374: Listening to the piano

"We have many Powerhouses where I come from, and even Immortal Emperor Experts are countless. I am just a useless nobody who has been Cultivating for less than a hundred years, and this time, I came here under orders."

"The item I gave you just now, although it contains black Qi, is actually something we use for Cultivation."

"Only by Cultivating with that item can we increase the probability of becoming a god, achieve a Breakthrough to the Immortal Emperor Realm, and thereby travel to the next world."

The man spoke while crying. He had never suffered such great grievances and humiliation. As an envoy from the Divine Realm, he had come to the Lower Realm to deliver the gospel, only to end up beaten into this state.

"You can just imagine me as yourself, going down to a Small World and giving them some Cultivation resources used by Immortals. Naturally, they would be grateful."

Upon hearing this description, Li Haotian nodded in realization. So that was what he meant. This guy was really not honest.

"Then tell me, why do you need to use this black Qi to Cultivate? What are the things and resources you usually use? Tell me now."

The other party shook his head repeatedly, a look of embarrassment appearing on his face. The main issue was that his current Cultivation Realm was too low, and he had no access to such things. The black Qi he usually obtained was very limited, and all of it was used to bewitch people in the Lower Realm, making them absorb it into their bodies.

Because this substance was also an extremely precious resource for them, the black Qi existing in the world was the nourishment for their Cultivation.

Seeing that the other party was unwilling to speak, Li Haotian beat him up again.

He only stopped after beating the man until he was on the verge of death. He then tied him up, brought him into the Sect, and threw him into a random spot.

"Help him heal his injuries immediately. As soon as there are any signs of recovery, call me. I will interrogate him personally."

The Disciple responsible for guarding the dungeon shuddered upon seeing the state the man had been beaten into, and nodded repeatedly.

"Understood, Sect Master."

A shadow flashed across Li Haotian's eyes. He prepared to inform the old figures of the Heavenly Court about this matter; perhaps they would know some clues.

Soon, he gathered the Monkey King, Pigsy, and the others together, a look of confusion on his face.

"I just caught a guy who claimed to be from the Divine Realm above. He tried to trick me into eating something containing black Qi. I don't have that item anymore."

"I could only sense that the black Qi was extremely evil, and it seemed to contain violence. Do you have any clues regarding this?"

Pigsy and Erlang Shen both shook their heads, looks of confusion on their faces. They had clearly never heard of such a thing.

The Monkey King, however, frowned deeply, his face showing surprise and disbelief.

"Back then, this was the scene I saw at Mount Ling; all the Buddhas were surrounded by black Qi. After I arrived at the Heavenly Court, I discovered that a large number of Immortals and gods were also shrouded in black Qi!"

The Monkey King seemed to have realized something. A look of incredulous surprise suddenly appeared on his face. Could it be that all the scenes he had seen before were created by the big shots above for him?

The Monkey King knew that if he were to become a slave to this black Qi and use it for Cultivation, he probably wouldn't do it. Naturally, the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling knew this, which was why they had chased and intercepted him.

What they wanted to do was wipe out anyone who dared to resist. They wanted to become the other party's slaves, or rather, gain greater power.

This was a necessary pledge of allegiance, to show them the attitude they were displaying.

As for why the Heavenly Court and Mount Ling eventually had a falling out, this matter was still unclear.

After hearing this explanation, Li Haotian nodded in realization, a flash of killing intent appearing in his eyes.

He hadn't expected the reach of the people above to be so long, extending their hands directly over here.

He really didn't think there was any benefit to this black Qi.

If it weren't for this evil and violent aura, he might have thought it was a good thing. However, the other party didn't have the slightest intention of hiding these things, or perhaps they couldn't hide them.

Li Haotian would absolutely never touch such things for his own Cultivation.

As for why he dared to capture the other party, he naturally believed that the Heavenly Dao of this world could prevent the arrival of Powerhouses from the Divine Realm above, just like how the Celestial Domain could once prevent the arrival of Powerhouses above the Immortal Rank.

While Li Haotian was pondering, Pigsy suddenly patted his round belly.

"Since you've caught that guy, why don't we just search him and see if we can find any useful clues or items."

His words immediately enlightened Li Haotian.

The four of them immediately rushed towards the direction of the Sect's dungeon and kicked open the door. The man, who had just woken up, saw the guy who had beaten him into this state appear before him again, and was scared unconscious on the spot.

Without a word of nonsense, the group rushed in front of him and began searching his body, stripping away all of his Storage Pouches, Storage Rings, and similar items.

Then, they wiped away the marks belonging to him on these items and left quickly. They had come very fast, stripped the guy of everything he had, and then left at an extremely fast speed.

The Disciple responsible for guarding the dungeon was completely dumbfounded.

Li Haotian and the others examined the Storage Rings and the items stored inside his Storage Pouches; basically, all of them were shrouded in some strange, eerie black Qi.

[Congratulations to the Host for beginning to investigate the greatest secret of the deep Immortal Realm. If successful, you will be rewarded with the White Qi Lineage.]

The System's voice immediately stunned Li Haotian. What did the White Qi Lineage mean? This was the first time he had heard this term. Could White Qi be the counter to black Qi?

Li Haotian had no time to think about this, but the things rewarded by the System must be good. He immediately began to search through some Cultivation Techniques in the guy's Storage Pouch to see if he could find any documented records.

Just at this moment, beautiful zither sounds came from the sky.

Liang Yun's strength was now on par with her Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, having reached the Peak Golden Immortal Realm.

After such a long period of Cultivation, she could clearly feel that she had become much stronger.

At this moment, Liang Yun was sitting cross-legged, holding the Magic Treasure her Revered Master had given her, gently playing her zither, and beautiful notes of music immediately drifted out.

The others were also there to support their Junior Sister, sitting seriously in the small pavilion to listen.