Hide in the world of gods and demons

Chapter 189 Square Face

Back in the living room, Chen Li summoned his wives, concubines, and maids.

He gave me detailed instructions.

After the maids left.

"What happened?" Zhou Hong asked with concern.

After all, they were an old married couple who had been together for over ten years, and Chen Li's thoughts were not hidden from her at all.

However, Chen Li couldn't say it outright, fearing that his wives and concubines might inadvertently give him away, so he could only make excuses:

"Today, after hearing about a massacre of a family from Fellow Daoist Lin Qing, I realized that the True Soul Sect also has many enemies. This place is a mixed bag, with many cultivators coming from the south and north. To avoid any unforeseen disasters, we should be careful with our words and actions in the future. We must never overlook the matter of our origins."

"My husband is right, I really need to be more careful in the future." Zhou Hong nodded solemnly.

“I’ll listen to my husband. Anyway, I don’t go out much,” Zhang Shuniang said.

……

The discovery of the remnants of the Tianxing Sect made Chen Lida wary.

Although it is still just speculation at this point.

But it's pretty much a done deal.

Upon careful recollection, Chen Li realized that this person's accent was remarkably similar to the accents of those who spoke during the Tianxing Sect battle.

He was originally from the Longevity Domain. The True Sect moved here after destroying the Longevity Sect, and his accent has not changed much over the years.

This is also why Lin Qing had no suspicion of him.

The clan was destroyed and the family wiped out!

What kind of hatred is this?
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it a blood feud.

If he discovered that he was a "remnant" of the True Sect, Chen Li didn't believe the other party could truly let it go and simply smile at each other to bury the hatchet.

Today's gentle and refined demeanor may transform into a ferocious and bloodthirsty avenger in the blink of an eye.

What's even more terrifying is that this group isn't just one or two people, but at least five, and there might even be one in the late Foundation Establishment stage.

Fortunately, he hasn't been exposed yet.

The Zhenhuan Sect was destroyed just five days ago. Because he arrived quickly, the news has not yet spread in Chizhu City. The other party probably never imagined that he, a "remnant" of the Zhenhuan Sect, would live next to him by such a coincidence.

Otherwise, the truth wouldn't have been revealed so unintentionally.

Over the next few days, in addition to familiarizing himself with the surrounding environment and visiting his neighbors, Chen Li also sold off some of his first-tier magic artifacts, talismans, and miscellaneous items in his spare storage bags.

As for the storage bags, many of them are standard storage bags embroidered with the words "Huanzhenzong".

This is also easy to solve.

You can simply remove the embroidered characters.

In fact, the Zhenhuan Sect did not have the ability to make storage bags. They simply bought them in bulk from outside, embroidered their sect's name on them, and once the embroidery was removed, they were no different from other bags on the market.

The purchase price of shops here is very low, about 20-30% lower than that in Luanluo City. Chen Li is too lazy to travel a long way to other places or set up a stall to sell his goods.

Fortunately, there were quite a few; a total of eighteen high-grade spirit stones were sold.

This somewhat made up for the significant loss of savings.

After that, he kept a low profile and carefully kept an eye on Lin Qing's situation next door.

For several days in a row, the other party didn't go out much, and no friends came to visit.

However, the Water Element Talisman, which had taken a long time to master, was finally mastered during this period.

Although the success rate is still very low, all that's left is to slowly make progress.

He has accumulated a considerable amount of savings and is not in a hurry to make more money.

……

The bright moon hangs high, casting a sky full of silver light.

There is no curfew in Stanley City, and many shops often stay open until late at night. Compared to Luanluo City, people here generally go to bed later, and the area around nightfall is actually more lively than during the day.

Ancient alleyways paved with bluestone.

A group of two men and one woman slowly walked towards them from a distance. One of the men and one of the women were clearly a couple, as they were standing very close to each other.

The woman looked to be around thirty years old, with an elegant and serene demeanor, unlike an ordinary rogue cultivator. She wore a well-tailored moon-white robe that accentuated the graceful curves of a mature woman.

The man looked to be in his early forties, with a square face, thick eyebrows, big eyes, and a rather tall stature. His every move exuded a calm and composed demeanor, carrying a subtle air of authority.

The two walked together, looking like a perfect couple.

The remaining man had an old face, with a lingering melancholy in his eyes. He looked to be in his fifties or sixties. He deliberately lagged behind the other two by half a step when walking, clearly showing that his every move was dictated by the man with the square face.

“Junior Brother Huang, it’s not good for you to keep working as a cargo escort. This job is too dangerous,” said the square-faced man.

"I don't have any other skills. What else can I do besides being a cargo escort? Besides, the caravan I joined is quite large. Every time I escort cargo, there are several Foundation Establishment cultivators, and there is also a late Foundation Establishment cultivator as the leader. As long as I am careful, nothing will go wrong," the cultivator surnamed Huang said in a somber tone.

"Have you spent all the spirit stones I gave you last time?" the square-faced man asked.

The monk surnamed Huang remained silent.

"You didn't go gambling again, did you?" the square-faced man pressed.

"Senior brother, just leave it alone," the cultivator surnamed Huang said impatiently. "I have nothing left but this worthless life. Just let me fend for myself!"

"Senior brother, you... sigh!" The female cultivator looked at the Huang-surnamed cultivator, hesitated, and finally sighed softly.

She and her husband had no children; when their sect was destroyed, they both managed to escape.

However, both Senior Brother Huang and Senior Brother Lin lost all their wives, concubines, and children. Even those few who survived disappeared without a trace. Senior Brother Lin has moved on, but Senior Brother Huang is still immersed in grief. In just two years, he has aged more than ten years.

"Let's go to Junior Brother Lin's house first, we'll talk there." The square-faced man was speaking when he suddenly sensed something, abruptly looked towards a shadowy spot, and called out softly, "Who is it? Which fellow Daoist is joking with me!"

The atmosphere was stagnant.

A long time passed.

"Husband, are you sure you're not mistaken?" the female cultivator asked doubtfully. There was no one there except for the shadows, and even when she used her spiritual sense, it was empty.

"I felt like someone was watching me from over there just now, but maybe I was being too sensitive."

……

"Such a keen sense of perception; I was almost discovered," Chen Li thought to himself.

He stayed in place for a while, and only after the group had gradually gone far away did he deactivate the invisibility spell. Immediately, his figure and his body burst like soap bubbles, turning into an invisible wave of magical energy that disappeared without a trace, as if he had never been there.

This was clearly an illusion of Chen Li.

By the small lake in the courtyard.

Cool breeze.

"Sigh!" Chen Li looked at the rippled lake surface and sighed softly.

A group of three people.

The other two are not worth worrying about; at most, they are at the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

But that square-faced man gave him a great sense of pressure, and in terms of his feeling, he was no less than Xia Hongyi.

Chen Li had no grudge against them.

He even felt quite compatible with Lin Qing when they first met.

In the war between Tianxing Sect and the Red Mountain Sect, they were the victors. They broke into homes, killed countless people, and left corpses strewn across the fields. Everyone who survived made a fortune, and the entire sect was completely divided up by the Huanzhen Sect and the Hongshan Sect.

Even if they were to die, they could only hate the sect for launching this unjust war, and hate themselves for their bad luck, lack of strength, and being tricked.

There was no reason for the cultivators of the Hateful Star Sect to be included.

But life is sometimes just so helpless.

You may not hate others, but they may secretly harbor the flames of revenge.

They wished they could skin and eat the flesh of the True Realm cultivators.

"Some people can never be friends!" Chen Li exhaled.

"But we still have to wait a bit longer, at least until the Mind Control Technique is maxed out!"

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