Chapter 6: Extermination and Purification

  Wow!

  A fireball fell down, and a faint layer of prohibition light suddenly spread out, blocking it.

  That gloomy man, seeing this, was not surprised but delighted. He muttered to himself: "It's just a low-level seal, it seems that this person is in a hurry, hastily set up and thought no one would come, then started closing the door and rushing through the bottleneck. Tsk, tsk, I didn't expect it to be beneficial for me."

  A few sparks of excitement flashed in his eyes, and he understood that the matter should not be delayed. He raised his hand and threw out the gourd. After the gourd left his hand, it spun around in mid-air, and the front end suddenly opened, shooting out a golden light that landed on the seal at the entrance of the cave.

  Boom!

  A dull sound echoed, and the seals conjured up by several prohibition talismans flickered instantly, their brilliance dimming in an instant.

  The gloomy man saw the situation, his face expressionless, and he cast out a few spells. The gourd suddenly rotated again, and two consecutive golden lights shot out from it, falling down with a loud crash.

  Bang!

  Two golden lights fell at the same time, and the seal was slightly lowered, and it was completely broken. The golden light hit the ground, striking out two deep pits and raising a cloud of dust.

  The gloomy man's eyes flashed with a few points of joy, and he stretched out his hand to take the gourd in his hand. He was eager to enter the cave.

  But at this moment, a clear footsteps suddenly came from the dusty stone cave, making his face stiffen. In the gaze of his eyes, a young man in a green shirt walked out slowly, with black eyes like stars falling on him, although he didn't speak, but the strong and powerful breath that rose slowly from his body made the gloomy man's face turn pale, and his legs tremble.

  "Elder... Junior didn't intentionally offend you, there's been a misunderstanding. Please allow me to explain." The gloomy man's face showed a flattering smile as he repeatedly bowed, but the magical artifact on his body hadn't been put away, and his eyes were tightly fixed on Xiao Chen, ready to turn around and escape at the slightest abnormality.

  "If you dare to move, I can let you die without a place to bury your body in the blink of an eye." Xiao Chen's mouth slightly curved into a cold smile, "But if you can honestly answer my few questions, I will spare your life and let you leave."

  The gloomy man's face stiffened slightly at the words, and a few flashes of panic flickered in his eyes. He spoke hoarsely: "Is what you said true? If I answer and then you turn against me without emotion, I won't have any way to deal with it."

  "You have no choice, speak and there's a glimmer of hope, don't speak and you're dead for sure!" Xiao Chen's eyes flashed with a cold smile.

  "Alright, ask away!" The gloomy man gritted his teeth and said in a low voice.

  "Good." Xiao Chen's face was expressionless, as if he had already known the outcome. "Has anything major happened in the Northern State's cultivation world recently?"

  "Yes! The Cloud Valley Sect suddenly mobilized a few days ago, and then hastily returned. Just a few days ago, they suddenly issued an ultimatum to the Lianhuo Sect, demanding that they hand over their disciple Xiao Chen. If not, they would destroy the Lianhuo Sect at all costs."

  Xiao Chen's heart slightly stirred, and he had already guessed seven or eight parts of the situation. Presumably, when Xiao Lin returned to bring reinforcements that day, he discovered some clues from the battle, which is why he targeted Lihuo Zong. Moreover, the Lingyujian left in the sect was not broken, presumably Qingyunzi and others thought it had fallen into Lihuo Zong's hands. Thinking of the danger he was in, Qingyunzi and Yaodaozi actually went to war with Lihuo Zong without hesitation, Xiao Chen felt a few points of gratitude in his heart, and hastily asked: "How is the situation now? Have both sides started fighting?"

  "Not yet, there are still three days before the deadline." The gloomy man saw Xiao Chen's urgent gaze and didn't dare to delay, hastily replying, "Qingyunzi, the leader of the entire cultivation world, has announced that if Xiao Chen is not handed over by noon on the third day, both sides will engage in a fierce battle to the death."

  "Three days." Xiao Chen muttered to himself, his mouth curling up slightly with a hint of coldness, "Should be enough for me to prepare a big gift for him."

  "I don't know if senior has any other questions, if not, I'll take my leave first." The gloomy man saw Xiao Chen's expressionless face and couldn't help but feel a little nervous, quietly taking a few steps back.

  Xiao Chen heard this and waved his hand. The man was like a pardon, and with a flash of light on his body, he quickly flew away into the distance.

  "Cough, cough..." Less than a hundred feet away, the gloomy man looked at the palm that had pierced through his chest, and before the joy in his eyes could dissipate, the vital energy within him rapidly dissipated into nothingness.

  A red spark flashed in the eyes of the Asura skeleton, and it opened its large mouth. A small ball of primordial spirit light flew out from its body. The light ball was round in shape, with a dull color, and an aura of fear emanated from it, only to be swallowed up in one gulp. The primordial spirit entered the body, and red threads re-emerged within the skeleton, but were devoured in an instant. The red spark in the Asura skeleton's eyes flashed again, becoming even brighter by a fraction.

  Xiao Chen looked at the corpse, a hint of cold smile on his lips. He reached out and took down the storage bag from the body, and after a moment, he tossed a Lianyan Sect true disciple identity jade card to the ground. With a cold smile, he incinerated the corpse, collected the Xiu Luo bone, set up multiple layers of deadly seals at the entrance, and returned inside the cave.

  Kneeling on the bluestone, Xiao Chen suddenly took out several storage bags with a reverse hand, and his eyes revealed a few degrees of fiery color. He muttered to himself: "This old ghost is one of the two great Golden Elixir cultivators of the Flame Sect, and his family should not disappoint people, right?"

  He took out a hand and broke through the ban on it. Xiao Chen's divine consciousness entered, his face slightly stunned, and then he burst into wild joy.

  This old ghost doesn't know what he's thinking, the storage bag actually contains a full 200,000 low-grade spirit stones, and nearly 2,000 mid-grade spirit stones. The harvest from just this one storage bag already far exceeds Xiao Chen's net worth. Adding these to his existing wealth, Xiao Chen now has over 400,000 low-grade spirit stones and more than 3,000 mid-grade spirit stones on him. With such wealth, he is probably among the top in the Golden Elixir cultivation world.

  He put away all the spirit stones with his backhand, and a look of expectation appeared in Xiao Chen's eyes as he carefully opened the second storage bag.

  This storage bag should be specially used to store magical artifacts, with only a dozen or so items and a purple jade box. Among the magical artifacts, the Mítiān Seal and Black Net that Mingxiang Old Ghost had previously used were also among them. Except for one conical treasure that Xiao Chen couldn't see through, the other items were all top-grade spiritual instruments of uniform quality. From the aura emanating from them, it's likely that their power was extraordinary. Xiao Chen played with each of the top-grade spiritual instruments one by one, hesitated slightly, and then put away the Mítiān Seal and Black Net together, leaving only the conical treasure outside.

  "From the aura of this object, it's at least a treasure of the law grade, but I don't know what rank it belongs to. Although I lost two elixir treasures and that protective jade pendant, getting this object is still not a loss." Xiao Chen carefully examined it for a while, finding no seals or signs of refinement on the treasure, so he nodded in satisfaction, hesitated slightly, and gave up the idea of refining it immediately, putting it aside for now.

  P.S. I did a survey and found that there are quite a few fellow Taoists who don't have P, so I'll post more book reviews! Besides, if you've exhausted all the 精 (essence), then you can only go to the scoring building and play with water to your heart's content...