Taoist cultivation begins with being a miner

By the time the local steward arrived, the fighting had already stopped.

However, Cheng Minghua had already been killed by the Cheng brothers, Cheng Mingyao and Cheng Minghua.

In a dramatic turn of events, Cheng Minglin launched a sneak attack while Cheng Mingyao was distracted, killing him instantly with a sword to the throat.

With three of the four brothers dead, Lu Yan left satisfied.

In less than three days, the matter became a hot topic, and almost everyone in Wuyou City knew about it, making the Cheng family famous.

Rumors circulated that Cheng Shan, who was in seclusion, was so enraged upon hearing this news that he vomited blood and beat his wife and Cheng Minglin half to death.

He then closed the shop and began to live a secluded life.

The revenge against the Cheng family has been largely completed. It's not easy to deal with Cheng Shan and Lu Yan for the time being, since they are both at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining and their strength is too formidable. We can only look for an opportunity later.

Next, Lu Yan began to return to normal life until the roulette wheel unlocked, and Lu Yan pressed the "magic" button to spin the wheel.

Ten illusory figures, seven beads of qi and blood, a black sphere the size of a fist, a red talisman, and a needle.

Lu Yan clicked on the black sphere first.

"Exploding Demon Beads (Disposable)"

A product of the demon realm, its use causes demonic energy to run rampant within a radius of ten feet. Cultivators with lower cultivation levels will be corrupted by the demonic energy and become mindless, killing machines.

Friendly reminder: Erosion, assimilation—only by becoming one of us will you truly understand our power.

So don't resist, don't run away, just obediently surrender your body to me~

Knowing the purpose of this thing, Lu Yan frowned slightly.

In the cultivation world, demonic cultivators and demons are two different concepts.

Demonic cultivators are ultimately human, but their cultivation methods and techniques are too cruel, which has led to their bad reputation and opposition from other cultivators. Logically, they should be called evil cultivators.

However, they felt that the name "evil cultivator" sounded too awful, so they changed it to "demonic cultivator" to intimidate other cultivators.

Then Lu Yan pressed the red talisman.

Corpse Puppet Talisman

Using this talisman will release a Tier 1 corpse puppet, which can then be controlled to attack.

Friendly reminder: I was born to kill, to clear all obstacles for my master. Death is nothing to me; only blood can excite me.

So, let's fight!

This thing is pretty good. It feels more practical than the White Jade Skull Demon, since the corpse puppet can be controlled and won't accidentally hurt you.

Finally, Lu Yan clicked on the needle.

"Life-sustaining needle (disposable)"

Forged from inorganic stone, it causes those struck to rapidly lose their life force until their bodies wither; the weaker the person, the more pronounced the effect.

Friendly reminder: The charm of life lies in its fleeting nature; only when people realize the brevity of life will they understand its meaning.

Let me help you out a little bit~

Oh, this thing is pretty good too. You can give an enemy a shot if you run into them.

After learning about the functions of these things, Lu Yan began to rest. He took the Qi and Blood Beads for the next two days and then went to the mine to train his body.

For the next period of time, Lu Yan's life began to become more regular. He would mine and feed chickens in the morning, practice martial arts in the afternoon, but changed his talisman making to alchemy. In the evening, he would still practice Bagua cultivation.

Every few days, he would go out hunting monsters with Zheng Qu and the others, and his days were quite fulfilling.

That day, Lu Yan wanted to try the "Taste Like Chewing Shit" medicine to see how effective it was.

Looking at the three managers, it should be Manager Liu's turn this time.

While he was eating lunch, Lu Yan secretly put a drop of medicine into his teapot.

When he returned, I watched him drink the tea.

At first, Manager Liu did not seem to notice anything amiss, but after drinking another pot of tea a quarter of an hour later, he began to feel something was wrong.

The taste of tea gradually disappeared, replaced by the stench of feces.

Manager Liu thought it was just his imagination and didn't pay any attention. He changed the teapot, added some fresh tea leaves, and continued drinking.

But this time, the stench of feces that penetrated his taste buds made him vomit.

He was coughing and spitting at the same time.

"Old Liu, what's wrong?" Manager Zheng and Manager Li asked hurriedly.

"Damn it! Who spilled something in my teapot? Why does it smell like night?" Manager Liu asked loudly.

"Old Liu, have you had too much to drink? Why does your tea smell like night? Besides, don't you know you brewed this tea yourself?" Manager Zheng replied speechlessly.

"I'm puzzled by this too. I did brew the tea myself, but it definitely smells like night-blooming jasmine," Manager Liu said, equally perplexed.

"It smells like normal tea. I didn't smell anything else." Manager Li picked up Manager Liu's teapot and smelled it, but didn't find anything unusual.

"Huh~ That's strange. Could it be that there's something wrong with my sense of taste? But I've heard that if someone has a problem with their sense of taste, they can't taste other flavors. How come my mouth smells like night?" Manager Liu was also puzzled after hearing what the two said.

In the end, he had no choice but to go to the clinic alone.

Lu Yan was very satisfied with the effects of the "Taste Like Chewing Shit" medicine.

Some time later, Lu Yan was refining pills at home when Yue Tingxin unexpectedly invited him out to complete a mission together the next day.

Hearing this invitation, Lu Yan was very puzzled. On the surface, he was just a weakling at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and he didn't understand why Yue Tingxin insisted on teaming up with him.

But seeing her sincerity, and also wanting to broaden his horizons in the depths of the forest, Lu Yan agreed.

The next day, Lu Yan arrived at the city gate and met up with Yue Tingxin, only to find that the group was very large, with more than 20 people already, and more people were arriving from time to time. By the time the group set off, the number of people had exceeded 30.

Among them, there were as many as four cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and the rest were all at the fifth or sixth level of Qi Refining.

It was only then that Lu Yan learned the objective of this mission: someone was offering a high price to buy the silver-bellied bear cubs, so Yue Tingxin and several other late-stage Qi Refining cultivators led the team.

The reward for Lu Yan was thirty low-grade spirit stones, and the prey he hunted was also divided equally among everyone.

The price is quite good and very tempting, but of course it's nothing for Lu Yan right now.

Lu Yan learned from the introduction that the four cultivators at the seventh level of Qi Refining were all from Zhongyun, and apart from Yue Tingxin, the other three were male cultivators.

One is named Qian Yu, one is named Wu Jian, and one is named Chen Zhi.

Judging from the three of them, Qian Yu and Wu Jian were indeed there for a mission, but Chen Zhi was there for Yue Tingxin. His solicitous manner made it obvious that he was a seasoned sycophant.

Including Lu Yan, there were a total of seven people invited by Yue Tingxin, three men and four women, most of whom were from Zhongyun. There were only two outsiders, one was Lu Yan and the other was a female cultivator named Mao Jingjing.

"Fellow Daoist Lu looks unfamiliar. May I ask which gang you belong to?" The people invited by Yue Tingxin naturally formed a group, and a male cultivator named Ma Ying asked Lu Yan.

"I prefer to explore on my own and haven't joined any gangs yet," Lu Yan replied with a smile.