Chapter 144

Chapter 144: Plan

People around waved and called out to Sui Jin as he passed: “Boss!” “Boss, thanks for your hard work!” and “New recruits again? Only the boss can pull that off!”

He swung his folding fan and strolled with a lazy swagger, answering now and then. Each time he replied, the person he spoke to lit up with excitement.

Li Shuang walked beside him down the center of the road, the skin on her scalp prickling: [He is this flashy? This pressure is real.]

Jiang Yi, who feared crowds, kept her steps tiny as she hid behind Li Shuang: [I wish I could find a hole and crawl in.]

After showing them off through the streets, Sui Jin led them straight into a large manor.

People came and went inside the manor. When they saw Sui Jin return with others, they gathered at once.

A thin man with quick, shifting eyes came over and asked with a glance at Li Shuang and the others: “Young Master Huang, are these newcomers?”

Though Li Shuang’s group had disguised themselves, they could not match Sui Jin’s born-with-it style. Standing in the crowd, they still drew attention.

Sui Jin waved a fan and said with casual ease: “They are a few friends of mine. I sent them a voice transmission to come. Like me, they are Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Once I explain our great cause, I am sure I can talk them into joining us. Then the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign will gain a few more generals.”

The man chuckled and showed his teeth as he said: “Then we will wait for your good news, Young Master Huang.”

Sui Jin nodded and took Li Shuang’s group through a door.

The thin man watched them go, but in the end chose not to follow.

Inside the room, Sui Jin touched a hidden latch; the floor slid aside to reveal steps leading down.

They went down the stairs to a secret chamber.

There, Sui Jin set up layers of measures to keep out eavesdropping and spying.

Once they were safe below ground, he let the arrogant look fade and smiled brightly as he said to Li Shuang: “This must be our Junior Sister, right? Since this is our first meeting, Senior Brother does not have much to offer, so please accept this bag of spirit stones as a gift.”

He held out a storage pouch.

Li Shuang froze: [What kind of move is this?]

Grinding her teeth, Luo Ming Yue told her: “Take it, Little Shuang. He is a rich show off.”

Sword Cultivators were usually poor. From top to bottom, the Sword Sect struggled to earn spirit stones to feed their spirit swords. Only Sui Jin was a flashy tycoon.

Li Shuang could only accept the pouch.

She swept it with her spiritual sense, and her heart thumped. The first gift alone held one hundred top grade spirit stones. Most Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage did not have that much wealth in total.

She started to refuse, but Sui Jin waved it off as he said: “Junior Sister, just take it. If I was not worried about scaring you, I would add a zero.”

The corner of Li Shuang’s mouth twitched: [Why is there a moneybags like this among poor Sword Cultivators?]

Liu Jun Cheng sighed and told her: “Third Senior Brother has Five Spiritual Roots.”

Li Shuang’s pupils tightened. Five Spiritual Roots? With Five Spiritual Roots, he had still reached the Golden Core Stage and even become a Direct Disciple of the Emotionless Peak. How had Sui Jin done that? She looked again at the pouch in her hand and understood a little: [So this is the power of spirit stones.]

Liu Jun Cheng explained further as he said: “The Sui Clan is the number one cultivation family on the Nanlan Continent. In power, they are no worse than the Artifact Pavilion. The Sui Clan invested in many industries and is very rich.”

Sui Jin laughed softly and said: “Low profile, low profile.”

Ye Zhao Zhao’s eyes flickered. Sui Jin was from a cultivation family, and the top one at that. Her voice softened as she asked: “Senior Brother Sui, then why did you work so hard to come to the Sword Sect to practice sword?”

Among the six sects, Sword Sect disciples had the toughest lives. They trained day and night, and spirit swords burned money. Children from big families usually chose the Cangyuan Sect first, then the Thousand Mechanisms Sect and others. The Sword Sect was often the last choice.

Sui Jin glanced at Ye Zhao Zhao, then turned to Luo Ming Yue as he asked: “First Senior Sister, who is this?”

Luo Ming Yue answered calmly: “Fang Qing Yu, a rogue cultivator. She has a treasure that can detect demonic energy and has come to help us.”

With a gentle tone, Ye Zhao Zhao added: “Slaying demons is our duty as Cultivators.”

Hearing Luo Ming Yue’s coolness, Sui Jin guessed this Fang Qing Yu had something hidden. He only smiled and said: “The Sui Clan has many children. I am a small one among them. Those with choices chose other sects. I have Five Spiritual Roots, so I had no choice.”

Sheng Yuan spoke without warning as he said: “I heard Peak Master Lin did not want to accept you at first. In the end he took you in, likely because your family gave too much.”

His tone held faint scorn. The Sword Sect had other children from large families, but with qualifications as poor as Sui Jin’s, only he had been accepted as a Direct Disciple.

Sui Jin glanced at him without getting angry and said evenly: “Master is soft hearted.” Then he changed the subject as he said: “Now for business. Like you, as soon as I arrived in Peacehaven Town, the residents surrounded me and tried to draw me into different plans. I checked them and found they were ordinary people without a trace of cultivation. Since the whole town was affected, there had to be someone else in control.”

He fanned himself and reported: “I bought one hundred bottles of Golden Sunlight Vials on the spot and instantly became a core worker.”

He went on as he said: “After that, I used money to clear the road. With my Foundation Establishment Stage strength, I slowly became one of the leaders in this Peacehaven Town group.”

He pointed back toward the door and said: “The one in charge here used to be a Foundation Establishment cultivator, the thin man we saw at the gate. His nickname is Skinny Monkey.”

He smiled thinly as he said: “At first, killing Skinny Monkey would have finished the mission. But once I got into the higher level, I learned Peacehaven Town was not so simple. There is a hidden hand behind them. So I stayed undercover, planning to catch the whole group in one net.”

He tapped his fan and added: “The group’s leader calls himself the Supreme Heavenly Sovereign. Under him are the Three Great Devil Guards of gold, silver, and copper.”

He gave the key point as he said: “The Copper Guard will arrive tomorrow. He will reward a few people in public and take a team to the headquarters. My name is on the travel list. You should go with me. Once we find the ones behind it all, we can wipe them out.”

Sui Jin finished laying out his plan.

Luo Ming Yue nodded and asked: “Sounds good, but how do we make sure they take us to the headquarters too?”

Sui Jin spoke with quiet confidence as he said: “No problem. This time, everyone in Peacehaven Town with cultivation at or above the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining is on the list. With your strength, you will be chosen for sure. I guess the so called Supreme Heavenly Sovereign is about to close the net.”