Daily Divination From Market Rogue Cultivator To Immortal Venerable - Chapter 291

Chapter 291 A Western Regions Spy Who Never Holds a Grudge (Seeking Subscriptions)

Inside the Soul Banner.

Millions of souls floated and sank.

The Fiend Soul stood with his hands on his hips, tossing Xiahou and his son aside, a strange smile on his face.

“Another newcomer has arrived.”

As soon as he finished speaking, a soul appeared.

It was Miao Bailian.

Her face was full of terror as she looked around.

“This…where is this place?”

“Hehehe, this is of course the Immortal Realm, and I am an immortal.”

The Fiend Soul raised his hand and summoned Miao Bailian’s soul.

Just then.

Xiahou Qian’s soul suddenly cried out in alarm: “Bailian, how did you also die at Li Chang’an’s hands?”

“Qian?”

Miao Bailian was stunned for a moment, a look of surprise appearing on her face, but it quickly turned into terror.

She finally knew what this place was.

The Soul Banner!

At the same time, Li Chang’an also learned the reason why Miao Bailian had slandered her.

“So it was for Xiahou Qian.”

He had originally planned to interrogate her seriously, but now it seemed unnecessary.

Xiahou Qian and Miao Bailian clearly had an ambiguous relationship.

Li Chang’an directly ordered Sha Hun to ask Miao Bailian about the whereabouts of the Flying Star Grass.

“If Miao Bailian doesn’t tell, destroy Xiahou Qian’s soul.”

“Alright!”

Sha Hun immediately acted.

His face was ferocious as he grabbed Xiahou Qian and pressed his claws to his head.

“Miao Bailian, where did that Flying Star Grass go? If you don’t tell, I’ll destroy this brat’s soul!”

“No… I’ll tell you, I’ll tell you right now!”

Miao Bailian was anxious and dared not hide anything, immediately revealing the whereabouts of the Flying Star Grass.

She had already swallowed the Flying Star Grass.

She felt that hiding it anywhere was risky, after all, it was to slander a Golden Core cultivator, so swallowing it was the safest option.

In this way,

even if the entire Qingyun Sect was turned upside down, it would be impossible to find the Flying Star Grass.

“So she swallowed it.”

Li Chang’an looked at Miao Bailian’s corpse in his hand.

He channeled a wisp of his magic power, circulating it throughout the corpse, and quickly discovered the remaining medicinal power of the Flying Star Grass.

Miao Bailian was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stages, suitable for consuming second-tier spiritual herbs, while the medicinal power contained in a third-tier high-grade spiritual herb like the Flying Star Grass was too immense; she simply couldn’t fully absorb it in a short time.

Just then,

Xue Lin roared, “Li Chang’an, how dare you kill a member of my Qingyun Sect within my very own sect! Do you really think my Qingyun Sect is like Huanghe Mountain?”

He was furious, his face filled with rage and killing intent, and he unleashed his own magic weapon.

However, the other Golden Core cultivators still stopped him, unwilling to escalate the matter.

However,

their gazes towards Li Chang’an also held a hint of hostility.

Li Chang’an’s sudden act of killing showed no respect for the Qingyun Sect; even if he was a Golden Core cultivator, he had to give an explanation!

Moreover, his act of killing Miao Bailian seemed very much like silencing a witness.

Gu Qinghong said in a deep voice, “Fellow Daoist Li, I need an explanation for this matter.”

Although he hadn’t made a move, he had already taken out the Azure Cloud Sect’s treasured artifact, the Azure Sky Flowing Cloud Seal.

In his view,

if a fight broke out, the dozen or so of them would be enough to capture Li Chang’an, a Golden Core cultivator in the early stage.

Although Li Chang’an easily killed the Xiahou father and son on Yellow Crane Mountain, that was because he controlled the Yellow Crane Mountain formation.

As for the Azure Cloud Sect’s formation, Gu Qinghong sensed it constantly and it was still under his control.

“Fellow Daoist Gu, what’s there to explain? He must be feeling guilty, stealing the Flying Star Grass and refusing to admit it, even trying to kill Bai Lian to silence her!”

Xue Lin was furious, urging everyone to attack together and capture Li Chang’an first.

Li Chang’an glanced at him indifferently.

He felt something was strange.

This person’s hostility towards him seemed excessively strong from the beginning.

After all, he was a Golden Core cultivator who had lived for hundreds of years, yet he insisted on capturing another Golden Core cultivator of the same level just because he was a Foundation Establishment disciple.

It was really illogical.

Golden Core cultivators always try to avoid direct combat.

After all, both sides are figures at the top of the Southern Region; if they were to fight over something trivial, most of the Golden Core cultivators in the Southern Region would probably be dead by now.

Gu Qinghong and the others reacted much more normally.

“Fellow Daoist Gu, just watch,”

Li Chang’an said to Gu Qinghong, then casually tossed Miao Bailian’s corpse out.

He pointed.

The corpse exploded in mid-air, turning into a cloud of blood mist.

Immediately afterward, raging flames rose, engulfing the entire blood mist.

Li Chang’an used his alchemy techniques to extract the essence from the blood mist, quickly separating a ball of silvery-white medicinal liquid.

The liquid churned and boiled in the alchemical fire, its surface shimmering with starlight-like brilliance.

Before long,

the liquid transformed into a silvery-white pill the size of a soybean.

This pill contained the remaining Flying Star Herbal Power within Miao Bailian’s body.

“Fellow Daoist Gu, if I’m not mistaken, the medicinal power of this pill belongs to the Flying Star Grass.”

Li Chang’an’s thoughts flickered, and the pill’s fire instantly extinguished.

The pill then flew to Gu Qinghong’s side.

Gu Qinghong’s expression was solemn. He took the pill, carefully sensed it, and nodded in agreement.

“That’s right, the medicinal power within this pill belongs to the Flying Star Grass.”

After saying that, he released the pill so that the other Golden Core cultivators could also sense it.

At the same time,

he put away the Azure Sky Flowing Cloud Seal in his hand, which was considered to have made his stance clear.

Soon, Liang Chang and the others confirmed that it was indeed true.

They weren’t stupid; they naturally understood what had happened.

Gu Qinghong said apologetically, “Fellow Daoist Li, today’s events were the fault of our Qingyun Sect, and we’ve made you a laughingstock.”

“It’s alright,”

Li Chang’an waved his hand, unconcerned.

The others also apologized and stopped blocking Li Chang’an’s path.

Only Xue Lin, his face ashen, remained silent, transforming into a streak of light and returning to Qingyun Mountain.

Gu Qinghong and the others looked helpless.

“Fellow Daoist Li, Fellow Daoist Xue was probably too embarrassed to admit it; please don’t take it to heart.”

“Well, now that the truth has been revealed, I’ll return. There’s no need for you all to see me off.”

Li Chang’an transformed into a streak of light and departed.

He didn’t return directly to Changqing Mountain, but instead went to the Jin and Ou families to inquire.

The results were the same: there was no Heavenly Grade Escape Technique.

Left with no other choice

, Li Chang’an temporarily gave up and returned to Changqing Mountain.

But before he even arrived, he sensed someone following him.

The aura of the person was extremely subtle, like a gentle breeze, scattered throughout the world, difficult to detect, reminding Li Chang’an of Zhang Qingfeng.

However, Zhang Qingfeng’s aura was clearly different from that of the person tracking him.

“An unfamiliar wind spirit root cultivator, could he be from the Western Regions?”

Li Chang’an’s expression remained unchanged, seemingly unaware, as

he continued returning to Changqing Mountain. The other party followed silently, getting closer and closer.

His escape techniques and concealment abilities were quite remarkable.

If Li Chang’an were truly just an ordinary early-stage Golden Core cultivator, he probably wouldn’t have noticed.

But his divine sense far surpassed that of cultivators of the same level, comparable to mid-stage Golden Core cultivators, and even faintly approaching late-stage Golden Core cultivators, firmly locking onto the figure behind him.

Not long after.

The man suddenly erupted, carrying a hint of killing intent, instantly attacking Li Chang’an.

But before he could even get close, he crashed into an invisible and intangible net.

“Not good!”

His expression changed drastically, and he was about to retreat.

However, in an instant, the entire net trapped him tightly.

Li Chang’an turned around and sized up the man.

This man was thin and short, with sallow skin, and possessed a mid-stage Golden Core cultivation. Neither his appearance nor his aura belonged to any Golden Core cultivator in the Southern Region.

Soon

, a name surfaced in Li Chang’an’s mind.

“So it’s True Person Wu of the Blazing Wind Sect. We’re complete strangers. Why did you travel so far to the Southern Region to secretly attack me?”

This man was named Wu Chengfeng, belonging to the Blazing Wind Sect, one of the five major sects of the Western Region.

Li Chang’an had once killed a descendant of the Blazing Wind Sect’s former sect leader, but he had used Nie Ting’s body at the time.

Even if the Blazing Wind Sect wanted revenge, they should have sought it out on Nie Ting, not him.

Wu Chengfeng struggled, but couldn’t break free.

The fine threads of the net felt like sharp blades, causing him a dull, stinging pain.

He dared not struggle any longer, forcing out an ugly smile.

“It’s a misunderstanding, Fellow Daoist Li, it’s all a misunderstanding.”

“Oh? What kind of misunderstanding?”

“Fellow Daoist Li, I… I never intended to harm you, I just wanted to befriend you.”

“Fellow Daoist Wu, you need to practice your lying skills.”

Li Chang’an raised his hand and put him into his spirit beast pouch.

He erased all traces of his presence, then vanished, transforming into a streak of light and returning to Changqing Mountain.

Not long after,

Li Chang’an returned to his cave dwelling on Changqing Mountain.

With a thought, he sealed the entire cave and threw Wu Chengfeng out.

“Fellow Daoist Wu, are you going to tell me voluntarily, or will you be interrogated and tortured before telling me?”

Li Chang’an sat deep within the cave, his expression indifferent, looking down at Wu Chengfeng.

Hearing this, Wu Chengfeng trembled.

He forced out that ugly smile again and replied, “Fellow Daoist Li, it’s truly a misunderstanding. I heard of a rogue cultivator in the Southern Region who has reached the Core Formation stage, and I’ve wanted to befriend him, because I was once a rogue cultivator myself and know how difficult the path of a rogue cultivator is.” “It seems

interrogation is still necessary.”

Li Chang’an waved his hand, and the Soul-Bearing Banner appeared.

A Fiend Soul flew out, accompanied by billowing black mist, its face full of a ferocious smile.

“Hehehe, you’ve been torturing quite a few people lately, haven’t you? Here comes another one who doesn’t know his place?”

Hearing this,

Wu Chengfeng’s face turned deathly pale.

He never expected that Li Chang’an, this righteous cultivator, would actually carry a Soul-Bearing Banner!

To avoid torture,

Wu Chengfeng dared not hide anything any longer and explained in detail why he wanted to deal with Li Chang’an.

“It’s Xue Lin. He contacted me before, asking me to eliminate you. In return, he would give me some third-tier spiritual plants that are beneficial to cultivators with wind spirit roots.”

“Xue Lin?”

Li Chang’an’s heart stirred slightly. He had felt that Xue Lin was somewhat strange before.

His hostility towards him was too obvious.

He asked, “Xue Lin is a cultivator from the Southern Region. How did he contact you? The black market between the two regions?”

Wu Chengfeng shook his head repeatedly.

“No, no, no, he is no longer a cultivator from the Southern Region.”

“Oh? What do you mean?”

“Not long ago, Xue Lin defected to Shi Hu Immortal City.”

Wu Chengfeng did not hide anything and told him everything.

Although Xue Lin was ostensibly a cultivator of the Qingyun Sect, he had secretly signed a spiritual contract with Shi Hu Immortal City.

He did this for his own cultivation path.

“Master Shi Hu promised Xue Lin that as long as the war between the two regions goes smoothly, he will help Xue Lin join the Huangsha Sect, a superior sect in the Western Regions, and help Xue Lin obtain the fourth-tier spiritual plant inheritance of the Huangsha Sect.”

“I see.”

Li Chang’an immediately understood.

Xue Lin was already a third-tier high-grade spiritual plant master.

For him, the fourth-tier spiritual plant inheritance was fatally attractive.

“No wonder he was so hostile towards me, so he’s from Shi Hu Immortal City.”

Master Shi Hu’s killing intent towards Li Chang’an was almost completely undisguised.

Wu Chengfeng indicated that Xue Lin planned to use Li Chang’an’s head to exchange for more benefits from Master Shi Hu.

That’s why,

when Miao Bailian slandered Li Chang’an, he kept instigating the Golden Core cultivators of the Qingyun Sect to take action.

But Gu Qinghong and the others were too rational and were not instigated by him.

Moreover

, the slander was easily resolved by Li Chang’an.

But Xue Lin was unwilling to let go of this opportunity and immediately asked Wu Chengfeng to take action.

Wu Chengfeng possessed a natural wind spirit root, with considerable skill in concealment and escape techniques, making him adept at ambushes. He also had a mid-stage Golden Core cultivation.

His chances of successfully ambushing an early-stage Golden Core cultivator were high, barring unforeseen circumstances.

But unforeseen events can happen.

“Fellow Daoist Li, you truly are a rogue cultivator who has reached the Golden Core stage; your abilities are remarkable. I admit defeat today. I only beg you to spare my life. I am willing to lure out Xue Lin for you,”

Wu Chengfeng pleaded, his attitude extremely humble.

Li Chang’an calmly replied, “No rush. I also want to know, what is Xue Lin’s purpose in staying in the Qingyun Sect? Is it for internal and external collusion?”

“That’s right. I’ve heard he plans to gradually devour the entire Qingyun Sect,”

Wu Chengfeng stated, recounting his knowledge.

The Qingyun Sect was the number one Golden Core power in the Southern Region, and also the toughest nut to crack.

If the Western Region wanted to conquer the Southern Region, it couldn’t bypass the Qingyun Sect.

Therefore,

the people of the Western Region wanted to dismantle the Qingyun Sect from within.

Throughout the history of the cultivation world, many sects and families were once extremely powerful, but all declined due to internal problems.

Next, Li Chang’an asked many more questions.

To save his life, Wu Chengfeng answered everything he knew.

After the questioning ended,

Li Chang’an flicked his finger, releasing a green light condensed from a wood-seeding technique.

Soon,

Wu Chengfeng became his puppet.

“This person is still somewhat useful. Let’s see what the treasury of the Liefeng Sect holds.”

With a thought, Li Chang’an manipulated Wu Chengfeng to leave Changqing Mountain.

That evening,

he returned to the Qingyun Sect, secretly visiting Xue Lin under the guise of Wu Chengfeng.

“Fellow Daoist Xue, this matter didn’t succeed. This is the reward you gave me before.”

A flash of spiritual light appeared in his hand, revealing a storage bag full of spirit stones, which he tossed to Xue Lin.

Xue Lin accepted the storage bag and asked dismissively, “Fellow Daoist Wu, with your abilities, you couldn’t even defeat Li Chang’an?”

Li Chang’an nodded and said, “That Li Chang’an is, after all, a rogue cultivator who has reached the Core Formation stage. He must have had some fortuitous encounter. As soon as I got close, he sensed my presence… I dared not engage him in direct combat, for fear of being entangled by him. After all, this is the Southern Region.”

“I understand.”

Xue Lin understood as well.

Wu Chengfeng was a cultivator from the Western Region. If he were to expose his identity and be entangled in the Southern Region, his fate would not be good.

“No wonder True Person Shi Hu has not made a move against Li Chang’an. He must be wary of him. I wonder what kind of fortuitous encounter Li Chang’an has had? Could it be that he, like that cultivator with a low-grade spiritual root who reached the Core Formation stage a thousand years ago, has obtained a Nascent Soul inheritance?”

A glint of light flashed in Xue Lin’s eyes as he spoke of the word “fortuitous encounter. “

If he could obtain Li Chang’an’s fortuitous encounter, he might have a chance to glimpse the Nascent Soul realm.

Thinking of this,

he handed over another bag of spirit stones.

“Fellow Daoist Wu, please keep an eye on Changqing Mountain from afar and pay attention to Li Chang’an’s every move, so that I can find a suitable opportunity!”

“Alright, this is no problem.”

Li Chang’an readily agreed, taking the spirit stones from the other’s hand.

After a brief conversation,

Li Chang’an quietly departed, without alerting the other Golden Core cultivators of the Qingyun Sect.

He used his Wind Escape Technique to travel to the Liefeng Sect in the Western Regions.

Upon arriving at the Liefeng Sect

, he went straight to the treasury and examined the treasures within.

“It’s similar to what Wu Chengfeng gave earlier. Although there’s no dragon beast essence blood, there are quite a few treasures that I can use.”

“Exchanging them all at once would be too conspicuous. I’ll exchange them in batches later.”

Li Chang’an casually exchanged some treasures before leaving the treasury.

He went to the library and looked at the collection of books accumulated by the Liefeng Sect over the past thousand years.

In the deepest part of the library, there were three Heavenly Grade spells, but they were all killing techniques, and none of them were the escape techniques that Li Chang’an wanted.

Li Chang’an copied them all for his collection.

He already possessed quite a few Heavenly Grade spells.

He copied the spells of sects and families like Qingyun Sect, Wanjian Sect, and Baishou Sect using a puppet.

However,

so far, only the Mu family’s Qingyuan Xuan Teng is compatible with his wood spirit root.

He has to use the Five Elements Mutual Generation method to cast the other spells; while their power surpasses ordinary earth-grade spells, it doesn’t satisfy him.

After reviewing the important texts in the library,

Li Chang’an manipulated Wu Chengfeng to leave Liefeng Sect and return to the Southern Region.

…

In the days that followed,

he frequently contacted Xue Lin, trying to lower his guard.

When the time was right, he would use the puppet Wu Chengfeng to lure Xue Lin out of Qingyun Sect.

After all, Xue Lin had already pledged allegiance to Shihu Immortal City; perhaps he could use him to get close to Shihu Zhenren.

On this day,

two streaks of light suddenly pierced the sky and arrived at Changqing Mountain, transforming into Gu Qinghong and his descendant Gu Lingyu.

They had come here to apologize for what had happened before.

Gu Qinghong took out a storage bag containing treasures and said apologetically, “Fellow Daoist Li, what happened before was wrong of Fellow Daoist Xue, but he’s too stubborn and refused to come to Changqing Mountain to apologize. Today, I apologize on his behalf, so please don’t take it to heart.”

“It’s nothing, I never hold grudges.”

Li Chang’an smiled and reached for the storage bag.

He naturally wouldn’t refuse a treasure offered to him.

Afterward, he took out a pot of spiritual tea and chatted with the two of them over tea.

Gu Qinghong asked, “Fellow Daoist Li, do you and Fellow Daoist Xue have any other conflicts? Fellow Daoist Xue has never acted like this before; this time it’s quite strange.”

“No, I rarely have contact with Fellow Daoist Xue.”

Li Chang’an shook his head slightly and put down his teacup.

“Recently, the only forces I’ve had conflicts with are those in the Western Regions, such as Yuanyang Valley and Shihu Immortal City. Fellow Daoist Gu should be aware of this.”

“Of course I am aware of this, but Fellow Daoist Xue is not from the Western Regions.”

Gu Qinghong didn’t think of it that way, after all, Xue Lin was a veteran of the Qingyun Sect.

From entering the sect to advancing to the Golden Core stage, he spent most of his life within the Qingyun Sect. His disciples and descendants also lived within the sect, making him practically inextricably linked to it.

How could such a person possibly betray the sect?

(End of Chapter)