Who Brought Him into the Cultivation World?

Chapter 294: Chapter 241: The Split Stone

Ascension Tower!

A stack of documents as tall as a person had already piled up in front of Quan Xiaotong. When Gao Feng came in, all he could see was a head buried in paperwork. He was about to leave, afraid of disturbing him.

But after taking a couple of steps, something felt off. These documents hadn’t moved for a while and didn’t seem like they were being worked on!

So, out of curiosity, he took a few steps forward and gently moved the documents aside, then spoke up irritably.

”What do you look like hiding here reading storybooks?”

Quan Xiaotong paused slightly, smiled at Gao Feng, and then continued to enthusiastically read the ”Thousand-Year Miscellaneous Talks” in his hand.

”I say, have you gone mad? You’re not even analyzing the intelligence Old Ghost Ling brought back, just hiding here reading storybooks.”

”If you keep this up, I might as well go back to enjoy my retirement in peace.”

Gao Feng sat down angrily nearby. He originally came to discuss matters concerning the White Emperor City, but Quan Xiaotong’s behavior left him quite displeased.

Seeing the senior of Ascension Tower losing his temper, Quan Xiaotong finally put down the storybook and spoke slowly.

”Elder Gao, I still remember what you once taught.”

At that time, it was a similar scene. He was still a young cultivator within the tower, and Gao Feng sat in that position.

Below were a group of young newcomers, either fresh recruits chosen from the Cultivator Institute entering the Inspectorate, or those brought into Ascension Tower secretly trained and exceptionally promoted.

Gao Feng was still young then, full of ambition.

At that time, he said something that later had a profound impact.

”In the Inspectorate, if you want to excel in intelligence, don’t just focus on what others want to show you, but find a way to discover what others don’t want you to see.”

Quan Xiaotong recited this sentence in its entirety, and Gao Feng couldn’t help but reveal a hint of nostalgia, though his expression remained puzzled.

”But I never told you to read storybooks!”

Quan Xiaotong chuckled and handed the storybook over, in which several parts were marked, particularly the stories about ”Sowing Beans into Soldiers” and the ”Divine Brush.”

As Gao Feng examined them closely, Quan Xiaotong spoke slowly.

”Many of these stories are indeed bizarre, but you can’t deny that these strange occurrences still happen today.”

Who would have thought there truly was a cultivation technique like Sowing Beans into Soldiers? Or that there really was a Divine Brush.

Currently, Che Dapao is arranging for the cultivators of the Guardian Bureau to migrate the parasitized civilians, and the Fifth Tower cannot be entered.

Otherwise, if anything went wrong, the Imperial Court would also be affected.

The ancient-looking brush was placed neatly on the desk.

Quan Xiaotong gently picked it up, infused it with spiritual power, and, with a flourish, tried to draw a fierce tiger, but each time he completed the stroke, it vanished into thin air.

If he merely sketched a chicken or a duck, it would indeed materialize.

Once the black chickens and ducks touched the ground, they would run and cluck as if they were real.

But with a flick of Quan Xiaotong’s sword-like fingers, the chickens and ducks fell and instantly turned to nothing.

”Truly marvelous.”

Gao Feng was flabbergasted. It really was just like the storybook described.

Yet soon his expression darkened. For a place that was supposedly just the Yellow Springs Mansion, to have such things.

How many more magical treasures could the Corpse Refining Lineage possibly have?

It’s said they even have the ability to infuse divine techniques into their treasures. Just this crafting skill is quite terrifying.

Besides the Divine Brush, there was also a small command flag on the desk, now merely palm-sized.

”This must be the Celestial Travel Flag Ling Wuce mentioned, right?”

Gao Feng picked it up and studied it, wondering how these people’s brains worked to design such things.

”Later, someone from the Mo Family will come to take these two items.”

Quan Xiaotong pointed at the command flag and the Divine Brush and said.

Gao Feng, surprised, asked, ”You’re just going to give it to them?”

Quan Xiaotong shook his head. It wasn’t exactly a free gift. The Fifth Tower’s Celestial Craft Department couldn’t figure these things out.

Rather than that, it was better to hand them over to professionals. Besides, the Mo Family’s methods are quite similar; perhaps they could uncover something.

”Additionally, I’ve reallocated a portion of the Inspectorate’s Spirit Stone production specifically to support the Mo Family’s research.”

Though Quan Xiaotong spoke casually, Gao Feng could sense his anxiety.

Ling Wuce suffered the most due to the opponent’s magical artifacts. If opponents each had one, even the Imperial Court and the Nine Sects together might not defeat them.

This would certainly involve close collaboration with the Mo Family, and knowing Quan Xiaotong’s character, the more understated something is, the more significant it is.

In fact, the intelligence Ling Wuce brought back also made Gao Feng uneasy and anxious.

An island dedicated to power cultivation, means to manipulate life casually, an endless stream of magical treasures; even today, their understanding of the Corpse Refining Lineage is still as if seeing flowers in the mist.

Who knows when they’ll reveal the tip of the iceberg to scare you.

”By the way, how’s the research on the Dragon Blood Stone going? Any progress?”

Quan Xiaotong asked about the topic again.

Ling Wuce’s suspicion, after all, was also his. For such a large power to expose a hidden mole embedded within one of the Nine Sects just for a Dragon Blood Stone.

The stone might be good, but embedding a mole into the Nine Sects can’t be easy; you can’t say, ’No, I don’t want it.’

Not to mention three people in the Realm of Transcendence going to war over a Dragon Blood Stone.

Completely unreasonable.

On this issue, Gao Feng, who had visited Light-shaking Tower, had a rather peculiar expression.

”Is there a problem?”

Noticing his odd expression and recalling the eccentric antics of the Hundred Herbs Bureau’s mad scientists, Quan Xiaotong’s expression also grew unnatural.

Then he saw Gao Feng hesitate.

”They split the stone.”

Oh! Just splitting stone pieces, not a big deal. You need edges to study.

Quan Xiaotong had just breathed a sigh of relief, when Gao Feng’s next sentence almost made him curse.

”I mean, they split the stone into pieces.”

Quan Xiaotong was dumbfounded. The Fifth Tower only wanted to borrow, not buy!

They had intended to return it afterward.

”Which idiot split the stone?”

Quan Xiaotong almost stamped his foot in fury and asked through gritted teeth.

”Those retired old chaps from the Hundred Herbs Bureau!”

Gao Feng’s mouth twitched as he spoke. Reportedly, when the stone was sent to the Hundred Herbs Bureau, someone leaked the news, enticing the old timers out of retirement.

Everyone wanted a piece to study, yet no one would yield.

Due to this, the old folks almost had a fight in Light-shaking Tower like hoodlums, and in the end, someone came up with the idea of dividing the stone.

This incident caused the fat Tower Master of Light-shaking Tower to avoid him whenever he left, afraid of bumping into him.

”Never mind, let the Inspectorate compensate.”

Hearing it involved the retired seniors of the Bureau, Quan Xiaotong’s anger dissipated. What else could be done? Compensate, of course!

”Stop pretending to be a big shot; let Light-shaking Tower settle it.”

Expecting the Inspectorate to pay, even if they could afford it, wasn’t agreeable. Gao Feng was immediately displeased.

”Do you think Han Yu would care for the Hundred Herbs Bureau’s vials and jars?”

With a sigh of resignation, Quan Xiaotong noted that either Che Dapao or he himself would probably handle it in the end.

”Did you say Han Yu went over to the East Sea?”

When the transmission from his cousin arrived, it wasn’t concealed, so everyone knew Han Yu’s whereabouts.

Gao Feng nodded and said, ”It’s said his friend unearthed a relic from a thousand years ago.”

These days, bizarre occurrences seem to be on the rise.

Even relics from a millennium ago can be unearthed.