Cultivation: From Servant to Revered Immortal-Chapter 237 - 167: Tier Three Demon Pill in Hand!
Zhou Xun raised his eyes towards those several beams of escape light.
It was indeed Master Jin Hong and another Fake Pill Cultivator from the Cloud Light Sect, also attracted by the immense commotion.
After all, four Great Demon corpses were a great harvest.
Even True Pill Cultivators would be envious.
Moreover, when a Demon Beast reaches the Third Tier, it will surely nurture a Demon Pill within.
The Demon Pill is extremely valuable, whether for alchemy or refining magical treasures, it is top-tier material.
There is even a secret technique in the Cultivation Realm that can refine a Demon Pill within the body to achieve Fake Pill Cultivation.
This shows the value of these four Great Demons.
Zhou Xun was well aware of this, and being closer, naturally did not want to miss out.
He immediately pushed the Heaven-Escaping Talisman to the extreme.
In the blink of an eye, he arrived in front of the giant bear carcass of Tier Three Middle-Grade.
With a wave of his hand, the giant bear demon corpse, several tens of feet in size, turned into a ray of light, flew into the storage bag at his waist, and was stored away.
At this time, Master Jin Hong was still some distance away from him.
Zhou Xun did not stop, and focused his attention on the carcass of Hu Yu Demon King.
Following the same steps, he secured that demon corpse as well.
Afterward, Zhou Xun didn’t get greedy. In a flash, he used the Heaven-Escaping Talisman to transform into a streak of white light, speeding away into the distance.
Seeing the two Great Demon corpses taken, Master Jin Hong was furious.
No one dared to compete with the Cloud Light Sect for anything in the Xui Country territory.
He had already considered those four Great Demons as belonging to him.
After all, the Cloud Light Sect had only three True Pill Cultivators currently; acquiring these four demon corpses was all thanks to this achievement.
During the final distribution, they would certainly gain the majority of the benefits.
How could they allow an unknown Fake Pill Cultivator to take them away?
"I’ll go after him, you secure the remaining two demon corpses!"
Master Jin Hong ordered with a somber expression, then increased the mana infusion under his feet, transforming into a golden rainbow, and pursued in the direction of Zhou Xun.
Sensing Master Jin Hong’s pursuit over ten miles behind, Zhou Xun was not worried.
His Heaven-Escaping Talisman had already been nurtured to the point of Great Success, and was extremely fast. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Master Jin Hong, being only an Early-Stage True Pill Cultivator, could not catch up.
Visibly, the distance between the two widened progressively.
"Damn it!"
Master Jin Hong was utterly furious, helplessly watching Zhou Xun’s figure grow further until he disappeared.
He could only stop and sullenly retreat.
Seeing that he had shaken off Master Jin Hong, Zhou Xun promptly changed direction.
A few hours later, on a deserted mountaintop, white escape light descended from the sky.
A young man with a poised and handsome appearance emerged—none other than Zhou Xun.
"Finally shook him off. The speed of this Heaven-Escaping Talisman is indeed incredibly fast, even Master Jin Hong couldn’t catch up. I must have underestimated it before!"
This chase with Master Jin Hong gave him a clearer understanding of the speed of the Heaven-Escaping Talisman.
Notably, he hadn’t activated the Blood Burning Secret Technique this time.
If he had, the speed could have been even faster.
"This place is deserted. I need to process those two Great Demons quickly!" Zhou Xun murmured.
After a demon beast dies, its blood, flesh, and materials, if not processed quickly, run the risk of spirit power loss.
This would significantly reduce their value, something Zhou Xun was unwilling to allow to go to waste.
He then slapped the storage bag, and a massive giant bear demon corpse appeared before him.
At this moment, there was a disturbance from within his storage bag.
"This is..."
Following the commotion, Zhou Xun probed into the storage bag and took out an unusual small banner.
It was the one housing the Cyan Ape.
When he encountered the Ghostly Mist years ago, this Cyan Ape had feasted on too many ghostly entities, causing it to enter a deep slumber. Unexpectedly, it seemed to be waking up now.
Divine Sense entered the small banner, and Zhou Xun noticed the Cyan Ape had grown significantly and looked much more splendid, clearly having improved during this slumber.
Sensing Zhou Xun’s observation, the Cyan Ape opened its eyes, full of excitement, and conveyed a simple message to Zhou Xun:
"Food..."
"Out..."
Slightly contemplative, Zhou Xun waved the small banner in his hand, and a streak of cyan light flew out, landing on the ground.
Transforming into a Cyan Ape about a yard in size.
Facing the giant bear, the Cyan Ape excitedly pounded its own nose, instantly emitting a dim gray light, enveloping the giant bear.
Before long, a miniature, phantom-like small bear was pulled out,
and with a "whoosh," it was absorbed into the Cyan Ape’s nose.
The Cyan Ape then patted its belly, revealing a satisfied expression.
"This is... a demon soul?"
The Cyan Ape could actually feed on demon souls.
Why did it not react this way when I killed those Tier Two demon souls before?
Zhou Xun speculated two reasons.
The first was that Tier Two Demon Beasts were too low in level to catch the Cyan Ape’s interest.
The second was that the Cyan Ape had been in a deep sleep earlier, and was unaware of external information; now it had just happened to awaken.
If it was the first reason, then the origin of this Cyan Ape might be far more extensive than he had guessed.
After all, if demon souls used as food must be Tier Three and above, it definitely wasn’t an ordinary creature.
With this in mind, Zhou Xun immediately took out the giant corpse of the Snow Fox Great Demon.
As expected.
The Cyan Ape’s huge nose emitted gray light again, absorbing the demon soul of the Hu Yu Demon King.
After devouring two Tier Three demon souls in succession, the Cyan Ape appeared tired.
Zhou Xun then put it back into the small banner, followed by the storage bag.
Next, he would begin processing these two Great Demons.
Starting with the giant bear.
It was a Tier Three Middle-Grade Demon Beast, exceptionally strong physically, even though without its demonic power to protect its body, and its demon soul extracted.
It was now just meat on the chopping block, ready for Zhou Xun to butcher.
Yet the dismembering proved incredibly difficult; he had to switch through numerous magical artifacts.
Finally, Zhou Xun used the gray small sword talisman treasure, meticulously carving and cutting.
First, he stripped off the bear skin, bear paws, and fangs; these were all fine magical treasure materials.
He then drained its blood, collecting it all.
It was the blood of a Tier Three Middle-Grade Demon Beast, usable for refining Tier Three Spirit Ink.
Next were the bear gall, bear heart, bear nose, and kneecaps—all these were prime alchemy materials from bear-type demon beasts.
Especially the bear gall, second only in value to the demon pill itself.
In the alchemical inheritance granted by Master White Cloud, there was a Tier Three Healing Pill recipe in which one of the main ingredients was Tier Three Bear Gall.
Moreover, being of Tier Three Middle-Grade, its medicinal potency was even stronger.
He carefully removed it, placed it in a jade box, then applied a Sealing Spirit Talisman, finally setting his mind at ease.
Then he stripped all the blood and flesh; the Tier Three Demon Bear meat, rich in spiritual energy, equaled some Foundation Strengthening and Essence Nourishing Elixirs even if consumed directly.
As for the remaining bear bones, they could be used to refine magical artifacts.
Unfortunately, Zhou Xun didn’t know how to refine puppets, otherwise, the Tier Three Demon Beast skeleton was premium material for making a puppet beast.
Finally, all that was left was the massive head, with the demon pill within.
