Chapter 416: Clearing Out

Hearing the other party accurately name the cultivation technique he primarily practiced,

Qin Ming narrowed his eyes, and the movement of his hands stopped instantly.

However, he trusted these old monsters who had lived for tens of thousands of years the least. They were incredibly cunning and had extremely deep schemes, so naturally, he couldn't easily believe them.

Immediately, Qin Ming did not reply to Qingyangzi, directly casting a soul restriction on his spiritual body, then sealing it into a wooden box, sticking a spirit talisman on it, and casually throwing it into the Small Spirit Realm.

In this way, it was foolproof.

When Old Demon Qingyang entered the Small Spirit Realm, even with his vast knowledge, he couldn't help but exclaim in shock: "Tier 3 supreme-grade cave heaven paradise! And it's a self-contained domain..."

"This... this is..."

"Tier 4 Earth Heart Spirit Spring, Infant-Nurturing Fruit Tree, Five Elements Spirit Ginseng, Transformation Demon Grass, Taiyi Bodhi... So many high-tier spirit plants, what are you doing, kid? Could it be you want to refine Infant-Nurturing Pills?"

"And the Seven-Aperture Tribulation Flower, the main material for refining the Ice Heart Jade Soul Pill, used to overcome the Heart Demon Tribulation, that must be it!"

"It's actually the Star Sea Divine Vine! One of the five great divine woods of the immortal realm, please, Fellow Daoist, put this old man on it, I can recover and nourish my soul body! Old man is willing to do anything for you."

Immediately, Old Demon Qingyang's gaze fell upon the Yin-Yang Qing Xuan Vine that reached the sky within the Small Spirit Realm.

It completely shattered his cognition.

The next moment, he was shocked into speechlessness: "This... what tree is this..."

Just at this moment.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat walked in holding a steel fork, pointing domineeringly at Old Demon Qingyang in the wooden box and cursing: "My master told you not to shout anymore, otherwise, this great master will send you to reunite with Lin Lin Zixiao right now."

Once these words were out, the soul body in the wooden box instantly returned to calm and immediately shut its mouth.

Lin Lin Zixiao's corpse was also thrown by him under the Lei Yuan Demon Date Tree.

And that blood bead was fed to his natal spirit plant, the Yin-Yang Qing Xuan Vine. The black vine stretched out, instantly swallowing the blood bead clean, emitting a burst of cheering and joyful excitement.

Qin Ming finished all this, his figure blurred, and he vanished from the back mountain of the Lei Yuanmo Sect.

The collision of Core Formation-level spiritual power just now had great momentum, naturally attracting the attention of other disciples and cultivators.

Those demon sect disciples also acted one after another.

"There's a situation over at Mo'ya Cave! It seems something happened!"

"Isn't that where Old Ancestor Lin is cultivating? How could there be a problem?"

"But with such a commotion, if we don't support... what if there's a problem..."

Once these words were out, the disciples of the Lei Yuanmo Sect reported to the elders and rushed to the scene in a hurry.

Seeing the scene before them, they could no longer remain calm.

Qin Ming didn't intend to let these demon cultivators go, directly casting a spell above the Lei Yuanmo Sect, raining down a cold rain of Yin Sha.

In an instant, those demon cultivators fell one after another like wheat in the cold rain, turning into blood beads.

Countless blood beads all turned into fertilizer for the Yin-Yang Qing Xuan Vine.

However, these low-tier blood beads provided little nourishment for the current Yin-Yang Qing Xuan Vine.

But it was better than nothing.

Old Demon Qingyang in the Small Spirit Realm was directly dumbfounded: "There's such an operation? It's simply more like a demon sect than our generation... Is this what a righteous cultivator does?"

Qin Ming didn't act unless he had to, but once he did, it was with the momentum of thunder!

After wiping out the cultivators of the Lei Yuanmo Sect, he opened the sect's treasure vault and began to loot.

The sects of the Southern Wasteland Immortal Realm, although pitifully poor, could still squeeze out a bit of oil if searched carefully.

"Tier 3 Spirit Flame Yellow Essence, Tier 3 Demon Spike Grass, hmm... still somewhat useful."

After blood-washing the headquarters of the six demon sects, Qin Ming was too lazy to act personally for the remaining few sects, directly letting the Heaven-Devouring Rat go to wipe them out together.

The Core Formation old ancestors among the six demon sects had already died or been injured during the Battle of Taihu.

Now that Qin Ming had wiped out their greatest demon hero, Lin Lin Zixiao, they had no backing.

With the Heaven-Devouring Rat's Tier 3 perfection cultivation, going to wipe out a few Core Formation Early-stage demon cultivators was just a matter of ease.

And Qin Ming was waiting at the Lei Yuanmo Sect, sitting steadily on the fishing platform.

Hearing Qin Ming give him such a task, the Heaven-Devouring Rat's expression became incredibly excited, and it immediately patted its chest and agreed fully:

"Master, rest assured, I am most skilled at raiding homes. I will definitely wipe out all those demon cultivators and then grab all those treasures for you... No, wait, bring them back! Hehehe!"

After saying this, the Heaven-Devouring Rat wore the Five Elements Command Flag and held the black steel fork, swaggering out to do business.

Suddenly.

Its figure paused and it turned its head, asking hesitantly:

"By the way, Master, those old immortals of the demon sect cultivators not only possess many treasures but also kidnapped many female cultivator cauldrons."

"I heard that the female cultivators of the Hehuan Sect are all of outstanding beauty, closing the moon and shaming the flowers, sinking fish and falling geese. That Hehuan Old Demon must have hidden many beautiful wives and concubines."

"Should I kidnap a few for you?"

Qin Ming's face sank upon hearing this, and he kicked it in the butt, "What are you dawdling about? Why don't you hurry up and do your job?"

"Ehehe! I understand, yes, yes, yes!" Immediately, the Heaven-Devouring Rat ran off without a trace.

In the following half-month.

A major event broke out in the Southern Wasteland Immortal Realm, which was that a rat demon king was rumored to be on a killing spree within the six demon sects, staining the blue sky with blood.

Five Core Formation old ancestors of the demon sect all fell! And while Qin Ming was waiting, he saw a mournful voice coming from the wooden box sealing Old Demon Qingyang in the Small Spirit Realm:

"This fellow daoist, old man has something to report to you, consider it a pledge!" "Speak if you have something to say! Now that the six demon sects are almost dead, you only just thought of offering a pledge?" Qin Ming asked indifferently. "Also, this seat's surname is Qin."

"Haha! So it's Fellow Daoist Qin. It's not that I didn't want to touch your bad luck when you were angry a few days ago!" Old Demon Qingyang laughed dryly.

He then immediately said, "Previously, that kid Lin Lin Zixiao caught a Core Formation cultivator and imprisoned him in a secret place of the Lei Yuanmo Sect..."

Qin Ming frowned upon hearing this, subconsciously thinking of one person.

"Why didn't you say so earlier?!"

Old Demon Qingyang felt incredibly wronged: "Fellow Daoist Qin! You have to be reasonable! It was you who told old man to shut up..."

Half a stick of incense later.

Boom!

On a mountain body at the back of the Lei Yuanmo Sect, a hole was blasted out by Qin Ming.

With one punch, the formation restrictions set up in the surrounding area were all turned into fly ash.

These formation restrictions were still set up by Old Demon Qingyang for Lin Lin Zixiao, and he was even preparing to show off in front of Qin Ming.

He didn't expect this kid to not say a word and smash them all with one punch. He was simply a beast!

Qin Ming moved his figure, transforming into a stream of light and entering the mountain body, spiraling down along the excavated secret path.

After a while, a secret room filled with runes appeared before him, clearly a formation cage, inside which a person was imprisoned and trapped, looking quite miserable, clearly having been tortured quite badly.

He was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed, his aura withered and listless.

"Fellow Daoist Pei Qing, are you alright?"

The person trapped here, Qin Ming was very familiar with; it was precisely Pei Qing, the Core Formation old ancestor of the Beast King Valley in the Wu State.

Pei Qing was trapped here, and hearing someone coming, his gaze brightened suddenly! And he seemed to find the voice extremely familiar, his whole person excited, his face flushing red.

He immediately straightened up from the ground, his body still wrapped in black mysterious iron chains, inscribed with many complex magic patterns, seemingly having his spiritual power locked by them.

He tidied his appearance, and when his spiritual sense probed Qin Ming, his heart felt quite emotional, barely managing to pile up a trace of a smile: "So it's Fellow Daoist Qin, long time no see. I didn't expect you to return from your travels. I suppose your cultivation has progressed again? It is truly a joyous occasion."

"Haha! It's alright, just had some opportunities." While speaking, Qin Ming didn't hide his Core Formation perfection-level spiritual power, shook his body, and directly shattered all the Qing Xuan ropes binding Pei Qing... Seeing this scene, the disheveled Pei Qing finally couldn't control his expression, exclaiming in shock: "Fellow Daoist Qin, you broke through to Core Formation perfection?!"

"Just lucky. Qin had some opportunities while traveling outside. The mastermind behind the six demon sects' conspiracy, Lin Lin Zixiao, has already been wiped out by me..."

"I also let my subordinates go to deal with the demon sect Core Formation cultivators of the other sects. I believe this time we can solve it once and for all, with no possibility of a resurgence."

"This can be considered clearing out a tumor for the four Southern Wasteland countries."

Pei Qing's heart was surging. He didn't expect that after not seeing him for decades, the legendary cultivator who had shaken the past and present had returned, and with a wave of his hand, he was already able to turn clouds into rain.

He was already starting to have the demeanor of a big boss.

Pei Qing hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Lin Lin Zixiao was ambitious, attempting to launch a beast tide to besiege the four countries to satisfy his own selfish desires. He truly deserved to die."

"By the way, Pei asks a presumptuous question: Fellow Daoist Qin, this time you wiped out the six demon sects and your cultivation has reached the Core Formation perfection realm, could it be you are going to establish a sect in the Southern Wasteland?"

After all, it concerned his own interests. Although Qin Ming had saved his life, Pei Qing still couldn't help but ask.

He understood Qin Ming's personality and knew he wouldn't mind this matter.

"Fellow Daoist Pei, you worry too much. Qin is just a loose cultivator and has no interest in establishing a sect. I returned this time just to visit my homeland and cultivate my state of mind by the way." Qin Ming replied with a faint smile.

"Oh, I see. Thank you, Fellow Daoist Qin, for your life-saving grace. Please accept a bow from Pei!" Pei Qing then realized in his heart and was about to bow deeply to Qin Ming.

Qin Ming raised his hand and brushed lightly, lifting him up.

"Fellow Daoist Pei, no need for formalities. It was just a small matter of convenience."

Afterward, the two left this prison.

Qin Ming learned from Old Demon Qingyang that Lin Lin Zixiao had captured Pei Qing actually to use some demon sect means to restore his spiritual body's cultivation.

He didn't expect that before he could use it, Lin Lin Zixiao was wiped out by Qin Ming.

Pei Qing could be considered lucky, having retrieved his life.

Several days later.

The Heaven-Devouring Rat was in high spirits, its waist wrapped with bulging storage bags. Not only that, but even its black steel fork was strung with a whole row of storage bags.

It walked to Qin Ming with a smiling face, handed all the spoils in its hands to him, and waved its claws, saying:

"My Heaven-Devouring Rat King acted, and the six demon sects were wiped out in the blink of an eye!"

"Knowing that you, Master, need Core Formation corpses to water spirit plants, I also specially brought back the corpses of those five dead ghosts."

"Hmm, you did quite well this time." Qin Ming nodded with satisfaction, then put it back into the Small Spirit Realm.

Pei Qing on the side asked with extreme envy:

"Fellow Daoist Qin, is this Heaven-Devouring Rat Demon King the same one as before? It has actually grown to Tier 3 perfection, truly admirable!"

As the Core Formation old ancestor of the Beast King Valley, he was naturally very interested in the cultivation and domestication of spirit pets.

"Fellow Daoist Pei, the matter here is settled, let's return. We can talk as we go." Qin Ming said.

Immediately, in Pei Qing's even more astonished gaze, Qin Ming took out a brilliant Lingxiao Treasure Carriage, with eight azure-wave seahorses and a Tier 3 Late-stage Qing Xuan Water Crocodile Demon King in front.

Any one of these could be a guardian demon of a sect... Ten-plus days later.

The two parted ways halfway after exchanging pleasantries and flew back toward their respective old nests.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 417 =====