Chapter 256

The Saintess Tea Party ended, and the three parties returned home.

Because the Qilin clan chose to take a side and intended to assist the Third Saintess with all their might in competing for the position of the Demon Emperor's direct disciple, when they notified other major demon beast clans of the tea party results, they spared no effort in hyping up the potential of Xu Qingyao and her first general, the Fire Dragon Alchemist.

"Third Saintess Xu Qingyao easily defeated the First and Second Saintesses... her combat power is astonishing..."

"Her follower, the Fire Dragon Alchemist, contracted a quasi-ancestral blood Fire Qilin and an ancestral blood Zhu Yan... fighting all the followers of the First and Second Saintesses alone, and winning easily..."

The various major demon beast clans of the Demon Court were shocked. In this tea party, the Third Saintess's performance could be described as perfect. Except for the fact that all three Saintesses had made no progress in their research on the revival of the demon clan, in all other aspects, Xu Qingyao's forces achieved an overwhelming victory.

Among them, the name of the Fire Dragon Alchemist, who contracted the quasi-ancestral blood Fire Qilin and the ancestral blood Zhu Yan, also began to spread throughout the Demon Court.

And at the same time, deep in Xu Qingyao's palace.

Lin Jing accompanied Xu Qingyao and had once again arrived before the Longevity Saintess, Gu Qianqiu. After burning twenty thousand years of her lifespan, her state was extremely weak, and she had been in a stage of sitting and recuperating.

Seeing her in this state, Lin Jing knew that in her condition, she probably wouldn't be able to directly consume resources with overly violent medicinal effects.

"You've come." Deep in the cave dwelling, Gu Qianqiu opened her eyes and looked at Lin Jing, her face pale.

"In your state, if you want to cultivate normally, it will probably be extremely slow. It's better to spend some time recuperating your body first." Lin Jing said, "Senior Martial Sister, send her more nourishing spirit pills and medicines."

Beside him, Xu Qingyao rolled her eyes at Lin Jing and said, "I have been sending them... Speaking of which, Gu Qianqiu, now that this guy is here, can you finally tell us what you managed to snatch from the Heavenly Lion clan?"

Only then was Gu Qianqiu willing to take out a spatial magic treasure that had been integrated into her body. She raised her hand, and the bead-shaped magic treasure flew toward Lin Jing.

"It's all here."

"The core treasury of the Heavenly Lion clan is located in an exotic space. That exotic space is heavily sealed, and only the Patriarch and the Ancestors possess the method to enter..."

"I relied on a secret technique to elevate myself to the peak of the Void Profound stage, but I don't have strong spatial attainments and had no way to open it normally. Although I captured the Patriarch of the Heavenly Lion clan, it didn't help me open the treasury until it died. Finally, fearing that the Heavenly Lion Ancestor would return, I broke it with brute force, resulting in that exotic space being shattered, and the supreme treasures flowed directly into the void..."

"In the end, I could only take all the ordinary resources that the Heavenly Lion clan placed in the outside world." She was extremely regretful.

After hearing this, Xu Qingyao was extremely regretful.

"Fortunately, at least we didn't leave them for the Heavenly Lion clan!"

Lin Jing laughed happily as he took the spatial magic treasure and inspected it: "As expected of the Heavenly Lion clan, do they have so many resources even when placed outside? There are very few magic treasures, but the low, middle, and high-grade spirit stones alone could be piled into a..."

"... mountain range."

"Besides that, there are large quantities of herbs and plants... and large quantities of demon cores. Unfortunately, they are all below the fifth grade."

"But it is enough..."

"Next, we will first use these spirit stones to draw a top-grade Spirit Gathering Array here, all for you to use to impact the Nascent Soul stage."

"As for the herbs, plants, and demon cores, I will take them. I will use these things to refine pills. If there are suitable pills, I will also give them to you. It will have a higher utilization rate than you using them directly. How about that?"

Gu Qianqiu nodded slightly and said, "It doesn't matter. My life was saved by you, so I will listen to all your arrangements."

"Since that is the case, your main task next is to nourish your body first, then cultivate hard. Later, I will present you with something that can slow down the rate of your life passing. Although you only have ten years of lifespan left, with this, you might be able to live for another ten years."

"Good..." Gu Qianqiu said, "The meaning of my living now is to completely annihilate the Heavenly Lion clan. Once the Heavenly Lion clan is annihilated, my life will be at your disposal."

"Hmm." Lin Jing naturally didn't help people without expecting a return.

"When the time comes, I plan to establish a 'Demon-Catching Squad' to capture and kill those brutal demon beasts and refine them into pills. At that time, you will serve as the captain. If you successfully reach the Nascent Soul stage, this will be your mission from now on. No problem, right?"

Xu Qingyao:?

"No problem." Gu Qianqiu nodded. If her future was to go around killing brutal demon beasts, then such a future was exactly what she wanted.

The resentment and darkness accumulated over a thousand years were suppressed in the bottom of her heart; annihilating the Heavenly Lion clan alone was far from enough.

However, isn't this the Demon Court? Gu Qianqiu was silent. She heard in the Heavenly Lion clan that although the Heavenly Lion clan was extremely brutal and powerful, there were three other demon beast forces nearby that were even more brutal and powerful.

The Demon Court was one of them.

"I..."

Just as Lin Jing and Xu Qingyao were about to leave, Gu Qianqiu suddenly hesitated.

"What's wrong? Do you have any other requests? Feel free to say them." Lin Jing turned back and looked at her.

Gu Qianqiu's eyes were listless as she said, "I am from the Gu family, a cultivation family in Spring and Autumn City, Qingzhou. After my Longevity Body was exposed, I was kept in captivity by the Heavenly Lion clan. Now that a thousand years have passed... I don't know how my parents are, and I don't know how my family is..."

"Understood." Lin Jing said, "I will find someone to help you investigate the situation of your family later."

"However..."

"Hmm, I know. I won't hold too much expectation." Gu Qianqiu lowered her head.

The most powerful cultivator in the Gu family was only at the Nascent Soul stage; the family couldn't save her from the Heavenly Lion clan. She didn't mind that; what she worried about was whether she, as a Longevity Body, would implicate the family.

Although the more powerful the constitution,

the harder it is to inherit through bloodline, she didn't know if the Gu family would be persecuted as a "Longevity Family" just because she was a Longevity Body.

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"I will find someone to investigate the matter of the Gu family, but what is the meaning of the Demon-Catching Squad?" After leaving the place where Gu Qianqiu was, the Senior Martial Sister asked.

You kid are in the Beast Taming Sect where humans and beasts live in harmony, and the Demon Court where demon beasts are the main core members. Starting a Demon-Catching Squad is asking for rebellion.

Lin Jing laughed and said, "This Demon-Catching Squad will have great use later. There are countless demon beasts, and there will always be those who don't get along with the Demon Court or the Beast Taming Sect. Just catch them, just like that Heavenly Lion clan."

"Senior Martial Sister, don't forget the spirit items for repairing the demon core and golden core that we agreed upon. And what are the 'other rewards' you mentioned in the Qilin clan?"

With the Qilin clan submitting, Xu Qingyao was happy in her heart. She said casually, "Easy to say, I will send them to you soon. As for the other rewards, I will lend you my Saintess Token for a period of time in the future. How about that?"

"Uh?"

"On the Saintess Token, there is a trace of deterrence left by His Majesty the Demon Emperor. You practice the Illusion Dao, so you should know what this represents. However, I think it's better for you to wait until you reach the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage before borrowing it from me."

Lin Jing took a deep breath and said, "Senior Martial Sister is generous, generous, generous, generous!!! In the future, if there is such a thing, please continue to find your Junior Martial Brother!"