In the following days, Jiang Yue studied the clan's protective formation in her secluded chamber. The Third Elder was an inside traitor, and the details of the formation might have been leaked. Jiang Yue did not expect to be able to change the formation set up by the immortals in a short time with her abilities. She thought of setting up another formation at the only life gate, so that she could lure them into a trap and capture them all at once.
Fortunately, Jiang Yue's space contains a one-time-use formation. Although its level is not as high as this formation, with the evolved Bai Ze as the formation's core and supplemented by poisons made in the Wizarding World, those below the level of immortals should not be able to escape.
During this time, the clan leader acted according to plan, pretending to arrange for the clan's seeds to evacuate. The other party clearly did not want these people to leave. The Third Elder made frequent moves, so Jiang Yue could only ask the clan leader to arrange something for him to do to stall him, as her formation was not yet complete.
After intercepting the Third Elder's intelligence, Jiang Yue learned when the other party would make their move. It was the night before the clan leader said he was sending people away. It seemed that the other party did not intend to wait until Jiang Yue died before making their move. Fortunately, Jiang Yue had already set up the formation and was just waiting to lure the enemy into the trap.
On the night the plan began, Jiang Yue had the clan leader and the clansmen hide. Although she was confident, she was not entirely sure of success. After the clan leader left, Jiang Yue looked at the Third Elder inside the formation. Once she had lured him in, there was no need to keep him alive. However, she would see if she could refine him into a puppet. Killing him would be too low a cost-benefit ratio.
The other party chose this time to commit murder and arson on a dark and windy night. After the Third Elder lured the person in and closed the formation, Jiang Yue didn't hesitate. The formation was activated instantly, giving the other party no chance. After the formation was activated, it directly froze the person in place. Then, Bai Ze launched a full-force attack to freeze the void and prevent the immortal artifact from breaking through the air. Jiang Yue held the immortal artifact and directly ripped off the other party's head.
Before the opponent's primordial spirit could escape, Jiang Yue sealed it away. After a series of actions, the immortal artifact carried by the opponent finally reacted. When it tried to break through the void, it found that it couldn't break through at all. It had underestimated Bai Ze too much. If it was left too long, it might escape. But was Jiang Yue just a pushover? Jiang Yue and Bai Ze worked together and managed to seal the immortal artifact away in no time.
After sealing Jiang Yue, Bai Ze took out a small bottle from his spatial storage. The moment he saw it, Bai Ze ran to the side, afraid that Jiang Yue's hand would tremble. This was something specially used in the previous cultivation world to help erase the binding of magical artifacts with their owners. Jiang Yue had even enhanced this thing once in the wizarding world. Jiang Yue was not sure if it would work on immortal artifacts, but there was a test subject right in front of her, so why not give it a try?
After breaking the seal, Jiang Yue poured the entire bottle onto the immortal artifact. Because of its master's death, it actually worked. Although it didn't completely erase the previous master's mark, it made it easier for Jiang Yue to suppress it. Once Jiang Yue had destroyed the original master's primordial spirit, giving her a world should have been enough to completely erase it.
After the battle, Jiang Yue casually put away the Third Elder, planning to deal with him after dealing with the other two. He figured that a traitor couldn't possibly be without accomplices, so this was a good opportunity to clean up the parasites within the clan. The clan was too big; there were all sorts of people in it. The clan leader had wanted to take action but hadn't had a reason yet, and now the reason had been delivered to him.
After cleaning up the battlefield, Jiang Yue summoned the clan leader to handle the aftermath. She returned to her secluded cultivation room with the spoils of war, still harboring many questions and hoping to find answers.
She decided to set aside the immortal artifact for now and let Bai Ze work on it slowly. She dealt with these two people first and checked the storage ring. After breaking it open, she found nothing inside except resources. There were no identification items or cultivation techniques. The idea of having cultivation techniques in a storage bag was something that only happened in novels. In reality, who would put something in a storage ring just to give it away after they died?
Jiang Yue had no intention of using torture. Who would be afraid of a little pain if they could cultivate to this level? Jiang Yue had been in the wizarding world and had a deep understanding of the soul. After setting up the formation, Jiang Yue took out the wizard tower. It would take some time to analyze the energy, so she also needed to do some preliminary preparations.
Once the wizard tower was ready, Jiang Yue began her research. As Jiang Yue had expected, there were many restrictions on the soul, but even demons that manipulated souls had to take a backseat. Wizards were the true masters. However, because Jiang Yue's own strength was too low, she couldn't break these methods at the moment and could only bypass them.
Jiang Yue spent a year gathering all the information, acquiring a bunch of useless news and some cultivation techniques and secret arts. However, these were not of much value, as the Jiang family had produced immortals before, and their cultivation techniques could lead to immortality. On the other hand, they did not know why the Jiang family was being targeted. The targeting of the Jiang family was merely an order from a so-called master, and they had no information about this master whatsoever.
Although the news was of little use, people themselves are a resource. In the cultivation world, cannibalism is commonplace, and people with high cultivation levels are also a resource. Jiang Yue refined the two portions of primordial spirit into something that can enhance the strength of the primordial spirit. However, this thing takes too long to digest, so Jiang Yue can't use it. Let's keep it for the clan leader. Maybe he can break through to the Tribulation Transcending stage, which would give the clan another foundation.
Her physical body wasn't wasted either; it was directly turned into a puppet. Although it could only exert the power of a combined entity, it was still quite good. Don't be fooled by Jiang Yue's actions, which seem to resemble those of the demonic path. This isn't a demonic method; everyone in the cultivation world does it this way. It's just that the righteous path is more subtle, while the demonic path is more direct.
Otherwise, why would you give up a resource that's useful even for someone in the Tribulation Transcending stage? There's no such thing as conscience in the cultivation world. Everyone knows there are only three realms: ant, fellow cultivator, and senior. So when people are about to die, they all self-destruct. It's not just a matter of integrity; the most important thing is to preserve their dignity so they won't be desecrated after death.
After the person died, the mark left by the previous owner of that trophy immortal artifact was erased by Jiang Yue. Now it is a brand new immortal artifact, and it is also an offensive immortal artifact. Jiang Yue has not handed it over to the clan leader for the time being. She wants to keep it for research. She will give it to him after she has figured it out.
After dealing with those people, she also dealt with the Third Elder. Then she explained the situation to the clan leader and gave him the resources, telling him to be careful during this period. She still had a lot of things to do. Hadn't she mentioned before that it was difficult for someone who had passed on their skills to improve their strength? She still needed to do some research on that, otherwise, how could her strength remain stuck at this level?
Prioritizing tasks, Jiang Yue chose to study herself first, putting the immortal artifact aside. Cultivation realm was the most important thing. Once her strength improved, would she have any trouble understanding an immortal artifact? With her experience in crafting artifacts, it wouldn't be impossible for her to forge one herself. She cooperated with Bai Ze to conduct an in-depth examination to see if they could find out why it was difficult for the person who received the power to improve their strength.
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