Chapter 117: Sorting the Spoils

"Excuse me, kid, may I ask if you want to keep competing today? If you can achieve a consecutive win record, the City of Slaughter will give you a generous reward!" the host said, leaning on the railing, his voice full of temptation as he addressed Li Xuan.

Now that Li Xuan has defeated the Blood Demon, his popularity has risen, and the surrounding spectators also want to see Li Xuan's next performance.

So many people begin to look at Li Xuan's number from the audience.

But Li Xuan has not let victory cloud his mind; he barely won against a being of the Soul Saint Realm, so the City of Slaughter will not arrange opponents that are too weak for him.

Li Xuan also knows he won by a trick; otherwise, facing a Soul Saint Realm opponent, Li Xuan would probably not even have time to run.

Moreover, more importantly, Li Xuan actually has many things to do, and he is not eager to leave the City of Slaughter; the record is basically useless to him.

Li Xuan slowly lifted his head, glanced at the host, then shook his head firmly.

"What a pity, this kid gives up this glorious moment! Let's look forward to the next match!" the host immediately changed the subject.

Li Xuan didn't mind what the host said and turned to leave the Hell Slaughter Arena.

As for the next match—who it will be, how strong, Li Xuan is not curious at all.

Just after leaving the iron gate, a black‑armored heavy guard blocked Li Xuan.

"Sir, hand over your identity card; I need to register your victory round." The black‑armored heavy guard nodded at Li Xuan, then extended his hand, demanding the identity card.

Li Xuan scanned the heavy‑armored soldier, then nodded and handed over his identity card.

This armor is identical to the black‑armored heavy guards outside the city, so Li Xuan believes this is staff of the City of Slaughter.

Soon, a "1" appeared on Li Xuan's identity card.

Li Xuan put away the identity card and rose, heading straight back to his Courtyard.

There is no good person in the City of Slaughter, so Li Xuan has no intention of showing any goodwill to anyone.

After entering the Courtyard, Li Xuan went to the Lotus Platform, slowly extended his hand, and injected his soul power into the Lotus Platform.

As the array eye of the Burning Heart Filthy Flame formation, the Lotus Platform not only filled with Li Xuan's soul power, but also with countless Spiritual Energy from the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan.

This also caused the Lotus Platform to begin mutating; the residual Filthy Flame in the Lotus Platform was gradually stripped away under the wash of Spiritual Energy and Burning Heart Divine Flame.

Li Xuan believes that soon the Lotus Platform will be saturated with Spiritual Energy, turning it into a special‑ability relic, which will be his new treasure.

After a while, a third of Li Xuan's internal soul power was consumed, and the Lotus Platform's stored soul power was fully replenished; he could go rest.

Then Li Xuan sat in the Courtyard and took out the ten Soul Guide Devices he had just obtained.

Li Xuan extended his left hand; as soul power released, the Palm‑Sky Flask appeared again in his hand.

Those Soul Guide Devices slowly drifted toward the Palm‑Sky Flask.

The moment the Soul Guide Devices touched the Palm‑Sky Flask, they cracked open, and the spatial force inside rushed into the Flask.

The contents of the Soul Guide Devices also scattered on the ground. Li Xuan ignored the trash, picked up another Soul Guide Device for the Flask to absorb.

Soon, all ten Soul Guide Devices shattered, and miscellaneous items littered the ground.

When Li Xuan looked up, he saw a huge pile of junk.

Li Xuan first gathered the clothes; if someone lives in this space in the future, these clothes will be useful, as the Soul Guide Devices stored mostly these garments.

Next were Li Xuan's favorite golden Soul Coins; one must admit these Evil Soul Masters are all loaded with wealth, and it's unclear why the Spirit Hall didn't check their Soul Guide Devices when throwing them into the City of Slaughter, leaving over 100,000 golden Soul Coins! That's not a small amount; Li Xuan happily stuffed the coins into a box, then placed them into his Palm‑Sky Flask space.

Finally only some rare treasures remained—gold, jade, and jadeite. These items are valuable, but there is no way to cash them in within the City of Slaughter.

Li Xuan put all these items into his Soul Guide Device.

"I wonder how much the space will expand after absorbing ten Soul Guide Devices," Li Xuan muttered, then his mind shifted, entering the space.

Li Xuan arrived at the edge of the space, measured it, and found it extended about a meter outward.

The original soil surface of the space is now covered with a layer of mud from the Bing Huo Liang Yi Yan; the newly formed soil lacks this, confirming the space inside the Palm‑Sky Flask has grown.

He thinks that as long as he keeps absorbing spatial force, the space inside the Flask will keep expanding.

However, this 108 mu of land is now basically all for Li Xuan's own use; there is no need to enlarge the Flask's space in the short term.

He went to the herb garden, carefully observed the nearby flora; unsurprisingly, after absorbing surrounding Spiritual Energy, the once‑withered plants have revived, showing no sign of yesterday's droop.

The Heavenly Material Earth Treasure he planted has also largely sprouted, looking quite vigorous.

Yet Li Xuan currently lacks the energy to tend these treasures, so he can only let them grow freely.

Li Xuan stood by the Hot Spring, stripped off his clothes and jumped in; after strolling around the City of Slaughter, the faint scent of blood on him made Li Xuan very uncomfortable.

Lying in the Hot Spring, Li Xuan's mind still drifted to the Spiritual Energy released by the Blood Demon.

Li Xuan now cultivates using soul power from the air; although refined and compressed by his method, its effect is several times that of ordinary soul power, it still cannot match Spiritual Energy.

If Li Xuan could produce stable Spiritual Energy, his strength would at least double.

Although the Palm‑Sky Flask space contains abundant Spiritual Energy, Li Xuan cannot stay there to cultivate forever, and absorbing too much Spiritual Energy would affect the growth of the Heavenly Material Earth Treasure.

"What a pity, this guy is dead; otherwise I could have used him as a fully automatic Spiritual Energy generator," Li Xuan thought with his eyes closed.

After soaking in the Hot Spring for a while, Li Xuan climbed out, dried himself, then took out the clothes and books left by the Blood Demon, placed them on the ground, and inspected them one by one.

After a careful selection, he found no clue.

So Li Xuan could only pick up the Blood Demon's notebook and read it.

(End of chapter)