65 Honored Master Really Knows How To Hide Something (2/2)

“Sh*t! This girl is not going anywhere! I still have ten thousand years of sect subsidy waiting for me!” His Master somewhat breathlessly said; she then cast a resentful look at Wang Lu. “And who told you it’s me who stirred up trouble? Obviously, it’s Liu Xian who unfairly accused me of something, understood!”

Wang Lu thought for a moment. “When you descended the mountain to wander around, you encountered a big breasted girl, so you pulled your sword and threatened her. After it happened, the girl’s family member came to the sect to look for the culprit, right?”

“... You really have no confidence in me.”

Wang Lu laughed. “I am only confident with how low the things you can do, Master.”

“Rest assured, one day you, as my disciple, will surpass me, the Master.” The Fifth Elder became down-hearted. “Alas, since ancient times, a sage will always be lonely.”

Seeing that his Master appeared to be really upset, Wang Lu became curious, so he put down the triangular hat, set aside the colorful garland, and then asked, “What happened exactly?”

“It’s nothing actually. When I descended the mountain to refine the drugs, I passed by the White Moon Country. There, I came across a new spiritual teaching that was doing all kinds of swindling activities, which called themselves A Thousand Spirit Sect. Usually, the Immortal Cultivation sects would never pay attention to the prosperity and decline of this kind of small sect, considering how big the Nine Regions is. But these animals’ banner was really weird that it caught my attention: Mortal’s Immortal Cultivation.”

Wang Lu laughed in spite of trying not to. “What’s so strange about that? There are countless mortal gangs of swindlers who do this kind of thing. In the past, before I came to the mountain, in my home village, there is this Seven Stars Sect fraudster who tricks people off of their money…”

However, Fifth Elder earnestly shook her head. “It’s not that simple. The sect that you said can only be popular in some faraway mountain village. In the bustling city, however, the citizens are well-informed, which mean you can’t fool them. But this Thousand Spirit Sect is different. They established themselves in the capital of the White Moon Country, and their influence had reached the major cities and faraway villages; they go the high road!”

Wang Lu finally found it strange. “I remember this White Moon Country is just a small country. But in a country’s capital, there should be some capable person that could see through the fraud, shouldn’t it?”

Fifth Elder sneered. “That’s right, capable people indeed exist there, including the King of the White Moon Country, several low-level cultivators, and martial arts masters of Xiantian stage. In the past, they were able to see through some of the low level scams. However, this time, because of their existence, things went bad instead. It’s because within the White Moon Country, those who do their utmost to spread the influence of this Thousand Spirit Sect were exactly these capable people! With the backing of these people, the Thousand Spirit Sect’s development went into overdrive, and they became unstoppable. And the reason why those people gave their support to the Thousand Spirit Sect is actually very simple: because they have personally tried the Mortal’s Immortal Cultivation and got real gain from their effort. It is said that a certain Foundation Establishment cultivator that was bestowed the title of Teacher of the State by the King of the White Moon Country, in one fell swoop, had broken through the Xudan Stage. At that time, I felt strange and thought that, could the man-made spirit root actually be able to make a breakthrough here? When I conducted an in-depth investigation, I found out… Hehehe, something really good.”

Although her mouth said “something really good”, her tone and expression showed otherwise. Soon, she unveiled the mystery, which was a really scary stuff.

“It’s the Heaven Burning Blood Technique.”

As a top student, Wang Lu’s first reaction was: “Damn! Isn’t that the skill that shortens the practitioner’s life?”

“Correct. It’s that devil art of exchanging natural lifespan for power. This Thousand Spirit Sect growth strategy in the White Moon Country is actually very simple: by using a large quantity of low rate manmade spirit root, they led the ordinary people to cross the doorstep of cultivation. And then, they used this Heaven Burning Blood Technique to provide the necessary energy required to advance in cultivation level. Those cultivators think that their cultivation speed is really fast, but they didn’t realize that they were duped, and it would actually lead them to a faster death.”

Wang Lu frowned. “But… I heard that the life-shortening effect of this art is exceptionally overbearing, so how could this Thousand Spirit Sect be so popular? The people should realize the terrible side effect quite fast, so how could they become increasingly more successful?”

“Of course, this is not the original version of the Heaven Burning Blood Technique. What they did was actually quite ingenious—the technique that the Thousand Spirit Sect spread in the White Moon Country has been passed through several improvement iterations from experts, so the natural lifespan reduction has been significantly reduced. Moreover, they put a restriction on the technique: they certainly wouldn’t let those 'geese that lay the golden eggs’ to directly die. At most, the cultivators would only feel a sudden loss of power that they would get back in a few days. Not to mention that, along with their advancement in cultivation level, their natural lifespan would also increase. Reportedly, some talented individuals have been able to counterbalance the lifespan shortening effect, thus, they didn’t feel anything abnormal with the technique.”

Wang Lu asked, “Since it has been improved, isn’t that good?”

“Good your ass! If this crooked way is really that effective, then the world won’t need a genuine cultivation practice anymore! Once these people encountered a bottleneck, they just need to burn a few years of their lifespan, and they would be able to pass through it… How could there be something so cheap!? Why do you think this Heaven Burning Blood Technique is called a devil technique? Because no matter how good the cultivation is from the outside, it’s still basically a sand castle; a single shake and it would collapse immediately. Even if the technique is improved so that the lifespan shortening effect is reduced, the nature of this technique is still the same; those who practice it would never have a future.”

Regarding the topic of cultivation method, the Fifth Elder was usually quite serious. At this time, she vehemently criticized this Heaven Burning Blood Technique, which was simply her qualitative appraisal of it.

As the sole audience, even though Wang Lu was a top student, his knowledge on the topic of cultivation obviously couldn’t be compared to his Master, thus, he accepted her viewpoint with a nod.

“But Master, based on your character, when you learned the truth, at most, you would only ridicule them as ignorant fools, it shouldn’t warrant your direct intervention, shouldn’t it?”

Fifth Elder nodded in agreement. “Of course, what does the life and death of those in the White Moon Country have to do with me? Even if the people there want to do blood sacrifice, I will do nothing more than dip my steamed buns in the blood and eat it. So, like you said, I just called them with a few variation of retarded and then turned away.”

Wang Lu curiously asked, “Then what could possibly lead this to so much trouble now?”

The Fifth Elder thought for a moment and then replied, “Perhaps it has something to do with the location? I called them on the Thousand Spirit Sect’s main base where they usually gathered.”

“…”

“Then, there’s this fat leader who came out and scolded me back, telling me that I am ignorant, uneducated, would receive the wrath of Heaven, and so on. I was too lazy to pay attention to his nonsense, so I just settled it with a duel. That loser was a Jindan Stage Cultivator, so I let him fight me while I don’t use my hands, legs, and breasts. As expected, I easily won in mere seconds. However, as soon as I won, there’s a peak Jindan Stage cultivator who challenged me. I didn’t know why this fellow wanted to defend the leader, but in any case, since I am being challenged, I am not going to decline. But this peak Jindan cultivator isn’t that much better than the leader, so I still used my stick-shaped form and easily won in seconds. However, after I won the match, a certain Yuanying Stage cultivator from the Shengjing Sect could not sit still.”

Fifth Elder continued with a sneer. “Oh, hehehe ~”

After that, she didn’t need to explain it anymore because Wang Lu could guess what happened next. Because his Master has gone overboard in front the Thousand Spirit Sect’s main base, it caused the actor behind the scene, who was from the Shengjing Sect, to appear. After that, things naturally developed to the current situation.

Wang Lu quickly put his thoughts in order again and then sighed. “It’s the Shengjing Sect’s own fault for not strictly upholding their regulation so that this fellow could go rampant like that, but… I am really surprised that you, Master, actually have a heroic heart.”

The Fifth Elder was stunned; she never expected her disciple to rate her so highly like that. “Hey, what does this have anything to do with a heroic heart? Let me tell you, I just laughed at their stupidity, and I never really cared for those who dies or lives in that White Moon Country.”

However, seeing that Wang Lu was still unconvinced with that, the Fifth Elder snorted, hopped on her bamboo sword, and flew away, no longer wanting to argue with him.