I Have an Omen System-Chapter 81 - 79: Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission
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The sudden twist shocked Qin Xuan.
’Is he being this honest?’
His palm, tightly gripping the Six-winged Cyan Cicada, even trembled. This completely threw Qin Xuan for a loop.
Saying this meant the other party was already confident of victory.
Who knew Wei Qingyi’s next words would leave Qin Xuan utterly dumbfounded.
"I want to get paid twice. Only getting paid once is such a waste."
Wei Qingyi spread his hands. "So I’m telling you in advance. I’ll make one move against you in secret along the way. If you die, you can’t blame me."
"Of course, if you don’t die, then I’ll protect you for the rest of the journey and ensure you’re completely unscathed. You’ll definitely get first place in the assessment!"
Phew...
Qin Xuan took a deep breath.
’Dude, can you not speak with such dramatic pauses?’
Honestly, after spending so long in the Holy Sect, he had never seen a situation like this!
"Then what about your assessment, Senior Brother? Won’t it be ruined?"
"Me? I’m fine."
Wei Qingyi said, "My elder brother already secured a Jia-level result for me."
Qin Xuan nearly coughed up a mouthful of blood.
At this moment, he deeply suspected that the Positional Divine Technique Wei Qingyi had manifested must be [Piss People Off]!
...
Ever since meeting Wei Qingyi, Qin Xuan’s Incense Master assessment journey had become a lot more cheerful.
At first, Qin Xuan didn’t believe him.
He thought this guy must have ulterior motives and wanted to harm him in secret.
But after spending more time with him, Qin Xuan discovered that Wei Qingyi truly had a surprisingly innocent heart, completely unlike a Demon Cultivator who came from the corrupting environment of the Holy Sect!
In Wei Qingyi’s own words: "Why would I need to plot against you in secret?
My elder brother is a Purple Mansion True Demon, the Blood Tyrant Demon Child who is about to reach the Golden Core Realm is my sworn brother, and my Cultivation is two minor Realms higher than yours.
If I really wanted to kill you, you would have been dead long ago back at the Holy Sect."
"I really just want to take one mission and get two portions of Merit... oh no, including the Incense Master assessment itself, I can get three."
Qin Xuan wanted to speak but stopped himself.
He was bursting with unspoken complaints but couldn’t find a single reason to refute him!
...
One day, the two of them were traveling concealed through the void.
As they passed by a mortal village in Dingyang County, Qin Xuan suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
In the village, raging flames shot up into the sky.
The not-yet-charred bodies of mortals lay scattered on the ground.
Dried, dark purple blood had coagulated everywhere.
’Has a fellow sect member been here?’ Qin Xuan frowned slightly.
But he quickly realized something was off.
The villagers had died horribly—disemboweled, their organs scooped out and scattered on the ground. Most of the blood hadn’t been absorbed cleanly. The methods were crude and unskilled.
Even the lowest Demon Disciple of the Blood Demon Sword Sect would do a better job than this.
On a green stone at the village entrance, a conspicuous line of elegant script was carved.
[Demon Hunter, the Saintess of the Danxia Sect.]
Wei Qingyi laughed. "A bit interesting. Could it be a Loose Cultivator who secretly learned our Demon Sect’s Cultivation Techniques and was then subjected to ’Exorcism and Protection of the Dao’?"
Unfortunately, after searching for a long time, Qin Xuan couldn’t find any sign of that Demon Cultivator.
Instead, he saw the charred remains of several Righteous Cultivators off to the side.
’The situation with the Taiyi True View is a bit complicated!’
Qin Xuan was lost in thought.
Meanwhile, Wei Qingyi had already struck a pose in front of a pile of charred corpses and was yelling at Qin Xuan.
"Junior Brother Qin, hurry, come over! Let’s take a picture for a Landscape Scroll together. If we send it back to the Sect, we can get a lot of Merit Points!"
Qin Xuan sighed and gave Wei Qingyi a helpless look.
The Merit Points Wei Qingyi mentioned were an economic system unique to the Inner Sect.
If one were to convert them to the Outer Sect’s Contribution Points, the exchange rate would be about 10,000 Contribution Points for 1 Merit Point.
On this journey, Qin Xuan felt like Wei Qingyi wasn’t here for a mission assessment, but rather on vacation.
A blank scroll, about three feet long, appeared out of thin air. Wei Qingyi’s brush danced across it, splashing ink with masterful strokes.
In an instant, a vivid black-and-white Landscape Scroll materialized, which he then scanned into his White Jade Token. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂
Watching the ink on the Landscape Scroll get devoured by the light from the White Jade Token, turning the scroll blank again, Qin Xuan asked curiously.
Wei Qingyi smiled. "This is a special perk available to the Holy Sect’s Incense Masters, called [Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission].
The user can use the sub-array of the Nascent Soul Grand Array within their Identity Token to transmit messages. You can also do real-time paintings and send them to your exclusive Demon Order to talk with other Incense Masters. It costs ten Contribution Points to post a message."
The more Qin Xuan listened, the more something felt off.
Isn’t this just a fucking ancient BBS forum?
The data plan was just replaced with Contribution Points, and the online platform was replaced with the White Jade Token.
What other difference was there?
Qin Xuan didn’t know that back when Hou Qi plotted with the Evil Spirit Child, Xie Qing, to assassinate him, they had used this very Landscape Scroll and Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission.
...
Ever since encountering those two burly men running a Honey Trap and the charred village, Qin Xuan and Wei Qingyi hadn’t run into any more Righteous Cultivators.
This left Wei Qingyi feeling a bit disappointed.
After several days of continuous travel, they reached a village on the outskirts of Yong’an County, and Wei Qingyi’s eyes suddenly lit up.
He saw three Qi Cultivation Eighth-Layer Cultivators dressed as Daoists, holding Dusters and standing mid-air on a White Cloud Spiritual Artifact.
"Immortal Masters! They’re Immortal Masters from the Taiyi True View!"
"Greetings, Immortal Masters!" Seeing this, the villagers couldn’t help but cry out in alarm. One by one, they excitedly knelt and kowtowed.
Faced with this scene, the Daoists were unfazed, their expressions indifferent.
One of the Daoists used his True Essence to project his voice, which boomed out as he shouted:
"By order of the Observatory Master! A Foundation Establishment Demon from the Blood Demon Sword Sect—a cruel and inhuman monster who feasts on fresh blood and brains—has descended the mountain for his trial and will arrive in Yong’an County soon."
Qin Xuan was startled.
He thought his whereabouts had been discovered by the Taiyi True View’s Xuanzhen Ascendant.
He turned his head, ready to flee.
But Wei Qingyi grabbed him and held him in place.
Strangely, Wei Qingyi, who had been so flippant these past few days, now had a rare look of solemnity on his face.
Then, something even more dramatic happened.
Just as Qin Xuan was about to run, the villagers, hearing that a Demon Cultivator was coming, also panicked. The several hundred mortals in the village all scrambled to flee.
A huge clamor erupted from all directions. It was chaos.
Some villagers were so scared they lost their wits, pleading, "Immortal, please grant us your protection! Don’t let that Demon invade our village!"
"Indeed! We heard that a Demon Cultivator passed through the neighboring Cyan Ox Village a few days ago, and the entire village was massacred."
"Please, Immortal, protect us..."
The Daoist spoke in a clear voice, "Everyone, do not panic. To protect you all, my Taiyi True View has specially set up a Talisman Altar in the city and will be performing a ritual. You can all follow me there."
"Thank you, Immortal Master! Your benevolence is great!" The villagers were overcome with gratitude. One by one, they packed their bags, ready to leave with them.
’Wait a minute!’
’There are only two Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators in all of Jade Wind Country: us.’
’Where did the one in Cyan Ox Village come from?’
Qin Xuan stopped and looked up at the green-robed Daoists in the sky with a puzzled expression.
Just then, a foul wind kicked up, and black fog filled the sky. A black-robed Cultivator, covered in skulls and emanating a sinister aura, appeared.
"JIE JIE JIE, thinking of escaping now? Isn’t it a little late?" the black-robed Cultivator sneered.
"Oh no! It’s the Blood Demon from the Blood Demon Sword Sect! We’re no match for him!" The green-robed Daoists, who had just been the picture of sage-like poise, all had their expressions ’change’ dramatically.
The corner of Qin Xuan’s mouth twitched slightly.
’Damn it, are they using my name to do bad things?’
Watching the clumsy acting of the people in front of him was so cringe-worthy it hurt his eyes.
This so-called Black-robed Demon Cultivator only had a Cultivation at the Qi Cultivation Eleventh Layer. Other than the black mist around him, which was simulated with True Essence to look like Demonic Qi, his body had no Demonic Essence fluctuations at all.
He didn’t even have the most basic Lifebound Blood Sword.
...He was obviously a Righteous Cultivator in disguise!
