Chapter 325: Curtain Falls

Qin Ming raised his hand and drew it back, sucking all of White Bone True Person's belongings into his storage bag.

To be honest, having yin-killed this ancient old monster, his mood was also slightly excited.

If this were the past, during White Bone True Person's peak, even if the two high envoys of the Brother Li Huo Palace possessed fourth-grade talisman treasures, they might not necessarily have been able to heavily wound him.

Fortunately, White Bone True Person had switched to cultivating the Ghost Dao, and Qin Ming's natal dharma treasure was extremely suppressing against him, allowing him to pick up a huge bargain instead.

"This old fellow is finally dead."

"Come to think of it, his gaze was strangely terrifying."

"Master has truly struck it rich this time; I saw that bone sword was extraordinary—I expect its background must be significant."

The Shi Tian Shu, Xuan Water Crocodile, and Yin Yi Shuangfeng returned to Qin Ming's side.

Qin Ming recalled the Wood Emperor Nail, then cleared away all traces in the surrounding area.

Afterwards, he took his spiritual pets and swiftly flew away from this place.

Half a day later.

Qin Ming contacted Wei Wuya and the others via a message talisman, learning that they were all recovering from injuries in Xuanxi Valley.

He pondered for a moment and decided it was better to meet with them; otherwise, it would seem somewhat abnormal.

By the time Qin Ming arrived, Elder Qingxuan, Wei Wuya, and the others had already been waiting for quite some time.

"Hehe! Fellow Daoist Qin has arrived."

Qin Ming walked over, exchanged pleasantries with the group, and greeted them.

After this incident, Qin Ming's status in the hearts of the several sect ancestors across the three kingdoms had skyrocketed.

If he hadn't rushed over to save the situation this time, the outcome would truly have been uncertain.

Qin Ming looked around at the crowd and asked puzzledly, "Fellow Daoist Qingxuan, where are the two high envoys of the Brother Li Huo Palace?"

After this matter, he still intended to travel to Great Jin, so he wanted to take this opportunity to get familiar with the two and inquire about the situation there.

He did not expect that after the Battle of Taihu, the two had vanished without a trace.

"Uh, this..."

When asked this question, Elder Qingxuan's face looked somewhat unsightly.

At this moment.

Wei Wuya stepped forward and explained the ins and outs of the matter to Qin Ming.

After hearing his account, Qin Ming could not help but be stunned.

He had thought that Zhou Yu and He Kang, previously risking their lives to fight White Bone True Person, possessed such noble character.

As it turned out, they had sold them off as cannon fodder within the underground palace.

No wonder that after the matter concluded, the two high envoys of the Brother Li Huo Palace did not show themselves and directly returned to Great Jin.

Besides that, it was likely related to that High Envoy He Kang; after all, this person used a talisman treasure to cross realms, and even if he didn't die, only half his life remained, requiring a rush back to the sect for treatment.

The Southern Wild Immortal Realm, being such a remote and poor place, lacked the means to treat this Jin Dan perfection high envoy.

"No wonder; I thought that High Envoy He was fighting so desperately because he truly intended to perish together with that White Bone True Person."

"Turns out he was just cherishing his life..."

The Shi Tian Shu held a wine cup himself, drinking and sighing endlessly as he spoke.

Hearing this, the several Jin Dan ancestors present could only force a dry laugh.

This spiritual pet of Qin Ming's had also contributed immensely in this battle; not only did it slay Li Muhe Laogui, but it also drove back the demonic path Jin Dan cultivators, leaving the several ancestors extremely grateful.

The Shi Tian Shu and the group could be said to have become friends through fighting; now, hostilities had turned into friendship.

"This time, we owe much to Fellow Daoist Qin."

"If not for your astonishing divine abilities in annihilating that Golden Toad Ancestor, our current situation would still be unknown."

Elder Qingxuan found Qin Ming's strength increasingly unfathomable.

The group was even starting to suspect more and more that the Green-Faced Poisonous Flood Dragon also died at Qin Ming's hands—after all, among the people in the Southern Wild, only he possessed such strength.

"After the Battle of Taihu concluded, peace has finally arrived."

"With Li Muhe Laogui dead, the Jin Kingdom has also been retaken." "It is just a pity that the White Bone Muhe Laogui managed to escape."

"However, this demon was heavily wounded by High Envoy He of the Brother Li Huo Palace, so he should not emerge to cause trouble for a short while."

Elder Qingxuan analyzed the current situation.

Qin Ming couldn't help but curl his lips; what did he mean by 'not cause trouble for a short while'? He would never do so again, as White Bone True Person's soul pill was currently lying in his own storage bag.

Two days later.

The overall situation in the Southern Wild Immortal Realm was settled; Qin Ming and Nalan Xi bid farewell to the several ancestors and returned to Canghai Immortal City.

During this period, Qin Ming took stock of his gains.

Inside Li Muhe Laogui's storage bag were several low-grade dharma treasures, two hundred high-grade spirit stones, tens of thousands of medium-grade spirit stones, and the rest consisted of a large quantity of demonic path resources.

There were even pills refined using cultivators.

Next was the Golden Toad Ancestor's storage bag; this ruthless old thing actually possessed quite a few good items.

It was estimated that from years of luring cultivators into ruins, plus collecting numerous spirit materials after emerging, he had accumulated these.

As for White Bone True Person's storage ring, although there were not many items, every single one was a rare treasure hard to come by.

"As expected of an old monster who has lived for over ten thousand years; he still has some family assets."

Qin Ming roughly glanced through them; among White Bone True Person's collections, there was everything: spirit stones, cultivation techniques, pills, and spirit materials.

He also found a jade slip containing the Ghost Dao cultivation technique that White Bone True Person primarily practiced.

"'Yin Nether Heavenly Corpse Ghost Body'..."

"Why does it feel somewhat familiar?"

A flash of inspiration struck Qin Ming's mind; he suddenly recalled that the "Primordial Yasha Seed Demon True Scripture" he had obtained seemed to contain records of this very technique.

"Why would this White Bone True Person cultivate such a pig-farming style technique for absorbing cultivation?"

Aside from these, among all his possessions, the Nine Nether White Bone Sword was by far the most precious.

This magical treasure was refined by the White Bone True Person over tens of thousands of years using a spine bone from his own body, tempered by Nine Nether Cold Fire, and had even birthed an extremely powerful spirituality.

Among top-grade magical treasures, it could be counted as one of the finest.

Furthermore, the soul pills of the White Bone True Person and the Golden Toad Laozu were also rare materials.

After returning to Canghai Xiancheng, Qin Ming visited the Mirror Snow Pavilion, where he learned from Hu Fuqi that Gu Qingzhao's injuries had mostly healed.

Once her injuries were fully cured, she rented a cave dwelling on Canghai Peak and began a long-term secluded cultivation.

Qin Ming guessed that she must also be preparing to break through to the Jin Dan realm.

"By the way, Senior Qin."

"Before the Pavilion Master entered seclusion, she entrusted me to give this to you."

Having said this, Hu Fuqi took a storage bag from his robes and handed it to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming accepted the storage bag; inside were the spirit stones he had promised Gu Qingzhao when trading for her to form a Jin Dan.

He glanced slightly and discovered it contained fully over one hundred and fifty superior spirit stones.

This was more than thirty stones extra compared to what was originally agreed upon.

Qin Ming silently put it away.

After bidding farewell to Hu Fuqi, he left Canghai Xiancheng.

In the Southern Wild Immortal Realm, the beast tide and ghost calamity had been quelled, seemingly returning to a period of peace.

Yet Qin Ming knew that the four kingdoms were only superficially calm.

When facing a life-and-death enemy in the Southern Wild, the sects of the three kingdoms could unite together.

But next, as the Immortal Realm underwent turbulent changes, facing the struggle for resources, those few who had once cooperated with utmost sincerity might, in the blink of an eye, turn into enemies over resources.

However, all of this had nothing to do with him.

(End of Chapter)