Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 083

After a brief moment of thought, Song Ling decided to put on a show to see if he could bait anything out.

He first widened his eyes, revealing an expression of disbelief, then quickly turned to shame and anger, shouting,

“Xia Yifan, I am the direct daughter of the Jiang family, how dare you insult me like this?! I know your Xia family controls the Tyrant Palace, and your father, Xia Qingyu, is even an Outer Gang-level Innate Grandmaster, but so what? The major forces in Suiyi City combined have at least ten Innate Grandmasters, are we still unable to match you?!”

Xia Yifan seemed to have anticipated Song Ling’s reaction. He picked up a teacup from the side, slowly took a sip of tea, then gently shook his head and said,

“That’s why your Jiang family is still too shallow. Do you think martial arts are everything? Do you think my Tyrant Palace relies on that to convince so many forces to form the Martial Alliance Army? Superficial, too superficial.”

“Today, let me open your eyes!”

After speaking, Xia Yifan reached into his embrace, and then…

Pulled out a white talisman paper glowing with a faint light!

Clearly, it possessed some power beyond the mundane.

Seeing this talisman paper, Song Ling’s pupils constricted, and he exclaimed in shock, “This is… an item of an Immortal Master?!”

Xia Yifan nodded arrogantly, proudly saying, “That’s right, you have some knowledge. My Xia family’s true backer is a genuine Immortal Master. This ‘Mountain Striking Talisman’ was bestowed by that Immortal Master. Once stained with blood and activated, it can release a powerful force comparable to a full-power strike from a Heavenly Gang Grandmaster!”

“Now, do you understand what kind of existence my Xia family is? Even being my concubine is a blessing you’ve cultivated for ten lifetimes!”

Song Ling’s gaze was fixed on the talisman paper in Xia Yifan’s hand.

He knew that Xia Yifan was not lying, at least regarding this talisman paper.

Because he could clearly feel an incredibly terrifying aura from the talisman paper, as if a massive amount of energy had been forcibly crammed into this small paper.

A strike comparable to a Heavenly Gang Grandmaster?

One must know that in the martial world, Heavenly Gang Grandmasters were as rare as legends. Usually, one might appear only every few decades. Each one was famous in the martial arts world and left behind countless legends.

Since the last Heavenly Gang Grandmaster died of old age, no new Heavenly Gang Grandmasters had appeared for over twenty years.

And the means to integrate the full power of a martial arts supreme expert into such a small talisman paper, other than a cultivator, there was no other explanation.

Song Ling’s eyes flickered, and he said,

“So that’s how it is. I never expected Young Master Xia’s family to have an Immortal Master backing them. It seems that I, Jiang Yuling, am indeed unworthy of Young Master Xia.”

As if his family’s pride had been shattered, Song Ling’s face was filled with bitterness.

Xia Yifan saw the beautiful girl, who had been so arrogant just now, looking so dejected, and felt a surge of satisfaction in his heart. Just as he was about to say something more, he heard the girl ask with some doubt, “However… I heard that Immortal Masters usually don’t interfere in mortal affairs. Why would the Immortal Master behind Young Master Xia’s family specifically help you? Could it be that they have some connection with Young Master Xia’s family?”

Xia Yifan was momentarily speechless. If that Immortal Master truly had a connection with his family, that would be great, but unfortunately…

As it concerned an Immortal Master, he dared not speak carelessly. If something were to happen in the future, he could not bear the consequences. So, he could only vaguely say, “That’s not it. It’s just that the Immortal Master happened to have a use for my Xia family.”

After speaking, Xia Yifan seemed to worry that the relationship between the Xia family and that Immortal Master would be underestimated, so he added,

“However, that Immortal Master promised that if my Xia family could help him find what he needed, he might even consider taking me as a disciple.”

Find what he needed?

A thought suddenly flashed through Song Ling’s mind.

Previously, the Tyrant Palace led the Martial Alliance Army to eradicate the Jade Sword Manor, which was the number one force in Nangoe County at the time, in order to find the location of the Gangsha Land controlled by the Jade Sword Manor… Could it be that the one who truly wanted to obtain the Gangsha Land was actually the cultivator behind the Xia family?

But that Gangsha Land was only useful for first-class martial artists to break through to Innate Grandmaster. What would a high and mighty cultivator seek it for?

Even if it was indeed useful to him, why didn’t that cultivator act personally?

If he had acted personally, even with the desperate protection of Gong Zhiyao’s father, Gong Xinxiu, the recognized number one expert in Nangoe County, Gong Zhiyao should not have been able to escape.

Or perhaps…

That cultivator was in a state where it was inconvenient to act?

Song Ling gently shook his head. The item the cultivator behind the Xia family was looking for was the Gangsha Land; this was merely a guess, without concrete evidence. All inferences were castles in the air, and overthinking was useless.

Anyway, Gong Zhiyao was in his hands now, and that was enough.

“Jiang Yuling, how have you considered it? This young master might have a chance to become an Immortal Master in the future. I’m giving you an opportunity to become my concubine now; you should cherish it.”

Xia Yifan saw Song Ling’s silence and thought he was intimidated by his words. He became even more smug, and his tone couldn’t help but carry a hint of threat.

Song Ling’s gaze lingered on the faintly glowing white talisman paper for a moment, then he feigned a conflicted expression, gently bit his lower lip, and weakly glanced at Xia Yifan, whispering, “This matter is Yuling’s lifelong event. I need to discuss it with my elder brother at home.”

“No matter. However, I have an appointment with the Cui family patriarch to attend a banquet tonight. I will be staying at the Cui family for the next few days. If you’ve thought it over, just send someone to the Cui family to tell me.”

Xia Yifan said indifferently.

He believed that with his conditions, this so-called number one beauty of Suiyi City could not refuse him.

“Thank you, Young Master Xia.”

…

That night.

Inside a certain courtyard of the Cui family.

“Bang!”

Xia Yifan, who had attended a grand banquet and was sound asleep on the bed, was directly blasted in the head by a black-clad figure who had approached in the dark. Red and white matter splattered everywhere.

The black-clad figure fumbled through the corpse and quickly found a white talisman paper glowing with light from within the clothes.

“Heh, no matter how powerful a treasure is, what use is it if you don’t have time to use it?”

Song Ling carefully examined this treasure that did not belong to the mundane world, a smile playing on his lips.

This was truly his first time coming into contact with an item related to cultivators, and it was indeed extraordinary.

However, he did not intend to carry this talisman paper with him.

Immortal methods were unpredictable. What if there was some tracking mark left on it? Then he would be dead for sure. So Song Ling decided to bury it in a safe place. If there was no movement after a period of time, it would mean that the cultivator could not track its location.

As for whether killing this representative sent by the Martial Alliance Army would cause any terrible consequences, that was not within Song Ling’s consideration.

Anyway, he was about to leave Suiyi City with Gong Zhiyao for the Gangsha Land. Whatever chaos happened would have nothing to do with him.

Moreover, upon reaching the Gangsha Land, he could immediately break through to the Innate Grandmaster realm. At that time, the identity of the Jiang family’s direct daughter would no longer be so important to him. Even if Suiyi City was destroyed, he could go anywhere in the world.

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