UGB Chapter 376 Aftermath
Chapter 376 Aftermath
Outside Leiyin Temple.
The waves were surging, and it seemed that a large number of scaled beasts were lurking in the shadows.
Above the sky, warships swarmed like locusts, completely surrounding Leiyin Temple.
Countless banners representing the Beast Taming Sect fluttered in the wind, and the menacing cannons, powered by spirit stones, transformed into various Five Elements spells, landing on the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Ancestor" formation surrounding Leiyin Temple.
This grand formation truly lives up to its reputation as a formation closest to the fifth rank. When it is in operation, it emits countless rays of Buddhist light, as if blessed by a number of monks as numerous as the Ganges River, making its defense indestructible.
On the deck of the largest airship, Dongmen Jin looked at Leiyin Temple but did not make a move.
Since the previous battle, when he realized he couldn't defeat Saint Jue, he gave up the idea of destroying Leiyin Temple with his own strength.
At this moment, the real battle is taking place at Shuiyue Palace. Our side only needs to restrain the many Nascent Soul cultivators from Leiyin Temple to be considered successful.
"The Venerable Monk Longshu is currently in seclusion... If this person truly becomes a Nascent Soul cultivator, our families will all face annihilation... I hope things go smoothly on Tian Sha Island. If we join forces, we will surely be able to break this 'Ten Thousand Buddhas Paying Homage to the Ancestor' formation..."
Dongmen Jin pondered for a moment, then his expression suddenly changed, and a string of prayer beads appeared in his hand.
Click!Click!
In his hands, a small portion of these prayer beads were broken, causing the Supreme Elder of the Beast Taming Sect to turn grim.
"Our sect is protected by our brothers from the South Sea. When we first noticed the fall of a Nascent Soul cultivator, we assumed it was a sneak attack by the enemy. I even dispatched Spirit Venerables... why are the casualties still so heavy?"
Could it be... Merchant Island? Or perhaps the Xuanzhong and Sihai sects have joined forces?
Dongmen Jin almost wanted to break through the void immediately and return to the Beast Taming Sect's mountain gate, but he couldn't do that!
Because he could sense that a divine sense of a great cultivator was remotely sensing him from within Leiyin Temple.
If he risks leaving, and the monk Shengjue comes out to attack, the elite beast-taming troops he brought will surely suffer heavy casualties!
"Hmph, they're all useless!"
"So be it... As long as too many cultivators above the mid-Nascent Soul stage die or are injured, the rest are just a drop in the ocean..."
Dongmen Jin had just comforted himself when he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his heart, and then... a mouthful of blood gushed out!
"puff!"
He spat out a mouthful of blood essence, and the unfathomable magical power fluctuations around his body became somewhat weak.
Although the "Ten Thousand Beasts Manual" does not have the same huge backlash as the "Turtle and Crane Longevity Manual" when the natal spirit pet dies.
However, the principles of the cultivation method are consistent, and if one's own spirit pet dies, it will also injure the host.
It's just that since the benefits gained from spirit pets are not many, the backlash won't be as severe as the "Turtle and Crane Longevity Technique"!
But Dongmen Jin was trembling with fear: "Spirit Lord... Earth Qilin... Something's happened! A powerful cultivator must have intervened! A variable has appeared in the war between good and evil!"
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Beast Taming Sect.
Fang Qing withdrew his Boundary Divine Power, causing the massive corpse of a Qilin beast, as large as a mountain, to appear: "What a pity... Dongmen Jin didn't return with us, otherwise we could have wiped out the Beast Taming Sect today!"
He had previously led Ah Da and Ah Er away from the Beast Taming Sect, but he secretly took a detour and, under the cover of his supernatural powers, returned to the sect, where he witnessed the Earth Qilin battling a three-headed, fourth-tier, mid-grade beast king.
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Finally, thanks to the selfless efforts of the Earth Qilin and the remaining disciples of the Beast Taming Sect, they managed to hunt down and kill the three berserk giant beasts one by one.
But at the crucial moment, Fang Qing made his move and easily seized the victory.
Not only that, but they also used their Boundary Divine Power to trap the Earth Qilin, and then unleashed a series of methods including fourth-order puppets, True Spirit puppets, Xuanhuo Demon Zombies, and Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures, killing the heavily injured Earth Qilin on the spot...
"A fourth-grade, high-quality earth-attribute inner core... and it even has the bloodline of a true spirit, truly a top-grade item."
As Fang Qing harvested the materials, he secretly marveled, "And this True Spirit corpse... it can also be used to forge a top-grade True Spirit puppet!"
Last time on Copper Immortal Island, he consulted the Lame Immortal. Although it was unlikely that he could refine a fourth-order puppet on his own, he had thoroughly understood the True Spirit Puppet.
I happen to have the materials on hand now, so I can use them to try it out!
Even though creating a True Spirit Puppet from scratch is extremely difficult, he already has one. He can use this True Spirit Puppet as the main body and then upgrade it with top-quality materials such as a fourth-grade high-quality Earth Qilin...
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The vast ocean.
The north wind howled, and thousands of snowflakes swept through the area.
Outside the Frosty Cave, Ah Da and Ah Er stood like two statues, silently guarding the place.
In fact, they can also be considered bait!
"Any high-ranking member of a sect will surely leave behind a life tablet... I have destroyed the ancestral hall of the Beast Taming Sect, but Dongmen Jin may have a backup."
"If he uses this as proof to find this place... then send him on his way!"
"If this person were to bring several late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators with him, even if we couldn't defeat him, we could still escape..."
Upon realizing this, Fang Qing couldn't help but sigh that the world of Qi Refining was indeed too kind to him.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged in his cave, gazing at the storage bags scattered all over the ground, and couldn't help but take a deep breath: "Robbing a top-tier sect is indeed the fastest way to get spirit stones... This is truly a windfall! Forget about the late-stage Nascent Soul realm, even the resources needed to cultivate to the peak of the Nascent Soul realm might be enough!"
Fang Qing began to count them one by one. The first thing he saw was three 'Bodhi Blood'. One of them came from the Nascent Soul Alchemist, and the other two were obtained from the spirit herb garden of the Beast Taming Sect.
If this spiritual plant didn't gradually wither away from the Qilin's aura, making it practically useless, it might even have to be uprooted...
Next up are the materials from the Earth Kirin!
"After all, it's a top-grade fourth-tier spiritual material... extremely rare throughout the entire East Sea cultivation world!"
He took a deep breath and fiddled with a fist-sized, earth-yellow pill. Unlike ordinary earth-attribute demon pills, this earth-qilin pill was as warm and smooth as yellow jade, radiating a brilliant luster.
In addition, there were more than a dozen fourth-order essence pills, all of which were obtained by the Beast Taming Sect this time. Among them, the demon cores and materials from the three fourth-order mid-grade demon beasts were of the best quality!
This was also Fang Qing's confidence that he was capable of cultivating to the peak of the Nascent Soul stage!
"The rest are just fourth-tier magic treasures, high-grade and top-grade spirit stones, and thousand-year-old and ten-thousand-year-old spiritual herbs... as well as some rare treasures and ancient books... You can keep them for now and exchange them for what you need later."
Thinking of this, Fang Qing couldn't help but miss the merchants.
As the largest merchant and black market protector in the East China Sea cultivation world, trading these treasures from the Beast Taming Sect should... probably... be able to hold out, right?
"Never mind, I'll spend the next period of intensive cultivation, and while I'm at it, I'll refine the 'Nurture Pill'...aiming to break through to the late Nascent Soul stage in one go!"
He casually took out a low-grade fourth-tier earth dragon beast core, used the "Swallowing the Sea Technique" to suppress it into his dantian, and slowly began to refine it...
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Merchant Island.
The void suddenly shattered, revealing a black-robed youth with a faint demonic aura around him and a purple lightning mark between his brows. He was none other than the 'Heavenly Fiend Old Monster'!
A strange demonic flame flashed in his eyes as he scanned the entire Shangjia Immortal City.
"The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster?"
With a flash of light, several Nascent Soul cultivators emerged from the void, the leader of whom was none other than the Shang family patriarch.
Seeing the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster's demeanor, he frowned and asked, "Why aren't you attacking the Water Moon Palace? What are you doing here?"
When the merchant patriarch saw the appearance of the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster, he was already extremely wary.
The Nascent Soul stage cultivators behind him were on high alert, including Shang Kongzhen!
"Old Ghost Dongmen's house was robbed... He's so angry he's vomiting blood."
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster said calmly, "Was this your doing?"
"The Beast Taming Sect has been breached?"
The old merchant patriarch was utterly shocked: "I just learned of this myself. Do you suspect I was the one who did it?"
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster gave the Merchant Ancestor a deep look, and a slight smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "I cultivate demonic secret techniques, and I can see that you haven't been entangled with the resentment and bloodlust of a Nascent Soul level cultivator recently..."
"Of course, I have always maintained strict neutrality and have never stepped out of Merchant Island."
The old merchant patriarch said, "Fellow Daoist, have you considered whether it's 'Master Xuan Yan' from the Xuanzhong Sect? Or perhaps 'Madam Lan' from the Sihai Sect? As far as I know, the Xuanzhong Sect has always had a close relationship with the Shuiyue Palace..."
"Hmph, even Dongmen Laogui's natal spirit beast died in battle this time. Xuan Yan and Madam Lan may not have the same ability."
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster.
"What? Even that earthen qilin died in battle?"
The old ghost merchant's voice was full of surprise, but he inexplicably thought of a cultivator.
The other party seemed to be very eager for the powerful medicine, 'Bodhi Blood'...
But at this moment, he remained calm and said nothing.
Not only was the merchant patriarch deeply shocked, but Shang Kongzhen was also greatly shocked and dared not meet the eyes of the Heavenly Fiend Old Monster.
"Such a major event occurred so soon after the start of this campaign against the two major factions, and the allied forces almost broke apart... You neutral forces all bear responsibility."
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster spoke, revealing his true purpose for coming today: "Shangjia Island and the Four Seas Sect must make a statement... Regardless of whether this matter was caused by the Xuanzhong Sect, I will assume it was. I request that you, Old Ghost Shang, and Madam Lan accompany me to the Xuanzhong Sect for a confrontation..."
"Should it be a standoff? Or an attack? I'm just an honest businessman..."
The merchant patriarch was not happy. Although he secretly supported Tian Sha Island, he never thought that the merchant would personally take part in the action.
Merchants have made a fortune by profiting from war and by providing shelter to traveling monks.
"If you don't come, I will destroy Merchant Island before I am defeated!"
The Heavenly Fiend Old Monster chuckled, his demonic energy and lightning converging into a strange, eerie purple demonic lightning: "If you and Madam Lan agree, you won't be shortchanged on benefits... I'm willing to sign the 'Styx Pact'!"
"My business has its own four-tiered contract..."
The old merchant patriarch's eyes darted around: "I still need to go back and consider this matter, and hear the opinions of my clansmen..."
"Old Ghost Shang, my personal presence here is already more than enough of a favor to you, or... do you wish to challenge me to a magical duel?"
The old monster Tian Sha's expression suddenly turned cold.
Behind him, a strange thunder drum appeared, and terrifying Xuan Lei Qi suddenly descended upon Shangjia Island!
"A celestial treasure?"
The merchant patriarch's expression changed...
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