Ch187 - Treasure Compass

After Liu Mufeng went to check on Miss Zhuo, Senior Brother Gong Rui was also invited, but unfortunately Gong Rui was also helpless, and within three days, Zhou Xiangyun died.

After hearing the news, Liu Mufeng didn’t think too much into it. He had not liked the unruly Young Lady Zhou Xiangyun, and she had nothing to do with him.

On this day, Liu Mufeng went to the trading area and wanted to buy some tea for his Master. As he was walking, he stopped in front of a small stall. Bending down, Liu Mufeng picked up a black stone from the stall. He looked at the disciple who had set up the stall and asked, “Senior Brother, how much do you sell this for?”

“That, 500 spirit stones.” After thinking about it, the disciple who set up the stall told the price.

“It’s a bit expensive! 300 spirit stones.” Playing with the stone in his hand, Liu Mufeng asked for a lower price.

“No, no, I got this stone from the Demon Beast Mountains, I will sell it to you for 450 spirit stones, that’s my last price.” Shaking his head, the Senior Brother refused.

“Okay, 450 spirit stones, I’ll take it.” Nodding, Liu Mufeng took out the spirit stones and gave them to the other party, completing this transaction.

Liu Mufeng had just left the stall, but before taking a few steps, he was stopped by three cultivators. Seeing that the three of them, two men and one woman, did not seem to have good intentions, Liu Mufeng raised his brows. “Is something the matter with the three Senior Brothers and Sister?”

“Junior Brother, I also need the black stone you just bought. I don’t know if you can give it to me, but I am willing to give you a thousand spirit stones.” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the female cultivator in a goose yellow dress said, smiling brightly.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng smiled. “Sorry for this Senior, I also need this stone very much, so I can’t sell it to you. However, there are two stalls over there that are also selling black stones. Senior Sister can go and have a look.”

“Boy, you are courting death!” Hearing Liu Mufeng’s rejection, a well-built male cultivator threatened.

“Forget it, Senior Brother, let’s go ahead and have a look at another stall.” Stopping her Senior Brother, the female cultivator left with the other two.

Seeing the backs of the three leaving, Liu Mufeng couldn’t help narrowing his eyes. The piece he bought was not a normal black stone, that would aid a cultivator in hunting, but a Demon Bead of a demon plant. The Senior Brother who set up the stall did not see its value, so the 450 spirit stones he quoted was already a very low price. However, the three people who just came saw the value of the demon bead, so they came to buy it for themselves.

“Master, I want to eat it, I want to eat that Demon Bead!”The Wisteria Vine said excitedly from its place on Liu Mufeng’s wrist. It could feel that the level of the Demon Bead was very high, and if it devoured the Demon Bead, then it might be able to advance to the fourth level. Now, many of its Master’s insects were at level 4. Only the Wisteria Vine was still third-level, and it had fallen far away. Therefore, the Wisteria Vine was also very anxious.

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Seeing the group of three, Liu Mufeng smiled. “What’s the matter with the three Seniors?”

“Stop talking nonsense, hand over that stone, otherwise, you won’t be leaving here alive!”

Looking at Liu Mufeng, the well-built cultivator said coldly.

“Yes, hand over that stone.” Nodding, the other thin man reiterated.

Looking at the two men, and then at the female cultivator at the lead, Liu Mufeng said, “This Senior Sister, you are in the sect, so it’s not good to be so aggressive?”

“Junior Brother, as long as you hand over the stone obediently, I will give you 10,000 spirit stones, what do you think?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the female cultivator said with a smile.

Hearing this, Liu Mufeng sneered. “Then what if I don’t sell?” The three, seven-stars Spiritual King Realms were just so arrogant, he really didn’t know what to say.

“Junior Brother, you have to understand that no matter how good a spiritual treasure is, it is useless if you don’t know how to properly use it.” The female cultivator reminded kindly, her eyes already showing murderous intent.

“Thank you for the reminder, Senior Sister. I naturally understand the truth of this black stone.” He nodded. Liu Mufeng waved his sleeves, and a blue smoke billowed out directly from his sleeves.

“You, you…” Seeing the blue smoke, the three of them were shocked and hurriedly took out a detoxification pill and stuffed it into their mouths.

Seeing the flustered appearance of the three, Liu Mufeng sneered. “Actually, I also want to give you three a piece of advice, that is, don’t always think about taking things from other people by force, you may not have the ability to get it.”

“You!Pfft…” Opening his mouth, the thin man spat out a large mouthful of black blood, and his corpse fell straight to the ground.

“Ahh! Fifth Senior Brother, Fifth Senior Brother!” The female cultivator exclaimed in shock when she looked at her Senior Brother who fell to the ground.

“Pfft, pfft…” The other male cultivator also spat out two mouthfuls of poisonous blood, and also fell to the ground.

“Ah, Sixth Senior Brother, Sixth Senior Brother…” Seeing that just in a blink of an eye, both of her Senior Brothers had died, the girl’s face turned pale. She also spat out a mouthful of poisonous blood. “You, you…” Looking at Liu Mufeng, the female cultivator fell to the ground, looking unwilling even at moment of death.

Taking a cold look at the three corpses, Liu Mufeng patted the animal raising bag on his waist and released his Golden Spirit Insects. The three corpses were nibbled clean. He put away the storage rings of the three people. After burning the clothes of the three, Liu Mufeng cleaned the battlefield and left.

After Liu Mufeng left. A blue-robed figure flew out from the depths of the Purple Bamboo Forest and landed at the crime scene. Looking at the clothes that were burnt to ashes on the ground, the man in blue smiled. “Looks like that guy picked up a little poisonous scorpion this time!”

———-

Back to his own courtyard, Liu Mufeng immediately set up the barrier, released the Golden Spirit Insects to guard, and entered the bracelet dimension directly. When he came to the dimension, the Wisteria Vine flew down directly from Liu Mufeng’s wrist. It turned into a five-legged vine as tall as a man, looking at Liu Mufeng eagerly, it asked,“Master, demon bead!”

“Look at you hurrying like this.” He smiled helplessly. Liu Mufeng took out the black stone and handed it to the Wisteria Vine.

The Wisteria Vine directly lifted a violet vine and smashed the dark shell, revealing a Demon Bead inside. Seeing the Demon Bead blooming with blue dim light, the Wisteria Vine was ecstatic and swallowed it in one bite.

Liu Mufeng took out the wooden tub and threw a lot of spiritual plants into the tub. He then fetched two barrels of spiritual spring water and poured it into the tub as well. “Wisteria Vine, go into the tub to absorb the Demon Bead, the spiritual water and those spiritual plants can help you absorb the energy in the Demon Bead.”

Hearing the Master’s words, the Wisteria Vine immediately climbed into the tub.

Glancing at the Wisteria Vine lying in the tub, Liu Mufeng directly took out the storage rings of the three people to check. He took away all the spirit stones, demon beast meats, and spiritual plants from the three storage rings. The storage rings as well as the magic tools in the storage rings were directly kept in the bracelet dimension.

Liu Mufeng had read this novel and also read many books. So he had good common sense, and he knew that storage rings and magic tools were the easiest things to tamper with, and easy to be discovered. Therefore, he had to keep these things in the bracelet dimension, to avoid getting in trouble.

He took a look around among the three people’s piles of magic weapons. Liu Mufeng’s eyes fell on a compass. Picking up the compass, Liu Mufeng found that the pointer of the compass pointed in the direction of the Spiritual Water Lake, and a faint red light lit up on the compass.

“It turned out to be a treasure-hunting compass. No wonder those three found out about the Demon Bead. So this is why.” Liu Mufeng was still very curious when he was in the trading area, and didn’t understand how the woman found the Demon Bead. It turned out there was such a cheat in her hands.

To tell the truth, if it wasn’t for the reminder of the Wisteria Vine, Liu Mufeng wouldn’t have found the Demon Bead wrapped in the black stone. This compass was really powerful, really good stuff! However, this thing couldn’t be casually taken out, at least, it couldn’t be taken out in the sect, otherwise, it would definitely lead to him being murdered. Thinking so, Liu Mufeng put the compass on the table in the cabin.

———-

A few days later, the Pill Peak.

Liu Mufeng and his Master, the Third Elder, had just finished refining pills and returned to the Palace. They saw that Shen Xin was receiving two cultivators, one old and one young. Liu Mufeng couldn’t see the cultivation of the old man, but since this person could come to Pill Peak at will, he guessed that this person must be an Elder, otherwise, he had no qualifications and no courage to venture into the Pill Peak so easily. And that young male cultivator had the strength of the Nine Stars in the Spiritual King Realm. He looked very young, similar to Liu Mufeng’s age.

“Greetings to the Third Elder.” Seeing Jiang Yuantu, the old man and the young man hurriedly bowed their heads and saluted.

Hearing this, Jiang Yuantu nodded and sat directly in his chair. “Ma Chang, Nephew Ma, why are you looking for this Seat?”

“Third Elder, I deeply apologize for intruding into your Peak without prior announcement. My Grandson’s partner, Lin Xue, died a few days ago. So, we came to the Third Elder to ask about the situation.” Looking at Jiang Yuantu, Elder Ma explained the reason for visit.

“Your Grandson’s partner has perished? But what does it have to do with me?” Taking the tea cup that Liu Mufeng handed over, the Third Elder took a sip of tea.

“Oh, this is what has been said, Third Elder. Some people saw that on the day Lin Xue fell, the Third Elder’s disciple had a dispute with her in the trading area. Later, Lin Xue fell. So, we want to come and ask that disciple.” Looking at the Third Elder, Elder Ma said.

“Oh? Who quarreled with Lin Xue?” Jiang Yuantu asked, raising his eyebrows.

“It’s the Sixth Disciple of the Third Elder — Nephew Liu Mufeng.” After speaking, Elder Ma’s gaze fell on Liu Mufeng.

Standing behind the Third Elder, Liu Mufeng slowly raised his head and looked at the Elder. “This is the Chief Elder of the Spiritual Plants Garden—Elder Ma, right?” There were three Elders in the Spiritual Plants Garden, one Chief Elder and two Steward Elders. The Chief Elder had more power than the Steward Elder. It could be said that this Elder Ma was the leader of the Spiritual Plants Garden.

“Yes, this old man is the Chief Elder of the Spiritual Plants Garden. Nephew Liu, someone said that you had a dispute with her and two other Senior Brothers in the trading area on the day of Lin Xue’s accident. I wonder if this happened?” Looking at Liu Mufeng, Elder Ma asked seriously.