The two of them changed their outfits and looks several times and took a long detour before finally shaking off the ill - intentioned people behind them. Then they returned to the Northern Kingdom Hotel.
Yong Shanling and Mu Yijie pretended to be a couple and walked into the room affectionately.
"Phew—" After entering the room, Yong Shanling set up a barrier before finally letting out a sigh of relief.
"There are so many demon cultivators. There are so many people following just the two of us small fries. The cultivation world is getting more and more chaotic these days," Yong Shanling complained gloomily as she lay on the table.
"The spiritual energy has been decreasing year by year, and no one has ascended in the cultivation world for the past five hundred years. The current chaos might just be the beginning," Mu Yijie's eyes flashed with deep thought. If no one ascended again, he was afraid that many people would go crazy.
"Girl, do you really have to get the Pre - Spiritual Grass?" Mu Yijie looked at Yong Shanling with deep, probing eyes.
Yong Shanling thought of Mu Yijie's thunder - fire spiritual root. The fire - type spiritual root was so weak that it didn't help much and instead hindered his cultivation progress. Thinking of this, Yong Shanling nodded firmly.
Mu Yijie lowered his eyes. As long as it was what you wanted, he would surely help you get it.
"Ugh, I'm so tired!" The door "banged!" open, and Li Zhuo walked in shouting.
"Goodness, Uncle Li, what did you buy? So many things!" Yong Shanling looked at Li Zhuo in disbelief. He was holding a huge pile of stuff in his arms and had even more hanging on his body.
"I bought a lot of useful things. Look, there are shoes that can speed you up, a whip that can spit fire, clothes that are bullet - proof, beauty pills, youth - preserving pills, and all kinds of jade... " Li Zhuo excitedly laid out his purchases one by one to share with the others.
"Hey, Xiao Qinghe, and the antiques on you. I'm sure this vase was exclusively used by the royal family of the Ming Dynasty. It's priceless!"
At first, the things he introduced seemed to be bought for this event, but the latter ones clearly showed that he came here to look for bargains.
"Uncle Li, as long as you're happy," Yong Shanling said weakly, looking at the things that were useless to her. To her, the most important things were those for cultivation, followed by daily items. As long as she had enough money, that would be fine. Of course, the more money she had, the better things she could enjoy.
"Where did you get the spirit stones?" Mu Yijie asked directly.
Li Zhuo's movement froze. He smiled awkwardly and dodged the question, "I... I just asked Xiao Qinghe for a Rejuvenation Pill and sold it. I sold it for fifty low - grade spirit stones and bought all these things."
"The average price of a Rejuvenation Pill is a hundred spirit stones!" Mu Yijie closed his eyes with a headache, feeling like he was taking care of a child.
"What? That stinky Taoist actually lied to me! Don't stop me. I'm going to settle the score with him!" Li Zhuo said aggressively and was about to walk outside. When he was almost at the door, he hesitated and asked, "Aren't you going to stop me? What if I get beaten up?"
Yong Shanling looked at Li Zhuo with a big smile, "I trust Uncle Li."
Li Zhuo felt like crying inside. Little Ling'er, you've learned to be bad from Mu Yijie. But he still naturally turned around and walked back to the table. "Forget it. That Taoist looks too old. I'll spare him."
"Have you found out any information?" Yong Shanling blinked her eyes and looked at Hou Hua and Ye Qinghe, naturally skipping over the unreliable Li Zhuo.
"We heard that several well - known sects and the nine great families have all come for the Pre - Spiritual Grass. It feels a bit strange. Isn't it just a five - hundred - year - old Pre - Spiritual Grass? Is it really worth them sending so many people?" Hou Hua was a bit puzzled, thinking of the cultivators from those big families they had met.
"And it seems that they are determined to get this Pre - Spiritual Grass. Many families have sent out cultivators above the Golden Core stage," Ye Qinghe added in a low voice.
Mu Yijie lowered his eyes and quickly sorted out and summarized this information in his mind. "What's the relationship between these families?"
"Not good. In this era of the end of magic, every place with rich spiritual energy is a place that everyone competes for. The competition is too fierce, so it's impossible for them to be friends. They just maintain a superficial peace," Hou Hua sneered. This was human nature.
"Goodness, with so many big shots here, how can we small fries get the Pre - Spiritual Grass? There's only one Pre - Spiritual Grass, but there are so many people vying for it," Yong Shanling said dejectedly, looking all slumped.
Mu Yijie placed his hand on her head. His eyes flashed with a confident light. "Although the chance is small, it's not completely hopeless."
Hearing his words, Yong Shanling perked up immediately. She looked at Mu Yijie excitedly. "Uncle, do you have a way?"
Mu Yijie said a few words from his mouth: "Fish in troubled waters."
Seeing that Yong Shanling and Hou Hua in front of him were both looking confused, Mu Yijie explained softly, "There are indeed many big forces, but their relationships are very complex, and they are all in a competitive relationship. As long as we stir up trouble here, we small people can take advantage of the chaos."
"Let them fight until both sides are badly hurt, and then we can seize the Pre - Spiritual Grass," Yong Shanling propped up her chin, her eyes constantly moving.
"Sure enough, the human CEO is really scheming," Hou Hua described him with a newly - learned word. She was a bit glad that she didn't become their enemy back then.
"But how can we make them fight?" Li Zhuo pondered and directly asked Mu Yijie.
Yong Shanling, Hou Hua, and Ye Qinghe all looked at him eagerly, waiting for his answer.
"What do you think if all the families were attacked by each other?" Mu Yijie showed a smile. Although it was the same as usual, the others suddenly felt a bit cold for some reason.
Hou Hua immediately got excited. For a spiritual beast, being belligerent was in their nature. Hearing that they could have a good fight, how could they not be excited?
"Great. Should we assign tasks now? First, we need the tokens of those big sects and families. Otherwise, how can we make them believe that they were attacked by each other?"
Mu Yijie smiled slightly. His handsome face was full of confidence. "I observed before that the Ye family has a red token, the Feng family is known for their iconic heterochromatic pupils, and the Wang family is recognized by their clothes..."
The others stared at him in shock as they listened. In just a few days, while searching for people, Mu Yijie had actually found out so much information.
Finally, they decided to split up and find someone with a token and swap it.
It just so happened that Ye Qinghe had learned some forgery techniques when he was a vagrant. Coupled with their spells, they could deceive others perfectly for about half a month.
Before long, all the major sects and families were attacked. Although no one died, many junior cultivators were injured.
"This is simply going too far!" Many family heads and sect leaders said at the same time.