A hundred lifetimes of cultivation, merely seeking immortality in the cultivation world.

Chapter 195 The Storm Is Brewing

"As long as my life is safe, that's good."

Hearing that Xiao Daojue was safe, Lu Qingyun felt a little relieved.

He then had some tea and snacks with Zhao Qingxuan before taking his leave.

Despite knowing that Xiao Daojue was safe, Lu Qingyun's doubts remained unresolved.

He clearly remembered that in his previous life, the miscellaneous servants of Feng Fu Hall had never caused such a thing.

But we don't know why such a butterfly effect occurred.

The mastermind behind that is no simple character either.

It allowed the many disciples of the Punishment Hall to fail to find the culprit, and it made the black-robed deacon Sun Yang take the blame.

I fear that this matter may implicate even experts above the half-step Foundation Establishment stage, or even those few unspeakable Supreme Beings.

Otherwise, how can we conceal the truth without revealing a single trace?

After much deliberation, Lu Qingyun took out the jade talisman and, risking the possibility of some powerful being behind him, wrote a letter to Xiao Daojue, inquiring about his safety recently.

If needed, I can use the Zhao family's influence to help him change his spiritual peak and find a stable place to live.

Miscellaneous Service Peak, where the Talisman Hall is located.

Lu Qingyun had no idea that his good intentions had been completely misunderstood.

Xiao Daojue took out the jade talisman, looked at Lu Qingyun's message, and his eyes showed disdain.

"I never expected that Lu Qingyun would be such a loyal and righteous person, still remembering the suffering I endured in this talisman hall."

Xiao Daojue flicked his finger, refusing Lu Qingyun's help.

but.

After this incident, my murderous intent towards him lessened somewhat.

Of course, this is also because Xiao Daojue now looks down on Lu Qingyun and doesn't need to sacrifice his talent.

In recent days, Xiao Daojue used the [Sacrifice for Life and Slaughter] technique to sacrifice nearly half of the miscellaneous disciples in the Talisman Hall, raising their cultivation to the fifth level of Qi Refining.

As for his talent, it was at the level of an ordinary mid-grade spiritual root.

With such cultivation and talent, even among the outer peaks, he would be considered a prodigy, with the potential to break through to the half-step Foundation Establishment stage.

Unfortunately, his current cultivation level is completely hidden from public view. If people were to find out that he has the cultivation level of the fifth level of Qi Refining, it would be easy for them to connect it with the recent events in the Talisman Hall.

A thorough investigation will inevitably reveal flaws, but fortunately, there is the omnipotent blood sacrifice, which will allow for a more detailed interrogation before the punishment hall conducts a thorough inquiry.

Xiao Daojue reluctantly sacrificed several more enthusiastic fellow Daoists to disguise his cultivation level as barely having entered the Qi realm.

After that, no one noticed anything amiss with Xiao Daojue.

Because all the other menial laborers at the same time had unfortunately passed away, Xiao Daojue became a disciple of a benevolent talisman master who desperately needed laborers.

Unfortunately, times have changed.

If Xiao Daojue had been a beginner, he would have been moved to tears of gratitude for the talisman master's benevolence.

But now...

Xiao Daojue spat as he looked at the talisman book given to him by the talisman master.

"What kind of bullshit talisman master is this!"

"It was all just to trick me into becoming his laborer, making me, like those idiots among the servants, grind ink and draw talismans for him every day. In the end, the talisman books he gave me were not even as good as those given by Lu Qingyun."

"It's bad enough that it only has one low-grade Qi-connecting talisman, but even that's incomplete."

Xiao Daojue gave a cold smile.

During his time in Futang, he suffered endless torment and was subjected to countless scornful looks.

Naturally, they would no longer hold these garments in the same reverence as before.

He could see clearly that these people were nothing more than greedy, lazy, and avaricious vampires.

They used crude talismans as carrots hanging in front of their disciples, enticing them to grind sand and tan paper for them day and night.

In the end, they were nothing more than slaves to the talisman masters, and it would take them ten or even decades to become a true talisman master.

Xiao Daojue equally loathed everyone in the Talisman Hall, whether they had humiliated him or not.

Although he sacrificed most of those who had humiliated him to provide food, the hatred in his heart was still hard to quell.

Only by killing that talisman master and destroying the talisman hall can Xiao Daojue's hatred be slightly alleviated.

That talisman master was only at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and he made a living by exploiting his few disciples.

Given the bizarre nature of the "Sacrifice to Life and Slaughter Scripture," Xiao Daojue was confident that killing this talisman master wouldn't be a problem, but making him die quietly and mysteriously would be difficult.

Therefore, Xiao Daojue has been plotting to sacrifice some ordinary people and rogue cultivators in a blood sacrifice, intending to pass on his swordsmanship...

His cultivation level has been pushed to a new level.

Then come back and kill the talisman master, and take over his estate.

Xiao Daojue appeared respectful and carefully approached a disciple from the General Affairs Hall. With the guarantee of a disciple at the third level of Qi Refining, he accepted the task of transporting a sum of supplies for the Shen family of Pinghu.

Seeing that the matter was settled, he nodded in satisfaction and immediately performed a blood sacrifice on the disciple who had accompanied him to the General Affairs Hall, destroying the evidence.

Watching his disciple turn to ashes with a sneer, Xiao Daojue revealed a smug look on his face.

"This time it really came without any effort at all."

"I originally thought that the sect wouldn't allow us menial disciples to do many tasks, but I never expected that the war between the Shen family of Pinghu and the Cui family of Qiyang would dispel my worries."

Since Lu Qingyun left, the conflict between the Shen family and the Cui family has become almost public.

War has already broken out on the front lines between the two sides.

With funding from Beast Taming Peak and Weapon Refining Peak respectively, they fought fiercely.

Every day, a large number of ritual implements and provisions are delivered to the two families.

As for sect disciples who die on the road, the punishment hall usually turns a blind eye unless they have a powerful background.

This is the task he accepted.

It was just right for him.

Shen only required that the delivered supplies be accurate and did not care what else they did.

With no oversight and plenty of time available, this situation allows for a lot of free time.

How could this not be considered a godsend for Xiao Daojue?

As long as we seize the opportunity to plunder the cultivators of the Shen and Cui families, turn them into resources, and sacrifice them all, then all the problems will be solved.

Lu Qingyun sighed when he saw that Xiao Daojue had refused his help.

He assumed that the young marquis, true to his old pride, was unwilling to accept his help so easily.

Therefore, Lu Qingyun asked someone to send him several hundred spirit stones.

Hopefully, Xiao Daojue's cultivation will proceed more smoothly.

-

Lu Qingyun left Mingyue Tower and returned to his cave.

However, upon reaching the door, he saw his senior brother Sun Cheng staring intently at him with red eyes: "Junior Brother Lu, have you seen where Junior Brother Ye went? I can't find him, I can't find him!"

"I don't know, I've never seen him."

Lu Qingyun raised an eyebrow.

That Senior Brother Ye had naturally already been sent to be reincarnated.

It seems that Sun Cheng's evil intentions have resurfaced, and he is anxious because he has not been able to find Senior Brother Ye.

Judging from this, it seems that this Senior Brother Sun is quite the romantic.

"No!"

Sun Cheng's face turned fierce.

"You're lying to me, you must be lying to me. I understand men's expressions. Junior Brother Ye often makes that same expression when he's lying."

"My uncle told me that Junior Brother Ye's soul lamp went out, right near this cave. You killed him! It must have been you, conspiring with the Zhao family to kill him!"

Sun Cheng shed two lines of tears.

The resentment in Lu Qingyun's eyes was almost overflowing.

"Junior Brother Ye is such a good and lovable person, how could you help the Zhao family kill him!"

Sun Cheng cried out.

"Junior brother, I know that you have been looking at your senior brother differently since you entered the sect, hoping to win your senior brother's favor with your unconventional ways."

"Previously, I was always hanging out with Junior Brother Ye and Junior Sister Pei, which is why I neglected you. But that doesn't mean I don't care about you."

"Junior Brother Lu, do you know how heartbroken I am that you killed Junior Brother Ye? You clearly like Senior Brother, you could have just told me!"

Sun Cheng's tears fell uncontrollably.

"Senior Brother Sun, you may have misunderstood. I did not order the Zhao family to kill Junior Brother Ye."

Lu Qingyun said coldly.

"I understand, Junior Brother Lu, I understand!"

Sun Cheng wiped away his tears, assuming that Lu Qingyun was still worried about being neglected in bed.

"Come with me, junior brother. I will use the same love I have for junior brother Ye to influence you. Once you truly feel guilty towards junior brother Ye, I will forgive you."

"No, senior brother, you've misunderstood."

Lu Qingyun's voice grew increasingly cold and stern.

Seeing Sun Cheng rushing towards him, he could no longer bear it. Yes, now that he had broken through to the mid-stage of Qi Refining, he no longer had to put up with Sun Cheng, a Qi Refining Level 5 cultivator, jumping around in front of him.

"I might as well tell you, Senior Brother Sun."

"I have never relied on the Zhao family's power. Not only did I kill Senior Brother Ye with my own hands, but I also severed your manhood earlier."

"What did you say...!"

Sun Cheng was shocked. The shadow of his manhood suddenly breaking during his intimate moments with Pei Shimei suddenly resurfaced in his mind.

"Junior brother, why did you go to such lengths!"

"Even if you've long desired to be intimate with me, we could have done it with Junior Sister Pei... Why come to this, Junior Brother Lu..."

For some reason, Sun Cheng felt a pang of fear as he looked at the cold and stern Lu Qingyun.

However, Lu Qingyun never gave him another chance to disturb his Dao heart.

Clang!

A flash of sword light swept past, and Sun Cheng was suddenly decapitated.

Lu Qingyun had long since looked down on Sun Cheng's wealth, so he immediately set fire to Sun Cheng and his storage bag, burning them to ashes to prevent them from suffering any further emotional trauma due to some inexplicable event.

After killing Sun Cheng, Lu Qingyun couldn't help but ponder what to do next.

Without a doubt, the black-robed deacon will do his utmost to investigate. It is said that the uncle and nephew had a very good relationship, so the black-robed deacon will not accept Sun Cheng's death so easily.

Furthermore, given that he had just joined the Zhang family, and that the Zhang family, in order to spend a fortune to buy horse bones, would certainly investigate this matter thoroughly.

but.

Lu Qingyun unleashed another burst of magical power, though he was not as mysterious and unpredictable as the mastermind behind the Talisman Hall.

But his methods were equally impressive. With just one strike of his magic power, the cause and effect of Senior Brother Sun's death were immediately disrupted, leaving no trace for anyone to detect.

After everything was settled, Lu Qingyun returned to his cave.

He was pondering this.

Killing Sun Cheng would firstly prevent him from spreading those heretical and unorthodox ideas in our ears, and secondly, it could be considered as advance interest collected from the black-robed deacon and his nephew.

Unfortunately, my cultivation level is still insufficient to kill Sun Yang as well, and send him and Sun Cheng on their way together.

Lu Qingyun shook his head regretfully, then settled his thoughts and sat cross-legged to consolidate his magical power.

a few days later.

Upon noticing that Sun Cheng's soul lamp had extinguished, the black-robed deacon flew into a rage and dispatched men to search for him.

"Who is it? Who on earth is it?!"

Unfortunately, just like the trouble that occurred on Zayi Peak, no matter how hard he tried to investigate, he still had no clue about the chaotic cause and effect.

Instead, news spread throughout Danfeng that he first helped the demon kill the disciples of the Fu Hall, and then personally killed his own nephew.

Upon hearing this, Sun Yang was naturally even more furious.

Unfortunately, even with Zhang's help in the search, they were unable to find out who had killed Sun Cheng.

-

Soon, the matter was forgotten again, and very few people discussed it.

Then everyone's attention was drawn to another matter.

"Are they crazy? In just one week, the price of pills across the entire Pill Peak has doubled!"

"In this case, how can we afford pills and support our own cultivation?"

"Are those insects on Danfeng deliberately helping evil forces and delaying our cultivation?"

The disciples had many different opinions and were completely baffled as to why the price of pills had suddenly become so high.

He only complained about the difficulties of his own cultivation and the wickedness of the high-ranking cultivators in the sect.

However, they didn't know that this was just the beginning.

With Zhao Qingxuan's deliberate push, finally, when the price of pills tripled, a high-grade Qi Concentration Pill, originally worth one spirit stone, became worth three—

Zhao Qingxuan immediately sparked a news item, adding fuel to the fire of this sudden surge in pill prices.

A large secret realm in the Great Jing Kingdom is about to open, and anyone who enters may receive the inheritance of a Foundation Establishment True Person.

At the same time, it is also rich in various spiritual herbs, and obtaining even one will greatly benefit everyone's cultivation.

Upon hearing this, everyone could no longer contain themselves and finally understood the reason for the rise in the price of pills within the sect.

As expected, a powerful cultivator was manipulating things behind the scenes, having learned about the secret realm of the Great Jing Kingdom in advance.

When the price of the pills rose to six times its original value, Zhao Qingxuan exclaimed excitedly, "Junior Brother Lu, you really are a prophet!"

"As soon as the news of the secret realm came out, the entire sect went completely crazy. Everyone was thinking of improving their cultivation as much as possible before the secret realm opened, and at the same time stockpiling some commonly used pills in case of emergency."

"Let's sell off all the pills we've stockpiled. Now is the time."

Lu Qingyun nodded slightly.

"What?"

Zhao Qingxuan was taken aback.

"But the price of that elixir clearly shows an upward trend."

Lu Qingyun shook his head.

"No matter how good the spirit stones are, we have to be able to consume them. Let's know when to stop. After all, the Zhang family has already taken notice, and they're about to get involved as well."

At this very moment, Zhao Ruchan, who had been secretly hoarding a large quantity of low-grade pills for his family, was flushed. He propped himself up on the table with his spirit boots and addressed the many branch leaders of the Zhao clan: "Add more! Everyone, we must continue to add more!"

"I never imagined that these pills could be so profitable. In just a few days, I have already earned 50,000 spirit stones, and I don't have to share any of those spirit stones with that hateful Zhao Rushou and his daughter."

The sixth son of the Zhao family scratched his head: "If things really go so smoothly, our plan to resist Zhao Rushou's takeover of the branch after obtaining these spirit stones will be much more successful. However, for some reason, I still feel a little uneasy..."

Zhao Ruchan chuckled, brimming with confidence, and said, "Now that even the Zhang family is getting involved, what's there to be uneasy about? Buy more, keep buying!"

"Although I'm not as good at alchemy as you, I'm much more sensitive to the price of these pills than you are to mine!"