Chapter 440:

Zhong State, Tianxian City

Lin Jiang brought two jars of wine to find Xia Qingshan for a drink. Since being blocked by Ancestor He, nobody dared to approach him, and he worried every day.

"Hello, Taoist Friend Li."

Xia Qingshan looked at Lin Jiang with emotion as he never expected his biggest supporter to be his creditor. It was hard to reason with this situation.

"I make friends with honesty, honesty is my main principle."

"I believe you, from now on you are my brother."

"Come, brother, let’s have a drink."

Lin Jiang laughed, poured a drink for Xia Qingshan, Xia Qingshan finished it in one go, all his worries were drowned in the alcohol.

"Friend Xia, if you adjust your fee, more people will come to you."

Lin Jiang said that before nothing happened, Xia Qingshan’s fees were strange, always different each time, strange, but now still the same, if the fee is more normal, lower, those lower-level cultivators wouldn’t believe it.

"I won’t change it, a master should have their own style."

"Really? That’s not true, we should be honest with friends."

"Okay, that’s not true, I did it because my practice is different from yours."

"What’s different here?"

"You practice by meditating and refining spiritual power, consuming elixirs. I deduce celestial secrets. The celestial secrets of low-level cultivators are useless to me. You must reach a certain level of cultivation to be effective."

"So, it’s like how we consume elixirs. Does taking elixirs for the Qi Refining Period not work now?"

"Yes, that’s what it means."

"Got it."

Lin Jiang nodded, Xia Qingshan’s way of cultivation was strange and different from the mainstream immortal cultivation system.

"Taoist Friend Li, please help me find a solution. Otherwise, I’ll never be able to repay your debt in this lifetime."

"Don’t worry, we’re brothers. No rush to repay."

Lin Jiang grinned. Even though Lin Jiang wanted to repay the debt soon, otherwise where would he get money from? This is why there are no loans in the cultivation world. Or else Xia Qingshan would have to borrow from one to pay the other, creating a cycle of debts. As the saying goes, debts are passed on from one person to another.

"Brother…"

Xia Qingshan looked touched, this brother, no words needed.

"Taoist Friend Xia, have you ever calculated for yourself?"

"Taoist Friend Li, in our profession, we have rules, fortune-tellers shouldn’t read their own fortunes."

"What rule is this? Aren’t you also a cultivator? What if you make a prediction for yourself and your cultivation soars?"

Lin Jiang said. Fortune-tellers shouldn’t read their own fortunes, who made up this rule? Don’t trick him, he has watched TV dramas before, in those shows, a certain Divine Forecaster often reads his own fortunes to see what he can or cannot do today.

"That won’t happen, rules…"

"You are the only Divine Forecaster in the cultivation world, didn’t you set the rules?"

"It seems like it."

"That’s right, rules are for others to follow, why bother following them yourself, right?"

"Makes sense, okay, let me calculate."

Xia Qingshan nodded, he had never calculated for himself before.

After saying that, Xia Qingshan reached out his hand, counted with his fingers, and his expression immediately changed.

"What’s wrong, Taoist Friend Xia?"

"I, I, I’m about to face a calamity again."

"Ah!"

"I’m not drinking anymore, I’m packing up and leaving."

Xia Qingshan threw his wine glass, stood up to pack his things and leave in a hurry. Something big was about to happen. He calculated that there would be a hurdle today, and he might not be able to overcome it.

As soon as Xia Qingshan got up, a person walked to the door holding a wooden sign with the payment Xia Qingshan wrote on it. Whatever Xia Qingshan decided to use as payment for today’s test was written on the sign. If someone lifted the sign, it meant they agreed to it.

Xia Qingshan suddenly stopped walking and turned around, Lin Jiang also looked up and saw that the newcomer was Zhou Huaiying.

"I am Zhou Huaiying from Tianxuan Sect, who is Xia Qingshan’s friend?

Zhou Huaiying looked at the two and said, Lin Jiang had used a top-notch disguise skill. Zhou Huaiying only knew that this person was not showing their true identity, but he couldn’t see through Lin Jiang’s real appearance. Disguise skills were common in the cultivation world, so he didn’t dwell on it.

Lin Jiang immediately looked at Xia Qingshan, it was obvious. Zhou Huaiying also looked at Xia Qingshan and said. So you are Xia Qingshan.

"Um, um, well, senior, I am Xia Qingshan."

"Alright, it’s you. I’m here to lift the sign today. You want a Wind Essence Stone as payment, right? I can provide it."

"Senior, I am not feeling well today and can’t work. Please forgive me."

"As soon as I come, you say you’re unwell. Come here, let me see where you’re uncomfortable. I’ll help you feel better."

When Zhou Huaiying heard this, he immediately felt upset. "Darn it, are they looking down on me?"

"Senior, I didn’t mean it. I, I… oh, I can’t be considered as having a higher cultivation level than me, I can only be considered to have a similar cultivation level as me."

"I haven’t even said it yet, how do you know that you have a higher cultivation level than me?"

"Oh."

"I will calculate it. Alright, come with me directly."

"No, I’m not going, I won’t go with you."

"That’s not up to you."

"Taoist Friend Li, Brother Li, help me, quickly go get…"

Xia Qingshan panicked directly, asking Lin Jiang to help, but Lin Jiang just shrugged at Zhou Huaiying, indicating that he didn’t know Xia Qingshan.

Zhou Huaiying smiled at Lin Jiang and gave him a knowing look. Despite Xia Qingshan’s fear, he used magic to control him and then lifted Xia Qingshan into the air, ignoring any rules or restrictions in Tianxian City.

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Zhou Huaiying carried Xia Qingshan all the way back to Qing State, to the northwest part of Qing State. He stood on top of a mountain and finally let go of Xia Qingshan.

"Excuse me, where are we?"

"We are in Qing State, in the northwest. Do you understand the significance of this place?"

"I have heard of it."

"Alright, today you will help me calculate the location of the Green Emperor Tomb."

Zhou Huaiying wanted to test if this skilled fortune teller could really find the tomb’s location. If he succeeded, Zhou Huaiying would truly be impressed.

"But sir, how can I calculate that without something that belonged to the Green Emperor? You must provide me with an item from the tomb."

"No"

"Then I can’t calculate it, deducing the secrets of heaven is not a random deduction, this is making it difficult for people."

"That’s right, I am reasonable, come, take this sword and calculate where its owner is, the specific location."

Zhou Huaiying said, he is also a reasonable person, so he immediately took out a precious sword, which was found from a certain spatial fragment, but the owner was not found, estimated still decaying in that spatial fragment.

Xia Qingshan was completely taken by surprise, Zhou Huaiying’s momentum was too strong, showing no intention of discussing with him, all orders were forceful, Zhou Huaiying holding the sword, leaving no room for retreat.

"Taoist Friend Xia, I advise you to be sensible, if this matter is done well, you will be the guest elder of our Tianxuan Sect, if not, this will be your final resting place."

Zhou Huaiying said coldly, yes, he had intentions to kill Xia Qingshan.

When Zhou Huaiying left Danxia Sect, he didn’t immediately go to find Xia Qingshan, but inquired in Tianxian City, the information he obtained made Zhou Huaiying very uneasy, as there were many people in Tianxian City who could prove that Xia Qingshan had truly come back to life, and the curse of Shenmu Sect was real.

This instantly triggered a strong desire to kill in Zhou Huaiying, because Xia Qingshan was too mysterious, which made Zhou Huaiying feel that Xia Qingshan could threaten him, a feeling he hadn’t had for a long time.

Since Lin Batian and Yang Luo died, Zhou Huaiying felt like he was very powerful and not afraid of anyone. But now, someone with strong powers was able to harm Zhou Huaiying. This made him feel threatened.

When feeling threatened, it’s natural to try to control the situation. Either they are on your side or they are against you, there’s no other choice.

Xia Qingshan wanted to cry. He felt that life was so hard because anyone could bully him.

Xia Qingshan had to do what Zhou Huaiying wanted, feeling the real threat from Zhou Huaiying.

"I can’t calculate it, senior. The negative energy here is too strong, and there are too many karmic connections intertwined. I can’t figure it out."

Xia Qingshan tried to follow, but the result was chaos. There was a huge battle here before, where many powerful people fell. The atmosphere was intense, making it impossible to calculate.

"If you can’t calculate it, then it’s useless. In our Tianxuan Sect, we don’t keep idle people."

"Zhou Huaiying, don’t bully me. I, Xia Qingshan, have never wronged you, I don’t even know you…"

Xia Qingshan was pushed to his limit and angrily shouted at Zhou Huaiying. He felt misunderstood as he didn’t even know this Zhou Huaiying person, let alone offend him. Why was Zhou Huaiying treating him this way?

"The body of Soul Changing possesses the power to kill, to achieve Tao, this is the original sin."

Faced with Xia Qingshan’s insults, Zhou Huaiying calmly said, having the power to achieve Tao but lacking the ability to resist attacks to achieve Tao. What else is this if not the original sin?

"You, you…"

"Today I am going to verify one thing, whether you can die and come back to life."

"*Bang*"

Zhou Huaiying acted very quickly, before even finishing his sentence, he had already struck, directly palm smacked Xia Qingshan, not giving him a chance to curse. He didn’t want to suffer the losses Shenmu Sect having suffered.