Opening Blind Boxes

Song Changsheng spent some effort killing the two heavily wounded Qi Condensation Great Perfection cultivators. This patch of heaven and earth finally fell completely silent.

The enemy had clearly come prepared. Other than the magic artifacts, talismans, and such used in battle, their Universe Bags contained practically nothing else.

After finishing everything, Song Changsheng sat cross-legged on the spot. He took several large gulps of spirit wine and began regulating his breath.

Although the process of breaking the formation had not been long, it had truly been fraught with peril for Song Changsheng. As he studied the formation patterns, he had felt pressure unlike anything before.

Had his innate comprehension not been extraordinary, allowing him to break through his own bottleneck in desperate straits and successfully break through this Second-Tier formation, he could have gone off to reincarnate by now.

"Since I began cultivating, everything has gone smoothly, and it has made me arrogant and complacent. I thought my tracks were hidden, yet I had long fallen into another's calculations. If a Foundation Establishment Cultivator had ambushed me here today, my life would have been over."

At this moment, Song Changsheng's heart was filled with both relief and lingering fear. He had luckily picked up another life again.

This matter should serve as a warning. He had known that he was drawing too much attention and that the Earth Fire Sect wished to get rid of him as soon as possible, yet he had still dared leave the Market. He truly did not know how the word "death" was written.

Swish, swish, swish!

While Song Changsheng was regulating his breath, the sky at the horizon began to pale with the color of a fish's belly. Threads of dawn pierced the pitch-black night curtain and descended upon this nameless mountain forest.

Three streams of light swept in from the horizon. Upon sensing Song Changsheng's aura, the group finally sighed in relief.

Song Changsheng opened his eyes and saw Wang Wanzhou's relief, Song Luhai's concern, and Song Luyao's cold indifference.

"Thank you for going to such trouble on this junior's behalf, seniors." The instant Song Changsheng saw them, he understood the whole sequence of events. He stood up and solemnly cupped his fist salute.

"It is good that you are all right, good that you are all right. Do not be so careless next time. You must put your own safety first." Song Luhai lightly stroked his beard and comforted him with a smile.

"Hmph. If there is a next time, I am afraid we will not even see your intact corpse." Song Luyao's willow brows shot up as she rebuked him in an icy tone.

"This nephew will heed Aunt's teachings. I will certainly reflect on myself often, and there will absolutely not be another time."

Song Changsheng had already recognized his mistake. If he had informed the lineage elders beforehand before taking action, he would never have placed himself in dangerous places time and again.

Had Niu Dazhuang not arrived in time, had Wang Wanzhou not valued trust and kept his promise, had he not been protected by a spirit artifact... even several lives would not have been enough for him to lose.

"Hmph, utterly foolish." Song Luyao coldly threw out those words, then walked aside to identify the Earth Fire Sect dead.

"Changsheng, do not take your Ninth Aunt's words to heart. She has a knife for a mouth but a heart of tofu; in truth, no one cherishes you more than she does.

Half a year ago, after learning that Cheng Yufei had arrived at the Market, she and I secretly came down the mountain. We simply feared beating the grass to startle the snake, so we had never contacted you.

Who would have thought that you brat used some method that not only fooled the Earth Fire Sect's people, but fooled our people as well.

If Du Huating had not secretly left the Market, we would not even have known where you had gone. On the way, we even fought that old ghost from the Chou Clan and nearly failed to make it in time. Do not ever do this again." Song Luhai patted Song Changsheng's shoulder and spoke in a low voice.

Only then did Song Changsheng understand. The lineage had always had people standing behind him; it was only through a series of strange coincidences on his part that this situation had arisen.

For a moment, Song Changsheng felt a sting at the corners of his eyes.

"Hey, as long as he is all right, why say so much?" Though Wang Wanzhou had just fought a great battle, he was still in good spirits.

"If we do not say it, he will only do more foolish things.

I have confirmed it. The dead man is Chu Suiyang, one of the Earth Fire Sect's three Second-Tier Array Masters. Counting Du Huating and Cheng Yufei, who were wounded and fled this time, they have suffered no small loss.

Senior Wang, it is time for our families to make a move as well. Since the Earth Fire Sect does not want peace, then we shall grant them their wish!" Cold killing intent filled Song Luyao's eyes.

The Earth Fire Sect had provoked them again and again. If they still did not take some measures, the Song Clan would truly become a laughingstock!

"You are right. The Earth Fire Sect is becoming more and more shameless. We must loosen their muscles and bones." Wang Wanzhou had long wanted to fight the Earth Fire Sect.

He did not have much lifespan left. Once he passed away, the family would find itself increasingly unable to cope with the Earth Fire Sect. Better to strike them hard while these old bones of his could still move, buying his descendants a period of peaceful development.

Song Changsheng's heart shook. The storm was coming...

After returning to the Market, Song Changsheng remained there because his mission was not yet complete. Only after he promised the two that he would not leave the Market again did Song Luyao and Song Luhai return to the lineage with peace of mind.

Before leaving, Song Luyao left behind a Message Flying Sword, while Song Luhai left him a Second-Tier Low-Grade talisman he had drawn himself for protection.

After they returned, the Great Elder issued a conscription order to eleven vassal lineages and two Monster Hunting Teams. Their allies, the Wang Clan and Li Clan, also mobilized in turn. Striking on multiple fronts, they fiercely repaid the Earth Fire Sect, seized several of its resource points, and shook the whole of Ling Province. The Earth Fire Sect temporarily withdrew into its shell and did not emerge...

None of this affected Liuyun Market. In fact, because of the conflict among several major powers, business in the Market improved considerably.

Song Changsheng had no spare energy to watch the battle situation either. He was consolidating his cultivation. After becoming a Second-Tier Low-Grade Array Master, many of his previous doubts suddenly became clear.

Taking the opportunity, he completed the incomplete formation patterns he had obtained earlier and comprehended a formation called Heavenly Sun Demon Refining. It came from the same source as the Mystic Sun Heavenly Gang Array, but was even more exquisite.

By the time he finished all this, a week had already passed.

Only then did Song Changsheng have the chance to inventory his gains from that Immortal Cave.

Besides the two Jade Slips that recorded inheritances and the Nameless Jade Tablet, he had also obtained three Jade Boxes and two Jade Bottles. What they contained depended on his luck.

"Let's start with these two Jade Bottles."

He first picked up a white jade bottle. The moment he removed the bottle stopper, a sweet fragrance rushed toward him. Tilting the bottle, he poured out a pink medicinal pill the size of his thumb.

Song Changsheng sniffed it beneath his nose, and his expression immediately turned strange. "This... seems to be the legendary Beauty Retention Pill?"

The Beauty Retention Pill was a medicinal pill that could preserve one's appearance forever, making countless female cultivators flock to it. Because its ingredients were scarce, it was rarely seen on the market.

But this thing was of no use to him.

"Mm, I'll save it for Mother. Let's see what is in this one."

He then opened the other purple jade bottle. It actually contained a Second-Tier Low-Grade Blazing Sun Pill. Cultivators with Fire Spiritual Roots could improve their cultivation by taking this pill, making it perfectly suited for him.

The gains from the two Jade Bottles could only be called decent. Now it depended on whether the three Jade Boxes could give him any surprises.

He opened the blue Jade Box that pleased his eye the most. A dazzling radiance instantly illuminated the entire room...