Translated by: La0o9

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The secret room.

Gu Qing Shan was holding a jade tag in each hand, calculating the Soul Points expenditure.

Currently, his knowledge of formation had reached this worlds intermediate level.

A few moments later.

Gu Qing Shan put the jade tag down with a heavy expression on his face.

The amount of Soul Points necessary to learn formation was staggering.

He would need to spend more Soul Points to reach this worlds middle-advanced level.

And Qi Yans level was at least first-rate.

And then, to be able to unlock the Two-world warp formation plate, he must be at least 1 grade above Qi Yan.

He needed more Soul Points.

Gu Qing Shan checked his remaining Soul Points amount.

To undo the two girls Spirit Shackles, he spent 100 Soul Points.

So he had 1003 Soul Points left.

At most, hell only be able to reach Qi Yans standard after using all 1003 Soul Points he had left.

Which means he wont be able to unlock the formation plate.

Of course, even if he didnt undo the two girls shackles, the amount he had earlier wasnt enough anyways.

Are there any other solutions?

Gu Qing Shan fell into contemplation.

Right, undoing shackles

If he helps Ye Ying Mei and Zhao Wu Chui undo the restraints placed on their bodies, wouldnt that allow them to attack at once?

Qing Rou, Wan Er, Ye Ying Mei, Zhao Wu Chui.

Two Tribulation realm cultivators and 2 Virtualized realm cultivators, a total of 4 people.

4 against a heavily wounded Wang Hong Dao, maybe theres a chance.

Ye Ying Mei holds a very deep grudge against Wang Hong Dao, from her actions and the intelligence he gathered, this assumption should be correct.

As for Zhao Wu Chui

Hes the one with the highest cultivation out of the three Hallmasters.

And since hes a Virtualized realm Martial cultivator, his fighting strength is extraordinary.

If Zhao Wu Chui really didnt want to cooperate with Qi Yan, he wouldve attacked me on the spot.

But he didnt.

From that, its quite reasonable to assume his stance.

Undoing the two Virtualized realm cultivators restraints might be a reasonable idea!

Gu Qing Shan then went to the shelf of lock seal jade tags and searched.

Gongzi, what jade tag are you looking for? Qing Rou asked.

Returning together with Wan Er, they still had undried tears on their faces.

But their expressions were completely different from before.

They appeared more spirited and revitalized, changing their presence greatly.

Gu Qing Shan told them his goal.

Then let us search with you gongzi, itll be faster Wan Er said.

Saying so, the two girls glanced at him a bit before beginning to search for the jade tags.

Shortly after, Qing Rou found the first one.

It was the jade tag that held the method to Zhao Wu Chuis restraints.

The other one isnt here Shannu said.

Maybe its on one of the other shelves, lets split up to look Qing Rou suggested.

The three girls split up to find that jade tag on the other shelves.

Gu Qing Shan carefully observed the jade tag in his hand.

This one was coated with a coat of black runes, giving off faint waves of formation.

After glancing at it, Gu Qing Shan could tell there were a few sealing formations placed on here.

This jade tag was sealed so that no inner sight could pass through.

If anyone tried, the formations would be triggered and destroy the jade tag.

Not giving up, Gu Qing Shan glanced at the War God UI.

Two lines of glowing text were hovering on the UI.

[Life Devouring Rejuvenation Insect]

[This Secret Art has been sealed, if a cultivator attempts to read it with their inner sight, the jade tag will be destroyed]

Reading through, Gu Qing Shan muttered, sure enough.

This jade tag cant be studied

Wait a damn minute!

Gu Qing Shan regained his spirit and asked: System, you said cultivators cannot read the jade tag with inner sight, but what about you? Can you read the content of the jade tag?

The System replied: [The System is able to accept your consignment, but the System will take 50 Soul Points of protocol fees, 100 Soul Points of service fees and 50 Soul Points of health fees]

Why are there health fees as well? Gu Qing Shan was surprised.

[Weaving through this sort of strictly confidential anti-theft measures to collect Secret Arts is a very hard thing to do, the System requires Soul Points as nutrition to focus its spirit and conduct this assignment]

fine Gu Qing Shan muttered.

[Would you like to spend 200 Soul Points to search for this Secret Art?] the System asked.

Gu Qing Shan hesitated.

Behind him, the three girls called out: Gongzi, we couldnt find the other jade tag

Alright, I understand Gu Qing Shan nodded.

If thats the case, I wont be able to undo Ye Ying Meis restraints.

Then should I undo Zhao Wu Chuis restraints?

Gu Qing Shan went into thought.

I should do it after all.

His fighting strength is immense as a Virtualized realm Martial cultivator.

His participation in the battle could change a lot of things.

Thinking that, Gu Qing Shan made his choice.

Ill pay the 200 Soul Points, help me get this Secret Art, System Gu Qing Shan said.

The System quickly replied: [Soul Points spent]

[Collecting the jade tags Secret Art now]

[Secret Art: Life Devouring Rejuvenation Insect]

[Life Devouring Rejuvenation Insect: Through the practice of this Secret Art, you learn of how to plant a life-devouring insect in both your and your targets body]

[Once affected by this insect, the targets life will become linked to yours, their life force origin will slowly become your life forces nutrition]

[As your lives are linked, once you die, the targets life will cease, but if they die, you wont be affected]

[Practicing this Secret Art requires 500 Soul Points]

[Would you like to comprehend this Secret Art?]

Reading through the words on the War God UI, Gu Qing Shan froze.

He felt his heart sinking to the abyss.

So thats what happened

Gu Qing Shan muttered bitterly.

Grand Elder Wang Hong Dao was a cruel, merciless and distrusting person.

With his personality, he would of course tell Zhao Wu Chui the most crucial characteristic of this technique.

[As your lives are linked, once you die, the targets life will cease, but if they die, you wont be affected]

If Wang Hong Dao dies, Zhao Wu Chui will also die.

As long as Zhao Wu Chui doesnt want to die, there was no way for him to escape Wang Hong Daos control.

But then why did Zhao Wu Chui cooperated with Ye Ying Mei and even created the treasure tool to go against Wang Hong Dao?

Why did Zhao Wu Chui support Qi Yans proposal to cooperate and kill Wang Hong Dao when he spoke about the new world?

Putting the jade tag down, Gu Qing Shan quickly thought about it.

Carefully recalling the situation at the time, Gu Qing Shan slowly understood.

The only one who truly wanted revenge was Ye Ying Mei alone.

Zhao Wu Chui had only been pretending from the very start.

In other words, Zhao Wu Chui was acting the whole time.

Which was why Zhao Wu Chui didnt dismiss Qi Yans suggestion in front of Ye Ying Mei.

Because the fact that Qi Yan put out the new world as a lifeline and volunteering to kill Wang Hong Dao himself was 100% suited to Ye Ying Meis goal.

On the other hand, both Ye Ying Mei and Zhao Wu Chui have been preparing to kill Wang Hong Dao for several years.

If Zhao Wu Chui rejected Qi Yans proposal, that would just be revealing himself.

Ye Ying Mei wasnt an idiot, she wouldve understood right away that Zhao Wu Chui has been fooling her all these years.

If the proposal was only to go to the new world, Zhao Wu Chui was more than willing.

But killing Wang Hong Dao

Zhao Wu Chuis life was linked with Wang Hong Dao.

Even if he was forced to attack him, he wouldnt let Wang Hong Dao die.

Because if he did, Zhao Wu Chui himself would also die.

So when Qi Yan swore to kill Wang Hong Dao, Zhao Wu Chui was already on Wang Hong Daos side.

Zhao Wu Chui will definitely tell Wang Hong Dao about this.

Soon, when Wang Hong Dao returns, hell kill Qi Yan.

As for Zhao Wu Chuis cooperation with Ye Ying Mei for the past years, that was probably Wang Hong Daos idea as well.

Seeing a woman do everything to struggle without being able to escape his palm, thats probably Wang Hong Daos fetish.

Thinking clearly through all this, Gu Qing Shan couldnt help but sigh heavily.

Gongzi, whats the matter? Shannu came to him, asking worriedly.

If something happen then tell us, since Wan Ers and my cultivation has been released, wed be able to do anything to help Qing Rou

Thats right Wan Er said.

Gu Qing Shan looked at the three of them.

The three girls all nodded.

Gu Qing Shan shook his head with a bitter smile: Originally I thought I had did things well enough, but it seems like theres someone even more excellent

What do you mean? Qing Rou asked.

Basically, Wang Hong Dao probably knows anything and everything that goes on in the sect Gu Qing Shan told them.

The three girls all became alert.

How can that be? No one should be able to do it to that degree? Qing Rou asked in confusion.

Gu Qing Shan answered.

Were dealing with a movie-king-level character, I myself almost got fooled by him