Chapter 139: One hundred thousand spirit stones, Xiao Xiyue’s changes!

“Boom!”

The Soul of the Evil Dragon devoured and submerged the Red Robe Youth, and the terrifying radiance and aura spread boundlessly, causing the entire Void Realm to roar and explode.

“Ah—”

A sharp cry came from the surging waves.

“Whoosh!”

The explosion of the Treasure Bone in this strike also caused Lu Changsheng’s face to turn somewhat pale, and his breastbone ached faintly.

Through the red pearl that had directly clashed with the golden light brick, he knew that the Red Robe Youth was not completely dead yet.

“Go!”

Lu Changsheng gave the command to the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, in case the opponent still had any residual strength.

At the same time, he continued to control the golden light brick with his Divine Sense.

At this moment, he could clearly feel that the red pearl resisting the golden light brick had greatly diminished in power and was continuously falling.

This indicated that the Red Robe Youth was in a very bad state and found it difficult to resist.

“Boom boom boom!”

As the golden light brick continuously suppressed the hongluan pearl, a bloody light rushed out from the Soul of the Evil Dragon.

It was the Red Robe Youth.

At this moment, his black armor was tattered, his hair was disheveled, and he was in a sorry state.

“Ah, just you wait, I’ll get my revenge…”

The Red Robe Youth uttered harsh words, intending to escape with a secret technique.

However, he hadn’t even finished speaking.

The golden light brick, spanning the sky, suppressed him like a mountain.

“Pfft!”

At the same time, a golden thread burst forth like a sharp arrow, directly piercing his glabella, leaving a bloody hole.

It was the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.

The next moment, the golden light brick also crashed down, suppressing both the hongluan pearl and the Red Robe Youth downwards.

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng embraced Xiao Xiyue’s delicate body, controlled his flying Magical Artifact, and quickly descended as well.

“Boom!”

Accompanied by a thunderous roar.

The golden light brick directly suppressed the youth onto the mountain range, causing the ground to shake.

“Phew, as expected of a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, he’s really hard to kill!”

“My Treasure Bone has been nurtured for many years, not at all weaker than a full-power strike from a Talisman Treasure, yet he still broke free and almost escaped.”

Lu Changsheng could feel that under the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm’s strike, the opponent’s vitality was almost extinguished.

It was just to be safe that he added this strike from the golden light brick.

Through the golden light brick, he could sense that the Red Robe Youth suppressed beneath had completely lost all vitality.

However, to be on the safe side, Lu Changsheng still took out three High-Grade Talismans and one Advanced Talisman, arranging them around the golden light brick.

After he finished, Lu Changsheng’s Divine Sense moved slightly, causing the golden light brick to slowly rise.

Seeing the blood-stained corpse in the large pit, Lu Changsheng finally felt completely at ease.

The golden light brick, floating in the air like a small mountain, retracted its Treasure Light and continuously shrunk, returning to its Talisman form, flying back into Lu Changsheng’s hand.

But at this moment, this Talisman Treasure was very dim, and even the Talisman paper appeared somewhat damaged.

“This Talisman Treasure, I’m afraid if I use it one more time, it will be completely scrapped.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the dim golden light brick Talisman Treasure in his hand and thought to himself.

This golden light brick Talisman Treasure had been used by him many times, and most of its power had already been consumed.

Although the battle just now was not long, the consumption was enormous under his full activation.

“If this Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator is a pauper, I’ll suffer a huge loss this time.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the bloody body in the large pit created by the golden light brick and let out a light breath.

However, this possibility was small.

Just the opponent’s red pearl, the pale white small sword, and the bloody scissors were already quite valuable.

Lu Changsheng didn’t think much more, to avoid the commotion of the battle just now attracting others.

Holding Xiao Xiyue’s delicate body, he swept up the Red Robe Youth’s bloody body and the scattered treasures around, then quickly departed.

Half an hour later.

Lu Changsheng found a cave in the mountain range.

He gently placed Xiao Xiyue down from his embrace.

He took out the ‘Tianmu Five Elements Formation’ from his Storage Pouch and simply set it up.

This set of Formation had the effect of trapping enemies and isolating auras, which was very useful, and Lu Changsheng always carried it with him.

After setting up the Formation, Lu Changsheng took out a recovery Medicinal Pill from his Storage Pouch and used a healing Talisman on himself, making him feel much better.

Immediately, he checked Xiao Xiyue’s condition.

It seemed she only suffered damage to her Divine Sense and excessive spiritual energy consumption, with no major issues.

After a preliminary assessment, Lu Changsheng placed a healing Medicinal Pill onto her lips.

Then he used a healing Talisman on her.

He immediately saw that her pale complexion had improved significantly.

“Between the Qi Refinement Stage and the Foundation Establishment Stage, besides the qualitative change in spiritual energy and magical power, the biggest difference is Divine Sense.”

“Foundation Establishment Cultivators develop Divine Sense, which provides great convenience whether in combat or Cultivation.”

“If it weren’t for the Peach Blossom Gu resisting the Divine Sense attack for me just now, I’m afraid I would also have suffered Divine Sense damage like Xiao Xiyue.”

Lu Changsheng looked at Xiao Xiyue’s appearance and realized the most intractable aspect of a Qi Refining Cultivator encountering a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Even if you have a Talisman Treasure, faced with such a Divine Sense attack, it’s hard to guard against.

If he hadn’t had the Peach Blossom Gu, he might have fallen victim as well.

However, Lu Changsheng had only just realized that the Peach Blossom Gu actually had this effect.

Immediately, Lu Changsheng closed his eyes and looked inward, checking the condition of the Peach Blossom Gu in his glabella.

It was just relatively weak, but there was no major problem.

This was normal.

It was a Heaven Spirit Gu after all.

Moreover, the Peach Blossom Gu grew very quickly.

Under his flourishing peach blossom luck, it had already grown to the limit of one-turn.

If it weren’t restricted by Lu Changsheng’s Cultivation, it could have already Advanced to two-turn.

Seeing that Xiao Xiyue wouldn’t wake up anytime soon, Lu Changsheng also stripped off the Red Robe Youth’s Storage Pouch and Storage Belt.

He began to sort out the spoils of war from this encounter.

“I hope this can bring me a huge return.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Storage Belt and Storage Pouch, feeling some anticipation.

After all, the Red Robe Youth didn’t seem like an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

He probably wouldn’t be too poor.

“Buzz buzz buzz—”

At this moment, the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm beside him flew around Lu Changsheng.

Its cicada-like wings fluttered, emitting a bloodthirsty aura.

“Go.”

Lu Changsheng naturally understood what the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm meant, and he chuckled softly.

He didn’t burn the Red Robe Youth to ashes precisely for the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.

After all, this Six-Winged Golden Silkworm fed on blood.

As a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, the Red Robe Youth’s essence blood was naturally a great tonic for the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm.

Upon receiving Lu Changsheng’s permission, the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm immediately drilled into the Red Robe Youth’s body and began to feast.

“Is this a bit of a Demonic Path act?”

Lu Changsheng watched the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm’s actions and smacked his lips.

Then he shook his head and said, “It’s just resource utilization. If I didn’t feed it to the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm, it would have been burned to ashes anyway.”

“Besides, this is far from the Demonic Path.”

“Before, I read in books that some Demonic Path Cultivators use humans, Yao Beasts, and all living beings, any usable resources, for Cultivation.”

“Things like human skin books, bone swords, blood pools, myriad soul banners, and even human emotions, resentment, and hatred can be used for Cultivation.”

Lu Changsheng exclaimed with a sigh.

He had roughly read about the differences between the Righteous Path and the Demonic Path in books before.

Although the description wasn’t very detailed, he had a general idea.

It said that Demonic Path Cultivators, for the sake of Cultivation, employed extreme Cultivation Techniques and methods, which were not very humane.

This also led to certain differences in Cultivation speed and Realm Breakthroughs.

But generally speaking, there wasn wasn’t much difference between Righteous Path Cultivators and Demonic Path Cultivators.

“My cheap brother-in-law seems to have embarked on the Demonic Path. I wonder what his situation is now, and if he’s still alive.”

Lu Changsheng suddenly thought of Qu Changge, the brother of his wife, Qu Zhenzhen.

He wondered how his cheap brother-in-law, who had entered the Demonic Path, was doing after all these years.

After all, in Jiang Country, Demonic Path Cultivators didn’t have an easy time.

Without continuing to overthink, Lu Changsheng began to examine the Storage Belt.

“So many Spirit Stones and Materials!?”

Lu Changsheng immediately saw a pile of Spirit Stones and Materials inside, and his face instantly lit up with surprise.

Even without counting them in detail, he could tell at a glance that this pile of Spirit Stones was not a small amount.

There were also many crystal-clear Mid-Grade Spirit Stones inside.

“Hmm, what is this?”

Lu Changsheng then looked at a crystal porcelain bottle.

It contained half a bottle of reddish granular crystals, like glazed glass.

Just by the warm jade-like Spiritual Bottle and the appearance of the crystals, Lu Changsheng could tell that this was no ordinary item.

Opening the porcelain bottle, he immediately felt a strong, fiery aura.

Every crystal granule shimmered with Treasure Light.

“Why does it look a bit like the Core Formation Spiritual Material, Heavenly Fire Glaze, recorded in books?”

“If this thing is really the Core Formation Spiritual Material, Heavenly Fire Glaze, it’s worth at least fifty to sixty thousand Spirit Stones.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the crystal porcelain bottle, his face full of smiles, and put it into his own Storage Pouch.

Ordinary Foundation Establishment Spiritual Materials cost two to three thousand Spirit Stones each.

But when it came to Core Formation Spiritual Materials, the price increased twentyfold.

And they were priceless in the market!

Lu Changsheng continued to sort through the items.

Seeing ordinary Materials and Magical Artifacts, his heart didn’t stir much.

“Red Phoenix True Scripture, a side-gate Cultivation Technique.”

“It seems there’s something to him after all, he actually has a side-gate Cultivation Technique.”

“However, the Cultivation Technique is incomplete, only allowing Cultivation up to the Golden Core Realm, but the two secret arts within it can be studied later.”

Lu Changsheng found several Cultivation Technique Jade Slips in the Storage Belt.

He briefly glanced at them; they were several Advanced Cultivation Techniques and Immortal Cultivation Hundred Arts Legacies.

Only this Red Phoenix True Scripture piqued Lu Changsheng’s interest somewhat.

“Is this a Magic Treasure Embryo?”

Lu Changsheng then saw a small, entirely black and red cauldron from within, and picked it up to examine it.

This small cauldron only had a cauldron-shaped outline.

Neither its appearance nor its patterns had been carved yet, like a rough embryo.

However, from examining the cauldron’s material and the aura it emitted, Lu Changsheng, who had seen some of the world, vaguely felt that this was a Magic Treasure.

But a Magic Treasure in such a state was far inferior to the Black Dragon Magic Pearl, immediately leading Lu Changsheng to guess it was a Magic Treasure Embryo.

According to Lu Changsheng’s knowledge, most Cultivators’ Lifebound Treasures were refined by themselves using some rare and precious Heaven And Earth Treasure.

Then they would be forged into an embryo, slowly nurtured and cultivated into a rudimentary form, and finally become a Magic Treasure.

This had an advantage: it allowed them to control the rudimentary Magic Treasure in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.

And by nurturing the rudimentary Magic Treasure in advance, once they achieved Core Formation, the Magic Treasure would immediately take shape, greatly increasing its power.

“Could this Red Robe Youth be a Cultivator in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment?”

“Otherwise, why would he have both Core Formation Spiritual Materials and a Magic Treasure Embryo?”

Lu Changsheng glanced at the corpse from which the Six-Winged Golden Silkworm was still drawing blood, and speculated in his heart.

After all, how could an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator possess such a precious item?

However, by cleaning up the spoils of war, Lu Changsheng felt somewhat fortunate.

Because from the Red Robe Youth’s Storage Pouch, he also found six High-Grade Talismans, as well as some treasures like the Sky Thunder Pearl and White Bone Arrow.

He knew that the latter actually had many trump cards.

If he had gone all out and tried to kill them from the start when facing him and Xiao Xiyue, where would he and Xiao Xiyue have had a chance to fight back?

There would have been no time to activate the Talisman Treasure and suppress him.

“It’s still the same principle: even a lion uses its full strength when hunting a rabbit.”

“Otherwise, who knows when one might capsize in a ditch.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head slightly, sighing with emotion.

He put away the small cauldron and continued to clean up.

Even if this cauldron was a Magic Treasure embryo, it wasn’t of much use to him.

It was just a valuable material.

Besides selling it later depending on the situation, it could also be used to Cultivate the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Technique.

After all, a Magic Treasure embryo was still considered a Magic Treasure.

It could be used for body tempering.

During the subsequent cleanup, no high-value items that surprised Lu Changsheng appeared.

“One hundred twenty-eight Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.”

“Three thousand eight hundred ninety-four Low-Grade Spirit Stones.”

“One suspected Core Formation spiritual item, one Foundation Establishment spiritual item.”

“One Magic Treasure embryo, four Spiritual Artifacts, but one of them is worn, one is severely damaged and basically废弃, only usable as scrap for cultivating the Hundred Refinements Treasure Body Technique.”

“Two High Grade Magical Artifacts, three top-grade Magical Artifacts, one flying boat, one Sky Thunder Pearl, one first-grade Longevity Pill.”

“Adding this pile of Medicinal Pills, Talismans, and Materials, the total value should be over 100,000 Spirit Stones, right?”

After cleaning up everything, Lu Changsheng looked at this batch of spoils of war, roughly calculated their value, and then took a deep breath, letting it out slowly.

This wave of spoils was his biggest gain ever.

The previous largest haul, from the Kou’s Five Fiends, only exceeded ten thousand with the addition of Meng Xiaochun’s two Foundation Establishment spiritual items.

But now, the Red Robe Youth’s spoils alone directly amounted to hundreds of thousands.

This wealth also made Lu Changsheng realize even more that this person was not simple.

“From the situation just now, he seemed to be targeting Xiao Xiyue, intending to capture her alive.”

Lu Changsheng looked at the still unconscious Xiao Xiyue and clicked his tongue.

He felt that this matter was not simple.

One must know that Xiao Xiyue was a Core Formation True Person’s Disciple of the Qingyun Sect.

Now, a Foundation Establishment Great Cultivator, knowing Xiao Xiyue’s identity, came to capture her, which made him feel that the matter was not simple.

“Alas, as expected, the more entanglements, the more Karma.”

Lu Changsheng shook his head, put away the items, and then took out seven Mid-Grade Spirit Stones to replace those in his Puppet.

In the battle just now, this second-order Puppet had not suffered any damage.

However, the consumption of Spirit Stones was too great; out of the ten Spirit Stones inside, about seven were consumed.

“After I return this time, if I have time, I can also forge a few more Puppets.”

Lu Changsheng thought to himself.

In fact, with the acquired Materials, he could almost make a second-order Puppet.

But the next moment, Lu Changsheng shook his head.

“The top priority is still Cultivation, otherwise, with my current mental power, even if I had multiple Puppets, I wouldn’t be able to control them simultaneously.”

In the battle just now, Lu Changsheng clearly realized his shortcomings in this regard.

Controlling one Puppet during combat was already his limit.

If he controlled more Puppets, it would be difficult for him to focus on anything else.

“Most Cultivation Techniques for cultivating mental power also require the birth of Divine Sense.”

“This aspect cannot be rushed for now, unless the System can draw a Cultivation Technique in this area.”

Lu Changsheng let out a light breath, holding two Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and began to sit cross-legged to heal and recover.

The next day, Lu Changsheng glanced at the still unconscious Xiao Xiyue.

Seeing that the effect of the healing Talisman on her was almost gone, he took out another one and used it.

As the Talisman flowed like lotus nectar over Xiao Xiyue’s skin, she let out a soft groan and woke up.

“Daoist Friend Xiao, you’re awake?”

Seeing Xiao Xiyue wake up, Lu Changsheng immediately asked with concern.

“Lu Daoyou?”

“Where are we? And that rogue Cultivator?”

Xiao Xiyue sat up, looking at the simple cave she was in, and asked.

She didn’t know if they had escaped or if she had been imprisoned by that Red Robe Youth.

“Under the power of our two Talisman Treasures, that rogue Cultivator was also pushed to his limit. Lu used all his trump cards and barely managed to kill him.”

Lu Changsheng sighed, speaking with some heartache and lingering fear.

As he spoke, he returned Xiao Xiyue’s tortoise shell, sword pill, cloud scarf, and Talisman Treasure.

Although he was greedy for wealth, he wasn’t so greedy as to covet these few items of his future child’s mother.

“You actually killed him!”

Xiao Xiyue found it somewhat hard to believe.

During their brief encounter earlier, she knew that the Red Robe Youth was not an ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

He was at least a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Cultivator.

Although she and Lu Changsheng had suppressed him with the power of their Talisman Treasures.

But suppression and killing were two completely different concepts.

She was stunned.

Immediately, a smile, uncharacteristic of her usual cold demeanor, appeared on her somewhat pale face, like a snow lotus blooming: “I didn’t expect Lu Daoyou to hide so deeply.”

She knew Lu Changsheng had hidden something.

But upon seeing the second-order Puppet, the Talisman Treasure, and Lu Changsheng’s Cultivation, she was already incredibly surprised.

She hadn’t expected Lu Changsheng to hide so profoundly.

Now, hearing that Lu Changsheng had killed the Red Robe Youth, it gave her a new understanding of him.

Seeing Lu Changsheng frown slightly.

Xiao Xiyue also seemed to understand something.

She pursed her lips lightly and said: “Lu Daoyou, rest assured, every Cultivator has their own secrets.”

“In Ruyi County City, Xiao Xiyue already sensed that you were different from ordinary Cultivators, and you must have had some Opportunity and secrets.”

“So rest assured, Xiao Xiyue can swear by her Dao Heart that she will never reveal Lu Daoyou’s matters to anyone.”

Xiao Xiyue was inherently intelligent, and cultivating the Supreme Emotion Severing Art made her Dao Heart even clearer.

As soon as she finished speaking, she immediately swore an oath, indicating that she would not mention this matter to a third person.

“Daoist Friend Xiao, there’s no need for this; the matter isn’t that serious.”

Lu Changsheng smiled, very satisfied with Xiao Xiyue’s thoughtfulness.

After all, exposing things like his Talisman Treasure and Cultivation still carried some risks.

He had originally thought about how to subtly hint to Xiao Xiyue, but she directly took the initiative.

“If it weren’t for Lu Daoyou this time, Xiao Xiyue would have been in danger.”

“Lu Daoyou previously helped Xiao Xiyue in her Cultivation, and now you’ve saved her life at great risk. Although you killed the rogue Cultivator with your trump cards, you must have suffered considerable losses yourself, making Xiao Xiyue truly at a loss as to how to repay you.”

Xiao Xiyue lowered her eyes slightly and said softly.

During the battle with the rogue Cultivator, an inexplicable emotion arose in her heart.

At this moment, this emotion quickly sprouted in her heart.

She herself did not activate the Supreme Emotion Severing Art to suppress this emotion, allowing it to spread through her heart.

“Hehe, Daoist Friend Xiao, you’re being too formal.”

“In that situation, it was truly difficult for Lu to abandon Daoist Friend Xiao and leave.”

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow, also noticing that Xiao Xiyue’s expression had changed somewhat.

Through such a long period of contact, he knew that Xiao Xiyue’s cold and ethereal demeanor would only disappear during Cultivation.

Once she stopped Cultivation and adapted to it, she would quickly revert to her cold and ethereal appearance.

But at this moment, Xiao Xiyue’s appearance was completely different from usual.

It reminded Lu Changsheng of the lively, genuine, and charming Xiao Xiyue from ten years ago.

Moreover, he keenly noticed that Xiao Xiyue’s self-address had changed to Xiao Xiyue.

Clearly, she had grown much closer to him.

He knew that experiencing life and death, and heroic rescues, were the best ways to increase favorability.

As soon as his voice fell.

Xiao Xiyue’s exquisite, beautiful, and somewhat pale face主动 pressed against him.

Lu Changsheng immediately felt a warm, sweet, and moist sensation on his lips.

He smelled an incredibly fresh and fragrant body scent in his nostrils.

Immediately after, the two kissed like that.

This time, the Fairy was very proactive.

Allowing Lu Changsheng to taste a different flavor.

A moment later.

Lu Changsheng released the warm, soft jade in his arms.

After all, in the wilderness, it would be difficult to resolve if passion flared up.

And there was still one matter to resolve.

That was, the Red Robe Youth was clearly targeting Xiao Xiyue, and whether the other party had any further plans to cause trouble.

“Daoist Friend Xiao, that rogue Cultivator was clearly coming for you. In such a situation—”

Lu Changsheng voiced his thoughts.

“The other party should be coming for me, wanting to target my Master by capturing me.”

Xiao Xiyue nodded with a melancholic expression, also realizing this problem.

“Without further ado, Xiao Xiyue intends to return and report this matter to Master.”

“Cultivation matters can only be temporarily put aside. After I resolve this matter, I will come to Qingzhu Mountain to find Lu Daoyou.”

Xiao Xiyue pursed her lips lightly and said softly.

She also knew that her current situation was very dangerous.

Moreover, being with Lu Changsheng not only endangered herself but might even implicate Lu Changsheng.

Next time such a thing happened, they might not be so lucky.

“Good, do you need me to escort you?”

Lu Changsheng nodded.

He felt that with a backer, such matters should naturally be taken to the backer.

“Xiao Xiyue will be fine returning by herself.”

“Lu Daoyou should also be preparing for Foundation Establishment, right?”

Xiao Xiyue asked.

“I still need a few years of refinement before I can prepare for Foundation Establishment.”

At this point, Lu Changsheng did not hide too much.

He had broken through to Qi Refining Ninth Layer less than a year ago, and his spiritual power still needed several years of refinement before he could prepare for Foundation Establishment.

“Good, after Xiao Xiyue resolves the matter, she will return to help Lu Lang with his Foundation Establishment.”

Xiao Xiyue smiled sweetly, her charming voice carrying a hint of sweetness, and after speaking, she kissed Lu Changsheng again.

Sigh, I’m useless, even two updates are so difficult.