If There Was a Chance, This Grudge Could Be Avenged
[On the day you traveled through time, you awoke amidst mountains of corpses and seas of blood.]
[Regardless, if there's a chance, I should still help him investigate the original owner's grudge.]
[If possible, please report it again.]
[You recall what Song Fuan once said.]
"It's just cause and effect, nothing more."
[If there is any cause and effect in the bloodshed of over three hundred people in Sunset Glow Village, someone should come forward to settle their score.]
[In the last simulation, the man in black who delivered the live package had the same dark markings as the token in your hand.]
[Ji Chengfeng said that their accident happened twelve years ago.]
[And now, exactly twelve years ago.]
[Now, the Sect Master and elders of the Border Regions have gathered in Yi Wood City.]
[At this point, the trail to the Thousand Mechanisms Sect may not have been completely severed.]
[You gaze at the map of the Yi Wood Middle Domain on the table, your fingertips slowly tracing the Border Regions.]
It seems you've come at just the right time.
[Over the next few dozen days, you will begin cultivating, refining elixirs, and raising birds.]
[The Azure Origin Dao Canon is operating smoothly.]
[Qi-Gathering Pill, five pills daily.]
[Southern Bright Separation Fire slowly fed the Fire Crow Seeds into his Dantian.]
[The Moon Palace Fire-Devouring Furnace landed on the Earthfire Vent, and four Azure Toads opened their mouths to swallow the fire.]
[My I Love Working is now in effect.]
[The Artisan Spirit takes effect.]
[Cost Reduction and Efficiency Improvement effective.]
[Overtime work effective.]
[You refine Qi-Gathering Qi-Gathering Pills batch after batch, Spirit-Chaos Lure and Spirit-Winding Threads.]
[Even the Antidote to Severed-Fate Hehuan Powder has been prepared by you.]
[You remembered that valley, and the white-clad figure who twice saved you from dire straits.]
[You've started practicing the Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction again.]
[Once you reach the Golden Core Cultivation Method, you can practice the second level of this technique.]
[However, you've been extremely busy with work lately, and time has been very tight.]
[Twenty days later, you will advance the Thousand Mechanisms Falling Blossoms Instruction to the second level.]
[You marvel once again at the incredible after-sales service of "I Love Working."]
[On the thirtieth day, the Fire Crow Seed in your Dantian finally stirred.]
A ball of dark red flames unfolded within his Dantian.
[The Red-Feather Fire Crow awakens once more.]
[It was more solid than before, with an extra ring of golden-red flames at the tips of its feathers, and it shook its wings, shrinking into its Dantian.]
[You're looking at it, and you seem to be in a good mood.]
[Indeed, taking a vacation can increase productivity.]
[As long as employees don't die from overwork, they can continue to work tirelessly for their boss.]
[Red-Feather Fire Crow flew out from your Dantian and landed on the stone platform beside the Pill Furnace.]
[It lowered its head and preened its feathers, looking like it had just finished its annual leave and wasn't too keen on going back to work.]
[You tossed a wisp of Southern Bright Separation Fire over.]
[The Red-Feather Fire Crow swallowed it immediately.]
[Very good.]
With benefits in place, employees are returning to work.
[The Red-Feather Fire Crow transformed into an ordinary Crow and strolled casually through the Yi Wood City.]
A few days later, a rumor circulated in the city.
[The Thousand Mechanisms Sect understands the hardships faced by cultivators in the Border Regions, and Elder Ye Zhi will soon visit the Border Region.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Stay in Yi Wood City and follow the Thousand Mechanisms Sect's itinerary.]
[B: Leave the city ahead of time and search for the location of the incident mentioned by Ji Chengfeng.]
[C: Send Ye Zhi an anonymous letter of denunciation, titled "Shocking! A Shocking Secret Hidden in the Yi Wood Border Region."]
Lu Ping looked at option A and rejected it.
He knew Ji Chengfeng in the previous version of the story.
During such a sensitive period, taking the initiative to follow others can easily lead to being passive in one's actions.
Moreover, Lu Ping Ji Chengfeng's acquaintance in the last simulation wasn't exactly pleasant.
Lu Ping chose B.
[You chose B.]
[You have cleaned up the alchemy residue inside the cave abode.]
[The Spirit-Winding Threads you set out to entwine, you swallowed whole.]
[ For Heavy Tomato Users, this is in effect.]
[Salty Fish, in effect.]
[The Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula is activated.]
[The processes that other toxic narcotics practitioners handle with extreme care, you achieve the ultimate cost-effectiveness.]
[This goes beyond simply recycling waste; it's truly making the most of everything.]
[The effect of consuming poison on the Hundred-Forged Medicine Body Formula far surpasses that of using regular Pills.]
[Moreover, the Spirit-Winding Thread you used is rare; normally it requires top-grade Pills.]
[Nature should not be wasted.]
[You have settled your cave abode fees and left Yi Wood City.]
[On the Flying Boat, you open the map Jade Slip and, comparing it with Ji Chengfeng's description from back then, carefully adjust the direction.]
[You Central Region to the Border Regions, and then to the Savage Wilderness Expanse.]
[A village with about a hundred households won't be marked on the map.]
[You can only deduce this bit by bit based on river channels, mountain terrain, abandoned post roads, and the distribution of small Border Region.]
[The Red-Feather Fire Crow once again traveled several hundred miles ahead.]
[You should reduce the speed of the Flying Boat and avoid several sect outposts.]
Two days later, you arrive at a Barren Ridge.
[On the map, this area marks the border between the Border Region and the Savage Wilderness Expanse.]
[There are no sect headquarters nearby, only a few small markets and large tracts of mortal land.]
[The Red-Feather Fire Crow landed on a withered tree first.]
[In the footage it transmitted, there was an Abandoned Village.]
[You put away the Flying Boat and switch to walking.]
The closer you get to the village, the taller the roadside weeds become.
The field ridges are overgrown, and several wooden fences have fallen askew.
A well was covered by a half-slab of stone, the slab covered in dust.
[You walk into the village entrance, and your foot shatters a dry tile.]
There are no more bodies in the village.
[Most of the house was burned down, and there were marks on the walls from Sword Qi cutting through them.]
[In an instant, memories of Sunset Glow Village resurfaced.]
[The bodies were piled up at the alley entrance; not even a chicken or a dog remained.]
[This isn't Sunset Glow Village, and there aren't corpses everywhere.]
However, judging from what's left here, the method used by the person who did this is very similar.
[Based on the dust inside the house, the growth of vegetation, and the watermarks around the well, you deduce the time.]
This place has been abandoned for at least three months.
[It's very close to the time of the Sunset Glow Village massacre, and very close to the time you traveled from here.]
[Options pop up.]
[A: Carefully and stealthily, leaving no trace.]
[B: Turn this place into our home ground; no one who comes will be allowed to leave.]
[C: Enclose this village and the surrounding area, then put up signs saying "XXX Ruins Park, AAAA Grade A Scenic Area." Charge an entrance fee of 1,000 Spirit Stones per person. From the toll booth to the village, you also need to take your Flying Boat, which costs 2,000 Spirit Stones per person.]
Lu Ping looked at A and B, somewhat hesitant.
The person capable of killing Nascent Soul Elder Ye Zhi must also be at the Nascent Soul level, or even stronger.
They carefully lay in wait, using High-Grade Invisibility Talisman and Early Leave.
Even if something unexpected happens, it shouldn't be too difficult to escape unscathed.
However, if plans are made in advance, as long as it's not at the Spirit Transformation Stage, leaving a mastermind behind is still possible.