I became the Open Source Saint Ancestor in the Cultivation World

"Deacon Sun, you must be joking. Senior Sister Liu was perfectly fine, how could she suddenly..."

Ma Ke looked shocked.

Sun Tai scoffed, "What do you mean by suddenly? Who can predict what will happen in the cultivation world? Lots of people die suddenly."

"Sometimes, having low cultivation and being a waste isn't all bad. At least someone like Junior Brother Ma, who stays in the outer sect and doesn't go out much, might live a longer life."

Ma Ke stood there blankly, seemingly unable to accept the news.

Sun Tai ignored him and coldly asked, "I'm curious, why would Senior Sister Liu suddenly look at a piece of trash like you with such high regard?"

Faced with the intense gaze, Ma Ke hesitated for a moment before saying, "I accidentally found an unknown stone about the size of a fist in Xishan. I couldn't figure it out, so I gave it to Senior Sister Liu."

Sun Tai didn't suspect much, but said angrily, "You work for me and when there's something good, you don't even think about giving it to me first."

"You just wait, you'll get what's coming to you."

After saying that, he started rummaging through the stone house, and finally pulled out a package from the ground in the northwest corner of the stone house. It was the package that Liu Ruoxi had given to Ma Ke.

He couldn't wait to open it, and inside were more than forty low-grade spirit stones and a jade bottle.

But he seemed unsatisfied, his gaze turning slightly cold as he asked, "I remember the package was bigger than this. Where's the rest?"

Ma Ke replied, "I used the remaining spirit stones for cultivation, which is how I broke through to the second level."

"You're wasting such a precious resource!" Sun Tai exclaimed angrily.

But now that things have come to this, there's no way to get Ma Ke to spit it out anymore.

So he rolled up the package and was about to leave when Ma Ke quickly stepped forward and grabbed him, saying urgently, "Steward Sun, you can't take it all, you can't..."

"Get out of my way..." Sun Tai kicked Ma Ke away and left the stone house without looking back.

Ma Ke sat on the ground for a while, then stood up, patted the footprints off his body, and didn't care at all.

After all, who would bother arguing with a dead person?

Because he had already made up his mind that he would look for an opportunity to send this guy on his way.

Therefore, he deliberately left the package there so that this guy could take it.

He knew very well that once this guy found out about Liu Ruoxi's death, he would definitely turn his back on him. If he didn't let him get some benefits, he would definitely be in a lot of trouble.

I can't openly reveal my strength right now. I'll spend some money to keep this guy in check, and then find an opportunity to kill him once things have calmed down.

But this fellow was vindictive and did not treat Ma Ke any better just because he had stolen a considerable amount of money from him. The next day, he assigned Ma Ke all sorts of chores that would take up most of the day.

Ma Ke didn't care. He was determined to keep a low profile these days, but even though he didn't have much time left each day, he still used it for cultivation.

After Liu Ruoxi's true energy was completely refined, he began to use spirit stones.

These spirit stones, formed over millions of years buried underground, also possess various attributes, just like the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

The Ziyang Sect primarily uses fire-attribute cultivation techniques, and almost all its disciples also specialize in fire-attribute cultivation. Therefore, most of the spirit stones circulating within the sect are fire-attribute spirit stones, or simply fire spirit stones.

Therefore, almost all of the hundreds of spirit stones that Ma Ke plundered from Liu Ruoxi were fire spirit stones.

However, there's no need to worry about other attribute spirit stones depreciating in the Ziyang Sect. After all, spirit stones aren't only traded within the Ziyang Sect; different sects also regularly exchange spirit stones of different attributes for equivalent value.

Although cultivating directly with spirit stones is much faster than refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it is still not comparable to the "Open Source Limitless Technique". Therefore, Ma Ke's cultivation has been growing very slowly lately.

Half a month passed quietly. On this day, Ma Ke, who was spraying spiritual water in the herb garden, heard a commotion not far away and vaguely heard the words "Deacon Sun is dead".

So he quickly put down what he was doing and went over to inquire.

It turns out that Sun Tai really did die. He died suddenly during his cultivation last night. According to observation, it was probably caused by a qi deviation that led to a chaotic state of true qi.

"That Qi Gathering Pill really is problematic," Ma Ke realized instantly.

Because it was a gift from Liu Ruoxi, and that woman specifically reminded me to eat it as soon as possible, but then suddenly changed her mind and wanted to personally take me to the wilderness to kill me.

With that, Ma Ke had no reason not to suspect that the pill was problematic, so he let Sun Tai take it as well.

Now that Sun Tai has died suddenly, this possibility is even greater.

Ma Ke felt a wave of fear wash over him. Luckily, he hadn't taken it. Although the "Open Source Limitless Skill" could remove erysipelas, he couldn't guarantee it would be effective against poisonous pills.

Thinking that he still had six bottles of pills that he had confiscated from Liu Ruoxi, Ma Ke decided it was best not to touch them; this woman was too vicious.

Ma Ke guessed that when his predecessor was first summoned into Liu Ruoxi's cave, he was destined to be on her kill list because she didn't want anyone to know that she was practicing the "Yin Yang Reincarnation Scripture," an unorthodox cultivation method.

Originally, the body that had lost most of its yang energy was doomed, but unexpectedly, it transmigrated and was resurrected.

Seeing that she was still alive, the woman came up with another plan and quickly arranged for her to serve as a bodyguard, probably to ambush and kill her on the way after she left the sect.

Unexpectedly, she suddenly offered up the "Open Source Limitless Skill," and since she could no longer send her on missions, she bestowed upon her a poison pill.

He later learned that he had not taken the elixir and, fearing that things might go wrong if he waited too long, decided to take action himself as soon as possible.

"How terrifying, how terrifying." Thinking that he had already been on the verge of death several times, Ma Ke couldn't help but feel a chill of fear.

Fortunately, he had secretly improved his cultivation level; otherwise, even if he could interfere with Liu Ruoxi's true energy flow through the "Open Source Limitless Technique" during the life-or-death duel, he still wouldn't have been able to kill her.

It seems that no matter what, striving to improve one's abilities is always a good thing.

Now that Sun Tai is dead, Ma Ke is not happy at all; on the contrary, he is somewhat depressed.

Only by killing him with my own hands can I feel relieved; otherwise, my mind won't be at peace.

"Am I being too murderous?" Ma Ke was slightly taken aback, it must be due to the lingering resentment of this former body.

But since the dead cannot be brought back to life, we can only let Sun Tai benefit from it.

His death did not cause much of a stir, and the outer sect quickly arranged for a new steward to take his place.

Whether it was because Sun Tai's death had some deterrent effect on him, or because it was his nature, he treated his outer disciples much better than Sun Tai had, and Ma Ke also had more time for himself.

Another half month passed quietly, and the sect did not send anyone to question Ma Ke about Liu Ruoxi again, so he felt that the matter should come to an end.

After all, Liu Ruoxi was just an ordinary inner disciple, and it wasn't worth the sect spending so much effort to investigate her endlessly.

Through the incident with Liu Ruoxi, Ma Ke realized that he could no longer openly distribute the "Open Source Limitless Skill," as that would only lead to trouble.

Early that morning, he made a point of greeting the newly appointed steward, Lü Xiu, and told him that he was going to hunt some spirit chickens and spirit rabbits in the Western Hills.

Lü Xiu did not make things difficult for Ma Ke. After leaving the outer gate, Ma Ke went to a secluded place, quickly changed his clothes, and put on a bamboo hat and mask to completely cover his face.

He no longer concealed his Qi Refining Level 6 cultivation; he swaggered out and headed straight for the northeast.