Chapter 123 Heavenly Void Sword Sect
After checking Old Man Ning's storage bag again and finding nothing more, Wang Yu began to examine the spoils of war.
The seven late-stage Qi Refining cultivators' wealth, which directly yielded less spirit stones than Old Man Ning's savings (around 18,000), included a vast quantity of various magical artifacts, pills, and talismans for different situations, totaling over a hundred.
The value of this batch of items reached 20,000 spirit stones.
They appear wealthy, but are actually quite ordinary.
After all, these were seven elite Qi Refining cultivators in the late stage. Logically, they should have started accumulating resources to break through to Foundation Establishment, but being in the Taihu Spiritual Domain was far too dangerous.
It's estimated that most of them have hidden their wealth somewhere within the sect, and they only have about a third of it on them at most.
In addition, there were some spellbooks they acquired during their missions, many of which were duplicates, suggesting they had been shared.
It was roughly divided into five categories, but only some of them were useful to him.
"Thousand-Mile Divine Travel", "Floating Technique", "Hidden Breath Technique", "Turtle Breathing Secret Method", "Five Elements Techniques and Daoist Qi Cultivation".
Superior Technique: Thousand-Mile Divine Travel, a superior method for traveling, perfectly compensates for his shortcomings in long-distance raids.
Generally speaking, cultivators must break through the Foundation Establishment stage before they can learn the art of escape, which is a true art of aerial combat and is almost essential to a cultivator's entire life.
In other aspects, only the Turtle Breathing Secret Technique might be useful at times. The Levitation Technique and the Concealment Technique are not very effective for him. As for the Five Elements Techniques, they contain minor techniques related to the Five Elements.
They were all low-grade, first-tier minor spells, which had almost no effect on improving his strength, but they could make his life much more convenient.
This is a low-grade magic manual. If you split it up and put it away, each magic technique requires fifteen days to complete, so you can't put the whole book together.
Wang Yu plans to select a few highly practical subjects to study.
After all, he possesses all five elements of spiritual roots, making him quite well-rounded. Cultivating and using the five elements of magic is at a normal efficiency for him. He neither benefits from the spiritual roots nor experiences a significant increase in difficulty due to different attributes.
It's just average.
Sometimes he would think that if he had a Heavenly Spiritual Root-level Five Elements Spiritual Root, he might be a natural Five Elements Spiritual Body. Unfortunately, his spiritual root was too short, not even as long as a low-grade spiritual root.
"That's about it."
Collecting his thoughts, Wang Yu once again set up the Eight Directions Bewildering Array near Stone Lake. He hadn't forgotten that when the team first entered the Taihu Spiritual Domain, six people went north and disappeared without a trace.
They may come back, or they may not, but we should still be prepared. Better safe than sorry.
Next, he will lie low and cultivate in Shihu, waiting for the day Wang Wu returns. He has made all the arrangements at the Wang Mansion, so that he will know immediately once those two Qi Refining Level 1 cultivators come into contact with Wang Wu.
After rummaging through the numerous storage bags, Wang Yu found several bottles of pills, containing a type of elixir called "Water-Avoiding Pill," whose effects were quite simple.
It can give a person the ability to breathe underwater, and if they remain still, the effects of the drug can last for ten days.
He then used the alchemy techniques and spiritual seals to verify that it was not poisonous before taking one, which sank to the bottom of the water and disappeared without a trace.
Who knew that this wait would last for three months.
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Shihu City, City Lord's Mansion.
Since the incident three months ago where late-stage Qi Refining cultivators fought each other in the city, the entire city lord's mansion has been placed under complete martial law, to the point of extreme tension.
There were also cultivators skilled in reconnaissance hidden at the four city gates, trying to find the troublemakers.
The new city lord's surname is Yuan. He is not old, having just turned sixty. He comes from the same lineage as the old city lord and is considered a well-known figure in the Lingjiu Sect.
Having reached the sixth level of Qi Refining recently, don't underestimate this low level of cultivation; it's actually quite good, especially considering that the Lingjiu Sect is only a small sect with a maximum peak of Foundation Establishment.
If we give it our all, around the age of 100, we might have a chance to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage.
To achieve his goal, he needs a large supply of resources.
The small city of Stone Lake was far from enough, and the resources generated by the spiritual veins were insufficient for him to break through quickly. Therefore, it was obvious that he would turn his attention to "people".
Thus, a clandestine transaction spanning two regions officially began. Selling underperforming talents was only one aspect; the greater benefit lay in a deeper plan.
He was working for the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect, specifically working for a senior member of the Cold Blood Peak. There might also be people from other demonic sects involved, and the entire Spirit Vulture Sect was dragged into it.
Not long after Old Man Ning finished negotiating the deal, a fight broke out in the city, leaving almost no clues except for traces of blood.
Even the residual spiritual energy in the air was deliberately dispelled.
Yuan Qu was very worried that he had been discovered. There were seven Nascent Soul level Dao lineages on the land of Taihu Spiritual Domain, except for Biyun Sect, Leihuo Temple and Wangyue Palace which were near the Demon Realm.
There are also Crane Valley, Blazing Sun Sect, Heavenly Void Sword Sect, and North Town Tower. Among these seven major forces, the Heavenly Void Sword Sect is the most respected, being the leader of the righteous path. It has more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators, and its lineage is well-established, with geniuses and prodigies emerging one after another.
It has stood on this land for over ten thousand years and is a true ancient lineage!
What Yuan Qu feared were the disciples of the Sword Sect. Within the Heavenly Void Sword Sect, there was a special institution called the "Righteousness Academy," and only extremely outstanding cultivators could enter this place.
Whether it's comprehension, aptitude, temperament, or opportunity... anyone with extraordinary talent in any area can enter.
After completing their twenty-year studies, they will become "Walking the World" (or "Walking the World"). The exact number is not fixed, and it is said that there is a currency system called "Dao Gong" within the organization.
Those who travel in the spiritual realm of Taihu Lake eliminate demons and uphold justice, sweeping away injustices throughout the world. When their cultivation reaches a certain level, they can return to the sect and become true disciples, directly becoming apprentices to Nascent Soul cultivators as their teachers.
From this perspective, the true teachings of the Heavenly Void Sword Sect are more substantial and superior than those of the Reverse Spirit Blood Sect.
In short, the Sword Sect's movement is like a blade of judgment.
They can appear anywhere, and their numbers are constantly increasing.
The changes in Shihu City are very much like the way the Sword Sect operates: once they discover that someone has violated the rules of the righteous path, they will be executed without mercy.
Now that Old Man Ning's fate is unknown, Yuan Qu is worried that if he is captured alive and more information is extracted from him, he will also suffer. However, he also has a glimmer of hope.
"What if... what if it's a dogfight between the demonic forces?"
"Or something else happened."
Internal strife is a normal phenomenon in the demonic path, so normal that it's as commonplace as drinking water and eating every day for mortals.
Three months have passed and there has been no response. The possibility of the Sword Sect walking away is getting lower and lower. It's time to move forward with the plan.
The Lingjiu Sect seems to share the same idea.
Therefore, a group of people secretly entered the city today.
(End of this chapter)
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