Simultaneous travel: I am a talented person in all the worlds

Chapter 508 Spirit Beast Mountain? Spirit Control Sect?
For the next few days, the city of Lanzhou remained calm and peaceful.

After Mo Yu and Dong Xuan'er moved into the mansion that Fu Chang had arranged for them, they did not make any further moves.

He declined all the banquets and tours arranged by Fu Chang, and spent his days staying in his courtyard, seemingly focused on cultivation and oblivious to the world around him.

Dong Xuan'er was completely baffled by this.

I have absolutely no idea what Senior Brother Mo Yu is up to.

She wasn't particularly interested in this mission to begin with, and didn't care whether it succeeded or failed.

But seeing that Senior Brother Mo Yu had returned to his secluded, maniacal state, and that it was rare to see him even once a day, I couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and boredom.

Fortunately, the manager, Fu Chang, was a shrewd and capable person.

Perhaps because he was terrified by Mo Yu that day, he has been serving him very carefully these past few days, sending people to deliver the freshest spiritual fruits and the most exquisite delicacies every day, and offering a constant stream of all kinds of rare and precious trinkets from the mortal world.

Dong Xuan'er was quite happy to have some free time and lived a very peaceful life.

As she enjoyed this lavish offering, marveling at how "my senior brother's authority is so useful," she realized...

Lanzhou Prefecture City, Baihua Tower.

Having received Mo Yu's instructions, Xu Yan became extremely focused.

She temporarily suspended most of her daily affairs and devoted all her resources and energy to fulfilling Mo Yu's instructions.

She hadn't forgotten how, in just over six months, she had transformed from a struggling Qi Refining Level 7 female cultivator into someone with a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivation, a significantly increased fortune, and considerable influence in the entire Lanzhou underworld.

All of this is thanks to that incredibly powerful young master.

Xu Yan would treat any word he said as the highest order and carry it out without fail.

After carefully analyzing the detailed information on the five disciples of the Spirit Beast Mountain in the city, Xu Yan quickly locked onto her target.

The two were recently assigned to Lanzhou Prefecture City; they were flamboyant, greedy, and lustful young cultivators.

Subsequently, she did not hesitate to utilize the channels she had cultivated over many years.

Using spiritual stones as a means of communication and beauty as bait, they quickly made contact by employing both methods.

As night falls, in a luxurious private room on the top floor of the Hundred Flowers Pavilion, which is not open to the public.

After several rounds of drinks, the sensual music gradually subsided.

Two young men, whose appearances differed slightly from the locals, waved away all the maids in the room, leaving only the two of them to talk in private.

The man with the mustache carefully made hand seals and set up a soundproof barrier to prevent eavesdroppers from behind.

Another man, with a pointed face and a younger appearance, could no longer contain his greed upon seeing the barrier fully in place and eagerly spoke:
"Senior Brother Kang, what are you still hesitating about! The deposit alone is a full two hundred spirit stones! The target is just an old man at the seventh level of Qi Refining who is nearing the end of his lifespan and has not fought anyone for many years! For you and me, isn't this a piece of cake?"

He had the confidence to say that.

He himself was at the tenth level of Qi Refining, while the senior brother Kang opposite him had reached the eleventh level of Qi Refining!
In the path of cultivation, the higher one's cultivation level, the greater the gap between different levels becomes.

After reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, the magical power of each level increases exponentially!

Given their insidious methods, crushing a pampered mine manager like Fu Chang would be no more difficult than stepping on an ant.

The man addressed as Senior Brother Kang still wore a worried expression.

"Junior Brother Jiang, think about it carefully. Two hundred spirit stones is something that even an ordinary inner disciple of a sect might not be able to save up for ten years without eating or drinking."

Was Fu Chang's old life really worth that much money? Who on earth would go to such lengths to buy his life?

Upon hearing this, the young man surnamed Jiang stood up somewhat irritably and paced back and forth in the room.

How could he not see such an obvious problem?
But when it comes to fishing, I'm never afraid of using a straight hook; I'm only afraid of the bait not being fragrant enough.

After pacing back and forth twice, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he stopped: "Senior Brother Kang, there are only two possibilities for this deal."

"Firstly, it's a trap set by Huangfeng Valley, hoping to use this opportunity to catch them red-handed and resolve the dispute over the ownership of the silver essence mine."

Secondly, someone might be trying to use us as a pawn to instigate conflict between Yellow Maple Valley and our Spirit Beast Mountain!

"The former is easier to handle."

He sneered, "We only need to use some covert methods; we won't have to take action ourselves."

"If we can kill him, we'll collect the remaining bounty; if we can't, it means that the old man must have a powerful protector, so we'll just give up. With the deposit of two hundred spirit stones, we can consider it a small profit."

"As for Xu Yan, once we've made the move, she won't be able to get her deposit back."

Senior Brother Kang reached up and flicked his mustache, pondered for a moment, and nodded slightly: "That makes sense. But... what if it's the latter?"

"hehe."

The young man surnamed Jiang grinned, his expression particularly sinister. "Then it's none of our business... We're not real disciples of the Spirit Beast Mountain!"

"Even if Huangfeng Valley and Ling Beast Mountain really fight to the death over this, so what? If we can really disrupt the relationship between the seven sects of Yue Kingdom and throw them off balance, who knows... our sect might even bestow other rewards upon us!"

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Kang's eyes also showed interest and greed.

He was also envious of this windfall.

Although the six sects of the Demonic Path are stronger than the seven sects of Yue Kingdom, the internal competition is also more brutal and fierce, with the strong preying on the weak.

If he could obtain this large sum of spirit stones, combined with his savings over the years, it would be enough to acquire a high-grade magic weapon, or even a top-grade magic weapon!
This difference in equipment, in the ever-changing world of combat, could very well be the difference between life and death!
"Alright! Let's do it! Let's make our move!"

Having made their decision, the two no longer hesitated, waved to remove the soundproof barrier, and sent someone to inform Xu Yan.

Soon, Xu Yan, beaming, personally carried a jade box filled with spirit stones and led several top dancers from the brothel, each with their own unique charm, back into the room.

As she swayed her hips as she walked out of the room, several dancers were left behind.

It wasn't until the afternoon of the next day that Kang and Jiang finally walked out of Baihualou, completely satisfied.

Xu Yan looked at the dancers who were being helped out by servants, their expressions blank, their clothes disheveled, and who had almost lost their lives. A cold look of disgust flashed across her charming face: "Pah, two more beasts who don't know how to cherish women."

She turned to her trusted confidants and instructed them, "Arrange for the best doctors to treat them, and give each of them a thousand taels of silver so that they can live a life of comfort and security."

"Yes."

One of the women accompanying them respectfully agreed, then covered her mouth and chuckled softly:

"The boss is still as kind and beautiful as ever. They're just lucky to have followed you. If this were anywhere else, they would probably have been dragged out, beaten to death, and thrown into a mass grave. It's already a good deed to make room for them to 'take their own fate'."

"Go away, stop talking nonsense and go do your thing." Xu Yan waved her hand impatiently.

After everyone had left, she was left alone in the large private room.

She slowly walked to the armchair, extended her slender fingers, and gently tapped a carved pattern below the armrest.

A wooden bead, intended as an ornament, popped out and landed in her palm.

Xu Yan held the wooden bead between her fingers and probed it with a wisp of her divine sense.

Soon, every word of the conversation between the two men inside the soundproof enclosure yesterday reached her ears.

Xu Yan's eyes revealed a hint of disdain: "What good is a soundproof barrier made of cloth? How can it stop our cunning and wicked young master?"

However, she also knew in her heart that this was not because Kang and Jiang were not cautious enough.

Rather, it was the magical artifact in her hand called the "Record-keeping Bead" that was a top-grade magical artifact.

Its concealment effect is so strong that even a Foundation Establishment cultivator's divine sense might not be able to detect its trick unless they carefully and repeatedly examine it.

only……

"These two aren't disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain?"

Xu Yan keenly noticed an important piece of information revealed in this conversation.

She dared not delay for a moment and immediately took out a black ring from her storage bag, placing it next to the phonograph bead.

As the jewel set in the center of the ring flashed with a faint red light, all the information within the recording bead was transmitted.

……

Inside Mo Yu's courtyard at the Fu residence.

Mo Yu, a mortal sitting cross-legged, sensed something and withdrew from his cultivation state.

With a wave of his hand, he took out an identical black ring from his storage bag.

He immersed his consciousness into it, and after a moment, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Not from Spirit Beast Mountain?"

After listening to the conversation, a thought struck him.

Almost instantly, he recalled the invasion of the six demonic sects that he had been worried about before he came, and immediately guessed that the true identities of these two people were very likely disciples of the Yuling Sect, which had an ambiguous relationship with the Spirit Beast Mountain!
The mortal Mo Yu looked at the ring in his hand and fell into deep thought.

At this point, the matter could actually be declared over.

He took the news back and reported it to his master, Hong Fu, and that would be enough to get him a passing grade.

Given his lazy nature, he would be content with just passing this test, which offered little practical benefit.

but……

Another piece of intelligence that Xu Yan had sent him came to mind.

The expansion of the Jingjiao Society, which he had been supporting, has been slowed down recently due to the strong intervention of the Five Colors Sect, even with Qu Hun's secret assistance.

Based on the original plot, the unusual activity of the Five Colors Gate was one of the signs of an impending invasion by the demonic forces.

After all, it was the Spirit Beast Mountain behind the Five Colors Sect that gave them the order to annex the Shocking Flood Dragon Society.

Although, the Five Colors Sect and the Shocking Dragon Society are just two mortal gangs.

No matter how detached cultivators may be from worldly affairs, they still exist in the same world as these mortals.

Take this silver essence deposit as an example. Heaven knows how many rare treasures are still buried and yet to be discovered within this vast sphere of mortal power.
The number of cultivators is ultimately too small, and they need to spend most of their time on their own cultivation.

The task of searching for resources will inevitably fall to the mortal forces that depend on them.

Moreover, the Jingjiao Society continues to collect massive amounts of food and fodder for him.

This thing was prepared by him for those big shots in the chat group, and it was one of the few important channels he could use to provide convenience to them.

The fact is that the big shots are no longer in a hurry for supplies, and they already have backup options.

But the mortal Mo Yu still wouldn't allow it; this connection was severed by a mere Five-Colored Gate!
He gripped the black ring tightly in his hand, his languid and casual gaze replaced by a chilling coldness.

"Very well, let's take advantage of this mission to completely wipe this Five-Colored Gate off the territory of Lanzhou."

"I joined Yellow Maple Valley precisely to leverage its power, didn't I?"

“Now, I have more than just Yellow Maple Valley behind me. I also have a master who is at the Core Formation stage!”

In the mundane world, the key is to strike first!

Even if he really did uproot the Five Colors Sect, given his current status as "Hong Fu's personal disciple," as long as he did it cleanly, it would be difficult for the Spirit Beast Mountain to really do anything to him.

However, it would be best for the Jingjiao Society to handle this matter themselves.

When cultivators personally slaughter mortals, it's easy for them to become the subject of gossip and criticism.

(End of this chapter)