Dividing the Spoils
Night falls.
Inside a large wooden house in the Ling Clan's territory in Rock Armor Valley.
Ling Yunhong summoned all thirty Ling Clan Qi Training Stage members of the Ling clan who were going on this expedition to this place.
"You all worked hard in today's battle, especially Eighth Brother and your group. Your operation of the Azure Wood Binding Demon Array helped me kill that Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment demon ape, which is a great achievement. Each of the six clansmen who operated this formation will be rewarded with one hundred Lineage Contribution Points or Hundred Spirits Sect contribution points. The other clansmen also provided timely support, and each of them will be rewarded with ten Contribution Points."
After saying this, Ling Yunhong looked at Ling Pengyun and the other twenty-four members of the Ling Clan clan who had killed more than ninety Qi Training Demon Ape today by using the four formations of the Binding Demon Array Earthen Soil Transformation Curtain Formation, the Golden Needle Array, and the Blazing Fire Array together, and then spoke again.
"Today, you have killed a total of ninety-eight Qi Training Stage demon apes with the help of the formation. Among them, there are sixty Qi Refining beginner, twenty-six Qi Refining intermediate, eight Qi Refining advanced, and four Qi Refining perfected demon apes.
"All twenty-four of you achieved such merit through formations. Although Peng Yun and Peng Lin used Trapping Array and defensive formations, they were equally crucial to this battle. The spoils of this battle should be divided equally, so don't fight over them. In addition Peng Yun and Peng Xing contributed extra effort by using the Earthly Fiend Sword Formation. In my opinion, Peng Yun and Peng Xing could each receive an extra Qi Training Completion demon ape corpse. What do you think?"
More than half of the clansmen present were elders of Lineage Lineage and cultivators. In addition, Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing had indeed contributed a lot, so they all agreed. Even if some people did not want the two to get more, they did not speak up because of the majority's agreement.
Seeing that everyone agreed with his earlier suggestion, Ling Yunhong was very satisfied. He then distributed one Qi Training Completion demon ape corpse to Ling Pengyun and Ling Pengxing respectively, and began to divide the remaining Qi Training Demon Ape corpses obtained in this battle equally.
In addition to the extra Qi Training Completion Demon Ape corpse that Ling Pengyun obtained, he also received two Early-Stage Qi Training Demon Ape corpses and one Qi Training Middle Stage Demon Ape corpse.
As for the corpses of Qi Training Late Stage and perfected Qi Refining demon apes, there were too many to distribute, so they were all handed over to Ling Yunhong, the Clan Head, for safekeeping, to be distributed to everyone when there is a harvest in the future.
After the spoils of the battle were divided, the Ling Clan family members gradually dispersed.
After leaving the temporary Council Hall, Ling Pengyun immediately returned to the small wooden house he had built.
Upon entering the wooden house, he took out the corpses of two Early-Stage Qi Training, one Qi Training Middle Stage Refining demon ape, and one Qi Training Completion demon ape that he had just received in the Council Hall from Storage Bag storage bag.
Ling Pengyun's gaze swept over the four demonic ape corpses he had summoned, then looked at Wind Shadow Peng, who was sleeping soundly in the corner of the wooden house, slowly absorbing the Spiritual Qi in the valley to recover his spiritual power. After a long while, he muttered to himself.
"Although the flesh and blood of these four demonic apes all contain Spiritual Qi, even if the Spiritual Qi contained in the flesh and blood of the two Early-Stage Qi Training Refining demonic apes and the one Qi Training Middle Stage Refining demonic apes were combined, it would not be as rich as the Spiritual Qi contained in the flesh and blood of the Qi Training Completion demonic ape."
"If we feed Wind Shadow Peng with the flesh and blood of this Qi Training Completion Demon Ape, it will definitely accelerate Wind Shadow Peng's cultivation speed."
After making his decision, Ling Pengyun was quite willing to part with it. He took out a Azure Spirit Sword and cut a piece of flesh weighing one pound from the corpse of the Qi Training Completion Demon Ape. He then used his Divine Sense to activate the Recognition of Ownership Restriction within Wind Shadow Peng's body, awakening it from its cultivation.
"Wind Shadow, this flesh contains a large amount of Spiritual Qi."
Ling Pengyun uttered a word and tossed the piece of demonic ape flesh in his hand to Wind Shadow Peng.
Wind Shadow Peng subtly sensed the Spiritual Qi energy contained within the thrown Demon Beast meat, his expression immediately brightening. He quickly stood up, caught the piece of Demon Beast meat, and began to eat it.
Seeing this, Ling Pengyun stopped interfering. After collecting the four demon ape corpses from the ground, he sat cross-legged on a Meditation Mat inside the wooden house, circulating his Cultivation Method to absorb the Spiritual Qi in the valley and replenish his nearly depleted Dantian.
The next day, early morning.
Ling Pengyun opened the window of the room, absorbed a breath of the First Sun Power, stood up from the Meditation Mat, walked out of the wooden house, and came to the four spirit trees belonging to his Lineage.
These four spirit fruit trees belonging to the Ling Clan did not originally grow together. Last night, Ling Yunhong, a second-level Spirit Plant Spirit Planter, used Secret Method to transplant them to one location, and also cultivated an acre of First Rank Low Grade Spirit Field in this location.
These four spirit fruit trees are a First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Pear Tree, a First Rank Middle Grade Walnut Tree, and two First Rank Low Grade Chestnut Tree.
Ling Yunhong, a Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Planter, only took care of the Second Rank Low Grade Stone Spirit Walnut Tree in the valley, while the other four first-tier spiritual fruit trees belonging to the Ling Clan in the valley were all taken care of by Ling Pengyun.
Ling Pengyun needs to water the four spirit fruit trees with Spirit Rain every day, and he needs to use the Lingxiao Ripening Technique on them every three days to accelerate their growth and also slightly increase the number of ripe spirit fruits on these trees.
Ling Pengyun looked up at the more than ten spirit fruit trees in the small valley, where small flower buds were gradually forming, and his expression was full of regret.
"If I could carry my Fruit Flower Bee with me, it would be great. That way, the Fruit Flower Bee could collect pollen from the flowers of the dozen or so fruit trees in this area that are imbued with Spiritual Qi, and produce Fruit Flower Honey of even better quality. This would be very beneficial for the development of the bee colony and for me as well."
Feeling a pang of regret, Ling Pengyun looked at the four spirit fruit trees belonging to his Lineage. Seeing that they were all different varieties, he made some guesses about them.
"The spirit fruit trees in this valley are so diverse that they probably did not grow here on their own. Most likely, they were transplanted here by the four Foundation Establishment spirit apes of the Rock Armor Demon Ape Clan who originally occupied this place."
"However, these Rock Armor Demon Ape were lucky. If the Spiritual Qi here wasn't so rich, these spirit fruit trees that they transplanted at will wouldn't have survived for long."
Whether it's spirit medicine, a spiritual fruit tree, or any other Spirit Plant, it cannot be transplanted casually. Generally, when transplanting Spirit Plant, it must be done by Spirit Planter using Secret Method. Otherwise, Spirit Plant Spirit Plant Spirit Plant casually will damage its foundation and harm its medicinal effects and growth.
With his thoughts returning to normal, Ling Pengyun stopped thinking about it, raised his hand to form a hand Hand Seals, Cloud Rain Technique to summon a Law Seals, which was then placed in the air and transformed into a small cloud.
"Fall!"
Drops of Spirit Rain immediately fell from the White Cloud onto the soil around the four spiritual fruit trees, nourishing their growth.
The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, early morning.
Thousands of miles away from Rock Armor Valley, a massive army of tens of thousands of cultivators, consisting of cultivators from the Hundred Spirits Sect, numerous Rogue Cultivator, and a few Lineage cultivators, traveled for five days and rested overnight to recover their spiritual energy before heading to their destination, Demon Python Mountain.
The Demon Python Mountain is extremely large, reaching a height of over 800 zhang. It is occupied by a group of Demon Serpent, hence the name of the mountain.
The king of the mountain's Demon Serpent was a Foundation Establishment Completion Demon Serpent that showed signs of transforming into a dragon.
This Demon Serpent was a powerful subordinate of the two Golden Core Demon Serpent in Serpent Dragon Lake, and also one of their offspring.
Before the cultivator army had even approached within five miles of Demon Python Mountain, its sheer size alerted the Demon Serpent within the Demon Python Mountain.
In less than a hundred breaths, the horned, Foundation Establishment Completion Demon Python King from the Demon Python Mountain led more than ten large Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Serpent and thousands of Qi Training Stage Demon Serpent out of the mountain and charged towards the tens of thousands of cultivators who had come to attack.
Above the main force of cultivators, two cultivators soared through the air.
These two cultivators were none other than the "Spirit Array True Person" and "Spirit Talisman True Person" of the Hundred Spirits Sect.
Mo Congxin, the Spirit Array True Person who commanded the expeditionary force, saw the thousands of Demon Serpent rushing down from Demon Python Mountain and showed a hint of disdain. He then used Sound Amplification Technique to shout loudly.
"We will take this mountain within half a day."
After saying this, Mo Congxin opened his mouth and spat out thirty-six battle flags.
This array flag is the same as Luo Minghui's Lifebound Array Flag, both named "Flame Fire Annihilation Formation". However, Luo Minghui's Lifebound Array Flag was made by imitating Mo Congxin's Flame Fire Annihilation Formation.
Luo Minghui's array flags were also called the "Small Flame Fire Annihilation Formation" by the Array Formation Master of the Hundred Spirits Sect Spirit Array Hall.
The former is of the highest grade, the Third Rank Low Grade, while the latter is only of the Second Grade Middle Rank.
As soon as these thirty-six Flame Fire Annihilation Array Flag were released into the outside world, they transformed into light and shadow, quickly spanning nearly half a mile, surrounding the leading Demon Python King and more than ten Foundation Establishment Demon Serpent among the charging horde of tens of thousands of Demon Serpent.
Then, the thirty-six array flags flashed with spiritual light, forming an array that transformed into endless flames, burning the bodies of the dozen or so Foundation Establishment Demon Serpent within the array.
Even though these Foundation Establishment Demon Serpent activated their Protective Yuan Qi and erected a light barrier, they still could not withstand the burning flames.
In a short while, the Protective Yuan Qi around the dozen or so Foundation Establishment Demon Serpent within the formation was burned and shattered, their bodies pierced directly by the rockets conjured by the formation's flames, leaving them lifeless.
Only the Demon Python King, who was about to transform into a dragon after reaching the Foundation Establishment Completion, was still holding up its Protective Yuan Qi, barely managing to withstand the endless flames that were attacking.
"This beast is indeed the offspring of those two serpents from Serpent Dragon Lake. Judging from its appearance, it won't be long before this Demon Serpent can also try to transform into a dragon, and then try to break through to the Golden Core stage with the powerful physique of a dragon."
Upon witnessing this scene, Mo Congxin.
With a slight thought, he increased the amount of spiritual power he poured into the thirty-six array flags.
The entire formation flashed red, and the flames erupting from the formation flags became even more powerful, engulfing the Protective Yuan Qi erected by the Demon Python King.