Chapter Fifteen: The Gains and Losses of Doing Business

  The old lady suddenly smiled, and her wrinkled face seemed to bloom with a smile like a daisy.

  "It may be difficult for others, but for a sly kid like you, what you're going to get is far more than what you'll pay!"

  Kong Zhuo blinked his eyes gloomily, "This is not called treachery, this is called meticulous calculation. My father said that when living a life, one must learn to be meticulous and calculating, and cannot take advantage of any cheap tricks!"

  "Shut up!" The old lady coldly rebuked, "Young man, since you like to do business, then let's start talking. I can agree to your terms, but you must help me with two things!"

  "Two pieces, which two?"

  "Does Li Shaodong know?"

  Kong Zhan looked somewhat bewildered and shook his head, "Never heard of it!"

  The old lady was taken aback for a moment, then burst out laughing, "I'm the one who's getting senile! That Li Shaodong is the grandfather of the current Valley Master of Wansheng Valley, how could you possibly know him!"

  "You can't be telling me to go kill the Ancestor of the Ten Thousand Immortal Valley, could you?"

  Wanxiang Valley is one of the six major orthodox sects in the world, and it's on par with Luofu. According to this old lady's words, Li Shaodong is a person from the same generation as her own ancestor, and she wants me to deal with him myself - isn't that ridiculous?

  "I'm not asking you to kill him, with your abilities, even if you live for another hundred years, you won't be a match for that old thing. I just want you to deal with him!"

  "Take him down?!"

  Kong Zhan smiled bitterly, in his understanding, old guys of this level usually hide in deep mountains and ancient caves to comprehend the way of heaven and man, in order to break through that last barrier, where would they have the opportunity to deal with themselves?

  Besides, the meaning expressed by this phrase is really too vague. What does "deal with" mean? Scolding him is also considered "dealing with", killing him is also considered "dealing with". To what extent must he be dealt with to satisfy this old lady, it's really hard to grasp!

  So, Kong Zhuo could only smile wryly at the old lady, his face full of helplessness. "Senior, can you please speak clearly? At least let me understand what kind of extent this is going to be!"

  "Just do what you can!" said the old lady, this time her tone was surprising to Kong Zuo, what does it mean by doing what I can?

  Looking at Kong Zhan's bewildered face, the old lady smiled and said, "With your current cultivation level, it's hard to even see him, let alone deal with him. My requirements for you are not high. When you have the ability, give him a little lesson, just as you said, a lesson that is within your power. If your strength remains like this forever, then just scold him in your heart. If your strength has already far surpassed his, then help me kill him. This mainly depends on yourself!"

  "Is that all?" Kong Zhan's words were tinged with a hint of surprise.

  "Don't think everyone is as worldly as you, young man!" the old lady said. "Actually, I've lived for so long and don't have any unfulfilled wishes or regrets that would make me die with my eyes open. It's just that back then, I had some entanglements with Li Shao Dong, so I wanted to ask you to help me take revenge. As for the outcome, it's up to fate!" After speaking, she let out a soft sigh.

  When a person is about to die, his words are good.

  For a moment, Kong Zhan suddenly felt that this sentence was quite correct.

  "You and your master are not much alike. With your temperament, you won't suffer too greatly. If I have another request of you, it's that when your master gets into trouble, try to help him out a bit!"

  "Of course!" Kong Zhan thought for a moment, then blurted out, "If anyone gives my master trouble, I'll kill him!"

  "Good, very good!" The old lady burst out laughing. This time, she seemed to be laughing with great joy and comfort. As soon as her hand relaxed, the silver thread that had been tightly tied around Kong Zhen returned to his right palm, transforming into a silver net-like object, which she gathered into her bosom.

  Then, she took out a small black cloth pouch from her bosom, holding the tail of the pouch with her right hand and placing the mouth of the pouch on the palm of her left hand. With a gentle tilt, an iron box about six inches long, six inches wide, and three inches high appeared in the palm of her left hand.

  Kong Zhan took one look, and his eyes almost turned green. This was a great treasure, refined using an extraordinary technique similar to that of the mustard seed Nasiketu, who knew how much space was inside? In his understanding, such treasures were extremely rare in this world, let alone those like Luo Fu, who only had one piece, which was said to be in the hands of the current headmaster Ling Jia.

  Seeing the greedy look on Kong Zhan's face, the old lady smiled and said, "Originally, I was going to give you this bag together with him, but later hearing what you said also made some sense, so I changed my mind!"

  "Huh?"

  Kong Zhuo's body stiffened slightly, the fat on his body trembling slightly, and a smile was forced onto his face. "Elder is joking!"

  "I didn't mean to joke with you, kid. What you said earlier is true, I am indeed a member of the demonic sect, and in the eyes of your righteous faction, I am an evil outsider. And this pouch, some of the old guys among your righteous faction know it's mine. If I gave it to you, wouldn't you also be tainted by association with the demonic sect? So, I'll keep this pouch for myself, let it accompany me to the underworld!"

  Kong Zhan's facial muscles twitched even harder as he struggled to maintain a smiling expression, "Elder... elder said so!"

  "This is what I've prepared for you!" The old lady swung the box and threw it into Kong Zhuo's hands, "Open it and take a look!"

  Kong Zuo looked at the old lady, then glanced at the iron box that had already begun to rust. The iron box didn't have a lock, so with a gentle push upwards, it opened easily. A wave of rusty air wafted out, and upon closer inspection, inside were three metal beads the size of pigeon eggs, but nothing else.

  "This is...!"

  "This thing was discovered by me in a cave of an ancient immortal in the Great Wilderness Mountain one hundred years ago. The cave itself is unknown what year or dynasty it belongs to, only leaving these three iron beads, which can be considered as top-grade treasures. However, at that time I had many treasures and didn't think much of this thing, so I never refined it, nor did I ever mention to anyone that I had this thing. Therefore, you don't have to worry about others seeing the relationship between you and me from these beads!"

  Kong Zhan smiled wryly and nodded, "Yes, thank you, senior!"

  Heaven knows what kind of divine object this pearl is, and this old lady has had it for over a hundred years without refining it. It seems that it's not something to be trifled with, fearing that giving herself such loose conditions would not work out well. Apparently, there was no good thing to take out in the first place.

  From Kong Zhuan's expression, the old lady seemed to have seen through his thoughts and said, "Young man, don't look down on these three pearls in your hand. The reason I didn't refine them was that I had too many things to practice at that time, and I wasn't short of magical treasures either. I still understand the principle of being greedy and not being able to chew thoroughly, so I didn't refine them. From the ancient immortal's cave mansion's restrictions, that ancient immortal must have been a powerful figure with unparalleled divine powers, so the things he left behind won't be too bad either."

  Kong Zhan didn't say a word. Intuitively, he only dared to believe four-tenths of what the old lady said, and the remaining six-tenths required his own judgment.

  "It seems you really don't think much of this thing, never mind. There's something else, take a look!" As he spoke, his hand flicked out and a thin booklet of about ten pages appeared in Kong Zhan's hands.

  Without even looking, Kong Yan's eyes showed disdain.

  Kung fu is kung fu!

  What kind of kung fu does Luo Fu have?

  For four thousand years, there have been so many predecessors among the Kai Pai. Among them, those with good luck are not one thousand but eight hundred. In this mountain, they picked up a book, and in that cave, they picked up another book. After picking and picking, they had the current Scripture Pavilion. Now, I also have the qualifications to enter the Scripture Pavilion. Whatever kind of scripture you want is fine. This book has only one use, which is to add one more book to the Scripture Pavilion.

  "I know that your Luofu's Zangjingge has many profound techniques, some of which are even comparable to the pre-heavenly purple energy. However, this one is different!" The old lady said, "This is not an ordinary cultivation technique, it is different from any practice method in the world!"

  "Devil's way?" Kong Zhuo was taken aback, misunderstanding the words. His hand trembled and he almost threw the book to the ground. He didn't want to touch that nerve now.

  "I've said it before, it's different from any cultivation method in the world today. It's not the right path, nor is it the evil path. It's a cultivation method of the Witchcraft lineage!"

  "What's Wu Men Yi Mai? What is that?" Kong Zhuo was puzzled, he had heard of all sorts of sects and schools, like Qing Ling Men, Xuan Wu Men, but never this Wu Men.

  "The Wu Men is a powerful tribe of the ancient times. Our current cultivation method emphasizes the four major realms: guiding Qi into the body, refining Qi to cultivate the spirit, refining the spirit to return to emptiness, and refining emptiness to merge with the Tao. However, the Wu Men's goal is to attain sainthood through physical body refinement, so their techniques naturally focus on training the physical body."

  "Embodiment of Holiness?"

  "Ah, this is indeed the way of physical ascension!" The old lady smiled and said, "In my previous years, I cultivated in the Great Wilderness Mountain and gained a lot. Unfortunately, although the way of physical ascension is incredibly wonderful, it's also extremely slow to cultivate. At first, it can only increase your physical strength, and compared to the rapid progress of my demonic heart method, it's like chewing wax. And at that time, I was also extremely arrogant, thinking that I could master the demonic heart method to its peak and achieve greatness in the demonic path. Therefore, although I recorded this method and abandoned it, now that I think about it, it's a pity. If I hadn't been so eager for quick gains back then and had cultivated this method instead, perhaps I wouldn't have ended up like this today!"

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