Immortal Mansion: With mediocre qualifications, I have no choice but to live forever

Du Yiling's voice suddenly came from the secret room, and Zhao Tonglai's expression suddenly became extremely shocked.

But this shock did not last long, and was followed by fear, anger and relief.

The hysteria that Zhou Yiqiao and the others had expected did not occur. On the contrary, Zhao Tonglai's expression quickly returned to calm. It was an extraordinary calmness, as if he had already expected such a day to come.

He slowly put down his hand that was trying to pick the reincarnation flower, turned around, looked at Zhou Yiqiao and Du Yiling with deep eyes, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"You finally arrived, a little later than I thought."

Zhou Yiqiao and Du Yiling looked at each other and saw a hint of vigilance in each other's eyes.

Zhao Tonglai's calmness made them realize that this young man was not simple and there might be deeper secrets hidden behind him.

"Zhao Tonglai, since you knew we would come sooner or later, why did you do these things that are against the way of heaven?"

Zhou Yiqiao could hear the trembling in Du Yiling's words. It was obvious that this elder of the Stepping Moon Sect who was at the Nascent Soul stage was frightened by the calmness shown by a young man who had not yet embarked on the path to immortality.

"Something that is detrimental to the Way of Heaven?"

"Mortals also want to ascend to the immortal path, what's wrong with that?"

There was a deep helplessness in Zhao Tonglai's eyes, as if he had already seen his fate and was just performing the final ritual at this moment.

Zhou Yiqiao suddenly interrupted, breaking Zhao Tonglai's tragic atmosphere.

"You are not Zhao Tonglai himself."

These words exploded in the secret room like a thunder.

Du Yiling was still confused and didn't understand why Zhou Yiqiao suddenly said such a thing.

Zhou Yiqiao added.

"In other words, Zhao Tonglai voluntarily lent you this body to help you reincarnate."

Hearing Zhou Yiqiao's words, the grief and anger on Zhao Tonglai's face suddenly disappeared, replaced by an almost crazy smile.

He slowly raised his head, looked directly into Zhou Yiqiao's eyes, and admitted it generously.

"Yes, I am the last surviving cultivator before the Zhao family was exterminated, Zhao Yuanzhen."

"This Zhao Tonglai shouldn't be the first member of the Zhao family who willingly lets you possess him, right?"

Zhou Yiqiao continued to ask.

Zhao Tonglai, or rather Zhao Yuanzhen, stepped aside to allow Zhou Yiqiao and Du Yiling to see the four heads behind them.

"As expected, he is an existence that even Elder Zhao of the Moon-Stepping Immortal Sect respects. It is truly extraordinary to see him."

"You guessed right. These people are all the most talented descendants of our Zhao family. They voluntarily sacrificed their souls for the Zhao family's revenge, allowing my remaining soul to continue to be reborn until I find an opportunity to completely revive the Zhao family."

Zhou Yiqiao sneered and did not expose Zhao Yuanzhen's final attempt to make amends.

Judging from the other party's attitude of not caring about the lives of ordinary people at all, this is not a just act to revive the family, but a cruel cycle of endless exploitation of innocent lives in the name of revenge.

But he didn't care about the details. The only thing he wanted to do now was to ask the other party for information about the Xu family in Luming Town being wiped out overnight and to understand Hunyu's last wish.

"Zhao Yuanzhen, your road to revenge has involved too many innocent people. After today, the Moon-Stepping Immortal Sect will only punish you for your crimes."

"However, before that, I need to know whether the Xu family in Luming Town was tragically wiped out overnight and was also related to you?"

Zhou Yiqiao's voice was cold and his eyes were sharp, penetrating deep into Zhao Yuanzhen's heart.

Zhao Yuanzhen was now as fearless as a dead pig. He burst into laughter, and his laughter echoed in the secret room, carrying a bit of sadness and madness.

"The Xu family of Luming Town is just an ordinary family, but they have the heaven-defying means to improve their spiritual roots. How can they not be coveted?"

"My Zhao family has been planning for revival for hundreds of years, and I, Zhao Yuanzhen, have been reincarnated for five generations. Now that I have finally seen an opportunity, how can I let it go so easily?"

"Yes, I was the one who planned the extermination of the Xu family in Luming Town. You can kill or chop them up as you wish!"

Zhao Yuanzhen looked righteous and awe-inspiring, but Zhou Yiqiao ignored him.

In his eyes, Zhao Yuanzhen was nothing more than an ant that could be crushed to death at any time, and he would not have any emotional fluctuations at all because of the expression made by the ant.

The reason why he was still willing to play this cat and mouse game with Zhao Yuanzhen at this moment was to better help Hunyu understand his heart knot and completely integrate with the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

Secondly...

Naturally, he also wanted to see if there was anything he could learn from the Xu family's method of improving their spiritual roots.

"Hunyu, what do you think we should do with the Zhao family and Zhao Yuanzhen?"

He stretched out his hand in front of him, and a black mist appeared out of thin air. Then, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner slowly floated out from the black mist and hung in the air.

Hunyu's voice came through the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and only the hatred that he forcibly suppressed could be heard in his words.

"If the master allows, I will definitely chop off the head of this thief and offer sacrifice to the innocent souls of the Xu family, so that their spirits in heaven can rest in peace."

Zhou Yiqiao nodded, not too surprised by Hunyu's discovery.

He looked at Zhao Yuanzhen and said indifferently.

"Zhao Yuanzhen, you have heard it too. Your crimes are irrefutable. Today is the day for you to pay for everything."

"But before that, I have another question for you. What is the secret technique of improving spiritual roots guarded by the Xu family?"

"If you can tell me the truth, I might consider giving you a quick death."

When Zhao Yuanzhen heard Zhou Yiqiao's question, he suddenly burst into laughter, and his laughter was full of sarcasm.

"Haha, I thought you were such a noble person, but I didn't expect you to be such a hypocritical person."

"On the surface, it's to help the spirit in your banner understand your wishes, but in fact, he has his own calculations in mind."

Upon hearing this, Du Yiling's face darkened and he warned.

"Zhao Yuanzhen, you'd better watch your words. Senior Zhou's mind and cultivation are beyond the reach of a villain like you."

However, Zhou Yiqiao was completely unaware of this. He just stood there quietly, patiently waiting for Zhao Yuanzhen's answer.

There was no sign of anger in his eyes, as if Zhao Yuanzhen's ridicule was nothing but wind in his ears.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked at Zhou Yiqiao's face, which showed no anger at all, and suddenly felt annoyed and angry, so he cursed.

"Why are you pretending to be so noble!"

"You are no different from those greedy monks!"

Then, he waved his hand, and a tattered book flew towards Zhou Yiqiao.

"This is what you want, take it!"

The book drew an arc in the air and slowly fell into Zhou Yiqiao's hands.

He looked down and saw a few large, ancient characters written on the cover of the book - "Spiritual Root Reincarnation Technique".

Zhou Yiqiao knew that this was the secret that the Xu family had guarded for generations, and it was also something that the Zhao family was willing to slaughter the entire Xu family to obtain.

He opened the book and saw that it recorded a peculiar method of cultivation. Through specific rituals and secret methods, the potential of the spiritual roots in the human body can be stimulated, and even people without spiritual roots can have the possibility of cultivation.

This secret technique is extremely powerful, but the consumables required for sacrifice are the lives of ordinary humans!

The book clearly states that if a person without any spiritual roots wants to give birth to the lowest grade pseudo spiritual roots with five attributes, he needs to absorb the vitality and souls of at least one hundred innocent mortals as sacrifices.

And the Zhao Yuanzhen in front of him is now also a top-grade water spiritual root. Over the years, the number of innocent lives he has sacrificed is probably countless. His crimes are so serious that they are outrageous.

Zhou Yiqiao closed the book and his eyes became even colder.

Although this "Spirit Root Reincarnation Technique" is a technique to change one's destiny, its price is a taboo that the cultivation world clearly stipulates cannot be touched.

Before he finds a substitute that can replace the vitality of the human race, this secret technique is nothing but a piece of paper to him.

He turned to look at Du Yiling who was waiting anxiously at the side, and said very seriously.

"This secret technique is against the harmony of nature. For the sake of your Moon-Stepping Immortal Sect, I suggest you pretend you don't know about it."

After hearing this, Du Yiling did not dare to care whether Zhou Yiqiao was sincerely reminding him or was unwilling to share this heaven-defying secret technique with the Stepping Moon Immortal Sect. He just nodded respectfully and said.

"What the senior said is absolutely right. Our Moon-Stepping Immortal Sect will naturally not be involved in such things that go against the Way of Heaven."

"Not only that, over the years, all nearby immortal cultivation forces that have had any connection with Zhao Yuanzhen and the Zhao family must be cleared out to prevent this kind of evil magic from continuing to spread in the world."

Zhou Yiqiao nodded and gave the order without caring whether Du Yiling heard him or not.

"Okay, you guys can go ahead and do this. I will stay in the sect until the cleanup is complete. This is a reward for the help you guys have provided during this period of time."

After saying this, he turned and looked at Zhao Yuanzhen.

"Zhao Yuanzhen, your Zhao family's plan has now been completely exposed. Since I promised to give you a quick death, I will keep my word."

Zhou Yiqiao raised his hand, and a thick, misty air brewed in his palm.

Zhao Yuanzhen looked quietly at the spiritual power condensed in Zhou Yiqiao's palm. He did not show any fear.

On the contrary, looking at this ball of power that represented the immortal cultivators, his eyes burned with an almost fanatical light.

It is the endless desire for the path of cultivation, the thirst for power, and the yearning for immortality.

"I am not wrong!"

Zhao Yuanzhen's voice echoed in the secret room. His face was distorted with excitement, and his eyes were flashing with a light of impending destruction.

"For the sake of cultivating immortals, what does it matter if I sacrifice some mortals? They are nothing but ants, stepping stones! How can their lives be compared with the great cause of the revival of my Zhao family?"

"Do you really think you can judge me? Do you think your power is enough to decide my life or death?"

Zhao Yuanzhen's words were like a mad roar. He suddenly broke free from his restraints and rushed towards Zhou Yiqiao regardless of everything. Under the surprised gazes of Zhou Yiqiao and Du Yiling, he crashed into the ball of spiritual power in Zhou Yiqiao's palm and died.

The secret room fell into a long silence. After a moment, Zhou Yiqiao spoke again, breaking the silence.

"Pack up and return to the Moon-stepping Immortal Gate."