Chapter 75: Eradicating the Roots
Qi Huang left the inn, her spiritual sense firmly locking onto her target, while the pursuers behind her were tightly focused on her. Qi Huang didn’t want her “little lamb” to be disturbed by others. Her spiritual sense scanned back and forth, exposing everyone tracking her within a hundred zhang.
“One… two… five… ten… thirty-five…”
Qi Huang counted carefully, finding a total of thirty-five people, a mix of constables and cultivators.
‘Does being more numerous make me more useful? Can more even outnumber my head-six bao jiu wu ba lin si 0[ wu ling. Meng fa si?’
Qi Huang slightly raised her rosy lips. Thirty-five strands of hair instantly shot out from her head. Because they were too fine and their speed was astonishingly fast, they were completely indiscernible to the naked eye.
“Swish, swish, swish…”
Almost at the same time, the lower legs of all thirty-five pursuers were pierced. Among them were many masters of the Body Refining realm. Because the wounds were so small, the pursuers didn’t realize the pain until they had taken several steps. But once the pain began, it became uncontrollable. One by one, they knelt down in agony, unable to walk normally. The reason was simple: their ligaments were injured.
After shaking off the pursuers, Qi Huang cautiously followed the target. Although the target was very vigilant, at a distance of a hundred zhang, unless the opponent was a powerhouse above the Huashen realm, they would never be able to discover her.
Qi Huang followed unhurriedly, and the target remained silent. Soon, they left the town. Half a day later, they arrived at the Prefecture Capital of Jinqiu Prefecture.
‘Going in circles and returning here. It seems this is indeed the resting place of those guys. No wonder the Prefecture Office has a traitor.’
Qi Huang’s expression showed mockery. With things having reached this point, her plan had already succeeded by more than half.
“Brother Fu, I’ve arrived at the Prefecture Capital.”
“Don’t come to me yet. Wait a couple of days until we’re sure you’re not being followed.”
“Yes…”
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Before entering the city, the target contacted that Brother Fu one more time. After receiving the reminder, the target became even more cautious. After entering the city, he first sat down at a tea house and carefully scanned his surroundings while drinking tea, in case of tails. Unfortunately, he never would have dreamed that the person watching him was completely outside his field of vision.
Qi Huang was not in a hurry. She also sat down in a noodle shop on the adjacent street, ordered a bowl of noodles, and ate while monitoring. About fifteen minutes later, the target got up to leave, then turned left and right through the streets and alleys, walking and stopping, clearly still uneasy. Qi Huang was amused by his behavior. This feeling of the enemy being in the open and herself being in the dark was truly wonderful, as if she could control the other party’s life and death.
This continued for half a day. After confirming that there were no tails, the target entered an unremarkable siheyuan (courtyard house) on the edge of the Prefecture Capital. For safety, Qi Huang did not get too close, but sat on the adjacent street and observed with her spiritual sense. Soon, she understood the situation inside the courtyard. The siheyuan was not large, looking like an ordinary farmhouse courtyard. Besides the target, there was no one else inside.
Qi Huang was not in a hurry. Since she had found the vine, why worry about not finding the melon? After the target entered the courtyard, there were no unusual actions. He started a fire and cooked like an ordinary person. Qi Huang knew that she needed to fight a protracted war, so she rented a room in a nearby inn, preparing to live there and monitor in real-time.
When Qi Huang entered the room, and the waiter brought the water for washing, she impatiently untied the bandage on her chest. As her two “great treasures” popped out, she breathed a long sigh of relief, as if she were drowning.
“I’m suffocating! If you want to become feminine, fine, but why make my body so fertile? I don’t plan to have children!” Qi Huang began to complain. This time, disguised as a man, she clearly realized how great her burden was. After taking a bath, and having nothing else to do, she began to cultivate while monitoring.
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The HeYi Sect was the largest immortal sect in Tengda Prefecture, its status equivalent to that of the HongHua Sect in Huang Tian Prefecture, but its scale was much larger than the HongHua Sect, with four to five hundred disciples and a permanent population of tens of thousands. For such a behemoth, no one dared to provoke it normally, but today was an exception. Early in the morning, guests arrived at the HeYi Sect, but the other party was not polite, which led to condemnation from many high-level figures in the sect. And those who were surrounded were the Sect Leader Qin Quan of the HongHua Sect and his accompanying disciples. His purpose was naturally to seek justice for the villagers of Bajiao Village.
“Sect Leader Qin, you are a guest, and I have already fulfilled my duty as a host. Yet you repeatedly try to extort my HeYi Sect. What is your intention?” In the main hall, Sect Leader Lin Feng, tall and imposing, questioned Qin Quan with great confidence, as if he were the victim.
“Sect Leader Lin, you ordered people to plant Ghost Tomatoes, harming innocent people. This was personally confessed by your disciple Ma Wen. Where does the accusation of extortion come from? Isn’t he a disciple of the HeYi Sect?” Qin Quan retorted in astonishment.
“Who is Ma? Who is Wen? I’ve never heard of this person?” Lin Chao, Lin Feng’s son, said with a playful grin.
“Yes, Sect Leader Qin. If you just find someone and try to extort the HeYi Sect, you’re looking down on me, Lin Feng, too much.” Lin Feng showed a hint of ridicule on his face.
“Sect Leader Qin, developing a sect relies on strength, not trickery and deceit. As a sect leader, you have no lower limit. I truly worry about the future of the HongHua Sect.” Lin Chao continued to mock in a sarcastic tone.
“You’d better worry about the future of your HeYi Sect first. Don’t forget that I have a genius disciple in the Huashen realm.” Qin Quan threatened.
“What nonsense Huashen realm! Elder Zhou himself has personally debunked the fraud, and you still want to deceive people? Is your HongHua Sect cultivating immortals or cultivating swindlers? From top to bottom, all you speak is lies.” Lin Chao cursed loudly.
“It seems you intend to deny it to the end? Are you not afraid that I will directly appeal to the Immortal Alliance?” Qin Quan threatened with a frown.
“Suit yourself. We won’t see you out.” Lin Feng said with great confidence.
“Sect Leader Lin, I swear, you will pay the price you deserve.” Qin Quan left, uttering a harsh threat before flicking his sleeves.
“Then I’ll be waiting for you.” Lin Feng smiled contemptuously and added, “By the way, just to let you know, we, the HeYi Sect, want the Blue Scale Stone from Panshan Village. No one from the HongHua Sect is allowed to come within half a step, or they will be killed without mercy!” Qin Quan paused for a moment, but then quickened his pace and left.
“Overestimating yourself!” Lin Feng spat out a mouthful of saliva, then turned to a burly middle-aged man beside him and said, “Protector Cao, immediately take a few disciples to Bajiao Village. Leave no living thing that can breathe behind.”
“Yes!” Protector Cao took the order and then left the hall.
“Without the victim, what can you do to me?” Lin Feng sneered.
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As soon as he left the HeYi Sect, Qin Quan ordered his disciple Ah Hong, “Ah Hong, set off for Bajiao Village immediately. Tell the disciples there to quickly take the villagers and head to the HongHua Sect.”
“Sect Leader, why?” Ah Hong asked doubtfully.
“No matter how arrogant they are, they can’t completely ignore the Immortal Alliance. So, the only way now is to eradicate the roots. If the plaintiff disappears, we won’t win this lawsuit,” Qin Quan explained.
“Why do we have to let the Immortal Alliance be the judge? Hasn’t Junior Sister Hong Ling’s cultivation already reached the Huashen realm? She alone is enough to make the HeYi Sect yield.” Ah Hong still found it somewhat difficult to understand.
“All sects are under the Immortal Alliance. We are not some Green Wood desperadoes. It’s best not to resort to violence unless absolutely necessary, to avoid gossip.” Qin Quan said evasively after hesitating for a moment, but inwardly he had his own frustrations. If that genius female disciple truly had reached the Huashen realm, why would he be troubled?
“The Sect Leader’s consideration is thorough.” Ah Hong suddenly realized, and then separated from the group, heading towards Bajiao Village.
