Inheriting A Divine Cultivation Clan At The Start, All My Juniors Are Empresses

Chapter 714: Chapter 258: Finding the Immortal Gate! Enjoying Some Tea!

The elder leisurely enjoyed himself, now in a very blissful mood after having his fill, and tonight’s moonlight was exceptionally delightful as well.

”One person drinks, intoxicated... two beauties pair up.” The elder sat atop a Wine Gourd, drifting toward the distance, his Immortal Robe flapping in the wind, presenting quite a spectacle.

He would visit Diqing City once every month, officially for the sake of the Yatian Sect, but in reality, he was there to freeload. Such opportunities could not be missed.

After leaving Diqing City, he gradually entered a deserted area. With his cultivation at the third tier of the Core Formation Stage, he felt somewhat aloof, eagerly anticipating his next joyful visit to Diqing City.

Then, everything went dark before his eyes, and the last thing he saw was a face with a red triangular scarf.

”I got robbed?”

The elder’s mind was filled with this notion.

In the cave, the Immortal Rope borrowed from Huo Yuluo was already in use, binding the elder into a bundle. When the elder awoke, he was immediately filled with extreme panic—he, a Yatian Sect elder, was actually robbed? Upon seeing that the offender was a man, he blushed.

”What the hell!” Yuchi rushed in with a slap, ”What are you blushing for!”

”Hehe.”

The elder cleared his throat, still somewhat shy and bashfully asked, ”Friend, is there any misunderstanding between us? Can you tell me why you captured me? I truly wish to apologize to you.”

Apologize? That look in your eyes seems off. What are you thinking? Is this really a cultivator of the Yatian Sect? Quite enlightening... Yuchi was speechless: ”Do you know Master Xuanhong?”

”Master Xuanhong...”

The elder’s expression changed suddenly, then he shook his head and said, ”Friend, I haven’t heard of any news regarding Master Xuanhong. I am just a Yatian Sect elder.”

Now, he was beginning to feel puzzled. First, he didn’t know who Yuchi was; second, he didn’t know why Yuchi caught him; third, why mention Master Xuanhong? But considering that matters concerning Master Xuanhong were limited to South City, he thought he should hear Yuchi out. If it really didn’t work out, he could accept the punishment.

Yuchi had a sudden urge to crush him with the Immortal Rope but held back, his brow twitching, kindly saying, ”Alright, let’s drop the act. I’ve already been to South City; Master Xuanhong is the show you guys at Yatian Sect put on, right? So let’s not pretend we don’t know each other; now that I’ve caught you, speak plainly.”

”...”

The elder didn’t know what to say at first, but seeing Yuchi’s penetrating gaze, he weakly replied, ”I truly don’t understand what you mean. I don’t know any Master Xuanhong. Let’s talk it out peacefully; I am a very kind cultivator. To date, I haven’t even harmed a single ant.”

Not harmed a single ant, just plenty of people, Yuchi thought lazily. With a hooked blade appearing in his hand, he said, ”It doesn’t matter if you don’t speak; you’ll gradually talk as things unfold.”

Elder: ”What are you going to do!”

Yuchi: ”Take a guess!”

Elder: ”I belong to Yatian Sect. If you truly want to harm me?!”

He panicked, thoroughly.

And Yuchi began to laugh; though he lacked confidence in his interrogation skills, such opportunities were perfect for practice.

...

An hour later.

Yuchi wiped the blood from his hands, retracting the Immortal Rope back into the Immortal Stone, while nothing remained on the ground where the elder had been.

”Perhaps I’m seeing things?”

Yuchi speculated, ”Also, it’s like I suddenly understand some things about Yatian Sect—could this be divine intervention?”

Seeming confused.

Drifting lightly across the mountain ridge, Yuchi advanced towards Yatian Sect, having exchanged the Wine Gourd and other items for Dao Points—amounting to around a hundred thousand Dao Points, enough to cover previous losses from elixirs.

”This is merely one elder; just one elder has around a hundred thousand silver taels. How wealthy must this sect be?”

”And from the elder’s words, several evident pieces of information come to light.”

”Firstly, Yatian Sect is indeed the main culprit behind the South City issues.”

”Secondly, they originate from the Fourth State.”

”Thirdly, Yatian Sect has twelve elders in total, three Grand Elders, and one Sect Leader.”

Recapping, South City has endured for over one hundred eighty years—far longer than imagined. Over one hundred eighty years of enslavement explains why its populace has nearly become domesticated. These people come from the Fourth State, belonging to a wandering sect there.

Upon arriving in the Third State, some brilliant planner from the sect proposed a scheme. They first bribed Diqing City’s Demon-slaying Bureau members, then gradually replaced them with sect disciples, exploiting their positions there to liaise with other departments, colluding with South City’s Imperial Decree Department and Defense Department to control South City, eventually sealing this little city within their grasp.