Chapter 560: A Not-So-Small Harvest

Demonic cultivators above the Jin Dan stage basically leave themselves a backup plan outside, preparing several low-tier cultivator bodies that have been planted with restrictions. As long as their primordial spirit is not destroyed and they can escape, they will have a chance to seize a body and cultivate again.

To completely kill a demonic cultivator above the Jin Dan level at once, even if an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator takes action, they still need to cooperate with some means to deal with the demonic cultivator's primordial spirit, otherwise, there is still a high probability that these demonic cultivators' primordial spirits will escape.

Hearing the trace of worry in Zhao Menglian's tone, Yun Xinxue on the side immediately responded with a smile, "Hehe! This demon's body has been destroyed, and his primordial spirit is trapped in this Heaven-Reaching Tower, so it is inevitably difficult to get out. Even if he can seize a body and cultivate again, it will be difficult to restore his cultivation base without a hundred years, so he is actually no longer a cause for concern. Fellow Daoist Zhao, don't worry too much!"

"Fellow Daoist Yun's words are correct. This Heaven-Reaching Tower only opens once every three hundred years. If this demon's primordial spirit cannot escape, it will definitely be trapped to death in here!" Jin Ziyuan echoed after hearing this.

"I hope so!" Zhao Menglian smiled lightly, nodded slightly, stepped forward to take the storage magic treasure from the demonic cultivator's waist and the two magic treasures that had fallen to the ground, and then cast a spell to release the pill fire in her body to directly incinerate the demonic cultivator's corpse.

By the time Zhao Menglian and the others rushed down from the top of the canyon to support them, True Person Qingluo and Zhang Tieyang had just happened to solve their opponents and beheaded the other second-layer Jin Dan demonic cultivator.

"Fellow Daoist Song, I have no way to repay the life-saving grace just now. Please accept a bow from me first!" As soon as Zhang Tieyang finished the battle and saw Song Qingming's figure, he immediately stepped forward and said with a grateful face.

Seeing that Zhang Tieyang was about to bow to him in front of everyone, Song Qingming hurriedly stepped forward to support him and waved his hand, saying, "Fellow Daoist Zhang is too polite. Now that we are in this dangerous place, we should naturally help each other. Fellow Daoist doesn't need to take it too much to heart."

Seeing this scene, Zhao Menglian immediately smiled and said, "Junior Brother Song is right. We just entered and encountered such powerful demonic cultivators, which shows that it is even more dangerous in here than we imagined. If everyone is not of one mind when encountering such things, I am afraid it will be very difficult for us to get out smoothly."

"Besides, eliminating demons and defending the Dao is the duty of us cultivators. Regardless of who it is, as long as they stand on the side of eliminating demonic cultivators, we should all support them with all our strength."

After staying in the cave for half an hour, waiting for everyone to recover their magic power, Zhao Menglian took out the storage magic treasures she had just obtained from the two demonic cultivators.

"This... isn't this Fellow Daoist Qingyuan's natal magic treasure, the Nine Palaces Flowing Cloud Drum? Why is it on this demon? Could it be that Fellow Daoist Qingyuan has already..."

Since they saw this natal magic treasure on the other party here, everyone could guess without thinking that his good friend must have already died and fallen into the hands of this group of demonic cultivators.

After Jin Ziyuan and the other three echoed with a smile, Zhang Tieyang, who was excited, nodded with a smile and thanked Song Qingming a few more times.

When he saw a small golden drum magic treasure among these things, Zhang Tieyang on the side suddenly shouted in shock. The joy on his face disappeared immediately, replaced by an expression of disbelief. Clearly, he knew the original owner of this magic treasure!

According to what Zhang Tieyang said before, he had also agreed with a companion to enter the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" together this time. Looking at his excited appearance, it seemed that he should be the owner of this magic treasure.

The group took turns to spend half a day of effort and finally forcibly opened these two storage magic treasures, pouring out everything inside.

Seeing the various precious spiritual items and spirit stones worth about tens of thousands in front of them, Song Qingming and the others all showed looks of joy and various sounds of surprise.

"Hehe! These two guys are so wealthy, this is truly surprising. It seems we have also gained quite a lot this time!"

Except for Jin Ziyuan, whose injuries were slightly more serious, the others only had minor injuries, which would not have a great impact on their own strength. After taking healing pills and resting for a few days, they would basically be able to recover as before.

After dealing with the corpse of this demonic cultivator, in order to prevent the demonic cultivator side from having reinforcements, the group, under the leadership of Zhao Menglian, quickly left the place and found a relatively hidden cave to rest for a while.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, we have just killed this demon, which can be considered as avenging your friend. Don't be too sad, please mourn!" Seeing this scene, the group was also somewhat surprised. Zhao Menglian, as the leader of the small team, hurriedly comforted the other party.

In addition to the few magic treasures they had used themselves, there were many other precious spiritual items on these two demonic cultivators, as well as some magic treasures and artifacts that had not been refined. These were clearly looted from other cultivators after they killed them.

Magic treasures used by demonic cultivators are generally contaminated with demonic energy. Before the demonic energy in the magic treasures is completely removed, ordinary cultivators cannot use them at will, otherwise, once they are backlashed by the demonic energy, it may cause people to slowly fall into the demonic path and become a demonic cultivator.

In order to prevent these magic treasures from flowing out and causing any accidents, Zhao Menglian took the lead in sealing them all with spiritual talismans, waiting to be dealt with after being brought back to the sect to remove the demonic energy. The other demonic cultivator techniques were destroyed directly in public!

As for the remaining artifacts, spirit stones, and other spiritual items that were not contaminated with demonic energy, after Zhao Menglian discussed with everyone, they were directly distributed to them on the spot according to their contributions.

In this battle, because Song Qingming broke the other party's great formation and reversed the situation, he also made a significant contribution and was recognized by everyone. He not only received more than six thousand spirit stones but also obtained a low-grade flying sword magic treasure of good quality, as well as several second-tier spiritual items of lower value.

Although Song Qingming had also consumed a precious third-tier low-quality defensive spiritual talisman to rescue Zhang Tieyang in the previous battle, now that he had obtained so many things, it had long since made up for Song Qingming's consumption in the previous battle, and he was very satisfied with this in his heart.

"Fellow Daoist Song, you also consumed a high-tier spiritual talisman to save me before. Please accept these spirit stones as a token of my appreciation. If you think highly of me, please don't decline. From now on, the two of us can be considered life-and-death friends!"

"Then I thank Fellow Daoist Zhang!" Seeing Zhang Tieyang handing over a few dozen mid-grade spirit stones again, Song Qingming thought for a moment and didn't stand on ceremony with him, accepting them generously.

When Zhang Tieyang joined the team before, everyone's attitude and thoughts toward him were very clear to him. Zhang Tieyang fought desperately against the enemy in front of everyone in several battles, also to win the trust of everyone and narrow the distance between him and Song Qingming and the others.

However, after all, he had only joined the team for half a day, so it was impossible to gain everyone's trust so quickly.

Facing the fierce attack of the Jin Dan demonic cultivator's magic treasure before, if he had been hit head-on, Zhang Tieyang would inevitably have been seriously injured even if he didn't die. At that time, Zhang Tieyang indeed felt a bit of despair in his heart.

He didn't expect that Song Qingming would be willing to decisively use a precious third-tier defensive spiritual talisman on his body to rescue him, a companion he had just met and had an ordinary relationship with.

If this were Jin Ziyuan and the others, I'm afraid that even if the other party saw Zhang Tieyang die, they wouldn't use this kind of life-saving trump card on him. This point was also what Zhang Tieyang was particularly moved by Song Qingming afterward.

Regardless of what Zhang Tieyang thought, Song Qingming's choice to save him at that time was indeed more out of consideration for the overall situation. After all, when everyone was fighting against the demonic cultivators, in a dangerous situation with a common enemy, Song Qingming naturally wouldn't treat Zhang Tieyang as an outsider.

Although a third-tier low-quality defensive spiritual talisman is indeed a precious spiritual item, Song Qingming had accumulated quite a few spiritual items above the third tier over the years, so using one was not a big deal for him now.

Therefore, this third-tier spiritual talisman was not as important to Song Qingming as Zhang Tieyang thought. When he saw Zhang Tieyang in danger at that time, in order to take care of the overall situation and end the battle early, Song Qingming actually didn't think too much and decisively took action to relieve him of the danger.

Overall, their side didn't have much loss and kept two demonic cultivators of the other party, and everyone shared a lot of good things. From the result, Song Qingming's decision at that time was still good.

As for Zhang Tieyang's gratitude afterward and the spirit stones he took out, it was an unexpected surprise for Song Qingming.

"Now there are still many experts active outside, and Junior Brother Jin also needs some time to recuperate. I think it's better to rest here for a day and set off tomorrow to find spiritual items in other places!"

After experiencing the life-and-death battle with the demonic cultivators just now, everyone had a new understanding of the dangerous situation in the "Heaven-Reaching Tower." Hearing Zhao Menglian's steady suggestion, they all nodded in agreement. Even Jin Ziyuan, who was always somewhat impatient, had no other opinions this time.

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Half a day later, in a dense forest near a teleportation array on the third level of the "Heaven-Reaching Tower," a mysterious person wrapped in a black robe carefully arrived here. After carefully observing the surroundings, seeing the three figures standing in front, he walked over with a look of joy.

"Master!"

After bowing carefully to the young man with his hands behind his back in the middle of the three, the black-robed man immediately retreated to the side respectfully.

The young man turned his head, revealing a frosty look, and asked, "Why did you come alone? Didn't they already rendezvous with you?"

Hearing the young man's question, a trace of subtle panic flashed in the black-robed man's eyes, and he immediately replied, "Reporting to Master, we encountered a group of people below and failed, and later got separated from the junior brothers!"

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