A Choice Mission, Lavish Rewards

Although the Venerable Mei has a feminine and alluring appearance and seems young, he is actually an old man.

However, he greatly admired beautiful appearances and desired to achieve Changsheng.

They even started deceiving themselves, treating themselves as young people.

As for Beautification Technique...

That's definitely his specialty.

But strictly speaking, it's not just about Beautification Technique.

He can manipulate beauty and ugliness.

It alters the structure of a person's skeleton.

But these are ultimately just appearances; although his methods can make people look younger and even reverse aging.

But they are no longer truly young.

They couldn't escape their fate.

He had put a lot of thought into coming to Spirit Province and arriving at the foot of the Dragon-Seeking Sect.

He also brought his two best disciples.

Both of them had been practicing under the guidance of Venerable Mei for a long time.

They can perform some simple Technique of Beautification.

"Qingyan, how is it outside?"

The Venerable Mei asked one of his disciples.

"Sect Master, several inner disciple and several deacons from the Dragon-Seeking Sect have also arrived outside today."

The disciple named Qingyan cupped his hands and said.

"Very good."

The Venerable Mei smiled with satisfaction.

It finally worked.

"Double the price, get them to bring in more people, and expand our reach further."

"Yes, Your Highness."

After Qingyan finished speaking, she respectfully left.

The Venerable Mei, however, stood still, completely in control of everything.

His disciples called him the Palace Master.

This is because of his identity; he is one of the three deputy hall masters of the Heaven-Praying Hall.

He is ranked alongside the Poison Venerable.

This time, he came out in person to get his revenge.

Make the Dragon-Seeking Sect spit out the six Mid-Grade Spirit Artifact they swallowed.

As long as you have enough disciples, even the higher-ups of the Dragon-Seeking Sect will obediently submit.

On Vermilion Bird Peak.

Chen Ning has felt something is off these past two days.

Occasionally, I would see some disciples, but they had all become more handsome.

Moreover, some of them even look somewhat similar.

It's obvious at a glance that they were made by the same doctor.

Does the cultivation world even have plastic surgery?

Just then, Xiao Yuan approached Chen Ning and said, "Dragon Lord, there have been some strange things lately that I'd like to report to you."

"Tell me about it," Chen Ning said softly as he sat down.

"Lord Dragon, recently some disciples in the sect have suddenly changed their appearance. As the number of people doing this increases, we have taken notice and launched an investigation."

Xiao Yuan thought for a moment, then continued, "Four days ago, a person named Cheng Renmei came to Gold and Iron City, claiming to possess an ancestral Beautification Technique that could alter one's appearance. It quickly became popular, and some Registered Disciple and outer disciples, went to try it and found it did have some effect, but..."

"But what?"

"However, there are still some doubts that haven't been investigated clearly. First of all, he seems to only do business with those Dragon-Seeking Sect; he has turned away all others who have come after hearing about it."

"Then he can even offer Beautification Technique to his disciples on credit, requiring only an IOU. If he can bring in more people, he'll reduce the cost. If they can provide information about the sect, the cost can be completely offset, without charging a penny."

Xiao Yuan finished speaking.

Chen Ning understood immediately.

So they came here specifically to the Dragon-Seeking Sect.

"This trick is really despicable..."

This is clearly a loan scam from a past life.

Although you can owe it now.

But the debt will only grow larger and larger over time.

When they can't repay the debt, the other party will show their true colors.

They can use this leverage to make you do things they want you to do.

Thus, the true purpose of that Cheng Renmei is achieved.

The more disciples of the Dragon-Seeking Sect that are controlled, the greater the entanglement will be.

Ultimately, they could even use this incident to force the higher-ups of the Dragon-Seeking Sect to accept the other party's demands.

After thinking it over and over...

Only the Heaven-Praying Hall would go to such lengths to deal with the Dragon-Seeking Sect.

After all, the losses last time were indeed severe.

But Chen Ning also had a principle.

Once something is in your pocket, you'll never take it out again.

At this moment.

The system notification tone also sounded at the appropriate time.

"Ding! Detected that Venerable Mei of the Heaven-Praying Hall intends to manipulate sect disciples, harboring malicious intentions. A choice quest has been triggered."

"Option 1 [Swallow Your Insult]: The Heaven-Praying Hall wields considerable power. To avoid further conflict, the host may choose to pretend not to see it. Choosing this option will grant a common-level reward [Turtle Breathing Cultivation Method]."

"Option Two [Take Immediate Action]: Immediately thwart the Venerable Mei's conspiracy and prevent endless troubles. Choosing this option will grant you the rare reward [Complete Scroll of Beautification Technique] [One Random High-Grade Spirit Artifact]"

Upon hearing this...

Option one was naturally eliminated.

However, the system notification wasn't over yet.

"Option Three [Treating them in the same way]: As an exceptional sect leader, one must have an open mind. Blindly defending is a poor strategy; taking the initiative to stir things up and let the entire Heaven-Praying Hall know that the Dragon-Seeking Sect is not to be trifled with is the best strategy."

"Selecting this option will grant you epic rewards: [Stars Shift, Heaven and Earth Revolve], [Ba Huang Sheng Xin Jue], [Realm Upgraded to Two-Star Martial Venerable Eight Desolations Sacred Heart Instruction], and [Heavenly Book of Contracts]."

[Stars Shift, Heaven and Earth Revolve (Great Perfection): Divine Ability, a top-tier Movement Method Divine Ability that allows the user to freely move to any location during battle, unpredictable and ever-changing!]

[Eight Desolations Sacred Heart Formula: Proficiency at Great Perfection, a Heaven-Rank Supreme Cultivation Method created by the Eight Desolations Saint. When cultivated to its peak, it can devour heaven and earth, possessing boundless power. However, since the host's cultivation Cultivation Method is only Martial Venerable, its power is limited and will increase with the improvement of cultivation level.]

[The Heavenly Book of Contracts (High-Grade Spirit Artifact): A covenant of heaven and earth, capable of copying the words and deeds of any person to form a contract. Any breach of this contract will result in the destruction of heaven and earth.]

Chen Ning listened to the numerous rewards offered by the third option.

I couldn't help but feel restless.

This is so luxurious!

Upgrades are available.

To possess Divine Ability is to be Stars Shift, Heaven and Earth Revolve.

The required Cultivation Method is the Eight Desolations Sacred Heart Formula.

The tools needed are the Heavenly Book of Contracts.

No reward is useless.

Everything I need is there.

Moreover, this is the most generous reward we've ever received in all the tasks we've completed.

This tells us that the third option is probably not so simple.

The other party is the Heaven-Praying Hall.

How easy is it to retaliate against someone?

But the system gave us way too much.

I couldn't refuse.

Besides, it's not in Chen Ning's nature to let someone bully him without fighting back.

A decision quickly formed in my mind.

Since it's a case of using someone else's methods against them, then we must certainly pay tribute to Venerable Mei.

"Xiao Yuan, there's something I need to tell you."

Chen Ning called out.

Xiao Yuan immediately replied respectfully, "I await your orders, Dragon Lord."

Chen Ning whispered a few words to him.

Xiao Yuan's expression changed for a moment.

Unexpectedly, the Cheng Renmei came from the Heaven-Praying Hall.

But as I listened...

His eyes lit up at the last minute.

The Dragon Lord's wisdom was indeed as deep as the ocean; after hearing about the matter of the Cheng Renmei, he quickly devised a countermeasure.

Moreover, he could foresee that this time, the Heaven-Praying Hall would surely shoot itself in the foot.