"Thank you, Captain Ou Ji, I would like some elixirs that will aid in Foundation Establishment," Yuan Ming said, bowing.

"No problem, Senior Ou Ji conquered the Biluo Cave, and what he has most in abundance is Foundation Establishment Pills. Please give one to Yuan Ming as well," Xi Ying said casually.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Ming smiled inwardly, though he maintained a respectful demeanor.

Although he had already received a Foundation Establishment Pill from Bai Ye, his own Spirit Root aptitude was truly complicated. Even with the enhancement of the Nine Elements Technique, taking a single Foundation Establishment Pill hardly assured him of success in establishing his foundation. However, with two pills, the situation would be entirely different.

Of course, if he was lucky and succeeded in Foundation Establishment with one pill, the extra one would be a priceless treasure.

"Xiao Ying, actually, these Foundation Establishment Pills are not easy to come by; each has a designated recipient," Ou Ji said, somewhat embarrassed.

"Dawn has always been clear about rewards and punishments, never mistreating the brave, right? So this is how you don't mistreat them!" Xi Ying quipped with a curl of her lip.

"I haven't finished speaking yet," laughed Ou Ji, "Although these Foundation Establishment Pills are valuable, Yuan deserves this reward." Smiling, he produced a wooden box from within his robe and handed it to Yuan Ming.

"Senior Ou, my aptitude is rather mediocre; one Foundation Establishment Pill is somewhat difficult." Yuan Ming spoke with apparent regret.

"Not enough, not enough; how could one be enough? Biluo Cave has plenty of Foundation Establishment Pills. For a cultivator as brave and strategic as Yuan Ming, if he succeeds in Foundation Establishment, who knows if Dawn may need his help again?" Xi Ying continued.

The other three also echoed Xi Ying's opinion, all agreeing that one pill definitely wouldn't suffice for Yuan Ming due to his aptitude.

Left with no choice, Ou Ji again produced a wooden box and handed it to Yuan Ming.

"Thank you for your generous love, Senior Ou Ji," Yuan Ming said joyfully, accepting the two wooden boxes. He turned back to see Xi Ying looking at him with a mischievous, charming smile.

Afterward, Ou Ji and the other four Core Formation Stage cultivators, along with Xi Ying, began to distribute the items found within the storage magic tools of Chen Cangqiong, the Great Cave Master, and the Second Cave Master.

Ou Ji then set up a blue Forbidden Array nearby to block all prying eyes and divine senses.

This scene left Xiao Yao scratching his head in frustration, wanting to follow Xi Ying inside to see what treasures Chen Cangqiong and others had left behind, yet unable to enter; he could only stare blankly from outside the Forbidden Array.

Yuan Ming tactfully walked away, opening the two wooden boxes. Inside each, there lay a Foundation Establishment Pill, emitting a star-like blue radiance, which was even more majestic than the one he had received from Bai Ye.

His heart thrilled with secret joy; with these three Foundation Establishment Pills as a base, plus the enhancement from the thirteenth layer of the Nine Elements Technique of Qi Refinement, his chances of breaking through to the Foundation Establishment Stage could indeed increase significantly.

Yuan Ming put away the wooden boxes and sat down cross-legged, sensing the state of his Sea of Consciousness.

Having broken through to the third layer of the Moonlight Technique, his Divine Soul Power had increased significantly, allowing him to condense six soul crows, each one's Divine Soul fluctuation stronger than before, enhancing both the range of their far travel and the power of their soul collision.

Yuan Ming glanced toward where Ou Ji and the others were; he quietly released a soul crow, sending it flying far away, maintaining contact up to a distance of thirty li before starting to weaken.

He nodded slightly, continuing to sense the changes occurring in the soul crow and exploring his newly acquired ability, "Soul Search."

With this ability, he could invade another's Sea of Consciousness to explore their memories. In the future, he might even forcibly alter or erase someone's memories.

Currently, with Yuan Ming's level of cultivation, he could only search memories, and he was not yet able to alter or erase them.

Even so, this excited him immensely.

...

Meanwhile, inside the blue Forbidden Array, Ou Ji took out Chen Cangqiong's storage magic tool and used his mana to activate it.

With a "swish," the ground was suddenly covered with a pile of items, including six thousand Spirit Stones, two Jade Boxes, two bottles of pills, the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner, a Blood Blade Magic Treasure from Xue Zhan, and over a hundred black bells, which were Soul-Attracting Bells.

Ou Ji handed the storage bracelet to the others, who took turns examining it to confirm no items were left inside before tossing it aside.

Ou Ji then activated the two Jade Boxes which opened automatically and displayed two Jade Scrolls. The caps of the two medicine bottles also flew up automatically, revealing one unremarkable blue-black elixir each, emitting a bitter medicinal scent.

"Five Internal Organs Pills!" The bow-backed elder stared intensely at the black pills, exclaiming in shock.

"Oh, are these the Five Internal Organs Pills that can regulate the five organs and reinvigorate the body, said to increase lifespan by fifty years upon consumption?" Ou Ji asked, somewhat surprised.

"This is my first time seeing these pills; they are said to be nearly extinct in the Southern Border Immortal Cultivation World," the red-robed man murmured.

The bow-backed elder didn't speak, his gaze never leaving the two Five Internal Organs Pills, clearly determined to obtain them as his lifespan was not much.

The red-robed man and the green-robed woman had plenty of years left and did not need the Five Internal Organs Pills. Their gazes shifted towards the Ten Thousand Ghost Banner and the blood-colored saber, both Magic Treasures.

Seeing the desires of the three, Ou Ji was about to propose a method of distribution.

Xi Ying raised her hand, and the two Jade Scrolls floated up and landed in her hands, saying, "I'll take these two Jade Scrolls, these Soul-Attracting Bells, and a thousand Spirit Stones."

The others saw this, their expressions varied.

Ou Ji and the hunchbacked old man did not care much, those two Jade Scrolls probably contained Chen Cangqiong's Cultivation Method, and it would be troublesome if outsiders knew they possessed Chen Cangqiong's techniques.

As for those Soul-Attracting Bells, they were just the most common low-level Magical Artifacts, previously distributed to low-level disciples who went out to capture beast slaves, useless except for collecting Divine Souls.

The red-robed man and the green-robed woman, although tempted by Chen Cangqiong's eerie Soul Cultivation techniques, said nothing as Xi Ying had already made the first move.

Seeing that the four had no objections, Xi Ying did something unexpected to everyone, her hands shining with a ball of white light, enveloping those Soul-Attracting Bells and Jade Scrolls, and then she vigorously rubbed them.

The Soul-Attracting Bells and the Jade Scrolls completely shattered into black dust and scattered.

"What are you doing?" Ou Ji said in surprise.

"Soul Cultivation techniques and Soul-Attracting Bells are forbidden, and if they spread, it will be harmful to everyone. It's better to destroy them," Xi Ying said indifferently.

Ou Ji and the others neither agreed nor disagreed with this explanation; however, the Soul-Attracting Bells were not theirs, and they had no objection to however Xi Ying chose to handle them. As for the Soul Cultivation Method, since it was destroyed and now unreachable by anyone, that was even better.

"Let the four seniors discuss slowly, I will take my leave first," said Xi Ying, and then she turned around and left the Forbidden Zone.

...

Yuan Ming saw Xi Ying coming out from the Forbidden Zone, and just as he was about to approach her, Xiao Yao rushed ahead, getting to Xi Ying first, rubbing his hands and asked, "My dear sister, you came out so quickly? Did you find anything good for your brother?"

"I chose Chen Cangqiong's Cultivation Method and the Soul-Attracting Bells," Xi Ying said.

"This Soul Cultivation Method is really something special. Let me see," Xiao Yao said excitedly.

"I destroyed them on the spot," Xi Ying said.

"What?" Xiao Yao jumped up.

"Keeping them would be a disaster, and having them would be even more disastrous for the Xiao Family. Now that I've destroyed them on the spot, if it spreads later, who wouldn't know of our Xiao Family's great magnanimity and reputation. Reputation is more important than anything," Xi Ying said.

"Sister, you really are wise; no wonder the old ancestor always said that the Xiao Family would depend on you in the future." Before Xiao Yao could finish his sentence, Xi Ying hailed Yuan Ming with a call: "Let's go."

Yuan Ming took a few steps forward, and Xi Ying performed a Teleportation Array with a flick of her sleeve, and the three of them disappeared in a flash, returning to Qingluo Square.

The allocation at Qingluo Square was still ongoing, ten Dawn Members holding ledgers stood at the edge of the square, calling out names.

The ledgers seemed to record the merits of participants in the mission, and those called could choose items according to their merit points; half of the items on the square were already taken.

"Brother, you've made quite an effort this time, don't you want to receive a reward?" Xi Ying suddenly said.

"Hehe, I've already collected it, and I'm not as generous as you. I felt I was at a loss after the last mission when I killed the White Dragon Island Young Master," Xiao Yao said with a laugh.

"You still have the cheek to mention it. You were shouting in the workshop, afraid that others wouldn't know it was you who made the move. This time you've offended the Qingshan Hermit, I don't know how you'll apologize later. You were supposed to follow him, but why did you have to attack him upon meeting? Couldn't you wait until you were out of the workshop?" Xi Ying said angrily.

Xiao Yao's smile froze at once, and he opened his mouth but ultimately said nothing, his mood visibly dampened as he ran towards those holding the ledgers, his small, pointed cap drooping to one side.

"I'm going to stroll around first," Xi Ying dismissed Xiao Yao and then, without waiting for Yuan Ming to speak, she flamboyantly performed a Teleportation Array with a wave of her hand and disappeared from sight.

Yuan Ming was planning to find a quiet corner to rest when Wulu appeared out of nowhere, bringing Ma Xingkong to Yuan Ming, and enthusiastically introduced him:

"Brother Yuan, where have you been? I've been looking everywhere for you! Let me introduce you to someone. This is Fellow Daoist Ma Xingkong, I'm sure you already know him. We were fellow disciples at Biluo Cave and now we are in the Dawn Alliance together. There's no need to use formalities like senior or junior anymore."

"Brother Ma, I've long admired your reputation," Yuan Ming greeted with a bow, feeling a trace of admiration for this man.

His breakthrough to the third layer of the Ming Yue Technique had sharpened his sensitivity to auras, and he felt that the aura of Mana around Ma Xingkong was somewhat similar to his own.

"Lucky to meet you! I've heard about you from Wulu. You are also from Da Jin, right?" Ma Xingkong examined Yuan Ming and said.

"Yes! Who would have thought to meet a fellow countryman here, what a coincidence," Yuan Ming said.

The three of them had all experienced being beast slaves, and as they talked about their past experiences in Biluo Cave, they quickly lost any sense of alienation. If someone else saw them, they would think the three were long-lost close friends.

"Brother Ma, have you been with the Dawn Alliance ever since you left Biluo Cave?" Yuan Ming asked.

"Not at all, I only joined the Dawn Alliance recently," Ma Xingkong dismissed with a wave.

"Brother Yuan, you may not know, but Brother Ma is now a high disciple of the Da Jin Chang Chun Temple. He has been cultivating in Da Jin all these years, and only recently joined Dawn temporarily to eliminate Biluo Cave," Wulu said.

"Chang Chun Temple!" Yuan Ming was surprised, then somewhat enlightened.

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