Start with the fisherman

"Li Changji, Li Changji, I never thought that this day would come to you!"

Li Yunfei laughed wildly in his heart. Qingming Peak's reputation for protecting its people was well known in Xuanbao Pavilion, and many disciples envied being able to join Qingming Peak.

But who could have imagined that Qingming Peak was also a filthy and foul place with a lot of injustice and chaos.

When he thought of this, he felt inexplicably happy.

"Your disciple broke into my daughter's room in the middle of the night and tried to do something bad to her. My daughter refused and he even beat her up."

Li Yunfei suppressed his happy mood and got into the role in a second. His face flushed with anger and he glared at Li Changji, "What? Are you going to kill me to silence me?"

Li Changji restrained his momentum and released the restraint on Li Yunfei, seeming to be a little guilty, "There must be something fishy about this matter."

Then he turned to look at Cao Ze, "Can you tell me what happened?"

Li Yunfei sneered.

Li Changji was clearly there the whole time, so he must have known that Cao Ze was framed.

Asking like this now clearly shows that he wants to trick his own apprentice.

What a hypocrite!

"Pooh!"

Cao Ze sneered at Li Changji and spat fiercely, "If you want me dead, just say so. Why put on this show?"

Letting go of the woman in his hand and throwing her aside casually, Cao Ze walked out of the courtyard. "I thought a sect like Xuanbao Pavilion would have some of the aura of a big sect, but I didn't expect it to be so stinking!"

"Well, it's better not to wait for such a sect!"

After saying that, Cao Ze quickly walked towards Qingming Peak. Not long after, Cao Ze was seen taking his three wives and concubines, resolutely leaving Qingming Peak and heading towards Donghai County.

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Li Yunfei was a little confused.

It was clearly him who set up the stage, but Cao Ze had already finished the script before he could even say a few lines.

But after a moment of surprise, he came to his senses.

It seems that Li Changji and Cao Ze, the master and disciple, are having a very unhappy quarrel and have completely fallen out with each other.

Otherwise, Li Changji would not have watched Cao Ze leave Xuanbao Pavilion like this.

Everyone knows that Cao Ze has offended the Yuwen family. If he goes out like this, won’t he be dead for sure?
The commotion here had already attracted a lot of attention. The disciples of Xuanbao Pavilion looked at Cao Ze and his four companions flying away in a strange flying vehicle, and began to whisper to each other.

The Grand Master, the Peak Master of the Dharmakaya Realm, the injured beautiful woman, the true disciple who ran away in anger...

The interweaving of these elements immediately allowed the disciples to imagine one heart-wrenching story after another.

But for Cao Ze who was sitting on the plane, he only felt guilty towards his master.

The master is using his own reputation to protect himself. The master would rather bear the infamy of being unkind and unjust than let outsiders believe that the Chaos Spirit Source Pearl is not in his possession. In this way, no martial artist in the Dharmakaya realm will take the risk.

He is still too weak now and cannot repay his master's kindness, so this makes him more determined to enter the blood pool.

Only by quickly improving our strength can we prevent such things from happening again.

This plane was given to him by his third senior brother earlier. Although the curvature engine has not yet been successfully developed, the Kunpeng has already landed successfully.

Xuanbao Pavilion is thousands of kilometers away from Donghai County. Even with the airplane developed by the third senior brother, it would take several days to get there. Although flying can cover a straight distance, the sky is never unobstructed. If they want to reach Donghai County, they need to take a long detour.

Cao Ze naturally would not waste this time. He allowed the Kunpeng to fly freely, while he and Su Xiaozhi and the other two practiced diligently.

At this time, the night was over and the morning sun rose from behind them, illuminating the way ahead of them and making the clouds in front of them look dazzling, like an oil painting hanging in a window.

Donghai County, here I come!
Cao Ze thought of Uncle Wu and Brother Zhuo Ding who had been in Donghai County for more than a year, Luo Qingyun who had helped him a lot, Luo Xinjun who couldn't walk when she saw delicious food, and of course, Yuwen Lie!
……

On Xuanyu Peak, in the pavilion on the top of the peak, Xuan Zhiming and Lin Tingzhang sat opposite each other.

Ever since the last incident in the secret realm of the cave, the two had become brothers in need who shared the same suffering and often met together to drink wine and tea.

"I never thought that Li Changji, with his thick eyebrows and big eyes, would do such a thing!"

Xuan Zhiming sneered, and besides mockery, there was also a lot of jealousy in his eyes.

Lin Tingzhang shook his head, took a sip of tea, and then said suspiciously, "Do you think this is a trick or a show?"

After all these years, he knew Li Changji very well and believed that Li Changji would not do such a thing.

“I don’t think it’s an act!”

Xuan Zhiming laughed loudly, "Didn't you see what happened that day? Li Changji wanted that little guy to die!"

“That’s the Chaos Spirit Source Pearl!
If it were you, would you not be tempted?"

Lin Tingzhang was silent, struggling internally for a long time, and finally came up with an answer that disappointed himself.

No warrior in the Dharmakaya realm can resist the temptation to go further!

"It's a pity for that kid. If he had joined my Xuanyu Peak, I wouldn't have forced him like this even if I took his treasure."

Xuan Zhiming shook his head and clicked his tongue.

Lin Tingzhang did not respond. Based on his understanding of Xuan Zhiming, the other party would probably kill people to silence them when stealing the treasure. He would definitely not do such a thing.

However, this also made him more certain that the Chaos Spirit Source Pearl was in Li Changji's hands.

Otherwise, given the hatred between Cao Ze and the Yuwen family, he would surely die if he went out like this. Then wouldn't the treasures be lost to the Yuwen family for nothing?

No normal person would do such a stupid thing.

"Now that it has fallen into the hands of that old man Li Changji, it will be difficult for us to obtain the Chaos Spirit Source Pearl!"

Lin Tingzhang sighed and felt a little discouraged.

Xuan Zhiming put down his teacup and said meaningfully, "That may not be the case!"

……

The falcon flapped its wings, stared at the rabbit foraging on the grass below, and circled closer to the ground.

Suddenly, a huge shadow passed by from above.

Boo!
The falcon wailed and flapped its wings to flee in panic.

In the Kunpeng, four people who were tired from practicing were lying on the edge of the window, watching the grassland slowly passing by below.

It was late autumn, the grass and trees were withered and yellow, and the earth had lost its vitality, but under the sunshine, the golden scene filled people with the heavy joy of harvest.

Although Yue Lingke has broken through to the Dragon Blood Realm and can fly in the air, there are not many such opportunities in Xuanbao Pavilion.

Looking down from the sky at this moment, I was fascinated for a moment.

Yue Lingke is like this, let alone Su Xiaozhi and Hong Xing.

The sky has always been the place that humans most yearn for.

On the contrary, Cao Ze did not feel too surprised. He had taken many planes in his previous life and was no longer surprised.

Soon, Kunpeng flew over the vast grassland, and below it turned into a continuous mountain range.

The mountains are covered with lush vegetation and dotted with many villages, with smoke rising from chimneys. It is truly a paradise on earth.

"Wait, that's not cooking smoke!"

Suddenly, Cao Ze stood up and looked towards the forest in front of him on the left.

There was a thick smoke rising into the sky, but Cao Ze couldn't see it clearly because it was too far away and in a valley. But now, he was sure that it was not cooking smoke!
After a slight hesitation, Cao Ze controlled the Kunpeng to fly towards the direction where the smoke was rising.

Soon, Cao Ze saw the place where the smoke was rising. It was a village that had been attacked. At this moment, it was like a tragic picture scroll, spreading across the desolate valley.

The fire had gradually died out, leaving only a few wisps of smoke rising up, interweaving with the morning mist, covering the ruins with a hazy and heavy veil.

Cao Ze controlled the Kunpeng to stop nearby, walked out of the cabin, and frowned.

The air in the valley was filled with a pungent smell of burnt and blood, making people feel suffocated.

Most of the wooden houses that were originally scattered around have now turned into ruins. Some have collapsed completely, leaving only a mess of ashes and broken beams. Some are barely standing but are also crumbling. The walls are covered with marks of swords and knives, silently telling of the tragedy of last night.

The streets were littered with all kinds of debris and broken utensils, mixed with the villagers' belongings, looking messy and shocking.

There were bloodstains everywhere, some of which had dried up and solidified into dark patches, while others still retained a bright red color, like the river of life flowing silently but solidifying in an instant.

In this dead silence, occasionally a few faint groans or cries can be heard. Those are the sounds of the injured but not dead villagers struggling in despair. They are either lying under the ruins or huddled in the corner, their eyes full of fear of life and death and confusion about the future.

The traces left by the thugs were everywhere. Their laughter and atrocities seemed to still echo in the valley, making people shudder. The looted houses, felled trees, trampled fields... all told of the cruelty and ruthlessness of this disaster.

Cao Ze walked towards the direction of the voice, but could only shake his head. These people were beyond saving!
The chest of the groaning villager had been hollowed out long ago, like a sacrifice of an evil priest, and blood-colored runes were flashing on his body. Cao Ze guessed that this was probably the reason why he could still groan.

puff!
With a wave of his hand, Cao Ze cut off the villager's head, ending his suffering.

For a moment, the whole village fell silent, with only the crackling sound of burning wooden houses and the howling wind.

Blood Demon Cult!

Cao Ze found a familiar feeling from the runes on the villager's body.

I didn't expect that the Blood Demon Cult would be so rampant so close to Donghai County.

Suddenly, Cao Ze's expression changed and he walked straight towards a dry well.

This place had long been piled with corpses, and the originally dried-up well was unexpectedly filled with blood and came alive again.

Cao Ze raised his hand, and in an instant, the corpses at the wellhead flew out one after another and lay back on the ground one by one. At this time, a little girl about seven or eight years old was revealed under the well.

The little girl had two pigtails. The blood had already reached her neck. She stood in the blood, tilting her head, looking through the wellmouth at Cao Ze outside the well. Her big eyes, which should have been innocent and lively, were filled with silent indifference.

He raised his hand again and rescued the little girl from the well. With a wave of his hand, a lot of clean water appeared and washed away the blood stains on the little girl.

At this time, Su Xiaozhi came forward, picked up the little girl with heartache, fed her a healing pill, and then mobilized her qi and blood to dispel the cold energy in her body.

The little girl must have been hiding in the well a long time ago. Fortunately, she was not discovered by the Blood Demon Cult members due to the desperate efforts of the villagers to protect her. However, most of the villagers died at the mouth of the well in order to protect her, and ended up blocking the well. As a result, even after the Blood Demon Cult members left, the little girl could not get out.

If it weren't for Cao Ze's keen sense, it would have been difficult to find the little girl at the bottom of the well.

About a quarter of an hour later, Su Xiaozhi cleaned the little girl, changed her into clean clothes, and took out some food for her.

The little girl didn't refuse, but ate it with big mouthfuls.

"Let's go find a family in a nearby village to adopt her."

Cao Ze scanned the village with his spiritual sense again and spoke to Su Xiaozhi.

He could see that Su Xiaozhi liked the little girl very much. Speaking of which, they had been working hard for so many years, but Su Xiaozhi's belly had not moved...

But he is in a lot of danger now, so it is impossible for him to take this little girl with him.

Su Xiaozhi, who was holding the little girl, sighed and also understood this truth.

But at this moment, the little girl suddenly asked, "Brother, can you save my sister?"

Some warmth had returned to her big eyes, and she was looking at Cao Ze pitifully.

"Your sister?"

"My sister was taken away by those bad guys. They went in that direction."

The little girl pointed in a direction. As expected, her escape from the Blood Demon Cult was probably not entirely due to luck.

It might not even be the villagers' spontaneous protection. Cao Ze glanced at the corpses piled up at the wellhead, seeming to be thinking about something.

Cao Ze asked, "They only arrested your sister?"

"So many people have been captured by them. Brother, can you save my sister?" the little girl asked again.

Cao Ze did not agree immediately. His current strength was not weak even in Donghai County, but he was not yet at the point where he thought he could do whatever he wanted. Even though it stood to reason that these robbing Blood Demon Sect disciples should not be too strong, he should not be arrogant.

But in the end he nodded.

As he walked along, because he was in the sky, he could clearly see many villages around him. If he left the Blood Demon Cult's evil leaders alone, there was no telling how many innocent people would suffer.

"Take her back to Kunpeng, cruise in the sky, and guide me."

Without hesitating for too long, Cao Ze made the decision.

Yue Lingke is also a warrior in the Dragon Blood Realm and can fly in the air, but in terms of flying altitude, it is still far inferior to the Kunpeng. On the Kunpeng, one can get a better view.

Yue Lingke and the other two are at the top, and Cao Ze is at the bottom. The two sides can also share what they have with each other. Yue Lingke and the other two provide him with intelligence, and he can also provide support at any time if anything happens.

"Thank you brother!"

There was finally some sincere gratitude in the little girl's eyes.

Cao Ze naturally didn't care. He followed the direction indicated by the little girl and moved forward with the Kunpeng above his head.

……

Less than a hundred miles away from the direction where Cao Ze was heading, in the jungle, a group of people in different clothes were gathered together, shouting something excitedly and indignantly.

Most of these people were handsome young men and women dressed in gorgeous clothes. One could tell at a glance that they were young men from the big families in Donghai County who had come out to gain experience.

Wang Ning sneered at these guys, but had a smile on his face.

Originally he came here to search for treasure, but he didn't expect that as soon as he entered the treasure land, he encountered the devil from the Blood Demon Cult. The other side was numerous and powerful, and he was worried that he would be defeated alone, so he had to retreat quietly.

When he thought of the treasures in that precious land, he felt unwilling.

He had just arrived at the outskirts, but he had already encountered the magical medicine Xuanshuang Ambergris Fruit. God knows what kind of miraculous treasures are in the center of the treasure land.

So he did not leave, but kept wandering around. Unexpectedly, he met this group of young people halfway, who were shouting about slaying demons and upholding justice.

So, they hit it off right away!
"Senior is truly righteous!"

After a round of passionate declarations, a young man in black brocade clothes stepped out from the group, came to Wang Ning, clasped his fists and said, "There is no time to lose, let's go and strangle those Blood Demon Cult demons now!"

"No hurry, those demon cubs are numerous and powerful, we should act carefully and try to catch them all in one fell swoop to prevent more innocent people from being harmed!"

Wang Ning's face was full of generosity and justice. "I risked my life to find the Blood Demon Cult's stronghold, but they were outnumbered. Fortunately, I met you young heroes. Otherwise, I would have had to risk my life to explore the Blood Demon Cult's lair."

"Don't worry, senior. We will follow your instructions!"

The young master said respectfully.

Senior Wang Ning is a great master with a great reputation. I had only heard of his name in the past, but now that I have seen him, I can't help but admire him even more.

"Then I would like to thank all the young heroes here for mentioning the innocent people!"

Wang Ning also bowed to the young boys and girls.

Although these little guys are very young, they are from big families after all, and each of them has good cultivation. If they can listen to his arrangements, they will be a great help.

It's worth fighting for that treasure!
"Senior, you are serious!"

The young men and women in the jungle immediately clasped their fists, their eyes full of emotion, and Wang Ning's image in their minds became much taller again. (End of this chapter)