CHAPTER 403: CHAPTER 273 SMALL ASCENDER HAS FUN, MIDDLE ASCENDER TAKES CARE OF BUSINESS_3

Because Chen Xiao’Er was naturally quite simple-minded, no one suspected him.

Thus, Chen Xiao’Er transformed from a remnant of the Hundred Demons Sect into an infiltrating remnant of the Hundred Demons Sect.

Of course, he didn’t know this himself; he thought the people from the Carefree Sect were quite nice.

In Chen Xiao’Er’s outlook for the future, his life should be peaceful and harmonious, cultivating as he liked, practicing Qi Cultivation or Foundation Establishment as he pleased, with living past a hundred years as his goal.

It’d be best if he could even get a wife.

Unexpectedly, he hadn’t enjoyed this peaceful life for many days before he found himself muddledly following his senior brothers here, engaging in the work of building houses and erecting buildings.

Chen Xiao’Er felt that there must be something wrong with his path of cultivation.

Others had vivid and colorful immortal cultivation lives, while his immortal cultivation life was all about standing guard or moving bricks.

This immortality isn’t worth cultivating.

Thinking of these messy thoughts, Chen Xiao’Er’s work continued; before cultivating immortality, he often helped people in the village build houses.

Villagers and people from the Sword Sect are all just people, there shouldn’t be much difference.

Chen Xiao’Er, somewhat clumsily, performed spells known as Earth and Wood Taoist Techniques by the cultivators from the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion while laying walls and digging soil according to the distributed blueprints.

As he worked, his mind wandered elsewhere.

The senior sister who picked him up, though younger than him, hadn’t appeared yet.

He heard she was sent out by the master to deliver a message.

This somewhat provoked some grumbling among fellow senior brothers, claiming that the Sect Leader always favored that girl, which they thought was unfair.

However, Chen Xiao’Er didn’t mind. Everyone is human with varying degrees of closeness; if the senior sister is liked by the Sect Leader, that’s her ability. Besides, the Sect Leader never mistreated anyone.

Thinking of these messy things, Chen Xiao’Er cast a spell to create a pit on the ground...

As he unconsciously ran the Heart Method of his Carefree Sect, an inexplicable power also began to gently flow through his body, guiding a wisp of his Essence Qi deep into the land beneath his feet.

Not just him, but everyone on the construction site was the same.

If one could see through the secrets within, they would see a massive vortex spinning overhead, sinking into the earth and reaching the Earth Veins spread across the Four Continents.

...

"Indeed."

In the sky above this place, a realm resembling Buddha’s Pure Land was hidden within the mist.

A cultivator with white hair covering half his face held a Star Disc, talking to himself, striking a pose.

However, after waiting a long while, no one joined in the conversation.

"Why are you looking at me? If you have something to say, just say it." Xiaoxue stood nearby, rubbing her leaves, indicating that White Hair should speak up.

Not just Xiaoxue, but even Monk Mingzhi, who was supposed to investigate the young monk, was here.

Monk Mingzhi nodded, agreeing with Xiaoxue’s point.

Old Tang, standing behind him, also gestured for White Hair to speak if he had something to say.

"Where did you pick up these bad habits, child? Hurry up and tell us what you saw." Old Tang put on the airs of an elder.

This white-haired cultivator is the third disciple of the Celestial Sect Leader, Lu Yuzhou, named Shi Xiu, considered to be of the same generation as Xiaoxue and Monk Mingzhi, belonging to the Middle Ascender tier.

He was the one truly sent by Lu Yuzhou to handle matters here.

Lu Yuzhou, despite his fussiness over the Sword Sect issue, was never vague about handling serious matters.

Although Lu Ning was indeed extraordinarily talented, she still needed experience, and it wasn’t feasible for her to handle such a significant issue alone.

The Small Ascenders had fun, the Middle Ascenders ran errands, and the Old Ascenders pulled the weight of the heavens.

This is generally how the Six Sects trained their disciples.

Otherwise, what would the Sect be for?

Technically, Old Tang is an Old Ascender, but he’s the Taoist, so he goes wherever he pleases.

As the errand-runner Middle Ascender, Shi Xiu pointed to the construction site below.

"The materials and spells were provided by us, and the layout was arranged by you, Old Celestial Master. In theory, there should be no chance for any exploitation. However, the only issue is that the people are not ours."

"Does Senior Brother Shi mean that those people are problematic?" Monk Mingzhi, who had been silent, asked from the side.

"Exactly." Shi Xiu, initially intending to keep the suspense a bit longer, noticed Xiaoxue swirling vines around as if about to whip him.

Helplessly, he had to spill the beans directly.

Shi Xiu lifted the hair covering half his face, revealing a visage that became blurred and eventually turned into stone-like skin resembling a sculpture.

Even Old Tang was somewhat surprised to see Shi Xiu’s appearance.

Shi Xiu was satisfied with the reaction of his audience. "Until now, it was a secret. I have a fragment of an Innate Tao Embryo in my brain, which is why my master sent me here."

"I originally thought I was unique in this world, but a young genius almost rivaling me appeared in the Sword Sect. Unfortunately, he’s still young, and I..."

Xiaoxue whipped Shi Xiu with a vine.

Shi Xiu straightened up and said, "Those Dark Helm cultivators all have remnants of Innate Tao Embryo aura inside them, although it’s very faint, so faint that only when they gather can I use the method my master taught me to sense a bit."

"The cultivators beneath us are the true plot of the Hundred Demons Sect."

After returning his appearance to normal, Shi Xiu let his hair down.

Upon hearing this, Mingzhi pondered for a moment and then realized, "So, Five Rams did all this simply to gain credit."

"What does that mean?" Xiaoxue didn’t understand anything.

Old Tang explained to Xiaoxue, "The Hundred Demons Sect’s Dark Helm is not just this; there are many Dark Helms yet to be uncovered. Countless cultivators will gather at Qinghe Association on that day. Unless not a single person is let in, it’s impossible to prevent those regarded as chess pieces by the Hundred Demons Sect from entering."

"Every Grand Elder within the Hundred Demons Sect is against one another, and Five Rams did this just to gain an early merit."

"Moreover, the Earth Veins of the Four Continents are numerous. Even if we cancel this Qinghe Association, they could plot elsewhere, making it more troublesome to track them down later."

"Perhaps this Qinghe Association is just an experiment and test for them."

"Is there a solution?" Xiaoxue wasn’t fond of thinking.

Shi Xiu’s eyes went blank, clearly communicating with his master, and after a while, he spoke, "There is, but it requires the Sword Sect’s agreement, and assistance from Junior Brother Zhang."