diskusbooks Chapter 503: Thank You, Uncle Master
Chapter 503: Thank You, Uncle Master
Under the puzzled gaze of True Lord Lingxiao, Bai Lan took out a map from his storage bag.
"Not long ago, I found the remains of a deceased senior from an abandoned ruin. After reading the letter he left behind, I learned that he was a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Boundless Sea. He came to Wuyun Island to harvest a rare spiritual herb called Dragon Transformation Grass, but was unfortunately surrounded and attacked by cultivators from the Demon Palace. He was severely injured and died here."
"Oh?" True Lord Ling Xiao's eyes lit up. "You actually had such a fortuitous encounter... Never mind. You've always had good luck."
"Before he passed away, that senior left me the address of his cave abode in the Boundless Sea. He said that the opportunity he left behind was for the right person to take, and that it shouldn't be given to evil cultivators... However, that senior was a great cultivator in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. My cultivation is low, and if I dare to enter the cave abode without permission, I'm afraid I'll be killed." Bai Lan said, handing the map to Master Ling Xiao. "After much consideration, I think it's safest to give this to my uncle."
Ling Xiao Zhenjun took the map, thought for a moment, and nodded: "I understand what you mean, nephew... Don't worry, if I get the opportunity in this cave, you will definitely get half of it."
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Master." Bai Lan bowed and watched Ling Xiao Zhenjun leave with a smile.
This map is one of the many opportunities that Bai Ling had in the boundless sea. Of course, Bai Lan did not lie to Master Ling Xiao. The opportunity was a real opportunity. The opportunity in the cave was a magic circle note left by a cultivator named Ming Li Zi.
It's just that Mingli Zi has a rather evil taste. Just like Xuansha Zi who likes to make elixirs against the medicinal properties, this person has created a unique trapping array based on what he has learned. Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator accidentally steps into the trap, it will be extremely difficult to escape.
If the person who enters the formation cannot comprehend and unravel the mystery in the note, he will not be able to break the formation and leave the cave.
Master Ling Xiao has some attainments in formations, but they are not high. Bai Lan predicts that it will take him several decades of contemplation to unravel the mystery of the formation.
Countless monks spent their entire lives in that cave without being able to get out, and eventually turned into dry bones. The bones covered the ground, but Bai Ling finally solved the problem by accident and obtained the formation notes of Ming Li Zi.
But Bai Lan's purpose was only to lead Master Lingxiao to the boundless sea. She would definitely not let her good uncle waste decades of time in the trap for no reason. She would break into the trap in a few months and rescue Master Lingxiao like a god descending to earth.
At that time, not only will he be able to obtain the opportunity of the formation and seize Bai Ling's opportunity, but he can also gain the gratitude of Ling Xiao Zhenren, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.
As an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall, Ling Xiao Zhenjun's combat capability is unquestionable, and he is a very useful thug.
Considering the life-saving grace during the thunder tribulation and the help this time, it would be no problem for me to ask my fellow uncle to help me with something.
At this moment, Master Ling Xiao didn't know that Bai Lan had been calculating against him twice. He just thought that his good nephew was giving him a return gift, so he accepted it with a smile.
"Host, I have just received the sound transmission note from Yan Hao. True Lord Suiyun borrowed the power of Elder Yue to eliminate the other two Nascent Soul cultivators of Tianji Pavilion who had ulterior motives. While Suiyun was chasing Elder Yue, he followed your instructions and sneaked into the dark room in Elder Yue's cave and rescued Lin Ruoshui. They are almost reaching Wuyun Continent now. I have sent two disciples of Yuling Sect with jade bricks to pick them up. They should be able to return to the sect soon." The system suddenly spoke.
"Oh? So, Senior Miao Yunzi has also returned."
In order to help Yan Hao complete the task, she had previously lent him the residual soul of Miao Yunzi, the ancestor of the Hehuan Sect, for a while to prevent him from being killed by Sui Yun and Elder Yue.
The Yuling Sect now has no shortage of opportunities, but it lacks high-end combat power. Bai Lan lacks both Nascent Soul cultivators and divine souls.
After sending out Zhenren Hongxiao, Hehuan Peak was short of people. Fortunately, Miaoyunzi came back, otherwise the Yuling Sect's Taoist Dharma Hall would not be able to hold classes.
"Of course, host, rest assured. I will personally go to the Void Stone to pick them up. Although Lin Ruoshui is only at the Foundation Establishment stage, she has been in the Tianji Pavilion for so long that she must know a lot about assassination bounties and other such things. She can contribute to the establishment of the Tianji Peak for the Yuling Sect."
The system nodded to itself as it spoke, and then it flashed into the Void Stone.
The two inhuman beings, the weapon spirit and the system, are like playing a game of building the Yuling Sect. The former is dedicated to construction, and the latter is dedicated to management.
As the sect accumulates more and more spirit stones and obtains more high-quality talents, more mountains will be unlocked...
Fortunately, the system has first-class computing power and some experience as a national teacher, so the development of the Yuling Sect is getting better and better.
In view of the hard work of Cannon Fodder Master, Bai Lan decided not to mind the fact that he spent a huge amount of money to build a floating island palace for himself and the spirit of the weapon, hired a few disciples to do the cleaning, and prepared a ten-meter-wide soft bed made of spiritual wood for himself.
Stepping on the green dragon, Bai Lan rushed all the way towards the direction of the Demonic Path. However, this time, Bai Lan did not transform into a demonic cultivator with red hair and black eyeshadow. Instead, he held the jade brick in his hand and swaggered into the Demonic Path.
The Demonic Realm at this time seemed unchanged, but upon closer inspection, one would discover that most Demonic cultivators had a jade token engraved with the Spirit Controlling Sect's pattern hanging around their waists, and all patrolling Foundation Establishment stage Demon Palace guards had a strange jade brick hanging around their waists. The guards' gazes seemed to be searching for something, and when they saw a cultivator with nothing on his waist, they would pay close attention.
When walking on the street, monks rarely hold magical weapons in their hands or hang them on their bodies. They usually keep them in storage bags.
In this situation now, 80% of the demonic cultivators have this thing on their waists, as if they are giving some kind of secret signal.
"Shopkeeper, your magic weapon is broken! It can't even withstand a claw from a third-level poisonous mantis. It almost caused me to die in Yinfeng Gorge. Pay me compensation immediately! Otherwise, I will smash your black shop!" Outside a shop in the distance, a female cultivator in black was pointing at the shopkeeper angrily with the armor in her hand.
"You are being unreasonable. It's obvious that you broke it, yet you come to me to claim compensation." The shopkeeper snorted coldly without even opening his eyes.
The black-clothed demon cultivator was immediately enraged. "How dare you lie to me! When I bought it, you said you'd compensate me for the full price if there were any damage within ten days, and now you're denying it on the eighth day? I'm a cultivator of the Wang family. Do you know who my ancestor is? If you dare to mess with me, you'll be prepared to become an enemy of the Wang family!"
"Oh, you're still stubborn even when death is imminent." The shopkeeper sneered, patted the jade token on his waist, and glanced at the empty waist of the female cultivator with an increasingly disdainful expression: "I'm afraid that in another month, your Wang family will be wiped out. By then, the Demonic Path will no longer be the domain of the Demon Palace. Your Wang family's fate will have changed long ago."
"You! Said! What! Did! You!" The demon cultivator's pupils turned red, and with the demonic energy surging in his body, he was about to rush up and beat up the shopkeeper, but was pulled away by a passing guard from the Demon Palace, temporarily calming the farce.
Bai Lan's expression flashed. After watching a farce, she roughly understood the current situation.
The people wearing jade tokens or jade bricks are all cultivators of the Yuling Sect. The former are just standing in line, while the latter are confidants of Gongsun Lian, whose soul was taken away by him.
Those who have nothing on their waists are the diehards of the Demon Palace. After the war breaks out, they will be regarded as mortal enemies by all the monks of the Yuling Sect and will be killed, just like the Wang family where the black-clothed demon cultivator is.
It seems that before the operation began, Gongsun Lian had subdued or... replaced the Jindan stage city lords of several cities under the jurisdiction of the Demon Palace, and ordered these city lords to reverse all the defensive magic circles outside the cities under their jurisdiction, allowing only entry but not exit, blocking the way for all demon monks to leave the Demon Palace.
She has always been ruthless in her actions. This is obviously forcing all the demon cultivators to take sides. Either join the Yuling Sect or choose the Demon Palace. If you choose the wrong side, you will die. Low-level cultivators have no choice.
But this is also the most effective way to avoid a lot of trouble. People in power hate those who are soft-hearted and soft-handed the most. In the devil's way, one must be ruthless and prudent to sit firmly on the throne of the boss.
Seeing that Bai Lan was not doing his business, and was not going to the main city of the Demonic Path to wait for Chiyue to overcome the tribulation, nor was he trying to seize the opportunity, but instead came to this unknown small city in front of him, Old Fu thought for a moment and consciously understood Bai Lan's intention.
Elder Fu scanned the tea in front of Bai Lan with his spiritual sense and asked in confusion, "What's going on? Is there something mysterious about the tea in this teahouse? Or is there your mortal enemy here?"
"No, I'm here to wait for someone." Bai Lan smiled slightly. Natural treasures are opportunities, and people are also opportunities.
"Waiting for someone? Waiting for whom?" Old Fu frowned. Sometimes he was really unsure whether Bai Lan's fortune-telling ability was real or fake. Sometimes it seemed like he was lying to him, but the facts always came true.
Just as Mr. Fu was puzzled, a loud noise came from a distance, attracting the attention of the two.
"Everyone, get out of my way! I'm not a cultivator from your Demon Palace, and I have no interest in getting involved in your petty quarrels. If you anger me, beware of a single blow from me, and this seventh-tier city defense formation before you will be destroyed!"
A bright and beautiful woman in red saw her way blocked. After using both soft and hard tactics to convince the guards to no avail, she immediately became enraged and exposed her own cultivation level. She spoke in a loud voice, causing the surrounding low-level cultivators to step back several steps, their expressions terrified. "Senior, please forgive me, this is all the orders of the city lord, it has nothing to do with us..."
Here she comes! She is at the Nascent Soul stage, dressed in red, with a bright appearance and a domineering personality. This person is Long Aotian's concubine, a casual cultivator named Yu Yan, who is tough on the outside but soft on the inside.
This woman came to Lingyan City to participate in the auction here, in order to obtain a Tianyuan Fruit and save her mother.
Both mother and daughter are Nascent Soul cultivators. Of course, the most important thing is that they both become Long Aotian's concubines in the end. Yuyan wants to avenge her mother, while Yuyan's mother wants to repay the grace of saving her life.
Although Bai Lan couldn't understand Long Aotian's preferences, he was just like Bai Ling, not picky about anything, but...
Since she had long known that there was a Nascent Soul cultivator here, and she was passing by, how could she not seize him? Especially since this was a critical period of the plan, to prevent this person from destroying the city protection formation and disrupting Gongsun Lian's plan, and to prevent the two Nascent Soul concubines from accidentally joining Long Aotian's harem, she had to come today.
Putting down the teacup in her hand, she took out a jade box from her storage bag. She walked forward slowly, looked at the hesitant guards on both sides, and raised the jade brick in her hand with a smile.
When the guard saw the jade brick, his expression suddenly relaxed, as if he had seen a savior: "So it's a fellow elder. We are following the orders of the city lord to intercept the cultivators who want to leave the city, but this senior in front of us..."
"You all may withdraw, I will take care of this person." Bai Lan looked at Yu Yan with a smile and said, "Excuse me, Senior, you came to Lingyan City to look for the Tianyuan Fruit, right?"
Yuyan's expression changed, and she took two steps back, her expression cold: "How did you know? You followed me?"
Bai Lan pulled out the Black Market Elder's Order from his storage bag, waved it in front of Yuyan, and said with a smile, "I am one of the Black Market Elders... in Lingyan City. I've met you once before in the black market, but you didn't recognize me. I was the one who organized the auction, so I naturally know what you're looking for."
Old Fu sighed. It was right. She really got it right. She could even make up for her lies.
"I see..." Yu Yan's expression eased slightly, but the spiritual power in her hands was still concentrated: "I wonder what business my friend has with you?"
"It just so happens that I also have one of these Tianyuan Fruits. But in exchange, I would like to ask you to do me a favor." After Bai Lan finished speaking, he smiled and handed over the jade box containing the Tianyuan Fruit in his hand, asking Yuyan to inspect the goods.
The woman in red took the jade box cautiously, used her spiritual power to open it slightly, and after seeing what was inside, her eyes lit up.
"It really is the Tianyuan Fruit! I never thought that in this small Lingyan City, there would be two Tianyuan Fruits!"
It is indeed the Tianyuan Fruit, but it is the Five Poisons Tianyuan Fruit specially made by Xuanshazi. No matter whether it is used for alchemy or eaten raw, eating it will cause poisoning. Even Nascent Soul cultivators cannot escape this disaster. Produced by Xuanshazi, this poison is basically unsolvable, unless the culprit Bai Lan is found.
"I wonder what you've come to me for?" Yu Yan clearly hadn't noticed the poison in the Tianyuan Fruit. She looked at Bai Lan and said in a deep voice, "As long as it's within my ability, I can help you."
The Tianyuan Fruit was extremely rare, only bearing fruit once every hundred years. It was the main ingredient in refining longevity pills and was simply unavailable on the market. Once it appeared, it would be snatched away by various powerful old monsters. Even if it was auctioned, it would fetch a sky-high price. She was prepared. No matter what Bai Lan asked, she had to agree to it and save her mother...
Seeing Yuyan take the bait, Bai Lan smiled and said, "It's not a big deal... Senior has also noticed that the Demonic Path is now divided between two forces. I hope that Senior can help my sect to destroy the Demon Palace and become the overlord of the Demonic Path."