Chapter 535
Upon hearing the words of the richly dressed young man, the Master of Tianji Workshop trembled slightly before a surge of joy welled up in his heart.
He understood that Young Master Yu was clearly displeased with the Treasure Pavilion.
As long as this man decided to act, then the crisis currently facing Tianji Workshop might be resolved without delay.
However, he still cautiously said, “Young Master Yu, I’ve heard that the Master of the Treasure Pavilion is no ordinary person—she is said to be the concubine of so powerful figure from the Upper Realm.
Moreover, there are rules within Canglan City: business competition among trading companies is allowed, but no violent conflict is permitted.
And the Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion is said to have close ties with the City Lord.
So even though she breaks the rules, with the City Lord backing her, none of us can do anything about it.”
“The concubine of a powerful figure from the Upper Realm?”
The richly dressed young man paused in surprise and turned to glance at one of the elderly n standing behind him.
“Young Master, the Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion is nad Mo Hongyun,” the old man answered.
“Soone from the Mo clan?”
The young man looked rather surprised.
In the Upper Realm, although the Mo clan couldn't compare with their Gongshu family, it wasn’t exactly obscure either.
It was said the Mo clan had an ancestor who had already reached the perfected stage of the Third Tribulation of the Nascent Soul Realm.
If that person could one day comprehend even a sliver of the secret of space and step into the Fourth Tribulation of the Nascent Soul Realm, it wouldn’t be impossible.
However...
“When did soone from the Mo clan grow so bold as to interfere with our Gongshu family’s business?”
“A proper mber of the Mo clan would naturally never dare to provoke our Gongshu family.
But Tianji Workshop is rely the Lady’s personal asset. Since it has never openly flown the Gongshu family’s banner, it’s understandable that the commoners down here don’t know to fear us.
Furthermore, it’s said that Mo Hongyun caught the eye of a Grand Elder from the Hehuan Sect.
Once she reaches the perfected stage of the Golden Core Realm, she’ll be taken as his concubine. So it’s not surprising she’s acting recklessly.”
“She caught the eye of a Grand Elder from the Hehuan Sect?” Now the richly dressed young man was genuinely surprised. “Then why is she still down here in the Lower Realm?”
“There are rumors that she reached so kind of agreent with that Grand Elder—he granted her fifty years of freedom. When the ti is up, she will willingly go to the Hehuan Sect,” the old man explained.
“I see. No wonder she dares act so unbridled. Looks like there’s sothing special about her bloodline, otherwise that Grand Elder would never have accepted such terms.”
The richly dressed young man nodded in sudden realization.
The Master of Tianji Workshop and the others nearby were filled with unease at what they heard.
So the Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion truly did have deep ties to a powerful figure from the Upper Realm.
“I believe the sa,” said the elder respectfully. “The Hehuan Sect has always been domineering. If Mo Hongyun were not special in so way, she’d have been sent to the sect long ago and wouldn’t have had any right to bargain.”
“Hmph. So what if it’s the Hehuan Sect? Are we of the Gongshu family supposed to fear them?
If they dare reach out like this, then I’ll be the one to chop off that hand.
She’s just a concubine of one of their Grand Elders—how dare she act with such impudence?
Even if her backer ca in person, he wouldn’t dare throw his weight around in front of our Gongshu family.
Xingbo, go fetch her for . I want to see what sort of shaless woman dares steal our Gongshu family’s spirit stones!”
The richly dressed young man snorted coldly and gave the order to the old servant standing behind him.
“Young Master, please reconsider!” another elder quickly advised. “Capturing Mo Hongyun may be easy, but the City Lord of Canglan City will never stand idly by. He is a mber of the Nangong family.”
“A mber of the Nangong family?” The young man furrowed his brows.
The Gongshu family and the Nangong family were anything but allies.
“Yes, he is of the ‘Yuan’ generation of the Nangong family, and is himself at the Nascent Soul Realm.
Moreover, he controls the great formation of Canglan City.
If he were to intervene, even if I joined forces with Elder Xing, we might not be able to stop him.”
Hearing this, the young man fell into silence.
If that were truly the case, then this situation was indeed troubleso.
“Young Master Yu need not be troubled,” the Master of Tianji Workshop quickly seized the opportunity to speak. “This old servant has a plan that would allow us to strike against the Treasure Pavilion openly—so much so that even the City Lord would have no reason to intervene.”
“Oh? You have a plan? Speak, and if it proves viable, I may consider pardoning your poor managent this ti.”
The young man looked over at him.
Joy sparked in the Master’s heart. This was the mont he’d been waiting for.
“It’s like this: I’ve already arranged things in advance. I planted a formation disk infused with demonic energy inside the Treasure Pavilion.
Once the demonic energy erupts, the Pavilion will be seen as harboring demonic cultivators. Even the City Lord will not dare shield them under such circumstances…”
When he finished laying out his plan, the richly dressed young man’s face lit up with delight.
He clapped his hands and laughed. “Ha! This is an excellent plan! Eradicating demons is a righteous cause—anyone may undertake it. Even soone from the Nangong family wouldn’t dare openly protect a demonic cultivator.
Very well, carry it out as you said. I’m also curious to see what makes this woman—one favored by a Grand Elder of the Hehuan Sect—so special.”
“Then I shall make arrangents imdiately!”
Eager to atone for his failures, the Master of Tianji Workshop did not dare delay even a mont and rushed off to personally oversee the plan.
Not long after, a mysterious figure departed from Tianji Workshop.
Upon arriving at the street where the Treasure Pavilion was located, this person’s aura shifted. Their appearance transford into that of a plain-looking cultivator.
Pretending to be an ordinary custor, they stepped inside the Treasure Pavilion...
It wasn’t long before Master Qiu, deep within his cultivation cave, sensed a subtle shift and took out a jade communication talisman.
Upon reading the ssage displayed on it, a violent tremor shook his heart, and a wave of ecstatic joy surged within him.
Fortunately, he was a man of deep scheming and managed to suppress the joy, not letting a trace show on his face.
In a calm tone, he said, “Shi Tou, go outside and retrieve sothing from soone for .”
“Yes, Master.”
The disciple nad Shi Tou respectfully acknowledged the order and exited the cave dwelling.
Although Master Qiu had been punished by the Pavilion Master of the Treasure Pavilion and ordered to remain in seclusion and reflect on his mistakes for a month, his disciples had not been subjected to the sa penalty and were still free to move about.
Not long after, Shi Tou returned and handed his master a storage pouch.
“Master, this is the item from the person you ntioned.”
“Very good. You may leave now.”
Master Qiu took the pouch and waved his hand.
As soon as his disciple left, he eagerly broke the minor restriction on the pouch and sent his divine sense into it.
The next mont, when he sensed the small pile of spiritual stones within, their rich spiritual aura nearly overflowing, the ecstatic expression on his face could no longer be contained.
“One thousand mid-grade spirit stones—just like that!”
Even his hand holding the pouch trembled slightly.
He had worked diligently in the Treasure Pavilion for so many years, yet all the spirit stones he had saved couldn’t co close to this amount.
To think that a single opportunity could net him such a vast fortune.
Just as he was imrsed in joy, the special communication talisman in his hand pulsed once more.
Upon checking it, his expression changed abruptly.
“They want to act imdiately? That fast?”
Master Qiu hesitated.
According to their agreent, they were to wait until all preparations were in place before taking action.
And now the other party wanted to move early?
He hadn’t even arranged a proper escape route yet.
He was well aware that once this matter was exposed, he could no longer remain in the Treasure Pavilion—nor would Canglan City be a place where he could linger.
His original plan was to act only after securing his way out.
He hesitated for a while, then glanced at the pouch full of spirit stones in his hand, and suddenly, a look of resolve flashed in his eyes.
These were one thousand mid-grade spirit stones—if he let this chance slip by, he might never again encounter such an opportunity to earn this much.
On the other hand, with this amount, he would have enough capital to travel to the Upper Realm and purchase a spiritual pill to refine his Golden Core.
Perhaps, in the future, there might even be a sliver of hope to achieve a superior Golden Core, break through the late Golden Core stage, or even glimpse the mysteries of the Nascent Soul.
With that thought, Master Qiu’s hesitation vanished.
After storing everything away, he stepped out from his ditation chamber and headed toward the entrance of his cave dwelling.
“Master, where are you going? Didn’t the Pavilion Master say you’re not allowed to leave the cave for a month?”
A disciple saw him and imdiately reminded him.
“What, do I need your permission to go anywhere?”
Master Qiu’s expression darkened.
“Your disciple wouldn’t dare.”
The disciple instantly fell silent, not daring to ask further.
Seeing this, the others kept their mouths shut as well, only watching as their master departed the cave.
After stepping out, Master Qiu wasted no ti. He imdiately activated a technique to conceal his presence, suppressing his aura as he briskly made his way toward Lu Qing’s cave dwelling.
As a cultivator at the sixth transformation of the Golden Core Realm, Master Qiu’s concealnt technique was naturally formidable.
Any maidservants or attendants he passed along the way had no idea he was even there.
Of course, this was also due in part to the current prosperity of the Treasure Pavilion—nearly everyone’s attention was focused on the front hall, providing the perfect opening for Master Qiu.
Soon, he reached a secluded corner near Lu Qing’s residence.
Staring at the cave dwelling ahead, which was clearly far superior to his own, a look of bitter envy twisted Master Qiu’s features.
Lu Qing's residence was a Nascent Soul-grade cave dwelling, a full level above Master Qiu’s own.
That dwelling should have been his to claim. Yet unexpectedly, it had been snatched away by so naless brat who had popped up out of nowhere.
“Young man, if you want soone to bla, bla yourself for being too arrogant, for not knowing restraint.
Did you really think you could ddle in the interests of so many factions in this city without consequence?
You brought this fate upon yourself!”
With bitter resentnt in his heart, Master Qiu took out a black formation disk from his storage pouch.
The disk was sealed with powerful restrictions that only a Golden Core Realm cultivator proficient in the Way of Runes and Formations could unravel.
That was why the Tianji Workshop had gone to such great lengths—and paid such a high price—to bribe Master Qiu.
It wasn’t just because he was soone from within the Treasure Pavilion, making it easier to justify their actions.
It was also because an ordinary cultivator wouldn’t be able to break the seal on this disk at all.
And sending a Golden Core formation master to infiltrate the Treasure Pavilion was simply too risky—hence they had to endure Master Qiu’s greed for the ti being.
Master Qiu followed the incantation formula that had been provided to him by the person who gave him the disk.
Bit by bit, he began dismantling the layers of restriction on the black formation disk.
As each layer was lifted, a sense of dread gradually crept into his heart.
“What in the world is sealed inside this thing?”
Terror appeared in Master Qiu’s eyes.
He could sense a terrifying aura emanating from within the formation disk, as though it would devour him whole.
“This must be sothing connected to a power beyond the Nascent Soul Realm!”
Suddenly, he realized the true weight of what he was handling—and it felt like holding a flaming-hot yam that burned right through his hands.
One misstep, and he could be dragged into the abyss right along with it.
But having co this far, there was no turning back.
He gritted his teeth and continued to dismantle the seal.
However, he no longer dared to hold the disk directly. Instead, he suspended it in mid-air and rapidly ford a series of hand seals, channeling them into the disk.
While this approach would cause ripples of magical energy that could alert others, he no longer cared.
He could feel it—what was sealed inside this disk was far too dreadful.
If it were to erupt, chaos would be inevitable.
At that point, even if he were discovered, the Treasure Pavilion would be far too busy to deal with him.
As his hand seals accelerated, so too did the pace at which the restrictions were undone.
Soon, only a few final layers remained.
As expected, the fluctuations of his spiritual power drew the attention of nearby guards.
“Master Qiu, you’re out of seclusion?”
A guard ca over to investigate and was imdiately stunned by the sight.
Wasn’t Master Qiu being punished by the Pavilion Master to remain in seclusion for a month? Why was he here?
What startled the guard even more was the eerie scene before him: a black formation disk floated in mid-air, emanating twisted and ominous light.
“Master Qiu, what are you doing?!”
Sensing sothing was terribly wrong, the guard barked out a warning.
But Master Qiu ignored him entirely. His hands moved even faster, forming hand seals with blazing speed.
The guard wasted no ti. He activated his magic sword, unleashing waves of sword light that shot toward Master Qiu.
At the sa ti, he retreated swiftly and pulled out a bell-shaped magical artifact, ringing it with all his might.
Master Qiu was a cultivator at the sixth transformation of the Golden Core Realm. Even if he wasn’t skilled in combat, he was far beyond what a re first-transformation, low-grade Golden Core cultivator could handle.
Charging recklessly would only be throwing his life away.
The best move was to call for reinforcents and buy ti.
Indeed, just as the guard’s sword light was about to strike Master Qiu...
A glow erupted from Master Qiu’s robe, blocking all the sword energy with ease. It didn’t harm him in the slightest.
At that mont, as the bell in the guard’s hand rang out...
He saw Master Qiu’s hands suddenly freeze mid-seal.
Then, with a vicious expression, Master Qiu thrust the black disk—now pulsing with a sinister black glow—violently forward.
Its target was none other than the cave dwelling of Chief Talisman Master Lu Qing!
As the black formation disk flew through the air, the dark light around it swelled, transforming into a spherical mass.
When it reached the entrance of Lu Qing’s cave, it erupted with a thunderous boom.
In the next mont, a massive pillar of black light surged into the sky, radiating waves of horrifying power...
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