Cultivation: Immunity to Negative Effects

Chapter 273: Chapter 273: The Caravan and the Youth

While flying on his beast, Zhang Chi also activated his Celestial Eye Technique, pairing it with his powerful Divine Thought to survey the surroundings.

After all, his arrival had caused too much of a commotion. That beam of golden light must have attracted the attention of countless Cultivators, so he had to be cautious.

After getting far away from the large crater, he immediately recalled Flying Dragon No.1 and used his powerful physical body to burrow deep into the desert.

He then swallowed a drop of Earth Milk Spirit Liquid, consumed some Elixirs, and entered a state of deep sleep.

Three months passed in the blink of an eye. He finally awoke, burrowed out of the desert to get his bearings, and prepared to set out once more.

His destination was a small Oasis nearby. He had memorized the locations of the surrounding oases before he landed, so he wouldn’t get lost despite his recent arrival in the Endless Desert Sea.

’Good. After sleeping for so long, my Meridians and Dantian have finally healed, nourished by the Spirit Pills and Spiritual Liquid. Now I can cultivate again, and it shouldn’t be long before I make a full recovery.’

’Also, I’ve been in hiding for so long. Even if that golden light from the teleportation attracted the attention of some major powers, they’ve probably relaxed their search by now.’

Before setting off, Zhang Chi checked his condition and couldn’t help but feel quite satisfied.

"Huh?"

However, just as he was about to set off, he suddenly discovered a desert caravan entering the range of his Divine Thought, and it was heading right in his direction.

The caravan was mostly made up of mortals, but it also had three Cultivators, though they were all only at the Qi Cultivation Late Stage.

Furthermore, the carts weren’t being pulled by oxen or horses, but by an animal similar to a camel, except it had three humps and was much larger than any camel he knew.

The carts being pulled had no wheels. Instead, they resembled snow vehicles, with bottoms like sleds.

Although the three-humped camels were enormous and must have been quite heavy, when they ran across the desert, their feet barely seemed to touch the ground.

It was the same for the carts they pulled, which slid rapidly over the sand as if they were gliding just above the surface.

’Interesting. As expected of the Endless Desert Sea, a place even larger than the Great Abyss. Even these cart-pulling camels have strength approaching that of a Demon Beast, and the bottoms of the carts are inscribed with simple Arrays.’

’And these mortals are more robust than the ones in the Great Abyss. The Spiritual Power fluctuations from those three Cultivators are also very pure, which suggests their aptitude and Cultivation Techniques aren’t too bad.’

Zhang Chi found this rather interesting. After a moment of thought, he decided to stand his ground and wait.

The caravan was moving quickly, but only relatively speaking.

The range of Zhang Chi’s Divine Thought scan had long since exceeded thirty thousand zhang. At that distance, it would take the caravan an hour to reach him.

During that hour, Zhang Chi continued to scan the caravan with his Divine Thought, taking care not to alarm them.

Soon, he quickly gathered more information.

For instance, the caravan was transporting mundane goods.

Also, the caravan seemed to share his destination.

However, he couldn’t understand a single word spoken by anyone in the caravan, whether mortal or Cultivator. Moreover, their style of dress was vastly different from his own.

Fortunately, their physical appearance was similar to that of the people from the Great Abyss.

Therefore, as long as he changed into their clothes and learned their language, he could pose as a local Cultivator without worrying about being easily identified as an outsider.

After all, the golden light of teleportation had appeared just three months ago, and now a foreign Cultivator had shown up. It would be too easy for people to connect the two events.

Although he was already far from his arrival point and there likely wouldn’t be a problem, there was no harm in being extra cautious in an unfamiliar land.

’With my powerful Divine Soul, learning a new language should be quite easy. But without a dedicated teacher, it would obviously take some time just by tracking and observing them like this.’

’Besides, I need to go to that Oasis and get a sense of the situation there. I might as well temporarily join this caravan.’

Zhang Chi quickly made his decision.

With his power, he could simply perform a Soul Search on a mortal or a Cultivator to instantly master the language and learn about the local situation.

However, doing so would certainly cause the mortal or Cultivator to become a witless fool or even die outright, which was not his style.

Besides, just mastering the language and understanding the situation wasn’t enough for him. It would be best to secure an identity and a place to stay while he first focused on fully restoring his Cultivation.

So, he immediately took out some clothes and, copying the local style, made some simple modifications. He also made them look a bit ragged before putting them on, and soon he looked more or less like one of the locals.

A little while later, the caravan finally appeared.

The guards at the front of the caravan were startled by Zhang Chi’s sudden appearance in the middle of the desert. When they saw that he was alone and had no Spiritual Power fluctuations, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, the guards didn’t bother getting involved. They even raised their Blades and other weapons, shouting something Zhang Chi couldn’t understand, signaling for him to stay away from the caravan.

At the same time, the caravan continued on its way with no intention of stopping.

However, just as the caravan was about to pull away, it suddenly stopped.

Then, a dozen or so rugged mortal guards, escorting a relatively well-dressed fourteen- or fifteen-year-old boy at the Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer, rode over on some three-humped camels.

These people looked Zhang Chi up and down and said something to him, but he couldn’t understand a word. In response, he pointed to his mouth and shook his head.

The boy frowned slightly and said a few words to the guards. Two of them immediately dismounted their camels, grabbed Zhang Chi’s arm, and led him into the caravan, placing him on one of the cargo carts in the center.

Of course, this was only because Zhang Chi deliberately chose not to resist. Otherwise, they certainly wouldn’t have been able to move him.

Many people in the caravan looked at Zhang Chi with curiosity. Some even came over to try and speak with him, but when they saw he didn’t answer, they quickly lost interest.

More than ten days passed quickly. The caravan traveled by day and would circle the carts to make camp at night.

Zhang Chi spent these ten-plus days in the same way. At first, two guards followed him around all day, but later they mostly left him alone, only calling him over for food and water.

Meanwhile, Zhang Chi kept his powerful Divine Thought constantly enveloping the entire caravan, memorizing every word of conversation between the mortals and Cultivators. As a result, he was already able to understand and speak their language at a basic level.

He discovered that they all thought of him as a mute—a mute who had somehow gotten lost in the desert.

Furthermore, now that he had a basic grasp of their language, he learned even more details.

For instance, this was a professional merchant caravan, and the owning family’s surname was Shang. The young boy was the current Patriarch of the Shang Family.

The reason he was so young was that his father, the previous Patriarch, had died not long ago, forcing the boy to inherit the position at a young age.

In addition, the boy’s Shang Family came from the small Oasis up ahead and was, in fact, a small Immortal Cultivation Clan.

The other two Cultivators in the caravan were also members of the Shang Family.

However, this Immortal Cultivation Clan was in decline; they didn’t even have a single Foundation Establishment Cultivator anymore.

Otherwise, the young Patriarch Shang wouldn’t have been reduced to personally leading a caravan to transport mundane goods.

Of course, all this information came from the private gossip of the guards and other members of the caravan that Zhang Chi had overheard, so he had no way of knowing how much of it was true.

Besides, Zhang Chi didn’t care about such trivial matters. What he was interested in was information about the Immortal Cultivation Realm in this region.

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