If the sect doesn't accept geniuses, they will become giants once they leave?

Chapter 239: Spend Money, If That Doesn’t Work, Take a Loan

On the mattress, the girl's face was pale, and she clutched the blanket tightly. Although she was fast asleep, her face was full of pain, as if something terrible was chasing her in her dream.

"Ghost... There are ghosts..."

"Jump into the well..."

"Shaobing... I don't have shaobing..."

Li Yanmo stood in front of the bed, was silent for a moment, then turned to look at the two [reporters].

"Master, I swear, this girl was already like this when I came out," Zhuge Moer's eyes were clear, without a trace of falsehood.

Jian Xin said calmly, "I heard some noise and came out to take a look."

Li Yanmo always felt that his two disciples had omitted some information, but Yao Mengyi was a foundation-building cultivator, and there was no way she would be scared like this by two Qi-cultivating cultivators.

"Okay... this is Yao Mengyi. She used to be a princess, but was exiled due to the plot. She and I have a connection, so I'd like to invite her to visit Qianzhou."

Seeing that Yao Mengyi would not wake up for a while, Li Yanmo brought his two apprentices to the courtyard and explained his next itinerary and plans to them.

Li Yanmo had considered hiding this matter from Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer, but after thinking about it, Li Yanmo felt that even Yao Mengyi knew about his planned itinerary, and it would be too awkward not to tell Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer.

Could it be possible that... his two disciples who were only at the Qi training level would run out of Qianzhou to do something?
After listening to Li Yanmo's itinerary, Zhuge Moer and Jian Xin looked at each other without leaving a trace.

Zhuge Moer frowned and analyzed, "Master, we still have some time before the expedition to eliminate the demons, but you want to build at least twenty-one cave dwellings in the seven states at once. Isn't that a bit too rushed? Moreover, once the expedition to eliminate the demons begins, it will not stop. With Dayu's speed, he can quickly sweep away all the small states and head straight for Zhongzhou... Master, how do you plan to build cave dwellings in Zhongzhou in such a short time?"

"Of course I have considered it."

"Oh? Master, what are you going to do?"

"Throw money at it. If that doesn't work, ask Dayu for a loan and throw money at it."

Li Yanmo's eyes were clear but tinged with foolishness. Zhuge Moer's clever mind was completely lost, unable to grasp the situation. After a long pause, he finally managed to confirm, "Master, are you planning to borrow money from Dayu, then clash with the Dao Sect, forcing those sects to raise their stakes until they can no longer hold on, thereby resolving the conflict between the commoner marquises and the noble marquises?"

"That's right!"

Zhuge Moer couldn't help but mutter, "Master, you... have no reputation, can't earn any spirit stones, and even owe a huge debt... What's the point?"

Li Yanmo did not answer, but just smiled mysteriously.

Seeing that Li Yanmo was not going to say anything, Zhuge Moer and Jian Xin did not ask any more questions, but instead asked about the affairs of Baidi City.

As they were chatting, Yao Mengyi finally woke up. She pushed the door open and saw Li Yanmo sitting there. Her eyes lit up, but when she saw Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer sitting next to Li Yanmo, the memories of last night surfaced again, and she fainted with foam at the mouth.

Li Yanmo looked at Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer with a strange expression.

"Master, Senior Sister and I are so weak and helpless, what can we do to the Foundation Establishment Master?" Zhuge Moer pretended to be weak and hugged Jian Xin's waist, blinking hard at Li Yanmo.

Jian Xin's expression was a little stiff, but he still blinked hard at Li Yanmo. Seeing that his two apprentices were like this, Li Yanmo had no choice.

Yao Mengyi woke up not long after she fainted. This time, she did not faint again when she saw Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer, but she was trembling more nervously than when she saw Leng Ningshuang.

Seeing Yao Mengyi's mental state, Li Yanmo knew that he could only take Yao Mengyi to Meizhou.

"...Ahem—Miss Yao, I've thought about it and think you might be able to help. I'd like to trouble you to come with me to Meizhou."

Yao Mengyi nodded vigorously, not daring to look at Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer the whole time.

When Yao Mengyi heard Li Yanmo say that he was going to Tianxu Tower in Risheng City to discuss with Shen Ziqing, she hurried to get the horse and help Li Yanmo open the door, like a servant.

However, when Zhuge Moer and Jian Xin got on the carriage, Yao Mengyi became listless again.

As soon as Zhuge Moer sat down, she noticed the sweater hanging on the side, and her eyes lit up immediately.

"This sweater... is so beautifully knitted, Miss Yao. Did you knit it?"

When the topic of sweaters came up, Yao Mengyi regained some of her spirits and nodded cautiously. To ease the inexplicably tense atmosphere, Li Yanmo also said, "Miss Yao is very good at knitting sweaters."

Jian Xin pricked up his ears, but thinking of Yao Mengyi's frightened look before, Jian Xin looked straight ahead, as if he didn't care at all.

With Li Yanmo's introduction and Zhuge Moer's eloquence, Yao Mengyi was finally not as nervous as she was at the beginning when she arrived at Tianxu Tower.

Shen Ziqing had been waiting for a long time and had prepared intelligence about the seven states and even the four states later.

"Master, I have investigated the general plans of some of the Taoist sects. They intend to use the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art as bait to allow the Commoner Marquis's son to rapidly improve his cultivation by cannibalizing humans, thereby creating an irreparable rift between the Commoner Marquis and Dayu."

"It's actually the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art?" Yao Mengyi was shocked, and then she became furious. "They actually used such a sinister method!"

Li Yanmo had long guessed that the sect would release some dangerous evil skills, but he did not expect that it would be an evil skill that relied on eating humans to improve cultivation.

However, those princes have been reading books of sages since childhood, and they must know the disadvantages of cannibalism. They must also know that if it is exposed, their entire family will be implicated. If there is a certain leeway, they will definitely not do so.

And the spiritual fruit magic formula he left there should not have too much room for improvement.

"That is to say... the sect will find various opportunities to have those princes devour the demon cultivators in the same way they devour humans. This will improve their cultivation while also leaving them vulnerable, so they won't dare expose their abilities," Li Yan said, shaking his teacup. "This is much worse than I expected..."

Yao Mengyi nodded and said distressedly, "Yes, the terrifying thing about the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art is that it can be used to improve one's cultivation. It can be practiced as a combination of both! No matter what level of cultivation one is at, or what technique one is practicing, as long as one has the intention, one can activate the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art and devour people at any time!"

"Master, don't worry. The magic weapon embryos we prepared are all integrated with the righteousness of heaven and earth. They have studied the books of sages diligently and have the righteousness of heaven and earth to support them. But if they eat humans to practice, they will be counterattacked by the righteousness of heaven and earth. Their cultivation is too low now, even if they eat humans, they can't improve their cultivation much. Now they have the spiritual fruit left by Master, so we don't have to worry about them using the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Art before they reach the Golden Elixir stage," Shen Ziqing put down the teacup.

"But...if we fail to complete the subsequent layout and allow the sect to act recklessly, it will only be a matter of time before they use the Heaven-Devouring Demonic Art."

(End of this chapter)