Chapter 26: The Earth-Shattering Conspiracy

  "Congratulations to the Sect Master for successfully refining the Golden Elixir of the Soul Demon, his cultivation has made great progress and advancing to the Yuan Ying stage is imminent." A flattering voice entered Wang Ke's ears.

  Upon hearing this voice, Wang Ke clearly felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had heard it somewhere before. The voice came from above his head and was somewhat muffled.

  "The master in his mouth is actually Qingmu Zhenren!" Suddenly, Wang Ke's expression solidified, and his face suddenly turned ugly. What kind of place was this cave after all?

  "This is bad. What if the master finds me here?" Wang Ke's heart suddenly turned cold, and he heard the sound coming from above, this cave should not be far from where the sound came from.

  The image of Qingmu Zhenren's terrifying strength flashed in his mind, and his face suddenly turned gloomy. If the Sect Master were to discover that he was down here, he would probably be able to crush him to death with just a casual pinch.

  "Cut the nonsense, how's the task I assigned you?" Another cold yet majestic voice entered Wang Ke's ears.

  "Not good, it's really the master!" Upon hearing this familiar voice, Wang Ke's face turned somewhat pale, but in an instant he regained his composure.

  "No, it seems the masters didn't notice me." Listening to the two people's simple conversation, Wang Ke felt that he hadn't been discovered, his eyes slightly filled with doubt. At such a close distance, how could they not have noticed him?

  Wang Ke's eyes narrowed, and he carefully looked up to see that the entire cave was actually enveloped by a spiritual energy light screen. The light screen flickered with a faint, soft glow; if one didn't observe it carefully, they really wouldn't notice.

  "It seems to be the effect of this light cover" With a stir in his heart, Wang Ke thought so and finally let out a sigh of relief. However, he immediately retracted his breath, fearing that Qingmu Zhenren would discover him.

  "Master, rest assured that I have made arrangements for the things you entrusted to me. It won't be long before the Xianjin Continent is in chaos. At that time, Master, you can refine and purify the orthodox demonic cultivators, and break through to the Yuan Ying realm without any mishaps." That flattering voice once again entered Wang Ke's ears.

  Upon hearing this familiar voice, Wang Ke's eyes were filled with puzzlement at first, but then an old figure appeared in his mind, and suddenly it was Kuroki Shinichi.

  "How is this possible, it was actually Kuroki Makoto" Wang Ke's face showed a surprise, the impression he had of Kuroki Makoto was that of an apathetic person, but unexpectedly in front of Aoki Makoto he would be so fawning.

  "One move to refine the demon cultivator! What's going on?" Upon hearing this shocking news, Wang Ke's expression changed greatly, and he couldn't help but want to continue listening.

  "Hmph, breaking through to the Yuan Ying realm isn't that easy. Right now, I only have the Golden Elixir of the Soul Demon in my hands. To successfully cultivate the Seven Dan Scripture, I still need six more Golden Elixirs. Do you think it's that simple to get these remaining six Golden Elixirs?" Qing Mu's voice was tinged with some displeasure.

  "Heh heh, Master can rest assured, as long as the plan succeeds, it won't take long to get this remaining Golden Elixir. Aren't there a few disobedient old guys in the sect? This time we can eliminate them all together." A hint of ruthlessness crept into Kuroki's tone.

  Kuroki continued, "Once the sect master successfully cultivates the Seven Dan Scripture and absorbs that girl Ke'er's spiritual root, he will definitely break through to the Yuan Ying realm without any mishaps."

  "En, Ke'er's Xianling Root is something I must obtain. You make sure to take good care of her. Also, it seems like her cultivation has reached a bottleneck, find an opportunity to let her go out and gain some experience." The voice of Qingmu Sect Master calmed down.

  "Yes, I will make arrangements with care, Master, please be at ease."

  "Alright, if the Wanmo Lianhun Array encounters any problems, report to me in time. I'll be going out for a trip soon, and the matters within the sect will be left to you to handle. This is this year's antidote, go ahead." A calm voice came from Qingmu Zhenren's mouth.

  "Yes, thank you, Master. I will do my best." Kuroki Makoto said excitedly, and the two continued to talk for a while, but soon there was no more sound coming from above.

  Wang Ke stood in the cave, but his mind was racing with many thoughts. He had just inadvertently overheard the conversation between Qingmu Zhenren and Hei Mu Zhenren, which made him realize that the two were plotting something.

  "Hmph, I didn't expect the Sect Master to be such a person, actually refining and transforming a righteous demon cultivator, what a big move, even daring to cultivate forbidden secret techniques like the Seven Dan Scripture".

  Wang Ke sneered in his heart, originally thinking that Qingmu Zong was a decent person, but just now he saw through the true nature of Qingmu Zhenren, who turned out to be a genuine hypocrite. Hei Mu Zhenren wasn't anything good either.

  The Seven Dan Jue is a forbidden secret art that steals others' golden elixirs and refines them, increasing one's spiritual power sevenfold. This is a secret art unique to the demonic sect.

  "It seems that the head of the Aoki clan and Kuroki are plotting something big, this Aoki clan can't be stayed in any longer, I have to find an opportunity to leave. Having seen through the true face of the head of the Aoki clan, Wang understood that this Aoki clan would be a place of right and wrong, and must leave as soon as possible."

  "Not good, Qin Ke'er is in danger!" Suddenly, Wang Ke's expression solidified, having just heard that Qingmu True Person was going to absorb Qin Ke'er's Spiritual Root.

  He had no feelings for Qingmu Sect, the only one he was grateful to was Qin Ke'er. Now that Qin Ke'er was trapped in the conspiracy of the main editor of Qingmu Sect, if he didn't think of a way to help her, Qin Ke'er would probably not be able to escape death.

  Linggen is the foundation of a cultivator, Wang Ke can clearly see what kind of consequences it would be if Qin Ke'er's linggen was absorbed.

  "Alas, it's no use. There's simply no way to save her now. Even if I told her everything I heard today, she probably wouldn't believe me. Let's just forget about it for now."

  After some thought, Wang Ke shook his head and decided to temporarily hide this matter in his heart. Although this place had a spiritual power shroud, it was not a safe place. Wang Ke leaped into the air and jumped into the water pool.

  Outside the forbidden area, a whirlpool of water splashed out from under the waterfall, and a figure burst out of the pool, landing on the shore. The person was dressed in black, and it was Wang Ke.

  After leaving the water's surface, Wang Ke cautiously looked around and didn't find anything unusual, then headed back.

  Time flies, and three months have passed in the blink of an eye. These three months have been very peaceful for Wang Ke, who has been diligently practicing his sword techniques every day and spending his free time reading in his study. During this period, he attempted to break through the bottleneck several times, but failed each time.

  These three months still no one came to the forbidden land, the events of Shui Tang were gradually forgotten by Wang Ke, but the conversation between Qingmu and Kuroki was firmly remembered in Wang Ke's heart.

  Wang Ke's cultivation would be hard to make any progress if he continued to stay here, even with the help of the remaining small Spirit Pills. Wang Ke decided to find an opportunity to go to the Temple of Merit.

  Although his cultivation was difficult to make progress, Wang Ke's control over the sword light became more and more skilled, especially after obtaining the Xuan Tie Flying Sword, the power of his Sword Transformation Technique became even stronger.

  In the early morning, outside the forbidden land, a faint black fog lingered in the air, with an eerie silence everywhere, devoid of any insect chirps or bird calls. The atmosphere was heavy and oppressive, yet within the mountain villa, sword lights danced and swirled like swimming dragons, emitting powerful sword energy that radiated an aura of unparalleled might.

  There were twenty sword lights in the air, with a cyan flying sword flashing cold light in the center. Wang Ke pinched his sword fingers, and with a movement of his foot, the sword lights rotated around him, forming a sword curtain that enveloped him inside. The sword curtain flashed with cold light, dense and impenetrable. Then he stretched out his hand and pointed to the air, and the sword lights flowed and converged towards the top of his head.

  "As the sword light flew over his head, Wang Ke lightly spat out a sound, and suddenly the twenty sword lights on his head converged to the center in an instant, transforming into a giant blue sword. The giant sword was wrapped in dazzling blue light, and an astonishing spiritual pressure emanated from it."

  "Cut!" Next, Wang Ke's eyes condensed, his sword intent urged on, and he lightly shouted, instantly a giant green sword in the air chopped down towards the center of the courtyard, striking the huge stone.

  A loud "bang" sound, a deep sword mark appeared in the courtyard, the sword mark was as long as five zhang, the hard boulder in the middle was split in half, with a smooth cut.

  Wang Ke smiled and withdrew his spiritual energy, the flying sword flashed back and disappeared into his body. Chen Yuan's Xuan Tie Flying Sword had been re-refined by him, now his mind and spirit were united, and it was easy to store it in his dantian.

  "It's time to go to the Temple of Merit." King Ke's heart moved, he looked up towards the direction outside the forbidden area, then his right foot tapped on the ground, and a surge of spiritual power poured into the earth. Suddenly, the ground shook violently, and in an instant, the sword marks on the ground had disappeared without a trace.

  Then Wang Ke's figure flashed and disappeared at the gate of the courtyard, drifting away. After entering the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, Wang Ke walked like the wind, and soon arrived near the Merit Hall, raised his head to take a look, and slightly curved the corner of his mouth.

  "It seems that nothing has changed much." Looking at the many hurried disciples, Wang Ke lifted his leg and headed towards the Gongde Temple. As an inner door disciple came to the Gongde Temple, he naturally attracted a lot of attention.

  Wang Ke ignored the curious glances of these people, stepped into the Gongde Hall, and swept his eyes to see a middle-aged monk lying on a leather chair on the left side, with a joyful expression on his face, he quickly walked over.

  This middle-aged man was the manager of the Gongde Temple. When Wang Ke tapped on the counter in front of him, he slowly opened his eyes and looked at Wang Ke with a dazed expression, feeling somewhat familiar.

  "Who are you and what brings you here?"

  "Haha, did this senior brother forget? Just a few months ago, I took over the task of guarding the forbidden land from you." Wang Ke said with a faint smile to the middle-aged man.

  "Oh, it's you." The middle-aged man seemed to recall that it was indeed Wang Ke. He glanced at Wang Ke and said calmly, "What's wrong? Is there something?"

  "Hehe, it's like this, brother. I've been guarding the forbidden land for a while now. Can you change someone for me?" Wang Ke said with a smile.

  "Change someone?" The middle-aged man was taken aback, sizing up Wang Ke with a cold smile at the corner of his mouth. "Hmph, you stinky brat think it's easy to find someone to guard the forbidden land? Think again, no way."

  "This brother, guarding the forbidden land is a serious matter, how can you say change people just change people? You'd better go back and guard it with peace of mind, in two more years, you can change people."

  "Two years! Wang Ke's heart sank, he couldn't possibly wait that long. His eyes flickered for a moment, and then his face set in determination."

  "Brother, let's take a step aside and talk." Wang Ke glanced around and said in a deliberately lowered voice.

  "Hmph, looks like you're trying to bribe me. But the Black Turtle Peak has given instructions, how could we possibly switch people? Forget it, let's see what you young man is up to." The middle-aged man thought to himself.

  "Come on, follow me." The middle-aged man stood up and took Wang Ke to a room in the back, closed the door, and sat down facing each other. Without beating around the bush, he asked directly: "There's no one here, what is it that you want to say?"

  "Brother Wang, please help me think of a way. Also, find someone to guard the forbidden land. You also know how difficult it is to cultivate in the forbidden land." King Ke's face showed a gloomy expression.

  "I'm aware of this, but the relationship with the forbidden land is crucial. If we rashly replace someone, those above won't agree." The middle-aged man pretended to be hesitant.

  Seeing the middle-aged man's expression, Wang Ke gritted his teeth, stretched out his right hand, and a flash of light appeared. A jade bottle materialized in his hand, which he placed on the table in front of him.

  "Big brother, if you can help me get this done, then these three Small Spirit Pills will be a gift from me to you."

  "What, Xiao Ling Dan!" As soon as he heard that the jade bottle contained Xiao Ling Dan, the middle-aged man's eyes immediately lit up and he exclaimed in surprise.

  Although Xiao Ling Dan is just an ordinary elixir, it's quite valuable to low-level cultivators. One Xiao Ling Dan can be exchanged for at least ten pieces of low-grade spirit stones. The three Xiao Ling Dans in front of him are already a considerable fortune for a middle-aged man.