Chapter 91-92 (Patreon)

91. Big Trouble

The Prefect's face turned pale, and his hands even trembled unconsciously.

He glanced at the breathless Daoist on the ground and his eyes filled with horror.

How did the powerful and omnipotent immortal master, a Qi cultivator, die so suddenly?

"Lin... Of course, the Lin Mansion has not harbored any demons. This official must have been misled by troublemakers. However, Young Master Lin, the death of the immortal master is a serious matter, and this..."

The Prefect began to worry at this point. This was an immortal master, after all. He died in the Lin Mansion and died in Zhou Mountain Mansion City.

Could the He Mountain Dao take this lightly?

This was not just any rogue cultivator. He had a certificate of immortal cultivation. He was as orthodox an immortal master as one could be.

"Where does this Qi cultivator come from?" Lin Fei asked.

"Young Master Lin, he is an immortal master from He Mountain Dao, with a certificate of immortal cultivation on him. He Mountain Dao is one of the immortal sects recognized by the imperial court."

Lin Fei's eyebrows furrowed slightly.

He Mountain Dao?

Although he had never heard of it before, the fact that the imperial court acknowledged it meant that the other party was not some wild rogue cultivator. Instead, they were orthodox Qi cultivators, backed by a Daoist sect!

The death of a Qi cultivator was by no means a trivial matter. Lin Fei could already imagine the uproar this incident would cause.

As for covering it up?

It was simply impossible to cover it up.

Many people knew that the Daoist had come to Zhou Mountain Mansion City. Besides, so many people had witnessed him killing the Daoist today. Lin Fei couldn't possibly kill everyone present.

"Why did this Daoist want to break into the Lin Mansion?" Lin Fei continued to ask.

"The immortal master came to Zhou Mountain Mansion City because he was hunting down a demonic cultivator from the Yin Ren Mansion. Some people saw the demonic cultivator from the Yin Mansion appear on Dan Gui Street. When we arrived at Dan Gui Street, the immortal master seemed to sense some Yin Qi from the Lin Mansion, so he wanted to break in and search for the demonic cultivator from the Yin Ren Mansion. But we didn't expect that Young Master Lin would kill the immortal master..."

The Prefect truly felt that a great calamity had befallen him.

The immortal master of the He Mountain Dao was dead. Regardless of the outcome for Lin Fei in the end, He had certainly gotten himself into big trouble.

"Yin Qi..."

A thought crossed Lin Fei's mind.

He had a vague idea of why the He Mountain Daoist wanted to search the Lin Mansion. It must be the Yin Gathering Formation set up by Lin Miao.

This formation absorbed Yin Qi. The He Mountain Daoist was a Qi cultivator. Naturally, he detected the traces of Yin Qi and insisted on entering the Lin Mansion to investigate.

Moreover, Lin Fei further speculated. The reason the Yin Ren Mansion's Qi cultivator tried to ambush Lin Miao in the first place was probably that he discovered the Yin Gathering Formation set up in the Lin Mansion's side courtyard.

Otherwise, how would the Yin Ren Mansion's Qi cultivator know about Lin Miao's existence?

"It seems that the issue with the Yin-gathering Formation must be resolved. Either hide it or remove it altogether to avoid being discovered by other Qi cultivators in the future and causing more trouble."

Many thoughts flashed through Lin Fei's mind. However, the current issue was how to deal with this Daoist matter. That was the top priority.

"Prefect, take the Daoist's body back with you. Then report to the imperial court, and they will inform the people of He Mountain Dao. Remember, you must explain the whole story. The He Mountain Dao immortal master trespassed into the Lin Mansion without reason and was killed by me. Do you understand?"

Lin Fei said coldly. He was not afraid that the Prefect would not follow his instructions. The Prefect should know what was more important.

After all, the Prefect had offended the He Mountain Dao. If he didn't listen to Lin Fei now, Even if he was an official, the Prefect might not even be able to keep his whole corpse, let alone anything else.

"Yes, yes, this official understands."

The Prefect quickly nodded. Lin Fei was filled with killing intent at the moment. If he didn't agree with Lin Fei quickly, who knew what Lin Fei would do?

Even though he was the Prefect. But now, in various places of the Great Chang Dynasty, were there few Prefects who had been killed? Many officials died inexplicably.

"See the guests out!"

Lin Fei waved his hand.

Immediately, the Prefect ordered people to carry the body of the He Mountain Dao immortal master and hurriedly left the Lin Mansion. At this moment, Lin Fei's eldest brother Lin Wen and his parents quickly approached.

Lin Wen looked at the retreating figure of the Prefect and frowned, "Second Brother, you killed the immortal master of He Mountain Dao, I'm afraid this will bring no small trouble, right?"

Everyone knew that the status of immortal masters was very high. Although the Great Chang was founded on martial power, the status of immortal masters was even higher than that of martial artists.

"There will definitely be some trouble. But I'm not without background either. Behind me is the Nine Profound Sect, and my master is an innate expert! Although He Mountain Dao is an immortal sect, I didn't kill their Daoist without reason.

It was the Daoist who trespassed into the Lin Mansion first. Moreover, I have a good relationship with the Princess of the South King. When the Prefect reports to the imperial court, the princess can also use her influence in the court to put pressure on He Mountain Dao.

For just one Qi Condensation disciple, even if He Mountain Dao is dissatisfied, they probably can't do anything to me."

Lin Fei had already thought of a solution. This matter was big or small, depending on who had the stronger backing.

The Nine Profound Sect alone, Lin Fei felt, might not be enough to deter He Mountain Dao. But if he added the princess, it would be different.

The princess could represent a part of the imperial court's intentions. After all, the world still belonged to the imperial court! He Mountain Dao would certainly have some reservations.

"It's good that you have a plan, but this Prefect..."

Lin Wen was already very dissatisfied with the Prefect.

"The Prefect must be replaced and replaced with someone from our Lin family. From now on, the Lin family must control everything that happens in Zhou Mountain Mansion City! We can't let what happened today happen again. I'll leave this matter to you, Elder Brother. You just need to find a suitable candidate for the Prefect, someone who can be controlled by our Lin family. I can ask the princess to arrange for the Prefect to be replaced by our person..."

A hint of coldness in Lin Fei's eyes. If it weren't for the fact that the Prefect represented the Great Chang Dynasty. How could the Prefect have survived just now?

Although Lin Fei didn't kill the Prefect, he couldn't just let it go either. When they found someone to replace the Prefect, they would deal with the Wang family later.

Lin Fei gave many instructions. Then he went to the side courtyard.

"Hmm? Lin Miao, did you refine the Burst Qi Pill?"

Lin Fei saw that the pill furnace's fire had been extinguished. Lin Miao took out a porcelain bottle and handed it to Lin Fei.

"Young Master, I have already refined the pills, and there are five of them!"

"Five? That's not bad."

Lin Fei calculated. The raw materials cost 10,000 taels of silver. Five pills were produced. So it was equivalent to 2,000 taels of silver per pill.

Compared to the Burst Qi Pill at the Nine Profound Sect's treasure pavilion, which cost 10,000 contribution points per pill, this was already a good deal.

"Young Master, when you killed the He Mountain Dao's Qi cultivator earlier, I was in the crowd. It's all my fault. I didn't know that the Yin Gathering Formation would be discovered by other Qi cultivators.

That's why Yin Ren Mansion's people targeted me, which in turn attracted He Mountain Dao's Qi cultivator. And it caused such big trouble for Young Master..."

Lin Miao was a smart person. He had also heard the words of the He Mountain Dao's Qi cultivator. Naturally, he could deduce that all the trouble was caused by his Yin Gathering Formation.

The Yin Gathering Formation was very conspicuous in the eyes of other Qi cultivators. As long as they got close, they would definitely be able to sense it.

The Yin Ren Mansion's Qi cultivator discovered the Yin Gathering Formation in this way. The He Mountain Dao Daoist also wanted to forcefully break into the Lin Mansion for the same reason.

"First, withdraw the Yin Gathering Formation. Before figuring out a way to hide the Yin Gathering Formation, do not set it up again. However, don't stop refining pills.

I will be leaving the Lin family for a while. But I will leave you a large amount of Burst Qi Pill raw materials. It should be enough for you to refine fifty batches of Burst Qi Pills. As for the rest, you don't need to worry about it. I will handle it."

Lin Fei gave some instructions. Originally, he planned to stay in the Lin Mansion for a while, continuously taking Burst Qi Pills. However, it seemed that he had to leave the Lin Mansion now.

He had to return to the Nine Profound Sect immediately and report this matter to his master and the sect leader. And write a letter to Princess Ling Yao, asking her to help operate and put pressure on He Mountain Dao. Only in this way can this matter be resolved!

"Qi cultivator..." Lin Fei murmured softly.

Killing a mere third level of Qi Condensation cultivator actually caused so much trouble. In fact, it was still because his strength was not enough!

When the time comes that he can kill Qi cultivators as easily as killing chickens, who would dare to cause him trouble then?

After arranging everything, Lin Fei set off overnight, heading towards the Nine Profound Sect.

92. Return to Nine Profound Sect

Inside the main hall of the Nine Profound Sect, there were only three figures at the moment.

One was Lin Fei, standing quietly there. The other two figures were sitting in chairs. One of them was the sect master. The other was Lin Fei's master, Grand Elder Zhao Kongming.

"Master, Sect Master, this is what happened. The Daoist broke into the Lin Mansion. I had no choice but to take action, and accidentally, the Daoist was killed. Later, I learned that he was a cultivator from He Mountain Dao."

As soon as Lin Fei returned to the Nine Profound Sect, he immediately went to see the Sect Master and his Master and reported in detail about his killing of the He Mountain Dao cultivator.

Of course, Lin Fei also concealed the matter of Lin Miao. He didn't want anyone to know that the Lin family had a Qi cultivator.

After all, Lin Miao was Lin Fei's alchemy tool person. He was important to Lin Fei. Lin Fei still wanted to protect Lin Miao.

When Lin Fei finished speaking, neither the Sect Master nor Zhao Kongming spoke for a long time. The entire hall fell into a silent silence.

"Lin Fei, you said that you accidentally killed the He Mountain Dao's Qi cultivator when you went down the mountain this time?"

It was finally the Sect Master who asked.

"Reporting to the Sect Master, when I took action, it was indeed due to a reason. The Qi cultivator of He Mountain Dao was too arrogant and overbearing and forcefully broke into the Lin Mansion. I had no choice but to kill him."

Naturally, Lin Fei wanted to put himself in the "wronged" party.

And Qi Condensation cultivators being arrogant and overbearing was nothing new.

"It's not about that. You said you had no choice but to kill the He Mountain Dao's Qi cultivator. What did you use to kill him?"

"Under the circumstances, I had to use my newly comprehended saber intent to kill him..."

"Swish."

Before his words fell, Lin Fei felt two burning gazes staring at him closely.

"Apprentice, be more specific. You killed him with your saber intent?"

"Yes, my newly comprehended saber intent..."

"Then release your saber intent, and let your master take a closer look."

Zhao Kongming's voice seemed to tremble slightly, seeming to be forcefully suppressing it.

"Saber intent."

The next moment, Lin Fei activated his saber intent.

"Boom."

Above Lin Fei's head, it seemed as if a large, illusory saber suddenly appeared.

"Buzz."

In the hall, there were many large sabers on the weapon rack. At this moment, they were all "buzzing" and trembling incessantly.

The Sect Master and Zhao Kongming both saw this scene.

"Saber intent, hahaha, it really is saber intent! Our Nine Profound Sect finally has someone who has comprehended Martial Dao True Intent. Heaven blessed our Nine Profound Sect!"

At this moment, Zhao Kongming could no longer contain himself. He couldn't help but laugh loudly. His voice was filled with endless excitement and joy.

He could never have imagined that a disciple he had just taken in not long ago had actually comprehended the Martial Dao True Intent. And it was one of the strongest attacking intents - saber intent!

Among all Martial Dao True Intents, sword intent and saber intent were undoubtedly the most powerful martial intents!

The Sect Master looked at Lin Fei with a complicated expression.

Killing a Qi cultivator of He Mountain Dao!? That was not just some rogue cultivator but a legitimate Qi cultivator of He Mountain Dao with spells, talismans, and magical artifacts.

Facing such a legitimate Qi cultivator, acquired martial artists would almost be a crushing defeat. Even the acquired peak martial artist. In front of a legitimate Qi cultivator, they would be of no use.

But Lin Fei?

He had directly killed a legitimate Qi cultivator. This was something that even the Sect Master could not achieve.

Only an innate martial artist could contend with a legitimate Qi cultivator, besides the Martial Dao True Intent!

Martial Dao True Intent was an extremely special existence among martial artists. Moreover, it was a key factor in whether a martial sect could flourish.

"Master, I killed a cultivator of He Mountain Dao. If I brought trouble to the sect, I am willing to accept punishment!"

Lin Fei's attitude was very humble.

Everyone knew martial artists had no advantage against cultivators. So when Martial sects faced Daoist sects, it was actually the same.

Born at a disadvantage.

If He Mountain Dao pressed hard, the Nine Profound Sect might not be able to withstand it.

"Punishment? Hahaha, apprentice, what fault do you have?

You killed the disciple of He Mountain Dao, so be it. It was just a Qi cultivator at the third level. Does He Mountain Dao really dare to threaten our Nine Profound Sect? Our Nine Profound Sect is, after all, a major martial sect with innate powerhouses!

He Mountain Dao has no Foundation Establishment cultivators, so what can they use to threaten our Nine Profound Sect? Besides, apprentice, you have comprehended saber intent, which makes you the future hope of our Nine Profound Sect! How could our Nine Profound Sect punish you?

You don't need to worry about this matter. I will shoulder the pressure from He Mountain Dao for you."

Zhao Kongming was now extremely happy.

If one would dare to punish Lin Fei, Zhao Kongming would be the first to disagree!

Lin Fei was really surprised. He opened his mouth, wanting to speak but hesitated.

He Mountain Dao was a major cultivation sect. The death of a Qi cultivator at the third level was not a trivial matter.

But the Nine Profound Sect not only did they show no intention of punishing him, but it seemed that they were even willing to do everything possible to protect him.

Was it because he was a disciple of the Nine Profound Sect? Or was it because of the saber intent?

However, no matter how strong saber intent was, it was only on par with innate martial artists. And when innate martial artists faced high-level Qi cultivators, they were still at a disadvantage.

Seeing the confusion in Lin Fei's eyes, the Sect Master sighed and said, "Lin Fei, you indeed acted rashly this time. It would have been fine if you killed other Qi cultivators, like the evil cultivator in Haizhou City. But you killed a Qi cultivator of He Mountain Dao.

Those cultivation sects often look down on us martial sects with arrogance. They don't take our martial sects seriously. If it had been before, the Nine Profound Sect would have protected you, but not to this extent.

However, since you have mastered saber intent, it's different. The biggest disadvantage for martial artists facing Qi cultivators is that they can't injure them.

Even if innate martial artists can use their innate true qi to break a Qi cultivator's spells or magical artifacts, it's not easy for them either, and it's even extremely difficult.

Only Martial Dao True Intent can ignore various spells and magical artifacts of Qi cultivators, even killing them without leaving a trace, making their techniques useless.

Such martial artists, if they reach the innate level, will have no weaknesses when against cultivators. Sects with disciples who have comprehended Martial Dao True Intent will also see their status rise significantly.

Lin Fei, do you now understand how valuable your saber intent is?"

Lin Fei suddenly realized.

A glint flashed in his eyes.

The power of Saber Intent was so great. It can even be without the weaknesses of other martial artists facing Qi cultivators. No wonder the Nine Profound Sect was determined to protect him.

Lin Fei would be the future hope of the Nine Profound Sect!