The Pastoral Life of a Cultivation Master

Chapter 2969 In the End, All for Nothing
All evil originates from jealousy.

Jealousy can drive people mad and cause them to have inappropriate thoughts. When they even believe these thoughts are right, they naturally develop criminal impulses.

Nurturing his jealousy, Master Qingxuan's heart gradually drifted towards ruthlessness. Friends? Did he really need them? Did he think that once he stood at the highest point of the view, he could simply have as many friends as he wanted?

However, to obtain the secret manual, one must not only send away one's friend, but also not be happy after obtaining the manual, because simply having the manual does not allow one to use it.

The Supreme Sect's Secret Manual was originally a book engraved on pages made of refined gold. It was a secret manual passed down within the Supreme Sect and had always been personally controlled by the sect leader. The version of the Supreme Sect's Secret Manual that has been passed down is inscribed in a jade talisman for transmitting power.

Each transmission jade talisman contains a specific method. When it is passed on to one's own disciple, the disciple can watch it at any time without any problem. However, if it is passed on to another person, it will be absolutely impossible for them to see it, as they will be restricted by the restrictions within the transmission jade talisman.

If the restrictions are forcibly broken, the entire power transfer talisman will be destroyed. Furthermore, the person who created the power transfer talisman will also be notified of its destruction.

The Supreme Sect's Secret Manuals passed down by the Sect Master will certainly contain unique restrictions within the Transmission Jade Talisman.

Therefore, even if Qingxuan Zhenren obtained the Transmission Jade Talisman, he would not be able to open it. Even if he could break the restriction and open the jade talisman without damaging it, and view the secret text inside, the sect leader would know that someone had broken the restriction in the Transmission Jade Talisman, and would naturally come looking for him.

Therefore, the problem is how to prevent the sect leader from discovering that the restriction has been destroyed.

However, what no one expected was that this disciple's time to die had come. During a drinking session with Master Qingxuan, he inadvertently revealed to Master Qingxuan the cultivation manuals passed down by his master, as well as the restrictions contained in the transmission jade talisman.

Although these leaks were intentionally orchestrated by Master Qingxuan, this disciple was incredibly trusting of Master Qingxuan. If he didn't deserve to die, then who did?
After remembering these things, Master Qingxuan was overjoyed. He hadn't expected that the headache of how to open the power transfer jade talisman would be solved with just a drink. He was actually a little reluctant to take action against his personal disciple.

You might not find a friend you trust so much again.

But his ambition to climb high and survey all the mountains below ultimately triumphed over his small shred of conscience.

Furthermore, with the sect's relocation, all the powerful figures have already left. This means the best time to open the Transmission Jade Talisman has arrived. Opening the talisman destroys the restriction, and the sect leader won't notice. After all, the sect leader has already left this planet, making it impossible for him to receive information about the talisman's restriction being destroyed.

So after making his plan, he lured his disciple to this underground space and then decisively betrayed his friend of a hundred years.

What happened afterward was exactly as Qingxuan Zhenren described to Chen Mo; it was all true.

After his disciple's death, Qingxuan Zhenren also lost his physical body, leaving only his soul. He then managed to survive until Chen Mo arrived through various means.

Chen Mo sighed deeply. Sure enough, a black-hearted person will always be black-hearted. He betrayed his friend and then claimed that he was betrayed by his friend.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, Master Qingxuan remembered this memory remarkably clearly, without losing a single detail. This allowed Chen Mo to see everything clearly. It's truly baffling why Master Qingxuan preserved this memory.
Is it because you miss betraying your friend, or because your friend was too kind and honest, that you remember him so vividly?
Chen Mo searched through all of Qingxuan Zhenren's memories but couldn't find the reason. Some related memories had even been completely lost and couldn't be found in the soul's origin. It seemed that even Qingxuan Zhenren himself didn't want to recall these memories, so he deliberately erased them.

Well, Chen Mo wanted to find the relevant memories just because he wanted to watch the drama unfold. Since he couldn't find them, it didn't matter.

Now, he wanted to see just how powerful that supreme scripture was, that it would make Master Qingxuan betray his friend of a hundred years to obtain it.

To Chen Mo's dismay, the cultivation technique was destroyed. When Qingxuan Zhenren was assassinated, his disciple, a remarkable individual, managed to activate the restrictions on the transmission jade talisman before his death, directly destroying it and releasing the Ghost King.

The fact that Qingxuan Zhenren's physical body was destroyed, leaving only his soul, is truly regrettable, especially since he did not achieve his wish of obtaining the Supreme Scriptures and Secret Manuals.

Alas! Those who harm others ultimately harm themselves. All their scheming has left them with nothing but emptiness and even dragged them down. Truly, all their machinations have come to nothing! Well, if Qingxuan Zhenren ended up with nothing, so too has Chen Mo.

No, that’s not right either!
Although the Supreme Scriptures were not obtained, there were other things.

Not to mention the Nascent Soul Pill, there's also the Yellow Springs Flower behind me, and the nine-headed king beast in front of me!
In Qingxuan Zhenren's memories, there was a method to control the nine-headed king-like beast. As long as Chen Mo mastered the method, then the nine-headed king-like beast before him would be his best helper.

When Qingxuan Zhenren was making his final escape, he kept a Qiankun bag in his hand. The talismans he used to attack Chen Mo, as well as the item he took to detonate his soul essence during his last struggle, were all taken from this Qiankun bag.

Now, the Qiankun Bag has become Chen Mo's spoils of war. Moreover, the Qiankun Bag is no longer restricted; once the divine soul enters it, it can directly see everything inside.

The entire Qiankun bag was filled with various items, all prepared by True Person Qingxuan for himself, including cultivation tools, food, clothing, and so on. However, there wasn't a single spirit stone that Chen Mo had been longing for.

Chen Mo also sighed. When he opened the Qiankun bag, he had already guessed that this would be the case. After all, once Qingxuan Zhenren was left with only his soul body, he needed spiritual power to maintain it so that it would not perish. Otherwise, with the passage of time, his soul would slowly be worn away.

Of course, the soul essence at the peak of the Golden Core stage cannot be exhausted in just a few thousand years. Just think about the soul of the jade-colored skeleton; it has been alive and kicking for thousands of years.

However, Qingxuan Zhenren's soul was not only partially devoured by the Ghost King, but he also needed to plant the Yellow Springs Spider Lily to repair his soul. The consumption of these resources was enormous. Therefore, Qingxuan Zhenren should have exhausted his spirit stones long ago.

Although there were no spirit stones in the Qiankun bag, there were many pills, and even some Foundation Establishment stage pills were stored in boxes on one side of the bag. From his memories, he knew that these pills were obtained by True Person Qingxuan through various means while managing the warehouse.

It seems that even within the Supreme Sect, there are corrupt elements.

Each type of pill has a name, and the minimum quantity is a bottle containing ten or more pills. Chen Mo didn't know the effects of some of the pills, but he could roughly guess their functions from their names. However, even if he guessed, he dared not take them, as it concerned his own health. Therefore, he would wait until he found a guinea pig to test them before taking them. As for who to find a guinea pig, that was a headache-inducing problem.

After all, among the living, Bian Xiu was the only cultivator, and his strength was even higher than his own, already at the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage. Apart from Bian Xiu, the other cultivators he encountered were either skeletons or souls, and they all wanted to devour him. It was difficult to communicate with them, let alone become a guinea pig.

Perhaps, finding some martial artists to use as guinea pigs for testing medicine wouldn't be a bad idea. Hmm, that's what we'll do after we get out!

The remaining pills whose names and effects are known are all ordinary pills, the kind used for cultivation or to restore one's physical strength and true essence. There are no special or precious pills.

There were quite a few pills. If they were precious or special, Chen Mo guessed that True Person Qingxuan would definitely not be interested in that Supreme Scripture. If he exchanged some of the pills for it, the Supreme Scripture might just be delivered to him.

Besides the pills, there were dozens of talismans, some ordinary weapons, and some Yin Soul Water and Yin Soul Beads.

Although there weren't many talismans, each one excited Chen Mo immensely, as they were all mid-level talismans—definitely valuable items. With these talismans, the heavy weight that had been pressing on Chen Mo's heart—the pressure from Bian Xiu—suddenly eased considerably.

At least against this peak Foundation Establishment cultivator, Chen Mo had the ability to fight back. Of course, it was only the ability to fight back; how could any cultivator be without some tricks up their sleeve or some life-saving treasures?
Just like Chen Mo himself, he is only at the sixth level of the Foundation Establishment stage, but his spiritual sense far surpasses that of Foundation Establishment cultivators, and even surpasses that of some mid-stage Golden Core cultivators. Not to mention that he also possesses items such as golden arm guards, a golden cloak, a golden helmet, and most importantly, the Qiankun Pearl.

In addition, there are other treasures such as protective charms. Thinking about it, I already possess so many treasures, how many treasures does Bian Xiu have?
It's better not to get carried away and stick to being number six!

Chen Mo sighed. His slightly inflated ego melted away at this moment. He decided to continue to lie low.

What Chen Mo is most concerned about now is a red token in the Qiankun bag.