Please call me Huanxian

Chapter 457: Eradicate and Receive

Xu Yuanchang's eyes can see through the subtle fluctuations in people's hearts. He put his left hand into his sleeve and made a "Hunyuan Bianzhen Jue". If the other party said one thing and meant another, he would not be able to escape his two-pronged approach.

The cultivators hanging around in the Great Wilderness Mountain Area can rob, bully the weak, kill for money, and use all kinds of schemes and plots, but there are a few prohibitions that cannot be crossed, one of which is that fetuses are not allowed to be used to refine pills.

This action is against the harmony of nature and is worse than that of animals.

The evil deeds done by evil cultivators are far greater than those done by calamity cultivators. There is an essential difference between the two.

Seeing that the two men were panicked but behaved normally, Xu Yuanchang knew that this matter had nothing to do with them and was not directed by them. He looked away and used his eyes to see through the surging lake water, and the layers of obstacles disappeared.

Gradually, I could clearly "see" a circular courtyard building embedded under the lake which was thirty feet deep and more than ten miles away.

It covers an area of ​​about three acres, with a semicircular water light protection rippling above it, almost merging with the lake water.

Two monks had already noticed the noise coming from the lakeshore, and they were talking in low voices with alert eyes.

After a moment, Xu Yuanchang had found the flaw in the water shield. His face was cold, and he used sonic magic to shout, "Get up here!"

The shield near where the two people were at the bottom of the lake suddenly flickered violently, and the sound waves passed through the weak nodes and exploded above their heads.

Even though they had consumed most of their magic power, the sonic illusion was still not something the two of them could withstand. They staggered dizzily and involuntarily got out of the shield and flew out of the water with a splash.

Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu had been stared at by Taoist Xu before, and they felt uncomfortable as if they were seen through.

By the time Taoist Xu looked away, the two men were already sweating profusely and rolling on the brink of life and death.

As a cultivator of the seventh floor, Wu Shanbi felt that he needed to look up to Taoist Xu. He judged that he would not be able to survive five moves at the hands of Taoist Xu and would surely die without a chance of escape.

Seeing the two monks who were "called" out of the lake, he immediately became furious.

"They are Luo Bingcang's men."

Wu Shanbi recognized the two fifth-floor monks at a glance. He suppressed his anger and asked the two controlled men what was under the lake that caused Taoist Xu to expose his identity and start a war to hold them accountable.

After hearing the two men reveal the truth in a trance, Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu were shocked and angry.

Such a taboo and vicious act happened on their territory.

Wu Shanbi raised his hand and slapped the two guards, crippling their cultivation. He spared their lives for the time being and would punish them severely later. The most urgent task now was to dive into the water and capture them, so as to prevent the cultivators at the bottom of the lake from informing the main culprit, Luo Bingcang.

Several monks suddenly flew out from the water on the opposite bank and fled in panic in several directions.

Xu Yuanchang knew that it was his shout that startled the creature at the bottom of the lake, so he said in a low voice, "Come back!"

The four monks who were fleeing separately paused at the sound, and were instantly controlled. They staggered back as if they were drunk, and fell "plop" on the lakeside path. After they woke up, they fell to the ground and cried and begged for mercy.

"Boss, please spare us. Luo Bingcang forced us to do this."

"We won't dare to do it again. Boss, give us a chance to mend our ways."

"Boss, we are wronged..."

Wu Shanbi's face turned pale. He slapped each of them in the face, destroying their cultivation and making them shut up.

"Master, please wait for a moment. Old Zhang and I will go back and capture Luo Bingcang and his accomplices, and properly deal with the woman trapped at the bottom of the lake."

He didn't dare to reveal Master Xu's identity, but he did have some insight.

Director Xu Yuan waved his hand and told them to go and come back quickly.

He had seen a lot of blood and ugliness in the world of cultivation, but he would never allow such inhumane things to happen again in his territory. He also took the opportunity to set rules for Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu. Anyone who dared to violate them would be tortured for thirty years until their soul was exhausted and they died.

He could not change the overall chaotic environment of the Great Wilderness Mountain Area, but he could still make life better for the people in the Seven Star Mountain Area within his ability.

About half an hour later, Wu Shanbi grabbed a middle-aged man with half of his body covered in blood and flew to the lakeside path.

Zhang Wu used his magic power to lead five low-level monks with bruised faces and noses, and followed them to the ground.

Behind him followed ten sixth-floor monks with complicated expressions. They were all subordinates who had joined them over two hundred years ago. Each of them was in charge of many subordinates and was responsible for a bunch of affairs.

"Master, it was this fellow who ordered his men to do this evil thing. They have been doing it secretly for thirty years. Please punish them!"

Wu Shanbi bowed respectfully and asked for instructions, keeping his attitude very humble.

He just wanted to let those subordinates behind him who were mixed with other forces and had ulterior motives see that he was connected with the mysterious Taoist priest carrying a bamboo basket, in order to intimidate the cultivators of the same level who coveted the Seven Star Mountain Market. If they dared to have ideas about him, they would be going against the mysterious Taoist priest.

Xu Yuanchang's face was calm, and he said, "They kept ordinary and monk women captive, made them pregnant, then cut open their caesareans to remove the fetuses, mixed them with monks' Nascent Souls and spiritual herbs, and used evil methods to refine 'Human Pills' or 'Three Treasure Pills'. This is against the will of heaven and unforgivable. I suggest that all the evil cultivators involved in this incident be stripped of their souls and lit as a warning to others."

As soon as these words were spoken, all the monks present, whether they were lying on the ground or standing, changed color.

What a cruel method. As the saying goes, “Killing is not the end of the world.”

The first thing this Taoist priest did was to extract souls and light lamps, which was the cruelest punishment in the world of cultivation.

"Master, you can kill us, but you can't torture us with forbidden methods..."

The culprit named Luo Bingcang struggled and shouted. Seeing the Taoist's cold eyes, he felt desperate. He turned and looked viciously at a man in brocade robes hiding behind the crowd, and shouted, "You damn Zou Yichun, you also participated in the sale of Sanbaodan and got 30% of the profit. You are pretending to be innocent."

The man in brocade robes dived underground and escaped before his crime was exposed.

The crowd was in an uproar and dispersed, all looking at Wu Shanbi.

"Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and chase him."

Wu Shanbi said angrily, "No matter how amazing his earth-traveling technique is, he can't escape more than a hundred miles in one breath. He needs to come out of the ground briefly to breathe."

Xu Yuanchang waved his hand and said to Black Cat: "Chase him out of the ground, be careful not to get hurt."

The black cat, having received the instruction, quickly burrowed into the ground and chased after him. As a mountain spirit, walking on the ground was its innate magical power. It was like a fish in water underground, and it was not difficult for it to drive a sixth-floor monk out of the ground.

After about seven or eight breaths, mud suddenly splashed up from the forest fifty miles away.

A figure rushed out in a rather embarrassed manner, but just as he appeared, he was subdued by Xu Yuanchang's illusion with a cold shout. He flew back to the lake, staggering, and fell to the ground with a "thump". He was exhausted and had no strength to resist, with a dazed look on his face.

The other nine sixth-floor monks looked at the mysterious Taoist priest again, their eyes full of dread and fear.

Luo Bingcang, who gave out his accomplices, looked as pale as death and had nothing to say.

He didn't dare to randomly accuse others. The Taoist's methods were too powerful. If he couldn't hide it, he would suffer. Xu Yuanchang touched the black cat that appeared at his feet and said, "Friend Wu, ask him who else was involved in this matter. He will tell you everything he knows."

Wu Shanbi quickly agreed and stepped forward to carefully question Zou Yichun who was under control. He wrote down a few names, all of whom were Zou Yichun's trusted subordinates brought from outside. After getting the answers he wanted, he imprisoned Zou Yichun who was involved in the matter with one finger.

He appointed three of his trusted men to immediately capture the offending monk, and left two behind to guard the market town.

Ling Zhangwu brought four people, took the formation equipment searched from several people, dived into the water, rescued the victimized mortal women and female monks imprisoned in the water palace at the bottom of the lake, brought out all the evidence of the crime, and destroyed the water palace buildings.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhang Wu and the other two used magic to wrap up more than 20 women who were trembling with fear due to the torture, and brought them out of the lake. Several of the women had swollen bellies and looked extremely haggard.

"Luo Bingcang, Zou Yichun, you are completely devoid of conscience."

"The total number of debris and bones under the lake is at least two hundred. It's too cruel."

"It's horrible. They use evil magic to make elixirs for the living. It's too easy for them to light their soul lamps. What a bunch of beasts!"

Zhang Wu and the two people who had seen the scene started cursing.

Even thieves have their code of conduct, and even robbers have their own rules.

Everyone has blood on their hands, but they were deeply disgusted and felt uncomfortable in their hearts.

It would be an insult to these guys to live on friendly terms with them for a hundred or two hundred years.

Xu Yuanchang watched coldly. When all the evidence including the corpses, the alchemy furnace, the human elixir and other items were brought up and the buildings at the bottom of the lake were destroyed, and after listening to Wu Shanbi's compensation and resettlement plan for the many women, he nodded in approval.

He would not personally participate in the subsequent public trials, extracting souls, lighting lamps, and other trivial matters to punish evil practitioners.

With Wu Shanbi, Zhang Wu and others bowing and seeing him off, he walked west along the lake path with the black cat.

It took ten days to travel almost all of the 3,000-mile area of ​​Qixing Mountain.

He saw that the lives of mortals were far more peaceful and prosperous than in other places, the population had increased, and the towns were flourishing, proving that under Wu Shanbi's governance, there was no chaotic politics that harmed the people in the Seven Star Mountain area, and the merits outweighed the flaws.

Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu were afraid of being scolded by him, so they sent teams of monks to clean up and repair the collapsed tunnel that had fallen into disrepair and to restore the official road between the two mountains. They did a very decent job of saving face.

When the sun was setting, Wu Shanbi and Zhang Wu flew over from afar, rushed to the western junction, bowed and said, "Sorry to bother you, Taoist priest."

Xu Yuanchang stopped and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

Wu Shanbi hesitated for a moment, thinking that this was a rare opportunity, and said boldly: "Master, forgive me, Lao Zhang and I would like to ask for a guest official position in the Ordinary Temple. In the future, we can hand over 50% of the income from the Qixing Mountain Market..."

He deliberately brought Zhang Wu along as no one dared to come alone.

If you don't try, you will always feel dissatisfied.

Taoist Master Xu's reputation rose rapidly, and it was said that he even killed an assassin from the Eight-story Building. If one was willing to inquire, it would not be difficult to collect some rumors.

Furthermore, it is an indisputable fact that when Taoist Xu traveled, he was accompanied by a mysterious old man from the Ninth Floor.

Xu Yuanchang took out two blank guest identity cards from his sleeve, and casually engraved the names of the two people with his magic power, and threw one card to each of them. He guessed that the two had such ambitions, otherwise wouldn't it be a waste to send his men to repair the tunnel, patrol the village, and do other face-saving work for him?

"You don't have to hand over 50% of the market income to the government, 30% is enough. You still have to support a bunch of subordinates, but let me be frank with you, you can't act recklessly under the guise of being a commoner. Otherwise, once you are discovered, don't blame me for being ruthless."

He was an expert at observing qi and checking karma. The two men definitely had unclean bodies, and the lingering evil was within the tolerable range.

For the sake of the sect, it would be convenient to gather information in the future by having another industry in the Great Wilderness Mountains.

The mortals living in the 3,000-mile area of ​​the Seven Star Mountains will now have a lasting sense of stability.

He can also get lasting nourishment from the earthly breath.

It is extremely difficult for cultivators in the Great Wilderness Mountains to advance to the eighth level because they are too heavily tainted with evil aura and cannot pass the test of Heaven's heart.

If you want to make a breakthrough, it is best to enter a sect in the foreign domain and use the sect's prosperous fortune to wash away your own sins.

However, this matter is extremely difficult, and no sect from the foreign domain would be willing to suffer losses in vain.
It's just a matter of how much profit you make, just treat it as a transaction.

The two were overjoyed. They got the badge that symbolized their identity without any trouble. It was somewhat unexpected. They would have a backer in the future and a way out. When they got tired of the life of intrigue, they would have a big sect to go to.

"Thank you, lord. I dare not act rashly."

"Take this jade slip. When you have time, take some time to go to Dengxian Temple, register your identities, and meet with your fellow disciples. This way, the sect can make some arrangements."

Xu Yuanchang said a few words, rejected the two people's attempts to keep him, and left with the black cat.

After finishing the tour of the Buried Immortal Island, take the cross-border formation and teleport to the Flowing Cloud Domain.

Meng Guxin, a monk from the Eighth Floor of Liuyun Sect, was ordered to hold a banquet in Liuyun City to entertain a Taoist priest with a bamboo basket on his back who had mysterious origins. The strength displayed by the mysterious old man in black robe, like the name of a man and the shadow of a tree, had long been heard by the ancestors of super sects in various domains and attracted the attention of various forces.

A spiritual banquet of delicacies is not worth even a few spiritual stones.

It conveys a kind of all-encompassing goodwill, which is free of cost and helps to make many good friends.

Xu Yuanchang attended the banquet without hesitation. His changed identity would sooner or later be discovered by interested people from the details, so having a meal together would make it easier for them to meet in the future.

When passing by Wuliu Mountain, he paid his respects to the mountain. In the Xiliu Hall, he met Brother Cao in his true appearance.

"Hey, it's you, kid. I really didn't expect that. Hahaha."

"I haven't been back to the mountain for a long time. I am a foolish and stubborn disciple. I would like to trouble my senior brother to take care of me. If I pass by the mountain gate today and don't enter, I will definitely be scolded by my senior brother in the future."

Xu Yuanchang smiled and poured tea for the senior brother opposite him.

Cao Wanxin laughed and said, "I'm glad you came back to visit me. Xiao Meng is still in mortal form on Jiuzhu Island. Cen Lao Er and Han Lin went to the Upper Domain. I was worried and sent two elders to Jiuzhu Island to look after them secretly, but they were stopped by a woman from the seventh floor of Dengxian Temple."

Xu Yuanchang smiled and said, "I will pass by Jiuzhu Island to see how Xiaomeng is doing. She may be waiting for me."

We stayed in Wuliu Mountain for one day and set out to continue our journey the next day.

Half a year later, Xu Yuanchang rushed to the Jiuzhu Islands.

After all, he was still concerned about his disciple. He had to see the critical moment of his transformation into a mortal with his own eyes to feel at ease.

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(End of this chapter)