I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 259 An Old Friend Comes to Visit (Bonus Chapter for 3000 Monthly Tickets in May)

On the way back to Flint City, Danxi didn't say anything to Jiang Yi. After leaving her at the Beacon Tower, she left alone.

Jiang Yi knew that her master was going to clean up the mess she had made, give everyone a reasonable explanation, and silence those malicious speculations.

Jiang Yi was grateful to her thoughtful master for throwing her in through the back window of the guest room. There was a commotion at the door, and Jiang Yi quietly approached to eavesdrop and watch.

Zhao Cangyun gripped the hilt of his sword, the black dragon and jade snake coiled around his shoulder, standing like an iron tower in front of the guest room door, his brows furrowed with impatience.

"Go away, go away! My senior sister won't see anyone. If you want to get in, you'll have to kill me!"

Shen Puning and Xin Wushuang peeked out from the next room. Shen Puning was holding a handful of melon seeds and watching the fun with a smile. She even asked Xin Wushuang if she wanted some, and Xin Wushuang actually grabbed a handful.

After experiencing the trials of the mortal world, Xin Wushuang became much more easygoing.

Qi Tian wailed and knelt down, grabbing Zhao Cangyun's leg. "Senior Brother Zhao, I beg you, please let me see the senior. My life was given to me by the senior. I did so many beastly things, I need to apologize to the senior in person."

Feng Wuhen was about to step forward when he was pushed aside by Xiao Jue, who suddenly rushed over.

Feng Wuhen clicked his tongue. Didn't Xiao Jue used to look down on Senior Sister Jiang? Why is he coming to fawn over her now?
Xiao Jue held up the sword box horizontally, looking like he was presenting a treasure. "Senior Brother Zhao, I've admired Senior Sister Jiang's sword box for a long time. If you won't let me in, could you at least help me take the sword box in?"

Zhao Cangyun rolled his eyes. It's one thing for humans to compete for favor here, but why do non-humans have to do the same?

Su Chanyi and Cang Qingyue were also shouting louder than each other, "What's wrong with us visiting our senior sister? Zhao Cangyun, you're being unreasonable!"

Zhao Cangyun retorted, "What do you mean by 'our own senior sister'? Don't think I don't know you used to disrespect my senior sister, and now you want to get close to her? No way!"

The disciples of the Cangling Sect were arguing fiercely, while the disciples of the Xuanying Sword Sect who had been taught by Jiang Yi were even more indignant, their eyes red with anger.

"Senior Sister, please come out and see us! We just want to see you one more time, Senior Sister!"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Cangyun flew into a rage, baring his teeth and saying, "If you keep claiming to be my senior sister, I'll chop you all up and feed you to the Ink Dragon!"

The jade snake hissed and nodded its head up and down. "Sword cultivator, you're good! The meat is firm and easy to digest, very filling, edible!"

Besides the people from Cangling Sect and Xuanying Sword Sect, there were some unfamiliar faces behind them, holding invitations in their hands. It was unclear whose disciples they were, but they wanted to invite Jiang Yi to meet them.

Inside the house, Jiang Yi secretly sent a telepathic message to Zhao Cangyun, instructing him to guard the door carefully and not to see anyone.

Upon hearing the sound, Zhao Cangyun's spirits lifted, and he adopted the imposing manner of a man who could hold off ten thousand men, drawing his sword to defend to the death.

Jiang Yi walked to the door and was about to activate the protective array inside the room when she suddenly felt a slight stagnation in the air behind her. She turned her head sharply, and her pupils contracted.

A woman in purple was now sitting at the sandalwood table that had been empty just moments before.

The woman appeared to be in her early twenties, with a cultivation level of the early Golden Core stage. She wore a smoky purple gauze dress, her face half-covered by a veil, revealing a pair of captivating and alluring eyes. Tiny crystals adorned the corners of her eyes, shimmering and sparkling when she looked up, exuding charm and allure.

Her slender, pale fingers held the teacup, her red lips pressed against the rim, leaving an ambiguous rouge mark.

Behind her stood a young man in white robes, his hair bound with a jade crown, a folding fan gently waving, his face incomparably handsome, but his eyes, which should have been bright and spirited, carried the emptiness unique to corpse puppets.

"Jiang Fengying, I cried my heart out at your grave back then."

Jiang Yi's tense body relaxed, and she continued to activate the protective array inside the house. "Come on, I don't even have a cenotaph. You must be crying at the wrong grave."

The two looked at each other and smiled, as if old friends had reunited.

Jiang Yi sat down and poured tea for Hua Luosha. "You barged in right after my master left. Aren't you afraid of getting caught? Although my master isn't as upright as my mother, he wouldn't tolerate a heretical cultivator like you."

Hua Luosha reached out and hooked Jiang Yi's chin, leaning closer and saying, "Are you willing to let me die? We've already gone through a wedding ceremony. This is the only time in my life that I, Hua Luosha, have ever gone through a wedding ceremony with a woman."

Jiang Yi slapped her hand away. Mentioning this reminded her of the book Qi Tian had given her a few years ago, which claimed she had disguised herself as a man and seduced the Flower Demon. Although it was almost certainly false, but…

She did indeed dress as a man!

At that time, she accepted the bounty and wanted to rid the people of evil, so she disguised herself as a man to lure Hua Luocha to her door. The details are not worth mentioning. It was during the process of disguising herself and investigating that she discovered that Hua Luocha had killed all those damned scoundrels!
For example, the one behind her looks righteous, but he's a scumbag who tricks female cultivators into becoming his cultivation partners. Moreover, he's cruel and tortures them before he does anything.

She didn't kill Hua Luocha that time; instead, she saved her life. From then on, she was openly an enemy of Hua Luocha but secretly a friend, and they would occasionally get together for a drink.

"You came to see me, I'm afraid it wasn't just to catch up?" Jiang Yi pulled herself out of her thoughts.

Hua Luosha pulled a token from her bosom with two fingers, held it up, and waved it in front of Jiang Yi.

"Hey~ I accepted a kill order, lots and lots of spirit stones~ It requires killing this person named Jiang Heying and bringing his body back."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yi did not become nervous.

Hua Luosha frowned in distress. "I originally thought that Jiang Heying was just an imposter created by Danxi Zhenjun. I was even thinking that I wasn't afraid of betraying the Chimeizhai, so what was killing a Nascent Soul disciple? Who knew... What a pity! You have to compensate me with spirit stones!" The token was thrown into Jiang Yi's arms. She picked it up and examined it. The token was like an open book, with 'Book of Life and Death' written on one side and the three words 'Jiang Heying' on the other.

If you probe into it with your divine sense, you will see her portrait and some basic information that can be investigated by the outside world.

"A top-level kill order from the black market, that's a big deal."

Jiang Yi sighed, only a kill order of this level could drive a Golden Core cultivator to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

As for who's behind it all, Hua Luosha certainly doesn't know. Jiang Yi thinks it's the Mengxian Sect. She's ruined a lot of things for the Mengxian Sect lately, and she's been exposed in the open. Given the Mengxian Sect's vengeful nature, they'll definitely want to get rid of her as soon as possible.

Why must we take her body back?

Once dead, one cannot be parasitized; once completely dead, one cannot possess another's body.

Jiang Yi had some vague suspicions in her heart, but she put them aside for the time being. She saw that Hua Luosha was still drinking tea and looked like she had something sinister in mind.

"Do you have anything else?"

Hua Luosha nodded, "You owe me a favor regarding this kill order, so you have to do me a favor."

Jiang Yi chuckled, "I'm just a pitiful mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator now, what can I do to help a Golden Core cultivator like you?"

Hua Luosha breathed softly, "It's alright. I know you'll reach the Core Formation stage in a few years. As for me, I originally came to join in the fun at Kundao Palace, but who knew Zhu Mingzong changed the rules, and now even a rogue Core Formation cultivator like me can't get in."

"But besides this Kun Emperor, I also know of a Ghost Emperor. I'm not afraid to tell you that the cultivation technique I practice is part of the Ghost Emperor's inheritance. Otherwise, do you really think I'm being hunted down by the Chimeizhai because I killed people and stole their corpses?"

"Unfortunately, I didn't have time to explore the Ghost Emperor's ruins before I was discovered. To save my life, I had no choice but to betray the Demon Sect. Later, I met you when you were still Jiang Fengying. I planned to ask for your help once we both reached the Core Formation stage, but who knew..."

"Fortunately, you didn't die. Otherwise, I really wouldn't know who to ask for help. You are still a disciple of the Nine Great Immortal Sects. A normal visit to the Demon Pavilion won't arouse suspicion. I need you to help me infiltrate the Demon Pavilion and obtain the Ghost Emperor's complete inheritance."

Jiang Yi thought for a moment. Actually, she had sensed that Hua Luosha's skills were extraordinary back then. She had been thinking that she could ask Hua Luosha about the Nine Emperors Seal at the Chimeizhai. She never expected that Hua Luosha would come to her door on her own.

The matter of the Nine Ancient Emperors involves the root of the North Sea Demon Tide. If she hadn't had the chance, so be it. Now that the opportunity has come to her, she naturally has to go and see, perhaps she can find some clues.

Jiang Yi suddenly had a feeling that a storm was brewing. Ever since she found the Qingdi Palace, news of the Kundi Palace had spread like wildfire throughout the city. Before the Kundi Palace could be found, Hua Luosha brought clues about the Ghost Emperor.

Moreover, the Azure Emperor Palace happens to be located in the Xuandu Mountain Secret Realm, which is at a relatively low level, and it also has five tokens left by the Azure Emperor that can be used to open it.

It's like a pre-set thread; once you pull it, you can pull out a whole series of things.

This is probably not a good sign.

But she still insisted on going to see it; she couldn't help it, she was just being willful!
"What are the benefits?" Jiang Yi reached out her hand.

"Look at how mercenary you are now. I may not have much else, but I have plenty of handsome male corpse puppets. If you're interested, I'll let you pick a few to warm your bed."

Jiang Yijing declined, saying, "No need. Do you have any demon seeds from the Ghost King's Tomb Secret Realm, the kind with the Phantom Escape ability? If so, give me some as a deposit."

"A demon seed, wait while I look for it."

The Chimeizhai uses corpse puppets and employs demonic seeds in a similar way to the Mo Family Fortress. Both involve embedding demonic seeds into corpse puppets or mechanical puppets through special rune arrays to use demonic seed magic. Moreover, they can switch between these demonic seeds at any time without needing to learn them through the Spirit Inheritance Pill.

This is more flexible than the demon spirit, but the spells that the demon spirit learns can increase their power level and can also fuse two spells to exert a power greater than the sum of its parts. Corpse puppets and mechanical puppets cannot do this, and once the power in a demon species is exhausted, a new demon species must be replaced, which consumes a lot of resources.

"I don't have many demon seeds left. Apart from what I still need, the rest are all here. You can have them all."

Hua Luosha tossed a storage bag onto the table and stood up.

"I'm afraid your master will return soon, so I won't stay any longer. There's an incense stick in my storage bag. After you form your core, go to any grave near the Demon's Abode and light it. Once the incense has burned out, I will bring you a pot of good wine."

"Also, I'm not the only one who accepted this kill order, so you'd better be careful. If you die, I'll definitely turn you into a corpse puppet, dress you in men's clothing, and make you serve me, understand?"

"Then you will definitely not get what you want."

Jiang Yi escorted Hua Luosha to the window and watched her disappear into the night with her corpse puppet.

Jiang Yi was stunned when he picked up the storage bag from the table. There were tens of thousands of demon species produced in the Ghost King's Tomb Secret Realm.

Isn't this called much?

Boss atmosphere!

　It's worth mentioning here that although there are nine emperors, I won't actually write about them one by one; I have my own plans.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)