Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons
Chapter 958 - 631: He’s Dumb, Are You Smart?

Chapter 958: Chapter 631: He’s Dumb, Are You Smart?

In the dimly lit room.

Master Zhi Kong strove to make his questioning voice gentler, yet the man, clutching his damp crotch, huddled in the corner. Upon answering a question, he couldn’t help but fearfully glance at the figure in the corner of the wall.

The youth in the ink-dark robe sat silently on the wooden chair, his gaze drifting as if his mind was elsewhere, but the gentle tapping of his fingertips on the desktop made the man tremble with each sound, before he hurriedly turned to focus on Zhi Kong, almost eager to prove his sincerity.

Shen Yi was uninterested in the matters of the Bodhi Sect.

Mainly because he couldn’t understand.

He quietly stared at the altar in the wall crack, looking at the kind-eyed and benevolent mouse-headed statue, gradually sinking into contemplation.

Master Zhi Kong was a practitioner comparable to a Seventh-Grade True Immortal. Placed in Hongze, his status would be equivalent to another Shi Ren, controlling the life and death of countless beings, yet his actions were as naive as a child’s.

In Shen Yi’s eyes, this was somewhat chilling.

The reason was simple.

Shen Yi discovered that after just a day out, due to what he had seen and heard, he was slowly letting down his guard.

It was like a refugee from a war-torn area suddenly entering a peaceful and prosperous era, unsure whether the error was with himself or with this prosperous era.

He understood nothing and could not make sense of it.

Just like the divine statue before him.

Regarding Incense Willpower, Shen Yi was quite knowledgeable, but he really couldn’t understand how an evil being, even if its Boundary was low, chased personally by Zhi Kong, could possibly be beneath the Dao Realm?

Such a formidable being, preaching alone in the households of Jianyang Prefecture?

Not even comparable to the River God he had encountered in Qingzhou.

What could such a small amount of Incense Willpower possibly do for them?

Or perhaps, what they were seeking wasn’t Incense Willpower... Shen Yi suddenly remembered the earlier sight of Master Zhi Kong begging, swallowing the pale yellow mist.

Never mind, he would ask this practitioner from the Bodhi Sect once he obtained the Cultivation Technique.

Seeing that Master Zhi Kong had finished questioning, Shen Yi stood up, stretched lazily, gently caressed the Finger Ring on his hand, and slowly walked out the door.

Now that he needed people, he finally planned to exert some effort.

After all, although he had over twenty million years of Demon Lifespan, living without progressing wasn’t viable, considering the state of the outside world, it wasn’t easy to earn a bit more Demon Lifespan.

Of course, it also depended on the specific circumstances, if it was too dangerous, then forget it.

"Indeed, a habitual offender, deceiving people without even blushing."

That female disciple from the Purple Cloud Sect irritably picked up the Jade Token on the table, muttering her dissatisfaction.

Impersonating an emissary of the Immortal Court wasn’t something ordinary people could do, especially not so adeptly, who knows how many times it had been done.

"You should say less."

The male disciple sighed, clearly upset that the task they had found so difficult to locate was now overshadowed by Zhi Kong, their efforts completely overshadowed.

They hadn’t asked for a reward, only hoping for some connections... Alas!

It was unfortunate that the young man was clearly not easy-going, better not to offend him, and to treat it as if swallowed silently.

"Fellow donors, please stay."

Master Zhi Kong, having pacified the couple, finally stepped forward to catch up.

First, he thanked the couple from the Purple Cloud Sect with joined palms, then quickly came to Shen Yi’s side, whispering with a wry smile, "Thank you, Immortal Fellow Shen. Without you, this humble monk truly wouldn’t know what to do. However, impersonating an official is a great taboo. If this action brings any trouble and the Imperial Court comes knocking, it can be remembered against this humble monk."

...

Shen Yi glanced at the master somewhat surprised.

He had thought that the other would chide him, but it turned out not to be inflexible, and also quite loyal.

This suddenly reminded him of an old friend he had met in Baiyun County.

"Taking a person’s money to do their work, it’s only right," Shen Yi withdrew his gaze, nodding slightly.

"The common folks suffer easily blinded, the fault lies not with them, but with my brother," sighed Monk Zhi Kong, walking along," My brother achieved the position of a practitioner, intending to work in the Immortal Court, but unfortunately was pushed out due to his unsightly appearance by another brother..."

"In a fit of rage, he stole the practitioner’s title and secretly slipped down to the Mortal Realm."

Monk Zhi Kong did not notice, as he mentioned the practitioner, Shen Yi, who had been fiddling with his Finger Ring, suddenly stopped, abandoning the thought of getting involved, as if nothing had happened.

Eye contact confirmed, it was someone not to offend.

And listening to this, it seemed to be an internal matter of the Bodhi Sect, then better not to get involved.

Shen Yi, unfamiliar with the outside world, at least knew that the Bodhi Sect was one of the three teachings, in other words, this was one-third of an Immortal Court.

"May I ask, Master, what is a practitioner’s title?" Since he decided not to get involved further, Shen Yi bluntly asked ahead.

...

Master Zhi Kong was taken aback for a moment, then realized that the other was an unaffiliated Immortal.

He was inexperienced, not completely ignorant of world affairs, and upon hearing this, understood what Immortal Fellow Shen was seeking.

For an unaffiliated Immortal, such knowledge needed years of wandering many places, doing numerous tasks for the Immortals, and only then could it be acquired.

Zhi Kong shook his head, turned, and handed an envelope to the two from the Purple Cloud Sect, "This is what the couple handed to this humble monk. With this item, you can find that person’s tracks. I entrust this task to you both."