Chapter 442: Choice

Several days later, within the Little Spirit Realm.

Qin Ming, according to Demon Lord Xueyan’s memory, took out a blood plate from his storage bag, and then, according to a special formula, began to cast a spell and recite.

Gradually, the blood plate in his hand lit up, and then an eerie blood ring emerged from his body.

As the casting continued, strands of blood-colored curse seal aura on his body were all absorbed into this blood plate, not a single trace left.

In the profound, Qin Ming could sense a qi mechanism enveloping him, which he couldn’t get rid of, and it was completely erased.

“In this way, the matter of the blood ring curse seal is also resolved. I didn’t expect it would be in this way.” Qin Ming looked inward with his divine sense, and inspected everything.

At this point, a huge weight in his heart also fell.

During these few days, Qin Ming also took stock of the harvest from this journey.

“Unexpectedly, before I even reached Great Jin, I already harvested the life and property of three Nascent Soul Cultivators.”

“It’s just that I couldn’t save Friend Li Huo, and I could only sadly accept his storage bag.”

First, the fattest one was naturally Demon Lord Xueyan’s storage bag.

“There are probably about 80,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and then there are also more than a thousand pieces of black Demonic Crystals used by Demon Cultivators for cultivation.”

“Unexpectedly, even a Nascent Soul Demon Lord didn’t have such a treasure as Top-Grade Spirit Stones. It seems that this kind of resource is also extremely scarce even in the Bloodbound Realm.”

“Otherwise, with his high status and power, he should have at least one or two.”

“On Demon Lord Xueyan, the most precious thing was that Blood Spirit Cage Demonic Treasure. Although it is only at the Fourth Rank Low-Grade level, this treasure, once refined and absorbs enough Nascent Souls, can continue to advance.”

“It’s just that it’s hard for Master Li Huo.”

When Qin Ming opened this Demonic Treasure, the other party’s Nascent Soul had almost been refined. The Nascent Soul Essence had been completely absorbed by the Demonic Treasure.

Originally, Qin Ming also wanted to try using the Four Seasons Divine Light’s Divine Ability to try and save him.

After all, he had tested this special Spirit Plant Divine Ability on Qingyang Old Demon back then, and the treatment effect on the soul was also extremely significant.

It could be said to be a miracle.

But now, Master Li Huo had already become a part of the cage Demonic Treasure, and it was impossible for Qin Ming to save him.

Master Li Huo’s possessions were also quite rich, with all kinds of Spirit Stones, Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Spirit Beast Materials, Cultivation Technique Secret Arts, and Miracle Pills, too numerous to count.

The most sharp was his Fourth Rank Mid-Grade Spirit Treasure ‘Eight Extremes Ruler’, which was truly a rare Attack-type Supreme Treasure.

It’s just that, what he carried with him in his storage bag was obviously not the entirety of Li Fire Palace’s possessions.

Li Fire Palace’s foundation should all be stored in the Sect Treasure Vault.

This time, with Master Li Huo and Elder Qian, two pillars of the sect, falling, I’m afraid there will be quite a few strifes within the sect.

Finally, there was True Lord of Gloom Sand’s ‘Soul Transformation Spirit Gourd’, which was also a Fourth Rank Low-Grade Spirit Treasure.

After all, Fourth Rank Spirit Treasures are not something every Nascent Soul Cultivator has; most Nascent Soul Cultivators use High-Grade Magical Artifacts or Top-Grade Magical Artifacts.

Reaching this level of Spirit Treasure requires not only extremely superb Artificing techniques, but also a terrifying amount of resources invested.

Just those rare Fourth Rank Spirit Materials are not that easy to find.

These three people’s reputations, even among Nascent Soul Cultivators, were quite large, and the resources they possessed were also richer than those of ordinary Nascent Soul Cultivators.

“I made a fortune.”

“From now on, I’m also a bit wealthy in the Nascent Soul circle.”

Then.

Qin Ming took out those two blood beads and came before his Natal Spirit Plant, the Yin Yang Mysterious Vine.

He raised his hand and tossed, and threw the two dark black blood beads to the Yin Yang Mysterious Vine.

The pitch-black vines danced, like tentacles, wrapping the blood beads in mid-air and absorbing them in an instant.

Qin Ming gazed quietly at his Natal Spirit Plant, with a little expectation.

After absorbing these two Nascent Soul Cultivators’ blood beads, the pitch-black vines seemed to have gained great benefits, and emitted a burst of extremely joyful and excited emotions towards Qin Ming.

Immediately afterwards, under Qin Ming’s gaze, the black vines finally began to grow and change again.

Strands of silver runes began to swirl around the Spirit Plant.

In the profound, the vast and boundless Years Qi emanated from the Yin Yang Mysterious Vine, and the dense branches covered the sky, more lush and flourishing than before.

Those silver runes, were more complex and profound than before, it seemed only one step away, and could make this Natal Spirit Plant complete another transformation and advancement.

“It seems the number of blood beads is still a little short.”

“Only when the Natal Spirit Plant advances can my Azure Emperor Technique and Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Saint Body continue to breakthrough.”

Qin Ming looked up at the ancient and mysterious black vines.

However, he was already very satisfied to be able to make the Natal Spirit Plant grow to this extent.

After Qin Ming finished with these things, he then took apart the corpse of the Fourth-Rank Bloodscale Demon Python.

He separated its ordinary blood and essence blood, collected them all, put them into jade bottles, and sealed them, for the future use of farming.

And this Beast Core essence had lost most of its spirituality, but as a Fourth Rank Beast Core, its value was still very high.

Then, he stripped off the blood python’s skin. The Fourth Rank python skin was a rare Spirit Material for refining Magical Artifacts or Spirit Treasures, and it was hard to come by.

Its blood python precious meat was also full of spiritual energy. Qin Ming called on the Heaven Devouring Rat and Black Water Crocodile, as well as the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, and organized a barbecue within the Little Spirit Realm.

One person and three beasts ate grilled Fourth-Rank Great Demon precious meat, drank Demonflame Wine, and life was simply not too comfortable.

Only Qingyang Old Demon was in the Blood Pagoda, staring blankly at the delicious food and wine, sighing with various sighs.

“Alas! I can’t remember how long it’s been since I’ve enjoyed such fine wine and delicious food. Forget it, I won’t look anymore, it’s annoying!”

The Heaven Devouring Rat held a meat skewer in its hand, and deliberately chewed it in front of him, making a sizzling sound, “Hmm, the Fourth-Rank precious meat is really too fragrant, and there are all kinds of benefits that are hard to describe.”

Qingyang Old Demon: “.”

At the same time.

Along with the fall and death of these three Nascent Soul True Lords, it also caused a great uproar in the Cultivation World.

Especially the fall of Master Li Huo, the Supreme Elder of Li Fire Palace, and Elder Qian, which could be said to be a catastrophic disaster for this Great Jin’s first great power.

Without the Nascent Soul True Lord’s garrison, various internal and external troubles immediately arose.

It’s just that, it’s said that since the Natal Soul Lamp of Li Fire Palace’s founding Old Ancestor was still there, the other powers in Great Jin also hesitated to attack.

They didn’t dare to completely fall out.

But it’s not hard to judge that, if a new Nascent Soul True Lord isn’t born, Li Fire Palace’s status will plummet from then on.

The Defenders of the Dao Alliance was also in chaos, leaderless.

Fortunately, there was the True Lord of Ten Thousand Treasures of the Myriad Dao Merchant Alliance to host the overall situation, which could be considered to have stabilized the situation.

And the influence on the Blood Refining Demon Sect was also quite significant.

Within the Great Li Yin Demon Sect.

Sitting in the head seat of the Great Hall was the figure of Saintess Lan Bing, and after so many years, she had already advanced to the realm of Nascent Soul Demon Lord.

Beside her were the Mysterious Yin Old Demon of the Yin Demon Sect, and two other Nascent Soul Demon Lords from the Blood Refining Demon Sect, these two were both from the Descent.

“Why did that Old Ghost Xueyan fall together with those two Nascent Soul Cultivators from the Human Race in the Beast Howl Mountains?”

“Could it be that the Demon Saint Gushan of the Demon Race took action? Even the Nascent Soul couldn’t escape, I’m afraid it was an opponent above the Nascent Soul Mid-Stage that was possible.”

“Probably not, according to the intelligence returned by Demon Lord Xueyan, the Demon Race is planning to cooperate with the Human Race to jointly deal with our sect.” Saintess Lan Bing’s countenance was extremely cold, and her temperament was even better than before.

“There should be some major variable.”

“Have the sect disciples as soon as possible, be sure to find out about this matter.”

The fall of a Nascent Soul Demon Lord was also a considerable blow to the Blood Refining Demon Sect.

It was also the first time they had encountered it after so many years of Descent, and they had to pay attention to it.

……

Half a month later.

Qin Ming had just finished a big job. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he immediately unleashed the True Demon Illusion, transforming into a merchant with an ordinary appearance, and entered the territory of Great Jin.

After coming here, he could be said to have witnessed the chaos brought by the war.

The atmosphere was filled with tension everywhere.

Especially the Five Elements Mountain Range of the past, had already become the center of the battlefield between the Demonic Path and the Defenders of the Dao Alliance.

The Lingxu Marketplace had long been blood sacrificed by the Great Black Heaven, and the Five Elements Mountain Marketplace no longer existed, turning into ruins.

Qin Ming sighed, “This scale of war and strife, even I cannot bring peace here again.”

Immediately, Qin Ming contacted Hua Tianxiong and asked him to come and see him.

Hua Tianxiong’s Great Backer, Elder Qian, also passed away, so continuing to stay in this chaotic wasteland was actually no longer meaningful.

Outside Li Tian Immortal City, in the Central Continent of Great Jin.

Hua Tianxiong, riding the Golden Imperial Carriage, immediately paid respects when he saw Qin Ming: “Hua Tianxiong, pays respects to Master!”

He looked listless, and it seemed the matter of Elder Qian’s fall had hit him hard.

After all, it was a Backer who had taken care of him for so many years, although Elder Qian was more concerned with interests towards Hua Tianxiong.

Then, Qin Ming pulled Hua Tianxiong into the Little Spirit Realm for communication, and learned some of the latest information.

“By the way, how is it with Su Yuqing?” Qin Ming asked in passing.

Hua Tianxiong hesitated for a moment, and then replied: “Replying to Master, Alchemist King Su attempted to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm two years ago, but unfortunately…failed.”

“Ah? With Brother Su’s talent and aptitude, he must have refined the Nascent Soul Pill and Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill, prepared the things needed for the Undergo Tribulation, and only then would have tried to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Realm, how could he fail?” Qin Ming was a little surprised to hear this news.

Hua Tianxiong sighed: “It is said that the process of the Nascent Soul is extremely difficult, and not everyone can have Master’s Great Fortune, but fortunately, Alchemist King Su prepared beforehand, only damaged his meridians, and did not fall in realm after the breakthrough failed.”

“Afterwards, I went to visit him, and according to Alchemist King Su, he is going to Secluded Cultivation for ten years and then try to breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage again. Whether he lives or dies, it will all depend on it.”

“Now that Master Li Huo has fallen, some places are still involved with the Su Clan, and Alchemist King Su is under quite a bit of pressure.”

“As for Great Jin, True Lord of Ten Thousand Treasures should be coming out to host the overall situation temporarily, and resist the Demonic Path.”

Qin Ming was also filled with emotion, but he knew Su Yuqing’s temper, and once he decided on something, he would never change it easily.

“Hua Tianxiong.”

“Master, please give orders.”

“Next, this Seat gives you two choices, one is to arrange for you to return to the Southern Wilderness Cultivation World, and manage Moonview Island with Mo Lingwei.”

“Or you can go to Star Moon Marketplace to manage your industry, and by the way, help me gather Spirit Items.”

“The Southern Wilderness is temporarily free from the worries of Demonic Path invasion, and the Cultivation environment is naturally safer and more stable than Great Jin today.”

“With this Seat’s order, you can also thrive.”

Upon hearing this, Hua Tianxiong’s previous gloominess immediately disappeared, and his face showed an unconcealable excitement.

He almost immediately agreed.

But Qin Ming stopped him, and continued:

“The second is, this Seat is preparing to travel to the East Sea Cultivation World to travel, and the time is not certain, maybe only a few years, or maybe a few decades.”

“During this period, there are some things that will definitely require you to run errands for this Seat, and do some things that require you to show your face.”

“But this Seat is also the first time to go to the East Sea territory, and I’m unfamiliar with the place, and there might be all kinds of crises on the sea then, and this Seat may not be able to protect you at all times.”

“How to choose, you decide for yourself.”

After Qin Ming finished speaking, he waited quietly for Hua Tianxiong’s reply.

After Hua Tianxiong heard Qin Ming’s words, his whole person immediately fell into a dilemma of choices.

But after half a cup of tea.

Hua Tianxiong, with a firm expression, clasped his hands towards Qin Ming, and resolutely said: “I am willing to follow Master, and go to the East Sea Cultivation World together, and share the worries for Master.”

He was also getting old, and if he didn’t fight for it again, he probably wouldn’t have a chance. He could still tell who was the real Great Backer.

“Alright, you go and handle your subordinate’s affairs.”

“By the way, Old Jia and Li Lan from the Mirror Snow Pavilion, you arrange for someone to send them back to the Southern Wilderness.”

Qin Ming looked in the direction of Li Tian Immortal City.

Li Fire Palace can only take care of the internal strife crisis of their sect now.

Originally, outside the first great Immortal City of Great Jin, there were everywhere Bandit Cultivators rampant, and Wind and Crane Cries, which was not a good place to operate.

“Of course, the matter of the East Sea isn’t urgent either. During these few years of chaos, perhaps in Great Jin, there will be many rare resources secretly flowing out. Here is a list of the Spirit Items that this Seat needs. You should collect them for me first and try.”

“Focus on ‘Azure Sky Spirit Soil’ and other Spirit Items.”

“Yes, I will go and do it now!”

Hua Tianxiong received the jade slip in Qin Ming’s hand, and then he retreated to accept the order and handle affairs.