Who Told Him To Cultivate Immortality!

Chapter 51: I Forgot Something

When Qi Wu found the Old Hunter, there were a few other families nearby. They looked normal, but they were all transformed from starved ghosts.

After the tiger demon was executed, the starved ghosts were at a loss. Some wanted to leave the mountain, some wanted to continue hiding in the mountain. No one knew what to do.

Just as they were arguing, three people appeared and captured all of them. Meng Jingzhou released a bit of his pure Yang Qi, and the starved ghosts fell to the ground and cried in pain.

"There's no need to leave so many. Two are enough to pretend to be demonic cultivators," Lu Yang said coldly. There was no need to sympathize with these starved ghosts.

If they didn't agree to the tiger demon's request, they wouldn't be able to become a ghost servant.

They deserved to be killed.

Lu Yang tried, but he still couldn't take in ghost servants. He could only let his soul leave his body.

"Brutal Bones, I'm counting on you."

Brutal Bones did not say much either. He left behind the two starved ghosts that were travelers and killed the rest in a clean and efficient manner.

If he used the Old Hunter's starved ghosts, the demonic sect would be able to guess that he obtained them from killing the tiger demon. If he used the Traveler's starved ghosts, the risk would be much lower.

"Keep." Brutal Bones kept the male and female Traveler's starved ghosts into his body.

This was also a part of exorcism. Keeping ghosts in one's body and summoning them to fight when necessary.

When the three were heading to Yanjiang County, they met Qi Wu and the others who were still wandering in the forest.

It was still raining. Qi Wu and the others didn't know the way, so they couldn't find the way down the mountain.

"Benefactors!" Qi Wu and the others were very excited when they saw Lu Yang and the others. It was as if they saw their savior.

"Benefactors, we will never forget your kindness for the rest of our lives!"

"The Mountain God has appeared!"

"We will never forget your kindness for the rest of our lives!"

They thanked the three of them at the same time with sincerity.

Seeing the people they saved and hearing their heartfelt words of gratitude, the haze in Lu Yang's heart gradually dissipated. He no longer thought about the skeletons in the cave.

"Cultivators of my generation should follow the righteous path. There's no need for thanks."

Meng Jingzhou expressed his position with a serious face. It was right and proper for him to save people. He didn't do it for others to thank him.

As Brutal Bones observed Meng Jingzhou's righteous expression, he felt that Meng Jingzhou was indeed someone he should learn from. Meng Jingzhou remained calm when dealing with matters. If he were in Meng Jingzhou's shoes, he would not have been able to do so.

Lu Yang didn't need to observe Meng Jingzhou to know that this grandson was purely pretending. He must be very happy in his heart.

As for why, it was because Lu Yang also had a righteous look on his face.

After sending the traveling merchants to Yanjiang County, the sky was already bright. The torrential rain that had lasted for an entire night had finally stopped. A faint rainbow hung in the sky.

"By the way, did we forget something?" Meng Jingzhou felt like he had forgotten something.

"You didn't forget anything, right?" Lu Yang counted the number of people. There were three people with three brains. Nothing was lost.

"I just feel like I'm missing something. Forget it, I won't think about it anymore."

…

In Qinghuai County, a carriage was parked in the backyard of a hostel. An old horse was leisurely eating the feed that Meng Jingzhou had left behind.

Why hasn't that brat from the Meng Family come to find me yet? I can't eat for more than a few days. What happened to the promise of completing the mission in five or six days?

The old horse was a mutated demonic beast, so it naturally couldn't eat ordinary fodder like ordinary horses. Instead, it ate fodder that contained spiritual power that Meng Jingzhou had bought at a high price and meticulously prepared.

The old horse snorted and smacked its lips, feeling bored. It happened to catch a glimpse of a snow-white filly next door.

…

After the three of them entered the city, they randomly chose a teahouse and ordered a pot of tea and a few plates of snacks while thinking about what to do next.

"Yanjiang County is so big. How are we going to find this Qin Yuanhao and ask the local officials for help?" Man Gu asked with a frown.

Yanjiang County was not a large cultivation county, and its population was lower than that of other counties. It was inconspicuous on the map, and some maps that were not detailed would not even show it. However, no matter what, Yanjiang County was still a county with a population of two million. Finding one person was like finding a needle in a haystack.

Lu Yang waved his hand and said, "That's not appropriate. The Fiend Cult has been hiding here for a long time, and the forces involved are complicated. They might be supported by the local officials."

Man Gu didn't understand what Lu Yang meant. "Doesn't everyone have the right to punish the Fiend Cult?

Why would the local officials help the Fiend Cult? "

Without needing Lu Yang to answer, Meng Jingzhou said, "It's precisely because everyone has the right to punish the Fiend Cult that the Great Xia Dynasty added a 'Number of Fiends Culled' to the evaluation of the achievements of local officials. The more fiends eliminated and the higher their cultivation level, the more achievements they will have."

"Think about it, the Fiend Cult can make an agreement with the County Governor and provide him with fiends on a regular basis in exchange for the County Governor promising not to divulge the location of the Fiend Cult."

Meng Jingzhou was not telling a story, but a fact told by his senior who was an official.

The senior said that the emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty had killed batches of fiends, but there were still some who escaped.

Some people in the imperial court also proposed to remove this evaluation indicator, but they were stopped by the Prime Minister.

The evaluation indicator was still there, and most of the officials were doing their best to eradicate the fiends, while a small number of them colluded with the Fiend Cult. If the indicator was removed, it was hard to say how many officials would be willing to put in the effort to find the Fiend Cult.

In general, the advantages of the evaluation indicator outweighed the disadvantages.

Meng Jingzhou's words made Man Gu feel like he had never thought of such a thing before.

Lu Yang said, "The chances of the County Governor and the Demonic Sect working together are not high. However, we have to be prepared for the worst."

"If the Prefectural Governor and the Demonic Cult are really in cahoots, we can tell the Prefectural Governor our intentions. In order not to be exposed, the Prefectural Governor will naturally hand Qin Yuanhao over. However, when the entire Yanjiang Branch gets the news, they will go into hiding. As a result, we will miss the opportunity to infiltrate the Demonic Cult. It's really inappropriate to lose the big picture for a small gain."

"The current plan is that we don't expose our identities and look for Qin Yuanhao first. If we can't find him, it won't be too late to ask the government for help."

Brutal Bones nodded. He felt that what the two said made sense.

"Then, how do we lure Qin Yuanhao out?" Many ideas flashed through Brutal Bones' mind, but he felt that they were not good methods and had great flaws.

Putting up flyers and notices was definitely not a good idea. It was too eye-catching.

Going to the black market to gather information?

If Qin Yuanhao knew that someone was spying on him, he would go into hiding. He might even lead the Demon Sect to surround and annihilate them. It was too passive and wouldn't work.

Brutal Bones wanted to know what Brother Lu and Brother Meng had in common.

On the way down the mountain, Lu Yang had already thought of a solution. He chuckled and said, "Do you know that unlike us righteous sects, the Jianghu people value their reputation the most?"

"Especially those in the Demon Sect. They value reputation as their status. Whoever slaps them in the face will feel worse than killing them."

"Therefore, we need to spread the news that Qin Yuanhao is a kind person who doesn't do proper work and does good deeds every day. When the news spreads throughout Yanjiang County, everyone in the Demon Sect will think that Qin Yuanhao is a good person. Qin Yuanhao will feel embarrassed and will definitely jump out!"

"That will be our chance!"

Meng Jingzhou summarized simply, "It's just making up nonsense and creating rumors to cause trouble."

Coincidentally, Meng Jingzhou was self-taught and was best at this.

Brutal Bones suddenly realized that this was a good idea. If they couldn't find Qin Yuanhao, they could just force him out.

However, what do they mean by 'unlike us righteous sects' and 'the Jianghu people value their reputation the most?'

(End of Chapter)