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

Chapter 203 I Don't Understand

This is a very bad situation.

The Supreme One is truly cunning and treacherous, like a wolf or a leopard.

Lu Qingyun had absolutely no idea what the Supreme Being behind Xiao Daojue was planning.

But without a doubt, on the surface, Xiao Daojue must have had three purposes in coming to him.

First, by using the Zhao family's name, Xiao Daojue was cleared of suspicion related to the blood sacrifice to some extent.

Although the Zhao family has declined, the Punishment Hall still has no Foundation Establishment cultivators, so they still have to give the Zhao family face. Once they learn that Xiao Daojue is related to the Zhao family, they will certainly not investigate further.

Secondly, he wanted to provoke himself into taking action against the Cui family of Qiyang, thereby achieving revenge against the Cui family and reaping the benefits of their actions.

Xiao Daojue may not have known that he possessed the Supreme True Move, so on the surface, this was his sole purpose.

After a moment's thought, Lu Qingyun took out the jade token and contacted Zhao Qingxuan, telling him to pay more attention to Xiao Daojue's matter and that it would be best to use the Zhao family's power to directly remove Xiao Daojue from his duties in the General Affairs Hall and send him to Dajing as soon as possible.

Zhao Qingxuan replied very quickly.

This was no problem for the all-powerful Zhao family, even though a transfer order nominally received from someone else was not allowed to be revoked in the General Affairs Hall.

However, Zhao Qingxuan merely entrusted the Zhao clan branch of the Great Jing Kingdom to issue a higher-level mission, and specifically named Xiao Daojue to accept it. His original mission to transport supplies to the Cui clan was immediately canceled.

Rules are rigid, but the Zhao family is flexible.

Because Zhao Qingxuan pressured the General Affairs Hall to handle the matter quickly, the General Affairs Hall mistakenly believed that Zhao had a grudge against the Cui family, and thus, in an attempt to curry favor, directly suspended a batch of missions destined for the Cui family.

This inadvertently caused harm to the unfortunate Cui family.

Upon learning that Xiao Daojue would soon be safely transported to Dajing, Lu Qingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The best option we can do now is to avoid any further contact with him.

He could only hope that Xiao Daojue didn't have too many schemes against him.

Xiao Daojue obediently followed the Zhao family's several late-stage Qi Refining guards and boarded the flying boat bound for Dajing.

However, he had only just learned that he didn't need to go to the Cui family to complete the mission.

Xiao Daojue was somewhat taken aback: "Won't the General Affairs Hall hold someone accountable? Isn't this a bit against the rules?"

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His original plan was to delay his trip to Dajing after returning from the Cui family. If he could wait until Lu Qingyun made a move against the Cui family, he would immediately go to the Cui family in secret and wipe out both the Cui family and Lu Qingyun.

Could it be that Lu Qingyun has noticed something?

Xiao Daojue became suspicious.

"Lord Xiao, there is no need to worry. You are a distinguished guest of Lord Qingyun. In the outer sect of Yunxia Sect, our Zhao family is mostly just following the rules."

The Zhao disciple coughed and whispered.

"Regarding your matter, Lord Qingyun personally went to plead with Miss Qingxuan, and she personally requested that the General Affairs Hall release you."

"Several escort missions to the Cui family were also canceled by them."

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"However, Lord Qingyun also asked me to apologize to you. The Zhao family's power in the Great Jing Kingdom is too weak at present. For your safety, it is natural not to place you on the front line of the conflict between my family and the Zhang family."

"It's alright, it's alright. I'm already very grateful that Qingyun was able to help me escape from the Talisman Hall."

Xiao Daojue said gratefully.

"To ensure your safety, we chose the Great Jing Kingdom. Although it is mostly Zhang family territory, it is quite safe because of the protection of the Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators of the Great Jing Kingdom."

"Zhao's disciple whispered."

"Don't worry, Lord Qingyun will give you a grant of three hundred spirit stones every month. You just need to complete some talismans and hand them over to the local Zhao family disciples."

"Qingyun, I'm so grateful to him!"

Xiao Daojue, with tears welling in his eyes, grasped the hands of the Zhao family disciple.

However, he thought to himself:

This treatment is truly excellent. It seems this Brother Lu is indeed a man of great loyalty and righteousness. Perhaps we don't necessarily need to treat him as a resource.

Xiao Daojue crossed Lu Qingyun off his mental list and glared fiercely at the direction of Cui Shi.

When I return from the Great Jing Kingdom, I will make your entire Cui clan my playthings; only then can I vent my hatred!

Above the distant mountains.

Zhao Qingxuan finally breathed a sigh of relief as she watched Xiao Daojue's flying boat leave Yunxia Sect.

She fully understood Lu Qingyun's spirit of using others to do his dirty work and diverting trouble to others.

These past few days, I've almost put aside all my work, just to send Xiao Daojue, this great Buddha, away from the Yunxia Sect.

After receiving a hint from Lu Qingyun, he immediately chose the capital of Dajing Kingdom, a city where the Zhang family was powerful and Zhang Shi'ao, the elder of the eighth branch of the Zhang family, was stationed.

There are also several half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators from Sword Peak and Array Peak, as well as True Persons from the Great Jing Kingdom's royal family.

I've heard that the infighting among various factions has been quite fierce in recent years. Once Xiao Daojue is gone, with the relationship between the Zhao and Zhang families, the Zhang family will surely be able to target Xiao Daojue severely.

At that time, no matter who suffers a severe blow, it will be good news for them.

The cost is merely a few hundred spirit stones per month.

a few days later.

Upon hearing that Xiao Daojue had completely entered the Great Jing Kingdom and arrived at its capital, Lu Qingyun finally felt relieved.

Now that Xiao Daojue, that variable, is gone, there's no need to worry about the Supreme Being behind him who has plans to harm him across thousands of miles.

It's time for him to start planning for the two precious medicines from the Cui family.

After quickly packing his belongings and drawing several high-grade talismans, Lu Qingyun immediately set off for the General Affairs Hall to accept a mission from the outskirts of the Yunxia Sect. He then changed into a human skin mask and headed to Qiyang.

At this moment.

Cui Jue, the eldest son of the Cui family, was furious. He questioned the elders of the family: "The Cui and Shen families have been enemies for generations, and there have been no fewer than fifty large-scale battles. The rights and wrongs, the successes and failures are hard to judge. But we all know that only one side of the two families can survive."

"A few months ago, my Cui clan joined forces with the Weapon Refining Peak and set foot in the Punishment Hall. The prestige of Elder Cui Bao, the deputy hall master, was such that no one in the outer sect dared to defer to him. Many elders of the Shen clan were afraid of our sharp edge. I was even more fortunate to represent my family and force the seventh elder of the Shen clan, Shen Buqun, to join my ranks and offer up the newly discovered Qingyun Spring Mine. It was almost a complete victory."

Cui Jue's tone was somber and puzzled.

"I don't understand why everyone is talking about how the Cui family is going to fall sooner or later, as if my family is doomed overnight. Just a month ago, I was preparing to go to the Shen family to plan the great cause of unifying the Cui and Shen families."

"Wherever I went, the Shen family members secretly welcomed me with all their heartfelt gratitude. It was truly a case of having the perfect timing and the support of the people. The vibrant energy and flourishing of all things are still vivid in my mind. Yet, just one month later, this place has become my burial ground?"

Cui Jue turned around and looked up, his voice firm and resolute.

"No matter how you look at it, my family still has more late-stage Qi Refining experts than the Shen family, and the support from the Weapon Forging Peak is still stronger than that from the Beast Taming Peak. If we can launch a full-scale attack on the Shen family now, catching them off guard and leaving them defenseless, the advantage will definitely be in our hands..."

An elderly retainer with graying hair looked at Cui Jue's bald head and the small mustache he had deliberately pasted on, sighed, and said cautiously, "Young Master, should we pause our offensive and let the men rest?"

"Yes, things are different now than they used to be..."

Seeing that someone was taking the lead, many elders chimed in with their own opinions.

"Elder Cui Bao fell at the hands of the Zhang family's heir, and our plan to contact the Zhang family also failed due to his recklessness."

"You may seem to say that my Cui family is powerful, but in reality, the family is more resilient to decline than ever before."

"Not to mention that the Shen family was just purged by Shen Changzhu under the pretext of resisting Cui, and Shen Buqun died mysteriously and confusedly. The hidden forces we planted in the Shen family have been almost completely destroyed. Even you, young master, were overwhelmed by that blood sacrifice maniac who suddenly appeared."

"The internal situation is not yet stable, the madman has not yet been eliminated, and the Zhang family has not yet been reconciled. How can we lightly talk about a decisive battle against the Shen family?"

"Yes, what's more, the Zhao family of Danfeng has also set its sights on us for some reason. Yunxia originally didn't want to interfere in the matter between Cui and Shen, letting the disciples of each peak participate freely. But now the Zhao family has inexplicably stopped the General Affairs Hall from issuing a mission to assist our family."

"If we don't figure out the underlying reasons, won't we be courting our own destruction?"

"How foolish, how foolish!"

Cui Jue said angrily.

These insects only think about sucking blood from their own kind; they have absolutely no sense of the bigger picture.

The Cui family is weak now, but it is still stronger than the Shen family. If we don't take action against the Shen family now, are we going to wait for the Cui family to become even weaker?

The Zhang family, the Zhao family, the Beast Taming Peak, the Shen family, and that hateful Blood Sacrifice Demon, along with numerous rogue cultivators, all joined forces to completely annihilate the Cui family.

Disappointed, Cui Jue turned and left. He knew that he could no longer persuade these elders, because Shen Buqun had died when he went to the Shen family, and he had brought back the evil Bloodstained Demon.

These people have all colluded and formed a resolute anti-Jue group, making it impossible for him to achieve any of his goals. If it weren't for his prematurely deceased father having no more children and his powerful mother being at the half-step Foundation Establishment stage...

These insects are probably already thinking of replacing the heir and surrendering to the Shen family.

Cui Jue stopped at the door, glaring fiercely at the elders: "You insolent wretch will ruin the Cui family. Sooner or later, the Cui family will perish in your hands!"

How can you say that?

The expressions of many elders changed.

"How could the Crown Prince be so rude?"

"Are we, a loyal and virtuous clan, destined to be so humiliated by the Crown Prince?"

The crowd began to accuse Cui Jue, and only after he had completely disappeared for more than a quarter of an hour did they stop and go back to plan their own schemes to sell out their clans.

They can tell.

The Crown Prince is now bald and in such a state that the entire Cui family is beyond saving. We must take advantage of the moment when the half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators are off guard, transfer our assets, and seek refuge with Weapon Peak, Beast Taming Peak, the Zhang family, the Zhao family, or even the Shen family.

The changes came so quickly that no one could have imagined that war would come so abruptly.

After Lu Qingyun traveled incognito for a day, he arrived near the Cui family.

Only then did they discover that this behemoth, a family of alchemists with a history spanning over a century, had actually fallen apart.

Not only did the Cui family fail to take advantage of the Shen family's weakness and unite their forces to destroy them, but Shen Changzhu also seized the opportunity to exploit the situation.

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Shen Changzhu turned the fourth branch of the Cui family into a half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator, making him join the Shen family. As a result, the number of half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators in the third branch of the Cui family and the second branch of the Shen family quickly reversed.

Under the guidance of Cui, the fourth branch of the Cui family, the Shen family made almost unstoppable progress, quickly opening up access to all branches of the Cui family and launching a general offensive against the Cui family.

Outside Qiyang Mountain.

Supported by the cheap talismans crafted by the servants of the Yunxia Sect's Talisman Hall, countless talismans were thrown towards the Cui family as if they were free. Sword talismans, light talismans, fire talismans... all kinds of talismans shone with various colors of light. Although these talismans were low-level, the sheer number of them thrown out still created a power far exceeding that of a half-step Foundation Establishment cultivator.

The Cui family's protective mountain array struggled to withstand the onslaught of the crowd. Spirit stones were being poured into the array's core as if they were free. This first-grade high-level array, which had been passed down for hundreds of years, was now releasing a loud bang as it could no longer bear the weight.

Cracks had already appeared in some parts of it, and the Cui family's array masters hurriedly rushed to repair it, dodging the sky full of talismans.

Under Cui Jue's command, Cui's many disciples formed a unified formation and went to provide support in various places.

The war was protracted.

With the arduous resistance of many of Cui's elders and some die-hard supporters before they could finalize the price, the two sides were locked in a stalemate for a time.

"I never imagined that the once powerful Qiyang Cui clan, which almost overshadowed our Shen clan, would have such a state today."

Shen Changzhu's eyes revealed a cold smile.

"Changzhu, it's all thanks to you! If it weren't for you, how could we have let that scoundrel Cui Si join us? Our victory over the Cui family is all thanks to you!"

Shen Bucai, the ninth elder of the Shen family, with his round belly, leaned over and first praised them, then whispered, "However, continuing to fight like this isn't a solution. Do you think we need some enlightened elders who are loyal to the clan to secretly contact the Cui family and persuade them to abandon their evil ways and embrace the Shen family, just like Cui Si did..."

"No need."

Before Shen Bucai could finish speaking, Shen Changzhu immediately refused, his eyes like an eagle's sweeping over Shen Bucai's greedy gaze.

"I know my husband is loyal to his family, but I will still let this matter go. My family has a century-old blood feud with the Cui family. If we let it go so easily, how can we face our ancestors?"

Despite saying that, Shen Changzhu was already cursing inwardly.

Everyone knows that Shen Bucai, that old codger, has been flirting with the Cui family, wanting to seize the assets of the Cui family's surrender faction by attacking them.

At this moment, he probably already possessed countless spirit stones from the Cui family.

If he really succeeds in negotiating and gets those Cui family members to surrender, how will he make money? How will he use the pretext of blood feud to seize the Cui family's resources right under the noses of the half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators in the clan?

Shen Bucai wanted to explain further.

"Elder, say no more. If you dare to speak again, I will definitely investigate you for colluding with the Cui family!"

Shen Changzhu spoke sternly, his sharp gaze making Shen Bucai unable to lift his head, and he could only curse inwardly.

Meanwhile, outside Qiyang Mountain.

Lu Qingyun's gaze was serious.

"This Cui family is so useless; they must not be allowed to perish now!"

If Cui Shi couldn't hold on, how could he have sneaked in and taken away the precious medicine right under the noses of a group of half-step Foundation Establishment cultivators?

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