Eternal madness

Chapter 169 Mine, mine, all mine
The powerful individuals who came to explore the ruins were all bewildered; they did not understand why they had been kicked out.

"Could it be that we, or others, triggered the restrictions of the ruins, and the ruins kicked us out?"

"Possibly! Who exactly is it? The remains of my own Dou Sheng!"

"Let's go back to the entrance and see if we can still enter the ruins!"

"it is good!"

The powerful figures went to the entrance of the ruins again, only to find that the entrance was closed.

"Damn it! Who on earth triggered this mechanism?!"

"Aaaaaaah! I swear I will never forgive this person!"

A series of curses echoed throughout the Demon Forest Mountains. Xiao Li smiled and then went back to the Sound Realm with the others.

. . . . . .

Sound Realm

Xiao Li and the others have already returned to the Sound Realm, because Xiao Li knows that they are the biggest beneficiaries this time.

At this moment, at the entrance to the Sound Realm, Elder Tianyin and Xiao Kong had been waiting for a long time.

"Ancestor, Elder Su!" Xiao Li said with a smile.

Xiao Kong nodded to the Heavenly Sound Elder, and then Xiao Kong tossed several storage rings to Xiao Li.

"Li'er, these are the few Transcendent Dou Zun you asked me to deal with. Their storage rings are all here. I found quite a few good things in those ruins," Xiao Kong said with a smile.

"Hehe, those old devils are gone, which can be considered ridding the mainland of a scourge. I bet those old devils had a lot of treasures on them. By the way! Ancestor, were the corpses of those old devils left behind?" Xiao Li asked.

Xiao Kong was completely bewildered: "Leave a corpse? What corpse? I have no hobby of collecting corpses. Do you? Oh dear! I forgot, you have the secret technique of making puppets. Look at my memory, I'm really getting old."

Xiao Kong had truly forgotten about this incident. He killed several Transcendent Dou Zun with a single slap, leaving them with nothing but his storage ring.

"Well, it's alright if they didn't leave any behind. They're just a few corpses of Transcendent Dou Zun, nothing serious," Xiao Li waved his hand and said.

Afterwards, everyone went to the back mountain of the Sound Realm and took out the treasures they had obtained.

"I'll go first, with two Heavenly Rank scrolls: 'Sacred Puppet Technique' and 'Myriad Hearts Controlling Soul Technique'!"

Xiao Li took out two scrolls that exuded an extraordinary aura—Heavenly Rank! This immediately surprised everyone present, including Xiao Kong.

"It's actually a Heavenly-level soul cultivation method! You must know that even during the Xiao Clan's heyday, there were only a handful of such high-level soul cultivation techniques." Xiao Kong exclaimed in amazement.

"Yes, if a low-level Xuan-rank soul cultivation technique were to appear on the market, it would cause a huge uproar. Our Yin Valley has been passed down for many years and we don't even have a soul technique of this level!"

Elder Tianyin was also quite surprised.

Xiao Kong picked up the scroll "Ten Thousand Hearts Controlling Soul Technique" and scanned it, then picked up the scroll "Sacred Puppet Technique" and looked at it.

"So that's how it is. Interesting. No wonder the soul of the Thousand Demon Saint has survived to this day, and even has the idea of ​​possessing another body. Don't you think so, Thousand Demon Saint?"

Xiao Kong smiled faintly, then waved his right hand, and a strange spatial sphere appeared. Upon closer inspection, there was a phantom soul within this spatial sphere. "Ancestor, what did you just say? The Thousand Demon Saint is still alive?" Xiao Li asked in surprise. Then he saw a phantom soul in Xiao Kong's hand, but this soul was extremely weak, its consciousness almost extinguished.

"I discovered him after I took complete control of that ruin. He was living inside a puppet at the Dou Sheng level, the one you found. He even deliberately kept the puppet's power at the half-saint level."

There was also the skeleton of a Dou Sheng in the center of the main hall. I took a look, and it wasn't Qian Mo's skeleton. This skeleton couldn't have been a Dou Sheng of more than two stars when he was alive. It was just that some things had been done to it, but others couldn't notice.

I captured this Thousand Demon and used the secret technique of soul searching to learn what happened. The only purpose of this Thousand Demon Saint was to possess another body and be reborn. He had already used methods to control the puppets he left behind, even if you attached a soul imprint to them.

He could still command the puppets, but unfortunately, he never anticipated that an old man with a cultivation level of five-star Dou Sheng peak and a soul power reaching the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm would suddenly intervene and forcibly take control of the ruins.

Xiao Kong stroked his beard and smiled. He had to admit that this Thousand Demon Saint was very resourceful and had many tricks up his sleeve. Even a thousand years ago, he would definitely have been a formidable expert. Unfortunately, despite his cunning, he ran into Xiao Kong.

"I see. It seems the Thousand Demon Saint is nearing his end." Xiao Li looked at the illusory soul body.

"That's about enough. After all, I used violent soul-searching, which caused great damage to the soul. However, his soul realm in life should have been at the Great Perfection of the Heavenly Realm. I will process his soul and refine it into a soul essence to help your soul power reach a higher level."

Xiao Kong waved his hand and then took out the complete Dou Sheng skeleton, the incomplete white jade skeleton, the two crimson scrolls, the four scrolls of different colors, the several purple-gold puppets, and a greenish-blue pill from the original ruins.

"These are all the treasures in the Thousand Demon Saint's Ruins: a complete skeleton of a one-star Dou Sheng (Battle Saint), this remains belong to the Thousand Demon Saint himself, six scrolls of Heaven-rank cultivation techniques and fighting skills, several puppets, and this spirit-connected ninth-grade pill!"

Xiao Kong pointed out these treasures to everyone one by one.

All eyes were focused on the greenish-blue pill, about the size of a longan. They could all sense that the pill possessed extremely powerful energy, the kind that would make one's body explode if consumed.

"Elder Xiao, could this be a Grade 9 precious pill?" Elder Tianyin asked incredulously. He had never seen a Grade 9 precious pill in all his years of life.

“It is indeed a Grade Nine Treasure Pill, and this Grade Nine Treasure Pill is sentient. Do you know that there is an old monster in the Pill Tower whose true form is a Profound Pill?” Xiao Kong suddenly asked.

The old man Tianyin nodded: "Of course I know. It is because of that person's existence that the Pill Tower has been able to stand firm in the Central Continent. Even the Soul Hall does not dare to provoke the Pill Tower. That person has saved the Pill Tower from danger many times. When the Pill Tower is at peace, it will disappear."

Xiao Kong nodded: "I didn't expect that old monster to still be around. I wonder what state it is in now? Its true form is a ninth-grade Xuan Dan, so it's impossible for it to stay in the Pill Tower. That would bring disaster to the Pill Tower. However, I had a very pleasant conversation with the person who refined it back then."

Ahem, let's not talk about that anymore. Anyway, the intelligence born from this Grade 9 precious pill is very close to that old monster, and the level of this precious pill is very close to that of a Profound Pill. This is probably because this precious pill has consumed a large number of Grade 8 pills or rare and precious materials to improve its level.

This ninth-grade precious pill was specially cultivated by the Thousand Demon Saint as a crucial contingency plan to quickly restore his peak strength after he is resurrected through possession.

Xiao Li stroked his chin, then took out an ancient-looking prescription.

"Ancestor, is this ninth-grade pill called the Qiankun Tracing Origin Pill?"

Xiao Kong nodded: "Judging from Qianmo's memories, it is indeed called that. This Grade 9 Treasure Pill is the last Grade 9 Treasure Pill that Qianmo Saint refined before his death. Qianmo Saint should have been a Grade 9 Treasure Pill Master before his death."

This Qiankun Tracing Pill was the very pill he used to restore his peak cultivation. After he was reborn through possession and cultivated back to the Dou Sheng realm, he could take this pill to quickly recover his strength.

Everyone gasped in surprise, not expecting such a powerful pill to exist. However, it was normal for a ninth-grade pill to have such effects.

Xiao Lixuan laughed: "Then this pill is right for you to take, Ancestor. Your cultivation has just dropped, and this pill can help you quickly recover to your peak. No one here has dropped their cultivation, and besides, we are not able to take this Grade 9 precious pill."

It's most suitable for you to take it. Don't tell me to keep it as a backup. Anyway, I have the formula, and I should be able to refine it after I break through to the Dou Sheng realm. So, it's most important for you to recover your cultivation, Ancestor. After all, the stronger you are, the safer we will be.”

Xiao Kong frowned and pondered for a moment, then nodded: "In that case, I will not stand on ceremony."

(End of this chapter)