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Chapter 2496 Looting the Corpse (First Update, Requesting Guaranteed Monthly Tickets)

Most of the time, when the true body of the Venerable One perishes, the other avatars will also perish or dissipate at the same time.

Of course, those with secret techniques are excluded. It's even rarer to see a clone of someone like Hu Zhongzi, whose main body perished, still able to cause such a huge incident.

Qu Jianlei nodded slowly upon hearing this, "I also foresaw that his secondary avatar had also perished."

The secondary clone is at the Nascent Soul stage and serves as a guest elder in a chamber of commerce, somewhat similar to a specially hired bodyguard.

The chamber of commerce wasn't very large, and one would expect that someone with Nascent Soul cultivation could receive better treatment, but the secondary clone refused to provide further identity verification.

There were quite a few cultivators hiding their identities, but the Chamber of Commerce didn't pay them any mind; they just needed thugs to keep things under control.

However, don't expect any more income, and the frequency of missions is quite high.

In any case, both sides get what they want; one is willing to give and the other is willing to receive.

The clone had just completed a mission and was drinking and chatting with his companions when suddenly his body slumped, and he bled from all seven orifices and died.

Several of his colleagues were also at the Nascent Soul stage; those at the Golden Core stage were simply not qualified to sit at the table. Upon seeing this, they were dumbfounded. "What the hell... Old Deng?"

Some people were so frightened that they looked around frantically, wondering, "What the hell... who's trying to ambush us?"

"Stop looking," finally, an old Nascent Soul cultivator spoke up, pointing to the other person's right hand, "Do you see that?"

The other Nascent Soul cultivators exchanged glances, and one of the more impatient ones spoke up directly, "What are you looking at?"

“A storage ring,” the old Nascent Soul cultivator said slowly, “He had a storage ring in his hand just now!”

Upon hearing this, the other Nascent Soul cultivators fell silent. After a long while, someone asked softly, "A powerful being's clone?"

Killing a True Immortal silently is not too difficult; it just requires proper planning.

However, at the same time, it would be extremely difficult to steal the storage ring without anyone noticing, right under the noses of so many Nascent Soul cultivators!
The old Nascent Soul was, after all, knowledgeable and experienced. Upon noticing these changes, he recalled certain legends.

Hearing this, he nodded and said calmly, "Let's continue chatting. Just pretend we've never met this person before. We're not familiar with each other anyway."

"But how could he..." Believe it or not, some people are indeed curious: how could the legendary powerful clone just die like that?
His response was met with indifferent stares from several Nascent Soul cultivators; some had already produced magical artifacts, weapons, and talismans…

If you keep spouting nonsense, believe me, we'll all gang up on you and wipe you out! It's better than having the True Lord come knocking on your door!
At the same time, Qu Jianlei couldn't help but snort coldly, "That's really straightforward. Is his crime really that serious?"

He truly hated the other person's foul mouth and was determined not to let it go easily, but he was genuinely surprised that the other person would confess like this.

You are a true venerable one, with nearly two thousand years left to live. Even if you are captured, can't the entire universe redeem you?
"Well... the True Venerable has been captured, so his feelings are probably not good," Jin Ge coughed lightly. After all, he hadn't lived these tens of thousands of years in vain.

Moreover, the Lingyun Sect is so large that capturing a True Venerable is not really that surprising.

So he could understand Nahong's feelings. "How should I put it? That feeling is probably not even as good as a phoenix that has lost its feathers."

"Fine, stop talking," Qu Jianlei really disliked the analogy.

Because there's someone in the family who's about to undergo a spiritual transformation, and is on the path of "Nirvana," this statement is extremely unlucky.

"Be careful, they might still be up to something!"

“I estimate that the possibility is not very high,” Jin Ge’s insight was truly remarkable. “His original identity was that of an undercover agent.”

"He's good at spying, stealth, escaping, and poisoning, but his combat strength isn't that great... Damn, he really is poisonous!"

The next moment, he flicked his sleeve, and countless gray gases erupted out. "This is...!"

Fortunately, his physical form is special and not very afraid of poison; otherwise, even a true venerable might not be able to withstand this toxicity.

However, the fact that this true master revealed himself to be poisonous is truly eye-opening.

Qu Jianlei shook his head helplessly, raised his hand again, hesitated for a moment, and then simply took out the seashell and tortoise shell.

“This equipment,” Jin Ge shook his head helplessly, “is really not keeping up with your cultivation level.”

Qu Jianlei knew what he meant and casually replied, "There's nothing I can do, I'm poor."

“Not bad,” the Master of Divination was sometimes quite good at comforting people. “When it comes to divination, old objects are more spiritually connected.”

“Senior, this is making things worse,” Qu Jianlei laughed upon hearing this. “Do you have any suitable divination tools? I can trade with you.”

Not only do many people drift apart as they go along, but some items also become unusable after being used for a while.

Like the Boundary-Breaking Shuttle, which used to be one of his ultimate killing techniques, he has now handed it over to Jing Yuexin.

However, since Boss Jing is preparing for seclusion, it's unknown whether he has handed over the Boundary-Breaking Shuttle to someone else—in any case, it's a treasure of the team.

There's also the sword pellet from even earlier times, which was once his trump card, but he rarely used it after reaching the Nascent Soul stage.

When it left the body, the slightly damaged sword pellet was repaired, making it a magic weapon at the Nascent Soul level.

This is completely unsuitable for him. He was originally considering whether to give it to Qi Ya, but Fairy Ya has her own nurtured natal sword.

If it were a sword pellet of the Out-of-Body level, Qi Ya would definitely want it, but that would be a divine weapon.

A while ago, he gave the sword pellet to the fourth leader. Although it was just a fake infant, he hoped that Zhenshanbao could recover.

He really didn't have any suitable items for divination right now, so he had to make do with seashells and tortoise shells.

So don't think that advancing to the True Venerable realm is all that great. Just changing clothes and competing for fifth-tier spiritual veins will take at least a thousand or eight hundred years.

A suitable magical artifact is even more rare and hard to come by. It took Venerable Qingkong over four thousand years to obtain the Colorful Butterfly.

Assuming a cultivator successfully leaves their body at the age of one thousand, by the time all preparations are complete, they will be at least two thousand years old.

The lifespan of astral projection is six thousand years, leaving only three thousand years or so... If one has the ambition to break through to the soul realm, the remaining time will be only two thousand years.

So, is six thousand years a long time? Upon closer analysis, it's really not that long.

Just as he was calculating, Jin Ge suddenly spoke up again, "The rules of fate and destiny, using them to calculate is more accurate!"

“Yes,” Qu Jianlei nodded, “My two friends who are trying to advance in cultivation are trying to comprehend my Creation Rule.”

He paused, then gave a wry smile, "Such a calculation comes at too high a price."

Using rules to calculate... He believed that Jingotti's suggestion was true, but at what level?

He's really something now; he casually does the divination ten or eight times a day, it's really not a big deal.

However, if you use the rules to calculate, and only use one or two dishes every ten days... that's still too much to handle.

Then he stopped and said sadly, "Damn it, it's really gone, completely fallen."

The two looked at each other in silence. After a while, Jin Ge sighed, "It's rare, but it's not like I've never seen anything like it before."

Such things between realms are rare, but not that unusual. Is it hard to understand why a True Venerable would perish for the benefit of a realm?

However, it is indeed rare to see someone like Nahong self-reporting – it's not uncommon for someone who has already reached the True Venerable level to still act as an undercover agent.

"No confession," Qu Jianlei said, somewhat frustrated. At this moment, he was extremely grateful that Jin Ge had arrived.

Otherwise, he really can't explain this matter!
He didn't even need to interrogate them; a quick calculation would tell him that the rest of the Du family had no idea what their ancestor had done!
Even the Du family members privately discussed that the ancestor, as a true venerable one, did not fight or grab for many benefits, which seemed somewhat "incompetent".

Of course, no one dares to directly criticize the ancestor, but this voice has always existed.

So if Jin Ge hadn't arrived, Na Hong's self-report would have been impossible to verify.

If the True Venerable were to perform divination, there is a certain probability that the truth could be found out, but it is not very certain—there are too many obscured causes and effects.

Even if the truth can be revealed, there is still a problem: how to convince the public?

Is there anyone who dares to disobey the True Venerable? There really isn't. But the problem is that those hidden agents in the Realm of All Things can confuse the public.

Don't assume that cognitive warfare only exists in the information society; it existed as early as primitive society: for example, the wrong hunting grounds.

Those at the bottom of society who have been brainwashed by various misleading messages have been a constant presence throughout the entire history of human civilization!

Otherwise, where did the phrase "foolish men and women" come from?

Qu Zhenzun wasn't afraid of being questioned, but no matter what, it would be a troublesome matter that would take time to resolve.

What he dislikes most is trouble!
Then, the two of them flashed and, amidst the many Nascent Soul cultivators, remotely seized the clone!
Fortunately, these Nascent Soul cultivators were very clever and pretended not to see them, and they drank and boasted for another two days and two nights.

Then someone realized with surprise, "Hey, where's Deng Zhenxian? He's disappeared!"

"Who knows? Maybe they've had too much to drink," someone nearby chuckled. "Old Chen, ignore them and keep telling your story of being an observer!"

"Listen carefully, this is the last time. It is said that the Wind Observer of the Nine Heavens is surnamed Li, and he has come down to the mortal realm to find a Daoist partner for reincarnation..."

After taking away the secondary clone, Qu Jianlei hesitated for a moment, wondering how he should submit this task.

Fortunately, Jin Ge was by his side. "Senior, could you please relay this message?"

"Why should I?" Jin Ge shook his head. "You dislike Bai Qiao, but do you think I like him?"

"I have an advantage here," Qu Jianlei said with a smile. "It's fortunate that you came, otherwise it wouldn't have been your turn!"

"I just don't believe that," Jin Ge said suspiciously. "I really did check all his stuff."

Qu Jianlei rolled his eyes at him, "What is the greatest wealth of a True Venerable... the kind that only you possess?"

Jin Ge was taken aback for a moment, then immediately realized what he meant. "A cave dwelling! What were you thinking, kid?"

Qu Jianlei took out a one-cubic-meter-sized boulder, tossed it in his hand, and said smugly, "It's not the first time."

"Damn it," Jin Ge was dumbfounded upon seeing this.

He really didn't know that Qu Jianlei and the other four True Venerables had acquired the cave dwelling—none of them were talkative.

The results of collaboration between different combinations should not be the same.

He immediately made up his mind, "Alright, you divine the cave dwelling, I'll go tell Baiqiao."

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