Chapter 94: Qi Operation

  This isn't good weather, with overcast skies and drizzle, the bleak autumn wind starts to blow, and the withered yellow leaves fall down like they're worthless.

  Tomorrow is the beginning of winter.

  The chill of autumn arrived on schedule on the last day, and the whole garden was desolate.

  This is a courtyard overgrown with weeds, in which several bluestone benches and a bluestone round table are scattered.

  They say it's bluestone, but who knows how many years of wind and rain have worn it down. All the things made from this bluestone have started to turn white, a bleak whiteness that stands out starkly in this season of withered yellow weeds and fallen leaves, cold and damp as it is.

  There were a few people scattered in the courtyard, some standing and some sitting, men and women, all surrounding a middle-aged man. They seemed to be discussing something, while the middle-aged man had a serious expression, listening intently and thinking deeply. As his voice gradually grew softer, everyone's gaze fell on him.

  "This time, we did a good job!" The middle-aged man said slowly, his eyes scanning the crowd and finally settling on the beautiful young girl among them.

  "What's your feeling when facing Kong Que in the arena?!"

  That beautiful girl listened, her face slightly tightened, and immediately smiled bitterly. "Feeling? What can I feel, it's not even my turn to feel anything, I was knocked off the stage by him!" She said this, she looked up at the middle-aged man, "The gap between me and him is too big, so I couldn't possibly have an accurate assessment of his strength. However..." The woman paused, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, as if recalling something, "His web can capture all those with cultivation below the Void Realm. Fang Yue'er and Zhu Zifan were only able to escape from that web by relying on the power of their magic treasures!"

  Wenshibo nodded, "Hmm, that web is indeed strange and tight. Moreover, he hasn't even brought out the true power of that web!"

  The girl's face showed a wry smile, "He just used a few points of strength, Master, don't forget, we are all sword immortals, but from start to finish, did you see him draw his sword? Apart from snatching that Huo Li sword from Emei, he didn't even unsheathe it!"

  For a moment, the middle-aged man also fell silent.

  "So it seems that this Kong Zhuan is absolutely not to be kept!" He said leisurely, "It's been a long time since a person with governing power has appeared among the three generations of disciples. This is not good!"

  "What does Shibo mean...!"

  "Notify the master of the Meng family about all the information we have gathered!" said Wen Shibo, standing up from the stone bench and scanning the crowd with a extremely satisfied smile on his face. "Alright, now let's shed this skin of the Liu Lin Sect and leave this place to the Moon Sect, hahahahaha!"

  ………………

  At the same time, in the far west of Middle-earth, on a desolate plain, Morhue took a transparent bottle from a woman wearing strange clothes with a cold expression, and inside the bottle, a white smoke that was both visible and invisible flashed strangely.

  His face was as calm as water, and under the reflection of a black dress, it looked even more gloomy. He carefully took over the transparent bottle, observed it for a while, and nodded slightly.

  "So we're even now!"

  "Two clean? I don't think so!" The woman covered her mouth and laughed, "You killed Li Shao Dong just for this strand of essence?"

  Mo Xiu raised his head and looked at the woman, "What does it mean?"

  "What do you mean?!" The woman's smile grew even more intense, "Zuijian Mohou, the second generation disciple of Luo Fu in the six major sects of Zheng Dao, the most beloved junior brother of Luo Fu's master Ling Ga Shangren. He killed Li Shaodong, the Grand Elder of Wansheng Valley, one of the six major sects. What do you think will happen if this news gets out?"

  "What do you mean...!" Mo Xiu's eyebrows furrowed slightly, a hint of doubt flashing in his eyes. "I thought this was just an ordinary transaction!"

  "Actually, I didn't mean anything else, this is indeed a transaction. Apparently, in your opinion, the value of this soul is far greater than that Li Shaodong, so you killed him. Calculating it this way, we are actually at a loss. So, do you still need to do something to make this transaction more fair?"

  "I had no idea that the Jade Clear Realm taught its disciples like this!" Mo Xiu put the bottle away in his bosom, raised his head and gazed at the woman, with a mocking smile flickering in his eyes. "You're doing this, I suppose Nine Profundities Lord is unaware of it?"

  The woman's complexion changed slightly, and before she could speak, her whole body stiffened. Then, an extremely frightened light appeared in her eyes, and from the top of her head, his body slowly began to dissolve.

  This is true dissolution, like the sun melting snow, silently and quietly dissolving away, soon turning into a puff of flying ash, disappearing without a trace.

  "Sorry, I made you laugh!" A clear voice followed, and a young man in white clothes suddenly appeared where the woman was originally standing. "Something came up just now, I was afraid you'd be anxious, so I had her bring the things over to you first. Who would have thought she still had such petty thoughts? It's really embarrassing!"

  The young man in white was extremely handsome, exuding an aura of charm that intimidated people. Such a person would be the object of pursuit by women wherever he went, but when speaking, his words seemed slightly coarse.

  Mo Xiu coldly smiled and said, "You've got your own little thoughts, no matter what, he's still your person, the family teachings of Yu Qing Xian Jing have become strange now!"

  The man smiled awkwardly, "You drunkard, you're good at taking advantage of the situation. What's it to you whether our Jade Clear Immortal Realm has good family teachings or not? Mind your own business and take this essence back to revive your woman. Don't interfere with other things!"

  Mo Xiu's face turned cold, and a sharp aura flashed across his body. "Mind your own business! Humph, Jiu Xuan Jun, I won't interfere with the affairs of the Yu Qing Immortal Realm, but this situation has made me doubt my trust in you. You'd better control the mouths of those under you. If that person's threat comes true, do you know what kind of consequences there will be?"

  Jiuxuan Jun's face turned pale, "Zuimao, don't threaten me, our transaction is clear and transparent, I will naturally abide by it!"

  "This is for the best!" Mo Xiu smiled coldly and glanced at Jiu Xuan Jun, "Jiu Xuan Jun, my transaction with Yu Qing Xian Jing ends here. However, if you can discover other refined souls or spirits, I don't mind making another deal with you. But—" Mo Xiu paused, "it absolutely cannot be something that kills people again. This time's target was Li Shao Dong, which is why I took action. If it were someone else, I would have charged into Yu Qing Xian Jing and taken it by force."

  "Hehe, don't worry, as long as we have news, we will naturally notify you!!" Jiuxuan Jun smiled and said, "What you want, Jiumao, who dares not to give it to you? As for killing people, this time you killed Li Shao Dong, it's just a matter of course, giving yourself an excuse to kill him. If it wasn't Li Shao Dong, we wouldn't have made such a deal with you!"

  "Li Shao Dong should have died long ago, it's just that everyone had reservations, you've found an excuse to let me, who has no reservations, go and kill him, why bother saying nice things in front of me!"

  Jiuxuan Jun looked a bit embarrassed, the stiff smile on his face flashed by, and he didn't dwell on this issue anymore.

  "I heard you've taken in a pretty good disciple!"

  As soon as he mentioned his own disciple, a hint of warmth appeared on Mo Xiu's face, and his tone also carried a sense of self-satisfaction, "Hmph, that kid is quite giving me some face!"

  Kong Zhan's performance at the Longtai Xianxu meeting did not escape his master's eyes in the slightest. While marveling at Kong Zhan's incredible strength, speed and endurance, he also felt a sense of pride and honor, although he had not contributed much to Kong Zhan's cultivation path.

  "It's really giving you a long face, but his current situation is not good!" Jiuxuan Jun lightly waved his sleeve, "A tall tree in the forest will be blown by the wind. Now, he's at the peak of his career, and also the most dangerous time!"

  "Danger?!" Mo Xiu's eyes narrowed, a cold killing intent surged from his body, "Looks like you know something now?!"

  "It's nothing!" Jiu Xuan Jun smiled calmly, his body slightly moving to dispel the killing intent on Mo Xiu's body. "Drunken Cat, don't vent your anger at me, I'm not the one who can deal with your precious disciple!"

  "Who is it?"

  "E Mei, Mo Men, and a small part of the Moon Sect, that small part of people you are so familiar with, will forever be known as individual phenomena!"

  Mo Xiu's eyes flickered twice, as if thinking about something, "You little scoundrel, you wouldn't be harboring some evil intentions again, would you?!"

  "I didn't!" Jiuxuan Jun said, the smile on his face becoming more intense, like a blooming flower. "We're good friends, after all. Your disciple is also my junior. I naturally don't want him to get into trouble either. Such an excellent junior is truly hard to find, even with a lantern in hand!"

  "I hope so!" Mo Xiu gave Jiu Xuan Jun a cold glance.

  "Don't look at me like that, it's making my heart feel hairy!" Seeing Mo Xiu still had a cold attitude, Jiu Xuan Jun could only helplessly smile and say, "Tian Ji Pavilion sent over a message two days ago!"

  "Tianji Pavilion!" Mo Xiu's figure paused for a moment, and his face showed a questioning expression. "That place that is always mysterious and suspicious, also has connections with you?"

  Jiuxuan Jun ignored him and continued, "The plank in Tianji Pavilion has cracked!"

  "Has the plank cracked?!" Mo Xiu's pupils suddenly contracted, his tone uncertain, "Which plank?"

  "What other tricks does Tianji Pavilion have up its sleeve?!"

  "If I remember correctly, that plank should have been used to suppress the entire Middle-earth's Chi movement, how could it crack open?"

  "I'm not quite sure about this!" said Jiu Xuan Jun, "Perhaps the luck of the Central Plains has been exhausted?"

  "Nonsense!" Mo Xiu said disdainfully, "Even if that plank is cracked, doesn't Tianji Pavilion have other things? I don't believe that Tianji Pavilion relies on just that one plank to suppress the earth's energy!"

  Jiuxuan Jun smiled, "Zuimao is indeed Zuimao, nothing can be hidden from you. Indeed, Tianji Pavilion has made amends, but that wooden board was truly cracked after all. So, about one-thousandth of the aura probably leaked out..." He stopped here and just stared at Moshiu.

  Looking at Jiuxuan Jun's hesitant expression, Mo Xiu said impatiently, "The aura has been leaked, what does it have to do with me? Why are you staring at me, as if I'm the one who divided the aura of Zhongtu?"

  "Those opportunities were taken away by your apprentice!"

  "What?! Mo Xiu's eyebrows shot up, his face suddenly becoming extremely ugly as he stared at Jiu Xuan Jun. After a while, he finally spoke two words: "Evidence!"

  Evidence?!

  Jiuxuan Jun smiled wryly, "This thing called 'qi' is the most elusive and intangible. Even if it's distributed among people, not to mention us ordinary mortals, even those who have attained the Tao of Heaven and become gods, can't see it, so where would there be any evidence? However, don't you think your disciple's strength has increased too quickly?"

  "My disciple is strong because I taught him well, he worked hard and diligently, it has nothing to do with luck!" Mo Xiu said coldly.

  "Do you think anyone would believe this? Even if I believed it, others wouldn't. Without an extraordinary opportunity and luck, how could your disciple...?"

  "Believe it or not, it doesn't matter!" Mo Xiu said, his voice growing even colder. "I say it's not, then it's not!"

  "Alright……!" He wanted to say something more, but saw that Mo Xiu's expression was as cold as frost. Jiu Xuan Jun shook his head helplessly, "Yes, you're right, it's good that you taught him well, your disciple is willing to work hard, I'll report back to Tianji Pavilion, however, whether it will be useful or not, I dare not guarantee!"

  "Tell that old blind man not to have ideas about my disciple!" Mo Xiu said.

  "I will!" said Jiuxuan Jun, suddenly raising his head and gazing at the distant horizon. "Ah, a wind is rising!"

  It's windy!

  Mo Xiu turned his head and followed the gaze of Jiu Xuan Jun, only to see that at the far end of the desolate plain, a violent tornado was approaching with an overwhelming momentum, accompanied by a low rumble of thunder. The sky had completely darkened in an instant.

  A storm is coming!