Chapter 2749 - 2741: Nascent Soul Puppet

Chapter 2749: Chapter 2741: Nascent Soul Puppet

The True Immortal of the Jing Vein felt speechless about the Xuanyuan family’s overbearing attitude. Her face turned pale, and she simply remained silent.

Xuan Yuan Buqi wasn’t known for a good temperament. Seeing her silence, he couldn’t be bothered to accommodate her and glanced at Elder Xuanyuan Hulie.

As soon as Elder Hulie saw this, he knew the ancestor had lost interest in communicating, so he spoke seriously, "Daoist Jing Vein, my Xuanyuan family has always preferred to foster good relations with others. If you continue to be uncooperative, don’t blame the Xuanyuan family for being ruthless."

The Xuanyuan family... fostering good relations? Qian Zhong couldn’t help but roll his eyes upon hearing this: Quite audacious to say.

The True Immortal of the Jing Vein, however, had no intention of refuting. She sighed lightly, "I simply seek a swift death."

"Death? That’s quite an easy way out," Elder Hulie sneered, "There are many methods that are far scarier than death."

The True Immortal of the Jing Vein said nothing, just stared blankly, her gaze lifeless.

At this moment, Yu Qingzhu surprisingly spoke up. She softly expressed, "I see Elder Yue Yi is still willing to cover for you, even at the risk of offending the True Sovereign. Are you just going to give up like this?"

Upon hearing her words, the True Immortal of the Jing Vein suddenly erupted. A trace of cold sneer spread across her face as she sneered lightly, "Someone who abandons and betrays — it’s surprising that you dare to defend him. Truly a complete scoundrel!"

"How is that possible?" Yu Qingzhu completely disagreed with her perspective — perhaps this was her way of luring the other person to speak, "Once you’ve left Jinwu, could you have maintained a relationship over so many years if he treated you poorly?"

"Hehe," the True Immortal of the Jing Vein sneered again, but said no more.

Yu Qingzhu shook her head and sighed, "Your mentality is flawed."

The True Immortal of the Jing Vein’s face turned bone white, yet she bit her lip, refusing to make a sound, as Xuanyuan Youdao had been pondering Yu Qingzhu’s words. Seeing this, he probed, "How can you be certain that her mentality is flawed? Perhaps she’s been hurt so severely that she refuses to speak."

Yu Qingzhu shook her head and said nothing, though she had already concluded in her mind that Jing Vein’s psychological state was definitely problematic.

At this point, Qian Zhong’s attention had already shifted to Feng Jun, "Have you deduced that person’s identity?"

"No," Feng Jun shook his head, still attempting to deduce the identity of the person who had rushed into the Misty Abyss, but unfortunately, the distance wasn’t quite enough.

"Hmph," Qian Zhong glared spitefully at Xuanyuan Buqi, lifted his hand to release a sphere, "And thus, I’ll have to waste another Nascent Soul Puppet."

The sphere was about a meter tall, gray-black in color, neither gold nor wood. As limbs extended out, it quickly transformed into a robust man over two and a half meters tall, his face surprisingly indistinguishable from a real human — if you disregarded the skin tone.

The robust man walked into the blue mist and disappeared in the blink of an eye, reappearing about an hour later, carrying a corpse, though his body was now pitted and transparent in parts.

After placing the corpse down, his body trembled, a series of faint clicks sounded, and the parts scattered all over the ground.

Xuanyuan Buqi smiled at the sight, "Not bad, he even brought back some treasures."

Indeed, next to the scattered parts were several herbs and a rock, likely collected by the puppet from within the Misty Abyss.

"Just making use of waste," Qian Zhong replied expressionlessly. The puppet originally had a spirit within it, tasked with fetching the body, but even hurrying back, the spirit was damaged and would gradually vanish, so it was better to let it casually gather some treasures.

In truth, she was quite distressed over this puppet. With a casual flick, she swept up the scattered parts into the Misty Abyss, and sighed lightly, "We’ll see about your fate... The Misty Abyss really is an insignificant place."

Xuanyuan Buqi’s lips twitched, choosing silence. He knew Qian Zhong was now in a foul mood — though a Nascent Soul Puppet was not as valuable as a Nascent Soul clansman, it was still at a Nascent Soul Level combat strength, yet it got consumed like this.

Feng Jun attempted to deduce the corpse, then shook his head, "Can’t deduce its origins, it’s just... gives off a sense of being an artifact?"

Qian Zhong and Xuanyuan Buqi’s expressions changed at the words. Buqi Sovereign lifted his hand to retrieve the Storage Bag from the corpse, forcibly opened it, and his face sank again after a glance, "Dao of Thievery... Indeed, it’s these scoundrels."

Elder Xuanyuan Hulie again looked at the True Immortal of the Jing Vein, "A sect practitioner, actually colluding with Dao of Thievery... and harming your fellow disciples, you indeed lack integrity."

"How could it be Dao of Thievery?" Even though the True Immortal of the Jing Vein’s face was ashen, she couldn’t help but refute upon hearing this, "He originally was, originally was... forget it, say what you will."

"Would I wrong him?" Xuanyuan Buqi sneered, and with a thought, tossed an oval plaque out from the Storage Bag, "Take a clear look, isn’t that the Dao of Thievery’s emblem?"

The True Immortal’s face grew increasingly pale, while Qian Zhong began to deduce once more, letting out a light hum, "Since this involves those ground rats, us getting involved in this matter is legitimate."

Upon hearing this, Xuanyuan Buqi sighed lightly as well, "Don’t spare me any face, see if Huanqiong Realm hosts any demon cultivation."

Dao of Thievery originally was an alliance of bandits, boasting "Thievery with principles," once aiming to establish "Thievery with Path" or "Thieves Sect," but was rejected by the Seven Gates and Eighteen Paths, eventually transitioning into a group of petty thieves.

The matters of the world are like this; no matter how high the aspirations, since choosing "thievery" as their foundation, how could their achievements be high? As for the consequence of being unable to become a traditional sect, it merely expedited their process of decline.

Later, the Dao of Thievery fell to colluding with demon cultivators, which brought about a massive suppression by cultivators, and they turned from open to covert.

However, the most criticized aspect of the Dao of Thievery is stealing; they haven’t fallen to the extent of using cultivators’ blood essence to practice, so although they have reached the level of "everyone shouting to beat them," they haven’t been pursued to the point of extermination.

During this process, a famous debate once emerged. When a True Sage of the Dao of Thievery was surrounded, he sneered and retorted, "Who in this world does not steal? Do loose cultivators steal, while clans do not? Do sects not steal either?"

"What are cultivators but thieves of the spirit mechanism of heaven and earth, seeking to enhance themselves for grand freedom and comfort? Is thievery only of the Dao of Thievery?"

The True Sage of the Dao of Thievery eventually fell, but these words spread, and people thought there was some truth: In places with poor order, are there fewer instances of killing and robbing treasures? Not all of them are done by the Dao of Thievery.

Even among the Seven Gates and Eighteen Paths, have there been fewer instances of forcefully occupying resources? Thus, some matters cannot be pursued too thoroughly, for once pursued, everyone has a murky history.

Because of this saying, the Dao of Thievery wasn’t eradicated from the roots, but they had to transform into ground mice—once they emerged, they were undoubtedly still targets for everyone.

After some deduction, Qian Zhong shook his head, "Whether there are demon cultivators in Huanqiong, I’m not very clear, but this guy’s origins are not in this realm, but in the Tianqin Main Plane."

Everyone then looked at Feng Jun, Feng Jun spread his hands, "Sorry, my deducing in this area isn’t as good as Senior Qian Zhong’s."

Xuanyuan Buqi smiled, "Shall we explore this space point or continue having fun in the Huanqiong Realm?"

Hearing this, the junior members of the Xuanyuan Family couldn’t help but murmur secretly, feeling that their patriarch was too generous to Feng Jun—since it’s a potential treasure site, why not hurry there? If someone else benefits while we’re idle, wouldn’t these days be wasted?

But since the patriarch spoke, even if unwilling, they had to endure, moreover, the patriarch must have his reasons for saying so.

Sure enough, Feng Jun thought for a moment and actually nodded, "Then let’s stay in Huanqiong for a few more days."

Since he showed no urgency, even Qian Zhong did not express any opposition.

In the following seven or eight days, the group visited several regions, with the four from White Pebble Beach appearing rather leisurely, yet the anxiety within the Xuanyuan family grew stronger by the day.

On this day, after visiting a fierce wind area, the Xuanyuan family members sent over the local specialties of this realm—all the specialties were collected and placed in a Storage Bag, enriching Feng Jun’s database.

Feng Jun accepted them contentedly and expressed happily, "Senior Buqi, please also collect the specialties of other domains; if they can be delivered to White Pebble Beach, I have a special intention."

At this moment, Xuanyuan Youdao couldn’t help it, "Mountain Master Feng, Tianqin’s domains are so numerous, your request would take junior members of the Xuanyuan Family at least several hundred years... the cost is a bit high."

Feng Jun ignored her and instead smiled at Xuanyuan Buqi.

True Immortal Buqi replied straightforwardly, "That’s easy to say, but there are certain domains where Xuanyuan Family juniors are not convenient to enter."

Feng Jun blinked; this answer surprised him a little, "Is this... due to adversaries?"

The Xuanyuan family surely has adversaries, but do you really need to say it in front of everyone?

"As for adversaries... you could say that," Xuanyuan Buqi replied indifferently, "The main issue is not getting along with some Domain Consciousness."

Feng Jun was completely speechless, the many seniors of the Xuanyuan family... how arrogant had they once been?

At this moment, Qian Zhong suddenly spoke up, "The domains inconvenient for the Xuanyuan family, I can take care of them."

Xuanyuan Youdao was dumbfounded; firstly, she didn’t understand what benefits Feng Jun offered to warrant True Immortal intervening to seize a share.

Secondly, this Senior Qian Zhong, what are his origins that he dares to undertake the other domains?

As an outstanding junior of the Xuanyuan family, she knows very well that when cultivators and domains are at odds, it’s mostly the cultivator’s fault, but some Domain Consciousness... can indeed be very irritable, and it’s not always the cultivator’s fault when conflicts arise.

Collecting all the specialties of the lower realms is truly no simple task. She believes that even the Seven Gates, never mind the Eighteen Paths, might not possess such ability; for clan practitioners and loose cultivators, this is undoubtedly a groundbreaking feat.

While Xuanyuan Youdao was pondering, Feng Jun took out a mobile phone and began recording information about various materials, and the junior members of the Xuanyuan family who came to deliver materials introduced the Nascent Soul from the Bai family.

The Bai family is a secret realm clan, only developing in the Huanqiong realm, but they closely follow the Xuanyuan family’s lead, essentially functioning as an affiliated clan.

After meeting Xuanyuan Buqi, the Bai family emissary directly stated, "There are rumors in the domain that the Xuanyuan Clan has obtained information about a secret stash, and some forces are currently inquiring everywhere."