Refining the True from the False: Becoming a God Starting with Devouring a True Dragon

Chapter 96 Loot and an Old Acquaintance [Nine-Aperture Golden Pill]

Thick black fog suddenly filled the world before my eyes.

Darkness, slaughter, pain—

Various strange images flashed before his eyes like a revolving lantern, attempting to influence Wang Qi's mind.

He heard a strange sound in his ear, and his arm was unbearably itchy. Wang Qi looked down at his arm and saw that his skin was withering, wrinkled and tightly packed together, as if it were developing into rough elephant skin.

The strange feeling in my heart intensified.

Wang Qi dared not delay.

With a flick of his wrist, he took out several garlic cloves, each described as a "Demon-Slaying Pill," from his pouch and popped them into his mouth.

Then the silver needles were used.

The yang needles are placed on the outside, while the yin needles converge at the chest.

Wen Time.

The chaotic and unruly evil energy suddenly seemed to gain intelligence, and was driven towards Wang Qi's chest.

Dragon and Elephant Secret Weapon, activate!

The golden dragon cauldron in his chest began to exert its power.

The evil energy that Wang Qi had led here began to be bound and restrained by the golden dragon.

He activated his Dark Night Vision to examine himself.

Watching the demonic energy being refined in the cauldron, but the effect was not as expected.

The demonic energy has been bound, but it probably cannot be refined in a short time.

Wang Qi felt that the world before him had regained its color, so he immediately stopped working, got up, and walked quickly toward the back of the cave.

The battle was still raging over there, and Peng Yunfan wasn't in good shape.

Others might not be able to withstand it.

only·--·

In the killing intent, the demons' positions were somewhat strange; they were all huddled in the corners.

I wonder if Peng Yunfan came up with some unconventional tactic.

thinking,

He had already seen the view behind the cave.

The demons and the people of the Tendon-Severing Hand lineage huddled together in a corner.

They were all trembling in fear, with no one attacking them.

It was as if I had witnessed some great horror.

Especially that junior brother, who was hugging a wolf demon and trembling all over. Anyone who didn't know better would think it was a forbidden love between a human and a wolf.

Despite his bleeding thigh, Peng Yunfan slew all the demons that passed by.

I heard footsteps behind me.

He turned around abruptly and saw Wang Qi, who was covered in blood.

Peng Yunfan's face was full of complex emotions.

My heart was filled with mixed feelings.

"Resolved?"

He tried to force a smile and keep himself as calm as possible.

In the end, he could only manage the ugliest smile.

If Wang Qi is alive, then it wouldn't be hard to guess the true identity of the person responsible for the sudden change.

"Um."

Wang Qi nodded, glanced at the group in the distance, and asked, "Are they alright?"

"fine."

Peng Yunfan nodded affirmatively, "It's just that his willpower was not strong enough, and he was momentarily blinded by his emotions."

"I dare not shout, for fear of waking up all the monsters around me, which would lead to another fierce battle."

Even under these circumstances,

Peng Yunfan was still able to maintain an extremely calm state.

Wang Qi couldn't help but think, "My senior brother truly lives up to his name."

"I'll help you."

Wang Qi held the needle in both hands.

The terrifying strength, combined with the inner energy enhanced by the power of the Blood Tiger, allowed him to easily pierce through the brows of these demons.

He dropped needles like rain, at an extremely fast speed.

Hundreds of demons were wiped out in about an hour.

This also woke up Peng Yunfan's junior brothers and sisters.

The group followed Peng Yunfan's instructions somewhat blankly, mechanically dissecting the precious second- and third-tier demon corpses and taking away the most valuable parts.

"A demon core! A demon core!"

When Chai Juntao and Lu Siqi dug out the demon core from the body of the third-tier demon, they finally came to their senses.

They obediently packed it up and handed it to Wang Qi.

If we say,

If Chai Juntao had some doubts about Wang Qi's abilities before, now he only felt admiration.

Especially when the group walked up to the body of that fourth-order demon.

The sounds of shock rose and fell.

"These iron spikes are harder than finely refined iron."

"It doesn't need any extra polishing; it's already a superior weapon."

"Take them all."

Wang Qi spoke, giving instructions to everyone.

"Each person should carry a portion of the fourth-tier demon corpses; let's put down the third and second-tier ones, it's better to leave them behind."

Wang Qi spoke again.

He then personally dismembered the demon corpse from the wound on its head where the giant elephant demon spear had pierced it.

"A tortoise shell."

Everyone sighed with emotion.

The outer shell of this fourth-tier demon is a single, continuous piece.

They couldn't break it open no matter how hard they tried.

Wang Qi, who had drilled inside, cut the meat into pieces, and he searched for it in the dark.

In the end, he still managed to find the most important part of the demon's body.

Demon core.

The last time he refined the elixir, it directly changed his physique and enhanced his basic strength.

This made his strength as fierce as a tiger demon.

But that elixir was still an incomplete, unfinished product.

What I have in my hands now

The quality has reached level four!

After seeing through it, you will reach the fifth rank —

A fifth-tier supreme treasure!

If it were a matter of martial arts cultivation, this would be the lifeblood of a sixth-rank town general!

Wang Qi symbolically wiped away the bloodstains twice, then pulled out a small burlap sack from his bosom, put the bloodstains inside, and tied it around his waist.

The remaining fourth-tier demon flesh was completely cut up.

They didn't leave behind any internal organs; they took everything they could.

The group couldn't break the dark brown thorns on the monster's back no matter how hard they tried.

Wang Qi no longer had the extra energy.

They could only carry away the seven or eight scattered pieces on the ground, leaving the huge fourth-order demon shell behind.

After experiencing this,

Everyone fled as fast as they could.

On the way back, nothing strange happened.

Perhaps it was the bloody smell emanating from the flesh and blood of the fourth-tier demon they were carrying that frightened the demons with their sensitive noses, causing them to retreat in fear.

When everyone finally emerged from the cave.

It was still dark.

However, it was already night two days later.

When the stationed soldiers on guard registered the fourth-tier monsters, their drowsiness from the late night vanished instantly.

Everyone was invited directly into a large tent that was not far away.

Shochu, a big meal, a hot bath. —···

Everything is available.

"Please take a rest and wait a moment—I have already sent someone to inform the garrison commander, who will be here shortly."

Wang Qi stopped the soldier who was probably the squad leader.

"Squad Leader, there are still over a hundred corpses of second and third-tier demons in that cave, as well as the shell of a fourth-tier demon. If you want them, discuss it with the garrison lord later and go down to retrieve them."

The team leader was taken aback.

"All of it belongs to us?"

"Yes," Wang Qi nodded. "There are so many demon corpses, and we can't get them back anyway. Rather than letting those demons benefit, why not give them to our own people?"

"Ouch!"

The burly captain immediately slapped his thigh.

"Look at this, look at this—"

He pulled at the soldiers around him, asking, "What do they call this?"

"That's called righteousness!"

"pattern!"

"You all need to learn from this and serve them well here."

The team member bowed respectfully to Wang Qi, saying, "I've long heard of your reputation, Master Wang, but seeing you in person is truly an honor. My name is Pan Tao. Please let me know if you need anything in the future. I'll do my best to help you!"

"Then it's settled."

Wang Qi smiled and said, "I won't hold back then."

"Then I, Pan Tao, am truly blessed."

Pan Tao burst into laughter.

Subsequently,

Wang Qi then took a bath and ate a meal.

Soon,

Then they heard the sound of fast horses outside.

The garrison commander has arrived.

The person who entered the room was stunned when he saw Wang Qi's face.

"Oh, it was you."

Wang Qi smiled when he saw the visitor, "What a small world, Deputy Commander Tian."

"Oh, it should be called the Garrison Commander."

"It's been a few days, you've been promoted."

Wang Qi cupped his hands in greeting.

The person who came was Tian Xingye, the deputy garrison commander of the Black River Army, who had been summoned by Fangyu outside Mopan Town to deal with the monster behind the Blood Seed Demon Core.

I just never expected that...

When they met again a month later, the other person had already been promoted by half a rank.

"Hey, let's not talk about that."

Tian Xingye waved his hand awkwardly, "This is not a promotion, it's a demotion in disguise."

He sat at the table and didn't stand on ceremony with Wang Qi and the others.

"Guarding the Demon Cave is a tough job."

"You can't move around freely, and you're facing enormous risks. Even if you wanted to go down into the demon's lair, you'd have to submit a petition. It's unsettling." "Why is it like this?"

Wang Qi was puzzled.

Tian Xingye scratched his head. "I can say I failed in my duty regarding the Heihe County matter."

"So this is where we ended up."

Wang Qi suddenly realized, and then asked, "There's still no progress on the matter in Heihe County?"

Tian Xingye looked at the people around him.

"I'm going out for some fresh air."

Peng Yunfan got up and walked out of the tent.

The others then quickly got up and followed him out.

Tian Xingye then said, "There has been progress, and significant progress at that."

"However, this matter seems to involve the Fragrant Meat Cult."

"Master Huang said he wanted to kill them and announce it to the world. But some people said it would damage the reputation of the Fragrant Meat Cult—he wouldn't allow it to be said, and then he wouldn't allow the killing either."

"Things are at a standstill."

"We are now investigating whether anyone else is involved in this matter."

Wang Qi nodded.

He wasn't surprised that this matter was related to the Fragrant Meat Cult.

After all, they dared to openly kill government officials and challenge the authority of the government. They even dared to use people as fertilizer to cultivate some kind of panacea.

Therefore, it's not unbelievable that someone would leak information to the demon race and act as a traitor.

"What exactly is the Fragrant Meat Cult?"

Wang Qi pressed for an answer out of curiosity.

In this small territory of Dushui County, Wang Qi had never heard of anyone who dared to displease Master Huang.

"The Great Tang Dynasty has a total of eight protectorates, four in the north and four in the south, each holding a large army and a strong town, creating an impenetrable defense line."

"It also forms an invisible walled city."

"It both protects the royal court and establishes its own independent territory."

"The eight protectorates all take it upon themselves to attack and conquer the demon territories they face directly, supporting each other and sharing a common hatred for the enemy."

"The Fragrant Meat Sect is the only major sect within the Huxi Protectorate."

"You can think of it as a combination of the Earth River Sect and the Divine Eagle Sect, which has almost half of the say in the Huxi Protectorate."

"You killed someone's people, and you could have just kept quiet."

"But if you were to announce to the world that they are in league with demons, the relationship between the two families would likely deteriorate rapidly."

"At that time, there will probably be rifts between the eight protectorates."

Upon hearing this, Wang Qi's brows furrowed.

"They started it."

"He deserved to be killed."

"Having committed such a heinous act of collusion with the enemy, this is the only way to set an example for others."

Wang Qi strongly agreed with Master Huang's approach.

Tian Xingye gave a wry smile, "However, there isn't enough evidence to prove that the Fragrant Meat Cult is indeed colluding with the enemy."

"It's just that they're suspected."

"Hmm?" Wang Qi frowned again. "What do you mean by that?"

"To put it simply, the winter hunting defense map of Heihe County has been lost. The Heihe army found out that it was stolen by a man named Ma Wu from Xiashui Lane."

"This man was the former deputy commander of the Heihe Army scout team and a close friend of Ji Shichang."

"They also have close ties with the Fragrant Meat Cult in secret, and want to solve the problem of evil energy entering the body."

"According to his confession, he stole the defense plan for the Fragrant Meat Cult because he knew that their methods were too outrageous—and he was afraid that one day the Heihe County government would surround and kill them."

"So he just wanted to protect himself and leave himself a way out."

"That's what Lao Fei from the Fragrant Meat Sect said too."

"They're adamant that they're not connected to demons."

"No one will believe this, will they?" Wang Qi sneered.

Tian Xingye paused, then said, "That's not necessarily true. You may not know this, but the Fragrant Meat Sect is a notoriously ruthless demon-slaying sect in the Huxi Protectorate. The name 'Fragrant Meat' comes from the first tenet of their doctrine: 'Demon meat is the most fragrant, granting immortality.'"

"They claimed that eating demons was the only way out."

"He even encouraged his followers to eat a piece of demon flesh before they died, believing it would improve their cultivation aptitude in their next life."

"If its followers encounter demons, it's basically a matter of life or death."

Wang Qi was a little confused.

Is this really the same group as the Fragrant Meat Cult I've seen, which cheats and swindles, uses people as fertilizer, kills people in the middle of the night, and robs people?

"What happened to those members of the Fragrant Meat Cult in Xiashui Lane after the upheaval in Heihe County?"

"Are they all fighting to the death?"

Wang Qi pressed for further details.

The other side is the Heihe Army, and they definitely know this situation.

"Nine out of ten of their followers really did die!"

"They all died in battle."

Tian Xingye slapped his thigh. "So, some people in the Protectorate General's Office object and think we need to investigate further."

"The truth is becoming increasingly elusive."

Wang Qi was also speechless.

"But Ji Shichang is gone."

Tian Xingye spoke up, "After a little investigation into this matter, it was discovered that he has committed numerous heinous crimes over the years."

"I can no longer serve as the county magistrate."

"He was reassigned to the Heihe Army and appointed as the deputy commander of the scout battalion."

Let's not talk about this anymore.

Tian Xingye continued, "I will immediately send people down to deal with the demon corpse in the Demon Locking Cave."

"After I bring it back, I'll give you ten percent of it."

Consider it a token of my gratitude.

"If you need anything in the future, just come to me."

"Now that you've locked the Demon Cave, what inconvenience could you possibly have? I'll make things convenient for you, my benefactor from Dushui County."

"The benefactor of Dushui County is too great, please don't mention it again!"

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Wang Qi waved his hands repeatedly, saying he couldn't bear such a title.

The two exchanged pleasantries for a while.

Tian Xingye immediately went to dispatch manpower, fearing that the bodies of the hundreds of demons would be snatched away.

Wang Qi himself also found a single room.

He held the demon core of that fourth-tier, unidentified demon in his hand.

This demon core is extremely large.

It was enough to fill Wang Qi's entire chest.

see through!

Boom!

The world before Wang Qi's eyes seemed to suddenly tremble.

The demon cores in the field of vision also began to change color.

A faint golden light floated.

Strange patterns appeared on it.

Large golden characters were displayed before me.

[Nine-Aperture Golden Elixir: After consumption, one can directly break through any realm.]