Chapter 134

By the time Ye Qingxuan's Explorer Avatar reappeared, it was already atop the teleportation plaza in the center of Xingzhan City.

He was just preparing to leave Xingzhan City.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stepped out of the teleportation plaza, a thin man with a smile on his face approached and asked, "Young brother, do you happen to have any Green Demon Clan corpses you no longer need and wish to sell?"

Several people nearby saw Ye Qingxuan's Explorer Avatar being intercepted by this man and all wore expressions of regret.

Seeing this, Ye Qingxuan was somewhat puzzled.

Hearing the man's inquiry, Ye Qingxuan's Explorer Avatar studied him for a moment, then shook his head slightly, "No."

He then looked at the other people emerging from the teleportation plaza and asked in confusion, "Why don't you ask them?"

Hearing Ye Qingxuan's words, the man smiled and shook his head, "Others have fixed partners. I noticed you looked unfamiliar, so I thought I'd ask."

Ye Qingxuan nodded slightly, understanding the situation.

He had been wondering why his mysterious shop had been open for so long yet hadn't received a single Green Demon Clan corpse.

It turned out the goods were intercepted even before they reached the teleportation plaza.

As he stepped forward to leave, the man suddenly pressed a transmission talisman into his hand, smiling cheerfully, "Young brother, I am Li Ruo, the manager of Baoxuan Hall in Xingzhan City. If you ever have Green Demon Clan corpses to sell in the future, you can contact me. The price will surely satisfy you."

Before Ye Qingxuan could even refuse, the man turned and left.

Ye Qingxuan looked at the transmission talisman in his hand. Although he had no need for it, he did not discard it on the spot.

After leaving Xingzhan City.

Ye Qingxuan found a secluded place before casually tossing away the transmission talisman Li Ruo had given him.

Even though it was just a transmission talisman, who knew if it contained some tracking method?

Since he had no intention of selling any Green Demon Clan corpses anyway, there was no need to keep the talisman.

After discarding the talisman, Ye Qingxuan carefully inspected his Explorer Avatar. Only after confirming there were no issues did he leave the area.

After arriving in a mountain range far from Xingzhan City.

Ye Qingxuan did not immediately open a realm gate to return his Explorer Avatar to the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven.

After his Explorer Avatar remained in this mountain range for three days.

Ye Qingxuan confirmed no one was tracking him, then performed a spatial jump to enter a cave he had discovered earlier.

Only after entering the cave did Ye Qingxuan's Explorer Avatar activate a faint realm gate and step into the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven.

After his Explorer Avatar returned.

Ye Qingxuan immediately, with a single thought, dispersed his avatar, effectively causing this Explorer Avatar to perish directly.

After all, he could simply spend a few spirit stones later to reconstitute the avatar.

With his Explorer Avatar wandering outside, Ye Qingxuan could not afford to be careless.

If someone had left a tracking method on his Explorer Avatar that could trace back to his main body, the trouble would be immense.

Holding the storage bag containing his returned Explorer Avatar, Ye Qingxuan took a step and appeared inside the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven.

He took all the Green Demon Clan corpses below the Jin Dan realm, along with their cultivation foundations, the Demon Vein Sources, Demon Stones, various low-grade materials obtained from the Demon Realm, magic treasures, and other items from the storage bag.

And deposited them all into the purification array of the Fifth-Rank Grotto-Heaven.

Boom! Under Ye Qingxuan's activation, the purification array of the Grotto-Heaven began to rotate at extreme speed, continuously refining the items within.

This was the ten-year harvest of Ye Qingxuan's Explorer Avatar.

Besides a few dozen Demon Vein Sources and countless Demon Stones.

Ye Qingxuan's Explorer Avatar had only slain one Green Demon Clan member at the early stage of the Jin Dan realm.

He had slain forty-one Green Demon Clan members at the Purple Mansion realm, one hundred twenty-eight at the Foundation Establishment realm, and countless at the Qi Refining realm.

Except for that single Green Demon Clan corpse at the Jin Dan realm and its cultivation foundation.

The other Green Demon Clan corpses and cultivation foundations were currently being continuously refined within the Fifth-Rank Grotto-Heaven purification array before Ye Qingxuan, transforming into vast amounts of First, Second, and Third-Rank foundation energy, which the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven absorbed.

Foundation energy is ordinary energy mixed with foundation essence.

Therefore, when the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven absorbs foundation energy, the speed of converting it into foundation essence increases significantly.

In Ye Qingxuan's perception, the foundation essence of the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven was growing at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

This rate of foundation essence conversion was nearly a hundred times faster than before.

However, the Green Demon Clan corpses, cultivation foundations, Demon Vein Sources, Demon Stones, various low-grade materials from the Demon Realm, magic treasures, and other items Ye Qingxuan had placed into the Fifth-Rank Grotto-Heaven purification array were also being rapidly consumed.

According to Ye Qingxuan's estimation, the harvest his Explorer Avatar gathered over ten years in Demon Realm No. 3.

Would likely only sustain the Fifth-Rank Grotto-Heaven purification array for about three months before being completely purified.

Nevertheless, even so, the harvest Ye Qingxuan's Explorer Avatar obtained this time in the Demon Realm could save the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven approximately twenty-five years of growth time.

Regarding this, Ye Qingxuan was extremely satisfied.

After all, his Explorer Avatar was currently only hunting some low-level Green Demon Clan members.

So, being able to provide such significant help to the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven was enough for him.

Afterwards, Ye Qingxuan approached another large array.

This array was a small Sacrificial Array that Ye Qingxuan had set up over the years using the connection between the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven and the Earthly Profound Realm.

A true Sacrificial Array, without relying on the connection between a Grotto-Heaven and the Earthly Profound Realm, must be at least Ninth-Rank.

With Ye Qingxuan's current cultivation base, he naturally could not set up a Ninth-Rank Sacrificial Array.

So he had to settle for the next best thing, using the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven to establish a small Sacrificial Array.

With the connection between the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven and the Earthly Profound Realm, the small Sacrificial Array could still produce the effects of a true Sacrificial Array.

Ye Qingxuan placed the remaining Jin Dan-level Green Demon Clan corpse from the storage bag, along with its extracted and condensed cultivation foundation, into the small Sacrificial Array.

Ye Qingxuan did not need to activate the array.

Upon sensing the Green Demon Clan corpse and the condensed, spherical Green Demon Clan cultivation foundation, the small Sacrificial Array immediately emitted a dazzling light.

This beam of light directly enveloped the Green Demon Clan corpse and cultivation foundation within the array.

In a short while, the corpse of the Green Demon Clan and its cultivation source within the small sacrificial array vanished without a trace.

In its place, a golden beam shot straight through the sky, appearing out of nowhere above the Green Profound Cave Heaven, enveloping Ye Qingxuan's body.

In an instant, a faint source began pouring into Ye Qingxuan's body, boosting his cultivation base.

Before Ye Qingxuan could even sense it, the golden beam had already disappeared.

Seeing the beam vanish so quickly, Ye Qingxuan was stunned.

That's it?

Having experienced the pleasure of source infusion from Cave Heavens and Blessed Lands several times, Ye Qingxuan truly looked down on this meager source power.

Smacking his lips, Ye Qingxuan sensed the changes in his cultivation base.

A Green Demon Clan corpse at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, plus its cultivation source, had only increased his cultivation by the equivalent of six years at the late stage of the Golden Core realm.

After a cultivator's cultivation base rises, their physique continues to transform.

Although the spiritual roots showed no obvious change, the body's ability to compress spiritual power and withstand the intensity and duration of spiritual power surges would both be enhanced.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan's six years of cultivation at the late stage of the Golden Core realm represented a massive boost for anyone below the Golden Core realm.

Unfortunately, the early-stage Green Demon Clan corpse, while still offering some help to Ye Qingxuan at the late stage of the Golden Core realm, provided little benefit.

"It seems that to raise my cultivation base quickly, I must hunt down Green Demon Clan members at the Nascent Soul realm."

(End of this chapter)