Chapter 278: Weeding out Traitors (Seeking monthly tickets)

Late night.

Inside a secret room.

A Foundation Establishment old man was frantically stuffing pills into his mouth while injecting all his mana into a cyan talisman.

The skin of this talisman looked like it came from a high-rank demonic beast, and a vivid green bird was depicted on it with cyan cinnabar runes.

It was a high-rank talisman—the Green Bird Talisman!

Its value was immense, and it was definitely not something a Foundation Establishment cultivator could possess.

A moment later, accompanied by the old man's chanting, his face turned pale from mana exhaustion, and this 'Green Bird Talisman' was finally activated.

The green bird on the talisman seemed to come alive, suddenly flying off the talisman paper and turning into a cyan profound light mirror.

The Green Bird Talisman is a pair of two, used for communication.

Because its grade is high enough, even a quasi-Rank 4 array is difficult to block.

In fact, if it were a high-rank attack talisman, even if this Foundation Establishment old man drained his mana, it would be useless, and might even backfire on himself.

But the requirements for communication talismans were lowered in all aspects, and he, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, finally managed to activate it with the help of pills.

Waves of light flowed in the cyan profound light mirror, and suddenly a late-stage Jin Dan cultivator with drooping white eyebrows and a crane cloak appeared.

It was the Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect!

The unlucky guy who designed the ambush on the Mu family cultivators but had his Rank 3 high-grade natal spirit crane slaughtered by Fang Xing.

"Mu Qingbai..."

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect frowned: "The Green Bird Talisman is expensive and has no market price. Our sect doesn't have many in stock... You rashly activated this talisman, could it be that the old thing is already dead?"

For the Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect, Mu Wanlong was a blood feud!

Whether it was the previous natal spirit beast or the huge interests of the Mu family, he wished the other party would sit and die on the spot, and then immediately take revenge.

"Not yet..." Mu Qingbai said: "The junior wants to see his children and grandchildren..."

He was actually loyal to the Mu family before, but later, when he went out, he met a confidante and even gave birth to a son.

Because Mu Qingbai had already been forced by the Mu family's marriage alliance to marry a fierce woman from a cultivation family, he dared not bring his confidante back and could only secretly raise her in the Immortal City.

But he didn't expect that this secret matter would be known by the Bai He Sect, and they even held that whole family hostage.

Mu Qingbai had no choice but to become an insider.

"Hehe... your children and grandchildren have good aptitude. Old man has decided to take one of them as a disciple."

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect laughed: "I hope little friend will not mislead yourself."

"Of course not..."

Mu Qingbai sighed: "Today, Mu Qingshi failed to form the Jin Dan and finally formed a false dan... It was the junior who used the 'Reputation Gu' to secretly exert influence... Isn't this enough to prove loyalty?"

"Oh? That kid failed to form the Jin Dan?"

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect laughed loudly: "Good, good..."

For a Jin Dan True Person, a false dan is basically not considered a Jin Dan cultivator, especially for a late-stage Jin Dan great cultivator, who doesn't even look at early-stage Jin Dan cultivators.

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect wanted to annex Mount Baihua, so naturally, he paid close attention to the Mu family's future: "A mere false dan is no longer a threat, haha... You did this very well, especially knowing how to use the small path of Gu insects."

Reputation Gu is a side-door Gu insect, not only harmless to cultivators but also has a certain effect of improving family atmosphere.

Mu Qingbai secretly used the Reputation Gu, often expressing worry about the family in front of Mu Qingshi, secretly stimulating his unwillingness and giving birth to the idea of taking risks for the family.

Jin Dan formation is a matter of life and death. If one has a heart of taking risks, it is naturally easy to fail.

Moreover, this matter was done without a trace, and even if the cave dwelling and Jin Dan spiritual items were checked a hundred times, they wouldn't be found.

Even if caught, Mu Qingbai had something to say—is it wrong to be loyal to the family?

Sure enough, this shot pitted Mu Qingshi, and all previous efforts were wasted.

"This time, we also went to visit the Supreme Elder..."

Mu Qingbai continued: "I used the 'Bloodline Plate' to secretly sense... It is indeed Mu Wanlong in that cave dwelling. Senior's previous thoughts were a bit biased..."

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect had been waiting for Mu Wanlong to sit and die.

After all, according to his late-stage Jin Dan knowledge, a forbidden technique that can instantly erupt and raise cultivation by a small realm is a death talisman for a seriously injured Jin Dan cultivator!

But he waited and waited, and it had been ten years, but he still hadn't waited for the news of Mu Wanlong's death.

He immediately suspected that Mu Wan Zhang was playing tricks, that Mu Wanlong had already died, but the soul lamp was changed, and then someone was found to impersonate him.

It was precisely because of this that the Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect let Mu Qingbai secretly release the rumor of Mu Wanlong's death, and by the way, use his blood relatives to secretly refine the 'Bloodline Plate'.

This kind of demonic magic tool is generally used for exterminating sects, and can search for the location of close bloodlines.

Although the sensing is slightly blurry, it can still be confirmed within the range of a cave dwelling.

"That old dog hasn't died yet!?"

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect was instantly furious, then turned into a cold laugh: "Eighty percent chance he is using some secret technique or pill... forcibly hanging on to a thread of life, I'm afraid he has no power to take action anymore."

There are many secret methods in the Cultivation World, and this kind of forced life-hanging method is not non-existent.

With the Mu family's foundation, it is normal to possess one or two such treasures.

But this made the Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect quite uncomfortable.

After all... he didn't dare to gamble!

Once he lost the gamble, he would lose his own life.

Therefore, even if he had collected some treasures for breaking arrays, before Mu Wanlong was confirmed to have sat and died, the Bai He Sect still didn't dare to launch a large-scale attack on the Mu family's Mount Baihua. "Although he didn't die, he's almost there... Mu Wanlong summoned us today, saying he wanted to use the 'Heavenly Demon Dan Transformation Technique' to dissolve Mu Qingshi's false dan and reshape his foundation..."

Mu Qingbai thought for a while and said it anyway.

He knew in his heart that once this information was revealed, it was a complete betrayal of the Mu family.

After all, Mu Qingshi was the Mu family's greatest hope!

But what could he do? He had already offended Mu Qingshi to death by using Gu insects before.

Now, even if the Mu family was even weaker, he had to completely destroy Mu Qingshi!

"Heavenly Demon Dan Transformation Great Method?"

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect was stunned, then said: "Old man has heard of the name of this demonic secret technique, but it can only be performed by a Nascent Soul True Monarch... Even if the secret technique has been improved later, I'm afraid at least a late-stage Jin Dan great cultivator is needed... A mere Mu Wanlong who is about to die, what virtue and ability does he have? Not good..."

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect was knowledgeable after all: "This is probably that old guy's scheme, you are about to be exposed!"

"What?"

Mu Qingbai was shocked. Just as he wanted to say something, he saw a ray of light break through the secret room.

A Five Elements Aurora fell, turning into colorful chains, binding him firmly.

The many Five Elements radiances all came from a small mirror.

The one who used this magic treasure was naturally the false dan True Person Mu Wan Zhang.

With his false dan mana and the powerful magic treasure passed down from the family, dealing with a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator was naturally like catching a turtle in a jar.

Fang Xing coughed and walked out from behind Mu Wan Zhang.

"Family Head... Supreme Elder?"

Mu Qingbai saw this scene and couldn't help but look ashen.

"Cough cough... Old man originally just felt that with Qingshi's spiritual root talent and having a Jin Dan... even if something went wrong during Jin Dan formation, the consequences wouldn't be so miserable... so I just used a small trick, didn't expect someone was really making trouble."

Fang Xing coughed, looking thin and weak, and looked at the cyan profound light mirror: "Bai He old ghost..."

"Mu old ghost..."

The Supreme Elder of the Bai He Sect was no longer as free and easy as before, his eyes red, as if he wanted to bite a piece of meat off Fang Xing: "You won this game today, but there will be a long time to come, we will play slowly... Hehe... It's just that you, Mu old ghost, might not have a future anymore."

As soon as the words fell, the cyan profound light mirror dissipated with a roar, turned into a cyan talisman, and burned rapidly.

"What happened?"

At this time, the movement here had attracted more and more Mu family cultivators.

Even Mu Qingshi, who was in seclusion, was alarmed.

"Mu Qingbai... you colluded with the Bai He Sect, secretly harmed my Mu family's genius, and sold out family information... Death penalty!"

Mu Wan Zhang announced Mu Qingbai's crimes: "Not only must he die himself, but his direct descendants will be put on another list and never be employed!"

In a cultivation family, it is normal for one person to betray and implicate the whole family.

Of course, it will only implicate three generations of direct blood descendants, and will not implicate the nine clans, unless everyone wants to commit suicide together.

"Mu Qingbai, you really deserve to die!"

In the end, Mu Qingshi executed him personally, and a spell turned Mu Qingbai into meat paste.

Come to think of it, the one who was hurt the most in this incident was him.

Not only was he calculated by Mu Qingbai, turning from a true dan into a false dan.

He was also painted a big cake by Fang Xing.

And then told him... the demonic Dan Transformation technique was fake?

This undoubtedly made Mu Qingshi feel extremely depressed, and he had no way to reason with the Supreme Elder, so he could only vent all his anger on Mu Qingbai.

Even at the cost of bearing the infamy, he had to make the other party die without a whole corpse, just for the sake of his own pain.

'Hmm... once a false dan is formed, the future is bleak... the personality will indeed change.'

Fang Xing glanced at it a few times and couldn't be bothered to care about these trivial matters. He didn't return to the cave dwelling directly, but went to the Mu family treasury, took out three Rank 4 pill recipes, and packed up the medicinal materials he lacked.

He helped the Mu family catch the traitor, naturally not for free.

Taking a little something as a hard-earned fee was completely reasonable.

'After going back this time, I'll practice with the Rank 4 pill recipes first...'

'Then, cultivate wholeheartedly, and when I reach Jin Dan Perfection, I will immediately refine the 'Nascent Soul Pill'...'

'I won't come out of seclusion until I form the Nascent Soul.'

Although the Mu family is very miserable now, relying on the family foundation, they can slowly lose their family fortune for decades or a hundred years.

If Mu Wan Zhang suddenly became enterprising and took risks, it might be possible to lose the family business overnight.

Therefore, sometimes, having a mediocre or even incompetent person sitting in the position of family head is actually good for the family.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 279 =====