The Terrifying Path of Immortal Cultivation

At this time, Li Qing is looking at a file.

This file is a summary of the Counselor's Office incident.

It seems that at the time, the counselor of the Counselor's Office was investigating a case related to smuggling.

There were many twists and turns involving prominent figures in the capital.

The day before the incident, it seems that they discovered something.

But on that night, their whole family suffered a catastrophe, and ultimately the case was left without a reason.

It is only vaguely speculated in the file that it is probably related to the prominent figures in the capital.

Someone didn't want him alive.

At this moment, Li Qing's expression suddenly changed.

A peculiar message appeared on the jade tablet.

Old Version

"Counselor's Office Massacre"...

"Burial of Bodies Case in the South of the City"...

"South City Crackdown on the Blood Demon Cult Case"...

"Smuggling Case in the Transportation of Goods"...

...

New Version

"Blood Demon Cult Conspiracy Event" (The Truth)...

A dozen or so cases of all kinds suddenly emerged, and the two words "the truth" captured all of his attention.

He carefully read the content on the stone tablet and suddenly discovered something chilling.

"The Blood Demon Cult used the transportation to smuggle rebels and weapons into Jade City."

"This matter was discovered by the counselor of the Counselor's Office."

"The true disciple of the Blood Demon Cult, Blood Spirit Prince, met in the name of the counselor's disciple and secretly killed the entire family of the counselor."

"After the counselor's death, the magistrate Fang Qingyu was responsible for managing the transportation."

"Due to Li Qing's resolution of the Counselor's Office's haunting incident, the traces of the Blood Demon Cult were discovered."

"The upper echelons of Jade City immediately became alert, and the commandant Wang Jie was responsible for supervising the entire transportation to prevent any issues."

"The incident of the South City refugees' attack was secretly planned by the Blood Demon Cult, aiming to test the defensive strength of Jade City and create a tense atmosphere."

"However, during the process, the disciples of the Blood Demon Cult extracted the essence qi from the bodies, which was discovered and reported by Li Qing."

"Wen Tianquan, an insider of the Blood Demon Cult, secretly reported to the true disciple of the Blood Demon Cult and devised a plan, sacrificing three outer disciples to give the second pawn greater power."

"Commandant Wang Jie completely took over the refugee camp, the transportation docks, and the city gate guards."

"Commandant Wang Jie is actually an undercover agent of the Blood Demon Cult, aiming to assist the Blood Demon Cult in breaking through Jade City."

"Preparing for the invasion of the Northern Desert tribes and the Northern Barbarians."

The information ends here.

Li Qing's scalp tingled, and he almost jumped up.

He didn't expect that just by reading a file, the Jade Tablet could deduce the truth.

His expression was extremely complex, and he seemed to be deep in thought.

"It seems that the Jade Tablet is some kind of entity with deductive optimization capabilities. As long as there is enough information, the appearances of all things will be stripped away, revealing the truth within."

"The so-called optimization may just be conducting more reasonable deductions, deducing the truth of the information without any false truths."

"Could it be that the original cultivation was without any cost?"

"Is it that human deductions, understanding, and comprehension have led to the emergence of erroneous cultivation methods?"

Many thoughts came to his mind, "including the Essence Qi stone, it seems to have restored the Essence Qi to its most essential state, removing all non-essential impurities."

"Perhaps the true function of my jade tablet is to restore everything to its original essence."

"The so-called Essence Refinement, optimizing techniques, refining the truth, are all about returning to the essence."

Regarding his own "Goldfinger," Li Qing seemed to have a deeper understanding.

Taking a deep breath, a hint of contemplation appeared in his eyes.

"What should I do next?"

"If I handle this matter well, I estimate that I can gain great merit."

"If I don't handle it well, I'm afraid I'll end up as cannon fodder."

"The commandant is a Fourth Grade official, on par with the magistrate and the leader of the Demon Slaying Temple."

"If I get involved, I might not have a good ending."

With this in mind, a hint of seriousness suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"Now, my 'All-Encompassing Heaven and Earth Mortal Dao Technique' has completed its first step."

The past half month, he had collected quite a lot of things, especially materials of nine kinds of metals, nine kinds of water sources, nine kinds of spirit jade, and nine kinds of fire forces.

He had obtained these four types of things with silver from outside.

Now he was only lacking four types of hundred-year Spirit Medicine, but this kind of Spirit Medicine was not cheap, worth at least tens of thousands of taels of silver, and it required connections to obtain.

At present, there was no one like Wang Kuohai who could help him.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but frown, and his right hand involuntarily tapped on the table.

Clack, clack, clack.

Beside him, Huang Lao looked at him frowning, smiled, and said, "Have you encountered something? Tell me about it?"

Taking a deep breath, Li Qing looked at Huang Lao.

"I want to find four different types of hundred-year Spirit Medicine. Do you know if there's a shortcut?"

Huang Lao furrowed his brows, "Hundred-year Spirit Medicine is not particularly rare, but it's not easy for someone of your status to obtain."

"On the market, at least one plant costs eight thousand taels of silver."

"Four plants would cost at least thirty-two thousand taels of silver."

"If you can come up with this money, I can help you work it out."

Li Qing took a deep breath, furrowed his brows, and looked pensive.

After a while, he looked at Huang Lao and said, "I have already found out the truth of the matter."

"But this matter involves a wide range of people."

"If I speak out, I'm afraid I won't live much longer."

Huang Lao's expression turned serious, "What do you want to do?"

"I want to ensure my safety, but I find it hard to trust others."

"Only my own strength can protect me."

"I can report the truth of the matter, but the price is four different types of hundred-year Spirit Medicine."

"I want to cultivate a life-saving spell."

Li Qing looked directly at Huang Lao, with a serious expression.

Huang Lao looked at Li Qing, tapped the table with his fingers, took a deep breath, and said, "I can help you talk to the higher-ups about this matter."

"If they agree, someone will probably come to you."

"Good!"

Li Qing nodded.

He proposed this exchange because the Demon Slaying Temple was a place that valued rules.

During this period, he had at least read over a hundred different files, and he vaguely discovered a characteristic.

The Demon Slaying Temple was very strict with the Demon Slaying Captains.

Even if you die in battle, you will not receive any less of the reward you deserve.

If the mission fails, the punishment will not be reduced in the slightest.

Everything revolves around one thing - rules.

"The Demon Slaying Captains of the Demon Slaying Temple are not ordinary people after all. Once they are pushed to the limit, they have the means to break the rules and transform."

"Once they break the rules, their power will grow wildly, eventually turning into something strange."

"As long as there is still determination in their hearts, even if they turn into something strange, they still have the ability to seek revenge."

"So even the Demon Slaying Temple doesn't dare to arbitrarily withhold or act unfairly towards the Demon Slaying Captains."

"Every Demon Slaying Captain can be considered a time bomb."