Cultivating Immortality Begins with Acting as a Girl Chapter 115

After resolving the crisis of the True Love Curse, Song Ling rested for a day at the Jiang family before returning to the Xiong Ba Palace in Mo Lan Mountain.

Without the need to worry about threats from cultivators, Song Ling no longer had to conceal himself with Xia Xinghe this time. He infiltrated directly using his own abilities.

Inside the Xiong Ba Palace, the atmosphere was completely different from before, filled with (solemnity and killing intent) and tension.

Not only had the number of patrols doubled, but there were also many new faces that Song Ling had never seen before. After observing from the shadows, these seemed to be people transferred from the Binghe Sect and Qingyun Fort, which were second only to Xiong Ba Palace in the Martial Arts Alliance.

Clearly, the reason for all this was the death of the cultivator in the three-story pavilion.

Because at that time, only Xia Xinghe had entered the pavilion with the Palace Master’s token, and he disappeared the next day. Although Xia Tianlei didn’t believe his son had the ability to kill that cultivator, he still sent people to search extensively for Xia Xinghe to uncover the truth.

At this rate, even the hidden cave in the back mountain would be discovered soon.

Song Ling’s eyes flashed, and he had an idea.

He went to Xia Xinghe’s sleeping quarters, found two sets of clothes in the wardrobe, transformed into Xia Xinghe’s appearance, put on the clothes, and walked out openly.

“Young Master?!”

Song Ling’s figure was immediately spotted by the surrounding patrolling guards, who instantly surrounded him.

“Young Master, pardon us, but the Palace Master said that once your whereabouts are discovered, we must immediately bring you to him.”

Song Ling nodded: “Understood, I won’t make things difficult for you. I’ll go with you.”

Several guards breathed a sigh of relief.

They only knew that the Young Master seemed to have done something to anger the Palace Master, but no matter what, the Young Master was, after all, the Palace Master’s only heir. There couldn’t be any serious consequences, and if they were impolite to him, they would definitely suffer later.

Fortunately, the Young Master didn’t make things difficult for them.

Before long, surrounded by several guards, Song Ling arrived at Xia Tianlei’s study.

Xia Tianlei sat behind the desk, looking down at Song Ling with cold eyes. After all the guards had left, he angrily slammed the table and shouted, “You unfilial son, how could I have trusted you so much that day, and this is how you repay me?!”

Song Ling looked up and saw that besides Xia Tianlei, a graceful middle-aged woman stood beside him.

Song Ling had seen this woman before; she was Xia Tianlei’s confidante, named Qu Youyi.

Seeing Song Ling remain silent, Xia Tianlei grew even angrier:

“Unfilial son! Tell me quickly, what exactly happened that day?! Who killed Elder Huang!”

“So, that cultivator was called Elder Huang?” Song Ling smiled slightly, “Palace Master Xia, may I ask how you came to know him?”

After Song Ling spoke, the entire room fell silent.

With a “clang,” Xia Tianlei suddenly stood up, an expression of disbelief in his eyes, “You are not my son!”

Unfamiliar, truly too unfamiliar.

Although this person’s appearance was identical to his youngest son, Xia Xinghe, his tone and demeanor were completely different. Especially that relaxed and calm attitude when facing him, which Xia Xinghe could never possess!

“What exactly are you? Did you impersonate my son and kill Elder Huang?!”

Xia Tianlei was furious, his internal energy erupting. The air in the room seemed to solidify, and the atmospheric pressure plummeted.

“What am I?”

Song Ling ignored Xia Tianlei’s pressure and took a step easily.

“I can be Qu Youyi.”

As he spoke, his figure and appearance rapidly changed, becoming the likeness of Qu Youyi beside Xia Tianlei.

The real Qu Youyi looked as if she had seen a ghost.

“Or Zhang Mo.”

Song Ling took another step, his image transforming into Uncle Zhang, who protected Xia Xinghe.

“Or, Xia Xinghe’s mother.”

“Anyone…”

“Of course, that also includes you, Palace Master Xia.”

With each step Song Ling took, his image changed. Finally, he stopped, transforming into an exact replica of Xia Tianlei, standing before Xia Tianlei.

“You…”

Xia Tianlei’s pupils contracted. This bizarre scene left him utterly stunned.

One must know that even that cultivator, Elder Huang, could never do such a thing!

“Illusion, it must be an illusion, break for me!”

Xia Tianlei roared and punched Song Ling.

“Why cling to delusion?”

Song Ling sighed softly. An equally vast and powerful internal energy erupted from within him, meeting Xia Tianlei’s punch. Then, he reached out and firmly pressed down on Xia Tianlei’s head, leaping up and slamming him onto the ground with a “bang,” his head hitting first.

“Not… an illusion?”

Feeling the opponent’s internal energy, which was far more immense than his own, Xia Tianlei fell silent. After a long moment, he spoke, “I understand. I’ll tell you whatever you want to know.”

Song Ling nodded, “Very good, then tell me about you and that Elder Huang.”

“My acquaintance with Elder Huang was half a year ago in the State of Qi…”

As Xia Tianlei recounted, Song Ling learned the full story of the Xiong Ba Palace and that cultivator.

In fact, it was largely similar to Song Ling’s conjectures. Half a year ago, Xia Tianlei’s martial arts cultivation had reached a bottleneck, so he went to the State of Qi, south of Great Yong, to search for a rare medicinal ingredient. Unexpectedly, on his way back to the city, he coincidentally encountered Elder Huang, who was severely injured.

Elder Huang merely performed a minor immortal art, causing Xia Tianlei and other mortals to bow down in submission, welcoming him back with utmost respect.

Later, through conversation, they learned that this Elder Huang was a cultivator at the first layer of Qi Refinement. He had lost in a battle and needed to cleanse himself of the spells left by his opponent at the time by using the cleansing power of a place of Yin and Fiend Qi. Otherwise, he would perish.

To ensure the Xiong Ba Palace wholeheartedly helped him find a place of Yin and Fiend Qi, Elder Huang also promised that if they succeeded, he would accept Xia Yifan as his disciple and guide him into the path of cultivation.

Xia Tianlei, of course, gladly agreed. So, he used the excuse of expanding his influence to better search for a place of Yin and Fiend Qi, allowing Elder Huang to let him assume false authority, even providing talismans, thereby suppressing the Binghe Sect and Qingyun Fort and forming the Martial Arts Alliance with the Xiong Ba Palace as its leader.

In fact, most martial artists in Nangou Commandery knew that Jade Sword Manor held the location of a place of Yin and Fiend Qi. However, Xia Tianlei, relying on Elder Huang’s immobility, created an information asymmetry to strengthen his own power. Only when he was truly on the verge of collapse did he lead his troops to destroy Jade Sword Manor.

Unfortunately, the Manor Lord of Jade Sword Manor, Gong Xinxiu, preferred death to surrender. They expended great effort only to gain nothing.

Finally, they had no choice but to issue a warrant for Gong Zhiyu’s arrest.

“So that’s how it is…”

Song Ling understood. The only thing that surprised him in this story was Elder Huang’s cultivation.

When he first became an Inner Gang Grandmaster, he could directly kill that cultivator whose cultivation was in the “Qi Nurturing Stage.” This time, he had already reached Outer Gang and used a talisman equivalent to a full-power strike from a Heavenly Gang Grandmaster to barely kill the severely injured and dying Elder Huang. He had thought that this Elder Huang would at least be at the seventh or eighth layer of Qi Refinement, but he turned out to be only at the first layer…

It seemed that there was still a considerable gap between the Qi Nurturing Stage and the true first major realm of cultivation, “Qi Refinement.”

He probably needed to become a Heavenly Gang Grandmaster before he could contend with it somewhat with the help of the panel’s breakthrough ability.

Of course, that was assuming the opponent was only at the first layer of Qi Refinement.

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