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Chapter 377: The Shape-shifting Demonic Grass and the Thousand Illusionary Spiritual Pearls (Two in One)
"But I am a human. It is inappropriate for me to go to the demon tribe to participate in the ceremony, right?"

Qin Ming expressed his doubts.

After all, the human race and the demon race have been fighting each other since ancient times and are irreconcilable. Although there are examples of demons and humans living in peace, Qin Ming really doesn't dare to put himself in danger.

The little silver fox smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Senior Qin. Mother has also considered this. If it weren't for Senior Qin's life-saving grace and great help, Mother would not have been able to break through the fourth level of transformation. That's why I sincerely invite you."

"Mother will meet with Senior Qin alone at that time."

"Senior Qin, you will understand when you see mother."

"Oh, in that case, Qin will definitely attend the banquet on time to celebrate." Qin Ming suddenly realized and replied with a faint smile.

The little silver fox nodded, "Haha! Then I will wait for Senior Qin to come. I will go back first."

Qin Ming nodded, picked some spiritual fruits from the small spiritual realm and gave them to her, then asked the Sky-Devouring Rat to escort the little silver fox back.

Yue Lingyan's achievement of the fourth-level transformed demon saint will surely be a major event that will shock the demon race. By then, perhaps all the great demons will gather together.

He also didn't expect that Yue Lingyan would kindly invite him to witness such a grand event.

"It seems that in just one year, the Fox Clan has completely established a foothold among the demon clans in the Beast Singing Mountains and has completely risen."

"The new demon saint Yue Lingyan is quite decisive. You can't just look at her because she is a woman."

Qin Ming accepted her invitation to the banquet for another reason.

That is one of the spiritual materials for refining the Ningying Pill, which is a fourth-level spiritual plant called "Shapeshifting Demon Grass". This spiritual grass is also called Companion Demon Grass, and it only grows near the nest of a fourth-level shapeshifting monster beast.

This shape-shifting demon grass absorbed the powerful demon energy of the fourth-level demon beast day by day, and was born from the creation of heaven and earth.

To the demon race, this demon grass is just a weed next to its nest, but to the human race it is a rare treasure.

Even a chance to condense an infant!
Moreover, picking spiritual herbs under the nose of a fourth-level transformed demon saint is tantamount to seeking death.

Even the human race's Nascent Soul stage cultivators don't dare to do this.

Qin Ming just happens to have such a great opportunity to obtain the shape-changing magic grass.

Yue Lingyan had just broken through to become a fourth-level transformed demon. Naturally, such magical herbs would not grow near her cave.

But things are different now.

Qin Ming secretly estimated that such a long time had passed.

Logically speaking, the legendary "shape-changing demon grass" should be growing near Yue Lingyan's cave.

Qin Ming can take the opportunity to attend the banquet. Given his close relationship with Yue Lingyan, it should not be a problem for him to ask the other party for a few transforming magic herbs.

"However, since you are asking for the Transformation Demon Grass, you have to prepare some gifts, otherwise it would seem too abrupt."

"What should I give you?"

Qin Ming immediately started thinking about the gift.

After all, Yue Lingyan is a fourth-level demon saint, and we have to ask her for spiritual herbs, so the gift we send can’t be too shabby.

He thought about it, but couldn't think of anything he could offer at the moment.

But suddenly I thought of someone.

"As one of the four great Jindan families in Dajin, the Su family is a famous and prestigious family in Dajin for thousands of years. I believe they have collected a lot of good things. Why not let Su Yuqing pay for the gift, hehe!"

"Since we have the Transformation Demon Grass, Brother Su also wants to refine the Infant Condensation Pill, so he can't do without his share."

So, he said hello to Old Jia from Jingxue Pavilion, and left the spiritual field alone, passing through the teleportation array of Wuxingshan Market and heading to Longting Lake in Zhongzhou.

As soon as he arrived at the Wuxing Mountain Market, he met Han Yuan and his two companions again.

"Hey! Fellow Daoist Lu, are you here in the market to do some business?"

Han Yuan and the other two came up and asked with a smile on their faces.

"It's been a long time since we last met. Congratulations to Fellow Daoist Han and Fellow Daoist Liu! You have both broken through to the perfect stage of foundation building." Qin Ming bowed and said with a smile.

"It's all thanks to Fellow Daoist Lu! If it weren't for your Yuxuan Pill, I'm afraid the three of us would still be stuck in the late stage, hehe!"

"I heard that Fellow Daoist Lu has achieved a breakthrough to become a third-rank upper-grade spiritual plant grandmaster. It's rare to see a busy man like you. No matter what, you have to do us a favor and have a few drinks with us before you leave."

Liu Ye said with a smile.

Qin Ming was not actually too anxious, so he accepted the enthusiastic invitation of the three people and had a small gathering at the Yufeng Tower in the market town.

The three of them spent a lot of money to order a table full of fine wine and food to entertain Qin Ming.

After three rounds of wine, five flavors of food.

Han Yuan suddenly cast a soundproof ban to cover the box, and then said to Qin Ming:

"Friend Lu, we have extremely important news. We have to warn you."

"Oh? What's the matter? Please speak, Fellow Daoist Han." Qin Ming couldn't help but feel a little strange when he saw the other party being so cautious.

Han Yuan said: "Recently, the top leaders of our Wandao Merchant Alliance intercepted a very important piece of information."

"It is because Shendao Mountain has been secretly communicating closely with the Yin Demon Sect of Dali's cultivation world recently."

"And the spearhead is directly aimed at the fourth-level spiritual vein of Wuxing Mountain. During this period, Yin Mo Sect seems to have secretly provided a lot of funding to Shendao Mountain."

"The largest number of them is a third-level spiritual seed called Corrupted Spirit Grass. There is also a group of third-level spiritual plant masters that the Yin Demon Sect abducted from outside. They were taken to Shendao Mountain. No one knows why or what the purpose is."

"Fellow Daoist Lu, you are a third-rank high-quality spiritual plant grandmaster. Although you are the shopkeeper of Jingxue Pavilion, you are also protected by the Wandao Merchant Alliance."

"But these people from Shendao Mountain and Yinmo Sect are unscrupulous in doing things. So many spiritual plant masters disappeared for no reason. You should be careful."

"Alas, it seems that this Shendao Mountain is secretly funded by the Yin Demon Sect, and what they do is extremely secretive. It seems that only the top leaders can access it, and the Merchant Alliance can't find out what they are planning."

"I hope that another war will not start. The war between Lihuo Palace and Shendao Mountain has only been over for a few years."

"Looking at the situation, we are going to have to fight again. Fellow Daoist Lu should also be careful and make preparations in advance."

"If there's anything you need our help with, just ask."

Han Yuan sighed heavily when he reached this point, because once the war started, they would inevitably have to take part in it.

"So that's how it is. Thank you, Brother Han, for telling me!" Qin Ming offered a glass of wine.

"I didn't expect that Shendao Mountain and Yinmo Sect would start colluding with each other again."

"A storm is coming!"

After communicating with a few people for a while, Qin Ming said goodbye to them and stepped onto the teleportation array of Wuxing Mountain Market.

A moment later, they were teleported to Li Tian Xian City in Zhongzhou.

Ordinary cultivators cannot afford to use teleportation arrays like this often. Most cultivators still rely on magic boats to travel.

If one travels from Southern Xinjiang to the Central Plains by flying, it will take quite a while even for a Jindan Stage cultivator.

However, Qin Ming is now wealthy, so in order to save time, he chose to go directly through the teleportation array.

After leaving Tianxian City, he flew for another two days and arrived near Longting Lake.

Subsequently.

Qin Ming sent a communication talisman to Su Yuqing.

After Su Yuqing received the news, he immediately put down what he was doing and came out to greet him in person.

"Brother Qin, why did you come here in person?"

"Why don't you ask your subordinate Hua Tianxiong to do it?"

"Thank you very much for the materials for the Shenmu Dan you sent me last time."

Su Yuqing was very happy to see Qin Ming again and invited him into her cave.

"Brother Su, you don't have to be polite. I have plenty of materials anyway, hehe." Qin Ming said with a smile after sitting down.

"That's right. With your strength as a third-level spiritual plant grandmaster, you can grow any spiritual material." Su Yuqing also smiled and poured him spiritual tea. "Brother Qin, you came all the way to see me. I wonder what's the important matter?"

Qin Ming raised a smile and immediately told Yue Lingyan about the preparations for the gift. "What???"

"Fourth-level transformed demon saint!"

Su Yuqing was shocked after hearing this. He could never imagine that Qin Ming actually got to know a great sage of the demon clan.

"Tsk tsk tsk! Brother Qin, you really have great luck. You have encountered such a heaven-defying good thing."

“You should know that the strength of a fourth-order transformed demon saint is comparable to that of a human in the middle stage of the Nascent Soul. Even the two ancestors of Lihuo Palace and Shendao Mountain are only in the early stage of the Nascent Soul.”

"You have such a powerful backer, don't forget me in the future."

"And your cultivation has reached the late Jindan stage so quickly. I'm afraid that once you have collected all the materials for refining Ningying Pill and Bingxin Yupo Pill, you can prepare for the breakthrough to Yuanying, right?"

Su Yuqing said enviously with a smile on her face.

"Haha! It's still too early for the Nascent Soul stage, but I used the demon pill of the poisonous dragon to brew a kind of 'Devil Flame Wine', which will be drinkable in ten years."

"The first time you drink this wine, it can instantly increase your cultivation by a hundred years, allowing a late Jindan cultivator to break through to Jindan perfection." Qin Ming said with a faint smile.

"Really? There is such a sweet liquid in this world?"

When Su Yuqing heard that there was such spiritual wine, he was even more delighted, because he was now in the late Jindan stage of cultivation, and he was only one step away from advancing to the state of perfection.

"Haha! Of course Su Yu's share is indispensable." Qin Ming said meaningfully.

"You've brought out so many good things and conditions. It seems like you're ready to make me bleed heavily today?" Su Yuqing pointed at Qin Ming with a smile.

Qin Ming spread his hands and said, "Haha! Yue Lingyan invited me to the Fourth Level Demon Saint Ceremony. I can't go there empty-handed, right?"

"By the way, this time I go there, I will ask her for some 'Human Shape-Transforming Demonic Grass', the main ingredient for refining the Infant Condensation Pill. You can use it to make pills then, right?"

"This spiritual herb can only be found in the lair of the transformed great demon. It is difficult for you to obtain it, and its value is not low."

After hearing this, Su Yuqing nodded, thinking that what Qin Ming said made sense.

After all, it was not a loss for him to exchange some resources for the Transformation Demon Grass.

After the two talked for a while.

Su Yuqing stood up and said to Qin Ming, "Wait here first."

"What you want is something that is hidden in the bottom of the box even in our Su family. I have to ask our old man for it."

Then, Su Yuqing flew to a large mansion of the Su family in Longting Lake.

In an antique courtyard, a middle-aged man with silver hair was writing calligraphy and painting in his study.

The middle-aged man had a firm face and sharp edges, his eyes revealed a strong spirit, and he had achieved perfect cultivation of the Golden Elixir.

This person is the patriarch of the Su family, Su Tiannan, Su Yuqing’s father.

It was he who separated the Su family from the Lihuo Palace.

When Su Tiannan saw Su Yuqing rushing in, he guessed that she had nothing good to do with him, so he frowned and asked calmly, "What's the matter?"

"Hey, Dad, this is great news!"

"Please give me that fourth-level Thousand Illusion Spirit Pearl. It will be of great use to me!" Su Yuqing said straight to the point.

"roll roll roll!"

"What's the matter? Have you advanced to the fourth stage of Dan King realm? You need this kind of spiritual object. This is the last asset of our family. We can't afford it!" When Su Tiannan heard that he came to ask for this fourth stage spiritual object, he jumped up and down like a cat whose tail was stepped on.

"Alas! Dad, no matter how good this fourth-level spiritual object is, it is still a dead thing after all. It will just gather dust if it stays in our house. It is better to let me deal with it. Do you really trust me!"

Su Tiannan put down the brush in his hand, turned around and asked:

"Then tell me, what are you going to do with this fourth-level Thousand Illusionary Spirit Pearl?"

"This...is a secret for now." Su Yuqing replied awkwardly.

"Secret? No way!" Su Tiannan refused without hesitation.

Seeing that his father was unmoved, Su Yuqing immediately approached him and tried to persuade him with both words and tactics.

……

After two sticks of incense.

Su Yuqing held an exquisite jade box in her hand, with a wry smile on her face. She shook her head and walked towards Qin Ming.

Then he handed the Jade Emperor to Qin Ming and said with a pained look:

"Brother Qin, you'd better not let me down. This fourth-level, mid-grade Thousand Illusionary Spirit Pearl really contains the most precious treasure of our Su family."

"For your sake, I promised my father to go on a blind date with the young lady from the Xin family. Oh, don't mention it~"

"Brother Su, don't worry. I will, I will!" Qin Ming said confidently, and then opened the jade box in his hand.

He didn't expect that Su Yuqing would sacrifice his life to get this thing.
next moment.

An astonishing spiritual power surged out of the jade box, and a charming pink glow bloomed.

Even Qin Ming's powerful soul, which was now comparable to that of the Nascent Soul stage, felt as if he was being dazzled and almost fell into some powerful illusion.

He calmed his mind and saw a transparent black bead emitting colorful spiritual charm lying quietly inside, which was extremely magical.

"Brother Su, this is..."

"This item is a fourth-order, mid-grade spiritual item, the Thousand Illusionary Spirit Pearl, which was passed down from my great-grandfather's generation to this day."

"It is said that it was one of the precious treasures stored in the Lihuo Palace treasury back then."

"As for the origin of this fourth-level spiritual object, it is said that it was obtained by the founder of the Lihuo Palace after he killed a fourth-level mid-stage Dark Butterfly Demon Saint."

After listening to Su Yuqing's story, Qin Ming was shocked. He didn't expect that this thing was so valuable.

"Brother Su, rest assured, the investment will definitely pay off."

Qin Ming put the treasure into the storage bag without leaving any trace and said with a smile.

"Haha! That would be the best." Su Yuqing's handsome face twitched suddenly.

Qin Ming immediately remembered something and simply told the other party about the discovery of the Qingyuan Sect's secret realm on Shendao Mountain.

After hearing this, Su Yuqing was also shocked.

"It's actually the secret mountain gate of the ancient Qingyuan Sect!"

"When I was studying ancient books, I also heard a little about Qingyuan Sect. I didn't expect it to really exist, and in Dajin."

Qin Ming nodded and said, "According to my estimation, Shendao Mountain has secretly communicated with the Yin Demon Sect of Dali and is trying hard to open this secret realm."

"We are already taking action now, but I think the news will leak out by then."

"Because their method of using the Night of the Spiritual Eye to make the Seven Wonderful Treasure Trees bloom still takes a long time."

"The two sects' frequent exchanges in the Five Elements Mountains will definitely attract the attention of other forces."

"A fight will be inevitable by then."

"Your Su family should also prepare in advance. I still advise Brother Su not to get involved in the battle for this secret realm. You should also be careful with the Lihuo Palace."

"By then, I guess they will definitely make the family forces below come to an end."

"Thank you Brother Qin for letting me know. I will prepare with my clan in advance to deal with this change." Su Yuqing said gratefully.

Followed by.

Qin Ming exchanged his experience in alchemy with Su Yuqing for another two days before leaving Longting Lake.

He then returned to the Wuxing Mountain Market through the teleportation array.

After half a month.

The time was almost up, so Qin Ming took his three pets and went to Muxia Mountain to attend the banquet.

(End of this chapter)