The Demon Eye of a Mortal's Journey to Immortality

Chapter 76 Settling Accounts

A warm and cozy atmosphere lingered in the room until, after a quarter of an hour, the two women's excitement gradually subsided.

Mu Chunfeng placed the empty teacup on the table with a crisp, light sound.

"Alright, now that we've calmed down, let's settle the accounts from the past few months."

He tapped his fingers lightly on the table, his tone indifferent.

"Settling accounts? Yes, yes, yes! Please wait a moment, young master!"

Yuan Yao slapped her forehead, suddenly realizing, "My senior sister and I have kept a clear record of all the shop's income and expenses during the past six months while you were gone. I'll go get the ledger and the remaining spirit stones for you right now..."

After saying that, she turned around and was about to run behind the counter.

"No rush."

Mu Chunfeng raised her hand and waved, a gentle spiritual force blocking Yuan Yao.

He raised his eyes, his previously gentle gaze now turning sharp, a cold, stern smile curving his lips.

"You can keep your own records of the store's revenue. What I'm talking about is a different account."

Yuan Yao paused, blinking somewhat blankly: "Another debt?"

Yanli, who was standing to the side, was quick-witted and immediately understood the unspoken meaning behind Mu Chunfeng's words.

Her expression turned serious, and she said softly, "Young master... do you intend to settle scores with those who have been secretly spying on and harassing us?"

"good."

Mu Chunfeng nodded slightly, his eyes revealing undisguised murderous intent: "Although I don't like to cause trouble, I'm not afraid of people causing trouble. Those who dare to harass you while I'm away, and those who instigate them behind the scenes, I'm going to settle accounts with them properly."

He looked at Yanli and asked in a deep voice, "You are very perceptive. In the past few months, have you noted the physical characteristics and cultivation levels of those who made frivolous remarks openly, or even those you secretly investigated with your divine sense?"

"Don't worry, my lord, I was prepared."

Yanli took out a cyan jade slip from her storage bag and handed it over with both hands.

"This jade slip contains detailed records of several cultivators who frequently caused trouble in the shop, as well as three cultivators who used their divine sense to scan the shop at night. Their cultivation levels are mostly between the late Qi Refining stage and the early Foundation Establishment stage. I have also secretly investigated the cave dwellings they frequent and the groups of independent cultivators they often travel with. However... I cannot find out who is behind them."

Mu Chunfeng took the jade slip, probed it with his divine sense for a moment, and the coldness in his eyes grew stronger.

"very good."

He gripped the jade slip tightly, slowly stood up, and a powerful spiritual pressure beyond that of an ordinary pseudo-core cultivator inadvertently emanated from him, making the two women's hearts skip a beat.

"We still have a few days left before leaving Tianxing City."

Mu Chunfeng stood with his hands behind his back, looking out at the market street outside the window: "These next few days, you all stay in the shop and pack your things. Don't go anywhere. As for those fools who don't know their own mortality... I'll go and 'visit' them one by one."

Three days later, at dawn.

The market outside Kuixing Island was still bustling with activity, but an eerie cloud had quietly enveloped the area.

A chilling piece of news spread like wildfire throughout the market—dozens of cultivators on Kui Xing Island had mysteriously died overnight!

If one or two cultivators on the island were to die, most people would certainly not care, since it is normal for cultivators to occasionally break the rules and fight on the island.

This time, not only a dozen or so independent cultivators who had been entrenched near the market on Kuixing Island for many years died, but also the owners of several well-known shops, including many experts in the mid-to-late stages of Foundation Establishment!

What is most chilling is that the manner of their deaths was remarkably consistent: all of them were annihilated, killed instantly, without any trace of other combat.

It is important to know that the Star Palace strictly prohibits private duels within the area covered by the array on the island. Once a surge of magical power is caused by a duel, the restriction alarm will be triggered.

But all of these dead were silently wiped out in shops or caves protected by the island's array!

Such a large-scale and precise hunt, disregarding the rules of Kuixing Island, finally alarmed the two Core Formation stage elders stationed on Kuixing Island—Elder Gu and Elder Miao.

The two elders personally led a team to inspect the scene, and both of them turned pale with shock.

"The technique was clean and efficient, leaving no trace of combat. To be able to instantly kill a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, and even the Pseudo-Core Formation cultivator Manager Lin couldn't activate a single defensive talisman..."

Elder Gu gasped as he looked at the tiny penetrating wound between the corpse's eyebrows.

"The killer's strength is definitely not at the Foundation Establishment stage; it's very likely at the Core Formation stage, and..."

He glanced at the faintly flickering array light screen above his head, and lowered his voice: "The fact that the island's restrictions are not reacting means that the murderer either has the means to shield the array's perception, or... their strength far surpasses yours and mine, and they can completely smooth out the fluctuations of magical power in an instant."

Elder Miao frowned and said in a deep voice, "Immediately issue a bounty of two thousand spirit stones! Also, seal off the teleportation array and investigate any high-level cultivators who have recently left the island!"

However, the bounty ultimately became a mere formality.

Although the market town on Kuixing Island is a mixed bag, few of the cultivators who have survived to this day are fools.

Those cultivators who knew the inside story went through a brief discussion in private and came to a chilling conclusion: this was not an ordinary vendetta between Foundation Establishment cultivators, but rather the work of a ruthless Core Formation cultivator who disregarded the rules of the Star Palace!

To be able to silently and instantly kill dozens of people right under the noses of the island's grand formation and the two garrison elders, without even causing a ripple to the false core cultivators, who else but a core cultivator could possess such terrifying abilities?

Faced with such a ruthless character who dares to wreak havoc on the Star Palace's territory and still manage to escape unscathed, who would dare accept the bounty of two thousand spirit stones? Do they want to die?

Even Elders Gu and Miao, after conducting a secret investigation, tacitly slowed down their pursuit. After all, if they were to catch up with this unruly Core Formation cultivator outside the island, and he turned out to be a fierce fighter, would these two garrison elders really risk their lives for a few dead rogue cultivators?

Thus, this series of murders that shocked Kui Xing Island could only be gradually forgotten with the tacit approval of the Xing Palace's higher-ups.

Meanwhile, Mu Chunfeng, the instigator, had already safely arrived at Tianxing City, the center of the Inner Star Sea, with Yuan Yao and Yan Li.

At the entrance of the Starry Sky Palace, Mu Chunfeng glanced back at the teleportation array of Kui Xing Island, a faint smile playing on his lips.

During the three-day "cleaner" operation, he had the Snow Demon, a Core Formation stage avatar, secretly manipulate the array, temporarily shielding the array perception in a localized area.

He himself, relying on the ability of his double pupils to see through illusions and lock onto targets, reaped the benefits one by one on the island like a ghost.

Under the absolute lock-on of the double pupils and the strangulation of the soul, let alone a mere fake core cultivator, even a true early-stage Core Formation cultivator would have no chance of survival once he got close.

"Boss, the spiritual energy in Tianxing City... is so rich!"

Hearing Yuan Yao's exclamation, Mu Chunfeng snapped out of her thoughts and stepped out of the teleportation hall.