Chapter 1341: 999: Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole (Part 2)

"Ugly, Ugly Slave?! You..." The Sixth Elder opened his eyes and realized it was the biggest gathering in Leisure Sect history, immediately dumbfounded, "I thought you were long dead?""I appreciate your kind words!" Ugly Slave, holding a pork knuckle, mumbled indistinctly, "But I’ve heard it’s quite torturous wanting to die after becoming strange. Now I just hope Mr. Jiang has smooth sailing, so he can provide us water and food daily, otherwise, life is worse than death."

What are they mumbling about?

The Sixth Elder didn’t understand, but within a few minutes, he suddenly learned without guidance—having not felt hunger for years of fasting, his stomach suddenly growled with hunger, and his lips began to dry.

Looking at Ugly Slave sipping wine and gnawing on a pork knuckle, drool uncontrollably dripped from his mouth.

While he had yet to calm his insatiable hunger, a bunch of old acquaintances suddenly fell from above—the Black Riders belonging to Qi Baijun, the Ironblood Black Riders under the Sixth Elder, and four bewildered squad leaders.

"Looks like apart from the Second Guardian in seclusion and the Fourth Guardian on Yingtian Star, Mr. Jiang has captured all Leisure Sect members in the wilderness." Qi Baijun glanced over, continuing to patiently persuade, "Sixth Elder, if you keep delaying and let the Ironblood Black Riders steal merit, you may not even get a sip of cold water."

The old man’s heart was furious—damn, he had previously disclosed too much to the impostor, leaving too few secrets to trade for merit now.

Mumbling "this isn’t good," he turned around and sold out the Second Guardian.

In the following days, Jiang Yuan lived a monotonous yet blissful life.

Leading eight avatars, he thoroughly plundered all evil cultivators squeezed into three small spaces, absorbed their lifespan and threw them into the dungeon, lifespan balance now at fifteen million years!

Of course, during this time, he also achieved a tens of millions of years lifespan milestone, giving everyone with bonded relationships a celebratory bonus of two hundred lifespan.

This led to Jiang Yuan’s interpersonal relationship page skyrocketing in goodwill.

[Side Quest: Eliminate Leisure Sect]

[The evil cultivator organization in the wilderness has been uprooted, progress 99.99%. Reward: Family Portrait Gift Package +1; Divine Power Refining Acceleration Card +5]

[Detected that future Divine Beast Black Tortoise, Azure Dragon has successfully refined Divine Power, current reward converted to Task Progress Acceleration Card]

[Eliminate Leisure Sect Finale Task: Kill the evil Sect Leader who harms all living beings. Reward: Home Upgrade Card +1]

[Home Upgrade Card: Allows immediate automatic completion of all tasks required to upgrade home, a magical item card to jump one level. Note: Only applicable when current task requires upgrading courtyard level, expires otherwise]

Jiang Yuan: ???

Does it mean I should focus on hunting down the Sect Leader right now, and don’t need to do courtyard tasks?

The current main task is building Level Two Conch Island; if I do tasks too eagerly and directly upgrade to Level Two, the rewarded Home Upgrade Card will become useless!

Can faintly sense the urgency to eliminate evil cultivators, possibly worried that if the main culprit isn’t executed, a new Leisure Sect may develop given time.

Problem is, where to find the clues?

Even the Sixth Elder said that as the biggest evil cultivator leader, the Sect Leader hides deeply, never appearing in true form. Apart from knowing he is a physician, little more is known and it’s uncertain.

The Essence storage depot is also closed; avatars posing as Qi Baijun can’t get in.

Now thinking back, the Sect Leader truly is cunning, setting each stay to a maximum of half an hour, requiring a two-hour cooldown for next entry, worried about attacks on essence storage formations of other small worlds.

"With only these clues, where to find more?" Jiang Yuan was perplexed, though the opponent might escape back to the wilderness, searching for someone in the vast world is harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

Sitting by the shore fishing, he dazedly thought "physician, physician" in his mind, suddenly inspired by remembering rescuing a physician on a world fragment within the void, who founded Miaoyi Valley and recruited some talented apprentices.

Now Miaoyi Valley is thriving in the increasingly complete new world, and Jiang Yuan thought as peers, they might offer tips for the stuck side quest.

With this thought, he promptly clicked to enter the new world formed from the Mizhang Ridge dungeon fusion.

"Apologies for not warmly welcoming Mr. Jiang’s presence!" Valley Master Zhu Qiao of Miaoyi Valley was teaching Inner Sect Disciples the flying needle technique, sensed Jiang Yuan’s aura, promptly stood up with a welcoming smile.

Back then, meeting Mr. Jiang was a blessing, or else who knows how long they’d have drifted in the vast void.

She was the type to go with the flow, even became a void refugee, she immediately flew on her sword hearing someone needed rescue. Later realizing she couldn’t return to Miaoyi Valley, she simply treated mortals left with battle injuries, and happily hunted, cooked, and ate with them.

Now not only back in Miaoyi Valley, but also leading stable new world efforts, she wasn’t in a rush to expand territory. Instead, she focused on teaching disciples diligent cultivation, lest encountering difficulties with no ability to protect themselves.

"Encountering a difficulty today, seeking advice from Valley Master Chu." Jiang Yuan got straight to the point, "Recently tracking down an evil cultivator organization, most aspects are fine, but the leader who’s never shown their true face is in hiding, truly at a loss.

Just know he’s a physician with a high cultivation Realm, even has intentions of Tribulation Crossing and Ascension, but allegedly hasn’t truly achieved Dao.

I wish to consult Valley Master Chu, for a physician, what conditions are needed to achieve Dao and Ascension? What methods can I use to lure him out?"

Zhu Qiao was momentarily stunned, then furrowed her brows, "As a physician, one should use their skills to heal and save others from illness, how could one degenerate into an evil cultivator causing harm, aren’t they afraid of heavenly retribution?"