The villain is right beside me

Mu Qing arrived at Tianyuan City as quickly as possible, and then hid his cultivation and face.

He went straight to the slave auction site, and before he stepped in, he was still thinking about whether to make this decision. He had seen the Dinglu being auctioned at the previous auction, and what was the use of sympathizing with these zombie-like female Dinglu.

However, Mu Qing wanted to buy some cauldrons and furnaces, but not for dual cultivation.

Under the guidance of the salesperson, Mu Qing came to a fan-shaped room. Opposite him, at the outermost arc, was a bright exhibition stand where the tripod furnaces that would be brought up would be available for us to choose.

What Mu Qing wanted were those cauldrons and furnaces that had immortal roots and a little bit of cultivation, no matter whether they were male or female.

There was a rustling sound outside the door, and soon... a group of women wearing only black veils and men in shorts filed in from the doors on both sides and stood on both sides.

Seeing this scene, Mu Qing sat up. They all had some level of cultivation, so he stepped forward and felt their pulses one by one to see what their qualifications were.

Most of these people have just entered the state of awakening, and they only have yellow-grade immortal roots. Among mortals, it is even rarer to see a black-grade immortal root in ten thousand mortals.

The kind of heavenly-grade immortal root that does not belong to the five elements only appears in rumors. I heard that Yunxi has a heavenly-grade immortal root, but I don't know what it looks like.

Immortal roots with one of the five elements are all earth-grade, and those with two or more of the five elements are mysterious-grade immortal roots. Many large sects are willing to recruit disciples with mysterious-grade immortal roots. But for those with three or more of the five elements, they can only cultivate to the first or second level at most, and basically have no future.

Their only value, at best, is to be a wandering cultivator, doing nothing in their life; at worst, they can be a handyman in a sect, serving tea and water for people; at worst, they can be taken away by powerful cultivators to be used as a cauldron for nourishment, or even as a blood sacrifice.

Mu Qing looked at them and felt a little emotional. If he hadn't forgotten about it, he might have had the same fate as them.

These cauldrons were very cheap. Mu Qing picked out ten cauldrons at random, five for men and five for women, and then planted slave marks on them. Once they were marked with slave marks, they would not be able to resist, and Mu Qing could kill them with just a thought.

The salesperson called them down to tidy them up, hoping not to cause offence to the customers.

"Well, come with me." Mu Qing didn't say much, but these people's cultivation was too poor, and even if they offered sacrifices to refine blood pills, the effect would not be very significant.

Lao Wang doesn’t understand either.

Mu Qing did not bring them to the sect, but instead opened up a simple cave nearby and set up a formation.

Let's start the experiment, even if it's a bit cruel.

Mu Qing called a male servant in at random, and each of them had a look of confusion and doubt on their faces. This master didn't seem to talk much, but what on earth was he going to do by buying them?

Mu Qing covered the servant's senses, gave him an anesthetic, and then he lay down on the bed obediently. Under the training of the slave auction house, the man had long developed the habit of being obedient. No matter what the master said or asked him to do, he would just obey.

"Really, I'm sorry." Mu Qing aimed at Dantian, raised the knife, and slowly cut towards the lower abdomen.

This was his first time "performing surgery" and he applied improper force in some places, causing a lot of blood to spurt out.

Relying on his spiritual sense, he explored and searched inside. Finally, he found four light spots of different colors, white, black, blue and red, which were slowly disappearing.

Mu Qing tried to capture them, but they had no substance, like points of light, gradually disappearing into the air.

Mu Qing could feel a fluctuation of spiritual energy and couldn't help but wonder, is this the immortal root?

Lao Wang also understood what he wanted to do: "You want to study the immortal root?"

Mu Qing said: "I want to understand what the immortal root is, why everyone has it, and whether it can be transplanted?"

Lao Wang was shocked: "You don't want to transplant someone else's immortal root!"

"No, I'm not that kind of person. I'm a diligent graduate student and a scientist exploring the path of immortality."

“······” Lao Wang had never heard of any graduate student or scientist. He just felt that he seemed crazy.

Mu Qing burned the body, cleaned the room, and then called another person over.

A day and a night passed, and Mu Qing destroyed the entire cave. He called everyone over and studied them one by one, but still couldn't figure out what was going on.

"You can't practice without immortal roots. Since everyone has immortal roots, why can't everyone practice?" Mu Qing seemed to be possessed by a demon.

"Nonsense, not every sect is like your Piao Miao Sect. They value aptitude first, and not everyone is like you, who can have the opportunity I have." Lao Wang said. Talent is something that no matter how envious you are, it will eventually be sought after and will make your cultivation journey smoother.

Mu Qing asked: "Is there a way to speed up the cultivation of those mortals with poor aptitude?"

Lao Wang said, "There is indeed a kind of skill that uses life to exchange for cultivation. I said, to gain power, you must pay a corresponding price. Although you can make rapid progress by practicing this skill, you are shortening your life all the time. You won't live long at all, and your cultivation will be superficial. You'd better not try it."

Mu Qing smiled and said no, but an idea came to his mind.

······

"Did he say it himself?"

"Yes, I beg Master to take back your order."

When Yunxi heard Sumei's desire, she knew in her heart that it was she who brought Sumei to the mountain. At that time, she was still a little beggar. Yunxi took her in as a personal maid and never treated her badly.

As time went by, Yunxi also felt that her relationship with Sumei was no longer as good as before, and she was still quite obedient as long as she was asked to do something.

Yunxi knew that this retreat was somewhat dangerous. If he was not careful... at least Sumei would be taken care of by someone reliable.

Yunxi said: "What if I don't agree?"

Su Mei raised her head with a hint of pleading in her eyes and knelt down again.

Yunxi sighed and said, "Forget it, it's up to you."

Su Mei was pleasantly surprised and immediately kowtowed and knelt down to express her gratitude.

"Sumei, I hope you won't regret it." Yunxi sighed and sent a message to Mu Qing.

Mu Qing, who was still thinking about the problem, received the sound transmission jade slip and hurried back to Longfeng Mountain and stood outside the cave door.

Yunxi transmitted the message: "I heard from Sumei that you are giving up this engagement, right?"

"Yes, a forced melon is not sweet. Master, you agree, right?" Mu Qing just wanted to practice well now. If he was asked to fall in love or something, he really didn't have the mind to do that.

Yunxi said: "You are usually very smart, so why can't you guess what I am thinking? You must have reached a bottleneck in your cultivation now."

"Yes."

"Hurry up and find someone to practice with you."

Mu Qing almost vomited blood. Why do you say that too?

"Master, this kind of dual cultivation... is still too abrupt. I don't like it."

"Cultivation does not allow you to like or dislike it. You can only do whatever it takes."

"Master, I have my own means to practice, and I don't need to rely on these external methods."

"······Okay, I won't ask too much about your chances. How are your investigations going?"

"Nothing." Mu Qing shook his head regretfully. Maybe it wasn't just evil thoughts, or maybe Yunxi was overthinking.

Yunxi didn't say anything. After a while, she said, "You don't need to hide your cultivation anymore. In a few days, you will follow the master's instructions and go to the airspace battlefield."

"Airspace battlefield?" Mu Qing had never heard of this airspace battlefield.

"That is a broken space, full of dangers, and it also contains opportunities for immortality. Rumor has it that it is a small fragment dropped from the upper realm, or it may be a space opened up by a great man alone. Many sects in our region will send disciples to build platforms to participate."

Yunxi threw a jade slip to him and said, "The airspace battlefield is no different from other places. There are continental fragments, void cracks, countless restrictions, and even more dangerous is the fighting between cultivators. But you may be able to find some opportunities there."

Mu Qing glanced through the jade slip and was shocked. Inside the jade slip was a video recording of the airspace battlefield.

The broken continent floated in the void, a world as deep as the starry sky, with void strong winds everywhere. There were thousands of cultivators and tens of thousands of long rainbows, fighting and plundering everywhere. Magical weapons were flying in the air, spells were bombing everywhere, giant beasts were galloping, the sky was collapsing, the earth was cracking, and blood was raining down.

"Some people get opportunities inside and can even enter the Wheel Sea Realm, but the survival rate inside is no more than 2%."

Mu Qing said: "Master, my disciple's strength is low. Even if I go in, I'm afraid the chance of coming back alive is not very high."

Yunxi smiled lightly and threw out a bulging storage bag: "Mu Qing, this is what cultivation is all about. You fight against the heavens and the earth, and against thousands of people. I hope you can come back alive."

Mu Qing no longer hesitated and clasped his fists and said, "Master, take care."

Yunxi stared at his figure. If it wasn’t for the critical moment of her martial arts, she really wanted to accompany him to make a big scene.

"Mu Qing, I hope you can come back alive." Yunxi prayed secretly.

The airspace battlefield is a place where the chance of survival is only 2%. It opens once every fifty years, and it is the heyday of cultivation in the entire domain.

Among the numerous immortal cultivation sects, some high-level people above the Infant Transformation Realm know how to open it. There is a Void Tower in every country. This tower is jointly kept by all cultivation sects and is also the key to the airspace battlefield.

After reading a lot of information, Mu Qing had a general understanding of the airspace war. The spiritual energy was rich there, and there were countless opportunities. However, due to restrictions, cultivators above the Wheel Sea Realm could not enter. And among the cultivators of the Building Platform Realm who could enter, very few survived.

The opportunities gained there belong to oneself. If one is willing to hand them over to the sect, the sect will also reward him. Therefore, the airspace battlefield has also become the killing battlefield that the cultivators in the platform-building realm dream of!

"You can enter for ten years. After ten years, the airspace battlefield will be completely closed." Mu Qing sighed. Ten years, no more, no less. Can he break through the wheel sea in ten years?

At this moment, he seemed to sense something and came to the pet room in the cave.

The egg that had been nurtured finally moved!