Immortality and cultivation: Heaven rewards diligence, and success is inevitable.

Commander Guo also hails from Biluo Valley, so naturally he had to take charge of the Lingfu Hall's troubles.

During this period of time, despite daily investigations, the man's whereabouts remained unknown. If it weren't for the guards at the city gate confirming that the man hadn't passed through the gate, he would have assumed that the man had already escaped the city.

Unable to find anything within the city, he had no choice but to seek out Master Sui for a divination.

The opponent's cultivation level was only at the late stage of Qi Refining. Elder Sui could calculate even the Foundation Establishment stage cultivators clearly, let alone a mere Qi Refining stage cultivator.

Commander Guo followed the doorman into the city lord's mansion, and after walking through the gates, arrived at the reception hall.

An elderly man with blindness and a full head of white hair sat in the main seat.

That's a seat that only the city lord of Canglin City can sit in.

Only Elder Sui is qualified to sit in the head seat.

"Elder Sui." Commander Guo bowed respectfully. Although he was a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator, Elder Sui was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage.

However, the two were of vastly different statuses. Elder Sui had saved Lingxu Sect from dire straits on numerous occasions, and the position of Canglin City Lord was obtained because of Elder Sui.

"I know why you've come, but I need to determine first whether it's worth it for a few guards." Old Sui was blind, but his aura was extraordinary, and every move he made seemed to contain the principles of nature.

"Yes, I am willing to give up Lingfu Pavilion's share this year in exchange for Elder Sui's help," Commander Guo said with some heartache.

A year's share of the Spirit Talisman Pavilion is quite valuable, and it's definitely not worth it for a Qi Refining stage cultivator and a few guards.

However, this is the first time in thousands of years that such a murder has occurred in Canglin City, and the victim is someone from their Biluo Valley.

This infuriated the higher-ups at Biluo Valley, who issued a firm order to thoroughly investigate the matter.

The lifespan of the Venerable Master Kuaihu of Biluo Valley is approaching, and Biluo Valley will not allow anyone to offend them at this time.

We must make an example of them!

Even if it was done by the other two major sects, Biluo Valley will never tolerate it.

After confirming Commander Guo's meaning, Elder Sui took out a bronze mirror.

This is a divination mirror, of superior quality.

The mirror has several cracks, clearly indicating that divination comes at a price.

Revealing heavenly secrets will surely incur divine retribution!

However, those who practice divination have the means to mitigate divine punishment.

Furthermore, divination would not have any effect on an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator, even if he were at the ninth level of Qi Refining.

With Master Sui's current abilities as a divination master, he can only be affected by divination of matters at the Foundation Establishment stage.

This is also why Elder Sui agreed to perform divination.

Elder Sui gently tossed the magic mirror in his hand, and the mirror floated in mid-air, slowly rotating, emitting a mysterious aura.

Commander Guo was astonished by what he saw; the art of divination was indeed wondrous. The mysterious aura emanating from it filled him with awe.

Master Sui made hand seals and chanted incantations. The light from the magic mirror intensified, as if some words were about to appear.

Just then! A sudden change occurred!

A series of shattering sounds rang out.

Old Sui's face flushed red, his blood rushed to his head, and he immediately spat out a mouthful of blood, which splattered onto the mirror.

The mirror finally gave way, shattering completely and falling to the ground.

"This...how...is...possible!"

Elder Sui, trembling, reached out his hand, trying to pick up the scattered mirror on the ground, but he was powerless and finally fell on the broken pieces of the mirror.

On his deathbed, Sui Lao thought of his childhood when his master had divined his fate, saying that he would suffer a bloody disaster after the age of five hundred. To avert this, he would have to leave the cultivation world after the age of five hundred and could no longer engage in any divination.

But over the years, he has long forgotten!

"Master, your disciple is unfilial!"

Sui Lao died of exhaustion!

Everyone present stared in disbelief at the scene; they were all stunned.

No one expected this to happen, even though he was just a minor Qi Refining stage cultivator.

"Quickly, go and invite the city lord!" A steward from the city lord's mansion reacted immediately and went to instruct his servants.

Then he rushed over to check on Sui Lao's condition.

"Commander Guo, Elder Sui has passed away. You are the one with the highest cultivation level here. Please come and take a look!"

Upon hearing this, Commander Guo finally realized the seriousness of the situation; he had been stunned by the shock.

Even though he was a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, he had never encountered such a situation before; it was completely beyond his comprehension.

Commander Guo rushed to Elder Sui's side, quickly took out a mid-grade second-level Rejuvenation Pill, and used his water-based magic to give it to Elder Sui.

He then channeled his magic power to remove the pill from Sui Lao's body, allowing the power of the Rejuvenation Pill to nourish his body.

After a cup of tea, although Elder Sui's body had recovered somewhat due to the effects of the medicine, his heartbeat and breathing had already stopped. This sign of recovery was only due to the Rejuvenation Pill allowing the corpse to absorb the medicinal power, and there were no signs of life.

Commander Guo was filled with worry. He had already realized that Elder Sui was truly dead, and no matter how capable he was, he couldn't bring him back to life.

"This is bad!" Commander Guo thought to himself. The most treasured fortune teller of Lingxu Sect, Elder Sui, was involved because of him. Even if he had a thousand mouths, he couldn't explain himself.

"Let's leave first, otherwise if the city lord comes, I'll be lucky to escape with my life!"

Seeing that things were not going well, Commander Guo quickly stopped his practice and tried to retreat.

Just then, a gust of wind swept in and knocked Commander Guo, who had just reached the door, back.

Commander Guo fell to the ground, blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

"The True Interpretation of Xun Wind! This is bad, City Lord Shangguan has arrived!"

The newcomer was clad in black armor and robes, leaning on a lone spear. The wind seemed to condense at the spear tip, and a murderous aura swept over him as he raised his eyes, like the sudden arrival of winter.

"Lord Shangguan, it's a misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding."

Shangguan Shuo ignored him and walked straight toward Suilao.

In fact, even before the other person arrived, his spiritual sense had already probed Elder Sui's body several times.

But he still needed to confirm it again, after all, Sui Lao's identity was special, and if something happened, even he might not be able to cover it up.

Shangguan Shuo walked up to Sui Lao's corpse, his eyes flashing with a silver light, and used his pupil technique to examine it carefully.

But in the end, he was powerless to help, and he had no means to bring the dead back to life.

"Good! Good! Good! Guo Feng, you've caused such a disaster!"

Shangguan Shuo's murderous intent filled the air, and Guo Feng was terrified. He immediately knelt down, completely lacking the demeanor of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.

"Lord Shangguan, please let me explain. The person I asked for divination by Elder Sui was just a Qi Refining cultivator. No one could have imagined that such a thing would happen."

Guo Feng tried his best to explain to Shangguan Shuo.

Shangguan Shuo was able to stand out from hundreds of Foundation Establishment stage cultivators from the three major sects and win the position of City Lord of Canglin City, so his combat ability must be extremely strong.

Not only was he born with a wind spirit root, but he also mastered the "True Explanation of Xun Wind," a technique that no one in the Lingxu Sect had been able to master for hundreds of years. Legend has it that this technique was passed down by a Golden Core stage cultivator.

I heard that Lu Yuanfeng, a sword cultivator from Qingyun Sect, suffered a minor loss at the hands of Shangguan Shuo some time ago.

An ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator like Guo Feng probably wouldn't last a single round against Shangguan Shuo.

"You don't need to explain." As Shangguan Shuo spoke, he made his move, thrusting out a spear. A strong wind arose, and Guo Feng dared not retaliate. He was stabbed in the shoulder by the spear and had no ability to resist.