The Villain Starts From Dual Cultivation With The Protagonist's Master

Azure Rock Town is located in the middle of the Wu Kingdom and is named after the many blue stones on the mountain.

Blue stones are a byproduct of Spirit Stones, the circulating currency in the cultivation world. Thousands of years ago, the Blue Stone Mountain was a Spirit Stone mine, and the land on the mountain was constantly exposed to the rich spiritual energy of the Spirit Stones.

Decades ago, the ancestors of the Zhuang family accidentally discovered that this place was suitable for raising Spirit Beasts. They spent all their savings to purchase Spirit Beast seedlings from the cultivation sects and raised them in the mountains, resulting in great profits.

With the money earned from farming, they built roads and wells in the mountains, benefiting the residents of Azure Rock Town. The residents revered the Zhuang family as the town mayor, and the Zhuang family was greatly loved.

During this period, the Wu Kingdom experienced wars, and the king sought support from the Immortal Gate to quell the turmoil. The price was to annually submit a certain amount of Spirit Stones and Spirit Beasts.

After learning that Azure Rock Town was famous for producing Spirit Beasts, the king demanded that Azure Rock Town provide a certain number of Spirit Beasts every year without compensation.

However, as time passed, the spiritual energy in the mountains became increasingly scarce, and the growth rate of Spirit Beasts slowed down.

By the time Zhuang Daoguang became the head of the family, raising Spirit Beasts was no longer profitable for the Zhuang family. Instead, they incurred significant losses in Spirit Stones every year.

He believed that raising Spirit Beasts should not be the sole responsibility of his family and demanded that the residents of Azure Rock Town share some of the responsibility. Every month, he would select a dozen or so people to take care of the Spirit Beasts in the backyard.

Although they had to stay with the Spirit Beasts all day and could only go home at night, the residents could still tolerate it because they received Spirit Stones as wages.

Spirit Beasts are extremely picky about their environment, and it is even more difficult to raise carnivorous Spirit Beasts. Therefore, submitting one carnivorous Spirit Beast could be equivalent to three herbivorous Spirit Beasts.

In order to improve the efficiency of raising Spirit Beasts, Zhuang Daoguang started raising carnivorous Spirit Beasts in Azure Rock Town for the first time, turning losses into profits and making a small fortune.

With the Spirit Stones, Zhuang Daoguang began to dream of immortality. He sought guidance from cultivators and started cultivating, becoming a half cultivator.

With power, he had confidence in his actions. Zhuang Daoguang no longer gave Spirit Stones to the residents who took care of the Spirit Beasts. The residents became unpaid laborers, contributing their efforts while Zhuang Daoguang reaped the profits.

Out of gratitude for the kindness of the Zhuang family's ancestors, the villagers endured it for the time being, considering it as a favor in exchange for the kindness of the new head of the family.

Until the unexpected happened.

Over a year ago, a girl selected to raise Spirit Beasts accidentally fell into the beast pen while feeding the carnivorous Spirit Beasts.

In an instant, the Spirit Beasts pounced on the girl, tearing at her arm as she held the meat.

The girl was no match for the Spirit Beasts, and her hand was bitten to a bloody mess.

She pounded on the gate of the pen, seeking help from outside.

Her cries for help attracted Zhuang Daoguang. It would have been enough to kill a few Spirit Beasts to save the girl, at most sacrificing one arm. But Zhuang Daoguang, driven by greed, pretended not to see.

The girl cried out for help, but could only die in endless despair. She was bitten to death.

Zhuang Daoguang warned everyone present, "If any of you dare to speak of this, you will meet the same fate as her!"

The residents knew that Zhuang Daoguang was a cultivator, and although they were filled with countless grievances, they dared not speak out.

Zhuang Daoguang spread the word that the girl died because of her own carelessness and was immediately bitten to death by having her throat severed.

The girl's parents, although extremely painful upon learning the truth, had nowhere to seek justice and could only treat it as an accident.

Fast forward to six months ago, the girl's father and a neighbor went out for a drink.

The neighbor was one of the people selected to take care of the Spirit Beasts along with the girl.

The neighbor, drunk and incoherent, muttered to himself in a low voice, "Lao Chu, just treat it as me talking nonsense. Actually, your daughter was killed by that beast Zhuang Daoguang."

The neighbor lifted his bowl and drank heavily, as if to bolster his courage.

"Xiao Chu didn't die immediately after falling into the pen... It was Zhuang Daoguang's pity for the Spirit Beasts that he didn't want to kill a few to save Xiao Chu..."

Lao Chu, upon learning of this, immediately went to Zhuang Daoguang's house to confront him.

"Zhuang Daoguang, you beast! You killed my daughter!"

"I killed her? Lao Chu, don't joke around. It was clearly her own carelessness that led to her death. Tell me, how many Spirit Stones do you want as compensation?"

Upon hearing this, Lao Chu's anger flared up, his face turning red. He shouted, "In your eyes, is human life only worth Spirit Stones?"

Zhuang Daoguang sneered disdainfully and laughed, "That's right. In my eyes, your daughter is not even worth a valuable Spirit Beast. So what?"

At this moment, Lao Chu only wanted revenge for his daughter and wanted to teach Zhuang Daoguang a lesson. He forgot that Zhuang Daoguang was not an ordinary person, but a cultivator.

In reality, Zhuang Daoguang easily defeated Lao Chu in just a few moves. He stepped on Lao Chu's head, laughing arrogantly, and took out a Spirit Stone from his body, throwing it at Lao Chu.

"Is this enough for your medical expenses and your daughter's funeral expenses?"

Lao Chu widened his eyes, staring at Zhuang Daoguang, trembling with anger.

"Are you not satisfied with this?" Zhuang Daoguang sneered.

Unexpectedly, Lao Chu, in a fit of anger, bit Zhuang Daoguang's thigh.

This action infuriated Zhuang Daoguang, who was no longer holding back. He used his spiritual energy to ruthlessly beat Lao Chu.

After venting his anger, Zhuang Daoguang ordered his guards to throw Lao Chu carelessly into the farmland at the foot of the mountain.

At this moment, Zuo Tianya was also hiding in the farmland. He had recently fought against the righteous path and was outnumbered. His meridians were severed, and if it weren't for his adopted daughter Yan Liu coming out from the shadows to save him, he might have lost his life.

Yan Liu brought him to a town where people gathered. Zuo Tianya was planning to find some ordinary people in Azure Rock Town to absorb their vitality and recover from his injuries when he saw a middle-aged man being thrown into the farmland.

Lao Chu was beaten unconscious, covered in blood, but his bones and meridians were intact. Zuo Tianya didn't want to let go of this powerless ordinary person. He wanted to take over his body.

After all, with his meridians severed, he couldn't even directly absorb spiritual energy.

He summoned black spiritual energy from his dantian and wanted to envelop the unconscious man with evil energy, entering his dantian to take over his body.

Lao Chu woke up in pain and saw a grim-looking old man standing beside him. He was surrounded by black mist, which continuously entered his body.

"You are an Evil Cultivator, is this body possession?" Lao Chu asked.

Zuo Tianya nodded generously, admitting that he was about to take over this body. He wanted to see how the man would react, probably begging for mercy out of fear.

This was his twisted sense of amusement.

"You're right."

To Zuo Tianya's surprise, Lao Chu's mouth curled into a smile. "I willingly offer my body. I beg the immortal to help me fulfill my final wish."

Zuo Tianya felt a slight interest in this strange person and, for the first time, said, "Tell me, what is your final wish?"

Gritting his teeth, Lao Chu used all his strength to shout, "Azure Rock Town has long been oppressed by Zhuang Daoguang. I beg you to kill Zhuang Daoguang and bury me with him..."

Before he could finish his words, Lao Chu took his last breath.

"Hahaha, your final wish is to be buried with someone. Interesting. I appreciate it. I, Zuo Tianya, will grant your wish," Zuo Tianya said with a laugh.

Zuo Tianya easily took over Lao Chu's body and hid in a secluded cave on the mountain to cultivate and recover.

Lao Chu suddenly disappeared from Azure Rock Town, leaving behind blood-stained clothes at the foot of the mountain. Lao Chu's wife, who had experienced the pain of losing her daughter and husband in a short period of time, was on the verge of a mental breakdown and left the sorrowful town of Azure Rock.

During Zuo Tianya's recovery, he sent Yan Liu to the mayor's mansion to poison Zhuang Daoguang.

Yan Liu would occasionally report the situation in Azure Rock Town and the mayor's mansion to Zuo Tianya.

Zuo Tianya had even more sinister ideas.

If they were oppressed by cultivators, then everyone should cultivate as well.

His own path did not require Spirit Root talent and was suitable for ordinary people.

Of course, there would be some price to pay.

Rumors began to spread in the town that Lao Chu had reappeared, but this time he was possessed by an immortal.

The residents received cultivation techniques from Lao Chu, and although they were skeptical at first, after trying cultivation, those who were sick were completely cured, and those who were healthy became strong. They could even pass on spiritual energy to the elderly and children, which was very convenient.

Lao Chu began to be called the Heavenly Master, the Perfected Being.

The residents of Azure Rock Town unknowingly turned into Evil Cultivators.