Chapter 624: Why Is My Career Panel in a 2D Art Style? Chapter 296

After all, a corpse cultivator seeking out a seeker of the Dao rarely brings good tidings.

"So that's how it is." But Zhao Yan did not directly answer the girl's question; instead, he sighed, "Just look through those people and see if you recognize anyone—after that, leave the rest to me."

He had originally not wanted to intervene, but the current situation left him no choice.

To minimize this girl's contact with the Sanzhenfa Sect—she might well be the next head of the Wangchuan Art Academy—he would handle the dirty work himself.

The good news is, according to the information this little girl revealed, the Sanzhenfa Sect this generation seems to have no strong cultivators.

"Sorry, Xiao Jiangzi—don't blame me for picking on your disciples."

After offering a half-hearted apology to his old friend, Zhao Yan turned his gaze toward Bai Xiaoxiao.

At this moment, Bai Xiaoxiao was deeply conflicted—her future teacher clearly had a grudge against Gao Haoguang and the others, and likely intended to kill them.

She wanted to stop all of this, but didn't know how to begin.

Just as she struggled to find the right words, a voice echoed in her mind.

【Do as he says—Gao Haoguang isn't nearly as weak as you think.】

Hearing the voice, Bai Xiaoxiao froze.

What did that mean? Could Zhao Uncle actually fail? But isn't he a Great Artisan Seeker?

As if sensing her thoughts, the voice spoke again.

【Heh—don't underestimate the Sanzhenfa Sect. When you deal with them later, avoid situations like this if you can.】

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Hearing this, Bai Xiaoxiao was momentarily confused.

But since the voice had said so, it seemed Zhao Uncle would indeed be outmatched by Gao Haoguang.

If that's the case—

"Fine."

Seeing the girl finally agree to his proposal after internal struggle, Zhao Yan felt a twinge of embarrassment.

He decided to properly compensate her after the matter was settled—by then, his elder sister might even have revived, and with both of them teaching her, this little girl would quickly become a powerful Seeker.

Just as he thought this, the corpse cultivator controlled by the 【Jieyuan Zhenmu】 charged toward the largest mansion in town.

Meanwhile, Li Ang was hiding within 【Tian Zhi Yu Zhong】, silently observing the unfolding events.

Although the overall plot had not changed drastically so far, numerous details had already diverged.

In the original story, Zhao Yan never left behind the 【Huitian Xueshen】 scripture—he intended to take the Wu Dao Ji Fa Mo Jun as his disciple.

Now, it was clearly going to be snatched up by Bai Xiaoxiao.

But Li Ang had previously worried about how to get the 【Huitian Xueshen】 into Gao Haoguang's hands—now he no longer had to fret over it.

As he thought this, he glanced at his fully healed body, a flicker of confusion crossing his eyes.

He had assumed such interference would trigger a Law of Causality punishment, yet he'd only been struck once—at the very start, when speaking with Zhao Yan.

'Strange… why do I feel the judgment has become more lenient?'

It wasn't that Li Ang was a masochist—this situation was genuinely odd.

Yet after careful thought, he drew no useful conclusion.

But regardless, this was a good development, so Li Ang temporarily suppressed his confusion.

Right now, the most important thing was to cleanse the karmic ties on Zhao Yan's body, then inherit the Wangchuan Art Academy and become a Seeker.

He hadn't forgotten that Laosen and the others in the main universe were still waiting for him—he had to gain enough power before returning to stand against them.

Thinking of this, Li Ang grew curious about what his innate and innate talent abilities would awaken.

'Hope they're powerful enough.'

With this thought, he turned his gaze toward the corpse cultivator controlled by Bai Xiaoxiao.

……

Meanwhile.

The Wu family, the largest landowners in Sanchuan Town, were hosting several Seekers who had answered the bounty.

What bounty, you ask?

Recently, a demonic corpse had appeared in Sanchuan Town, killing Wu Lao Ye's favorite younger son.

Fortunately, the boy had left behind offspring—otherwise, the Wu family might have faced extinction.

To prevent such a fate, Wu Lao Ye had begun recruiting Seekers to eliminate the demonic corpse.

Naturally, many frauds had come forward, but none could even defeat the Wu family's guards, let alone the demonic corpse.

Fortunately, these seekers were genuine—eight of them arrived at once, and Wu Lao Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Yet upon seeing the bizarre appearances of the Seekers present, he couldn't help but mutter to himself.

'Why do these Immortals have such strange tastes?'

It wasn't unreasonable for Wu Lao Ye to think this—of the eight Seekers present, only two middle-aged men carrying long swords looked somewhat normal.

As for the others—

One-eyed Dragon, the mysterious man wearing a ridiculous oversized head, and… men, women, old, and young.

Literally men, women, old, and young.

After introducing themselves, the group grew somewhat familiar.

When the oversized head heard the introductions of the men, women, old, and young, his movements subtly paused.

'Holy crap! Sanzhenfa Sect?!'

He hadn't expected to encounter them here—his own Men Sect had once been tightly linked to them.

Of course, that was long, long ago.

Until today, he'd assumed the Sanzhenfa Sect had been wiped out—otherwise, how could they have vanished for so many years without a trace?

As Datou was recalling the words his old father had said, he suddenly noticed the boy from Sanzhenfa Sect leaving the Wu household alone.

He made no sound to stop him, letting him vanish from view.

"Huh? Where's Aguang?"

At that moment, a slightly puzzled female voice sounded beside Datou.

Datou snapped back to attention and pointed vaguely toward the door: "You mean that little kid? He just stormed out with a pale face."

"Then he must've gone to the latrine."

Hearing their young master's words, those present paid no further attention to the matter.

But Datou felt the situation wasn't that simple.

Before he could think further, the two middle-aged men carrying long swords pulled out a mirror from their robes: "This is our Laoshanfa Society's exclusive treasure—the Seeker Mirror!"

"With it, we should find that Fashi soon."

As they spoke, one of them began channeling Fa power into the mirror.

With a faint hum, the mirror's image quickly shifted.

In the image, seven figures huddled before a mirror, observing it curiously.

It was themselves.

"?!"

In an instant, everyone present realized something was wrong.

Fuck! That Fashi had been watching them from the shadows all along!

Following the direction shown in the mirror, the seven saw a beast with an ape's body and a human face crouched behind an eave, staring fixedly at them.

The next moment, without a word exchanged, all of them attacked the beast at once.

Shhh-shhh-shhh!

Amid a rush of air, talismans were flung violently toward the beast's position.

Yet facing these attacks, the beast turned and fled, as if it had no intention of fighting at all.

Seeing this, those present frowned: "What's going on? A trap?"

Without time to think further, they immediately gave chase.

…

Meanwhile.

Bai Xiaoxiao was about to tell Zhao Yan what she had seen and heard when he asked: "Wasn't there anyone among them who carried the Yue Ling legacy?"

Hearing this, Bai Xiaoxiao froze, then quickly realized who he meant: "Mm."

Upon receiving a definite answer, Zhao Yan frowned deeply.

This was troublesome—the most critical target wasn't even here.

After a brief pause, he said: "Hide yourself. Wait for me to return. If that Fashi dies, it dies."

With that, before Bai Xiaoxiao could react, he strode away.

W-will you come back for dinner?

Watching Zhao Yan's retreating back, the girl opened her mouth but fell silent.

Just as she was about to follow Zhao Yan's order and hide, a voice suddenly rang out inside her mind.

【Conceal your identity. Stop those seeking Fa. Don't let them interfere with the coming battle.】

It was Li Ang.

In the original plot, that Fashi had dragged out its presence in the Wu household for a long time.

To prevent interference with what came next, he needed Bai Xiaoxiao to hold off that group.

That was why he chose to revive Bai Xiaoxiao—after all, 【Jie Yuan Zhen Mu】 could play a crucial role right now.

At this moment, the girl, hearing the voice inside her mind, went utterly still.

Me?

Those strange seekers of Fa looked terrifying—could she really do it?

As she thought this, Li Ang spoke again:

【If it becomes impossible, I will intervene secretly.】