CFRSIO Chapter 47

Zhang Qing’an wasn’t surprised by the appearance of the person, as according to the original plot, Zhang Qingyu was supposed to try and stab him. However, unlike the original plot, this Zhang Qing’an had no interest in becoming Wu Jie’s disciple.

During this time, he hadn’t sought out Wu Jie at all. For a full half-month, he had stayed honestly here, learning how to enter the Dao with Siam.

Zhang Qing’an truly was talented. In just a few days, he had easily entered the Dao. He was now at the seventh level of Qi Refining. If people knew about his situation, they would likely want to capture him and study how he cultivated.

Fortunately, he had always been low-key, and with the item Siam gave him, his shifting aura was concealed. Otherwise, Wu Jie would have discovered him long ago.

Siam also discovered something; this small cultivation world didn’t seem as advanced as he thought. Siam’s mental power could almost encompass the entire town and surrounding towns. He hadn’t found any trace of Lin Yunliang, and the few cultivators he found didn’t seem very strong.

Even though he was so obvious, he hadn’t been discovered.

However, Siam still had to be cautious. After reporting this matter, the news he received from A Jin was also quite surprising.

“No trace of Lin Yunliang?” Siam’s eyes widened, looking at the cat in front of him incredulously. “Are you sure?”

“Is there absolutely no news of Lin Yunliang?”

A Jin also felt a headache coming on, shaking his head. “No.”

“The boss also checked,” A Jin continued to explain. “He didn’t find any movement or trace of Lin Yunliang.”

“The boss even suspects that he might not be in this small world.”

“That’s impossible,” Siam said, not entirely believing this situation. “Zhang Qing’an is still here, he shouldn’t have gone anywhere else!”

“This situation is even rarer than what Li Herui caused back then,” A Jin felt his headache intensifying. “It’s best not to tell Zhang Qing’an about this in a hurry.”

“I understand,” Siam nodded. He wasn’t stupid; telling Zhang Qing’an about something like this would be asking for trouble.

“However, A Jin, you have to search more carefully. I’m afraid if this continues, I won’t be able to hide it from Zhang Qing’an.”

“Don’t worry,” this was inevitable. If the person really had an accident, what would happen to the reputation of their Universe Wish Bureau?

At the same time, they also needed to consider other matters. Could Lin Yunliang, without his guide by his side, awaken some memories? What would happen if he caused other impacts on the small world then?

If the small world caused trouble again, they would have no way to explain.

“By the way, did you find what I asked you to look for?” Siam said.

A Jin nodded and took out a jade pendant engraved with a kylin. Speaking of which, this item was a gift of apology sent by Li Herui after the entire matter was concluded. Of course, there was more than just this.

But this was what Siam needed most now. Because Zhang Qing’an’s cultivation speed had exceeded his expectations, and to avoid being discovered, he specifically asked A Jin to bring this item.

This was personally made by Li Herui. Once worn, it could disguise him as an ordinary person. When Li Herui sent the jade pendant, he was already a Golden Immortal, so the quality of something he personally made was naturally good.

“Thanks!” Siam happily took it. “Zhang Qing’an is indeed someone Lin Yunliang values; his talent is also extraordinary. In just over half a month, he’s already at the seventh level of Qi Refining.”

A Jin was very surprised. “So fast?”

A Jin had a higher authority and knew that this small world was not actually a cultivation plane. More accurately, the spiritual energy in this place was thin, and it wasn’t far from the collapse of the small world.

The collapse of a small world could occur in two ways: one was the decline of the small world’s development, leading to its collapse, and the other was man-made, where the people of the small world started to cause trouble, leading to the collapse of the entire small world.

One of the tasks of their Wish Bureau was to find such people and stop them. However, if it was due to the small world’s own reasons, they could not interfere. At most, before the small world disappeared, they would find suitable wishers to fulfill their wishes.

In a way, Siam’s strength could be considered the number one person in the small world. No, it was the number one cat! However, for the stability of the small world, Siam’s abilities were somewhat controlled.

This mission was ultimately Siam’s. No matter how many words A Jin wanted to say, he couldn’t. He could only pretend that he didn’t know much and help Siam as much as he could. He couldn’t do any more than that.

As for Lin Yunliang’s matter, it was also true that they had found nothing. Lin Yunliang’s situation was strange; he was not like an ordinary mission participant. His bloodline was special. Even after traveling through several worlds, a subtle bloodline still flowed within him.

This made him unique and powerful. It was likely due to this reason this time.

It was said that millions of years ago, the cultivation world was vast and powerful, with many strange and peculiar small worlds coexisting. However, constant strife between various races led to the disintegration of the cultivation world, gradually forming the current situation.

This was all from the library’s collection within the Wish Bureau. A Jin had never seen the specifics, nor did he know. In the subsequent development, the more prosperous cultivation worlds were experienced by the current director of the Wish Bureau, A Cai, during a mission before she became director.

That was the small world related to Li Herui.

Afterward, although various small worlds were born one after another, they did not last long before disintegrating again. This small world was still quite good; at least it had lasted for several hundred years.

But hundreds of years were hundreds of years; it couldn’t hold on. It was nearing its end.

As for Lin Yunliang, his bloodline was too strong. He was likely feared by this world, which is why Siam was with Zhang Qing’an. Because of this, they couldn’t sense Lin Yunliang’s existence.

However, under normal circumstances, the distance between a mission participant and their guide should not be too far. The person must be in this small world, but where exactly they were would require them to search themselves.

“Yes,” Siam only wanted to lie down now and be a lazy cat. But it was clearly not yet possible. “So, A Jin, you have to work hard. Find Lin Yunliang soon and let him go protect his own wife.”

A Jin could hear the resentment in Siam’s voice and laughed unceremoniously, giving a guarantee. “Alright, alright, I understand. I’ll remember.”

—

Zhang Qingyu originally thought she could cause trouble for him, making him panic and fear, ideally making him worry himself to death due to the emotional burden before Wu Jie left. After all, in her memory, this Zhang Qing’an was a weak and useless person.

Unfortunately, things did not develop as she imagined.

Zhang Qing’an was fine and even left with Wu Jie peacefully.

Wu Jie stayed at the Zhang family’s house for about a month and a half. During this period, his days were very comfortable, and his face was flushed, indicating that he had been very busy during this time.

“Elder Wu, please take care.” Old Master Zhang respectfully saw him off.

Zhang Qingyu looked at Zhang Qing’an, who had boarded another carriage, with eyes like venom. She hated him immensely. To give him a real shock, she shamelessly sought out Wu Jie again.

This time, they didn’t just sleep together; they also did many unexpected things.

With traces all over her body and the lingering satisfaction in her eyes, she went to see Zhang Qing’an, hinting at Wu Jie’s situation both overtly and implicitly. She told him Wu Jie’s attitude.

She thought this would make him falter, but she didn’t expect him to board the carriage to the sect in the end. She was extremely angry.

But now that everyone was present, she naturally couldn’t openly express her anger. She could only try her best to suppress it. The result of this behavior was a distorted appearance.

As for her other siblings, although some were also indignant, even wishing they could replace Zhang Qing’an, they unfortunately didn’t have the opportunity. However, these few people didn’t suffer as much as Zhang Qingyu.

Especially Zhang Qingxue. She was sensible and understanding, not presumptuously thinking too highly of herself and making unreasonable requests. Therefore, she even received a gift from Wu Jie: an exquisite phoenix hairpin.

Zhang Qingyu knew that since Zhang Qingxue obtained the phoenix hairpin, she wore it almost constantly, clearly trying to provoke her.

Zhang Qingyu was about to explode.

The carriage slowly departed. Even though it was far away and the carriage could no longer be seen, Zhang Qingyu’s anger did not diminish.

After the carriage disappeared, Old Master Zhang finally told everyone to disperse.

“Where are you going, Master?” Miao Caiyun couldn’t help but ask, as the Master was clearly not going to the manor.

Even though she had a suspicion, she still couldn’t resist asking.

As expected, Old Master Zhang glared at Miao Caiyun with a bad tone. “What business is it of a woman’s to interfere in men’s affairs?”

Old Master Zhang’s public disregard for her made Miao Caiyun unable to maintain her smile. Old Master Zhang didn’t care about their situation at all; he turned and left directly.

Miao Caiyun, who had lost face, stood awkwardly on the spot, wringing her handkerchief in anger and unwillingness.

“What are you looking at? Get back into the manor!” Miao Caiyun snapped.

The few more timid children immediately followed her back into the manor.

Finally, Zhang Qingxue and Zhang Qingyu were left outside.

Zhang Qingxue touched her hair bun and the phoenix hairpin on her head. Her gaze swept over Zhang Qingyu with a hint of disdain. She knew some of what Zhang Qingyu had done. Zhang Qingyu had done so many shameless things, yet this was the outcome.

What a joke.

Meeting Zhang Qingyu’s resentful gaze, Zhang Qingxue smiled instead, her smile becoming more radiant. “Even if sister keeps standing here, no one will come to take sister to the sect.”

“Sister should return to the manor with sister. Don’t stand here in the wind.”

Zhang Qingyu glared fiercely at Zhang Qingxue, ignoring her sarcasm, and turned to go back to the manor.

Zhang Qingyu would not just sit back and wait for death. What she desired was never to be an ordinary person. It was a pity that she was getting farther and farther away from her dream.

—

The carriage was moving.

There were faster ways to reach the sect, but Wu Jie wanted to cultivate some feelings with the person along the way, allowing him to accept the change in his identity more quickly later.

He was quite satisfied with Zhang Qing’an’s face, so he didn’t mind spending some effort. Moreover, Zhang Qing’an had not appeared since they met that day, which had piqued his appetite.

In his view, this was just Zhang Qing’an’s little trick of playing hard to get. He didn’t really not want to leave with him, after all, he was an elder of a sect, and his status was not low.

He thought that with a little effort, he could make the person willingly become his.

Because he was so pleased with himself, he never sought out Zhang Qing’an during the month and a half at the Zhang family. He even frequented the daughters of the Zhang family. Those days were truly carefree and joyful, comparable to the life of an emperor.

Wu Jie waited smugly in his carriage for Zhang Qing’an to come to him.

Meanwhile, in his own carriage, Zhang Qing’an was also planning his own affairs.

“How is it, Siam?” Siam said he had a way to handle these matters and that he should cultivate diligently. Therefore, Zhang Qing’an had not asked about it.

It wasn’t until now that they, a person and a cat, boarded the carriage and headed for the sect that Zhang Qing’an finally asked.

He felt a little flustered, but thinking of his current strength, he felt much more at ease. Zhang Qing’an had good talent. After a month and a half of cultivation, he had reached the peak of Qi Refining.

He only needed one Foundation Establishment Pill to immediately establish his foundation.

Such talent was very rare. In this place where spiritual energy was gradually thinning, especially in this remote area, someone who could reach the peak of Qi Refining in a month and a half was almost unheard of.

Such a person would be sought after even in larger cities, more developed regions, and larger sects; they were geniuses!

Zhang Qing’an didn’t realize his own specialness, but he still wore the jade pendant given by Siam. This jade pendant perfectly concealed his abnormality.

At the same time, he had to be grateful that the Zhang family was too busy fawning over Wu Jie, and no one came to disturb him, otherwise Zhang Qing’an wouldn’t have been able to cultivate so smoothly.

“Don’t worry! I’ve handled everything!” Siam meowed proudly a few times, then rubbed his head against Zhang Qing’an’s soft palm.

Cats really liked to snuggle up to beautiful and gentle people! Little cat Siam especially liked it!

Zhang Qing’an smiled helplessly and reached out to stroke Siam’s head.

Siam and Zhang Qing’an’s plan was simple: find other people to cause trouble for Wu Jie, and then they would seize the opportunity to leave.

After all, in the current situation, Zhang Qing’an could not be exposed, so he could only find others to help.

But Zhang Qing’an didn’t know who this person specifically was. Siam knew.

As his abilities gradually recovered, Siam discovered that he could see Wu Jie’s fate line and his ending. Wu Jie was eventually killed. Among them was a very dark fate line, which was likely the reason for Wu Jie’s death.

So Siam naturally wanted to use this obvious fate line.

As Siam investigated carefully, he discovered that Wu Jie truly deserved to die.

When Wu Jie was adventuring outside, he took a liking to a female cultivator and her magical artifact. Seeing that the female cultivator was alone, he harbored malicious intentions. However, he didn’t expect the female cultivator to be fierce.

He ended up killing the female cultivator, not only snatching her magical artifact but also desecrating her corpse. Finally, he burned the female cultivator’s body to ashes.

That female cultivator was of extraordinary background, named Ye Xiaoxiu. Her family was a famous artifact refining family. However, the young girl had no talent for artifact refining, and she had an artifact refining genius brother in her family. Therefore, she was pampered and grew up in the family.

Her magical artifact was personally made for her by her elder brother. It carried his soul imprint. Once it was used or destroyed and smelted, the soul imprint would be transferred to that person.

In the original plot line, after Wu Jie obtained the treasure, he forgot about it because he acquired it through illegitimate means and began handling disciple recruitment after returning to the sect. Therefore, he never used it. It wasn’t until a joint secret realm exploration by the sect that, in order to escape, Wu Jie rummaged through his storage bag and found this magical artifact.

The explosion of the magical artifact caused the transfer of the soul imprint, which then led to the discovery of this matter.

Coincidentally, Ye Xiaoxiu’s brother, Ye Peng Hai, was in the secret realm and immediately discovered this matter, then began to hunt him down.

The sect Wu Jie belonged to was far less powerful than the Ye family, so naturally, he could only suffer. Not to mention, this was Wu Jie’s mistake in the first place.

This matter was exposed decades later. Siam didn’t mind letting people know these things now.

The carriage was moving and suddenly stopped.

“Senior, you…” The servant driving the carriage outside was stunned for a moment. The man in front of him clearly wasn’t an ordinary person. With just one sentence, before he could even finish speaking.

He was directly had his throat slit.

The jolting of the carriage made Wu Jie feel that something was wrong. He lifted the curtain and saw a man holding a long sword standing in the middle of the road, blocking his carriage.

“Fellow Daoist, what business do you have?”

“Five years ago, on the thirteenth day of the seventh month, where were you?” the man said coldly, his sharp eyes staring directly at the person in front of him.

“What?” Wu Jie was stunned for a moment but couldn’t recall the event. “I don’t know what Fellow Daoist is talking about.”

“I am an outer elder of the Water Gate Sect. I wonder how Fellow Daoist is called?” Wu Jie revealed his identity, his tone carrying a hint of unconcealed pride.

“Perhaps I can befriend Fellow Daoist?” Wu Jie’s eyes rolled, as if he had thought of something, and he showed a brilliant smile. “Fellow Daoist, you don’t know, but behind me in this carriage is…”

The person in front of him didn’t seem very patient. He frowned, waved the long sword in his hand, and directly sliced off a decorative piece of wood on the side of the carriage.

“Answer my question.”

“Five years ago, on the thirteenth day of the seventh month, where were you?”

The male cultivator’s methods were fierce and sharp, which stunned Wu Jie a little. He didn’t remember provoking such a malevolent god! He immediately changed his address, with a somewhat fawning tone.

“Senior, I haven’t provoked you! Is there some misunderstanding about this matter?”

The male cultivator didn’t have a good impression of this stammering fellow, and he had heard some things about Wu Jie, making him have even less of a good impression of such a scoundrel.

Thinking of his sister, the pampered young girl who grew up in the family, dying in the hands of such scum, he was filled with hatred. Since the person in front of him refused to speak, he had other ways to make people tell the truth.

He took out a compass. As the compass turned, the item Wu Jie had hidden in his storage bag also emitted light, illuminating Wu Jie himself.

The scene was quite comical.

The male cultivator then smiled, but it was an emotionless, cold grin. “As expected, it’s on you.”

“As expected, you were the one who did it!”

Wu Jie’s eyes were wide, his face was pale, his lips were trembling, and his heart was filled with endless panic. He also remembered what he had done that day.

Wu Jie was somewhat perceptive, so even though he was lustful, he wouldn’t offend those he absolutely couldn’t afford to offend.

That woman that day, although she looked good and her magical artifact was also good, Wu Jie felt he had seen true noble families. This woman did not seem like she was from a noble family, which was why he acted.

As a result, that woman was indeed from a noble family!!

Wu Jie was the most adaptable. Realizing that he had been discovered and that the other party’s strength was far superior to his, Wu Jie’s already weak knees became even weaker. He directly knelt down.

“Senior, spare my life!” He kowtowed repeatedly. “Senior, spare my life! I… I really didn’t mean to!”

“At that time… at that time, when I rushed over, that young lady was already dead. I… I was just coveting this magical artifact! I really didn’t touch her!”

“Senior!…” His eyes rolled, as if thinking of something. “Senior, you don’t know, but there’s a beauty in this carriage of mine! Senior will definitely like her!”

Hearing this, Zhang Qing’an felt speechless. This person shouldn’t be called Wu Jie, but a scoundrel. His behavior was truly the epitome of a scoundrel!

“Siam, if we were to run, what do you think the probability would be?” Zhang Qing’an said. He didn’t know what kind of person this newcomer was, but he had to eliminate this possibility.

“Don’t worry, he already has a partner at home,” Siam said, and then told Zhang Qing’an his thoughts. “An’an, he’s from the Qingyun Sect.”

Zhang Qing’an, who was thinking about how to leave, paused noticeably. Qingyun? With a look of doubt, he looked at Siam. “Do you think…”

“I’m not sure,” Siam said. He was also puzzled about this matter, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Only when someone is in a sect with some strength. The sect’s protective array covers the sect, so their search would always be in vain.

As for Qingyun, it reminded him of the Qingyun Mountain Qingyun Demon King. Although this was from a few previous small worlds, it was too coincidental, but they still had to try. Moreover, if they were looking for someone, relying on the sect would reduce a lot of burden.

“However, don’t you think it’s a bit too coincidental?” Zhang Qing’an, who was beside him, knew about Lin Yunliang’s affairs in the previous few small worlds.

The two met eyes, and they clearly had some ideas.

“Are you sure?” Zhang Qing’an wanted to find someone but was also worried that they were overthinking it.

Siam was very calm. “Even if it’s not, it doesn’t matter. You think about it, this small world values strength. Although I have good cultivation methods, I don’t have a Foundation Establishment Pill. If you want to advance further, you can only think of finding a Foundation Establishment Pill.”

“Then joining a sect is the best choice.”

“You can also find Lin Yunliang through the sect’s influence then.”

The Foundation Establishment Pill was unique to small worlds. No matter how hard the Wish Bureau tried, they couldn’t replicate it. They could only have people join a sect or learn alchemy themselves. Self-learning alchemy had too many limitations. If people found out, they would be targeted.

Then joining a sect was the best choice.

Zhang Qing’an nodded thoughtfully.

Hearing Wu Jie’s words, the male cultivator showed a look of contempt and directly recited a mantra, forcibly retrieving the magical artifact. The male cultivator had the cultivation of the early Nascent Soul stage, while Wu Jie was merely a Foundation Establishment elder, so he was no match.

The magical artifact was a whip, a fiery red whip made from the skin of a fire-gold python of the peak Foundation Establishment stage. It carried the fiery aura of the fire-gold python, making it most suitable for cultivators with fire spiritual roots.

It was also personally refined by the male cultivator for his sister Ye Xiaoxiu, who had fire spiritual roots and was about to go on an adventure. Who knew that after his sister excitedly went out with the magical artifact, the news of her soul lamp extinguishing came from the family’s ancestral hall shortly after.

Ye Peng Hai naturally could not tolerate such a thing, so he began to search for the whereabouts of the fire-gold python whip. Ye Peng Hai was a famous artifact refiner. His refined magical artifacts could sell for high prices easily, let alone such a meticulously crafted magical artifact.

The person who had attacked his sister would definitely not throw away the magical artifact. As long as the magical artifact was found, the person who attacked his sister could be found. Of course, Ye Peng Hai also knew that it might not be a human cultivator who did it; perhaps his sister was being overconfident and insisted on fighting a demon beast with a higher cultivation level.

In any case, Ye Peng Hai had to try to find it. If he could avenge his sister, that would be great. If not, he would accept it.

Now that he had found the person and the magical artifact was still in his hands, everything was clear.

As for this person’s so-called identity as an outer elder of a sect, he didn’t care. His Qingyun Sect was a renowned sect on the Cheng Yuan Continent.

Therefore, Ye Peng Hai directly attacked without hesitation.

“Ah–!!” Wu Jie let out a scream as Ye Peng Hai slit his throat.

The falling man twitched a few times and then completely stopped breathing.

The commotion outside stopped. Only then did Zhang Qing’an get off the carriage, holding Siam.

Seeing the person who appeared behind the carriage, Ye Peng Hai raised his eyebrows in surprise. He was indeed a good-looking person.

“Who are you? I killed this person.” He said, then disdainfully kicked the still-warm corpse on the ground. “Are you here to avenge him?”

The person who came down from Wu Jie’s carriage was likely related to Wu Jie. He was an ordinary person with little cultivation, so Ye Peng Hai didn’t care.

However, Zhang Qing’an’s answer surprised him.

Zhang Qing’an shook his head, looked at the person on the ground, his eyes filled with disdain. “Senior, my name is Zhang Qing’an.”

“Wu Jie said I had great talent and wanted to take me as his disciple.” Siam had told him about this person’s identity. He presumed these things would be easy to investigate, or rather, the person had already investigated.

“Actually, he wanted to take me as his plaything,” Zhang Qing’an continued.

He knelt down towards the person. He was originally in an ancient plane, so he didn’t reject kneeling. Moreover, with the arrogant attitude of the person in front of him, only by kneeling could he possibly get what he wanted.

“I originally wanted to find an opportunity to escape on the road!”

“Thank you, Senior, for eliminating this villain!”

“Thank you, Senior.” He even kowtowed to him.

These words naturally flattered the other party. As a prestigious artifact refining family, Ye Peng Hai was completely accustomed to the prostration of an ordinary person.

He felt it was only right and proper.

“Senior, may I ask for one thing?”

“What is it?” Ye Peng Hai saw that the person was very sensible and was willing to be merciful and speak.

“My family sold me to Wu Jie without hesitation. I cannot go back home,” Zhang Qing’an said, secretly giving Siam some hints.

If this person did not agree to take him along, then he would have someone secretly make some arrangements. This would save him time on the road.

“Therefore, please accept me, Senior. I am willing to work like an ox or a horse to repay Senior for saving my life.”

Ye Peng Hai frowned, not looking pleased. Naturally, it was because of Zhang Qing’an’s appearance. Although his wife was not a jealous person, if he brought back a stranger who owed him a life-saving debt, it would surely cause trouble.

“This is merely a small effort on my part. You don’t need to repay me.”

“Then… then may I ask for one more thing?”