destiny eternal calamity

Li Wei glanced at the shops and inns that had all closed their doors to customers out of fear, and the streets that were now deserted even in broad daylight.

He sighed.

I feel like it would be difficult to find an inn without resorting to violence.

Let's deal with Zuo Fenghan's funeral arrangements first.

He still had some respect for this opponent.

He found a large jar on the street, then used his true energy to scoop up Zuo Fenghan's corpse, which had already scattered into a ball on the ground, and put it inside.

Then, carrying Shang Xueyan on his back, with the unconscious Du Qianqian in his left arm and the jar in his right, he ran towards the mountain behind the ancient town.

Upon reaching the mountain, Li Wei used the "Return to Nothingness" technique to create a large pit, and then buried the jar inside.

After thinking for a moment, Li Wei used his inner energy to stimulate Du Qianqian's acupoints, waking her up.

Du Qianqian looked at the pit in front of her and the jar filled with flesh and blood, and of course she knew what it was.

She covered the simple grave with soil as tears streamed down her face.

Li Wei used his sword to carve out a wooden board, wrote "Tomb of Zheng Yi" on it, and placed it on the grave mound.

Zuo Fenghan can disappear, but he cannot die, otherwise it will alert Kunlun.

Therefore, the one who died could only be Zheng Yi, who was connected to the Changsheng Sect.

"Kill me, bury me with him," Du Qianqian said softly after filling the pit.

"No, he said I should let you go. Besides, he's a demon, he has no feelings," Li Wei advised.

Although Du Qianqian was somewhat naive and willful, she knew that Li Wei was right and that it had all been wishful thinking on her part.

"Do you have a way to make me forget this memory?" she asked softly, sitting in front of the wooden tombstone.

Li Wei thought to himself, Xie Youshan does have a way, but I can't find her now.

He didn't answer, but sat with Shang Xueyan on the nearby hillside, watching the sunset.

After a while, a familiar figure appeared out of thin air, carrying a large white dog in his hand.

Before Li Wei could speak, Xiao Shuying abandoned Xiao Mei and rushed over to hug him.

This turned Shang Xueyan and Du Qianqian next to them into third wheels.

"It's alright, Aunt Ying. I've killed all the pursuers. What's the situation on your end?"

"My third aunt and I have already killed our opponents. There may be some flaws in the Longevity Sect's techniques. The protector and the hall master suddenly became sluggish in their energy during the fight, and we were able to seize the opportunity to defeat them."

Xiao Shuying calmed herself down and said.

"Where is Commander Zhao?" Li Wei asked.

"She captured that Shenzang cultivator alive. We asked her to inform the Princess's residence. The Jade True Guards should be here soon. Let's go back to the Longevity Sect's stronghold first. Auntie San is still guarding there."

Li Wei then handed Du Qianqian to Xiao Shuying, indicating that he would explain to her later.

He still carried Shang Xueyan on his back, and the four of them and the dog headed towards the stronghold.

Back at the base, Li Wei left his senior sister in Xiao Shuying's care, then went into the laboratory to examine it. Inside were many pieces of corpses and blood samples from demons and humans.

There are also some research notes.

Grandma Xiao San wasn't interested in these things; she just watched him flip through them.

I thought I was just here to catch a small mouse, but I ended up in the heart of the Longevity Cult.

This is a tremendous achievement, and Princess Yuzhen's prestige will rise significantly once again.

All I can say is that this kid does have some skills.

[Ding! 'Research Notes on the Eternal Life Cult' has been recorded. Do you wish to spend 8000 recharge points to add it to the database?]

This thing can even be entered into the system? And it's so expensive.

Li Wei thought about it for a moment and decided that the system hadn't tricked him yet, so he directly chose to include it.

As 6400 recharge points were deducted, a large amount of research data that he had just read was immediately poured into his mind.

Moreover, he now fully understands the parts that he couldn't understand before.

Only then did Li Wei realize what the Longevity Sect was up to.

Initially, they researched exchanging blood with monsters and transplanting their organs.

But it soon became clear that it was not working, and Li Wei knew, of course, that this was due to an immune rejection reaction.

Later, they discovered that they could use secret methods to extract the life essence of humans and demons and inject it into their own bodies, which would greatly increase their physical strength and lifespan.

The corpses that Zhao Yuqing found in the suburbs of Dongcheng were materials for researching this secret method.

According to the notes, this experiment has been going on for more than 20 years, and only recently has it finally made great progress.

Moreover, this is just one of the large laboratories of the Longevity Cult; similar experiments are being conducted in laboratories elsewhere.

Li Wei also obtained the secret method for extracting essence from it.

Its name is "Soul-Collecting Technique".

Putting down his notebook, Li Wei walked towards the warehouse deeper inside the stronghold.

Grandma Xiao frowned, but considering that the other party was, after all, the one who had made the greatest contribution by discovering the stronghold and being lenient with the enemy, and that the princess valued him highly, it wouldn't hurt to give him a little something.

He's all alone anyway, how much stuff can he take? He'll just take some banknotes.

This has to be said that Xiao Shuying is extremely biased towards outsiders. The ring she gave to Li Wei was a secret treasure that only the heads of the Xiao family could control. Even Xiao San's grandmother didn't know that it was a spatial artifact.

To outsiders, they would only look at them as a pair of heirloom love tokens.

Although she was somewhat surprised that Xiao Shuying chose such a young man to entrust her life to, since he was a guest of the princess, Xiao San's grandmother naturally did not interfere too much.

Li Wei walked to the front of the warehouse, and combined the Myriad Laws Returning to Nothingness Force and Primordial True Qi to empower the Dragon-Slaying Sword, cleaving through the three iron chains with a single strike.

The guards were all killed, so the lock was just for show.

Upon opening the storeroom, one finds it filled with silver treasure chests and a box of silver notes.

Besides these, there were various weapons and armor.

Li Wei directly stored all the silver and the treasure chests into his spatial ring, leaving only one chest as a formality.

He also took the box of silver notes.

After counting, it totaled 150,000 taels of silver and 37,000 taels of silver notes.

"Tsk, so poor!"

Li Wei wasn't exaggerating; this huge base actually didn't generate as much money as the Li family had made from selling off their previous properties.

Not to mention compared to the monthly turnover of over a million taels of silver in the clouds, even a 50% stake would yield a profit of 600,000 taels.

This kind of place of pleasure is truly a den of iniquity.

No wonder the Xuan Nu Sect had to set up the Nong Yue Xuan to subsidize the sect's expenses.

This raid on the Changsheng Sect's stronghold yielded a total of 205,000 taels of silver and several martial arts techniques.

Overall, the gains were substantial.

After waiting a while, a team of Yuzhen Guards arrived and began to inspect and check the area.

Those specimens, research materials, weapons and armor, as well as prisoners and corpses, were all taken away as evidence.

Zhao Yuqing's decision not to notify the Five Cities Garrison this time, and to give all the credit to the Princess's Mansion, already demonstrates her stance.

He had managed to secure the support of this celestial maiden for Long Bilin, but the thought of Zuo Fenghan's statement that the celestial maiden was the Demon Lord caused him further unease.

He's still not strong enough. If he could be as invincible as the Queen Mother of the West, even if Zhao Yuqing really is the Demon Lord, he could still suppress her after she turns against him.