A Mortal's Journey to Immortality: Wang Yu Transmigrates into a Book, the Dao Ancestor of Rein

Chapter 156 The Frustration of the Spirit Control Sect, Slander, and Seeing Xin Ruyin

Han Li's sudden appearance and disappearance infuriated the cultivators of the Yu Ling Sect.

Every year, a large-scale inventory of the raw ore collected in the Panlong River basin is conducted on the gold essence veins. This is handled by four of the Core Formation stage disciples under the Nascent Soul cultivator stationed in the area.

But this year.

The four Core Formation cultivators in charge looked at the confiscated gold essence ore with rather strange expressions.

One person's brows were so furrowed that they formed a deep frown.

"Why is there so much less?"

Production cuts of more than 80%?

You're not mistaken, are you?

Upon hearing this, the Foundation Establishment stage managers all exchanged bewildered glances. After a moment of silence, one of them finally mustered the courage to respond truthfully:

"Reporting to my master, the rich mining area of ​​the gold essence ore vein is just an illusion. On the surface, that area is rich in ore, but in reality, it is just some poor ore."

"Yes, Uncle-Master, the rich mining area may not be as vast as we think."

Another Foundation Establishment stage cultivator said softly.

Carefully.

Upon hearing this, one of the four early-stage Core Formation cultivators, a middle-aged man, immediately turned as black as the bottom of a pot:

"Are you saying that the rich ore area initially detected was actually just a bunch of poor ore? And that the ore didn't contain much gold concentrate at all?"

"Yes, Uncle-Master."

The managers nodded in agreement.

"Nonsense! Talking nonsense!"

The middle-aged Core Formation stage cultivator angrily flicked his sleeves and said.

Are you kidding me?
He was one of the explorers back then.

These people actually told him that his test results from several years ago were incorrect?
How could this be? Without a thorough inspection, would he dare to jointly report that this is a medium-sized rich mine? If he dared to lie, even if he had ten lives, it wouldn't be enough for those Nascent Soul elders of the sect to harvest it.

"Uncle-Master, it is indeed just a poor mine. If you don't believe me, you can go and explore it again."

“Master, my fellow disciples are not talking nonsense. The remaining veins are indeed just some low-grade minerals.”

The managers during the foundation-building period adhered to their own views based on what they had seen and heard.

"I…"

The middle-aged man wished he could cripple these guys in front of him with a single slap.

He even wished he could slap his disciples to wake them up.

"Junior brother, don't worry. So many disciples are saying there's a problem with the mineral vein exploration results, so it's most likely that you weren't careful enough back then and made a mistake. After all, it can't be that all of them are just stubbornly denying it, can it?"

A senior student, seemingly offering comfort, was actually secretly digging a pit for someone who was down and kicking them when they were down.

Some senior students were indifferent and waiting to see the joke.

The other junior brother's eyes were filled with schadenfreude.

The fierce competition within the demonic sects only makes the many fellow disciples appear harmonious on the surface, but they are not necessarily of one mind.

Only by reaching the Nascent Soul stage can one step off the chessboard and become one of the many chess players.

"Let's go, I want to see how such a large rich mining area has turned into a pile of poor mines."

The middle-aged man gritted his teeth; he didn't want to be laughed at by his fellow apprentices.

I don't want to take the blame.

Three days later, the middle-aged man, who had left in a huff, returned dejectedly.

Without him.

The remaining gold concentrate ore in the vein is indeed mostly low-grade ore.

There aren't many rich mines left.

They were scattered haphazardly around the edges and corners.

"Could it be that I really made a mistake in the survey back then?"

"That's not right..."

"There were more than a dozen fellow disciples in the sect who were surveying with me. Even if I made a mistake, it's impossible for all of them to make the same mistake, right?"

This is so unreasonable.

They checked it multiple times.

"Something's wrong."

"Junior brother, why don't we tell Master about this?"

We must tell the truth, otherwise they will be implicated when the investigation begins.

Turn around.

The Nascent Soul stage elder from the Yuling Sect personally went down into the mine to investigate the condition of the original mineral vein.

Initially, because the poor mining area was too large, this person also made no discoveries.

As the old man walked into what was once a rich mining area but is now a poor mining area, traces of the restoration technique immediately became apparent.

"Huh? Restoration magic?"

With his cultivation level, Han Li could naturally execute the minor restoration technique flawlessly. His powerful divine sense could also effectively identify and correct any omissions.

However, while the details may fool ordinary early-stage Core Formation cultivators, they are not so easy to fool mid-to-late-stage Core Formation cultivators who are scrutinizing them, let alone Nascent Soul cultivators.

If a Nascent Soul cultivator were to personally investigate, even traces of his presence would be found. A Nascent Soul cultivator might not possess such methods, but he would certainly leave something for the other party.

Besides, the mining area is so large, and he spent so much time cleaning up after the gold-devouring insect swarm. No matter how meticulous he was, it was hard to guarantee that there wouldn't be any minor oversights.

Any oversight would be enough for a Nascent Soul cultivator to trace the clues.

"Master, what kind of restoration technique?"

"Master, is this gold essence ore vein truly just a poor mine? Could it be that my exploration back then was really wrong?"

Two Core Formation stage cultivators pressed for answers, one after the other.

The old man glanced at the middle-aged man and immediately snorted coldly:
"They didn't even realize their rich mine had been stolen? Humph, a bunch of useless trash."

Mining?

Several Core Formation stage cultivators were stunned upon hearing this.

Those who were gloating and waiting to see the joke immediately stopped laughing.

They thought they could get some gossip about their junior brother, but little did they know they'd end up getting gossiped about themselves.

If it were just a mistake in exploration, it would naturally have nothing to do with them. But if someone stole a rich mine of gold essence ore right under their noses, then the situation would be completely different. None of them could remain uninvolved.

"Master, this..."

Several Core Formation stage cultivators panicked.

"Come this way."

The Nascent Soul stage elder led several people along a mine tunnel to the edge of what was originally a rich mining area.

He then reached out and grabbed at a vein of ore.

A few breaths later, a storage bag appeared in the old man's hand.

"How could there be a storage bag inside the ore vein?"

Several Core Formation stage cultivators were puzzled.

There are also 250 low-grade spirit stones inside.

The Nascent Soul elder from the Yuling Sect snorted coldly.

His old face was so gloomy it could drip water.

'what's the situation? ’

The disciples remained silent, not daring to speak.

The old man then took out over two hundred spirit stones and two jade slips, before tearing open the storage bag:
"What a righteous sect! What a Heavenly Extreme Sect! They stole our sect's gold essence ore and even left over two hundred spirit stones to mock us? Do they really think our Spirit Control Sect has declined and that we are easy to bully?"

Such extreme mockery infuriated the old man.

Each of the two jade slips contained a piece of information.

One scene shows a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Heavenly Extreme Sect being chased and killed by two cultivators of the same level from the Spirit Control Sect.

The other passage was an apology letter from the Core Formation stage cultivator of the Heavenly Pole Sect, who genuinely didn't want to take advantage of the Spirit Control Sect, so he left 250 low-grade spirit stones as compensation. His words were full of remorse, but this only angered the old man more.

"Young man, how arrogant you are."

The old man's disciples took the jade slip and examined it. Their faces turned bloodshot, and they were filled with uncontrollable rage.

"How dare these people act like this?"

How can this be?

"Isn't he afraid that our sect's seniors will come knocking on our door?"

"Even if our sect members hunt him down, what does it have to do with us? How could he possibly affect us?"

"The Heavenly Pole Sect, what a great righteous sect..."

The group was filled with righteous indignation.

"Could someone be framing us?"

"possible."

And the possibility is very high.

"That…"

"Regardless of whether someone framed Tianji Sect, we at least need to give the sect an explanation."

Who exactly was secretly mining their mine right under their noses? They didn't have a single clue. If word got out, wouldn't their lineage become a laughingstock among all the other branches within the sect and even outside?
Therefore, it is possible to investigate whether it was done by people from the Tianji Sect.

But right now, we need a suspect to commit the crime.

“This person was able to quickly steal a rich mine that would have taken us thousands of disciples ten or twenty years to mine. His methods are extraordinary. This is a clue.”

"Furthermore, those sects that were wiped out by the Heavenly Pole Sect a hundred years ago, those who escaped the net, are also suspects."

“The large number of stray dogs also need to be watched.”

"Don't forget the Mulan people, those barbarians from the grasslands are practically hoping we in Tiannan will fight each other to the death..."

Regardless of the circumstances, at the moment, the Tianji Sect is the most likely suspect.

The possibilities within the jade slip must be faced squarely.

...

So, what exactly happened?

Actually, this was all Han Li's doing.

The reason was simple: to create some trouble for Tianji Sect and Haoran Pavilion.

So as not to worry about the far west all the time.

With an opponent, the major righteous sects like Tianji Sect and Haoran Pavilion will not focus their attention on the far west, which will reduce the pressure on Qianzhu Sect to some extent.

The operation mode is also very simple.

One method was to replicate the scene of the two Yu Ling Sect members chasing down the Hao Ran Pavilion cultivator. However, he used his late-stage Nascent Soul level divine sense to replace the Hao Ran Pavilion cultivator's figure with that of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Tianji Sect.

The specific appearance and situation of the mid-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Heavenly Pole Sect were known to him through soul searching of two late-stage Core Formation cultivators.

This jade slip reveals the motives behind the Tianji Sect cultivators' theft of minerals.

Also.

He not only left behind a jade slip as a memento, providing the Heavenly Pole Sect with an excuse for stealing the mine, but also left another jade slip and a storage bag as an apology. Well, seemingly an apology, it was actually an expression of his elation at successfully stealing the mine and getting revenge.

This is a provocation against the Yuling Sect.

He launched a close-range attack on the group guarding the mine, mocking them relentlessly.

Leaving only 250 spirit stones is neither too many nor too few.

The purpose was to get the Yuling Sect to cause trouble for the Tianji Sect.

As for whether the two sides will reconcile after another truth is discovered,

Han Li doesn't care about this.

He was merely helping to alleviate the pressure on the Thousand Bamboo Sect in the far west; he didn't really expect the Spirit Control Sect and the Heavenly Pole Sect to fight each other over this matter, let alone engage in a deadly struggle.

The so-called other truth is that the two people from the Yuling Sect who were pursuing them at the mid-stage of Core Formation were not from the Tianji Sect, but from the Haoran Pavilion. The two jade slips were purely misleading information left behind by the Core Formation stage members of the Haoran Pavilion.

In other words.

The two jade slips also contained another bomb.

A hidden threat, intent on dragging Haoran Pavilion down with it.

The Righteous Path Pavilion had previously enjoyed substantial profits in the far west, having siphoned off the Thousand Bamboo Sect quite a bit. Therefore, Han Li felt no guilt whatsoever about framing them and dragging them into this mess.

Of course, as I said before: he didn't expect the deaths of a few Core Formation stage cultivators and the interests of a single mine to trigger a deadly battle between major sects. With the Mulan people eyeing them covetously, and considering the lessons learned a thousand years ago, a large-scale war between the top sects of Tiannan was unrealistic.

In short.

It's done, that would be best, as it would cause trouble for the two major righteous sects.

It's alright if it doesn't work out.

Anyway, he suffered no loss whatsoever.

Of course, if people can suspect him of all this, he can only give a thumbs up to those who doubt him.

After all, why would he suspect him, a man from the far west, when there are so many people with strong motives to commit crimes—spies of the Mulan people, remnants of the righteous and demonic invasion, and stray dogs who lost their place of inheritance? What could he possibly say?

Little did he know that because of the two Nascent Soul spies from the Mulan who had infiltrated Tiannan early on, the Tianji Sect and the Yuling Sect almost came to blows over this matter.

Both sides are facing off at the border between Yuanwu Kingdom and Shayun Kingdom, and both have deployed multiple Nascent Soul stage cultivators.

Furthermore, for a period of time afterward, the relationship between Tianjimen and Haoran Pavilion became quite delicate, and they were no longer as close as before.

And this is the destructive power of a Nascent Soul cultivator causing trouble behind the scenes.

Regardless of whether it's true or false, it's just disgusting.

It's incredibly annoying, and impossible to guard against.

...

at the same time.

The Yuling Sect's forces, which had been sweeping through Qianjin Valley for months, increasingly felt that something was amiss.

"Senior Uncle, it's been almost half a year, and we've swept through the inner 200-mile area, but we've only captured two high-level demonic beasts. Could the intelligence be wrong?"

Even if high-level demonic beasts are skilled at hiding and adept at playing hide-and-seek with human cultivators, how could they possibly hide from the hundreds of high-level spirit beasts, two Nascent Soul elders, and a guardian spirit bird comparable to a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Spirit Control Sect?
The records of monster resources in this area are seriously inconsistent with reality.

In this regard.

Han Li could only innocently stroke his storage bag and spirit beast bag.

There weren't many high-level demon cores; only five more were added.

There weren't many high-level demonic beasts alive, only about ten.

He encountered all of these things while actively engaging with the Golden Wind for an extended period of time, relying on the secret techniques of the forbidden area.

If you're just passing by, there's no reason to pretend you didn't see it, is there?
"Strange, where are those high-level demonic beasts?"

Where did it go?

We can't let outsiders sweep it up beforehand, can we?

The two Nascent Soul cultivators leading the Yuling Sect were quite puzzled.

Even Nascent Soul cultivators like them couldn't stay in the inner circle for long. Here, escape techniques were weakened to less than a tenth of their effectiveness outside by the powerful golden winds, and one could easily damage their divine sense. Moreover, deep within the inner valley of Qianjin Valley, even the field of vision after using the Heavenly Eye Technique was less than two miles. Therefore, they could only rely on a large number of spirit beasts to conduct a thorough search.

In the southern region, only the Yuling Sect possesses the resources to field dozens or even hundreds of high-level spirit beasts.

Even if a sect lacked high-level demonic beasts sent a dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators, it would be impossible to efficiently plunder this place.

"Strange, very strange..."

...

Now, let's talk about where Han Li is at this moment.

This is the former residence of Xin Ruyin.

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