Chapter 346: The treatment after being discovered

Li Qi looked at the three Shamanes who hadn't left.

Looking at their Dao path… it was clearly that of a Spirit Shaman.

Yin Qi缠绕 around his body, with ghosts accompanying him, and holding some Spiritual Tools for storing ghosts, he was a typical, textbook Spirit Shaman.

To be honest, Li Qi didn't have a good impression of Spirit Shaman, especially since the other party was also exuding a bloody aura.

But it wasn't to the point of hatred.

After all, most people… actually had no choice.

What branch they could walk depended on luck.

At this point, one had to look at the approach of the neighboring Human Dao again.

Universal basic education, a large-scale rollout of low-level cultivation methods, plus a nationwide talent assessment, could almost guarantee that everyone would get a cultivation method more suitable for themselves.

Of course, this was limited to those close to the Human Dao.

Tang Nation only provided the Human Dao itself, as well as cultivation methods for its close allies, such as the Manifested Daoist Faction of the Dao Sect, and the Dao of Reason. As for the Demonic Dao, Spirit Dao, and Shaman Dao, they were not only not popularized but basically completely suppressed.

Compared to that, Shaman Dao didn't care what these people cultivated. They could even cultivate the Human Dao; it didn't matter, they didn't interfere.

But in contrast, Shaman Dao would not provide them with cultivation methods. What they could cultivate… depended on their luck.

That's why Li Qi said they very likely had no choice.

From their desire to enter the outer sect of Shaman God Mountain, their performance during this sermon, and their initiative to stay, it seemed they still had a lot of ambition, right?

Before taking action, Li Qi was always a gentle and magnanimous person.

But now, he hadn't taken action yet, had he?

So Li Qi decided to ignore their identity as Spirit Shaman.

He just looked at the three Spirit Shaman and said, "Three, is there something you need by staying?"

If these three people stayed to beg, or simply to say some auspicious words, or to curry favor and get familiar, Li Qi would prepare to leave.

He had already preached, and the benefits given were not small. It was true that he was a good person, but he wasn't a fool.

The three Spirit Shaman first looked at each other, then all three knelt down together: "Greetings, Invoker, our three brothers have a secret matter to report to Invoker!"

Li Qi frowned slightly.

To be honest, what secret could these few Eighth Rank cultivators possess? He didn't think it was very important.

But he still nodded: "Just speak directly if there's something."

The three men kowtowed again. One of them, a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties, stood up, bent at the waist, and said to Li Qi: "Invoker, on the way to find a mount for you earlier, we were deceived by people in a village. After a bloody battle, we finally flattened the village, but unexpectedly, we discovered a great secret. We dared not conceal it and must inform Invoker."

Li Qi was too lazy to correct the difference between a mount and a friend. He just nodded: "So, I told you to speak directly."

However, after saying this, Li Qi's True Knowledge Dao Resonance suddenly activated. At the same time, a black shadow shot out from his body.

That was a Demonic Clone, which now left Li Qi's body and headed towards the only place on Centipede Mountain without a village.

Because these three Spirit Shaman said they had flattened a village.

The moment he heard this, Li Qi connected this matter with his recent blood debt Karma.

He wanted to see what the situation in that village was like.

At the same time, his main body was also listening to the middle-aged man speak.

After receiving Li Qi's approval, the middle-aged man continued, "The people in that village were truly despicable. They attacked our three brothers with countless Yin Souls. We barely managed to seize an opening to counter and capture them alive. After capturing him, I have a secret technique that can interrogate secrets, so I used it on him and learned of this matter from his mind."

Li Qi didn't speak, just waited quietly for him to continue.

This person... talks too much nonsense.

"It turns out that the reason they dared to act was because there was a Secret Realm behind them that required human sacrifice to open its gate. When the three of us went to ask for directions, we were coincidentally targeted by them, wanting to capture us for sacrifice."

"That Secret Realm is said to be at least Seventh Rank. It should be an Immortal Cave left by an elder, but it's empty now. There are still many secrets inside the cave, and there should be many treasures as well. We dared not conceal it, so we quickly came to inform Invoker!"

As he said this, his face was calm, and he looked at Li Qi with a hint of hope.

The matter of this Immortal Cave was, of course, true. By pushing this matter onto that village, they could both clear their own names, blame the dead, and also get this Invoker to act for them, and make a profit.

If the person in front of them listened and was willing to make a trip to break the Secret Realm Restriction, then even if they couldn't eat meat, they could at least have some soup.

It was better than being able to only sigh in despair now.

Of course, the Secret Realm was definitely dangerous, but that couldn't be blamed on the three of them.

Not to mention that they had just listened to a sermon this time and benefited greatly.

From the Divine Qi at the beginning, to the sermon just now, and the humility in this Invoker's words, it could be seen that he was a good person with a good temper.

Good people are good.

He still remembered when he was at Ninth Rank, with no way to advance, no cultivation method, no future. It was thanks to a good Eighth Rank person that he found his path. Now, the Spirit Shaman cultivation method was also obtained from the corpse of a good person.

Their three brothers liked good people the most.

Meanwhile, Li Qi, while listening to him describe the location of the Secret Realm, divided his attention to the Demonic Clone.

The Demonic Clone walked through the village.

It had already been cleaned up very thoroughly, and some people had even built tombs, burying all the dead.

True Knowledge Dao Resonance could take effect simultaneously in both bodies, so Li Qi was observing this tomb.

Logically speaking, in such places, there are always gods not in the sacrificial canon and ghosts without blood sacrifices. These things, with no soul to rely on, like to display spiritual oddities privately and cause trouble.

But here, there was blood Qi, indicating many corpses below, yet no Yin Souls.

Were they all Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering?

Li Qi confirmed it; indeed, all were Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

What a ruthless hand.

Actually, there was another possibility, that they were all transcended, which also made sense, but Li Qi could be very certain it wasn't.

Although there were no ghosts around, there was also no difficult Yin Qi.

That was a unique Qi in Reincarnation. If Yin Souls were transcended, the Ghost Gate would inevitably open, and difficult Yin Qi would definitely seep through. There was no difficult Yin Qi here, so no one had ever transcended ghosts, and even the Yin Messengers hadn't come.

This kind of thing was a secret, not many people knew about it. Li Qi only knew it because he read many books, and he had personally witnessed the Shaman God dealing with the difficult Yin Qi of the entire Reincarnation.

It was clear that they had indeed been completely wiped out.

Was it revenge?

Hard to say.

But a part of this Karma was indeed on Li Qi's head.

Li Qi was always a good person before he made up his mind to act.

He had to figure out the whole story.

On the other side, the three Ghost Shamanes finally clarified the matter: "The matter of the Secret Realm is thus. We just informed Invoker, that's all. If Invoker has other matters to attend to, our brothers will take our leave."

Saying this, the three stood up, making to leave.

At this moment, Li Qi reached out a hand, stopping them: "Wait, stay."

The middle-aged man let out a long breath, almost unable to suppress a smile.

Indeed, no matter how great a figure, they couldn't escape the four words: 'Man dies for wealth.'

But they didn't make a sound, instead immediately stopping, turning around, and kneeling again, awaiting instructions.

"Let's not talk about the Secret Realm for now. I have something I want to ask you," Li Qi said.

"Invoker, please ask," the middle-aged man replied, kowtowing.

"How did you deal with that village?" Li Qi asked.

"Although they were evil people and even wanted to kill our brothers, the dead are to be respected. We buried them, built tombs, laid them to rest, and then performed a ritual to transcend all their souls," the middle-aged man said without changing his expression.

"Oh, so that's how it is," Li Qi nodded.

"Then I have another question, why did you lie to me?" Li Qi asked again.

As soon as these words were spoken, the three of them immediately felt a chill run through their bodies!

The middle-aged man remained calm and looked up: "Invoker, please understand, I absolutely have no—"

Before he finished speaking, Li Qi flicked his finger.

Flesh burst, tendons and bones shattered. In an instant, the middle-aged man's entire body turned into dust.

His Spirit Soul shrieked, trying to escape.

But how could it?

It had been emphasized several times.

Before Li Qi took action, he was absolutely a good person.

But once he decided to act, he would not hesitate in the slightest. Whether he killed the right person or the wrong person, since he had made up his mind to act, he had no intention of giving any chances.

The middle-aged man's Spirit Soul was directly annihilated.

The two people next to him were instantly terrified to death.

The burly man immediately knelt down and kowtowed, while the other bald man immediately used a遁術, his body bursting open with a puff, his Spirit Soul escaping and rushing out at an extremely fast speed.

This escape technique was a bit interesting.

The Physical Body is heavy, and the Spirit Soul is light and agile, so abandoning the Physical Body and sacrificing the flesh, blood, and all one's cultivation as fuel helps the Spirit Soul accelerate its departure.

But Li Qi didn't need to pursue at all.

Spirit Souls are light and agile, but also very fragile.

Unless you cultivate the Dao Sect Yang Spirit, where the Spirit Soul is as tough as substance, otherwise, if blown by a strong wind or shone upon by sunlight, it will also end up Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

Of course, a cultivator's Spirit Soul is stronger; ordinary sunlight may not be effective.

So, Li Qi's inner body spirits appeared. It was the Sun God among the Sun and Moon Heavenly Gods, which he rarely used.

Divine Qi spread, and intense Yang Qi emerged, transforming into piercing sunlight!

The Spirit Soul is light and agile, so it runs fast.

Can it outrun light?

This is the world, and the Heavenly Dao's Restriction is terrifyingly vast. All things cannot exceed the Heavenly Dao's limit.

And the speed of light is the Heavenly Dao's limit for speed.

The Spirit Soul was caught by the sunlight and directly melted like snow, another Spirit Soul completely destroyed.

Only the last burly man remained, kowtowing with loud thuds, the stones on the ground shattered, dust and blood mixed together, staining the area.

"Get up, stop kowtowing. Tell me the whole story. Although I can't let you live, I will leave a bit of your True Spirit for Reincarnation," Li Qi squatted down and said seriously.

These three were full of greed, filth, and cruelty, not human. Living was definitely impossible.

Being able to reincarnate was already a grace.

"Thank… thank you, Invoker." The burly man also knew he wouldn't live, so in order to reincarnate, he recounted everything in detail.

Actually, there was nothing much.

The three Spirit Shaman had previously discovered a Secret Realm, which was extremely dangerous. Just the entrance alone could block a bunch of people.

They made a living by tricking people into entering, then scavenging for leftover wealth on the corpses.

When they were Ninth Rank, they had once tricked an Eighth Rank Shaman, telling him to seek treasure. The other party died as soon as he stepped through the door, and the cultivation method was naturally taken by the three of them with a smile.

This was also the reason they were able to advance to Eighth Rank, because they had an Eighth Rank's legacy.

They had done this kind of thing many times.

This time, it was merely a repeat of old tricks, only their calculations fell upon Li Qi.

"I asked you to help me find something, and I didn't fail to give you compensation. Afterwards, I also preached to you. I only showed kindness to you, not enmity. Why did you do this?" Li Qi asked.

The burly man just kowtowed, not daring to argue much.

There was nothing to argue about either.

Li Qi didn't expect him to answer. After speaking, he simply reached out gently and squeezed.

The burly man's body suddenly shrank, turning into a thumb-sized ball of flesh, still dripping blood.

His Spirit Soul also collapsed, leaving only a trace of True Spirit.

Even that trace of True Spirit, Li Qi broke in half.

Next life, he'll probably be born an idiot.

He casually threw it into Reincarnation, which counted as not breaking his word, although Li Qi didn't really value promises much.

He generally kept his promises, but he wouldn't feel any psychological pressure when he needed to break them.

Actually, it was quite similar to Shaman Dao.

Neither good nor evil.

After dealing with the three, Li Qi sat down where he was, not in a hurry to leave.

The three Spirit Shaman were a minor matter. Li Qi discovered something bigger behind them.

That was… the influence of his every move.

He was no longer that small Lifter.

Before, in Imperial Academy, in Tang Nation, he had never felt his influence so directly.

Because Tang Nation was not Shaman God Mountain. Tang Nation would even restrict him from exerting such influence.

But after returning to Shaman God Mountain, he was a Seventh Rank Young Master of Shaman God Mountain.

A casual command by the roadside, dozens of mountain gods, thousands of minor demons, and tens of thousands of ordinary people within a radius of ten thousand li, all desperately rushed to carry out his words.

Among them, were these three Spirit Shaman truly the only ones using his name as a pretense?

Did those minor demons who listened to his sermon not use this as an excuse for personal gain?

And did those mountain gods truly not do anything using this opportunity?

And one thing was certain: the mountain gods definitely knew that village had been wiped out.

But none of them spoke, probably because these three people found the clue about the old horse, so they weren't sure of his attitude, and simply pretended not to know, so as not to cause trouble.

This was very important.

As his cultivation and status increased, the impact of his every move on the world also grew day by day.

He inwardly warned himself to be careful in the future.

But at the same time, he also realized another layer of meaning.

The more fundamental something is, the greater its influence.

Just like Dao.

Some laws can only regulate a very small thing.

While other, deeper laws can affect other Dao, and thus affect more things.

Then, according to the understanding of Shaman Dao, there would indeed be a most fundamental thing that simultaneously affects all things, and that is what Shaman Dao aims to maintain and keep stable.

In any case, perhaps Li Qi himself didn't realize it, but he seemed to be able to comprehend something from everything and apply it to his cultivation.

However, just as he was thinking this, a second sun suddenly rose in the west.

Two suns in the sky?

Impossible.

It was a Golden Crow.