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

Chapter 214 luring and killing Zhi Zhuo

Lu Qingyun was still very wary of Master Qingmu, whose cultivation level was unknown, but was suspected to be in the late Foundation Establishment stage or even above.

If a mere early-stage True Person of the Zhang family of Danfeng can alter cause and effect and tamper with people's memories of Zhang Tianlie and Zhang Tianyan, then what about the even more terrifying True Person Qingmu?

In his previous life, Master Qingmu only used a few tricks to frighten Mu Shan into fleeing, and in his anger, the entire secret realm was shaken.

If it weren't necessary, Lu Qingyun would never want to enter Qingmu Zhenren's field of vision at this moment.

Moreover, he didn't even know about Qingmu Zhenren's supernatural abilities, and had no idea how many tricks he still had up his sleeve.

While he was pondering this, Zheng Tiansheng in the secret passage was already in a state of panic.

No wonder the demoness Yin Shi ignored his spying. It turned out that the demoness had already noticed his lurking presence and ordered the entire secret passage to be completely sealed off, leaving him no choice but to walk into her trap, causing him endless torment in his anxiety.

However, who would have thought that the arrogant and domineering demonic woman Yin Shi would die at the hands of this mysterious late-stage Qi Refining cultivator, who was even suspected to be half-step Foundation Establishment?

This made Zheng Tiansheng even more terrified, fearing that Lu Qingyun would discover him and end his life.

As for the Zheng family and Zheng Tianxuan, he no longer cared about them at all.

These days, even saving one's own life is a problem.

Bang!

Lu Qingyun scanned the area with his divine sense and immediately spotted a rat in the corner. He kicked open the hidden door, revealing Zheng Tianxuan's trembling figure.

"Huh? It's you."

Lu Qingyun raised an eyebrow. The person in front of him was none other than Zheng Tiansheng, the sixth son of the Zheng family, who had been ambushed and killed by him in the Deyun Mansion in the Great De Royal City in his previous life.

This man was said to be a lazy bum who spent his days strolling around the lake with women, without any goals or pursuits.

Lu Qingyun immediately lost interest and closed the hidden door with a smile.

There is no karmic connection between him and this person, and in this life, unlike in the previous life, there is no need to cut off Zheng's wings, so whether he kills Zheng Tiansheng or not makes no difference.

He was not a murderer, so he was happy to spare Zheng Tiansheng's life.

After Lu Qingyun left, Zheng Tiansheng emerged shakily from the secret passage. He looked blankly outside the hall, but Lu Qingyun had vanished without a trace.

He just let me go like that?

Zheng Tiansheng silently packed his luggage. Lu Qingyun had just mentioned why Zheng Zhizhuo was not there, which meant that Lu Qingyun's purpose in coming here was to see Zheng Zhizhuo.

Although he didn't know what Lu Qingyun's purpose was, he no longer wanted to concern himself with the matter at hand. He simply emptied the manor of spirit stones, hesitated for a moment, and saw that Lu Qingyun had indeed taken away the Zheng family's treasury. He sighed and had no choice but to use the family head's token to take away the remaining valuables.

Only bewildered Zheng family guards were left, guarding the empty patriarch's mansion according to Zheng Tiansheng's instructions.

By the time they realized what was happening, the entire Zheng family had already been emptied out by Zheng Tiansheng, who had taken his several beautiful maids and changed their appearances to go elsewhere.

Meanwhile, within the Azure Pool Demonic Sect, in a chilling, dark peak, in the White Bone Hall, a beautiful woman suddenly opened her eyes. This person was none other than Yin Shi, the demoness who cultivated the technique "Secret Record of Profound Yin Erosion." She spat out a mouthful of blood, her eyes revealing murderous intent.

"So, one of your avatars has been lost?"

"His supernatural abilities are currently undetectable, but his sword intent has definitely reached the level of refining sword threads. Among the disciples of the Cloud Mist Sect in this generation, there is actually such a person. However, his face seems to be concealed."

After pondering for a moment, Yin Shi created another avatar. Although the previous avatar had accumulated a large amount of essence blood, the loss of it greatly damaged her. However, she still needed to complete the task of assassinating Elder Chu of Lingzhi Peak.

The Azure Pool Demonic Sect is no benevolent place; failing to complete a mission will result in the loss of a large sum of resources.

After a while, a Xuan Yin incarnation was formed.

This avatar contained almost 70% of her cultivation; in terms of strength alone, it had already reached the half-step Foundation Establishment realm, and even more so...

It was imbued with a pure essence of Yin energy, which enabled her to unleash a divine power.

As for her own cultivation level, she had already reached the half-step Foundation Establishment stage with two supernatural powers, and was currently cultivating the third supernatural power. Therefore, she had no intention of personally taking risks.

However, given the stealth of the "Secret Record of the Mysterious Yin Erosion Dao," it was more than enough for Elder Chu, who was only at the half-foundation stage, to kill a mere mortal.

Even if Zheng's avatar hadn't been destroyed by Lu Qingyun, that avatar alone would have been enough to kill Elder Chu.

The reason she created this Xuan Yin incarnation was to increase her chances of killing Elder Chu and to find and kill Lu Qingyun as well.

Before long, a beautiful woman skipped down from the Hall of Bones, then transformed into an old woman, and then into an innocent little girl.

A disciple of the Qingchi Demonic Sect harbored evil intentions. Seeing that the girl was fair-skinned and lovely, he wanted to abduct her. However, before he could even get close to her, he turned into a puddle of rotten water and rotted on the ground.

"So it was that demoness in disguise again!"

"They toy with us all day long, plotting to take our lives."

"What a waste of such a beautiful face!"

The people who had been secretly watching became wary and cursed under their breath.

Pingyang.

Elder Li Fulai of the neighborhood felt a sense of unease. The earth dragon beast beside him was licking his face, but he pushed its mouth away.

"Go away, go away! Can't you see that the master is unhappy and hasn't even visited any of the beauties? Don't come here to provoke me."

The earth dragon beast let out a pitiful howl.

Li Fulai felt increasingly uneasy.

He didn't know where this unease came from, so he paced back and forth in the courtyard, ate a grape, and then absentmindedly spat it out.

Li Fulai suddenly heard a whooshing sound behind him. Thinking the earth dragon beast was up to something again, he cursed, "Didn't I tell you to shut up? Why are you bothering me again?"

The next moment, a magic sword was suddenly drawn, knocking down the earth dragon beast beside him, and then the blade was aimed straight at his neck.

Li Fulai was immediately terrified, realizing that he had been targeted by some powerful figure.

"Hero, spare my life! I'll give you anything you want, just please spare my life!"

Li Fulai was a sensible man. He knew he was no match for the earth dragon beast after the other party knocked it unconscious with a single sword strike, so he immediately began to beg for mercy.

"I am an elder of the Yunxia Sect's market town. My soul lamp is connected to the sect. If you kill me, it will inevitably bring trouble."

"If you want spirit stones or any information, just tell me, and I will tell you everything I know."

Lu Qingyun smiled, held the sword to Li's neck, and pressed it deeper: "Fellow Daoist Li, others may not know you, but I know you well. You have many connections with the Zheng family in Pingyang, and you even helped Zheng Zhizhuo of the Zheng family to conceal the local taxes, embezzling a large number of spirit stones and splitting the profits 50/50 with the Zheng family."

"Besides that, you also let this stupid beast dig a hole at the foot of Pingyang Mountain, attempting to seize the core of the spiritual vein here, even at the risk of destroying the spiritual vein, in order to break through your own cultivation level."

"Truly a selfish and ruthless cultivator, not bad."

"Senior, cultivation is not easy at all. If I had other methods, why would I resort to such a desperate measure? Aren't I afraid of being investigated by the sect?"

Li Fulai, trembling and with a sob in his voice, pleaded, "Please, senior, spare my life. Whatever you want, I will do my best to satisfy you, and I will never repent."

"What you want to do is none of my business. Now use the jade talisman in your hand to contact Zheng Zhizhuo and make him return to Pingyang Market. I don't care what method you use, as long as you can do it, I will spare your life."

"However, you must be careful. Zheng Tianxuan is now dead. If Zheng Zhizhuo receives the news, he will definitely be on guard."

"This is easy, this is easy!"

Upon hearing this, Li Fulai was first shocked, astonished that the young master of a prestigious family, Zheng Tianxuan, had died so easily. At the same time, he was overjoyed, for he knew Zheng Zhizhuo all too well, let alone that Zheng Tianxuan was dead.

Even if the entire Zheng family were wiped out, he would still find a way to win Zheng Zhizhuo back.

Without hesitation, and not daring to look back at Lu Qingyun's face, for fear of offending him again and losing his life, he took out a jade slip and said smugly, "Although Zheng Zhizhuo is ruthless and cautious in his actions, he is often inflexible. It is not difficult to win him back. In fact, I can even know in advance where he will return."

When Li Fulai heard that Lu Qingyun hadn't made a move, he dared not keep him in suspense any longer.

"This man often liked to spy on the Zheng family in secret. He had previously handed over the power of the family to his sons and pretended to die. As a result, his sons were very filial and fought fiercely for the power of the Zheng family. They even wanted to dig up his grave to see what good things he had hidden."

"At that time, he was secretly watching from the western mountain of the Pingyang spiritual vein. He thought I was unaware of his presence, but in fact, by using the earth dragon beast's ability to dig tunnels, I found out exactly where he was. Later, I discovered that this person had not left Pingyang, but would go to the western mountain to observe things. Only after finding no problems did he carefully return."

"Of course, it's also a pity for his sons. On the surface, they were all useless and died young, but in reality, they were all killed by him in his early years."

"Act quickly."

Lu Qingyun raised an eyebrow. In his previous life, he might have been curious about such secrets of the Zheng family, but now the entire Zheng family was utterly boring to him and of no value whatsoever.

Naturally, he had no interest in listening to Li Fulai flaunt such secrets.

Li Fulai told Zheng Zhizhuo about Zheng Tianxuan being killed by the Demonic Sect. As expected, Zheng Zhizhuo was shocked, thinking that the Demonic Sect was about to invade and target the Zheng family.

Li Fulai then feigned danger and begged Zheng Zhizhuo for help, but Zheng Zhizhuo naturally did not respond. After a long time, Li Fulai stopped sending messages, and Zheng Zhizhuo remained silent as well.

Li Fulai laughed loudly, "Senior, this matter is accomplished!"

"If it succeeds, I will spare your life."

Lu Qingyun nodded and ordered Li Fulai to summon the Earth Dragon Beast and take him to the area that Zheng Zhizhuo usually frequented.

Upon approaching, Lu Qingyun suddenly realized why Zheng Zhizhuo had chosen this place to monitor the Zheng family. It turned out that this place was a poisonous forest in the mountains west of the spiritual vein. This place had always been sparsely populated and was the highest point in the mountains. It belonged to the Zheng family, but few people came here.

It is indeed a good place.

Perfect for an ambush, Lu Qingyun pondered for a moment, set up a small trapping formation, and added a [Heavenly Thunder Talisman].

Therefore, even if Zheng Zhizhuo had other means, he would still face certain death and have no chance of survival.

"That idiot Zheng Tianxuan, we told him not to contact the Demonic Sect, but he actually did something like inviting a wolf into the house and lost his life."

Outside the Azure Wood Secret Realm, Zheng Zhizhuo, his face grim, punched the stone wall.

Zheng Zhizhu recalled his unease a few days ago, which he thought was due to the impending attack by the Demonic Sect. As for the idea that Li Fulai had lied to him, he made no mention of it.

Li Fulai was the elder of Yunxia Zongfang City. Taking advantage of Pingyang, he had stolen countless taxes, so he and the Zheng family shared both prosperity and ruin.

Moreover, this person is greedy for life and afraid of death, greedy for money and quick to anger, so how could he dare to do anything to deceive him?

Zheng Zhizhuo had a sudden thought: he wanted to leave Pingyang, but he couldn't bear to part with his family and property there. The Yunxia Sect and the Qingchi Demonic Sect had been locked in a stalemate for so many years; they would not be destroyed like this.

If he could pledge his loyalty to the Yunxia Sect, he might be able to use Bai Tianxiong as a resource and even receive assistance in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment stage.

Moreover, it would be even better if the people of the Demonic Sect killed Bai Tianxiong.

It also saves him the trouble of serving the emperor; as long as he takes away Bai Tianxiong's body, he will have a bright future ahead of him.

In addition, he still had children and grandchildren in Pingyang, and if he could save one or two of them, he would not hesitate to lend a helping hand.

Once he made up his mind, Zheng Zhizhuo immediately turned around and headed towards Pingyang.

As Li Fulai had predicted, he did not go directly to Pingyang, but instead hid his tracks and went up to the Western Mountain.

Seeing that the number of cultivators coming and going in Pingyang was still as high as before, Zheng Zhizhuo felt somewhat relieved.

This means that the Qingchi Demonic Sect did not intend to conquer the Great Germany in one fell swoop, but was instead acting in secret. In this way, when the cultivators of the Yunxia Sect came to support them, he might even be able to contribute to the cause of the dragon's rise.

Zheng Zhizhuo, filled with boundless pride, ascended the Western Hills.

The poisonous forest was in sight, but as soon as he stepped in, he heard an excited voice.

"Ha...! Senior, I knew this monastery was old-fashioned and inflexible. Upon hearing the news of Zheng Tianxuan's death, they would surely return to investigate according to old customs. Sure enough, they fell right into your trap!"

Li Fulai laughed heartily. Zheng Zhizhuo was finished, and he was all right. Upon looking again, he saw that the magical restraints around him were indeed gone. He knew that Lu Qingyun had let him go, so he immediately thanked him and urged the earth dragon beast to flee from the mountain.

Zheng Zhizhuo immediately realized that something was wrong. He had actually been tricked by a villain like Li Fulai. However, just as he was about to use his movement technique to escape, a trapping formation suddenly appeared beside him, blocking his way.

"I can talk, I can surrender!"

Zheng Zhizhuo was terrified. Although it was just an ordinary trap, he didn't even have the slightest thought to resist. The other party must have been confident to set up such an ambush, and they must have thought that capturing Li Fulai was a piece of cake.

If Li Fulai could surrender, why couldn't Zheng Zhizhuo?

However, a sword light suddenly slashed out from a distance. Zheng Zhizhuo didn't even see the figure before he felt his head lighten and his eyes widen. Only then did he realize that Yuan had left his body.

Lu Qingyun sheathed his sword and shook his head: "The karma between him and me is not deep, so we can talk about it, but you can't."