Chapter 54

Qian Chen thought this just as a joke. He hadn't reached the point of killing people just because they said a few unpleasant words. As long as it wasn't a dispute of ideas, a difference between right and evil, or a life-and-death feud, Qian Chen still had a pretty good temper. He wasn't the kind of reckless temper that would kill a whole family just by looking at them.

He put away the spirit pill and said calmly: "It was my rashness to take out such spirit pills for exchange. If the head of the family does not allow it, then I will exchange it for another magic treasure..."

Wei Taiping sneered: "You used such inferior spirit pills to deceive me, which shows that your heart is narrow and you are a person who takes advantage of opportunities. With this kind of character, what good magic treasures can you take out? Since Daoist Zhen has exposed your true colors, how can you still have the face to stay here? Please forgive my Wei family for not entertaining you..."

Qian Chen faced this head-on accusation and felt very innocent. It was clearly you who didn't have the eye for it... But since the master of this place said no exchange, Qian Chen really didn't have the face to take action and rob him.

He stood up, cupped his hands, and said: "Since that's the case, I'll take my leave!"

Wei Lecheng said in a good-natured way: "Then I'll see the young Daoist out..."

Qian Chen smiled: "No need!" After saying this, he launched a sword light and flew away from the hall. As the sword light rose, it immediately shocked everyone present.

Wei Taiping didn't expect that this young Daoist, who looked young, had not bad cultivation, and even had a flying sword. When he left, he showed off an exquisite sword technique, which shocked everyone present.

At this moment, he felt some regret in his heart: "If I had known this young Daoist had some cultivation, I should have left him some face."

But then he thought: "This Pill Refiner Zhen doesn't know why he seems to dislike that young Daoist. Perhaps it's because that Daoist refined pills randomly, making Pill Refiner Zhen dissatisfied. The important thing now is to curry favor with Pill Refiner Zhen and have him teach me some pill refining tricks. If I can worship Pill Refiner Zhen as my teacher, even if I can't inherit the position of head of the family in the future, my status in the family will be as stable as Mount Tai by relying on the pill refining technique."

He immediately toasted frequently, and his words also revealed this meaning.

Little did he know that Daoist Zhen, looking at the sword light of Qian Chen's escape, was already jealous... The Earth Sha Dragon Snake Sword he wanted to refine was just a flying sword of the side path, and its essence was not as good as the Black Iron Black Sha Hook that Qian Chen had purchased. Others saw Qian Chen's sword technique as exquisite, but he saw that Qian Chen was only at the Qi Refinement level and had not yet refined the fundamental magic power true talisman, and his cultivation was far inferior to his own.

And he prided himself on having many vicious schemes. Seeing that young Daoist's reaction today was somewhat dull, he estimated that he wasn't a very clever person.

In his heart, he began to plot to secretly harm him.

Seeing Wei Taiping so enthusiastically trying to win him over, Daoist Zhen's thoughts turned, and he came up with many vicious methods of borrowing a knife to kill someone. While shaking his head and smiling: "This person can't listen to advice... he is extremely arrogant. When he left, he showed off, but he still revealed his cowardice. I think he only has Qi Refinement magic power and hasn't yet penetrated the law. I think that flying sword is just obtained by chance."

This was to bury a seed in Wei Taiping's heart, making it convenient for him to bewitch and manipulate him in the future.

He played tai chi with Wei Taiping for a few rounds, and finally tricked this cheap second young master of the Wei family into kowtowing and worshipping him as his teacher to learn the pill path. Daoist Zhen pretended to refuse several times, and finally, as if he couldn't withstand everyone's persuasion, he reluctantly accepted Wei Taiping as his disciple. He also agreed to open a pill assembly to refine a furnace of spirit pills for everyone to make a profit.

For a time, the flattery in the hall rose... and the harmonious atmosphere was restored, forgetting the sword Qian Chen had left behind when he left.

Qian Chen's sword light escaped from the Wei family, and he felt a little depressed in his heart. Today's scene reminded him of the petty struggles of his previous life. When he was a graduate student in his previous life, he hadn't suffered less. He worked like an ox or a horse for his supervisor every day and had to suffer a stomach full of anger. That supervisor was very greasy, and even had such bold words as: "If you don't have a drinking capacity of three liang, don't even think about graduating from me!"

In his previous life, he studied and worked hard until he was almost bald, and he really suffered a lot of irrelevant anger...

What was it to be scolded head-on today? In his previous life, he was scolded and had to accompany him with a smile!

Qian Chen swung a sword, and the sword light cut across Jiu Zhen Lake. Wherever it passed, the lake surface surged with tides, like the various troubles of his previous life, messy and chaotic...

With a sharp shout, he urged the sword light again.

Seeing that the black iron sword light surged three feet, its speed broke through an invisible barrier, and the sound of the flying sword breaking through the air disappeared completely, and the lake surface returned to calm.

This sword light cut off all the troubles that Qian Chen had been stirred up, letting Qian Chen laugh out loud.

"Can these messes still entangle me today?"

"The me of today is no longer the me of yesterday. The me who struggled in the mud of the red dust in the past has now freed myself. If I had to have so many compromises and helplessness like in my previous life, even if I had longevity, what would be the joy? It's just being pickled more deliciously in that muddy water!"

"With a long sword in hand, I'll take his anger!"

"In this life, not only do I want to be immortal, but I also want to be carefree... If I can't be carefree, even if I'm given longevity, I won't do it!" Qian Chen said this with iron bones, but in fact, he wasn't as firm as he said. To be honest, if he were given longevity, even if he had to compromise a little, he would say it was true fragrance.

Qian Chen showed a gloomy smile: "That Daoist Zhen doesn't know why he has some malice towards me, which makes my spiritual sense have some response. This person hides deep malice in his heart, and it's definitely not just a momentary dispute. Since ancient times, all kinds of malice have been entangled, either fighting for love, or gradually forming grudges due to disputes of spirit, or seeing wealth and greed, or disputes of interest..."

"Before I left, I showed off my own flying sword, and didn't use the magic power of the Outer Qi Yuan Pill."

"He must think my magic power is just so-so. If he is greedy and his malice is high, and he takes action out of greed, then that is his way to death." Qian Chen shook his sword light and escaped a hundred miles in an instant.

Only at this moment did he realize what his persistence in cultivation was for?

It was the infinite troubles of the red dust, the grievances and compromises he had to endure while mixing in the world, the vulgar, helpless, and contrary things, the constraints of the invisible net, and the depression of wanting to roar in the middle of the night in the city. Since cultivation, he suddenly realized that he had another choice and saw the breadth of heaven and earth and the greatness of the world.

It was that he finally found the path to transcend above it...

Long in the cage, like trapped in a net.

Once riding the wind, return to nature.

Qian Chen stood on Jiu Zhen Lake, the night was quiet and beautiful. He just cut wood to make a boat, crossed the sword on his knees, looked at the lake under the moonlight, and drifted for a night. Except for refining clear qi as usual, his mood was extremely relaxed, and he had long forgotten everything about the Wei family.

But in the Wei family, there was someone who worried about him all night.

Wei Taiping went to the study where Wei Lecheng was to pay his respects. He saw Wei Lecheng holding a fragrant tea in one hand and a book in the other, reading. Seeing Wei Taiping enter, he just nodded.

Wei Taiping whispered: "Father, the child has already arranged for the master to stay."

"You have to learn some skills well!" Wei Lecheng said leisurely: "Then I can rest assured..."

Wei Taiping's eyes flickered: "Father, today that young Daoist only had Qi Refinement cultivation and hadn't practiced magic power, yet he actually had a flying sword. Our Wei family only has a sword handed down from generation to generation... This Jiao Bu Town is our territory. Since he wants to go deep into the Great Marsh, he probably won't leave easily."

"There are many dangers in the Great Marsh. A missing Qi Refinement practitioner doesn't seem to be a strange thing."

Wei Lecheng smiled: "Your master taught you to say this, right!"

Wei Taiping's expression was a bit panicked, and his eyes immediately became scattered: "Master said, it's just a flying sword, it will be passed to me sooner or later..."

"Stupid!" Wei Lecheng threw down the teacup and pointed at Wei Taiping and scolded: "Stupid... people haven't given you any benefits yet, and you want to kill for them? He, Daoist Zhen, covets other people's flying swords, why doesn't he do it himself? Why must he share the benefits with you to do it?"

"This Jiao Bu Town is our family's territory after all. No matter who takes action, don't even think about hiding it from us. Master naturally can only rely on our strength?" Wei Taiping raised his head to argue.

"People are wandering practitioners of the martial arts world. If something happens, they run away, travel far in the martial arts world, or even run overseas. Even a Core Formation master, can he calculate their whereabouts? We have a family and a business... This Wei family is here, can it run away?" Wei Lecheng said, hating that iron could not become steel.

"But those martial arts experts who are lucky enough to find precious medicinal herbs every year, aren't they also..."

"That's because we figured out their background... Do you know the background of that young Daoist? Is this flying sword bestowed by elders, obtained by chance, or bestowed by a sect? Is he a true disciple of the Daoist sect, a disciple of a large sect of the side path? Or a child of a prominent family? You believe it just because he wrote 'wandering practitioner of the martial arts world' on the visiting card!"

"Your father, I, am known as the Vulture. In the martial arts world, everyone laughs at me for being short-sighted, only staring at the petty profits in front of me."

"But every time, didn't your father get the benefits in his hands first before saying anything else? You're good, people promised you a pie in the sky, and you haven't even got a share yet, and you are willing to take the risk to kill for your master!"

"Now your master needs our help. If you don't hang him and take the opportunity to learn some real skills, you are forcing people to leave!"

Wei Taiping was both afraid and puzzled: "That young Daoist's whereabouts are uncertain, he may not stay long. Isn't it better to get the flying sword and then slowly deal with my master?"

"Once the goal is achieved, do you still have a chance to take the flying sword?" Wei Lecheng sneered: "Once the goal is achieved, don't you run away, and stay here waiting for trouble to come to your door?"

Wei Taiping said a few more words, but Wei Lecheng only broke them down for him. Finally, he had no choice but to leave unwillingly. Wei Lecheng said: "Go and get some medicinal herbs for the Qi-replenishing pill for your master..."

Wei Taiping felt distressed: "This is worth tens of thousands of taels!"

Only then did Wei Lecheng become completely angry. He threw the teacup in front of his son and said: "When doing big things, you are impulsive and reckless, but when spending a little money, you are timid! You dare to kill people at will, but you feel distressed about this little money? Waste! If you don't give people benefits, why should they teach you?"

"Offer the medicinal herbs and ask him to refine a few furnaces. You can learn a lot even by stealing!"

"With the name of master and disciple, is he embarrassed not to give a few pointers? This is the benefit you can grasp... That young Daoist's background is somewhat strange. Looking at his bearing, he is not from a small sect. Why shouldn't I go to win him over, but instead choose to make friends with your master? Is he a true disciple of the Daoist sect? How much can he benefit our Wei family?"

"Your master's pill refining skill is something that can make the family business flourish."

"Offending those disciples of large sects, they all have rules. Can they wipe out our Wei family for this little thing? Offending your master, maybe he will take revenge as a villain from morning to night. This is the measure... You are good, you want to kill the person you should respect and stay away from, but you are willing to be inferior to the person you should slowly suppress and conquer..."

"I, Wei Lecheng, how did I give birth to a stupid person like you?"

Daoist Zhen saw his cheap disciple respectfully offering a few furnaces of medicinal herbs for the Qi-replenishing pill, saying it was for his master to practice with. He grabbed these well-prepared high-quality medicinal herbs and sneered in his heart: "Old fox!"