Eternal Life: Hundredfold Rewards-Chapter 236 - 149: Ghost Sand Strangulation, Another Encounter with an Old Acquaintance!
At the same time, a beam of light once again rose from the Qiankun Bag at his waist and was held in his hand. It was a deep yellow gourd inscribed with numerous restrictions, the Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact "Desert in the Gourd" that Situ Jiang had gifted to Qi Chuan.
Holding the "Desert in the Gourd" in his left hand, Qi Chuan opened the gourd’s mouth with his right hand, and immediately a torrent of red poured out, expanding against the wind into a red sandstorm that enveloped Mu Xuan.
Seeing this, Mu Xuan’s expression turned extremely grim. He immediately formed a seal, causing a radiant barrier to protect him while another Middle Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact rose from the Qiankun Bag at his waist.
Just as he had set up the Middle Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact, a dense black fog accompanied by a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Fierce Ghost attacked, causing his Middle Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact to tremble violently, emitting a "clang, clang, clang" sound.
Immediately after, it seemed as if the red sandstorm connected heaven and earth, engulfing the area where Mu Xuan was, making it appear as if the world had plunged into a red abyss.
This red sandstorm teemed with unknown entities that relentlessly impacted his Middle Grade Defensive Spiritual Artifact.
Compared to the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Fierce Ghost, the impact from the unknown entities within the red sandstorm was much stronger.
Under their joint assault, a trace of despair emerged on Mu Xuan’s face.
"An Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact!"
Such power could only come from an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact.
With the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Fierce Ghost, the Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact, and the strong magical power foundation of a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator as support, his path of survival had been cut off.
Escape was impossible; the red sandstorm was designed to trap and kill.
Whoosh!
In the void, Qi Chuan hovered with a calm gaze, watching the red sandstorm in the distance. Moments later, a strange movement emerged from within.
Feeling this disturbance, Qi Chuan smiled slightly, formed a seal with both hands, causing the red sandstorm to gradually contract into numerous Red Refining Spirit Sands, which returned to the "Desert in the Gourd."
He sealed the gourd’s mouth and put the "Desert in the Gourd" back into the Qiankun Bag.
At the same time, the black fog also enveloped the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Fierce Ghost and some Qi Refining Fierce Ghosts, returning to the Ghost Luo Banner, which was also stored in the Qiankun Bag.
Then Qi Chuan looked towards the original place where Mu Xuan had been, only to find that Mu Xuan had disappeared without a trace, replaced by a gruesome corpse.
Apparently, Mu Xuan’s body had been battered beyond recognition by the Red Refining Spirit Sand.
Even his soul was gone, having already been swept into the black fog, now residing within the Ghost Luo Banner.
This meant that the Ghost Luo Banner now housed two Fierce Ghosts with Foundation Establishment Middle Stage power.
The Ghost Luo Banner was already very strong at this point.
However, Qi Chuan could feel that the Ghost Luo Banner had nearly reached its limit, capable of accommodating at most one more Foundation Establishment Middle Stage Fierce Ghost.
After all, the Ghost Luo Banner was merely a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact with very limited capacity.
Still, to achieve such might with a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact was impressive enough.
Whoosh!
With a wave of his hand, an object flew from the mangled corpse, cleansed by mana in mid-air, landing in Qi Chuan’s hand.
With his current Late Stage Divine Soul, Qi Chuan condensed his Divine Sense to pierce through the Power of Divine Soul barrier, discovering the resources within.
"Good stuff."
After inspecting the resources inside, Qi Chuan couldn’t help but exclaim.
It was no surprise that someone of Mu Xuan’s caliber from the Celestial Soul Hall in the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage had such a collection.
It was even more than the Qiankun Bag resources Qi Chuan had acquired from defeating Qi Shang before. 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶
This increased Qi Chuan’s wealth substantially.
Then, looking at the corpse not far off, Qi Chuan raised his hand and cast a head-sized Fireball Technique, incinerating it completely.
Next, he sifted through the Qiankun Bag, burning any suspicious items, before heading back to the previous valley.
Upon returning to the valley, Qi Chuan found several Tier Two Middle Grade Spirit Grass Materials that Mu Xuan hadn’t had time to collect, which he harvested immediately.
"This time, the harvest was quite decent."
Stretching lazily, Qi Chuan smiled.
Collecting resources the honest way couldn’t compare to the speed of robbing and killing.
"Hmm?"
However, as he stretched, Qi Chuan let out a suspicious sound, looking back towards the east.
His Divine Sense detected a figure appearing there, also with Foundation Establishment Middle Stage strength!
"Someone else is coming, how convenient! Two in one encounter."
Qi Chuan smiled slightly.
Yet he could sense that this person was different and might not need him to take action.
Instantly, Qi Chuan flew towards the east.
Soon, he saw a beautiful silhouette.
"Is it you, Chuan Qi?"
The newcomer was dressed in a great red robe, with a graceful and voluptuous figure, fair skin, and sharp eyes.
However, upon seeing Qi Chuan, the sharpness in her eyes diminished immediately, and she uttered a pleasantly surprised sound.
"It’s me, Xi Hongyi; I didn’t expect to encounter you so quickly in the Langya Spirit Realm." Qi Chuan stopped and smiled slightly.
Actually, with no one around, he could have directly attacked Xi Hongyi, taken her Qiankun Bag, and gathered more good resources again.
But there was no need for that.
Common Foundation Establishment Cultivators’ resources no longer interested him; only Celestial Spirit Gang Qi was his true target, while Earth Demon Spirit Qi could be put aside for now. Of course, if it was conveniently available, he wouldn’t mind snatching a bit.
So Qi Chuan didn’t plan to make a move.
Moreover, in the Langya Spirit Realm, the dynamics among the Five Sects were quite complex. The Wind Moon Sect already had a deadly feud with the Celestial Soul Hall. Maintaining good relations with the Valley of Myriad Beasts would be ideal.
Of course, he felt the same way about the Profound Pill Sect and even North Magnetic Mountain; he would avoid creating additional enemies for the Wind Moon Sect in the Langya Spirit Realm if possible.
Unless... it was during the final battle for the Celestial Spirit Gang Qi, then he would ignore all these relationships.
"Indeed, I didn’t expect to meet so soon, how’s your harvest after entering the Langya Spirit Realm?" Xi Hongyi, having no intentions of fighting Qi Chuan knowing of her lesser strength, asked curiously.
"Not bad, I’ve collected quite a bit of Tier Two Spirit Grass Materials," Qi Chuan said, omitting the incident of killing Mu Xuan.
"I’ve also gathered some Tier Two Spirit Grass Materials, though not much," Xi Hongyi said as well.
Although the quantity wasn’t much, she was quite pleased.
Outside the Langya Spirit Realm, Tier Two Spirit Grass Materials were hard to come by and not easily obtained. She had only entered the realm briefly and found some, which was already fortunate.
The unfortunate part was that she had no clues about Earth Demon Spirit Qi.
As for Celestial Spirit Gang Qi, she wasn’t planning for that at all.
But at this moment, she was interested in something else.
"Chuan Qi, with powerful Tier Two and Three Demon Beasts and other ill-intentioned Five Sects Foundation Establishments possibly lurking in the Langya Spirit Realm, we have cooperated once before, and I trust you. Why not collaborate again within this realm?"
Xi Hongyi asked with some anticipation.
Back in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, Qi Chuan had saved her during the hunt for the Silver-Horned Demon Eye Antelope. Besides her sect’s disciples, he was perhaps the only one she deemed trustworthy for cooperation in the Langya Spirit Realm.
"Collaboration, huh..."
Hearing this, Qi Chuan pondered briefly before smiling, "I don’t mind, but only until before the appearance of Celestial Spirit Gang Qi and Earth Demon Spirit Qi."
"No problem." Xi Hongyi, without hesitation, extended her jade-white hand.
She understood that Celestial Spirit Gang Qi was almost impossible to encounter, and if Earth Demon Spirit Qi appeared, she might not be able to compete with Qi Chuan anyhow.
