Inside Soaring Sky Pavilion.
Bu Chi Su wore a Daoist robe, holding a censer in his hand. Incense burned within, its fragrance curling through the air.
"There are three simplicities in cultivation: plain robes, plain food, plain..."
Creak. The door was pushed open.
"Steward, business has arrived."
The attendant seemed quite familiar with Bu Chi Su. He did not even knock, simply pushing the door open and entering.
Bu Chi Su did not get angry. Mild-tempered as he was, he merely looked toward Qi Yuan at the doorway.
"What brings this honored guest here?"
"I want to use your Soaring Sky Pavilion to make a piece of information public!"
"This is the price list, sir. Please have a look and choose a tier." Bu Chi Su handed the price list to Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan looked at the prices and smacked his lips.
These prices were truly steep.
The lowest tier alone cost dozens of Spirit Stones.
If he had not made a fortune at Black Mountain Sect, he could not even afford to run an advertisement.
"I'll choose the three-thousand-Spirit-Stone tier." Qi Yuan hesitated for a moment before choosing that advertising tier.
This tier was enough to meet Qi Yuan's needs.
Once enough people learned that Black Mountain Sect had a Purple Bamboo Body, someone would surely come snatch the corpses like mad.
Of course, most people would not be able to recognize a Purple Bamboo Body.
"What information would you like to publish?" Upon hearing three thousand Spirit Stones, Bu Chi Su only gave Qi Yuan another glance, seemingly trying to guess his identity.
"The information I want published is... Black Mountain Sect has a Purple Bamboo Body!" Qi Yuan said in a lowered voice.
"What?" Bu Chi Su's brow twitched. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind. Looking at Qi Yuan, he smiled faintly. "Do you have a grudge against Black Mountain Sect? You're trying to make their disciples restless as chickens and dogs!"
Qi Yuan nodded at that.
The man was half right. Qi Yuan wanted Black Mountain Sect's disciples to find no peace even in death.
First, even if there truly was a Purple Bamboo Body, it would not fall into Black Chicken Old Demon's hands.
Second, when Black Chicken Old Demon emerged from seclusion, he would face a Black Mountain Sect stripped bare. How would he find the culprit behind it all?
Qi Yuan was dragging everyone into the water!
"If it were another pavilion, they probably would not dare take this business, for fear of offending Black Mountain Sect.
But Soaring Sky Pavilion is not afraid. I'll take this job!" Bu Chi Su declared, his eyes brimming with confidence.
Qi Yuan handed the Spirit Stones to Bu Chi Su, his heart aching a little.
The Spirit Stones had not even had time to warm in his hands before they were gone.
Fortunately, he had seized quite a lot this time.
Qi Yuan left Soaring Sky Pavilion, secretly boarded a Spirit Boat, and returned to Shinguang Sect overnight.
The moment he returned to Seven Colors Peak, he collapsed into sleep.
After all, during the battle at Black Mountain Sect, his nerves had been stretched taut, and he had expended quite a lot.
While Qi Yuan slept, two pieces of news swept through the cultivation world of the Great Shang Kingdom like a hurricane devouring fallen leaves, shocking everyone.
The first piece of news was that Black Mountain Sect possessed a Purple Bamboo Body.
The second piece of news was that Black Mountain Sect had been exterminated.
Some cultivators who did not know the truth and only learned the news in that order immediately caught the scent of a great terror.
Had some powerful expert discovered that Black Mountain Sect possessed a Purple Bamboo Body and wiped out the entire sect?
Some did not believe Black Mountain Sect had been exterminated and thought it was a rumor. Some found it immensely satisfying. Others wondered which mysterious expert had such audacity as to slaughter Black Mountain Sect to the last.
Those with quick minds, however, changed into disguises and secretly climbed Black Mountain Sect beneath the cover of night.
Corpses carpeted Black Mountain Sect, blood still flowing without cease.
A barefoot Black-Clothed Man crept stealthily onto Black Mountain Sect. Looking at the corpses, his eyes flickered with astonishment.
"Looks like I'm still the cleverest and boldest. I'm the first to arrive at Black Mountain Sect!"
Suddenly, a cold shout rang out. "You thick-browed, big-eyed Monk Wu Dian, you're after the Purple Bamboo Body too?
What, are you planning to find that corpse and refine it into one of your boys?"
The Black-Clothed Man looked utterly shocked as he stared at the three Black-Clothed Men behind him. "Who are you? How did you see through me?"
"Monk Wu Dian, besides you, who else walks around barefoot every day?" a crisp female voice said mockingly.
The woman had her arm around one of the Black-Clothed Men. The two appeared to be Dao companions.
At that moment, an angry voice rang out. "I'm the real Monk Wu Dian! Who are you, impersonating me?"
Another barefoot Black-Clothed Man appeared.
The five Black-Clothed Men looked at one another, but did not argue over the matter.
"Black Mountain Sect was exterminated, and then news of the Purple Bamboo Body spread. The mastermind... has grand schemes indeed." The woman's voice remained crisp, but her expression was grave.
"To exterminate Black Mountain Sect, at least a Divine Infant Old Monster would have to act.
Yet there is no trace here of a Nascent Soul making a move. Could it have been an Origin Core?"
"I'm afraid it was no ordinary Origin Core!"
"The wounds were made by a blade, yet were truly caused by a sword. Could it have been someone from Suspended Mountain?" said the Black-Clothed Man the woman was holding.
At once, the barefoot man hurriedly said, "Suspended Mountain isn't the only one that uses swords!"
Another barefoot man flew into a rage. "You old bastard from Suspended Mountain, you're disguising yourself as me!"
Everyone silently calculated who exactly had destroyed Black Mountain Sect.
Then the woman said, "Who destroyed Black Mountain Sect is not what we most need to consider. Everyone, do not forget why we came here."
"Could someone be having us on? Maybe there is no Purple Bamboo Body here at all!"
The five of them tensed, their divine senses spreading out to sweep the surroundings.
"Purple Bamboo Bug?" The woman caught an insect.
The others' expressions changed slightly.
"Where a Purple Bamboo Bug appears, a Purple Bamboo Body must have been active for a long time.
It seems there truly is a Purple Bamboo Body here!"
Everyone's breathing quickened.
The importance of a Purple Bamboo Body was self-evident.
It was a special physique that could potentially help someone at Divine Infant Late Stage step into the Purple Mansion Realm.
They immediately began inspecting every corpse, seeking that Purple Bamboo Body.
Suddenly, the barefoot man looked at a patch of dirt. "Black Mountain Sect's Core Formation True Person, Yu Linglong, is missing."
He stared at the dirt, then instantly shifted his gaze away.
"Could it be that the Purple Bamboo Body has already been taken away by the person who destroyed the sect?
Why did he make this information public? Was he just having us on?" The elder who had remained silent all this time finally spoke, his voice hoarse.
At that moment, the second barefoot man to arrive seemed to discover something. With one hand, he grabbed Black Mountain Sect's sect master's corpse.
"Monk Wu Dian, how dare you!"
The others immediately made their moves as well, grabbing Black Mountain Sect's sect master's corpse.
In an instant, Black Mountain Sect's sect master's corpse was seized by several Divine Infant Old Monsters and torn into four pieces.
Poor Black Mountain Sect's sect master. Even in death, he found no peace.
The barefoot man raged, "That isn't even a Purple Bamboo Body! Why are you fighting me for it?"
"It truly is not a Purple Bamboo Body, but it is the Blue Bamboo Body, one grade below it. Grind its corpse into ashes and use them to cultivate a special Spiritual Herb, and it can bear a Blue Infant Fruit that raises one's cultivation in the Divine Infant Realm." The woman was exceptionally knowledgeable. "Who would have thought that Black Mountain Sect's sect master was Yu Linglong's father—or perhaps... grandfather?"
"Fortunately, someone discovered all this early. Otherwise, within two hundred years, Black Chicken Old Demon would certainly enter the Purple Mansion Realm!"
At those words, everyone's hearts pounded with fear.
If that happened, the entire balance of the Great Shang Kingdom would inevitably be overturned.
However, that fear was only temporary. Having just finished fighting over Black Wind Daoist's corpse, these Divine Infant experts began moving again.
After all, Purple Bamboo Bodies and Blue Bamboo Bodies had appeared one after another. Perhaps some other special physique might appear as well.
These corpses... could not be spared.
Thus, a great battle to seize corpses erupted atop Black Mountain Sect.
Naturally, Qi Yuan knew nothing of this.
He stretched lazily and felt refreshed in both body and spirit.
"Finally, I can play games in peace."
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