Master of Strange Dao

But he was seeking those people because he could obtain Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures from them.

This Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, he never found it too plentiful.

"Speak, what message do you want me to pass on for you?"

"After all this time, the two individuals I asked for, I still haven't seen their heads.

If there's no sincerity, then forget it.

Also, the incident involving Cui Changping attacking my Jinlan Mountain cannot be left unsettled.

You all should discuss it amongst yourselves first.

Within one month, if things aren't settled, then we'll go our separate ways, and I'll return to Jinlan Mountain to focus on my Cultivation.

Your affairs will have nothing to do with Jinlan Mountain from then on."

"Is that all?"

"Yes, that's all. I could have shouted the message myself, after all. But why should I make it easy for them? It's better to treat it as giving Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to my seniors."

"Hahaha..." Zhong Shouzheng laughed heartily, nodding repeatedly, "Well said, we shouldn't make it easy for them."

Zhong Shouzheng left in high spirits while Yu Ziqing smiled and bid farewell with a clasped-hand salute.

Getting a Primordial Spirit Realm expert, who was money-hungry, to help without paying a single piece of Spirit Jade and still leaving him in high spirits.

Two days later, in a secret chamber, Zhong Shouzheng, dressed in black robes, looked around.

"A message from Jinlan Mountain and a stalk of Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, take it or leave it?"

Someone silently took out the Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure they had prepared in advance.

Zhong Shouzheng slightly altered the words Yu Ziqing had given him, repeating them as a secret message he had discovered.

"What you do next has nothing to do with me."

Having taken the treasures, Zhong Shouzheng left, leaving behind the stern-faced fellows.

Several days later.

In the gloomy underground chamber, the chief director let out a long sigh.

People from Jinlan Mountain, how vengeful they are.

If it really came down to it, they might have to sacrifice an incarnation to appease Jinlan Mountain's mood first.

Otherwise, subsequent plans would be impossible to carry out.

On one hand, only people from Jinlan Mountain possessed an official seal of Dadui.

And that official seal, not just anyone could use effectively.

Add to that, people from Jinlan Mountain were particularly skilled at resolving the Dadui Seal.

This matter simply couldn't be resolved without involving Jinlan Mountain.

...

Yu Ziqing had issued an ultimatum, causing some people to become anxious.

The chief director was anxious because Yu Ziqing really dared to throw the official seal into a crevasse.

The others were also anxious, but they were utterly unable to find out who the people Yu Ziqing was looking for were.

Yet they really couldn't force the issue with people from Jinlan Mountain.

Yu Ziqing was waiting in the southwest of Dali like a loafer, wandering around.

When there were only three days left before the one-month deadline, Yu Ziqing began to head in the direction of Jinlan Mountain.

As he was about to leave the territory of Dali, Yu Ziqing felt as if he had just passed through a layer of water ripples, entering a Big Array.

Inside the Big Array, birds sang and flowers fragranced the air, and a bubble-like water boundary enveloped the area for tens of miles around, separating it from the outside world.

Beyond that, there was the aroma of wine, delicacies, and Spirit Fruit.

A man dressed in fine clothes, with fair skin and no facial hair, sat alone at a table.

Upon seeing Yu Ziqing, the man rose to his feet and greeted him from afar.

"Please."

Yu Ziqing didn't move forward but rather took out a Compass in front of the man.

It was a Second Generation Compass which looked the same as the First Generation, at Yu Ziqing's strong request.

But that's where the similarities ended.

The Compass shone with light, its needle spinning nonstop, finally pointing to an option for those who had practiced the Langya Incarnation Technique.

However, the markings were all blindly made up.

The Second Generation Compass, regardless of whether it faced the true body or an incarnation of someone who practiced the Langya Incarnation Technique, would light up.

If one hadn't practiced it, the needle of the Second Generation would not move at all.

As long as the needle moves, it proves that the person opposite is either the original or an incarnation.

Sometimes pointing to 'existence' actually indicates that the other party is an incarnation, while pointing to 'non-existence' actually indicates that the other party is the original.

But these things, only Yu Ziqing knew.

What the Compass indicated was only 'existence.' The First Generation Compass simply couldn't differentiate between original and incarnation.

The person opposite did nothing to stop it, letting Yu Ziqing use the Compass, because this was essentially revealing his identity.

Yu Ziqing put away the Compass, having a clue in his heart.

Just as he had thought, the chief director would never make a move in person.

Moreover, one of his incarnations, having lost connection, made it even less likely that he would show up in person.

Yu Ziqing knew what he wanted, and it was time to force him to act.

He would either bow down, kneel and admit his mistake, or throw out an incarnation, pretending to be the original, and sacrifice it.

"You are the chief director of Dong Chang, aren't you?"

"Correct." The middle-aged handsome man nodded and extended his hand in a polite gesture of invitation.

After the two of them were seated, Yu Ziqing didn't touch anything on the table and casually asked.

"What identity do you hold now?"

"The Tong Family Master of Dali."

Yu Ziqing glanced sideways slightly; the Tong Family of Dali ranked higher than the Gu Family.

Becuase the Tong Family had a Ninth Tier in its ranks.

How long had this dead eunuch been scheming? He even had a Ninth Tier incarnation that was another Family Head.

But, Ninth Tier, great, a big clan, good, they were too weak, Yu Ziqing couldn't bother talking to him.

Yu Ziqing picked up a Spirit Fruit and started nibbling on it, asking casually.

"The chief director sent you, so he has already decided to sacrifice you, hasn't he?"

The Tong Family Master's eyes flickered slightly.

Yu Ziqing didn't wait for him to speak and continued to talk to himself.

"Stop the nonsense, the chief director is a eunuch, I know you are not; you are just an incarnation.

I specifically sent for you because I was waiting for an incarnation.

I am a kind-hearted person and cannot stand to see people harmed by Evil Skill, dying without understanding.

Let me tell you a conclusion first: we have found a method to sever the connection between the incarnation and the original."

The Tong Family Master's gaze trembled, and with a wave of his hand, the flowing water that enveloped the area solidified, completely isolating this place from the outside world.

Seeing this scene, Yu Ziqing chuckled.

"But last time, I actually failed.

Because that old eunuch was too weak, and his will was not strong enough; though the connection was severed, he also died.

Eh, that expression of yours..."

Yu Ziqing paused slightly, suddenly coming to a realization.

"Oh, I understand now. It seems that you must not know that the so-called Langya Incarnation Technique is just a guise.

In fact, that Langya Incarnation Technique is an outright Evil Skill.

You are not an incarnation at all.

Someone planted a rune in your Divine Soul before you were born.

When you had achieved something, they would steal all your strength, insight, and eventually, your self-consciousness would be completely obliterated.

This is but Evil Skill.

I thought that reaching the Ninth Tier, you would have become self-aware, but it seems you are not awake at all.

Sect Master Cui chose not to suffer from Evil Skill, willingly met his demise, and died at the hands of a Seventh Tier Body Cultivator on my Jinlan Mountain."

Yu Ziqing watched the Tong Family Master's expression and let out a chuckle.

"Can't be, Tong Family Master, you don't actually believe that a mere Seventh Tier Body Cultivator could defeat a powerhouse like Sect Master Cui, do you? His Qi Veins were prolonged, his True Yuan vast, he wouldn't have died so easily.

And that Ninth Tier old eunuch, do you know how he died?

He stood on the spot, unmoving, willingly presenting his neck, what a pity, back then the treasure in hand was too poor, although the connection was severed, he unfortunately fell.

But their sacrifice led to the matured method of resolution we have today.

I just didn't expect that you hadn't woken up at all; you still believe you are the chief director's incarnation.

That's rather pitiable..."