I Can Reincarnate Infinitely

Chapter 279 - 274: The Mastermind Plotting for the Zong Wu True Monarch’s Sword Collection Annotation

"How is that possible!" Jiang Yu’s master exclaimed. "We were at least a thousand zhang away from you! You’re just in the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. Your Divine Sense should have a range of a hundred zhang at most. How could you possibly have detected me?"

’Do I really need to tell you that after I reached Foundation Establishment, my Divine Sense surged again, just barely reaching 3,000 zhang—the minimum standard for a Core Formation Master?’

"Is that so? Then take your time and think about it." Du Youqian had no interest in explaining things to a dead man. "Let me ask you this: are you going to be smart and step aside while I kill him, or are you going to die with him?"

Jiang Yu’s master was half enraged and half filled with shocked uncertainty. "I am an Inner Disciple of the Emotionless Sect!"

"I know. If you were from the Ten Thousand Laws Sect, I might find it a little more troublesome. After all, their current Core Formation cultivators have some skill. Your Emotionless Sect only has a single Fake Pill Cultivator holding up the facade. If you don’t want to suffer a Demotion, you’d best not provoke me. It seems you’ve decided not to step aside. Any last words? I can deliver them for you."

The Emotionless Sect was one of the Demonic Sects, and its members were known for being selfish, self-serving, and prone to paranoia.

Seeing Du Youqian act so brazenly confident, Jiang Yu’s master didn’t dare to act rashly. Moreover, Du Youqian’s knowledge of the Emotionless Sect and the Ten Thousand Laws Sect shocked him. According to his investigation, Du Youqian was supposed to be just a Loose Cultivator; he shouldn’t know any of this.

He suppressed his anger and said to Du Youqian, "Fellow Daoist, if you insist on making an enemy of my Emotionless Sect, then even if you can kill my disciple today, I can gather my sect members to retaliate against you another day. You’re all alone. Can you really stand against an entire Sect?"

Du Youqian gave a cold smile. "Are you threatening me?"

Jiang Yu’s master didn’t want to appear too cowardly, so he retorted, "So what if I am? Fellow Daoist, don’t you think it’s a bit much, coming to me and saying you’re going to kill my disciple?"

Du Youqian didn’t want to waste any more words.

This person’s Heart Cultivation was lacking. He was clearly a disciple of the Emotionless Sect, yet he couldn’t control his Emotions. Du Youqian couldn’t be bothered to waste any more words on someone of this caliber.

’I gave him a chance. Since he refuses to see reason...’

"Then die."

Jiang Yu’s master stared warily at Du Youqian, waiting for him to take out a Spiritual Artifact.

But Du Youqian didn’t move. He just glared at Jiang Yu, and Jiang Yu’s aura vanished as he collapsed, limp and lifeless.

"Sword Intent!" A chill ran down the spine of Jiang Yu’s master.

’Such powerful Sword Intent... I once had the honor of sparring with a True Inheritor from the Lingxiao Sword Pavilion, and that Sword Cultivator’s Sword Intent was nowhere near this pure or powerful.’

’I don’t even know this disciple that well! I only took him in a few years ago to complete a mission for the Master!’

’What happened to your family wasn’t my idea! I just told this disciple to retrieve the token; he acted on his own initiative...’

’He’s just a disciple. If he’s dead, he’s dead! I was just kidding before, I’ll definitely never avenge him...’

But he didn’t manage to say a word.

A Top Grade Magic Artifact Level Flying Sword had already appeared in Du Youqian’s hand.

For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator to be using a Top Grade Spiritual Artifact was, in a way, a bit shabby.

But Jiang Yu’s master was scared out of his wits. To dare and come cause trouble for him with just a Magic Artifact Level Flying Sword—this Baili Jianxin was definitely not a madman or a fool, but was supremely confident.

A flash of sword light appeared. Jiang Yu’s master gritted his teeth, threw out an Upper Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact, and then fled without looking back.

’Run! I’ll run back to the Sect! Surely he won’t dare to follow me inside?’

With a single strike of his sword, Du Youqian split the Defensive Spiritual Artifact in two.

Then, instead of giving chase, he quickly collected Jiang Yu’s soul to perform a Soul Search.

He took quite some time in order to read Jiang Yu’s memories completely. By the time the Soul Search was over, Jiang Yu’s master had long since vanished.

But Du Youqian wasn’t concerned. The Third-class Sect, the Emotionless Sect... it wasn’t some secret place. He’d been there to "play" many times.

In his previous life, in his capacity as the Qi Country Guardian Envoy, he had been received with great ceremony by the Emotionless Sect.

After reaching Core Formation, he had also reprimanded the Emotionless Sect’s Core Formation cultivators for their poor performance, their failure to hand over enough protection fees... oh, my mistake, their failure to hand over a sufficient quota of Spirit Stones and various Spiritual Materials.

He was actually quite fond of the Emotionless Sect. The Sect emphasized extinguishing emotions and desires, making them all emotionless workers. As long as you set KPIs for them, they wouldn’t slack off.

So, Du Youqian trailed Jiang Yu’s master from a distance. He waited until one hour after the man returned to the Emotionless Sect before casually strolling up.

Jiang Yu’s master returned to his cave residence, his terrified soul barely settled. The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, yet he also felt a bit of relief that he had managed to escape with his life.

A moment later, he was gritting his teeth. ’I swear I’m not human if I don’t get revenge for this!’

"Attendants!" he shouted. "Is everyone dead? Bring me some Spirit Wine!"

"Coming!" A voice that made his soul nearly flee his body rang out.

He saw Du Youqian, a slight smile on his face, slowly approaching.

Jiang Yu’s master was utterly shocked. "How did you get in! No, how did you break through our Sect Protection Array?"

"Was it hard?" Du Youqian retorted. With a turn, he transformed into the likeness of the Emotionless Sect’s Fake Pill Cultivator, his aura becoming that of a vast and unfathomable Core Formation Cultivator.

He turned again, and this time he took on the appearance of Jiang Yu, his expression lifelike and his aura identical.

As Jiang Yu’s master stared in shock, Du Youqian finally reverted to his original appearance. "I gave you a chance to say your last words. Since you didn’t take it, I’m afraid it’s too late."

"Goodbye." As he spoke, the Flying Sword descended with an unstoppable sharpness.

Jiang Yu’s master only felt his vision suddenly shoot upwards, then begin to tumble.

It wasn’t until he saw blood gushing like a fountain from the neck of his own headless corpse that he understood what had happened.

Du Youqian didn’t leave in a hurry. He first caught the man’s soul and performed a Soul Search. Only then did he let out a soft "Huh?" before changing into the man’s appearance and swaggering out of the Emotionless Sect.

* * *

This Foundation Establishment Cultivator from the Emotionless Sect wasn’t the mastermind behind the destruction of Xianlai Castle either, but merely a pawn.

The mysterious "Master" this man spoke of was likely a Great Divine Power User with unfathomable methods. Du Youqian searched the man’s entire soul but couldn’t find any image or voice of that "Master." It had clearly been "clipped" away by some technique.

According to the man’s memories, the "Master" was plotting to acquire the Lingxiao Sword Pavilion’s Sect’s Sword Technique and had assigned this task to him.

This man had found Jiang Yu, a descendant of the Baili Family, who happened to possess an Upper Grade Spirit Root, making him quite extraordinary.

So, he and Jiang Yu hit it off immediately. The plan was for Jiang Yu to use his status as a Baili Family descendant to seize the token, become a disciple of the Lingxiao Sword Pavilion’s Core Formation Master Zeng Baoming, and then slowly plot to steal the Sect’s Sword Technique, the *Zong Wu True Monarch’s Sword Collection Annotation*.

There were many ways to obtain the token, but Jiang Yu naturally chose the easiest one: slaughter everyone in Xianlai Castle, leaving only Baili Yingxiong and his eldest legitimate son, Baili Jianxin.

First, they would interrogate Baili Yingxiong. If he proved to be a tough nut to crack, they would try to get the information from Baili Jianxin.

Du Youqian sighed.

’So the father of this body, Baili Yingxiong, is really dead...’

However, he hadn’t died on the night Xianlai Castle was destroyed. He committed suicide while being transported to the Qi Kingdom after his capture.

And he himself had been very lucky to survive until he broke through the Mystery of the Womb. As it happened, Jiang Yu’s master had an accident in his Cultivation and was in seclusion trying to save himself. Otherwise, he would have performed a Soul Search on him long ago.

As for Jiang Yu, he hadn’t mastered the Soul Searching Secret Technique.

’So the mastermind’s target is actually the *Zong Wu True Monarch’s Sword Collection Annotation*...’

This was somewhat unexpected for Du Youqian.

The *Zong Wu True Monarch’s Sword Collection Annotation* was a profound form of Swordsmanship that even surpassed the incomplete *Blood Slaughter Sword Scripture*. It was said to be divided into the Four Great Sword Intents: the Human Dao Sword, the Celestial Dao Sword, the Heartless Sword, and the Extreme Emotion Sword.

Within the Lingxiao Sword Pavilion, each of these Sword Intents was passed down through a distinct lineage of disciples.

Zeng Baoming was an inheritor of the Human Dao Sword.

Du Youqian couldn’t help but marvel. ’That mastermind is truly ambitious!’

According to the master’s memories, the mastermind had a plan in place for every Sword Intent lineage. The ultimate goal was to assemble a complete copy of the *Zong Wu True Monarch’s Sword Collection Annotation*.

’I’ll have to be more vigilant from now on.’

Killing Jiang Yu and his master would inevitably attract the attention of that mastermind.

The most difficult part was that the person was in the shadows while Du Youqian was out in the open. Du Youqian had no idea who this person was, but they could find him at any time.

This was a significant disadvantage.

As everyone knows, the only way to compensate for a disadvantage is to increase your firepower.

In the Cultivation Realm, that meant increasing one’s Cultivation.

However, Du Youqian had now reached Foundation Establishment and had purged the poison from his Spirit Root. He didn’t want to rush into Core Formation. Instead, he hoped to build a solid foundation during the Foundation Establishment Stage, pushing his Physique to its current limit before advancing.

During the Qi Cultivation Stage, Body Refining Cultivators actually just needed to follow the standard steps of their Cultivation.

There was no need to spend time and effort searching for Treasures of Heaven and Earth for Body Tempering.

Even if they found some, their bodies wouldn’t be able to withstand them.

But things were different in the Foundation Establishment Realm.

At this stage, their Physique had reached a considerable level of strength. It could withstand some Body Refining Secret Techniques, as well as Body Tempering from certain Treasures of Heaven and Earth or Gang Sha Qi.

Whether or not one diligently tempered their body during the Foundation Establishment Stage, and whether they invested enough effort and resources, would result in a huge difference after reaching Core Formation.

Du Youqian didn’t want to become the kind of Body Refining Core Formation cultivator who barely managed to advance by relying solely on their Body Refining Technique.

He wanted to become the strongest Body Refining Core Formation cultivator in the history of Momenan!

’Otherwise, how could I ever hope to cross that terrifying passage?’

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