The Entire Sect is Full of Villains, Yet the Junior Sister Conquers All

Chapter 129 : Why Is the Sword Spirit an Old Codger

Too many people would easily expose them.

Second Senior Brother and Fourth Senior Brother had special races, not convenient to appear.

The other senior brothers and sisters were consolidating their realms for the next team competition.

And some had been poached by other sects to become dual disciples, like Mu Chihuai who had packed up and left in the morning.

After much consideration, Immortal Chanyu dispatched the three sword cultivators with excellent qualities of endurance and nothing better to do to form a light team to gather information in the demon realm.

"The demon realm, ah, I'm quite familiar with it. Why don't I go with you?" Changsheng, hearing about this, also smiled and raised her hand to offer help.

Thus, four chosen laborers were forced to give up their beautiful holiday and began their rescue plan.

"The demon realm is so big, where should we look?" Tantai Ming yawned, sprawling on the table.

Chu Sang had a sudden inspiration and snapped her fingers, "Got it."

As the saying goes, when in doubt, call Siri.

Wasn't the Siri of the cultivation world that Wan Qiu Lou?

What did their shop sign say again? Only what you can't buy with money, there's no information they can't find out.

So the group immediately set off for Wan Qiu Lou.

"Hey Siri, got a question for you." She propped her hands on the counter.

Wei Hanmo's temple twitched. He wanted to correct her strange address but clearly knew it was useless. He took a deep breath, raised his eyelids, and said in a businesslike manner, "Finding people within the realm is 100,000 spirit stones, outside the realm is 1 million spirit stones. Price may increase in case of unexpected situations. No cheating young or old, please don't haggle... Alright, who do you want to find?"

Chu Sang: "..." She was here to find someone, not to send money to be wronged.

Tapping her fingers on the table, the girl smiled with curved eyes, "Given our relationship, how about cheaper? Can you tell me some information for free?"

Wei Hanmo also grinned at her for a second, then retracted his smile. He leaned back in his chair, fiddling with the gold and jade ring on his thumb, and said lazily, "Do you think my Wan Qiu Lou is a charity shop? Hurry up, hurry up. I came to serve you personally for your senior sister's sake. If you don't have money to buy information, I'll go back to rest."

He had thought he could see the beauty today, but the beauty didn't come. Wei Hanmo's service attitude dropped sharply, with a five-star rating to be paid in installments.

Chu Sang took a deep breath, having to use her trump card, "You're forcing me to do this."

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"How about this, let's exchange equivalent information. You tell me this news, and I'll give you an important piece of information in return. That way you won't lose out."

"What information?" Wei Hanmo looked at her lazily.

Joke, what information couldn't his Wan Qiu Lou get from the four seas and eight wastelands, five continents and three realms? He didn't believe her little piece of information could earn his attention.

Chu Sang: "I heard Second Senior Sister likes to drink Crystal Green Fruit Wine, sweet and sour. And in the morning when Senior Sister gets up, she likes..."

Wei Hanmo sat up straight, silently taking out a notebook, but the girl's words stopped. It nearly drove him mad with anxiety. With a black face, he had to concede, "...Fine, what do you want to ask?"

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In the end, they successfully obtained information about Third Senior Brother without spending a penny. Tantai Ming was wide-eyed, unable to help but sigh: Little Junior Sister was truly smooth at selling people out.

He was worried that one day Little Junior Sister might sell him out too?

"Don't worry, Seventh Senior Brother, I'll sell anyone but you!" Chu Sang patted his shoulder righteously, then waved her hand, "After all, no one likes you. Your information isn't worth anything."

Tantai Ming wailed and became self-absorbed, expressing that he didn't want to talk to her for an hour.

Fifth Senior Sister covered her mouth and laughed, shaking her head at these two jesters.

The four disguised their identities and appearances, finding a merchant ship at the border between the cultivation world and the demon realm to travel on.

This merchant business was jointly operated by humans and demons. The team was a mix of humans and demons, with demon cultivators' auras being even more numerous. Unlike the tense relationship between the human and demon realms now, the two sides got along quite harmoniously on this merchant ship, at least no provocation or fighting had occurred for now.

Chu Sang found a corner, sat cross-legged against the wall, quietly stuck a eavesdropping talisman on herself, and began to collect various pieces of news from nearby.

Nearby, a yellow-haired man at the late Golden Core stage, probably due to insufficient strength leading to incomplete transformation, with a pair of beast ears on his head and a tail of indiscernible species, was idly gossiping with some other demons, "Hey hey, have you heard? Our demon realm seems to be quite unsettled these past two days. Some madman appeared out of nowhere, causing a big disturbance at the Demon Emperor's palace. Now the whole demon realm is hunting for him, saying there's a reward of ten million!"

A demon beside him also joined in with interest, "The Demon Emperor seems to take this matter very seriously. In the past, there have been arrogant assassins who didn't know their limits, but before, it was never such a big fuss..."

"Assassination is secondary. It seems that after that day, there were also vague news of several Demon Kings planning to rebel, which were then suppressed. Tsk, we can't know the specific situation anymore."

"Is the demon realm going to be in chaos again?"

A demon beside scratched his head and said, avoiding harm for profit, "Although the human and demon realms aren't very peaceful now, our family of moles moved to the human realm hundreds of years ago, hiding our identities. We've been living quite harmoniously, with several thriving shops under us!"

"This time I just came back to visit relatives. Otherwise, I'd better go back to avoid the trouble first and wait for things to settle down before coming again..."

"To be honest, I'm also a bit nervous. I plan to go over and check the situation first. If things don't look good, I'll come back..."

The discussions of these few were caught by Chu Sang's ears. She opened her eyes, giving a look to the three senior brothers and sisters beside her. Their gazes met briefly, understanding each other.

This rumored person who caused a big disturbance at the Demon Emperor's palace might very well be Third Senior Brother.

Locked up for so many years, he must have been going stir-crazy, going straight for the headquarters upon release.

But no matter how incompetent the Demon Emperor is, he's still a Demon Emperor after all, a solid Unity stage cultivator, one big realm stronger than the Dharma Transformation stage. He's not someone ordinary people can shake.

Third Senior Brother's move could only be considered as asking for trouble, walking into a trap, courting death, with only one chance in ten of survival.

Sure enough, before the three could rush over, they heard another rumor—

It was said that the little thief who attacked the palace had already been caught and imprisoned in the demon realm's largest abyss prison, scheduled to be executed in three days.

The four were forced to initiate their second plan, to rescue him from prison.

But where was this prison?

Changsheng: "Don't worry, I have a way."

She led them to a deep canyon. The canyon was shaded with ancient trees, lush and verdant. The rich spiritual energy made one feel refreshed with just one breath, like a paradise.

She came to a thousand-year-old weathered ancient tree, gently tapping on the rough, aged trunk with her finger, softly calling, "Little radish head, come out quick. I have something to ask you."

Soon, a tender white little head poked out of the ground. It was a thousand-year-old little ginseng fruit. It twisted its chubby body and "pop!" pulled itself out of the soil.

Wood-type plants are different from ordinary demon beasts. It takes at least a thousand years for them to transform into human form. So even though this little ginseng fruit had cultivated for a thousand years, it hadn't even transformed into human form yet. It had two green leaves on its head, its white tender ginseng body clear and translucent like jade, looking indeed like a strange radish head with two hands and feet.

"Big Sister Changsheng, you're back!"

"Shh, I just came back to ask you something. I'll be leaving in a moment. Don't disturb everyone." Changsheng patted its radish head.

The little ginseng fruit was so happy it almost fainted. The two green leaves on its head shook as it nodded seriously, "I understand, Big Sister Changsheng. So, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Give me a map of the demon realm. We need to go rescue someone."

Without a word, the little ginseng fruit dived back into the ground. After a while, it struggled out again, holding an old scroll with some soil on it. When opened, it was indeed a detailed map of the demon realm.

Seeing the four about to leave hurriedly, it also wanted to follow reluctantly, but was discovered by Chu Sang.

She held the little ginseng fruit in mid-air, tilting her head, "You want to come along?"

"I-I just want to follow Big Sister Changsheng!" The little ginseng fruit waved its little fists, puffing out its cheeks, then looked at the green-robed girl ahead with starry eyes.

Chu Sang also looked over, "Fifth Senior Sister, this..."

Changsheng shook her head, persuading it, "This journey is dangerous. We're going to rescue someone. You stay in the valley for now. I'll come play with you when I have time later."

"...Alright."

Only then did the little ginseng fruit give up, its two green leaves turning yellow and withering, looking much more wilted.

"Fifth Senior Sister, what's the background of that little ginseng head just now?" Chu Sang caught up and asked.

"It's a thousand-year spirit jade ginseng, a heavenly material and spiritual treasure hard to come by in the outside world. Not to mention cultivating for a thousand years, it has already developed divine sense. With another hundred years of cultivation, it will basically be able to transform into human form, even more precious." Changsheng sighed lightly, "In the outside world, many people want to use it as a medicine ingredient to refine a heavenly grade pill that everyone desires. That's also why I've always kept it at the bottom of the valley, to avoid it being discovered by others."

The more Chu Sang listened, the more familiar it sounded.

Thousand-year spirit jade ginseng.

Indeed, it was a precious spirit plant she had seen in ancient books.

Not to mention cultivating for a thousand years, its medicinal properties were even more extraordinary. Just digging a bit of ginseng flesh from that little ginseng fruit would fetch a high price of tens of millions of spirit stones at auction in the outside world.

And the heavenly grade pill Fifth Senior Sister mentioned, she probably guessed what it was—

The legendary Longevity Pill.

In the original story, when Qin Xixue was severely injured, she took the Longevity Pill. Not only did her severe injuries heal, but she also gained an immortal bone and jade flesh body, with a lifespan far exceeding cultivators of the same level.

And the most important ingredients for making the Longevity Pill were Fifth Senior Sister's true form and this thousand-year ginseng...

Although she wasn't sure if Fifth Senior Sister had transformed into human form at that time in the original story, if they continued to follow the original plot, the female protagonist and Chang Yu would obtain the Undying Wood and the thousand-year ginseng, refining the world's only heavenly grade Longevity Pill.

In other words, Fifth Senior Sister and that little ginseng would both perish...

A cold light flashed in Chu Sang's eyes. She would absolutely not allow this to happen.

But this way, the valley wasn't safe either.

Chang Yu and his companion would eventually find that valley following the route from the original story.

To prevent accidents, why not bring the little ginseng fruit along?

Chu Sang told Changsheng her idea, naturally without mentioning the content of the original story, just using a different explanation.

Changsheng lowered her head and thought for a moment, feeling her words were reasonable. She also nodded, "Then let's go back and bring the little radish head to raise in our sect!"

Before they could turn back, a tender white little radish head popped out of the ground. It turned out it had secretly followed them. Hearing them say they would take it along, it was even more elated, running out without disguise.

"Alright then, we'll take you back to the sect. But the cultivation world is different from the demon realm. There will only be more people coveting you. You won't be able to run around freely then." Changsheng smiled.

"I know, I know. As long as I can follow Big Sister Changsheng, I absolutely won't run around!"

The Undying Wood was like a faith, a goddess-like existence to wood-type demon beasts. They naturally had reverence and affinity for it, so it's no wonder this little radish head always wanted to follow Fifth Senior Sister.

After this little detour, returning to the main plot, the four found the rumored abyss prison according to the demon realm map.

It was clear the Demon Emperor was very cautious. The prison was heavily guarded inside and out, with at least a hundred guards, all at least at the Golden Core stage, and even several at the Nascent Soul stage. Their strength was not to be underestimated, and it would be difficult to break in alone.

Big Senior Sister took the initiative, dozens of flying swords shooting out, instantly attracting the attention of the guards outside. "Not good, there are intruders. Quick, chase them! Don't let them escape!"

Without a word, Big Senior Sister single-handedly lured away most of the guards.

About a dozen guards remained at their posts to prevent a feint, holding their spears, swords, and knives, vigilantly watching their surroundings.

Fifth Senior Sister formed hand seals, green fluorescence entwining around her slender white fingertips. At the same time, countless vines sprang up outside the prison, intertwining and entangling, trapping the remaining dozen or so guards in thick green cocoons. She said softly, "I can only trap them for an incense stick's time at most. Little Junior Brother, Little Junior Sister, you two hurry in to rescue him!"

However, before the two could step into the prison, the formation at the entrance activated. A huge centipede with a thousand legs burst out of the ground, estimated to be over ten meters tall, blocking out the sky. Each breath of foul-smelling turbid air it exhaled seemed like a deadly poison gas bomb. But the most lethal were its densely packed legs, truly nauseating.

"Whoosh—"

The red long sword at Tantai Ming's waist moved slightly. The two only saw a blood-red long shadow break through the air, directly piercing the centipede's body.

"Boom!" The huge centipede fell to the ground with a crash, revealing a Nascent Soul the size of a palm, which Chu Sang collected into her qiankun bag.

Of course, she didn't let the black armor and thousand legs on this demon beast go to waste either. She directly threw out wind blades to scrape them all off, also collecting them into her qiankun bag, to be taken out later for sale. Penny-pinching Sang picked through everything, not wasting a single coin.

"Seventh Senior Brother, your sword has also taken form?" Chu Sang looked up and exclaimed.

Since their last parting at the sword tomb, Tantai Ming had thoroughly reclaimed the Weeping Blood Sword.

The Weeping Blood Sword also knew it had been a bit awkward last time, so this time, finally having a chance to redeem itself and show off, it naturally took the initiative to act first.

A dark red figure appeared above the blood-red long sword.

When they saw the sword spirit's appearance clearly, Seventh Senior Brother's expectant face immediately fell, "Ah, why is it an old man?"

The sword spirit of the Weeping Blood Sword was a middle-aged man past fifty, wearing a dark red robe, his brows carrying a hint of devilishness. He stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a man of importance.

Tantai Ming looked disgusted, "How come other people's artifact spirits are so good-looking, but my artifact spirit is an old codger who only knows how to cheat and swindle?"

His wife had turned into an old codger.

This was undoubtedly a heavy blow to the young man's psyche.

"...So hard to please." The Weeping Blood Sword spirit sighed. Over ten thousand years, he had changed countless sword masters and had long since stopped caring about these trivial matters.

So he turned back and transformed into a flamboyant young man in dark red robes, expressionlessly saying, "Is this okay now?"

Tantai Ming had just accepted the reality that his wife-sword had turned into an old codger, and now seeing him turn into a man, he found it even harder to accept, "It's even weirder. You'd better change back."

"......"

"Or, can you change into a cute and pretty girl?" he probed.

"......"

"I also like long-legged, gentle big sisters!" His tone was expectant.

"......" Wait, are you making wishes here?