Chapter 1133: Harvest, Looting, and Return

"But, your safety..."

Gui Yingjun looked at Wang Jianqiang, a look of hesitation flashing across his face, as if he were finding it difficult to make a choice.

He indeed did not pay much attention to sect affairs, but he could not say that.

If he did, wouldn't it make him appear lazy?

If such an impression were truly left in Wang Jianqiang's mind, wouldn't he be very wronged?

"Ancestor need not be troubled."

Just then, Wang Jianqiang suddenly smiled, "Ji Jie's cultivation has already broken through; with Ji Jie's current strength, she can surely keep me safe."

Hearing Wang Jianqiang's words, Gui Yingjun immediately thought of Xuan Ji's performance on the battlefield earlier.

Although Xuan Ji was only at the Great Vehicle Mid-Stage, she possessed many powerful Magic Treasures.

Besieged by a full five Sea Giant powerhouses, with the leader being a Great Vehicle Late Stage cultivator, she had ultimately killed them all in a counterattack.

This strength was indeed enough to have the ability to protect Wang Jianqiang.

"As for Xuan Ji, her strength is indeed sufficient."

He nodded slowly.

While the two were speaking.

In the sky in the distance, sounds of breaking through the air came.

Xuan Ji and the others arrived one after another.

"Weren't we going to look for Luo Ling and the others? Why come here?"

Xuan Ji looked at the open space ahead and asked in surprise.

Wang Jianqiang smiled, "Luo Ling and the others have long since run off without a trace."

"This is the residence of Ku Dashi; I originally wanted to settle accounts with this old fellow, but it seems now that this old fellow must have escaped together with Luo Ling and the others."

Hearing this, Xuan Ji's expression turned cold, "Then what are we waiting for? Let's chase."

Wang Jianqiang shook his head, "Luo Ling and the others have been gone for some time; it is too late to chase now..."

Afterward, Wang Jianqiang recounted his deductions once more.

Hearing this, Xuan Ji's expression became one of realization.

In the Endless Sea.

In this battle, the Sea Clan army was completely routed and suffered heavy losses.

They no longer had the strength to continue attacking Youzhou.

"Retreat."

"With our current strength, we can no longer threaten Youzhou; remaining here is useless."

"Go and rendezvous with the forces attacking the other continents."

The surviving Great Vehicle stage cultivators of the Sea Clan were already terrified.

They reached a unanimous decision.

Leading the army, they retreated rapidly.

Upon sensing the retreat of the Sea Clan army.

In the Youzhou camp.

Everyone let out a long sigh of relief, followed by a burst of jubilation.

The cheering in the camp lasted for a long time.

In the time that followed.

The cultivators of Youzhou began to clean up the battlefield and distribute the "remains" of the Sea Clan cultivators.

As the party with the greatest contribution, the Beast Taming Sect naturally received the most "remains."

Aside from the Sacred Palace and the Ghost Shadow Gate, although other factions were unwilling.

Constrained by Gui Yingjun's monstrous combat power and the current influence of the Beast Taming Sect, they had to behave honestly.

After the resources were distributed.

Wang Jianqiang specifically sought out Wen Tiansheng, and after some bargaining, used Eighth-Tier Pills to exchange for all the Spirit Embryos Wen Tiansheng had obtained.

Then he gave Wen Tiansheng some Divine Martial Pills, letting him come forward to trade with the other factions that had obtained Spirit Embryos.

Although Spirit Embryos were very precious, their greatest use was for refining pills.

However, to use a Spirit Embryo to refine a pill, one had to be at least an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.

Those factions did not have an Eighth-Rank Alchemist, so even with the Spirit Embryos in hand, they were of little use.

Upon hearing that Wen Tiansheng wanted to trade using Eighth-Tier Pills, they were immediately tempted.

After some bargaining.

The Spirit Embryos in the hands of all the factions were traded over by Wen Tiansheng and handed to Wang Jianqiang.

Added to the few Spirit Embryos Xuan Ji had given him, and the ones remaining from before...

The number of Spirit Embryos on his person had already reached fifteen!

Now that the Sea Clan army had retreated, there was naturally no need for the Youzhou side to keep so many people on the front lines.

After leaving some people to guard the front lines just in case, the cultivators of the various major factions returned to their sects one after another.

"Daoist Friend Wang, I intend to return to the Lingyun Sect to handle some matters, and then completely sever ties with the Lingyun Sect."

Sun Wan found Wang Jianqiang before leaving.

The support of Sect Master Lingyun, Ye Chen, and the high-level members of the Lingyun Sect for Ye Chen's actions broke her heart.

She had originally wanted to leave the sect directly, but considering the kindness her master had shown her in the past, as well as some remaining ties within the sect.

She decided to return to the sect one last time.

Before leaving, she found Wang Jianqiang.

Hearing Sun Wan's decision, Wang Jianqiang smiled and nodded, "Good, after leaving the Lingyun Sect, if you have nowhere to go, you can come to the Beast Taming Sect to find me."

"Many thanks, Daoist Friend Wang."

Sun Wan nodded and turned to leave.

Not long after Sun Wan left, Wang Jianqiang received a voice transmission from Gui Yingjun.

Afterward, he, along with Xuan Ji, Wen Ya, Long Er, and Liu Yanran, arrived at Gui Yingjun's residence to rendezvous with the experts of the Beast Taming Sect.

Then, at Gui Yingjun's command, they headed back toward the Beast Taming Sect.

The group did not return directly to the Beast Taming Sect.

Instead, they made a detour.

They arrived at the Youyun Holy Land first.

Just as Wang Jianqiang had expected...

When they arrived at the Youyun Holy Land, the place was already deserted.

However, it seemed the Cultivators of the Youyun Holy Land had retreated in a great hurry, taking only the most precious batch of resources.

Most of the resources with slightly lower value had not been taken in time.

After Wang Jianqiang and the others scavenged through the Youyun Holy Land, they could be considered to have had a fruitful harvest, making the trip worthwhile.

Afterward, they destroyed the Youyun Holy Land into a ruin and headed back in the direction of the Beast Taming Sect.

After returning to the Beast Taming Sect.

Gui Yingjun left after speaking a few words of concern to Wang Jianqiang with a gentle expression on his face.

Wen Tiansheng, on the other hand, began the reorganization of the sect.

In this battle.

One Great Vehicle Stage Cultivator of the Beast Taming Sect was killed in action, over ten Void Refinement Stage Cultivators were killed, and the casualties among the Integration Stage, Spirit Transformation Stage, and those below the Spirit Transformation Stage were countless.

The losses could not be described as anything but immense.

Not only Wen Tiansheng, but all the high-level members of the Beast Taming Sect were caught up in busyness after returning.

Even Wen Ya and Long Er were no exception.

Wang Jianqiang returned to his residence with Xuan Ji and Liu Yanran.

After returning to his residence, Wang Jianqiang went directly into seclusion.

He began to refine Pills.

This time in seclusion for Alchemy, he focused mainly on the Divine Martial Pill; besides that, he also took the time to refine some Sublimation Pills.

One month later, Wang Jianqiang came out of seclusion.

He had originally intended to go find Xuan Ji to discuss some matters.

Suddenly, he received a message from Wen Tiansheng.

He raised an eyebrow, temporarily gave up on finding Xuan Ji, and with a flash of his figure, left his residence.