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

When Zhou Yiqiao saw the head that had been moved by Zhao Tonglai, he suddenly remembered the information about the Zhao family that Du Yiling had given him.

He remembered that the owner of the head was an old man from the Zhao family who died last month.

This old man held a highly respected position in the Zhao family. He was the uncle of the current head of the Zhao family. His cause of death was announced to the public as illness.

But in fact, the real cause of this person's death was that he was afraid of death, so he listened to the instigation of a quack doctor and tried to use secret methods to prolong his life. In the end, he ended up becoming possessed and died suddenly.

Countless questions arose in Zhou Yiqiao's mind.

Why did Zhao Tonglai put the old man’s head here?

What secrets are hidden in the arrangement of this altar?

What is the connection between Zhao Tonglai’s spiritual root vision and this altar?

After some hesitation, Zhou Yiqiao did not act rashly. He stood coldly in the shadows, watching Zhao Tonglai finish his practice, slowly stand up, and leave the Zhao Mansion first.

"After Zhao Tonglai finished his training, the water spirit root in his body became much purer than during the day. Now at least we can be sure that this underground altar can improve the quality of Zhao Tonglai's spirit root."

Back in the temporary cave of the Stepping Moon Immortal Gate, Zhou Yiqiao leaned on a recliner, propped up his head and carefully thought about what he had seen and heard tonight.

"If so, for the Zhao family, it is a great opportunity to change their fate and ascend to the immortal path. Why did Zhao Tong come here in a sneaky way and avoid being seen by others? Why did he try it alone?"

Zhou Yiqiao was puzzled. Not only did he fail to solve Hunyu's wish, but he also had more doubts in his mind.

"Unless the secret of this altar is not known to everyone in the Zhao family, or perhaps the altar itself hides some dangers, and the Zhao family leaders do not want too many members to come into contact with it."

Zhou Yiqiao thought to himself that the situation within the Zhao family might be more complicated than he had imagined.

"It seems that we need to further investigate the situation within the Zhao family, especially the details of Zhao Tonglai."

There was a gleam in his eyes, revealing his boundless interest.

"No matter what, this Zhuzhou Zhao family is becoming more and more interesting..."

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In the following days, Zhou Yiqiao settled down in Zhuzhou City as the honorary elder of the Stepping Moon Immortal Sect.

Thanks to Zhou Yiqiao's cultivation level which far surpassed that of everyone else in the Stepping Moon Sect, he had helped the Stepping Moon Sect detect several immortal seedlings that the Five Elements Roulette had not detected many times.

His actions not only helped the Moon-Stepping Immortal Sect recover a huge amount of losses, but also left a good reputation in the secular world within a hundred miles of Zhuzhou City.

Now, whenever he walks around in Zhuzhou City, the people of Zhuzhou City will call him an immortal master with a discerning eye for talent.

On this day, Zhou Yiqiao was sitting aside as usual, watching the selection ceremony of the immortal seedlings of the Stepping Moon Immortal Sect. Suddenly, a disciple of the Stepping Moon Immortal Sect hurried over, leaned over and whispered something in the ear of Du Yiling who was accompanying him.

When Du Yiling heard this, the shadow of incompetence over the past few days disappeared. He turned to look at Zhou Yiqiao, a hint of joy in his eyes.

He walked lightly to Zhou Yiqiao's side and spoke in a low voice.

"Senior, the sect master has gathered all the information about the Zhao family in the sect, and now Jing Jing has been transmitted."

"Please come inside the hall, senior. I will give you a detailed report."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yiqiao immediately stood up and left amid everyone's puzzled gazes.

After returning to the hall, Du Yiling ordered his disciples to fetch the message from Liu Changzhi and prepare to interpret it for Zhou Yiqiao personally.

However, Zhou Yiqiao found it troublesome and snatched the jade slip from Du Yiling's hand, put it against his forehead and quickly read through it.

As his spiritual consciousness penetrated the jade slip, Zhou Yiqiao's brows sometimes relaxed and sometimes frowned.

The amount of information recorded in the jade slip is enormous, covering the detailed history of the Zhao family for nearly a hundred years, including family members, industry distribution, important events, and details of the marriage with the Xu family.

The jade slip mentioned that the Zhao family was an immortal cultivation family entrenched in Zhuzhou hundreds of years ago. Not only did the family have cultivators in the late foundation building stage, but also several extremely talented cultivators appeared one after another.

According to the original process, after that group of disciples grew up, the Zhao family might even be promoted to a Jindan family and leave this place that lacks spiritual power.

However, for some reason, those Zhao family disciples with spiritual roots disappeared together one day, and the Zhao family patriarch who was at the foundation-building stage also suddenly died.

All the seeds of immortal cultivation disappeared, and the Zhao family suddenly fell from an immortal cultivation family into the dust of the secular world, becoming an ordinary big family in Zhuzhou City. Although it still retained a certain amount of wealth and status, in the eyes of the cultivators, it was already a fish on the chopping board.

After becoming an ordinary family, the Zhao family began to become extremely low-key. As time went by, the Zhao family gradually faded out of the sight of the immortal cultivation world.

Liu Changzhi also mentioned in the jade slip the marriage between the Zhao family and the Xu family of Luming Town. This was not a simple marriage of interests, but concealed a deeper secret.

According to records, although the Xu family is not a family of immortals, they have guarded an ancient secret for generations. The secret is related to an ancient secret method that can stimulate the potential of spiritual roots and even change one's destiny.

The Xu family had a treasure without realizing it, and had been passing the secret method down from generation to generation as a family heirloom.

The Zhao family had intended to return to the world of immortal cultivation. They didn't know when they learned the secret of the Xu family, so they carefully planned a marriage, aiming to obtain the ancient secret method through the daughter of the Xu family.

As for why all the members of the Xu family disappeared overnight, according to Liu Changzhi's guess on the jade slip, it is very likely that after the Zhao family successfully formed an alliance and obtained the secret method, they secretly purged the Xu family in order to completely control this power and avoid news leaks.

After all, if such a method of changing one's destiny falls into the hands of others, the consequences will be disastrous.

After Zhou Yiqiao finished reading the jade slip, his heart was filled with waves.

He finally understood that the underground altar used by Zhao Tonglai was the ancient secret method guarded by the Xu family for generations.

In order to get this secret method, the Zhao family did not hesitate to betray the Xu family and secretly attacked them, slaughtering all the members of the Xu family without leaving any alive.

The reason why Zhao Tonglai possesses a water-attributed spiritual root is probably due to this secret method.

"Damn it, Rou'er always thought she had found someone she could trust, but she never thought that she would be used by the Zhao family!"

Hunyu's voice suddenly sounded in Zhou Yiqiao's mind.

He was so furious at this moment that he even forgot Zhou Yiqiao's existence.

"Hunyu, calm down."

Zhou Yiqiao whispered comfortingly in his heart.

Hearing Zhou Yiqiao's voice, Hunyu seemed to be awakened by a basin of cold water and woke up instantly.

"Master, I am extremely sorry. When I think of Rou'er's experience, I can't control myself."

Zhou Yiqiao sighed softly, his eyes deep.

"The Xu family's experience is indeed sympathetic, but if we want to avenge the Xu family, there is one thing we need to clarify."

"Since the Zhao family has obtained the secret method, why is it that after so many years, there has only been one cultivator with a natural spiritual root like Zhao Tonglai?"

"How exactly does this secret method work? Are there any other limitations or hidden dangers?"

"Besides, since the Zhao family is so ruthless, we need to be more cautious in our actions, so as not to alert the enemy and make the Zhao family ready."

Hunyu nodded and finally calmed down completely.

"Master is right. Soul Yu is entirely at the master's command."

After barely calming Hunyu down, Zhou Yiqiao immediately turned to look at Du Yiling who was completely unaware of the situation and gave instructions in a deep voice.

"The Zhao family is not clean. I don't care how you collect information from the Zhao family. Within three days, I want you to place at least ten Jindan cultivators and three Yuanying cultivators around the Zhao family to cooperate with my actions."

"Don't worry, if Liu Changzhi blames you, just say it was my request."

"In addition, I need you to secretly investigate all the important cultivation resources and records of external visitors of the Zhao family in recent years, especially those clues that may be related to the secret methods, elixirs or special magic tools traded in the cultivation world."

"At the same time, I want to know if the Zhao family has any signs of collusion with other immortal cultivation forces."

Du Yiling's face turned grim when he heard this, and he obviously realized the difficulty and importance of the task.

"Don't worry, senior. I will do my best."

After saying this, Du Yiling stood up and walked quickly out of the hall.

Before he could take a few steps, Du Yiling heard Zhou Yiqiao's request again.

"Also, apart from you and Zhao Changzhi, don't let too many people know about this for the time being, even those monks from the Moon-Stepping Immortal Sect stationed around the Zhao family are no exception."

"Don't ask why. This is a good thing for your Moon-Stepping Immortal Sect."

Du Yiling turned around and bowed again, then his figure quickly disappeared into the hall.

Zhou Yiqiao looked in the direction where Du Yiling left, and the coldness in his eyes that had not melted for several days completely froze.

"Zhao family, Zhao family, you'd better pray that you still have all the methods to improve your spiritual roots. Otherwise, you have wasted so much of my time, I will not let you go easily..."

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In the blink of an eye, three days later.

The selection ceremony of the immortal seedlings of the Stepping Moon Immortal Sect had just ended, and the disciples were leaving with the farewell of the people of Zhuzhou City. Two of them quietly turned back and returned to Zhuzhou City under the moonlight.

In a restaurant across the street from the Zhao residence, a disciple from the Stepping Moon Sect was waiting anxiously.

From time to time, he would peer through the gaps in the window frame, glancing at the occasional passers-by on the street to make sure everything was under control.

On the table in front of him, there were several detailed maps and records, and next to them were several specially made communication jade slips, in case of emergency.

Not long after, a slight sound of footsteps broke the silence in the room. Zhou Yiqiao and Du Yiling walked in side by side, and both of them looked particularly solemn.

Du Yiling walked straight to the table, quickly scanned the information, and nodded with satisfaction.

"How are you preparing?"

he asked in a deep voice.

The disciple hurried forward and answered respectfully.

"Replying to the elder, everything has been arranged according to your instructions."

"Ten Jindan cultivators and three Yuanying cultivators have all sneaked into the vicinity of the Zhao family and are on standby at any time."

"In addition, we have also investigated the Zhao family's cultivation resources, records of external visitors, and possible collusion forces. I would like to ask the elders and seniors to review them."