Cultivation Starting from Choosing Augments

Chapter 353: Chapter 185: Encountering Li Yongfeng, Obtaining the Latest Intelligence

Master Yaohua had lost her heirloom Spiritual Artifact. Master Yusha was severely injured in an ambush, and when he tried to use a Secret Technique to break out, he was hit by a hidden blow from the Poisonous Fiend True Man.

Thunder Sound True Man and Master Ming Yan were also injured. Only Golden Mace True Man had managed to preserve his strength.

This news was immediately suppressed, preventing it from spreading.

It was only because the Divine Fire Sect wanted to undermine the Orthodox Cultivators’ morale that they instructed the Huidong Commerce Association to secretly spread these rumors.

The situation was even worse than Xiao Chen had expected.

At this rate, Wangyan Mountain would probably fall as well.

The Lingyuan Sect was now facing the risk of annihilation.

Meanwhile, the Azure Flame Sect would truly become the sole dominant power, and chaos was likely to erupt in Li State.

"Xiao, I’m begging you, please let me go."

Li Yongfeng pleaded for mercy. "I’ve told you all the information I know."

Xiao Chen let out a long breath and organized his thoughts.

Then he asked, "So, what are you doing here in Cyan Cloud Sect territory?"

"What is your relationship with the White Bone Sect?"

Li Yongfeng explained, "People from the White Bone Sect suddenly sought me out. I don’t know what they wanted me here for."

"We’ve just had some collaborations, that’s all."

Xiao Chen pressed, "What kind of collaborations?"

Li Yongfeng looked troubled. "Just some normal business. Things like Spirit Medicines or raw materials for Alchemy."

Xiao Chen said nothing, silently summoning the Blood Worm.

"No! I’ll talk, I’ll tell you everything."

Li Yongfeng trembled all over. "I provide the White Bone Sect with Essence Blood. A lot of it was bought with Spirit Stones, but the rest was... taken directly."

"I also provide some intelligence occasionally, but they really did just suddenly summon me here."

"Three Great Perfection Foundation Establishment cultivators came all at once. They even threatened me with a Holy Medicine."

"The one from before was one of them. The other two only split from us a short while ago."

"I really don’t know anything else."

At this, Li Yongfeng felt a pang of regret. ’If I had known, I wouldn’t have let those two leave no matter what.’

’With three White Bone Giants, he would have been safe for sure.’

"Since you don’t know anything else, it’s time for you to go."

Xiao Chen finished Li Yongfeng off with a single sword strike and took his Storage Bag.

He glanced at the White Bone Giant in the distance, which was instinctively hunting all life around it, then donned his Cloak and quickly left without lingering.

He had to be careful now. It would be best to avoid the Cyan Cloud Sect’s Golden Core True Man.

’Then, I’ll find a way to pull some strings locally and sneak into the Spirit Vein.’

Xiao Chen already had a plan. ’I can disguise myself as a Qi Refining Cultivator and get in under the pretext of mining the Spirit Vein.’

’In any case, the ones overseeing these menial tasks are sure to be Foundation Establishment Cultivators, so bluffing my way past them won’t be too difficult.’

’Once I’m inside the mine, finding the Evil Qi will be much simpler.’

But after traveling for just a thousand li, he noticed something was off along the way.

More and more cultivators at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining began to appear in the mountains and forests. They were either hiding and resting or rushing north.

Furthermore, the closer one got to the south, the more of these cultivators there were. Gradually, even seventh- and sixth-level Qi Refining cultivators began to appear.

This was very strange.

The cultivators of Qingyang County had fled to escape the Demon Cultivators. ’So what’s the deal with all of you?’

Not long after, Xiao Chen even saw fourth-level Qi Refining cultivators leaving in groups.

He immediately used the Sealing Acupoint Concealing Qi Technique to disguise himself as a Great Perfection Qi Refining cultivator. "Fellow Daoists," he called out, "may I ask what’s happened? Why is everyone heading north?"

The three cultivators he had stopped frowned at once.

But upon sensing the Great Perfection Qi Refining aura that Xiao Chen was intentionally emitting, their frowns immediately turned into smiles.

"Senior, we only heard this from others."

"There’s a rumor that the Cyan Cloud Sect has been annihilated."

"They say all of Qingxiao Mountain has fallen and become a Demon Realm. Everyone is trying to leave as quickly as possible and take refuge in the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers."

"Senior, we don’t know the specifics, but that’s what everyone is saying."

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’The Cyan Cloud Sect is gone?’

’No, wait. Let me process this.’

Xiao Chen felt like he must be hearing things, but when he found someone else to ask, he got the same answer.

"Fellow Daoist, that’s the rumor going around. Many of our fellow cultivators have probably already reached the Valley of Ten Thousand Flowers by now."

"It’s been four days, and no one from the Cyan Cloud Sect has come out to deny it. Even if it’s not true, it might as well be."

"We should just run!"