txolops Chapter 83 A Disordered Mind
Chapter 83 A Disordered Mind
The ancestral home of the Wang family.
Several days later, a group of rogue cultivators were still gathered here, cursing loudly, while many other rogue cultivators watched the spectacle from the sidelines.
This makes the place seem less like a quiet retreat and more like a bustling marketplace.
……
Inside the top floor room of a three-story building not far from the Wang family's ancestral home.
A figure sat by the window, watching the commotion near the Wang family's ancestral land in the distance, a smug look in his eyes.
Just then, a rapid knocking sounded on the door, and a deep voice came from outside: "Fellow Daoist Ye, it's me."
"Fellow Daoist Hu, please wait a moment." Upon hearing the voice of the newcomer, the figure addressed as Fellow Daoist Ye stood up and opened the door for him.
The door opened, and Master Hu Feng walked in. He glanced out the window and said meaningfully, "Fellow Daoist Ye certainly knows how to choose a place."
Fellow Daoist Ye was none other than the frail scholar Ye who had been sent by Dai Sangyu to "invite" Li Ping.
Upon hearing Master Hu's words, he simply smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Hu is joking. There was no other reason for choosing this place; it was just a coincidence."
Master Hu nodded and sat down in the chair. He said without any politeness, "I heard that after the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Wang family died, Fellow Daoist Ye has taken over the management of the Immortal City's Secret Technique Pavilion. Can you give me the third-tier alchemist inheritance that you promised me?"
"Hehe...that's natural." Junior Brother Ye revealed a smile: "Things could have gone so smoothly thanks to Fellow Daoist Hu's help, so how could I neglect Fellow Daoist Hu? The third-tier alchemist inheritance is on me, and I can give it to Fellow Daoist Hu at any time, but..."
At this point, Junior Brother Ye's eyes sharpened: "Fellow Daoist Hu shouldn't be talking nonsense outside, right?"
"Fellow Daoist Ye, you are overthinking it." Master Hu shook his head. "Fellow Daoist and I are in the same boat. If I were to reveal this matter, wouldn't I be making trouble for myself?"
Upon hearing Master Hu's words, Junior Brother Ye smiled and said, "It's good that Fellow Daoist Hu understands. I have a master-disciple relationship with the True Man. If the matter is exposed, I will be fine, but you will probably not escape death."
"This is the third-tier alchemist inheritance you requested, fellow Daoist," Junior Brother Ye said, taking a jade slip from his storage bag and placing it on the table.
Overjoyed, Master Hu immediately reached out to take it, but was stopped by Junior Brother Ye, who stared at Master Hu calmly and said, "Fellow Daoist, you must swear an oath not to pass on this alchemy master's inheritance to others."
Upon hearing this, Master Hu couldn't help but show displeasure.
However, under the watchful eyes of Junior Brother Ye and the allure of the third-tier alchemist inheritance, he ultimately had no choice but to make the Heavenly Oath as required.
Master Hu picked up the jade slip on the table and carefully examined its contents.
Junior Brother Ye's gaze fell to the window, and upon seeing it, he couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Eh!"
At that very moment, a cultivator dressed in black robes suddenly appeared at the Wang family's ancestral land and directly dispersed the cultivators who were blocking the entrance and watching.
He recognized the black-robed cultivator as a Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Meng family of Immortal City!
"The Meng family has intervened?" Junior Brother Ye pondered silently.
While he was pondering the kung fu, Master Hu had already finished checking the third-level alchemist's inheritance. After confirming that there were no problems, he took his leave.
After seeing Master Hu off, Junior Brother Ye also hurriedly left, seemingly eager to deal with the Meng family's interference.
……
Seeing that the rogue cultivators blocking the entrance had been driven away, the Wang family cultivators dared to step out of the formation.
They all expressed their gratitude to the Meng family for helping them establish their foundation: "Thank you, Senior Meng!"
The Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Meng family casually waved his hand, then turned and left without saying another word.
At this moment, Wang Quyan stepped forward and loudly proclaimed, "Our ancestor has committed a grave error. Let us go together to Qinglong Mountain to apologize to the True Immortal!"
Given the Wang family's situation, with their gates blocked by rogue cultivators, they could only stay in their ancestral land, waiting for the final judgment from the higher-ups of the Immortal City.
But now that the Meng family has made a move, they have a chance to struggle.
However, the outcome of their struggle is not up to them, but rather depends on the whim of the Lord of the Immortal City!
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"I've finally gotten my hands on the alchemy legacy left behind by Xu Pingsheng, the 'Master of Alchemy and Sword'," Master Hu thought excitedly as he returned to Immortal Peach Mountain.
Originally, after receiving his uncle's reply, he could have returned directly to the church.
There are two main reasons why he was still willing to risk entering the Immortal City.
Firstly, because the egg of the third-tier Fiery Arrow Eagle was still in Miao Rou's hands, and he wanted to take it away.
The second reason is because this fellow Daoist Ye promised him a third-tier alchemy inheritance!
Now that he has obtained the third-tier alchemy inheritance, he can leave.
"The most important spiritual item for the Core Formation is the one that will help the sword cultivator complete the Core Formation task. I can get it back when I return. Although I used the 'Thousand Mile Vanishing Talisman,' it's not a bad deal to get a third-tier Fiery Arrow Eagle egg in exchange. And there's Xu Pingsheng's alchemy inheritance..." Master Hu, or rather Yan Kun, felt that he had reached the pinnacle of his life at this moment.
His trip to the immortal city was perfect!
Once he returns to the sect and successfully forms his core, he can become one of the nearly one hundred high-ranking members in the Western Wilderness!
Instead of rushing to Miao Rou to retrieve the Fiery Arrow Egg, Yan Kun, disguised as a sallow-faced, short, and fat old man named "Hu Feng," returned to Immortal Peach Mountain to pack his belongings, preparing to leave.
Before leaving, he also left a jade slip for the Meng family.
The jade slip detailed how he colluded with Junior Brother Ye from Immortal City to tamper with the pills that the Wang family patriarch needed to advance to the later stages of his cultivation, as well as the Foundation Establishment Pill that he himself had refined for him.
Anyway, he's leaving, and Hu Feng will never exist again, so he's not afraid of being hunted down by the Immortal City.
Before leaving, let's take this opportunity to further disrupt the situation in the Immortal City!
"Hehe... Meng family, I've kept your spiritual vein for so long, consider this a gift I'm leaving for you." Yan Kun smiled slyly, seemingly already envisioning the irreconcilable conflict between the two factions of cultivators in the Immortal City after he left.
After finishing everything, Yan Kun called his apprentice Feng Qufeng over and directly turned him into a 'blood corpse,' placing him in a storage bag with his junior brother.
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"Oh right, I almost forgot about you, my good neighbor." Yan Kun was about to leave when he suddenly seemed to remember something and turned his gaze toward the direction of Li Pingdong's residence.
Previously, the reason he went to great lengths to lure Li Ping out of the city instead of taking action within the city was because of this.
Firstly, the commotion caused by the two Foundation Establishment cultivators fighting within the city was too great and would easily alert the city's officials.
Secondly, even if he believed his methods were extraordinary and he could eliminate Li Ping without triggering any disturbance, the disappearance of a Foundation Establishment cultivator within the Immortal City would trigger a massive search by the city's authorities, and the investigation might very well lead back to him.
However, he is now preparing to leave the Immortal City and return to the sect for seclusion to attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage.
Then it doesn't matter whether my identity is exposed or not.
In fact, with his uncle's guidance, Yan Kun had already successfully completed the mission and obtained the Core Formation spiritual item issued by the sect.
His best option now is to avoid doing anything that could cause trouble and simply return to the church.
But he couldn't swallow his anger!
He spent so much effort on Li Ping, trying to lure him out of the city.
But the result was incredibly frustrating; the other party was like a coward, hiding in the immortal city and refusing to go anywhere!
Before he went back to attempt to break through to the Core Formation stage, he had to vent his anger, otherwise he felt he would be unable to think clearly!
Besides, in Yan Kun's view, it was he who sold Li Ping the Foundation Establishment Pill.
He knew perfectly well that the other party was merely a newly promoted early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who had only broken through to the Foundation Establishment stage four years prior.
And what about him?
He was a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator who practiced both physical and magical cultivation, and he was fully confident that he could eliminate Li Ping silently.
"Hehehe..." Yan Kun could almost see himself crushing the head of that timid turtle.
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Qinglong Mountain.
As the core of the Immortal City, only the city's high-ranking officials can freely enter and exit this place.
Naturally, the Qi Refining cultivators of the Wang family were not qualified to enter.
When Wang Quyan led a large group of his people to Qinglong Mountain, they were unsurprisingly stopped outside by the guards of the Immortal City.
But at that moment, Meng Qingyi flew down from the mountain.
Upon seeing her, the guards of the immortal city immediately bowed respectfully: "Greetings, Senior Meng."
Meng Qing nodded, his gaze fixed on the group of hundreds of Wang family members with complex expressions.
She knew that the Immortal City had been established for two hundred years, and that her master's many disciples had been embroiled in numerous conflicts with the Meng family, the Wang family, and other Yuanxun families in their struggle for the Immortal City's resources.
Meng Qing is also a cultivator of the Meng family, but at the same time she is also a disciple of True Person Feng Lan.
Caught between her family and her fellow disciples, she was in a dilemma.
In particular, she is the chief logistics officer of the Immortal City, in charge of the distribution of many resources, making her a key figure.
Even though she tried her best to maintain a balance between her family and her fellow apprentices, attempting to bridge the differences between them.
But in the end, both sides still reached the point where they had to reveal their true intentions.
When it came down to choosing sides, Meng Qingyi did not hesitate to stand on the side of her family.
She, Meng Qingyi, is first and foremost a cultivator of the Meng family, and only secondly a disciple of a true master!
Meng Qingyi's gaze gradually hardened. Remembering the ancestor's instructions, she looked at Wang Quyan and the others and asked, "Have you come to Qinglong Mountain for something?"
Wang Quyan recognized her and knew she had come to help the Wang family, so he quickly shouted, "Our ancestor has damaged the reputation of the Immortal City. We are guilty. Please, senior, allow us to enter and apologize to the True Person!"
The other members of the Wang family also shouted.
Meng Qingyi nodded repeatedly upon hearing this, and instructed the guards, "Since they have come to apologize to the Master, let them enter the mountain!"
Upon hearing this, the guard couldn't help but look troubled.
But in the end, under Meng Qingyi's indifferent gaze, they still respectfully agreed: "Yes!"
The protective formation of Qinglong Mountain opened a door, and hundreds of cultivators from the Wang family filed into Qinglong Mountain.
Upon arriving at the foot of the mountain, they didn't make any further moves. Led by their clan chief, Wang Quyan, they silently knelt down in a group!
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Just as the Wang family cultivators entered Qinglong Mountain.
Upon receiving the transmission talisman, Li Ping smiled and activated the formation in his cave dwelling on Immortal Peach Mountain, inviting Master Hu, who had come to visit him, inside.
"Fellow Daoist Hu, what brings you here today?" Li Ping said with a smile. "My concubine hasn't returned yet, so I don't have any spiritual tea for you. Please don't blame me for being negligent."