Lame Immortal

"This... three-thousand-year-old Bone Spirit Flower was already exceedingly rare. The Shang Family's entire stock was previously bought up by a Nascent Soul Middle Stage senior, Lame Immortal. It was likely needed in great quantities for cultivating some secret art or refining some treasure..."

Uncle Fu bowed. "This flower only grows in several special environments. Our establishment has already made emergency arrangements to transfer stock... but an accident occurred, and the merchant ship is currently still at Brocade River Island..."

The moment Shang Yuanxin heard this, his face darkened like still water.

Fang Qing knew that someone was most likely interfering behind the scenes.

After all, Shang Yuanxin had barely secured the Nascent Infant Pill. There were surely many young masters of the Shang Family who resented it, perhaps even... plotted against him in secret!

Out of habit, he formed a hand seal, intending to calculate the threads of karma, but then shuddered.

He could not help but smile bitterly inwardly. I can't place complete trust in divinations, but on the Qi Refining Path, they're still barely usable...

Fang Qing shook his head and continued his calculations in secret. Hmm... there are indeed traces of a conspiracy within this. They're even letting the current carry the boat downstream.

The more intricate and precise a conspiracy was, the more likely it was to go wrong, not to mention the many methods of investigation available in the cultivation world.

If the Shang Family discovered that one of their own had harmed Shang Yuanxin, the price would be more than they could bear.

Therefore, the best course was to subtly exert influence and let Shang Yuanxin suffer an accident himself, with the culprit having no connection to them whatsoever.

"But however you want to play is none of my concern. Interfering with me obtaining