Without another word, Lu Qingshan pretended to turn back casually and silently cast Heavenly Eye Technique at the woman.
--If I could use cheats, why bother racking my brains?
-------- Wu Yi (Human) Class: Magic Cultivator (Primary) Cultivation Technique: Qi Guiding Technique Lv4 (336/400) Realm: Qi Refining Attributes: Strength 1, Agility 1, Mana 3, Soul 1, Charm 1, Endurance 1 Health: 11/11 Spirit Power: 40/40 Skills: Qi Concealing Technique Lv1, ???, ???, ??? Talent: None --------
Such a familiar panel, and... such a familiar name.
The corner of Lu Qingshan's mouth curled into a faint smile.
Although using Heavenly Eye Technique on the middle-aged male cultivator beside Wu Yi had yielded nothing but a neat row of question marks:
??? (Human) Class: ??? Realm: ??? (Extremely Lethal) Attributes: ??? ...
Lu Qingshan knew full well that the middle-aged male cultivator beside Wu Yi was, nine times out of ten, the Foundation Establishment cultivator—the boss of the Corpse Refining Cave instance, Blood Corpse True Person.
Hadn't the chance to break the deadlock just arrived?
Lu Qingshan's pace did not change. Acting as though nothing had happened, he left the Great Xia Trading Company.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator's Spiritual Sense Perception was extremely sensitive to the prying eyes of others.
To avoid drawing Blood Corpse True Person's attention, Lu Qingshan did not look at the two of them any further.
--Besides, although Wu Yi had never seen my face, if I could vaguely recognize her from her figure, what made me so sure she couldn't recognize me from mine?
So it was best to avoid appearing before that woman whenever possible.
Behind the seemingly tranquil Yuanshan City, a great storm was quietly brewing.
Lu Qingshan strolled through the streets of Yuanshan City.
He was in a good mood.
The Demon Cultivators planned to seize Qi Yuan's Heavenly Mystery Mirror Fragment two days later.
At the same time, Blood Corpse True Person, whose lair had already been raided once, had appeared in Yuanshan City.
Blood Corpse True Person, who refined Corpse Puppets in his lair, was undoubtedly also a Demon Cultivator who had been lying low for a long time.
Once was a coincidence, twice could barely be called one as well, but with three coincidences, there had to be some hidden connection between them.
And with the information Lu Qingshan possessed, it was easy for him to reach the answer to that connection.
--Blood Corpse True Person was one of the participants in the operation to seize Qi Yuan's Heavenly Mystery Mirror Fragment two days from now.
All the scattered points had already been connected into a line.
And having seized hold of that line, Lu Qingshan did not need to cut it. He merely needed to make the route of its extension veer away from the direction the Demon Cultivators had originally planned.
The Myriad Treasures Tower of Yuanshan City.
It was a very famous trading company within Yuanshan City.
At that moment, inside the hidden underground chamber of the Myriad Treasures Tower.
Two rows of chairs were neatly arranged, with nearly ten cultivators seated in a dark mass.
Had Lu Qingshan been there, he would certainly have recognized one of the cultivators as Blood Corpse True Person, whom he had encountered at the Great Xia Trading Company.
The atmosphere in the room was strange and heavy.
Seated at the head was an old man with white hair and beard, his body as withered as dead wood.
The elder at the head swept his gaze across all the cultivators present and asked, "There are only two days left before we act. There haven't been any mishaps with the tasks assigned to you, have there?"
"There's no problem on my end. Lord Asura sent someone to deliver the War Beast several days ago."
"The same here. The Formation Flags have all been prepared."
"On my end..."
The cultivators below responded one after another.
"However, Lord Rakshasa, Qi Yuan is a Nascent Soul Realm Spirit Cultivator, and he comes from the Heavenly Mystery Temple. His divination is unparalleled beneath heaven, and he excels particularly at seeking fortune and avoiding disaster. Why are you so certain that he will rashly come to Yuanshan City just because of the blood pool?" A burly cultivator below suddenly asked.
The other cultivators present also turned to look at the elder upon hearing this question. Clearly, they too were greatly puzzled.
"Heh, the divination arts of Heavenly Mystery Temple Spirit Cultivators are indeed unparalleled beneath heaven. Yet this very unparalleled divination often becomes an obstacle that hems them in." The elder's tone carried several traces of mockery.
"How so?"
"Heavenly Mystery Temple Spirit Cultivators often trust and rely too heavily on their divination. Thus, whenever something happens, their first reaction is to cast a divination. Many times, they instead lose their own ability to judge."
"When Qi Yuan notices the matter of the blood pool through the Heavenly Mystery Mirror Fragment and prepares to come to Yuanshan City, he will surely use divination to calculate whether this journey holds any danger for him."
"If the omen is perilous, he naturally will not rashly come to Yuanshan City."
"But first, our plan this time is aimed at the Heavenly Mystery Mirror Fragment and contains no scheme against Qi Yuan himself. Second, among us, the strongest are merely Golden Core cultivators, posing no threat whatsoever to Qi Yuan."
"Therefore, the omen Qi Yuan receives from his divination will certainly be one of safety. Even if the matter of the blood pool is riddled with holes, the compassionate heart of a Heavenly Mystery Temple disciple who wishes to aid all under heaven, coupled with the misleading omen, gives Qi Yuan a ninety percent chance of coming to Yuanshan City to investigate the blood pool."
"Techniques are dead; people are alive." The elder gave a chilling smile, his voice icy. "No matter how profound the art of heavenly mysteries, it cannot calculate the human heart."
"Lord Rakshasa, a brilliant plan!"
A wave of exclamations rose up.
The elder called Rakshasa remained expressionless. Looking toward Blood Corpse True Person, who sat in the corner, he suddenly frowned. "Blood Corpse, I heard that your disciple suddenly came to Yuanshan City to find you yesterday. Did something happen?"
Blood Corpse True Person's pupils contracted as he answered respectfully, "Rest assured, Lord Rakshasa. Nothing serious happened."
The elder nodded and said, "It is best if nothing happened. The day of the Corpse Puppet Uprising and the Birth of the Demon Child is approaching. You must be even more cautious in your actions. There cannot be the slightest mistake."
"If we succeed, our Qingzhou Branch Hall will have rendered a peerless achievement. Everyone here will certainly rise rapidly in status within the underworld!"
"Go back and prepare well. Two days from now, when Qi Yuan uses the Heavenly Mystery Mirror, that will be our chance to act. The instant we succeed, abandon the many years of arrangements in Yuanshan City and flee the city."
"Understood!"
The elder waved his hand. All the cultivators present quickly rose and dispersed through the underground passageways of the Myriad Treasures Tower, disappearing into every corner of Yuanshan City.
Blood Corpse True Person's expression was dark. Not knowing what he was calculating in his heart, he walked through the underground passage in silence.
"Blood Corpse, please wait." Someone called out to Blood Corpse True Person.
Blood Corpse True Person turned around, frowning. "Cry Soul, what do you want with me?"
Cry Soul True Person looked at Blood Corpse True Person and smiled. "I heard that your Corpse Refining Cave seems to have been raided by a cultivator of unknown identity?"
Blood Corpse True Person's expression stiffened. Staring fixedly at Cry Soul True Person, he enunciated every word: "What do you mean by that?"
Cry Soul True Person shook his head and explained, "I mean nothing else. If I wanted to make things difficult for you, I would have exposed you just now when Lord Rakshasa questioned you."
"However." Cry Soul True Person paused, then grinned lewdly. "That female disciple of yours, if I did not see wrongly, is a first-rate Cauldron. You know that I have recently been cultivating the Cultivation Technique of Harvesting Yin, and I am lacking an excellent female cultivator Cauldron. I would like to borrow your female disciple for a while. What do you think?"
Blood Corpse True Person fell silent for a moment before saying, "After this matter is concluded, I will lend her to you."
"Then I shall first thank Blood Corpse True Person for his generous sacrifice." Cry Soul True Person nodded in satisfaction before turning and leaving.
As he watched Cry Soul True Person's departing back, a trace of gloom flashed through Blood Corpse True Person's eyes. He called it borrowing, but the Cultivation Technique of Harvesting Yin extracted a woman's yin qi. Wu Yi was merely at the fourth level of Qi Refining. After Cry Soul harvested from her, how could she possibly still be alive?
At that moment, Blood Corpse True Person's heart held not only towering fury, but also a trace of worry.
He had always been cautious. Not minding the trouble, he had abducted the raw materials for refining Corpse Puppets from places extremely far from the Corpse Refining Cave.
The Corpse Refining Cave had also been established deep in the mountains and concealed with a second-grade formation.
Yet even so, his Corpse Refining Cave had been raided by a person of unknown identity. He vaguely sensed that something was wrong, as though someone had secretly fixed their eyes upon him.
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