Chapter 67: Chapter 67 Mr. Kongxu
Xun Mountain’s black market was a place where heretic cultivators from all over came to trade, selling all kinds of magical treasures, cultivation techniques, elixir pills, talismans, and even trading spirit beasts and slaves.
They could also hire cultivators to assassinate their enemies.
Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao disguised themselves as loose cultivators and infiltrated the black market.
Chen Yao was shocked to see cultivators being bought and sold in the market.
Chen Yao glanced sideways at Lin Qingzhi.
Although Lin Qingzhi often seemed a bit absent-minded, he possessed a Heart of the Innocent, and in terms of character, he was practically a saint reincarnate compared to the heretic cultivators in the black market.
“Fellow Daoist, would you grace me with your company for a drink?
Several heretic cultivators blocked Chen Yao’s way.
The one leading them was a young master with an ashen complexion, no trace of blood color, heavy dark circles under his eyes, and dressed entirely in white garments and a white hat.
“This is the renowned Mr. Kongxu from the nearby region. His uncle is an elder of the Joyous Union Sect, and he practices the Dao of Joyous Union. Those caught in his sights are in trouble,” someone whispered.
“What a pity for such a beauty.”
“Hehheh, let’s just enjoy the show.”
The surrounding loose cultivators gathered to watch.
With the assemblage consisting entirely of villains, naturally, no one would intervene to help, preferring instead to relish the spectacle.
They also didn’t dare to offend the notorious Mr. Kongxu.
Chen Yao frowned.
The greedy gaze of Mr. Kongxu made her very uncomfortable.
“Get lost.”
“I didn’t expect you to have such a personality. I like it. I’m a high-level expert at the ninth level of the Golden Core Realm. If you follow me, you’ll have access to all kinds of cultivation techniques, magical treasures, and elixir pills,” Mr. Kongxu said in a weak and listless tone, although boasting Golden Core Realm cultivation. His appearance, as though his body had been hollowed out, disgusted Chen Yao even more.
Just as Chen Yao was about to make a move, Lin Qingzhi suddenly reached out and held her wrist.
Lin Qingzhi transmitted a message, “Senior Sister, no need to be impulsive. I have a plan; just follow my lead.”
Seeing Lin Qingzhi by Chen Yao’s side, Mr. Kongxu took out a blood vial and said disdainfully, “This is a Fourth-Grade Elixir Pill, a gift from me. You can leave now.”
A Fourth-Grade Elixir Pill?
Not to mention that no matter how many grades of elixir pills were offered, Lin Qingzhi would not submit. As soon as Lin Qingzhi advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm, let alone a Fourth-Grade, even if a Fifth-Grade Elixir Pill was offered, Lu Changsheng would be willing to give it away.
“What kind of dog thing are you?”
Lin Qingzhi dropped his earlier modesty, instead challenging the other.
Chen Yao and the other disciples from Mount Shu were surprised by Lin Qingzhi’s words but quickly realized he was deliberately provoking the other party.
“Hahaha!!!” Mr. Kongxu, furious and embarrassed, said sternly,’ You are the first to dare speak to me like this.”
Mr. Kongxu’s lackeys, who were standing by his sides, began berating, “You have no idea who Mr. Kongxu is, do you? Within a hundred miles, who doesn’t know of his reputation? You’re asking for death!”
Hum!
Lin Qingzhi’s sword had already left the sheath before the lackeys could say more; the Green Abyss Sword flashed with a green light, striking unexpectedly!
His master, Lu Changsheng, had taught him to treat friends with sincerity and to show no mercy to enemies!
Lin Qingzhi pretended to display the strength of the eighth level of the Golden Core Realm, but the Green Abyss Sword unexpectedly pierced through Mr. Kongxu’s white garments, drawing a streak of fresh blood.
If Lin Qingzhi hadn’t intended to capture his target alive, the longsword would have already sealed his throat.
“Golden Core Realm?!”
The heretic cultivators watching were taken aback, not expecting that Lin Qingzhi was actually a high-level expert in the Golden Core Realm!
“Senior Sister, let’s pretend to escape. Two Elders, blend into the crowd pursuing us, and once we’re out in the wilderness, find a way to capture Mr. Kongxu alive.”
Lin Qingzhi quickly deployed his plan, secretly transmitting his voice to three of his Mount Shu teammates.
“Run!”
Lin Qingzhi grabbed Chen Yao’s wrist, summoned the Green Abyss Sword, and turned into a streak of light, feigning fear of Mr. Kongxu’s revenge, thus fleeing in apparent panic.
Chen Yao’s current cultivation was also at the ninth level of the Golden Core Realm, unafraid of Mr. Kongxu, but with her wrist held by Lin Qingzhi, warmth flooded her heart, and she fully trusted Lin Qingzhi, following him in their escape.
“Whoever kills that man, this young master will reward him with a rank five
Elixir Pill!”
“Leave the woman, I want to torture her well!”
Mr. Kongxu swallowed a blood-recovering elixir, seething with rage.
Just now, a mere inch of deviation from Lin Qingzhi’s Green Abyss Sword would have pierced his heart!
Within a thousand miles, who didn’t know that his uncle, Mr. Kongxu, was a ninth-level Elder of the Joyous Union Sect in the Nascent Soul Realm, half a step into Dao Palace!
“We will surely kill this man for the young master!”
“You think you can offend the young master and just walk away?”
The heretic cultivators around, hearing of the rank five Elixir Pill offered by Mr. Kongxu for Lin Qingzhi’s head, immediately boiled with excitement, summoning a variety of magical treasures to chase after Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao.
“Elder Lu’s disciple always seemed dull on the surface, but who knew he was proficient in military strategy, knew how to lure the snake from its hole, and commanded with order; truly a case of the student surpassing the master.” Elders Shangguan Hong and Fang She from Mount Shu, blending in with the , heretic cultivators hunting down Lin Qingzhi, were astonished by their junior’s ability.
Mr. Kongxu was the provocateur, and Lin Qingzhi had deliberately injured him, making the whole scene look like a personal vendetta, where both parties fought over Chen Yao, but in reality, Lin Qingzhi intended to lure Mr. Kongxu out of the black market to capture him alive.
That way, they wouldn’t alert the enemy.
Quick thinking and meticulous planning like this, even the two Elders from Mount Shu with their rich experience in Jianghu might not have been able to react immediately.
“Not just that, Lin Qingzhi’s target may not even be him, but his uncle. The Elder of the Joyous Union Sect knows much more than this ‘Mr. Kidney- Deficient’ , it seems both Elder Lu and his disciple are remarkable people.” On the way, a flash of insight crossed Elder Shangguan Hong’s mind as he realized Lin Qingzhi’s true intention.
The uncle of Mr. Kongxu was an Elder of the Joyous Union Sect, possessing a cultivation in the Nascent Soul Realm at the ninth level, which allowed him to be unruly in this region.
But the Elders from Mount Shu in this black market, Zhao Wuyan and Shangguan Hong, were both in Dao Palace Realm, and as long as the Elder of Joyous Union Sect dared to show up, they would arrest him immediately. Deep within Xun Mountain, an Elder of Joyous Union Sect was cultivating when he heard that Mr. Kongxu was injured, and he quickly lost his composure. Although he claimed to the outside world that Mr. Kongxu was his nephew, in reality, Mr. Kongxu was his illegitimate son, which is why he doted on Mr. Kongxu so much.
And now someone dared to injure his illegitimate son!
“How dare someone cause trouble on our Joyous Union Sect’s turf, they re really looking for death!”
The Elder of Joyous Union Sect stopped his closed-door cultivation, summoned a Soul Devouring Ring, soared into the sky, and headed towards Mr. Kongxu’s location.
Mr. Kongxu was pursuing Lin Qingzhi with over a hundred heretic cultivators. Lin Qingzhi deliberately acted as if he was running out of strength, and he and Chen Yao landed on a desolate area of land strewn with oddly- shaped rocks. Mr. Kongxu and his lackeys also landed, encircling Lin Qingzhi and Chen Yao from all directions.
“You little brat, where do you think you can run to now? I’ve decided not to kill you, but to torture you properly, making you watch as your woman is tortured by me, and then have you die slowly amidst endless suffering.
Mr. Kongxu’s face was bloodless, his tone ice cold.
One hundred against two, no matter how you counted, his odds of winning were greater.