"How dare you!"
"Who are you, daring to come wreak havoc in our Li Family!"
"This humble Daoist is Qingfeng. I heard that someone here was oppressing the common people and causing trouble everywhere, so I came to take a look."
Chen Yu smiled faintly. "I was wondering whether I would end up slaughtering innocents on this trip. Now that I've taken a look, I can rest easy."
He was not someone who enjoyed indiscriminate killing, especially the killing of innocents.
Thus, even though the original story explicitly described the Li Family's countless misdeeds, he had not acted directly, but investigated first.
The results of that investigation truly did not disappoint him.
In Qingfeng Town, the Li Family had an appalling reputation. Relying on the cultivator in their family, they committed practically every evil imaginable.
While not every member could be called a villain, most were no good.
Since that was the case, he need not have any reservations about acting.
Chen Yu struck at once.
In an instant, a streak of divine light swept past, illuminating the surroundings as it pressed down ahead.
"Aah!"
The guards hired by the Li Family died on the spot, and terror immediately appeared on the faces of those who remained. "You're a cultivator?"
"Since you know, why haven't you surrendered yet?"
Chen Yu smiled faintly and stepped forward.
That night, almost everyone in the Li Family's main line was killed. All those who had committed evil in the past were slaughtered without exception.
The flames spread, burning for a long time before finally dying out.
Only after everything was over did Chen Yu turn and leave.
As he walked out, his appearance changed as well.
Naturally, he would not use his true face to commit murder and arson.
In an unfamiliar land, caution was a necessity.
At that moment, he looked like an unfamiliar young man.
The young man wore gray robes and had an ordinary face, yet he gave an extraordinary impression, with an inexplicable heroic air. Though he seemed unremarkable on the surface, the reality was quite different.
Only when he walked out of the Li Family's residence did his appearance change, returning to its original form.
Back at Old Uncle Jiang's inn, he calculated on his fingers.
As the Heavenly Secrets Technique circulated, he immediately learned the result.
"He'll return in ten days?"
He smiled faintly, finding the timing fairly good. "Just right to settle everything together."
In dealing with the Li Family this time, he had deliberately left a few fish that slipped through the net, and had not displayed any overly powerful methods.
He expected the Li Family's cultivator to return soon after receiving the news.
Once he dealt with that man as well, he could cultivate here in peace, with no one to disturb him.
Before that, however, it was time to raise his cultivation a little.
It's time to advance to the Life Spring.
He raised his head as this thought flashed through his mind.
Back on Earth, he had already cultivated for a long time and reached the peak of the Bitter Sea, only one step away from forming his Life Spring.
Now that he had arrived on the Big Dipper, even without making much deliberate effort to cultivate, he could barely suppress the feeling that he was about to break through.
The next day, he went to an unoccupied cave outside town and opened up a small cultivation abode within it.
As he sat cross-legged inside, his formerly deathly still Bitter Sea began to boil.
Within his Wheel of Life, springwater slowly rose, bringing a new source of divine power.
The Life Spring burbled within it, boundless divine power brewing inside. It seemed very special, as though it possessed a unique divinity that gave it a different feel.
Clearly, this was unlike an ordinary person's Life Spring, presumably a special trait brought about by his Void Emperor Blood and Divine Body.
When everything was over, Chen Yu opened his eyes again, and a gleam of divine light flashed through them.
Then his entire body transformed into a long rainbow and soared into the air, leaving the area.
Only after a cultivator formed a Life Spring and made the divine power within their body more abundant could they form a long rainbow and fly freely.
Having formed his Life Spring, Chen Yu could naturally do the same.
When he returned to the house, Old Uncle Jiang was still tending to his business.
"Sir..."
Seeing Chen Yu before him, he seemed to want to speak, but hesitated.
Clearly, he had already learned of what had happened at the Li Family's residence and vaguely guessed that Chen Yu was responsible.
It was not difficult to guess.
After all, Chen Yu had only said those things yesterday, and in the blink of an eye, disaster had struck the Li Family. It would have been strange if he could not connect the two.
"Don't dwell on it."
Chen Yu knew what the old man was thinking, so he spoke first to dispel his concerns. "I only killed some evildoers who had committed wicked deeds. As for those who had done no evil, I did nothing more to them."
"From now on, Old Uncle Jiang, you can do business here in peace. There's no need to worry too much."
He spoke softly, then took some silver from his robes and handed it to Old Uncle Jiang to cover his expenses for these past days.
He did not take out any more than that.
He knew that, given the old man's character, even if he offered more, the old man probably would not accept it.
Old Uncle Jiang sighed, but said nothing more.
He was not someone who failed to appreciate kindness, and naturally knew that Chen Yu had done the right thing.
From that day onward, everything here began to settle onto the right track.
And Chen Yu formally began teaching Jiang Tingting.
"Her talent really is extraordinary."
After teaching her for only a short while, Chen Yu was already astonished by Jiang Tingting's talent.
The Taiyin Body truly deserved its reputation as one of the physiques best suited to cultivation. Though it offered nothing unusual in terms of the physical body or primordial spirit, its cultivation speed was astonishing.
In terms of her affinity for cultivation alone, even Ye Fan could not compare.
Without question, this was an enormous advantage in the early stages of cultivation.
These were all enhancements granted by her physique, something ordinary people simply could not match in the early stages.
Of course, such a powerful advantage did not come without a price.
The Taiyin Physique was too extreme; solitary yang could not give birth to life, and she was certain not to live past twenty.
For Chen Yu, however, resolving this would be simple.
He did not have many other things on hand, but he had quite a few life-extending treasures.
Leaving aside divine treasures such as the Ten Thousand Longevity Divine Flower and the Bodhi Heart, just the few divine fruits he possessed were more than enough to extend her life.
Of course, divine fruits could reverse aging and restore youth, so using them on Jiang Tingting as she was now would be somewhat wasteful.
But that did not matter.
If divine fruits would not do, Chen Yu still had several Medicine Kings gathered from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land. They would absolutely suffice to resolve Jiang Tingting's problem.
Compared to life-extending treasures, the more troublesome issue now was actually cultivation scriptures.
I don't have a single emperor scripture.
Inside the room, Chen Yu could not help sighing inwardly as he looked at Jiang Tingting sitting obediently before him.
Strictly speaking, he actually possessed quite a few scriptures. Some he had gathered himself, while others had come from checking in.
Their quality was not particularly poor, either. Several were scriptures created by Saints.
But compared to emperor scriptures, these Saint scriptures were ultimately far too inferior.
A cultivator's ultimate achievements would be influenced by many things, and among them, the scripture they cultivated was undoubtedly of paramount importance.