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

As the woman finished speaking, there was a slight noise, and the entrance to the Fox Fairy Valley opened, letting in a strong aura of spiritual energy.

After waiting for a while at the entrance of the valley, Zhou Yiqiao followed a woman and stepped into the Fox Fairy Valley.

This Fox Fairy Valley is a unique cave with abundant spiritual energy, which is far beyond the market town where Zhou Yiqiao is hiding now.

"No wonder this Fox Fairy Valley can produce so many spiritual plants. It turns out that the spiritual energy in this valley is so rich."

Zhou Yiqiao was secretly amazed.

Following the woman through the valley, all you see along the way are exotic flowers and plants with a fragrant smell. Occasionally, you can even see a few foxes playing in the woods, which makes the valley seem particularly harmonious.

Soon, the two came to a magnificent palace.

The palace gate was open, and a middle-aged woman in luxurious clothes sat on the main seat. She was the owner of Fox Fairy Valley.

"Zhou Yiqiao has met the Valley Master."

Zhou Yiqiao took a step forward and bowed.

The Valley Master nodded slightly, looked at Zhou Yiqiao and said.

"Are you the Zhou Yiqiao? You are a bit stronger than what my subordinates described."

"Thank you for your praise, Master."

Zhou Yiqiao said modestly.

"Tell me, what brings you to visit my Fox Valley so late at night?"

The Valley Master asked straight to the point.

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yiqiao did not beat around the bush and directly stated his purpose.

"I came here this time to find the person who instigated the cultivators of Fox Fairy Valley to occupy Sun Yunchang's medicine garden."

"Please, Master, hand this man over to me and let me take him back to Zhongzhou to deal with him."

Upon hearing this, the Valley Master raised his eyebrows in surprise, and then quickly frowned.

"I didn't expect you to find out about this so quickly."

"I owed this person a favor back then, and this time he asked me for help, so I couldn't just refuse."

"But I also know that what he did was indeed inappropriate and even violated the rules of Zhongzhou."

"So, I can hand this person over to you, but you have to agree to one condition of mine."

Zhou Yiqiao's heart moved, knowing that there was still hope for a turnaround, so he quickly bowed and said.

"Master, please tell me. As long as I can do it, I will do my best."

The Valley Master nodded and spoke slowly.

"You must promise not to harm this man's life after you bring him back to Middle-earth."

"Although this person made mistakes, his crime does not deserve death."

"Besides, he has done me a favor after all. I can't just watch him lose his life."

After hearing this, Zhou Yiqiao pondered for a moment and then nodded in agreement.

"Okay, I promise, Master."

Although this old friend of Sun Yunchang arranged Qin Yuehan to deceive him, perhaps he was not clear about his true strength and never had the intention to harm him from beginning to end. He really had no reason to take his life.

Moreover, he was thinking about getting more information from the other party to verify his guess.

"In that case, you can come with me."

The Valley Master stood up on his own initiative, took Zhou Yiqiao out of the palace and walked towards the depths of the valley.

Soon after, the two came to a secluded courtyard.

The Valley Master stopped and turned to Zhou Yiqiao and said.

"He's right here, go in."

Zhou Yiqiao nodded, took a deep breath, and pushed the door open.

In the courtyard, a middle-aged man was sitting at a stone table, holding a cup of tea, his eyes revealing a sense of leisure and contentment.

If an uninformed person saw this, they would never imagine that the person in front of them was the mastermind behind the war between humans and demons.

"Are you Zhou Yiqiao?"

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed open, the middle-aged man raised his head, looked at Zhou Yiqiao, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

Zhou Yiqiao nodded, looked directly at the other party and said.

"Exactly."

The middle-aged man smiled slightly.

"You came quite quickly."

Zhou Yiqiao did not answer, but just looked at the other person quietly.

"You probably want to ask if I have any other forces supporting me."

"I can tell you clearly that everything I did was assisted by the cultivators of Qinjian Villa's Great Elder's faction behind the scenes."

The middle-aged man didn't seem to care about Zhou Yiqiao's silence and continued talking to himself.

As soon as these words were spoken, Zhou Yiqiao's pupils suddenly shrank.

Although he had guessed that there must be some force behind this person helping him, he never imagined that the force behind this person was actually the lineage of the Great Elder who was closely related to him!

"What did the Great Elder's lineage ask you to do?!"

He no longer cared about etiquette, walked quickly to the middle-aged man and asked bluntly.

The middle-aged man looked at Zhou Yiqiao's anxious expression, a hint of amusement flashed in his eyes. He gently put down the teacup in his hand and spoke slowly.

"Zhou Yiqiao, many things in this world are not as complicated as you think."

"If the Great Elder wants to fight against Qinjian Villa, he needs a constant supply of spirit stones."

"Zhuzhou has the largest number of spiritual herbs in Tianchen Realm, and this place is the border between the two continents. They want a glove to earn spiritual stones, and I need to borrow their name to achieve my goal, so we hit it off."

Zhou Yiqiao frowned, as if thinking about the credibility of it.

He pondered for a moment and then continued.

"Do you know that whether it is you or Sun Yunchang, your cultivation in the Nascent Soul Realm cannot influence the overall situation of the human and demon races at all?"

The middle-aged man's expression changed slightly when he heard this, but soon returned to normal.

He sighed softly and said.

"Of course I know this, but for some things, knowing is one thing, and whether or not to do it is another."

The middle-aged man stood up, looked at the scenery of Fox Fairy Valley outside the courtyard, and said lightly.

"Although I didn't expect you to be such a variable, but since I lost, I will accept it."

"If you have anything you want to know, feel free to ask. I won't explain this to you again when we get in front of Sun Yunchang later."

Zhou Yiqiao's heart was filled with emotions. He took out a phonograph stone, activated it, and then asked the middle-aged man a question.

"What is the deal between the Great Elder and you?"

The middle-aged man sighed softly and fell into memories.

"My deal with the Great Elder's lineage is actually not that complicated."

"They will provide me with manpower and resources to help me achieve my goals."

"What I have to do is to ensure the safety of their caravans traveling here during my free time."

Zhou Yiqiao frowned.

"It's not that I don't trust you, but how can you, a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage, guarantee the safety of all the caravans?"

The middle-aged man turned his head and looked at Zhou Yiqiao with a smile.

"Of course I can't do it with my own strength, but the master of Fox Fairy Valley owes me a huge favor. I can ask Fox Fairy Valley to help me control all the trade routes."

"The trade between humans and demons is extremely profitable, and Fox Fairy Valley has no reason to refuse."