Starry Sky Professional Directory 75
“What?”
The elderly man surnamed Long’s face flushed red, seeming incredulous.
He casually tossed aside the remaining carcass in his hand, then looked at the bull demon’s corpse, quickly searching: “It’s not there… how is it possible there’s no demon core?”
The elderly man surnamed Long abruptly turned his head: “You bitch, you’re lying to me?!”
“Hehe… Old Ghost Long, I only lied to Zeng Yi.” Su Ye responded with a sneer, “And you’ll soon be joining the ghosts…”
“I… become a ghost?”
Old Man Long chuckled twice, just as he was about to speak again, a sword cry suddenly reached his ears: “庚金 (Gengjin) sword energy, not good!”
He hurriedly raised his shield, still clutching several talismans in his hand.
But the golden light came too fast!
Almost the moment he raised his shield, a sword beam pierced through the shield and entered the chest of the elderly man surnamed Long.
“You… aren’t dead?”
Blood flowed from his mouth and nose as he struggled to turn around, only to see Mi Weidào, whose clothes were charred black.
“Long, you actually took advantage of my inattention and ambushed me with a second-order thunder talisman from behind!”
Mi Weidào sneered: “If I didn’t have the ‘Escape Talisman’ bestowed by my master, I really would have fallen for your trick!”
He moved his magic power, and countless Gengjin sword energies erupted from the elderly man surnamed Long’s body, instantly cutting him into countless pieces.
“Cough cough… Thank you, senior brother for your assistance.”
Su Ye stood up, her face pale, her chest stained with blood, like a dandelion in the wind.
“Not at all… I just couldn’t bear to see this person being so foolish, committing the blunder of ‘buying the casket and returning the jewel’ (an idiom meaning to mistake the unimportant for the important).”
Mi Weidào casually flicked his finger, and a fireball landed on the remains that Old Ghost Long had just thrown away.
The remains were instantly incinerated, turning into ashes.
Among the ashes, however, a grayish pouch appeared.
“As expected of a low-grade magic weapon-resistant pouch, able to withstand being in the stomach of a Green Rock Bull for so long. A mere low-grade first-order fireball technique is naturally unable to harm it…”
Mi Weidào held the pouch in his hand, sighing with emotion: “Junior sister, you’ve worked hard. You were clearly familiar with this corpse, knowing that it had a pouch containing treasures… No wonder you were so eager. Although the storage pouch is hard to damage by magic weapons, it’s still possible for it to be corroded in the stomach of a second-order demon beast…”
In this world, storage pouches are precious, only possessed by Foundation Establishment cultivators or those at the peak of Qi Condensation.
Once a storage pouch is damaged, the contents inside directly return to nothingness.
Of course, there’s also a possibility that it could be excreted and end up in a pile of bull dung.
But no matter what, it couldn’t be separated from this Green Rock Bull!
Since the owner was dead, Mi Weidào easily refined the storage pouch. He probed his spiritual sense inside, and a look of ecstatic joy immediately appeared on his face: “It’s actually this thing? Hahaha… My Dao is complete!”
A jade bottle suddenly appeared in his hand, containing a mass of crimson primordial liquid, its brilliance even spilling out through the jade bottle!
“Qianyuan Fire Restriction! So junior sister knew the whereabouts of the Qianyuan Fire Restriction, no wonder she fought so desperately… Compared to the less than one percent benefit of the Dingzhen Pill, the Qianyuan Fire Restriction is the true Foundation Establishment opportunity!”
Mi Weidào looked at Su Ye: “Hahaha… Do you really think I would help you for the sake of a mere Dingzhen Pill that’s uncertain whether it can be refined? How can there be such a fool in the world as you?!”
Amidst his laughter, he suddenly transformed into sword light and quickly retreated a distance.
Ssssh!
Two black flying swords pierced the spot where Mi Weidào had been standing.
Su Ye’s skirt fluttered, and one after another black iron-feathered swords appeared: “The Dao is before me, I have no choice but to fight, senior brother, forgive me… Iron-Feathered Swords, go!”
Seven iron-feathered swords crisscrossed, forming a small sword array, trapping Mi Weidào within.
“Child’s play, junior sister, you’re not a sword cultivator, you don’t know the strength of sword cultivators!”
Mi Weidào waved his flying sword, and a golden rainbow shot up into the sky, a brilliant sword, its momentum like a rainbow!
In mid-air, a golden-red light battled against seven black lights, sword energy overflowing.
It could be clearly seen that although there was only one golden rainbow, it was exceptionally agile and the sword energy was chilling, cutting down one iron-feathered sword after another…
Clearly, even if they were both Qi Condensation cultivators at the peak of their cultivation, the Qingxuan Sect’s true disciple was far superior to Su Ye.
“Sending junior sister on her way today, this senior brother has no regrets. For the Foundation Establishment Dao, what regrets do I have?”
Mi Weidào formed sword seals, a golden flying sword soaring into the sky, shattering the original iron-feathered sword array.
He moved his mind, his spiritual sense about to control the flying sword to pierce Su Ye’s heart and end it all.
“I’ll fight you to the death!”
Spiritual light flickered around Su Ye, her blood and killing intent vaguely visible, as if she was about to use some desperate measure.
Seeing this, Mi Weidào didn’t dare to be careless.
But at that moment, several fireballs suddenly exploded behind him, blocked by a Vajra talisman.
“Hmm?”
He abruptly turned his head and saw Han Qingyun: “You’re not dead?”
At this time, Han Qingyun was wearing a light veil that could conceal his aura, and low-grade talismans of various colors were bombarding Mi Weidào as if they were free.
‘No, even if this person is alive, what can a mere Qi Condensation Initial cultivator do?’
Mi Weidào’s mind raced, his flying sword whirling, slashing towards Su Ye.
Su Ye also finished her incantation at this moment, a crimson blood flag appearing in her hand. A green-faced, fanged demon abruptly leaped out from the bloody spiritual light.
The demon’s expression was ferocious, its large hand covered in black and red scales, and it actually grabbed the sword light firmly!
Just then, Han Qingyun threw several more low-grade talismans, exploding behind Mi Weidào.
“Mere low-grade talismans… Hmm? This is… a second-order Danlei (Pill Thunder)?”
Mi Weidào sneered, suddenly discovering that among the many talismans, there was a translucent thunder pellet emitting a terrifying aura. A look of terror appeared on his face.
Danlei is a specialty of alchemists, taking the power of exploding thunder and condensing it into thunder pellets, possessing powerful destructive power.
A second-order thunder pellet’s power is even greater than many low-grade second-order attack talismans!
He wanted to recall his flying sword for self-preservation, but the flying sword fell into the demon’s hand.
At this time, it was obviously too late to use other spells.
And his life-saving trump card had already been used…
Though it seems slow when described, it was all in the blink of an eye. The second-order Danlei exploded.
The thunder light tore through the Vajra talisman, destroying the Qingxuan robe on Mi Weidào, and then blew his upper body away…
Slap!
A hand clutching a storage pouch fell beside Han Qingyun.
However, Han Qingyun didn’t even look at it, and respectfully bowed to Su Ye: “Thank you, young lady, for the ‘Illusionary Body Talisman’ that saved my life and for providing the Danlei to help me avenge myself…”
How could there be so many yellow sparrows (a metaphor for those who benefit from others’ misfortune)? Even if these peak Qi Condensation cultivators fought each other to a standstill, Han Qingyun, a mere Qi Condensation Initial cultivator, wouldn’t be able to pick up the scraps!
His survival was naturally due to Su Ye’s secret help, providing him with a second-order Illusionary Body Talisman from the beginning!
This talisman is an illusion talisman, able to create a illusion body to deceive the enemy, lasting half an hour.
Han Qingyun had previously relied on this talisman to feign death, then hid using the aura-concealing veil, and finally emerged to secure victory.
“The broken hand beside you, the storage pouch there, contains a Foundation Establishment opportunity, do you want it?”
Su Ye made hand seals, recalling the demon. Her aura became even weaker, and she suddenly asked.
“Of course I want it… If I were at the late Qi Condensation stage, I would act without hesitation, but now I’m only at the initial Qi Condensation stage…”
Han Qingyun sighed: “Moreover, my spiritual root aptitude is poor, and I have long given up hope of Foundation Establishment… Young miss has shown great kindness to me and Sister Hua, I, Han Qingyun, am not a person who is obsessed with profit…”
“Good, I haven’t mistaken the person after all.”
Su Ye took out a blue, round pill and swallowed it.
Through the lifted veil, Han Qingyun could see a cherry-like small mouth, though it lacked color.
Just as he was about to say something, his expression suddenly moved.
A man in a green robe, with a long sword on his back, had appeared at the edge of the battle at some point, picking up Old Ghost Long’s storage pouch.
“It’s you? Fang Yun?!”
Su Ye screamed, quickly approaching Han Qingyun.
“Rules among independent cultivators, we split the loot when we meet. Since I’ve taken this person’s storage pouch, I naturally won’t attack you without reason.”
Fang Xing showed a gentle smile.
But in Su Ye’s eyes, it was more terrifying than anything else.
After all, this was a ruthless person who had wiped out the Thirteen Tai Bao of the Heavenly Under Heaven Gang, a definite peak Qi Condensation combat strength! He was also a body cultivator, with extremely strong survivability!
Being able to appear here silently as a yellow sparrow, his intelligence gathering and tracking ability were even more terrifying!
“Brother Fang… If senior brother wants it, this bottle of Qianyuan Fire Restriction, this little sister is willing…”
Su Ye looked at Fang Xing, gritting her teeth, preparing to swallow this bitter pill.
After battling wits and courage with Old Ghost Long and Mi Weidào, she had already exhausted her physical and mental strength.
Now, fighting against the perfectly fit ‘Fang Yun’, she would undoubtedly lose.
“This Foundation Establishment spirit treasure, I’m not very interested in, but it’s worth over ten thousand spirit stones on the market… I wonder how many bottles of ‘Boiling Blood’ it’s worth?”
Fang Xing stared at Su Ye until she anxiously shifted her body, then smiled.
He wasn’t a cultivator at all, the Foundation Establishment spirit treasure was useless to him.
Moreover, his cooperation with Qingdan Pavilion was quite good, and this Su Ye had also shown kindness to his subordinates Han Qingyun and Hua Feiyue…
Well, even if Hua Feiyue came, she certainly wouldn’t recognize this ‘Fang Yun’, but he still decided to show some goodwill.
“Boiling Blood?” Su Ye blinked, wondering how there could be such a cultivator in the world: “A Foundation Establishment spirit treasure is worth ten thousand spirit stones, splitting it in half upon meeting, you can have five thousand. Boiling Blood is two hundred spirit stones per bottle, at least twenty-five bottles!”
“Very good.” Fang Xing knew that Su Ye was treating the Foundation Establishment spirit treasure as spirit stones to split evenly—er, Han Qingyun’s strength was too low, so he wasn’t counted.
“Then, how can we ensure that you won’t go back on your word?”
He raised another question.
After all, Su Ye had previously plotted against him, so she had to pay some price.
“Old Ghost Long has a second-order spirit contract there, I’m willing to sign it!”
Su Ye immediately said: “I’ll also swear on my Dao heart that I will give you satisfactory compensation… If I’m lucky enough to reach Foundation Establishment, I will definitely take you out of Qinglinfang City!”
This kind of second-order spirit contract would cause even Foundation Establishment cultivators who violated it to pay a heavy price; newly established Foundation Establishment cultivators might even have their cultivation regress back to Qi Condensation.
“Sounds good… By the way, let this kid be a witness.”
Fang Xing pointed at Han Qingyun, a slight curve appearing at the corner of his mouth.
(End of Chapter)
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