Eternal Life by Daily Divination

That night.

Inside the cave residence on Changqing Mountain.

Li Chang’an was watching the Evil Soul discipline a few souls that were vying with it to become the Main Soul.

Just after Midnight.

A golden light appeared before his eyes as usual.

[Divination has been refreshed]

[Today’s Divination: Auspicious]

[As agreed, you control the puppet He Qianshan and hurry to the trading location, planning to trade for Blood Demon Gold with Pang Xuan. However, he and Murong Kang have set a trap at the location, attempting to capture He Qianshan alive and refine him into a Blood Seed Puppet]

[You make a move, kill them both, and obtain the Blood Demon Gold]

"Murong Kang?"

Li Chang’an’s eyes lit up.

These past few days, more and more cultivators who were Blood Seed Puppets had been appearing at the foot of Changqing Mountain.

Evidently, Murong Kang was preparing to make a move against him.

He had also been waiting for an opportunity to deal with Murong Kang.

He hadn’t expected an opportunity to present itself so quickly.

’This He Qianshan is really unlucky. First, he was refined into a Wood Seed Puppet by me, and now his own junior brother, Murong Kang, has set his sights on him.’

The corners of Li Chang’an’s mouth turned up slightly.

’Since it’s an Auspicious Trigram, as long as I’m careful, nothing should go wrong in this battle.’

...

「The next day.」

As agreed, Li Chang’an controlled He Qianshan and went to the trading location.

He could tell at a glance that several Tier Three Low Grade Arrays were hidden around the trading location.

But his expression remained normal, as if he hadn’t noticed a thing. He transformed into a streak of light and entered the Grand Array.

Pang Xuan was waiting inside the array.

As soon as he saw He Qianshan, he let out a strange laugh. "Jie jie jie, Daoist He is indeed a man of his word!"

"Enough nonsense. Did you bring the Blood Demon Gold?"

"Of course I did!"

A bloody light flashed in Pang Xuan’s hand, revealing a fist-sized, dark red treasure.

It was the Blood Demon Gold.

A bag of Spirit Stones appeared in his hand, and he said, "Good. Let’s trade now."

"No hurry!"

Pang Xuan smiled strangely and put the Blood Demon Gold away.

Seeing this, He Qianshan’s face darkened as he asked, "Daoist Pang, are you going back on your word?"

"Daoist He, you misunderstand. I just want you to meet someone first!"

As soon as the words fell.

A figure in a Blood Robe appeared beside Pang Xuan.

This person had a sallow, sickly complexion, as if he had just recovered from a major illness.

It was Murong Kang!

Upon seeing him, Li Chang’an cooperatively had He Qianshan show a look of astonishment.

"Thirteenth Junior Brother?"

"It is I."

Murong Kang replied with a smile.

"First Senior Brother, it’s been a long time."

"Junior Brother, why are you associating with people from the Demon Sect? I thought you had died at the hands of the Huanghe Alliance’s cultivators."

"First Senior Brother, it’s a long story. I’ll tell you all about it after you become my Blood Seed Puppet."

"A Blood Seed Puppet?"

A look of shock appeared on He Qianshan’s face.

He pointed at Murong Kang and asked in disbelief, "Little Junior Brother, you’ve actually cultivated the Demon Planting Technique?"

"That’s right!"

Murong Kang nodded slightly and said with a smile.

"First Senior Brother, I intend to deal with Li Chang’an of Changqing Mountain, but I don’t have enough power on my own. So, I have no choice but to ask for your help."

Hearing this, Li Chang’an, who was hidden, finally understood.

This guy wanted to refine He Qianshan into a Blood Seed Puppet just to deal with him.

’Could it be that he doesn’t know I have a Divine Soul Technique?’

Li Chang’an mused to himself.

’In the face of my Divine Soul Technique, any number of puppets would be useless.’

’Unless Murong Kang has already become a Golden Core Master and possesses Golden Core Divine Sense, making him unafraid of my Foundation Establishment Divine Sense.’

Thinking of this, Li Chang’an immediately had He Qianshan say, "Junior Brother, with your meager cultivation, you’re still no match for your senior brother."

"Heh heh, Senior Brother, do you really think I’m still just a Foundation Establishment Cultivator?"

Murong Kang chuckled, and his aura suddenly erupted—it was the aura of the Early Stage of Golden Core!

It was just as Li Chang’an had guessed.

Golden Core Divine Sense far surpassed Foundation Establishment Divine Sense. Even with just a small fraction of Golden Core Divine Sense within the Blood Seed, it would be enough to resist a Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s Divine Sense Technique.

Murong Kang smiled and said, "First Senior Brother, rest assured. From now on, you will still be the First Senior Brother of Yellow Crane Mountain. In the eyes of outsiders, nothing will have changed."

With that, two streaks of Spiritual Light flew out from his Storage Pouch and transformed into two Golden Core Masters.

One of them was a Southern Domain Cultivator and the other was a Western Cultivator. They had gone missing many years ago and had evidently both become his Blood Seed Puppets.

He turned to Pang Xuan and said, "Sect Leader Pang, my First Senior Brother’s strength is not to be underestimated. He has killed cultivators of the same tier on the Two Domains Battlefield. We must not be careless in this fight."

"Alright. After this is done, give me a copy of the Demon Planting Technique!"

"No problem."

Murong Kang agreed readily with a smile, but an imperceptible glint of killing intent flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Pang Xuan waved his hand, and a Venerable Soul Banner, emanating a sinister yin energy, appeared in his grasp.

A Main Soul whose strength had reached the Tier Three Middle Stage flew out from the Soul Banner amidst roiling black fog, staring ferociously at He Qianshan.

Immediately after, a streak of Spiritual Light flew out from Pang Xuan’s Storage Pouch, landed to the side, and transformed into a giant skeleton.

This giant skeleton was called the "White Bone Demon God." It was created by the Yin Soul Sect using special Artifact Refining Techniques, refined from countless skeletons, and its strength had also reached the Tier Three Middle Stage.

Pang Xuan himself, along with the Main Soul and this White Bone Demon God, represented the combat power of three Middle Stage of Golden Core experts.

Meanwhile, Murong Kang and his two Golden Core Puppets represented the combat power of three Early Stage of Golden Core experts.

Adding the several Tier Three Arrays in this location...

It was truly a Heaven and Earth Net!

If it were He Qianshan himself, he would have no chance of escape.

"First Senior Brother, my apologies!"

Murong Kang’s expression turned cold as he commanded his two puppets to attack He Qianshan.

Pang Xuan was also about to make his move.

But at that very moment, a sudden sense of alarm gripped his heart. The hair on his body stood on end, and he instantly transformed into an afterimage, retreating into the distance.