Professionals of the Starry Skies - Chapter 278

[278. Chapter 278: Killing Traitors (asking for monthly tickets)]

late at night.

In a secret room.

An old man in the foundation-building stage stuffed pills into his mouth while pouring all his magic power into a green talisman.

The talisman’s skin was obviously made from the skin of a high-level monster, on which a vivid blue bird was depicted with blue cinnabar runes.

It is the high-level talisman – the Blue Bird Talisman!

It is extremely valuable and is definitely not something a foundation-building cultivator can possess.

After a while, as the old man muttered something, his face turned pale due to the exhaustion of his magic power, and the “Blue Bird Talisman” was finally activated.

The blue bird on the talisman seemed to come alive, suddenly flew out of the talisman paper, and turned into a blue mysterious mirror.

There are two blue bird talismans, and they are used to send messages.

Because its grade is high enough, even a quasi-fourth-level formation would find it difficult to stop it.

In fact, if it is a high-level attack talisman, it will be useless even if the old man who has established the foundation is drained of his magic power, and it may even kill himself.

However, the requirements for the communication talisman have been lowered a lot in all aspects. As a cultivator in the late foundation building stage, he finally managed to activate it with the help of the power of elixirs.

The green Xuanguan mirror was shimmering with light, and suddenly a cultivator in the late Jindan stage with white eyebrows and wearing a crane cloak appeared.

It was the Grand Elder of the White Crane Sect!
The unlucky fellow who had planned to ambush the Mu family cultivators but had his third-grade superior natal spiritual crane killed by Fang Xing.

“Mu Qingbai…”

The White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder frowned, “The Blue Bird Talisman is expensive and in short supply. Our sect doesn’t even have many in stock… You activated this Talisman rashly. Could it be that the old man is already dead?”

For the White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder, Mu Wanlong was a blood feud!
Regardless of the previous natal spirit beast or the huge benefits of the Mu family, they wished that the other party would die on the spot so that they could take revenge immediately.

“That’s not the case…” Mu Qingbai said, “I want to see my own children and grandchildren…”

In fact, he was loyal to the Mu family before, but later when he went out, he met a confidante and even gave birth to a son.

Since Mu Qingbai had been forced into marriage by the Mu family and married a fierce woman from a family of immortal cultivators, he did not dare to bring his confidante back with him and could only keep her secretly in the Immortal City.

However, they did not expect that this secret matter would be known by the Baihe Clan, and even that the entire family would be controlled by them.

Mu Qingbai had no choice but to be an insider.

“Haha… your children and grandchildren are not bad in talent. I have decided to accept one of them as my disciple.”

The White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder said with a smile, “I hope you won’t make mistakes.”

“Of course not…”

Mu Qingbai sighed: “Today, Mu Qingshi failed to form a pill, and finally formed a fake pill… I used the ‘reputation Gu’ to secretly exert influence… Is this not enough to prove my loyalty?”

“Oh? That kid failed to form the elixir?”

The White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder laughed loudly: “Okay, okay…”

To a Jindan True Person, a fake elixir basically cannot be considered a Jindan cultivator, especially for a great cultivator in the late Jindan stage. Even a cultivator in the early Jindan stage is not worthy of attention.

The Grand Elder of the White Crane Sect wanted to annex Baihua Mountain, so he was naturally extremely concerned about the future of the Mu family: “A mere fake pill is no longer a threat, haha… You did a great job on this matter, especially knowing how to make good use of the poisonous insect trick.”

The reputation Gu is a rare Gu insect that is not only harmless to cultivators, but also has a certain effect in improving the family’s atmosphere.

Mu Qingbai secretly used the reputation Gu and often showed his concern for the family in front of Mu Qingshi, secretly arousing his unwillingness and giving him the idea of taking a risk for the family.

Forming the elixir is a matter of vital importance. If you intend to take risks, it will be easy to fail.

Moreover, this thing was done very swiftly, without leaving any trace. Even if the cave and the golden core spiritual objects were checked a hundred times, no trace would be found.

Even if he was caught, Mu Qingbai had something to say – is it wrong to be loyal to the family?
Sure enough, this time he tricked Mu Qingshi with one move, and all his efforts were wasted.

“This time, we also went to pay our respects to the Grand Elder…”

Mu Qingbai continued, “I used the ‘Blood Vein Disk’ to secretly sense… the person in that cave was indeed Mu Wanlong. Your previous thoughts were somewhat biased…”

The supreme elder of Baihe Sect has been waiting for Mu Wanlong to pass away.

After all, according to his knowledge at the late Jindan stage, a forbidden technique that could burst forth in an instant and raise one’s cultivation to a small realm was a death warrant for a seriously injured Jindan cultivator!
But he waited and waited, for ten years, but still hadn’t received any news of Mu Wanlong’s death.

He immediately suspected that Mu Wanzhang was behind this. In fact, Mu Wanlong had already passed away, but his soul lamp was replaced, and then someone else was hired to impersonate him.

It was precisely because of this that the White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder asked Mu Qingbai to secretly spread the rumor that Mu Wanlong had passed away, and at the same time, used his blood relatives to secretly refine the ‘Bloodline Plate’.

This kind of magic weapon is usually used to destroy a family and can search for the location of close bloodlines.

Although the sensation is a little vague, it can still be confirmed within the range of a cave.

“That old man is not dead yet!?”

The White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder was instantly furious, but then he sneered, “He must be using some secret technique or elixir to cling to life. I’m afraid he won’t be able to do anything anymore.”

There are many secret methods in the world of cultivating immortals, and this kind of method of forcibly staying alive is not uncommon.

With the Mu family’s background, it is normal to own one or two such treasures.

But this made the White Crane Sect’s supreme elder quite uncomfortable.

After all… he didn’t dare to gamble!
If he lost the bet, he would lose his life.

Therefore, even though they had collected some treasures to break the formation, the Baihe Sect still did not dare to launch a large-scale attack on the Mu family’s Baihua Mountain before Mu Wanlong was confirmed to have passed away.

“Although he is not dead yet, he will be dead soon… Mu Wanlong summoned us today and said that he would use the ‘Demon Pill Transformation Technique’ to petrify Mu Qing and remove the fake pill, so as to rebuild his foundation…”

Mu Qingbai thought about it and said it.

He knew in his heart that once this information was revealed, it would be a complete betrayal of the Mu family.

After all, Mu Qingshi is the Mu family’s greatest hope!

But what could he do? He had already offended Mu Qingshi to death by using the Gu before.

Even if the Mu family becomes weaker now, they must kill Mu Qingshi completely!

“The Heavenly Demon Transformation Pill Method?”

The White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder was startled, and then said, “I have heard of the great name of this sect’s magic, but it can only be performed by a Yuanying Zhenjun… Even if the secret technique has been improved later, I am afraid that at least a great cultivator in the late Jindan stage can perform it… How can a mere dying Mu Wanlong be worthy of such a skill? Not good…”

The White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder was somewhat knowledgeable after all: “I’m afraid this is the old guy’s plan. You’re about to be exposed!”

“What?”

Mu Qingbai was shocked and just as he was about to say something, he saw a ray of light breaking through the secret room.

A five-element aurora fell and turned into colorful chains that bound him tightly.

All the five elements of light come from a small mirror.

The one who used this magic weapon was of course the fake dan master Mu Wanzhang.

With his fake elixir magic power and the powerful magic weapon passed down by his clan, dealing with a mere foundation-building cultivator was naturally like catching a turtle in a jar.

Fang Xing coughed and walked out from behind Mu Wanzhang.

“The Patriarch… the Grand Elder?”

When Mu Qingbai saw this scene, his face turned pale.

“Ahem… I originally thought that with Qingshi’s spiritual talent and the ability to form a golden elixir… even if something went wrong during the formation of the elixir, the consequences would not be so disastrous… so I only used a small trick, but I didn’t expect that someone was indeed playing tricks on me.”

Fang Xing coughed, looking emaciated, and looked at the azure Xuanguang mirror again: “Old ghost Baihe…”

“Old Ghost Mu…”

The White Crane Sect’s Grand Elder was no longer as carefree as before, his eyes were red, and he seemed to be eager to bite off a piece of Fang Xing’s flesh: “Today’s game, you won, but there is a long time to come, we can play slowly… Hehe… But you, old ghost Mu, may not have a future.”

As soon as he finished speaking, the green Xuanguan mirror suddenly dissipated, turning into a green talisman, and quickly burned again.

“What happened?”

At this time, the commotion here has attracted more and more Mu family cultivators.

Even Mu Qingshi, who was in seclusion, was alarmed.

“Mu Qingbai… you colluded with the White Crane Sect, murdered my Mu family’s genius, and sold out family intelligence… death penalty!”

Mu Wanzhang announced Mu Qingbai’s crimes: “Not only will he be killed, but his descendants will also be put on a separate list and will never be employed again!”

In a family of immortal cultivators, it is normal for one person’s betrayal to implicate the entire family.

Of course, only three generations of direct bloodline will be implicated, and not all nine generations of the clan will be implicated, unless everyone wants to commit suicide together.

“Mu Qingbai, you really deserve to die!”

In the end, Mu Qingshi carried out the execution himself and beat Mu Qingbai into a pulp with a spell.

Speaking of which, he was the one who suffered the most in this incident.

Not only was he tricked by Mu Qingbai, but the real pill was turned into a fake pill.

Fang Xing even made a big promise.

As a result, he was told…the magic elixir-making technique was fake?

This undoubtedly made Mu Qingshi extremely depressed, but he had no way of arguing with the Grand Elder, so he could only vent his anger on Mu Qingbai.

They are even willing to bear the infamy and make the other party die without a complete body, just to feel satisfied.

“Hmm… Once the fake pill is formed, the future is bleak… As expected, the personality will also change.”

Fang Xing took a few glances and was too lazy to care about these trivial matters. He did not return to the cave directly, but went to the Mu family warehouse, took out three fourth-level pill recipes, and packed up the herbs he was missing and took them away.

He helped the Mu family to find the traitor, so of course his help was not in vain.

It’s completely reasonable to take a little something as a reward for your hard work.

“This time when I go back, I’ll practice with the fourth-level pill recipe first…”

‘Then, practice with all your heart, and when the Dan is complete, immediately refine the ‘Ningying Pill’…’

“I will not come out of retreat until I have condensed my Nascent Soul.”

Although the Mu family is in a miserable situation now, they can still rely on the family foundation to slowly squander the family wealth for decades or even hundreds of years.

If Mu Wanzhang suddenly became ambitious and took radical risks, he might lose all his family fortune overnight.

Therefore, sometimes it is beneficial to the family if the head of the family is a mediocre person who sticks to the status quo or even a mediocre person.

(End of this chapter)