3000 Years In The Meditation Phase! - Chapter 12

Chapter 12: Acting Young Is an Old Swindler’s Special Skill

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

After walking out of this material shop, Bai Qiuran looked up at the tomorrow in the sky and muttered to himself.

“Interesting, really interesting.”

The materials he obtained were originally things that were basically impossible to run out. This was because most of the materials were used by demon cultivators to increase their cultivation.

Bai Qiuran naturally knew how special his situation was. In the past 3,000 years, he had tried various methods to reach the Foundation Establishment realm. Be it the remnant immortal books left behind in the immortal cave, the ancient scrolls found in the ruins of the cultivation sects before the Great Cang calendar, or even the cultivation techniques of the enemies of the Righteous Dao Alliance, he had studied all of them.

Compared to righteous cultivators, who emphasized on building a good foundation and taking one step at a time, demonic cultivators advocated freedom. They advanced bravely and used everything in the world for their own benefit. Therefore, their cultivation techniques were more radical in various aspects, and it was naturally the same for pill-refinement.

The medicinal properties of the materials these demon cultivators often used were very powerful after refinement. However, at the same time, there were also very powerful side effects. Other than Bai Qiuran, this freak, even those demon cultivators with bodies that were on average more resistant than righteous cultivators could not withstand it. Because of this, they would use the demon cultivation techniques they cultivated to help digest the medicinal effects.

Different large demon cultivation sects would also have different ways of handling it when they could not withstand the medicinal strength. The Acacia Sect would rely on plucking. The Yin Spirit Sect would go to the mass grave or the battlefield to absorb the remnant souls. The Heaven Demon Sect would snatch the earth aura of a spiritual land. The Blood God Sect, which was even more extreme, would choose to kill and sacrifice.

This kind of blood sacrifice required at least the population of a village to be completed. Therefore, among the demon sects, the Blood God Sect was the one that was least liked by the righteous path. Depending on their behavior, the other demon cultivators might not be attacked by the righteous path. However, every member of the Blood God Sect who cultivated successfully had sacrificed at least thousands of innocent lives. Because of this, the various sects of the Righteous Dao Alliance would not let anyone from the Blood God Sect off. Once someone was discovered to be a member of the Blood God Sect, they would definitely kill the other party.

However, considering that ordinary cultivators also had use for these materials, Bai Qiuran specially probed. This time, other than those materials, he also wrote down the remaining materials for the most commonly used pill formula for demon cultivators. However, these materials were still out of stock in the shop.

This was very strange.

It seemed that demon cultivators had indeed come to the Profound Heaven Country. Considering Tang Ruowei’s attitude towards cultivators and the rumors she had heard from various places, Bai Qiuran had no choice but to focus his suspicion on the Imperial Preceptor of the Profound Heaven Country.

In particular, the Imperial Preceptor of the Heavenly Profound Country had even used the name of the Green Destiny Sword Sect to get his way.

As he pondered, Bai Qiuran arrived at a high-end restaurant in the capital of the Profound Heaven Country. After casually throwing out dozens of taels of silver, he found a private room by the window on the top floor. Then, he used his superhuman hearing to eavesdrop on the conversation of the customers in this restaurant. At the same time, he released his divine sense and used it to scan the entire capital of the Profound Heaven Country.

However, after a search, Bai Qiuran did not discover anything strange in the city. He even focused on observing the palace of the Profound Heaven Country. Be it the Emperor, the Crown Prince, the Imperial Preceptor, or the first-class consecrator, Sima Yingbo, they did not show any abnormalities.

The Imperial Preceptor and Sima Yingbo did not have the demon aura that would appear on demon cultivators. He should be an ordinary cultivator.

During this process, Bai Qiuran also saw Tang Ruowei, who had returned to the palace. She was in the harem of the palace and should be in her personal palace. When Bai Qiuran saw her, this princess who had a problem with cultivators had already changed into a female outfit. She looked quite charming. However, Bai Qiuran saw that she was in front of a tall bronze mirror and trying her best to stuff something into her lapel, stuffing it until it was bulging.

That appearance reminded Bai Qiuran of her past self. Before he met Daoist Green Destiny, he had been wandering around those battlefields and selling the clothes of the dead he had looted.

Occasionally, when he was lucky, he would be able to find unfinished dry food on the bodies of those soldiers. At that moment, he would stuff food into his clothes until they were bulging.

However, he did not understand what Tang Ruowei was trying to do.

Could it be that the Profound Heaven Country was actually very poor?

After mocking himself for being ridiculous, Bai Qiuran retracted his divine sense and did not pay attention to the palace anymore.

From the looks of it, there should not be any more clues in the palace. He had to find another breakthrough point.

At this moment, Bai Qiuran caught the conversation of the people at the table downstairs.

“Sigh, the Heaven Worship Ceremony this time is really troublesome. In the past, the ceremony was always an internal affair of the royal family. Why do they suddenly have to encourage the boys and girls of the various families to participate in the Heaven Worship Ceremony this time?”

“Hmm?”

Catching the sensitive words “boys and girls” and “heaven worship ceremony”, Bai Qiuran hurriedly released his spiritual perception and divine sense and focused on the place where the voice came from.

The people talking were the two middle-aged men downstairs. From their clothes, they should be the two mid-level officials of the Profound Heaven Country.

“Sigh, how would we know what His Majesty and the Imperial Preceptor are thinking?”

One of the middle-aged men said, “Perhaps he wants to use the luck of the boys and girls to reverse the fate of the country. At that time, he will probably just let those children stand and warm up the place. The situation in the country recently is indeed not too optimistic.”

“The key is that in the current situation, not to mention the other places, not many residents in the city are willing to let their children attend the ceremony and go to the ritual field to worship the heavens.”

Another official complained.

“If you want to find families that are willing to let their children go, you still have to go to a remote place and find those families with difficult lives. If you give them some silver, they will allow it… However, that will be too troublesome. Sigh, are there any unwanted boys and girls who wander the streets with no parents?”

“Lower your voice!”

“This is the capital of the Profound Heaven Country. For you to want to see wandering orphans in the capital, aren’t you basically tarnishing the emperor’s reputation? Be careful or you’ll end up dead!” The middle-aged official in the lead hurriedly reminded.

“Oh, I misspoke.”

The other official quickly raised his glass.

“Come, come, come. Let’s drink.”

Seeing the two of them drink and begin to discuss other matters, Bai Qiuran retracted his divine sense and rubbed his chin.

A moment later, he smiled and quickly gulped down the dishes and wine on the table. Then, he left the silver taels and left the restaurant before walking to a nearby empty corner.

After scanning the area with his divine sense and confirming that there was no one around, Bai Qiuran’s body suddenly emitted a popping sound. Then, his body shrank, and his face also gradually changed. His hair also turned from white to black. In the end, Bai Qiuran disappeared and was replaced by another black-haired boy with a childish face.