Martial Arts: Start by Obtaining the Wild World

Chapter 323 0322: Immortal Sect Deacon

The old man frowned at what everyone said and fell into deep thought. He pondered over various possibilities in his mind, trying to find out the real purpose of the black skull.

After a while, his eyes suddenly gleamed, and he said in surprise, "Could it be the Soul-Restoring Pill?"

Everyone looked at the old man with confusion, expecting his explanation. But the old man had no intention of explaining, and instead cast his eyes on the dozen or so corpses on the ground.

Immediately, he waved his right hand, and a jade-colored porcelain bottle floated in front of him. The old man grasped the corpse with his right hand, and immediately all the black evil spirits on the corpse quickly left the neck as if being pulled by an invisible force, and flew towards the mouth of the jade bottle.

As the black evil spirit on the corpse disappeared, blood slowly flowed out from the headless corpse. Then, everyone heard the old man say:
"Deal with the body and continue the search for the suspects, lest he notice anything unusual."

When everyone heard this, they understood that Zhang Lao was going to take action himself. They all bowed and shouted in unison: "Yes!"

After the old man left, one of them did not dare to delay and immediately sent someone to the mortuary to collect the bodies and send them to be burned. After all, no one could be sure whether there were any potential problems with these bodies, and it was impossible to send them back to their original place.

After a while, the person in charge of the mortuary came hurriedly with Zhao Lide, who was in charge of the burial department.

When he heard that the bodies were going to be burned, his heart was moved and he secretly rejoiced. Sixteen bodies, worth two hundred spirit stones! Although nine of the bodies were headless, this did not affect their value.

Soon, after Zhao Lide learned about the situation, he quickly put all the corpses into the storage bag.

While the sect members were dealing with the corpses, in a courtyard in the north district.

The young man who was meditating in the yard suddenly opened his eyes and looked with shock at the person who suddenly appeared in front of him silently like a ghost. He instinctively retreated quickly.

"How is this possible!" the young man was shocked!
He has activated a second-order protective array for this house. Unless his master can transform into a black evil and infiltrate, even if a Jindan cultivator came, he would have to use all his strength to break it open. It is simply impossible for him to enter and exit without paying any attention to anything.

How did this person get in?
However, the next moment, he discovered that the old man who appeared was holding a triangular golden token in his hand, and a jade bottle emitting wisps of black evil spirit was suspended in front of him.

"Space magic weapon, enter the formation order!"

The young man recognized the token at a glance, his pupils shrank suddenly, he looked at the old man, and said in a trembling voice: "You are the deacon of the Immortal Sect!"

"Boy, you have quite a lot of knowledge." The old man looked at the young man and raised his right hand slightly. The jade bottle and token disappeared instantly.

“I didn’t expect that guy to live in seclusion here. He is indeed refining the Soul-Restoring Pill.” The old man’s powerful spiritual sense immediately explored the situation of the entire courtyard like a tide.

The young man knew in his heart that he had no intention of taking action at this moment. It was because the strength of the two sides was too different!

The Xianzong deacons who were stationed in the county town were at least at the early stage of the Golden Core stage, and he was just a small Qi training cultivator. When the other party appeared just now, if the other party wanted to kill him, he would have no chance to react or retreat.

"Let's wait for him to finish refining it. It is said that the Rejuvenating Pill can restore the cultivator's Dantian. I would also like to take a look at it."

Having said that, the old man walked into the inner room as if no one was around and sat down at a random place.

When the young man heard this, although he felt helpless and worried, he could only bite the bullet and bow, then turned around to make tea.

As he walked, he was secretly thinking about how to deal with this sudden change. But from the tone of his voice, he seemed to know his master, and he couldn't help but feel a little hopeful.

Soon, the young man entered the main room quietly, carrying a cup of the spiritual tea his master often drank. Then, he stood quietly at the door, not daring to make a sound.

But the old man did not sit and wait. Before, his spiritual sense had already detected a child in another room. The old man naturally also found that the child had no spiritual power in his body, and his Dantian was broken, obviously it had been damaged by someone.

The old man was naturally curious about what made Black Skull go to so much trouble, so the relationship must be unusual.

"What is the origin of that child?" the old man asked calmly, with a hint of curiosity in his tone.

The young man paused for a moment, then quickly saluted and said, "He is my master's grandson."

"Grandson?" The old man was quite surprised and confused. This guy actually has descendants? He couldn't help but ask: "Dear?"

The young man was silent for a while after hearing this. He quickly considered his words in his mind, thinking about how to answer. Finally, he nodded and said, "Yes."

Seeing this, the old man stopped asking questions. But he understood why Black Skull acted this way. Only his grandson was worth taking such a risk.

The killer who killed people without shedding blood has now become so tender-hearted, which is beyond his expectation. The old man was filled with emotion. On the road of cultivating immortality, human heart is unpredictable. Who would have thought that the cold-blooded killer would have such concerns?

Two hours passed while we waited, and it was already morning.

As the door slowly opened, Lin Changfeng walked out calmly, his eyes falling directly on the old man in the main room.

"Master..." The young man was about to speak when he clasped his hands, but was interrupted by Lin Changfeng, "Go out, I know."

"Yes." The young man immediately bowed and retreated. Although he had many questions in his mind, he did not dare to say more. He knew that his master had his own plans, and he only needed to obey his orders.

Lin Changfeng sat down calmly, as if everything was under his control. He was the first to know about the other party's arrival.

At that time, the other party had no intention of taking action, so he decided to wait until the elixir was refined before making any plans.

"I didn't expect that after more than ten years, you would become an alchemist. Your talent is truly rare. Did you succeed?"

The old man asked with a smile, a hint of expectation in his eyes.

The Soul-Restoring Pill is a special elixir among the fourth-level ones. Only a few can be refined, and basically only the Immortal Sect can refine it. Its only function is to repair the Dantian and help the target quickly embark on Qi training.

"That's right." Lin Changfeng nodded slightly, his tone calm. He didn't intend to continue talking about the Rejuvenating Pill, but asked: "Zhangye, can't we just turn a blind eye to it?"

The old man shook his head slightly and said slowly: "I know your methods. Although you are still in the foundation-building stage, the ones who can catch you are either Nascent Soul masters or Jindan cultivators who are well prepared in advance and have restraining magic weapons. All I can do is track you."

Lin Changfeng was not too proud of what he said. He narrowed his eyes slightly and continued to ask: "So, you are not here to arrest me?"

Zhang Ye shook his head and said, "I would like to invite you to join the sect office. As for your past, what does it matter if we know it? Xiaoyao Xianzong has no obligation to avenge you or anything like that."

"If I don't agree, does that mean I can't stay in the county anymore?" Lin Changfeng asked with a playful look, but his eyes revealed a subtle vigilance.

In his mind, he had always been regarded as an evil cultivator and was wanted by the Shadow Alliance. He couldn't understand why such a great immortal sect would be interested in him. He secretly pondered Zhang Ye's true purpose.

Zhang Ye said slowly, "Then leave the Soul-Restoring Pill and I will let you leave the city. After all, I have to give an explanation to my superiors. Oh, by the way, although I can't catch you, I sent a message to open the county's confinement formation one incense stick ago. Now, only ordinary people and warriors without spiritual power can enter and leave Zi'an County."

Hearing this, Lin Changfeng's face instantly darkened.

He knew that he was in a difficult situation. He had worked so hard to refine the Soul-Restoring Pill. For the future of his grandson, he would never give it up easily. However, the situation was extremely unfavorable to him at this moment. He had to come up with a plan as soon as possible. The next moment, he suddenly remembered a person in the South District, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "The Soul-Restoring Pill is priceless. You have a good idea. Let's see if your formation can keep me!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Changfeng's body suddenly turned into black mist and quickly disappeared into the opposite room. The black mist shuttled like a ghost, and instantly swept his grandson away and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Zhangye had no intention of pursuing him, as he knew very well the power of the Shadow Alliance's highest skill, the Shadow Evil. Once the Shadow Evil entered the body, anyone whose cultivation level was not higher than Lin Changfeng's would have their blood and spiritual energy suppressed and imprisoned instantly, and it would come and go like smoke and fog, with its aura hidden and unable to be locked by divine consciousness.

It was precisely these strange and bizarre methods that enabled Lin Changfeng to assassinate a Jindan cultivator during the Foundation Establishment Period, establishing his position as the top killer in the Shadow Alliance.

Moreover, he has the Black Evil, and although he cannot be locked with spiritual sense, he can be tracked.

Lin Changfeng led his grandson under the cover of the black fog and quickly ran towards the southern area. He had only one thought in mind, which was to enter Cheng Mansion and use the teleportation array there to leave Zi'an County.

Finally, they arrived at Cheng Mansion.

Lin Changfeng infiltrated the formation and sneaked into the mansion without hesitation. Without saying a word, he knocked out two unfamiliar people in two of the rooms, and then found the underground teleportation chamber with ease.

Of course, this is not his first time here.

However, when he entered the secret room, he found that there was an extra formation, but neither formation had an activation token.

His brows furrowed slightly. Cheng Zongyang was not at home, which brought changes to his plans.

Lin Changfeng decided to stay in Cheng Mansion first and wait for Cheng Zongyang to return.

He found a room in the Cheng Mansion and set up a simple defensive formation to ensure the safety of his grandson.

He didn't know when Cheng Zongyang would come back, so he could only wait. As for the rejuvenating pill for his grandson, it needed a safe and stable environment, which was obviously not possible here.

His spiritual sense swept through the entire Cheng Mansion, taking in everything. In a flash, his figure arrived at the wooden pavilion and sat down.

He has been here three times.

Although he had lived in seclusion for fifteen years, he had only come to Zi'an County in the past five years.

Five years ago, he was tracked down by the Shadow Alliance. During the subsequent fight, his disciple who had just entered the first level of Qi training was targeted and his Dantian was shattered. Later, he brought him to Zi'an County under an assumed name, and later claimed to be his grandson.

Later he heard that the Fuling Pill could repair the body, so he kept his eyes on the Foundation Establishment Pill.

But in the past five years, Zi'an County has basically not produced any Foundation Establishment Pills.

As a result, half a year ago, he discovered that Cheng Zongyang and Zhao Yonglong had taken action to obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill. The reason why he did not take action was because he was afraid of the Shadow Alliance's trap, so he just followed and investigated secretly.

After that, he sneaked into Cheng Mansion and discovered the existence of the teleportation array, but he did not activate the token and he did not pay attention to it because he had no use for it.

Later, when they found out that there were no members of the Shadow Alliance, they targeted Zhao Yonglong and tried to rob him. However, Zhao Yonglong sold all the Foundation Building Pills to some families, and he had none left.

After waiting for half a year, I saw Cheng Zongyang again some time ago.

This time, he targeted Zhao Yonglong who happened to be out of the city, killed him and took away a Foundation Establishment Pill from his body. As for the other three, they were obtained from Zhao Yonglong later and secretly stolen by the family who bought the Foundation Establishment Pill.

In fact, only three families had lost the Foundation Establishment Pill. The other one had already used it and did not want others to find out that there was an extra Foundation Establishment cultivator in the family, so they pretended that its pill had been stolen as well.

Lin Changfeng didn't care about being framed.

Later, Lin Changfeng shifted his target to Cheng Zongyang. As a result, he wanted to make a move and heard that there was a foundation-building pill on the bounty list, so he chose this method and did not choose to attack Cheng Zongyang.

His purpose was just to find out who was behind this, why there were so many Foundation Establishment Pills, and where the teleportation array led to.

But Zhangye guessed wrong about one thing. He had only been an alchemist for more than five years.

After being a killer for so many years, in addition to the rewards from the Shadow Alliance's missions and internal rewards, he also gained a huge fortune from harvesting the wealth of his targets.

After that, he privately detained and forced some alchemists to learn the method of alchemy from them, and then bought a lot of spiritual medicines to learn how to make them. It was not that he had talent, but that his Black Evil could help him control the fire and details of alchemy, so he made rapid progress.

Now that the Soul-Restoring Pill has been refined, he is naturally relieved. All he needs to do is wait for Cheng Zongyang to come back!
But the next moment, he remembered something and immediately took out a black talisman and stuck it on his body.

Suddenly, the black talisman turned into a black rune covering his body, and the black evil in his body disappeared instantly. His own aura also seemed to turn into that of an ordinary person with no cultivation.

"Now let's see how you can track me."

At this time, Zhangye, who was heading to the southern area, stopped halfway. Looking at the black evil energy in front of him that had no fingerprints in its direction, he frowned.

"This guy actually found a way to hide the Black Evil? How did he do it?" Zhangye came to mid-air, his spiritual sense covering the entire Zi'an County, and continued to drive the jade bottle to track.

The result was nothing!
At the same time, Cheng Zongyang arrived at the sect office early in the morning, his mind fully focused on the reward for the recovery of the incomplete map.

He had no idea that Lin Changfeng had sneaked into his house, nor did he realize that he had fallen into an unknown crisis.

"Can this incomplete picture be compared?"

Cheng Zongyang asked the staff of the office, his eyes full of expectation. In his opinion, this incomplete map was of great importance, it might point to the place he was looking for, so he was naturally very concerned about the result.

The staff member frowned slightly, thought for a moment and then responded, "This will take some time. If you choose to offer a reward, I can help you post the reward information. If you hand over the incomplete map to us, there is no need to offer a reward."

"If I leave it to you, how long will it take?" Cheng Zongyang asked. He wanted to know the exact time so that he could plan his next move. After all, he couldn't stay in the Immortal Cultivation World forever.

The staff shook his head slightly and said helplessly: "It's hard to say, the time is hard to determine. But I will leave you a rumor jade slip, and I will inform you immediately once there is news. The cost of entrusting the sect is 150 spirit stones. As for the reward, the price is up to you."

"Can we do it at the same time?" Cheng Zongyang's eyes flashed with hope, and he continued to ask: "If the reward is completed first, can you cancel the commission given to you?"

The staff nodded and said affirmatively: "It can be revoked, but 10% of the hard work fee will be deducted, no matter how much time has passed."

Cheng Zongyang touched his chin and fell into deep thought. He weighed the pros and cons in his mind, thinking about which way would be more beneficial to him.

In the end, he decided to do both at the same time. He thought that if there were two ways to do it at the same time, if the reward was completed first, it would coincide with the result of the office handling it, thus avoiding any problems.

Of course, the premise of everything is that this incomplete map is indeed a map of the Ice and Fire Cultivation World, not the Martial Arts World.

(End of this chapter)