The Scheming Sect's First External Stratagem

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Although there were quite a few spoils, including some high-end items, Qin Yi was still somewhat disappointed.

Even the legendary Wilderness Witcher managed to obtain the crucial item, the Zodiac Decree, by chance, yet this group of monks didn't have any. Besides these, there were only Spirit Stone, identity tokens, tedious erotic pictures, and various other items, which quickly became rather dull after a while.

Even the X-ray crystal wasn't extra; Qin Yi was even planning to use it to make a pair of glasses...

"That chip is useless. The higher your cultivation level, the less you need it. When your cultivation level is high, you will have your own methods of true vision. What's the point of this thing? When you cultivate to a higher level, I will teach you the art of true vision, which will allow you to see through appearances and see the essence, just like the Fiery Eyes in your Journey to the West story."

"The Eye of True Sight? Is there any dust that can reveal reality?"

Liusu:"?"

"No, I mean if a lecherous thief learns this kind of technique and watches whatever he wants, wouldn't the girls in the cultivation world be in great danger? By the time they realize they've been seen through, it will be too late to kill them."

"... This skill is about seeing the essence, such as seeing through the original form of change or the illusion of illusion. It has no direct effect on seeing obstacles and obstructions. Because at that time, what you see will be the fiber structure of the clothes and the spiritual array of the robe, rather than the use of X-ray vision."

"So the X-ray crystal is still useful, but its purpose is different."

Liusu retorted angrily, "Is this what you're cultivating for?! Even the Great Joy Temple isn't this boring!"

"Of course I'm not concerned about that; I'm just worried for the girls..."

"Save your breath, nobody needs you to be worried. You're already being lenient by not pinching them anywhere else!"

"Bang bang." Qin Yi said with heartache, "You have a lot of misunderstandings about me now."

"No, what misunderstanding could there be?" Liusu said stiffly, "You did it all yourself, is repeating it a misunderstanding?"

"Never mind..." Qin Yi sorted out his things, reviewed his cultivation plan, and decided to focus on advancing his Martial Cultivation to the peak of the Yi Jin Jing first.

The elixirs include Muscle Tendon Change Pill Changing Pill) for personal use, and a small amount to aid in soul cultivation for Liusu to use. This is a good time for the two of them to go into seclusion together and improve their skills.

Qin Yi distributed all the pills that seemed to be useful to Liusu to it, swallowed a Muscle Tendon Change Pill himself, took out the fragment of the "Gate", and jumped into the Trial Painting World.

Mandrill: "Squeak!"

The man and the monkey quickly got into a fight.

Liusu sat by, holding several bottles and jars, watching the man and monkey fight. The medicinal power was extracted directly, turning into a thin mist that merged into its small, misty body.

Qin Yi began to shift from movement to stillness, from worldly involvement to detachment, repeating this cycle repeatedly—a healthy cultivation practice that subtly aligned with the Way of Heavenly Dao. Meanwhile, Zheng Yunyi was trapped in an extremely unhealthy gloom and despair.

The Pudu Hall of Dahuanxi Temple was a hall dedicated to secular affairs. Guanji was the head monk, and Cihui, Ciming, and others were important warrior monks, each with their own responsibilities. It was as if the entire hall had been completely wiped out in a mere country in the secular world, with even the head monk dying without a complete corpse, and secular affairs had almost come to a complete standstill.

This incident shocked Great Joy Temple.

Their Demonic Path Sect have offended many, and it's not uncommon for cultivators at the Ascension stage to be killed. A hundred years ago, there was even Elder Huiyang who was killed after picking an iron plate while picking flowers. "He who walks by the river will eventually get his shoes wet," as the saying goes. The Great Joy Temple considers this normal; they take revenge where necessary, and if they can't get their revenge, they just write it down in their little notebook to find an opportunity later. Their mindset is very peaceful.

But this time, I can't calm down; the nature of this is completely different. This is the annihilation of an entire sect, a major event for the sect. If this isn't resolved, the Great Joy Temple might as well disband!

They initially thought Guan Ji had courted disaster and offended some powerful figure. The Great Joy Temple even planned to send Elder Huiyang to investigate cautiously, but before he could even leave the mountain, they received an ultimatum from the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace: their model disciple Zheng Yunyi ...

Zheng Yunyi? Who is that?

After learning about Great Joy Temple, I was completely baffled.

A cultivator Heart of the Harp Perfection?

He hasn't even broken through the Cloud Ascension Realm?

How dare you be so awesome! You even issued an ultimatum!

Do you really think our Great Joy Temple is made of clay?

The Great Joy Temple was furious. Even the high-ranking members, who had cultivated for thousands of years and were usually very calm, could not bear such humiliation. Master Guan Hai, the Chief Seat the Vajra Hall and a powerful figure in the mid-stage of the Vajra Hall Guan Hai realm, was dispatched by the sect to travel thousands of miles across mountains to personally negotiate with the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace.

When powerful sects of similar strength are wary of each other, a full-blown war could severely damage both sides and cause them to decline. This has happened many times in history, so everyone is still very cautious and will usually try to negotiate first.

However, once the powerful Huiyang comes in person to negotiate, it will no longer be a casual diplomatic exchange; the nature of the matter will be very serious. The immediate situation is that if Huiyang doesn't leave and stays at your doorstep, your disciples won't be able to leave. This is already a harbinger of war.

Of course, the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace couldn't just send a mere clerk from the Diplomacy Hall like Qin Xin Feng Chu to speak; a higher-up had to step in. And naturally, only Heavenly Mystery Child could stand up for his disciple.

"Heavenly Mystery Child," Guan Hai stared at him coldly, "Does your Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace have anything to say about this?"

Heavenly Mystery Child sighed, "Infighting among disciples has existed since ancient times, why must it escalate to such a major conflict?"

"Bullshit!" Guan Hai had completely forgotten his Buddhist practices, his eyes wide with rage. "Who said this was just a simple dispute between disciples? If your Medicine, Divination, Schemes, Calculations Sect had destroyed the Medical Sect, would you still be able to talk about it so lightly? If this matter can be let go, how will my Great Joy Temple maintain its standing in the future!"

Actually, Heavenly Mystery Child felt that if the Medical Sect were truly destroyed, he wouldn't be as furious as you guys... Of course, he couldn't say that out loud.

He was in a real bind. He wanted to shift all the blame onto Zheng Yunyi and pin it on Qin Yi, but the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace was right behind him, and countless powerful figures were watching this negotiation. How could he do that openly? Even mentioning Qin Yi's name was inappropriate.

Give me a real explanation. If you punish your own disciple or even hand him over to the other party, you'll lose all face.

Even someone as calculating as Heavenly Mystery Child, rarely encountered such a frustrating situation. Being forced into a confrontation was completely against his aesthetic sense, but he had no choice.

He could only harden his tone and say indifferently, "Then, according to Master's opinion, what should be done about this matter?"

"Hand over Zheng Yunyi, and we can still live in peace," Guan Hai. "But he's just a mere disciple of Qin Xin. Are you really going to make our Great Joy Temple our sworn enemy over this?"

"Zheng Yunyi is no mere disciple of Qin Xin; he is a direct descendant of the Zheng family of my Scheming Sect, the son of the previous sect leader, and my closest nephew," Heavenly Mystery Child said calmly. "Moreover, Yun Yi's actions this time were acts of mutual assistance among fellow disciples, reflecting the righteous spirit of the sect, rather than violating sect rules or provoking fellow practitioners. We should at least offer praise and commendation; how could we possibly punish him?"

Guan Hai paused for a moment, automatically ignoring the second half of the sentence, but the first half was quite interesting.

If Zheng Yunyi is indeed of such a background, then it's quite troublesome. Putting aside the sect's atmosphere, simply throwing away such a core disciple would erode the morale of the Medicine, Divination, Schemes, Calculations Sect. In other words, it's impossible for them to hand over Zheng Yunyi; they need to negotiate with different conditions.

Guan Hai, of course, had come prepared, and said, "My junior brother Guan Ji went to Daqian to establish Buddha Country and to collect Cauldron. If you can fulfill my junior brother's last wish, carve out a piece of land, gather 100,000 virgins, and compensate our temple, then this matter will be settled."

This is the ruthlessness of the demonic path. What they care about is not Guan Ji's life, but the damage to their interests and reputation. As long as the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace can compensate them, this matter can be let go.

But Heavenly Mystery Child's face immediately darkened.

This isn't just about compensation; it's about utterly humiliating the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace. If he dares to agree, he'll be asking for trouble!

He slowly began, "The Great Qian Dynasty has always been a country protected by my Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace, are you aware of that?"

Guan Hai frowned; he really didn't know that.

Heavenly Mystery Child said, "You were the ones who provoked my Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace first. Yun Yi merely retaliated fiercely. Do you really think you're in the right?"

The Great Qian Ancestor was only related to Ju Yunxiu's master, but the former Zither, Chess, Calligraphy, Painting Sect was of such high status that his signing of the contract meant he represented the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace, just as Heavenly Mystery Child's words could represent the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace. Even if Heavenly Mystery Child didn't want to acknowledge it before, he had to seize this opportunity to regain the initiative.

This time, it was Guan Hai's turn to be in a bind. The secular affairs were handled by the Universal Salvation Hall; they genuinely had no idea about such intricacies. So, after all this, it turned out that Great Joy Temple was the one in the wrong?

But the Devil Sect wasn't one to reason. Seeing that reason couldn't prevail, Guan Hai resorted to arrogance. "I don't care about your past, Zheng Yunyi destroyed an important branch of my Great Joy Temple, and you must explain. If you continue to protect him, from this day forward, every disciple of the Ten Thousand Dao Immortal Palace we meet will be killed. Let's see who can outlast us!"

Heavenly Mystery Child slowly said, "You are in the wrong first, Yun Yi acted rashly afterwards. How about both sides take a step back and resolve this according to the rules of the martial world?"

Guan Hai, "How do we solve this?"

Heavenly Mystery Child said, "We've already had a match; let's settle it by personal victory or defeat. Does the master have the courage?"

Guan Hai fell silent, seemingly somewhat wary.

Ju Yunxiu listened from afar, a beautiful smile always playing on her lips.

Heavenly Mystery Child was trying every possible means to protect his disciple while also safeguarding the reputation of the Immortal Palace, even at the cost of personally engaging in war. Having grown accustomed to their internal scheming for centuries, this seemed to be the first time they were forced to stand on the side of the Immortal Palace and put their minds to external matters.

This feels pretty good.

Ju Yunxiu rested her chin on her hand, and couldn't help but wonder again, when will that little devil come out after he went back to his cave abode to cultivate?

Guan Hai remained silent for a long time before slowly replying, "Fighting according to the rules of the martial world isn't out of the question. But the protagonist isn't you or me, it's Zheng Yunyi. Isn't he incredibly powerful? Aren't he capable of killing Soaring Cloud Realm? We'll send out another disciple at the Soaring Cloud Sixth Layer Realm to fight Zheng Yunyi to the death. If he survives, we'll admit defeat!"

Zheng Yunyi, who was listening from afar inside the mountain gate, turned green with rage.

He suddenly realized that this might be the easiest solution for both sides to agree on!

His bones started hurting again.

Soaring Cloud Sixth Layer? How is that possible!