I Can Accumulate Proficiency, Starting from Alchemy

Chapter 249: Chapter 172: The Evil Cult of Fragrance_2

Translator: 549690339

Dark-skinned and white-toothed, it was quite obvious.

This was also Zheng Hai’s most significant feature.

“Alright, fellow traveler, your friend’s appearance is quite distinctive. If he is indeed in Jia Shan City, he should not be hard to find.”

“Seven days.”

“In seven days, come back, and you’ll know the result.”

Han Yi nodded in agreement, and without any hesitation, he went outside. He directly found a quiet room in the Li family’s market for Qi Cultivating Cultivators to practice in, paid some Spirit Stones, and rented a small 8-square-meter single room.

This kind of quiet room was equipped with a small Spirit Gathering Array. Combined with regular and precise input of Spirit Stones, the concentration of Spirit Energy was as rich as that of a first or second-order Spirit Vein, which was a popular place for low-level loose cultivators to retreat.

On the other hand, after he left.

Inside Li Family’s Trading Firm, Li Wenheng hurriedly went upstairs with Zheng Hai’s portrait in hand.

On the second floor.

A cultivator was sitting in meditation on a cushion. In front of him, there was an incense burner emitting subtle tendrils of smoke that he was absorbing into his body.

This cultivator appeared to be less than forty years old, far younger than the shopkeeper, judging by appearance.

However, one’s appearance in the Cultivation World does not represent their age, let alone their strength.

“Third Elder.” Li Wenheng spoke in a low voice.

The sitting cultivator opened his eyes and looked at him, “What is it?”

Li Wenheng handed the freshly drawn portrait to the sitting cultivator.

“Third Elder, someone is looking for this Xuandan Sect cultivator. What should we do?” Li Wenheng’s face showed some anxiety.

The sitting cultivator snorted lightly, “What are you panicking about?”

He then drew the portrait closer to his eyes. His pupils raised slightly as he looked at the name in the lower right corner.

“Zheng Hai?”

“Whether it’s him or not, we can’t be sure yet. Did you let the other party notice anything strange?”

Li Yuan Qing, the youngest Foundation Establishment Cultivator among the three of the Li family, slightly lifted his eyes to look at Li Wenheng, who was standing and bowing in front of him. He asked with a slight frown.

Li Wenheng’s face changed, “No, never. I have been a shopkeeper for such a long time, and my control over facial expressions and tone is so advanced that even a ninth-stage Qi Cultivator wouldn’t notice. I saw that the other party was only at the sixth stage of Qi Cultivation, and it’s absolutely impossible for them to detect any anomalies.”

Third Elder retracted his gaze and nodded, “I did sweep my divine sense over him when he entered the trading firm, and he indeed is at the sixth stage of Qi Cultivation.”

“It’s just a mere sixth-stage Qi Cultivator. In seven days, tell him that we couldn’t find the person, and that’s all that needs to be done.”

“Off you go.”

“By the way, you still need to do what you’re supposed to on the surface. In this way, there will be no omission.”

Third Elder gave the portrait of Zheng Hai back to Li Wenheng and closed his eyes again.

“Third Elder, since Xuandan Sect is now a Nascent Soul Great Sect, wouldn’t our actions bring great calamity upon us?”

“If Zheng Hai is still alive, why not let him go?”

Li Wenheng hesitated for a moment but still brought up his concerns.

Li Yuan Qing abruptly raised his head, his shocked gaze shooting towards Li Wenheng, causing him to shudder all over and break out in a cold sweat.

“Don’t say things you shouldn’t. Keep your mouth shut, or it will bring disaster upon you.”

Li Wenheng bowed even lower, trembling, “Yes, Third Elder, 1 won’t dare mention it again.”

“Go on.” After giving him a warning, the Third Elder closed his eyes again and waved his sleeve, indicating for the old shopkeeper to leave.

Li Wenheng slowly retreated. When he returned to the first floor, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still feeling lingering fear.

Meanwhile, on the second floor, Li Family’s Third Elder, Li Yuan Qing, opened his eyes, revealing a look of helplessness.

“Once aboard the Fragrance Sect’s ship, there’s no easy way to let people go. With him close to dying, how can we let him go now? Provoking a major sect’s investigation would be even more disastrous.”

“But since they’ve actually come searching, we can only quickly deal with them.”

However, his face turned ferocious as he thought of something.

“But, the person who came is just at the sixth-stage of Qi Cultivation. Even if they find out, they would still die and have their bodies destroyed and traces eliminated.”

Li Yuan Qing closed his eyes and resumed his cultivation.

One kilometer away, in an inn, Han Yi abruptly opened his eyes, a hint of blood-red light flashing within.

“I knew there was a problem.”

Han Yi took a deep breath.

Just now, he had been using his divine sense to keep an eye on shopkeeper Li Wenheng. After he left, Li Wenheng hurriedly went to the second floor, and a moment later, he came back down, his expression showing a hint of fear.

As there was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator on the second floor, Han Yi, worried about startling the snake in the grass, did not probe his divine sense into the second floor or listen in on the conversation between Li Wenheng and the Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

However, from Li Wenheng’s expression, he had already guessed the situation.

These people were either acquaintances of Zheng Hai or were engaged in some activities harmful to the Xuandan Sect.

This was the reason for the blood-red light flashing in Han Yi’s eyes.

Additionally, since his Yi Yao Secret Skill had traced Zheng Hai’s whereabouts to Jia Shan City, it seemed that the Li family was involved.

Having determined the target, Han Yi sighed in relief.

However, judging from the current shopkeeper’s performance, Zheng Hai’s situation was likely not good. But it didn’t matter, as long as he wasn’t dead, he could be saved.

At dusk.

Li Wenheng, the shopkeeper of Li Family’s Trading Firm, closed the business, activated the formation, and then left the store, headed outside of the market area.

He lived in the Li family’s main courtyard.

However, just as he was about to reach the Li family’s courtyard, suddenly, a figure appeared beside him. With a light pat, he fainted.

As he fell, the figure swept across, grabbing him and carrying him into a nearby courtyard of the Li family..