Chapter 52: Splitting the Spirit Items

After Old Ghost Feng finished speaking, he nodded to the two and walked toward the cave of the Flame Rat, where the rubble was messy.

The cave built by this rat-type demon beast had always been relatively small, and Old Ghost Feng spent a lot of effort at the cave entrance before he managed to drill in.

After Old Ghost Feng left, Jia Sixing and Song Qingming looked at each other. Seeing that Song Qingming had no objections, Jia Sixing took out a short knife and began to work on the Flame Rat’s corpse on the ground, carefully peeling off its outer skin.

Song Qingming picked up the Blazing Sun Sword on the ground. Upon looking at it, he found that a crack on the sword body was already very conspicuous. The heavy blow from the Flame Rat’s iron claws just now had almost caused this flying sword, which had followed him for many years, to break into two pieces on the spot.

Now, even if this Blazing Sun Sword could barely be used, it probably wouldn't last long. He must find an artifact refiner to repair it next time he returns to Guiyun Market.

Looking at the Blazing Sun Sword, which was quite seriously damaged, Song Qingming shook his head with a heartache, and then put it back into his storage bag.

However, fortunately, this action was considered smooth. Although the Blazing Sun Sword was almost damaged, at least he killed a high-level demon beast. Even if he could only get half of the materials, overall, it was definitely a profit for Song Qingming.

In that battle just now, Song Qingming also saw Old Ghost Feng’s divine abilities clearly. On the surface, his cultivation base might not be too different from this person, but if he and Old Ghost Feng really fought, he could say that he had no chance of winning against this person now.

Old Ghost Feng had been roaming the Fuyun Mountain Range for many years. Although he was a loose cultivator, he probably had some opportunities in his early years, and the technique he practiced was much stronger than the common technique like the Kunyuan Technique that Song Qingming practiced at the beginning, probably comparable to the Red Flame Technique passed down by the Song family for two hundred years.

Just the thunder-attribute white tiger puppet on him was quite powerful, equivalent to an ordinary fifth-level Qi Refining cultivator. Plus, he had refined high-grade magic treasures, and his strength could be considered top-notch among mid-Qi Refining stage cultivators.

Among all the mid-Qi Refining stage cultivators Song Qingming knew, there were not many whose fighting divine abilities could compare to this person. In the entire Song family, apart from those elders in the late Qi Refining stage, only Third Brother Song Qingze could compete with him.

Whether it was cultivation base magic power or magic treasure divine abilities, Song Qingming still had some distance compared to these two.

Even against Jia Sixing, who had strange footwork beside him, Song Qingming didn't have much chance of winning. Song Qingming estimated that even if he didn't come this time, just relying on these two acting, this Flame Rat would also be in bad luck.

Coming out this time, he could be considered to have seen the various divine abilities of cultivators outside. Looking at Old Ghost Feng’s puppet beast, he was also very moved. It was just a pity that very few people would sell such things, and even in a large market like Guiyun Market, it was very difficult to buy them.

Old Ghost Feng’s puppet beast was also auctioned from the Bailong Mountain black market after he spent quite a few spirit stones. Things like puppet beasts that could quickly improve a cultivator’s strength, even if there was such an inheritance in the Carefree Sect, rarely flowed into the market.

Sure enough, those who could enter the Flying Cloud Guard were not ordinary cultivators. After he entered, he also slowly learned this point.

The reason he could be recruited into the Flying Cloud Guard by Lu Yunfei was also because Guiyun Market had been restless recently, the situation of the Carefree Sect cultivators stationed in the market was a bit tight, plus the demon beast unrest in the Northern Frontier was approaching, and there were demonic cultivators appearing near Guiyun Market.

For this reason, the Golden Core Elder of the Carefree Sect stationed in Guiyun Market specifically issued a decree, increasing the strength to recruit a group of people to enrich the power of the Flying Cloud Guard and strengthening the investigation of the area near the Fuyun Mountain Range.

The reason Song Qingming paid so much attention to Old Ghost Feng’s magic power and divine abilities was naturally also to be prepared when dealing with this person in the future.

When going out, Song Qingming had always been cautious, especially when facing these old and cunning cultivators. He had always had a defensive heart toward these people.

Being here at this time and place, Song Qingming naturally wouldn't be afraid of these two acting against him, but it was hard to say after going to Bailong Mountain.

If these Flying Cloud Guard members encountered an accident while performing missions, Guiyun Market would definitely send people to investigate the matter. Even if they were killed by demon beasts, Guiyun Market would try its best to find their relatives and descendants to give a certain amount of compensation.

On this point, Guiyun Market was still relatively benevolent, which was also the reason why they could gather these elite cultivators to risk their lives for them deep in these dangerous places.

Acting against Song Qingming here, once it attracted the investigation of Foundation Establishment experts from the Carefree Sect, Old Ghost Feng and the other person would definitely not be able to escape the questioning of Foundation Establishment cultivators. Once the matter was exposed, what awaited the two would definitely be a fate worse than death.

After all, the Flying Cloud Guard was ostensibly a defensive force belonging to Guiyun Market. Acting against them while they were performing missions, to put it seriously, was challenging the authority of Guiyun Market, and behind Guiyun Market was the Carefree Sect that dominated the entire Song Guo.

As long as Old Ghost Feng and the other person didn't suddenly go crazy or were controlled by demonic cultivators, they would absolutely not choose to be unfavorable to Song Qingming here.

Song Qingming dared to come to the dangerous Fuyun Mountain Range for training, and of course, he was not without any reliance. He also had a few high-grade life-saving spirit talismans on him, which could be considered his trump cards. As long as he didn't encounter a Level 2 demon beast, he had a few chances of escaping.

After putting away the Blazing Sun Sword, after a while, seeing that Jia Sixing had collected the Flame Rat outer skin that belonged to him as agreed beforehand, Song Qingming also began to collect the remaining demon beast materials on the Flame Rat.

It took about a cup of tea’s time, and Song Qingming simply cut the Flame Rat into several pieces and roughly put them into his storage bag.

Flame Rats, as demon beasts, were not large in size, so it was relatively easy to collect them. Even a whole one could be directly put into the storage bag. Song Qingming planned to wait until he returned to the camp and had time to slowly sort out these materials.

Among the demon beast materials he got this time, the most useful were the iron claws on the Flame Rat’s four limbs. The flesh, essence blood, whiskers, and teeth on other demon beasts could also be sold for some spirit stones.

The most precious fur on the Flame Rat should be able to be refined into a high-grade magic treasure. It was just a pity that this material had already been booked by Jia Sixing early on.

The hardness of its other four iron claws was not high, so it should be impossible to refine them into a high-grade magic treasure, but it wouldn't be a big problem to add some materials to refine them into a mid-grade magic treasure.

After returning to the camp, Song Qingming wanted to find Old Man Shi Mofeng to help refine these iron claws into a magic treasure. With that old man’s level as a high-grade artifact refiner, as long as he was willing to spend some spirit stones, he shouldn't refuse such a small matter.

Now the Blazing Sun Sword in his hand was already a bit damaged, and he was in urgent need of a handy magic treasure to replace it. As long as Shi Mofeng’s asking price wasn't excessive, Song Qingming still wanted to prioritize finding him to help refine it.

Song Qingming planned to slowly deal with the essence blood and other items of other demon beasts after he returned to Guiyun Market. If he really didn't have time, he could also directly sell these materials to the material shop in Guiyun Market in exchange for spirit stones.

Not long after Song Qingming collected the demon beast materials, Old Ghost Feng, who had entered the demon beast cave, finally came out. Seeing his face full of joy, Song and the other person immediately guessed that Old Ghost Feng must have fulfilled his wish and obtained the spirit herb he had been thinking about day and night.

"It seems Brother Feng has already obtained the White Jade Flower. Let’s leave this place quickly. Otherwise, if it takes too long, in case it alarms other demon beasts, it will take another effort."

Seeing Old Ghost Feng come out, Jia Sixing hurriedly said.

Old Ghost Feng nodded with a face full of smiles and said: "Feng was able to obtain this spirit herb this time, thanks to the help of the two virtuous brothers. After you two go back, please help keep the secret and don't let Captain Lu know about our cooperation in hunting demons today."

Song Qingming and Jia Sixing nodded slightly, and the three then left the place.

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 53 =====