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Chapter 1314: Chapter 703: The Situation

Recently, there has been a peculiar shift in the rumors regarding Great Cultivator Luo Pei.

Some news has spread, claiming that the Fuliu Sect betrayed Great Cultivator Luo Pei to the White Emperor Sect, which is the root cause of Luo Pei’s enmity with the White Emperor Sect.

After this news came out, the topic most discussed shifted from the White Emperor Sect to the Fuliu Sect.

Because this matter is a fact, with very clear evidence.

The Fuliu Sect suddenly summoned the retreating Great Cultivator Luo Pei and dispatched him to guard a remote resource point.

However, there the White Emperor Sect had already laid a trap, leaving Great Cultivator Luo Pei severely injured and fleeing, followed by his frenzied revenge.

The whole process of the event was detailed as though seen firsthand.

In fact, this news was deliberately spread by the White Emperor Sect.

After withdrawing from the Central State Continent, the White Emperor Sect needed to divert the cultivators’ attention, preventing the topic of their forced withdrawal from constantly being talked about.

By spreading this news, many cultivators discussed the Fuliu Sect, which was much more severe than being forced out by a Great Cultivator.

On the other hand, the White Emperor Sect also needed to find more trouble for Great Cultivator Luo Pei, pushing the Fuliu Sect forward, given Luo Pei’s apparent temperament, it was almost certain he would cause trouble for the Fuliu Sect.

As long as Great Cultivator Luo Pei took action, traces would be left that might give the White Emperor Sect’s Great Cultivators a chance to strike at Luo Pei.

With the deliberate promotion from the White Emperor Sect Intelligence Department, the Fuliu Sect encountered considerable trouble.

Betraying one’s own sect cultivators is the most intolerable thing any sect or force could do; some things can be done but never spoken of.

For greater interests, betraying the interests of a small portion of cultivators might benefit the sect, but no sect cultivator would want to be the one who gets betrayed.

The Fuliu Sect naturally hurried to explain, but no matter how they tried, they could not clear the suspicion of having betrayed sect cultivators.

Even the allies of the Fuliu Sect voiced doubts; if the sect’s Great Cultivators could betray for benefits, might they also betray allies someday?

During this time, the Infinite Sect suddenly intensified its seizure of the Fuliu Sect’s resource points, capturing several resource points in a row.

The two Great Cultivators of the Fuliu Sect, fearing revenge from Great Cultivator Luo Pei, were too afraid to leave the mountain gate, rendering them unable to retaliate against the actions of the Infinite Sect for the time being.

Li Yuanba recently relaxed, having no combat tasks, spending much of his time at the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion engaged in alchemy.

He also continuously checked the intelligence between the Fuliu Sect and the Infinite Sect through the Sword Intent Chongxiao Pavilion Intelligence Department.

Finally, four months after the White Emperor Sect withdrew its cultivators, he received intelligence that Great Cultivator Mao Jing of the Fuliu Sect would personally go to a resource point to contest control with the Infinite Sect.

This was a gamble, reportedly mediated by their allied superpowers.

The ownership of the entire resource point and all previously seized resource points would be decided by a battle; if Great Cultivator Mao Jing won, he could reclaim all previously lost resource points.

This was a rare battle between Great Cultivators, but unfortunately, it did not allow spectators, only sect cultivators sent by the two superpowers to host the gamble.

Li Yuanba shared this intelligence with Li Shiming, letting him decide how to act.

Li Shiming was recently very busy, having begun enhancing the ’Traceless Illusion Sword,’ dedicating all 150 brains to inscribing runes; upon receiving this intelligence, a brain was allocated to tap IBMz15’s computing power for analysis.

Simultaneously, he was monitoring the surroundings of that resource point via a drone satellite system.

The drone satellite system couldn’t monitor the Fuliu Sect mountain gate, where interference from the Grotto Heaven existed.

The gamble between Fuliu Sect and Infinite Sect was controlled within a limited range, not deliberately publicized.

But the forces that should know were aware, and as the day of the gamble approached, sect cultivators were visible near the resource point.

The brain allocated by Li Shiming observed the monitoring images transmitted by the drone satellite system, as he shook his head lightly.

Without the assistance of the drone satellite system, he might have really fallen into the trap.

He had already seen that over seven Great Cultivators had appeared at the resource point, as revealed by the drone satellite system.

Among them, several Great Cultivators disappeared from monitoring upon arriving.

According to Li Shiming’s previous plan, he intended to have Great Cultivator Luo Pei move to that resource point and carry out a full-scale sneak attack on Great Cultivator Mao Jing, to avenge his betrayal.

But judging from what was returned by monitoring, it’s likely a trap set up against him.

"Seems like it’s time to implement the second plan!" He chuckled coldly to himself.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei flashed away from the island, his aura concealed by the ’Hidden Phoenix Jade Talisman,’ while wearing Li Shiming’s ’Chameleon Cloak’ to render himself invisible.

Rather than heading toward the gamble’s resource point, he flew in the direction of the Fuliu Sect.

He believed that within the Fuliu Sect, only one Great Cultivator would remain, none other than Great Cultivator Hu Shiming.

He even suspected whether Great Cultivator Hu Shiming had left the mountain gate together with Great Cultivator Mao Jing.

Regardless, he was determined to go to the Fuliu Sect mountain gate, to see whether he could make the Fuliu Sect regret their previous decision.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei stopped at a cultivator gathering place outside the Fuliu Sect mountain gate, a location where cultivators reliant on the Fuliu Sect gather independently.

The primary source of cultivators here were relatives and friends of Fuliu Sect cultivators; being close to a powerful sect mountain gate meant more security and opportunities to trade some resources with Fuliu Sect cultivators.

Even a small fraction of resources leaking from Fuliu Sect cultivators was sufficient for these cultivators to survive.

Moreover, the Fuliu Sect needed such places to provide places for surplus resources’ sale and safety for sect cultivators’ families.

Qu Yi, a low-level Fuliu Sect cultivator, with only Qi Refining Ninth Level cultivation, belonged to the sect’s lowest tier of cultivators.

Yet as a sect cultivator, he was very welcome at this gathering point.

He was skilled at drawing talismans; some practice pieces were sold here, bringing him extra income.

Inside the sect, no one would buy his talismans, being far too low-level, unnecessary for sect cultivators.

Qu Yi carried the proceeds from this sale of talismans as he left the gathering point, yet upon taking out his Flying Paper Crane he suddenly became dazed.

Instead of using the Flying Paper Crane, he unfolded his body, swiftly running in a certain direction.

Without running far, he spotted a bag on the ground, which he tied to his waist.

Then his eyes regained clarity, glancing around in wonder, confused about what just happened, not noticing the bag now at his waist.

This bag was the Spirit Pet Bag, used by Great Cultivator Luo Pei, with a Forbidden Spirit Talisman binding his energy completely.

And causing Qu Yi’s controlled action without noticing the Spirit Pet Bag was the work of the Earth Thunder Nascent Soul within Great Cultivator Luo Pei.

This was merely a small trick of ’Telepathy;’ ’Telepathy’ is a telepathic divine skill, impossible for Li Shiming to control a Nascent Soul Cultivator but exceedingly easy to manipulate a Qi Refinement cultivator.

He thoroughly understood the situation within the Fuliu Sect, sufficiently to exploit defensive loopholes when targeting the Fuliu Sect.

No Great Cultivator would self-restrict cultivation to hide within a Spirit Pet Bag, not only embarrassing but putting their safety in the owner’s hands.

Before emerging from the Spirit Pet Bag, assistance from the owner is needed.

Li Shiming was the Spirit Pet Bag’s owner, residing in the Grotto Heaven yet able to project divine sense to control the Spirit Pet Bag from within the Grotto Heaven.