Yu Fengzhi injected Soul Power into the gemstone and used his spiritual power to burn Qian Xunji's demands directly into it: Order Gu Xin, who was staying behind at the sect, to immediately infiltrate Haotian Academy and assassinate every genius except those of the Platinum Generation at any cost.
With a flash of light, the information was instantly transmitted. Back at the Seven Treasure Overlord Pagoda Sect, thousands of miles away, the paired stone would naturally receive and repeat this message.
After doing all this, Yu Fengzhi dropped to his knees as though every ounce of strength had been drained from him. He knew that, from this moment onward, the Seven Treasure Overlord Pagoda Sect was truly finished. But now, he had no way back.
Qian Xunji raised a hand and pressed his palm downward.
Powerful Soul Power drove Yu Rongrong straight into the mud. The surrounding earth rapidly compressed around her, trapping her tightly, with only her head left above the ground.
"I hope you won't gamble with your own life and theirs," Qian Xunji said coldly to Yu Fengzhi.
Yu Fengzhi shuddered from head to toe and nodded frantically. "I wouldn't! Absolutely not!"
After dealing with the three of them, Qian Xunji turned around and looked at the children behind him, who had long since been dumbfounded.
He walked over to Qian San, reached out to rub his son's head, and softened his tone. "Are you alright?"
Qian San shook his head. "I'm fine. Father, those Spirit Rings of yours... eight black ones and one red one. How did you do that?"
At this question, Xiao Qing and Dai Zhuqing, who stood nearby, perked up their ears as well. They had personally witnessed that unreasonable Spirit Ring configuration just now, and their hearts were full of curiosity.
Qian Xunji laughed heartily and brushed it off. "You'll know in the future. Alright, it's the middle of the night. You should head back first."
Then he looked at Dai Zhuqing. "Dai Zhuqing, thank you for daring to step forward against a Titled Douluo today."
Dai Zhuqing hurriedly waved her hands, looking somewhat embarrassed. "No, no. Qian San usually helps me a lot. And... I didn't really help with anything just now."
"Having that courage is enough." Qian Xunji nodded.
"You should go back. Xiao Qing, you stay behind."
Qian San looked at Xiao Qing, then at his father, feeling that something was odd. He always felt that his father was hiding something from him. Why was it that whenever there was something good or some secret, his father always asked Xiao Qing to stay behind alone? But then Qian San reconsidered. His father had done so much for him; there had to be a reason for this. It must be for my own good.
With that thought, Qian San did not ask further and left the back mountain with Dai Zhuqing.
Once the children had gone far away, Qian Xunji turned to Dugu Bo in the tree and said, "Old Poison, stay here and keep an eye on those three. I crippled one of Chen Rong's arms, greatly damaging his strength. He's only at level eighty-nine now. With your strength, watching them is more than enough."
Dugu Bo immediately nodded. "Understood. Rest assured, Senior."
After giving his instructions, Qian Xunji brought Xiao Qing deeper into a secluded grove in the back mountain.
Once they stopped, Qian Xunji asked directly, "Xiao Qing, would the Sky Azure Bull Python's Spirit Bone be useful to you?"
Xiao Qing froze for a moment, thought carefully, then answered, "If it's just the skill, it actually won't be very useful."
Qian Xunji nodded. With a flick of his wrist, he took the enormous corpse of Da Ming from the Surface World out of his storage ring.
Bang!
The massive corpse, like a small mountain, slammed onto the ground. Luckily, the Angel God King had given him several high-grade rings with enormous storage space earlier. Otherwise, this thing really would not have fit.
Xiao Qing was completely stunned. She stared wide-eyed at the familiar enormous bull head and thick serpentine body on the ground. For a moment, she even wondered whether it was her own corpse, and she stammered:
"Th-this is a hundred-thousand-year Sky Azure Bull Python? Th-this..."
"Is this useful to you?" Qian Xunji asked.
"Y-yes!" Xiao Qing swallowed.
"I can slowly refine the power of his bloodline and make my own bloodline even purer."
Qian Xunji looked at the mountain of flesh and frowned. "Such a huge corpse—how are you going to deal with it?"
Xiao Qing explained, "I've already taken human form. Ideally, I should first absorb the core within his body, and then I may need to eat his flesh and blood every day. His Spirit Ring has already dissipated, so I can't absorb it directly. I can only rely on eating."
Qian Xunji nodded. "Wait a moment."
As he spoke, he took out the Reverse Scale Huang Tian had left him and injected Soul Power into it to contact her.
The next moment, a powerful force tore open the space ahead. Huang Tian stepped out of the spatial rift.
"What is it?" Huang Tian asked.
When Xiao Qing saw Huang Tian appear, her entire body stiffened. Th-this aura... wasn't this Lord Beast God, who slept beneath the Lake of Life?
Qian Xunji pointed at Xiao Qing and said to Huang Tian, "She is... one of my juniors, and she is also a soul beast who took human form. Can you help refine the bloodline core inside this Sky Azure Bull Python corpse?"
Huang Tian turned to examine Xiao Qing. She recognized Xiao Qing's true form and felt somewhat surprised. Wasn't this the girl who used to guard the gate in the Star Dou Forest?
She nodded. "I can."
Huang Tian raised her hand, and an immense power instantly enveloped Da Ming's huge corpse on the ground. Under Huang Tian's compression and refinement, Da Ming's body rapidly shriveled and condensed. In less than fifteen minutes, the massive corpse vanished completely, finally turning into a bead of blood.
"Just swallow it." Huang Tian handed the bead to Xiao Qing.
Xiao Qing accepted the bead with trembling hands and bowed respectfully. "Thank you, Uncle Qian. Thank you, Lord Beast God!"
Qian Xunji said, "Use it here. I'll stand guard for you."
Xiao Qing nodded, sat down cross-legged, and swallowed the blood bead in one gulp.
Qian Xunji walked over to Huang Tian and said, "We may be setting out in a few days."
Huang Tian nodded. "I'll follow your arrangements."
Qian Xunji took out a ring and placed it in Huang Tian's hand. "Di Tian's corpse is inside. Go back and absorb it as soon as possible. The mission over there will be quite demanding this time."
Huang Tian accepted the ring and asked, "Don't you need the Spirit Bone from this corpse?"
"I already took it out. Don't worry." Qian Xunji smiled.
After saying that, he naturally leaned over and kissed Huang Tian on the cheek. "Go back."
Huang Tian had not expected him to do that in front of someone else. Her face instantly reddened, and without lingering for even a moment, she tore open space and left.
At that moment, Xiao Qing, who had just swallowed the blood bead and was preparing to close her eyes to absorb its medicinal power, was secretly squinting at this supreme role model of the soul beast world out of curiosity. After all, she could count the number of times she had seen Huang Tian on one hand.
As a result, she happened to accidentally see Qian Xunji kiss Huang Tian.
Xiao Qing was dumbfounded. That was Lord Beast God!
She quickly shut her eyes and took deep breaths. "I saw something like that... am I finished? No, I didn't see anything. I saw nothing..."
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