Starting From The Equal Opportunity To Become A Saint

263. Chapter 263 Backing!

Chapter 263: Backing!

[Your good brother Yue Zhixin has had a string of bad luck and misfortunes. You beheaded him with a single sword, and he died on the spot!]

['Stealing Heaven' innate talent passive triggered, you inherit half of the remaining gifts left by your good brother Yue Zhixin before his death: Golden Cicada Nine Transformations +10, Turtle's Resting Dao Technique +10, Immortal Dao cultivation +100, and Divine Soul Origin +50.]

[Your good brother Yue Zhixin has gone offline. Currently available binding targets (17/1000).]

At the moment of Yue Zhixin's death, Liu Zimo immediately heard a prompt in his ear. However, he didn't have time to absorb and refine the sudden influx of cultivation energy into his body and sea of consciousness. Instead, he used a secret technique to quickly escape from Zuixin Residence.

During this time, he had been reading various books in the library, gaining some understanding of the rules and secrets of the Qingyun Immortal Sect. He had long known that the sect attached great importance to true disciples. Every disciple who had the ability to advance to become a true disciple would be forcibly required to leave a trace of their divine soul imprint in the Qingyun Hall. Once a true disciple encountered danger or died, the sect would be informed immediately.

Now, it seemed that he had silently killed Yue Zhixin without anyone noticing. But Liu Zimo was well aware that at the moment of Yue Zhixin's death, the Qingyun Hall must have already sensed something.

If he didn't leave the scene quickly, he was afraid he would be exposed immediately. So after successfully striking, Liu Zimo suppressed his aura and ran all the way back to the servant hall behind the Cui Zhu Peak at the fastest speed.

Swish!

Just as Liu Zimo lay down on his bed, he felt an extremely sharp spiritual sense fluctuation sweep through the entire servant hall indiscriminately, quickly searching towards the top of the Cui Zhu Peak.

"Senior Tian, you have overstepped your boundaries!"

When the spiritual sense fluctuation swept towards the top of the Cui Zhu Peak, it was forcibly blocked, and then a gentle and elegant voice sounded.

"Junior Dai, please forgive me. Just now, a thief sneaked into Azure Cloud Peak at night and plotted against a true disciple under my sect, so I lost my composure!"

"Wait, after I capture the real culprit, I will personally come to the top of the Cui Zhu Peak to apologize to Junior Dai!"

After speaking, the sharp spiritual sense fluctuation quickly converged and continued to search and identify the other peaks.

In an instant, the Cui Zhu Peak returned to its previous tranquility.

Liu Zimo closed his eyes and pretended to sleep, secretly feeling fortunate.

He was fortunate to have escaped in time, otherwise he would have been killed on the spot by that extremely powerful Golden Body Realm elder.

"Yue Zhixin is dead, and now the biggest trouble is the Core Formation Realm cultivator who also knows the truth."

Liu Zimo lay quietly on the bed, murmuring to himself.

That Core Formation Realm cultivator had witnessed Yue Zhixin kicking Liu Zimo to death with his own eyes.

If afterwards, the other party discovered that the servant disciple who should have been kicked to death by Yue Zhixin had come back to life, while Yue Zhixin and the outer disciple surnamed Zhao had both died and disappeared, then Liu Zimo's suspicion would undoubtedly be the greatest.

"So, I still need to find a way to find that Core Formation Realm cultivator and completely eliminate the hidden danger for good!"

"But now, I'm not even sure of the other party's identity. Moreover, a true disciple has just died on the main peak of Qingyun. It's not a good time to take action!"

Liu Zimo shook his head helplessly, feeling a bit tricky.

Previously, Yue Zhixin had already harbored murderous intent towards him. If he didn't kill Yue Zhixin, he would expose himself and ultimately face death. Now that he had successfully killed Yue Zhixin, he had left behind a hidden danger that could explode at any time. If this hidden danger couldn't be eliminated in time, he would inevitably be exposed and still face death.

What a headache!

Fortunately, after killing Yue Zhixin, I harvested a hundred years of immortal cultivation, and my cultivation level directly advanced to the ninth stage of Core Formation. I also gained a bit more self-defense power!

Liu Zimo sensed his current cultivation level and felt somewhat relieved.

Now, if he were to encounter that sixth stage Core Formation cultivator again, he was confident that he could kill him.

A quiet night passed.

Early the next morning, Liu Zimo continued to go to the library as if nothing had happened.

As soon as he entered the library, Liu Zimo sensed a strand of divine sense quietly sweeping over him.

It was the librarian!

Liu Zimo's heart trembled, thinking that he had exposed some flaw, which caught the librarian's special attention.

"Lucky little guy!"

"Take this special token for the library's servants. With it, no one will dare to trouble you privately in the future!"

The librarian's divine sense transmitted the message to his ears.

Immediately after, Liu Zimo saw a flash of golden light in front of him, and a palm-sized golden token appeared.

Seeing this, Liu Zimo felt slightly relieved.

It seemed that the librarian hadn't discovered anything about him.

Instead, upon hearing the news of Yue Zhixin's death, the librarian was worried that someone would cause trouble for Liu Zimo, so he specially bestowed this token unique to the library's servants.

However...

It seemed that the librarian had sent this token a bit late.

If he had received this token before leaving work yesterday, Yue Zhixin would not have dared to trouble him again, and the subsequent events would not have happened.

But no matter what, having it was better than not having it.

Moreover, he had no right to blame or complain about the librarian.

The librarian had already helped him a great deal by intervening and blocking Yue Zhixin's attack yesterday.

Now, the librarian had sent another golden token to protect him. How could Liu Zimo not be grateful and turn around to complain about others' kindness coming too late?

"Thank you, senior librarian!"

Liu Zimo received the token with both hands and sincerely thanked him.

The librarian did not respond, and the library fell silent once again.

Liu Zimo had anticipated this and bowed to the empty space once again. Then, he hung the token around his waist, replacing his previous servant token.

After tidying up the tables and chairs in the library skillfully, Liu Zimo, as usual, found a book and settled in a corner of the library, silently observing.

Perhaps because of the incident where a true disciple was killed yesterday, the entire sect was undergoing investigations and inquiries from the main peak.

Therefore, there were no disciples coming to the library to borrow books today.

Throughout the day, Liu Zimo did not see any outer or inner disciples entering the library.

Of course, no true disciples or elders dared to come to the library to search and investigate.

Liu Zimo peacefully passed through this sect-wide investigation.

Night fell.

When he left the library after work and returned to the servant hall in the back mountain, he was stopped by the newly arrived Xu steward.

"Are you the mortal servant who was arranged to work in the Book Pavilion by Tang Dahai?"

Liu Zimo bowed and replied, "Indeed, I am. May I ask what instructions you have, Elder Xu?"

Xu Hong, also known as Elder Xu, looked Liu Zimo up and down, sneering, "Indeed, you are a mortal with no cultivation whatsoever!"

"Yesterday, you clashed with Senior Yue on the rooftop of the Book Pavilion, resulting in him being punished by the senior bookkeeper, correct?"

"A mere servant disciple dares to defy the true disciples. It seems you don't know the meaning of death!"

"Starting from today, you no longer need to go to the Book Pavilion. The Pill Cauldron Pavilion at Azure Cloud Peak is in need of a trial alchemy disciple. You will go there instead!"

As expected.

Even though Yue Zhixin had already died, it didn't stop people from trying to curry favor with Qingyun Peak, whether it be Yue Zhixin's master or fellow disciples.

And this Xu Hong, the new Elder Xu, clearly wanted to represent Liu Zimo and show his loyalty.

Otherwise, if Yue Zhixin's master or fellow disciples had truly suspected Liu Zimo, they would have already come to kill him directly. Why would they bother with such small actions?

"Elder Xu, I'm afraid I will disappoint you."

Liu Zimo straightened his posture slowly, reaching out to take the exclusive token hanging from his waist and presenting it to Xu Hong, saying calmly, "I am now an exclusive servant of the Book Pavilion, directly under the jurisdiction of the senior bookkeeper. Elder Xu does not have the authority to transfer me."

"If Elder Xu truly finds me displeasing, you can go to the senior bookkeeper now and see if you can have me transferred."

Xu Hong's expression froze, looking at the Book Pavilion's golden token in Liu Zimo's hand with disbelief.

As a new disciple of the servant hall and a long-standing outer disciple who had been mingling within Qingyun Immortal Sect for over ten years, he naturally knew the power of the Book Pavilion's exclusive token.

Even though it was just a small servant token, it was absolutely something that a small Elder like him couldn't offend.

So, this useless servant had really climbed up the ladder and caught the attention of the senior bookkeeper?

Yesterday, when the senior bookkeeper took action to teach Yue Zhixin a lesson, it wasn't just because Yue Zhixin had trespassed into the Book Pavilion, but because the senior bookkeeper deliberately stood up for Liu Zimo?

Thinking of this, Xu Hong couldn't help but tremble.

He felt like he had made a wrong move.

Previously, he had only thought about pleasing Elder Tian of Azure Cloud Peak, but he had overlooked the true attitude of the senior bookkeeper.

When he first arrived at the servant hall, he had heard the duty disciples mention that the senior bookkeeper had informed Tang Dahai and was very satisfied with the new servant disciples, hoping to avoid frequent changes.

However, at that time, he didn't pay much attention to it.

After all, who would have thought that the senior bookkeeper would really take a liking to such a useless servant with no cultivation?

But now, even the Book Pavilion's golden token had been given by the senior bookkeeper. If he still didn't understand the senior bookkeeper's intentions, then he would truly be foolish.

If it was someone like Liu Yun, a newly initiated true disciple who hadn't even reached the Foundation Building stage, he could ignore him completely and show no respect.

But the senior bookkeeper was a super big shot who could sit on equal footing with the peak master. He wouldn't dare to offend him even a little bit, let alone provoke him.

"Hehe, Brother Liu is joking. With the senior bookkeeper favoring you so much, it must be due to your great fortune. I congratulate you sincerely. How could I dare to obstruct it?"

Xu Hong's face instantly changed. Not only did he address Liu Zimo as "Brother Liu," but he also bent his body and put on a smiling face.

"To be honest with Brother Liu, I didn't intentionally trouble you earlier. It was because of an accident on Yue's side, and you happened to offend him. So someone passed on the message, hoping to make things difficult for you."

"I'm just a small Elder. If there are instructions from above, how could I easily go against them? So..."

Xu Hong put on a bitter face, pushing all the responsibility onto Yue Zhixin and the unknown "above."

Liu Zimo pretended to understand and nodded slightly, hanging the token back around his waist. He asked Xu Hong softly,

"May I ask, Elder Xu, what is the meaning behind this?"

"May I ask, Brother Xu, if I can go back and rest now?"

"Brother Liu, please go ahead, please go ahead!"

Xu Hong quickly stepped aside and said, "Brother, if you need anything in the future, just let me know. Don't hesitate!"

Liu Zimo thanked him with a gesture of cupping his hands, then walked away without hesitation.

Based on Xu Hong's attitude towards him before and after seeing the Golden Token, Liu Zimo now had some understanding that this Book Pavilion Golden Token seemed to be more useful than he had imagined.

At least, in the Hall of Menial Tasks, no one would dare to point fingers at him anymore.

Now, he could be considered a person with a backer.

After Liu Zimo left the Hall of Menial Tasks, a person quickly walked out of the hall and asked Xu Hong, "Brother-in-law, how did it go? Did you secure a position in the Book Pavilion? When can I start working in the Book Pavilion?"

Smack!

Xu Hong slapped the person's face directly.

"Get lost!"

"It's all because of your lousy idea. Not only did I lose face, but I also almost offended someone I shouldn't have!"

One slap didn't seem to be enough, so Xu Hong chased after the person and kicked him several times until he cried and begged for mercy before stopping.

"If it weren't for your sister's sake, I would have kicked you to death today!"

Xu Hong gritted his teeth, his eyes red, and said fiercely, "Don't you dare think about the position in the Book Pavilion anymore. If I hear you mention the Book Pavilion again, I'll divorce your sister!"

"Get lost!"

The person lying on the ground was completely stunned and had no idea what had happened.

After a while, he finally reacted and angrily said, "Why, brother-in-law? Isn't he just a useless ordinary person? Do you have to treat me like this because of him?!"

"Although my talent is low, I am at the peak of Body Refining. What aspect am I worse than Liu Zimo?!"

"If I go to the Book Pavilion, I will definitely do better than him..."

Seeing his younger brother-in-law still daring to talk back and not giving up on the position in the Book Pavilion, Xu Hong became furious.

"You damn thing, you dare to talk back? Let me teach you a lesson! Let me teach you a lesson!"

Bang!

Bang!

Xu Hong kicked again, until his brother-in-law on the ground vomited blood and lost consciousness, before he felt relieved.

Liu Zimo, who hadn't gone too far, sensed the conflict between the two behind him with his spiritual sense, and shook his head slightly, feeling relieved at the same time.

As expected.

Just as he had guessed before.

It wasn't Yue Zhixin's master or his fellow disciples who had discovered something and deliberately targeted him.

It was Xu Hong's younger brother-in-law who had set his sights on his position as a Book Pavilion menial worker and wanted to use an excuse to transfer him.

(End of this chapter)