall at any moment.

Wei Tu hadn’t expected to see this, but after a moment of thought, it seemed perfectly reasonable.

Like Si Qing, the Jia Family cultivators didn’t know that Wei Tu’s group had also reached the Stone Hall through the Teleportation Array.

The enemy was exposed while their side was in the shadows.

This gave them the element of surprise.

Secondly, in terms of numbers, only four Jia Family cultivators had entered the Stone Hall. The Zhao Family’s numbers alone were equal to theirs, not to mention the addition of Master Qin and his disciple.

In a six-on-four situation, it would have been unreasonable for the Jia Family cultivators *not* to be defeated today.

"Master Qin, Jingshui Pavilion has no connection to the Qiyue Zhao Family. Why must you help the Zhao Family oppose my Jia Family today?"

"If you are willing to switch sides, Master Qin... I, Jia, promise that after we leave the Yunze Secret Realm, the Jia Family will gift you an Immortal Transformation Pill to ensure your success in Core Formation."

The two sides were at a stalemate for a moment. Then, one of the two Jia Family cultivators, a man with a slightly darker complexion, looked at Master Qin and suddenly raised his voice to say this.

As soon as the Immortal Transformation Pill was promised, the hearts of every Foundation Establishment Cultivator present skipped a beat, and a hint of longing appeared in their eyes.

Although the Three Immortal Sects allowed cultivators to exchange Core Formation Spiritual Objects for Immortal Transformation Pills, doing so required at least five portions of Core Formation Spiritual Objects—far more than the two portions of Foundation Establishment Spiritual Objects needed for a Foundation Establishment Pill.

The Core Formation Spiritual Objects they had gathered in the Yunze Secret Realm might total five portions combined, but no single individual possessed nearly enough.

If the Jia Family cultivator was truly willing to give Master Qin an Immortal Transformation Pill as a reward, as he claimed, it would be a stroke of monumental fortune for Master Qin.