Chapter 239: Spend money, if that doesn't work, take out a loan
On the mattress, the girl's face was pale, and she clutched the blanket tightly. Although she was fast asleep, her face was filled with pain, as if something terrible was chasing her in her dream.
"Ghost... there is a ghost..."
"Jump into the well..."
"Shaobing... I don't have shaobing..."
Li Yanmo stood in front of the bed, was silent for a moment, then turned his head to look at the two [reporters].
"Master, I swear, this girl was already like this when I came out," Zhuge Moer's eyes were clear, without a trace of falsehood.
Jian Xin said calmly, "I heard some noise and came out to take a look."
Li Yanmo always felt that his two disciples had omitted some information, but Yao Mengyi was a foundation-building cultivator, and there was no way she would be frightened like this by two Qi-cultivating cultivators.
"Okay... this is Yao Mengyi. She was a princess before, but was exiled because of the plot. She and I have some fate, so I invited her to visit Ganzhou."
Seeing that Yao Mengyi would not wake up for a while, Li Yanmo brought his two apprentices to the courtyard and explained to them his next itinerary and plans.
Li Yanmo had considered hiding this matter from Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer, but after thinking about it, Li Yanmo felt that even Yao Mengyi knew about his planned itinerary, and it would be too awkward not to tell Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer.
Could it be possible that... his two disciples who were only at the Qi training level would run out of Ganzhou to do something?
After listening to Li Yanmo's itinerary, Zhuge Moer and Jian Xin looked at each other without leaving a trace.
Zhuge Moer frowned and analyzed, "Master, there is still some time before the expedition to eliminate the demons, but you want to build at least 21 caves in the seven states at once. Isn't it too rushed? Moreover, once the expedition to eliminate the demons begins, it will not stop. With Dayu's speed, he will be able to clear out the small states and head straight to Zhongzhou... Master, how do you plan to build caves in Zhongzhou in such a short time?"
"Of course I have considered it."
"Oh? Master, what are you going to do?"
"Throw money. If that doesn't work, ask Dayu for a loan to throw money."
Li Yanmo's eyes were clear but with a hint of stupidity. Zhuge Moer's clever brain was stunned and it took him a long time to confirm, "Master, you plan to borrow money from Dayu, and then fight against the Taoist sect to force those sects to keep raising their stakes until they can no longer hold on, so as to resolve the conflict between the commoner marquis and the noble marquis?"
“That’s right!”
Zhuge Moer couldn't help but mutter, "Master, you... have no reputation, can't earn any spirit stones, and owe a huge debt... What's the point?"
Li Yanmo did not answer, but just smiled mysteriously.
Seeing that Li Yanmo was not going to say anything, Zhuge Moer and Jian Xin did not ask any more questions, but instead asked about the affairs of Baidi City.
As they were chatting, Yao Mengyi finally woke up, pushed the door open, and saw Li Yanmo sitting there. Her eyes lit up, but when she saw Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer sitting next to Li Yanmo, the memory of last night surfaced again, and she fainted with foam at the mouth.
Li Yanmo looked at Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer with a strange expression.
"Master, Senior Sister and I are so weak and helpless, what can we do to help the Foundation Establishment Master?" Zhuge Moer pretended to be weak, hugged Jian Xin's waist, and blinked hard at Li Yanmo.
Jian Xin's expression was a little stiff, but he still blinked hard at Li Yanmo.
Seeing that his two disciples were like this, Li Yanmo had no choice.
Yao Mengyi woke up not long after she fainted. This time, she did not faint again when she saw Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer, but she was trembling more nervously than when she saw Leng Ningshuang.
Seeing Yao Mengyi's mental state, Li Yanmo knew that he could only take Yao Mengyi to Meizhou.
"...Ahem - Miss Yao, I've thought about it and think you might be able to help. I'd like to trouble you to go to Meizhou with me."
Yao Mengyi nodded vigorously, not daring to look at Jian Xin and Zhuge Moer the whole time.
After hearing Li Yanmo say that he was going to Tianxu Tower in Risheng City to discuss with Shen Ziqing, Yao Mengyi hurriedly went to get the horse and help Li Yanmo open the door, like a servant.
However, when Zhuge Moer and Jian Xin got on the carriage, Yao Mengyi became listless again.
As soon as Zhuge Moer sat down, he noticed the sweater hanging on the side, and his eyes lit up immediately.
"This sweater... is so beautifully knitted, Miss Yao, did you knit it?"
When the sweater was mentioned, Yao Mengyi regained some spirit and nodded cautiously. In order to ease the inexplicable tension, Li Yanmo also said, "Miss Yao is very good at knitting sweaters."
Jian Xin pricked up his ears, but thinking of Yao Mengyi's frightened look before, Jian Xin looked straight ahead, as if she didn't care at all.
With Li Yanmo's introduction and Zhuge Moer's eloquence, Yao Mengyi was finally not as timid as she was at the beginning when she arrived at Tianxu Tower.
Shen Ziqing had been waiting for a long time and had prepared intelligence about the seven states and even the four states later.
"Master, I have investigated the general plan of some sects of the Taoist sect. They intend to use the Heaven Devouring Demon Art as bait to let the Commoner Marquis's son quickly improve his cultivation by cannibalizing people, so that an irreparable gap will appear between the Commoner Marquis and Dayu."
"It's actually the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art?" Yao Mengyi was shocked, and then she became furious, "They actually used such a vicious method!"
Li Yanmo had long guessed that the sect would release some dangerous evil skills, but he did not expect that it would be an evil skill that relied on eating humans to improve cultivation.
However, those princes have read the books of sages since childhood, so they must know the disadvantages of cannibalism. They must also know that if it is exposed, their entire family will be implicated. If there is a certain leeway, they will never do so.
And the spiritual fruit magic formula he left there should not have too much leeway.
"That is to say... the sect will find various opportunities to let those princes eat the demon cultivators in the same way as cannibalism, so that they can improve their cultivation and at the same time leave a handle for them to use. They dare not expose it," Li Yan shook the teacup at the end of his hand, "It's much worse than I expected..."
Yao Mengyi nodded and said in distress, "Yes, the terrifying thing about the Heaven Devouring Demon Art is that it is a method to improve one's cultivation, and one can practice it at the same time! No matter what level of cultivation one is at, or what spell one is practicing, as long as one has the idea, one can use the Heaven Devouring Demon Art to eat people at any time!"
"Master, don't worry. The embryos of the magic weapons we prepared are all integrated with the righteousness of heaven and earth. They have studied the books of sages and have the righteousness of heaven and earth. But if they eat humans to practice, they will be backlashed by the righteousness of heaven and earth. Their cultivation is too low now, and even if they eat humans, they can't improve their cultivation much. Now they have the spiritual fruit left by the master, so we don't have to worry about them using the Heaven-Devouring Demon Art before the Golden Elixir," Shen Ziqing put down the teacup.
"But...if we fail to complete the subsequent layout and let the sect act recklessly, it will only be a matter of time before they use the Heaven Devouring Demonic Art."
(End of this chapter)
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