Master of Strange Dao

Yu Ziqing sat on the rooftop, gazing at Gou Dan who was sleeping in a distant room, his mind drifting back to the words Han Dong had relayed to him.

Qingping had told Han Dong that if Han Dong won, Qingping would tell him everything he knew.

But here was the problem, the message left in the Qingping Sword by that dog, using the unique way of a Sword Cultivator, was just as though he was listening to empty words.

And everyone thought Qingping was dead.

How could he possibly tell everything he knew again?

Suddenly, Yu Ziqing realized.

This dog was waiting here.

No wonder when Yu Ziqing left the imprint, Qingping didn't even look, as if he felt nothing at all.

No wonder this dog acted like a Riddler and emphasized several times.

This dog just wanted Yu Ziqing to guide him.

The cost would be all the secrets he knew.

Yet, these things were absolutely something he dared not speak outright, so he played the Riddler, saying what he wanted to say to Yu Ziqing to Han Dong, waiting for Yu Ziqing to understand on his own.

Qingping certainly wouldn't expect Han Dong to comprehend these things.

And he had long known Han Dong was in Jinlan Mountain.

So, this dog had targeted me from the start?

But why did he think that just because I understood these, I would surely guide him?

Even if the guidance succeeded, after finding out what I wanted to know, wouldn't I turn against him, and perhaps even kill him on a whim?

Yu Ziqing thought it over and could only speculate that perhaps his own reputation was too good, and this dog Qingping had studied him secretly for a long time.

Besides, even if he wanted to turn against him, that would be something to consider after completing the guidance.

Yu Ziqing couldn't give up the information Qingping knew.

At this thought, Yu Ziqing closed his eyes, entered the Seventh Floor ring, and called for Yang.

A moment later, Yang meandered up from below.

It seemed he wasn't busy recently, and everything was going well.

"Where have you been? Haven't seen you in years?"

"How are things on your end?"

"Everything is going smoothly, with the crucial intelligence you provided, complemented by Wei Clan's intelligence, and their cooperation, we've captured Wei's Ancestor.

He is now in a state of division, suppressed separately in the Big Array, with another Mausoleum Cave Heaven serving as his cage.

He can't do much, everyone's busy researching him.

Finding out the secret of how he transformed into this state, yet still retains endless vitality, undying and immortal.

Also researching his power, his abilities.

If successful, we may then focus on that Great Devil in the Extremely Cold Forbidden Land."

"What about my Teleportation Gate?" Yu Ziqing became anxious, how could these guys deviate from the main subject during their research.

If they really proceed according to plan, and set their sights on Yang Devil.

His Teleportation Gate would indeed become a "within your lifetime" series.

"Is this our fault? You took Han Dong to the ice field for a fight, then disappeared, and still haven't gone to Big Island to open the pathway, how are we supposed to study?"

"..." Yu Ziqing was speechless.

Then he quickly changed the topic.

"Let me ask you something, is there a way to cure a mortal, whose heart orifices won't open?"

"There is, but why do you ask?"

"Talking here, are you sure no one can sense us, and nothing will leak out?"

"No, this place is safer than a chamber."

"It's about Qingping, that troublemaker..." Yu Ziqing recounted the previous events, Han Dong defeating Qingping, his experiences over the past ten years, and his speculations.

Then he asked again.

"So, do you think my speculation is reasonable?"

Yang fell silent, not speaking for quite a while.

He certainly knew that if it was just Yu Ziqing, Yu Ziqing would have already ground Qingping's bones to dust without considering whether to help guide him or not.

No matter how curious he was about many things, Yu Ziqing would rather investigate them slowly himself.

He might even spend a lot of time measuring the vast spaces of the western part of Dazhen and the northern Wilderness by foot, using Moonlight Divine Skills, to slowly test his luck.

One could never know, on some night in the past, something significant might have occurred.

But now, the things Qingping knows could be extremely crucial for Yang.

There's even a possibility that if Qingping were to die completely, Yu Ziqing wouldn't know where to check the surveillance with Moonlight Divine Skills in the future.

Yang opened his mouth, hesitated for a while, then said.

"No need, seeing Han Dong, one would certainly know you are around as well.

Your speculation is likely true, even without this time.

That guy has already exposed himself to you, and will naturally find you and die by Han Dong's hand.

It's best if such a guy just dies like that."

"Don't act on impulse."

Yu Ziqing advised Yang in return.

"I think if opening the orifices isn't difficult, we can give it a try.

Once we get the information we want, there's no need to turn hostile, not even needing to do anything.

As soon as he starts cultivating, his identity exposed, he's doomed.

Old Emperor Qian would be the first to want him dead.

No matter how well he schemes, he still needs to leverage others.

Besides, at least in terms of his own path, he wouldn't dare be negligent.

How specifically, we'll have to know first."

Yang fell silent for a long time, then sighed deeply, filled with contradictions.

"Just opening orifices for a mortal, indeed it's not that difficult for us.

A single Orifices-opening Pill would suffice.

However, very few people would refine such pills, and very few know the Pill Recipe.