108: The Taoist priest who dug up the grave was captured and forced into hard labor.

"Borrow the toilet?"

Li Daoxuan looked at the fat man on the ground, who was holding his head and crying with snot and tears, and almost laughed out of anger.

This fat man was none other than someone he knew.

It was the same wicked Taoist, Duan De, who had tried to sell him an "Consecrated Evil-Warding Talisman" at the entrance of the Demon Emperor's Tomb and was later caught by him to serve as a guide.

Since they parted ways at the Demon Emperor's Tomb, this fat man had seemingly vanished from the face of the earth. Li Daoxuan thought he had already skipped town.

He didn't expect it.

The man's wicked heart still hadn't died; he actually dared to sneak into his own old nest?

And the excuse he found was so... fresh and refined?

When you borrow a toilet, do you just ignore the Mountain-Protecting Formation and feel your way toward someone's treasury?

"Fellow Daoist, it's really a misunderstanding!"

Duan De knelt on the ground and swore to the heavens.

"This humble Taoist was just passing by and saw Immortal Qi swirling here, with purple Qi rising. It's a one-in-a-million Feng Shui treasure land, so I wanted to come in to admire it and soak up some Immortal Qi."

"Who knew... who knew your doorstep was so Advanced? As soon as I entered, I was sent flying..."

As he spoke, he wiped non-existent tears from his face with his sleeve, looking as aggrieved as could be.

"Enough, stop acting."

Li Daoxuan waved his hand, directly interrupting his "heartfelt confession."

"With your meager level of cultivation, you can only fool a three-year-old child."

"Speak up, what are you doing sneaking around my place?"

"Have you taken a fancy to the coffin lid of one of my ancestors again?"

Duan De's whole body stiffened, and the expression on his face instantly froze.

He gave a dry laugh, his eyes darting around, clearly trying to think of an excuse.

However.

Before he could even open his mouth.

"Awoo—"

A low, threatening growl sounded in his ear.

Duan De stiffly turned his head.

He saw a dirty-looking local dog crouching in front of him at some unknown point.

It was baring its teeth, saliva dripping from the corners of its mouth. Those golden canine eyes were filled with a fierce light that said, "If you dare tell one more lie, I'll turn you into a midnight snack."

It was none other than Da Huang.

And around Da Huang's neck hung a glittering jade pendant.

The [demon emperor token]!

*Gulp.*

Duan De swallowed hard, feeling a chill in his crotch again.

He recognized that jade pendant.

And he recognized this... terrifying existence that looked like a dog but was actually the Demon Emperor!

"Em... Lord Emperor..."

Duan De instantly lost his nerve, his smile looking worse than a crying face.

"This lowly one... this lowly one had eyes but failed to recognize Mt. Tai, and didn't know this was your venerable Dao field..."

"This lowly one will get lost right now, right now!"

As he spoke, he prepared to scramble down the mountain on all fours.

However.

A hand lightly pressed down on his back collar.

Like lifting a chick, it picked him up off the ground.

"Since you're already here."

"Don't be in such a hurry to leave."

Li Daoxuan's voice drifted over eerily, as if reminiscing with an old friend.

"We... haven't finished our chat yet."

Duan De's whole body stiffened. He felt the hand on the back of his neck was like an Ancient Divine Mountain, pressing down so hard he couldn't even mobilize a sliver of spiritual power.

He stiffly turned his head and squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying.

"Sen... Senior..."

"Let's talk things over... it's all a misunderstanding..."

"What misunderstanding?" Li Daoxuan looked at him with a beaming smile. "This humble Taoist... oh no, this seat sees that you have a unique skeletal structure and are proficient in civil engineering. It just so happens that my new home has just been renovated, and I'm missing someone to look at the Feng Shui."

"How about... you put in some hard work?"

Duan De was about to cry.

He finally understood now.

He had... walked right into the trap!

"Senior! This won't do! This won't do at all!"

Duan De had a mournful face and waved his hands frantically.

"This humble Taoist is just an unlearned wild Taoist. How would I know anything about Feng Shui!"

"Your home is a supreme treasure land where Dragon Veins converge and purple Qi rises! Even if you gave me a hundred times the courage, I wouldn't dare to show off my meager skills before a master like you!"

"Is that so?"

Li Daoxuan's smile became even more "kind."

"Since you don't know how to look at Feng Shui."

"Then... do you know how to dig graves?"

Duan De: "..."

He felt as if his heart had been ruthlessly stabbed by something.

"Senior... you... please stop joking with this lowly one..."

"Who's joking with you?"

Li Daoxuan's face turned stern.

He let go of his hand, allowing Duan De to fall to the ground with a thud.

Then, he stepped on his chest.

"Duan De, right?"

"Don't think I don't know your background."

"That so-called 'Dragon Seeking Art' of yours isn't for finding Dragon Veins; it's for finding people's ancestral graves, isn't it?"

"Prying open coffin lids and touching burial goods—that's your specialty, right?"

Duan De trembled violently. Looking at the Youth in White Robes before him who seemed able to see through everything, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering in fear.

"Senior, spare my life! Senior, spare my life!"

"This lowly one will never dare to do it again!"

"In the future, your ancestral graves... oh no, in the future, I'll take a detour around all ancestral graves!"

"Spare you?"

Li Daoxuan sneered.

"Wishful thinking."

"It just so happens that my Sect has just been built, and the Mountain-Protecting Formation is still missing some details."

"Seeing that you have quite some research into the path of Formations, I'll punish you... by being a free laborer here."

As he spoke.

He formed a sword with his fingers and lightly tapped Duan De's Dantian.

*Buzz—*

A golden rune instantly vanished into Duan De's body.

Duan De felt his whole body stiffen. The spiritual power within him, as vast as the sea, was instantly sealed by 99% by an irresistible force. Only a tiny bit of Qi Refining Stage cultivation remained, barely enough to perform some basic Formations.

"You... you sealed my cultivation?!" Duan De turned pale with fright.

"Otherwise?"

Li Daoxuan rolled his eyes. "If I kept your cultivation, would it be so you could dig through my walls and run away in the middle of the night?"

He pointed to the Mountain-Protecting Formation that had already been repaired and said indifferently:

"I'll give you one month."

"Refine this great Formation for me. Add a few more Killing Formations, Illusion Formations, and Labyrinth Formations."

"If you do well, there will be a reward."

He paused and showed a devilish smile.

"If you don't do well, or if you dare to slack off..."

"Remember that pit at the foot of the mountain?"

"It just so happens to be missing a main tomb. I think you're quite suitable for it."

"When the time comes, I'll bury you in it and have those hundred thousand aggrieved souls of the Blood Fiend Sect sing lullabies to you every day. How about that?"

Duan De: "..."

He looked at Li Daoxuan's sincere eyes and then thought about that bottomless giant pit.

His whole body shuddered, and he almost peed himself again.

"I'll do it! I'll do it!"

He scrambled up from the ground with a carp leap, his face covered in a fawning smile. His attitude was even closer than to his own biological father.

"Senior, please rest assured!"

"Never mind one month, three days! No! One day!"

"Within one day, I guarantee I'll turn your Mountain-Protecting Formation into the top peerless Killing Formation in the entire Central Province... no! The entire Xuanhuang Great World!"

"I guarantee not even a fly will be able to fly in!"

...And so.

The wicked Taoist Duan De, who was notorious in the Central Province's cultivation world and even dared to dig up the ancestral graves of Holy Lands.

Just like that, he was forced to become the Chief Formation Master (and part-time laborer) of the Kaoshan Sect.

Although he was a hundred times unwilling in his heart, in order to save his life, Duan De still brought out his best skills.

While grumbling, he studied the [Sect-Protecting Divine Beast Formation] produced by the System for the Kaoshan Sect.

As a result, the more he studied, the more alarmed he became.

"Holy crap! This Formation base... is actually made of chaos stone?!"

"This Formation eye... is actually the essence souls of four Divine Beasts?!"

"Extravagant! It's too damn extravagant!"

"This kind of handiwork—even the immortal lineages of the Upper Realm are probably only at this level, right?"

Just as Duan De was salivating while repairing the Formation.

His "Yin-Yang Eyes" unintentionally swept over a certain direction in the far distance.

Suddenly.

He seemed to have discovered something incredible, and his whole body suddenly stiffened.

"Eh?"

He rubbed his eyes and looked again.

In the distant eastern sky, above the area belonging to the "Yaoguang Holy Land."

Although it appeared on the surface to be swirling with Immortal Qi and full of peace.

Under his "Yin-Yang Eyes."

He saw an extremely subtle, extremely evil black Devilish Qi filled with an aura of ominousness and destruction!

That Devilish Qi was continuously gushing out from deep underground beneath the Yaoguang Holy Land, turning into an invisible giant net that slowly enveloped the entire eastern part of the Central Province.

"This... this is... the aura of the Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art?!"

Duan De trembled all over, and the compass in his hand almost slipped.

"No!"

"This aura... is even more sinister than the ordinary Swallowing Heaven Demonic Art!"

"They are... they are sacrificing! They are using the essence blood of countless living beings to sacrifice to some sleeping forbidden existence!"

"What a grand scheme! What ruthless methods!"

Duan De sucked in a breath of cold air, his expression becoming incredibly solemn.

He knew that he seemed to have... discovered a shocking secret capable of subverting the entire Central Province!

"No! This matter must be told immediately to that Devil Head surnamed Li!"

Duan De didn't dare to delay and rushed toward the main hall on all fours.

"Fellow Daoist! This is bad! Something big has happened!!"