Chapter 918 - 682: Beginnings and Endings of Fate
A few days later.
The familiar Profound Turtle Peak Spiritual Land appeared in Qin Ming’s sight.
After some maneuvering, he confirmed that his whereabouts hadn’t been exposed, and there was no tracking from behind, so he returned to his Little Turtle Peak.
Originally, he wanted to go to the Inheritance Tower in Celestial Star City to seek opportunities, but due to this unforeseen incident, he could only temporarily put it aside.
Although Ling Tianjun, that old fellow, was severely injured by Lu Yun Daoist, there’s no guaranteeing what he might do. After all, he is a Void Refining Stage Cultivator.
Qin Ming also adhered to the principle of being cautious and acted carefully.
He planned to wait until this turbulent period passed before heading to Celestial Star City.
Fighting among cultivators outside Celestial Star City actually occurred occasionally, but it was quite rare to see one involving a Void Refining Stage cultivator like now.
Thus, it had alarmed the Star Guards to come and investigate.
Qin Ming transformed into a cyan streak of light, waved his hand casually to open the outside Mountain Guardian Array, and descended towards the main peak.
Returning to his territory, his sense of security suddenly increased a lot.
"This Divine Monarch Lingtian, I’ll note him down in my little book. Once the master achieves Void Refining, I’ll settle accounts with him!"
"Let’s see if he remains arrogant!"
The Heaven-Devouring Rat walked out, filled with righteous indignation, and said to Qin Ming.
After returning to Little Turtle Peak, Qin Ming summoned Mo Lingwei.
"Recently, the outside world might be a bit unstable, you should refrain from going out for now. Put aside your tasks at hand and focus on secluded cultivation for a while."
Qin Ming was also worried about her being targeted by Ling Tianjun.
"Yes!"
Mo Lingwei heard this and felt quite surprised, sensing that something was different about Qin Ming this time upon his return.
He was not usually like this.
It was the first time she saw Qin Ming being so serious, which suggested that something significant must have happened, but she did not ask much.
Qin Ming also returned to his cave mansion to cultivate, while not forgetting to secretly monitor the outside changes.
He pulled out Wur Kui’s storage pouch and checked the guy’s belongings.
As a favorite disciple of the Divine Monarch Void Refining, this person had quite a substantial wealth, with an abundance of cultivation resources for the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Especially the spiritual materials for Body Refining, which took up more than half.
Besides, he had a complete collection of pills, cultivation techniques, treasures, and other life-saving items given by various elders.
However, what Qin Ming valued the most were those over one thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones.
He gazed at these milky white crystals filled with Spiritual Qi, feeling quite sentimental:
’Ever since my ascension to the Spirit Realm, there aren’t many Top-Grade Spirit Stones I’ve earned myself...’
’They’re all brought to me by those reckless fellows...’
Qin Ming rummaged in the storage pouch for a while and found Wur Kui’s Body Refining Technique—a scroll named "Purple Yang Dominating Body Technique."
This Body Refining Technique requires special Spirit Flame for cultivation, and the resources consumed for Body Refining is an alarming amount.
Even in Celestial Star City, only the Divine Monarch Void Refining can afford to provide it.
He thoroughly browsed the Cultivation Technique Jade Slip, finding some secrets about using fire for body refining that might be useful to him.
It’s undeniable; one should not underestimate the world’s cultivators.
However, the Heaven and Earth Spirit Fire used by Wur Kui for body refining is low in grade, barely Tier Five, so the strength from Physical Divine Technique was quite limited.
If Qin Ming used his Tier Six Ancient Poison Flame for body refining, he couldn’t predict the outcome, but his Divine Technique would surely surpass Wur Kui’s by several times.
He put away the jade scroll for future study.
Shortly after, Qin Ming’s Divine Thought quickly scanned over the items in the storage pouch again.
Not long after.
Qin Ming discovered another item: a yellowish book.
He used Divine Thought to extract the book, but upon glancing at it, he revealed an extremely surprised expression.
"It’s actually Wur Kui’s personal records... didn’t expect he had this habit."
One particular entry inside drew great interest from Qin Ming.
Only a glimpse of the pages revealed some strange zodiac stone statues.
It marked them as extraordinary, acquired by Divine Monarch Lingtian by chance, and Wur Kui was secretly instructed to ambush Qin Ming regarding these statues.
Moreover, they had their sights on the Essence Blood of the Heaven-Devouring Rat...
Qin Ming immediately used Divine Thought to call over the Heaven-Devouring Rat.
Moments later, the Heaven-Devouring Rat transformed into a Cyan Robe Daoist Child, with two tied up buns on its head, wielding a black steel fork as it walked in.
The style was quite similar to Nezha...
On its black steel fork was a roast chicken, while it itself was eating with oil dripping down its mouth.
Entering the room, it wiped its mouth and asked right away, "Master, why did you summon me?"
"In recent days, I’ve discovered a kind of White Feather Chicken here on Little Turtle Peak, which tastes really good. Master, do you wish to try it? Hehe!"
Qin Ming waved his hand, handing over the book for it to examine, "Do you know anything about the symbols on these statues? Especially the rat zodiac, it might be your ancestor..."
The Heaven-Devouring Rat leaned over and scrutinized but couldn’t make out any meaning.
But when it heard from Qin Ming that Divine Monarch Lingtian had sent Wur Kui to ambush them, likely for the Essence Blood of the Heaven-Devouring Rat, it was shocked.
"What?! They actually targeted my Essence Blood, it’s simply outrageous!"
Qin Ming said, "During your tribulation breakthrough, Wur Kui came to Little Turtle Peak. He probably saw something unique about you at that time."
"Let that old fellow jump around a few more days! It’s just Void Refining Stage, once I advance to Tier Six Divine Beast, he’ll be the first one to face my wrath! Hmph!" The Heaven-Devouring Rat, learning it was the cause of the upheaval, found the roast chicken suddenly not appetizing, "Master, I’m going to cultivate."
