No hope for eternal life

Chapter 301 Sudden Assassination

After Mu Changsheng took the jade slip, he quickly checked the information in it.

The amount of intelligence information about the Five Elements magical objects is huge, because it includes not only the top five Five Elements magical objects, but also other types of Five Elements magical objects, and the records are very detailed, specifically to the point of what kind of Five Elements magical objects a person or force in a certain place owns.

Mu Changsheng filtered out most of the information and only kept the top information about the five divine objects, leaving a total of nineteen pieces of information. Each piece of information represented a top-level five-element divine object, and among them there were even three pieces of information about the Earth Spirit Dzi Bead.

"Thank you, Elder." Mu Changsheng bowed and wanted to say goodbye.

Before leaving, Gao Chong reminded Mu Changsheng: "It is best to first find those individuals who hold the Five Elements magical objects, and then find the major forces. With your financial resources, it will be difficult for the major forces to sell the magical objects to you. In addition, if any force wants to use the magical objects to win you over, you must also think carefully."

"Disciple understands." Mu Changsheng nodded. Gao Chong probably said this to hint him not to get too close to the demons. He really had no intention of getting the Five Elements magical objects from the demons.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng went to Ferry Peak. He was going to take the ferry to leave the sect and look for the Five Elements magical objects.

Taoist Master An showed up to see Mu Changsheng off. She also returned the three black beads that Mu Changsheng had lent her for research, and told him, "Be careful when you are out there."

"I know." Mu Changsheng responded and took the black bead, then asked: "How is your research on the teleportation array of the black bead going?"

Upon hearing this, Taoist Master Xian said proudly: "Now the sixth-grade teleportation array has been thoroughly researched and it won't take too long before the seventh-grade teleportation array can also be developed."

Mu Changsheng gave a thumbs up and praised: "Great."

The teleportation array is something that has endless uses. Not only can it save time on traveling, but it can also be used to provide support to a certain place as soon as possible.

The only problem now is that it can only teleport cultivators at the Tribulation Realm level. It would be great when a ninth-grade teleportation array is developed that can teleport cultivators at the eighth and ninth realms.

Mu Changsheng is now helpless in this regard and can only pin his hopes on the sect. For now, he still has to focus on his own practice to break through.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng bid farewell to Taoist Master An and boarded the ferry to Xu Qian Territory.

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Half a day later, Mu Changsheng arrived at Xuqian Territory, Shenlie City.

This place is Mu Changsheng's first destination. According to intelligence, there is a cultivator named Li Xiao who accidentally obtained a Earth Spirit Bead not long ago.

It is said that the man's cultivation has already broken through to the Spirit Transformation Realm, so he naturally has no need for the Five Elements magical objects and will definitely want to sell the Earth Spirit Dzi Beads. That's why Mu Changsheng rushed here as soon as possible. This was also the most promising piece of information he felt.

Li Xiao was a retainer of the City Lord of Shenlie City. After Mu Changsheng arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, he directly revealed his identity as an outer disciple of Lingshan Sect and soon met Li Xiao.

Li Xiao was a thin man in black. When he saw Mu Changsheng, he asked directly, "What do you want to see me for, Mr. Mu?"

Mu Changsheng clasped his fists and said directly: "I am here for the Earth Spirit Bead in your hand. Please name your price and I will try my best to meet it."

Everything has a price. According to some auction records in previous years, the transaction price of the five top-level Five Elements magical objects is generally around six thousand top-grade spirit stones. Mu Changsheng has prepared a full ten thousand top-grade spirit stones for this purpose, and he is determined to get the Earth Spirit Dzi Bead.

Li Xiao was not surprised to see Mu Changsheng state his intention. After a brief thought, he nodded and said, "I was planning to put my Earth Spirit Dzi Bead up for auction, but for your sake, I will sell it to you. It can be considered a good relationship. According to the market price, you only need to give me 6,000 top-grade spirit stones."

The progress was so smooth that Mu Changsheng could not help but be overjoyed. He immediately took out 6,000 top-grade spirit stones and handed them to the other party along with the storage bag, saying: "I will remember this favor, Daoist friend. In the future, as long as it does not violate the principles, Daoist friend can come to Lingshan Sect to find me."

Li Xiao took the storage bag, took a look at it, and suddenly said with a playful smile: "Forget about the favor, I just want your life."

As he spoke, Li Xiao suddenly attacked, and a palm print was instantly slapped out. This palm print was so powerful that it directly suppressed Mu Changsheng and made him unable to move.

"Not good." Mu Changsheng was shocked. All this happened too quickly and too unexpectedly. He didn't even have time to make any expression on his face. Only the magic power in his body was surging wildly.

Mu Changsheng immediately used his magic power to activate the three black beads that had been hidden in his sleeves. Those were black beads that had been charged by Emperor Tianqing and could be used six times in a row.

The three black beads were activated instantly, teleporting Mu Changsheng to escape dangerously. The opponent was too fast, and if he had reacted just a little slower, he wouldn't even have the chance to activate the black beads and would have died on the spot.

Li Xiao's palm prints missed and hit the ground. Even though the ground of the City Lord's Mansion was protected by a large formation, it still shattered into pieces.

"What kind of method is this? A teleportation array?" Li Xiao frowned. He didn't expect that he would fail in dealing with a Nascent Soul cultivator.

Combined with Mu Changsheng's instant disappearance, Li Xiao thought of the teleportation array.

"Damn it, Li Xiao, what are you doing?" A shocked and angry voice was heard. This was the voice of the City Lord of Shenlie City. He was also paying attention to the visit of the disciples of Lingshan Sect, but he did not expect that his own followers would dare to attack the disciples of Lingshan Sect.

After saying this, the Lord of Shenlie City wanted to capture Li Xiaoxiao and then apologize to Lingshan Sect.

"Noisy!" Li Xiao shouted coldly. The word "noisy" entered the ears of the Lord of Shenlie City, creating substantial pressure.

"A cultivator at the Divine Sea Realm." The Lord of Shenlie City was horrified. He was at the Tribulation Realm, and the other party was able to shock him with just two words. He must have been at least at the Divine Sea Realm, and he didn't dare to think of any higher.

Li Xiao glanced at the Lord of Shenlie City and was too lazy to make another move. Now that the assassination attempt had failed, he had to go back early to report.

The next moment, Li Xiao's figure disappeared from the spot.

The Lord of Shenlie City was frightened by Li Xiao's eyes and broke into a cold sweat. He was relieved when he saw the other party leave on his own initiative. At the same time, he was thinking in his heart: "Who is this guy?"

At the same time, Mu Changsheng, who was already far away in Liufeng Territory, was also thinking about a question: why did Li Xiao want to attack him?

For top-grade spirit stones? Judging from the strength displayed by the other party when he took action, he is definitely not a Jindan cultivator. He is at least a Tribulation Crossing cultivator. He should not risk killing a Lingshan Sect disciple for just a few thousand top-grade spirit stones.

"If it's not for money, then it can only be for revenge." Mu Changsheng thought to himself. Although he didn't have any enemies, he had just killed Yu Daoling's disciple Yu Hualong. It was reasonable for the demon clan to deal with him because of this.

"If it is really an assassination by the demon clan, then we will be in trouble." Mu Changsheng sighed lightly, because before this, except for the fighting between the human and demon clans in the Chaotic Demon Sea, there has never been an incident of assassination of disciples from the two major sects. Now that a precedent has been set, it is like tearing off each other's faces.

Afterwards, Mu Changsheng reviewed the causes and consequences of his meeting with Li Xiao and discovered that it was definitely a killing spree arranged specifically for him, because his cultivation had reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage and he just needed the most advanced five-element divine object. At this time, an Earth Spirit Dzi Bead just happened to appear in Shenlie City. Who else could it be if not targeting him?

Mu Changsheng also reflected on himself severely. He was too excited when he heard that Li Xiao agreed to sell the Earth Spirit Dzi Beads, and forgot the principle of handing over money and goods at the same time, causing his six thousand top-grade spirit stones to be wasted.