Chapter 215 - 193: Le Family’s Secret, Tier 2 Spirit Water

Chapter 215: Chapter 193: Le Family’s Secret, Tier 2 Spirit Water

In the vision, Le Zhongshan’s expression turned exceedingly complex—a mix of struggle and fear, finally giving way to a desperate, all-or-nothing madness.

"However, heaven always leaves a way out!" His voice dropped even lower, filled with a mix of secrecy and grim determination. "I... through a purely coincidental opportunity, came into contact with the ’Half-Demon Association’!"

"The Half-Demon Association?!" Le Mingcheng’s pupils shrank, and all the color drained from his face. That organization was infamous in the Yue Country, rumored to collude with High-Tier Demon Beasts and slaughter Human Race Cultivators. They were a public enemy of the Human Race!

"The very same!" A harsh glint flashed in Le Zhongshan’s eyes. "They claim... that in their hands, they hold a partial inheritance of the *True Sea Water Manual of Ten Thousand Spirits*! As long as the Le Family works for them, we can exchange our services for the Cultivation Technique!"

The words struck Le Mingcheng like lightning, his mind going completely blank. ’Colluding with the Half-Demon Association? That would be a clan-exterminating disaster!’

"I refused them outright at first! But on the spot, they demonstrated a portion of the mantra for the Qi Cultivation Chapter!" Le Zhongshan’s breathing grew ragged. "The technique’s circulation routes, the characteristics of its Spiritual Power—they were homologous with our Le Family’s *Jade Sea Returning Essence Skill*, but at least ten times more exquisite and profound!"

"I... I could almost be certain that it was the real thing! At the very least, that part of the Qi Cultivation Chapter was authentic!"

The immense temptation, like a venomous snake, gnawed at the sanity of the Le father and son. Its venomous bite assaulted Lu Zhao through the memory as well.

In the end, for the illusory hope of that inheritance, for the ambition of their family’s rise to power, the father and son finally stepped onto this path of no return.

The following memory fragments revealed several years of secret dealings between the Le father and son and the Half-Demon Association.

The Le Family used its foundation and connections in the Yue Country to provide the Half-Demon Association with intelligence, cover their movements, and even secretly transport some untraceable supplies.

And the Half-Demon Association, as promised, gradually bestowed upon them the complete Qi Cultivation Chapter of the *True Sea Water Manual of Ten Thousand Spirits*.

The memories that followed suddenly became grim and bloody, dating back to three years ago. An emissary from the Half-Demon Association—a figure cloaked in black robes, radiating a cold aura—gave the Le father and son an extremely cruel order: collect a massive amount of Essence Blood from Wanderers! The required quantity was enormous.

Although the Le father and son felt immense pressure, when the Half-Demon Association tempted them with the promise of "delivering the complete Foundation Establishment Chapter as soon as all the Essence Blood is provided," greed ultimately overcame their fear and conscience. They agreed.

The following memory fragments were chaotic and brutal: Inside a secret Le Family stronghold, in a dim dungeon, the terrified and despairing eyes of Wanderers bound in chains; a specially-made Array flickered with a bloody light, and tubes inserted into the Cultivators’ bodies greedily siphoned away their life essence.

Jar after jar of dark red liquid, reeking of blood and resentment, was sealed and secretly transported out by Le Family confidants... Resistance and slaughter were, of course, inevitable, and the hands of the Le Family disciples became stained with the blood of the innocent.

As Lu Zhao witnessed these scenes, a vicious aura churned in his chest, and his killing intent nearly burst out of his body. He had to forcefully circulate his Cultivation Technique just to suppress the furious rage.

He quelled his anger and continued to search for key information: Mu Qingquan’s whereabouts and Wang Hui’s location!

Soon, the memory locked onto the depths of a heavily guarded dungeon. In the vision, someone was reporting to Le Mingcheng: "Elder, that Mu Qingquan who killed one of our family’s Cultivators has been dealt with. As for the other Wanderers, they’re all imprisoned in the cells by Blood Pool No. 3 on the west side. You can harvest their Essence Blood at your leisure."

’Mu Qingquan is dead...’ A flicker of regret passed through Lu Zhao’s mind, but it was quickly replaced by a stronger sense of urgency. ’Wang Hui is most likely still alive! She’s in the cells by Blood Pool No. 3 on the west side!’

However, just as Lu Zhao’s Divine Sense Threads were about to move past this memory, a seemingly insignificant scene of a "transaction," deep within Le Mingcheng’s mind, flared like a sudden star in the darkness and seized his attention!

In the vision, Le Mingcheng was speaking with a cold, blurry-faced emissary from the Half-Demon Association. The emissary’s voice was hoarse. "Fellow Daoist Le, here are this delivery’s Middle-Grade Spirit Stones and Spiritual Materials."

"Our Master has instructed that they must be exchanged for a large quantity of Tier Two Spirit Water. These Spirit Stones and Spiritual Materials are the goods for that trade..."

Then, the vision showed Le Mingcheng respectfully accepting the items. "Rest assured, Emissary. I understand! I will definitely make the exchange at the Thousand Waters Assembly!"

The final image was of Le Mingcheng rushing all over the Thousand Waters Assembly, constantly trading for Tier Two Spirit Water. In the end, he obtained six bottles of Tier Two Spirit Water! Two Middle-Grade! Four Lower-Grade!

At that moment, Lu Zhao’s heart practically stopped beating! An indescribable ecstasy erupted like molten lava, instantly washing away his previous rage and killing intent!

’Tier Two Spirit Water! This was the exact Supreme Treasure he needed to cultivate the 3rd Layer of the *Thousand Waters Spirit Body*! He already had five usable bottles of Tier Two Spirit Water, and if he added these six... that would be eleven bottles in total! And among them, four were Middle-Grade!’

’Six bottles of Tier Two Spirit Water, plus the five usable ones I have...’ An unprecedented, blazing light erupted in Lu Zhao’s eyes. ’A full eleven bottles! Enough to support me in cultivating the 3rd Layer of the *Thousand Waters Spirit Body* to the Great Success Realm!’

’At that point, my Magical Power recovery speed, as well as my control and amplification of Water Element Techniques, will rise to a whole new level! Even the bottleneck to Mid-stage Foundation Establishment will no longer be an obstacle!’

He eagerly "watched" on, wanting to know if the Spirit Water had already been transferred to the Half-Demon Association. The scene shifted, now showing a secret chamber deep within the Le Family’s Core Area, protected by layers of Arrays—the Le Family’s secret vault!

Le Mingcheng carefully placed the six Jade Bottles into a Cold Jade Box covered in Restrictions in the deepest part of the secret vault, then closed the Array.

’The six bottles of Tier Two Spirit Water are still there! They’re still in the Le Family’s secret vault!’

After seeing this, Lu Zhao abruptly withdrew his Divine Sense, and the light of the Blood Soul-Searching Skill instantly went out.

With one final, shrill shriek, Le Mingcheng’s remnant soul completely disintegrated, turning into specks of black smoke that dissipated into thin air.

His corpse also shriveled rapidly, as if drained of its very last wisp of essence.

In the valley, only Lu Zhao’s heavy panting and the howling of the mountain wind remained.

He slowly opened his eyes, a sharp light bursting from them like two ghostly flames ignited in the dead of night! His previous killing intent had transformed into a resolve that was ice-cold and unyieldingly firm to the extreme!

’The Le Family must be annihilated! Not just for the Wanderers who were unjustly killed, for Mu Qingquan, and for Wang Hui, but even more so for the six bottles of Tier Two Spirit Water in that secret vault—bottles that are critical to my future path!’

’The Le Family... the Half-Demon Association... the secret vault...’

"Le Zhongshan... your time has come," Lu Zhao muttered to himself, his voice as cold as the winds of the Nine Netherworld.

He stood up, gave Le Mingcheng’s shriveled corpse one last look, then flicked a wisp of True Fire from his fingertip, reducing it completely to ash.

The next moment, his figure flickered as he activated the *Breath Concealment and Shapeshifting Skill*. His face and skeleton underwent subtle changes, and his aura rapidly converged and transformed, turning him into the very image of Le Mingcheng!

He even perfectly mimicked the arrogant and sinister look in his eyes, the only difference being his slightly pale complexion.

’Go to the Le Family. Kill Le Zhongshan first, then rescue Wang Hui, and finally, take the Spirit Water!’ A cold glint flashed in Lu Zhao’s eyes as he activated the *Thousand Waters Spirit Transformation Escape*. His body transformed into a faint, barely perceptible Water Light, and he sped off in the direction of the Le Family’s home!

The slaughter and the harvest had only just begun.