txolops Chapter 174 A Shocking Conspiracy
Chapter 174 A Shocking Conspiracy
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Several months later.
Above the desolate desert, a black flying boat sped across the sky, heading towards the Yan Kingdom.
On the airship, Li Ping was still reeling from the news he had obtained from interrogating Yan Liming's soul.
Several months ago, Yan Hengchuan used the Foundation Establishment Secret Technique to seize all of Yan Liming's cultivation, successfully advancing to the Foundation Establishment stage.
Just as he successfully seized the throne, Li Ping directly used a secret technique to extract Yan Liming's soul.
By achieving two goals with one effort, Yan Liming's value has been maximized.
After successfully seizing the throne, Li Ping did not rush to leave.
Yan Hengchuan needed to consolidate his hard-won Foundation Establishment cultivation, while Li Ping went next door to try to deal with Yan Liming using the Soul Searching Secret Technique.
But just as he expected.
Before possessing Li Ping's body, Yan Liming was already a Core Formation cultivator, and his soul was far more powerful than Li Ping's.
With Li Ping's cultivation level, it would be impossible for him to search his soul.
Therefore, he had no choice but to interrogate them directly.
However, Yan Liming was very stubborn. Not only did he refuse to say anything, he also threatened Li Ping.
They claimed that the Blood God's Guidance had been planted in his soul, and that if he died at Li Ping's hands, the Blood God's Guidance would attach itself to Li Ping's soul, attracting Blood Shadow Cult cultivators to seek revenge, and so on.
Upon hearing his threat, Li Ping suddenly realized what the blood shadow that had appeared before Hu Feng and Liu Wusheng was.
So that was the so-called "Blood God Guide," but it was naturally countered by the purple energy space within his sea of consciousness.
At least after he killed the two men, the Blood God Guide within their bodies was devoured by the Purple Qi Space, and had no chance to attach to his soul.
If Yan Liming knew about this, he probably wouldn't be so stubborn.
After being tortured, Yan Liming didn't utter a single word.
Ultimately, left with no other choice, Li Ping administered a drop of venom from a third-tier poisonous dragon to his soul.
Li Ping himself dared not touch the venom; he simply had the puppet operate it.
After experiencing the excruciating pain of just one drop of venom, Yan Liming finally spoke up honestly.
He answered all of Li Ping's questions, including what he had been doing on the grassland for so long.
It turned out that he had been assigned by the higher-ups of the four major demonic sects to contact the Turks, and through his eloquent words, the four major demonic sects had reached an agreement with six super-large Turkic tribes.
The four major sects of the demonic path will reignite their war, while the Turks will provide support and their entire tribe will march south.
Both sides launched a full-scale attack, flanking the Defenders Alliance from the east and north, determined to annihilate the Defenders Alliance and divide the Western Wilderness in one fell swoop!
Upon learning this news, Li Ping was unable to calm down for a long time.
According to his general understanding, the overall strength of the Defenders Alliance surpasses that of either the Turks or one of the four major demonic sects.
However, if the two join forces, the Defenders Alliance will likely be at a disadvantage.
He can at least be certain of it.
If the main force of the Defenders Alliance is tied up by the four demonic sects, Yan and Liang alone will definitely not be able to stop the southward advance of six super-large Turkic tribes.
The Western Wilderness is about to fall into war again, and it will be a war even more devastating than the great war of a few years ago!
Even Fenglan Immortal City, located in the Cloud and Mist Mountains, will likely find it difficult to remain uninvolved in this war.
Thinking of this, Li Ping couldn't help but sigh.
He just wanted to survive and quietly develop until he reached the Core Formation stage, so why was it so difficult?
"If only there were a teleportation array that could temporarily transport me to other peaceful cultivation worlds," Li Ping thought to himself, but unfortunately, this idea was destined to remain a pipe dream.
Even if he was unwilling, he would have to start making plans for his own safety as soon as possible.
Coming to his senses, Li Ping silently pondered a solution: "This news must be shared with the Defenders Alliance! We also need to remind the Yan and Liang kingdoms to prepare. If the war goes badly, the cultivators must immediately lead the ordinary people to evacuate to other countries."
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"Grandmaster, shall we return to Immortal City now?" Yan Hengchuan asked when he saw Li Ping remain silent.
The method of seizing the foundation does not only take away Yan Liming's cultivation.
Furthermore, Yan Hengchuan even improved his own aptitude to some extent through this secret method.
He has not only reached the Foundation Establishment stage in his cultivation, but his aptitude has also improved to a certain extent, making him comparable to a cultivator with four spiritual roots.
He Yunyi, whom Yan Liming possessed, had four spiritual roots. Li Ping suspected that this "foundation-seizing method" actually replaced rather than improved Yan Hengchuan's spiritual roots.
Its effect is similar to that of a cultivator possessing another's body.
The only difference is that possession involves abandoning one's original body and having one's soul inhabit another's body. Foundation seizure, on the other hand, involves plundering another's origin, cultivation, and aptitude to compensate for one's own shortcomings.
As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Yan Hengchuan not only greatly increased his strength, but also lived to be 240 years old. It can be said that he was at the height of his success at this moment.
Li Ping shook his head: "When we arrive in Yan, I will leave you there. You can return to Fenglan Immortal City on your own. I have some things to take care of."
Knowing that the four demonic sects would join forces with the Turks to invade would be pointless for Yan Hengchuan and would only cause him more trouble, so Li Ping did not tell him about it.
Hearing Li Ping's words, Yan Hengchuan was somewhat puzzled, but this was ultimately overshadowed by his own joy at achieving Foundation Establishment. He respectfully replied, "Yes, Grandmaster!"
He planned to return to the Jiang Kingdom before going to Huifenglan Immortal City.
He has been away on a spiritual journey for over twenty years and has never returned to his hometown. He misses his family.
Besides, returning home in glory is like wearing fine clothes at night – it's like wearing them in the dark.
He is now a high-ranking Foundation Establishment cultivator, and it's time for him to return home.
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Li Ping was anxious at the moment and naturally had no idea about Yan Hengchuan's complicated thoughts.
Several days later, the flying boat arrived at Tianshang Immortal City.
Yan Hengchuan parted ways with Li Ping here and returned to the Jiang Kingdom alone.
Li Ping, on the other hand, disguised himself as Xiong Dahai and entered the Heavenly Sorrow Immortal City.
Walking through the city, Li Ping pondered how to send a message to the person in charge of the Tianyou Sect.
He wouldn't hide this earth-shattering news; instead, he planned to tell the other party the whole story.
However, he did not want to reveal his identity during this process.
Firstly, after the news was leaked, both countries and the Defenders Alliance made preparations in advance, which may thwart the conspiracy of the four demonic sects and the Turks, reduce their gains, and if used well, even have the opportunity to inflict heavy casualties on the enemy.
He can hide his identity to avoid future retaliation from the four major sects of the demonic path and the Turks.
Secondly, the Yan Kingdom might ask him to cooperate with the investigation to verify the authenticity of the information, but Li Ping did not want to stay in this place where a large-scale cultivator war could break out at any time and cooperate with the other party to verify the authenticity of the information.
He only wanted to deliver the message and then quickly return to the Immortal City to lay low. Once the war broke out, there was a chance that Core Formation cultivators would appear, and it wouldn't be so easy for him to leave again.
Thirdly, he obtained the information after killing Yan Liming, and Yan Liming's soul is still in his storage bag.
If his identity is exposed, Yan Liming's friends might come for revenge... Of course, everyone in the Demonic Sect is selfish, so the probability of this happening is very small.
But as long as there's a chance, he has to take precautions!
Compared to the downsides of revealing one's identity, some benefits, such as the rewards from the Defenders Alliance and the spread of one's reputation throughout the Western Wilderness, are completely insignificant.
In reality, given his wealth, he didn't care about any reward at all.
As for becoming famous in the Western Wilderness... in Li Ping's view, that's a disadvantage rather than an advantage.
He didn't want to end up like Xiao Yunzhi, who stole the limelight and earned the title of "Crimson Flame Fairy," only to be besieged and beaten to a pulp by a group of late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators of the demonic path.
The best approach is to remain inactive and quietly amass wealth.
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After much deliberation, Li Ping made a decision.
On this day, a shocking rumor suddenly spread throughout Tianshang Immortal City. Because the content of the rumor was too explosive and concerned their own interests, almost every cultivator in the city was frantically trying to find out the news.
The news spread rapidly and frantically through word of mouth.
Within just a few days, the news reached the ears of the higher-ups of the Tianyou Sect.
"What? The four major sects of the demonic path have formed an alliance with the six major Turkic tribes to jointly attack the Defenders of the Righteous Alliance?"
"Where did this news come from? It's spreading all over town!"
"Who first spread this rumor? Don't know?"
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Just as the Tianyou Sect's higher-ups were greatly shocked and dispatched cultivators to the grasslands to verify the truth of the news, the rumor-monger had already left Tianshang Immortal City and was rushing to Liang Kingdom.
a few days later.
Rumors began to circulate in Liang Kingdom's "Qiyang Immortal City" that "the Turks and the four demonic sects are about to launch a large-scale invasion of the Weidao Alliance's territory."
The higher-ups of the Qixia Sect soon learned of the rumors.
Greatly shocked, they also sent cultivators into the grasslands to investigate.
At the same time, they also sent cultivators to inform the Tianyou Sect and the Weidao Alliance of this matter.
When the Qixia Sect cultivators arrived at Tianshang Immortal City, they discovered that related rumors had already been circulating within the city, and that the other side had also sent envoys to Qiyang Immortal City and Jixia.
In an instant, cultivators and mortals throughout the entire Northern Region of the Western Wilderness tensed up.
The shadow of impending war loomed over the states of Yan and Liang.
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Jixia Academy.
Twenty-six years later, Li Ping returned to the number one sect in the Western Wilderness.
However, this time it wasn't Yan Buping who came, but Xiong Dahai.
After spreading the news in Tianshang Immortal City and Qiyang Immortal City, it's now Jixia's turn.
Speaking of which, he had quite a few acquaintances at Jixia Academy.
The fifth brother, Qi Hanmo, had been developing his career in Jixia for a long time. Song Yushu, Xiao Yunzhi, and others he knew also held high positions of power in Jixia.
However, to avoid revealing his identity, Li Ping did not go to them this time, but left directly after spreading the message.
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But to his surprise, a few days later, just as he was preparing to leave...
But a figure blocked his way.
This is a beautiful young woman in her early twenties wearing a red dress. On her shoulder, a small bird, about the size of a palm and shaped like a flame peacock, is quietly standing there, proudly holding its head high.
This beautiful young woman was none other than Xiao Yunzhi, whose injuries Li Ping had once treated.
Li Ping looked at Xiao Yunzhi and found that her cultivation had indeed reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and she had clearly been cultivating in the late stage of Foundation Establishment for a long time.
This made him sigh, realizing that the Heavenly Spiritual Root was something he could only envy.
Xiao Yunzhi looked at the burly man with scars on his face, her expression slightly surprised and delighted: "Fellow Daoist Yan, it's been a long time."