Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 617 - 244: The Third Great Harvest (Part 6)

After a brief pause, Old Man Jin grinned and said, "Among us, fighting is one thing, but business can still be done."

"Only by exchanging what we don’t use for things we can use can we enhance our strength and better harvest others."

Upon hearing this, everyone had peculiar expressions.

"Haha... Fellow Daoist Jin is right."

"If that’s the case, after this grand harvest, I shall send someone to the market to show support."

Monk Hui Yuan from Jianan Temple was the first to laugh and speak.

These old baldies are especially hypocritical.

At the last grand harvest meeting, Old Man Jin had publicly scolded him, yet now he acts as if nothing happened.

Old Man Jin was naturally unimpressed with him, his eyes scanning the other attendees to see their opinions.

"Since it’s a market created by the three of you, Fushan Country will also go to show support and trade some items."

"The Yin Corpse Sect happens to be short of materials for corpse refining, so we’ll visit the market later."

"Our Huangsheng Sect still has a few strands of innate spiritual qi left; if anyone is interested, I’ll bring them to the market."

...

After everyone expressed their agreement, a broad smile appeared on Old Man Jin’s face.

"Thank you all for your support, but... Master Shu would like to inform everyone of the market’s rules in advance to prevent any trouble."

"The rules are the same as any normal market, except for one."

Old Man Jin looked around at everyone and said slowly, "This market involves Luoxia Mountain and the Shen Family, and both strictly prohibit the trade of blood food within the market."

"Also, to accommodate the demon cultivators from Celestial Sandalwood Mountain and Great Witch Mountain, the market will not trade live demon beasts, please be aware."

Everyone nodded upon hearing this.

Seeing that Old Man Jin had nothing more to say, Wushi Ao spoke in a solemn voice: "In that case, about this third grand harvest..."

"Wait a moment, Shen also has something to say."

Interrupted once again, Wushi Ao’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

But since Fushan Country suffered a loss at the hands of the Shen Family last time, he couldn’t lose his temper and could only glance at Shen Chongming, waiting for him to continue.

Shen Chongming straightened his posture, his gaze sweeping around before finally landing on the composed Monk Hui Yuan.

"For this grand harvest, however you all extract, I won’t interfere."

"But... This time, our Shen Family has set its sights on Jianan Temple."

"I ask everyone to give my Shen Family some face."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone was stunned.

Monk Hui Yuan of Jianan Temple also frowned slightly, looking at Shen Chongming with an unfriendly expression, then smiled faintly and said: "Why does Fellow Daoist Shen do this?"

Meeting his gaze, Shen Chongming sneered and said: "Why? Jianan Temple knows very well."

"Everyone..."

Shen Chongming shifted his gaze from Monk Hui Yuan to the others, cupping his hands and saying: "My request won’t make things difficult for you all, right?"

"Haha... These old baldies are truly troublesome; if Fellow Daoist Shen is willing to take them on, the Yin Corpse Sect is more than happy!"

The first to express support was the black-robed elder from the Yin Corpse Sect.

After he spoke, the remaining people also expressed their agreement.

They all knew how troublesome Jianan Temple was; in the previous two grand harvests, no side gained any advantage against them.

Now that the Shen Family is proactively choosing Jianan Temple as an opponent, they naturally had no objections.

With the Shen Family’s overly dominant performance in the last grand harvest, this time allowing the two to clash and weaken each other might be beneficial for future development.

Among the Eight Directions’ Influence, besides the Shen Family and Jianan Temple, after the other six factions expressed their stance, Wushi Ao directly selected two red jade balls from the eight, then, as before, tossed the remaining six jade balls into the air, covering them with a bloody mist.

After everyone’s drawing, the pairings for this third grand harvest were determined.

Luoxia Mountain chose Fushan Country, Celestial Sandalwood Mountain faced Great Witch Mountain, and the remaining Yin Corpse Sect faced Huangsheng Sect.

Wushi Ao retrieved the jade balls from everyone and smilingly cupped his hands: "This meeting is concluded, may everyone gain something."

...

In the void outside the Imperial City, Shen Chongming, Luo Yao, and Old Man Jin stood atop the clouds.

"Fellow Daoist Shen, why did the Shen Family strongly choose Jianan Temple this time?"

Old Man Jin asked with a frown.

He knew the Shen Family’s current strength, but Jianan Temple’s power isn’t as simple as it appears.

Facing them at this time could very well exhaust the Shen Family’s accumulated resources, so how would they survive amidst the surrounding powers of Yangnao Land in the future?

Celestial Sandalwood Mountain chose to ally with the Shen Family and Luoxia Mountain to endure longer in Yangnao Land and absolutely does not want to see the Shen Family decline.

"I know a bit about this matter."

As Shen Chongming remained silent, Luo Yao beside him immediately recounted the incident where Monk Hui Kong of Jianan Temple ambushed Shen Chonghong halfway.

"That was the younger brother of the current Shen Family Patriarch, forced to burn the foundation of the Immortal Embryo. How can Fellow Daoist Jin think this enmity can go unavenged?"

Hearing this, Old Man Jin’s expression turned dazed.

This matter was not publicized by the Shen Family, so he naturally didn’t know.

"Strange, that old baldy Hui Kong was only at Fetal Breathing Perfection, and Yangnao Land is vast. How did he know exactly where your brother was?"

"Master Shu also went there; the mountain forest is dense. If someone intended to hide, unless that old baldy turns the entire Huaisang over, he absolutely couldn’t find anyone, unless..."

Old Man Jin wore a thoughtful look, then with some disbelief, said: "Could it be that the little baldy behind Jianan Temple took action?"

Little baldy?

Shen Chongming looked at Old Man Jin with some curiosity.

The circumstances behind Shen Chonghong’s attack were briefly mentioned by his grandfather, Shen Yuan, so he didn’t know the specifics.

Hearing Old Man Jin’s description piqued his interest.

"The little baldy you refer to is..."

Old Man Jin’s expression turned serious as he said: "Though called a little baldy, it’s actually an old monster who has lived for three lives."

"Shixiu excels in the skill of cause and effect, a group of bastards, particularly fond of plundering others’ fortunes through reincarnation."

"Master Shu refers to Jianan Temple’s Great Brightness World Honored One, equivalent to an Immortal Dao Golden Core Realm existence."

Upon hearing this, both Shen Chongming and Luo Yao furrowed their brows.

"Fond of reincarnating and rebuilding, plundering others’ fortunes, this... I’ve heard that for a Golden Core Realm cultivator, reincarnating with golden nature is already incredibly dangerous, so how..."

Old Man Jin sneered: "This brings us to a kind of evil skill possessed by Jianan Temple."

"The ancestor once mentioned that Jianan Temple has a transmissible secret skill called the ’Nine Lives of Buddha’s Reincarnation Secret Record.’"

"This evil skill allows a Great Brightness Realm Shixiu to conceal their Dao practice within their divine spirit, seizing an unborn infant, usurping the nest, and reincarnating by borrowing the body."

"While the fetus is still within the mother’s body, it’s in an innate state, thus avoiding issues of physical compatibility during normal possession, while subtly altering the infant’s constitution with the essence of one’s entire cultivation."

"Under the influence of this evil skill, the infant within the maternal body can continuously absorb nutrients until it depletes everything from the mother to be born, achieving a flawless physique."

"Thus obtaining the fortune contained in the infant’s life path, while perfectly reshaping one’s physical body."

"That old baldy has reincarnated for three lives; this current body took only a few years to achieve the Great Brightness Realm, with unimaginable future achievements."

"The old thing is skilled in the skill of cause and effect; it must have been him acting from behind, allowing Hui Kong to easily find your brother."

Upon hearing this, Shen Chongming’s expression instantly darkened.

This Jianan Temple shamelessly plotted against the younger generation of the Shen Family, even with a Golden Core behind the scenes.

If that’s the case, then in this grand harvest, the Shen Family won’t be polite!