Immortality: Raising an Ant Queen to Cultivate by increasing stat points

Chapter 532: Chapter 524: Divine Retribution and Slaughter Business

They extracted tears from the ox’s eyes to make a special fluid, after which they would dab fresh willow leaves in it and wipe it over both eyes, a method known as the Heaven Eye Technique. At that point, they could clearly see ghosts and malevolent entities.

However, this kind of Heaven Eye Technique was considered the simplest and most superficial method within the Taoist magic arts.

Against some powerful ghosts or evil spirits, it could easily become ineffective.

Truly formidable Immortal Masters would directly use their mana to perform the Heaven Eye Technique, rendering even slightly stronger ghosts unable to hide before them.

And there were even more powerful practitioners who cultivated a third divine eye, transforming it into a Divine Skill.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Individuals like Wen Zhong and Yang Jian were outstanding representatives of such Divine Skills.

In the future, if Qin Niu needed, he could use the tears of Green Ox to perform the Heaven Eye Technique to search for traces of malevolent spirits.

“Master Qin is exceptionally talented, with his strength skyrocketing overnight, it’s truly enviable,” Chi Xing felt Qin Niu’s formidable cultivation, literally watching him grow stronger and being surpassed by him.

What was even more preposterous was that the half-grown water buffalo raised by Qin Niu was also a freak just like its master.

The aura it exuded changed drastically with each passing day.

Chi Xing had no idea what kind of ‘divine being’ he had encountered.

“Everyone has their own fortunes, Brother Chi doesn’t need to envy me. Speaking of which, I should thank you for providing me with information, which allowed me to seize this opportunity. However, with my current strength, I’m afraid I’m far from capable of helping you take your revenge. We still have to work together,” Qin Niu said with extreme humility.

Staying low-key and playing the fool had always been his strong suit.

Two of the elders from the Nine Insect Gang had been fooled by his ostensible strength and ended up dead in a gutter, meeting unfortunate ends.

“Take me to see that old thief’s cultivation site; perhaps we can find out some of his secrets,” Qin Niu urged.

Qin Niu was very adept at controlling others.

Chi Xing, decades his senior, was completely manipulated by Qin Niu and willingly followed him.

At the moment, the thing Chi Xing cared about the most was avenging his wife.

As long as Qin Niu occasionally brought it up, Chi Xing would be firmly tethered to him.

The two soon arrived at the cave.

Returning to this heartbreaking place evoked painful memories for Chi Xing; he could squeeze out water from his clenched fists, and his expression turned frightfully fierce, his eyes menacing.

“It’s just a simple cave that was temporarily excavated, nothing extraordinary,” Qin Niu commented after inspecting the outside, then released several Green Ring Worker Bees to scout for information.

They buzzed their wings and flew into the cave.

No one was inside anymore, and the Gold-Striped Lightning Leopard had also disappeared without a trace.

After confirming that the cave was free of danger, Qin Niu dared to enter.

The cave was only about twelve or thirteen square meters, with a narrow entrance and dark lighting inside. There was no furniture for living purposes, but the cave walls had varying depths of palm prints and traces of fingers digging.

Upon closer examination, he noticed that these palm prints had slight marks of high-temperature burns.

In some places, there were even signs of high-temperature rock formation, like that of bricks after firing. The texture felt extremely hard to the touch.

“The Raging Flame Palm of Fire Cloud Tunnel is indeed terrifying; to be able to burn the soil until it vitrifies, how high must the temperature be?” Qin Niu wondered, estimating the temperature to reach at least that of ordinary flames.

Worried that the Sixth Cave Master would return here to continue his secluded cultivation, Qin Niu did not destroy any part of the cave to avoid alerting the old thief that someone had investigated the place and raising his vigilance.

Even after so many had been killed, there were no human corpses, skeletons, or clothes to be seen inside the cave.

After Qin Niu finished examining the cave, he started searching the surrounding area.

Not far below in a mountain stream, Qin Niu found a heap of white bones, belonging to at least a hundred bodies, some with their clothing still intact, both men and women.

There were even clothes from local residents of the No Peak Sect, like animal skin skirts, which only the locals would wear.

“This scoundrel has killed countless, has the No Peak Sect really not noticed?” Qin Niu pondered.

“I’m not sure about that. But the experts of the No Peak Sect are very selfish and don’t place much value on the lives of ordinary people. They also don’t want to offend the two adjacent super sects easily, so even if they do find out, as long as Fang Hanshan doesn’t go too far, they turn a deaf ear and pretend to be unaware of the matter,” Chi Xing explained.

Chi Xing said resentfully.

“Adults always prioritize their interests; the death of a few civilians really isn’t enough to make them determined to antagonize an Immortal Master, let alone instigate a war with the Fire Cloud Tunnel. Such an old thief’s actions that so defy the natural order will undoubtedly bring divine punishment.”

As Qin Niu continued to advance his cultivation, he gradually gained a very superficial understanding of the Heavenly Dao.

Killing damages the harmony of Heaven, and engaging in such acts excessively will certainly invite divine retribution.

If he were to choose again, he might not exterminate the entire He Family; instead, he would adopt a more gentle approach, merely executing the upper ranks of the family.

However, everything has its two sides; speaking of killing, emperors are second to none, with no one daring to claim first.

For every general who wins a war, ten thousand bones lay bare.

Even after an emperor ascends the throne successfully, to consolidate their rule and position, they often have to kill a number of people. At the drop of a hat, they would exterminate the offender’s entire family line or even nine familial generations, committing far more killings than anyone else.

As for how emperors resolve the negative karma from these killings, he didn’t know.

But after his recent promotion to the later stages of the Spirit Qi Realm, he could vaguely sense that the taint of killing on him was like an invisible sword hanging over his head.

Invisible and intangible, yet it was a real presence.

It made him feel uneasy.

Fang Hanshan, out of selfishness, wantonly killed innocent people, accumulating far more negative karma from his evil deeds than Qin Niu had by countless times. If there was a chance, it would be worth some deeper research.

“Brother Chi, let’s go!”

“Alright!”

Chi Xing, still immersed in hatred, managed to keep a sliver of reason.

…

When the two returned to the inn, Wang Wanyan and Xiao Qing were anxiously waiting.

Qin Niu had instructed them not to go out carelessly, and they had not dared to leave the inn in search of him. Seeing Qin Niu return, Wang Wanyan couldn’t bother with shyness and threw herself into his arms, holding him tightly.

“I’m fine. I got some opportunities, so I came back a bit late. Let’s hurry up and eat; we still have to hit the road.”

Qin Niu gently stroked her jade back, soothing her with a gentle voice.

The two were married, and now that they were far from home, Wang Wanyan cared even more about him. She had come to regard Qin Niu as her most important family member.

After eating, they continued their journey by carriage.

As they were about to leave Tian Cheng, a troop appeared ahead, all dressed in unison with beast robes. They were all male, wearing animal skin skirts on their lower bodies and draped in war cloaks made of tiger skin on their upper bodies.

Long wild beast teeth were hung on their chests, some with one tooth, others with two or three. They wore them around their necks like necklaces.

In their hands, they carried spears, and on their backs, bows and arrows, exuding the atmosphere of a primitive tribe.

As these people approached, the intangible aura they emitted sent shivers down Qin Niu’s spine.

He was, after all, an expert in the later stages of the Spirit Qi Realm. Although he did not practice combat-focused cultivation techniques, he was confident that he could easily annihilate an elite troop all by himself.

The incoming troop was only about fifty strong; how could they possess such a terrifying presence?

Qin Niu carefully sensed their cultivation levels, and discovered that the weakest were only at the early stage of the Innate Realm, while the strongest were at the later stage of the Innate Realm.

An army composed exclusively of Innate Realm experts.

No wonder their aura was chilling to him.

“This must be the entire No Peak Sect’s Innate Realm force gathered together!” Qin Niu inquired of Chi Xing beside him.

“No, this is just a regular patrol unit from the No Peak Sect. In the event of a major conflict, the Innate Realm experts of the No Peak Sect can make any super sect feel intimidated. No one knows just how many Innate Realm experts the No Peak Sect really has, but conservatively estimated, the number is at least more than two thousand,” replied Chi Xing.

The number Chi Xing revealed shocked Qin Niu greatly.

The Black Tiger Gang did not consider itself too weak among the various sects, and yet its Innate Realm experts in total would not exceed four hundred. That was an optimistic estimate; the actual number might be even smaller.

The No Peak Sect, appearing impoverished and primitive like a tribal society, had an unexpectedly high number of Innate Realm experts.