Devour

Cheng Bai was not smashed into pieces by the divine thunder. He just became a piece of charcoal squatting at the bottom of the pit, barely standing still by sticking a knife into the ground.

The divine consciousness had to use all its strength to launch the sniper vibration, so as to penetrate the storm tide and allow the deadly sword moves to hit the opponent. There was no spare energy to use the spiritual shield to protect itself, and the beast head domain was too late to absorb the light-speed electric shock.

When he killed the black dragonfly, Cheng Bai suddenly realized, "Does this count as a mutual destruction?"

The humans had died long ago, but the monster's strong vitality made people feel ashamed. The knife that opened the gate of life and death caused more serious damage to the inside than the outside, and the seriously injured black dragon still flew away.

Cheng Bai had never been injured so badly before. He almost became a charred corpse. The slightest movement was excruciatingly painful.

"If it hurts, it means you're not dead. There's still a chance."

Cheng Bai felt relieved and scanned his body with his spiritual sense, identifying that he was covered with many terrible cracks. Perhaps he would collapse if he was touched even the slightest bit.

He carefully tried to take out the Blood Ginseng Pill from the treasure bag, but some movements became extremely difficult. After a long effort, he took out another thing from the treasure bag.

The inner elixir of the corpse king.

It wasn't that Cheng Bai took the wrong one, but he suddenly realized that the pill was sealed with wax, and now he didn't even have the strength to crush the wax shell of the Blood Ginseng Pill.

The runes of the Corpse King's inner elixir have been studied for many days and contain three secret techniques: one is "lion's roar", the second is "intimidation", and the third is "resurrection".

The headless corpse king's incredibly powerful self-healing ability comes from the secret art of resurrection.

The Beast Head Domain can directly improve its cultivation by devouring crystal cores, and devouring inner elixirs can not only enhance its strength, but also provide more options, such as extracting the essence of secret techniques.

Cheng Bai hadn't figured out what to use it for before, so the Corpse King's inner elixir had been preserved for such a long time, and now it has played its greatest value.

The beast head domain shrank to the size of a fist. It opened its mouth, took the corpse king's inner elixir and sent it into its dantian, approaching the Jianmu that was cultivated by the Six Paths of Supreme Power.

There were strange changes in the Dantian. One of the giant claws that drooped from the three lowest branches of Jianmu suddenly stretched out like a dragon, sucked up the Corpse King's inner elixir and held it tightly. A bright light shone from its claws, and it extracted the secret rune of resurrection. The Corpse King's inner elixir was then consumed.

The whole body's true essence gradually took shape around the resurrection rune, returning to the void and condensing until it formed a perfect multi-faceted sphere with the resurrection rune on it. Jianmu underwent some changes, and the lower half of the tree was shining brightly, taking a big step towards the second transformation, and the first rune inner elixir was refined.

Cheng Bai finally entered the realm of heaven and man, and the power of all things around him resonated with him.

The condensed resurrection elixir has immense power, awakening the body's vitality like the source of life, regenerating broken limbs and repairing the remains of the body in a blink of an eye, returning to the peak in the blink of an eye.

The charred outer shell on the body cracked, and the dead skin fragments mixed with the torn clothes fell off, revealing the crystal clear jade-like new flesh underneath, with a rosy complexion and perfect.

Cheng Bai jumped out of the deep pit in high spirits, and jumped again and again on the ground, in better condition than ever before. He put away his knife, put on a new set of gray moonlight deer fur leather clothes, and looked down at the whole city from the top of the mountain.

The sky cleared up again and the sun was shining brightly.

The disciples of the Medicine Sect in Tianshu City were busy running back and forth on the streets. There were spots on the ground in many places in the city, and wisps of green smoke were rising from the bright red blood.

Yang Kaiping didn't care about lunch, and led the team to collect the blood. He said happily: "Be careful, there is another piece of real dragon blood here, don't miss it."

The blood of a true dragon is a rare material, and is very useful in refining weapons or medicine. It is hard to come by at other times, but I picked up a lot of it for free today.

The spiritual medicine masters cooperated diligently and quickly. Some of them complimented, "Before others realize how precious dragon blood is, our disciples have grabbed the first one. Master, this is a great idea."

Cheng Bai smiled and said, "They are still busy collecting treasures. What a good mood."

Looking around, Tianshu City is backed by mountains and faces the water. To the east is the Yanshou River, to the south is the Green Plain, to the west is Mount Qi, and to the north is the Danding Grassland. The view is broad and the scenery is excellent.

Cheng Bai's gaze stayed on the east. Yanshou River was a tributary of Changshou River. Crossing the Yanshou River, passing through the lost ancient land that stretched for thousands of miles, the secret realm of the ancient battlefield was hidden deep in it. Going further east, he reached the Discipline Plateau.

That’s a full circle around the world!

It turns out that the Qiongqi Continent is on a small planet, which is at most about the size of Mercury. It has only one continent orbiting the globe and a population of about 200 to 300 million, much less than that of the Earth.

Cheng Bai said, "It's such a small world."

Return to Sanxian Valley and send the badly worn three-piece set of Wu Tie Miner to Bai Lian Tang for recycling. This is the limit of the materials the sect can get for free, and from now on they will have to use their own natural resources.

After having mastered the initial stages of identification and material selection in the early stages of refining, Cheng Bai now needs to refine the luxury silver ore to create a new mining artifact.

For ordinary disciples who have just entered the Qi Sect, luxury silver is already a very good material. It is more than enough to cast tools and mine common first-level gold and stone deposits. It can also handle some second-level rare materials. It is enough to accompany them for a lifetime.

But Cheng Bai was not very satisfied with the material, and thought to himself: "Think in the long run, if we mine high-level minerals, the luxury silver utensils will not be able to be used for long. It would be best to collect more rotten silver and refine it into dragon steel, so that I can get familiar with the alloy refining process. The finished product will be able to handle all second-level gold and stone, and can also mine some rare third-level materials." He had made up his mind.

The valley was bustling with activity. Fang Wanzhan had been in seclusion for several days and had finished refining Yunjuan's ghostly blade.

When the magic weapon came out, a bright moon suddenly rose above the Three Sages Valley. The sky within a radius of twenty miles became dark and all the swords in the valley trembled slightly, as if they were terrified of the overlord.

Cheng Bai drew out the sword and felt a slight resonance coming from it. It seemed to admit defeat and he was secretly surprised: "This new treasure is really amazing. It has the power of a king and is superior to many other swords."

The strange phenomenon lasted for a moment before fading away. Everyone in the Weapon Sect rushed to congratulate the master and prepared a grand ceremony for the spiritual weapon to recognize its master. Such treatment was rare in the sect's history.

Fang Wanzhan personally presided over the ceremony, and handed the Ghostly Light Blade to Yun Juan with great care. He said solemnly, "This treasure is the most outstanding spiritual weapon I have refined in my life. It was forged and shaped fifteen years ago. It has been refined and shaped over the years to obtain the essence of the sun and the moon, and the crystals of water and soil have gathered spirits. Today, the treasure has been tempered and is born. It is earth-shattering and is the king of swords."

Yun Juan picked up the ghostly blade, tried it out, and was able to control it easily while flying in the air. She praised it highly, saying, "Excellent blade."

Liu Suyan, who was watching the ceremony, asked, "The Phantom Dragon Fire Fang Spear was once considered by Sect Master Fang to be one of his three most satisfying masterpieces. How does this compare?"

Fang Wanzhan was very sure: "It surpasses the Phantom Dragon Fire Fang Spear by a lot. The Phantom Light Blade has reached the level of a spiritual weapon. Every detail is perfect. The weapon spirit has recognized its master and has awakened its spiritual wisdom. It is second only to the Heavenly Sword and is incomparable to any ordinary treasure."

Yun Juan asked curiously, "How does it compare to Sect Master Fang's earlier work, the Moonlight Blade?"

Fang Wanzhan laughed and said, "Although the Moonlight Blade is not bad, it is just a test piece in comparison and is not worth mentioning. It is only thanks to the trial that the perfect spiritual weapon can be achieved."

Liu Suyan smiled and said, "The Ghostly Light Blade is the most outstanding treasure on the continent in the past thousand years. If there is an opportunity in the future, there is still room for improvement."

Seeing that they were chatting enthusiastically, Cheng Bai took Ningxiang out while no one was paying attention, handed over half of the Blood Ginseng Pills and Yunzhen Refining Heart Pills on him, and reminded her: "Five Blood Ginseng Pills are good medicines for replenishing blood and healing injuries. Six Yunzhen Refining Heart Pills are good medicines for condensing your spiritual consciousness and improving your skills."

Ningxiang curiously tasted a Yunzhen Lianxin Pill and said, "It's delicious, and melts in your mouth."

Cheng Bai smiled and said, "I have learned how to make pills. I will make some more after I finish eating. When I have a pill making furnace in the future, I won't have to worry about the resources for elixirs."

The two of them took advantage of no one's attention to explore the secluded place, and spent a long time together, talking about everything.

Ningxiang explained the arrangements in detail: "We will set out for the Treasure Basin tomorrow. Qi Sect is willing to borrow the Sky Patrol Spirit Boat for a period of time. Elder Zhuang will take us directly to the Sky Treading Island. With Juan's magical travel technique, we will arrive soon."

Cheng Bai asked, "Doesn't the conference start at noon the day after tomorrow?"

Ningxiang said truthfully: "Palace Master Liu told us that before each group of Sky Island hunters arrives on the ground, there are always people who want to go up ahead of time. As soon as the guild announced the task for the conference this morning, many hunters rushed to the Treasure Basin."

"It's better to strike first."

Cheng Bai noticed that there were a few people missing in the valley, including He Lipang, as they had already left.

Ningxiang nodded and said, "Juan has endured until now in order to wait for the Ghostly Blade."

Cheng Bai thought of the dramatic changes in Tianshu City and asked, "Did Shen Ya leave as well?"

"An envoy has arrived from Tianshu City. He decided to return to Tianshu Temple first. I wonder if he can participate in the battle of Tiaokong Island."

Ningxiang didn't know much, so she took out a gift from her bosom for Chengbai, a handkerchief she embroidered herself as a reward.

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After the ceremony, Liu Suyan pulled her disciple to the inner hall and whispered, "Ran'er, this is a good opportunity for you to show your abilities. If you can be appreciated by the Yun family, you will rise to prominence in the future and leave Qiongqi Continent to be promoted to an official position. Even going to Shanhui City is much better than here."

Ruan Taoran hung his head and said dejectedly: "Master, what you said makes sense, but it is not easy for me to practice for many years, but now I want...I want...Is Yun Juan really a direct descendant of the emperor? He inherited...he inherited..."

Liu Suyan said sternly, "It is absolutely true. Otherwise, how could she also have the surname Yun? Why do our seven hall masters take such good care of her and protect her in every way?"

Ruan Taoran tried to force a smile and said, "In that case, Yun Juan is the empress of Qiongqi Continent and the candidate for the throne of the Great Emperor. If we can win, we will ascend to heaven with our family and bring honor to our ancestors."

Liu Suyan comforted him, "Although the Great Emperor has many descendants, Yun Juan is different. She inherited the bloodline of the Divine Fire, which is definitely not ordinary. You must recognize her as your master and give her all your skills. You can slowly cultivate her back in the future. If she stands out in the Qiongqi Continent, returns to the Yunmen Star Region, and successfully ascends the throne as an emperor, she will always remember your kindness."

Ruan Taoran gritted his teeth and said, "It's up to Master to arrange."

Later, Liu Suyan led Yun Juan to the inner hall and said happily: "Palace Master Yun, you are going to the Sky Island this time. There are many powerful enemies. In addition to the complete weapons, I also prepared the Taoist secret technique and the Life-Losing Technique to give to you. You will definitely win the battle."

Yun Juan sighed when she heard this, "Thank you Palace Master Liu for your help again and again, but the conference will begin the day after tomorrow, so it's too late to practice today."

"No problem. I have been preparing for the victory of this battle for fifteen years. I have borrowed this precious land from Sect Master Yang. It will only take a moment for Palace Master Yun to master the secret martial arts. This is the secret of Taoist assistance."

Liu Suyan pushed open the door of the inner hall. Ruan Taoran, who was sitting cross-legged in the hall, was a little nervous. He looked at his nose with his eyes, and his heart with his nose, without showing any expression.

"My young disciple Ruan Taoran has been seen by Palace Master Yun. He has practiced diligently for fifteen years just for this day. I will teach you the Life-Losing Technique and Dao-Assisting Secret Techniques to help you become the future Hunter King."

Ruan Taoran sighed secretly: "It turns out that I exist only to help others."

The Taoist secret technique is similar to the transmission of power, but is more effective and thorough. A lifetime of power and secret techniques can be transferred to another person, and it also takes more time.

Yun Juan was very grateful: "Thank you both for your help. Yun Juan will never forget it."

For convenience, Yunjuan took off her mask.

At that moment, Ruan Taoran felt like he was struck by lightning, his heart beat faster, and the beautiful woman in front of him would never be forgotten in his life.

Some people are successful in everything, while others encounter many difficulties and obstacles.

Shen Ya hurried back to the Tianshu Holy Temple, and kowtowed three times and nine times to the body of Guan Wanlan placed in the mourning hall in the temple.

"I was shocked to hear the tragic news that my teacher has passed away. His heroic spirit lives on."

After the ceremony, Shen Ya led the 17 riders of Tianshu to the main hall.

The road seemed extremely long, the sacred atmosphere of the temple was gone, the scattered disciples were busy and flustered, a storm was about to come, and the autumn wind was bleak.

Qi Kai, the leader of the Seventeen Riders of Tianshu, reported repeatedly: "The Wind Chasing Spear was taken away by the Yellow Jade Banner Master of the Disaster Legion. Only seventeen of the thirty-six riders are left, and the main hall is plagued by insects."

As Shen Ya walked, he asked, "Has the main altar hall been closed?"

Qi Kai said, "There was chaos in the city last night, and even Sect Master Yang was injured. Someone sneaked into the main hall and used some secret technique to drill a hole in the altar. A large number of golden-tailed scorpions swarmed out. Although each one was not very strong, the number was too large to handle. The disciples of the temple suffered heavy casualties, so they had to close the main hall."

The golden-tailed scorpion is a venomous insect with a challenge level of 4. It can occasionally be seen in mountainous and wilderness areas. It likes to live in groups. A single one poses little threat to experienced hunters, but a large number of them can make it difficult to handle.

Shen Ya pondered and said, "Let's do this for now. There is still a Dragon-Lion Blood-Reversing Pill in the Dan Palace, right?"

Qi Kai hurriedly said, "You absolutely cannot do that, Young Master. The price of this treasure is shortened life span. You must not resort to this last resort unless it is absolutely necessary."

Shen Ya waved his hand to stop the other party from speaking, and said in a deep voice: "The enemy's martial arts secrets are extraordinary. He was able to seize Master's Fiery Sun Battle Body and become even more powerful. I already know who he is, and we must not let him do evil. This person will definitely participate in the battle of Tiaokong Island. This is a good opportunity for revenge, and we must go and fight to the death."

Qi Kai said anxiously: "Young Master, you are our hope, what if..."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Ya made a silent gesture and whispered, "What's that sound?"

As the crowd approached the main hall, the rustling sounds grew louder and louder, gathering into an endless wave.

Qi Kai looked towards the main hall and said, "It's the golden-tailed scorpions inside. The main hall is built in the open air, and the walls are tall and smooth, so they can't climb out. We can seek help from the Medicine Sect and make insect medicine to kill them. I have already sent someone to ask Sect Master Yang to prepare it."

As he was speaking, a black shadow suddenly emerged from the wall of the main hall and flowed down.

Everyone looked closely and was horrified. It was clearly a group of shiny black ants, more than two inches long, with their strong and powerful jaws like iron hooks raised, and they moved freely on the wall as if they were walking on flat ground.