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"Phew ~"
Sei Itō, who withdrew his spiritual power from the jade slip in his hand, exhaled a long breath of foul air.
Sei Itō, who threw the jade slip in his hand into the Hundred Treasures Pouch, sighed in his heart, "As expected of the Miao family of Nanjiang. Their skills in treating insects and poisons are really unique."
At this time, four days had passed since he and the people of Mingfeng Cave hid in the Miao family's mountain pavilion. In the past four days, Sei Itō did not sleep or rest. He devoted himself to absorbing knowledge and browsing books. Finally, he had just finished browsing all the secret books collected by the Mingfeng Cave in the Hundred Treasures Pouch.
The harvest was very significant.
Because the Miao family was passed down from generation to generation, Sei Itō did not benefit much in terms of formations and secret cultivation methods. However, in terms of alchemy, because of the Miao family's use of insects and their peculiar understanding of poisonous herbs, Sei Itō greatly broadened his horizons and obtained many interesting elixir recipes.
"I think Lu Miaozi will be very interested after seeing these things." Sei Itō chuckled.
Then Sei Itō stood up from the small chair, picked up the Hundred Treasures Pouch beside him, and stepped out of the wooden Miao house where he had stayed for four days.
When he came to the door, Sei Itō took a deep breath of the fresh air between heaven and earth. After four or five seconds, he exhaled the exhaust gas in his body and walked again to the house where Bai Yunzhu lived.
"Is Yunzhu here?" Sei Itō, who was about to walk to the front of the house, asked loudly.
"Creak." Accompanied by a strange sound, Bai Yunzhu, who had changed into the Miao family's dress, walked out of the house.
"Mr. Itō, what's the matter?" Bai Yunzhu, who was standing at the door, asked faintly.
Look at her cold expression. It was obvious that she hadn't recovered from the big change, or maybe her temperament had changed because of this big change. She was no longer as charming and flirtatious as before.
"Here." Sei Itō gently tossed the hundred treasures pouch to Bai Yunzhu.
"I've already finished reading it," Sei Itō explained.
After receiving the hundred treasures pouch, Bai Yunzhu nodded and put it away with a flip of her hand.
"Our agreement has been fulfilled. I should be leaving, so let's part ways here," Sei Itō said softly to Bai Yunzhu.
"Yunzhu is very grateful for Mr. Itō's help. Yunzhu and my sect will always remember your kindness. If Mr. Itō needs us in the future, just let us know. My Mingfeng Cave will help Mr. Itō even if we have to go through water and tread on fire. This is the promise that I, Bai Yunzhu, and Mingfeng Cave give to Mr. Itō." Bai Yunzhu said to Sei Itō with a solemn expression.
"I understand." Sei Itō nodded in response.
But in his heart. He still didn't take Bai Yunzhu's promise to heart. It was still the same sentence. Bai Yunzhu and Mingfeng Cave's power was really too insignificant for him …
"Goodbye." Sei Itō once again cupped his fist and said.
"Goodbye, Mr. Itō." Bai Yunzhu returned the salute.
After saying that, Sei Itō's figure flashed and suddenly disappeared in front of Bai Yunzhu.
The next moment. Sei Itō appeared in the sky above an even more vast forest. Then, he disappeared in a flash.
Rubik's Cube world. In the vast desolate area in the vast north, Sei Itō's figure flashed again.
At this time, Sei Itō flipped his palm, and two small figures were sealed inside. A crystal that looked like artificial amber appeared in his palm.
Sei Itō casually tossed the crystals into the sky. Almost instantly, the two crystals expanded rapidly, and after a short five to six seconds, they became the same size as normal.
Following that, a crisp "pop" sound was heard as the crystal exploded, releasing the sealed figure inside.
These two people were none other than the two Golden Core Stage cultivators that were captured in Mingfeng Cave's stronghold during the rescue operation.
At this time, Sei Itō's palm moved again, and with a flip of his hand, he suppressed the two who had just been freed.
"Who are you? How dare you lay your hands on me? Aren't you afraid of my Qishan Sect's Ancestor Feng Xuan's revenge?" The Golden Core Stage cultivator who was imprisoned by an invisible force shouted in a stern voice.
When he said that, Sei Itō did not say anything, but the other Golden Core Stage cultivator next to him had a mocking look on his face. He glanced at the person who spoke with disdain.
"You have two choices. One, surrender and pledge your loyalty to me. Two, continue to be stubborn. You have three breaths to consider and decide. "Sei Itō raised his index and middle fingers and said indifferently.
When these words came out, the expressions of the two Golden Core Stage cultivators immediately changed.
"Time's up." After three or four seconds, Sei Itō immediately announced.
"Tell me your choice." Sei Itō asked indifferently.
"Don't even think about it!"
"I surrender!"
The voices of the two Golden Core Stage cultivators sounded at the same time, but the content of their words was worlds apart.
Hearing the different answers of the two, Sei Itō looked at the one who chose to surrender with interest. It was the Golden Core Stage cultivator who had previously despised the other Golden Core Stage cultivator. He asked, "You're willing to surrender?"
"Yes." The Golden Core cultivator admitted without hesitation.
"Ma Jiliang, I didn't expect you to be such a coward. Your Lou Mountain Sect has sent someone like you. You're the shame of the Lou Mountain Sect!" The Golden Core Stage cultivator of the Qishan Sect, who had chosen to refuse to surrender, looked at Ma Jiliang with a mocking expression and scolded him.
"So what if you're a coward? Don't tell me you don't want to live, Liu Zhen? " Ma Jiliang glanced at the Golden Core Stage cultivator who refused to surrender with disdain. "The reason you insist on surrendering is that you're afraid of being discovered. They'll come after your family members in the Qishan Sect."
"Oh? You're not afraid? "Sei Itō raised his eyebrows and asked with interest.
"I'm all alone. What's there to be afraid of?" Ma Jiliang laughed.
Sei Itō nodded and turned his gaze back to Liu Zhen, whose face was still full of anger. Then, he reached out and grabbed Liu Zhen, whose magic power and mobility had been sealed, into his hand.
"Pa!"
Liu Zhen's body was pulled by an invisible force and flew in front of Sei Itō's palm.
Without waiting for Liu Zhen to react, Sei Itō opened his eyes wide and released all of his mental strength. Like a biting cold autumn wind blowing away fallen leaves, his mental strength rushed into Liu Zhen's mind through his eyes. Using a method similar to the Devil Path's Soul Searching Technique, he forcibly searched Liu Zhen's memories.
In an instant, a large amount of chaotic information surged into Sei Itō's mind through his mental strength.
Under the influence of the Soul Searching Technique, Liu Zhen's eyes rolled back and he foamed at the mouth. His entire body twitched violently as if he were having an epileptic seizure. Ma Jiliang, who was watching from the side, paled. His eyes were filled with fear and relief.
After about a quarter of an hour, Ito Sei retracted his spiritual force, and a small embryonic form was formed. Liu Zhen's soul was already in tatters, but he threw it to the side.
"Plop."
Like an idiot, Liu Zhen's lifeless body fell heavily to the ground.
Another five minutes or so passed. Sei Itō let out a long breath. He opened his eyes once more.
"This method of searching memories is convenient, but it's a bit troublesome to clean up afterwards." Itosei thought to himself as he burned away all the useless information from Liu Zhen's memories with his Spiritual Flame, excluding the information he wanted.
"It's your turn." Sei Itō turned his head. He smiled as he looked at Ma Jiliang.
Although it was a very kind smile, in the eyes of Ma Jiliang, who had just witnessed how he turned a Golden Core cultivator into an idiot, it seemed very dangerous no matter how he looked at it, causing Ma Jiliang's body to tremble subconsciously.
"Your Excellency, what are your orders?" Ma Jiliang dryly laughed.
Sei Itō withdrew his smile and coldly said, "Swear to your Dao Heart that you will forever be loyal to me and will never betray or deceive me in any way. Otherwise, you will lose your cultivation and your soul will be destroyed!"
Ma Jiliang's expression immediately changed several times. However, he had no choice but to lower his head. After a moment of hesitation, Ma Jiliang chose to swear a deadly oath to himself.
"I, Ma Jiliang …"
In the instant that Ma Jiliang swore the oath, a strange feeling emerged from the bottom of his heart. Ma Jiliang knew that this was not an illusion, but a restriction from his Dao Heart that truly existed.
Seeing that Ma Jiliang had sworn the oath, Sei Itō no longer restrained him and undid the seal on Ma Jiliang's body.
In an instant, Ma Jiliang's body emitted the aura of a Golden Core cultivator.
"Tell me about the situation of the Loushan Sect." Sei Itō gave Ma Jiliang his first order.
"Yes." Ma Jiliang, who had quickly adapted to the change in his identity, replied respectfully. He then began to narrate the situation of the Loushan Sect.
The Loushan Sect, as the name suggested, was a sect established on the Great Loushan Mountain in your province. It was said that the founder of the sect was a powerful cultivator during the Han Dynasty. It had been around for more than 1500 years and there were many capable disciples in the sect. As far as Ma Jiliang knew before he left the sect, there were a total of 482 disciples in the sect!
Although the number was less than 500, it was one of the few sects that had many disciples, second only to sects like Emei, Qingcheng, Shaolin, and Wudang, which had external sects that could provide outstanding disciples in the secular world. It was much stronger than those sects that had less than 300 disciples in total. One had to know that the entire Crying Phoenix Cave only had slightly more than 100 disciples. It was even worse than those sects that had 300 disciples.
Among them, there was one Nascent Soul cultivator who was the Supreme Elder who stayed behind on Earth. His Daoist name was Qing Zhu.
There were six Gold Core cultivators. They were the Sect Leader Zhang Xin who was at the peak of the Gold Core stage, Elder Liu Feng who was at the peak of the Gold Core stage, Elder Zhao Tianming who was at the middle of the Gold Core stage, and Elder Ma Jiliang who was now his subordinate. There were also Elder Wen Ting and Elder Liu Shu who were at the beginning of the Gold Core stage.
There were 38 Core Formation Stage cultivators, 126 Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, and the remaining Xiantian and Qi Refinement Stage cultivators, as well as ordinary low-level disciples who started from Qi Refinement Stage.
"… That's basically it."
"Tell me the method to pass through the Loushan Sect's Mountain Protection Formation," Sei Itō ordered again.
Since they had already talked about it, Ma Jiliang did not hesitate and immediately told Sei Itō the method to enter the mountain.
"Alright, you can cultivate now."
After he finished speaking, he did not wait for Ma Jiliang's response and directly disappeared before his eyes.
Ma Jiliang looked at the barren land in front of him and shook his head helplessly with a bitter smile. He sat down cross-legged and closed his eyes to cultivate.
On the other side, Sei Itō who disappeared before Ma Jiliang's eyes reappeared in the sky above the forest from before.
"Let's go to the Loushan Sect first."
With this thought in mind, Sei Itō moved to the province where Dalou Mountain was located.
He still used telekinesis to fly for the first part of the journey. He rushed to Dalou Mountain at a speed several times faster than the speed of sound. However, when he was about to approach Dalou Mountain, Sei Itō changed his way of traveling in order to avoid his movements being discovered. He used teleportation to travel silently.
After several flashes like this, Sei Itō arrived at Dalou Mountain.
Then, Sei Itō released his mental power. With himself as the center, he slowly spread it in all directions, searching for the correct location of the Loushan Sect's mountain gate.
Under the scan of his mental power, an invisible barrier was soon reflected in Sei Itō's mind through his mental perception.
"Found it."
Then, Sei Itō retracted his mental power in all directions, leaving only the point in front of the barrier. He used that as a coordinate to move over in a flash.
Standing outside the barrier, Sei Itō observed the formation in front of him for a moment with Spirit Vision. He raised his hand and made the hand gesture that he got from Ma Jiliang. The moment the hand gesture was completed, a gap appeared in front of him.
Sei Itō didn't hesitate. He flashed through the gap and entered the Loushan Sect.
Because he didn't go through the main door, Sei Itō didn't see the full view of the Loushan Sect at this time. It was only a side view, but the group of buildings still reflected in his eyes.
Looking at the ancient buildings in front of him, Sei Itō smiled gently. His body suddenly exuded Qi and went into the surrounding trees. He moved toward the buildings of the Loushan Sect with the Wood Release of the Major Five Elements Escape Technique.
"Found it." A moment later, Sei Itō appeared from the trunk of a tree and looked at the building in front of him.
The building was in the style of the ancient Han pavilions. It was square and three stories high. The whole structure was made of wood and stone. The roof was covered with curved drainage tiles that were commonly seen in the south. A horizontal plaque with the words' Hidden Scriptures Pavilion 'written in bold strokes hung above the main entrance of the pavilion. Invisible lights that were invisible to the naked eye flashed around the pavilion.
This was the purpose of Sei Itō's visit to the Loushan Sect – the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion. Anyway, he had already fought with them and killed many of their disciples. It didn't make a difference to visit their Hidden Scriptures Pavilion again to find something that interested him.
Then, Sei Itō, who found that there was no one around, stepped into the Hidden Scriptures Pavilion from the main entrance …
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