Daqin Zhentiansi

On the broken walls of the Sutra Repository, several deep, invisible "scars" with black edges that radiated a scorching heat were branded on them, and the remaining aura of destruction was exactly the same as the "Azure Death Ray" of the Three-Eyed Demon Clan.

At the edge of the battlefield, next to the relatively intact corpses of several Sword Sect elders, several fragments of broken Three-Eyed Demon Clan dark alloy armor were cleverly "placed," as if they had been peeled off from the enemy during the fierce battle.

The entire process took only a few dozen breaths, and a horrific scene filled with the devastation, slaughter, and plunder left by the demons was already fabricated, depicting the sect's powerful members being killed by the demons.

The core buildings were destroyed by the demons' supernatural powers, the disciples were slaughtered, and even the precious black iron ore and some ancient books were "plundered".

All that remained at the scene was the hideous mark of the vicious demons who had "visited" the place.

Molten Rift Valley.

Tiangongfang.

Earthfire Forging Mountain is a renowned weapon-forging sect in Qizhou, famous for its ability to manipulate the earth's veins and molten fire to forge divine weapons.

“Boom—”

The bows of the three sea-crossing ships converged with eerie light, and the extinguished, mysterious light poured down like the River Styx, crashing violently into the boiling magma shield!
The "Nine Netherworld Fire Array," which the Earth Fire Forging Mountain was so proud of, churned violently, and the crimson runes crumbled inch by inch. The thirty-six weapon-forging elders who were in charge of the array all coughed up blood and collapsed.

"chisel!"

Yu Wanjun pointed his heavy halberd forward, while behind him, a torrent of black-armored warriors surged forward, stepping on the still-warm lava!
Wherever the cone-shaped battle formation passed, the red-robed disciples who tried to use their fire puppets to resist were snapped like straws.

The baleful aura of the military formation clashed fiercely with the earth's fiery spirit, and the rising blood mist was mixed with a pungent, burnt smell.

"Lock up that old furnace!"

Ye Qingfeng's sword energy surged like a crimson dragon, instantly shredding the bodies of three guardian elders. He then charged straight at the burly old man at the center of the formation, whose hair and beard were ablaze. He was the master craftsman "Fire Fusion Master," a peak-level weapon-refining master in the Tongyou Realm!
Although Ye Qingfeng was only at the first level of Grandmaster, he was a sword cultivator who cultivated in Yongtian Continent. His combat strength was so great that even Tongyou was not in his sights.

Moreover, the other party was only a weapon refiner.

It's not like Ye Qingfeng hasn't killed people in the Tongyou Realm before!
"boom--"

Huo Rong roared, and the Heaven-Forging Hammer in his hand summoned a hundred-foot-tall pillar of magma to crash down!

"Yu!"

Three thousand giant shields stood erect with a thunderous roar, and crimson mountain shadows rose from the ground.

The Qin army formation was the true reliance of the Qin's powerful forces.

"Fuck-"

The moment the lava struck the mountain shadow, it was forcibly cooled into black basalt by the malevolent energy!

Taking advantage of his stiffened state due to the backlash, Pei Lie's sword light fell like a star from the sky, piercing through Huo Rong's chest and pinning him to the scorching "Ten Thousand Forged Iron Anvil"!
"boom--"

The pillar of light from the fallen Tongyou cultivator shot into the sky.

Yin Jiuyou quietly stepped forward, and a bluish-gray light enveloped him, capturing the soul of the weapon-refining master.

A master craftsman is rare in the Nine Provinces.

"Empty the 'Thousand Hammers Pavilion'! Leave not a single book behind!" With a sharp shout from the Poisonous Lady, the clerk of the Heavenly Suppression Bureau rushed into the cave containing the books, holding a specially made jade slip.

The core inheritances such as "Nine Revolutions Spirit Forging Method" and "Earth Vein Fire Ignition Technique" carved on the rock wall were cut off in one piece, and the 100,000 scrolls of weapon-making diagrams floating between the bookshelves were swept into the storage box like a tide.

At the same time, Zhen Xuan's figure appeared in the raging flames of the "Hundred Refinement Cave".

With flashes of light and shadow, the nine core furnaces that sealed the innate fire essence were forcibly stripped from their bases.

The apprentices in weapon crafting fell one after another under the barrage of crossbow bolts. The core master, whose robes were embroidered with golden flames, was dragged towards the ferry by a chain of black iron that pierced his shoulder blade.

They are all skilled weapon refiners, and are considered rare talents.

Tiangongfang.

In the ruins of the ancestral hall where the smoke of battle had not yet dissipated, Lu Tianshu placed his palm on the crown of the young master Huo Sheng.

Under the illusory shadow of the Demon-Suppressing Tower, countless golden chains pierced the soul: "Looking at your master's head, if you want to live, accept the 'Soul-Suppressing Contract'."

The boy's eyes were bloodshot, but he collapsed and convulsed in excruciating pain as the chains tore at his soul.

From the shadows came Yin Jiuyou's hoarse whisper: "Master Huorong, you don't want your direct lineage to end, do you?"

The old man, now only a soul, trembled violently as he watched in disbelief as a three-eyed pupil pulsating with demonic energy appeared in Lu Tianchu's palm. It was the "Soul Seed" obtained by the Great Qin in its extermination of the demon race's leader.

"Take this, and you and your disciple will live."

The dagger tip pressed against the boy's nape, dark runes crawling along his veins across Huo Sheng's face: "From this day forward, you are the 'Earth Fire Vein' who survived the severe damage inflicted by the demons."

"On the seventh day of each season, the molten gold offered as tribute to the Li Huo Treasure Pavilion must be mixed with this substance—"

Yin Jiuyou flicked his finger and shot a dark purple crystal into the old man's mouth. Its fluctuations were exactly the same as the communication soul crystal of the Three-Eyed Demon Clan!
Three days later.

The "Tiangongfang" gate was rebuilt from the ruins.

Master Huorong publicly displayed the hideous "demon claw scars" on his chest, denouncing the Three-Eyed Demon Clan for destroying his sect.

The young sect leader, Huo Sheng, presented the "tribute" mixed with Soul-Suppressing Crystal Powder to the Li Huo Treasure Pavilion.

No one noticed that a fine, hair-like dark line had appeared on the back of the newly forged sect token.

That was the insignia of the Zhen Tian Si's secret agents.

On the Zhenhai ship thousands of miles away, the soul chain wrapped around Lu Tianshu's fingertips glowed faintly, and the Xuanjing Wall reflected the phantom of Huo Rong standing with his head bowed.

Outside the bridge, the bronze fleet, laden with minerals, was tearing through the purple clouds and heading towards the Yunlan Immortal Sect's mountain gate.

……

This ruthless plunder, carried out with lightning speed and using framing as a pretext, brought forth a massive fortune powerful enough to shake the very foundations of a region!

Resources surged like a raging torrent, sweeping back against the dozen or so colossal ships that resembled gluttonous beasts.

A total of thirty-seven elite alchemists from various sects were captured, including three dying masters of the Pure Moon Sect, nineteen skilled weapon refiners, eight elders with profound knowledge of formations, and more than one hundred core disciples with special skills such as talisman making, beast breeding, and mineral exploration.

Most of them were ashen-faced, their eyes filled with fear and despair. Their cultivation was firmly imprisoned by "spirit-suppressing locks" made of special materials, and they were driven onto the "talent cargo hold" of the sea-crossing ship like lambs to the slaughter.

These are all valuable seeds for the future of Daqin Workshop.

More than five hundred bulging, multi-colored spatial rings, storage bracelets, and treasure pouches of various levels, all shimmering with various precious lights, were marked with the "Suppressing Heaven Division's" seal and piled up like a small mountain in a temporary cabin of the Zhenhai Ship.

It was filled with the prisoners' personal wealth, some of the sect's savings that they hadn't had time to destroy, and spiritual materials and pills that they hadn't had time to use.

The core secret vaults of thirty-seven sects and aristocratic families, accumulated over 100,000 years, were forcibly blasted open!

Tons of neatly stacked, standard immortal jades radiating pure spiritual light were packed into specially made "mysterious iron spirit boxes".

Preliminary statistics show that this alone yielded 235 cubic meters of top-grade immortal jade, equivalent to approximately 235,000 catties of spirit jade.

There are over three thousand cubic meters of mid-grade immortal jade, equivalent to approximately thirty million catties of spirit jade!
The dazzling light illuminated almost the entire cargo area of ​​the ferry.

Besides the immortal jade, other spiritual materials were piled up like mountains.

The 187,000 mithril ingots, totaling 1.87 million catties, shimmered with the cold moonlight and were surrounded by spiritual light.

There are 93,000 Star Gold Ingots, totaling 930,000 catties, containing star power, and are the main material for top-tier weapons.

The red copper mother material consisted of 155,000 ingots, totaling 1.55 million catties. It was as hot as fire and had excellent conductivity.

Four hundred and five thousand ingots of refined gold, totaling four million five hundred thousand catties, a basic but widely used metal.

The essence of Geng metal, ten-thousand-year-old cold iron... countless rare alloy ingots and ore mothers!
The other rare treasures of nature yielded an unimaginable harvest.

7,943 ancient medicinal plants!

These precious elixirs were carefully sealed in a special jade box.

The nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum bathed in the glow of the sunset.

The Blood Jade Ginseng King is completely translucent green.

The Seven-Star Soul-Nourishing Lotus, shimmering with a seven-colored halo.

The coiled dragon immortal root bursting forth with pure spiritual energy...

Each one is a primary medicinal herb coveted by master alchemists. (End of Chapter)