Who Told Him To Cultivate Immortality!

Chapter 99: The Bottom Line Plan

Seeing more and more people on the big stone bridge, Lu Yang suggested leaving this place first and finding a deserted place.

The four of them came to a secluded mountain forest. Lu Yang took out the map of Yanjiang County. The nodes of the Life-reversing Formation were marked on it. "The positions of the nodes of the Life-reversing Formation should be the same as before.

Before that, I'd like to confirm something. Lanting, you mentioned using blood as a sacrifice. Do you mean killing people at the nodes, or using cultivators' blood as a sacrifice to activate the formation? "

Lanting didn't understand Lu Yang's meaning. "Both methods are possible, but usually the former is used. Only mortals need to be killed. If cultivators use too much blood essence, it will affect their cultivation and be detrimental to their future cultivation."

Lu Yang said thoughtfully, "The person who set up the formation should have used the second method."

The three of them didn't understand. The person who set up the formation must be a devil cultivator. For devil cultivators, killing people was naturally much more convenient than using blood essence.

"Who do you think is so generous to be able to hide the Life-reversing Formation in a small flag and set it up in one night? Even at night, no one would be suspicious even if they were sleepy."

Meng Jingzhou reacted instantly. "It's someone from the government, and he has a high position and power!"

Lu Yang nodded. "Yes, to be precise, it's the prefectural governor!"

"What!"

Brutal Bones and Lanting turned pale with fright. Only Meng Jingzhou, who had expected this, didn't react much.

When they first entered Yanjiang County, he had said that collusion between the government and the devil cultivators was not uncommon.

"Last night, I heard from the government that Prefectural Governor Li personally supervised the setting up of the small flag and demanded that the position of the small flag must not be wrong."

"There's no need for the prefectural governor to do this kind of thing. Even if he used the excuse of focusing on his work and wholeheartedly serving the people, it's still too far-fetched!"

"This can only mean that Prefectural Governor Li used the small flag to set up the Life-reversing Formation that covers the whole county!"

Brutal Bones suddenly realized that the world was really dark. "In other words, the spy planted by the branch in Yanjiang County is Prefectural Governor Li.

With Prefectural Governor Li's cultivation and status, shouldn't they be partners? "

Lu Yang shook his head. "He's neither a spy nor a partner. I suspect that Branch Master Chu and Prefectural Governor Li are the same person!"

"There is no direct evidence. There are only two suspicious points."

"First, Division Master Chu always summons us at night. I've asked the other Deacons about this matter, and the Deacons said that the other divisions are not like this."

"Secondly, both Branch Master Chu and County Chief Li will be promoted at almost the same time."

Brutal Bones sucked in a breath of cold air. The world was darker than he had imagined. If Division Leader Chu and County Governor Li were the same person, wouldn't it mean that the righteous path and the devil path could eat each other?

"Of course, they might be two people. This is just speculation. But no matter what the situation is, the way to activate the life-reversing array is definitely not to kill mortals!"

Brutal Bones still couldn't figure it out. Meng Jingzhou explained, "County Chief Li wants to be promoted, but a vicious murder happened during the Spring Festival. Does he still want to be promoted? Even if he has connections with the higher-ups, they can't let him be promoted openly."

"Besides, given the County Governor's status, how difficult is it for him to extract the blood essence of cultivators? He can just find a few cultivators from the prison."

Lanting still had some doubts. "Is it a coincidence that both County Chief Li and Yi Zhang Red set up the life-reversing array, or are they related?"

"I think there's a big connection." After figuring out the relationship between Branch Master Chu and County Chief Li, Lu Yang had a new view of many things.

"Not to mention the impact of capturing three Building Foundation realm devil cultivators on County Chief Li's political achievements, there are only so many Building Foundation realm devil cultivators in a small county without the existence of a division. This is equivalent to eliminating the leader of the devil cultivators in a county."

"After the life-reversing array is activated, it might not be obvious on the surface, but after a long time, someone will definitely find clues."

"If Yi Zhang Red didn't take the lead, the government will vigorously pursue the murderer. At that time, Yanjiang Branch and County Chief Li will be at risk of being exposed."

"County Chief Li was very smart to arrange for Yi Zhang Red."

"Yi Zhang Red set up the life-reversing array first. Even if County Chief Li activated the life-reversing array to reduce a mortal's lifespan, the authorities would only focus on Yi Zhang Red."

Brutal Bones was surprised. "But Yi Zhang Red didn't succeed."

Lu Yang sneered, "It's just Yi Zhanghong's side of the story that she failed to set up the array. Perhaps she really did activate the array. However, Yi Zhanghong didn't control the array properly and only reduced her lifespan without increasing her cultivation. This is very likely to happen. After all, it's an unfamiliar array.

Brutal Bones still couldn't understand. "Yi Zhang Red's two companions can also prove that the array wasn't successfully set up."

Lu Yang said, "Companions?

Demonic Cultivators don't have companions. They all use each other. It's reasonable that Yi Zhang Red didn't tell them the truth. "

"With such a ready-made suspect, who else would we suspect if not Yi Zhang Red?"

"Yi Zhang Red has committed many crimes and will definitely be sentenced to death. Maybe by the time the authorities discover that the life-reversing array has been activated, Yi Zhang Red will already be executed."

"With Yi Zhang Red as a target, who would suspect County Chief Li?"

Meng Jingzhou and Lan Ting nodded, agreeing with Lu Yang's point of view.

Lu Yang asked again, "Also, are there seven nodes that require blood sacrifice?"

Lan Ting looked at Lu Yang in surprise and nodded. She didn't understand how Lu Yang knew. Didn't he say he didn't know anything about arrays?

"When I left yesterday, I met seven deacons. Division Master Chu summoned them at the last minute. They must have some mission. I guess he arranged for them to take the blood essence to the nodes and wait for the right time."

"Tell me more about the life-reversing array."

Lan Ting didn't refuse and circled seven points on the map of Yanjiang County. "These seven points are the key nodes to activate the array. They are near the scenic spots of Yanjiang County. The eye of the array is … halfway up Mount Song!"

To use the life-reversing array to break through, they naturally had to choose a secluded place.

"Let's remove some life-reversing talismans first to stop the array from activating. But this way, it's very likely that Division Master Chu will notice us. Instead of letting him find us, why don't we ambush him first and catch him off guard?" Lu Yang said.

It was precisely because Lu Yang was worried that he would fight with Division Master Chu that he didn't leave behind the fighting style of the four people in the Shadow-Retaining Ball.

The three of them felt troubled. When the time came, it would be a battle of life and death. Branch Master Chu was an existence at the late stage of the Golden Core Realm. He was extremely difficult to deal with.

"Can we report this to the authorities? Tell Fang Qingyun about this," Brutal Bones asked.

Lu Yang shook his head. "When Fang Qingyun learns about the array on the flag, he will definitely suspect County Chief Li. If County Chief Li is caught, our identities as Demonic Sect members will be exposed."

Lan Ting hesitated and said, "With just the four of us, I'm afraid it will be difficult to kill him."

Lu Yang, on the other hand, was confident. "Don't be afraid. Let's be fully prepared. If there's really no other way, I have a backup plan."

"What is it?"

"Senior Sister's Elephant Fist!"

Meng Jingzhou and Brutal Bones' expressions changed drastically. Lan Ting noticed their changes and was confused. "Eldest Senior Sister, what is the Elephantine Fist?"

"This is the ultimate move of Lu's Elephantine Fist!" Lu Yang said confidently.

Lan Ting nodded as if she had understood something.

(End of Chapter)