章 11: Chapter 11: Eliminating Future Troubles, Did Zhou Sui Play Dead?! _1
Outside Misty Cloud City, lies the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
At this time, Liu Dong and three other Loose Cultivators appeared deep in the mountain range. They were all at the Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer, possessing enough strength to protect themselves to a certain extent within the Cloud Mist Mountain Range.
"Are you sure you've found a hundred-year-old Golden Thistle Spiritual Medicine?"
Liu Dong couldn't help but ask.
"Of course."
A thin-faced middle-aged Cultivator nodded, "I would absolutely not deceive you, we've been friends for many years. I was previously chased by Demonic Beasts in the Cloud Mist Mountain Range and accidentally came upon a valley, where I discovered that hundred-year-old Spiritual Medicine.
It's a pity that the hundred-year-old Spiritual Medicine is guarded by several Lower First-grade Demonic Beasts. I am no match for them at all, completely unable to get close, so I've invited fellow daoists to join me.
I believe you also know the value of a hundred-year-old Spiritual Medicine. Even one can be worth over a thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones, and if we add the corpses of several Demonic Beasts, this loot could be worth at least two or three thousand Lower Grade Spirit Stones. Even if we divide it among the four of us, our share will be substantial."
He swore to the heavens, asserting that he spoke the truth without a single lie.
"Not bad, if this matter is true, then you will definitely have a share in the gains."
Upon hearing this, Liu Dong also felt relieved. The other party was also a long-time acquaintance, and although not the most reliable in daily affairs, he at least wouldn't lie.
Moreover, they knew each other well, so he figured the other wouldn't dare to deceive him.
He thought if this operation succeeded, he would at least earn hundreds of Lower Grade Spirit Stones, and then he would be able to buy Pills to break through to the Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer.
This was about his path to Foundation Establishment, and he couldn't afford any mishaps.
However, at this moment, he also recalled Zhou Sui, the son of his former friend, and his expression darkened immediately.
If it weren't for that pretty boy getting involved with a Qi Cultivation Nineth Layer female cultivator, that house would've already been his.
Then, he could've cultivated safely to the Qi Cultivation Nineth Layer within Misty Cloud City, without the need to venture outside of the city.
It had been almost a month now, and that Zhou Sui should have been drained dry by that black widow by now.
"Disaster, we're under attack!"
Suddenly, while Liu Dong was still lost in his thoughts, his body shuddered, and his hairs stood on end as he felt a lethal murderous intent approaching—this was the innate instinct of a Loose Cultivator.
Out of the corner of his eye, he saw four silver sword lights appear in the distance, lightning-fast, filled with the terrifying power of metal that could pierce through anything.
At this moment, he sensed a life-threatening crisis and tried to dodge.
Regrettably, the sword light was too quick, too quick for him to evade even with his Cultivation.
Boom~~~
In an instant, his head was pierced by the sword light, exploding like a watermelon, shattered to pieces with blood splattering everywhere. He couldn't even make a sound before dying.
Even in his last moments, he didn't see who killed him.
But just before dying, Liu Dong regretted deeply; if he had known how dangerous it was outside the city, he would never have come out.
Sadly, it was all too late to say anything now.
It wasn't just Liu Dong— the other three Loose Cultivators met the same fate, killed by a single sword strike, their bodies collapsing instantly.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!!!
Not long after, three graceful figures emerged from the jungle. They were Ji Bingyu, Mu Ziyi, and Xia Jingyan.
"Sister, I haven't seen you make a move in a month, and you haven't seemed to practice much either. How come your Sword Qi is even more powerful now than before? To kill four Qi Cultivation Seventh Layer Cultivators with a single sword strike is truly amazing."
Mu Ziyi looked at Ji Bingyu with undisguised admiration.
"Indeed, the power of this sword faintly boasts a grace akin to that of a Foundation-building Cultivator."
Xia Jingyan also felt quite astonished; she had seen Sword Cultivators in the Qi Cultivation Stage before, but someone as formidable as Ji Bingyu in the Qi Cultivation Stage was a first for her.
The Ji Bingyu of before was still within the realms of reason, but now, she had grown more than twice as strong as she had been just a month ago.
The question was, wasn't this woman engrossed in nightly revelries, lost in the pleasures of the flesh?
How could it be that after a month of not seeing her, she had grown so much stronger?
She was brimming with confusion.
"I'm not quite sure myself, but after being with my husband, I've always felt that my Soul Power has significantly increased, even giving rise to Spiritual Sense befitting of the Foundation Establishment Realm," Ji Bingyu said with a slight smile. "It is for this reason that my Swordsmanship realm seems to have made leaps and bounds, having reached the state where 'the autumn breeze has not stirred, but the cicada senses it beforehand'."
At this moment, she also reminisced about the events of the past month, her face flushing red.
It was merely a short departure, yet she found herself longing for her husband again.
It was truly a case of absence making the heart grow fonder, as if three autumns had passed with but a moment's separation.
However, her primary purpose for coming out this time was to deal with this Liu Dong, the despicable man who once tried to assassinate her husband. She could hardly sleep at night if she did not take care of him.
"Is that really possible?!"
Xia Jingyan was overwhelmed with shock. Could dual cultivation truly enhance one's Cultivation so rapidly? Or was it that the man possessed some unique quality that allowed a female Cultivator's Cultivation to progress?
If it was the latter, then the value of that man was not as simple as it seemed.
She sank into deep contemplation.
"Alright, let's head deeper into the Misty Cloud Mountain Range, gather the Spiritual Medicine we find, and then return to Misty Cloud City," Ji Bingyu said, eager to return to Misty Cloud City. Even a brief absence made her feel like she was coming down with lovesickness, a feeling unbearably difficult to endure.
"Fine."
Xia Jingyan, somewhat helplessly, quickly took the Storage Bags left behind by Liu Dong and the other Cultivators. As for their corpses, the nearby Demonic Beasts would soon come to consume them.
In the Misty Cloud Mountain Range, such battles were all too common, and nobody made a big deal out of them.
...
Elsewhere, Zhou Sui also began to leave his home.
After all, he had stayed at home for a month, and a period of stillness often precedes movement. Of course, the most important thing was that he was going to the nearby shops to look for the materials needed to refine Gu Insects.
"Zhou Sui, you're not dead?"
Just as Zhou Sui had just stepped out, a middle-aged Cultivator neighbor couldn't help but exclaim in surprise. His name was Zhang Cheng, a Lower First-grade Pill Master at the Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer, forty-five years old.
He was also a long-time neighbor of the Zhou family.
"Dead? Why would I be dead?"
Hearing this, Zhou Sui's mouth twitched, and he looked at the other party with a speechless expression.
"Cough cough, a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding. I thought you hadn't come out of your house in a month, so maybe something had happened to you," Zhang Cheng said, his face extremely embarrassed as he quickly tried to smooth things over.
After all, he assumed that since Zhou Sui had been absent for so long, he had been drained dry by the so-called widow and had perished, his body cold for a month.
So, when he saw Zhou Sui suddenly venture out, he thought Zhou Sui had come back from the dead, and might even be a wronged soul seeking revenge on the widow.
Who could have expected that this young man would still be so full of life? It was truly unfathomable.
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