Chapter 18 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

‘How could an immortal be so poor? He only had an axe, a storage Dharma treasure…’

As Li Changshou had expected, cultivators living in the mortal world were idlers in the cultivation ‘industry’.

As the black ashes rained down, Li Changshou stored the ring-shaped storage Dharma treasure and the axe into his storage bag that was marked Heaven Number Four. Then, he put away the Soul-Bewitching Pearl, jumped to the edge of the cliff, and squatted down in front of the Immortal-Emanc.i.p.ating Herb.

Li Changshou took out the two jade containers that he had prepared beforehand. He placed two detoxifying pills below his tongue and encased his hands in eighteen layers of Dharma powers. Then, he dug out two of the older poisonous herbs with their roots intact very swiftly and carefully and sealed them in the jade containers.

Not causing the extinction of medicinal herbs while harvesting them would prevent the loss of one’s good fortune.

‘Finally…’ Li Changshou displayed a faint smile.

He stood up quickly and did not dare to stay there for long. He was worried that Yuwen Ling had other companions.

He rushed to the head of the Three-Eyed Blue Wave Serpent, took out a storage bag labeled Earth Number Two, and stored the serpent’s head in it. He sealed the storage bag with a talisman and stored it into a storage Dharma artifact labeled Black Number Four.

Li Changshou should be able to extract a powerful poison from this that his junior sister could use to protect herself. The serpent’s body was too big and st.u.r.dy to be dissected. He could only give up his plan of taking the serpent’s body back with him.

The serpent’s venom was still boiling around him. The corpses of the masked men were burned to ashes by the three ‘Attacking’ paper dolls.

As long as it was not an immortal, the Cold Flames of the Underworld could burn almost everything effortlessly. The remaining ashes of those people had mixed with that of their general and were waiting to be blown away by the wind.

Afterward, Li Changshou and the four paper dolls moved simultaneously to scatter two medicinal powder bottles all over the place.

The human blood on the ground was ignited instantly. A series of green flames appeared, and the bloodstains on the ground vanished in the blink of an eye.

Yeah, purifying the Primordial World and protecting North Continent’s environment was every human cultivator’s obligation!

Li Changshou collected a few storage Dharma artifacts. His gaze swept across his surroundings, and his spiritual senses scanned for any signs of trouble in the five-kilometer radius around him while he started forming a hand seal.

After confirming that he did not omit anything, the silhouettes beside him turned back into paper dolls and scurried into Li Changshou’s sleeve.

Li Changshou closed the umbrella, slipped into the rock strata, and left the place.

After the array formation had dissipated, a soft breeze swept across the area as the poisonous Miasma Qi in the surroundings filled the void.

Only a headless serpent carca.s.s was left on the cypress tree, pools of deadly serpent blood, intersecting cracks on the ground, and a cliff about to collapse.

The old cypress tree had a change of ‘hairstyle’. Its spa.r.s.e branches swayed in the wind as though it was bidding goodbye to Li Changshou, who was hiding in the ground.

…

Li Changshou utilized the Earth Escape technique and snuck to the place where his junior martial sister and brother were battling.

Toxic Xuanya was fighting against Yuan Qing with the sword that she was controlling. Yuan Qing was struggling to fight back. There were multiple wounds on his body, and his robe was drenched in blood.

‘This Yuan Qing, did he use medicinal pills to reach the Void Return Realm? This is the capability of the second-highest-ranking disciple amongst all the sect disciples from the same generation? If all the other rascals in the current disciple ranking are similar to him, Ling’e will be able to reach the top 100 in the Immortal Sect Compet.i.tion that’s a few years from now. If I prepare more medicinal pills and self-made Dharma artifacts for her…’

Li Changshou snuck near them. He a.n.a.lyzed the tempo that Youqin Xuanya executed her moves, stretched a hand out of the ground, and threw a porcelain bottle towards Yuan Qing.

That empty porcelain bottle previously contained the transcendent-grade Soft Immortal Disperser.

Yuan Qing had already damaged two flying swords. He heard the quiet sound of something tearing through the air behind him and waved the sword in his hand behind. His sword blow landed handsomely and precisely on the porcelain bottle and shattered it immediately.

‘Huh? Where did that porcelain bottle come from?’

Yuan Qing blinked his eyes. He did not even have the time to retract his sword. His body staggered, and he was about lunge forward.

At that time, four flying swords pierced the air in front of him!

Yuan Qing was lunging forward. He seemingly opened his arms and ‘welcomed’ the flying swords that were coming at him!

Youqin Xuanya originally did not plan on killing Yuan Qing. Even though she thought that Yuan Qing was despicable and shameless, he was still an inner sect disciple. She needed to bring him back to the sect for their masters to punish him.

However, Yuan Qing had abruptly stopped fighting back…

As Li Changshou had predicted, Youqin Xuanya was unfamiliar with this set of sword-kinesis technique, so she was unable to retract her swords in time. Those four flying swords pierced through Yuan Qing’s neck, forehead, chest, and abdomen immediately.

Her move was incredibly precise. The flying swords destroyed her three souls and penetrated Yuan Qing’s dantian. She had attacked smoothly and cleanly, meaning there was absolutely no chance for him to survive.

“This…” Youqin Xuanya was stunned. She suddenly recalled something and heaved a sigh.

She landed on the ground, jumped off her flying sword, and walked towards Yuan Qing’s corpse.

Yuan Qing left in peace.

Yuan Qing was indeed peaceful when he died. He had not sensed any impending dangers when he had lost consciousness. Moreover, he could not wake up after the swords pierced his body. Therefore, the corners of his mouth were still lifted.

Even if there was only a sniff of Soft Immortal Disperser left in the bottle, that was still not something that Yuan Qing could handle.

Meanwhile, Youqin Xuanya saw the smile on Yuan Qing’s face.

“Even though you might be evil at heart, I suppose you still have a tint of remorse in your heart, do you? Were you also pressurized by someone?”

Youqin Xuanya seemed to feel a little pity for him. She shook her head. The flying swords turned around and stuck together, and a blazing fire ignited. The flying swords integrated into one huge sword and hung behind her back.

Li Changshou could not resist the urge to give her a thumbs up after hearing her murmurs.

‘Just like her nickname, Junior Sister is toxic. She has an exceptional ability to make herself chicken soup for the soul!’