Chapter 74: The Way of Business, Profit First

“Senior, this junior has nothing left to teach.” Sun Chengwu spoke sullenly. He had spent a month learning what had taken him decades to master of the zither, and the blow to Sun Chengwu was immense.

“Mm, thank you for these past days. If you need anything, just say it!” You lived by the principle of repaying kindness and killing for vengeance.

“This junior dares not ask for anything. So long as Senior spares this junior’s life, this junior will be endlessly grateful.” With his life still in your hands, Sun Chengwu naturally dared not make any demands.

You looked at him, pondered for a moment, and finally left behind two Profound-Rank High-Grade Artifacts and some cultivation resources, settling this karmic debt.

You laid down a seal within the cave residence, and before leaving, said to Sun Chengwu, “This seal will only last three days. After three days, you will be free!”

With that, you departed on your sword.

You wandered around the entire Spirit Sound Sect, looked at the already activated sect-protecting grand formation, and finally arrived at the Sect Master’s cave residence.

Before you could enter, the sound of the Sect Master “beating” the Vice Sect Master came from within.

You leaked a sliver of your aura, and the two inside immediately panicked. A breath later, Jiang Wu came scrambling and tumbling before you.

“S-Senior!” Jiang Wu gasped for breath, his face flushed red, kneeling before you.

“Where are the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s Law Enforcement Team?” You glanced at Jiang Wu and asked casually.

“They… a month ago, after finishing their inspection, they left.” Jiang Wu steadied his emotions and replied.

“After they left, this junior wanted to report to Senior, but I could not find Senior.”

“Heh, of course you couldn’t find me. If you had, I would likely have been taken away by the Law Enforcement Team by now!” You let out a cold shout, scaring Jiang Wu into a cold sweat.

Jiang Wu was, after all, a Sect Master. Facing your questioning, he was still thinking of how to argue his case, but unfortunately, you simply did not give him the chance to argue.

Without waiting for Jiang Wu to answer, you reached out your right hand, gripped Jiang Wu’s neck tightly, and lifted him straight up.

Beneath your half-step Spirit Transformation physique, Jiang Wu, with only Nascent Soul cultivation, could not resist at all. He could only claw desperately at your wrist, struggling bitterly.

Your half-step Spirit Transformation divine sense extended out, delving deep into Jiang Wu’s mind, searching his memories.

Jiang Wu’s Nascent Soul divine sense was no match for you at all. After a slight resistance, it was directly broken through, and you successfully saw the memories.

“Senior, this person killed our Spirit Sound Sect’s Spirit Transformation Ancestor, forcibly occupied our Spirit Sound Sect, and even forced us to hand over our soul blood, threatening our lives to make us serve him. This person is still within our sect right now!”

“To avoid alerting the snake, I hope Senior will temporarily leave and lie in ambush around the sect. Once this junior finds this person, Senior can strike then!”

You saw Jiang Wu’s scheme with the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s Law Enforcement Team, and fury surged in your heart. You had already sentenced Jiang Wu to death!

It was only to evade the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s Law Enforcement Team’s tracking that you continued flipping through the memories.

Because you had altered your appearance and stayed in Sun Chengwu’s cave residence the entire time, Jiang Wu simply could not find your trail.

For this, he had nearly been slain by the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s Law Enforcement Team!

To survive, Jiang Wu activated the sect-protecting grand formation, permitting no one to enter or leave, all to find your hiding place!

Through Jiang Wu’s memories, you knew that the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s Law Enforcement Team — three Spirit Transformation cultivators — were currently hidden in the void above the Spirit Sound Sect, waiting for you to appear!

And before meeting you, Jiang Wu had already used some method to notify the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s Law Enforcement Team!

Your grip on Jiang Wu’s neck grew tighter and tighter, and finally, with a bang, Jiang Wu’s neck was crushed by your bare hand, his head and body separated!

Although you did not know why the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s three Spirit Transformation cultivators had still not appeared, it did not stop you from killing Jiang Wu first!

Jiang Wu’s Nascent Soul left his body, and you destroyed it with a single punch. He was thoroughly dead.

You charged straight into the Sect Master’s cave residence and found the Vice Sect Master within. At this moment, the Vice Sect Master was still lying on the bed, her cheeks slightly flushed, seemingly still savoring something, completely unaware of you.

You let out a cold laugh, threw a punch, and directly blasted the Vice Sect Master apart! Sending the two to reunite underground.

“Come out!” After dealing with the two, you finally spoke to the void around you.

Just moments ago, your half-step Spirit Transformation divine sense had already sensed people moving about in the surrounding void.

Three Spirit Transformation cultivators slowly emerged, looking down at you from above. One of them said, “Fellow Daoist’s physical cultivation is truly extraordinary! No wonder you could kill Li Wuyou of the early Spirit Transformation stage.”

“Fellow Daoist jests. I don’t have the ability to kill Li Wuyou.” You smiled, looking up at the three in the distant, high sky, calculating something in your mind.

Facing three Spirit Transformation cultivators, I’m afraid it will be difficult to escape safely today!

If it really comes to it, then I can only strike first! You thought this in your heart. You did not want to provoke the Immortal Treasure Pavilion, but that did not mean you could not.

If they truly push me too far, worst comes to worst, I’ll burn my lifespan, slay these three, then hide somewhere the Immortal Treasure Pavilion cannot reach and cultivate in peace! You had already prepared yourself in your heart. Once the situation turned bad, you would strike and slay one Spirit Transformation cultivator first before anything else!

The three seemed not to notice your inner thoughts, and continued speaking on their own. “Fellow Daoist is right. We have already learned through the great divine ability of Time Reversal that Li Wuyou died to a demon beast’s maw.”

“?” You did not quite understand. What was going on?

“Indeed. That Li Wuyou fellow had bad luck himself. After being severely injured, he encountered a demon beast and could not survive. His death has nothing to do with Fellow Daoist.”

“Then why are the three Fellow Daoists looking for me here?” You still did not quite understand, so you simply asked directly.

“Haha, Fellow Daoist is straightforward!” Zhang Wuji, of the mid Spirit Transformation stage, spoke up. “We are here to invite Fellow Daoist to join our Immortal Treasure Pavilion!”

“Join the Immortal Treasure Pavilion?” You were dumbfounded. I indirectly killed one of your people, and instead of retaliating, you want to invite me to join?

You could not quite grasp the Immortal Treasure Pavilion’s logic.

“Currently, our Immortal Treasure Pavilion has a vacancy. After Fellow Daoist joins, you can directly take over Li Wuyou’s position.”

As Zhang Wuji introduced this to you, he also sent you a voice transmission explaining, “To our Immortal Treasure Pavilion, who killed Li Wuyou is not important at all. What matters is cutting our losses in time!”

Realization struck you, and you could not help but sigh inwardly. This Immortal Treasure Pavilion truly lives up to being a business. So long as the profit is sufficient, losing a Li Wuyou is not important at all.