Chapter 217: A Favor

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

On the surface, Lu Yuan said to Zhuang Yangbing, “It’s a small matter.”

However, what Lu Yuan wanted to express in secret was that Zhuang Yangbing would take the blame for him.

Lu Yuan took the magic instrument that contained Zhuang Yangbing’s remnant soul and began to search for the other missing souls.

The search was actually not too difficult for him.

After a round of perception, Lu Yuan quickly found the location of Zhuang Yangbing’s remnant soul.

Good heavens! It really was in the grounds of Xueyang Sect.

After discovering that, Lu Yuan’s thoughts immediately became clear.

He was not sure what was going on between Zhuang Yangbing and the people from Xueyang Sect.

However, based on Zhuang Yangbing’s current situation, he might not be on the same side as those guys.

Otherwise, Zhuang Yangbing would not have disguised himself to this extent. Lu Yuan could tell that Zhuang Yangbing seemed to be hiding from something. According to his few interactions with him, Lu Yuan concluded that a steady person like Zhuang Yangbing would not easily offend anyone.

Therefore, the people he was hiding from were most likely the cultivators from Xueyang Sect.

However, that did not have much to do with Lu Yuan.

Now, Zhuang Yangbing came to Lu Yuan and asked Lu Yuan to help him.

And Lu Yuan followed the agreement and helped Zhuang Yangbing find the location of his remnant soul.

Throughout the entire process, Lu Yuan did not do anything out of line at all. Perhaps in the end, Zhuang Yangbing would be watched by an Apotheosis Stage cultivator, and the cultivators from Xueyang Sect would be wiped out. It would be none of Lu Yuan’s business. After all, Lu Yuan was not targeting anyone in particular to be eliminated.

It could be said that the Twelve Earthly Branches, Zhuang Yangbing, and the Apotheosis Stage expert, Jing Ming, would never have thought that Lu Yuan would to wash away the suspicion of him stealing luck like that.

It could only be said that that was the strength of the cultivators of the Tianji Sect.

As long as he went with the flow, even if Lu Yuan did not do anything, the situation would eventually develop in a direction that was beneficial to him. “Fellow Daoist Yue Shan, I’ve found your remnant soul for you. It’s in the grounds of the cultivators from Xueyang Sect in the city. It seems to be attached to a tree. The rest is up to you.” After saying that, Lu Yuan decisively left the secret room.

Zhuang Yangbing did not say anything else during the process.

Zhuang Yangbing had already expected such an outcome.

Back then, when he controlled the little mouse and infiltrated the Xueyang Sect cultivators’ stronghold, he had transferred part of his divine soul to the little mouse.

Such an operation was not particularly dangerous for Zhuang Yangbing, who had an extraordinary soul.

He was confident that he could retrieve his divine soul in time when something went wrong.

However, Zhuang Yangbing did not expect the group of people disguised as Xueyang Sect to be so powerful.

There were three Nascent Soul Stage cultivators in the group, with the remaining people in the Core Formation Stage.

At that time, if Zhuang Yangbing had retracted his divine soul, it was very likely that he would have been discovered by the other party.

In order not to expose himself, Zhuang Yangbing cut off the connection between himself and that part of his divine soul.

He even made that divine soul hide nearby.

That was why the Twelve Earthly Branches thought that Zhuang Yangbing was only using puppets to gather intelligence.

In fact, Zhuang Yangbing had sensed that something was wrong and had his divine soul hide immediately.

It had to be said that Zhuang Yangbing had many tricks up his sleeve.

Although Core Formation Stage cultivators already had the basic means to use their divine soul, it was not an easy thing to achieve what Zhuang Yangbing had achieved, especially under the eyes of Nascent Soul Stage cultivators. Without a certain level of ability, it was impossible to do what he did at all.

And the reason why Zhuang Yangbing wanted Lu Yuan to help him was because Zhuang Yangbing did not know where his divine soul was hiding after he cut off the connection with it, and if it had been discovered by the Twelve Earthly Branches.

In fact, if Zhuang Yangbing did not worry about the risk of being exposed, he would have already tried to contact his divine soul.

However, if the Twelve Earthly Branches had discovered his divine soul long ago…

Perhaps Zhuang Yangbing would be caught retrieving his divine soul.

To be safe, Zhuang Yangbing had to find a third party to help him determine the exact location of his divine soul.

As long as Zhuang Yangbing had not retracted the missing part of his divine soul, no one would discover the connection between him and that part of his divine soul.

Now, after knowing the exact location of his divine soul, Zhuang Yangbing decided to take action.

The three souls and seven spirits were very important to cultivators.

To Zhuang Yangbing, losing a part of his divine soul could affect his future breakthrough.

Therefore, Zhuang Yangbing would never ascend to the Upper Realm if he did not retrieve that portion of his divine soul.

It was just that it was not an easy matter to retrieve that portion of his divine soul.

He needed a good plan.

At the same time, after Lu Yuan left Zhuang Yangbing, he returned to the last three levels of the nine-story pagoda.

He did not forget that he could still choose three divine abilities.

After all, one cultivation technique and three divine abilities were the rewards that the Upper Realm sects gave to talents who could pass the second stage in the Lower Realm..