Chapter 81: 【Successive Gains, Plotting Three-Way Profits】 (Fourth update, seeking subscriptions)

The five sons of Jiang Junhe did not suffer any backlash; the souls on the straw effigies simply dissipated on the spot.

They were incomplete to begin with and lacked consciousness; without the restraint of a soul, the residual soul power naturally dissipated.

There was nothing else to it.

This time, each had lost sixty years of lifespan; counting the previous time, they had only lost one hundred and fifty years of lifespan each.

Although Lu Chengtong had already let his clone capture another batch of Jiang family's "good sons" during the chaos.

These five sons of Jiang Junhe could still be used.

Since there was no backlash when the process was interrupted midway, one could perfectly well cast the spell only until the sixth day, then strike to kill the target while their body was beyond their control.

With five people, he could still launch the curse once against five Golden Core realm cultivators.

In any case, as long as he hid under the demon camp, he didn't need to worry about the spellcasting being disrupted.

Thinking of this, Lu Chengtong immediately selected five people.

There were quite a few Golden Core cultivators in the Shengling Lineage, and with the great battle against the Longze Lake demons, the vast majority of Golden Core cultivators had been deployed; selecting targets required strategy.

First, they must be on the list provided by Piaoxue Tower.

Then, he had to ensure the target was participating in the war but lacked the ability to break into the demon camp.

Currently, Lu Chengtong was disguised as a female demon from the demon race named the 'Phantom Butterfly Demon King'; this female demon had been besieged and killed by two Jiang family Golden Core cultivators, and later those two cultivators were targeted by other Demon Kings.

Lu Chengtong took the opportunity to collect its soul, seize its essence blood, and replace it.

There were several demons he could have chosen to replace, but he still chose this female demon.

It wasn't that he had any special preferences, but that other Golden Core realm demons simply couldn't take human form.

The vast majority of the demon race could only take human form at the Spirit Transformation realm; even those Nascent Soul great demons who landed to attack the Holy Spirit Mountain Range only used secret techniques to briefly transform into half-human, half-demon forms to conduct the landing battle.

Only this Phantom Butterfly Demon King could transform into a human while at the Golden Core realm, and at the same time, she had a history of capturing human male cultivators for dual cultivation.

Therefore, it seemed very reasonable for him to keep a few humans in the demon camp.

Furthermore, the Phantom Butterfly Demon King's attack methods had similarities with the abilities of Lu Chengtong's clone; it could also control spirits.

Among the demons of Longze Lake, most were water demons, so the status of this Phantom Butterfly Demon King was not low among them.

A Golden Core cultivator of the Shengling Lineage meant they all possessed a Golden Core realm Holy Spirit; if one could also make good use of this cultivator's soul, then cultivating two Golden Core realm Holy Spirits was also possible.

Besides this, a Golden Core cultivator would have a Golden Core inside their body, and they should also have some assets on their person.

The Golden Core cultivator themselves was a not-insignificant source of income.

Lu Chengtong was not a greedy person, but he wouldn't kindly give away such easily obtained wealth to others.

With the experience gained from Jiang Liuyun and Jiang Chuanliu, four more Golden Core cultivators fell victim to his poisonous hands in succession; the further he went, the smoother the killing became.

After all, every time he killed someone and devoured their Holy Spirit, he could improve his own mastered strength once.

Lu Chengtong had the five sons of Jiang Junhe cast the 【Nail-Head Seven Arrows】 supernatural power on five Golden Core cultivators respectively, all on the same day, acting at half-hour intervals; this way, Lu Chengtong had time to rush to the location of the next target.

Five days of preparation, and on the sixth day, he would harvest them while the targets began to faint.

He successfully killed four, but the last one was snatched away and eaten by a snake demon first.

Seeing this second-layer Golden Core snake demon, Lu Chengtong determined in his heart that this fellow already had a path to death!

Transforming into the appearance of the Phantom Butterfly Demon King, Lu Chengtong began his second plan.

Distributing Dao Fruits.

The war had been going on for several days, and based on Lu Chengtong's observations that day, he discovered that the final decisive battle was about to arrive.

This meant that a large number of high-level combatants would fall.

Knowing this news, if he didn't take the opportunity to gain greater benefits, it would be a waste of his abilities.

He had saved so many 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 Dao seeds, which had little offensive power, precisely to prepare for such a situation.

With the 【Nail-Head Seven Arrows】 supernatural power in hand, as long as he let Golden Core demons or cultivators eat them, even if they didn't die in the war, he could harvest them at a suitable opportunity.

One must know that the Treasure Mirror needed to devour high-level Dao Fruits to advance; the improvement of the Treasure Mirror's soul level meant he had one more layer of security, and at the same time, it meant the family inheritance had one more layer of foundation.

Lu Chengtong would not let go of such a good opportunity.

Piaoxue Tower used him as a tool to earn profits, while he intended to extract sufficient benefits from Piaoxue Tower, Holy Spirit Mountain, and the Longze Lake demons—all three parties.

Lu Chengtong had his clone transform into the appearance of the Phantom Butterfly Demon King, sought out that snake demon, and also called over a Catfish Demon King.

"I killed a human cultivator and obtained a type of spirit fruit. Eating this fruit allows one to gain a supernatural power to heal injuries. I called you over to ask if you have any spoils you can exchange with me."

The snake demon flicked its tongue, emitting the voice of a burly man, and said in astonishment:

"You truly have a supernatural power? You actually have such a spirit fruit?!"

The Catfish Demon King emitted the voice of a delicate woman.

"Sister, are you really going to share it with us? Why not go find others?"

Lu Chengtong laughed:

"First, I saw that you both killed human Golden Core cultivators, so you should have some gains. Second, your strength is low, so I am not afraid of you trying to snatch my things.

I obtained ten spirit fruits in total; I ate one, and nine remain. I can give you two spots to exchange. This way, you each eat one, and then the three of us can go find other powerful Demon Kings to trade together. Naturally, we won't be afraid of those powerful Demon Kings snatching our treasures."

The Catfish Demon King, bearing a massive catfish head, nodded and smiled:

"Sister is worthy of being a Demon King who can dual cultivate with the Great King; you think more comprehensively than us small demons. I happen to have a storage bag from a human Golden Core cultivator here. See if the things inside can be exchanged for two spirit fruits?"

Lu Chengtong took a look; the things inside were very complete. It seemed this Catfish Demon King hadn't had time to count the spoils, or perhaps she didn't recognize most of the things inside at all.

Shaking his head, Lu Chengtong said:

"The things inside can at most be exchanged for one and a half. How about this: I will give you two spirit fruits, and if you and other powerful Demon Kings exchange for any treasures, you can share half with me. How about that?"

Lu Chengtong didn't care much about the value of the things in the storage bag; he was just saying this on purpose to make them think the spirit fruits were rare and required a large amount of treasure to exchange.

Otherwise, if they didn't value them, it wouldn't be conducive to the spread of the spirit fruits.

The Catfish Demon King agreed immediately upon hearing this, and the snake demon hurriedly spat out a storage bag kept inside its body, reaching the same agreement with Lu Chengtong.

The two demons each received a Qi Refining realm Dao Fruit to eat, and after refining it, they obtained the 【Spring Breeze Turns to Rain】 Dao Fruit. Feeling the powerful healing effect of the supernatural power, they produced joyful soul fluctuations. ===== CHAPTER 82 =====