Who Let Him Cultivate?!

Though Qin Haoran was the master of one of the Four Great Devil Sects, a virtual emperor in the dark world with countless ruthless demon cultivators under his control who killed without batting an eye.

This identity was not something that could be boasted about.

Otherwise, when facing an opponent, if that opponent bragged about their identity, claiming they belonged to a top-tier sect and suggesting her to concede immediately.

Qin Yanyan would respond with a wicked smile, stating her father was the master of the demonic sect, and it would be better for them to surrender to avoid being beaten to death by her.

Then before anything else could happen, her opponent would report to the authorities and the Nine Nether Sect would be crushed.

The master of the Nine Nether Sect was the most wanted criminal in the Great Xia Dynasty.

This was essentially trapping oneself.

Backing off a little, if her identity was exposed, and everyone came to know that Qin Yanyan’s father was the master of the demonic sect, it would affect Qin Yanyan’s political examinations and prospects.

The most important thing was that he had a huge amount of loans and lived a very unstable life with the constant risk of being sought after by creditors.

Perhaps, if Su Yiren knew all of this, she might decide that Qin Haoran was unreliable and file for divorce.

“Are you certain that you have no recollection of where the treasure’s hidden?” Meng Jingzhou asked persistently, as it was a treasure inherited from Master Chu, with potentially inestimable value.

Li Haoran furrowed his eyebrows, trying hard to recall the memories of that time.

The fragments of Qin Haoran’s memories were not only sparse and intermittent, but also fuzzy in some places, which gave him the feeling of seeing flowers through the fog.

“Let me think… It should be something that happened four hundred years ago… It’s related to the locust tree…”

Lu Yang pondered for a moment, and sent messages to the three female ghosts.

In the main hall, the sound of chanting filled the room, giving the dilapidated temple a refreshed atmosphere. The three half-dressed female ghosts strolling around the main hall stirred excitement among the scholars.

“Whoever performs best in this lesson, I will provide additional private tutoring,” the green-clothed female ghost whispered captivatingly.

Upon hearing this, the scholar’s eyes lit up and they started studying with an unprecedented vigor, chanting, “Isn’t it a pleasure to learn and practice from time to time…”

Upon receiving Lu Yang’s message, the three female ghosts clapped their hands and announced, “The master has to leave for a while, the next lesson will be self-study.”

They then left the baffled scholars behind and went to the side rooms.

“How many locust trees in the Guhuai Town are over 400 years old?”

The three female ghosts were taken aback by the question, but Xiao Qi, the cleverest among them, replied, “There are currently 80 locust trees over 400 years old, but not all the trees that were around 400 years ago have survived till now. Some were chopped down for furniture, some were used as firewood, and there was also a big fire in Guhuai Town, many locust trees were burned to death.”

Meng Jingzhou found the situation somewhat difficult. He initially thought that there wouldn’t be many locust trees over 400 years old and planned to check each one. He hadn’t expected that he was oversimplifying things and most of the trees didn’t survive to this day.

Lu Yang nodded and asked, “When will you hand over the Yang Qi to Lord Mi?”

“Tomorrow morning.”

“What is Lord Mi’s realm?”

“It should be at the early stage of Nascent Soul.”

This was in line with Lu Yang’s guess. The person in charge of a county in the demon sect, most of them were at the early stage of Nascent Soul, and those like the Rudder Master Chu in Yanjiang County who were still at the late stage of Golden Core, were in the minority. Trickling the yang qi downward.

After all, the cultivators in Yanjiang County generally had a lower cultivation level, and there was no need to send too high-level persons to be in charge.

“Tomorrow, you three will follow my arrangements…”

…

Shoutian County, a basement costing twenty spirit stones per month.

Lord Mi, the person in charge of Nine Nether Sect in Shoutian County, was carefully serving tea to a handsome young man.

The young man was only at the late stage of Foundation Establishment.

“Lord Mi, you’re too kind. I’m just a lowly disciple of the Sect, I can’t be troubling you.”

“I can’t accept the designation ‘Lord Mi’. Young Master Qin, just call me Old Mi.”

While Lord Mi spoke with a smile, he was cursing inwardly. Who would regard you as a lowly disciple?

The young man took a sip of tea leisurely, showing no respect for Lord Mi, as if he were his subordinate: “The purpose of my visit should be clear to you, Lord Mi.”

“Is it for the treasure Master Qin hid in Guhuai Town?”

The young man put down his teacup and casually said with a look of determined ambition, “To be precise, it’s for my treasure.”

Seeing Lord Mi hesitate, the young man crossed his hands on his chest, leaned back slightly against the chair, “What, Lord Mi, do you still not believe that I am the reincarnation of Qin Haoran?”

“Young Master Qin is joking, everyone in the Sect knows that you are the reincarnation of Master Qin.”

Though Lord Mi said this, he had some doubts in his heart.

At some unknown time, a rumor began circulating within the Sect. It said that the previous Master, Qin Haoran, had glimpsed some true meanings of reincarnation. Even though his life tablet had shattered and he had fallen, he had actually entered the cycle of reincarnation to prepare for the power struggle in the future Great Era.

Recently, three young men surnamed Qin had sprung up, all of them claiming they were the reincarnation of Qin Haoran, intending to inherit Qin Haoran’s legacy.

Behind these three young men stood high-level members of the Nine Nether Sect. No one dared to publicly deny that they were the reincarnation of Qin Haoran, nor did anyone dare to say which of them was Qin Haoran’s reincarnation.

This was a power struggle among the high-level members of the Nine Nether Sect.

Lord Mi suspected that the senior officials were divided into three factions, each wanting to claim Qin Haoran’s legacy, and each had put forth a candidate claiming to be the reincarnation of Qin Haoran.

The young man in front of him was one of the three suspected reincarnations which was why Lord Mi was being so respectful towards him and didn’t dare to slack off at all.

What if he really turned out to be the reincarnation of Master Qin?

Being respectful was always beneficial.

And this kind of person, wouldn’t he have a Dao protector when he went out?

They surely would be lurking in the dark, ensuring the safety of this young man.

Lord Mi guessed that the young man’s position was unstable and he wanted to find the treasure that Master Qin had left in Guhuai Town to enhance his claim being Master Qin’s reincarnation.

The stories regarding the treasure in Guhuai Town were numerous.

This was not something that Qin Haoran had willingly shared to everyone. Rather, after his demise, one of his close followers brought it up.

This follower said that Master Qin had put some papers into a wooden box, and he had glimpsed that the papers mentioned a large amount of spirit stones. It seemed to be a promissory note that could be exchanged for spirit stones at the commerce guild.

The follower had also deduced from Qin Haoran’s various obscure actions and traces that he had hidden the wooden box in Guhuai Town.

At first, the follower didn’t pay attention to the box, but after Qin Haoran’s demise, he grew interested in the wooden box and wanted to claim it for himself.

But the wooden box was sealed by Qin Haoran using a special technique that isolated it from all external probing methods. The follower had come to Guhuai Town several times but failed to find the box.

When the high-level officials found out about this matter, they also failed to find the box.

They didn’t dare to ransack Guhuai Town, as that would alert the imperial court.

The matter was shelved for the time being, leaving Lord Mi to keep an eye out.

Lord Mi had been keeping an eye on this for several years but had gained nothing. He just ever so often inquired about it to the female ghosts, as a way to show the high-level officials that he was still trying to find it.