Starting From A Fisherman To Cultivate Immortality And Live Forever

Chapter 53: Heavenly Retribution

Su Ping relied on the perspective of the spirit mice, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hui.

At the first moment, he saw the mushroom cloud slowly rising from the Taoist temple.

Although this mushroom cloud was not as exaggerated as the special effects in movies, it still demonstrated the power of explosives.

The Taoist temple on the mountain almost turned into ruins in the instant the mushroom cloud rose.

A large number of wooden buildings were burning, adding flames and black smoke to the mushroom cloud.

Su Ping was not surprised by the appearance of the mushroom cloud.

As long as there were enough explosives, even black powder could create a mushroom cloud.

Not to mention that Su Ping used sweet gunpowder that many folk military organizations praised.

Moreover, the explosion occurred in a relatively enclosed underground chamber, so it was reasonable to have such an effect under the right conditions.

"The power of explosives is still very violent and powerful in the cultivation world."

"With this destructive power, even a Foundation Building cultivator caught off guard would suffer a great loss!"

"However, even this mid Qi Refining stage Gui Lingzi was able to detect abnormalities in advance."

"This move of mine is only effective against Qi Refining stage cultivators."

"Not to mention that Foundation Building cultivators can extend their divine sense, like using a perspective cheat. It would be difficult to ambush them."

Su Ping had already thought of hiding the explosives in stone statues and disguising them as clay flowers.

After confirming that he could no longer sense the aura of Gui Lingzi at the explosion site, Su Ping had a thought. The spirit mice, Xiao Bai and Xiao Hui, squeaked and left the surrounding area, leaving the rat swarm to continue lurking and gathering further information. They quickly retreated to the Lin Yue Manor.

The explosion on the mountain alarmed the important figures of Jin Feng City.

Several hours later, a large number of martial artists and wandering cultivators from the city arrived on the mountain. After seeing the devastated Taoist temple, a large group of people stood in shock.

A martial artist whose family had been violated learned from the surviving Taoist priests that Gui Lingzi was in the center of the explosion and was most likely completely destroyed.

They even shouted that this was heavenly retribution!

The city lord also arrived shortly after, sweating profusely after seeing the situation. He quickly ordered the scene to be sealed off and then used the authority of the city lord's mansion to report the situation.

The city's inspector died.

And he died in an unbelievable explosion.

This kind of thing, this blame... the secular forces of Jin Feng City couldn't afford it no matter what!

Gui Lingzi left in the morning, and the immortal boat arrived late at night.

Standing on the deck of the immortal boat this time was the inspector with three swords on his back and sharp eyebrows and bright eyes.

There was no way. The elite members of the immortal sects were all busy now, dealing with endless anomalies everywhere.

He could only continue to expand his jurisdiction.

"Hmm?"

The inspector was immediately attracted by the remains of the Taoist temple, which no longer had any smoke and dust.

Looking at the large pit, he couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

As a sword cultivator, he couldn't think that this was the power of explosives.

Instead, he silently compared it with his own killing move and finally confirmed that the cultivator who caused this destruction was either far above him in cultivation or had a powerful artifact in his hand!

"Such a cultivator cannot be an insignificant person. Why would he come looking for this Gui Lingzi?"

"This person... has a secret?"

The inspector slowly descended from the immortal boat and stepped into the large pit. In an instant, he keenly sensed something.

Snap!

The inspector took out a talisman and tore it open, releasing countless golden lights.

The next second, like a startled rabbit, the inspector leaped into the air:

"Evil energy!"

"This place has been used for sinister rituals!"

"Another evil cultivator!"

The patrol inspector was not foolish. Through the relevant information he had read before coming, as well as the people and animals temporarily guarded on the back mountain, he immediately understood the true identity of Guilingzi.

And he had a bolder guess about the person who made the move.

Perhaps it was because he didn't like the evil cultivator he encountered on the road, so he casually struck and gave divine punishment to the accomplished cultivator.

Or it could be infighting among evil cultivators, or even a direct battle between different factions of evil cultivators!

Some evil cultivators possessed self-destructive secret techniques, and with the help of formations, it was not impossible to create such an explosive range!

Involving sinister rituals and sacrifices, the patrol inspector dared not continue to speculate at the scene and decided to investigate further.

He returned to the immortal boat and immediately reported the relevant information.

At the same time, with his command, those who followed Guilingzi and managed to survive, including the wandering cultivators and Taoists, were all captured and subjected to rigorous interrogation.

Many wandering cultivators were simply doing things for Guilingzi's status and promises of spiritual stones.

Now that they knew part of the situation, they were all terrified.

Some of the captured wandering cultivators even thanked the person who made the move for preventing Guilingzi's plan from succeeding.

Otherwise, when the sacrifice was made, those captured mortals would not have been able to escape.

Where could these wandering cultivators run?

They had been mixing in the lower levels for so long, and they still knew that sacrifices involving sinister rituals were just a formality, with mortals being mere cannon fodder.

Those with spiritual roots were the true offerings, the key to pleasing the sinister spirits!

Recalling Guilingzi's attitude before his death, the wandering cultivators now believed that he was a madman. They were afraid that they had long been planned as sacrifices in his scheme!

"Heh heh, at this time, saying that you don't know anything and claiming to be a victim, can you really distance yourself from the matter?"

While waiting for a response from the higher-ups, the patrol inspector also participated in the interrogation. As someone who was no longer a novice, he remained noncommittal about the testimonies of the wandering cultivators.

During this period, the patrol inspector saw news about the City Inspector Su Ping of the Golden Sparrow City.

Seeing that this City Inspector Su Ping was a kind-hearted person who not only helped disaster victims but also cracked down on the groups smuggling people, he had even clashed with Guilingzi, who was of the same path.

A hint of admiration flashed in the patrol inspector's eyes.

But he didn't suspect that this matter had anything to do with Su Ping at all.

In normal thinking, Su Ping was just an ordinary cultivator who had recently reached the mid-stage of Qi Refining and at most had just started cultivating his body.

Dealing with a veteran evil cultivator like Guilingzi was beyond his abilities.

Not to mention that based on the scene, even if it was the late stage of Qi Refining or even Foundation Building, the patrol inspector believed it.

Furthermore, honestly speaking, in their eyes, the affairs of a few wandering cultivators and a few thousand mortals were not a big deal.

Apologizing and making amends for their mistakes would be enough. Why would they go so far as to destroy the hometown of these people for such a trivial matter?

Even if Guilingzi had become an evil cultivator and his mind was not sound, it would be more reasonable for Guilingzi to seek revenge on Su Ping first, right?

Of course, according to the usual practice, the patrol inspector went to the Golden Sparrow City the next morning.

It was not that he suspected Su Ping, but he wanted to see if there was any evil aura on him and if the Golden Sparrow City had also been infiltrated by sinister spirits.

The immortal boat moved towards the direction of the Golden Sparrow City.

Due to caution, Su Ping had not gone to the Water Blue Star these past two days and maintained contact with the rat swarm. Seeing this, he immediately summoned the Hidden Realm in the pot and sent the spiritual rats and the bird into it.

Then, Su Ping and the city lord welcomed the visit of the patrol inspector together.

And they accepted the inspection of the white jade mirror raised by the patrol inspector.

This was a magical tool mirror that could detect most evil auras.

Naturally, the results were all satisfactory.

The patrol inspector also breathed a sigh of relief and once again painted a bright future for Su Ping.

(End of this chapter)