Chapter 73

Lu Xingzhou sat quietly on the mountaintop of the secret vault, watching the fire burning the sky in front of him.

The main buildings of the Incense-Burning Tower were almost destroyed, and the sound of flying sword magic treasure power explosions and screams were everywhere.

Vaguely, one could still hear such a stern shout: "Zhang Shaoyou! Qin Buwang! You traitors who are wavering, do you really think the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect will trust you? Don't wait for the rabbit to die and the dog to be cooked after this battle!"

What the response was over there, it could no longer be heard clearly.

It was as if it had nothing to do with him.

"Master, the looting is finished!" Anuo ran out happily, the secret vault was already as clean as if it had been licked by a dog.

"Any good things?"

"The magic treasures are not very good, and many of them are only at the level of magic tools... I don't know what face they have to hide in the secret vault, I'm disappointed. However, the high-grade pills and talismans are quite good." Anuo said happily: "At least it can feed me for a year, it seems my Fourth Grade is coming~"

Lu Xingzhou laughed dumbly.

Ever since leaving the Yama Palace, the year of racking his brains to earn money to buy pills for Anuo to eat, and even having to steal from his own sect to refine pills, seemed to have passed like clouds... He thought this kind of life would continue for a long time, but unknowingly, he returned to the state of eating pills, taking talismans, and using magic tools as he pleased in the first few years.

No, even better than before.

"Don't compare the Incense-Burning Tower with the Yama Palace's collection... Can that be the same grade..."

"At least Third Grade and First Grade are both called Upper Three Grades."

"But your Sister Fish is not an ordinary First Grade, while the Incense-Burning Tower is a very poor Third Grade. The gap between them is bigger than your height and mine."

Anuo stood on tiptoe, only to find that no matter how hard she tried, she could only be about as tall as Lu Xingzhou sitting in a wheelchair, and she drooped her head in frustration.

While talking, the sound of people gradually approached. In a bustle, the people of the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect and the Dongjiang Gang all gathered here.

Looking at them, one by one, they were full of murderous intent, covered in blood, looking like they were stuffed with rings and magic treasures robbed from killing, as well as pills and spirit stones looted from other storehouses.

Unknowingly, the battle was over...

Really fast, it was completely a one-sided massacre.

Lu Xingzhou had almost no feeling about this. During the few years he followed Yuan Muyu, he had done too many extermination cases...

He calmly sacrificed the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and the black mist gathered from all over the mountain. The newly dead, the dying, and the thousands of resentful souls gathered were the nourishment for the growth of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner. Although he had done many extermination cases, unfortunately, he was mostly behind the scenes and rarely had the opportunity to collect resentful souls. Currently, he had only accumulated more than a thousand souls. Waiting for the true gathering of ten thousand souls, that would be the path for this banner to advance to the Upper Three Grades.

Black flames let out a comfortable groan in the soul banner: "So cool~ give me more... I want more~"

Lu Xingzhou: "?"

Wait, is there something wrong with this main soul?

When Shi Tielong and others came, the black mist had already dissipated, and they only saw the master and apprentice Lu Xingzhou standing outside the secret vault door as if waiting for them.

Looking past the master and apprentice into the secret vault, it was as clean as if a dog had crawled through. Shi Tielong's expression was not very good: "Mr. Lu, is this bad? We agreed to attack together and split the loot fifty-fifty. You took advantage of our battle to come first and take the most valuable secret vault?"

Lu Xingzhou smiled slightly: "You also sent troops to loot other storehouses during the battle. It's just that you didn't know where the secret vault was. If you knew, could you have missed it? Everyone is the same, first come, first served, that's all."

The truth is just that, but it's hard to be angry that you didn't get a share of the highest-level secret vault after fighting for half a day.

Shi Tielong wanted to say something, but Lu Xingzhou added: "Gang Leader Shi, you can also see that the other party's morale had long since dissipated. If it weren't for you, we would have fought hard at most, and there would have been some casualties, but it's not that we couldn't fight. We could have eaten this alone. So this battle is almost picked up for nothing for you. Not only did you remove the Third-Grade sect that stood side by side in Dongjiang, but you also got countless resources for nothing. Lu is completely trying to make a friend of the Dongjiang Gang, otherwise, looking for the Cangshan Sword Sect would be fine..."

Shi Tielong knew that the facts were not like this. The so-called dissipation of the other party's morale was precisely because of the participation of a large number of Dongjiang Gang powerhouses, forming an overwhelming advantage. If the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect were allowed to fight alone, the other party's morale might not have dissipated, and both sides would have suffered heavy casualties. How could it be so simple.

But Lu Xingzhou insisted on saying so, and he couldn't say he was wrong. At the very least, he could really find other sects like the Cangshan Sword Sect to do this job, not necessarily his Dongjiang Gang. The reason he found his Dongjiang Gang was really to form a good relationship, and the resources of this battle were indeed picked up for nothing, so he had no confidence to fight with the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect for the big head.

Thinking about the change in the County Governor's mansion, Shi Tielong felt that Lu Xingzhou was unfathomable the more he looked at him, and he really didn't want to have any conflict with him.

Thinking of this, he simply cupped his hands and revealed a smile: "Since Mr. Lu said so, we are not people who haggle over every ounce. This time everyone cooperated happily, and I hope we will be closer in the future. Hmm... this time many alchemist captives of the Incense-Burning Tower were caught, this should not be contested by your sect?"

"Of course not, whoever catches them counts as theirs, we also have captives..." Lu Xingzhou also piled up a kind smile: "In addition, we will station people in the future to plant medicine gardens on the Incense-Burning Mountain, and there will be many opportunities to cooperate with your gang by then. I hope Gang Leader Shi will take care of us."

Shi Tielong was stunned, and his expression changed.

Forgot this... This is a whole mountain, and it is the medicine mountain that the alchemist sect is most greedy for! Where is the mountain deed?

Looking down, True Person Yiyang's corpse was still lying on the ground with his eyes wide open, and the ring on his hand was gone... The mountain deed was probably in it, and it had already been taken by Lu Xingzhou!

The Incense-Burning Tower wanted to covet the earth fire of Danxia Mountain to plant medicinal materials, which was the cause of the conflict between the two sides. After a long time, the Incense-Burning Tower's own powerhouses, resources, and even the mountain were sent away...

It is said that the Dongjiang Gang picked up this battle for nothing, but no matter how you calculate it, it seems that the Dongjiang Gang was just a thug hired by Lu Xingzhou with some resources, and even the treasure used to break the array, the Iron Chain Across the River, was his Shi Tielong's...

"This time it can be considered knowing Elder Lu... I will be closer in the future." Thinking of Wan Cheng and Tu Yugui whose inclinations were unknown, Shi Tielong didn't dare to move anything no matter how aggrieved he was, and waved his hand with a blue face: "Work is done."

Watching the Dongjiang Gang people go down the mountain one after another, Anuo curled her lips: "Clearly let them make a lot of money, and still look like they suffered a loss..."

"Human hearts are never satisfied." Lu Xingzhou smiled slightly: "Who let us earn more? Even the mountain was taken."

Everyone laughed, and Lu Xingzhou's eyes fell on Zhang Shaoyou and others: "How was this battle for you all?"

Zhang Shaoyou was a little nervous: "Zhang and the Sect Master and Miss Dugu repelled True Person Yiyang, the Sect Master didn't let me chase... Later, I killed a Supreme Elder of the Incense-Burning Tower, a Third-Grade upper-stage alchemist..."

One escaped, and one was killed together. According to the previous agreement of "killing an enemy of the same grade" to make a contribution, he didn't know if it was enough to get a new pill reward. Then he said a little awkwardly: "This credit is probably not enough, it can be recorded and accumulated..."

"Why wait?" Lu Xingzhou was about to throw a bottle, but suddenly remembered what Sheng Yuanyao said, so he reached out and poked Shen Tang secretly.

Shen Tang looked at him with a smile, understood, and said: "Independently killing someone of the same level, no one dares to boast that they can do it. If the credit requirement is this, it's called harsh. It's enough to kill together... Not to mention the battle in the County Governor's mansion, the First Seat Zhang also made a great contribution, even if it's accumulated credit, it's enough."

Lu Xingzhou took out the bottle in time: "Here are pills to assist Third-Grade cultivation, there are three. First Seat Zhang, try to cultivate to the threshold of Second Grade first, and then try to help you break through to Second Grade."

Zhang Shaoyou received it with great joy: "Thank you, Sect Master, oh, and thank you, Elder Lu!"

Qin Buwang and Zhao Guishan both said with a little expectation: "We worked together to kill two Fourth-Grade... well, although they were all alchemists, it was a bit of a win by bullying."

"I am also an alchemist." Lu Xingzhou handed over two bottles, one for each: "This is a Third-Grade breakthrough pill, one for each."

The two were overjoyed, and then heard Lu Xingzhou continue: "As an alchemist, I need to remind the two of you that the breakthrough pill is only for assisting in breaking through the barrier, not that you will definitely break through after eating it. And if you fail once, taking the same pill next time will be even less reliable. The two of you must be prepared. Personally, I suggest not to use it immediately, but wait until you feel the barrier loosening before using it together. Remember, remember."

The two looked at each other and responded solemnly: "Thank you, Elder Lu, for your concern, we have a count."

This is the concern for one's own people. Not to mention whether the Incense-Burning Tower would give you pills, even if they did, they would be too lazy to talk about these things, because they have no responsibility for your future, so why talk more and be annoying.

The change in feeling from mercenaries to their own people was very obvious.

Lu Xingzhou took out dozens of pills and stuffed them to Shen Tang, and Shen Tang handed them all to Zhang Shaoyou: "The efforts of the other brothers, First Seat Zhang should see them all. This will be distributed by First Seat Zhang. As the First Seat of the Sword Peak Hall, this is your duty."

Zhang Shaoyou took a deep breath, took the pills, and responded solemnly: "Must distribute fairly, and not fail the Sect Master's trust."

Looking at the happy faces of the newly joined powerhouses, Shen Tang knew that some people participated in this battle just because they didn't want the Incense-Burning Tower to exist, so as not to retaliate against their "betrayal" in the future, and they were very hard-working when fighting, all of them were "great contributions."

However, in fact, they were still hesitant about whether they would truly join the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect after the event, but at this moment, the anxiety or intention to leave was basically canceled, and the cohesion was initially there.

Not stingy with rewards, letting them see the respect that was completely different from the Incense-Burning Tower, this is one thing. In fact, what is more important is to let them see the ease of destroying the Incense-Burning Tower... Anyone with a heart knows that following such a boss will have a better future than before.

Only by doing both can you win hearts.

Not only them... I'm afraid no one in the Great Qian will think that the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect can truly destroy the Incense-Burning Tower with zero casualties in such a short time with the help of various relationships.

After this battle, the Heaven-Walking Sword Sect is no longer a rising sect that needs to deal with various provocations at the Grand Ceremony, but a top-tier strong sect in the whole state, a true Third-Grade strong sect!

Shen Tang swept across the fire in the distance and said in a low voice: "Everyone is tired, take the captives, and go back to the county to rest first. Subsequent matters will be handled slowly. Hmm... Elder Lu, come with me, I have something to discuss."

Dugu Qingli glanced at her, expressionless.