Chapter 272 - 181: Yama Banner, Overwhelming Battle
Especially the second point.
This quality was exceptionally rare.
Among Independent Cultivators, it was rare to find someone as generous and mindful of the bigger picture as Wei Tu.
After they finished distributing the loot,
Zuo Kui looked troubled when he saw the golden ore in the second carriage.
He said, "This golden ore is a Tier Three Spiritual Material, Gang Golden Stone. It’s incredibly valuable and can be used to refine Magical Treasures."
"To just abandon it would be a terrible waste, a real shame."
As a Tier Three Spiritual Material, cutting the Gang Golden Stone into pieces they could carry away would be no easy task with their current Magical Artifacts.
Otherwise, Lü Yuanli and Demon Cultivator Yinn wouldn’t have been transporting this massive Gang Golden Stone in a carriage like mortals.
"Let’s go!"
After a brief stalemate, Zuo Kui tried several methods but was unable to break the Gang Golden Stone. He shook his head and reluctantly gave the order to retreat.
However, this was different from their previous journey from Chaning Cliff to the ambush site.
For this retreat, Wei Tu and the other three split up, each finding their own way back to Chaning Cliff.
Killing Lü Yuanli and Demon Cultivator Yinn was only one of the dangers of this mission. The other was escaping from Demon Dao territory.
They now had to face pursuit from other Demon Cultivators.
Lü Yuanli and Demon Cultivator Yinn were not Independent Cultivators, but Cultivators of the Demon Slaughter Sect, where their Life Tokens were kept.
Now that their Life Tokens had shattered, the Demon Slaughter Sect would certainly send pursuers to hunt them down.
Fortunately, the Demon Slaughter Sect’s main camp was some distance away from their ambush site.
Even if a Golden Core True Monarch came after them, there was no guarantee they could be found.
The reason for retreating separately was the principle of "not putting all your eggs in one basket."
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After Zuo Kui and the others had left,
Wei Tu returned to the valley where they had ambushed Lü Yuanli’s group. He gazed at the small mountain of Gang Golden Stone in the carriage, a thoughtful expression on his face.
Then, he slapped his Storage Bag, took out the Incomplete Treasure known as the Demon Buddha Bell, and channeled his Magical Power to strike at the small mountain of Gang Golden Stone.
With a thunderous CRASH,
The small mountain of Gang Golden Stone split open, a crack several feet deep appearing in its center.
’It worked! The Demon Buddha Bell can break it.’ A look of delight appeared on Wei Tu’s face.
This huge piece of Gang Golden Stone was a Tier Three Spiritual Material, a birthday gift from Demon Cultivator Yinn to Elder Demon Yanx.
If he sold it,
He would get at least ten thousand Spirit Stones.
Unhurried, Wei Tu once again brought out the Demon Buddha Bell and struck the small mountain of Gang Golden Stone.
With this strike,
The small mountain of Gang Golden Stone completely shattered, breaking into three large chunks and many smaller fragments.
Wei Tu took out a Storage Bag and put all the Gang Golden Stone fragments inside, one by one.
However, Wei Tu did not tie the Storage Bag with the Gang Golden Stone fragments to his waist. Instead, he placed it, along with Lü Yuanli’s Storage Bag, into the small, transparent cloth pouch he had gotten from Si Qing.
Wei Tu had already tested this small transparent pouch when he left the Yunze Secret Realm. It could block the divine sense probes of Golden Core realm experts.
Therefore, by placing the stolen goods in this small transparent pouch, Wei Tu was not afraid, even if Lü Yuanli’s Storage Bag contained a Golden Core mark left by his grandfather, Lü Xiuxian.
...
After leaving the ambush site,
Instead of immediately returning to Chaning Cliff with Zuo Kui and the others, Wei Tu circulated the Demon Slayer True Skill, disguised himself as a Demon Cultivator, and headed for a nearby Demon Cultivation City.
This was a test on Wei Tu’s part.
Wei Tu wanted to see if ordinary Demon Cultivators could see through his disguise and recognize him as a Righteous Dao Cultivator, not a Demon Cultivator.
Wei Tu was satisfied with the results.
Concealed by the Demonic Qi, many Demon Cultivators believed Wei Tu was one of them, addressing him as Fellow Daoist instead of trying to attack and kill him.
Among these Demon Cultivators were even some Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivators.
Wei Tu guessed that this was likely the combined effect of the Demon Slayer True Skill and the Thousand-Faced Illusion Technique, which was why many Demon Cultivators found it difficult to identify him as a Righteous Dao Cultivator.
’With this disguise, even if Chaning Cliff falls in the future, I won’t be caught completely off guard,’ Wei Tu thought.
After finishing his test,
Wei Tu returned to Chaning Cliff.
However, on the way, Wei Tu suddenly encountered a Cultivator who was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.
’Ye Hong?’ Wei Tu thought, checking a Jade Scroll to confirm the Cultivator’s identity.