Research-Style Cultivation, Starting by Refusing to Be a Furnace – Chapter 8

Ch 8: Our Own People

Wei Xing found a small stream, simply washed up, and looked at his complexion that he had just nourished, but now more than half of it was directly depleted, his face was sallow and pale, his eyes were muddy, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and his head was dizzy.

Wei Xing looked at his appearance and could only sigh helplessly: “Hey, what else can I do? Fortunately, I saved my life, half a life is worth it, at least I can exchange it for something.” Wei Xing carefully touched the jade tablet in his arms, making sure it was still there, his heart was full of hope, and he returned in the direction he came from.

Qingyun Mountain Range, nearly a hundred men in black were neatly arranged in the low air, and a lean middle-aged man at the head said to a woman in red above: “Fairy Crimson, this subordinate has been taking people to search the entire Qingyun Mountain Range for more than a month, and has not found any suspicious traces, people are afraid… I’m afraid….”

“Huh?” The woman in red above just said a simple word, her eyes lightly swept over everyone.

The leading man who lowered his head was already sweating profusely, his face was covered with bean-sized beads of sweat, and he begged for mercy: “Fairy, spare my life, fairy, spare my life, we have indeed searched the entire Qingyun Mountain Range inside and out three times, and the jade pearl in the door has no reaction, confirming that the person is no longer in the Qingyun Mountain Range,” the man respectfully held the jade pearl in both hands and handed it to the woman in front of him to see.

“A bunch of trash! Expand the scope and continue searching, and at the same time pay attention not to leak the news.” The woman left a curse and left in a hurry.

After the man saw the person leave, he reacted after a long while, and said to the people below: “Expand the scope and continue searching, and all suspicious people must be carefully questioned.”

In a distant palace, a woman in red stood below, it was Fairy Crimson, facing the woman lying prone on the wide seat above, she said: “Elder, people have turned the Qingyun Mountain Range upside down, but… but… they didn’t see any suspicious people, and the jade pearl didn’t respond, and it’s not good to search for this matter in a big way, otherwise the other three Peak Elders….”

The main hall was very quiet, so quiet that the sound of the incense burner burning could be heard, the person on the seat did not respond, just listened silently, and then hooked her hand, and the jade pearl in the red-clothed woman’s hand floated into her hand in an arc, she looked at it and said, “There is no problem with the jade pearl, so what is the problem?”

When the woman in red heard this, she was shocked, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed non-stop: “Elder, spare my life, Elder, spare my life, please give this little one another chance, this little one guarantees to bring the person back.”

The woman above just watched quietly, and then pinched her fingers to calculate again, but this time it ended quickly, because she didn’t calculate anything, she just felt a blur, as if it was blocked by something.

The woman repeated it once, with the same result, her expression gradually lost control, from calm to anger, and she roared at the noisy ants below: “A bunch of trash! You can’t even handle this little thing, if it wasn’t for your loyalty to this palace and a little use, I would really like to kill you with one palm.”

The woman realized her gaffe, and then regained her composure and said to the woman in red below: “Go and receive your punishment, get out.”

The trembling woman in red below didn’t dare to raise her head, and after hearing the news, she calmed her breath, quickly thanked her, and went down in despair.

In the main hall, the woman sat on the chair with a puzzled look: “Could it be that someone is blocking me? But no one should know about this, no wonder the jade pearl I gave lost its reaction, strange. It’s rare to have a completely full Promiscuous Root Nature, which is of great benefit to my Cultivation Method, but that’s all, if this time doesn’t work, I’ll have to use some ordinary goods and slowly boil them for a few years.”

In an unknown path, Wei Xing was wandering slowly, not because he didn’t want to walk fast, but because his own Essence was emptied, his whole body was weak, so he could only lie on the horse’s back, slowly recovering some strength.

While walking, he saw several men in black suddenly appear and stopped Wei Xing. Seeing that Wei Xing was dressed as a Taoist, they were still polite, but their words were questioning: “May I ask which monastery’s Taoist priest is here?”

Wei Xing was already unable to muster any energy, his head was dizzy, how could he have the mind to care about their inquiries, he just quietly lay on the horse’s back and walked forward with the horse.

Seeing this, several people shouted again: “Which monastery’s Taoist priest is traveling here?”

Wei Xing was awakened by this shout, gradually sat up, stared around for a week, saw several men in black blocking his way, didn’t want to cause trouble, and then calmly replied: “What do you want? This little Daoist has nothing to do with you, right?”

One person saw Wei Xing recover, took a step forward, cupped his hands and saluted: “Taoist priest, we are under the Myriad Desires Sect, and we are ordered to patrol and investigate suspicious people, please show relevant evidence, otherwise it will be difficult for us to explain, please forgive me, Taoist priest.” This person spoke beautifully, unwilling to offend the Taoist, but also unwilling to let Wei Xing go easily.

Wei Xing didn’t know what their purpose was, and when he heard that they were under the Myriad Desires Sect, he conservatively adopted the previous tone and said: “This little Daoist travels around, has no sect or faction, and doesn’t have the evidence you want, what kind of object is it, I don’t know what evidence you need me to show?”

When several people heard Wei Xing’s reply, they exchanged glances with each other, forming an encirclement, and the tone of the person just now began to change, and he no longer called him Taoist priest, but just casually said: “In the territory of the Wei Kingdom, all Taoist priests have Taoist certificates, you can show them.”

When Wei Xing heard this, he replied awkwardly: “I don’t have your so-called Taoist certificate.”

Several people instantly changed their faces, and the person just now shouted angrily: “Pretending to be a Taoist priest is a dead end, brothers, take him down, so we can report back.” They were about to arrest Wei Xing on the spot.

When Wei Xing heard that it was a dead end and he was going to be arrested, how could he obey, he directly slapped the horse’s butt hard, and rode the horse towards one person, trying to run away. Wei Xing thought that the horse would hit him, and this person would have to dodge no matter what, so he could ride away and escape.

However, Wei Xing miscalculated. The horse rushed towards one person in front of him. The man in black didn’t dodge, but held the horse’s head with one hand and blocked the horse firmly. He also sarcastically said: “A mere horsepower is not worth mentioning.” Then, with one palm, the horse directly fell backwards, foaming at the mouth, and then slowly stopped moving. It was already dead and could not be dead anymore.

And Wei Xing was thrown off the horse by this huge impact, and the jade tablet in his arms was also thrown out. He was already weak, and this blow made him even more dizzy and unable to stand up. His heart was bitter: “I just suffered a disaster, and now I’m facing another one. Is it possible that I, Wei Xing, will die here today?”

Just when Wei Xing thought he was going to die, the eyes of several men in black were attracted by the jade tablet that fell on the ground. One person picked it up and looked at it, his face was pale, and he handed it to the others with trembling hands, his lips trembling and said: “Bro… brothers, this… this seems to be the inner… inner sect disciple’s jade tablet.”

Several people looked at the jade tablet carefully, and the more they looked at it, the more a sense of fear enveloped their hearts. After a long time, the person just now spoke: “How to deal with this? Who knew this master had such a big background, what’s going on?” His tone was annoyed, and he patted his thigh after speaking.

“If he bears a grudge, we won’t have a good time. Even if we are killed, there is no reason to argue. It seems that this master has never cultivated, or else, let’s just do it, and directly give…” One of them wiped his neck and said somewhat sinisterly. Several people were all licking blood from the knife’s edge, and they immediately understood what he meant, and they all glanced at Wei Xing, who was still lying on the ground groaning.

“No, no, logically speaking, there are no men among the inner sect disciples. In my opinion, he is probably someone from a certain fairy. If we kill him, when the investigation comes down, our brothers will have a good day.” The leading man in black said while thinking, obviously he did not agree with this approach.

“Then what does big brother mean?” Everyone looked at him.

“In my opinion, we might as well turn hostility into friendship. Anyway, everyone is wearing a mask, and he probably doesn’t know us. We apologize, and even if he doesn’t agree, what can he do? In the end, he still has to agree!” The leading man made suggestions, repeatedly emphasizing the pros and cons.

“Are you talking about me?” Wei Xing suddenly interjected. He had recovered a little just now, so he stood up and saw several people whispering and discussing something, ignoring him. He originally wanted to run away, but suddenly realized that his jade tablet was still in their hands, and he remembered that they said he was under the Myriad Desires Sect, and the purple-clothed woman last night also said that he was under the Myriad Desires Sect, “It seems that that jade tablet saved me.”

Several people were discussing, when Wei Xing suddenly interjected, like frightened birds, they each jumped up in different directions. Several people saw Wei Xing in front of them and exchanged glances.

The leading man said: “I didn’t know that Taoist priest was here to play, just now we had a misunderstanding, Taoist priest, please don’t mind.” The man then took out a small white bottle from his bag, and then said: “I heard that all Taoist priests like this Qi and Blood Replenishment Pill to replenish Qi and blood, our brothers are willing to offer this Qi and Blood Replenishment Pill as an apology.” After saying that, he directly stuffed it into Wei Xing’s hand.

Wei Xing was confused by what he said: “What kind of pill is it, and what kind of apology is it?” Wei Xing just wanted to get back his jade tablet, which not only involved his path to immortality, but also what he had exchanged for half his life.

Wei Xing simply said: “I just want to get back my jade tablet, I’ll return this pill to you.”

When the men in black heard this, they quickly handed the jade tablet to Wei Xing and ran away in a puff of smoke. Wei Xing looked at the figures running away, holding the jade tablet in one hand and the small bottle in the other, at a loss in the wind.