Wang Daoyuan followed the water to the entrance of the Spirit Spring Cavern and opened the door. As expected, there was no one inside.
He first cut out a split soul and nurtured it for a few days. Then, he used the Soul Splitting Blade to destroy the assassin's intelligence and consciousness. The split soul then entered the assassin's consciousness.
After the split soul took complete control of the clone, he began to pry into the clone's memories.
This assassin was originally an ordinary rogue cultivator. By chance, he joined Blood Shadow and was codenamed Shadow Fox. His Shadow Escape was superb.
He was cautious and good at hiding. He always killed with one blow.
From his memories, he understood that Blood Shadow was an underground force that spread far and wide. It was not limited to the State of Zhao. Their main business was to kill people for money.
Shadow Fox belonged to Blood Shadow's Qingli County branch. He was only a peripheral member and did not know where the branch was. Every time he accepted a job, he would contact them through a token.
After completing a job, someone would send him a reward.
Therefore, Shadow Fox did not know who wanted to kill Wang Daoyuan.
Shadow Fox did not know who the employer was, but he knew that the Liang family was the most suspicious.
He had just slapped the Liang family in the face. With the Liang family's petty character, it was normal for them to take revenge.
Blood Shadow only recognized the token and not the person. Once a peripheral member was killed, as long as someone recognized the token as the owner, they could replace the original assassin.
Wang Daoyuan did not need the token to recognize him as the owner. After all, the assassin was refined into a clone, but he was still alive.
Blood Shadow's rule was that after an assassin accepted a job, no one else could accept the job until the person who accepted the job died.
The longest an assassin could delay a job was twenty years. Of course, there were also urgent jobs.
The mission to assassinate Wang Daoyuan was not urgent.
If he kept this assassin, Blood Shadow would not send anyone else over for twenty years. This could guarantee his own safety.
This assassin didn't practice any high-level spells. The only thing he could use was this Shadowmeld.
Shadow Escape was useful for sneak attacks. It was not as reliable as Cloud Escape in a direct confrontation.
Shadow Fox only had a few thousand spirit stones, some pills, and a pitch-black sword in his storage bag.
The sword was called the Serene Water Sword. It was a water element first-level upper grade magic tool. It could avoid detection by divine sense.
This was very similar to the dagger used by the assassin when he caught the Qing River Carp.
However, he didn't like to use a dagger. He could only use it for sneak attacks. He would be at a disadvantage if he faced the enemy head-on.
On the other hand, this Serene Water Sword was not bad. It could be used for sneak attacks and could also be used to fight head-on.
After learning from Yinghu that there would be no more assassinations for the time being, he was relieved.
He left the cave abode and used a disguise technique to change his appearance. He used the Cloud Mist Escape all the way and quickly arrived at the Hundred Rivers Lake.
When he arrived at a ferry, the scene in front of him stunned him.
He had entered and exited the Hundred Rivers Lake a few times, and there were at most a few dozen people waiting at the dock.
At this time, there were at least four to five hundred people waiting for the spirit ship at the docks. This was ten times the usual number.
He walked forward and asked a middle-aged cultivator waiting for a boat: "Daoyou, what's going on today? Why are there so many more people taking boats than usual?"
The middle-aged cultivator asked curiously, "Daoyou is from Greenwillow Province?
You don't know, but this time, Greenwillow Province's Senior Shi stole the Netherworld Sect's Foundation Establishment Pill and was able to escape unscathed.
The Netherworld Sect sent people to fight, but they returned without success. We all came here because of the reputation.
Outside, people don't like us and we are suppressed by various clans. We have no place to fish for resources, so we might as well come to Greenwillow Province.
Although life here isn't easy, if you are lucky, it is possible to become rich overnight.
Daoyou is a local. Can you tell me about Greenwillow Province's situation? "
Wang Daoyuan didn't care. He was waiting for a boat and had nothing to do. He could chat with others and learn more about Greenwillow Province's situation.
When the other rogue cultivators heard someone talking about Greenwillow Province, they also gathered around to listen.
He now understood why Shi Zhenbang had stolen the Foundation Establishment Pill.
He wanted to make a name for himself, expand his influence, attract rogue cultivators, and further expand his strength.
Then he thought about how the Greenwillow Province's upper echelons took the initiative to do business with the Wang clan, buying large amounts of pills and talismans.
The timing was good. Thousand Spirit Sect and Cruel Sun Palace worked together to trap the Netherworld Sect. The Netherworld Sect had suffered heavy losses and needed to rest.
If Greenwillow Province did something now, the Netherworld Sect would not overreact for the sake of stability.
Not to mention, now that the Netherworld Sect and Cruel Sun Palace had a conflict at the border, they had no time to deal with Greenwillow Province.
Not long after, five spirit boats arrived and docked at the pier.
It seemed that the Greenwillow Province's upper echelons were prepared. They even knew to add ferries. It was like the spring festival in his previous life.
A single spirit ship could still fit more than a hundred people. Five spirit ships could transport four to five hundred people without a problem.
After boarding, the five boats left the pier and sailed towards Greenwillow Province.
The beasts in the lake were still rampant. Rank 1 high grade beasts attacked the spirit boats from time to time.
The foreign rogue cultivators mostly lived in Qingli Province.
In Qingli River, the beasts had been taken care of. Few dared to attack the spirit boats. Most of the rogue cultivators had never seen such a scene.
Every time a beast attacked, the new rogue cultivators would cry out.
When they felt the spirit ship shake, some of them would even cry and shout.
Every time this happened, it would attract the mockery of the old foxes of Greenwillow Province.
Wang Daoyuan had gone back and forth on the lake many times. This situation was common.
A five zhang long rank 1 high grade python raised its head and bit towards the middle of the spirit boat. Wang Daoyuan was sitting there.
The new rogue cultivators around were so scared that they squeezed to the side.
He slowly took out the sharp metal sword from his storage bag. When the python's head came close, he waved the sword and chopped at the python's head.
The sharp metal sword's specialty was its sharpness. Adding on Wang Daoyuan's strong ling power, the sword chopped off the python's head.
He took out a spirit beast bag and put the python's head and body inside.
This python was really heavy. Normal storage bags could not hold it.
The rogue cultivators who were running away in fear looked at him with reverence.
A rogue cultivator who looked to be forty years old laughed: "This Daoyou is so young. I thought you were a newcomer to Greenwillow Province.
I thought this python would fall into my hands. Daoyou still needs me to save his life.
I did not expect you to be an old hand. Your skills are much stronger than mine.
Sorry for the disrespect. "
Wang Daoyuan laughed: "Not at all. I have not been in Greenwillow Province for long. Since I started cultivating, the beasts I killed the most were pythons.
There is no other reason. I am familiar with them. "
He was not joking. Since he left the mountain, the beasts he killed the most were pythons, followed by crocodiles.
Snakes are called small dragons, and crocodiles are also called Tuo (Yintuo, second tone) dragons.
If he opened the purple mansion in the future, he might be able to get the title of "Dragon Slayer Sanren".
Although there were many demonic beasts along the way, Wang Daoyuan didn't have any new gains because there were too many people trying to snatch them.
Not long after, the spirit ship docked at a small ferry in the northeast of Greenwillow Province. Everyone disembarked.
In a few months, the scenery of Greenwillow Province did not change much. Only the people changed.
In the past, the number of people near the large willow tree did not exceed a thousand.
But now, there were more than five thousand people near the large willow tree. It was almost the total number of cultivators in the Hundred River Lake.
The total number of cultivators in the Hundred River Lake area was not far from twenty thousand.
It had to be said that Shi Zhenbang provoked the Underworld Sect. It was an extremely successful advertisement. It attracted many rogue cultivators.
Wang Daoyuan did not care about what was going on in Greenwillow Province. He came to Greenwillow Province to buy all kinds of spirit herbs.
Even if Greenwillow Province wanted to wrestle with the Underworld Sect, they could not do it now.
This was only the beginning of their preparations. They had to pick out those who were worth nurturing from these rogue cultivators who had come because of their fame.
They also had to nurture them into a force loyal to the upper echelons of Greenwillow Province. Who knew how many years it would take.
If the Underworld Sect was not crippled, they would not dare to start a war with them.
Greenwillow Province did not rely on their own ability to make the Underworld Sect submit. They relied on the geographical advantage of the Hundred River Lake.
They used the demon beasts in the Heavenslash Mountain Range to scare off the Underworld Sect.
If they went out to fight, with Greenwillow Province's meager strength, one or two Violet Palace Realm clans and dozens of Foundation Establishment Realm clans would be able to easily defeat them.
The Underworld Sect did not dare attack and Greenwillow Province did not dare attack.
Therefore, for a long time in the future, Greenwillow Province would not have any major conflicts with the Underworld Sect.
Wang Daoyuan would not be in any danger if he continued to stay.
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