Immortality and cultivation begin with full comprehension.

Chapter 612: Deeply Hidden, All Thanks to Acting Skills (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

The "Justice Alliance" had been targeting him all along, trying to steal the rare treasure he had obtained.

If he hadn't been exposed, how could Zhou Dehai have been willing to hand over the jade box to "Tianxing Pavilion" in exchange for protection?

This is because he couldn't save it!
That's why they have to pay a huge price to save their business.

Unexpectedly, I was still disappointed in the end.

His plan failed.

"What else can be done?"

Zhou Dehai smiled bitterly, "My life is worthless, but there are hundreds of people in Wanbaolou, we can't all die here."

"Ugh……"

Li Yunjing sighed in a mocking manner, "How about this? I'll go to 'Tianxing Pavilion' to have a talk?"

Zhou Dehai's voice came through the communication talisman, tinged with weariness and helplessness: "Deacon Li, going to 'Tianxing Pavilion' now is probably..."

"Don't worry, Manager Zhou."

Li Yunjing interrupted him, gently stroking the "storage ring" with his fingertips, "I have my own way of getting Xiao Yunting to take action."

"Then just try it!"

Zhou Dehai's emotions remained largely unchanged.

Without the three "Dao Seed Pearls," he didn't believe there was any way to ask Xiao Yunting to save his life!
In the world of cultivation, there is no such thing as friendship.

Even if Wanbaolou collapses, it will actually benefit Tianxingge!
"Manager Wang, Manager Zhou and I have reached an agreement. I will personally intervene at the auction in two days to smooth things over with 'Tianxing Pavilion'."

Li Yunjing looked at Manager Wang and said.

"Ugh……"

Manager Wang shook his head. As Zhou Dehai's subordinate, he naturally knew the situation of "Wanbaolou" and how difficult it was.

They are just rich, easy targets!
Right now, a pack of jackals are staring at them with greedy eyes!
Once they find an opportunity, they will swarm in and divide up "Wanbaolou" completely.

What could Li Wutian, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, possibly do?
Seeing the other party's disheartened state, Li Yunjing didn't say anything more and left the "Wanbaolou" branch directly.

Instead of staying in the city, Li Yunjing left before the city gates closed and sped towards "Burial Island".

Under the moonlight, the long coastline was riddled with holes.

Li Yunjing swam easily in the water, evading the patrol team and the array's surveillance.

As they swam forward, five thousand miles away, a giant wave suddenly rose from the sea, and a pitch-black island could be vaguely seen rising from the surface. The island's name was written in ancient seal script, exuding a sinister aura.

It was the legendary "Bone Burial Island" that had devoured countless cultivators.

And in the sky, the full moon shines brightly.

It was exactly the time specified in the note Yue Wuyai had given him!
Li Yunjing lay hidden in the dark seawater, his aura completely concealed.

On the eastern side of the distant island, a few faint green phosphorescent lights could be seen flickering among the rocks.

It was the signal for rendezvous mentioned in Yue Wuyai's secret letter.

He approached silently like a fish, when suddenly, the underwater currents stirred.

Three ironback sharks, each over ten feet long, darted out of the shadows, their fangs gleaming coldly.

Li Yunjing calmly made a hand seal, and three strands of magical power with a special frequency burst forth from his fingertips.

The shark immediately and obediently made way, revealing a hidden underwater crevice behind it.

"Fellow Daoist Li is indeed punctual."

A hoarse voice came from the crack.

A hunched old man wearing a fish-skin cloak appeared, and inside the lantern he carried were several struggling, vengeful spirits. "I have been waiting here for a long time," he said.

"What do you call it?"

Li Yunjing's pupils contracted slightly.

Li Yunjing never expected that the disciples of the Tianluo Dao Sect on "Burial Bone Island" would be so audacious as to openly imprison wronged souls. What were they trying to do?
This kind of behavior is practically the work of demons!
crazy!

The people of the "Tianluo Dao Sect" have gone completely mad.

"The old man said you would show me some interesting things."

Li Yunjing said calmly.

"Fellow Taoist, come with me."

The old man did not give his name or surname, and then turned and disappeared into the sea.

Li Yunjing followed behind the other person, passing through the winding underwater tunnel, and suddenly the view opened up before him.

The island's interior had been hollowed out to form a massive underground palace, where hundreds of monks, their hands and feet shackled, were working by the lava pool, pouring crimson "Mysterious Yin Sand" into it.

Some kind of giant creature could be vaguely seen swimming at the bottom of the pool, and each tumble caused the chains to rattle.

"This is."

Li Yunjing was deeply shaken.

"The core of the Blood Sacrifice Array."

The old man pointed ominously to the platform above, "The seven elders will come every night at midnight to collect the 'Mysterious Nether True Water'."

He suddenly lowered his voice, "I can only take you in here. As for what else you want to see, that's up to you. I won't interfere!"

Li Yunjing stared at the boiling blood pool, his pupils reflecting a scarlet light.

"interesting……"

He thought to himself, "It seems that this 'Blood Sacrifice Array' really does hold a huge secret!"

I'm leaving! Take care of yourself!

The old man gave a word of advice, then disappeared back the way he came.

"Ah……"

Li Yunjing watched the other party escape and couldn't help but sneer. This person that Yue Wuyai had subdued seemed to be very timid and not worth much!
However, Li Yunjing was already satisfied that the other party was able to pick him up quietly.

Just as he was thinking, the entire underground palace suddenly trembled violently.

The chains in the blood pool shattered inch by inch, and a colossal creature burst forth from the water!

It was a giant python with seven human heads, each head having a black eye standing upright between its eyebrows.

"The Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python?!"

Li Yunjing gasped.

This ancient ferocious creature should have disappeared, but unexpectedly, the "Tianluo Dao Sect" feeds it with the essence and blood of living people!

One of the giant python's heads suddenly turned towards Li Yunjing, a strange light flashing in its vertical pupils.

"Oh no! This beast seems to have spotted me!"

Just as Li Yunjing was about to leave, he suddenly heard a voice that made him stop in his tracks.

“Stranger… I sense that you are not from the ‘Tianluo Dao Sect’… Moreover, you seem to be very powerful…”

The sound made Li Yunjing stop in his tracks.

"I want to...work with you..."

The "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" spoke again.

"Oh? Why do you want to collaborate with me?"

Li Yunjing responded curiously.

Li Yunjing narrowed his eyes and sneered, "Cooperation? What can a demon king imprisoned like you offer me?"

“I can give you… the greatest secret of the Tianluo Dao Sect.”

The giant python's seven heads simultaneously emitted a deep laugh, causing the blood pool to churn: "As for why I want to cooperate? No living being wants to be enslaved! I am no exception."

"I see!"

Li Yunjing's heart stirred, and he made a decision, "Cooperation is possible, but how? My cultivation is no match for that Supreme Elder!"

"You just need to be willing to help me!"

The rightmost head of the giant python spoke menacingly, "Those seven old fogies from the 'Tianluo Dao Sect' each refined the restrictions on one of my heads. They imprisoned me for three hundred years, just waiting for the night of the lunar eclipse."

Suddenly, a rumbling sound came from above the underground palace.

Seven crimson beams of light descended from the sky!

"They're coming!"

The giant python struggled frantically, its chains rattling loudly. "If you help me escape, I will tell you the secret of the 'Map of Mountains and Rivers'!"

"make a deal!"

Li Yunjing agreed, "But you must guarantee my safety! I won't act without absolute certainty!"

"Boom!"

At that moment, seven beams of blood-red light suddenly descended from the altar.

Li Yunjing knew that the seven elders of the "Tianluo Dao Sect" were about to descend!
Without hesitation, he used the waterway to evacuate the area.

"Boom!"

After Li Yunjing left, the blood pool was filled with bloody light, and the mournful roar of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" never ceased.

Hearing such a shrill scream from beneath the reefs surrounding "Burial Island," Li Yunjing felt a chill run down his spine.

"It seems that this 'Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python' is truly determined to cooperate!"

Li Yunjing didn't believe that after being so abused, this fourth-tier demon king could still be of one mind with the "Tianluo Dao Sect".

With this guess, Li Yunjing breathed a sigh of relief.

He came to the "Tianluo Sea" to cause trouble.

What could be more destructive to the "Tianluo Dao Sect" than breaking the blood sacrifice and releasing a fourth-tier demon king?
Having solidified his resolve, Li Yunjing concealed all his aura, immersing himself completely in the moment, awaiting Chongzhong's arrival to meet the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" to discuss the specifics of their cooperation. Half an hour later, as the seven streaks of blood-red light completely dissipated and the underground palace returned to deathly silence, Li Yunjing's figure reappeared from the waterway like a ghost.

"What did they take?"

He stared at the listless "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" in the blood pool and noticed that the vertical pupils of two of its heads had become dull and lifeless.

"They took away two urns of 'Mysterious Nether True Water'."

The remaining five heads of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" slowly rose, its voice filled with deep-seated hatred: "And the essence of my two divine eyes, accumulated over three hundred years."

"There must be more than that, right?"

Li Yunjing frowned and asked telepathically.

"clever."

The Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python suddenly struggled violently, its chains groaning under the strain. "On the night of the lunar eclipse, the Seven Old Ghosts will come to take the essence of my last five heads. That's when the great formation will be at its weakest..."

It spat out a blood-red scale. "Holding this can ward off the Blood Demon, but you must do something for me first..."

Li Yunjing took the blood-red scale; it was icy cold to the touch, and he could vaguely sense the immense demonic power contained within it.

His eyes flickered slightly: "What is it?"

"We've found a traitor!"

The five heads of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" roared simultaneously, causing the blood pool to churn. "Three hundred years ago, he pretended to help me escape, but in reality, he stole a treasure I had crafted!"

A blurry human figure suddenly appeared on the scales.

This is exactly what Zhou Dehai looked like when he was young!
"It's him……"

Li Yunjing's heart skipped a beat.

This was completely unexpected!

Zhou Dehai's cultivation level is about the same as his!
Does he really have that much ability?

Li Yunjing simply couldn't believe it was real!

Where is he now?

Li Yunjing asked a question on purpose.

"It's in 'Tianxing City'!"

Suddenly, a wisp of black gas shot out from the leftmost head of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python," condensing into a map in the air. "It contains the aura of my natal magic weapon. On the night of the lunar eclipse, it will surely come here to claim a share!"

"what!"

Li Yunjing was completely shocked.

Zhou Dehai, that old bastard, with his plump and fair appearance, has been putting on an act with me all along.

Was I completely fooled by this old man?

So this was also his destination?

"What is Zhou Dehai's cultivation level?"

Li Yunjing pressed for an answer.

"Three hundred years ago, this person's cultivation level was already at the third level of the Nascent Soul Realm! I wonder if he has advanced further now."

"Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" said viciously.

That deep chill revealed the boundless hatred that the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" harbored for Zhou Dehai.

Upon hearing this, Li Yunjing's pupils suddenly contracted, and his hand gripping the blood-red scales tightened involuntarily.

Nascent Soul Realm, Third Heaven?

Zhou Dehai, who always smiles and seems harmless?
"interesting."

A cold smile curled at the corner of his lips. "It seems I underestimated this Manager Zhou."

"Besides my natal magic weapon, he also obtained three other treasures from me!"

The middle head of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" suddenly lowered its voice: "Three 'Dao Seed Beads'! Do you know what 'Dao Seed Beads' are? If you cooperate with me, those three 'Dao Seed Beads' can raise your cultivation to the Nascent Soul Realm!"

"I see!"

Li Yunjing sneered inwardly, "Zhou Dehai, you're something else! I have to admire you!"

Inside the secret chamber of "Wanbaolou" in Tianxing City.

Zhou Dehai suddenly crushed the teacup in his hand.

"That little bastard Li Wutian tried to play dirty tricks on me!"

For the first time, anger appeared on his fat face: "The leader of the 'Justice Alliance' is dead! I've confirmed it was Li Wutian who killed him!"

"That jade box..."

Shopkeeper Wang, standing beside him, asked nervously, "Could it be...?"

"It must have fallen into this person's hands."

Zhou Dehai's narrowed eyes flashed with a cold light. "I should have realized that the people Yue Wuyai sent wouldn't be simple."

He slowly rose to his feet, his aura rising steadily.

His originally bloated body shrank as if deflated, and in the blink of an eye, he transformed into a lean middle-aged cultivator.

Most terrifyingly, a vertical pupil pattern, identical to that of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python," appeared between his eyebrows!

"Pass the order."

Zhou Dehai's voice was icy cold, "Initiate the 'net-closing plan' ahead of schedule. As for that Deacon Li..."

A crimson bead appeared in his palm: "Since he dared to touch my things, then let him become the first sacrifice on the night of the lunar eclipse!"

Outside the window, a blood moon is quietly climbing into the night sky...

"Seven days later will be the night of the lunar eclipse."

Li Yunjing put away the scales and turned to leave, his voice echoing in the dark underground palace, "I will bring him to see you. As for whether you can deal with Zhou Dehai, that depends on yourself."

The blood pool boiled again, and a strange light flashed in the vertical pupils of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python".

From an angle unseen by Li Yunjing, the tail, bound by chains, was quietly beginning to take shape as the eighth head began to form.
Outside of "Tianxing City", there is an unnamed valley.

Li Yunjing sat cross-legged in a secluded cave, his fingertips lightly stroking the blood-red scale, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

"Zhou Dehai, Nascent Soul Realm, Third Level!"

"Ha! You've kept it well hidden!"

Li Yunjing originally thought Zhou Dehai was just a shrewd businessman, but he never expected that this person was actually a traitor of the "Tianluo Dao Sect" and had even participated in suppressing the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" and tricked away three "Dao Seed Pearls"!
"No wonder he was willing to hand over the 'Dao Seed Pearl' to the 'Heavenly Star Pavilion'; it turns out he had even more in his own possession!"

Li Yunjing sneered, then closed his eyes and focused his mind to begin refining the blood-red scales.

This scale contains the original demonic power of the "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python", which can help him conceal his aura and even temporarily borrow the power of the demonic python. If used properly, it can unleash the power of the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm!
This is our trump card!

The "Seven Fiends Profound Yin Python" clearly hated Zhou Dehai to the extreme, which is why it entrusted such an important treasure to him, solely in order to eliminate this man.

Li Yunjing practiced his breathing and meditated for a while, and it was two days later that he entered "Tianxing City".

Today is a big day for "Tianxing City"!
The once-in-a-century auction of "Sinking Star Island"!
When Li Yunjing disguised himself and entered the city, he found the atmosphere inside to be strange.

The number of Tianluo Dao Sect disciples patrolling the streets has increased significantly, and there are even quite a few Golden Core cultivators stationed at key locations, seemingly searching for something.

Li Yunjing changed his appearance and was no longer afraid of seeing acquaintances.

He knows too many cultivation techniques, and as a cultivator with the five elements spiritual roots, there is no five elements supernatural power that he cannot cultivate.

At this moment, Li Yunjing revealed the aura of an ice-elemental spiritual root cultivator whose entire body exuded a cold aura.

This cold, aloof face is completely different from the Li Wutian he was disguised as before.

No one has the ability to connect Li Yunjing with the previous "Li Wutian".

Li Yunjing mingled in the crowd, his gaze sweeping over the "Wanbaolou" building in the distance.

"As expected, Zhou Dehai has already begun to take precautions."

Sensing that "Wanbaolou" was outwardly relaxed but inwardly tense, he smiled slightly and turned to go to "Tianxingge".

Li Yunjing paid a sum of spirit stones, held an ice-blue jade token, and slowly stepped into the "Tianxing Pavilion".

The pavilion was resplendent with gold and jade, filled with high-level cultivators, and the air was thick with the aroma of spiritual herbs and magical treasures.

"Fellow Daoist, please show your entry pass."

A Foundation Establishment stage maidservant bowed respectfully.

Li Yunjing flicked his finger, and the jade tablet floated up, emitting a faint chill.

Upon seeing this, the maidservant became even more respectful: "So you are a senior from 'Mysterious Ice Valley'. Please follow me."

"Mysterious Ice Valley" is the identity he is currently disguising: an elder of a reclusive sect.

Since no one here knew him anyway, Li Yunjing deliberately revealed his Golden Core Realm cultivation in order to buy some good things along the way.

The maid led him to a private room on the second floor, which had an excellent view overlooking the entire auction house.

Li Yunjing's gaze swept across the area and he quickly spotted his target in the VIP section opposite: Zhou Dehai!
At this moment, Zhou Dehai had returned to his obese merchant appearance and was chatting and laughing with several Golden Core cultivators, showing no trace of his former Nascent Soul cultivation.

"They've really hidden it well..."

Li Yunjing sneered inwardly.

He didn't look at it for long. Nascent Soul cultivators have keen senses, and Li Yunjing was afraid that Zhou Dehai would realize that someone had ill intentions towards him and cause trouble.

At this moment, a white-haired old man at the first level of the Nascent Soul stage walked onto the high platform, waved his sleeve, and the venue immediately fell silent.

"Fellow Daoists, the auction officially begins today!"

This old man came from the "Tianluo Dao Sect" and was specially hired by the "Tianxing Pavilion" at a high price to serve as the host.

Without wasting any words, the first item up for auction was a high-grade spirit sword, and the auction began immediately.

(End of this chapter)