180: Chapter 170 180: Chapter 170 Jiang Tang instructed Eryao to do something rather sinister, asserting that to deal with villains, one must use such methods, effectively crushing the arrogance Huang Chen displayed in life and making him shrink back into his shell like a turtle, afraid to come out.
Eryao found taking advantage of villains to be quite satisfying, having felt frustrated when previously bullied by others.
No wonder those people enjoyed bullying so much, for it could become a habit that brought a sense of elation.
Feeling quite pleased, it focused its attention on the enemy, not bothering to pick on Little Blue Ox.
Jiang Tang continued to ponder, the only resources in the space that demonic beasts and ghosts could use to cultivate effectively were two types, so why didn’t he use these two types of Spiritual Flowers to break through?
Sometimes Jiang Tang felt troubled, as the cultivation space used to yield Miraculous Elixirs and Elixir and Medicinal Secret Manuals when he farmed.
Lately, this feature seemed to have disappeared, and he wished the space would suddenly produce some Secret Manuals to refine these two types of Spiritual Flowers into Pills.
Jiang Tang began to cultivate day and night, putting the task of Alchemy aside.
He had to first raise his Cultivation level to take advantage of all the resources at hand to do more.
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After coming out of the auction, Lai Jianlin said goodbye to Mo Wen and Luo Yaxuan, taking the two Foreign Country women to his family’s shop.
He arranged for the Foreign Country women to work in the shop, telling them to stay inside to do cleaning and cooking, to avoid them being caught again if they went outside.
Lai Jianlin understood that in Immortal Venerable City, apart from the City Lord, there were many wealthy individuals, such as those from the Ten Great Clans who had come here.
His second-rate Noble Clan’s slight power could not withstand them.
The Foreign Country women didn’t want to leave their master’s side but had to follow orders, knowing they couldn’t mess up their master’s affairs.
Lai Jianlin and Mo Wen returned to their Immortal Sect residence, where he heard the summons from his master upon arrival.
“Disciple, we have patrol duty tonight.
Come patrol with me.”
Lai Jianlin received the message from his Law Enforcement Elder master, summoned his flying sword, and soared into the sky to join his master patrolling the high skies above Immortal Venerable City.
Looking down from high above, he sensed a tense and eerie atmosphere within the city.
Patrollers from various powers were in the high sky, each wary of others.
Lai Jianlin and his master were mainly patrolling the area around their residence, to prevent any surprise attacks during the night.
“Master, those people in black running down the street ahead, what are they up to?” Lai Jianlin found their behavior strange, and most importantly, he smelled an unpleasant odor emanating from them.
“Disciple, you must pay close attention to whether such individuals appear near our residence.
Your master will go and have a look.”
“Okay,” Lai Jianlin kept a close watch on their residence, as well as his master’s movements.
He saw his master fly down from the sky, searching the area where those black-eyed individuals had passed.
As dawn approached, after a night had passed, his master returned to his side, gesturing for him to return to the house they lived in below.
“Disciple, come to my room.
I have something to tell you.”
“Hmm,” Lai Jianlin sensed that his master must have discovered something and wanted to discuss it in secret.
Someone entered the master’s room.
The Law Enforcement Elder activated a soundproof Formation before sitting down with his disciple, making tea as they discussed the issues discovered during last night’s patrol.
“Master, did you find something last night?”
“The answer you want is in this Storage Bag.” The Law Enforcement Elder placed a Storage Bag on the table.
Lai Jianlin picked up the storage bag and looked inside.
The contents of the storage bag had the same offensive smell as what he sniffed yesterday, the foul odor of gunpowder smoke.
“Master, what is this?” Lai Jianlin had never seen such a thing before.
“Disciple, perhaps in our Cultivation World, we might not have such things.
For such things to appear in our Cultivation World, in Master’s estimation, it must not be from our country.”
“How can you tell?”
“Our country uses martial strength, and the Cultivation World uses magical treasures, talismans.
Why would they need to resort to such simple making of ordinary things?
However, this ordinary thing has a very powerful lethality.
Whether it’s commoners or cultivators, if it explodes, they will all die.”
“This thing is that powerful?
What exactly is it?”
“Master has heard that in countries outside our Ancient Xia Country, they don’t practice cultivation but are another kind of invisible martial artists, and they also make some weapons.
These weapons have great lethality, like the person we caught this time, using this kind of medicinal formulation, which is their sinister aspect.”
“Master, are you saying that those people have appeared again and are using these things to harm our Immortal Venerable City, the residents living here, and the people who are coming here for the competition?”
“That’s what I suspect, but unfortunately, when I was following them, they used invisibility techniques, and Master had no magical treasure that could make them reveal themselves.
Trusting my intuition, I gathered all these hidden things they had buried and brought them back.”
“It looks like we need to be vigilant these next two days.
If possible, we should inform all Immortal Sects, so everyone pays attention to their safety.”
“We can only pass the message to their higher-ups, to avoid alarming them and making them cautious.
Their conspiracy this time might be more than just this; we need to get everyone to find their lair.”
After hearing his master’s words, Lai Jianlin momentarily took charge of the matter, drank a cup of spiritual tea, and returned to his room.
He remembered Luo Yaxuan and sent him a reminder using the voice transmission treasure.
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After Luo Yaxuan went out for a stroll, taking Sun Zi’an with him and parting ways with Lai Jianlin, the two of them went to a market for shopping.
One of the reasons for coming here was, of course, that Sun Zi’an needed to prepare the staple foods for the next few days.
Having bought a whole storage bag full of food, all these items were ingredients and meat, as Sun Zi’an was going to cook meals for several people.
When they snuck back to their residence, Luo Yaxuan found an additional person in his room.
“Luo Senior Brother, why did you go out without taking me with you?
You take him but not me?” Liu Jiaojiao stamped her foot, pouting and pointing at Sun Zi’an.
“Junior Sister, it’s unsafe outside, it’s better for you to stay in the room.
Your safety is of great importance, I can’t afford any loss!”
“Senior brother, don’t make excuses for not taking me.
You just don’t want to take me out to have fun, hmph, just because you don’t take me doesn’t mean I can’t go out, right?” Liu Jiaojiao said petulantly.
“Jiaojiao, come back here.
Are you being naughty again?
After the competition, I’ll take you out to play.” The voice of Liu Jiaojiao’s mother reached her ears.
Liu Jiaojiao wanted to go out and play, especially with her senior brother, but with her mother’s promise, she only pursed her lips.
Then, while Sun Zi’an was off to cook delicious food, she sat in her senior brother’s room and asked,
“Senior Brother, was it fun when you went out today?
What did you do?
Can you tell me?”
“We didn’t do much, just strolled around, didn’t buy anything.
Only Sun Zi’an needed to go out to buy food; now you know why I took him out, don’t you?”
Luo Yaxuan gave a simple explanation, not mentioning a word about what happened at the auction.