Chapter 91: The Reborn Young General

"Huh?"

Lin Ruoxi was momentarily stunned but quickly regained her composure. "Alright, once we receive the goods tomorrow, I'll send someone to deliver the payment."

"Mm."

Meanwhile, on a mountain peak a thousand miles away from Pearl City.

A young man dressed in luxurious robes stood with his hands behind his back, gazing in the direction of Pearl City.

"Li Changsheng."

"The Herbal Pavilion!"

"How dare they kill people from my Grand General's Estate!"

"Investigate this! I want to know where this Herbal Pavilion came from!"

Behind the young man knelt over a dozen people. The weakest among them was at the Unity Realm, while four were at the Great Ascension Realm. They all prostrated themselves at his feet, their attitudes respectful.

"Yes, Young General!"

One of the Great Ascension cultivators responded and respectfully retreated before swiftly heading north.

"Young General, should we return to the estate and summon Elders Liu and Qin?" another Great Ascension cultivator asked cautiously, wiping sweat from his forehead that wasn't really there. "The Northern Marquis's Estate already has three Transcendence experts. We only have Elder Chen on our side. We might not be able to complete this mission."

"What do you know? Li Changsheng and the Herbal Pavilion are variables. Variables must be eliminated."

The Young General, Xiao Zhengyan, spoke coldly.

As a reborn person, his heart had long grown cold after a thousand years of slaughter in his previous life.

In his past life, the Grand General's Estate had been completely annihilated during the first wave of the demon invasion. Only a few who embraced the demons and transformed into demonic beings managed to survive.

He was one of them.

Moreover, in his previous life, he had learned a secret: the current Crown Prince, the future Emperor of the Southern Li Dynasty, was the reincarnation of the Demonic Prince. When the Crown Prince regained his past memories, he would sacrifice millions of cultivators to summon a horde of demons from the lower realm, offering the entire Cangqing Realm to the demon world in exchange for immense power.

Those who followed the Demonic Prince earliest would gain tremendous benefits during the sacrifice. Many would enter the demon world, cultivating demonic bodies and gaining eternal life.

Therefore, upon being reborn, the first thing he did was push the Grand General's Estate to align itself with the Demonic Prince.

The first task the Demonic Prince assigned him was to unify Ming Province.

Using his memories from his previous life, he successfully convinced two Transcendence experts to join the Grand General's Estate as guest elders. His next step was to rally the prominent forces of Ming Province and isolate the Northern Marquis's Estate.

Everything had been progressing smoothly. He had already drawn several forces originally aligned with the Northern Marquis's Estate to his side. Now, he just needed to gradually dismantle the Northern Marquis's Estate's influence, like boiling a frog in warm water.

Additionally, in his past life, he had been obsessed with Lin Ruoxi. Now that he had been reborn, he was determined to make her his.

But just as everything was going well, the Herbal Pavilion had suddenly appeared!

In his memories, there was no Herbal Pavilion at this point in time.

Thus, he was certain that the Herbal Pavilion was a variable—and all variables had to be destroyed.

At the Eastern Suburb Manor.

After eating and drinking to his heart's content, Li Changsheng sat quietly in a corner, waiting for the exchange event to begin.

Due to the fear he had instilled earlier, no one dared to approach him.

Li Changsheng, however, was perfectly content with the solitude.

He quietly opened the simulator.

"Recharge."

Li Changsheng murmured softly.

[Recharge successful.]

[Current balance: 6.4 billion gold coins.]

[Would you like to use the Cultivation Simulator immediately? Each simulation costs 100 million gold coins.]

"These merchant guilds are really rich!"

Li Changsheng shook his head slightly.

Aside from the 1.5 billion Lin Ruoxi had brought two days ago, the rest of the spirit stones came from the storage bags he had looted after killing those people and from Old Mo's spoils.

"Murder and arson bring wealth. This is indeed the fastest way to get spirit stones!"

Li Changsheng sighed faintly.

"It's a pity I'm not yet invincible. Otherwise, I could just seize what I want. Why bother working so hard to earn money?"

There were undoubtedly experts above the Transcendence Realm in the Southern Li Dynasty. If he caused trouble recklessly in Ming Province now, he would likely draw the attention of the dynasty's powerful figures.

"First, I'll use the Dragon-Tiger Pills to boost the Nine Revolutions of Divine Demon!"

[Simulation begins.]

[You attend the exchange event hosted by the Northern Marquis's Estate. When members of the Grand General's Estate provoke you, you casually kill them, shaking all of Pearl City with your power.]

[At the exchange event, you successfully trade for the eighth-grade Dragon-Tiger Pill formula and a fragment of a map to the Demon Abyss.]

[At 32 years old, you deliver the pills, talismans, and other items you looted according to the order, earning 1.5 billion spirit stones.]

[A month later, you set out for the Demon Abyss. On the way, you're ambushed by two Transcendence guest elders from the Grand General's Estate. You and Old Mo casually suppress them, one each, but unexpectedly learn that the Young General is nearby.]

[You find Young General Xiao Zhengyan and severely injure him in three moves. However, he escapes using a secret treasure.]

[At 33 years old, you obtain the Blood Ginseng in the Demon Abyss.]

[You return to Pearl City and begin refining the Dragon-Tiger Pills.]

[You successfully refine the Dragon-Tiger Pills.]

[You consume the Dragon-Tiger Pills, and your progress in the Nine Revolutions of Divine Demon is rapid.]

[Six months later, you finish consuming the Dragon-Tiger Pills.]

[While diligently practicing alchemy, you search for materials to refine more Dragon-Tiger Pills.]

[At 100 years old, you fail to find the materials to refine more Dragon-Tiger Pills.]

[At 103 years old, Xiao Zhengyan, now at the peak of the Transcendence Realm, challenges you outside Pearl City. You refuse.]

[Three months later, Xiao Zhengyan storms into the Herbal Pavilion. Old Mo confronts him, and they battle for half an hour without a victor.]

[At 430 years old, the Grand General's Estate launches a full-scale assault on the Northern Marquis's Estate. Xiao Zhengyan, accompanied by five Transcendence experts, targets you. With a single move, you suppress two Transcendence experts, shocking everyone.]

[Xiao Zhengyan, now at the Earth Immortal Realm, personally attacks you. You and Old Mo join forces to fight him.]

[The demonic shadow intervenes, and you and Old Mo are killed.]

[You are dead!]

"Xiao Zhengyan's strength grew this quickly?"

Li Changsheng frowned.

To reach the Earth Immortal Realm in just over four hundred years was astonishing. Moreover, even with both him and Old Mo—two top-tier Transcendence experts—joining forces, they still couldn't defeat Xiao Zhengyan.

"Choose option two!"

As Li Changsheng made his choice, the memories of cultivating the Nine Revolutions of Divine Demon using the Dragon-Tiger Pills flooded his mind. He could clearly feel how much his physical strength had improved after consuming them.

"Again!"

[At 32 years old, you obtain the fragment of the Demon Abyss map at the exchange event.]

[You successfully refine the Dragon-Tiger Pills…]

[You make rapid progress in cultivation with the help of the Dragon-Tiger Pills.]

[…At 33 years old, using the Dragon-Tiger Pills, you reach the late stage of the Seventh Revolution of the Nine Revolutions of Divine Demon.]

After thirteen attempts, the Nine Revolutions of Divine Demon had reached the late stage of the Seventh Revolution!