Chapter 174: Chapter 157: Returning to the Old Trade, Inference Technique Again...

"Rustle!"

Over the calm, unruffled sea, there dashed a handsome young man riding a blue escape light. The escape light’s speed was not swift; instead, it appeared somewhat sluggish.

The aura within the escape light was low, seemingly just having broken through the Foundation Establishment stage a short while ago.

The young man’s face seemed to carry a hint of urgency as he constantly urged the escape light, rushing into the distance.

The sea surface grew more expansive, and a distant lush green island could vaguely be seen. The young man’s face seemed to show a trace of delight.

"Swish!"

But at that moment, a concealed escape light darted towards him from behind. In the escape light, a colorful jade handkerchief suddenly soared into the sky, expanding to a size of dozens of yards like a giant net, carrying a dense glow as it wrapped towards the young man.

"Fall!"

Additionally, from beneath the sea, a shadow suddenly leaped up, holding a jade green dagger in its hand. The tip of the dagger seemed to flicker with green light, emitting a strong sense of evil qi, striking towards the young man.

The two attacks matched seamlessly, leaving the young man appearing stunned, standing atop the sea, unable to move.

"Haha, kid, you are truly naive, actually thinking that covering your face with a dharma cloth can conceal your aura?"

"An innocent man harbors a treasure; hand over the demon pill, and I might spare your life!"

The shadow that leaped out of the sea seemed to feel victory was assured and couldn’t help but laugh wildly.

"Clang!"

Just then, a resplendent sword light suddenly gushed forth. Not only that, but the sword light instantly divided into two, then into three, then into sixteen, unexpectedly splitting into sixteen sword lights within moments.

The sword lights shone dazzlingly, swifter than wind and thunder, and just upon clashing, they sent the incoming dagger flying.

The dagger instantly let out a mournful cry, its glow dimming, seemingly heavily damaged.

"No, how can it be?!"

The shadow cried out in disbelief as the sixteen sword lights swiftly whirled, turning like sixteen dragons, aiming at the shadow’s head.

The shadow’s face was filled with shock, quickly flaunting spiritual artifact and dharma seal, but the sword lights merely flashed like dazzling sunlight, and a head suddenly fell to the ground.

"You are a Sword Cultivator?!"

This scene was unpredictable, the reversal too great to comprehend.

The escape light circled behind the figure of Gu Yuan, who exclaimed in shock, with a complexion changed, revealing to be a beautiful, glamorous, and gracefully full-figured mature lady.

Gazing at the head still bearing fear, the mature lady didn’t hesitate, while urging the colorful handkerchief to entwine the young man, her escape light sprinted, intending to flee from this place.

But before her, unknown when, an Exquisite Jade Tower had already emerged, which lightly trembled, freezing the colorful handkerchief midair.

Under the jade tower, a monkey spirit with jade hair and golden pupils had opened its eyes.

"Boom!"

Scorching will descended like a great sun, the moving figure of the lady suddenly froze for a moment, blood seemed to seep from her eyes. Subsequently, the sword light spun, and with just a light twist, her forehead cracked open, fatal on impact.

A "Tribulation Cultivator Drama" swiftly concluded in a dramatic manner.

"Should be enough now..."

The young man gazed at the two corpses, sighed softly, then threw out two fireballs, incinerating them to ash, weighing the storage bags of the two, before igniting the escape light, leaving the scene.

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The young man was none other than Gu Yuan.

Two months ago, after purchasing two dharma seals in the Thousand Laws Hall, he began to experience financial embarrassment, and the spiritual materials needed for refining dharma seals, purchasing Inference Daoist Statues, and even dharma pills all required spirit stones.

For this, he was left with no choice but to return to his old trade.

The old trade was not tribulation cultivation but robbing robbers.

To directly become a tribulation cultivator, Gu Yuan could not cross that threshold, but "black eating black," carrying no psychological burden.

With his experience, concealing aura, and exposing a few flaws easily attracted attention from some tribulation cultivators.

However, the hunter and prey identity always quietly swapped at the final moment.

In the last two months, under Gu Yuan’s meticulously crafted schemes, a total of four waves of tribulation cultivators fell at his hands.

Today, the tribulation cultivator couple known as "Male and Female Twin Demons" were the fourth pair.

Excess is a mistake; Gu Yuan still clearly remembers the warning from the "Tribulation Cultivation Treasure Manual," regardless of adequacy of resources, today’s pair is his last target.

Fortunately, although this couple’s strength was mediocre, their possessions were still quite decent, which along with the previous three groups, allowed Gu Yuan to gather enough resources.

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White Flame City, Exquisite Pavilion.

An old man, skinny but with sharp eyes, wearing a blue brocade robe, handed a storage bag to Gu Yuan with a smiling glance.

"Fellow Daoist, the two Inference Daoist Statues and all adequate resources are within, you may check."

Gu Yuan’s mana swept across, ready to take the storage bag, but at this moment, the old man held it down.

"These two statues were painstakingly acquired from the black market, naturally, the price has to increase somewhat, this is in our agreement, has Fellow Daoist brought enough spirit stones?"

The old man asked with a smile.

Gu Yuan’s expression remained unchanged, merely throwing another storage bag.

Had he not been sent to this remote place by the Jade Water Fire-Eyed Ape, he wouldn’t have suffered this grievance; the Sword Fox Immortal would have likely already bestowed a Mysterious Spirit Pill, solving the Golden Register’s hidden issues.

Gu Yuan sighed inwardly, but the cultivation path was always arduous, yet he had grown to accept it calmly.

"Fellow Daoist is forthright!"

The old man’s Divine Sense swept out, peeking into the storage bag, he gleamed with a smile, then loosened his hand.

Gu Yuan examined the storage bag, slightly nodding inwardly.

While the Exquisite Pavilion was somewhat black-marketed, the prices were lavish, their means were indeed proficient, ruling over the white and black markets in White Flame City, acquiring an abundant amount of spiritual materials, never lacking in age.

"Safe travels, Fellow Daoist!"

The two exchanged brief pleasantries, afterwards the old man escorted Gu Yuan out of the pavilion.

Gu Yuan did not linger, carrying the storage bag, he sought out an A-grade Cave Mansion in White Flame City, subsequently entering seclusion.

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A month later, Gu Yuan observing two radiant dharma seals on his palm, couldn’t help but exhale deeply.

"Moonlight Heart Seal and Evil Absorption Seal have been successfully refined, next, I can proceed to infer the Technique once more, hoping it won’t disappoint..."

Calming his mind with tranquility, after cultivating for half a day, Gu Yuan waved his wide sleeve, and an inch tall Daoist statue sprang into the air, landing on the ground.

"Drip!"

Gu Yuan’s essence blood dripped, the statue began to rise swiftly, forming a human figure of the same size as Gu Yuan under the influx of his mana.

The statue, already transformed by the wind, became as tall and identical in appearance.

Furthermore, in its Dantian were three Dao Foundations and various glowing dharma seals.

"Monsters, swallowing sun and moon, refining Circulation Profound Mechanism..."

"Two methods in harmony, forming a pill within..."

Gu Yuan softly murmured the profound words, which fell into the statue’s ears, its eyes dazzling with spiritual light, stirring the mystical mechanisms, a radiant dharma pill, forming slowly within its Dantian from nothingness.