Having been given a second chance at life, I choose to join the Demonic Sect!

However, Qin Lin'er felt it was a waste to give this seventh-tier evil pill to Gu Qingfeng.

Feeding the evil pill to Ming Feng, the Void Refining Ancestor from the Xuan Tian Sect, was the best way to maximize its benefits.

However, Qin Lin'er knew this idea, so she could only think about it.

Since Mingfeng would never consume any spiritual fruits or foods from the Hehuan Sect, Cao Meng had no opportunity to poison him.

Over at Yaochi and Qiongtan...

Shishi, carrying Hongqi, quietly arrived at the Demon Sword Sect and found Jianyan and Jianyun, two Venerable Refinement stage elders of the Demon Sword Sect.

Looking at Shishi in front of them, Jianyun and Jianyan had the idea of ​​grabbing her and leaving as soon as possible.

However, they quickly suppressed this thought.

This Jade Pool Terrace is itself a spiritual artifact of the Joyful Union Sect. If they make a move, they will probably be suppressed by the Joyful Union Sect immediately, and they will not be able to take Shishi away and escape back to the Demon Sword Sect.

"I've met my ancestor!"

Jianyan and Jianyun bowed to Shishi at the same time. They felt that Shishi had come to see them because she might have changed her mind and wanted to return to the Demon Sword Sect with them.

"I can give you the cultivation method of 'A Sword Across Worlds,' but you have to help me kill that Shang Huai from the Sword Inquiry Sect!"

Shishi was quite direct, getting straight to the point without beating around the bush.

"Ancestor, is this really true?"

Jianyan quickly pressed for details. Although the Demon Sword Sect also had a cultivation technique called "One Sword Across Worlds," their version was incomplete and was later supplemented.

Even the Demon Sword Sect's "One Sword Across Worlds" is only a low-grade Heaven-rank technique, possessing less than one-tenth of the power of the true mid-grade Heaven-rank technique "One Sword Across Worlds".

Even the high-quality imitation of "A Sword Across Worlds" is already a closely guarded secret within the Demon Sword Sect.

Therefore, it is conceivable how important the real "A Sword Across Worlds" was to Jianyan and Jianyun.

"Ok!"

Shishi nodded, then said:
"I can give you the cultivation technique right now, but you must swear an oath with your Dao heart to kill that guy!"

Shishi knew that if she didn't offer some benefits, the two wouldn't kill each other.

Jianyan and Jianyun exchanged a glance and immediately swore an oath:

"Heaven above, I, Jianyan (Jianyun), swear by my Dao heart!"

If the Ancestor were to impart the mid-grade Heaven-rank cultivation technique, "One Sword Across Worlds," to us, we would surely kill Shang Huai, this traitor of the Sword Sect who defied the Ancestor. If we disobey, we will surely suffer a qi deviation and die..."

As the two finished making their oaths, two beams of divine light flew out from Shishi's brow and disappeared into the brows of Jianyun and Jianyan!

"This is the true cultivation method that allows one to transcend worlds with a single sword strike!"

After obtaining the cultivation method of "A Sword Across Worlds", Jian Yun and Jian Yan couldn't help but marvel at the profoundness of the mid-grade Heaven-rank cultivation technique.

At the same time, the two of them couldn't help but marvel at the formidable power of the Demon Sword Sect's past patriarchs.

The Demon Sword Sect's "One Sword Across Worlds" was so ridiculously wrong, yet the Demon Sword Sect's ancestors haphazardly patched it up, turning it into a low-grade Heaven-rank technique.

Jian Yun and Jian Yan both suspected that if they gathered together all the old ancestors of the Demon Sword Sect, they could compile dozens of low-grade Heaven-rank cultivation techniques!

"Cao Meng said that you should make your move after the celebration ends, on the way back from the Sword Inquiry Sect!"

"If you handle this matter well, we can give you more of the Longevity Sword Sect's legacy in the future, allowing your Demon Sword Sect to become a true Longevity Sword Sect!"

Hongqi, who was in Shishi's arms, added something at this moment.

That's right, it was Cao Meng who sent Shishi to bring Hongqi to find Jianyun and Jianyan; all of this was instructed by Cao Meng.

Previously, wasn't Shang Huai, the Void Refinement stage patriarch of the Sword Inquiry Sect, quite the barking dog? So Cao Meng wanted his dog's life!

Jian Yun and Jian Yan's faces darkened. They never expected that the mastermind behind all this was Cao Meng.

As expected, Shishi, this old ancestor, had been bewitched by Cao Meng and lost her mind.

However, this does not matter to Jian Yun and Jian Yan. After all, given the relationship between the Demon Sword Sect and the Sword Inquiry Sect, they will inevitably have to fight sooner or later to determine the winner.

Now that we can reap the benefits, why not?

……

At this moment, Zi Rou'er was strolling around the Hehuan Sect with Nalan Youruo, Xing Lan, and Lü Wang.

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, she somehow managed to bring these three people to the Wanbao Pavilion of the Hehuan Sect.

Xing Lan looked at the wide variety of things sold in Wanbaoge and wondered why Zi Rou'er had brought her to this market.
Nalan Youruo seemed to be deep in thought, probably guessing that the Wanbao Pavilion might be related to Cao Meng.

Compared to Xing Lan and Nalan Youruo, Lü Wang, the simpleton, just looked around aimlessly.

I want to see if there's anything I need in this treasure trove, hoping to find a bargain.

"Give me a hundred Divine Inquiry Machines!"

Zi Rou'er came to the counter and gave instructions to Ren Ruohan, the steward of Wanbaoge.

Zi Rou'er had been staying at the Hehuan Sect for a month and was considered a regular at Wanbaoge, so Ren Ruohan, the steward, naturally recognized her.

Ren Ruohan gave an order to a maid, and soon a hundred Immortal Inquiry Machines were brought over.

"Fellow Daoist Zi Rou'er, one Immortal Inquiry Machine costs 1,300 low-grade spirit stones, and one hundred Immortal Inquiry Machines will cost a total of 130,000 low-grade spirit stones!"

Ren Ruohan handed the bill to Zi Rou'er, indicating that it was time to pay the spirit stones.

"Why has the price gone up? Wasn't it supposed to be 1,000 low-grade spirit stones per Immortal Inquiry Machine? Is Cao Cao targeting me?"

Zi Rou'er's short temper flared up immediately.

Yesterday, she bought the Immortal Inquiry Technique for 1,000 low-grade spirit stones, but today it suddenly increased to 1,300. Is she treating Zi Rou'er like a scapegoat? What a sucker!
It must be that traitor Cao saw that I had bought too many Immortal Inquiry Machines recently, so he deliberately raised the price to target me.

Ren Ruohan had anticipated Zi Rou'er's question, so she took out the Inquiry Scroll, opened the message Cao Meng had sent in the Wanbaolou work group, and began to explain:
"Fellow Daoist Zi Rou'er, this is a message the boss sent not long ago:"
Ask the divine secrets every day; only 1,000 units available for limited sale!

"The Immortal Scroll is for sale. For members of our sect, the original price is 1000 low-grade spirit stones; for outsiders, the price will be increased by 300 low-grade spirit stones!"

Ever since Cao Meng and Wen Chiliyu finalized the big deal, he has felt a bit regretful. As a qualified businessman, he should treat every customer equally and not discriminate against them.

Lowering the price of Chili Jade was impossible, so Cao Meng raised the price of the Wenxianji machine by three hundred to show fairness.

As for the Hehuan Sect itself, the amount will still be calculated at one thousand low-grade spirit stones, considered as an internal benefit for the sect.

"That traitor Cao is trying to slaughter us like innocent victims!"

Zi Rou'er protested against Wenxianji's sudden price increase.

"Uh~"

Xing Lan and Nalan Youruo were incredibly embarrassed at that moment!

When they received the initial price of the Immortal Inquiry Machine—no more than a thousand low-grade spirit stones—they already understood how wronged they had been!

Back then, that traitor Cao kept saying it was a friendly price, selling the Immortal Inquiry Machine to the two of them for 10,000 low-grade spirit stones per machine.

Whose "friendship price" is ten times higher than the original price?!

They paid ten times the price, which shows how wronged this person was.

Xing Lan and Nalan Youruo were not the most furious; the most furious was Lü Wang, after all, he was the one who was tricked the most back then.

"This villain is going too far! How dare he cheat me, Lü Wang, like this! I must void that IOU!"

Lu Wang stormed off in a huff, intending to complain to his father and older sister, demanding that the Hehuan Sect Master nullify the IOU. "I feel like that idiot should have been scammed even more badly!"

Xing Lan watched Lü Wang leave in a huff and gave a bitter smile.

"I felt much better right away!"

Nalan Youruo could only console herself with this thought: although she had been wronged, there were even more wronged children to fall into her shoes!

"Fellow Daoist, I'll take all one hundred of these Immortal Inquiry Machines!"

Seeing that Zi Rou'er was still fighting against the evil forces and hadn't paid, Xing Lan insisted on paying.

As the saying goes, if you don't want it, plenty of others will!

"I want three hundred units!"

Nalan Youruo quickly followed suit, ordering three hundred Immortal Inquiry Machines in one go.

"I'll add two hundred more!"

Seeing that Nalan Youruo immediately ordered 300 units, Xing Lan quickly added to her order as well.

Xing Lan added, and Nalan Youruo also added.

Finally, the two reached an agreement to book the entire venue, purchasing all 1,000 Wenxian machines needed for a day's sales, with each of them splitting 500 machines between them!

Both of them are smart people, and now that the magic machine is cheap, they naturally want to buy more.

Moreover, according to what they knew, the batch they had bought before had already been researched and scrapped by the weapon refiners of their respective sects, and they hadn't even figured out anything yet.

It is evident that the method of refining this Immortal Machine is not easy, and they must buy more to supply the sect members for research.

Seeing Xing Lan and Nalan Youruo paying with spirit stones, Zi Rou'er immediately scolded them:
"Nalan Youruo, Xing Lan, what's wrong with you two? How could you submit to that traitor Cao!"

She, Zi Rou'er, was there working hard to fight against the evil forces and resist the traitor Cao.

As a result, the two henchmen she found not only refused to help, but also defected to Cao Cao. What kind of situation is this?

After Xing Lan stored the five hundred Immortal Inquiry Machines into her storage ring, she gave Zi Rou'er a disgruntled look:
"Zi Rou'er, when you saw Cao Meng ripping us off last time, selling a single Immortal Inquiry Machine for ten thousand low-grade spirit stones, why didn't you say anything?"

Xing Lan remembered very clearly that when she was killed by Cao Meng as a wronged child in the Ghost Kingdom of Yunfu, Zi Rou'er was right next to her, but she didn't say a word!
"Cao Meng threatened me back then, which is why I didn't say anything!"

Zi Rou'er's momentum immediately weakened. She also wanted to expose Cao Meng, but she was afraid of being spanked by him, so she didn't expose him!
“Sister Zi Rou’er, you brought us here just to let us know the real price of the Immortal Inquiry.”

"So they want to let us know we've been tricked by Cao Meng, and then use us to cause trouble for him?"

"Now Lü Wang has fallen for it, and you've succeeded!"

Nalan Youruo added a few sarcastic remarks, as if to say, "Do you really think she's stupid and can't see through Zi Rou'er's true thoughts?"
"You can be the scapegoats if you want, but I, Zi Rou'er, am not!"

Zi Rou'er was tongue-tied and couldn't win an argument with Nalan Youruo and Xing Lan, so she could only try to save face by speaking up.

“Sister Zi Rou’er, your Beast Soul Sect has allied with the Joyful Union Sect, so naturally you can be assertive!”

"Our Blood Demon Sect, Soul Refining Sect, and Joyful Union Sect have only a so-so relationship, so we can only be enemies."

Nalan Youruo and Xing Lan continued to mock Zi Rou'er in unison, because this girl had no good intentions from the start.

"Let's meet in the ring tomorrow if you dare!"

Faced with Nalan Youruo and Xing Lan's mockery, Zi Rou'er directly made a harsh statement and left!
Nalan Youruo and Xing Lan frowned. Although they were better at verbal sparring than Zi Rou'er, they dared not underestimate Zi Rou'er's strength.

……

The number one wronged child, Lü Wang, has returned to Yaochi Qiongtan, where his older sister, Lü Qiling, is chatting and laughing with Duanmu Fei and Zi Xixue.

Lu Wang came over to Lu Qiling's side and whispered a few words, and Lu Qiling's face immediately turned ugly.

"Consort Duanmu, although I am not short of a few million low-grade spirit stones, given our relationship, isn't your disciple Cao Meng's behavior a bit excessive?"

Lu Qiling suddenly launched an attack without any restraint, mainly because she was genuinely furious that a junior had dared to mess with her.

Asking the Immortal for a thousand low-grade spirit stones per unit, he actually calculated it to be forty thousand low-grade spirit stones per unit, which is a full forty times!

"You traitor, get over here right now!"

Consort Duanmu roughly understood what was going on, so she took out the Divination Machine and sent a message to Cao Meng.

A short while later, Cao Meng brought Qin Lin'er back to Yaochi Qiongtan.

"Master, what do you want to see me about?"

Cao Meng was a little confused, wondering what he had done to offend the female demon.

Consort Duanmu pointed at Lü Qiling and said to Cao Meng:

"She wants you to give her an explanation?"

This rebellious disciple is always causing trouble, which infuriates Consort Duanmu.

Cao Meng was stunned when he saw the heroic woman in front of him!
Explain?

Taking over?

Upon realizing this, Cao Meng quickly denied it:

"Master, I don't know her, the child in her belly isn't mine, I won't take the blame for this!"

Cao Meng suddenly remembered a few things that happened in his hometown. The girl claimed that she got pregnant after drinking milk tea made by a milk tea shop guy, and that the child was the milk tea shop guy's, and that he should marry her and take responsibility.

There are also cases of getting pregnant from looking into each other's eyes, and even from buying clothes!

Cao Meng seriously doubted that he had encountered such a thing. He had already cultivated immortality, so how could he still encounter such a thing?

Although Cao Meng is a good person, he is not an honest one, so he refuses to take over!
"You lecherous scoundrel, you're the one who's pregnant! Today I'll cripple you!"

Lu Qiling had always remained chaste, but Cao Meng claimed she was pregnant, which immediately enraged her.

If it weren't for Consort Duanmu and Zi Xixue stopping Lü Qiling, Cao Meng would most likely have gotten a beating!
"You traitor, she's not pregnant, don't talk nonsense!"

After scolding Cao Meng, that troublemaker, Consort Duanmu quickly comforted Lü Qiling with Zi Xixue, saying:
"Qi Ling, this rebellious disciple is a bit dim-witted. You are his elder, hundreds of years older than him, so don't bother with him!"

Cao Meng felt wronged. It wasn't his fault for thinking wrongly; it was mainly the fault of the female demon for not explaining things clearly!
In addition, times have changed, and T0 has already invaded the cultivation world. He subconsciously encountered a cultivation T0 looking for someone to take over, which is why he acted this way!
After repeated admonitions from Zi Xixue and Duanmu Fei, Qi Lü Qiling finally suppressed her anger.

Cao Meng also noticed the wronged child Lü Wang at this time, and then guessed what had happened.

"Fellow Daoist Lü, it's time for you to pay your debts!"

Cao Meng took out an IOU from his storage ring and demanded payment of six million low-grade spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist Lü Wang, don't forget that you swore an oath with your Dao heart. If you renege on your promise, you may not be able to bear the consequences!"

Cao Meng knew that Lü Wang had the intention of defaulting on the debt, so he kindly reminded him.

"Sister, it was this Cao scoundrel who cheated me out of my spirit stones! Make him void the IOU!"

Lü Wang felt that as long as Cao Meng took the initiative to invalidate the IOU, his oath would not be considered true.

"Fellow Daoist Lü Wang, I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it, so you can't blame me!"

As soon as Cao Meng finished speaking, he took out the Inquiry Machine and immediately projected the video he had secretly filmed.

Upon seeing the projection, Lü Wang's body went limp. His falsification of accounts had been exposed, and his older sister was definitely going to break his legs! (End of Chapter)