Chapter 154: Great harvest, could it be that the one who killed my grandson was a fake Dan Zhenren?
Inside a cave.
Lu Changsheng closed his eyes and used his Divine Sense to examine himself.
He saw a strange grey Qi within his body.
“Is this the so-called Soul Imprint?”
“It not only allows the caster to know if the target dies or encounters an accident,”
“but also allows the target, before death, to transform the Soul Imprint into a Vengeful Soul Thread that attaches to the killer, so that even if the killer flees a thousand miles, the caster can still find him.”
Lu Changsheng murmured to himself as he looked at the grey Qi.
He tried to use his magical power to obliterate the grey Qi.
But the grey Qi twisted and struggled like a living thing, extremely tenacious.
His magical power was simply unable to obliterate it.
Immediately, Lu Changsheng took out a second-grade Low Grade Purification Talisman and activated it on himself.
A pure white, water-like light flowed within his body, and upon sensing the grey Qi, it immediately enveloped it.
However, this purifying power could only suppress the grey Qi to a certain extent; it couldn’t purify it.
“A Soul Imprint planted by a False Core True Person is indeed not that easy to deal with.”
“Could it be that I’ll be forced to use a life-substituting talisman?”
Lu Changsheng’s eyes narrowed slightly as he murmured to himself.
Knowing that Meng Yibai was the grandson of a False Core True Person, he still dared to kill him, naturally because he had a trump card.
This trump card was the life-substituting talisman.
The life-substituting talisman had the effect of substituting one’s life and warding off calamity.
It could not only resist fatal attacks and allow for spatial evasion,
but also absorb curses like the Soul Imprint and Vengeful Soul Thread.
“Let’s see if other methods can resolve this Vengeful Soul Thread first.”
“Otherwise, using this fourth-grade life-substituting talisman here would be too much of a loss.”
Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, thinking to himself.
He didn’t want to waste his life-saving Talisman so easily.
After all, this life-substituting talisman allowed him to escape even when facing a Nascent Soul Cultivator.
To be scared into using the life-substituting talisman for a False Core True Person who hadn’t even arrived yet would be too frustrating.
“Moreover, if I really have to use the life-substituting talisman, I’ll wait until this False Core True Person arrives.”
“At that time, I can remember her appearance and aura, and send her on her way with the demonic fiend curse life book, completely resolving the grievances.”
“The demonic fiend curse life book requires a hundred years of lifespan to curse a Core Formation True Person to death. I wonder how much lifespan it will consume to curse a False Core True Person to death, thirty years, or fifty years?”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
Although a False Core True Person was called a True Person,
there was still the word ‘False’.
They didn’t Cultivate it themselves; they relied on external objects, refining Yao Beast Cores to advance.
They couldn’t be compared with a true Core Formation True Person.
Whether in terms of strength or lifespan, they were far inferior to a Core Formation True Person.
Not only could their Cultivation not advance further in this life, but their lifespan was also only over three hundred years.
“However, this is a last resort. If I can avoid doing it, I’ll try my best not to.”
“Not only would it waste my two treasures, but killing a False Core True Person might also attract an investigation from the Qingyun Sect.”
Lu Changsheng thought to himself.
Then he sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, circulating the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture.
He tried to transform his magical power into Seven Luminaries Sword Qi to refine this wisp of Vengeful Soul Thread.
After all, the Seven Luminaries Sword Qi could even refine pill toxins, so it might be able to refine this wisp of Vengeful Soul Thread.
“Zzzzz—”
Lu Changsheng’s body was filled with sharp Sword Qi, almost permeating out of him.
The Seven Luminaries Sword Qi within his body, like a flood dragon, enveloped the Vengeful Soul Thread, making a sound like boiling oil in a raging fire.
But this Vengeful Soul Thread was extremely strange; even when enveloped and swallowed by the Seven Luminaries Sword Qi, it still struggled and twisted tenaciously.
A moment later.
“It really works!”
“The Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Scripture is indeed a genuine Cultivation Technique; it can even refine the Vengeful Soul Thread of a False Core True Person.”
“However, this refining speed is too slow. It would take me at least two or three days to refine this Vengeful Soul Thread.”
“In two or three days, that False Core True Person might already be here.”
Lu Changsheng opened his eyes, a hint of joy on his face.
Thinking back to how the second-grade Purification Talisman had a suppressive effect on this Vengeful Soul Thread just now,
he took out another second-grade Low Grade Purification Talisman and activated it on himself.
As the purifying power flowed within his body and surged towards the Vengeful Soul Thread, Lu Changsheng immediately circulated his Cultivation Technique, using the Seven Luminaries Sword Qi to begin refining this wisp of grey Qi.
As expected, under these circumstances, his efficiency in refining the Vengeful Soul Thread doubled.
By the time the Purification Talisman’s effect disappeared, Lu Changsheng had already refined one or two tenths of this wisp of grey Qi.
“If I had a second-grade High Grade Purification Talisman to suppress this Vengeful Soul Thread, I might be able to refine it quickly.”
Seeing that this method was effective, Lu Changsheng immediately took out the second-grade Talisman brush and Talismans Materials he had bought in the town from his Storage Pouch.
He began to draw second-grade High Grade Purification Talismans.
He planned to rely on the assistance of Talismans to quickly refine this Vengeful Soul Thread.
Having just experienced a battle, not only was his magical power consumed, but his mind had not fully calmed down either.
So Lu Changsheng did not directly draw second-grade High-Grade Talismans.
Instead, he first drew a second-grade Medium Grade Purification Talisman to regain his touch and calm his mind.
A quarter of an hour later.
Lu Changsheng held the Talisman brush, slowly outlining a second-grade Medium Grade Purification Talisman and injecting magical power into it.
White light surged from the Talisman paper, causing the Talisman to take shape.
After drawing this Talisman, Lu Changsheng did not rest.
He began drawing a second-grade High Grade Purification Talisman.
Drawing this second-grade High Grade Purification Talisman took Lu Changsheng about half an hour.
Drawing Talismans was like this.
The higher the grade of the Talisman drawn, the more difficult and complex it became, and the more time and magical power it consumed.
However, Lu Changsheng not only possessed second-grade max-level Talismans crafting skills.
He also had the xuan yuan pearl, his second Dantian.
It stored nine times his own magical power.
This allowed his magical power to be almost inexhaustible, so he didn’t have to worry about insufficient magical power.
Moreover, now that he had achieved Foundation Establishment, his mental state would not become fatigued after drawing just a few Talismans.
“Hoo!”
Having found his rhythm with the two Talismans earlier, Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, his expression serious, and began to draw a second-grade High Grade Purification Talisman.
Currently, he had a 98% certainty of drawing a second-grade High-Grade Talisman.
But for a second-grade High-Grade Talisman, he only had a 70-80% certainty.
He couldn’t say he was 100% successful in drawing it.
Lu Changsheng held the Talisman brush and slowly drew.
Magical power continuously flowed through the second-grade Talisman brush, outlining on the Talisman paper, causing the Talisman paper to constantly radiate colors and form mysterious runes.
An hour later.
Lu Changsheng looked at the second-grade High-Grade Talisman he had successfully drawn, a faint smile on his face.
Then he picked up the Talisman and used this Purification Talisman on himself.
Immediately, the Talisman emitted a brilliant white light, making the cave as bright as day.
The purifying power surged into Lu Changsheng’s body like a tide, enveloping and purifying the Vengeful Soul Thread.
During this process, the Vengeful Soul Thread was directly purified by the Talisman.
Lu Changsheng felt that with just five or six second-grade High Grade Purification Talismans, he could directly purify this Vengeful Soul Thread.
Lu Changsheng didn’t think much and quickly circulated the seven luminaries Great Freedom Scripture.
He used the Seven Luminaries Sword Qi in conjunction with the Purification Talisman to refine this wisp of Vengeful Soul Thread.
Half an hour later, eighty percent of the Vengeful Soul Thread in Lu Changsheng’s body had been refined.
Seeing this, Lu Changsheng did not continue to draw second-grade High Grade Purification Talismans.
He directly used the second-grade High-Grade Talisman he had just drawn.
With the purification assistance of this High-Grade Talisman, Lu Changsheng directly refined the remaining Vengeful Soul Thread.
After refining it, Lu Changsheng also used his Divine Sense and the remaining second-grade Medium Grade Purification Talismans to check and confirm again.
Only after confirming that the Vengeful Soul Thread in his body had been refined and there were no other problems did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He glanced at the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, which was absorbing the blood from Meng Yibai’s remains.
“Let’s go.”
Lu Changsheng waved his hand and retrieved the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.
Then he shot out a Fireball spell, burning Meng Shaobai’s corpse to ashes and causing the cave to collapse.
Only then did he take out a Stealth Talisman and quickly leave.
After continuously fleeing for several hundred miles, Lu Changsheng finally stopped.
He took out two Medicinal Pills and swallowed them to restore his physical strength and magical power.
Only then did he begin to clean out Meng Yibai’s Storage Pouch to see what he had gained.
“Is this a Sword Cultivator? Besides a Flying Sword and a Lifebound Sword Orb, there’s only a tortoise shell Magical Artifact, no other Magical Artifacts.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the Storage Pouch and roughly scanned it with his Divine Sense.
He found that there were no Magical Artifacts inside, only Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, and various Medicinal Pills.
Immediately, Lu Changsheng put the Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, and various precious Materials aside.
He picked up a medicine bottle, sniffed the medicinal fragrance, and nodded: “Hmm, it should be Yangyuan Pills, and there are seven of them, not bad.”
“This one should be a Combining Qi Pill…”
Lu Changsheng identified each Medicinal Pill bottle.
Just then, Lu Changsheng opened a porcelain bottle, and upon seeing the Medicinal Pills inside, his pupils couldn’t help but contract.
He immediately poured the Medicinal Pills into his palm and carefully examined them.
“It really is a Foundation Establishment Pill.”
“How could he have a Foundation Establishment Pill on him?!”
Lu Changsheng looked at the Foundation Establishment Pill, a mix of pleasant surprise and disbelief on his face.
He really hadn’t expected Meng Yibai to actually have a Foundation Establishment Pill on him.
He had always wanted to get a genuine Foundation Establishment Pill for Lu Miaoge.
After all, with Lu Miaoge’s talent, without a Foundation Establishment Pill, it would be almost impossible for her to attempt Foundation Establishment.
So he planned that once Lu Miaoge reached Qi Refining Perfection, he would go to the Three Great Immortal Cities to see.
He wanted to see if he could acquire a Foundation Establishment Pill through some channel or at an auction.
He never expected that he would unexpectedly gain a Foundation Establishment Pill from Meng Yibai, having searched for it in vain.
And it was exactly the genuine Foundation Establishment Pill he needed, not some inferior one.
“Now that I have the Foundation Establishment Pill, and also the Three Yang Pill and Foundation Establishment Spirit Materials, Miaoge’s Foundation Establishment should be stable.”
Lu Changsheng didn’t think much about where Meng Yibai got the Foundation Establishment Pill.
He simply thanked the kind person for the gift.
He put away this Foundation Establishment Pill, intending to give it to Lu Miaoge when the time came.
After all, she was currently the only wife he had hope of helping to establish Foundation.
If he had the ability to help, he would naturally help.
As for Lu Miaoyun, Qu Zhenzhen, and Lu Miaohuan, he currently couldn’t help them even if he wanted to.
After cleaning out the Storage Pouch, Lu Changsheng opened the Spirit Beast Pouch.
He immediately saw a palm-sized, golden-furred, adorable hamster inside the Spirit Beast Pouch.
“Hamster?”
Lu Changsheng was stunned when he saw this simple and cute golden hamster.
After all, he had seen too many fierce Yao Beasts in the Cultivation World.
Suddenly seeing such a harmless, simple, and cute hamster really made him momentarily unresponsive.
“Is this the Earth Spirit Rat?”
Lu Changsheng looked at the golden hamster and immediately knew that this should be the Earth Rank Low Grade Bloodline Yao Beast, the Earth Spirit Rat, that Meng Yibai had mentioned.
It was precisely by relying on this Earth Spirit Rat that he had smelled Lu Changsheng’s aura and seen through his disguise.
Lu Changsheng held the Beast Controlling Token from the Storage Pouch in his hand.
Then, with a slight thought, he released this golden hamster from the Spirit Beast Pouch.
“Chirp, chirp, chirp.”
The little hamster appeared and showed fear and apprehension when it saw Lu Changsheng.
Although this Yao Beast had an Earth Rank Bloodline, its main ability was its sense of smell, used for treasure hunting.
It was not good at fighting and was very timid.
Now, with only Late Stage first-grade strength, facing Lu Changsheng, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, it was naturally terrified and fearful.
Moreover, Lu Changsheng still held the Beast Controlling Token that controlled its life and death.
“This rat has drifted for half its life, only regretting not meeting a wise master. Now that I have met one, if you do not abandon me, this rat is willing to acknowledge you as my foster father!”
The golden hamster looked at Lu Changsheng, knelt on its two legs, and made a bowing gesture with its paws.
And through the Beast Controlling Token, a spiritual communication was transmitted.
“???”
Lu Changsheng received this spiritual communication and looked at the little hamster in front of him, somewhat surprised.
He hadn’t expected this Yao Beast to possess such intelligence.
For example, his Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, a rare insect with a Heaven Rank Bloodline, had no intelligence at all.
Its mind was filled with nothing but killing.
“This is also two extremes.”
Lu Changsheng smiled, picked up the hamster in front of him, examined it in his hand, and rubbed it twice.
The golden fur was like silk, feeling very comfortable to the touch.
“This Earth Spirit Rat has an extremely keen sense of smell for natural treasures. If one were to explore Secret Realms or Immortal Caves, having such a Yao Beast would yield twice the results with half the effort.”
“It’s a pity I rarely enter dungeons.”
Lu Changsheng looked at the hamster, smacking his lips.
However, he didn’t feel it was a waste.
This kind of Soul Search Rat was very good for the Family.
Besides, if he didn’t use it, he could sell it later for at least ten thousand Spirit Stones.
“But what kind of Yao Beast egg is this egg?”
Lu Changsheng put the hamster back into the Spirit Beast Pouch.
With a slight thought, a light green egg, as large as a watermelon, appeared.
While checking the Spirit Beast Pouch, he had seen that besides the Earth Spirit Rat, there was also a pet egg inside.
But looking at the egg’s appearance, he couldn’t identify what kind of Yao Beast’s egg it was.
“To be in the Spirit Beast Pouch of a second-generation Cultivator, it must not be an ordinary Yao Beast egg.”
Lu Changsheng held the egg and examined it for a few moments.
He could tell that there was a normal life aura inside.
But it would take some time to hatch.
He put it back into the Spirit Beast Pouch, planning to study it later.
“Although there are only over six thousand Spirit Stones and no other Magical Artifacts,”
“but the Talisman Treasure, Foundation Establishment Pill, Earth Spirit Rat, and this pet egg are also a great harvest.”
Lu Changsheng roughly tallied up this wave of spoils.
Fifty-one Medium Grade Spirit Stones.
One thousand three hundred seventy-two Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Spirit Medicine, Materials, Medicinal Pills, worth about four or five thousand Spirit Stones.
Then there were the Talisman Treasure, the golden Flying Sword, the Lifebound Sword Orb, the flying shuttle, as well as the Foundation Establishment Pill, the Earth Spirit Rat, and the pet egg.
Several hours later.
A streak of light pierced through the air and descended from high above.
It arrived at the battleground of Meng Yibai and Lu Changsheng.
“Yibai should have… fallen here.”
The old woman stood on the spirit boat, her eyes glowing, examining the surrounding situation.
After a while, her expression became extremely solemn.
“Yibai, as a Sword Cultivator, was invincible among his peers, and he also had the Blue Jade Ruler Talisman Treasure I bestowed upon him for self-defense. Even when facing a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he should have been able to escape.”
“But not only did he fall here, the Soul Imprint I planted in his body also disappeared.”
“Could it be that the person who killed Yibai is a False Core True Person?”
The old woman’s face was solemn, her eyes somewhat lost, as she murmured.
She could only deduce from some residual aura that her grandson had died here.
But she couldn’t ascertain the specific circumstances.
Not sensing the Soul Imprint or the Vengeful Soul Thread made her realize that the person who killed her grandson was definitely not simple.
It was very likely a False Core Cultivator.
But the next moment, she shook her head slightly, thinking it shouldn’t be a False Core Cultivator.
If it were a False Core Cultivator, it would be impossible for so much battle aura to remain.
Moreover, even if her grandson was incredibly audacious and reckless, believing he could defeat anything, he wouldn’t provoke a False Core True Person.
“If it was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator…”
The old woman’s expression became even more solemn.
She realized that if a Foundation Establishment Cultivator killed her grandson and resolved the Vengeful Soul Thread, it meant the opponent was even more extraordinary.
Behind them, there was likely a False Core True Person, or even a Core Formation True Person!
Otherwise, the opponent couldn’t, and wouldn’t dare, kill her grandson.
“Sigh, I’ve told Yibai many times that being too rigid breaks easily, and those who advance sharply retreat quickly. Before the sharp blade is drawn, it must be hidden. Cultivating the Sword Dao is not solely about seeking sharpness…”
The old woman clasped her hands behind her back, then suddenly sighed, murmuring to herself, her figure stooping a little.
At this moment, even if she had a thousand angers and hatreds in her heart, there was nowhere to vent them.
Moreover, guessing that the person who killed her grandson was not simple made her wary.
After all, she only had a few decades of lifespan left.
The entire Family relied on her, this Old Ancestor, to support it.
Now that Meng Yibai, the future pillar of the Family, was dead, she, the Old Ancestor, had to continue supporting the Family to ensure there were successors.
“Yibai was serving as the disciplinary head in the town, so why would he suddenly be fighting here?”
The old woman’s heart skipped a beat, her eyes narrowed to a slit, still pondering her grandson’s matter.
Even though she was wary, she couldn’t just completely give up and ignore her grandson’s revenge.
Immediately, the old woman controlled her spirit boat and flew towards Qingyun Town.
She intended to investigate why her grandson left the town and why he fought with someone.