Chapter 430: Chapter 223: Daoist Wei’s Wrath, Place of Fencing Stolen Goods

After the Communication Stone fell silent, Daoist Wei angrily crushed the stone in his hand, his gaze sweeping over Xu Qi and the others.

"Return to the Little Demon Realm first, and do not leave until the matter is clarified. Anyone who leaves without permission will bear the consequences." Daoist Wei spoke with suppressed anger, then realized his words were inappropriate and quickly added, "The things I promised you will be delivered within three days."

"Thank you, Vice City Lord Wei." Xu Qi cupped his fists in gratitude, but he did not trust Daoist Wei at all.

Was that man not sent by him?

Then who sent him?

Such a powerful Ghost Cultivator, with a realm on par with perfection—one couldn’t find another in the entire Divine Fall Mountain Range. In Divine Extinction Thousand Peaks, he would undoubtedly be in the first ranks below a pseudo-Core and Golden Core. If he was a cultivator of the Three Life Gates, why would he kill Vice City Lord Lin’s people? If he was a Loose Cultivator, who could afford such extraordinary strength?

However, some words couldn’t be spoken, not just because of the Silencing Spell.

Just thinking about his century-old family foundation being emptied left him wanting to cry but finding no tears.

"Senior Brother, I’ll head back first." Feng Jue bowed in salute, preparing to leave, but was stopped by Daoist Wei.

"Junior Brother Feng, you will accompany me to Master." Daoist Wei continued, "I need you to testify for me."

"Alright."

Feng Jue agreed without hesitation, nodding immediately.

But he felt uneasy, though his spirit within quickly reassured him, allowing him to breathe a sigh of relief.

Pei Wuxing’s talent and foundation were not strong among Golden Core Cultivators, making his attempt to reach the Middle Stage of Golden Core quite strained, with a high chance of failure—Pei Wuxing surely knew this, so he couldn’t possibly meet anyone now.

Sure enough.

When Daoist Wei took him back down to the Dark Evil God’s Cave Heaven, they waited outside Broken Realm Valley for three days but never saw him.

During this time, Vice City Lord Lin visited, enraged, and had a heated argument with Daoist Wei outside the valley. Daoist Wei, pushed to his limit, directly took a Heart Demon Oath, swearing he hadn’t acted.

But to Vice City Lord Lin, if the action wasn’t by Daoist Wei, it was by someone under his command, especially after witnessing the ghostly aura onsite, Lin was more convinced it was Daoist Wei’s person.

The death of Yan Zhen originated from this ghostly aura’s master. If Yan Zhen wasn’t covertly murdered by someone sent by Daoist Wei, he wouldn’t believe a word of it. If it wasn’t Daoist Wei’s person, could it be Feng Jue?

Daoist Wei, furious beyond measure, didn’t wish to say a word more, once again took a Heart Demon Oath, swore if the Ghost Cultivator was his person, he’d be fated to be plagued by Heart Demon for life, unable to enter the Golden Core Realm.

"Laughable, you think you can truly enter the Heterodox Golden Core? With your foundation and talent, even a pseudo-Core is a luxury!"

Vice City Lord Lin still didn’t believe.

Though the Heart Demon Oath can obstruct the Dao and has no method of breaking, it isn’t without ways to circumvent it. As long as this person was an external ally, not under Daoist Wei’s command, the Heart Demon Oath wouldn’t affect him at all.

"If you dare, swear a Heart Demon Oath that the person isn’t here to help you, and has nothing to do with you."

Vice City Lord Lin continued to press aggressively.

Hearing this, Daoist Wei realized no matter his words, this little lady wouldn’t trust him. Angry and upset, Daoist Wei departed, unwilling to converse further.

He was mainly afraid; if this was secretly Master’s arrangement—a helper for himself—it wouldn’t end well.

Daoist Wei’s departure further solidified Vice City Lord Lin’s suspicions of him, leaving her cursing furiously. However, she didn’t ultimately rush into the valley to disturb Pei Wuxing’s breakthrough.

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After exiting the Dark Evil God’s Cave Heaven, the two argued again as Vice City Lord Lin sought to reclaim the thirty boxes of spiritual medicine and evil Yin spiritual medicine.

In her view, any loss that could be recovered should be seized upon—and with ten years, there was still hope for a revival. But this further aggravated Daoist Wei.

Calling Xu Qi and others to confront them face-to-face. Yet Beauty Ji and others only claimed their storage bags disappeared after passing out. When asked about Feng Jue and Xu Qi, they simply answered they were gone.

But neither Xu Qi nor Feng Jue were severely injured, and Vice City Lord Lin didn’t believe them one bit. Especially when Xu Qi fell silent when asked about the Ghost Cultivator, Vice City Lord Lin exploded.

"Old man, still claiming it wasn’t your person’s doing? These two are clearly under a Silencing Spell, unwilling to speak!" Vice City Lord Lin, furious, almost acted, while Daoist Wei, enraged, glared and repeatedly questioned Xu Qi, but Xu Qi only shook his head, not daring to speak a word.

In this way, the two couldn’t suppress their anger, flew out of the Hidden Pavilion, and battled fiercely over the Little Demon Realm.

The battle lasted a day, with Vice City Lord Lin defeated and departing, but Daoist Wei getting no satisfaction.

In fact, he was angrier.

"Investigate!"

"Immediately conduct a thorough investigation!"

"Investigate all Ghost Cultivators, including Loose Cultivators in the Little Demon Realm—I refuse to believe he can continue hiding while harming me repeatedly!"

On this day, Daoist Wei offered a sky-high reward of five million Low-grade Yin Spirit Stones for any Ghost Cultivator clues.

Wen Jiu in the Enchanting Forest, hearing this, chuckled but didn’t care—as investigating Ghost Cultivators didn’t concern him.

In a few days, Wen Jiu refined all corpses into Corpse Blood, achieving great gains in Corpse Nourishing. He didn’t expect the corpses of Late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators to be much more effective than demonic beasts.