Immortality begins with upgrading buildings

Chapter 385 The Power of the Old Demon Ji! [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Qi Xiu's eyes flashed wildly.

...I started by using my strongest killing move, the Divine Soul Secret Technique. I had already killed a peak Core Formation cultivator when I was in the late Core Formation stage.

Not to mention that I'm already at the peak of Core Formation.

As a peak Core Formation cultivator, I used a secret soul technique to intercept and kill a mid-Core Formation cultivator, but I failed.

What does this tell us?

This means he must also possess the secret arts of the soul!

Otherwise, there's no way he could have withstood his own "God-Slaying Spear"!

Then, recalling the words the ghost messenger had spoken when he first entered the Rakshasa Sea... a thought flashed through Qi Xiu's mind, and he instantly understood.

The Yin Ghost Sect inheritance that Qiu Qianhai possesses must also be the "Nine Palaces Soul Suppressing Scripture," or even the missing upper part of it!

"You... also cultivated this 'Nine Palaces Soul-Suppressing Scripture'!"

Qi Xiu lowered his eyelids and said in a deep voice.

"really!"

Ji Yuan had already guessed this outcome the moment he sensed the divine soul technique.

It's just that... the two of them, who had cultivated the same secret technique and were very likely to have each cultivated only half of it, actually appeared in this Rakshasa Sea at the same time. That was bad enough, but they even met as soon as they entered the gate.

How could Ji Yuan not be surprised?

He immediately had a thought.

The six flying swords, Canglan, Longyun, Yunque, Liuying, Xuesha, and Leiji, unleashed the divine lightning of the Purple Heaven.

"Boom!"

The Purple Heaven Divine Thunder was unleashed in full force, transforming the sky below into a sea of ​​purple divine lightning.

"Wh-what?!"

Qi Xiu, who was in the very center of the thunderstorm, couldn't help but gasp in shock at what he saw.

But in the next instant, he summoned his natal magic weapon.

The throwing knife flew out.

One begets two, two begets four, four begets eight...

Immediately afterwards, countless flying knives appeared around him, enveloping him layer by layer, as if transforming into a silver-white ball of light.

The purple lightning poured out, all of it landing on the sphere of light.

Sparks shot out, and the entire sphere of light appeared to be a deep, reddish-brown from being refined.

But this only lasted for a fleeting moment.

Because soon Qi Xiu was controlling the ball of light that the flying knife had transformed into, and he was rampaging through the thunderstorm.

Ji Yuan tried his best to stop him with the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, but he still managed to force his way out of the thunderstorm zone.

One after another, throwing knives scattered, hovering around him like butterflies flitting among flowers, revealing his true face.

Qi Xiu, who was just moments ago unharmed and dashing, now had many charred marks on his body, and even his hair was blown off by the divine lightning. His exposed hands also had many scratches.

How could mortals possibly withstand the power of lightning punishment?!

However, the fact that this attack failed to seriously injure him was already beyond Ji Yuan's expectations.

Simultaneously wielding six Azure Wave Sword Mothers is arguably the limit he can currently achieve.

But it still doesn't seem enough.

At least when facing someone at the peak of the Core Formation stage, it's impossible to inflict a serious injury with a single blow.

With his full strength exerted, Ji Yuan's shapeshifting talisman became ineffective.

His original face was revealed.

"you……"

Qi Xiu looked at Ji Yuan opposite him, as if he had thought of something. He felt that Ji Yuan looked very familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.

But he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.

But none of that matters now. Faced with life and death, one must decide life or death first.

"Come on, take one of my moves!"

With things having come to this point, Qi Xiu had no other choice, and he was now on high alert.

He also used all his strength against Qiu Qianhai, who appeared to be in the mid-stage of Core Formation.

A throwing knife landed in his hand, and then all the other throwing knives followed, transforming once again into a narrow dagger.

The moment he grasped it, he reversed the narrow blade and slashed it down from the sky.

In that instant, the river of swords that had appeared before reappeared!

A mighty river of swords cleaved down from the sky.

Locked in by the aura of a peak Core Formation cultivator, Ji Yuan had no way to avoid it. Helpless, he swept his right hand across, and five talismans appeared in front of him!

A net of heaven and earth.

Black Dragon Armor.

Xuantian Pagoda.

Zhenhai Pearl.

Mountain patrol shield.

He used all five talismans, all of them defensive, to channel the magic power in his dantian into them.

Suddenly, strange lights appeared, each one stronger than the last.

The colorful talismans shimmered within.

The cascading river of knives first shattered the Heavenly Net, then destroyed the Mysterious Heaven Pagoda, then opened the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, then severed the Sea-Suppressing Pearl, and finally tore apart the Black Dragon Armor.

However, Ji Yuan still had a golden mirror in front of him. Now that he was in the mid-stage of Core Formation, activating the natal magic weapon of the Hundred Insect Immortal was naturally not difficult for him.

A dazzling golden light shot out from his chest, colliding directly with the remaining river of blades.

"Boom!"

The sound of colliding spells echoed in the sky above the swamp, and surging energy spread out, the resulting shockwaves directly blasting Ji Yuan into the depths of the swamp.

But the next instant, Ji Yuan, protected by spiritual light, charged out from another part of the swamp.

"go!"

With one hand forming a sword incantation, he pointed at Qi Xiu in mid-air, and six purple-blue Canglan swords flew out again, surrounding and attacking Qi Xiu from all directions of the sky.

Having learned from his previous experience, Qi Xiu knew he couldn't let those flying swords get close.

He pointed, and the narrow blade in his hand scattered, transforming into six flying knives that swept out around him. With his extremely fast speed, he struck back and intercepted all six flying knives in mid-air.

"Um?"

Almost instantly, Ji Yuan sensed that something was wrong.

Because he discovered that Qi Xiu's flying knife seemed to "sever the pulse," and the moment it hit Ji Yuan's flying sword, it almost caused Ji Yuan to lose his sense of the flying sword.

This is my natal magic weapon!

Can it still be cut off?

If we add some other methods, wouldn't we be able to steal someone else's natal magic weapon?

As soon as the thought flashed through Ji Yuan's mind, he did not hesitate and released the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder from the six Canglan Swords for the second time.

"Boom!"

Streaks of purple divine lightning slashed down from the sword.

This time, Ji Yuan didn't forcefully kill Qi Xiu. The six bolts of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning landed steadily on the six flying knives.

"laugh--"

The divine lightning struck, and the six flying knives only lasted for a blink of an eye before being completely cleaved in two.

The one that wasn't broken also lost its power and eventually fell into the swamp.

With his natal magic weapon damaged, Qi Xiu, who was in mid-air, also turned pale.

But he quickly recovered and pointed again. This time, ten throwing knives flew out of his body!

"Come on, let's see if you have more Purple Heaven Divine Thunder or my throwing knives."

After Qi Xiu finished speaking, the ten throwing knives did not move forward.

Clearly, despite his boastful words, he harbored a trace of fear within himself.

After he finished speaking, he reached into the spirit beast pouch at his waist and gently patted it. A red and green stream of light shot out and landed beside him, transforming into a giant ape that was four or five meters tall.

This ape has crimson fur all over its body, an extremely long tail that looks to be six or seven meters long, and a small tuft of white fur at the tip of its tail. It also has light red "fire stripes" on both sides of its cheeks.

As soon as it appeared, it pounded its chest with its fists, making dull "thump thump thump" sounds, and two tongues of crimson fire spewed from its nostrils.

A late-stage Tier 3 Crimson Flame Monkey!

"Come, come, come! I'm a monkey who hasn't tasted meat since I entered this Rakshasa Sea."

Qi Xiu sneered and reached out to touch the Crimson Flame Monkey's thigh, his eyes filled with extreme indifference.

"Oh?"

As Ji Yuan spoke, he pretended to pat the spirit beast bag as well, and then two streams of ice-blue light flew out from behind him.

The light flowed faster and faster, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into two mid-stage third-tier ice dragons.

With the appearance of the ten-zhang-long Frost Dragon, even the Crimson Flame Monkey seemed somewhat outmatched.

Ji Yuan leaped and landed on Monday's head.

With a flick of its tail, the Frost Dragon spiraled upwards in the air, carrying Ji Yuan with it until they were level with Qi Xiu.

"What a coincidence, my two dragons haven't had meat in a long time either!"

Ji Yuan also sneered.

As for when these two Frost Dragons advanced from the early stage of the third tier to the middle stage of the third tier, Ji Yuan didn't know either.

Anyway, Tu Yue had always been feeding these two dragons. Ji Yuan only knew that he accidentally came out of seclusion once and discovered that these two ice dragons had advanced from the early stage of the third rank to the middle stage of the third rank.

"Excellent, excellent, truly worthy of being a fellow cultivator from a Nascent Soul family!"

For a moment, Qi Xiu also felt a heavy pressure.

He lightly patted the Crimson Flame Monkey's thigh, and the third-tier monkey demon understood. It immediately leaped up and swung its huge fist at Ji Yuan.

"ha--"

Monday, standing beneath Ji Yuan's feet, immediately unleashed a breath of icy cold air, freezing the monkey demon in mid-air.

On Tuesday, seizing the opportunity, the dragon swung its tail and charged forward.

But flames instantly erupted from the Crimson Flame Monkey's body, melting the ice.

On Tuesday, seizing the opportunity, it flicked its tail and turned to run away.

Even if the two mid-stage third-tier Frost Dragons couldn't kill the late-stage third-tier Crimson Flame Monkey, they certainly wouldn't be at a disadvantage.

So Ji Yuan ignored him and transformed into a beam of light, charging towards Qi Xiu on the other side once more.

While still in mid-air, Ji Yuan activated the Golden Mirror in front of him once more.

The instant the golden light was emitted.

He saw a flash of sword light, which reached his chest in an instant.

"scare--"

Ji Yuan leaned back instinctively, and saw a nearly transparent sword light flash across his chest, shattering the golden mirror into pieces with a single strike.

Immediately afterwards, the sword light returned from behind him.

"Chase the lightning!"

Ji Yuan gave a soft call, and his figure transformed into lightning, instantly disappearing from the spot.

When he reappeared, he was already ten miles away.

He turned back to look at Qi Xiu, still somewhat shaken.

The latter remained standing in the same spot, raising his right hand with a transparent sword aura held between his index and middle fingers.

At this moment, the sword energy was trembling wildly, and the moment Ji Yuan discovered it was also the moment the sword energy dissipated.

"What a pity."

Qi Xiu looked at the dissipating sword energy in his hand and said regretfully, "The wisp of sword energy given to me by Senior Xuanhuang couldn't even kill you."

After saying that, he looked at the dark cloud beneath Ji Yuan's feet, a hint of undisguised greed flashing in his eyes.

"This magic weapon is great...it's mine!"

After saying that, he flashed and charged straight at Ji Yuan.

Along with him came the ten throwing knives surrounding him.

Ji Yuan stood still, without saying a word, but simply pointed forward, and six flying swords met the enemy.

Without any frills or fancy tricks, it was still the same free Purple Heaven Divine Thunder that cleared the way.

As for trump cards... Ji Yuan felt that he currently only had one trump card that he could use to deal with a peak Core Formation cultivator.

That was the true treasure given to us by the Bone Nightmare Demon.

However, judging from the current situation, Ji Yuan felt that it was not yet time to use the real treasure.

Because he was still waiting, waiting for an opportunity to get close to her and rest together.

Once he got close, he felt that with his late-stage Tendon Forging Realm physical cultivation, he had a real chance to crush Qi Xiu instantly with a burst of power.

What he currently lacks is precisely this opportunity!

"..."

"Over there... such a loud commotion, could it be two peak Core Formation stage cultivators locked in a life-or-death battle?"

Above the endless swamp, Ma Gui stopped and looked westward in confusion.

To his right, the Yin Bone Master, now only half a body, arrived late. His face was slightly pale, and he too was looking west.

He sensed the terrifying energy fluctuations generated by the exchange, and a hint of lingering fear flashed in his eyes unconsciously.

"pretty close."

Ma Gui shook his head upon hearing this, "I don't understand. Is it easy to reach the peak of Core Formation? Why is it always a life-or-death struggle? Besides, if you really want to kill someone, you should save them for the inner domain. What's the use of killing them here in the outer domain? You won't even get contribution points."

"Oh."

Yin Gu Shangren sneered, "You're right. If you really encounter a madman like Xun Tianji, are you going to try to reason with him?!"

"Well, I just didn't run into it."

Ma Gui looked at him and said with a smile, "I say, you old ghost, you're injured like this. If I were you, I would have already gotten out of that previous level and would be waiting for Master to come out so he could help you recover."

"It's better than fighting to the death here."

Upon hearing this, the Yin Bone Master fell silent. After a long silence, he turned to look at the hemp ghost beside him and asked very seriously:

"You know the sect leader's temperament better than anyone. To be honest, given my current state of having accomplished nothing, he really would go to such great lengths to save me after we get out."

Ma Gui was about to speak.

Master Yin Gu interrupted, saying, "Tell the truth."

"Heh, heh heh."

Ma Gui chuckled a few times, but ultimately did not answer the question. Instead, he brought up other matters.

"I think there's another reason why you're lingering here, old devil... Do you really believe that old devil Ji has returned from Canglu and even come to this Rakshasa Sea?"

"Given his personality, do you think he would refuse to join in the fun?"

Yin Gu Shangren countered with a question.

"That's true." Ma Gui nodded. "But I'm also saying that you shouldn't be so hung up on him just because he killed your only descendant."

"hehe."

Yin Gu Shangren let out another cold laugh.

Ma Gui didn't provoke him anymore, afraid that if he went too far, the old ghost would break his guard.

He thought for a moment, then looked back at the path he had come from, and asked curiously:

"I wonder how that bastard Hu Beizhi is doing now."

"Even if you die, he can't possibly die."

Yin Gu Shangren sneered mercilessly.

Ma Gui ignored him and said to himself, "You old ghost, you can see that even if he can get out of this Rakshasa Sea, he won't live for long."

"Then why did you say the sect leader would save me?"

Master Yin Gu brought up the matter again.

Ma Gui: "...Never mind, let's get going."

"..."

"How many flying swords made of Purple Cloud Stone do you have?!"

With his hair disheveled and his clothes stained with blood, Qi Xiu hovered in mid-air, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth.

Ji Yuan looked back at the seventy-three Canglan swords that were still "full of energy" in his dantian, and also reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.

"Sorry, killing you... is enough!"

Seeing that Ji Yuan had finished speaking, and three more purple and blue flying swords flew out from behind him, the extremely disheveled Qi Xiu waved his hands repeatedly and pleaded in a weak tone:

"Stop, stop, Brother Qiu, we have no grudge against each other, why are we fighting to the death here?"

"Isn't it all for this 'Nine Palaces Soul Suppressing Scripture'? Brother Qiu, you have the first part, right? I have the second part. Let's exchange them, and we'll both get a complete cultivation technique. There's really no need to fight to the death here."

Ji Yuan looked at Qi Xiu opposite him, a hint of indifference flashing in his eyes.

"Qi Xiu, do you believe what you're saying?"

"If you gain the upper hand, will you let me go?!"

"Oh!"

Only the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder responded to Qi Xiu!

Seeing the flying sword hurtling towards him again, Qi Xiu immediately transformed into a streak of light and flew away into the distance, shouting, "Qiu Qianhai, don't push your luck! You forced me to do this! You forced me to do this!"

As he spoke, he seemed to have plunged something into his heart, as if he were fleeing further and further away.

"Ugh!!!!"

Qi Xiu screamed in agony, and countless blood streaks immediately emanated from his heart, swirling and twisting wildly above him.

Ji Yuan didn't know what ruthless tricks he had used, but what did it matter?

"fall!"

Ji Yuan, who was making a sword incantation with his hands, had a sudden thought. He waved his right hand forward, and the five Canglan swords that were chasing after Qi Xiu once again unleashed five bolts of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning.

Just as he was about to kill Qi Xiu, the blood that had been oozing from his heart enveloped him completely, turning him into a blood cocoon in an instant.

The falling purple lightning was all blocked by the blood cocoon.

The purple lightning splashed out, but it couldn't break through the blood cocoon's defense at all.

"this……"

Ji Yuan was somewhat alarmed upon seeing this. What was this thing? Was it so thick-skinned?

Even five bolts of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning couldn't break through its defenses.

In an instant, Ji Yuan summoned another Canglan Sword. After he consumed a drop of the Thousand-Year Spirit Milk, the flying sword arrived, and all six Canglan Swords simultaneously unleashed Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, striking the blood cocoon once more.

This time, the blood cocoon finally reacted.

After the purple lightning struck, the surface of the blood cocoon was instantly charred black, and with a violent tremor, it was directly struck into the swamp below.

Faintly, one could still hear Qi Xiu's painful screams coming from inside the blood cocoon.

Ji Yuan glanced at the six flying swords, activated the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder twice in succession, and could only activate it once more before he had to return it to his dantian to nurture it.

But it was at this moment that...

The blood cocoon disappeared immediately after falling into the swamp.

Even the sound disappeared.

"not good!"

Ji Yuan subconsciously dodged away from his original spot, but the moment he disappeared, a figure about ten feet tall appeared where he had been standing.

Its upper body is human, and its lower body is a snake.

Green snake.

His white hair was disheveled, and he even had a nose ring. He held a blood-red trident in his hand, and his crimson eyes were fixed on Ji Yuan opposite him.

"This kind of demonic art, once activated, will burn twenty years of my lifespan. Qiu Qianhai, today... you will die!"

As Qi Xiu spoke, he kept making hissing sounds from his throat.

Ji Yuan frowned slightly as he watched this scene. He could feel the powerful blood energy emanating from Qi Xiu, which meant that his physique was definitely very strong... Demonic arts, compared to orthodox cultivation methods, are indeed closer to physical cultivation.

"Die!"

With a flick of his tail, Qi Xiu, wielding his trident, vanished from his spot.

Its speed was so fast that Ji Yuan could only use the body cultivator's short-range dodge; if he were to use the magic cultivator's escape light... he wouldn't be able to avoid it at all.

But after dodging twice, Ji Yuan saw Qi Xiu's body continue forward due to inertia, and he immediately seized the opportunity.

He, who was originally standing in the void, stepped on the void and his figure shot out like an arrow. In his right hand, which he was holding loosely, a fiery red spear was gradually taking shape.

By the time he flashed to Qi Xiu's side, the latter had already turned around.

He looked at Ji Yuan, who dared to rush in front of him, and a hint of joy flashed in his eyes. In his opinion, Ji Yuan had come to his death!

When he saw the long spear, he subconsciously sensed that something was wrong.

Blood energy, such powerful blood energy!

Before the thought could even cross his mind, Ji Yuan, who had already moved in front of him, suddenly thrust out the Vulcan Spear in his hand.

As his blood and qi surged, the blood and qi in his body overflowed to the surface, forming a layer of distorted blood mist.

The Vulcan Gun strikes like a dragon!

It pierced straight towards Qi Xiu's heart.

With the situation so close that there was no way to avoid it, Qi Xiu thrust out his trident as well, intending to kill Ji Yuan with a single blow.

After the spear tip pierced his flesh, Qi Xiu thought his demonic body could withstand it, but when he felt that immense force, he knew... it was too late.

He quickly raised his right hand, gripped the tip of the gun, and tried to hold on tightly.

However, under the overwhelming force of that blood energy, his demonic body's strength seemed rather pale and powerless.

Once the spear entered his body, it pressed forward relentlessly, piercing straight through his heart.

But what about his trident?

It barely pierced through the black armor on Ji Yuan's body, but after penetrating his flesh, it seemed to be blocked by his physique and could not go any further.

Between life and death.

Qi Xiu's mind raced... How could I not even break through his physical defenses, and how could his blood energy be so strong?

Could it be that he also cultivated some kind of demonic art?

But why is there no trace of aura on his body...? In a daze, an answer that Qi Xiu could hardly believe appeared in his mind.

As his blood surged, Ji Yuan suddenly swung the end of his spear, and at that moment, it seemed as if a phantom of a great sun flashed behind him.

"Um?"

Ji Yuan also sensed something was wrong, but there was no time to investigate further. With immense force poured onto the Vulcan Spear, he tore Qi Xiu's body in two almost instantly.

Amidst the spray of blood mist, Ji Yuan unleashed another punch.

The fist shadows surged forth, directly dispersing the overflowing blood mist.

Though the body is dead, the soul remains.

Especially for someone like Qi Xiu who has cultivated the secret art of the divine soul, his divine soul is far stronger than that of ordinary cultivators.

Therefore, Ji Yuan dared not relax in the slightest. After he forcibly destroyed Qi Xiu's physical body using body cultivation techniques, four flying swords once again swept out from behind him.

The lightning cage they formed instantly imprisoned Qi Xiu's soul.

...Even if I don't imprison his soul, the ghost messenger will still make a move.

With this thought in mind, Ji Yuan stepped in front of Qi Xiu. The Fire God Spear and the Soul Devouring Armor turned into dust and dissipated. The Soul Devouring Bees and the Blazing Army Ants had already been put back into his spirit beast bag.

"In the end... Brother Qiu is still a cut above the rest."

Qi Xiu, now only a soul, gave a bitter laugh.

"Brother Qi is not bad either."

Ji Yuan wasn't lying about this; if he hadn't possessed the free Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, he would never have been able to defeat Qi Xiu today.

"Alright, I won't say anything like 'please let me go.' Knowing Brother Qiu's temperament... I doubt he'll let me off the hook... cough cough cough."

Qi Xiu coughed violently a few times as he spoke.

"The Nine Palaces Soul Suppressing Scripture was inscribed on a human skin. That human skin... I put it separately in a storage bag. I just threw that storage bag at the bottom of the swamp. Brother Qiu, look carefully later, you should be able to find it."

"There's no need for Brother Qi to trouble himself with that."

Ji Yuan remained unmoved and didn't even quite believe what Qi Xiu said.

As Qi Xiu spoke, his empty gaze fell upon Ji Yuan, and he ultimately chose to transmit his thoughts telepathically:

"Body cultivator... and a Core Formation stage body cultivator at that. For the sake of my impending death, Brother Qiu, could you reveal something? Has the Black and White Divine Palace truly mastered a body cultivation technique capable of Core Formation?"

As a native cultivator of the Abyss Continent, Qi Xiu didn't even know how the realms of body cultivators were divided.

All they knew was to keep referring to him as a "body cultivator at the Core Formation Realm".

Ji Yuan slapped him, but didn't say it directly. Instead, she asked, "What do you think?"

"Then I understand... The Black and White Temple, truly worthy of being called a temple."

Qi Xiu sighed deeply, his voice filled with helplessness.

Ji Yuan didn't interrupt his fantasy. Anyway, he hadn't said yes or no, so it was up to Qi Xiu to decide what he thought.

Just as Ji Yuan was preparing to completely annihilate Qi Xiu's soul, or have the ghost messenger take his soul away to trade merit points with him, he suddenly heard Qi Xiu transmit his voice quickly:

"We both cultivated the Nine Palaces Soul-Suppressing Scripture, even the two parts, and we met again just as we entered the Rakshasa Sea. Brother Qiu, don't you think it's a coincidence...? Actually, it's not a coincidence at all!"

"The truth is, when you first came in, the ghost messenger told me about the situation and even asked if I wanted to be brought to your side... The ghost messenger is deliberately trying to sow discord between us. There are ghosts here, Brother Qiu, be careful, be careful..."

As soon as Qi Xiu finished speaking, the cold voice of the ghost messenger rang in both of their ears.

"Okay, are you done?"

"Now that we've finished talking, let's get going."

After it finished speaking, Ji Yuan discovered that Qi Xiu's soul inside the Purple Thunder Cage... had disappeared.

It disappeared into thin air.

"Your soul is now mine; I'm giving you an extra 100 contribution points."

After the ghost finished speaking in its cold voice, the characters on Ji Yuan's identity jade tablet flickered once, and then it completely disappeared.

Clearly, it didn't even want to give Ji Yuan a chance to ask questions... Ji Yuan wanted to ask, but even if he got the answer, he wouldn't dare to believe it.

Therefore, there are no coincidences in this world.

At least in this Rakshasa Sea, there is no such thing as coincidence. These so-called coincidences are actually all manipulated by ghost messengers in the dark.

Its purpose is to provoke conflict and struggle.

For example, Qi Xiu and I each cultivated half of the "Nine Palaces Soul Suppressing Scripture," and it placed us together so that we could fight each other.

What about the others?

It's likely trying to sow discord in any relationship that has even the slightest conflict, or more precisely, any conflict of interest.

Ji Yuan now knows the ultimate purpose of the ghost messenger's instigation: it was all for the souls, because the ghosts that died in the conflict between factions had all been taken away by it.

Therefore, his soul banner was completely useless.

Now, when facing myself, I don't even bother to pretend anymore.

It had taken away the souls of Xu Qing, whom it had killed before, and Qi Xiu, whom it had killed now.

So why would a spirit need these divine souls?

Ji Yuan frowned, but now was clearly not the time to delve into these matters. He turned to look at another battlefield.

The Crimson Flame Monkey had clearly signed a master-slave contract with Qi Xiu. Now that Qi Xiu was dead, it was naturally dead as well. The two Frost Dragons would not let go of this delicious meal. The two dragons were coiled together, feasting heartily.

However, no one dared to touch that third-tier demon core.

Ji Yuan looked up and retrieved the demon core, then looked down at the swamp beneath his feet.

In just a short while, Qi Xiu's body, which had fallen into the swamp, began to rot.

Adhering to the principle of ensuring every grain is stored properly, Ji Yuan still placed the body, now divided in two, into the [mass grave].

Even a half-corpse can still be transformed into a corpse puppet; Ji Yuan is well-qualified to speak on this point.

Even if it can't, it's not bad to leave it inside as fertilizer; it's better than leaving it here to benefit the ghosts.

Qi Xiu's storage bag was still on his waist. Ji Yuan took it off and scanned it with his divine sense... There were indeed many good things in it. It was indeed worthy of being a storage bag from the peak of the Core Formation stage.

However, Ji Yuan did not find the human skin that he mentioned, which contained the "Nine Palaces Soul-Suppressing Scripture".

Could it really be as he said, that he threw him into the swamp?

Ji Yuan searched the area again and found the area where he had fallen when he used his demonic powers and transformed into a blood cocoon.

His Nascent Soul stage divine sense penetrated the ground, still with a purpose in mind. Soon, he actually found another storage bag in this swamp. When he took it out, he found only a lonely piece of human skin paper inside.

...Qi Xiu, before he died, actually said a few truths.

Ji Yuan muttered something to himself, then summoned back the two ice dragons. After quickly determining the direction, he retreated back the way he came.

Poisonous miasma surged in from all sides, and swampy mud and water continued to seep into those sunken areas.

The traces of the battle are fading, and before long, everything will return to normal.

Ji Yuan, who was leaving the battlefield, soon discovered another problem... He originally thought that there wouldn't be many rotting corpses if he followed the path he had already taken, but he soon realized that he was wrong. The rotting corpses in the area he had just killed had actually reappeared!

It's just that the quantity is not as large as before.

After a while, once Ji Yuan had killed more than a dozen corpses at the early and middle stages of Core Formation, he swept his divine sense around to make sure no one was there. Then, he flashed into the Lingtai Fangcun Mountain.

His natal magic weapon turned into a speck of dust and fell into the vast wasteland.

(End of this chapter)