Chapter 459: with translation of chapter title

After Yan Buji returned to Yuheng Island, he began to sort out this harvest.

"This demonic cultivator really has a lot of good stuff."

Yan Buji stared wide-eyed; just the low-grade spirit stones numbered in the millions, middle-grade three thousand, high-grade one thousand—I don't know if they looted a mining area.

As for third- and fourth-transformation spiritual materials, they were more than plentiful; likely they also ransacked many spiritual material shops.

Yan Buji sorted them by type and also discovered many medicinal formulas, preparing to study them later.

Next came the medicinal pills, but there weren't many; Yan Buji examined them one by one and found that most were used by turbid cultivators, not easy to sell, and he couldn't use them himself.

"But this medicinal pill is....."

Yan Buji poured out a pink-scented medicinal pill from a bright red pill bottle, sniffed it carefully, and said: "Yin and Yang intertwined—this should be a pill that seizes female cultivators' yin essence to increase cultivation, right?"

Yan Buji doesn't need this kind of pill; although his cultivation aptitude is indeed poor, aptitude is no longer an issue now—the problem is he can only break through to the Golden Core stage via the Heavenly Origin Grand Pill.

As for the rest, Yan Buji took stock of his gains.

Four third-transformation Accumulation Devices and one fourth-transformation Accumulation Device, plus there are obvious sealing methods; likely they are Xu Long's Accumulation Beast armor assembled into Accumulation Devices, but since I killed him instantly, he didn't have a chance to use them.

These Accumulation Devices have a strong demonic cultivator aura; although Yan Buji's mana can activate them, he must also beware that turbidity easily contaminates his mana.

Let's keep them; they're also not easy to sell.

Next were some of Xu Long's cultivation technique and spell jade slips; after looking through them one by one, Yan Buji found they were of little use to him.

Among the spells, there are indeed some powerful ones, but they likewise require special mana to activate, likely they are meant to complement his main cultivation method.

Next was the method for cultivating the Earth Fiend Divine Ability's water drinking and qi prohibition; after looking it over, Yan Buji shook his head: "There's no chance to cultivate it now."

As mentioned before, the Earth Fiend Heavenly Gang Divine Ability requires external objects to be released, needing to find spirit materials that host spirits to cultivate; thus cultivating the Earth Fiend Divine Ability would still take time to try, which temporarily conflicts with Yan Buji's cultivation plan, but it could also be an opportunity to gather some spirit materials that meet the host-spirit's needs for later use.

Afterward, Yan Buji discovered some interesting jade slips in Xu Long's collection, further confirming his speculation.

In short, he made a killing!

"As expected, it's still the murder-and-arson gold belt!" Yan Buji's eyes lit up, and he satisfactorily enriched his collection.

Immediately afterward, Yan Buji began to disassemble that damaged Immortal Accumulation Artifact; as for reforging it, there was absolutely no need.

This Immortal Accumulation Artifact had some special aspects; Yan Buji had already noticed its abnormality earlier, and after working on disassembling it for several days,

The remaining Accumulation Device components need not be mentioned; at this moment, a cyan mask bearing an octopus pattern appeared in Yan Buji's hand.

"One of the Heaven and Earth Rare Treasures, the Blue-Faced Vengeful Friend!"

Yan Buji's eyes lit up, and he placed it on his face.

In the blink of an eye, Yan Buji's face reverted to its original withered appearance, and his body also, under the effect of this Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure, returned to its original withered appearance.

This Blue-Faced Vengeful Friend can alter the wearer's body and face, and can do so at will!

Even one's mana aura can be concealed!

"If combined with the secret arts recorded on these two jade slips.....

Yan Buji took out Xu Long's collection jade slips; upon seeing these two secret arts, he knew their purpose was the same as his.

They all saw that this Immortal Accumulation Artifact contained a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure inside, which is why they went crazy bidding up the price!

However, Yan Buji surpasses them in both wealth and strength.

"Demonic Displacement Breath Method, Seven Treasures Command Heaven Technique!"

The Demonic Displacement Breath Method is a secret art created with the aid of this Blue-Faced Vengeful Friend, a Heaven and Earth Rare Treasure; its function is to, while cooperating with the Blue-Faced Vengeful Friend's passive release, temporarily alter one's own mana aura.

For example, converting pure mana into turbid mana better conceals one's identity; even if one is several major realms higher, it may not be detectable.

Of course, whether the description holds true in practice is unclear.

As for the Seven Treasures Command Heaven Technique, after collecting seven Heaven and Earth Rare Treasures, one can activate a terrifying spell that, in a short time, can control any law or strengthen the realm of a particular law!

And it does not consume Dao Marks!

Although Yan Buji roughly understands the connection between laws and Dao Marks, the description of the Seven Treasures Command Heaven Technique is simply too fantastical; he finds it hard to believe.

That said, the Demonic Displacement Breath Method is very suitable for him to better conceal his identity, and he could even impersonate Xu Long to go out and loot.

Of course, if there's no special need, Yan Buji isn't unable to obtain what he wants through connections and acquaintances; only in such situations where it cannot be done would he consider resorting to risky tactics.

Indeed, as a demonic cultivator one can seize anything; if unafraid of death, one can indeed obtain good things that ordinary cultivators cannot imagine.

Yan Buji laughed, though it also ended up benefiting himself.

After a while, Yan Buji mastered the Demonic Displacement Breath Method; with the aid of the Blue-Faced Vengeful Friend, he could perfectly replicate Xu Long's appearance and aura.

However, Yan Buji also has some reputation here, so under normal circumstances he naturally wouldn't need to use this.

A few days later.

The shop attendant came up to report the news, saying that the City Lord's manor had summoned him over.

Yan Buji rose and went out, and on the road he again ran into Chen Zhen and company.

"City Lord, is there some major matter? It seems all the Golden Core cultivators in the city have been summoned over," Chen Zhen said, looking at Hua Xianzi.

Hua Xianzi nodded: "Indeed, a major incident has occurred; the Elder Lie of the Sun and Moon Palace has died."

"Elder Lie? Those Nascent Soul True Monarchs who guard the Sun and Moon Palace's Treasure Vault?!" Chen Zhen stared wide-eyed.

"That's right; I heard he was killed by his own grandson, Lie Huo."

"Huh?!"

Yan Buji's pupils contracted; Ghost Evil Lao Gui's courage is huge—did he run to the Sun and Moon Palace?

Yan Buji had not been in the Yunbao Hall before, so he was unaware of the grudge between Ghost Evil and the Sun and Moon Palace; thus hearing this news, he was still quite shocked.

Never mind how a Golden Core Cultivator could kill a Nascent Soul cultivator; the key is how he managed to sneak past.

"That the City Lord summoned us is also related to this matter."

"Probably; the Sun and Moon Palace's Treasure Vault was ruthlessly looted, and some things that ought not to have appeared have surfaced—I'd guess the City Lord is also overwhelmed by now." Hua Xianzi also has connections; a few words sufficed to let them know the gravity of the situation.

Yan Buji frowned: "Is there anything unspeakable inside the Sun and Moon Palace?"

"Shh, keep it down. It's not that they're unspeakable; rather, they are lethal weapons of ancient demonic cultivators that bewilder the mind. If someone were to pick them up, or if that Lie Huo's heart technique were to spread incorrectly, the Chaos Flow Sea could truly descend into chaos." Hua Xianzi whispered.

So that's how it is.

Yan Buji furrowed his brow.

I've just had a few years of peace; how is trouble stirring again?