Mortal: I can unlock the card pool by becoming an apprentice to him.

"Linzhou, Ningyuan City, the Gu family."

A few words appeared on the jade slip, then turned into specks of spiritual light and vanished in an instant, as if they had never existed.

This jade slip was one of the tools that Li Zhiya gave to Lin Mo for communication.

He had specifically instructed that day that when the location was revealed on the jade slip, it meant that something extremely urgent had happened, and Lin Mo had to go there immediately to meet up.

At this moment, the other party suddenly summoned him to this place, but he didn't know why.

Lin Mo gripped the jade slip, his brows furrowing slightly.

Could it be because of the Yan family?

His expression hardened, and a bad premonition immediately rose in his heart.

Having just offended the Yan family, he naturally didn't want to go to Linzhou again, but if he ignored the jade slip, he wouldn't be able to get past Li Zhiya.

Lin Mo clearly remembered that in the original work, the Yan family was a crucial part of the Ghost Spirit Sect's plan to invade the Yue Kingdom.

After all, apart from the seven factions, the various large and small cultivation families in Yue Kingdom also occupy a significant portion of the country. When the day of the final attack arrives, the Yan family's defection will undoubtedly send a very serious signal to the other families.

Now that I've messed things up for the Yan family, I hope Li Zhiya won't blame me for disrupting their plans.

No, Li Zhiya didn't tell me about the plan to invade Yue, which means I can pretend I don't know anything about it.

Lin Mo's expression shifted for a long time. Since things had come to this, he decided to draw the card first.

This time, getting involved with the Yan family has served as a wake-up call for me.

In the world of cultivation, there are countless unpredictable and ever-evolving methods.

He thought he had been careful enough to conceal his activities when selling medicinal herbs in the market, but now it seems he was still too careless.

As the thought crossed his mind, ten streaks of blue and green light shot out from behind Li Zhiya in succession.

"Why is it again...?"

Lin Mo was about to complain that he hadn't gotten a single purple item in this ten-pull.

The next second, he saw that beneath the blue light, there seemed to be a deep purple stream of light hidden.

This purple light was much darker than the purple card he had seen before, which almost made him mistake it!

Is this a grade that surpasses ordinary purple?

Unable to contain his excitement, Lin Mo quickly focused his attention and carefully examined the card that was slowly forming.

【Phoenix Bathing Technique】

[Quality: Dark Purple]

It has to be said, the gacha system is really good at enticeing players to spend money.

When Lin Mo first saw the words "deep purple," he thought it was some kind of extremely rare or unusual cultivation technique. However, after a quick glance, a strange expression appeared on his face.

In a sense, the "Phoenix Bathing Technique" is indeed one of the extremely rare top-tier secret arts of the demonic path.

However, its origin does not come from the Ghost Spirit Sect, but from the "Joyful Union Sect", which is the head of the six sects of the demonic path.

As for its effect... it is that after being used, it will make cultivators of the opposite sex unable to resist developing feelings of affection for the user. Even when the user has reached a high level of cultivation, if used on an opponent of a lower level, a single glance will be enough to make them willingly become a furnace.

"Sedition? Or bewitching magic?"

Lin Mo immediately thought of Tian Buque of the Hehuan Sect. He remembered that in the original story, this person had used similar methods on Dong Xuan'er.

If Han Li hadn't intervened at the last minute, the latter would probably have willingly left with the other party long ago.

"Why does Li Zhiya possess such a secret technique? Could it be that he killed disciples of the Hehuan Sect? It seems that the demonic path is not a monolithic entity after all."

Lin Mo withdrew his gaze; this technique was useless against him in his current state.

As for the other cards...

The only card that was the same as the last draw was a "Flash Blast Talisman". The rest were unheard-of magical materials or pills for raising vengeful spirits.

......

Several days later, Lin Mo looked at Ningyuan City, whose outline was already visible in the distance, and then put away the leaf-shaped flying artifact under his feet, and shook his head helplessly.

Since joining the sect, he had always traveled on Yu Jingyan's flying boat when going out on missions, and he had never felt anything was wrong with it. Today, on his first trip out on his own, he discovered, after using the magic weapon provided by the sect, that the speed difference between the two was so enormous.

"I'll go to the market another day when I have time, and find a suitable means of transportation."

Having made up his mind, Lin Mo strode towards the official road ahead.

Ningyuan City is not large in scale compared to other cities in Linzhou. It has no special products or spiritual veins, and its geographical location is remote. The only family in the city is the Gu family, a small immortal cultivation clan with a history of over a hundred years.

Last month, the Gu family's Foundation Establishment ancestor, seeing that his lifespan was coming to an end, forcibly went into seclusion to break through, which caused his inner demons to grow and he unfortunately perished.

With the patriarch no longer in charge, the Gu family was filled with unease.

Fortunately, the ancestor had left a backup plan before his death, and not long after, a Foundation Establishment cultivator surnamed Li came to take charge.

He declared that he would protect the Gu family for three years in place of the Gu family patriarch.

"Elder Li, there is a cultivator surnamed Lin outside who requests an audience."

The cultivator surnamed Li sitting in the hall now is naturally Lin Mo's nominal master, Li Zhiya.

Upon hearing the report, a hint of displeasure flashed across Li Zhiya's face, but he quickly suppressed his emotions and responded with a faint "yes".

Before long, the master and apprentice met in the main hall of the Gu family.

"My dear disciple, why have you only come today? Didn't I instruct you to set off immediately upon seeing the information on the jade slip?"

Seeing that Li Zhiya did not get angry or reprimand him, and his expression remained calm, Lin Mo bowed and explained, "Master, you may not know this, but I am currently short of money and my means of transportation are of poor quality, which is why I have been delayed along the way."

"I forgot about that."

The displeasure between Li Zhiya's brows gradually faded.

"You actually did something good this time!"

It's finally coming.

Lin Mo had long been prepared to be questioned by the other party, but he didn't expect to hear this tone, it seemed... Li Zhiya was quite happy.

Seeing Lin Mo standing there in a daze, Li Zhiya chuckled and patted him on the shoulder.

"What you did in the Yan family was good. I arranged for you to be a disciple of Si Que in the first place, hoping you would gather some intelligence. But I didn't expect you to do me such a big favor by accident."

Seeing that Lin Mo was still puzzled and looked bewildered.

Li Zhiya raised his hand to gesture for him to come closer, and then slowly explained the cause and effect.

"There are some things I wasn't originally going to tell you, but now that the time is right, I might as well tell you."

"Our Ghost Spirit Sect actually planned decades ago to join forces with other demonic sects to annex various countries. The Yue Kingdom was one of our targets."

"The Yan family of Yue Kingdom originated from cultivators of my Ghost Spirit Sect. Later, due to certain reasons, they went to Yue Kingdom to establish their lineage and build the foundation they have today. The current young master is a man of great talent and ambition, and he wants to expel the seven sects and control the cultivation world of Yue Kingdom. It just so happens that he needs to win over these local families."

"I was worried that the Yan family, having been passed down for generations, had long since forgotten their ancestral ties with the Ghost Spirit Sect and might not be willing to submit to our sect. But now, thanks to you, the Yan family has become enemies with the seven sects, leaving them with no room to play both sides. They have no choice but to wholeheartedly submit to our Ghost Spirit Sect. Isn't this a wonderful thing?"

As Li Zhiya spoke, he couldn't help but laugh.