Mortal: I have a Spirit Gathering Cauldron

Lin Feng retracted the Wind-Breaking Spear, and the bloodstains on the spear tip were shaken off by his spiritual power.

He walked to Han Tianya's corpse, squatted down, tore off his storage bag, picked up the three throwing knives, and put them into the storage bag.

"All your scheming has gone wrong." Lin Feng stood up, looked at Han Tianya's corpse, and shook his head. "One wrong step, and you're dead."

He raised his hand and put away the two storage bags on Liu Yunwu's body, then fired two fireballs. The fireballs landed on the corpses of Han Tianya and Liu Yunwu, and the flames instantly engulfed their bodies.

Moments later, only a pile of ashes remained on the ground, which was blown away by the wind and scattered into the sand of the riverbed.

Lin Feng then spent some time cleaning up the traces of the battlefield, using magic to smooth out the fighting marks on the riverbed.

After finishing everything, he stood in the middle of the riverbed, closed his eyes and sensed for a moment to make sure nothing was missed. Then he activated the Wind-Escape Shuttle and flew more than a hundred miles forward before finding a secluded cave to check his harvest.

Lin Feng excitedly opened the large storage bag on Liu Yunwu's body.

The moment the bag was opened, a rich spiritual energy rushed out.

Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat as his divine sense probed in.

The storage bag was much larger than he had expected, two or three times the size of a regular storage bag. The contents were neatly arranged, categorized, and easy to see at a glance.

Hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones were neatly stacked in the corner, their spiritual light shimmering. Lin Feng roughly counted them; there were at least three hundred.

Three hundred mid-grade spirit stones.

This quantity is roughly the same as what he has accumulated over the years using the Spirit Gathering Cauldron for upgrades.

"The Liu family's savings over the years are truly impressive." Lin Feng suppressed his excitement and continued to examine the property.

Inside the storage bag were nearly a hundred jade boxes containing spiritual materials, each labeled with its name and year.

Cold Iron Essence, Cloud Pattern Copper, Spirit Rhinoceros Horn, Phantom Stone... a large number of refining materials, including several that Lin Feng had only seen in weapon diagrams and had never seen in person.

There were also quite a few spiritual herbs packed in jade boxes. Lin Feng opened each box to examine them; most were hundred-year-old spiritual herbs, with a rich fragrance and abundant spiritual energy.

Then he opened a specially made jade box.

Inside the box lay a blood-red spiritual herb, its roots and stems thick and robust, its leaves fleshy and covered with fine golden veins that resembled blood vessels. Its fragrance was intense, carrying a hint of sweetness and a slightly fishy odor that invigorated the senses.

Blood Spirit Grass, 800 years old.

Lin Feng's breath hitched slightly.

"Perfect." Lin Feng carefully closed the jade box, affixed a sealing talisman, and put it into his storage bag.

"The reward for Xin Ruyin repairing the teleportation array is settled. There's no need to go to Old Demon Han to exchange it anymore. Given his cautious nature, exchanging spiritual herbs would have required a lot more persuasion."

The other items in the large storage bag held little appeal for Lin Feng. He already had a considerable number of mid-grade spirit stones in his own storage bag, and with the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, he didn't need any more.

He only took a few precious refining materials that he didn't have, and left the rest untouched.

I'll take this storage bag back and hand it in later.

After all, he had the Spirit Gathering Cauldron, so he had no shortage of spirit stones. He had already acquired several precious spiritual materials and medicines, and there were no more valuable ones left. It would be more worthwhile to exchange these things for Core Formation spiritual items.

Then he opened another, smaller storage bag.

There wasn't anything valuable inside, except for an exquisite jade bottle that stood out. The bottle was entirely emerald green, and its mouth was sealed with several layers of spirit-sealing talismans. It was placed at the deepest part of the storage bag.

Lin Feng took out the jade bottle, removed the sealing talisman, and carefully opened the stopper.

A rich medicinal aroma wafted from the bottle, carrying a hint of sweetness, which was invigorating.

He looked into the bottle and saw a pill the size of a longan, golden in color with fine patterns on its surface, shimmering with spiritual light and radiating a warm glow.

Lin Feng's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Golden Core Formation".

The Liu family spent an unknown amount of money to obtain this pill, which could increase the chances of a peak Foundation Establishment cultivator by two levels.

And now, it's in his hands.

Lin Feng carefully put the stopper back in, then affixed two spirit-sealing talismans to the bottle opening before placing the jade bottle into the deepest part of his storage bag.

"It's out." Lin Feng breathed a sigh of relief, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but turn up.

With this Golden Core, his preparations for forming his Golden Core have been greatly accelerated. Although forming the Golden Core is still a long way off, having this guarantee in advance makes him feel much more at ease.

Then he opened the last of Han Tianya's storage bags.

Although Han Tianya's wealth far exceeded Liu Yunwu's, his storage bag contained several hundred low-grade spirit stones, dozens of mid-grade spirit stones, several bottles of pills, and several magical artifacts.

However, having already acquired the eight-hundred-year-old spiritual medicine and the "Golden Core Pill" and other precious treasures, the ordinary items on Han Tianya's person could no longer arouse Lin Feng's interest.

What interested Lin Feng the most were a small bell-shaped magic weapon and a small cyan dagger talisman.

The small bell is bronze in color and covered with runes. It functions similarly to the Soul-Bewitching Bell, attacking the divine sense through sound waves. However, it is slightly inferior to the Soul-Bewitching Bell. Since their functions overlap, there is no need to keep both.

"I'll deal with it later." Lin Feng put the small bell into his storage bag and then picked up the small cyan talisman.

The talisman's spiritual light had dimmed considerably, and there were several fine cracks on the talisman paper. It should be usable once more.

"Keep it for later." Lin Feng carefully put the talisman away.

Finally, he searched through all the storage bags again to make sure nothing was missing before setting up the Wind-Escape Shuttle, transforming into a silver streak of light, and flying towards the direction of Lingcui Mountain.

Several hours later, when Lin Feng returned to Lingcui Mountain, the mountain looked completely different from what it had looked like a few hours earlier.

The mess on the mountaintop has been mostly cleaned up, and the strong smell of blood in the air has faded considerably.

If it weren't for the craters and potholes left by the magic, it would be almost impossible to tell that a massacre had just taken place here.

In the square in front of the council hall, Nie Ying was directing dozens of Qi Refining disciples to inventory the Liu family's treasures and supplies.

The Liu family had accumulated a lot of wealth over hundreds of years; the jade boxes containing spiritual materials alone filled an entire chest.

Nie Ying stood in front of the table, holding a booklet in her hand, and was looking through the items one by one.

Her blue palace dress fluttered gently in the evening breeze, her hair was slightly disheveled, and her face showed a hint of fatigue, but her eyes remained clear and focused.

Seeing Lin Feng descend from the sky, her brows relaxed slightly. She handed the booklet in her hand to a Qi Refining disciple beside her and walked towards Lin Feng.

"Junior brother is back." Her voice was still cool, but gentler than before. "Was the trip successful?"

Lin Feng stopped in front of her, clasped his hands in a salute, took out the Blood Soul Tracking Disc from his bosom, and handed it over.

"Senior Sister, the entire Liu family has been executed. This is the 'Blood Soul Tracking Disc,' you can examine it yourself."

Nie Ying took the compass, held it in her palm, and examined it.

The runes on the disc also dimmed, indicating that there was no longer any trace of the Liu family bloodline within a radius of several thousand miles.

She nodded and put the compass into her storage bag.