Chapter 140: How a Purple Mansion Master Can Alter the Grand Scheme

Chapter 140: How a Purple Mansion Master Can Alter the Grand Scheme

Qi Yuan gazed into the distance, spotting a young woman in a blue dress standing on a distant boat.

"Oh? What's the matter?" Qi Yuan asked straightforwardly. He was eager to return and focus on creating his cultivation technique.

"My name is Jiang Ya, a disciple of Ascension Tower's Wuti Elder. I find your Primordial Divine Ability quite intriguing, Senior..." Jiang Ya introduced herself, adding a layer of protection by mentioning her sect. Her eyes reflected a mix of confusion and curiosity.

The Primordial Divine Ability of a Purple Mansion Powerhouse required one to comprehend the essence of spiritual energy and then forge their own path based on that understanding.

Regarding the Primordial Divine Ability of the Blood Robe Sword God, Jiang Ya didn't sense the essence of spiritual energy.

This puzzled her.

"I thought you were here to cheer me on with '666'," Qi Yuan said disappointedly.

The woman before him was quite attractive, though a bit flat-chested. Still, she could easily be a cheerleader.

When pretending to be the Blood Robe Sword God, one must set the right atmosphere.

Without a hundred Supreme bands, Qi Yuan's battles lacked excitement.

He desperately needed a cheerleading squad.

So, when this woman suddenly asked him these questions, it was quite uninteresting.

"I'm out of here," Qi Yuan said, turning to leave.

Jiang Ya watched the blood-colored figure disappear into the horizon, her eyes filled with a hint of reverence.

"This person... Their potential is unfathomable."

The elder revealed a smile, "No matter how profound their potential, compared to the sect leader, it's nothing."

Jiang Ya shook her head.

Once, her master had demonstrated his Primordial Divine Ability to her.

Now, when compared to the Blood Robe Sword God's Primordial Divine Ability, she had a premonition that her master's ability might not be as impressive.

"Let's go to the Divine Light Sect," Jiang Ya decided. After witnessing the battle, she wanted to visit the sect to see her sister and help her escape the turmoil of the Hundred Nations.

Even with the formidable Blood Robe Sword God as an enemy, the Bright Palace would never cease the Hundred Nations Blood Battle.

The two sides were bound to clash.

With the Imperial Thunder Dragon Crown, the Bright Palace was a formidable force. Even if her master came, without reaching the Yin Spirit Realm, there was little they could do.

Not to mention the Blood Robe Sword God.

His strength lay in his Primordial Divine Ability, but his cultivation realm was likely far inferior to her master's.

...

On Seven Color Peak, Qi Yuan, clad in a plain white robe, stood before his brick house.

Gazing at his residence, he expressed satisfaction, "Only a house of this caliber is worthy of me."

He glanced at his junior sister Jiang Ling Su's wooden cabin nearby, feeling even more superior.

Indeed, happiness was relative.

"Senior Brother, where did you go? Why did you suddenly disappear?" Jiang Ling Su had been bathing, and her senior brother hadn't barged in. Instead, he left a message outside her cabin.

After her bath, she found that her senior brother was nowhere to be seen.

"Junior Sister, people are treacherous. If someone asks to apologize to you or invites you to a meeting, don't go. They might have a trap waiting," Qi Yuan shared his life lessons with his junior sister.

"Senior Brother, someone set you up?" Jiang Ling Su's heart tightened.

"If not for your senior brother's powerful abilities, he might have fallen victim to a villain's plot," Qi Yuan said.

Abilities? Jiang Ling Su's worries vanished at the mention of abilities.

Only Divine Infant cultivators could manifest abilities.

Senior Brother must be delusional!

He just claimed to have formed a Golden Core, and now he's talking about the Divine Infant stage? His illness must be severe!

Jiang Ling Su looked at Qi Yuan with concern, "Senior Brother, stop staring at the sun in the sky. Looking at it too much can affect your memory."

Senior Brother's mind was already fragile, and staring at the sun could worsen his condition.

"That's not the sun; it's my Golden Core!" Qi Yuan emphasized.

"Fine!" Jiang Ling Su didn't want to argue. Instead, she asked, "Senior Brother, why did you leave a message for me?"

Qi Yuan's hand stiffened, and he asked, "I've been gaming seriously these days, oblivious to the outside world. What happened on Seven Color Peak, especially at the peak?"

Qi Yuan felt a sense of loss as he left his master's palace.

Jiang Ling Su furrowed her brows in thought. After a few breaths, she spoke, "A few days ago, a shocking thunderbolt appeared on Seven Color Peak. Our master seemed to have intervened, blocking the thunder."

"Thunderbolt?" Qi Yuan asked, puzzled.

"Yes," Jiang Ling Su nodded, her expression turning solemn. "Before the thunderbolt, something strange happened."

"What was it?" Qi Yuan asked urgently.

"I was in seclusion, and suddenly, I felt like I had forgotten something, but then I remembered it instantly."

For cultivators, every unusual occurrence warranted attention.

What if it was an ambush or a heart demon?

"Forgot?"

Qi Yuan's eyes narrowed in thought.

All the events were connected in that moment.

When he sensed the essence for the third time, he faced heart demons and heavenly tribulations.

Heart demons were the various demons within the Gate of Ten Thousand Devils.

The heavenly tribulation was forgetfulness.

Could it be that this realm also faced a heavenly tribulation, which the master blocked?

"My master does care about me after all," Qi Yuan thought, gazing at the palace atop the peak.

Seven Color Peak was desolate, as if untouched for millennia.

Qi Yuan had only seen his beautiful master once, catching glimpses of her profile and silhouette.

"Senior Brother, can you not say such shocking things?" Jiang Ling Su rolled her eyes at Qi Yuan.

In the Wave Surge Realm, it was common for masters and disciples to form Daoist pairs.

Even ancestors and their countless-generation grandchildren formed Daoist pairs.

"Junior Sister, I know you're jealous because the master doesn't have you in her heart. Don't worry; I have you in mine," Qi Yuan said with a smile.

"..." Jiang Ling Su glared at Qi Yuan's handsome face.

Why was Senior Brother becoming more attractive as time passed?

Jiang Ling Su crossed her arms, emphasizing her ample chest, and left in a huff.

Qi Yuan gazed at Jiang Ling Su's silhouette, recalling the slender woman on the boat who resembled a thin bamboo pole: "She must be from a poor family, suffering from malnutrition."

"Or perhaps her family is wealthy, and her figure is just too explosive."

Qi Yuan thought to himself as he returned to his new brick house.

He remembered what the Ice Mountain Tyrantess had said about updating the progress of demolishing Bright Palace.

Hurriedly, he entered the group chat and spoke, "Today, I pretended to be the Blood Robe Sword God and met with several Divine Infants from Bright Palace."

"????" Rogue Immortal Venerable exclaimed, "Bro, did you really go?"

"Of course. As the victim, I have the moral high ground. Why wouldn't I go?" Qi Yuan replied.

"What happened?" Rogue Immortal Venerable asked anxiously.

"Origin Venerable is still able to speak in the group chat, which means Bright Palace has likely been dealt with. Perhaps they even apologized to him," Great Sun Flame Emperor said in the group.

"Pfft, Bright Palace apologizing? They wanted to kill me as soon as I arrived, saying they wanted to subdue demons and eliminate evil," Qi Yuan sighed helplessly.

"That's so like Bright Palace," Great Sun Flame Emperor commented.

"Bright Palace is indeed shortsighted, unwilling to offer compensation," Rogue Immortal Venerable agreed.

"That's right. I only asked for a hundred trillion Spirit Stones, but they refused. I had no choice but to send them to the afterlife to reunite with their deceased loved ones," Qi Yuan said.

"A hundred trillion...?" Rogue Immortal Venerable gasped, stunned.

Are you seriously seeking reconciliation?

Great Sun Flame Emperor spoke up, slightly confused: "You killed them all, Origin Venerable. You're not even a Divine Infant, and Bright Palace probably sent Divine Infant cultivators."

"Bright Palace's Divine Infants are too weak. I didn't even need to use my Golden Core stage strength; with just my Foundation Establishment stage power, they died. It was too easy."

"Is that true?"

"Unbelievable."

"Hmph, how dare you doubt Origin Venerable?" Ice Mountain Tyrantess suddenly appeared in the group chat.

"This time, Bright Palace arranged a meeting with the Blood Robe Sword God because a sister of mine borrowed a few million high-interest loans from Bright Palace, and she was worried that Origin Venerable wouldn't be able to demolish Bright Palace.

She sent some disciples to Lingfeng Du specifically to check on the Blood Robe Sword God.

And you know what happened? The Blood Robe Sword God... wasn't a Divine Infant, but a Purple Mansion cultivator! And not just any ordinary Purple Mansion cultivator!"

A moment of silence filled the group chat.

The boy in front of the pill furnace, upon seeing the group message, widened his eyes in surprise.

Origin Venerable is a Purple Mansion cultivator? The boy's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

A freaking Purple Mansion powerhouse was chatting with him in the group?

Boo-hoo, is he the only newbie in the cultivation world?

Great Sun Flame Emperor clearly came from an extraordinary background.

Ice Mountain Tyrantess, on the other hand, was undoubtedly a true big shot.

Qi Yuan had thought that Origin Venerable would team up with him.

But it turned out to be an act?

"I never expected that you, Origin Venerable, would be a Purple Mansion cultivator," Great Sun Flame Emperor said, equally surprised.

"I'm not a Purple Mansion cultivator; I just advanced to the Golden Core stage," Qi Yuan said, disliking lies and always speaking the truth.

"I also thought Origin Venerable was a talented youth, but who knew he'd be a big shot? Last time, I asked you to participate in the Talents Tournament, and it turned into a joke," Ice Mountain Tyrantess said.

Participating in the Talents Tournament and achieving a certain rank would allow one to travel to the newly discovered world in the Wave Surge Realm.

She had thought Origin Venerable was a young talented youth, so she shared this opportunity with him.

"I'm not a big shot; I'm just a newbie at the Golden Core stage.

Although my Golden Core is a bit larger, and although my Golden Core ran away, I'm still a proper Golden Core cultivator," Qi Yuan said humbly, "I've already declared war on Bright Palace. Everyone, please await my good news."

"Origin Venerable, demolishing Bright Palace might be a bit challenging. Do you need some external support? My sisters have dark hearts; they borrowed money from Bright Palace and don't want to pay it back. Do you want to join forces and destroy Bright Palace?"

Once the person is dead, the money doesn't need to be repaid.

Hearing this, Qi Yuan's heart warmed: "Thank you, Big Sis Tyrantess. I alone am sufficient to demolish Bright Palace!"

He had social anxiety and didn't want to team up with those "old" women; he couldn't handle it.

What if they used a seduction technique on him, making him reveal Bright Palace's cultivation methods? He might not be able to resist, but his second brother probably would.

Qi Yuan left the group chat as he spoke.

At that moment, in a cave mansion, Ice Mountain Tyrantess held a wine jar and poured the jade-like liquid into her mouth.

"What a pity. If only Ling'er were from the Eastern Land.

If she participated in the Eastern Talents Ranking, she would surely rank in the top ten, and perhaps even make it to the Moon Gazing Continent."

Ice Mountain Tyrantess sighed, feeling helpless.

Now, a major event was about to unfold.

Bright Palace couldn't help but make early preparations.

She, too, had to consider her future.

...

On Seven Color Peak, Qi Yuan finished reading all the spells.

He sighed helplessly: "These Divine Infants are not worthy of becoming my white moonlight!"

From these Divine Infant cultivators, Qi Yuan found over twenty Jade Level spells and three Profound Level spells.

For Qi Yuan, who was still at the Foundation Establishment stage, these spells were quite useful.

But now that he had advanced to the Golden Core stage and lived in a brick house, these spells no longer interested him.

"Indeed, as one's strength increases, so does one's perspective.

Back in the village, the widowed Wang from next door and the village's beauty, Cui, could be considered white moonlights.

But in the county, at the very least, it would take a JK uniformed girl to become a white moonlight."

For Qi Yuan, his taste had improved, and now only Bright Palace's Purple Mansion powerhouse could be his white moonlight.

"Senior Brother, my sister is here," a cheerful voice called out.

Qi Yuan lazily stepped out and saw a striking contrast outside the courtyard: two beautiful women.

One was slender like a bamboo pole, ordinary.

The other had a curvaceous and astonishingly full figure.

"She's your sister?" Qi Yuan found it unbelievable.

The woman beside Jiang Ling Su was the same girl he had met on the boat the night before.

Wasn't the difference between the two of them too great?

"This is my sister, Jiang Ya, ranked fifteenth on the Eastern Talents Ranking, a Golden Core cultivator!" Jiang Ling Su hugged Jiang Ya, her eyes sparkling with excitement, "Sister Ya Ya, this is my senior brother, Qi Yuan. Don't be fooled by his appearance; he's a good, good person, and he has excellent talent, enough to be ranked on the Eastern Talents Ranking!"

Only then did Jiang Ya carefully examine Qi Yuan, a hint of surprise in her eyes: "Thank you, fellow cultivator, for taking care of my sister these days.

"Not at all, it's just that Junior Sister has been taking care of me all this time." Qi Yuan replied sincerely.

He had obtained numerous cultivation techniques and spirit stones from his junior sister.

Every night, Dao Zi would rummage through the trash pile outside his junior sister's door, searching for spirit stones.

He owed his junior sister so much!

Jiang Ya looked at Qi Yuan and got straight to the point, speaking solemnly, "Now that the Bright Palace has initiated the Hundred Nations Blood Battle, Great Shang will be caught in a dilemma."

Jiang Ling Su's eyebrows furrowed upon hearing this.

She knew why her sister had come here.

"Ling Su left without saying goodbye and came to the Hundred Nations, causing quite a stir among our clan members. But I managed to suppress it," Jiang Ya explained.

"I've always supported Ling Su's choices. However, with the Hundred Nations Blood Battle underway, Great Shang has become entangled with the Demon Dao. It's no longer appropriate for her to stay here," Jiang Ya said calmly.

Jiang Ling Su stole a glance at Qi Yuan, her expression filled with grievance.

"Rest assured, I'll protect Junior Sister!" Qi Yuan said confidently.

His junior sister had given him so much.

He had always promised to protect her.

He even planned to find some water-attributed heavenly spiritual root Purple Mansion Powerhouses after reaching the Great Immortal stage and bring them back to cure his junior sister's illness, as a way to repay her.

Hearing these words from her senior brother, Jiang Ling Su's heart warmed.

This senior brother of hers was eccentric, but he was a good person and quite handsome.

Jiang Ya smiled and said, "Qi Yuan, don't refuse just yet.

I trust your determination to protect Ling Su with your life, and I have no doubts about your character. Ling Su's judgment of people is far more accurate than mine, her older sister."

Qi Yuan listened to Jiang Ya's words, feeling a bit dazed.

Did he really have such determination?

Jiang Ya continued, "We can't stop the Hundred Nations Blood Battle, so I suggest relocating Seven Color Peak.

We can even relocate the Divine Light Sect, and with the Ascension Tower's involvement, the Bright Palace won't hinder you."

Her proposal was a significant concession.

It could be said that she was considering Jiang Ling Su's well-being.

After all, wouldn't it be more straightforward to take Jiang Ling Su away by force? What complaints could a junior disciple have?

Qi Yuan looked up at the peak of Seven Color Peak and then at his newly built brick house, "Seven Color Peak cannot be relocated."

His determination surprised Jiang Ya.

"Moreover, the Bright Palace is on the verge of destruction, so there's nothing to fear," Qi Yuan added, referring to his 'Hundred Days to Destroy the Bright Palace Plan', which was progressing steadily and satisfactorily.

Jiang Ya was initially surprised but then seemed to understand, "You Hundred Nations must have placed your hopes on the Blood Robe Sword God."

"Blood Robe Sword God?" Jiang Ling Su was puzzled.

What did this have to do with the Blood Robe Sword God?

"To be honest, it's surprising that the Hundred Nations produced a Purple Mansion Powerhouse.

But even if he's in the late stage of the Purple Mansion or even at the peak, it won't affect the Bright Palace's plans for the Hundred Nations Blood Battle," Jiang Ya stated frankly.

The emergence of a Purple Mansion cultivator in the Hundred Nations was a cause for celebration at any time.

It meant that the Hundred Nations had their own powerhouse.

The Hundred Nations would also develop their own foundation.

However, the appearance of a Purple Mansion cultivator during the Hundred Nations Blood Battle was unfortunate.

The battle was a matter of life and death for the Bright Palace, and they would not compromise.

The Bright Palace had dozens of Purple Mansion Powerhouses and even possessed Yin Spirit artifacts like the Imperial Thunder Dragon Crown.

Unless the Yin Spirit emerged, no one could rival the Bright Palace.

Jiang Ling Su, standing nearby, looked completely lost, "What's a Purple Mansion?"

She didn't understand, nor did she comprehend.

"Yesterday, the Bright Palace met with Lingfeng Du to negotiate with the Blood Robe Sword God, but a conflict ensued.

The Blood Robe Sword God displayed his Primordial Divine Ability, slaughtering most of the Bright Palace's Divine Infants.

Before leaving, the Blood Robe Sword God declared war on the Bright Palace. Alas, it's truly remarkable that he dares to challenge the Bright Palace, a sect with a heritage spanning tens of thousands of years, all by himself," Jiang Ya said slowly, adding, "But no matter how heroic it is, the outcome remains unchanged."

At that moment, Jiang Ling Su covered her mouth and stole another glance at Qi Yuan.

Was the Blood Robe Sword God a Purple Mansion cultivator?

Had he slaughtered several Divine Infants?

The Blood Robe Sword God...

Her mind was filled with countless thoughts, and she wanted to ask her senior brother.

However, with her sister, an outsider, present, she couldn't bring herself to ask.

Qi Yuan desperately wanted to say, "Sister, I'm not a Purple Mansion cultivator; I'm just a Golden Core novice!"

But he couldn't reveal his persona!

He could only remain silent.

"I know it's hard for you to accept this right now. After the Blood Robe Sword God's confrontation with the Bright Palace concludes, I'll come and persuade you again," Jiang Ya said as Qi Yuan bid farewell.

Jiang Ya and Jiang Ling Su entered the wooden cabin.

Despite the cabin's simplicity, Jiang Ya merely furrowed her brows and said nothing.

She sat in the house, observing Jiang Ling Su, who seemed distracted, and smiled, "Don't you welcome me here?"

"No..." Jiang Ling Su's mind was preoccupied with thoughts of the Blood Robe Sword God.

"I took a look at the cultivation techniques you sent me last time," Jiang Ya said, "The modified techniques are... quite a mess."

"What?" Jiang Ling Su's heart tightened, "Will it be safe to cultivate them?"

Her senior brother had cultivated those modified techniques.

"In theory, cultivating them will lead to... mental confusion, memory loss, and possibly even complete amnesia."

"What? It's that serious?" Jiang Ling Su stood up from her chair, her expression filled with concern.

Surely her senior brother hadn't cultivated them.

Seeing Jiang Ling Su's reaction, Jiang Ya smiled, "You don't need to worry about your senior brother.

Those incomplete cultivation techniques only exist in theory, and in practice, they are impossible to cultivate. You can't even get started with them."

Hearing this, Jiang Ling Su finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that her senior brother couldn't cultivate them.

"I can't stay for long this time. I'll be leaving soon. After the Heaven's Pride Tournament concludes, I'll take you home," Jiang Ya said.

This Heaven's Pride Tournament was of great importance.

Although her master hadn't explicitly stated it, Jiang Ya could sense its significance.

(End of Chapter)

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