txolops Chapter 13 Murder Outside
Chapter 13 Murder Outside
next morning.
Ji Yun carried a cloth bag on his back, flew back from the night sea on his sword, and landed steadily on his own sky island. He then sheathed his sword and stood still.
He looked at his own spiritual field.
The rice and medicinal herbs are growing well.
These spiritual plants are not particularly valuable; none of them are rare varieties, and they are all common items found in the market.
"I just saw that all the cultivators on the Sky Island were planting, and I didn't want to stand out, so I planted some on a whim."
"But today is different."
"We need to be a little more serious."
Ji Yun placed the cloth bag on the ground; it was full of spiritual fertilizer.
The day before yesterday, he carefully removed the seed from the dark root.
He carefully observed with his divine sense and concluded that this tree seed had at least reached the late stage of Qi Refining in its previous life.
It has been submerged at the bottom of the night sea for more than three hundred years, not just a few decades, making it a truly rare and precious item.
Such a rare item is worth keeping, so the location was chosen at the corner between the main house and the east wing.
This place is within the isolation array, which can conceal the spiritual energy fluctuations generated by the saplings.
It can be seen as soon as you step out of the house, making it convenient to care for and look after. Moreover, the open space is quite spacious, enough for it to grow in peace.
Dig holes, dig soil, mix soil and apply fertilizer.
Once everything was ready, he picked up the tree seed and gently placed it into the dark soil.
"The Nine Levels of the Night Sea are strictly hierarchical."
"The lack of spiritual energy is outrageous."
"The cultivation speed of cultivators is generally extremely slow. Many cultivators cannot climb to the next level in their entire lives."
Ji Yun sighed and looked up at the night sky.
Old Man Qiao next door is a case in point.
He was once a spirited young man who reached the first level of Qi Refining at the age of eighteen. In the blink of an eye, he has grown old and is still at the first level of Qi Refining.
Not born into a high-class family.
Then you will never be able to go up there in this lifetime.
Even someone as powerful as him, a reincarnation of a Golden Core cultivator, was temporarily suppressed on the second level of the Night Sea.
This shows just how cruel the Night Sea is to ordinary cultivators.
"Now I understand."
"If there really were such a thing as Foundation Establishment Cleansing Water, Golden Elixir Spirit Spring Water, or Fairy Bath Liquid, everyone would fight over it."
"The Ji family is not unlucky; their mistake lies in their lack of strength."
He then looked at the soil at his feet.
This tree species may not be able to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, but it is still very precious.
At the bottom of the night sea, this thing can also cause a bloodbath.
However, Ji Yun was not afraid.
He couldn't believe that his cultivation speed was slower than that of a tree.
When this tree grows up, he will surely be able to ascend to the upper reaches of the night sea.
"I should go and get some provisions for my spiritual practice."
"Otherwise, we won't be able to catch up with this tree, let alone reach the upper reaches of the Night Sea, and we won't even be able to see our clan's annihilation enemy."
"My current public identity is Zhao Family Talisman Master. For the past month, I have been diligently drawing talismans and have not left the house."
"My credit score is now properly restored."
"With this identity as a cover, no matter what I do when I go out, no one will suspect me."
Ji Yun went straight back to the main house.
This month has been incredibly dull and boring; every day has been filled with nothing but drawing talismans and practicing cultivation.
The income is quite substantial.
The Zhao family's talisman shop brought in 500 catties of spirit sand, plus the first-grade mid-rank talismans that he secretly sold while disguised with Li Meier.
Total income has already exceeded one thousand.
Aside from some necessary expenses, he used all of it for cultivation.
His cultivation efficiency has doubled again, but it will still take at least two more years to break through to the second level of Qi Refining.
Whenever he thinks about this, he can't help but feel a tightness in his chest.
Even during cultivation, he would occasionally drift into a daze, recalling the carefree life of his past life, and always feeling that he had wasted his time.
To guard against inner demons.
It's time to go out and explore.
The path to immortality is long, but one must never waste time.
……
late at night.
The island was brightly lit.
A quaint little courtyard lies nestled in the night, surrounded by soft lights. In front, the houses stand neatly arranged, while on the left and right, the fields are lush and verdant.
Peaceful and serene.
However, at the bottom edge of the floating island, a secret passage opened silently, and two figures emerged and quickly disappeared into the vast night sea.
It was Ji Yun and Li Meier.
The two, one in front and one behind, one riding a sword and the other a butterfly, roamed the night sea.
Recently, no one has harbored ill intentions towards Ji Yun, so there is no one to retaliate against him.
But there are still goals.
Ji Yun still remembers that when he first surfaced to the second level of the Night Sea, he accidentally stumbled into a den of thieves.
He stayed in the thieves' den for several days.
They only moved away quietly later.
It wasn't far from Zhao Jiafang Market, only about a hundred miles away.
"The thieves don't just drift aimlessly. That rocky area is their hiding place, and their floating island should be there."
"And now that I think about it..."
"There's something very strange about this."
"There are too many thieves there. It's not like just one or two dens. It's more like there's a whole gathering place for thieves."
Ji Yun carefully recalled the events along the way.
The first time he encountered thieves passing by, they were traveling in groups of three to five.
This is clearly illogical.
From their conversation, it was clear that they were not brothers or father and son who fought side by side.
That means that the thieves had arranged to go out together, knew each other, and lived not far from each other.
"The area covered by the gravel belt is quite large."
"Let's go check out the outer perimeter first."
Ji Yun chose a direction and flew towards the gravel belt with Li Meier.
This time he brought Li Meier with him.
After all, she was a Qi Refining Level 2 cultivator, and possessed considerable combat power.
In addition, Ji Yun possesses a secret technique of the Demonic Sect, which allows him to use the souls and corpses of cultivators to enhance Li Meier's cultivation speed.
We don't have any magical artifacts to store souls right now, so we can only bring Li Meier here in person, refine the souls, and then go back.
The environment on the second floor of the Night Sea.
It is rare to find a cultivator at the third level of Qi Refining.
A Qi Refining Level 3 cultivation is enough to establish oneself in the Night Sea Level 3. Unless there is a conflict of a level like the Hu and Zhao families, one will not easily come down.
Even when fleeing for their lives, they would only hide in a secret place on the third level of the Night Sea.
If the situation becomes extreme and they are hunted down by the higher cultivators, they can only hide in the first layer of the Night Sea, or even burrow into a deep abyss devoid of spiritual energy.
all in all.
There shouldn't be any Qi Refining Level 3 cultivator hiding here as a thief.
As long as he and Li Meier don't encounter a large number of thief cultivators, they should be safe.
They could hide in the shadows and ambush several Qi Refining Level 2 cultivators.
……
after a while.
A gravel belt appeared ahead.
The densely packed pebbles, piled up layer upon layer, resemble a spider's nest, scattered throughout the long night sea.
These rubble stones are mostly useless rocks, containing no resources whatsoever.
Even if there were any, they would have long been searched clean by scavenging cultivators or thieves.
Thus, this place became quiet and desolate.
Looking around, there was no light at all; it was pitch black and completely silent.
Ji Yun and his companion flew into it.
Taking advantage of this break, he took out magical artifacts and talismans from his storage bag and began to distribute them.
Li Meier changed into a black robe, which tightly wrapped around her body, just like the one she wore when she chased after Ji Yun.
The jade disc was at her feet.
There were five darts in total. Ji Yun took two for himself and hung the remaining three on Li Meier's lower back.
She also had a small cloth bag at her waist.
The last time she came out, her bag contained only four talismans, ordinary talismans used for finding her way and lighting the way.
It looks too shabby.
This time, you don't have to be so pitiful.
Ji Yun grabbed a handful of mid-grade first-level talismans, at least a dozen, and stuffed them all into her small cloth bag.
These are all simple talismans to use.
She can use it normally.
At the same time, Li Meier also packed a bottle of the Qi-replenishing pills she had obtained earlier.
There is also a spirit stone.
It can help her quickly regain her spiritual energy.
As for Ji Yun himself, he had two flying swords: an ordinary flying sword at his feet and a mid-grade flying sword at his waist.
Meanwhile, his storage bag also contained a large number of mid-grade first-tier talismans. Most of them were demonic sect talismans from his previous life.
The talisman that killed Li Meier.
Its true name is Xuan Guang Shi Xin Fu.
This talisman originated from the major demonic sect he belonged to in his previous life, and it is unique in this cultivation world.
He also had many other unique talismans like these, which were difficult to defend against, in his storage bag.