Chapter 591: Sudden Windfall
"Courting death!"
The Profound Ice Flood Dragon neither dodged nor avoided. Gripping the strange gold cold iron staff firmly in its claws, it swung towards the Blood Demon in the void.
A flash of azure lightning arc swept across.
[Thunder God’s Fury]!
A hundred-zhang long golden lightning tore through the space, striking accurately amidst the blood skeletons.
"Ah!"
The blood skeletons let out ghastly, heartrending screams. The blood light instantaneously dissipated, their devilish bodies twisted and swayed for a moment before being annihilated by the lightning.
"It seems that when dealing with Demon Cultivators, the supreme yang and firm Thunder Technique is most effective."
On the other side, True Master Hai Xuan drove the Divine Spike True Dragon, brushing off Shen Xuan’s Purple Gold True Water Seal, and rushed forward.
Shen Xuan hesitated no more.
He performed the [Divine Hidden Five-Thunder Escape Technique].
A flash of lightning arc passed by.
The massive body of the Profound Ice Flood Dragon disappeared into thin air.
The next moment, the Profound Ice Divine Dragon appeared above the Blood Demon.
The strange gold cold iron staff, tightly gripped by the Profound Ice Flood Dragon’s claws, came down with the force of ten thousand pounds, smashing directly towards the terrified and despairing Blood Demon.
"No!"
The Blood Demon let out a despairing roar, summoning a Blood Spirit Shield.
With a "boom" sound, the strange gold cold iron staff struck heavily on the Blood Spirit Shield.
The Blood Demon underestimated the physical strength of Shen Xuan after he maximized the activation of [Dragon Blood Boiling].
Originally at the peak of the Dharma Realm.
After activating [Dragon Blood Boiling], his physical strength was comparable to a Tier Four Body Refiner.
Even the flesh body of a Nascent Soul True Monarch could not withstand it.
Though the Blood Spirit Shield was of a pretty good tier and remained intact.
However, the Blood Demon could not endure such mighty power.
The Blood Spirit Shield was smashed directly onto his own flesh.
The protective blood light shield collapsed instantly like a bubble upon touch.
The entire mass of flesh turned flat.
Without giving him a chance to recover.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon swung the staff horizontally once more.
This time, the strange gold cold iron staff dodged the Blood Spirit Shield and swept directly through the middle of the Blood Demon.
"Puff!"
The staff carried the aura of ice calamity, capable of freezing everything, harming the Divine Soul.
After merging with strange gold from the Demon Realm, it became more resilient, increasing its restraint effect on cultivators’ flesh bodies and Divine Souls.
The Blood Demon’s flesh body was easily divided into two parts upon being swept by the strange gold cold iron staff.
He still wanted to reconnect it.
But Shen Xuan was not going to let him off.
He executed a move, "Wind Rolls Up the Remnants," the staff shadow like the wind, swirling the remnants, tearing the two masses of flesh to shreds.
By the time True Master Hai Xuan arrived.
The Blood Demon had already turned into countless fragments.
Shen Xuan stretched out a dragon claw, taking away the Blood Demon’s Blood Spirit Shield, Storage Pouch, and Demon Pill.
With a finger point.
He released a flame, dark inside but bright outside, its heart deep and mysterious like a black hole, the outer flame glistening with golden light.
It was indeed the True Sun Flame.
The Blood Demon’s fragments rolled and emitted bursts of black fog in the True Sun Flame, instantly turning to ash.
True Master Changsheng had perished, both form and spirit extinguished, even before he executed the Wind Rolls Up the Remnants staff technique.
The entire process of Shen Xuan’s slaying of the Blood Demon was as swift as lightning, clean and efficient.
True Master Hai Xuan could only watch as True Master Changsheng was slain by Shen Xuan, too late to lend a hand.
"Very well, Fellow Daoist Profound Ice, this matter isn’t over!"
With that, True Master Hai Xuan, riding the Divine Spike True Dragon, parted the water currents and flew towards Yan Country.
The Profound Ice Divine Dragon shook and reverted to Shen Xuan’s true form.
"Hai Xuan, why run! Let’s have a contest of strength!"
True Master Hai Xuan did not even look back.
"This old fox, so cunning!"
Shen Xuan gazed at the retreating figure of True Master Hai Xuan, abandoning the pursuit.
True Master Hai Xuan was a Middle Stage Water Technique Golden Core.
Shen Xuan had to transform into a flood dragon, activating [Dragon Blood Boiling], to match his strength.
Even if he surpassed him, capturing him would be difficult.
If True Master Hai Xuan fought desperately, Shen Xuan might get injured as well.
"Forget it, as the ancestor said, do not pursue a cornered beast."
True Master Hai Xuan and True Master Changsheng were different.
His combat power far exceeded that of True Master Changsheng, and Shen Xuan didn’t have absolute confidence in suppressing him.
Moreover, True Master Hai Xuan, as a Water Technique Golden Core, also had the geographical advantage.
Shen Xuan looked towards the sea.
After the Tier Three warship sank, the disciples of the Danxia Sect aboard had long since fled.
"Mysterious Trace True Master, as you wished."
Shen Xuan mused to himself.
If he guessed correctly, Mysterious Trace True Master deliberately blocked other channels, making True Master Changsheng pass through the sea region of the Wolong Archipelago.
He intended for Shen Xuan to eliminate True Master Changsheng.
The other Sect True Masters were all tacitly aware.
After all, they had worked together for so many years and didn’t want their hands stained with True Master Changsheng’s blood.
Shen Xuan remembered the location of the sunken ship, transformed into a streak of green light, and flew towards Starlight Island.
...
Cold Ice Cave.
Shen Xuan summoned Chu Duanlang, instructing him to organize a team to salvage the Danxia Sect’s sunken ship.
The Tier Three warship, even if Shen Xuan had smashed it into two, still retained its valuable damaged hull and spirit energy cannons.
Shen Xuan could salvage the two sections of the wrecked ship himself from the deep sea.
However, it was unnecessary.
It would harm the image of him as the Island Master of Starlight Island.
Chu Duanlang led some water cultivators, patrolling near Starlight Island for years, with stable and easy-going jobs.
It was the perfect job for him to handle.
Upon hearing about the salvage of the sunken Tier Three warship, Chu Duanlang’s eyes shone brightly.
"Island Master, can that warship be repaired?"
Shen Xuan pondered for a moment.
Back then, a single staff strike broke it in two.
Besides the warship’s keel and protective spell array, other parts weren’t severely damaged.
Dragging it to the shipyard should allow it to be restored to mint condition.
"It should be possible."
"Island Master, shall we salvage it and add it to the fleet after refurbishment?"
Shen Xuan glanced at Chu Duanlang.
Late Stage Foundation Establishment, with some hope for a Fake Pill.
And already contemplating navigating a Tier Three warship.
One couldn’t deny that a person’s ambitions grow with their status.
"First, salvage it and assess the damage to the hull. If it can be repaired..."
Shen Xuan glanced at the eagerly expectant Chu Duanlang and ultimately conceded.
"Then repair it and incorporate it into the island’s fleet."
"Yes, Island Master! I’ll be on it immediately!"
Chu Duanlang said excitedly.
After sending Chu Duanlang off, Shen Xuan entered the secret chamber.
He was willing to act as Mysterious Trace True Master’s blade, but it wasn’t without due compensation.
True Master Changsheng betrayed the sect and fled, taking all his possessions with him.
Shen Xuan worked so hard, of course he wouldn’t do it for nothing.
"True Master Changsheng fell into madness while cultivating and suddenly died."
"As a Tier Three Pill Master of the sect, I rightfully inherit his legacy."
Shen Xuan pondered briefly and realized that Cyan Cloud Sect wouldn’t disclose the true circumstances of True Master Changsheng’s demise.
This kind of disgrace to the sect’s reputation would also be covered up by Danxia Sect.
As one of the overlords of Yan Country, Danxia Sect secretly fights with the six sects of Song Country.
On the surface, they still pretend to be harmonious.
True Master Hai Xuan immediately fled upon True Master Changsheng’s demise.
Otherwise, if he was caught by Shen Xuan and trapped by Cyan Cloud Sect, it would be trouble.
Inciting and turning members of the opponent sect’s upper echelon can be done, but evidence must never be left.
Shen Xuan first found a diary Jade Scroll from True Master Changsheng’s Storage Pouch.
"True Master Changsheng was originally a disciple of Blood Spirit Sect, who during the sect war between Yan and Song, switched to Cyan Cloud Sect, mastering both Demon Techniques and Spirit Techniques, ultimately becoming a renowned Pill Master."
After quickly scanning True Master Changsheng’s diary Jade Scroll, Shen Xuan kept it close.
The content of this diary Jade Scroll was detailed.
It not only recorded his insights into cultivation but also contained many alchemical experiences.
It was greatly beneficial for Shen Xuan to improve his Alchemy Dao attainments.
To him, this diary Jade Scroll was priceless.
In Shen Xuan’s eyes, it was more precious than the Ice Chi Dragon Demon Pill and the quasi-Tier Four Thunderstrike Wood.
[Lifespan: 185/1098]
"Two years of lifespan consumed!"
"Finally, it wasn’t in vain."
Shen Xuan emptied out all the contents of the Storage Pouch.
The first thing was spirit stones, with various upper-grade spirit stones totaling thirteen hundred pieces.
Among them, upper-grade fire spirit stones were the majority.
"No wonder he’s a Tier Three Upper Grade Pill Master of the sect, such wealth, tsk tsk!"
Next, various spirit pills appeared.
Seven Golden Transformation Pills, among which one was an exquisite piece.
"Eh, is this a Longevity Pill?"
Shen Xuan opened a medicine bottle and sniffed it.
The scent of the spirit pill wafting out must be the Longevity Spirit Pill without a doubt.
"Only two pieces, and they’re not exquisite."
Shen Xuan was somewhat disdainful.
Longevity Pills can extend the lifespan of Golden Core and True Pill True Masters.
Their price is twice that of Life-Extending Pills.
Even pricier than Golden Transformation Pills.
Yet Shen Xuan despised them for not reaching the exquisite grade.
If other True Masters of Cyan Cloud Sect heard this, they’d be speechless.
"I can only consume exquisite Longevity Spirit Pills."
Longevity Spirit Pills have a certain resistance.
The number of pills each cultivator can consume is limited.
With Shen Xuan’s ample wealth, he naturally wants to consume the best.
"No wonder he mastered both Spirit and Demon Techniques, even the Blood Demon Pills are so abundant!"
Among the pile of medicine bottles, Shen Xuan found the familiar Blood Demon Pill.
There were as many as thirteen pieces.
"Is this the Demon Spirit Pill he consumed?"
A special medicine bottle caught Shen Xuan’s attention.
Opening it, he found two dark red demon pills like scarlet blood inside.
Their pill power was far stronger than that of Blood Demon Pills.
"Good stuff! Unfortunately, I can’t use it."
"If given the chance, I’ll sell them at a high price to Holy Pill Demon Cultivators."
This kind of demon pill that instantly boosts a demon cultivator’s realm cultivation, despite many side effects, remains a rare treasure.
Life-saving treasures are extremely valuable.
In Shen Xuan’s view, ordinary demon cultivators aren’t qualified to consume them.
These Demon Spirit Pills, when sold to a Holy Pill Demon Monarch, truly showcase their value.
"Wait until Wan Meng Demon Monarch is freed, ask her if her master, Bright Jade Demon Monarch, would buy them."
Besides, there were countless other spirit pills and demon pills.
Shen Xuan selected some high-grade spirit pills and demon pills, sorting them properly.
The rest were rolled into a bundle, stored in a new Storage Pouch, to be sorted when time allows.
"So many Inheritance Jade Scrolls?"
Shen Xuan extended his Divine Sense and inspected each one.
"Not bad, Golden Transformation Pill inheritance. This old thief does have some skill in alchemy."
Shen Xuan happily stowed them away.
Currently, he is dual cultivating both Fire Technique.
In the future, he might use Fire Technique for alchemy.
Even though he is currently using Water Technique for alchemy, he can still draw lessons from True Master Changsheng’s Golden Transformation Pill inheritance to improve his Alchemy Dao attainments.
"Blood Demon Pill inheritance, this one I know..."
"Huh, he even knew how to refine Demon Spirit Pills?"
Seeing the Demon Spirit Pill refinement inheritance, Shen Xuan felt a chill.
No wonder it’s a saint medicine for demon cultivators.
The main material for this Demon Spirit Pill turned out to be a cultivator’s Inner Core.
The higher the grade the better, requiring two Spirit and one Demon, all must be above True Pill.
Three cultivator Inner Cores make one pill.
"Three Demon Spirit Pills, nine Inner Cores of True Monarch Demon Lords!"
Shen Xuan took a sharp breath.
"The refinement method is so cruel, no wonder the effect is so good. Hmm, I must keep it safe and not let it leak, so as not to harm the Cultivation Realm."
Shen Xuan, with a serious expression, kept the Demon Spirit Pill inheritance close.
...
Half a year later.
Shen Xuan finished reading the Inheritance Jade Scrolls, sorted and organized them.
This represents the life’s work of a Tier Three Upper Grade Pill Master.
He had to properly inherit and further develop it.
"This Blood Spirit Shield is of good quality; even my Exotic Gold Cold Iron Rod can’t break it."
"Then there’s this Flame Light Fire Control Flag; although one corner is broken, if materials are gathered, it should be repairable."
Additionally, there was a fire attribute Flying Sword spiritual artifact and a Myriad Demon Banner demon soldier.
All were of extraordinary grade.
There’s no denying that sect Pill Masters are different, their wealth is surprisingly immense.
Various other spirit medicines and refining materials were countless.
Shen Xuan counted the contents of True Master Changsheng’s Storage Pouch, and his gains were fruitful.
"Hence, one cannot become wealthy without unexpected gains!"
Shen Xuan hasn’t gone out to kill and loot for a long time.
Since becoming the sect’s Golden Core, his status and position are supreme.
Many things are now inconvenient to do.
Even fishing isn’t as easy as before.
Mainly, he’s uninterested in the small fry.
The ones he’s interested in aren’t easy to catch.
"I’m having such a hard time!"
Shen Xuan counted his spoils and felt a surge of emotion.