Chapter 85: Chapter 85: Blood God Attraction and Spoils of War

He watched the blood-colored Token in his hand crack.

The expression in the eyes of the strange, blood-robed youth turned grave. "Kun’er’s life token actually cracked? Who killed him? Could something have happened in the Immortal City?"

Ignoring the carnage in the palace, he took out another life token from his Storage Bag, only to find it was still perfectly intact.

"Miaorou is fine. Only Kun’er is dead." The grave look on the strange youth’s face didn’t dissipate. Instead, his eyes filled with a murderous Evil Qi.

’Did that slut betray me? Or...?’

He knew how powerful Yan Kun, a Dual Cultivator of Body and Technique, was. With the many Treasures he had bestowed upon him, few in the Foundation Establishment Stage could have taken him down.

Now that Yan Kun was dead, it was highly likely that a Core Formation Master from the Immortal City had acted.

But with Yan Kun’s ability to conceal his tracks, coupled with his own cunning, it should have been impossible for him to run into a Core Formation Master.

The strange youth snorted coldly. "Hmph! Kun’er had the ’Blood God Attraction’ placed on him by our sect. I just need to make a trip to the Immortal City, and I’ll find out exactly who killed him!"

The Blood God Attraction was a unique Secret Technique created by a Nascent Soul Ancestor Master of the Blood Shadow Sect. Only Core Disciples were qualified to have it implanted.

Once a person with the Blood God Attraction was killed, the mark would directly attach itself to the killer’s soul, and it was impossible to remove.

And to the Cultivators of the Blood Shadow Sect, this Blood God Attraction was as conspicuous as a torch in the dark.

The strange youth was certain that as long as he reached the Immortal City, he could easily find the person who killed Yan Kun!

Just then, the slaughter below in the palace was coming to an end. Amidst the mountain of piled-up corpses, only one sturdy youth remained alive. All his opponents had fallen.

He stood on the pile of bodies, gazing at his surroundings with a look of confusion in his eyes.

"Oh? It’s over?" The strange youth suddenly snapped his fingers.

To the sturdy youth’s ears, the sound of the snap was like the chime of a great bell, pulling him directly out of the murderous Illusion Realm.

The next moment—

"No!"

An agonized roar echoed through the palace.

...

"This Cultivation Technique is quite suitable for me." Li Ping couldn’t help but smile after inspecting the first tribulation of the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Scripture transmitted from the Blood-Colored Armor Fragment.

It was strong in Magical Combat and defense, provided warnings of danger, and even had the ability to disguise one’s face and change one’s body shape.

The last ability, disguise, was an essential skill for someone on the path of caution.

However, the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Scripture was a Dual Cultivation of Body and Technique. Furthermore, he had to break through in his Qi Refining before the Blood-Colored Armor Fragment would reveal the next tribulation’s technique, allowing his Body Refining to advance in sync.

Therefore, if he didn’t advance his Qi Refining simultaneously and focused purely on Body Refining, he could at most cultivate to a level equivalent to the Late-stage Qi Refining. His physical body would be comparable to a Tier One Upper Grade Dharma Artifact, his strength would surpass most Tier One Late Stage Demon Beasts, and he could rival those with a Tier One Late Stage True Spirit Bloodline!

But this was already enough for Li Ping, because the first tribulation of the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Scripture was sufficient for him to freely change his appearance and physique.

He didn’t have the time to continue cultivating the subsequent parts of the technique anyway.

Right now, his most important task was to break through to the Core Formation stage.

After reaching Core Formation, perhaps he would switch to cultivating this Top-tier Technique that excelled in Magical Combat.

...

He didn’t rush to examine the specific details of the Nine Tribulations True Spirit Scripture, nor did he hurry to start cultivating.

Putting the Blood-Colored Armor Fragment into his Storage Bag, Li Ping sat among the ashes and began to inspect the two Storage Bags he had tricked the Demon Cultivator out of.

He opened the first Storage Bag, and after just one glance at its contents, his expression instantly turned grim.

Inside this Storage Bag were, shockingly, two refined corpses.

And by their faces, Li Ping recognized both of them. They were none other than the Demon Cultivator’s two disciples, Liu Yuan and Feng Qufeng.

He guessed that the Demon Cultivator was perhaps planning to abandon this identity and leave the Immortal City, so he had silenced his disciples who might expose him before he left.

He recalled how he had previously noted the Demon Cultivator’s different attitudes toward Liu Yuan and Feng Qufeng, and how Feng Qufeng had even complained about his master favoring his junior brother.

Thinking about it now, it was truly laughable.

The Demon Cultivator had never treated them as disciples. It was clear he had always seen them as mere tools to conceal his own identity and maintain his public persona.

"Young friend Feng, now you know your master didn’t favor your junior brother. He treated you both equally, placing you in the same Storage Bag after refining you into corpses. You can rest in peace now." Li Ping shook his head and burned both refined corpses to ash.

The three piles of ashes mixed together. Li Ping planned to take them all outside the city and dispose of them later, which could be considered a joint burial for the master and his two disciples.

After dealing with the refined corpses in the bag, Li Ping set it aside and picked up the other Storage Bag.

He merely glanced at the contents of this Storage Bag and broke into a wide, unconscious grin.

"A huge haul, a huge haul!"

He grabbed the bottom of the bag and tipped it over.

CLATTER CLATTER—

The items that poured out of the Storage Bag immediately formed a small mountain.

First were the Spirit Stones. Among the small mountain of Lower-grade Spirit Stones were quite a few Middle-grade Spirit Stones, their total value exceeding ten thousand.

Apparently, his public identity as a Tier Two Upper Grade Alchemist had allowed the Demon Cultivator to amass a considerable fortune. This pile of Spirit Stones might even include the ones Li Ping had paid for the Foundation Establishment Pills.

Now, they could be considered returned to their rightful owner.

Recalling the image of the Demon Cultivator’s remnant soul hiding in the Blood-Colored Armor Fragment, Li Ping used his Divine Sense, which was comparable to a Mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator’s, to carefully inspect every single Spirit Stone, wary of any tricks the Demon Cultivator might have set.

Fortunately, his inspection revealed no problems, so he put all the Spirit Stones into his own Storage Bag.

The Spirit Stones alone had already compensated him for his losses in this battle, making Li Ping look forward to the rest of the spoils with even greater anticipation.

As expected, the subsequent inventory check was full of pleasant surprises. The items included the following:

One Tier Three Pill Master inheritance.

One Tier Two Top-grade Alchemy Furnace.

One stalk of thousand-year Spirit Medicine.

Several Centennial Spirit Medicines.

Dozens of bottles of various Pills.

Several Tier Two Upper Grade Dharma Artifacts.

And many other miscellaneous items.

...

What surprised Li Ping the most was naturally the Tier Three Pill Master inheritance. He had originally hoped to get a Tier Two Upper Grade Pill Master inheritance from the man and would have been satisfied, but who would have thought he’d hit the jackpot all at once.

He could directly become a Tier Three Alchemist!

And with this Tier Three Pill Master inheritance, he could keep the Tier Two Top-grade Alchemy Furnace.

Dharma Artifacts of each tier are generally divided into three grades: Lower, Middle, and Upper. Top-grade Dharma Artifacts are rare.

A Tier Two Top-grade artifact refers to one made with materials that could theoretically be used to craft a Magical Treasure. However, due to the Artifact Refiner’s lack of skill, the final product failed to meet expectations, resulting in an artifact with a quality stuck between Tier Two Upper Grade and a Magical Treasure.

The Tier Two Top-grade Pill Furnace in his hands had some Profound Iron mixed in during its refinement, which greatly enhanced its quality and made it far more valuable than an ordinary Tier Two Dharma Artifact.

If he hadn’t been out of options, Li Ping wouldn’t have wanted to use a Pill Furnace as nourishment.

After carefully inspecting the Inheritance Jade Scroll and the Pill Furnace, he confirmed there were no problems.

After a moment of hesitation, Li Ping only put away the Inheritance Jade Scroll, leaving the Pill Furnace aside for the time being.

The Demon Cultivator’s earlier Possession attempt had truly frightened him.

The structure of a Pill Furnace was complex, not as straightforward to inspect as Spirit Stones or an Inheritance Jade Scroll.

The Demon Cultivator was so cunning that he worried a single inspection might miss something. He decided to check it again in more detail later.

Next was the thousand-year Spirit Medicine, another priceless Treasure. Spirit Medicine of this age was typically something only Core Formation Cultivators would use.

Spirit Medicine was less troublesome. Li Ping was an Alchemist himself, so he was very familiar with them.

He inspected all the Spirit Medicines and found no issues. Satisfied, he put the dozen or so stalks, including the thousand-year one, into his Storage Bag.

As for the dozens of bottles of Pills, Li Ping checked them and found they were common types for enhancing one’s Cultivation or healing injuries, and were quite valuable.

However, Pills were the easiest items to tamper with, and it was difficult to detect. He wasn’t sure about them, so he set them aside.

The several Tier Two Upper Grade Dharma Artifacts were clearly demonic items at a glance. Li Ping planned to sell them after checking that they were clean, as he had no intention of using them himself.

Next came the miscellaneous items. After sorting through them one by one, Li Ping stared at the two piles of items before him, lost in thought.

These were all the items from the Demon Cultivator’s Storage Bag, excluding the Spirit Stones and Spirit Medicines.

One pile consisted of the Pill Furnace, several Upper Grade Dharma Artifacts used by the Demon Cultivator, a dark-colored cloak, and other things.

The other pile mainly consisted of Pills, a bunch of bottles and jars, numerous miscellaneous items, a Celestial Secret Mirror, and so on.

After inspecting the pile with the Pill Furnace and Dharma Artifacts, he believed it was probably free of any traps left by the Demon Cultivator. But the Demon Cultivator’s methods were bizarre, and he couldn’t be one hundred percent certain.

As for the other pile containing the Pills and miscellaneous items, a rough inspection was enough to reveal several tracking marks left by the Demon Cultivator.

And the Celestial Secret Mirror had a secret key Restriction on it, making it unusable by anyone other than its owner.

Therefore, he couldn’t be bothered to inspect this pile any further and prepared to discard it directly to prevent the Demon Cultivator’s accomplices from tracking him down.

’Oh, right, the Storage Bags!’

Li Ping picked up the Demon Cultivator’s two Storage Bags again. He only breathed a sigh of relief after a detailed inspection revealed no problems.

Next, he used the Demon Cultivator’s two Storage Bags to store the two piles of items separately.

After a moment’s thought, he took out another Storage Bag and used a Magic spell to collect all the ashes in the cave abode, making the whole place much cleaner.

It was still empty, though, and looked rather plain.

The cave abode’s Array split open, and Li Ping flew out. He headed directly toward the Demon Cultivator’s cave abode, toying with a Jade Token in his hand as he flew. It was the access Token that controlled the Array of the other man’s cave.

He wanted to see if the Demon Cultivator had left anything disadvantageous to him in the cave abode.

If so, he needed to eliminate any future trouble.

...

Using the access Token to enter the Demon Cultivator’s cave abode, Li Ping instantly spread out his Divine Sense and began a thorough search from the inside out.

A moment later, the search was complete.

Li Ping held a Jade Scroll in his hand, a thoughtful look on his face.

This was the only thing he had found that the other man had left behind in the cave abode.

He submerged his Divine Sense into it and began to read carefully.

...

A moment later, he put down the Jade Scroll, a shocked expression appearing on his face.

To his surprise, the Jade Scroll contained a detailed record of the transactions between the Alchemy Master Hu Feng—the identity the Demon Cultivator had assumed—and a Cultivator from the Immortal City with the surname Ye.

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