Who is spreading rumors that my filial piety towards them has changed?

Chu Mingkong could understand that Feng Ying wanted to leverage his strengths, which was to carry out assassinations from the shadows.

"No problem, let's hurry up and try to explore the totem inheritance before any reinforcements arrive, and then make our escape."

"Ah."

As soon as he finished speaking, Feng Ying's figure vanished like mist, disappearing into the distance.

Chu Mingkong could not detect even the slightest information about her. He could not find any sounds such as footsteps, air movement, or the flow of spiritual energy within her body. It was extremely absurd.

Anyway, Chu Mingkong felt that since Feng Ying was hiding in front of others, most people probably couldn't do anything about it and could only keep their eyes wide open to make him vigilant.

Gu Mei committed many evil deeds and wanted to sacrifice herself to Feng Ying to create the concealment technique "Colorless Shadow Trace". In the end, Feng Ying took it away instead. This should be considered the greatest teaching grace that Gu Mei gave to Feng Ying, her disciple.

It's no wonder that Feng Ying was able to easily enter the palace and kidnap the Empress for him to play with.

I just don't know how much of this concealment technique can be learned through the system. If I can really learn it, I won't have to rely on the Dustless Talisman so much in the future.

Chapter 171 Refining the Daoist Methods

Floating spaceship.

Chu Mingkong had been out looking for the pants for a day and a half. If he hadn't returned by dawn, then he hadn't been seen all day.

Zuo Qiuchi, this lazy woman, originally wanted to run away and avoid Xiao Yunhan, but then she thought that Xiao Yunhan might be in seclusion and not have the mind to come over. The time they met at Xiaoxiang Qin Academy, it was clear that this woman intended to go into seclusion again.

If Xiao Yunhan didn't come, and she just stayed there aimlessly, it would make her seem very dull... In addition, Zuo Qiuchi wasn't particularly interested in the local customs and had no interest in wandering around, so she simply stayed in her room and left everything to fate.

However, Zuo Qiuchi made the wrong gamble. Xiao Yunhan's aura was closing in, and now it was too late for Zuo Qiuchi to run away.

"Is this woman crazy? She was just joking about her brother, why did she have to come all this way?"

Zuo Qiuchi jumped off the bed, put on her veil, and hurriedly found the leader, Di Shudie. Di Shudie, seeing that it was the senior who rarely showed up and was focused on meditation and cultivation in her room, respectfully welcomed her arrival.

"Senior, what is it?"

Not wanting to appear guilty or afraid of Xiao Yunhan, Zuo Qiuchi remained composed and calm, as if it were beneath her dignity.

"When an old nemesis of mine comes looking for me, just tell him I'm not here and have already left."

"Okay, I'll definitely do it well." Di Shudie nodded earnestly, keeping it in mind.

Zuo Qiuchi returned to his room and suppressed his presence. Soon after, Xiao Yunhan arrived.

The crew on the spaceship, bewildered, looked at the snow-haired woman in the sky who resembled a goddess and warned:

"Fellow Daoist ahead, this is the treasure ship of the Immortal Treasure Pavilion. We have never had any dealings or conflicts with each other. Please do not obstruct our route."

Xiao Yunhan didn't want to explain too much; she just wanted to get Zuo Qiuchi out quickly and directly. With a wave of her arm, a large area of ​​the airspace in front of the spaceship was frozen, and the floating clouds froze into ice blocks, as if glaciers were drifting into the sky.

"Let her out."

"?!" The waiter who had just been shouting was dumbfounded. This level of strength was beyond their comprehension. Who had they offended!

Di Shudie, who rushed out, looked at the frozen sky in front of her. A woman in a white dress stood proudly in the air, her calm expression accompanied by a surging aura. She was dumbfounded, her mind went blank, and she forgot Zuo Qiuchi's instructions.

Seeing that a capable woman had emerged, Xiao Yunhan spoke again:

"Let her out. I don't want to repeat myself a third time. This matter has nothing to do with your Immortal Treasure Pavilion."

Di Shudie stammered, "Senior said... I'm not here, I've already left."

Zuo Qiuchi covered her face: "......"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Yunhan realized that Zuo Qiuchi was still on the boat and was hiding from her.

Xiao Yunhan clenched her slender hand, retracting the glacier behind her. She landed on the deck, ignoring everyone else, and took the initiative, walking straight into the cabin.

Her steps quickly stopped in front of a door. The wooden door instantly froze into ice crystals, then crumbled into powder. Xiao Yunhan walked in with a dark face and saw Zuo Qiuchi sitting awkwardly on the bed. She slammed the viewing stone onto the table with a "bang".

"Where's Mingkong?" Xiao Yun asked in a cold voice, noticing that her younger brother was not in the room.

"You went out to play by yourself, and you've been playing for a whole day and night. You haven't come back yet... Didn't you go into seclusion?"

"You invited me over with the viewing stone, why wouldn't I come?"

Xiao Yunhan stared at Zuo Qiuchi the entire time, her gaze filled with murderous intent. She knew that Zuo Qiuchi most likely hadn't done anything outrageous to her brother; the sudden blackout of the viewing stone was just Zuo Qiuchi's deliberate act to provoke her. But what she truly couldn't accept was that Zuo Qiuchi had made Chu Mingkong shout such shameful lines and then so excessively rubbed his face with his toes.

Xiao Yunhan had never shown such intimacy to Chu Mingkong!

Zuo Qiuchi picked up the viewing stone and erased the recorded images inside, effectively destroying the evidence and removing the source of Xiao Yunhan's anger from the root, so that she wouldn't get angry every time she saw this thing.

"This... was just a little joke. I was worried that you'd get too bored during your seclusion, so I sent you some memories of me playing with Mingkong. If you didn't like it, you should have just said so. It's a misunderstanding!"

Misunderstand?

If someone were to suddenly see the scene in this viewing stone while pondering a breakthrough, they might be so angry that they would have a stroke, directly reverse their cultivation technique, and go into qi deviation.

Xiao Yunhan didn't waste any more words with Zuo Qiuchi:

"Where did Mingkong go? Take me to find him."

"You... you're not going into seclusion anymore? He and I came to the border of the Crescent Moon Kingdom to find someone, and then we're going straight to Xiling. Are you coming back to Xiling with us?"

"I'm currently in seclusion, so no one knows my whereabouts. I'll simply disappear when I return to Xiling. Don't change the subject. Now, immediately, take me to find Mingkong!"

"Find him, then what?"

“He’s clearly not thinking straight right now, so I’ll protect him,” Xiao Yunhan said matter-of-factly.

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The area around the totem altar has been cleared, and the defenses of those Kinnaras and Mara were easily breached.

Chu Mingkong's Abyss Power played an indispensable role in this. The Rakshasa Society certainly had a solid foundation. These small fry all knew many strange and unusual formations, but the Abyss Power was too unreasonable. When they encountered any bewitching or illusionary formations, Chu Mingkong would bite his lips until they bled and spit blood everywhere like a pea shooter to break them.

Feng Ying thought Chu Mingkong could learn to use hidden weapons. In future battles, he could take advantage of the opponent's lack of vigilance and spit in their face, causing both mental and physical damage that would be difficult to defend against.

Fengying took out the jade stone wrapped in lightning and walked towards a stone statue in the darkness. The white tiger statue had been pierced through the body by the Rakshasa Society with chains, which was a kind of seal and suppression.

"Xiao Mingkong, you stay here for now. I'm going to check on the White Tiger Totem."

Chu Mingkong nodded, clutching his "lightning rod," wary of the random lightning strikes around him, and said:

"Then hurry up, my target is a bit big, I'm afraid the lightning here will hit my bull."

Feng Ying watched him dodge around and felt that this guy was really a clown.

After the woman walked away, Chu Ming was bored and began to communicate with the Filial Piety System.

"I've already entered the path of the Wind Shadow assassin; does that mean I've successfully become his apprentice?"

【Calculate. 】

"If I want to buy her concealment technique, 'Colorless Shadow,' I shouldn't need that ritual of sacrificing a physique holder, right?"

[Yes, Feng Ying's concealment ability is powerful because her "Colorless Shadow Trace" technique integrates the power of three masters of various cultivation methods; it's not simply a matter of mastering the technique itself.]

"Huh? That's too difficult." Chu Mingkong was very disgusted by the practice of taking lives to achieve cultivation techniques, especially Gu Mei's way of treating her disciples like leeks to be harvested.

After you break through the system again, the shop will start showing new fragments of the "Hehuan True Scripture" cultivation technique. One level of this technique allows you to learn the other person's "Dao" through dual cultivation.

Oh~

It is reasonable to "advance" in the other person's Tao by "entering the Tao" and then exchange and learn from the other person's techniques!

Chapter 172 Thunder Pool

Regarding the system breakthrough, Chu Mingkong previously felt there was no need to continue upgrading. Firstly, the system failed to create any consumer demand for him, and secondly, the breakthrough consumed too much resources. After the breakthrough, the filial piety points he spent on buying things would increase in price, and he was afraid that the price increase would one day surpass the housing prices in his previous life.

But now that he's heard there's a new "Hehuan True Scripture" in the next level, Chu Mingkong feels it's very necessary to make a breakthrough!

However, he was still very curious about one thing. Based on his previous experience, the filial piety system would undergo more or less changes after each breakthrough, becoming more and more like a "human" emotion. He wondered what changes would occur later.

"System, I have a question for you. If I continue to help you break through, will you experience any changes?"

Chu Mingkong waited for a reply, but unfortunately the system remained silent as always, leaving Chu Mingkong completely helpless!

Well, the system won't say anything, but after he completes the breakthrough, it will eventually have to show him the actual results; it can't be hidden anymore.

He found a breakthrough option. Looking at the huge amount of filial piety consumed, Chu Mingkong gritted his teeth and broke through directly.

[Dishonest Filial Piety Balance: 24506]

[Balance of Ordinary Filial Piety Gifts: 46900]

Looking at it this way, there are still plenty left, but when Chu Mingkong glanced at the price of the incomplete "Hehuan True Scripture," his heart and lungs stopped.

"Thirty thousand points of corrupted filial piety?!" Chu Mingkong was dumbfounded. This was truly inflation!

He quickly checked the prices of items like original clothing, elixirs, and skills. Fortunately, the price increases weren't significant, only about 10% more expensive in general, which was still acceptable.

What makes Chu Mingkong most gratified is the weekly tasks, which now refresh once every ten days, but the maximum number of corrupted filial piety points that can be obtained has been increased to 10,000.

We have to work like crazy on this mission.

But... Chu Mingkong remembered that he had just filled up the weekly tasks when he and Feng Ying were cultivating together during the day. How come they are back to zero now? Is it because I just broke through the system?

"It'll be mid-month in a couple of days, and it would be a waste if I didn't max out this task in the next few days. I can get 30,000 corrupted filial piety points to exchange for a new 'Hehuan True Scripture'. All things considered, as long as I work a little harder on my kidneys, I can earn at least 60,000 corrupted filial piety points in the next few days!"

Chu Mingkong was excited for a while, but then became depressed again.

Right now, the only person he can do anything with is Kazekage. He can't keep dragging her to do that kind of thing all the time; she might even find it annoying.

If this were in the capital, Chu Mingkong could easily send tributes to different elders, first offering a batch to Consort Wan, and then going to discuss philosophy with Madam Zhen. But now, he has fewer people around him.

The only elders I can think of, besides Feng Ying and Zuo Qiuchi, seem to be my mother, the Princess Consort of Chu, from Xiling, but that's impossible.

"If Fengying is unwilling, the mission limit for this ten-day period will probably be wasted."

Before the White Tiger Stone was set in place, Feng Ying cut the chains, held the totem jade in her hand, and put it into the open mouth of the White Tiger. The eyes of the White Tiger Stone statue gathered the surrounding lightning energy and turned into purple lightning-colored pupils.

In the shadows, it seemed that the White Tiger was staring at the Wind Shadow.

With the chains broken, the White Tiger Spirit unleashed its pent-up rage, causing thunder to roar and boom incessantly within the altar space. A pained scream came from behind, followed by Feng Ying hearing him run over and complain, "I got an electric shock on my butt!"

Each totem jade corresponds to a totem altar, but even if they don't match, there will still be some reaction. It really depends on the mood of the white tiger spirit in the altar.

Fengying met the gaze of the White Tiger statue. She clasped her hands together in front of her full, soft breasts, making a gesture of tribal prayer to pay homage to the spirit of the White Tiger.

"Lord White Tiger, please calm down. Neither I nor this child are disrespectful to you. The one occupying this altar is a force called the Rakshasa Society. We just happened to discover this place."