Chapter 190 - - Noble Robbery_1

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Looting?

Robbery, plundering!

Upon seeing the first keyword, Duge's heart leapt with joy.

Well, well!

What goes around comes around, finally starting out with a simple and easy-to-operate keyword, no longer requiring him to rack his brains thinking of how to expand the keyword.

Although in the videos of his seniors, negative keywords generally didn't lead to the end.

But that was because they didn't handle it well, it doesn't mean he couldn't either.

Zhuangzi said, "As long as the saintly men do not die, the great thieves will not cease."

Didn't you see that after 'looting', there's also a 'noble'?

In the Immortal Martial World, these two keywords represent the best of implications, which is to make him become a saint!

At this moment, Duge felt even more fortunate to have two keywords. 'Looting' was fine, but if he only had the 'noble' keyword, he would have a headache thinking about how to expand it again.

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Seven Star Gate was a minor sect in the Cultivation World.

It's said to have been glorious five hundred years ago, but Duge didn't have any specific memory of its glory; in the memories of his third senior brother, Seven Star Gate only had seven senior brothers plus a younger female disciple.

All seven brothers were orphans, picked up by their Master and brought to the mountain.

Their Master was named Guan Kezheng, who had a daughter named Guan Xuan, and their practice was called the "Big Dipper Seven Star Skill." If cultivated to profound depths, it could attract the starlight of the Big Dipper and the practitioner could become an immortal on the spot.

But, including their Master, not a single person in the sect could draw the starlight into their body.

Forget about seven stars, not even one could be done.

The "Seven Star Jue" only acted to strengthen the body and improve agility; when it came to actual fighting, they couldn't even beat many martial arts experts.

The Master said the reason they couldn't attract the starlight was that the "Big Dipper Seven Star Skill" lacked the foundational outline and the corresponding body-forging techniques.

But where these two things were, nobody knew. The sect had lost too much during the great conflict between good and evil three hundred years ago.

This time.

The reason their Master perished was that a sect called Sky Mist Valley took a fancy to the Seven Star Mountain's land and wished to open a new sect branch there.

Sky Mist Valley was a sect that had risen to prominence fifty years ago.

It was said that a wealthy merchant accidentally stumbled upon an unnamed cultivation scripture, then abandoned his business to cultivate, setting up Sky Mist Valley. Over the years, it expanded rapidly, and it was said they had over a thousand disciples.

Cultivation requires spiritual energy, and the emerging sects dared not contend with the old ones, naturally setting their sights on these declining sects.

The Valley Master of Sky Mist Valley, having a merchant background, advocated for peace.

He offered two solutions: one was for Seven Star Gate to join Sky Mist Valley en masse, becoming disciples of Sky Mist Valley; the other was to give them a sum of money to disband, letting the disciples of Seven Star Mountain enter the world and live as rich people, carefree and at ease...

But however decrepit, Seven Star Mountain still had spiritual energy and was a registered sect with the government.

How could Guan Kezheng possibly accept being absorbed by someone else, or the foolishness of selling the family heritage for some worldly wealth? Thus, he took two disciples down the mountain to seek justice from the Supervisory Academy.

The result.

The people from the Supervisory Academy were nowhere to be found, but on the way, they encountered an attack from bandits, resulting in the deaths of the fourth and the sixth senior brothers on the spot. The Master, with his last breath, returned to the mountain, passed on the Sect Leader position to the eldest senior brother, and then he too passed away.

Thereafter.

The eldest senior brother, upholding the Master's last will, tried forcefully to attract starlight into his body to protect the sect. But it backfired and he ended up half-dead, barely holding on for a few more days.

When the tree falls, the monkeys scatter.

The second senior brother and the fifth senior brother ran away on the day the eldest senior brother succumbed to devilish possession.

The third senior brother and the seventh senior brother held on for two more days but couldn't bear it any longer. Today, they decided to flee, and then, at this moment, Duge possessed the third senior brother...

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Having understood the situation, Duge sighed silently, what a mess indeed!

He hadn't started looting others yet!

But others had come to rob him first, the few disciples taken in by Guan Kezheng, except for the eldest one who was still somewhat devoted, the others were all ungrateful wolves, possessing him without a twinge of injustice...

Starting out was a bit difficult.

But after pondering for a moment, Duge decided to stay.

Seven Star Gate was registered with the government and was indeed a legitimate sect that could take disciples and expand its ranks.

The eldest senior brother was half-dead, the youngest junior sister only knew to seek help from the dead, and now Duge was the strongest within the sect. Having overcome the current difficulties, with his abilities, he was fully capable of expanding and glorifying the sect.

Why would he put himself under another sect’s roof and lose the freedom to pillage?

As for cultivation techniques?

Wasn’t there pillage?

With some effort, he would surely manage to steal a good one…

The second keyword, nobility?

Duge didn’t consider it for the time being; a person in desperate straits didn’t deserve nobility.

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In a short while, the seventh junior brother had already run off without a trace. After some thought, Duge shouldered his pack and headed straight for Seven Star Hall.

Outside the Seven Star Hall.

He happened to run into his junior sister coming out with a box in her arms, her eyes red from crying, still sobbing as she stepped out. On seeing Duge outside, she paused, a trace of sorrow flashed in her eyes, “Third senior brother, are you leaving too?”

“Hmm, the seventh junior brother is waiting for me at the sect entrance. I came to pay respects to our master,” said Duge.

“Can you not leave?” the junior sister suddenly shivered, looking at Duge with a tone of plea in her voice, tears uncontrollably began to flow, “Once you all leave, and if the eldest senior brother can’t be saved, it’ll be just me left in the sect.”

“What’s that in your hand?” Duge fell silent for a moment, looking at the box in her hand.

“Yellow Dragon Pill,” the junior sister said sadly, “It was left by father for me to improve my cultivation. I plan to use it to save our eldest senior brother; if it can’t bring him back, then I’ll follow him in death.”

“Eldest senior brother has deviated from his cultivation, injuring his meridians; he needs healing elixirs,” Duge said helplessly, looking at his junior sister, “Using the Yellow Dragon Pill to enhance his power at this time is as if you want him to die faster, isn’t it?”

“I…” Knowing the elixir wasn’t the cure, the junior sister opened her mouth, tears gushing forth, sobbing, “What else can I do? We don’t have any other elixirs in the sect, and with eldest senior brother in such a state, I can only treat a dead horse as if it were alive. If he survives, it’s his luck…”

Duge was at a loss for words, grateful that he hadn’t seized the eldest senior brother’s body. Otherwise, being stuck with these two keywords, unable to speak or move, he would likely have been killed by this junior sister’s actions.

Duge quickly approached his junior sister, snatching the box containing the Yellow Dragon Pill from her hands, “If the eldest senior brother is going to die, your keeping it is just a waste. Better give it to me, and at least I can improve my power…”

After stealing the Yellow Dragon Pill, Duge’s physical attributes slightly increased.

It must be said, pillaging really is a good keyword, just stealing it without having to consider whether the other party agrees or not.

Looking at the stolen Yellow Dragon Pill, the junior sister hesitated to speak, ultimately letting out a sigh, “Third senior brother, it’s better if you have it. Go ahead, I know there’s nothing left for Seven Star Gate, staying here is just waiting for death. In the future, remember to offer incense for us during the holidays.”

Duge looked at the tearful junior sister, silent for a moment, then turned to head towards the back of the hall, “Let’s go!”

“What for?” The junior sister, puzzled, reflexively followed Duge, “Aren’t you going to offer incense to my father?”

“To have a look at our eldest senior brother, to see him one last time,” Duge said as he walked, “In case he dies, we’ll never see him again.”

As soon as he finished speaking.

Tears fell again from the junior sister’s eyes.

The two of them, one after the other, reached the eldest senior brother’s room; before entering, they were met with the strong smell of medicinal herbs and the stench of blood.

Duge pushed the door open.

The eldest senior brother on the sickbed, hearing the noise, struggled to open his eyes. Seeing Duge with his pack on his back, a flash of anger appeared in his eyes. He tried to struggle to sit up but couldn’t move, and when he tried to curse, only gasping breaths came out from his throat.

“Eldest senior brother, don’t get excited, third senior brother is here to see you,” hurried the junior sister, moving to him and helping to smooth his breathing.

While she spoke.

Duge also approached the bedside, looking down at the eldest senior brother from a high position.

The eldest senior brother glared back at him angrily.

Suddenly, Duge stretched out his hand and pulled out the token representing the Sect Leader from his chest. In the surprised gaze of both, he calmly said, “Eldest senior brother, junior sister, I’m taking over as the Sect Leader of the Seven Star Gate.”

The eldest senior brother froze suddenly.

The junior sister’s face lit up with joy, “Third senior brother, you’re not leaving?”

Duge ignored her and instead looked toward the eldest senior brother, “Eldest senior brother, remember, I seized the position of Sect Leader, you didn’t relinquish it to me. From now on, I call the shots at Seven Star Gate. If you survive, you can try to seize it back. If you can’t, you’ll just have to bear it.”

The eldest senior brother was stunned for a moment, then relieved, the angry look in his eyes quickly softened a great deal.

Watching Duge take the Sect Leader’s token, the junior sister started wiping her tears again, but her entire demeanor had eased up a lot, and she seemed to brighten spiritually.

After snatching the Sect Leader’s token, Duge’s attributes surged forward by a large margin. Taking on a wrecked sect on his shoulders, perhaps that could be considered noble robbery…

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