Chapter 152: A Great Harvest, Could the One Who Killed My Grandson Be a Pseudo Core True Person?

Inside a mountain cave.

Lu Changsheng closed his eyes to explore himself with divine sense.

He saw a strange gray aura inside his body.

“Is this the so-called soul imprint?”

“It not only lets the user know when the target dies or suffers an accident.”

“It also allows the soul imprint to become a resentful spirit thread that attaches to the killer, enabling them to be found regardless of distance.”

Lu Changsheng mused over the gray aura.

He tried to erase the gray aura with spiritual energy.

But the aura twisted and struggled like a living thing, very stubborn.

His spiritual energy couldn’t erase it.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng took out a Second-Tier low-grade Purification Talisman and activated it on himself.

Pure white light flowed within him, enveloping the gray aura upon contact.

However, this purifying force could only suppress the gray aura, not purify it entirely.

“Dealing with the soul imprint planted by a False Core True Person is indeed not easy.”

“Do I need to use the Substitute Life Charm?”

Lu Changsheng narrowed his eyes, muttering to himself.

Knowing that Meng Yibai was the grandson of a False Core True Person, he dared to kill him, relying on something.

That reliance was the Substitute Life Charm.

This talisman could substitute for his life and ward off calamities.

It can not only withstand lethal attacks but also avoids curses like soul imprints and resentful spirit threads.

“Let’s see if other methods can resolve this resentful spirit thread first.”

“Otherwise, using this Four-Tier Substitute Life Charm here would be a waste.”

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, pondering.

He didn’t want to waste his Substitute Life Charm so easily.

After all, this Substitute Life Charm allowed him to flee from anything below Nascent Soul level.

It’s too suffocating to use it against an unarrived False Core True Person.

“Moreover, truly using the Substitute Life Charm requires waiting for the False Core True Person to arrive.”

“By then, I can remember their appearance and aura to curse them using the Curse of the Demon book, resolving grievances completely.”

“Although the Curse of the Demon book needs to consume a century of lifespan to curse a Golden Core True Person, I wonder how much is needed for a False Core True Person—thirty or fifty years?”

Lu Changsheng thought deeply.

Despite being called a True Person, a False Core True Person still has ‘pseudo’ in the name.

They rely on external things to refine Monster Cores to advance.

It’s incomparable to an authentic Golden Core True Person.

In terms of power or lifespan, they’re far inferior to a Golden Core True Person.

They can’t progress further in cultivation and live only about three hundred years.

“This is a last resort, though. I’ll avoid it if I can.”

“It wastes two of my treasures, and killing a False Core True Person might provoke an investigation by the Azure Cloud Sect.”

Lu Changsheng pondered cautiously.

He then closed his eyes and sat cross-legged to operate the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual.

He tried converting spiritual energy into Seven-star Sword Qi to refine the resentful spirit thread.

After all, Seven-star Sword Qi can even refine core poison; it might refine this thread.

“Sizzle—”

Sword Qi radiated fiercely throughout Lu Changsheng’s body, almost bursting out.

The Seven-star Sword Qi inside twisted around the thread like a dragon, producing a sizzling sound.

Yet the thread was very strange, persistently resisting, even when swallowed by the Sword Qi.

A moment later.

“It works!”

“The Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual lives up to being a supreme technique, capable of refining even a False Core True Person’s resentful spirit thread.”

“Though it’s slow. Refining it completely would take two or three days.”

“In two or three days, that False Core True Person might come.”

Lu Changsheng opened his eyes with a hint of joy.

Recalling that the Second-Tier Purification Talisman had a suppressive effect,

he took out another Second-Tier low-grade Purification Talisman and used it.

As the purifying force coursed through him, he used the Sword Qi to refine the gray aura.

This increased his refining efficiency manifold.

When the talisman effect faded, Lu Changsheng had refined one-tenth of the gray aura.

“With a Second-Tier top-quality Purification Talisman to suppress it, I might purify it quickly.”

Finding this method effective, he took out a Second-Tier talisman pen and materials bought at the market.

He began to draw a Second-Tier top-quality Purification Talisman.

Planning to rely on talisman assistance to quickly refine the thread.

After a recent battle, he felt drained emotionally and spiritually.

Hence, he didn’t directly draw a top-tier Second-Tier Talisman.

Instead, he started with a mid-grade Second-Tier Purification Talisman to recalibrate and settle himself.

Fifteen minutes later.

Lu Changsheng held the talisman pen, slowly drawing a mid-grade Second-Tier Purification Talisman, infusing it with spiritual energy.

White brilliance erupted on the talisman paper, completing it.

After drawing this talisman, without resting, Lu Changsheng proceeded to create a high-grade Second-Tier Purification Talisman.

Drawing this High-Grade Talismen took him around half an hour.

That’s the nature of talisman drawing.

The more advanced the talisman, the more difficult and time-consuming it is.

However, Lu Changsheng not only possesses Second-Tier masterful skill in Talisman Making.

He also has the Xuan Yuan Pearl, his second dantian.

It stores nine times his spiritual energy.

His spiritual energy is nearly inexhaustible, without worry.

Moreover, with Foundation Establishment, he’s not mentally exhausted from drawing a few talismans.

“Phew!”

Having drawn two talismans to find his flow, Lu Changsheng focused seriously on crafting a top-quality Second-Tier Purification Talisman.

He has a 98% success rate in drawing high-quality Second-Tier Talismans.

But only a 70-80% success rate for top-quality Second-Tier Talismans.

He can’t guarantee total success.

Lu Changsheng, holding the talisman pen, carefully drew.

His body channeling endless spiritual energy through the pen, forming mysterious talismans.

An hour later.

Seeing his successful High-Grade Talismen, he smiled lightly.

Then he grabbed the talisman and activated it on himself.

Instantly, white light burst forth, making the cave as bright as day.

Purifying force surged into Lu Changsheng, enveloping the thread.

During this process, the thread was purified directly.

Lu Changsheng realized that five or six top-quality Second-Tier Purification Talismans might erase the thread.

He quickly operated the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual.

Using Sword Qi and the talisman, he refined the thread.

Half an hour later, he refined eight-tenths of the thread.

Seeing this, he decided not to draw another top-quality Second-Tier talisman.

Instead, he used the high-grade Second-Tier talisman he had drawn.

With its assistance, Lu Changsheng refined the remaining thread.

Afterward, he used his divine sense and remaining mid-grade Second-Tier talismans to double-check.

Confirming the thread was absent from his body, he finally relaxed.

He glanced at the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, absorbing Meng Yibai’s corpse’s blood.

“Let’s go.”

Lu Changsheng waved to summon the silkworm.

With a fireball, he incinerated Meng Yibai’s body, causing the cave to collapse.

Then he used a Hundred Mile Escape Talisman to quickly leave.

After escaping several hundred miles, he stopped.

He swallowed two pills to restore his strength and spiritual energy.

Then he checked Meng Yibai’s storage bag for finds.

“Is this a sword cultivator? Aside from a flying sword and a natal sword pellet, there’s only a tortoise shell Artifact, no other tools.”

Lu Changsheng glanced inside the storage bag with divine sense.

Noting no Artifacts, only Spirit Stones, spiritual herbs, and pills.

He set aside the Spirit Stones, spiritual herbs, and rare materials.

Picking up a pill bottle, he sniffed it, nodding, “These should be Nourishing Pills. There are still seven of them. Not bad.”

“These should be Qi Gathering Pills.”

He identified the pills inside each bottle.

Then he opened a porcelain bottle, and his pupils shrank.

He poured the pill into his hand to examine it.

“It’s a Foundation Establishment Pill!”

“How does he have a Foundation Establishment Pill?”

Finding a Foundation Establishment Pill, he was elated.

He hadn’t expected Meng Yibai had one.

He had been searching for an authentic Foundation Establishment Pill for Lu Miaoge..

Given Lu Miaoge’s talent, upgradinggto Foundation Establishment without it would be impossible.

He had planned to visit the Three Great Immortal Cities for a pill after Lu Miaoge completed Qi Refiniig.

Unexpectedly, he found one from Meng Yibai.

Moreover, it’s the authentic pill he needed, not an inferior one.

“With this pill, the Three Yang Pill, and Foundation Establishment materials, Miaoge’s path should be smooth.”

Lu Changsheng didn’t dwell on how Meng Yibai obtained the pill.

He simply thanked the kind benefactor.

Preparing the pill for Lu Miaoge..

After all, she’s currently his only wife with Foundation Establishment potential.

If he could provide support, he would.

He couldn’t yet help Lu Miaoyun, Qu Zhenzhen, or LuMiaohuan.

After clearing the storage bag, he opened the Spirit Pet Bag.

Immediately, he saw a palm-sized, golden-furred, adorable hamster inside.

“A hamster?”

Seeing this cute-looking golden hamster, he was stunned.

Accustomed to vicious beasts in the cultivation realm,

this harmless, adorable-looking hamster was a surprise.

“Is this the Earth Spirit Mouse?”

Recognizing it as the Earth-Grade bloodline beast Meng Yibai mentioned.

It used this mouse to scent him out and see through his disguise.

He picked up the beast tamer token from the storage bag.

He released the golden hamster from the Spirit Pet Bag.

“Chirp chirp chirp”

The little hamster appeared, displaying fear before Lu Changsheng.

Despite having an Earth-Grade bloodline, its main skill was treasure hunting.

Not skilled in combat, timid.

Meeting a Foundation Establishment cultivator like Lu Changsheng is intimidating.

Especially since Lu Changsheng holds the token commanding its life.

“Wandering alone, yearning for a wise master, now kneel before me, oh mindful one!”

The golden hamster knelt, making a respectful gesture.

Communicating through the beast tamer token.

“???”

Stunned by the intelligence of this beast,

Lu Changsheng stared at the hamster.

Even his Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, with its Heaven-Tier bloodline, had no intelligence.

Only a mind filled with killing intent.

“Quite two extremes, indeed.”

Lu Changsheng smiled, picking the hamster up and squeezing it.

Its silky fur felt smooth.

“This Earth Spirit Mouse is adept at locating celestial materials, making exploring caves easy.”

“Unfortunately, I rarely explore such places.”

He looked at the hamster, smacking his lips.

Yet, he didn’t consider it a waste.

Treasure-seeking mice benefit the family.

Plus, if unused, they’re worth thousands of Spirit Stones.

“What’s this egg from?”

Lu Changsheng sealed the hamster in the Spirit Pet Bag.

Then an azure egg the size of a watermelon appeared.

While examining the Spirit Pet Bag, he noted another egg.

He couldn’t identify the beast from the egg’s shape.

“A cultivator’s Spirit Pet Bag, it’s not an ordinary egg.”

He examined the egg, sensing life within.

It required time to hatch.

He stored it back for later study.

“Though there are only 6,000 Spirit Stones, no other Artifacts.”

“The talisman treasure, Foundation Establishment Pill, Earth Spirit Mouse, and pet egg are a great haul.”

He tallied his loot.

Fifty-one mid-Tier Spirit Stones.

One thousand three hundred seventy-two low-grade Spirit Stones.

Spiritual herbs, materials, and pills worth four to five thousand Spirit Stones.

Plus the talisman treasure, golden flying sword, natal sword pellet, Flying Shuttle, Foundation Establishment Pill, Earth Spirit Mouse, and pet egg.

Hours later.

A streak of light pierced the sky, descending.

Reaching the site of Meng Yibai and Lu Changsheng’s battle.

“Yibai must have fallen here.”

An old woman stood on the Spirit Boat, eyes gleaming with inspection.

After a while, her face grew grave.

“Yibai, a sword cultivator, invincible among peers, with the Blue Jade Ruler Talisman Treasure I gave him, could escape even from late Foundation Establishment threats.”

“Yet he perished here. The soul imprint I placed on him vanished too.”

“Could the killer be a False Core True Person?”

Her face grew solemn. She murmured absentmindedly.

She could only discern from remaining auras that her grandson died here.

But couldn’t determine specifics.

Realizing the disappearance of the soul imprint and resentful spirit thread, she suspected the killer wasn’t ordinary.

Possibly a False Core cultivator.

Then she shook her head, dismissing the notion.

If it was a False Core cultivator, so many residual combat auras shouldn’t exist.

Moreover, her fearless, ambitious grandson wouldn’t provoke a False Core True Person.

“If it was a Foundation Establishment cultivator…”

Her face grew graver.

Realizing a Foundation Establishment cultivator capable of killing her grandson suggests unusual backing.

Possibly supported by a False Core or Golden Core True Person!

Otherwise, they wouldn’t and couldn’t have slain her grandson.

“Alas, I told Yibai many times, recklessness leads to downfall.”

“The sharper the advance, the faster the retreat.”

“Hide before showing your sword, for swordsmanship is not about endless sharpness.”

She sighed, hands behind her back, muttering, bending slightly.

At this moment, she had nowhere to vent her anger and hate.

Suspecting a formidable foe behind her grandson’s death, she dared not act freely.

After all, she had only a few decades left.

The family’s stability hinged on her.

Now with the family’s future pillar gone, she must continue to support it.

“Yibai was a leader in the market town. Why did he suddenly duel here?”

Her thoughts paused, eyes narrowing, contemplating.

Despite her fears, she couldn’t just ignore her grandson’s death.

She piloted the Spirit Boat towards Qingyun Market Town.

Planning to investigate why her grandson left and fought.