Qin Yang's Plan, Going with the Flow

Qin Yang's Plan, Going with the Flow

[Host has died. Causality reset!]

[The host may choose one item from the Heaven Materials and Earthly Treasures, Cultivation Methods, or cultivation base obtained in the previous life to inherit.]

[Currently available for inheritance—Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures: Earth Spirit Pearl; Cultivation Method: Cloud Gazing Qi Swallowing Art; cultivation base: Qi Refining Realm Sixth Layer.]

[Please choose what to inherit!]

The system's voice rang out.

Qin Yang felt his thoughts being dragged back to reality from the edge of drifting away, and a tearing sensation washed over him.

After all, just moments ago, he had still been fighting Lu Xun, dying at the other's hands. The searing pain in his neck seemed to linger even now!

"Lu Xun, was it? Just you wait until I catch you."

"I have plenty of next lives, but once you're dead, you're really dead!"

Qin Yang secretly ground his teeth. He could not possibly have the slightest shred of goodwill toward an enemy from his previous life.

Immediately afterward, he likewise chose the Qi Refining Realm Sixth Layer cultivation base for inheritance.

After all, an increase in cultivation was tangible. He already knew where the Earth Spirit Pearl was, and after restarting each life, he could simply go there to find it. There was no need to inherit it at all; instead, it might bring him quite a bit of trouble.

As for the Cloud Gazing Qi Swallowing Art, it was merely a basic qi-refining technique. Qin Yang had already mastered it in his previous life.

To him, there was even less need to inherit it!

Hum!

As his cultivation was inherited, Qin Yang suddenly felt the meridians and dantian within his body being blasted open. A wave of pure and powerful cultivation poured directly into him, as though heavenly insight had been poured straight into his head.

In the blink of an eye, he clearly felt as if he possessed inexhaustible strength in every gesture. It was wonderfully comfortable!

Qin Yang was brimming with vitality, his gaze blazing like a torch.

"It's just a pity that my cultivation still isn't enough to contend with Xuan Chengzi head-on and escape his clutches."

He calmed down and began thinking seriously again, organizing the information he had obtained in his previous life.

From Su Ye, who was likewise a rogue cultivator, he had learned that Xuan Chengzi was at the very least at the Foundation Establishment Realm, separated from Qi Refining Realm cultivators by a vast chasm.

Not to mention that he was only at the Qi Refining Realm Sixth Layer now—even if he broke through to the Qi Refining Realm Ninth Layer, he absolutely could not be Xuan Chengzi's match. To say nothing of the astonishing Cultivation Methods Xuan Chengzi possessed, confronting him head-on now would be utterly irrational.

Once captured alive, Xuan Chengzi certainly would not let this chance to interrogate him slip by. If he fell into Xuan Chengzi's hands, whether he lived or died would no longer be up to him!

Qin Yang understood this perfectly.

Therefore, before he possessed the absolute strength to contend with Xuan Chengzi head-on, he would never choose to fight him by force.

"Judging from what that rogue cultivator Su Ye said, Xuan Chengzi and he were fellow disciples, but Xuan Chengzi betrayed his master and exterminated his ancestors, even taking away the powerful Cultivation Methods known as Spirit Seed Fortune and Five Elements Refinement Technique. That was why Su Ye had pursued him all this way."

"Even Xuan Chengzi's former master was hunting him down and might come knocking at any time!"

"For me, this isn't necessarily a bad opportunity."

Qin Yang pondered seriously.

Xuan Chengzi's enmity with his former sect was deep—clearly an irreconcilable grudge.

If he could make use of this opportunity and sit on the mountain to watch the tigers fight, he might have a chance to reap the benefits as the fisherman. It was not impossible that he could obtain the Cultivation Methods on Xuan Chengzi!

Most importantly, he could take advantage of Xuan Chengzi and his former sect suffering mutual losses, then find an opportunity to remove the poison of the Soul Locking Pill in his body.

By then, escaping would no longer be a problem.

"I have plenty of room for error. I can restart endlessly, so I can't ignore this opportunity!"

"But the premise is that I can't alert them. I need to lure Su Ye here without being discovered or noticed by Xuan Chengzi."

Qin Yang carefully mulled it over, searching for the optimal solution.

Before long, he had an idea.

"This life, I'll try not to escape first!"

A flash of inspiration struck Qin Yang.

After all, in his previous life, he had secluded himself for more than half a month after obtaining the Earth Spirit Pearl. Only after returning to Xiabai Town had he happened to encounter Su Ye.

This meant that Su Ye would need at least half a month to find his way here.

Without anyone to guide him, that point in time would be pushed back by quite a few more days.

It was not that Qin Yang had never considered waiting for Su Ye directly in Xiabai Town and then inviting the Grand Empress over.

The problem was that Su Ye was too cautious, and his cultivation was powerful. Approaching him proactively would certainly make him suspicious first. He might even be captured and cut open for study.

Qin Yang had no doubts about the deviousness of a rogue cultivator like Su Ye. He and Xuan Chengzi had once been fellow disciples; describing him as rotten to the core, with pus oozing from the rot, would not be an exaggeration!

"From the looks of it, if I don't escape this life and deliberately let myself be captured, then with events unfolding normally, I can only wait for Su Ye to find his way here after more than half a month."

"Going with the flow isn't bad either. It's worth a try!"

Qin Yang quickly made up his mind.

He had the system. He could restart infinitely and keep trying until he found the right path.

Since he wanted to make use of the grudge between Xuan Chengzi and Su Ye while reaping the benefits as the fisherman, the best course was not to interfere.

That way, the circumstances of his previous life would not repeat themselves. He would not be targeted by Lu Xun and Chang Er, Xuan Chengzi would remain unprepared, and in the end, he would not walk away empty-handed except for a death!

Thus, Qin Yang settled his mind after making up his decision.

This life, he planned to proceed step by step according to the normal course of events.

With more than half a month at his disposal, he would also have a chance to probe and uncover some of Xuan Chengzi's foundation and methods, while making preparations for the future!

Even now, Qin Yang still did not know what exactly lay inside this cave dwelling. Earlier, he had been too preoccupied with escaping ahead of time and finding a way to cure the poison.

"Qin Yang, Master is going to teach you Immortal Arts!"

Just then, Bai Feng's voice rang out as expected, devoid of the slightest emotion.

Qin Yang did not complicate matters. After restraining the aura of his cultivation, he rose as usual and followed Bai Feng into the Pill Refining Room.

Next came the part he knew best.

Being captured by Xuan Chengzi, then initially gaining his trust; taking the Qi Condensing Pill, the Soul Locking Pill, and finally the Water Spirit Pill.

It was just a pity that, with Qin Yang's current cultivation, the thin spiritual energy in the Water Spirit Pill could no longer provide him with much improvement.

"That's enough. For the next few days, go gather herbs with Bai Feng!"

Xuan Chengzi waved his hand grandly, and Qin Yang successfully muddled through another life.

When he came outside, Bai Feng still led him away from the cave dwelling.

Qin Yang had long since become thoroughly familiar with everything.

"Junior Brother Qin, do you want to escape this place?"

A long distance from the cave dwelling, Bai Feng asked Qin Yang for the Nth time.

Qin Yang had originally intended to respond exactly as he had in the previous few lives, but on a sudden whim, he wanted to see what would happen if he refused Bai Feng.

He had never chosen this option before!

"Senior Brother Bai, I don't want to."

Qin Yang's reply was utterly calm, as if he were coldly responding to an NPC.

Bai Feng, who had already prepared what to say next, was stunned.