Longevity: My Talents Are a Bit Abundant-Chapter 358: Sect’s Demonic Shadow

Behind the golden-glowing Chaotic Heaven Staff, Shen Xuan’s calm face appeared.

"Saint Child, don’t waste your efforts; just obediently accept your death."

"At this point, how could I beg for my life?"

"Good that you understand!"

Shen Xuan had no intention of sparing Wu Wenping.

One must root out evil completely.

Especially a formidable character like the Saint Child of the White Bone Sect.

If he were allowed to cultivate successfully and form a Demon Pill.

He would not spare Shen Xuan.

Moreover, Wu Wenping would likely report the matter of him killing a disciple of Medicine God Valley to its higher-ups.

How could Shen Xuan trust him and leave such a future threat?

Wu Wenping’s face was calm.

"Shen Xuan, I have something you need."

Shen Xuan gave a faint smile.

"Let’s hear it."

He didn’t believe that Wu Wenping could offer such a valuable spiritual object worth trading.

Given his current status and wealth, he didn’t even care about ordinary Tier Two Top Grade spiritual objects.

However, Wu Wenping’s next words shocked him.

"You need Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood, am I right?"

"How do you know?"

"What do you think?"

Shen Xuan’s heart suddenly sank.

Knowing he needs Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood means that in the sect, someone’s status isn’t low.

A terrifying thought emerged.

Among the eighteen True Masters of the Cyan Cloud Sect, someone was colluding with the White Bone Sect.

How could this be!

Their status is extremely high; they’re at the pinnacle of power in the Cyan Cloud Sect.

All major decisions in the Cyan Cloud Sect are made jointly by the eighteen True Masters.

"Who told you?"

"I don’t know."

Wu Wenping’s answer was crisp.

"I am just a Saint Child. Shen Xuan, let me tell you clearly, you are already on the blacklist of the Five Great Demon Sects of Liang Country."

"The Giant Furnace Refining, the secret Thunder Spirit Pearl, all of these are your works, right?"

Shen Xuan flatly denied: "They’re all rumors, it’s the work of my Master Gu Feng."

Wu Wenping rarely smiled.

"Rumor or not, it’s up to individual opinions."

Shen Xuan fell silent.

Some things, no matter how you discern them, are futile.

What chilled him was that there were True Pill Masters in the Cyan Cloud Sect who were colluding with the Demon Sect.

This also meant he wasn’t absolutely safe in the Cyan Sect.

As long as the benefits were sufficient, even a True Pill Master might personally attack to kill him.

Now, Shen Xuan had confidence that he could escape with his life from a Fake Pill Master.

But facing a True Pill Master, or even possibly a Golden Core True Master.

Shen Xuan had no hope of survival.

It was a sure path to death without any chance of luck.

An overwhelming sense of crisis left Shen Xuan cold all over, with an uneasy heart.

Wu Wenping shifted his tone: "I have reliable information on the Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood, do you want it?"

Shen Xuan pondered and said: "What do you want to trade for?"

Wu Wenping’s face suddenly showed a trace of loving expression.

"I have a beloved female cultivator who is pregnant with a boy. She doesn’t know my true identity. I hope you can take her and the child to Qing Yun Immortal City and arrange a good life for them."

"If Heaven shows mercy, and the child has a Spirit Root, please guide him. It’s not necessary to join the Cyan Cloud Sect; any Orthodox Sect will do."

"I’ve committed all sorts of evil in my life, and I deserve to die. I hope my descendants can be good people."

After speaking, Wu Wenping’s eyes watched Shen Xuan with a longing expression.

He didn’t beg Shen Xuan to spare his life.

Because he knew in his heart that no matter what he used to trade, Shen Xuan wouldn’t let him live.

Even though the information on Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood was precious, it wasn’t more important than his own life.

Shen Xuan asked: "How can I get the Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood?"

Wu Wenping’s request wasn’t difficult for him to fulfill.

It was merely a matter of spending some time.

He didn’t think that Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood was so easy to obtain.

These were rare spiritual objects that even True Masters coveted.

The entire treasure vault of the Cyan Cloud Sect had only a few pieces.

"My beloved comes from a Cultivation Clan on an island, which once had an extraordinary ancestor who cultivated to the True Pill Realm."

"The ancestor had a Divine Turtle spirit pet, which advanced to Tier Three along with him."

"That was many years ago. Now, both the ancestor and the Divine Turtle spirit pet have fallen."

"However, the Divine Turtle Essence Blood has been carefully preserved by the clan."

Shen Xuan showed a hint of surprise on his face.

"Has no one had any designs on the Divine Turtle Essence Blood?"

"Of course, there have been. However, the clan is under the jurisdiction of the Divine Sword Sect, and the ancestor was a Fake Pill Master with considerable connections there, with many clan elites joining the Divine Sword Sect."

Wu Wenping tossed an Information Jade Scroll.

"This is the detailed information about the clan."

Shen Xuan captured the Information Jade Scroll and scanned it with his Divine Sense.

Within ten breaths, he had browsed through it all.

Wu Wenping calmly asked: "How about it, do you wish to trade?"

Shen Xuan nodded.

"If the information is true, I will surely take care of the mother and child."

Wu Wenping’s expression relaxed.

"Shen Xuan, I trust you!"

He took out a Jade Pendant.

"This is the token of our betrothal, keep it safe!"

"Previously, I had agreed with her that if anything happened, a close friend or family member would carry this Jade Pendant to take care of her and the child."

Having said that, Wu Wenping took a lingering glance at the sky.

"Floating clouds and changing landscapes, that’s all there is."

Having finished, a strange smile emerged on Wu Wenping’s face, and he quietly collapsed to the ground.

He ended his own life by severing his Dantian meridians.

Shen Xuan shook his head.

He understood long ago that without forming a Golden Core, everyone was just an insect.

Even the Saint Child of a Demon Sect was similarly beyond control.

This information on Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood was very useful to him.

Currently, his cultivation increasingly required high-tier Water Demon Essence Blood to improve efficiency and speed.

Relying on his own diligence alone would leave him unremarkable among the crowd, making it hard to stand out.

Even with the foundation of a Disciple of the Cyan Cloud Sect, even among those with Core Formation Seeds, less than twenty percent succeed in solidifying a True Pill.

As for the Fake Pill Masters, their path is entirely cut off.

Strictly speaking, they are but failed attempts at pill solidification, something Shen Xuan dismisses outright.

"A Cultivation Clan holds Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood, which is much easier than hunting a Tier Three Water Demon!"

Shen Xuan contemplated briefly and then made up his mind.

It is still the Divine Turtle Essence Blood, which surely bears Longevity Talent Skills.

Although he still has a long lifespan ahead.

But the Longevity Talent can greatly slow down the time when his vitality wanes.

Brimming vitality slightly increases the chance of Core Formation.

Seizing the Divine Turtle Essence Blood to advance his Longevity Talent was originally in his plan.

Moreover, the Divine Turtle possesses the Divine Dragon Bloodline.

This object aligns with his destiny indeed.

Shen Xuan carefully stores Wu Wenping’s Storage Pouch and Magical Treasure.

He also freezes his corpse and puts it into the Xuanshu.

Then he swiftly flies to the Purple Essence Divine Wood below.

"Great King of Purple Essence, I offer some sustenance back to you."

He dumped the corpses of Wu Wenping, Wang Haibo, and Li Yingying onto the ground.

"Let me be clear, this is a gift from you to me, not a transaction."

The eerie voice of the Purple Essence Divine Wood Great Demon echoed.

"Indeed!"

Shen Xuan replied respectfully.

For a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, their physical body and corpse are rich in Spiritual Power, serving as an excellent tonic for demons.

The Purple Essence Divine Wood Great Demon merely avoids provoking karmic entanglements and will not actively slay Human Race Cultivators.

However, absorbing the corpses of deceased cultivators bears no psychological burden for it.

Soon, under Shen Xuan’s watchful eyes,

the three corpses from Medicine God Valley were entirely absorbed, leaving not a trace.

Only a few broken tattered clothes remained, which Shen Xuan incinerated into ashes with his spells.

...

A few days later, in a cave within the Wilderness.

Shen Xuan was counting his recent battle spoils.

One Information Jade Scroll of Tier Three Water Demon Essence Blood, containing detailed intelligence of the Wei Family on White Crane Island.

One Jade Pendant, a keepsake of affection between Wu Wenping and Wei Yaqian, a stepping stone to infiltrate the Wei Family.

Two Upper Grade Demon Treasures.

One was Hou Feifan’s Chaotic Heaven Staff, a power-type Demon Treasure weighing over ten thousand pounds, an effective flesh body combat weapon.

Shen Xuan planned to refine it anew, transforming it into a power-type Magical Treasure.

Another was Yu Wenjun’s Ink Jade Beast Bone Fan, capable of forming a Blade Storm, unsuitable for Spirit Cultivators, but with an opportunity to sell it at a high price to Demon Cultivators.

One Upper Grade Magical Treasure.

Obtained from Zhao Tingwei, the Silent Burning Sword, a Tier Two Upper Grade Fire Attribute Flying Sword Treasure, nurtures an Anomalous Heaven-Burning Flame.

Two Middle Grade Magical Treasures.

Wu Wenping’s Fire Spirit Shield and Wang Haibo’s Flying Sword Treasure, both quite valuable.

They could sell swiftly, worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones.

One Tier Two Lower Grade Flying Sword.

Li Yingying’s pink Wood Attribute Flying Sword, of excellent quality, a refined piece of the same tier.

Slight nurturing would elevate it to a Middle Grade Flying Sword Treasure.

Over a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

A dozen Tier Two Talismans, seven bottles of Tier Two Spirit Pills.

A heap of assorted materials and Cultivation Miscellaneous Items.

These held no allure for him.

"Eh! Is this a Cultivation Technique of the White Bone Sect?"

Shen Xuan, carefully combing through his spoils, discovered a peculiar Cultivation Technique Jade Scroll. 𝓯𝓻𝒆𝙚𝒘𝓮𝙗𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝒍.𝙘𝓸𝙢

Presumably, it was from Wu Wenping.

Shen Xuan scanned the White Bone Observation Internal Vision Method with his Divine Sense.

It turned out not to be a Demon Cultivation Technique.

Rather, it was a genuine Buddhist Internal Observation Method.

Shen Xuan had heard of it in his past life.

Shorn of flesh, no more than two hundred and six bones; clothed, there can be eighteen thousand phenomena.

White Bone Observation is a Buddhist practice method, observing the bone form, dispelling illusions, perceiving true essence, attaining meditative fruit, achieving a Glazed Buddha Body.

It is reputed to be extraordinarily effective in curbing lust and greed.

The richer Divine Dragon Bloodline within Shen Xuan’s body, the more steadfast he needs to suppress his lustful greed and savage beast nature.

"Even as the Saint Child of the Demon Sect, one desires to attain true fruition!"

Shen Xuan sighed gently, keeping the White Bone Observation Internal Vision Method.

These spoils, for the current Shen Xuan, are merely the icing on the cake.

In the Cultivation World, the hierarchy is stringent.

The disparity between the rich and the poor is vast.

Back then, at sixty, in the Early Stage of Qi Cultivation, Shen Xuan was haggling over one Spirit Stone.

Now, at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment, his assets are over a million Spirit Stones.

Of course, he is an exception.

An ordinary Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment generally possesses a dozen or more ten thousand Spirit Stone assets.

A better quality Middle Grade Magical Treasure is valued at ten thousand Spirit Stones.

The prices of high-tier Cultivation Spiritual Objects skyrocket.

Reaching Tier Two Upper Grade, they become priceless, requiring exchange with equivalent-tier Cultivation Spiritual Objects.

As for Tier Three Spiritual Objects.

In the Song Country’s seven major sects’ Cyan Cloud Sect, there is scant inventory in the Sect Treasure Vault.

Even for those with Core Formation Seeds, barring special reasons, obtaining one proves arduous.

Having tallied the spoils.

Shen Xuan began contemplating his next move.

He had no intention of returning to the Cyan Cloud Sect for now.

Among the eighteen True Masters of the sect, someone is colluding with the Medicine God Valley and the Demon Sect, absolutely a ticking time bomb.

Only, it’s unknown when it will detonate.

What Shen Xuan can do is to enhance his own strength as much as possible.

To safeguard his life in the upcoming great upheaval.

Among the eighteen True Masters, only Master Cold Jade and Master Gu Feng are beyond suspicion.

Both of his teachers, in idle positions, are also female cultivators.

Always free-spirited and detached, there’s no necessity to ally with the Demon Sect for power and profit.

Moreover, knowing his teachers well, Shen Xuan understands they disdain such alliances.

The images of the other True Masters flitted through his mind.

"Whatever! Why should I worry about this?"

Guessing to no avail, Shen Xuan chose to cease pondering.

In Cyan Cloud Sect, there’s a reclusive Nascent Soul True Monarch.

In matters such as this, it’s certainly not his place to handle them.

"Infiltrate the Wei Family and find a way to obtain the Divine Turtle Essence Blood, that’s the pressing matter!"

"But, under what identity should I infiltrate?"