Chapter 396: Harvest

Just as Qin Ming exterminated Jiang Yuan.

The true disciples of the Blood Refining Demonic Sect hiding in the Great Li and Great Zhou Immortal Cultivation Worlds were all shocked.

They took out the demonic-patterned blood tokens on their bodies and were horrified to find that the soul imprint representing the Demonic Sect Holy Son at the very top of the blood token had already disappeared.

What this meant went without saying.

"The Holy Son has met with misfortune and has fallen!"

"How is this possible?!"

"With Senior Brother Jiang's cultivation strength, could it be that he encountered a Nascent Soul True Person with extremely strong strength?"

"It's over, the Holy Son has fallen, and when the time comes, the Old Ancestors will definitely punish us."

"What about Senior Sister Lan Bing? Wasn't she with Senior Brother Jiang?"

"Yes, yes, yes, I also received news that the two senior brother and sister should have infiltrated the Great Jin to hunt down that Han Ya Shangren."

"Could it be that Han Ya Shangren counterattacked before he died?"

"Sigh! It's terrible, I didn't expect such a major event to happen!"

Within the Yin Demon Sect of the Great Li Dynasty.

Holy Maiden Lan Bing, dressed in a black gauze long dress, held the demonic-patterned blood token in her slender hands, her long, narrow eyes flickering incessantly.

Below her, several Blood Refining Demonic Sect disciples stood respectfully.

"Senior Sister Lan, following Senior Brother Chou and Junior Brother Meng, Senior Brother Jiang has also fallen; what do you think we should do?"

"If there are too many casualties, it will affect our trial results."

These true disciples of the Blood Refining Demonic Sect also didn't expect that they had been smooth sailing in the Great Li and Great Zhou Immortal Cultivation Worlds, plundering lower-realm treasures, blood-sacrificing cultivators' souls and flesh, and their demonic cultivation techniques had also improved rapidly, with their strength greatly increasing.

But once they arrived in the Great Jin Immortal Cultivation World, they had lost three fellow disciples in succession, and one of them was even a Holy Son whom the sect Old Ancestors had high hopes for.

This was something that had never happened in the history of their descents over the past few thousand years.

How could it not make this group of demonic cultivators feel surprised and fearful?

Holy Maiden Lan Bing sat on the throne at the head, but was indifferent to the discussions of the several fellow disciples below.

It seemed that she had long expected the fall of Holy Son Jiang Yuan.

"Actually, when I was with Senior Brother Jiang, I once predicted it using a divination divine ability secret technique."

"The result was a sign of great misfortune; in the dark, even I felt a sense of heart-palpitating fear, so I abandoned tracking that Han Ya Shangren and left early."

"Senior Brother Jiang was obsessed with Han Ya Shangren's family wealth, never expecting he would meet such a disaster."

Holy Maiden Lan Bing spoke lightly, completely indifferent to the Demonic Sect Holy Son's death.

"Ah? It turned out to be like this..."

The several demonic cultivators of Holy Maiden Lan Bing's faction below looked at each other in dismay for a moment, speechless.

This Senior Sister Lan was truly heartless; knowing there was danger, she didn't call Senior Brother Jiang to run away together.

However, they thought about it, and the competition between Demonic Sect Holy Sons was also exceptionally fierce.

Senior Sister Lan probably wished for Senior Brother Jiang Yuan to die early.

Immediately after.

Holy Maiden Lan Bing continued to say indifferently: "Losing three fellow disciples in succession, it seems there really is some problem in the lower realm."

"With Senior Brother Jiang's strength, unless a Nascent Soul cultivator makes a move, it's impossible to exterminate him completely."

"After all, he possesses a Tier 4 demonic treasure for protection."

"I don't know which Nascent Soul made the move."

At this time, a yellow-haired demonic cultivator suddenly stepped forward to ask: "Senior Sister Lan, you say... could it be that those other sects in the Blood Huan Realm are playing tricks?"

"If they use means to smuggle Nascent Soul cultivators into the lower realm to hunt down our sect's disciples."

"To weaken our sect's backbone, it is also very possible."

"Especially the fall of the Holy Son, which is a very serious blow to our sect, hitting the mark of those other sects."

Holy Maiden Lan Bing pondered for a moment, frowning slightly: "Impossible, if those other sects secretly played tricks, the interface power would fluctuate, and our sect's Descent Demon Platform would also react."

"Not to mention Nascent Soul smuggling into the lower realm, even a Soul Transformation Venerable being swept into the void turbulence would only end in death."

The yellow-haired demonic cultivator felt it made sense, so he asked again: "Then Senior Sister Lan means, this matter is ten times out of nine done by the people of the lower realm?"

"Should we go and investigate?"

"After all, Elder Meng Kuo's grandson and our sect's Holy Son have both fallen, and the higher-ups will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly."

Holy Maiden Lan Bing pondered for a moment and said:

"Let the people of the Yin Demon Sect investigate secretly with the demonic-patterned blood tokens; you don't need to move casually, so as not to cause more casualties."

She said in a cold tone, "Even Jiang Yuan was no match for them, so if you encounter them, it's just a dead end."

"When Jiang Yuan fell, he couldn't even send out a message, which is enough to explain the problem."

"Also, notify the several fellow disciples lurking in the Great Jin to return to the Great Li as soon as possible."

"Put the main energy into the Green Origin Sect secret realm matter."

"As for Han Ya Shangren... it can only be considered his good luck."

As the words fell, the several demonic cultivators below hurriedly responded.

"Yes! Senior Sister Lan!"

On the other side.

Qin Ming had taken a long detour and returned to the Five Elements Mountain Market.

Although there were twists and turns on this trip, and some unexpected situations occurred midway, it was a bumper harvest.

He first exchanged for the "Five Elements Spirit Ginseng," which was crucial for refining the Nascent Soul Condensation Pill, from Han Ya Shangren, and also obtained Tier 4 spirit materials like Phoenix Blood Red Gold.

The most important thing was obtaining Huo Hu Xu Zi's storage bag and the background wealth of the Demonic Sect Holy Son.

Inside the Small Spirit Realm.

"Bumper harvest, a huge bumper harvest!"

The Heaven-Devouring Rat, the Profound Water Crocodile, the Silver-Winged Frost Bee, and Hua Hua Tianxiong surrounded the corpse of the Demonic Sect Holy Son Jiang Yuan, their eyes revealing incomparably excited looks.

"This... this Demonic Sect Holy Son actually really died in Master's hands..." Hua Hua Tianxiong had a bitter smile on his face.

After he went back this time, he was afraid he would have to take the blame.

After Qin Ming gave Hua Hua Tianxiong some rewards, he sent him away.

Before leaving, he instructed him to continue searching for the remaining spirit materials and to pay attention to the intelligence in the Immortal Cultivation World at any time.

Hua Hua Tianxiong thanked Qin Ming profusely before leaving; he had also been quite shocked this time and had to rush back to handle the Merchant Alliance's internal affairs.

Next.

Qin Ming checked his harvest this time.

First was Huo Hu Xu Zi's storage bag; his spiritual sense swept through the storage bag and was attracted by a section of deep blue spirit wood.

He took out this spirit wood and held it in his hand to observe carefully.

"Is this the Star Sea Divine Vine, one of the five great divine woods in the Immortal Cultivation World?"

Even the Heaven-Devouring Rat, looking at this wood, was yearning for it, so one could imagine the divinity of this item.

Just as Qin Ming took out the Star Sea Divine Vine, his life-bound spirit plant, the Yin Yang Profound Vine, suddenly transmitted a joyful and happy sound.

"Could it be that this divine wood also has an effect on the life-bound spirit plant?"

"And there are still roots, so I should be able to resurrect it with the 【Regenerative Spirit Seed】 entry, right?"

Qin Ming pondered for a moment while supporting his chin, and did it as soon as he thought of it.

He walked to the tree of his life-bound spirit plant, the Yin Yang Profound Vine, and then planted this section of Star Sea Divine Vine nearby.

Immediately after.

Qin Ming used a 【Regenerative Spirit Seed】 entry, and a mysterious power descended, with purple spores appearing out of thin air, wrapping the Star Sea Divine Vine.

After a while, this section of Star Sea Divine Vine gradually recovered its vitality.

However.

Perhaps because the tier of this divine wood was too high, it seemed that the energy in one entry was not enough to resurrect it completely.

Thus, Qin Ming used two more 【Regenerative Spirit Seed】 entries in succession, applying them to the Star Sea Divine Vine.

Finally, the Star Sea Divine Vine began to emit deep blue starlight sprouts, completely revived and alive.

Qin Ming consumed five 【Time-Space Leaf】 entries again to accelerate its growth to five hundred years.

The vine, like starlight, began to grow crazily and rise continuously, finally growing into a small tree three zhang tall.

The divine vine was flowing with light and color, making people intoxicated.

Suddenly.

The Star Sea Divine Vine emitted dots of brilliant light, drifting toward the life-bound spirit plant, the Yin Yang Profound Vine.

The Yin Yang Profound Vine absorbed these starlight, and the spirit seed in the dark seemed to have obtained some benefit, beginning to undergo some kind of change quietly.

After doing all this, Qin Ming looked through Huo Hu Xu Zi's storage bag again; as the Great Zhou's number one rogue cultivator, his wealth was also quite abundant.

And for the past hundred years, in order to find the opportunity to condense the Nascent Soul, he had been plundering everywhere, with all kinds of heaven and earth treasures coming one after another.

Even the Ten Thousand Daos Merchant Alliance's auction dared to be robbed.

In his storage bag, just the high-grade spirit stones were over three hundred, and the rest of the mid-low-grade spirit stones were countless.

There were even several types of heaven and earth spirit materials that had an auxiliary effect on condensing the Nascent Soul.

"Illusion Extinguishing Profound Liquid, Spirit Nether Qi."

And his most powerful magic treasure, the Tier 3 High-grade Yang Flame Hammer.

The rest were items like medicinal pills and talismans, with quite complete categories, but for Qin Ming, they were of no great use.

And his other several magic treasures were also mostly fire-attributed.

Afterward.

Qin Ming put away the storage bag and cast his gaze on Jiang Yuan's corpse again.

He released his spiritual sense and searched his body for a while, but didn't find any items like storage bags.

Only that pitch-black Source Demonic Bead.

He took out Jiang Yuan's Completion-stage Golden Core; this was where the essence of a Golden Core cultivator lay, and it could be considered the most precious item.

Even, when Qin Ming took out the Golden Core to observe, deep within the dark-colored Golden Core, a Holy Fetus had begun to condense, only one step away from becoming a Demonic Infant.

One could imagine how terrifying Jiang Yuan's cultivation talent was! The Heaven-Devouring Rat and the other three beasts, looking at the Golden Core in Qin Ming's hand, had drool flowing all over the floor.

He picked up the demonic bead and the Golden Core, then cast a Thorn Technique on the corpse, obtaining a Golden Core Completion-stage blood bead, and directly threw it to his life-bound spirit plant, the Yin Yang Profound Vine.

The Profound Vine obtained nourishment and began to grow slowly again.

As for the remaining corpse, it was buried again under the Abundant Nether Ghost Date Tree as fertilizer.

The demonic corpse of Jiang Yuan, who had cultivated the Yin Nether Heavenly Corpse Technique, was an unprecedented great tonic for this spirit plant.

Afterward.

Qin Ming released his spiritual sense, landing on the Source Demonic Bead, forcibly erasing the imprint left on it.

"Sure enough!"

The moment the imprint was erased, Qin Ming saw that inside this Source Demonic Bead, there was a space about ten zhang in size, divided in an orderly manner.

Dozens of times larger than an ordinary storage bag.

Qin Ming immediately immersed his spiritual sense into it and browsed through it.

"Hiss~"

"Just the high-grade spirit stones are over two thousand... far exceeding the wealth of an ordinary Golden Core Completion cultivator."

"There are also a large number of heaven and earth treasures, talismans, medicinal pills, cultivation techniques, and secret manuals."

"These are all small matters."

"The real big deal should be the several life-bound demonic treasures of this person."

"And this Source Demonic Bead itself is a genuine Tier 4 demonic treasure."

Immediately, Qin Ming took a blood-colored inkstone-shaped demonic treasure from the ground into his hand.

"This item is the Blood Pagoda that the Demonic Sect Holy Son unleashed at the beginning, which has reached the level of a pseudo-demonic treasure, only one thread away from advancing to the Tier 4 level."

"A Tier 4 demonic treasure is equivalent to a spirit treasure used by a Nascent Soul True Person."

Qin Ming had seen the sharpness of this item, able to pull cultivators into the Blood Pagoda at will, weaken and suppress the opponent's cultivation, and fight in the Blood Refining World, where the momentum of the enemy and himself grew and declined, which could be said to have the upper hand.

If it weren't for Huo Hu Xu Zi being pushed into a corner and directly self-detonating his Golden Core without a word, blasting a gap in the Blood Pagoda, Elder Jin Han of the Ten Thousand Daos Merchant Alliance wouldn't have been able to run away either.

I'm afraid he would have been completely refined by Jiang Yuan using the Blood Pagoda.

"However, even if the Blood Pagoda is damaged, there should be a way to repair it."

Next, Qin Ming found the three Golden Core late-stage demonic heads in a corner of the space.

Unfortunately, with Jiang Yuan's death, the three demonic heads also lost their vitality, their auras gone, completely perishing along with their master.

"And this Demon Luo Heaven Curtain is a Tier 3 Supreme-grade demonic treasure of the sealing type."

After a while, Qin Ming also found hundreds of pitch-black crystals, with an abnormal energy surging inside.

He flipped through a demonic book on the bookshelf and learned that this item was called a Demon Crystal, which was an extremely precious item in demonic cultivation, and for demonic cultivators, it was even rarer than high-grade spirit stones.

As Qin Ming explored deeper, his spiritual sense came to the center of the demonic bead.

But the scene before him made Qin Ming feel incomparably astonished.

"Could this be that 'Source Demonic Qi'?"

He saw a demonic-patterned altar placed in the center, with a wisp of pitch-black demonic qi floating above the altar, as if it were about to swallow people's souls.

This wisp of Source Demonic Qi was also the core of this Tier 4 demonic bead.

"Even that long-eyebrowed human face was abnormally concerned about this, I'm afraid it was aimed at this wisp of Source Demonic Qi..."

Finally, Qin Ming's gaze fell on a row of bookshelves in the corner.

On it were neatly arranged rows of jade slips and various books.

"The demonic cultivation technique practiced by this Demonic Sect Holy Son was indeed placed under some kind of restriction by the Demonic Sect, and could not be easily broken."

Qin Ming took out several pitch-black jade slips and threw them to the Heaven-Devouring Rat, letting it break the seal.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat did it in three or two strokes, spraying out Forbidden Breaking Profound Light from its mouth, and in just an instant, it removed the seal on it.

Qin Ming released his spiritual sense to check, and his expression didn't change much.

"Sure enough, it's the 'Yin Nether Heavenly Corpse Technique' practiced."

"I didn't expect the core cultivation technique practiced by the Demonic Sect disciples in the Blood Huan Realm to be this kind of pig-farming cultivation technique."

"I'm afraid, when Jiang Yuan cultivated to the point of condensing the Demonic Infant, it would be the moment to be harvested."

"And that Chou-surname demonic cultivator, the 'Heavenly Demon Infusion' practiced is also like this."

"Clearly, this kind of practicing the same demonic technique, and then devouring each other, and finally the person left is the strongest."

"In the Blood Huan Realm, I'm afraid there is a big shot laying out plans in the dark..."

Qin Ming put away the jade slips and flipped through the bookshelf again.

"Besides the cultivation techniques and secret arts practiced by Jiang Yuan, there are actually the cultivation techniques and secret arts he collected, as well as geographical maps of the Blood Huan Realm, spirit treasure appraisals, and no lack of some Immortal Cultivation Hundred Arts inheritance and observation notes."

"This..."

"Tier 4 Alchemy Inheritance 'Blood Refining Alchemy Scripture'!"

Qin Ming's gaze immediately brightened, and he became extremely interested.

After he roughly browsed through it, he discovered that this alchemy scripture was precisely the alchemy inheritance of the Blood Refining Demonic Sect.

It even had Tier 4 High-grade pill recipes needed by Nascent Soul late-stage Demon Lords.

For example, things like Boundless Blood Sea Pill, Five Viscera Pill, Blood Spirit Pill, all needed to take cultivators' blood, flesh, and living souls as medicine primers to refine, and the methods were incomparably vicious and evil.

These medicinal pills could significantly improve demonic cultivation in a short period of time.

It was completely different from the alchemy inheritance of the human realm, taking a path that was incomparably domineering.

Qin Ming flipped through it for a while and then put it away; naturally, he wouldn't refine these demonic medicinal pills now.

"Hmm, but if there's a chance in the future, and I catch a few more demonic cultivators, I can try refining this human pill."

"Maybe it will be useful in the future..."

After pondering for a moment, he put away the alchemy scripture.

After reading and checking for a long time, Qin Ming found a Tier 4 demonic treasure refining inheritance on the bookshelf.

"The sacrificial refining and nourishing secret method of the Blood Pagoda demonic treasure, as well as the repair method, there really is this..."

"Repairing the demonic treasure requires ten Golden Core stage living souls, some flesh and blood... two hundred high-grade Demon Crystals, one wisp of Cold Nether Essence Spirit..."

"It seems that if you want to repair this demonic treasure, the things required are not few."

Coincidentally, Qin Ming found all the materials required above in another corner of the Source Demonic Bead.

"How much evil did this Jiang Yuan do in the Great Zhou? So many living souls and cultivators' flesh and blood..."

"I can also be considered to have eliminated harm for the people."

"I think now that this Demonic Sect Holy Son is dead, other demonic ways won't dare to have designs on the Great Jin."

"I have brought peace to the Great Jin Immortal Cultivation World again..."

Qin Ming picked up a geographical map introducing the Blood Huan Realm and flipped through it.

"So this Blood Huan Realm is a small world between the human realm and the spirit realm."

"Controlled by several large sects, with the existence of Soul Transformation sects at the highest..."

"This Blood Refining Demonic Sect is one of them."

"This so-called Heavenly Demon Tribulation is just the Demonic Sect assessing disciples, and by the way, harvesting the resources of the lower realm..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 397 =====