Chapter 121 Vulnerable

Shi Zhenlin was extremely angry and opened his mouth to fight back, but Chi Qi lightly waved her pen, and with a crisp sound, he was hit hard in the face, and blood flowed from the corner of his lips.

The pain instantly brought him back to his senses from his rage, and he realized that the man in front of him was far stronger than himself, and crushing him to death would be as easy as crushing an ant.

Fear instantly gripped his heart and his body trembled.

Chi Li bent down to look at him and asked with a smile, "Disobedient dogs should be beaten more often, don't you agree?"

As he said that, he pointed the pen at Shi Zhenlin. Shi Zhenlin was so frightened that his whole body trembled and he almost cried, "No, don't hit me! I'm obedient, I'll listen to you in everything!"

Chi Li then put away her pen and smiled, "That's right. If you're not strong enough, you need to practice more. Don't be embarrassed by losing. It would be bad if you tarnish the reputation of Jinmen Xianfu as the most powerful sect."

Shi Zhenlin was so angry that he felt as if all seven orifices were rising to heaven. His already fragile dantian felt a sharp pain, and he seemed to be on the verge of failure.

However, he had already understood Chi Li's power and did not dare to be presumptuous again. He forced a smile and said, "Yes, yes, madam is right."

Chi Li admired the painful and humiliated expression on his face and asked with a smile, "So, tell me, am I qualified enough to be the leader of the Golden Gate Immortal Mansion?"

Shi Zhenlin's face turned ashen, his heart filled with resentment and unwillingness, but he didn't dare to lash out. He could only grit his teeth, his heart bleeding.

He secretly tried to summon his spiritual energy, but his dantian was dry and the pain made him almost faint. It seemed that if he didn't agree to Xie Yuqing today, he would die here.

Shi Zhenlin closed his eyes in pain and said in a hoarse voice, "Enough, of course it's enough. Take the Sect Master's Golden Sword, and the position of Sect Master will be yours."

Every word was squeezed out from between his teeth with great difficulty. After he finished speaking, Shi Zhenlin spat out a mouthful of blood and fainted.

Chi Yao:......

It's really vulnerable.

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When Shi Zhenlin woke up again, he found himself lying on the bed. The sky outside was hazy and it seemed that it was about to get dark.

He was delighted. He thought that the beating he received from Xie Yuqing and the fact that he even fell down a level was just a nightmare, right?

However, the next moment, he found that he was unable to get up from the bed.

In the end, he could only lift his upper body with difficulty, letting the quilt slide down to his waist, and shaking his head to check.

Only then did I realize that there was a stone bed under him, and his hands and feet were all handcuffed and nailed to the bed.

After sensing his own cultivation level again, he felt desperate.

He was still in the middle stage of the Golden Core Realm, and the spiritual energy in his body was extremely dry. He couldn't even cast a spell to break free from the restraints.

His cultivation, his lifespan, his delicate and youthful appearance, and even his position as the sect leader were all gone.

He feels so miserable!

Tears silently flowed down the fine lines at the corners of his eyes, and he opened his mouth wide, letting out a silent dry howl.

Even if he killed Xie Yuqing now, it would be useless. The Jinmen Immortal Mansion would never allow a waste in the Jindan realm to be the sect leader.

After crying for a while, Shi Zhenlin regained some of his sanity and began to think.

There were still a few magic weapons and more than two hundred mid-level spirit stones in his storage ring, which could help him recover his spiritual power. He wanted to escape from Xie Yuqing first.

As for Qiu Qianling’s spiritual roots, I can’t take care of them for now. I’ll talk about it later.

Thinking of this, Shi Zhenlin had an idea and was about to take out the spirit stone to absorb it, but after waiting for a while, nothing happened.

Only then did he realize that he had nothing on him. Whether it was the golden sword or the storage ring, they were all taken away by the other party.

Damn Xie Yuqing, how did he offend her to deserve her treating him like this?

Shi Zhenlin was so angry that he was about to vomit blood again, but he quickly swallowed the blood that was rushing to his throat.

Because he suddenly thought of something.

He and Xie Yuqing have been partners for so many years, so he knows her very well. Although this woman has a bad temper and a strong personality, she has no ambitions. The only thing she wants in life is to train Shi Zhuoyue to be a talent and inherit his mantle.

Therefore, after learning that her beloved Shi Zhuoyue had gone astray and his spiritual roots were severed, Xie Yuqing went crazy for a while.

But now, with the opportunity to restore Shi Zhuoyue's spiritual roots right before her eyes, she didn't care at all. Not only had her cultivation become unfathomable, but she was also determined to steal his position as the sect leader. This was simply outrageous.

It's like... it's like a different person.

A chill suddenly ran up from Shi Zhenlin's feet to his forehead. Xie Yuqing must have been possessed!

At this time, there were voices outside the door. Shi Zhenlin hurriedly lay back down, realizing that he had messed up the quilt just now. He raised his body with great effort, lowered his head and bit the quilt, trying to cover himself with his strength.

In the courtyard outside the gate, there were cultivators sent to Lingyun Mountain to investigate by the elders of various peaks who were alarmed by the aura of the Spirit Transformation Realm and the noise of fighting.

"I've met the Sect Master's wife, but why haven't I met the Sect Master?"

"May I ask if the Sect Master has achieved another breakthrough?"

"There was such a loud noise just now that the entire sect was alarmed. Could it be that the sect master has reached the Fusion Realm?"

"Oh my god, the Sect Master is only in his seventies. If he really breaks through, he will be the youngest person in the history of our sect to reach the Fusion Realm!"

Everyone was talking at once, but jealousy was hidden in their excited expressions.

Chi Li glanced at these male cultivators and frowned slightly. There seemed to be too many men in the Jinmen Immortal Palace, right?

But now was not the time to dwell on these matters. She suppressed her displeasure and spoke solemnly, "Your guess was correct. The Sect Master's realm has indeed changed. Tomorrow, he will personally announce a major event to you at the Sect Assembly. You should go back and wait for the news."

After hearing this, everyone didn't ask any more questions and bowed, "Yes, Madam Sect Leader, we will take our leave now."

The male cultivators summoned their spirit swords, flew into the sky, and returned to where they came from, each leaving Lingyun Mountain.

After Chi Yan saw that the man had been sent away, she turned back to the dark room where Shi Zhenlin was imprisoned and came to the stone bed. "Don't pretend to be asleep. You heard everything I just said, didn't you? Quickly send a message to everyone in the sect to convene a sect meeting tomorrow."

Shi Zhenlin guessed that she was a ghost taking over his body, and he became even more afraid, fearing that she would kill him if she was unhappy.

Hearing this, he immediately raised his upper body and said to Chi Li with a flattering smile, "I just woke up and didn't mean to eavesdrop. It's just that I don't have spiritual power, so I can't cast a spell to send a message to everyone in the sect."

Chi Li glanced at him, casually took out a spirit stone from her storage ring and threw it over, "Hurry up!"

The spirit stone clattered onto the quilt. Shi Zhenlin cautiously absorbed it, and after barely recovering some of his strength, he cast a spell and pinched a dozen tokens. "Tomorrow, a sect meeting will be held in Shangyang Palace. No one must be absent!"

Chi Qi took the token that recorded his voice, walked to the window, pushed it open, raised her hand and threw it out. The tokens turned into white carrier pigeons and flew out.

About a quarter of an hour later, these carrier pigeons will bring the news to the hands of the masters of each peak and the deacons and elders of the sect.

After doing all this, Chi Qi turned around and was about to leave.

Shi Zhenlin quickly called her over and asked tentatively, "Madam, you should still remember the rules of the Jinmen Immortal Mansion, right?"

"Hmm?" Chi Li turned around and looked at him with an unhappy expression. "Hurry up and say what you want to say."

Shi Zhenlin immediately felt timid and said, "I, I just want to say that the succession is very important. The master once set a rule that the successor to the sect leader must not only obtain the sect leader's golden sword, but also obtain the consent of more than half of the five deacons and elders at the sect meeting."

Upon hearing this, Chi Qi frowned slightly. A broken sect leader's position caused so much trouble. Could that ghost master be the protagonist's father Gongsun Xiong?

"You mean, I need the support of at least three elders?"

Shi Zhenlin nodded honestly, but he was calculating in his mind. He asked with a flattering smile, "If you are not sure, I will help you persuade them?"

How could Chi Qi not see his intention? He wanted to take the opportunity to ask for help from the elders of the sect.

She sneered, "No need. They're just three elders. It's easy to capture them. Before the meeting, you just stay here and don't try to escape unless you want to die."

Chi Li's tone was light, but it made Shi Zhenlin tremble all over. His intuition told him that this man had killed more than one person.

He lay back on the bed, not daring to move.

Chi Qi left the dark room. She had placed restrictions on her cave, so she would know if someone came. Therefore, there was no need to leave anyone to monitor Shi Zhenlin, and no unrelated people would break in.

She came to the study, turned the vase on the table, moved the bookcase away, and saw the entrance to the dungeon.

This was a secret prison built by Shi Zhuoyue to eliminate dissidents in the sect. In order to avoid being discovered, he even built it under Xie Yuqing's cave.

Later, the hero leads the demons into the Jinmen Immortal Mansion, exposing the dungeon. Shi Zhenlin feigns surprise, acting innocent and unaware of the situation, and places the blame on Xie Yuqing for the murder and treasure-stealing. Unfortunately, he ultimately dies at the hands of the hero.

It's really ridiculous.

Chi Lan opened the door of the dungeon, but on the other side of the door was not the stairs leading down to the dungeon, but her safe house.

If she wanted, she could replace any door with an entrance to a safe house that only she could enter.

Chi Li walked in, rubbing the bridge of her nose. Liu Shen Ai, who had been silent for a long time, immediately appeared and said, "How is it, has the host figured out a way to deal with the five elders? I just had a good idea!"

"Tell me about it." Chi Qi raised her eyebrows slightly. She didn't expect that Liu Shen'ai would have the ability to think on his own one day. Wouldn't it be difficult to fool him in the future?

Liu Shen Ai immediately shared her plan. "I can write a virus program, disguised as something the deacons and elders might be interested in. Once they release their spiritual sense to inspect it, the virus program will be able to immediately invade their sea of consciousness and control their bodies. So, how about this plan? Isn't it perfect?"

After saying that, she blinked her eyes and looked at Chi Li eagerly.

The Six Gods' Love is essentially a ball of energy created by the main god system. It exists in the virtual space and can come and go freely in the network and the human consciousness.

But just as the Internet has firewalls, so does the human consciousness. She must obtain the other party's permission before entering. Forcible intrusion will risk failure.

Chi Li was originally bound to Liu Shen Ai, so a small corner of her sea of consciousness was opened to Liu Shen Ai, allowing her to see what she saw and hear what she heard, and she accidentally awakened her independent consciousness.

In the previous world, after Liu Shen'ai experienced what it was like to be a human, she still felt more comfortable staying in the virtual space. The body was a kind of constraint for her.

It's fun to move around freely in the virtual space and create some viruses to invade the monks' consciousness for fun.

The quality of a monk is several times higher than that of a mortal, and he can definitely withstand her torture!

Chi Li did not agree to her immediately, but instead looked up the information of the five deacons and elders of the Jinmen Immortal Mansion.

The five deacons and elders are Sun Nanshan, Xie Xiaohai, Yu Yixian, Jinqueyun, and Zhu Meizi. Most of them are at the Nascent Soul stage and the Spirit Transformation stage. Among them, only Yu Yixian is a female cultivator.

It is obvious that the ratio of female to male cultivators in Jinmen Immortal Palace is seriously unbalanced.

Chi Qi unconsciously pressed her fingers to her lips and lowered her eyes in thought.

Isn't it said that the strong are respected in the world of immortal cultivation? Why is it that in such a large sect like the Golden Gate Immortal Mansion, there are so few female cultivators holding high positions? It can't be that women are not good at cultivation, right? There must be some other reason.

However, judging from the cultivation levels of these elders, the points she has are still enough to deal with them.

But just now, she spent eight million points to make Shi Zhenlin fall from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Golden Core Realm. If she spent all the remaining 40 million points on a few elders, it would be a waste.

It’s better to save as much as possible.

Since Liu Shen'ai took the initiative to ask for help, there was no reason for her to leave such free help unused.

Thinking of this, Chi Li looked at Liu Shen'ai and smiled, "Your method is indeed very good. It seems that Xiao Liu has become a mature adult. I believe you can handle them. Go quickly."

Liu Shenai was so touched that she held her heart. It turned out that the host really trusted her.

"Okay, I'll go then." The virtual image flickered and twisted a few times, then disappeared from in front of Chi Li.

Chi Li relaxed on the sofa and began to think about her next plan.

According to the whole plot, these elders are just minions, and the male protagonist and Gongsun Xiong are her biggest and most difficult enemies.

One of them has an evil bone and has the support of the entire demon clan behind him; while the other is a powerful being in the Tribulation Realm, only half a step away from ascending to become a god.

It was like a golden finger was being used. The points she had were not enough to deal with them.

It would be easy if the demonic forces could be used by her.

After all, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. If the demons can greatly increase their strength, perhaps she won't have to do anything and the task of [annihilating the immortals] can be easily accomplished.

But who has the ability to defeat the male protagonist and become the new Demon Lord of the Demon Clan?

Chi Li instantly thought of Qiu Qianling.

The heroine happened to be injured and imprisoned in a dungeon, which was her most vulnerable moment. If she took advantage of the opportunity and lent a helping hand to the heroine, she would definitely be able to coax the heroine into working for her wholeheartedly.

Of course, the prerequisite is that you cannot use Xie Yuqing's identity, you have to put on a vest first.

Chi Qi curled the corners of her mouth slightly and had an idea in mind.

She got up and left the safe house, heading to the dungeon to seek revenge on Qian Ling.

At this moment, she felt a vibration coming from the restriction outside the cave, and someone was coming.

Chi Li walked out and saw a black-haired male cultivator standing in the yard. He was dressed in moon-white clothes and looked very similar to Shi Zhenlin a few hours ago.

She immediately realized that this was Shi Zhuoyue.

Shi Zhuoyue saw her come out, with a hint of anger on his face, "Mom, is Qiu Qianling here with you?"