Chapter 788 Abundant Harvest
"Have you found out exactly what happened?"
Inside the inner city of Zhou Tian City, a dignified middle-aged man wearing a Taoist robe embroidered with lightning patterns asked a question with a serious expression.
Behind him stood seven or eight figures emanating the aura of primordial spirits, while in front of him lay several women slumped on the ground, their hair disheveled.
"Lord, the matter has been investigated."
A young man, also dressed in a lightning robe, stepped forward to report.
"A mysterious and powerful figure wearing a black cloak and a ghost mask suddenly appeared and cleaved the entire Zhou Tian City in two with a single sword strike, breaking the Zhou Tian Star Array."
Then he killed the Gongshu clan chief and several other primordial spirit ancestors of the Gongshu family.
They then broke into the inner city and looted several of the Gongshu family's treasure troves.
Before leaving, he also slaughtered all the Nascent Soul and Golden Core realm cultivators who were hiding in the inner city of the Gongshu family.
Upon hearing the young man's report, the expressions of the seven or eight standing figures changed repeatedly.
There was no way around it; everything the young man said was simply too horrifying.
Whether it's cleaving through Zhou Tian City with a single sword strike or slaying the patriarch of the Gongshu family and numerous Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, it requires immense strength to accomplish.
Especially Zhou Tiancheng, which has been managed by the Gongshu family for hundreds of thousands of years, is no exaggeration to say that it is as solid as a rock.
The Zhou Tian Star Array is a renowned and powerful array in the Tianyuan Great World.
Logically speaking, even a top-tier Nascent Soul Realm expert at the eighth or ninth tribulation stage would find it difficult to break through in a short period of time.
However, now it is said that someone was able to break through Zhou Tian City with just one sword?
Everyone thought it was too exaggerated, so much so that for a moment, no one could believe it.
Even the dignified middle-aged man was shaken.
He looked at the young man and asked in a deep voice, "Is everything you're saying true?"
"Reporting to Your Highness, everything I have said is based on firsthand accounts from the city's inhabitants, and it is all true."
The subordinates also used the soul-searching technique to examine the souls of several thieves who had taken advantage of the chaos to invade the inner city.
The findings were largely consistent with what the townspeople outside had described.
The young man said with a serious expression.
In fact, when he first learned this information, he was more incredulous than anyone else here.
It was precisely because he found it so absurd that he went so far as to use the soul-searching technique to search the souls of several Golden Core cultivators who had taken advantage of the chaos to commit crimes.
Unexpectedly, it turned out that it was all true!
"A single sword strike cleaved through Zhou Tian City..."
The dignified middle-aged man murmured, his heart trembling even more.
If the young man's report is true, then the mysterious person who attacked Zhou Tian City is incredibly powerful; even he wouldn't be a match for him.
But how did the Gongshu family come to provoke such a terrifying enemy?
This point also left the dignified middle-aged man completely baffled.
Just then, the young woman in the most luxurious robes among the sobbing women below shouted.
"Lord of the Palace, you must avenge our Gongshu family! There's no mistake, that demon is the thief who assassinated our Seventh Master and stole the Second Branch's treasure trove back then. His attire is exactly the same as it was back then!"
"What did you say?!" The dignified middle-aged man was shocked upon hearing this and hurriedly asked, "Are you sure that the mysterious expert who destroyed Zhou Tian City is the same person from back then?"
The young woman was the wife of a direct descendant of the younger generation of the Gongshu family, and her status in the family was not low.
He escaped death simply because his cultivation level was only at the Foundation Establishment stage.
She knew some of what happened back then, so she nodded with a face full of hatred.
"There's no mistake, the mask that the demon is wearing is exactly the same as the one from back then, it's definitely that person from back then!"
The dignified middle-aged man's hand trembled instantly, and he could no longer hide his inner shock.
He knew that what the Holy Alliance had feared most for decades had finally come to pass.
He suddenly stood up: "Let's go, we'll return to the Holy Alliance immediately!"
Now that the person has appeared, we must report this matter as quickly as possible.
As for the Gongshu family, they were no longer within his consideration.
A family whose members have almost all perished at the Nascent Soul and Golden Core stages is no longer worth paying too much attention to.
Even if there is still one old monster surviving outside the stars, it is already a foregone conclusion that the Gongshu family will fall out of the ranks of the thirty-six superior clans.
Such a family, destined to decline, was no longer worth his attention.
...
"Ah Qing, we've really struck it rich this time!"
In a smaller treasure vault, Xiao Li was rolling around in a pile of spirit stones, her face full of happiness.
The shock in Xiaoyan and Xiaobai's eyes lingered for a long time.
Even Lu Qing was deeply moved at this moment.
He has already broken open several treasure vaults and inventoried them all.
He even inventoried the storage treasures on the primordial spirits of the Gongshu family members, including the white-haired, youthful-looking old man and others he had killed.
It can be said that the harvest was extremely fruitful.
The sum was so generous that Lu Qing was somewhat excited.
Needless to say, the number of magical treasures and elixirs was enormous, although they were of little help to Lu Qing.
But the spirit stones he valued most also gave him a great surprise.
Just like the second branch's treasure vault that he had previously plundered, the lowest grade of spirit stones collected in these Gongshu family treasure vaults were all mid-grade spirit stones; low-grade spirit stones were not even included in the treasure vaults.
Lu Qing did a rough calculation and found that the treasures of the several treasure vaults, plus the storage magic treasures of the Gongshu family's primordial spirits, contained more than two million mid-grade spirit stones alone!
The number of high-grade spirit stones exceeded 20,000!
Twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones—that's a terrifying number.
It should be noted that Lu Qing only managed to plunder a thousand high-grade spirit stones from the treasury of the second branch of the Gongshu family.
The legendary auction in Tian Shu City, where the top-grade spiritual artifact Immortal Golden Bell was auctioned off, ultimately only fetched 15,000 top-grade spirit stones.
"As expected of a powerful family with a history of hundreds of thousands of years, their heritage is indeed profound."
Lu Qing let out a long breath.
However, he also understood why the Gongshu family had so many high-grade spirit stones.
Firstly, this is the result of the Gongshu family's long-standing accumulation over tens of thousands of years.
Secondly, the spiritual essence contained within high-grade spirit stones is too refined; without sufficient strength, it is actually difficult to refine them.
For an ordinary Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, being able to cultivate using mid-grade spirit stones is already considered a luxury.
Using high-grade spirit stones for cultivation is actually a huge waste.
Only those who have reached the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm (seven tribulations or higher) can truly refine the spiritual essence within without wasting it.
In other words, most of the members of the Gongshu family who reach the Nascent Soul stage will never be qualified to use high-grade spirit stones for cultivation in their entire lives.
Over time, the clan accumulated more and more high-grade spirit stones.
Conversely, the consumption of mid-grade spirit stones is actually greater.
So even if you add up all the treasures together, it only amounts to two million.
Of course, whether it's two million mid-grade spirit stones or twenty thousand high-grade spirit stones, it's a huge gain for Lu Qing.
The effect of mid-grade spirit stones on him was not significant, but it wasn't entirely absent either.
If there are enough of them, they can also significantly improve his cultivation level.
Besides, even if he doesn't use it, it would be excellent cultivation resources for Xiaoyan and Xiaoli.
And 20,000 high-grade spirit stones will definitely allow him to make a great breakthrough in his cultivation.
It shouldn't be a problem for him to survive at least one or two more tribulations of his primordial spirit.
In addition, Lu Qing had another very unexpected gain.
He carefully took out a small box.
Ugh, someone in my family has the flu, and I caught it too. Even though I took medication beforehand and the symptoms aren't severe, I'm still feeling drowsy all day. I hope everyone stays healthy; being sick is awful. I should have another update tonight.
(End of this chapter)
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