The Spirit Materials Secured
A dense aura of death, accompanied by a chilling murderous intent, emanated from Xing Xinxin.
In an instant, Xing Xinxin transformed into a thousand-year-old mummified corpse, her face bluish-purple with exposed fangs.
"Roar!"
Xing Xinxin's eyes turned crazed and bloodthirsty; she had lost all reason.
A burly figure suddenly appeared beside her.
The man gave a low shout, "Quiet!"
The sound wasn't loud, but to Xing Xinxin, it was like a bolt from the blue.
Xing Xinxin's body trembled slightly, the crazed and bloodthirsty look in her eyes dissipated, and her eyes gradually regained their clarity.
She turned her head and saw a burly man standing beside her, with a dignified face, piercing eyes, and an aura of awe.
It was her father, Xing Gaohan.
"Father, that person took the Spirit Stone and materials, but didn't hand over the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>. Does Father know where the Gu Worm with the Storage Bag went? Your daughter must find this person and tear him to pieces!"
Xing Xinxin said through gritted teeth.
Xing Gaohan said, "I don't know where the Gu Worm went either. Just now, I was worried about your safety, so I followed behind you."
Xing Xinxin was indignant. "Are we just going to let that person get away with this so easily?"
Xing Gaohan glanced at the island beneath his feet. "It's too early to draw conclusions now."
Xing Xinxin didn't understand the meaning behind her father's words and asked in surprise, "Father, what do you mean?"
Xing Gaohan gazed at the island in the middle of the lake, but remained silent.
His gaze was fixed on a crack in the stone, the very spot where the Sacred Beetle Gu had disappeared.
Following her father's gaze, Xing Xinxin looked at the crack in the stone with a puzzled expression.
A few breaths later, two Sacred Beetle Gu crawled out of the crevice in the rock, one of them holding a Jade Slip in its mouth.
The Gu Worm placed the Jade Slip on the ground, flapped its wings, and flew westward.
Xing Xinxin raised her hand and released a burst of spiritual energy, capturing the Jade Slip in her hand.
After examining the Jade Slip, Xing Xinxin's face lit up with joy.
"Father, it is indeed the complete Cultivation Method of the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, but it only has cultivation methods for the Qi Refining Stage and Foundation Establishment Realm."
Xing Gaohan said, "That's good."
Xing Xinxin watched the departing Gu Worm and said.
"Father, should we secretly track the Gu Worm and find that person while we're at it? They probably have more advanced Cultivation Method in their possession."
Xing Gaohan said, "This matter ends here. Now that you have obtained the complete Qi Refinement and Foundation Establishment Cultivation Method the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, focus on cultivating and resolve the corpse transformation issue as soon as possible. After you reach Core Formation, you can then switch to other Cultivation Method."
"Father, but that man took away a spiritual item worth three million Spirit Stone. Are we just going to let him go like this?"
Xing Xinxin was still concerned that Song Wen might possess the follow-up Cultivation Method the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art>, and wanted to persuade Xing Gaohan to go and track down Song Wen.
"I said, this matter ends here."
Xing Gaohan's voice was somewhat cold.
After saying this, he ignored Xing Xinxin and flew towards Fangzhu City.
What he didn't tell Xing Xinxin was that several spiritual materials in the Storage Bag he gave to Song Wen had been marked with his Divine Sense imprint.
But half an hour ago, all these marks mysteriously disappeared.
He was a Nascent Soul Late Stage cultivator, so the person who could discover and forcibly erase his mark must also be a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
This convinced him that there was Nascent Soul Cultivator behind Song Wen.
Why would a Nascent Soul Cultivator go to such lengths for a mere three million Spirit Stone?
Considering that Xing Xinxin's cultivation of the <Corpse King Blood Refinement Art> was due to being bewitched by the Yinshuo Old Monster.
Xing Gaohan suspected that today's events were a conspiracy against him.
The goal was to lure him out.
If he relentlessly pursues the Gu Worm, he may fall into a trap prepared in advance by the other party.
Seeing Xing Gaohan leave, Xing Xinxin had no choice but to follow him.
Yesterday.
After exploring Star-Point Lake, Song Wen arrived at a karst cave a thousand miles away. He followed the cave deeper underground, and after descending a hundred miles, he came to an underground river.
He followed the underground river and traveled for more than two hundred miles.
He ordered the Sacred Beetle Gu to begin digging into the rocks above their heads. After several hours, they dug out a narrow stone cave that stretched for a hundred miles.
The cave was only wide enough for a Storage Bag to pass through.
His elaborate preparations were primarily to prevent the Sacred Beetle Gu he brought back to the Storage Bag from being followed.
The cave was too narrow for a cultivator to pass through.
Even if a Nascent Soul Cultivator were to follow, they would be blocked by the hundreds of miles of thick rock.
Song Wen was not waiting for the Sacred Beetle Gu in the underground river.
He waited hundreds of miles away on the mountaintop where the underground river's outlet was located.
If a Nascent Soul Cultivator were to follow the Sacred Beetle Gu to the top of the underground river, the only way for the Nascent Soul Cultivator to continue tracking the Sacred Beetle Gu would be to break through a hundred-mile-thick layer of rock and forcibly enter the underground river.
This would certainly cause quite a commotion, and he could see it from hundreds of miles away.
At worst, we can just abandon this Sacred Beetle Gu, along with the Spirit Stone and materials it carries.
Song Wen himself would never get involved in any danger.
In order to successfully obtain the spiritual materials worth three million, Song Wen went to great lengths.
However, Song Wen never expected that all his arrangements would be rendered useless.
Xing Gaohan, Nascent Soul Late Stage, did indeed come to Star-Point Lake with Xing Xinxin, but worried about Xing Xinxin's safety, he did not follow the Sacred Beetle Gu carrying the Storage Bag. Instead, he followed another Gu Worm that was deliberately creating a diversion and wandered around for a long time.
After receiving the Storage Bag, Song Wen inventoried the spiritual items inside.
One hundred Superior Spirit Stones, three Profound Yin Stones, and one hundred Baleful Crystal —nothing was missing.
He also discovered several tracking marks, all of which were swallowed up one by one by the Black Hole in his Sea of Consciousness.
Then, Song Wen sent the Sacred Beetle Gu back, and together with the Sacred Beetle Gu that had diverted attention, they retrieved the Jade Slip that had been buried deep underground beforehand, thus completing the transaction.
Song Wen then concealed his aura and relied solely on his physical strength to traverse the dense forest.
After traveling more than a thousand miles, he arrived at a market town, a small market town where low-level Rogue Cultivator mingled.
After wandering around the market, Song Wen changed his appearance, disguising himself as a cultivator at the Qi Refining Ninth Layer, and rode a flying boat towards Fangzhu City.
As for the two Sacred Beetle Gu, after wandering for tens of thousands of miles, they entered the underground river from the deep hole dug yesterday.
They were still lying in the underground river at that moment.
Song Wen planned to wait a month or two before sending another Sacred Beetle Gu to retrieve the two Sacred Beetle Gu.
After returning to his cave abode, Song Wen began Alchemy.
He had already prepared all the necessary spirit medicine for the four second-tier Pill Formula and two third-tier Pill Formula he had previously purchased.
These six types of pills are all relatively common in the Sea of Disorder, and are indispensable for the Foundation Establishment Realm and Golden Core cultivators in their daily cultivation.
Since he intends to present himself as Alchemist, he naturally needs to be able to refine these common elixirs.
Pale blue, Earthcore Smelting Flame rose from Song Wen's palm.
Song Wen raised his hand and waved it, causing the blue flames to fall beneath the Pill Furnace.
He had already refined the Earthcore Smelting Flame, and his control over the Spirit Flame was now effortless.
This increased his Alchemy speed.