Cultivation: Fortune by Lots-Chapter 479 - 249. Skinning and taking the gallbladder as a mount? (Two-in-one Chapter)_4

Chapter 479: 249. Skinning and taking the gallbladder as a mount? (Two-in-one Chapter)_4

Shuiyao: "About some traitors from the Pure Yang Palace of the Taoist Dan Ding Sect..."

YueYao: "Traitors?"

Shuiyao: "Yes, those who have been expelled from the Pure Yang Palace and whom the Palace intends to thoroughly purge."

The others heard this and pondered for a moment.

Lei Jun seemed thoughtful.

Without an immediate answer, Shuiyao was not discouraged. "Such exchanges are long-term and effective. Anyone with information can come and find me anytime."

YueYao: "I also have some matters I’d like to discuss with everyone. If anyone has information, feel free to contact me anytime."

Shuiyao: "What matters?"

YueYao: "I want to ask everyone about the battle in Jiangzhou. Which expert aided the Celestial Master Mansion?"

YueYao slowly said, "Based on the oral accounts of the survivors afterward, there were experts suspected to be from the Confucian Divine Archery or the Taoist External Alchemy School who joined forces with the Celestial Master Mansion to attack the ancestral lands of the Jiangzhou Lin Clan."

"Confucian Divine Archery and Taoist External Alchemy..." Earth Guardian murmured.

YueYao: "Does Your Excellency have any news?"

Earth Guardian: "Not exactly. I’ve just heard that none of the Five Clans and Seven Families secretly supported the Celestial Master Mansion. There were even attempts to ally against the Mansion, but each had its own constraints, preventing this from happening. As for the Mount Shu Sect, a Sacred Land of the Taoist External Alchemy School, they were confronting the Fang Clan of Jingxiang. Both sides were mutually restraining each other, and I’ve heard no news of Mount Shu experts slipping past the Fang Clan’s surveillance to aid the Celestial Master Mansion."

Shuiyao: "What about the people from the Imperial Court?"

YueYao: "To my knowledge, although the Imperial Court had experts who wanted to assist the Celestial Master Mansion, they were a step too slow. The end of the Jiangzhou conflict came much sooner than expected."

Earth Guardian pondered, "So that’s how it is."

After a few more words, the participants "logged off" one after another.

Clearly, most people preferred to have private chats one-on-one.

Lei Jun then sought out Mercury Water Luminary.

"Does Your Excellency intend to exchange information about the Pure Yang Palace traitors?" Lei Jun asked.

Shuiyao: "Indeed, I do."

Lei Jun: "Is it about a specific person?"

Shuiyao: "Anyone is fine, but the information I have is indeed mainly about one particular individual named Zhou Peng."

After defecting from the Pure Yang Palace, to survive and avoid being purged by the Palace, most traitors banded together.

Zhou Peng, as an Elder of the Pure Yang Palace who defected despite being of the Upper Three Heavens realm, held an implied leadership position due to his cultivation and strength.

"I have limited information," Lei Jun candidly said. "We can exchange what we know."

Earlier, in the Southern Wilderness, he had captured a traitor from the Pure Yang Palace, Wang Jingfang.

Through interrogating Wang Jingfang, Lei Jun had learned some relevant details.

However, his information about Zhou Peng himself was limited.

More valuably, someone else was secretly supporting Zhou Peng and other Pure Yang Palace traitors; the Yin Moon Soul Stone that Zhou Peng had used came from that party.

After hearing this, Mercury Water Luminary did not comment much, only saying simply, "Recently, Zhou Peng has cultivated to the Eightfold Heaven Realm of the Taoist Dan Ding Sect and has begun Nascent Soul Transformation."

Lei Jun: "That actually confirms the information I received previously, that Zhou Peng indeed has someone backing him."

Shuiyao: "Indeed."

The person seemed to have urgent matters and, after a hurried farewell with Lei Jun, the starlight dimmed.

Lei Jun did not leave immediately.

He had another private chat to attend.

"Does Your Excellency wish to inquire about information related to Vajra Temple?" Lei Jun said. "I have no further intelligence at the moment."

The Future Maitreya, in the guise of Age Star Muyao, said, "As others have mentioned, such a transaction is long-term and always valid. Of course, it also depends on what you want in exchange."

After considering briefly, Lei Jun said, "How much do you know about the Great Void Temple?"

The Future Maitreya replied, "Not much, but it seems they’ve also set their sights on Vajra Temple."

Lei Jun: "I can’t guarantee I will have news, but if I do come across something, I’ll inform you immediately. In exchange, I need information about Great Void Temple."

The Future Maitreya: "It’s a deal."

After Age Star Muyao’s starlight dimmed, Lei Jun fell into slight contemplation.

Having emerged from the Celestial Book Universe Starry Sky, he went to look for his master, Yuan Mobai.

The news about Vajra Temple welcoming the new Abbot originally came from Yuan Mobai.

"For the time being, I haven’t heard anything special, but..." Yuan Mobai spoke slowly, "they have been sealing off the place tightly lately, isolating it from the outside world, which is somewhat intriguing."

Lei Jun gave a slight nod.

The Future Maitreya is the young Sect Master of the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect has deep relationships with the Bodhi, Xuantian, and Tianlong monasteries—among the Four Sacred Grounds of the Buddhist Sect—but over the years, it has also been at odds with Vajra Temple.

Previously, when Vajra Temple welcomed their new Sect Leader, they were targeted jointly by the White Lotus Sect and the Great Void Temple.

The White Lotus Sect normally pays attention to collecting information from the Four Sacred Grounds of the orthodox Buddhist Sect, including Vajra Temple.

Now that the Future Maitreya has also come to Lei Jun looking for clues, acting on both fronts, it must also be due to vigilance and doubts, hence the multiple verifications.

"It’s possible to inquire, but I can’t guarantee any results," said Yuan Mobai.

Lei Jun also nodded slightly. "The top priority for Our Sect currently is the upcoming battle appointment between our Eldest Senior Sister and Ye Moquan of the Jinzhou Ye Clan."

As the season gradually moved into spring, the weather began to warm up.

By the time summer arrives, the date of the appointment will be drawing near.

While the master and apprentice were discussing, they both suddenly felt a sensation.

Atop the mountain, within the Altar of Wanfa Sect, light circulated, flickering like a lamp, continuously alternating between brightness and darkness.

"Senior Sister Zhang has begun to take that final step," Lei Jun said.

Yuan Mobai replied, "Yes, I hope she can successfully cross this threshold. Our Sect will then gain another High Merit Master."

Cultivators of the Taoist Talisman Sect striving to break through from the Sixth Heavenly Layer to the Seventh Layer of Heaven Realm could not do so without their own Ancestral Altar.

On Dragon Tiger Mountain, it is the Altar of Wanfa Sect.

Like with the Yellow Sky Sect, they have the Yellow Sky Altar.

When Lei Jun broke through in the Northern Border, it seemed far from Dragon Tiger Mountain and the Altar of Wanfa Sect; however, he had the Celestial Master Seal with him, which allowed him to use the True One Altar derived from the Celestial Master Seal.

At that moment, he could essentially consider himself to be cultivating near the Altar of Wanfa Sect.

"Unfortunately, Niece Zhang completed her Tao Seal earlier, and her Divine Skill’s seedling has already begun to take shape," Yuan Mobai said with a slight shake of his head. "If she can successfully take that step, she can only start cultivating with the Fire Dharma Earth Script Talisman first."

Although the Celestial Master Seal had returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain earlier, it was fused with Lei Jun’s Spiritual Soul and could not be manifested externally or separated.

For reasons of confidentiality and security, Lei Jun also found it impracticable to assist Zhang Jingzhen in studying the Thunder Law Heavenly Scripture Talismans.

Like other external disciples over the past hundred years, Zhang Jingzhen had to choose between the Fire Dharma Earth Script Talisman and the Life Skill Human Script Talismans.

In the end, she chose the Fire Dharma Earth Script Talisman.

Now Lei Jun could externally control the Celestial Master Seal, while Zhang Jingzhen has been in closed-door cultivation, cutting off contact with the outside world.

To speak truthfully, within the Longhu Mountain Celestial Master’s Mansion at the moment, very few command the Yang Thunder Dragon. Not to mention other consequences, the inability to perform the Dragon-Tiger Strike is a deficiency that directly affects combat power.

For now, that was all they could do; it would have to be addressed in the future.

「The Youzhou Forest Clan’s Ancestral Land.」

To be precise, the site of the old ancestral lands.

Although the Lin Clan people were still procreating and living in this area, and most of the destroyed buildings had been rebuilt after a winter, it could not be said that the old appearance had been restored.

Above the ancestral lands, the Wenhua treasure light was intermittent, hanging by a thread, seemingly illusory.

Reconnecting the Cultural Pulse of this land was extraordinarily difficult.

They still had reason to be thankful that the family’s treasured Shuofeng Sword remained, giving hope for restoration, though it required a long period.

If it were the Jiangzhou Lin Clan, with their Dragon Serpent Pen also broken, it would have been an utter tragedy.

Ye Moquan, the Old Patriarch of the Jinzhou Ye Clan, was still at this location.

By his side stood a woman who appeared to be in her thirties.

This winter, Ye Moquan had been here, quietly studying the traces left by a previous battle.