Xiuxian: I use magnetic fields to prove my truth

Chapter 272 The Three-Day Agreement
Zhou Qing said, "True Lord, why don't you tell me what kind of explanation you want me to give?"

Lu Ping Zhenjun said, "Although Xuan Ying Sect was not directly destroyed by you, it was inseparable from your instigation and assistance."

"Unless you eradicate the corpse breeders, you can never atone for your sins."

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "That's easy, I'll go and wipe them out."

"It's not for any atonement. What crime have I committed? It's just that these scoundrels dared to use my power to achieve their own ends. If they aren't severely punished, how can I demonstrate my authority? It will also let other restless individuals know what taboos cannot be violated."

Lu Ping Zhenjun said, "I don't care what your explanation is. I'm only giving you one month. If you can't succeed within one month, don't blame my Hongfa Daochang for being ruthless."

That was the purpose of his trip.

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Why wait a month? Three days will suffice."

Lu Pingzhenjun was startled and looked at him with suspicion, wondering what he had to rely on to dare to make such a boast.

The others also started discussing it, both astonished by Zhou Qing's arrogance and pleased by it.

Since Zhou Qing has said so, if he fails, then the Dharma Propagation Center can't blame him for taking action to punish him.

He brought this upon himself; he has no one to blame but himself.

The Three Mysterious Immortals, Monk Bukong, Li Cunyang, and Jin Hui exchanged glances, all revealing expressions of joy.

Finally, we can get rid of this scourge.

Zhou Qing said, "If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."

Lu Ping Zhenjun said, "Please, I will settle things with you in three days."

Zhou Qing turned around and headed down the mountain.

The sect leader hurriedly bid farewell to Lu Ping Zhenjun and then followed Zhou Qing down the mountain.

"You've really gotten yourself into trouble this time!"

The sect leader hurriedly said.

He had wanted to stop Zhou Qing, but it was too late, and Zhou Qing set a three-day deadline. He was very frustrated.

Zhou Qing, however, didn't seem to mind and laughed, "What trouble have you caused?"

The sect leader asked, "Do you know anything about corpse raisers?"

Zhou Qing nodded and said, "I know a little."

He has met many cultivators this year, and now he is followed by hundreds or even thousands of cultivators every day. These people talk about the secrets of the cultivation world.

Although Zhou Qing hadn't paid special attention, he had still obtained a lot of information, so he was no stranger to the corpse raisers.

The sect leader sighed and said, "Since you know about the corpse raisers, why did you dare to agree to such conditions, and even reduce the deadline to three days?"

"The corpse raisers are not powerful in the demonic path, but they are extremely troublesome."

"In order to raise corpses, they specialize in walking underground and possess the best underground walking skills in the entire West Antarctica."

"Although the Immortal Path knew where their stronghold was, they had spent thousands of years building a huge underground labyrinth there, full of traps and mechanisms. Even the Hongfa Dojo found them troublesome and just let them develop."

"Among the various sects of the demonic path, the Corpse Raisers are the only ones whose strongholds are clearly known to the Immortal Path, yet the Immortal Path cannot do anything about them. This has been a chronic problem for the Immortal Path for thousands of years. How can you possibly solve it, let alone in just three days?"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "How else can I demonstrate my skills?"

The sect leader said helplessly, "Why do you need to show off your skills? What good will it do?" Zhou Qing replied, "If I don't show off my skills that surpass those of the Dharma Propagation Center, how can I compete with it in the Western Continent?"

The sect leader was utterly horrified and turned to look at the mountaintop.

At such a distance, how could their every word and action escape the notice of Lord Lu Ping?

Zhou Qing said, "What are you looking at? Do you think they can't see my intentions if I don't say these words?"

The sect leader picked up Zhou Qing and the others and fled into the distance. They didn't stop until they had fled more than two thousand miles away. He asked, "Why must you compete with the Hongfa Dojo?"

"It is a Nascent Soul cultivation ground with profound foundations, how could we possibly contend with it?"

Zhou Qing said, "Because there can only be one strongest in a field. If you want to become the strongest, you have no choice but to compete with the current strongest. There is no other way. Which cultivator doesn't want to seek the highest path? If you don't compete with others, why should you be ahead of others?"

The sect leader was silent for a moment, then smiled wryly and said, "Even if you intend to compete with it, you don't necessarily need to say it out loud. Now that you've focused all your attention on yourself, won't it be difficult for you in the future?"

Zhou Qing laughed and said, "Wanting to compete with the strongest while constantly thinking about leaving yourself a way out—there's no such thing as a free lunch."

"Means and ends are unified. When you seek to be safe in every means, your mind will be affected and you will develop fear. Once fear arises, you will be unable to reach the highest level."

"Master, just ask yourself honestly, when facing this place for spreading the Dharma, do you have the dignity to hold your head high?"

"If you don't even have that kind of spirit, how can you surpass him?"

The sect leader smiled bitterly and said, "It's easier said than done. Those who want to face the Dharma propagation center but still hold their heads high as human beings are mostly already missing."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "So only extraordinary people can accomplish this. Now that an extraordinary person has appeared, you can no longer demand that he meet the standards of ordinary people."

The sect leader shook his head and said, "Alright, you're right. I'm just afraid you'll fall victim to the poisonous hands of the Dharma propagation center."

Zhou Qing said, "Don't worry. If he were confident in dealing with me, why would True Monarch Lu Ping allow me to leave Xuan Ying Mountain?"

"They used the extermination of the corpse breeders as an excuse to deal with me, but they also wanted to use this incident to figure out my methods."

"And I also want to take this as the first battle to shake the millennia-old authority of the Dharma propagation center."

"Then we'll see who has the better methods."

The sect leader said, "So everything still hinges on eradicating the corpse breeders. This is an incredibly difficult task, and I truly don't know how you plan to accomplish it."

Zhou Qing smiled and said, "Sect Leader, just take me to Fire Spring Mountain, and leave the rest to me."

Huoquan Mountain is the lair of the corpse breeders.

Because hot springs are found throughout the mountains, it is called Huoquan Mountain (Fire Spring Mountain).

The ultimate goal of the corpse breeders is to raise drought demons that can cause the land to turn barren for thousands of miles, so they chose this geothermal area as the foundation of their sect.

They have been operating in Huoquan Mountain for thousands of years, constantly digging tunnels and setting up mechanisms and formations underground over a radius of hundreds of miles.

If it weren't for the corpse raisers, outsiders who entered the tunnels would not be able to get out even if there were no traps or formations inside. It would take them ten thousand years.

After learning about the corpse-raising people's base, the Hongfa Daoist Temple organized a purge. As a result, three Nascent Soul cultivators led dozens of Golden Core cultivators into the underground, but in the end, only two Nascent Soul cultivators and a dozen Golden Core cultivators came out.

But the corpse raisers still linger there.

From then on, the Immortal Path tacitly acknowledged that area as the territory of the Corpse Raisers, and no one dared to provoke them again.

(End of this chapter)