Chapter 206: Harvest after the War, the Birth of a Rare Treasure
After killing Ge Wuming, Chen An did not stay any longer, but jumped out of the sea area where the fighting took place and returned to Peiling Island.
At this time, Qingze and the other two on Peiling Island were looking at the direction where the two men were fighting and leaving, and their spirits were extremely tense.
When a Spiritual Transformation cultivator faces off against a Void Refinement cultivator, the outcome is predictable even with a single blow. Even though Chen An is in the late Spiritual Transformation stage, when he faces off against a Void Refinement cultivator, the outcome seems to be already determined.
The only reason they are still here is because they can't leave.
Luo Ling'er is the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Puppet. She will not leave on her own without the order of her master. Even if she dies, she will die for revenge for Chen An.
Qingze next to him was in a similar situation, but also a little different. He had already recognized Chen An as his master. As long as Chen An died, he would also die. The result would be almost the same whether he left or not.
As for Ge Ming, he couldn't leave at all. With his cultivation level and without any special means, as soon as he went out, he would be immediately corroded by the violent spiritual energy outside and die without a burial place.
"Senior Chen has been gone for so long, I don't know what the situation is now."
Ge Ming paced back and forth, his face full of anxiety.
He originally came here to avoid disaster, but he didn't expect that his own clan leader would come to him in person. If he was captured, it would not be as simple as death. As a member of the Yaksha clan, he knew best the cruelty of the Yaksha clan.
He was the most nervous among the three.
"Why are you in such a hurry? Can't you see that I am still safe and sound? When I die from the backlash, you can let Luo Ling'er take you away."
On the contrary, Qingze looked indifferent to life and death and said calmly.
But he knew his own situation best. From the moment Chen An left, he had been paying close attention to the changes in his soul, fearing that Chen An would die suddenly and he would also be killed by the backlash.
Only Luo Ling'er was truly calm and composed. She sat cross-legged quietly, waiting for Chen An to return.
After following Chen An for so many years, he more or less knows the true strength of his master, which is not as simple as it seems. Although he doesn't know whether he can really kill the Yaksha Lianxu, he should have no problem escaping from his hands.
Just when a few people were getting anxious, they saw a familiar figure in the distance, riding the wind and waves and rushing towards them.
Seeing that Chen An was safe and sound, the three of them were pleasantly surprised, but also somewhat shocked.
Since he was able to return safely, there are only two possible outcomes: one is that Ge Wuming left, and the other is that Ge Wuming died.
But no matter what the result was, it made them feel incredible. After all, the opponent was a Void Refining cultivator. Under normal circumstances, even ten Chen Ans would probably not be able to defeat him.
Moreover, Chen An was filled with murderous aura and cold eyes at this moment, which was completely different from his usual gentle temperament. The second result was most likely the case!
Qingze was okay with this shocking ending. After all, he had been defeated by Chen An, who was in the late Nascent Soul stage.
Only Ge Ming had a look of shock. He had been disheartened and had even thought about how to die, but the result in the blink of an eye surprised and shocked him.
This means that the Yaksha tribe has lost its chief, first elder and second elder at this time, and is leaderless. If he goes back now, he might be able to compete for the power in the tribe.
As one of the few people who has reached the late stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, he does have the possibility of competing.
However, even so, there are still members of the clan headed by Ge Yixuan in the clan, so it may not be easy to go back, let alone seize power.
Thinking of this, he looked at Chen An with burning eyes, his face full of desire that almost overflowed.
Chen An pretended not to see it and casually told them to continue staying on Peiling Island. He then turned around and went back to Kuxiu Mountain.
Controlling Ge Ming and then letting him control the Yaksha tribe was what Chen An had planned, but it would be difficult for Ge Ming to accomplish this perfectly alone.
And it was impossible for him to go to the Yaksha tribe in person, because the Yaksha tribe was after all a subordinate race of the Azure Dragon tribe, and he could not interfere in the affairs here blatantly.
The only way is to find another way, which is to enhance Luo Linger's strength and let her go to assist Ge Ming as a puppet. After all, Yaksha has lost his Lianxu and his strength has been greatly reduced.
But this matter cannot be missed, and now is not the time to act immediately.
The most urgent task, of course, is to check the gains from this battle first!
This Ge Wuming is indeed a cultivator of the Refining Void Realm, he has quite a few treasures on him.
There was a huge pile of shining spiritual marrow diamonds in the storage bag, more than a thousand of them, and there were also several black marrow diamonds next to them. These were treasures that aided the cultivation of Void Refining cultivators, and their value was higher than the previous ones.
These cultivation resources alone are comparable to what Qingze and the other two had gained from their more than ten years of sleepless adventures in the Sea of Turbulence!
In addition, there are several mysterious weapons in the storage bag!
In Chen An's sight, the first thing that caught his eye was the ancient green lamp that Ge Wuming was holding in his hand.
This lamp, named the Soul-living Lamp, is a genuine mysterious weapon. When activated by magic power, any breath of life can be detected wherever the Soul-living Lamp illuminates. With the Soul-living Lamp in hand, one can easily discover the traces of certain monks who are good at hiding.
It was with this that Ge Wuming discovered the hiding place of Chen An and others.
Next to the Soul Lamp, there is a magic sword that is completely black and engraved with strange runes. It is called the Netherworld Sword. It is also a treasure of the mysterious weapon level. Its power is much stronger than the golden sword used by Ge Wuming before. It may serve as the main force in the future.
With his current attainment in swordsmanship, it is not much different from his clone. This sword is of water attribute and should be able to exert even greater power in his hands.
However, what was surprising was that the Blood Evil Flag was basically intact, lying quietly among several treasures, and the ghost figure in the flag was just a lot broken, but not completely destroyed.
At this time, the effects of those slightly lower-level evil spirits can be shown. As long as the Lianxu Mermaid's evil spirit is driven to devour some of the other evil spirits, the broken body will naturally recover slowly, and then a great fighting force will be added to your hands.
In addition, Chen An also found a pearl necklace, a green token and several jade letters in this storage bag.
After a brief trial, I found that this necklace can induce the power of tides and has extremely strong binding abilities. It looks a bit like the treasure used by the mermaids.
After playing with it for a while, Chen An thought to himself that the origin of this item was not genuine. Perhaps it was the item that the merman in the Blood Evil Flag had refined.
After taking a quick look, Chen An focused his attention on the green token. This token was the Azure Dragon Token, which was issued by the Azure Dragon Clan to outsiders for viewing the Dragon Blood Conference.
Having been in the Lost Sea for many years, Chen An knew a thing or two about the Dragon Blood Conference.
To put it simply, the Qinglong clan has planted a dragon blood tree of unknown age. In order for the tree to grow normally, the ruler of the Qinglong clan will hold a Qinglong Conference every few decades to call back all the clan members to use their own essence and blood to cultivate the dragon blood tree.
Chen An was very familiar with this kind of thing. Basically every three to five years, he would ask Qingze to go to Beizhou to collect some blue dragon blood to cultivate the dragon blood tree in the spiritual field.
His current physical training technique, the Dragon Blood Body Refining Technique, comes from this tree.
The three mysterious weapons, the Nether Sword, the Blood Evil Flag, and the Pearl Chain, can directly enhance Chen An's strength. Even if he does not use his current trump card, he can have the strength comparable to that of a cultivator at the Refining Void stage with a few treasures. Although the Soul Lamp cannot directly enhance strength, it is also a very useful treasure that can play a big role at critical moments.
After checking all the treasures, Chen Anle happily put them into his bag, and then took a look at the jade slips and letters.
Most of them are communications between the Yaksha and Azure Dragon tribes, and contain many secrets between the two tribes.
For example, the reason why the Yaksha tribe frequently attacks the Mermaid tribe is not because there is any hatred between the two tribes, but because the Azure Dragon tribe is interfering.
As a branch of the Dragon Clan, the Azure Dragon Clan's own talents are not too strong, and they are only slightly stronger than the Yakshas and Mermaids.
If the two tribes were allowed to develop naturally for a long time, the Lost Sea would sooner or later become a three-way competition instead of the current situation of one dominant power.
For this foreign mermaid tribe, the simplest way is to directly destroy or drive them out. However, the mermaids can use their own mermaid tears and blue silk to make spirit-proof clothes, which can greatly enhance their ability to survive in the turbulent sea, and are deeply loved by the Azure Dragon tribe.
It was neither right to kill nor to keep him, and I was in a dilemma for the moment.
At this time, the Qinglong tribe discovered that the Yaksha tribe in the Lost Sea had grown strong and was gradually posing a threat to them, so they instigated a war between the two tribes. On the one hand, this could ensure the production of spirit-avoiding clothes, and on the other hand, it could check and balance the development of the two tribes. It was truly the best of both worlds.
But compared to this, another thing is more eye-catching.
According to the Azure Dragon Clan, in recent years, the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan have continued to be in opposition and fight with each other, but they are only minor fights.
A few years ago, a rare treasure was discovered at the junction of the two tribes, which immediately attracted the attention of several nearby dragon and phoenix tribes, such as the Qingluan, Suzaku, Yulong, and Chilong. They all sent people to gather here, waiting for the rare treasure to be born.
Both tribes are on guard against each other, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that in this situation, once the rare treasure is truly born, there is a high possibility that a war will break out immediately.
However, when Chen An saw what was said, that there were many Phoenix people gathered near the strange treasure, he secretly made up his mind.
A few months later, Kuxiu Mountain.
In the cave, a ball of true sun fire was burning fiercely in front of Chen An. The scorching air waves rushed towards him, almost melting the stone walls of the cave.
And at the core of the true fire, a slender figure was looming. It was Luo Linger, the body of the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Puppet. She closed her eyes and concentrated, while the violent flames raged around her, causing her expression to be extremely painful.
A few months ago, the battle between Chen An and Ge Wuming ended with the destruction of Ge Wuming's physical body, but Chen An used a secret method to forcibly take away Ge Wuming's soul and sealed it.
And now, several treasures that assist in advancement have been gathered, and the only thing missing is this Refined Soul, which will allow him to break through in one fell swoop.
Chen An was already familiar with this process. He formed seals with his hands, controlling the temperature and rhythm of the Sun's True Fire, and little by little merging the soul of the Void Refinement Realm with the body of the Heavenly Demon Puppet.
Of course, as a puppet, spiritual stones are indispensable for assistance.
This time, I harvested several black marrow diamonds that were extremely rich in spiritual power, which could be used as a new source of mana. Otherwise, using only top-grade spirit stones would not last long.
As time passed slowly, Luo Ling'er's aura began to gradually change. She had already reached the middle stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm, and after absorbing the spirit of the Void Refinement Realm, her strength began to advance by leaps and bounds, climbing all the way to the perfect stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
However, due to the inherent limitations of the Ten Thousand Blood Demon Puppet, Luo Linger's strength ultimately remained at the level of Perfect Spirit Transformation. Although she was only one step away from the Void Refinement Realm, she was still unable to cross that gap, and it was difficult for her to advance even a little bit.
However, this strength is sufficient for the current situation.
After a while, Chen An saw that Luo Ling'er had woken up with a painful look on her face. He asked her to tidy up a little and then told Ge Ming, who had been waiting outside the cave, to come in.
"Senior, what do you want me to do?"
After witnessing Chen An's true methods, Ge Ming became more and more in awe of this senior. He lowered his head respectfully, waiting for Chen An's instructions.
"What do you think about Ge Wuming's death?" Chen An took a sip of spiritual tea and asked casually after chatting with the other party for a while.
"This"
Hearing this, Ge Ming's face darkened and he sighed, "Without Lianxu's protection, the Yaksha tribe will no longer be able to compete with the mermaid tribe. It seems that our Yaksha tribe is destined to decline!"
He had escaped from the Yaksha tribe before to avoid punishment, but no matter how much he escaped, he was still a member of the tribe. It must be a bad feeling to watch his own race being destroyed by his mortal enemy.
However, Chen An smiled and said, "What if I were to tell you that the mermaid Lianxu is also dead?"
"what?!"
Hearing this, Ge Ming, who was originally in a depressed mood, suddenly raised his head. He stared at Chen An with wide eyes, his eyes full of shock and disbelief.
"Senior, are you serious?" Ge Ming asked in a trembling voice.
Chen An nodded, a faint smile on his face: "Of course I take it seriously, how can I deceive you?"
This simple affirmative reply ignited hope in Ge Ming's heart. It was not only hope for the resurgence of the Yaksha tribe, but also hope that he could return and then take control of the power.
He took a deep breath to calm his excitement, then bowed respectfully to Chen An and said, "I have a favor to ask, Senior. I beg you to let me go. I want to go back and rebuild the Yaksha Clan!"
"Okay, go send him out." Chen An gave instructions to Luo Ling'er without any hesitation.
"Thank you, senior!" Ge Ming was overjoyed and bowed to express his gratitude.
Many days later.
Luo Linger returned to Kuxiu Mountain to report: "Master, I have sent Ge Ming out of the Sea of Turbulence. He is probably about to return to the Yaksha tribe."
"Can he contact us in time?" Chen An asked indifferently.
"Don't worry, I have left him a way. If he encounters something he can't solve, he will definitely contact me."
"well done."
Chen An nodded slightly. He wanted to control the Yaksha tribe, but he did not take the initiative to propose the idea of helping Ge Ming at the beginning. Instead, he waited until this person encountered difficulties before coming to him.
If it is the former, it will definitely make this person wary, which is not conducive to future control. If he waits for him to hit a wall and then comes to him actively, Chen An will become the fearless party and take the initiative.
Immediately, Chen An calmly waited in the cave for the fish to take the bait.
(End of this chapter)