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He pocketed the ancient, dark-colored Qiankun Ring and then swept away all the valuable items in the secret room.

Ling Xiu even collected the Qiankun bags left behind by the disciples he had previously killed.

Then he looked at the group of frightened, trembling children in the corner.

"You're safe now. I've slain the demon. Run for your lives!"

The children stopped crying and tentatively moved towards the door of the secret room, then rushed out in a frenzy.

Looking at the secret chamber that he had looted, Ling Xiu casually activated the Profound Fire Technique, igniting a cluster of flames that burned the blood pool and the corpses scattered all over the ground to ashes.

When he left the Imperial Capital, he left a line of writing on the wall of the main gate.

"The evil spirits that harmed living beings have been brought to justice."

After doing all this, he turned his gaze to the depths of the palace and muttered to himself.

"There's one more person!"

He sped towards the heart of the palace, passing by the residences of several eunuchs, and used his soul-controlling technique to pinpoint the exact location of the demon concubine.

Ling changed into a black outfit and silently sneaked into the palace.

At this moment, the demon concubine was fast asleep, completely unprepared and without any defensive barriers.

The Blood Shadow Sword flashed with a cold light and swiftly severed the opponent's head.

The beautiful face instantly transformed into a fox's head, and the body revealed its true form as a demon fox, dying a tragic death.

Without disturbing a single person in the palace, Ling Xiu quickly slipped away and left the palace.

He did not return to the residence of the Censor-in-Chief to see his grandson, Ling Tian.

He knew in his heart that this move would surely cause a huge upheaval in the capital, the Emperor would be furious, and the Qingyun Sect would immediately send out powerful figures to investigate.

He deliberately erased all traces of himself and avoided his grandson, not wanting to involve Ling Tian in the crisis.

Ling Xiu continued his journey until he was hundreds of miles away from the capital before finally stopping.

The undercurrents behind this matter are complex and complicated. He has no intention of leaving any explanation; staying away from trouble is the best course of action.

With his current strength, he is not yet able to contend with experts at the Tongxuan Realm. In order to avoid unnecessary danger, he does not plan to return to Qingyun Sect for the time being.

After a short rest, he continued speeding along, finally stopping only after completely leaving the territory under the jurisdiction of the Qingyun Sect.

Now a thousand miles away, he found a mountain range full of spiritual energy and carved out a cave as a temporary dwelling.

He then set up the Xuan-level magic array "Magic Array Seal", which is both offensive and defensive.

It can not only draw upon malevolent energy to kill invading enemies, but also autonomously absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to condense a spiritual domain within the cave.

Even for a master of the Profound Realm, breaking the formation by force is by no means an easy task.

He used spirit stones as the base to set up the array flags a hundred meters away from the cave as the array eye. The array's light flowed slightly, concealing all movement, and the outside world could not detect the strange aura of this place at all.

"The formation is set up properly; we're finally safe."

Ling Xiu breathed a sigh of relief and took out all the spoils from his Qiankun bag. What concerned him most was the Qiankun Ring he had taken from Ling Xiewei.

"This person is a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Condensation Realm. He must have accumulated a lot of good things. He shouldn't disappoint me."

With anticipation in his eyes, Ling Xiu immediately dripped blood to complete the recognition process, completely erasing the residual aura belonging to Ling Xiewei within the Qiankun Ring.

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Qingyun Kingdom, Capital Court.

After the writing on the wall and the horrific scene in the secret room were made public, the entire capital city was in an uproar.

The news spread like wildfire, the turmoil intensified, and an unprecedented storm was brewing in the shadows.

The chaos in the capital city had nothing to do with Ling Xiu anymore.

Inside the cave, he eagerly used his divine sense to explore the interior of the Qiankun Ring.

After examining it, Ling Xiu was greatly disappointed. The Qiankun Ring had an extremely vast interior space, equivalent to three or five Qiankun Bags, yet Ling Xiewei's wealth was not particularly substantial.

Inside were only a little over eight hundred low-grade spirit stones, less than a hundred mid-grade spirit stones, plus four mid-to-low-grade Xuan-level magic artifacts.

Most of these magical artifacts were not suitable for his use, so he could only sell them to obtain resources.

In addition, there were some clothes, ordinary pills, and several demonic cultivation techniques, including the evil technique for creating a ghost king.

"This person needs to cultivate demonic arts, refine the Ghost King, and constantly consume materials and resources to repair his cultivation."

Most of their wealth was spent on these things; otherwise, the collection in their storage rings wouldn't be so meager.

What truly caught Ling Xiu's attention were several jade slips and an exquisitely crafted, pitch-black wooden box covered in restrictions.

He was the first to peruse the jade slip.

"The Demon-Slaying and Soul-Devouring Technique" is a wicked ghost-refining technique that can be cultivated to the Profound Realm. Its content is sinister and vicious, using the souls of living people as raw materials and essence blood as nourishment, and connecting with one's own life to temper ghost energy.

Ling Xiu frowned slightly and put the jade slip aside. This kind of demonic art that corrupts the mind must never be touched.

"The Demonic Essence Technique" is the very technique Ling Xiewei used to abduct children. It relies on plundering the life essence, blood, and soul of living beings to rapidly increase one's cultivation level, with an amplification effect far exceeding that of ordinary spiritual pills.

Ling Xiu also set it aside, intending to destroy it at a later opportunity.

He then picked up the third jade slip, which was an incomplete copy of "The Art of Controlling Spirits with Netherworld Gu".

This is an incomplete insect control technique, with a cultivation limit of only reaching the early stage of the Condensation Realm. Its value is not as high as the previous two demonic arts, but it still has its merits, so Ling Xiu kept it for the time being.

I plan to use the Qiankun Xuanhu to enhance my abilities in the future and see if I can discover any new uses for it.

The remaining jade slips were worthless, so Ling Xiu paid them no further attention.

Finally, his gaze fell on the black wooden box.

The box is heavily enchanted, suggesting it's a treasure Ling Xiewei cherishes greatly, and perhaps the real reason the Black Fiend Sect has been relentlessly pursuing him.

Ling Xiu devoted himself to studying the restrictions for several days, and with the help of the Longevity True Essence, he finally figured out the intricate structure of the restrictions.

Like unraveling tangled threads, I carefully unsealed the box and slowly lifted its lid.

Inside the box, there was no dazzling light as I had imagined; only a classic book lay quietly flat.

The book has a warm, smooth texture like white jade, a unique feel to the touch, and a distinctive charm.

Ling Xiu probed it with his divine sense and was immediately shocked, his pupils suddenly contracting.

Above the text are several ancient, gray seal characters: "The Mysterious Origin Creation Elixir Canon, Volume 2".

This secret manual is extremely important, as it records the complete set of alchemy methods in detail, including the control of fire temperature, the refinement of the soul, and the proportions of pill formulas.

There's the True Essence Pill for breaking through to the Condensation Realm, the Profound Enlightenment Pill for advancing to the Profound Enlightenment Realm, and the Qi Sea Pill, which is commonly used in cultivation.

They all record detailed steps for matching and refining spiritual herbs, and even include many ancient elixir recipes that have long been lost.

This item is an unparalleled treasure coveted by all alchemists, its value beyond measure in spirit stones.

"No wonder the Black Fiend Sect went to great lengths to hunt down Ling Xiewei; it turns out they wanted to reclaim this alchemy manual."

But how did such a precious secret manual fall into the hands of the Black Fiend Cult?

Ling Xiu pondered to himself, "It is said that the Baoling Pill Sect of the Southern Spirit Domain once possessed a top-level alchemy manual, which was stolen many years ago and its whereabouts are unknown."

A thought popped into his mind, and it shook him deeply.

"Could this 'Mysterious Origin Creation Elixir Canon' be the supreme elixir scripture that was stolen from the Baoling Elixir Sect back then?"

With all the clues connected, the truth has become clear.

It must have been after the Black Fiend Sect stole the alchemy manual that it was seized by Ling Xiewei by chance, which led him to flee all the way from the Southern Spirit Domain and eventually hide in the Eastern Spirit Domain.