Erhei issued Qi Zhiheng's order, and a large swarm of Soul-Devouring Insects scattered in response.
The Soul-Devouring Insect King is undergoing its tribulation, and Erhei is perfectly capable of taking its place in commanding these Soul-Devouring Insects.
The spirit-devouring insects swarmed around like locusts, plundering the ancient spiritual herbs. After collecting them, they placed them in front of Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng took the spiritual herb and was immediately dumbfounded: "These spiritual herbs still contain spiritual energy. What are you doing?"
As the only insect with a contract present, Erhei understood its master's meaning and replied to Qi Zhiheng, "Even if the Soul-Devouring Insects can devour so many violent factors, it doesn't mean they don't need to rest!"
No matter how many spiritual herbs you collect, it's useless; you can only process a limited number each time.
Qi Zhiheng had no choice but to say, "Then we'll try to collect those that are ten thousand years old, and bring back some soil from below."
After much thought, he decided to put the extra spiritual herbs into the area of his space that could accelerate plant growth, so that he could take out even more later.
When he needs these spiritual herbs, he can have the Spirit-Devouring Insects process them for him! Thinking about it this way, it's the best of both worlds!
After Qi Zhiheng finished planting these spiritual herbs, he thought about what the cultivators in the settlement would use as payment to exchange for the talismans.
If the spiritual herbs here could be used, he could refine some pills. The cultivators here have long since become ill from consuming too much mortal food. If possible, Qi Zhiheng still wanted to refine some pills to help the cultivators here.
Besides the spirit herbs, there are also many materials for talismans here. They couldn't use them before because the spirit objects contained violent elements. Now there's no need to worry about that, because the spirit-devouring worms can handle it all!
During the Soul-Devouring Insect King's tribulation, Qi Zhiheng spared no effort in exploiting the poor Soul-Devouring Insects whose leader was absent. By the time the Soul-Devouring Insect King had barely survived its tribulation, Qi Zhiheng had amassed a considerable fortune.
After helping the Soul-Devouring Insect King recover some of its spiritual power, he had a kind and smiling face.
The Soul-Devouring Insect King shuddered as its master treated it gently.
Qi Zhiheng patted its head and said, "Your Majesty, you've taken the elixir. Now you must work hard."
After the Soul-Devouring Insect King successfully transcended its tribulation, Yang Yitian emerged from Qi Zhiheng's spatial dimension.
Qi Zhiheng asked, "How's the research on the rune array going?"
Yang Yitian said confidently, "This time we will definitely be able to survive the tribulation."
Since the mountain peak had been taken by the Soul-Devouring Insects to undergo their tribulation, the two had no choice but to resign themselves to finding another one.
This time, Yang Yitian looked at Erhei with great vigilance, fearing that it might also mutate and take away his territory again.
Erhei rolled his eyes. Did this guy think mutations just happened whenever he wanted? Even he, an insect, knew that opportunity played a huge part.
They rearranged the layers of formations, and finally set up his talisman array, then sat down in the center of the formations and talisman arrays.
Qi Zhiheng, however, was outside the range of the formation.
The Insect King has returned, and they've changed locations, so they can continue their grand treasure hunt!
Qi Zhiheng then ruthlessly suppressed the group of insects once more!
Compared to the grand scale of Qi Zhiheng's tribulation, Yang Yitian's tribulation was much less intense. However, Qi Zhiheng was outside the formation the entire time, so he was unaware of the situation inside and could only judge the current condition of the people inside the formation from the lingering tribulation.
More than a month later.
As expected, Yang Yitian entered the Nascent Soul stage. At this time, the array and talisman array around him were damaged. After changing into clean clothes, he walked out of the array.
Yang Yitian, who originally thought that Qi Zhiheng must be very worried about him while he was in seclusion for so long, saw a group of insects surrounding Qi Zhiheng as soon as he went out, offering him the spiritual herbs he had picked!
Qi Zhiheng was overjoyed to have obtained a lot of spiritual herbs and items. When Yang Yitian came out, he saw his Daoist partner with a smiling face and a warm expression!
This sudden blow immediately made people feel unbalanced, and they even couldn't help but take a look at their own side!
Explosive!
He stared wide-eyed at Qi Zhiheng, wanting to see just how long his Daoist partner could ignore him.
Qi Zhiheng actually noticed Yang Yitian immediately. He wasn't too worried about Yang Yitian. Yang Yitian's talent for cultivation was undeniable, and Heaven simply wasn't willing to take his life, so Qi Zhiheng naturally wasn't that concerned.
"You're not worried about me at all!" Yang Yi said angrily.
Qi Zhiheng said, "You came out safe and sound, didn't you? I always believed you would succeed."
Yang Yitian was not fooled by such weighty words. He had just seen Qi Zhiheng feed these spirit-devouring insects a lot of pills!
"You even eat vinegar for insects?" Qi Zhiheng saw that the person was really a bit awkward, and suddenly thought of a method that he hadn't tried before.
Yang Yitian suddenly noticed other auras appearing around his nascent soul.
He examined himself and saw another doll appear opposite the one representing his nascent soul. He recognized it immediately from its appearance as Qi Zhiheng.
Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian had already signed a Daoist Couple Contract, but neither of them had used the functions of the Daoist Couple Contract much, and this was Qi Zhiheng's first time trying it.
His nascent soul arrived in front of the other's nascent soul through the contract, and the moment he saw the person, he pounced on him, hugging Yang Yitian's nascent soul and kissing and nibbling at it.
Yang Yitian was furious. He stretched out his chubby little hand to push the other person away, but Qi Zhiheng's cultivation was not to be underestimated. Yang Yitian was no match for him. Even the Nascent Soul cultivator was left weak all over from the kiss.
Yang Yitian himself felt a little lazy; the feeling was too comfortable for him to bear.
Qi Zhiheng reacted swiftly, catching the limp Yang Yitian, and the two entered the space! They then engaged in a harmonious cultivation session!
Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Yang Yitian, that little lecher! He's so obsessed with looks that he has no principles. When those solid muscles swayed in front of him, he forgot all about being angry and pounced on Qi Zhiheng. And that lasted for three days.
Qi Zhiheng decided to go to the gathering place. So the two of them went back together.
Their main purpose in returning this time was to hand over the talismans they had to Xiong Shuang, and also to explain what they were going to exchange for next.
Both of them became Nascent Soul stage cultivators, and their return to the settlement still caused quite a stir.
It was common knowledge among everyone present that both of them were previously at the Nascent Soul stage. Now that everyone had a few talismans, they could naturally see the cultivation levels of Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian.
Xiong Shuang also noticed the changes in the two of them and said in surprise, "It's been a while since I last saw you two, and you've changed quite a bit! I thought something had happened to you. You're back a little late this time."
Qi Zhiheng and the others didn't return by the appointed time, and Xiong Shuang actually thought they were dead. Aside from some regret, there wasn't much sadness. The only surprise was that Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian had survived and even reached the Nascent Soul stage!
Qi Zhiheng politely replied, "We were delayed by something outside."
Xiong Shuang glanced at their cultivation levels and said, "I can tell."
He sighed, "Alas, there will be no younger generation left in our community!"
We're all at the same Nascent Soul stage, so there's no need to talk about seniors anymore.
Xiong Shuang did not ask Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian what had happened or why they had reached the Out-of-Body stage.
Qi Zhiheng was fairly satisfied with his attitude of not asking questions, and he didn't want to explain too much. Even if he were to explain, it would only be if he took the initiative to do so.
Yang Yitian took out a stack of talismans and said, "We came back to deliver talismans."
Xiong Shuang immediately beamed: "I've exchanged all the talismans you left with me before. The materials are all here with me." He promptly handed over the talisman materials he had exchanged over the past few days to Yang Yitian.
Qi Zhiheng said, "Brother Xiong, we're going out again in a couple of days, so we need to explain the exchange details again."
Xiong Shuang was indeed somewhat troubled: "To be honest, this exchange has almost used up all the talisman materials we have. There probably won't be many left to exchange for." After saying that, he glanced at Yang Yitian, hoping that he could find another way to exchange for talismans. He himself was someone who had already used up all his materials just for the sake of exchanging.
Qi Zhiheng said, "We came back this time to discuss the exchange items. We understand that talisman materials are currently very scarce, so we will exchange them for a different item in the future."
"What will we use to exchange it?" Xiong Shuang asked excitedly.
Qi Zhiheng said, "There are many spiritual herbs in this world. What I need to exchange for next are the spiritual herbs and spiritual items in this world. When you have your people go out, they can pick any spiritual materials that are ten thousand or a thousand years old and exchange them for spiritual talismans."
Xiong Shuang thought the other party was joking: "What did you say? Spiritual herbs and items outside? No! Aren't those things unusable?"
Qi Zhiheng shrugged: "Maybe it will be useful outside. It might not be useful now, but it will be later. Besides, what else in this world can be exchanged for, besides those spiritual herbs and items?"
Xiong Shuang blushed a little after hearing Qi Zhiheng's words, as they really couldn't offer anything else of value.
All they could say was, "Don't worry, we'll definitely help you find your things."
Qi Zhiheng drew up a list: "We want all the spirit herbs listed here, and the exchange rate for each spirit talisman is indicated on the list. Follow this list."
Xiong Shuang accepted the order and had someone pass it on.
Being able to exchange the spiritual herbs and items of this world for talismans is undoubtedly good news for the cultivators of this world. If they weren't still holding onto a bit of the airs of cultivators, they would probably be cheering right now.
After explaining their mission, Qi Zhiheng and Yang Yitian left the gathering place, this time heading towards the source of spiritual energy in the west.
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