Starting Cultivation During a Trip

Chapter 488: Chapter 244: My Name Is Yuan Lingguan, I’ll Handle It for You! No Way Out

”Dragon Tiger Mountain won’t do, it’s been cut off for over eighty years, feel free to choose any of the other nine great sects,” Yuan Ling Crown said blandly.

”As long as the meaning is there, you can worship at whatever seniority level you like.”

”Meaning? Didn’t you say that based on our friendship, we could worship freely?” Fang Changle couldn’t help but say.

”Little brother, it’s our first time meeting today,” Yuan Ling Crown glanced over.

”Yeah.”

”Since it’s the first meeting, what friendship is there?”

”...”

”Brother Yuan, you really have a good way with words,” Zhang Fan spoke, dryly laughing.

”It’s nothing, but to set things straight from the start, I’ll only help you find a master, not guide you through, after all, as the saying goes...”

”The master leads you to the grave, cultivation is personal, the road of cultivation is far and hard to enter, no one can instantly grasp everything,” Yuan Ling Crown added.

”The master leads you to the grave?” Zhang Fan sensed something off.

”Of course, going through the back door naturally means worshipping those deceased sect seniors, since getting to the bottom of it is impossible anyway,” Yuan Ling Crown said blandly.

”Just say it’s a disciple he took on outside, how could they verify? It’s not like they can summon those seniors from underground.”

Saying this, Yuan Ling Crown blew out a large smoke ring, confidently saying, ”Of course, the certificate I’ll get you is definitely real, it’s registered on the Daoist Alliance’s official website, traceable.”

”...”

”Brother Yuan, we’re not here to become disciples today, just to ask for some information,” Zhang Fan got straight to the point, no longer beating around the bush.

”Standard fee is ten thousand, but given our brotherly bond, I’ll give you a twenty percent discount,” Yuan Ling Crown said blandly.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fan hesitated slightly, ”Brother Yuan, the information I’m inquiring about today...”

”I don’t care who you are, Brother Yuan won’t ever compromise on the rules of the underworld, not even if the heavens thunder, or if my whole family dies, clients’ safety comes first, this I promise,” Yuan Ling Crown said blandly.

As soon as he finished speaking, he took out a QR code and placed it on the table.

”...”

Without a word, Zhang Fan opened his phone and directly transferred eight thousand over.

”Ask away.”

”I want to know which places Qin Shi usually likes to frequent.” Zhang Fan asked directly.

”Qin Shi... that rich kid from the Qin Family?” Yuan Ling Crown’s eyes narrowed slightly, then continued.

”You’ve asked the right person.”

”The Qin Family’s ancestors also produced Celestial Masters, but with a big family, every kind of bird exists, some prodigals are bound to arise.”

”Qin Shi seems to have been brought into their family to balance their fortune, he usually mixes with people like Li Kongxing.”

At this point, Yuan Ling Crown paused slightly, his gaze sweeping over Zhang Fan and Fang Changle.

”You know Li Kongxing, right? A disciple of Qi Yun Mountain, but those shady things he did aren’t news in the underworld.”

”I don’t know him,” Zhang Fan said expressionlessly, shaking his head.

”It’s fine if you don’t, anyway, he’s already dead, knowing him would only be bad luck,” Yuan Ling Crown grinned.

”Would hanging around someone like that every day bring any good?”

Hearing this, Zhang Fan felt a bit more assured; this kind of rich brat with all sorts of bad habits might stay put indoors for a short while, but for long, it’d be harder than killing him.

”This Qin Family young master has many interests and hobbies, eating, drinking, whoring, gambling, cheating, swindling, stealing...” Yuan Ling Crown murmured, seemingly recalling detailed information about Qin Shi in his mind.

”The place he frequents the most is the black market’s ’Ode to Joy’, hehe... it’s a good place.”

”Ode to Joy!?”

Zhang Fan and Fang Changle glanced at each other, showing puzzled expressions.

This place... sounds like... it’s...

”That’s right, it’s exactly the kind of place you’re thinking of.”

”Ode to Joy, come and go freely, enjoy the happiness,” Yuan Ling Crown chuckled.

”So that’s his thing...” Zhang Fan said blandly.

Alcohol is poison through the intestines, sex is a sharp steel knife, wealth is a fierce tiger down the mountain, temper is the root of trouble.

The ancestors made it clear, indulging in these four plagues brings endless joy and endless disaster.

”Hehe, women...” Yuan Ling Crown grinned, hearing Zhang Fan’s tone.

”Pan Jinlian’s magic, Yan Dongping’s laughter, men crying their eyes out, only by striving for self-strength can one avoid being treated as trash!”

”...”

”Brother, the women in ’Ode to Joy’ aren’t ordinary women,” Yuan Ling Crown reminded.

”What do you mean?”

”They’re all demons here.”

”Demons?”

Zhang Fan raised an eyebrow, and even Fang Changle showed a peculiar expression.

”Are there really so many demons?”

”Brother, you’ve hit the nail on the head,” Yuan Ling Crown lowered his voice and said, ”They capture some Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters, use elixirs to induce Inner Cores, then seal their Primordial Spirits within the Inner Cores, forcibly possessing human bodies...”

”Artificial demons!?” Zhang Fan showed a strange expression.

He knew, the transformation of spirit monsters into demons requires a process, the most important being cultivating an Inner Core, guarding the Primordial Spirit, and then further possessing a human body.

Only this way can the rejection reaction of the human body be minimized to prevent demonification.

But the artificial demons spawned by ’Ode to Joy’ are like meat induced with growth hormones, there must be side effects.

”Surely there are side effects...”

”For starters, these artificial demons have extremely short lifespans, generally not living long...” Yuan Ling Crown said blandly.

Firstly, this process of transforming into a demon is greatly shortened, disturbing the heavenly principles, naturally requiring a price.

Secondly, because their Inner Cores are artificially matured, even if they possess and become demons, it’s hard to truly preserve their Primordial Spirits, causing more or lesser degrees of demonification.

In fact, this is where the fun lies.

For example, when a carp spirit transforms into a demon, it secretes a sticky kind of liquid at times, that kind of slipperiness is a favorite for some patrons.

Furthermore, when a fox spirit transforms into a demon, ears and tails grow from demonification.

These beast-like ears and tails are extremely popular as well.

”Ode to Joy’s uniqueness in all of An Nan City...” Yuan Ling Crown said blandly.

Because these artificial demons have extremely short lifespans, every now and then, they have to venture into the mountains to capture a batch of Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters, inducing and transforming them.

As a result, the nearby Mountain Spirits and Wild Monsters are now on high alert, with internal information already exchanged.

Anyone luring you out of the mountains and into the city under the guise of job introductions or cultivation paths must be approached with extreme caution, especially if it’s a spirit familiar with your mountain or waters doing the luring, extra vigilance is required.

Outside is not like inside the mountains, scams are everywhere, spirits must save themselves.

”Why does this sound familiar?” Fang Changle couldn’t help but say.

”Recently, that Qin Family young master hasn’t been out to play much, in the past, he spent at least half the month at Ode to Joy,” Yuan Ling Crown said blandly.

”So rich,” Zhang Fan couldn’t help but say.

Even though he hadn’t been there, he knew that even a simple foot massage costs 498, let alone a place like that; it’s clearly a money pit.

”I suspect Li Kongxing’s death scared him,” Yuan Ling Crown sneered.

As far as he knew, the dirty dealings of Li Kongxing were also no secret in the underworld, and this Qin Family young master wasn’t exactly uninvolved.

”But lately, he might be going.” Yuan Ling Crown shifted the conversation.

”Why?” Zhang Fan couldn’t help but ask.

”Because Ode to Joy recently got a new batch, and this Qin Family young master is a VIP there, they must have notified him,” Yuan Ling Crown chuckled.

”Understood.” Zhang Fan nodded, standing up to take his leave.

”Brother Yuan, we’ll be off then.”

”Feel free to come by anytime.” Yuan Ling Crown waved his hand, not getting up to see them off.

He watched as Zhang Fan and Fang Changle left the room, exhaling a large smoke ring, which spread before him, obscuring his face.

”The Zhang Family’s people, extraordinary souls, leaving you nowhere to run from heaven or earth...”

”Hehe, things are about to get interesting.”

Amidst the smoke, an eerie laughter unfolded in the room.