Chapter 251 The Ruthless Senior Brother of the Path ...
Although the Second Elder was the weakest in combat among his fellow disciples, the difference between the Nascent Soul stage and the Divine Transformation stage was a whole realm.
Fighting opponents of higher levels isn't something you can just do whenever you want. Although the Breakthrough Pill is really tempting, defeating a Nascent Soul stage cultivator in three moves is simply impossible.
For the first two days, the challengers had some ideas, but when they realized it was impossible, it turned into a pure exchange conference.
One would demonstrate his new signature move, another his new sword technique, and the Second Elder became the perfect sparring partner.
The Second Elder's combat prowess successfully aroused everyone's desire for the Breakthrough Pill. Apart from the Second Elder's less-than-ideal mood, this wave of publicity was quite successful.
Xuan Ling and his little disciple wandered around the sect for a short while before Xuan Ling, his face darkening, led Ling Yao out.
In the cultivation world, there's no such thing as being very old. Cultivators are all handsome men and beautiful women. All of them are only one realm lower than Xuan Ling in terms of cultivation level.
But their advantage lay in their numbers and enthusiasm. The cultivators felt they were trying to get close to the disciple of a Nascent Soul stage expert, but in Xuan Ling's eyes, it was just a bunch of people revolving around his little disciple.
However, in the Fourth Elder's character design, the puppet will deliberately arouse Xuan Ling's possessiveness through seemingly innocuous little actions.
Once possessiveness takes hold in matters of the heart, it's not far from falling into a trap. Looking at Xuan Ling, who had left without a word, only sending a message, the sect leader felt that their plan had basically succeeded.
In order to promote the Breakthrough Pill, the elders discussed it and chose an elder from the Sword Inquiry Sect who was at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage and whose lifespan was about to end.
Besides the fact that the Sword Inquiry Sect was on good terms with the Xuan Yang Sect, it was also because this elder was a man who hated evil as if it were his enemy. Countless demons died under his sword back then, and he only went into seclusion to cultivate when his lifespan was about to end.
The Xuan Yang Sect specifically stipulated that after taking the Breakthrough Pill, one could only break through in public; if one was unwilling, one could refuse.
The elder of the Sword Inquiry Sect naturally agreed. He had less than a year left to live, and even if there was something wrong with the pill, it would only mean that he would sooner meet his fate.
But the fact that the Xuan Yang Sect dared to suggest that he break through in public shows that they have great confidence in their own pills. He would be a fool to refuse.
Besides, it's only natural that someone would want to promote themselves after receiving such a valuable elixir.
The effects of the Breakthrough Pill were immediate; after taking one pill, it took only three days to go from enlightenment to breakthrough.
This effect immediately aroused envy among all the late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, with some even turning their impatient gazes directly to the Xuan Yang Sect Leader:
"Since you've brought out this Breakthrough Pill, then we have a chance to obtain it. Just tell us what conditions you need. Even if it means I have to swear an oath of allegiance to you, it's acceptable!"
The speaker was a rogue cultivator, whose lifespan was also running out. Rather than returning to dust, he preferred to live in this world.
Other cultivators with limited lifespans also felt the same way. With such cultivation levels, who wouldn't want to live? But should they really be controlled by others just to live?
The cultivators of various sects also began to think about how much interest they could get in exchange for a Breakthrough Pill, otherwise when other sects had Nascent Soul stage cultivators and resources were distributed again, their own sects would probably be at the bottom.
The sect leader didn't keep them in suspense any longer. "You're all joking. It's just a Breakthrough Pill. Why would we need any oaths against inner demons? Nowadays, demons are running rampant in the world. The demon race is acting recklessly and slaughtering countless mortals. If this continues, I'm afraid the mortal realm will become a demon's den."
Seeing everyone's tense and prepared demeanor, the sect leader directly opened the scroll hanging to the side, on which was clearly written:
[1. Kill ten Nascent Soul stage demons to receive a Breakthrough Pill suitable for Nascent Soul stage to break through to Deity Transformation stage.]
Second, if there are not enough Nascent Soul stage demons, ten Golden Core stage demons can be used to replace one Nascent Soul stage demon, and ten Foundation Establishment stage demons can be used to replace one Golden Core stage demon.
Third, the Breakthrough Pill can only be taken by the person taking it on the spot; it cannot be taken out of the Xuan Yang Sect or given to others.
Fourth, cultivators with less than three years of lifespan remaining can first obtain a Breakthrough Pill on credit and make a vow to eliminate demons at a rate 30% higher than the number of demons they wish to eliminate.
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After everyone finished reading, an uproar broke out. Some were discussing the exorcism, some were excitedly crowding around to ask for pills on credit, and others were loudly praising the Xuan Yang Sect for its concern for the world and flattering them.
Heng Mo spent most of his points, exchanging them all for Breakthrough Pills—forty in total—and handed them all over to his sect leader, his senior uncle.
Some Nascent Soul cultivators whose lifespans were nearing their end came to buy medicine on credit, and soon seven more people broke through to the Divine Transformation stage, with not a single one failing.
And those clever ones have already slipped out silently to kill the demons. Although it looks like only seventy or eighty Nascent Soul cultivators have come, there are also some rogue cultivators who either didn't receive the news or those who were training in the secret realm.
Strike first, or who knows how many demons will be left?
When no one is taking the lead, it always feels like there are too many demons, constantly emerging, and killing them is a lot of effort with no benefit.
Once they learned that these demons could be exchanged for benefits, the methods of vying for them became endless; there was no such thing as too little, and no one ever thought there was too much.
Not only were some of the most notorious demons in the cultivation world wiped out, but many of the demons who ran rampant in the mortal realm were also killed.
Some cultivators have specifically inquired and found that even ten Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivators can be converted into one Golden Core stage cultivator. Even if they are Qi Refining stage demonic cultivators, killing them will count.
In other words, as long as you kill ten thousand Qi Refining stage demons, you can exchange them for a Breakthrough Pill.
The demon race's top combatants were being held back by puppets and were being chased and attacked by Xuan Ling, so they couldn't pay attention to the demon race being besieged for the time being.
The group of cultivators with high combat power, along with a few who had broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, all went to find those Nascent Soul stage demons.
To avoid fighting over kills, they even took out a map of the demon race's distribution before leaving and divided up the kills in advance.
Those with relatively weaker combat power set their sights on demonic cultivators in the Golden Core and Foundation Establishment stages. Although they needed more, there was little risk involved, and they could eventually gather enough by accumulating them.
Some cultivators who hadn't yet reached the late Nascent Soul stage also secretly joined in. Instead of robbing the Golden Core stage demonic cultivators, they went to the mortal realm to drag out the demonic cultivators who treated mortals like a buffet, one by one, which also helped to make up the headcount.
By the time most of the Breakthrough Pills had been redeemed, the entire demon race had been utterly routed. They no longer dared to appear in groups, let alone in large numbers, let alone in small groups of three or five.
Seeing this, Heng Mo also began to train, otherwise he wouldn't have enough points to exchange for so many Breakthrough Pills. After telling his elders, he continued to search for treasures with Lin You according to the side quests.
Lin You has become increasingly leisurely. She has already completed the main quest perfectly, and the cheat quest has been turned into a treasure hunt. Apart from cultivating, she usually just watches for fun.
When I passed through some towns in the mortal realm on this trip, many places had changed, and the demonic aura that used to be everywhere had completely disappeared.
There were even notices posted on the streets offering rewards: anyone who reported a strange incident would receive ten taels of silver if the report was verified.
"If things had been like this back then, Father wouldn't have had to suffer from a serious illness while seeking help to exorcise the demon, and wouldn't have been able to wait for my return."
It's only been three months, from the celebration until now, and the chaos of demonic cultivators that has plagued the cultivation world for thousands of years has been almost resolved.
The demonic cultivators in the mortal realm were terrified and dared not show their faces, so they were even put on a bounty list.
Lin You patted Heng Mo on the shoulder to comfort him, but didn't know how to tell him that people are selfish and that most people would stand by and do nothing unless their own interests were involved.
In her modern days, she heard that crayfish, which cost tens of yuan per kilogram in China, had been eaten to extinction by foodies across the country and were now being farmed.
In contrast, crayfish in other countries have become so rampant that they have become a natural disaster, and no amount of cleaning them up has been able to eradicate them.
The demonic cultivators emerging from here are like crayfish that have become an infestation; now that they know they can exchange these things for their own benefit, they are naturally on the verge of extinction.
Thinking of this, Lin You mentioned the artificial breeding to Heng Mo. There was no problem with artificially breeding crayfish, but artificially breeding demonic cultivators was something that needed to be eradicated at the source.
Heng Mo quickly relayed the matter to the Second Elder, and after receiving a positive reply, he continued with his side quest.
Meanwhile, Xiao You from the customer service department once again transformed into a screaming chicken, making Ah Piao, who was nearby, almost want to knock him unconscious with a stick so he could lie down and calm down.
"Merit! Boss, I've collected so much merit! This is only a 1% share, but I already have hundreds of points, and it's still coming in! You're absolutely right, Lin You is the god of wealth for our Golden Finger Department!"
[Ding! Due to the host's large-scale purchase of Breakthrough Pills, a wholesale price is now available: one bottle contains ten Breakthrough Pills for only 5,000 points. New product promotion: buy three bottles and get one free!]
This is basically a half-price sale with an additional discount.
The customer service representative's voice was alluring, and she even secretly multiplied the daily task points several times over.
Heng Mo stared at the quest that rewarded him with sixty points for killing three demonic beasts, lost in thought for a while before tentatively asking the customer service representative:
Is there something wrong with your cheat system?
Xiao You, pretending to be a customer service representative, was speechless when asked this question. Shouldn't she have just blindly rushed into something that was clearly an opportunity to gain an advantage?
Seeing that Heng Mo was still earnestly providing feedback on the problems he had deliberately created, the customer service representative had no choice but to earnestly emphasize that there was really no malfunction.
He also explained that after he used the Breakthrough Pill, his Golden Finger would receive merit feedback, which is why he lowered the price and increased the points, finally persuading Heng Mo, who kept reporting Golden Finger malfunctions, to stop.
Seeing Lin You watching him, Heng Mo pursed his lips and smiled shyly, just like when he first met him:
"I've known since I was a child that one should not covet what does not belong to one. In any kind of cooperation, both parties need to obtain the benefits they need in order for it to last."
Lin You had told him before that if he liked this cheat ability, he could keep it after the mission was completed and she left.
This world needs the Breakthrough Pills from the Golden Finger Shop. Heng Mo hopes that the Golden Finger and he can have a mutually beneficial relationship so that it can last.
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Author's Note: [Owl emoji]
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