From a scholar to a villain, I was a good person at the beginning

After a hard battle, the result was far beyond everyone's expectations. The golden light driven by the creature was extremely terrifying and could easily cut through gold and destroy stone.

After a siege, although the golden creature was injured, everyone's flying swords were almost completely destroyed, so they had no choice but to retreat.

From then on, all the disciples kept their distance from Jin Ling, but there were often disciples who stood at a distance and watched, thinking it was interesting, but after watching too much, they became bored.

Jin Ling still stands motionless on the top of the mountain every day with his eyes closed to rest, but as long as he opens his eyes, he looks out at the top of Lingxi Mountain.

No one knows what its purpose is standing on the top of the mountain? Or waiting for something?

It stood there like a myth, and became a topic of conversation among Lingxi's disciples.

At this time, a group of monks came quickly from afar on flying swords.

The leader has an impressive temperament and has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining.

Jin Ling seemed to sense the presence of someone, opened his eyes and locked onto the leader, sensing the threat, he moved uneasily, then seemed to have thought of something and stood still again.

"What a handsome creature! Yes, he really didn't lie to me!"

The leader, Xiao Longtao, stared at Jin Ling with a fiery gaze and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

"That's right. With my current cultivation level, you should be promoted to an inner sect disciple. If you can capture another creature like this, you will definitely have a bright future!"

The person standing by complimented, with a very affectionate smile.

"Hahaha, those veteran inner disciples all died in the hunting contest. Even the arrogant Liu Wenhao was killed. Now, among all the elders of Lingxi Sect, I am the number one!"

Xiao Longtao laughed out loud, enjoying it very much.

"Brother, you are so powerful! Please help capture this beast, avenge our fellow disciples who died tragically, and open our eyes," another person stepped forward and bowed.

"Why bother taking action?" Xiao Longtao smiled mysteriously, as if he was confident.

"Oh? So what do you mean, brother?"

"Didn't they say it couldn't move? Those people went up there and risked their lives. They were so brainless. They deserved to die!"

He didn't care about the friendship between fellow disciples and said sarcastically. He took out a cloth bag and threw it to the person beside him, and ordered:

"Here are forty-eight spirit stones. Go to the Contribution Hall and exchange them for a set of Spirit Suppression Powder and a few Spirit Binding Ropes. I want to capture this beast alive today!"

Soul-suppressing powder, soul-binding rope!

When everyone heard this, they slapped their foreheads, suddenly realized what was going on, and secretly wondered why they hadn't thought of it.

As for the Soul Binding Powder, if anyone below the Foundation Establishment stage gets even half a dose of it, it will be difficult to mobilize spiritual energy within an hour or half a day, and the Soul Binding Rope is even more powerful.

Once put on, those below the foundation building stage will be unable to struggle at all, and their cultivation will be difficult to use, but it is only a one-time thing.

Just one piece costs ten spirit stones. It’s expensive, but there is a reason for its high price.

He is at the ninth level of Qi Refining, and yet he is so cautious even though his cultivation is so overwhelming. It seems that he is determined to capture this golden creature alive.

Upon hearing this, the man was somewhat unhappy in his heart, but he appeared respectful on the surface, and quickly rushed to the Contribution Hall with the spirit stone.

…

In the yard.

Meng Qingqing held a broom in her hand, with a bitter face, sweeping the fallen leaves on the ground.

Suddenly, she pricked up her ears, as if she heard some noise, her eyes lit up, and she threw down the broom.

"Master is coming out of seclusion!"

He trotted all the way to the door of the stone chamber, feeling the oppressive atmosphere coming from behind the door. He clenched his hands, feeling uneasy.

The stone door shook slightly, and the breath coming from inside became stronger and stronger. Finally, it broke through some kind of obstacle and the breath reached a higher level.

"The middle stage of foundation building..."

Jiang Zheng opened his eyes, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes. He exhaled a breath of spiritual energy, restrained his own breath and stood up.

"Hey... haven't you left yet?"

As soon as he stood up, he noticed Meng Qingqing outside the door. He shook his head and sighed.

The stone door slowly opened, and Jiang Zheng walked out in a purple robe. He saw Meng Qingqing looking at him eagerly.

"Master! Master..."

Meng Qingqing was extremely excited, but before she could open her mouth, she was poured a basin of cold water. Jiang Zheng's face was cold, even ugly to the extreme.

"Why haven't you left yet?" he spoke with a cold tone.

"Qing'er..."

She was about to explain, but Jiang Zheng didn't give her a chance and interrupted her.

"I'm not your master. You've been here long enough. Leave now!"

"No, no, Master, please don't chase Qing'er away."

Meng Qingqing panicked all of a sudden, shaking her head like a rattle, choking with sobs:

"Qing'er can clean the house for Master, serve tea and water, Qing'er can do anything, Master, please don't rush..."

“That’s enough!”

Jiang Zheng shouted angrily, impatient to the extreme, like a lion suddenly erupting, the aura of the middle stage of foundation building suddenly exploded.

With a wave of his sleeves, the strong wind picked up Meng Qingqing's thin body and swept her out.

Meng Qingqing fell heavily to the ground.

"This elder does not need anyone to serve him. Don't come again!"

An indifferent voice came from inside the house, and with a "bang", the door was slammed shut.

Click, click.

Tears as big as beans fell to the ground. Meng Qingqing lay on the ground with her upper body propped up. She looked at the closed door. The grievances in her heart completely burst out and she burst into tears.

She didn't know what she had done wrong. She was so obedient and cleaned the house every day. She hadn't taken a day off in more than ten days just to please Jiang Zheng.

But he was met with a cold shoulder and kicked out.

She stood up, too embarrassed to knock on the door again. Like a wounded wild cat, she lowered her head and left the yard and walked outside.

"Grandpa, Qing'er is useless again and messed things up again..."

After sensing that Meng Qingqing had really left, Jiang Zheng finally breathed a sigh of relief and flew to the Contribution Hall.

This retreat consumed more than one hundred spirit stones in total. He had no shortage of spirit stones now, but halfway through his retreat he suddenly remembered something.

I've become an elder of the Contribution Hall. Would it be unfair to myself if I didn't switch to the best martial arts of the Lingxi Sect?

So Jiang Zheng came out immediately and planned to go to Gongxiantang to get the skills.

"Elder Jiang!"

The disciples working in the Contribution Hall immediately came forward to greet them respectfully, and the other outer disciples who were doing business also greeted them respectfully.

Jiang Zheng, dressed in a purple robe, walked in hurriedly and waved his hand.

"Take out all the skills"

"Yes!" One of them bowed respectfully and asked, "Elder, do you still need any more tactics?"

"Battle method..." Jiang Zheng frowned slightly, thought for a moment and shook his head, "No need, just the technique will do."

Although he had never come into contact with combat methods, he looked down on them at all. With the Tongtian Method and the ancient demon fire method at his disposal, he really looked down on those combat methods.

Soon, many jade slips of martial arts techniques were placed on the table in front of Jiang Zheng. This scene made the disciples who were trading nearby envious.

Jiang Zheng was dazzled by the sight. He took a deep breath and calmed down to choose.

"Hey, it's all garbage! Boy, I have some magic here, do you want to make a deal?"

Jiang Zheng didn't answer and frowned slightly.

"Elder Jiang, is there something wrong?" A disciple beside him noticed his mood change and asked immediately, fearing that he might be negligent.

"Nothing," he simply replied, and immersed himself in the numerous exercises again.

Suddenly, a ray of light flew in from outside the hall.

"Quick, give me a set of Soul-Suppressing Powder and some Soul-Binding Chains!"

One person looked anxious and spoke very quickly, which immediately attracted everyone's attention.

Jiang Zheng also raised his head and looked at the disciple, somewhat displeased, and spoke indifferently:

"No noise allowed in the Contribution Hall!"

"Who are you..." The man turned around and suddenly stopped talking halfway.

He recognized Jiang Zheng at a glance, his face turned pale with fright, and he slapped himself in desperation.

He said in panic: "It turned out to be Elder Jiang. I am blind! Hush, hush!"

Jiang Zheng nodded in satisfaction and ignored him, while the latter broke out in a cold sweat.

"Soul-suppressing powder, soul-binding chain..." the disciple in charge muttered to himself as he took out a jade bottle and three talismans.

Then he pushed it out and asked curiously, "Forty-eight spirit stones in total. These are not cheap. What do you want these for, fellow Taoist?"

"Hey, of course, do something big!"

"Big thing... could it be?!" The disciple who was doing the work was shocked by what he thought of.

"That's right, its good days are over. Senior Brother Xiao has come out of seclusion and broken through the ninth level of Qi Refining. Now he is determined to capture that beast. I won't say much. We are in a hurry. Goodbye!" He bowed, walked quickly to the door, and flew away on his sword.

Hearing this, the other disciples were all shocked.

"Xiao Longtao has come out of retreat and has even broken through to the ninth level of Qi Refining? Now that all the inner disciples and Liu Wenhao are dead, doesn't that mean Xiao Longtao has become the number one person under the elders?"

"So what? If I was shocked before, but now Elder Jiang is sitting in front of me, Xiao Longtao is nothing!"

“That’s right…”

"That's not it. Xiao Longtao wants to capture that golden creature. Let's go check it out!"

"good……"

After a while, all the disciples who were trading in the Contribution Hall left, as if they had something very important to do.

"Did something happen?"

Jiang Zheng looked up in confusion, a little curious.

"Replying to the elder, a disciple from the outer sect has come out of seclusion. It seems that he is going to capture the golden creature on the top of the mountain. Everyone is very concerned."

"Golden creature?"

"You don't know?" The disciple was a little surprised. All the disciples of Lingxi Sect knew that although Jiang Zheng had become an elder, he had only just become an elder after all.

It is estimated that only those old antiques and veteran elders in the entire Lingxi Sect do not know about this. After all, that group of people never go out of the main gate or the second gate all day long, otherwise the golden creature would have been captured.

"This elder has been in seclusion recently, but what happened?" Jiang Zheng became even more curious.

"So that's how it is..." The disciple nodded in understanding and carefully narrated what happened when Jiang Zheng was in seclusion.

"What?!"

Jiang Zheng suddenly stood up and slapped the table with his palm. The aura of the middle stage of foundation building turned into a strong wind, blowing the jade slips and books on the table everywhere.

There was a flash of murderous intent in his eyes, "These people are looking for death!"

Jiang Zheng's sudden rage frightened several disciples who were working. They trembled all over and lowered their heads, not daring to breathe.

When he looked up again, Jiang Zheng had disappeared.

"Fa, what happened? Why is Elder Jiang so furious?", a man patted his chest and spoke as if he had survived a calamity.

"Yes, what did you just say to Elder Jiang?"

"Yeah, it's nothing. I just told you about the golden creature."

"Why is Elder Jiang so angry? Could it be..."