Vampire Cultivation Notes

"roar!"

Concentrating only on breathing air along the way, the Moon Gazing Eel, which was about to reach the late stage of the first rank, stared at Li Jieqing, flicked its tail, and charged straight at him.

The roars of demonic beasts and the sounds of cultivators fighting echoed through the ruins of Taipingfang City.

These days, cultivators occasionally expose themselves and cause such a commotion in the ruins. Usually, after other groups of Moon-Gazing Eels swim over and the lone cultivator screams a few times, the commotion will subside.

However, today seems to be a little different.

Before the schools of moon-gazing eels could swim past, the commotion in that corner of the market stopped.

But the roar of the moon-gazing eel stopped first.

The group of moon eels that had come swimming in looked at the empty space, which was now filled with broken remains. After sniffing around for a while, they had no choice but to burrow back into the soil and leave.

……

"It finally moved."

As night fell, Li Jieqing, dressed in a black robe and wearing a human skin mask, emerged from the cave.

The Moon-Gazing Eel Demons don't like to move around at night; instead, they prefer to find a place to prop themselves up and look at the moon for hours on end.

This was the perfect opportunity for the cultivators in the ruins of Taipingfang to take action.

In one corner of the ruins, Old Liu, the Yu brothers, Scorpion Lady, and others had all left their positions and gathered together, heading out of the neighborhood.

Li Jieqing used his blood-seeking technique to trail behind at a distance, holding a bronze mirror in his hand, and followed silently.

With that, they left the market town.

At the second watch of the night, they arrived at the foot of a hill where a spiritual field and a spiritual fish farm met in the east.

Since the destruction of Taipingfang City, tens of thousands of acres of spiritual fields and several large fishing grounds have been lost, and the monsters that emerged from them have devoured everything, leaving only a desolate wasteland.

In these desolate hills, there are three dilapidated houses, which were originally the resting place for low-level cultivators working in the spirit fields.

When the Yu brothers arrived at the foot of the hill, they stared at the few tiled houses and stopped, whispering among themselves about arranging for men to split up and block the way, preparing to surround the area.

"There are indeed people inside, probably from the Wanbao Pavilion: five mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators and two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators... and it seems there's another one underground?"

Li Jieqing remained outside the encirclement in the desolate mountains that the Yu brothers and others were building. He used his blood-seeking technique to sense the blood aura in the dilapidated house and determine its identity.

Wanbaoge is a large and powerful organization, and the cultivators within it form their own faction, never selling their blood to earn spirit stones.

They never even give face to the old ancestor Fengxin.

Therefore, the fact that I encountered seven unfamiliar bloodstains in that entertainment venue tonight is most likely due to the presence of people from Wanbaoge.

Judging from the spiritual light contained within the blood energy, it should be five mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators and two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators.

The cultivators at the early stage of Qi Refining must have been killed by the White Tiger's roar when the magic array in Taiping Market was destroyed, so none of them are left here. The five cultivators at the mid-stage of Qi Refining are probably top-notch staff from Wanbaoge's reception and logistics departments. As for the two cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining, they should be managers from Wanbaoge.

Li Jieqing still remembered Xingniang's senior, an old man who rose from a first-floor waiter to a manager. That man was the oldest Qi Refining Stage cultivator in Wanbaolou. Back when he was still working in the alchemy workshop, he had chatted with that old man a few times and they were just nodding acquaintances.

At this moment, the one whose blood energy appeared slightly weakened among the two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators should be that one.

There seemed to be a faint trace of blood energy emanating from deep underground in the wasteland.

However, the blood aura was very special, appearing and disappearing intermittently, and it appeared together with some kind of medicinal power, making it difficult to be detected by the blood-seeking technique.

Li Jieqing couldn't immediately discern the nature of the blood energy, only guessing that perhaps there was another person inside, critically injured and dying, whose blood energy was being depleted.

"If Wanbaoge only has this many people left, I'm afraid tonight's battle will be a foregone conclusion."

Having used the Blood-Seeking Technique to gather all the information inside the teahouse, Li Jieqing then turned his attention to the rogue cultivators who had come to join forces to seize the treasure on the periphery.

Besides the Yu brothers and the Scorpion Lady, there was also Man Wu, who was famous for his body refinement, Zhou Lei Wang, a weapon refiner who was good at refining thunder pills, and Old Fishman, who was good at raising fish. These were all late-stage Qi Refining cultivators with some reputation in the community.

Judging by this formation, the people of Wanbaoge, who are still completely unaware of the danger, will likely be defeated in one fell swoop.

"That won't do..."

Li Jieqing thought to himself, "In broad daylight, under the clear sky, some unscrupulous people have gathered a crowd to burn, kill, and plunder. How can a person as upright as me sit idly by and watch such a horrifying thing happen?"

His body was hidden in the pitch-black night, and the black jade hairpin concealed the flow of his aura.

Seeing that time was running out, Li Jieqing directly raised his hand, took out a thunder pill, and activated it in the direction of the former seller, the weapon refiner Zhou Leiwang.

The magical power contained within the thunderbolt eliminated the sound of it flying away, but as it approached, the fluctuations in the magical light made it difficult for anyone to detect.

"—Who is it?!"

When the weapon refiner Zhou Leiwang looked up, he saw a thunderbolt falling straight down on him in the night. He immediately cursed and, without bothering to hide himself, leaped up on the spot.

The next moment, the power of the Thunder Ball was unleashed, and electric arcs raged across the ground, illuminating the night with blinding lightning.

"We've been exposed!"

Although King Zhou Lei was unharmed, he had already foreseen the consequences of the thunderbolt exploding.

In an instant, a group of rogue cultivators who were still occupying positions around the area, preparing to surround the remnants of Wanbaoge, all emerged. Some were searching for the direction from which the thunderbolt had come, but most of them headed straight for the tile houses on the hill, afraid of being a step behind.

"It's you again?!"

Inside the teahouse, two late-stage Qi Refining cultivators emerged. They were the managers of Wanbaoge, one old and one burly. Upon seeing this scene, they were so enraged that their eyes were practically popping out of their sockets.

"This is outrageous! Don't be afraid we'll hold you accountable later!"

"What are you babbling about! Hand over the method to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage!"

In an instant, magical power surged forth, enveloping the hills, and a group of more than ten rogue cultivators rushed forward, shouting in unison.

"Hand over the treasure!"

Taipingfang has truly been suffering from a lack of foundation-building methods for a long time. The killing of the ward manager and the killing of the Wanbaoge people were all for this reason.

"boom!"

The roof of the house was first blown off, and then the foundation was blasted away as well, revealing an open cellar entrance that emitted a rich spiritual energy.

"Found it!"

"I'll go first!"

The situation changed drastically. In an instant, the group of rogue cultivators, whose plan to besiege the enemy had been disrupted by Li Jieqing, abandoned everything and rushed to the cellar, ignoring the two defeated managers of Wanbaoge.

The other five mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators from Wanbaoge emerged from the cellar and were about to stop them when they were immediately beaten and sent flying, coughing up blood. They could only watch helplessly as the group of cultivators stormed in.

Once all the rogue cultivators had entered, the two managers of Wanbaoge, who were at the late stage of Qi Refining, hurriedly followed. Ignoring their injuries, they also called to their left and right and rushed back.

For a moment, the hills that had been razed to the ground were utterly silent.

But this quiet didn't last long.

Li Jieqing flew over from a distance, not in a hurry to follow in and fight wildly. Instead, he formed hand seals in front of him, closed his eyes, and used his magic to unleash the Blood-Seeking Technique with all his might.

Beneath the ground, the blood energy of a group of people continued to enter the exploration network.