Vol 6 Chapter 8: False Core Stage

Inside the Dao Alliance Law Enforcement Bureau.

A young man in a Dao robe was on a phone call.

"Family Head Zhuge, two cultivators from Mount Huangshan have come to the Dao Alliance headquarters to file a complaint. Didn't you previously say that if any cultivators from the Mount Huangshan area come, I should intercept them and personally receive them?"

From the other end of the phone came an elderly voice: "Hmm, well done. First, see what these two want."

"I understand that, you can rest assured and leave it to me... Speaking of which, Senior... about the Foundation Establishment Pill you mentioned last time..."

"What's the hurry? Such miraculous pills aren't so easily refined. The Patriarch opens the furnace to refine pills once every three years. If there are any extras, you'll definitely get what was promised."

"Yes, yes." Qingfeng smiled apologetically. "Senior is right, I was too impatient. With my current cultivation level, even if I had a Foundation Establishment Pill, I probably still couldn't establish my foundation. I should continue tempering myself for a few more years."

"Then Family Head Zhuge, I'll go meet those two now."

After hanging up, Qingfeng put away his smile.

A short while later.

In an elegant meeting room with decorative rockeries and flowing water, Huang Qianyun led Huang Zhixin and successfully met with Cultivator Qingfeng from the Dao Alliance Law Enforcement Bureau.

"Fellow Daoist Qianyun."

"Fellow Daoist Qingfeng."

The two exchanged pleasantries for a moment, then Cultivator Qingfeng began inquiring about Huang Qianyun's purpose for coming.

"Fellow Daoist Qingfeng, I want to report the Demon Lord of Mount Huangshan!" Huang Qianyun got straight to the point, making Cultivator Qingfeng's pupils contract sharply.

"That Great Demon at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment?"

"Exactly." Huang Qianyun said: "Yesterday, a cultivator of unknown origin came to Mount Huangshan and had a conflict with the Mount Huangshan Demon Lord. My granddaughter and I sensed the battle fluctuations, observed secretly, and discovered some things."

"That Demon Lord has actually been secretly eating people all along. According to Dao Alliance regulations, any demonic beast that eats humans should be directly exterminated."

"Such a thing actually happened." Cultivator Qingfeng took a deep breath and asked: "What was the outcome of the battle between that cultivator of unknown origin and that Demon Lord?"

"The Demon Lord is dead."

"What!" Cultivator Qingfeng's pupils contracted sharply again.

He knew very well that the Mount Huangshan Demon Lord was at the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment cultivation level, and was even the sworn brother of the False Core Patriarch of the Zhuge Family.

He actually died at the hands of a passing cultivator?

What cultivation level must that cultivator be?

He suddenly felt that this matter was somewhat troublesome.

As for what Huang Qianyun said about the Mount Huangshan Demon Lord secretly eating people, he actually wasn't surprised. If not for this matter, the Zhuge Family probably wouldn't have told him to pay attention to reports from the Mount Huangshan area.

Meeting a headstrong cultivator like Master Qianyun who wanted to report the sworn brother of the Zhuge Patriarch, Cultivator Qingfeng felt quite helpless. But if it were just a headstrong reporter, that would be easier to handle. However, this matter involved the death of the Demon Lord and an unknown cultivator, making it complicated.

"Although the Demon Lord is dead, there hasn't been the slightest ripple about it eating people. There must be cultivators secretly covering its tracks! Fellow Daoist Qingfeng, what I truly want the Law Enforcement Bureau to thoroughly investigate is exactly who has been assisting the Demon Lord in eating people!" Huang Qianyun said seriously.

"Understood." Cultivator Qingfeng nodded: "Thank you for your report, Fellow Daoist Huang. This matter... is of significant importance. I will try to contact Director Ji Kuang. Fellow Daoist Huang has come a long way;

let me first arrange a place for you two to rest. After receiving the director's response, I will immediately convene a meeting to discuss this matter with colleagues, and will also invite Fellow Daoist Huang to attend then."

"Then I'll trouble you with this." Huang Zhixin clasped her hands in salute.

The death of the Mount Huangshan Demon Lord, the sworn brother of the Zhuge Patriarch, quickly reached the ears of Zhuge Ping, the current head of the Zhuge Family and one of only two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the Zhuge Family.

Zhuge Ping hadn't expected that the cultivators from Mount Huangshan this time would bring such significant intelligence. If not for the fact that the Patriarch was still in closed-door cultivation refining pills, he would want to rush in immediately to report this matter.

"Damn it, who exactly was it? That snake demon's cultivation was just ten years away from maturity. At that time, its snake gall would be an important material for the Patriarch's pill refining. Who exactly got there first?"

Zhuge Ping was extremely furious, already imagining the Patriarch's anger after emerging from seclusion. However, any cultivator capable of killing the snake demon, regardless of origin, was not someone he could afford to offend.

"Those two from Thousand Clouds Temple - are they truly foolish or pretending to be? Regardless, these two need to be handled properly. Fortunately, their report was intercepted by Qingfeng. If it had been reported to someone else, while it wouldn't really affect anything, it would inevitably create many troubles."

He directly summoned his flying sword and headed to Penglai Immortal Island overnight, planning to personally meet these two.

Early the next morning.

Huang Qianyun and Huang Zhixin were startled awake, sensing a terrifying aura hovering above them within the guest courtyard.

The two quickly put on their clothes and went outside separately, only to see an old man with a mustache floating in mid-air in the courtyard, looking calmly at them.

"Greetings, Senior."

"I am Zhuge Ping, Family Head of the Zhuge Family. Previously, was it you two who wanted to report that my family's Patriarch's sworn brother was eating people?"

"It was us... but..." Huang Qianyun's heart sank. Indeed! Before this matter could be thoroughly investigated, it had already reached the ears of the Zhuge Family.

He had said this matter shouldn't be reported.

Even if successfully reported, would the Dao Alliance truly punish the Zhuge Family with their two Foundation Establishment cultivators over some ordinary people?

"This matter is a misunderstanding." Zhuge Ping smiled slightly and said: "The people the Demon Lord ate were all vicious death row criminals who cannot be considered human. There are also legal procedures that can be shown to you two for review. Presumably, you two should be able to understand."

"Let this matter end here. I ask you two: you said the Demon Lord was killed by a passing cultivator - is this true? What characteristics did that cultivator have? Can you tell me?"

Hearing Zhuge Ping say this, Huang Qianyun was speechless. But Huang Zhixin beside him took a deep breath and said: "If they were truly death row criminals, that would be one thing. But you're lying! Among those eaten by that snake demon, there were clearly children too! Four or five-year-old children - are they death row criminals too?!"

"It seems your Zhuge Family is that snake demon's protective umbrella!"

When Lin Jing purified and delivered those tormented souls with Buddhist light, Huang Zhixin saw it with her own eyes!

The two quickly put on their clothes and each went outside, only to see an old man with a mustache floating in mid-air in the courtyard, looking calmly at them.

He directly reached out his hand, wanting to teach this little girl a lesson and intimidate her, making her understand that not everything can be touched. Seeing Zhuge Ping make a move, Huang Zhixin showed no fear whatsoever.

Because just then, the light sphere Lin Jing had placed inside her spoke.

It was a mushroom.

"By the Mushroom Lord's order, temporarily protecting you," said the Spell Elemental Mushroom. Of course, there was another task - since it didn't need to enter closed-door cultivation to break through to the Void Mystical Stage, it came to replace Lin Jing to see if there were any immortal treasures at this Dao Alliance headquarters that shouldn't let the other two guys get there first.

There really are treasures here!

Boom.

The Spell Elemental Mushroom materialized a False Core "Sun False Core," temporarily lending it to this Qi Refining young girl. The spiritual power within her instantly surged violently, the terrifying high-temperature spiritual power directly repelling Zhuge Ping, making the old man look shocked as he violently spat out a mouthful of blood, the blood simultaneously evaporating in mid-air.

At the same time, the temperature on Penglai Immortal Island suddenly increased, sunlight became piercingly intense, and the numerous experts stationed there were all startled awake.

"A False Core realm expert! Who is it?!"