Immortal Father
Chapter 265 - 265 101 First Steps into the Shadowy World of Cultivation

265: Chapter 101: First Steps into the Shadowy World of Cultivation 265: Chapter 101: First Steps into the Shadowy World of Cultivation “”My benefactor!”

“Just call me Ping’an, Brother Xu, please have a seat,”

Li Ping’an greeted and invited Xuntian Xu to sit down at a square table in the room, then poured a cup of tea for him.

Li Ping’an asked, “How goes the incense offering?”

“There has been great progress,” Xuntian Xu said with a smile, “I’ve been able to talk to my wife, though only a few words each day.

Qiu’er’s spirit is just beginning to condense.

I know such secret techniques are extremely precious, and my whole family owes…”

“Hey!” Li Ping’an laughed, “Let’s not talk about that.

Xu Sheng’s elder brother and the founder of Wanyun Sect were old friends, and he looked after me quite a bit.”

He got straight to the point: “The reason I’ve asked Brother Xu to come is because I have a favor to ask.”

Xuntian Xu said, “I’ve already received a letter from my father stating that Sea Watch Sect is causing trouble for Wanyun Sect at every turn.

Sister Xiaoyue was seriously injured, and it was Sea Watch Sect that hired assassins to ambush her.”

“They came with the intent to kill, and Wanyun Sect can no longer tolerate this.”

A hint of coldness flashed through Li Ping’an’s eyes:

“Being a part of Wanyun Sect, I cannot stand to see our sect humiliated.

“Moreover, Xiaoyue and my father have a bond of sympathy.

As his son, how can I not avenge this?”

Xuntian Xu nodded slowly, smiling, “With just a word from you, Ping’an, I would go through fire and water for you!”

“You’re overemphasizing, Brother Xu,” Li Ping’an smiled, “This is a dispute between Wanyun Sect and Sea Watch Sect, and it has no direct connection with you.

I came to you today not to involve you in this matter, to avoid dragging Yuan Sect into this.”

“Ping’an!”

Xuntian Xu’s brows furrowed, and his lips tightened:

“I won’t beat around the bush with you, and you needn’t treat me with such formality.

I am willing to risk my life to help you, so why speak in such a roundabout way?”

“This is not empty talk,” Li Ping’an said earnestly, “The reason I came to Brother Xu is because I trust you, and because I seek to avenge a personal vendetta, which is unrelated to the sect.”

“Oh?”

Xuntian Xu asked, “What do you plan to do?”

Li Ping’an’s palm swept over the table surface, and immediately, a pile of Storage Treasures appeared.

He said, “I mean no offense to Brother Xu.

I just think that Brother Xu, having roamed the world for a thousand years and being a master Artifact Refiner, must have come into contact with all kinds of people in the cultivation world.”

Xuntian Xu couldn’t help but laugh, “Hahaha!

You’re asking me to do such a small thing!

There was no need to make it so formal.”

“Don’t laugh, Brother Xu,” Li Ping’an said earnestly, “It’s my first time dealing with such a matter, and I’m somewhat inexperienced.”

“However,” Xuntian Xu pondered for a moment, “I have already been living incognito among the common folk, and thanks to your help last time, Ping’an, I have cleared up the misunderstanding with my father and Yuan Sect…

I have some brothers who have been looking for me, and I have been worrying about how to say goodbye to them.”

Li Ping’an spoke seriously, “I must ask, Brother Xu, do any of your brothers belong to the Demon Race?”

“Yes, but not many, and they are not the kind that harm humans.

I’ve been careful about this.”

Xuntian Xu looked directly at Li Ping’an and said in a low voice:

“In the East Continent there are those who are open and those who are hidden.

That hidden East Continent often gathers rogue and demon cultivators.

Although many are cruel and bloodthirsty, there are also those who have a sense of honor.

“The ones you’re looking to contact this time are from Blood Fiend Hall, right?

“I have some connections with several experts from Blood Fiend Hall.

They asked me to refine Spiritual Treasures for them.

There are eighteen Blood Fiends in Blood Fiend Hall, each unknown to the others, and each leading a team of experts in their missions.

I do not know which of the eighteen Fiends was responsible for the assassination attempt on Elder Xiaoyue.”

Li Ping’an:…

I’ve really come to the right person!

Indeed, my previous guess was not wrong.

Xuntian Xu had been mingling in the ‘black and white’ of East Continent for a thousand years, and his Artifact Refining skills were second only to the late elder Xu Sheng.

He would be sought after wherever he went.

Li Ping’an leaned forward slightly, speaking softly, “Brother Xu, do you know of any others outside of Blood Fiend Hall who take lives for money?”

“That,” Xuntian Xu sighed lightly, “Ping’an, just give me your orders, my hands are already dirty.

But you yourself must never consider dealing with these demon cultivators and rogue cultivators.

Your nature is too upright, not suited for interacting with them.”

Li Ping’an laughed, “You don’t have to worry, Brother Xu, I know what I’m doing.”

Xuntian Xu pondered for a moment and finally chose not to hide anything: “Actually, when I was active in the Demonic Path, I had another name…

Mo Wentian.”

Having said that, he quietly watched Li Ping’an.

With an expression that said ‘you now know my secret’.

Li Ping’an also felt a bit of trepidation within.

What should he do?

React with shock and say ‘You are Mo Wentian’?

He was really not familiar with matters of the Demonic Path.

Watching Li Ping’an’s clear, inquiring eyes, Xuntian Xu couldn’t help but blush and spoke in a low voice, “On the Demonic Path, there are those who enjoy ranking things.

Actually, in recent centuries, I rank as the second Artifact Refiner on the Demonic Path.

It’s also because of this that I became acquainted with Mo Yunshen from Forge-Heaven Gate.”

Li Ping’an frowned, “So, do these major sects all have connections with the Demonic Path?”

“It’s not exactly a connection.”

Xuntian Xu sighed:

“The Demonic Path is just a general term.

Many experts of the Demonic Path are actually elders of major sects without their masks, and when they put on their masks, they become reckless practitioners of the Demonic Path.

“The East Continent is far from as tranquil as it seems.

“Many major sects have dirty dealings under the table and need some elders and disciples to navigate between the open and hidden worlds, doing things that cannot be brought to light.

“Nowadays, Wanyun Sect stays out of these affairs because of the internal strife they suffered ten thousand years ago.

That strife within Wanyun Sect was in fact caused by several unscrupulous elders.

Those elders were later slain or exiled by elder Kongming.

“These things, the Sect Leader of your sect and some of the older elders surely know, but how could they possibly discuss these things in front of their disciples and students?”