Infiltrating the Ink Qilin Clan

The Ink Qilin froze for a moment, then hurriedly forced a smile onto his face.

"What do you mean by this, sir?"

"I merely sincerely invited you to visit the Kirin Clan."

"If you have matters to attend to, sir, then I will not force the issue."

The corners of Lin Changsheng's lips curled up in a sneer.

Did he think I wouldn't notice that fleeting killing intent?

Come to think of it, it was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Its value was immeasurable.

Like the Dragon Clan, the Kirin Clan had been one of the protagonists of the Dragon-Han Primordial Tribulation.

Their numbers were far from small.

There simply were not enough spiritual treasures to go around.

So how could this Ink Qilin endure watching him take away a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure right in front of him?

That was why he planned to lure him into the Kirin Clan.

"Though karma does not bind me, I truly dislike it when others set their sights on me."

"Because then I have no choice but to kill them."

Lin Changsheng slowly walked toward the Ink Qilin.

An Ink Qilin that had suffered severe injuries could not even display a tenth of its combat strength.

"Have you thought this through, sir? My Kirin Clan has countless Grand Unity Golden Immortals."

"I am a genius of the Ink Qilin Clan and am about to marry the descendant of the Fire Qilin Clan Leader."

"If you insist on killing me, you will bring a catastrophic killing tribulation upon yourself."

"I admit that I should not have coveted this Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure."

"As long as you spare me, I am willing to offer compensation."

The Ink Qilin finally caved in.

Lin Changsheng looked down at him as his mind raced.

This Ink Qilin's status was anything but ordinary.

Buzhou Mountain was Kirin Clan territory. While he was not worried that killing him would expose his identity,

it would certainly affect his search for resources on Buzhou Mountain.

He might as well assume his identity and use the Kirin Clan to plunder resources.

Would that not be far faster than gathering them himself?

At that thought, Lin Changsheng could only say that fate truly toyed with people.

Originally, Heartless Heavenly Demon had been sent by Luohou to seize the Ink Qilin's body and infiltrate the Kirin Clan.

Yet in the end, he himself would be the one impersonating him.

The workings of karma truly were mysterious.

"No need."

"I don't trust you."

"As for compensation, I'll go take it from the Kirin Clan myself."

Take it himself?

What did that mean?

The Ink Qilin felt as though his brain could no longer keep up.

But what happened next utterly shocked him.

The bewitching young man before him actually transformed into his likeness.

It was not merely identical—it was flawless in every way.

His appearance and aura were exactly the same.

"Do you think you can fool the experts of my clan with this, sir?"

"I advise you to leave at once."

The Ink Qilin began to tremble inwardly.

"Of course I can't fool the Kirin Clan right now."

"But I can after I kill you."

With that, Lin Changsheng threw a punch directly at the Ink Qilin.

The Ink Qilin had already been severely injured and could not dodge at all.

He was killed with a single blow.

At the instant he was killed, Lin Changsheng immediately used Karma Grafting.

In an instant, every Karma Thread belonging to the Ink Qilin was flawlessly grafted onto Lin Changsheng.

[Flawless Body] meant he did not need to worry about the Karma Threads becoming tangled.

At the same time, all the information contained within the Karma Threads flooded into Lin Changsheng's primordial spirit.

At this moment, he was the Ink Qilin, and the Ink Qilin was him.

After completing all this, Lin Changsheng immediately destroyed the corpse and covered his tracks. Then he looked himself over.

There was still one flaw: his injuries.

Lin Changsheng directly reversed the circulation of the Qi Creation Art.

At once, the mana within his body became chaotic.

Before long, he coughed up blood, and his aura became unstable.

Meanwhile, a million kilometers away, the Ink Qilin Clan Leader frowned.

"Qi Mo's Karma Thread seemed to have vanished for an instant just now?"

"Someone come."

"Go find Qi Mo at once and bring him back."

At the Ink Qilin Clan Leader's command, many experts of the Ink Qilin Clan were dispatched.

They quickly found the heavily injured Qi Mo.

"Qi Mo, what happened?"

The experts of the Ink Qilin Clan hurriedly asked.

"We'll talk after we return."

Qi Mo said coldly.

The Ink Qilin Clan experts nodded and brought Qi Mo back to the clan.

At the foot of a mountain on Buzhou Mountain.

Luohou pierced the Fierce Beast before him with a single thrust of his spear, then used a Calamity-Dispelling Pill to absorb all of the beast's baleful aura.

The Heavenly Dao bestowed some Merit. After he accepted it, his brows furrowed.

"Heartless Heavenly Demon actually fell?"

"That fool couldn't even handle such a trivial matter."

Luohou did not know what had happened. He only knew that he had arranged for Heartless Heavenly Demon to infiltrate the Kirin Clan.

Now that he had fallen, Luohou naturally assumed he had been discovered by the Kirin Clan.

However, this would not affect his plan.

He had already planted agents within both the Dragon Clan and Phoenix Clan.

Even without one of his own in the Kirin Clan, they would not escape his schemes.

Buzhou Mountain, the Ink Qilin Clan's habitat.

At this moment, Qi Mo, transformed from Lin Changsheng, had returned to the territory under the protection of the clan's Great Powers.

"Qi Mo, what happened just now?"

"Why is your aura so weak?"

"Even your Karma Thread seemed to have nearly vanished!"

The Ink Qilin Clan asked solemnly.

"Clan Leader, I was set up by the Demon Race."

After saying this, "Qi Mo" told the truth, recounting the Ink Qilin's ordeal.

Heartless Heavenly Demon had used a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure as bait to lure Qi Mo out.

Then he had tried to seize his body.

"That Heavenly Demon was prepared. Due to a moment of carelessness, I fell into a disadvantage."

"I nearly had my Yuanshi devoured and my body taken over by him."

"At the final moment, I forcibly burned my own origin and only then managed to kill him."

Lin Changsheng had long prepared this explanation.

It was also entirely reasonable.

Burning one's origin could indeed unleash greater combat strength.

However, damaging one's origin would cause one's cultivation to fall.

In more serious cases, it would affect one's Dao foundation, leaving future cultivation unable to advance an inch.

Because origin was simply too difficult to replenish.

Unless one had something like Merit.

Although hunting Fierce Beasts now yielded Merit, the amount was too little.

Moreover, the clan could not possibly use Merit on Qi Mo.

That meant the clan's genius was already ruined.

A pained expression flashed through the Ink Qilin Clan Leader's eyes.

This was a genius of the clan, a genius who was about to form a marriage alliance with the Fire Qilin Clan.

Alas.

Lin Changsheng clearly saw the disappointment in the other elders' eyes.

"Where is that Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure?"

The Clan Leader changed the subject and asked.

He had even forgotten to ask about the Demon Race.

This showed just how valuable a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure was.

"It is with me."

"Qi Mo" expressionlessly took out the Five Innate Banners.

Then he put them away again.

The disappointment in the other elders' eyes was immediately replaced by blazing greed.

A Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure—its value was beyond measure.

If they could obtain it, their combat strength would receive a tremendous boost.

"Qi Mo, your origin has now been damaged, and your cultivation has fallen to the early Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm."

"You cannot unleash the proper might of this Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure while it is in your hands."

"You should hand it over to the clan."

"The clan will protect you for the rest of your life."

An elder immediately set his sights on the Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Even the Ink Qilin Clan Leader secretly nodded.

Losing one genius would not grieve them for long.

After all, the Kirin Clan's population was simply too vast.

If one was lost, another would soon emerge.

But the value of a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure was an entirely different matter.

"What does the Clan Leader think?"

"Qi Mo" asked calmly.