Chapter 135: Not Someone to Mess With

"Oh no! It's a Foundation Establishment great demon!"

"Damn it, that surname Zhao's information was wrong!"

"Run quickly!"

The Evil-Faced Old Monster gazed at the ferociously terrifying Profound Water Crocodile, knowing that even if three more like him appeared, they would not be enough to fill this demonic beast's teeth.

Without another word, he immediately unleashed his fastest escape technique to flee.

But they had only flown halfway when they discovered with horror and fear.

In the direction of their escape, there was also a Foundation Establishment great demon flashing with silver light, flapping its silver wings, quietly staring at them.

The Evil-Faced Old Monster's heart instantly plummeted to the bottom.

"It's over, two Foundation Establishment great demons."

"We're going to die here."

"Split up and run! If one can escape, let one escape."

A trace of determination flashed across his sinister gaze, and then, gritting his teeth, he made the immediate decision to speak.

Just at this moment.

A faint voice suddenly emerged from nearby not far away.

"Where do you think you're running to?"

In the Evil-Faced Old Monster's sight, the figure of a young cultivator materialized, also possessing Foundation Establishment early stage cultivation; forming a triangular pincer formation with the two demonic beasts, they completely surrounded them, leaving no path of retreat whatsoever.

It was not difficult for them to guess that the person before them must be the Master of Moon Gazing Island, and furthermore, these two Foundation Establishment great demons were spiritual beasts raised by him.

Otherwise, they would not have coordinated with such perfect tacit understanding.

"Hehe!"

"This old man was merely passing through this place."

"I did not expect to disturb this Daoist friend; for any offenses committed, please truly do not take offense," the Evil-Faced Old Monster said with a smile that did not reach his eyes.

"..."

Qin Ming stated calmly, "Merely passing through is enough reason to slaughter everyone on my spiritual island clean?"

"That seems a bit unreasonable, doesn't it?"

"I think you, Daoist friend, should just obediently leave your life here! It just so happens that my two spiritual beasts have not yet eaten."

Upon hearing this, the Evil-Faced Old Monster realized that their previous conversation had evidently been heard clearly in its entirety by the other party.

Seeing that the matter was exposed, the Evil-Faced Old Monster knew he could no longer maneuver or negotiate; his expression turned fierce, and he immediately took out a spiritual artifact, charging toward Qin Ming's position to break through the encirclement!

One must pick the soft persimmon to squeeze.

With a "Whoosh."

The Evil-Faced Old Monster only felt a blur before his eyes.

A streak of silver light suddenly appeared before him; indeed, from beginning to end, he had not seen clearly how this silver-winged flying insect demonic beast had moved from another direction to appear before him with such an eerie speed.

Just at this moment.

The Silver-Winged Frost Bee launched its attack; from its tail, it shot an imperceptible Soul-Destroying Void Poison Thorn toward the group of opponents.

The Evil-Faced Old Monster immediately felt his body hair stand on end, as if somewhere in the unseen realm, a silent and soundless attack had brushed past him.

Even when he expanded his divine sense, he could not capture its trajectory of movement.

"Ah!"

Just as the Evil-Faced Old Monster was nervously on guard, he saw the Foundation Establishment early stage companion at his side let out a miserable shriek, instantly falling from mid-air on its own, and then there was no more sound or breath.

The crowd of Calamity Cultivators present were frightened out of their wits.

What kind of terrifying attack was this?

Relying on a single strike, it could cause a long-famous Foundation Establishment stage cultivator to perish on the spot!

The Evil-Faced Old Monster and the others turned pale with terror, and just as they were about to risk their lives to break through.

Boom! Crack-crack!

They saw that Profound Water Crocodile, the Foundation Establishment great demon, erupt a cluster of purple lightning from its blood basin-like great mouth, sweeping toward them.

Arcs of lightning flashed; the Profound Water Crocodile's innate divine ability, capable of withstanding the Lei Jie, arrived in an instant.

The Evil-Faced Old Monster's pupils contracted, his face revealing a look of despair; in his panic, he deployed every defensive spiritual tool he could summon.

The next moment.

The purple lightning instantly submerged the crowd.

All methods, in the face of this Lei Ting divine ability of the Profound Water Crocodile, were almost like paper-mache; one by one, corpses scorched on the outside and tender on the inside fell from the sky onto the surface of the lake.

If not for Qin Ming ordering the Profound Water Crocodile not to use its full strength, these people would have instantly turned into flying ash under the bombardment of the lightning spells.

Qin Ming, with quick eyes and fast hands, threw out black spiritual seeds and cast the Thorn Technique upon the corpses of these Calamity Cultivators.

Very quickly.

He obtained over a dozen blood pearls, among which were included two from Foundation Establishment early stage cultivators.

Now the Longevity Vine had fertilizer again.

Qin Ming collected all the storage bags of these people.

Subsequently, the Evil-Faced Old Monster and his gang, who had once dominated the Calamity Cultivator circles of the Spirit Perch Archipelago in the Immortal Realm, all became dim sum in the mouth of the Profound Water Crocodile.

Two days later.

Within the Calamity Cultivator circles of the Spirit Perch Archipelago, a world-shaking message began to circulate: the Evil-Faced Old Monster and his gang of Calamity Cultivators had attacked Moon Gazing Island and never returned, being completely annihilated!

From this point onward, no one dared to scheme against Moon Gazing Island again.

Qin Ming returned to his cave dwelling.

He continuously pondered the words of this group of Calamity Cultivators; the other party had also mentioned in passing "surname Zhao."

It seemed they were inseparable from the Zhao family.

There must be a Zhao cultivator secretly passing them information.

If so, the massacre of the two islands might indeed have been secretly instigated by the Zhao family using rogue cultivators.

A glint of cold light flashed in Qin Ming's eyes.

"Daring to disturb my farming; truly, you are tired of living!"

This matter was merely a small disturbance.

Afterwards.

Qin Ming once again entered a state of bitter cultivation.

Regarding his magic power cultivation, with the boost of his spiritual body and the assistance of Spirit-Perching Rice and pills, his progress in condensing liquid magic power was rapid.

As for the body-refining technique, the "Hundred Treasures Glazed Sutra," he also continued to cultivate it deeply.

According to this technique, after completing the first transformation of True Qi Manifestation, one needed to once again accumulate and refine blood-qi true qi to meet the requirement of refining the essence blood of a second high-grade demonic beast.

At that time, breaking through to the second transformation of True Qi Manifestation would grant the power of True Qi Manifestation in two forms, and his strength would grow exponentially accordingly.

Qin Ming was extremely eager for this, but alas, the outside world was currently unstable, and the essence blood of high-grade demonic beasts was not easy to find.

Another month and more passed.

Moon-Gazing Island.

An uninvited guest arrived at his door: the Zhao family's Eldest Young Master, Zhao Wuji.

He brought two attendants, appearing weary from a long journey.

Zhao Wuji's strength was not to be underestimated; to avoid exposing his two second-stage spiritual pets, Qin Ming stored the Profound Water Crocodile and the Silver-Winged Yin Yi Shuangfeng into his beast bag.

"I wonder what brings Fellow Daoist Zhao here on this visit?" Ever since Qin Ming learned that the Zhao family had colluded with rogue cultivators and committed many heaven-envied, human-hated deeds,

he could not help but become extremely cautious.

Furthermore, the information previously leaked to the Evil-Faced Old Monster and his group, stating that there was only one Foundation Establishment cultivator on Moon-Gazing Island, namely Qin Ming, was most likely provided by the Zhao family.

Thus, Qin Ming recorded all members of the Zhao family in his little notebook.

They certainly never expected that Qin Ming's two spiritual beasts had broken through to become second-grade great demons.

Zhao Wuji's steady face squeezed out a slight smile as he said, "The reason I have come here in such haste is to invite Fellow Daoist Qin to join our Zhao family's alliance."

"If Fellow Daoist Qin agrees,"

"our Zhao family will not only grant Fellow Daoist Qin the generous status and treatment of an Alliance Elder,"

"but also, as time goes on, we can even arrange for a Core-Formation spiritual item for Fellow Daoist Qin."

Originally, Qin Ming had intended to treat the other's words as mere flatulence, but upon hearing the four words "Core-Formation spiritual item," he subconsciously startled! However, he immediately calmed down; such an exceptionally rare treasure, if the Zhao family did not keep it for their own use, how could it possibly fall to an outsider like himself? Just thinking about it felt unreasonable.

Zhao Wuji seemed to perceive Qin Ming's thoughts and immediately explained, "Beneath our Zhao family's third-grade spiritual vein lies a Yang Crystal Mine, within which there is a Profound Yin Earth Fiend Karst Cave; every hundred years, it produces a few drops of Profound Yin Earth Fiend Spiritual Liquid."

"Consuming this item during a breakthrough to Core Formation can increase the chance of success by ten percent; we make this item available to cultivators at the Elder level and above."

"As long as one has sufficient contribution points, one can exchange for this Core-Formation spiritual item."

"I believe that with Fellow Daoist Qin's attainments in spirit planting and his level in the Dao of Pills, he will soon be able to exchange for this item."

Zhao Wuji spoke to Qin Ming with earnest sincerity and gentle guidance.

(End of Chapter)