Chapter 109: Refining the Soul Seed, Plotting Against the Situ Family! Aim for the Strongest Foundation!
"Turns out it's you!"
"You little bastard, even in death, I won't let you go!"
Situ Chengang and Zixia Zhenren, upon seeing Qin Wang's divine sense, immediately charged at him with souls seething with hatred. However, in the next moment, black ghostly flames ignited on their bodies!
"Ahhhhh!!!"
"Ah!!!"
Both Situ Chengang and Zixia Zhenren screamed in agony, their soul bodies trembling violently!
In this space within the soul pot, Qin Wang had absolute control over these souls.
"Haha. Situ Chengang, I sold some beast materials at your Baoyao Workshop, and you schemed against me for no reason! To save my life, I had to kill you. I didn't expect your family to sacrifice you and have you publicly executed!"
"This saved me a lot of trouble!"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure your whole family reunites in this space!"
Qin Wang coldly smiled at Situ Chengang, who was screaming in the ghostly flames.
"Daoist Qin! Senior Qin!"
"I initially planned to attack you, but since you exchanged your spirit stones for pills and didn't leave the city, I gave up. I've paid the price, please spare my children!"
"I'll do anything you want!"
"Please, I beg you!"
Hearing Qin Wang's words, Situ Chengang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his entire body trembling. He had committed many crimes within the family, killing rogue cultivators to earn spirit stones to raise his children; they were his weakness!
If he couldn't defeat Qin Wang, his children stood no chance!
"Do you have a piece of a map?"
Qin Wang didn't respond to Situ Chengang's plea but asked calmly, putting away the ghostly flames.
"A map piece?"
Situ Chengang thought for a moment and said, "Yes, there is a piece of a map in my storage bag. I don't know its purpose. Before my execution, I handed it over to my son. You can take all my belongings, just please spare my children..."
"Situ Chengang, are you new to this?"
Qin Wang 'grabbed' Situ Chengang's soul by the throat, sneered, and tossed him aside. Then he looked at Zixia Zhenren. "Old man, you escaped during the beast tide at Xiao Dan Mountain, but now you are greedy enough to plant a divine sense mark on me. Now, you'll become my soul seed!"
"Oh, and I didn't waste your body either. I'll refine it into a puppet to serve me!"
As Qin Wang spoke, he activated his mind, and ghostly flames rose from Zixia Zhenren, burning him continuously.
"So... the beast tide at Xiao Dan Mountain... it was you!"
Hearing Qin Wang's words, Zixia Zhenren's soul body widened its eyes in shock, filled with disbelief.
He couldn't have imagined that his current predicament was caused by this young cultivator in the Qi Refining stage!
His eyes were filled with hatred and unwillingness!
"Haha."
Qin Wang's lips curled into a cold smile. He controlled the ghostly flames to start burning and refining Zixia Zhenren into a soul seed. Zixia Zhenren's body and soul could be used, even though he was disabled; at least he was at the Foundation Establishment stage.
"Ahhhhh!!!"
Zixia Zhenren let out a series of agonizing screams.
Situ Chengang, Chen Kun, and Zheng Kecheng were all terrified, their bodies trembling.
These souls could communicate with each other within the soul pot. They were all people who had grudges with Qin Wang and were killed by him, their souls now trapped here. They all knew Qin Wang's terrifying nature.
Qingyun Immortal City.
South City, Tang Family, in a quiet courtyard.
A thin young man and a beautiful woman were sitting in a side room, examining a piece of intelligence.
"A mysterious person exposed Jiang family's Third Miss Jiang Ping for killing Ouyang Qing? And Situ family's Situ Chengang for intercepting and killing rogue cultivators?"
"This method is similar to that of the Tianji Pavilion and the God of All Knowledge in Yanyun County."
Li Qi Ye looked at the intelligence, deep in thought.
He recalled his days as a thief in Yanyun County, encountering a couple suspected to be from the Tianji Pavilion and the God of All Knowledge. They had taken the Chiyang Divine Skill he had painstakingly acquired, almost costing him his life.
"Linghua, have you found out who spread the news?"
Li Qi Ye asked the woman beside him, Tang Linghua.
"Not yet, husband."
Tang Linghua shook her head.
Li Qi Ye fell silent, lost in thought.
In the early hours.
Daily Intelligence Refresh!
Daily Intelligence!
1) You exposed Jiang family's Third Miss Jiang Ping's scandal, gaining intelligence that Jiang family head Jiang Rui, upon learning his daughter killed Ouyang Qing, was furious and put Jiang Ping under house arrest. In negotiations, the Jiang family denied the killing, causing a fallout with the Ouyang family.
2) You exposed that Jiang family's Jiang Ping drained and killed Ouyang Qing, gaining intelligence that the Jiang family denied the accusation, claiming it was slander. The Ouyang family head intends to capture Jiang Ping for a soul search.
3) You collected Situ Chengang's soul yesterday, extracting information about a map piece in his storage bag, now with his elder brother Situ Chengang.
4) You resided in Qingyun Immortal City yesterday, discovering it is a mysterious fragment treasure currently in a recovery period.
5) You visited the Lingdan Pavilion yesterday, learning that the Situ family in Qingyun Immortal City is a branch of a cultivator family from the Dayu Immortal Dynasty.
6) You saw the Situ family's great elder Situ Yunfeng yesterday, gaining intelligence that he has 40 years of lifespan left and is considering cultivating demonic arts for longevity like Situ Yunzhan.
7) You learned that the Situ family's treasury contains a thousand-year soul-nurturing wood, protected by a defensive formation, prepared by the three Situ brothers for their future use. This wood originated from Kunlun Island in the Infinite Sea.
8) You visited the Lingdan Pavilion yesterday, learning that the Situ family's alchemy heritage was brought from the Kunlun Holy Land by their ancestor.
9) You touched the Five Elements Divine Light Jar yesterday, discovering that after the Gu Venerable became a monster with a pig's body and gu head, it merged with the demonic arm beneath Cuiyun Mountain, leading to the Xiao Dan Mountain becoming a demonic domain.
10) You touched the Five Elements Divine Light Jar yesterday, gaining intelligence that the Gu Venerable's fusion with the demonic arm beneath Cuiyun Mountain has drawn the attention of the Wanhuamen, Lingyaomen, and Badaomen upper sects, who will send experts to investigate and suppress it.
"The map piece related to the Taiyi Heavy Water is with Situ Chengang?"
Qin Wang frowned slightly as he read the third piece of intelligence.
It seemed that to obtain the map piece, he would need to find Situ Chengang.
"Qingyun Immortal City is a mysterious fragment treasure in a recovery period? Such a large immortal city is still a fragment treasure; how terrifying would it be in its complete form?"
Qin Wang was astonished by the fourth piece of intelligence.
He hadn't expected Qingyun Immortal City to be a fragment treasure!
Considering that Qingyun Immortal City was enormous.
Just East City was five times the size of Yanyun County!
This suggested how terrifying the complete treasure would be!
"The Situ family's thousand-year soul-nurturing wood is protected by a formation?"
Qin Wang frowned slightly as he read the seventh piece of intelligence; this would be difficult to obtain.
"I should share this good news with Wu Su and see if she has any ideas!"
"Then ask her to teach me higher-level cultivation techniques!"
Qin Wang's eyes flashed, and he took out the Soul Lock Jade, sending his divine sense into it.
"Daoist Qin, you look happy; did you find news about the soul-nurturing wood?"
Wu Su's figure gradually appeared, looking at Qin Wang. Qin Wang felt as if her beautiful phoenix eyes could see through him!
"Yes, Miss Wu. The Situ family's treasury in Qingyun Immortal City contains a five-foot-long piece of thousand-year soul-nurturing wood! However, the Situ family is a Golden Core family, and I'm not their match yet. This needs careful planning!"
Qin Wang looked at Wu Su and spoke seriously.
"A Golden Core family..."
Wu Su pondered.
A mere Golden Core cultivator was insignificant to her at her peak, but now, as a primordial spirit with only a century left, she had to rely on Qin Wang.
"Miss Wu, rest assured, within a hundred years, I'll obtain that thousand-year soul-nurturing wood. I won't let your primordial spirit dissipate!"
"My current cultivation technique is too low-level. Do you have any higher-level techniques?"
Qin Wang looked at Wu Su, eyes flashing, and asked.
Within a century, he believed he could destroy the Situ family and seize the thousand-year soul-nurturing wood. If he couldn't face the Situ family, he could find others to do so, causing its downfall, increasing his chances of obtaining the wood.
"I have higher-level cultivation techniques, but your current Qi Refining technique, the Five Elements Gathering Essence Technique, is foundational and most suitable for you. I'll pass on Foundation Establishment techniques when you break through."
Wu Su examined Qin Wang and spoke.
"Alright."
Qin Wang nodded. Wu Su's reasoning made sense; the most suitable technique was the best.
According to intelligence, the Five Elements Gathering Essence Technique was created by Murong Jiuhua, a great human cultivator from ten thousand years ago, making it naturally the best fit.
"Also, do not attempt Foundation Establishment at the ninth level of Qi Refining!"
"Such a Foundation Establishment is too ordinary. Aim for the strongest Foundation Establishment!"
Qin Wang was about to withdraw his divine sense from the Soul Lock Jade when Wu Su spoke seriously. "Only the strongest Foundation Establishment can take you further on the path of cultivation!"