Chapter 65: I Really Just Wanted to Go Sea Fishing

Su Ping finished reading all the letters very quickly.

He compared the contents of each letter to judge their reliability.

Aside from the Merit Stele mentioned by that senior fellow apprentice, there was news provided by an acquaintance that Su Ping kept in mind.

It was that Deacon Yun, an Outer Sect disciple from the same period who had previously invited him to go along, had actually returned to the Immortal Sect alone and covered in wounds.

According to his account, after their group went to that abandoned mine vein hiding a strange beast.

They had already forced out the strange beast with a Qilin bloodline, and even managed to capture it alive after paying the price of only three people being injured.

The entire operation could be called perfect.

However, before the cheers of Deacon Yun and the others could fade, they encountered a group of Robber Cultivators launching a sneak attack from behind! Except for Deacon Yun, who managed to escape by relying on an Escape Talisman bestowed upon him by an Inner Sect disciple who favored him.

All the other companions fell under the Dharma Artifacts of those Robber Cultivators.

The Qilin bloodline strange beast was also subsequently seized by those Robber Cultivators.

At first, everyone thought this was just a minor matter.

Unexpectedly, it was later considered a conflict between Inner Sect disciples, as some knew that Deacon Yun's capture of the Qilin blood strange beast was for a certain Inner Sect disciple to cultivate a divine ability.

Therefore, they sent people to track and deliberately sabotage them! Furthermore, it even implicated a struggle involving True Disciples, as those two Inner Sect disciples had each taken sides with different True Disciples! "Has the internal strife of the Immortal Sect become public and reached a boiling point?"

Su Ping frowned and whispered, finding it increasingly difficult to understand what the high-level figures of the Immortal Sect were doing.

The Nine Great Elders of the Immortal Sect were all once Personal Disciples of Chiyuan Xianren.

Are they just watching the Immortal Sect fall into chaos like this? Or could it be that they have actually entered the fray themselves? Could it really be a group of amateurs, and now that Chiyuan Xianren, the pillar of stability, is gone, they are all revealing their true colors?

Recalling the history of the Chiyuan Immortal Sect, Su Ping began to feel uneasy.

Thousands of years ago, there were thirty-six kingdoms in the Central Region where the Immortal Sect is located, and the kingdoms were locked in endless warfare.

It was Chiyuan Xianren who emerged, wielding a three-foot green blade to sweep across the thirty-six kingdoms and establish the Chiyuan Immortal Sect, which dominated the Central Region! From then on, no other major power could set foot within the Immortal Sect, and even the cultivation families originated from the Immortal Sect itself.

All humans within the Immortal Sect's territory, regardless of age, weakness, or status, could enter the Ascension Meeting to test for Immortal Fate.

It is just that it has been rumored for a thousand years that Chiyuan Xianren transformed into an Immortal and ascended.

The current person who inherited the title of Chiyuan Xianren is the eldest disciple of that person from back then.

It is rumored that their personality is exactly the same as that one—firm, overbearing, and unyielding!

Moreover, they are quite biased; it is rumored that the Ninth Elder only became a Personal Disciple a hundred years ago, yet managed to go from the Golden Core Initial Stage to a Golden Core Great Perfection Cultivator.

This is because they received the favoritism of Chiyuan Xianren.

Such favoritism naturally didn't matter while this big shot's strength was still present; no one dared to utter a word of slander or dissatisfaction.

But now, Chiyuan Xianren has not come out of seclusion for at least fifty years...

Specific, more secretive news is likely only known to those Elders.

If something has truly happened to Chiyuan Xianren... the jealousy and resentment accumulated would be as great as the favoritism shown back then.

Added to the various conflicts over the division of benefits and resources that have accumulated over time.

I fear the nine Personal Disciples of Chiyuan Xianren might one day stage a scene of "fatherly kindness and filial piety"! "Perhaps I should also find an island and move there."

Su Ping is a person who likes to take precautions.

With this thought in mind, he did not intend to go to the Yun Family.

After all, if one really intends to go to an island, it is naturally better to go to a place where fewer Cultivators know you.

It just so happens that he has a Teleportation Talisman.

It would be better to go to an island first, find a safe place, and seal a Wen Bird there to serve as a safe teleportation point.

In this way, even if a terrifying change occurs here in Jinque City, he can teleport directly to the island and continue to lay low.

Even after the change passes, he could disguise himself as a Loose Cultivator and sneak back to Linyue Lake to go Fishing.

He just hopes that even if the terrain changes and all living things are wiped out, the Fishing Game can still be activated normally.

Thinking it, he did it. After realizing that there was a small probability that the higher-ups were not playing a grand game but might actually be causing trouble.

Su Ping did not want to stay at Linyue Villa for even another moment.

He wanted to go to the seaside, go Fishing, and find an island with thin Spirit Qi to set up a safe point so he could feel at ease.

Su Ping directly summoned the maid Ping'er and the steward, informing them that he would be leaving for a period of time to go Fishing.

Although they were somewhat surprised that the Inspector was finally no longer satisfied with fishing in the lake and intended to go fishing in the Dahai.

They naturally did not dare to ask more, and only lowered their heads to remember Su Ping's instructions before silently retreating to carry out their tasks.

Su Ping changed into a fisherman's outfit and summoned the Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui to hide in his sleeves.

Then, with a movement of his body, he left Linyue Villa directly through the window.

Along the way, Su Ping noticed the Dharma Assembly site on the outskirts of Jinque City, where a large number of laborers were building Temples of various sizes on the vast open space.

These Temples seemed to be donated by wealthy families in Jinque City.

To rush the work, lacking enough Loose Cultivators and martial artists, they endured the pain of their wallets and added a few extra spoonfuls of coarse sugar to the water the laborers drank.

Only in this way could the laborers work hard in the hot weather without collapsing.

Su Ping just took a glance and continued walking along the official road, moving away from Jinque City.

Without being dragged down by a caravan.

Su Ping discovered that he had actually caught up to the Yun Family's caravan in the distance.

After hesitating for a moment, worried about being mistaken for a Robber Cultivator in pursuit, Su Ping simply chose to take a detour and change his route.

It just so happened that he wouldn't have to go to the same sea area, which also reduced the trouble of being recognized.

One day later.

With a bang! Accompanied by countless birds in the mountain forest flying away in terror.

A bird-type Demon Beast with a wingspan of over five meters fell from the sky, snapping branch after branch before crashing to the ground.

Woo woo woo! This was a large bird with a cyan body, its cultivation at about the second or third layer of Qi Refining.

Relying on its ability to fly, this large bird did not run away after seeing Su Ping. Instead, it circled in the air, staring at Su Ping.

It seemed to be the instinct of a Demon Beast, sensing that the Spirit Mouse in Su Ping's sleeve was a great tonic for it! Su Ping was originally just passing by, but seeing this large bird being so unappreciative, did it really think he had no way to deal with it?

Su Ping simply took advantage of the moment it lowered its altitude slightly to leap instantly and step onto the canopy of a large tree.

At the same time, he pulled out the Double-barreled Shotgun and pulled the trigger toward the sky.

With Su Ping's eyesight and physical reflexes, the moment the gunshot rang out, the large bird's abdomen had already been hit.

Afterwards, it became a bird rolling on the ground in unbearable pain.

Su Ping put away the Double-barreled Shotgun and switched to the strengthened dual pistols to finish it off.

This Demon Beast's bird head had just hit the ground and, before it could recover from the dizziness, was shattered by bullet after bullet, turning it into a dead bird! After confirming that the avian Demon Beast would also die without a head, Su Ping came down from the tree and summoned Spirit Mouse Xiaobai and Xiaohui to clean up the scene.

He took out cutting tools and a Storage Bag, shaking his head while he worked: "Sigh, I really just wanted to try sea fishing and set a location along the way."

"Why did you have to deliver yourself to my doorstep?"

Already an expert, Su Ping quickly and efficiently dismantled and processed the valuable parts of the Demon Bird.

Especially these cyan, metallic-lustered bird feathers; Su Ping guessed that after selling them, it would be enough to buy Strengthening Talismans to strengthen the parts of his other firearms as well.

"Come to think of it, the closer to the coastline, the thinner the Spirit Qi becomes."

"Around here, even Demon Beasts at the first or second level of Qi Refining can act as local tyrants."

"Once I go to the islands, there will be even less Spirit Qi; I'm afraid even Demon Beasts wouldn't want to stay there."

"Cultivation resources in the outside world are almost cut off; it's truly a credit to the Yun Family for having the determination to go there!"

(End of chapter)