Chapter 252 The Ruthless Senior Brother of the Path ...
Although there was no clear evidence, Heng Mo could still sense that his tasks had become much smoother ever since he reported the malfunction of the gold finger that day.
For example, when you were in the city, you used to have to go out to fight monsters or gather resources. These daily tasks were replaced by sword dancing or purchasing.
It's as if the tasks used to be templated and randomly generated, but now someone is specifically choosing suitable tasks for him.
Lin You knew exactly what was going on. The last customer service representative who was so lively was still her only friend in her contacts. It was obvious that human customer service had been brought online.
After the sect leader had given away all forty Breakthrough Pills, demonic cultivators were almost nowhere to be seen in the entire cultivation world.
Forty Breakthrough Pills, forty Nascent Soul stage cultivators, all of them broke through to the next level. The real-life examples were right before their eyes, and the entire cultivation world was in a state of excitement.
Those demonic cultivators who used to swagger around and deliberately provoke others have all turned into cowards, hiding in all sorts of nooks and crannies.
When those cultivators first saw them, their eyes were filled with disgust and disdain, as if they were looking at something dirty. They even felt angry and resentful.
Now that they've seen them, they treat them like treasures, which makes the demonic cultivators even more overwhelmed. All of them are practically begging through megaphones to shout, "Please, stop treating me like trash!!"
Unfortunately, they dare not even shout now, because anyone who does is captured and taken as a head in exchange for pills.
The Xuan Yang Sect's reputation is growing, and both the Wen Jian Sect and the Bai Yue Sect agree that the Xuan Yang Sect should rightfully be the number one sect in the cultivation world.
With everyone's tacit agreement, all resources were tilted towards the Xuan Yang Sect.
Although the Breakthrough Pill was obtained by killing demons, it was essentially given away free of charge by the Xuan Yang Sect.
Everyone knows that with fewer demons, the living conditions for cultivators will be much better, but back then, one was an unorganized group, and the other couldn't see any benefits.
Doing things out of pure passion without any personal gain is the kind of spirit only young people possess. As high-level cultivators, aren't they all ancient monsters who have lived for hundreds of years?
Who cares about the saying "one generation plants the trees so another can enjoy the shade"? Who would risk their life for someone else's living environment? Living a comfortable life is what matters most.
Now that someone is leading the organization, everyone has realized that they feel much more comfortable after the demon is exorcised, and even the spiritual energy in the air seems to have become much clearer.
At first, everyone thought it was just their imagination, until some of the sect's lower-level disciples began to break through one after another.
Initially, it was just a basic Qi cultivation method for menial disciples. There was a reason for this, and it was a teaching material that was passed down from the Xuan Yang Sect after Heng Mo discussed it with the sect leader.
The higher-ups didn't pay much attention at first, just thinking that the teaching materials provided by the Xuan Yang Sect were indeed good. They even sent someone to give gifts to the Xuan Yang Sect to express their special gratitude.
But when the breakthrough rate of Qi Refining disciples began to increase, and even some Foundation Establishment disciples began to break through to the Golden Core stage, people finally noticed the change.
The various sects in the cultivation world, who are usually only concerned with their own affairs, rarely gathered together for a major conference.
The cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage have more sensitive perception and haven't noticed the change yet, mainly because everyone has just broken through and thinks that the breakthrough has caused the change in their perception of spiritual energy.
Now that the number of demons is decreasing, this perception has become clearer, and everyone has confirmed one thing: the existence of demons is not just the result of superficial conflicts.
Rather, the demonic energy of the demon race pollutes the spiritual energy of the cultivation world, affecting not only the living environment of the cultivation world but also restricting cultivators' breakthroughs.
With this conclusion, everyone's gaze towards the Xuan Yang Sect changed, especially towards the few cultivators who had been unable to break through to the Nascent Soul stage for many years and whose lifespans were nearing their end; they looked at them as if they were their second parents.
If their death and dissipation were due to their own inability to achieve enlightenment or break through their limitations, they would accept it.
However, if their cultivation was suppressed and they were unable to break through because of the overwhelming presence of demons, and they died because of this, then it would be a truly unjust death.
After Heng Mo learned that all the Breakthrough Pills had been claimed, he sent back eighty more. In addition, he also sent a tutorial on crafting magical artifacts to test the demon race.
The materials needed for a magic-testing wand are not unusual. In addition to some basic materials, it also requires the magic core of a high-ranking demon. The higher the rank of the demon, the better the magic-testing wand will be.
The tutorial was quickly posted publicly in towns and cities inhabited by cultivators, and anyone, whether a cultivator from a sect or a rogue cultivator, could freely view and learn from it.
Besides the Xuan Yang Sect's reward for the Breakthrough Pill, other sects have also offered various rewards. Although they are not as generous as the Xuan Yang Sect, they can be exchanged for various pills, spiritual weapons, and even spirit stones.
This news somehow spread to the mortal realm. After hearing that a demonic cultivator who had just entered the Qi Refining stage could be exchanged for thirty low-grade spirit stones, which was equivalent to thirty thousand taels of silver, ordinary mortals also organized themselves into demon-slaying teams.
The feud between humans and demons has been brewing for a long time and is destined to last forever. Now, driven by self-interest, some martial arts practitioners who, although lacking spiritual power, possess considerable skill have also begun to kill some lower-ranking demons.
Although there are more people in the early stage of Qi Refining, you can occasionally make friends with one or two people in the middle stage of Qi Refining, and there was even a demon in the late stage of Qi Refining who was killed by a mortal martial artist.
After hearing about these events, the Sword Inquiry Sect specially sent its disciples to the mortal realm to teach swordsmanship. Although they could not cultivate immortality due to the lack of spiritual energy, their combat power increased significantly.
The Baiyue Sect was not to be outdone, and soon opened a channel in the mortal realm to exchange talismans and medicines for demons.
The currency is simple: the heads of demons. You can exchange the demons you kill for spirit stones, or exchange them for talismans and medicines at a certain ratio.
Other sects naturally contributed their efforts as well. After all, according to the calculations made at the last meeting, the decreasing number of disciples with spiritual roots in the mortal realm was also related to the rampage of the demon race.
After learning that the demon race and cultivators were in a state of ebb and flow, the cultivators' hostility towards the demon race reached an unprecedented level.
My cultivation wasn't going well today? How could it be because I lacked concentration? It must be the demons' fault. Go kill a couple!
My sword practice wasn't going well today? How could it be because of my poor aptitude? It must be the demons' fault. Go kill a couple!
My cultivation has hit a bottleneck today? How could it be because of my poor comprehension? It must be the demons' fault. Go kill a couple!
I confessed to the female cultivator I like today, but she didn't accept me? How could it be that I'm not good enough? It must be because of the demons. Go kill a couple more!
The demon, who had already shrunk to nowhere, almost choked with rage when he overheard this statement. However, he couldn't go out to argue, otherwise he might very well become one of the two.
Some low-level cultivators, on the other hand, were overjoyed. In the past, they could only wait miserably for the sect to distribute relief food, or go out to dig up herbs and hunt to exchange for a few meager spirit stones to supplement their family income.
He couldn't even collect a complete set of cultivation manuals by begging and pleading. He had to figure out the parts of cultivation he didn't understand on his own. He could only barely cobble together spiritual artifacts and pills by piecing together the spiritual stones he had saved from between his teeth.
Now, as long as you properly slay the demons, you can exchange them for anything, including elixirs, magical artifacts, and even lectures given personally by Nascent Soul stage masters from various sects.
Even the disciples who were once treated as servants and handymen now have a path to cultivation, and more and more of them have entered the Qi Refining stage.
As the demonic energy subsided, some places quietly underwent changes. Places that were once ravaged by demonic energy and desolate and barren slowly began to sprout greenery.
In what was once an ordinary forest, one or two spiritual herbs would occasionally grow, and even the few spirit stone mines in the cultivation world that were nearly depleted showed signs of regeneration.
The only one who didn't benefit was probably Xuan Ling. His mind was occupied by the puppet, and he kept the Demon Lord and Demon General occupied in the Demon Clan's stronghold. By the time he came to his senses and finally paid attention to the news outside, the entire cultivation world was already overflowing with Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Some cultivators even broke through to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm in just a few months, only one step away from catching up with Xuan Ling.
Xuan Ling, who had always been a chosen one of heaven, could not bear such a change in status. He was caught off guard and fell into the Demon Lord's trap. The demonic energy burrowed into his meridians like a maggot clinging to his bones.
Originally, this amount of demonic energy would at most have worn Xuan Ling down by one or two realms, reducing him to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. The Demon Lord never imagined that this sneak attack would take the life of the number one cultivator in the cultivation world.
Normally, Xuan Ling would simply go into seclusion for a while to catch up with his cultivation level. After all, he was the only one in the entire cultivation world at the Nascent Soul stage, so whether he was in the early or late stages made no difference.
Unfortunately, during this period, cultivators at the Nascent Soul stage were no longer rare; they were everywhere in the cultivation world. Unable to bear the humiliation of being subordinate to others, he actually dragged the Demon Lord into a self-destruction.
The entire demon clan's stronghold was destroyed by the explosive energy. The only thing Xuan Ling did before he died was to send away the puppet Ling Yao.
The Xuan Yang Sect members did not expect Xuan Ling to make such a move, but the result was not too different from their plan.
The Demon Lord, Demon Generals, and other members of the Demon Clan's leadership almost all perished in the explosion, while all cultivators at the Golden Core stage and above clearly sensed the changes in the spiritual energy of the cultivation world.
Like the sun breaking through the clouds, everything was clear and transparent, and the air felt much fresher. It was as if the entire cultivation world had been showered with spiritual rain after a tribulation. You could see newly sprouted leaves and grass shoots wherever you passed through a grove of trees.
Heng Mo never expected that his casual suggestion would bring about such a change in the cultivation world, as if the world that was about to age had come back to life.
Compared to Heng Mo, Lin You perceived this change more clearly, and even had the illusion that if she wanted to, she could communicate with this world.
Lin You certainly wouldn't be so idle as to go looking for trouble with the Heavenly Dao. As a migrant worker, she should just quietly do her own thing.
Well, at most, we'll quietly and subtly take a tiny bit of the wool.
Heng Mo's side quests went more and more smoothly, and he found more and more good things. With the occasional subsidies from several knowledgeable elders of the Xuan Yang Sect, he was already quite wealthy in the cultivation world.
Lin You, who received half the benefits simply by lying down each time, naturally became rich as well. The most basic manifestation of this was that her ten backpacks, which were originally half empty, could no longer hold anything.
After spending another thousand points and opening four more slots, Lin You finally managed to put all her items inside.
Xiao You, who had been watching this side, was so envious he was almost crying. So many things, how many points could they be worth?
Despite thinking this, Xiao You skillfully arranged the next side quest, adding new burdens to Lin You's backpack.
When Lin You's cultivation reached the late stage of the Golden Core realm, Heng Mo's mission was finally completed at 100%.
[Ding! System Lin You's cheat code test has been perfectly completed.]
[Ding! Congratulations on receiving a special reward: Mystery Treasure Chest x1]
[Ding! System Lin You's results: 1800 points, 1800 experience points. Congratulations on completing the task! Keep up the good work!]
[Ding! System Lin You is about to leave. 24-hour countdown. Please prepare.]
A day is short, but it's enough to say goodbye properly. Heng Mo looked at the traces Lin You had left behind and wrote his blessings on the message board.
She hadn't even used the spirit stones that Ye Xinglan and Ye Zhen had given her before, and now Heng Mo had given her a whole bunch of them.
Only after Lin You repeatedly assured him that she had a way to replenish her spirit stones did Heng Mo give up packing a large package for her after his backpack was already full, letting her leave with the thought of returning home.
This trial report didn't even need to be written; Xiaoyou had already given it a five-star rating, and some even persistently added Lin You as a friend.
The items in the game's store are mostly cultivation items, and it's not as complete as the system store. Many things are missing, such as Heng Mo's favorite candy and other snacks.
Lin You never expected that she, who was always frugal, would spend 100 points on snacks, including candy, cookies, chocolate and other modern snacks, which filled half of the valley where they were resting.
Fortunately, Hengmo's storage ring was big enough, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to fit all these snacks in.
"Senior Lin, may your future be bright and promising. Heng Mo bids you farewell, hoping to meet you again!"
Heng Mo respectfully performed the junior's salute, smiling as he watched Lin You's figure disappear. When he turned around again, tears were already falling uncontrollably.
Upon seeing this, Xiao You couldn't help but open Lin You's private message, "Xiao Mo is reluctant to part with you and is secretly shedding tears."
Lin You had just settled into the space station and hadn't even had a chance to settle her world when her new companion dragged her off to coax a little kid for half the day.
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Author's Note: [Owl emoji] This world is over.
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