Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 495 Seeking the Path 5
Wei Xi wasn't surprised; things only got more bizarre when they came to her.

Standing before Chen Wang's body, Wei Xi felt as if he had returned to the towering mountains of Xizhou.

Wei Xi doesn't remember the scene of his first killing. Maybe it was a fish he caught, or maybe a grasshopper he caught to play with. Who would remember these things?

She only remembered a rabbit, the kind with blackish-gray fur that was hard to spot.

The environment in Xizhou is not suitable for farming, and in a year of severe drought, Wei Xi went into the mountains and caught a rabbit, which was considered an unexpected surprise.

Starving, Wei Xi snapped the rabbit's neck without hesitation.

From that day on, Wei Xi knew that he had a natural talent for being an assassin.

She has a knack for seeing the big picture in small things, and she thinks that rabbits and humans are not so different when it comes to survival.

Gentlemen, do not underestimate these subtle differences. Just look at how many people from the State of Ju have undergone drastic personality changes after returning from the battlefield.

"If this is the 'path' to saving people, have I ever saved anyone?"

Wei Xi was puzzled, but his hands moved without hesitation. He used a cart to transport Chen Wang's cousin's body over, carefully following the previous tire tracks.

"That time at the Zhenhai Sect's training grounds? But I didn't experience that now. How did I miss this path?"

Wei Xi noticed that the current situation was quite interesting: if the Dao is something that can only be touched after experiencing it, then he would not be in contact with "saving people" now; if the Dao is not something that can only be obtained through experience, then there would not be seven Dao options to choose from in the first place.

“Interesting,” Wei Xi said expressionlessly, pushing the cart. The corpse trembled slightly from the impact. “What kind of trial is this? I changed part of the trajectory of my life, yet I didn’t change the path?”

"It seems that this trial still cannot create something out of nothing. But then, what about my experience in the mine? In reality, I never learned any skills in the mine! It's a bit too realistic."

Wei Xi pursed his lips, looking troubled. "Or is it that the place where all rivers flow eastward has brought a lot of worldly experience, and this place has been altered?"

That makes sense, since places like the Abyss (the Final Abyss) are related to the Heavenly Dao. It's not unreasonable to say that the Heavenly Dao wanted to provide worldly experiences (experience packs).

After all, these things are the opportunity and blueprint for creating new things.

"So, everything in the mortal world has a vessel? Yin and Yang energy? And then it returns and feeds back into the Heavenly Dao?"

Wei Xi wasn't very good at these abstract things, and he racked his brains to make some progress.

By this time, the scene she had set up was almost complete: the bodies of Chen Wang and his cousin lay in front of the cart, the machete she had taken from the kitchen was in the latter's hand, and the handle had been carefully wiped clean just in case; several boxes of ore were placed on the boat moored at the abandoned ferry; and ground poisonous herbs were stuffed into Chen Wang's clothes.

What a dramatic scene of two people dying together – one for not dividing the spoils, and the other for poisoning.

Erasing his tracks, Wei Xi returned to the accounting office to stand guard. During the handover, he reported Chen Wang's absence to Old Zhang. The old accountant grumbled as he went to work, completely unaware that he had become part of the plan.

Two days later, the decomposing bodies of Chen Wang and his companion were discovered, and things unfolded as Wei Xi had predicted.

Old Zhang was ordered to audit the accounts, and sure enough, he discovered many errors and omissions. "That bastard! That heartless scoundrel!" Old Zhang was so angry that his eyes were blurry, but his voice was still strong. "He dared to steal ore and sell it! He almost got me implicated!"

Wei Xi blinked: Old Zhang's son was selected as an official last year and went to the county government. The fact that the old man was fooled by Chen Wang without paying attention could be a big deal or a small deal, so naturally the fire wouldn't touch Wei Xi.

It was quite a coincidence that Wei Xi had been trying to understand the "Tao" before, once by learning a trade at the mine and once by changing jobs. Although she was indifferent to worldly affairs, she was particularly attentive to her duties. After carefully reviewing the ledgers, she naturally discovered Chen Wang's suspicious behavior.

As the gap widened, Chen Wang, who was like an ant on a hot pan, became a golden opportunity in Wei Xi's eyes.

The moment Chen Wang spoke that day, Wei Xi knew her opportunity had arrived. She evaded the question, then tricked Wei Dong into leaving, creating the illusion that she had returned home, while secretly lurking near the accounting office, waiting for her chance. Seeing Chen Wang's cousin smuggling ore, she followed him, scattering ten times the amount of ground poisonous herbs—easily enough to incapacitate a young man carrying heavy loads. She then smoothly framed him, completely exonerating herself.

"Opportunity knocks but once. We've tested a method using the lives of two members of the Chen family." At the edge of Wei Xi's vision, Old Zhang's white beard trembled. "There are still five left. We can't afford to..."

Before Wei Xi could run towards the serial killer, the "four" in her vision jumped and changed into a "three".

"What kind of magic is this?!" Wei Xi exclaimed in shock. "What have I done? Is this thing so easy to obtain?"

"Wei Xi! You brat!" Old Zhang roared when he saw Wei Xi's ghostly expression. "I'm not dead yet! Why are you making that face? I'm asking you, do you know about the mess that little brat surnamed Chen made?"

Coming to his senses, Wei Xi adopted a timid expression, lowered his head meekly, and shook his head.

Old Zhang slammed his fist on the dilapidated table and said angrily, "You little brat wouldn't have the guts! You'd better be careful not to learn these crooked ways that could get you killed, or you'll just drag others down with you."

The audacious young girl Wei Xi feigned fear, but the phrase "crooked ways" echoed in her mind!
That's right, who says that the path they come into contact with or understand is necessarily orthodox? It might just be a crooked or heretical path!
When it comes to crooked ways and unorthodox methods, Wei Xi becomes very enthusiastic, showing no signs of having a prestigious background.

The Qingcheng Sect is naturally a prestigious sect, firstly because of its long history and the wealth of its ancestors; secondly because of its renowned reputation, which many sects cannot match.

As for reputation, don't worry about that!

Wei Xi had a clear understanding of herself, admitting that she had used many underhanded and ambiguous methods to get to where she was today, making her, in a sense, a person endowed with both righteous and evil qualities. Given this, what she had comprehended wasn't necessarily all righteous! It could also be the evil path.

For example, Wei Xi had committed some acts of murder, lying, and framing.

"But if that's the case, why would my act of framing someone reduce my options?"

While slacking off, Wei Xi pondered carefully, "Could the root of the problem still lie in the choice? Or is my only choice [Thread Pulling]? This is so unreliable in words and deeds. If they don't explain clearly, are they just letting me come in and stumble upon this by blind luck?"

Wei Xi originally planned to create any kind of Dao, just to stop Yan Ci from troubling his mind.

Furthermore, since [Thread Pulling] is quite useful as a tool for Miao Miao, she doesn't need to cultivate the [Thread Pulling] path.

"But the chances of staying are slim," Wei Xi thought with immense heartache, "so there's a high probability that I'll have no choice but to choose [Thread of Connection]."

Wei Xi's intention was to retain the [Tethering Silk] as a tool, allowing her to freely choose a path. Currently, all seven paths are ones Wei Xi has encountered and comprehended. Because Yan Ci prematurely enabled Wei Xi to form her core, she can only choose from these seven. Some events are merely triggers, amplifying corresponding insights and facilitating a cultivator's attainment of the Dao. Therefore, changing Wei Xi's life trajectory will not increase or decrease the total number of paths she has already encountered. As long as a similar event is triggered, there will be an opportunity to choose a path; once missed, it's gone forever.