[5: You encountered the 'jinx' Wan Yan Meng yesterday and obtained intelligence. Due to the death of Murong Chao, Wan Yan Meng has been marked by a unique sigil from the Murong family and is being hunted by them. Currently, she is in a forest forty miles east of you. If not rescued, she will encounter a Foundation Establishment cultivator and perish. The ancient curse on Wan Yan Meng is of the same origin as the curse on your treasured bowl. To remove the curse on your bowl in the future, Wan Yan Meng will be indispensable.]
[6: After parting ways with Jiu Zi, the celestial maiden of the Wu Clan, you received intelligence that Jiu Zi's Golden Core cultivation was reduced to Foundation Establishment after being struck by the purple tribulation lightning. She is worried that she won't be able to safely escort Wan Yan Meng to the Wu territory. Hence, she left a Wu treasure for Wan Yan Meng as protection. The Wu territory is home to descendants of the ancient Wu gods, and the lifelong wish of the current Saint Wu, Tu Meng, is to find the complete inheritance of the Wu gods.]
[7: After parting ways with Jiu Zi yesterday, you obtained intelligence that Wu Wang Man Lin of the Wu Clan, equivalent to the early Nascent Soul stage, was invited by Chu Wuya, the emperor of Tianchu Immortal Dynasty, to use objects you have used to perform a Wu soul tracking ritual. Although Wu soul tracking is a mystical tracking technique of the Wu Clan, it requires a high level of preparation. Man Lin will track you down in 35 days.]
[8: After parting ways with Jiu Zi yesterday, you obtained intelligence that Wu Wang Man Lin is a traitor of the Wu Clan. Due to conflicts with Saint Wu Tu Meng, he stole the clan's sacred artifact, the 'Tian Wu Pan,' and betrayed the clan. Saint Wu Tu Meng has dispatched three Wu kings to hunt him down.]
[9: After parting ways with Jiu Zi yesterday, you obtained intelligence that the 'jinx' Wan Yan Meng triggered the purple tribulation lightning, allowing the Jade Blood Toad King to survive the ninefold lightning tribulation and advance to the seventh rank. With a terrifyingly powerful physical body, the newly advanced Jade Blood Toad King is comparable to a mid-Nascent Soul stage cultivator. The Jade Blood Toad King harbors extreme hatred for the Sima family and plans to lead its descendants to devour Sima family members.]
[10: After using your treasured bowl to refine a pill yesterday, you obtained intelligence that Jiu Zi encountered three Wu kings who were tracking Man Lin. Upon learning about the ancient curse on Wan Yan Meng, the three Wu kings were greatly shocked and decided to return with Jiu Zi to investigate the curse on Wan Yan Meng.]
"My body possesses a more terrifying karmic power? Able to suppress Wan Yan Meng's jinx karma?"
"Does this mean I can approach Wan Yan Meng without being affected by her jinx?"
Qin Wang's eyes lit up as he read the fourth piece of intelligence.
The jinx on Wan Yan Meng comes from an ancient curse. If used well, it might bring trouble to the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty.
Let Wan Yan Meng take a tour around the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty.
How can the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty not get unlucky?
"The curse on Wan Yan Meng is of the same origin as the curse on my treasured bowl?"
Qin Wang pondered as he read the fifth piece of intelligence.
"The emperor of the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty, Chu Wuya, has invited Wu Wang Man Lin of the Wu Clan to perform a Wu soul tracking ritual on me?"
"And there's only 35 days before they track me down?"
Qin Wang felt a chill as he read the seventh piece of intelligence.
For the past half month, Qin Wang learned from Jiu Zi that Wu Wang is equivalent to an early Nascent Soul stage cultivator. In 35 days, Wu Wang Man Lin and the cultivators of the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty would track him down. How could he escape then?
"The Wu Clan's three Wu kings are hunting Wu Wang Man Lin?"
"And the Wu Wang Man Lin who is tracking me has stolen the Wu Clan's sacred artifact, the 'Tian Wu Pan,' and betrayed the clan, now being hunted by three Nascent Soul level Wu kings?"
Qin Wang felt a slight relief after reading the eighth and tenth pieces of intelligence.
If Wu Wang Man Lin is tracking him, he could spread the information. With three Wu kings hunting him, Wu Wang Man Lin would be too busy escaping to track him.
"Wan Yan Meng and my treasured bowl's curse removal are connected. I'll save her first and then take her to tour the Tianchu Immortal Dynasty. I don't believe they won't be brought down!"
Qin Wang made up his mind after reading all the intelligence.
"Zhang Fujiang!"
Qin Wang called out in a deep voice.
"Master, I'm here!"
Upon hearing Qin Wang's call, Zhang Fujiang flashed into appearance before him, bowing respectfully.
"Pack up, we're leaving!"
Qin Wang threw down a sentence, then flew up on his sword, heading east.
"Yes, master!"
Zhang Fujiang responded, collected the items in the cave dwelling, and followed Qin Wang.
Qin Wang flew on his sword.
Forty miles passed in a flash. For Qin Wang, who was in the Foundation Establishment stage, night was no different from day.
Forty miles away from Qin Wang, in a forest with ancient towering trees, beasts roared.
"Bitch! You dared to kill my elder brother. Today, if I don't grind your bones to dust, I, Murong Zhan, am not human!"
"This bitch is so vicious. I want her captured alive!"
"..."
A chaotic clamor echoed through the forest.
A limping woman with a pockmarked face, dressed in black, held a sword. Her body was drenched in sweat as she fled forward, but the seven or eight pursuers were closing in.
"Seems like I have to use the trump card Jiu Zi gave me!"
Wan Yan Meng glanced at the pursuers and flipped her hand, revealing a three-foot-long bone stick. Gripping it tightly, she looked at the approaching cultivators.
Jiu Zi had mentioned that this bone stick could unleash a Foundation Establishment-level attack, capable of killing Foundation Establishment cultivators when infused with spiritual power.
Though reluctant, she had no choice but to use it in this critical moment.
"Bitch, why aren't you running? Keep running!"
"Today, I'll make you taste the cruelest tortures to console my brother's spirit!"
"..."
Eight late-stage Qi Refinement cultivators surrounded her. The leader, a twelfth-level Qi Refinement cultivator, looked at Wan Yan Meng with cruelty. "Brothers, use the Spirit Lock Net to capture her alive!"
Swish, swish, swish!
At Murong Zhan's command, the other seven cultivators blocked Wan Yan Meng's escape routes.
"The Murong family, one of the four great families, resorts to such numbers?"
At this moment, a purple sword light flew in from the sky, hovering above Wan Yan Meng, Murong Zhan, and the others. On the sword stood a young man in black robes, exceptionally handsome, with eyes like lightning.
"Foundation Establishment senior!"
"Senior, we are members of the Murong family. This female cultivator killed our elder brother, and we wish to capture her. Since you know her, we apologize for the offense!"
"These are our storage bags, as an apology. Please accept them, senior!"
Murong Zhan felt his heart skip a beat upon seeing the young Foundation Establishment cultivator. He quickly bowed, respectfully offering his storage bag.
Murong Zhan understood well.
Their highest cultivation was only at the twelfth level of Qi Refinement, utterly unable to resist a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
He hoped that invoking the family's name and offering their storage bags would make the Foundation Establishment cultivator hesitate, giving them a chance to escape and report to their family's Foundation Establishment cultivators to deal with this man.
"Heh..."
"Why should I accept your storage bags when I can kill you and take them?"
Qin Wang coldly laughed at the kneeling Murong family members and waved his hand. A small green sword flew out!
"Shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush, shush!"
"Ah, ah, ah, ah!"
Murong Zhan and his companions heard a series of sword whistles, followed by intense pain in their chests as blood spurted out like arrows!