Immortal Mansion: With mediocre qualifications, I have no choice but to live forever

Inside the room, Zhou Yiqiao sat cross-legged on a cushion, in front of him was the jade puppet that he brought back from the Endless Sea.

This puppet was of great use when Zhou Yiqiao was still in the Nascent Soul stage, but it gradually lost its value after Zhou Yiqiao reached the Divine Transformation stage.

I thought that the puppet's future fate would be either to be kept in a storage bag and gather dust, or to be given to a subordinate or junior as a favor.

However, after seeing the Mist Shadow Puppet given by Xu Hanchang, a bold idea came to his mind.

He planned to make this puppet his substitute and let it stay in the Tianxuan Sect, giving the dark forces the illusion that he was still in seclusion in the Tianxuan Sect.

Of course, Zhou Yiqiao didn't make much progress in the art of puppetry, so it was naturally impossible for him to transform the puppet in front of him into a substitute puppet that could perfectly imitate his words and deeds in a short period of time.

But fortunately, he didn't want this puppet to communicate with others, but just needed it to keep releasing its aura to confuse others.

He gestured with a spell in his hand, and the jade puppet began to move with a "click", and a faint jade light emanated from the joints of its limbs.

Zhou Yiqiao flicked his fingertips and a ray of divine consciousness was injected into the puppet, making this puppet, which was originally just a dead object, seem to be endowed with a soul, with a faint light flashing in its eyes.

This is a method of possessing spirits. It is not some sophisticated magic. Its function is to allow the object that is attached to the caster's consciousness to become the caster's eyes for a short period of time, allowing the caster to observe the scene where the object is while the spell is effective.

If it were in Qinjian Villa, Zhou Yiqiao would never dare to use such a crude method.

But now that he was in the Tianxuan Sect, he could impose several restrictions outside the room to confuse people;

Secondly, Lin Muzhi's reputation can also prevent others from approaching this retreat place.

After giving the puppet "intelligence", Zhou Yiqiao took out magic tools and formation plates one by one and began to arrange them around the puppet.

These magical instruments and formation plates were useless things he had stored in his storage bag after robbing and pillaging over the years, but now they all came in handy.

Under Zhou Yiqiao's careful arrangement, this puppet was wrapped in layer upon layer of illusions and restrictions. From the outside, it looked like a monk who was practicing in seclusion.

After arranging all this, Zhou Yiqiao took out another jade slip, imprinted his appearance and aura on it, and then embedded it into the puppet's forehead.

In this way, this puppet can simulate Zhou Yiqiao's appearance and breath fluctuations.

Although this puppet cannot move as freely as a real cultivator, as long as someone uses spiritual sense to investigate it, they can feel the spiritual pressure of a cultivator in the God Transformation Realm.

Zhou Yiqiao nodded with satisfaction, checked several times to make sure nothing was missing, and then quietly left Tianxuan Sect without the maid outside knowing...

......

Half a month later.

A man in black shirt and a bamboo hat followed the crowd into the small town called "Yunxi City".

This small town is located at the junction of two medium-sized sects in Zhongzhou. It is not only a transit station for immortal cultivators, but also a must-pass place for mortal business travelers.

Although the city is not big, it is lined with various shops and is bustling with people coming and going.

The man in black walked into the city, his eyes under the bamboo hat were as sharp as an eagle. After confirming that no one was following him, he sat down in a restaurant in the center of Yunxi City.

The man was leaning against the window. He gently put down his hat, revealing a handsome yet gloomy face. It was Zhou Yiqiao who had left Tianxuan Sect for many days.

He ordered a pot of spiritual wine and a few plates of spiritual vegetables, but his eyes were fixed on the tall house opposite the restaurant outside the window.

Although that tall mansion was not the most luxurious residence in the city, there were two monks in armor standing in front of the door. Their cultivation was both in the late stage of Qi Refining, and their eyes were as sharp as torches, scanning the surroundings vigilantly.

This place is the destination of Zhou Yiqiao's trip, the mansion of the immortal cultivation family, the Lu family, in Yunxi City, which held the outer disciples of Qinjian Villa hostage.

Although the Lu family's assets are not in Yunxi City, there is a constant stream of cultivators coming and going in Yunxi City every year, contributing a large amount of spirit stones to the Lu family.

The Lu family was unwilling to give up this piece of fat meat, so naturally they bought a mansion in the city.

Members of the Lu family are always in charge of the mansion, and they are responsible for receiving visitors from all parties and collecting all kinds of information in the city.

According to Qing Jimeng's information, the outer disciple of Qinjian Villa is still imprisoned in this mansion and has not been transferred to the Lu family's clan territory.

Although that disciple was only an outer sect disciple, he was a disciple of the Holy Sect after all. The Lu family was afraid of the Holy Sect's actions and acted cautiously, which was reasonable.

Zhou Yiqiao sat there with the spiritual wine and vegetables for three hours, and finally saw the door of the Lu family mansion open, and a group of people walked out.

The leader was a middle-aged man dressed in gorgeous clothes and with a dignified face. He was Lu Zhenhai, the head of the Lu family.

Behind him were two cultivators in the late Qi Refining stage and several attendants. The group left the mansion in a mighty procession and headed towards the north gate of Yunxi City.

Zhou Yiqiao narrowed his eyes slightly, and a gleam of light flashed in his eyes.

He knew his chance had come.

He put a bag of spirit stones on the table, stood up, and disappeared in the restaurant in a flash.

......

In the Lu family mansion, in a remote courtyard.

A young man was tied to a wooden stake, his face was pale and his eyes were full of fear.

This young man was none other than Lin Xuan, the outer sect disciple of Qinjian Villa who was held hostage by the Lu family.

He is already in the late stage of foundation building, and his parents have long passed away. This time he returned to Yunxi City to visit his relatives and several descendants of the Lin family.

Who would have thought that I would encounter such a thing just after arriving in Yunxi City?

Lin Xuan had an anxious expression on his face and his mind was in a mess.

"What on earth does the Lu family want to do? Why did they suddenly come to me?"

His meridians were blocked by spiritual power, and he couldn't even shout for help. He could only allow the gang of thieves to imprison him here.

Just when he was getting anxious, he suddenly heard footsteps outside the door.

Then a thin man in black with a calm look pushed the door open and walked in.

The man was dressed in black and wore a bamboo hat that covered most of his face, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

Lin Xuan was shocked. The man's eyes were so cold that he shivered involuntarily.

"You are the outer disciple who accidentally heard two disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall discussing the dirty things between the Great Elder and the Law Enforcement Elder, Lin Xuan?"

Lin Xuan was stunned and just nodded, but he saw murderous intent in the man's eyes surge, and a chill came straight towards him!