Chapter 38: Profound Darkness Evil Qi

  Bang!

  A cold and snow-like sword tip flashed by, striking the beast's skull on the ground, instantly piercing a hole as thick as a thumb.

  The beast let out a mournful roar and crashed to the ground.

  "These evil beasts are all formed by the condensation of evil energy, and can be said to be undead bodies. Only when their heads are shattered and the evil pearls contained within are taken out will the evil beasts lose their combat effectiveness and dissipate into scattered evil energy."

  Du Qingxi walked up from one side, explaining as he reached into the head of the Jie beast's corpse and pulled out a black bead the size of a pigeon egg.

  "Here, take a look at this thing, it's useless to me. You can keep it and exchange it for some yuan stones when you leave." Du Qingxi casually tossed the bead to Chen Tai.

  Chen Xiao took over the bead and was taken aback for a moment. He suddenly realized that Du Qingxi's attitude towards him seemed to have changed a lot, with an added hint of subtle care.

  "Let's go. We can't fly in the Nanyou Meiyu realm, our goal is still far away, if we don't arrive within a month, this rare opportunity will be wasted."

  Without waiting for Chen Xiang to carefully savor the reason behind this 'care', Du Qingxi immediately lifted her steps and headed towards a distant place.

  "Shooting star, follow closely, don't fall behind." Du Mu Ze glanced at Chen Yu with a playful smile, his body leaped forward, his sleeves fluttering, and his figure swiftly dashed ahead.

  "Uh, gotta hurry." Song Lin still looked drowsy, like a drunken monkey, his figure floating behind, seemingly slow but actually closely following the team, quite amazing.

  Chen Xiao didn't dare to hesitate, and he unfolded the Heavenly Dragon Eight Steps that had reached the 'Know Micro' boundary. His toes lightly touched the ground, and before the dust had time to fly up, his body had already swept out over a dozen feet like a willow catkin riding the wind. The movement wasn't elegant, but it was simple and efficient, extremely conserving of physical strength and true yuan.

  The sky in the Nanyang underworld is always leaden, with sand and dust swirling around, and strong winds howling. The entire world is shrouded in a layer of fog that cannot be blown away or dispersed, making it easy to get lost while walking through it.

  However, Du Qingxi had a small silver compass in his hand, and according to the direction of the pointer, the four people advanced quickly, which saved them from identifying directions.

  The journey was extremely dull, and from time to time, a fierce beast would emerge from the thick fog, although it couldn't hurt Chen Yu and his three companions, but it would still affect their pace.

  In order to seize the time, except for Chen Tai, Du Qingxi and three others took out their own weapons.

  In Du Qingxi's hand was a short knife with a faint blue glow, on which floated a lifelike green lotus flower, its petals unfolding and blooming, named 【Taiyi Green Lotus Knife】, an entry-level magic treasure.

  The sword in Du Mu Ze's hand was one foot long and two fingers wide, its body like a pool of autumn water, with seven stars engraved on it, and a rainbow light spreading out, with cold starlight fluttering about, full of spirituality, named 【Seven Stars Rainbow Sword】, also an entry-level magic treasure.

  As for Song Lin, he was holding a umbrella-like weapon in his hand. The umbrella bone was dark and smooth, with countless dense symbols engraved on it. The umbrella surface was composed of 1,008 sharp hooks that were linked together, emitting a solemn and murderous aura. It was called the "Heavenly Net Thousand Hook Umbrella", undoubtedly another entry-level treasure.

  And to protect themselves, apart from the weapons in their hands, all three of them wore dazzling equipment, armor, shoulder guards, wrist guards, belts... even the boots on their feet were extraordinary, with mysterious effects. Chen Xuan's eyes widened as he watched, his heart racing with excitement, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of awe. The children of these great families had many treasures that ordinary people could not possess.

  The three Du Qingxi, fully armed and equipped, although their strength was maintained at the Xiantian Round Completion Realm due to the seal of Yuandan, but their combat power was far beyond that of ordinary cultivators of the same rank. As soon as they sensed the approach of a fierce beast, one of them would take the lead in striking, each blow being fatal and leaving no chance for survival.

  Chen Yao also held a sword in his hand, this sword was entirely cyan, with a sharp blade, named 【Qing Chong Sword】, which he had purchased from Pei Suo during his closed-door study in the small black house, along with that 《Lu Pi Feng Jian Fa》, spending more than 2,000 spirit crystals. If not for killing that Double-Headed Purple Rhinoceros Demon and unexpectedly obtaining 3,000 spirit crystals, he wouldn't even have been able to afford this 【Qing Chong Sword】 that only reached the upper-grade mortal artifact level.

  One man's death is another man's livelihood; one commodity's loss is another commodity's gain.

  However, being able to own Qingchong Sword is already very satisfying for Chen Tai. After all, his family background and situation are not comparable to those who grew up with golden spoons in their mouths from large families. Instead of envying and resenting, it's better to think about how to achieve it through one's own efforts in the future, this is the right thing to do.

  All the way, because Du Qingxi and three others were there, Chen Tang had almost no chance to take action, only when the Jiao beast was killed would he rush forward to dig out the Jiao bead from its head. In less than a short hour, he managed to collect over 300 Jiao beads, which was quite an unexpected fortune.

  "I don't even know how many yuan this bead can be sold for, I heard that only in the capital city of the Great Chu Kingdom, Jinxiu City, there are people who collect it. If so, if I want to exchange the bead for yuan, it's going to be a bit troublesome."

  Chen Xiao secretly thought to himself that the imperial capital of the Great Chu Dynasty, Jinxiu City, was a hundred million miles away from the southern border. Only by advancing to the Purple Mansion boundary could he control the treasure and fly over. However, even so, it would be difficult to arrive without taking ten days or half a month.

  "What's the point of selling it? In my observation, this small bead contains a rare and mysterious aura, when you cultivate to the realm of Nirvana, use it to condense the Nirvana wheel, its effect is absolutely beyond your imagination."

  Ji Yu's voice suddenly echoed in his heart, causing Chen Tai's body to stiffen for a moment before returning to normal. He had long been accustomed to the unpredictable and mysterious methods of this cave spirit that didn't play by the rules.

  However, this was his first time communicating with Ji Yu through divine soul, and he couldn't help but curiously ask: "Can you sense my thoughts?"

  "I can't, but I see you're holding the jade pendant with a puzzled expression, so I'm guessing it's probably correct." Ji Yu replied.

  Chen Xiao felt a sense of relief wash over her, unaware that she had let her guard down. The fact that someone could easily see through to the secrets and thoughts in her heart was absolutely unbearable.

  "Right, you said that this bead contains a hint of Xuanming evil energy?" Putting down his worries, Chen Xiao suddenly realized the meaning behind Ji Yu's words, and his heart skipped a beat.

  Between heaven and earth, there are all sorts of incredible evil energies. According to their different powers, they are divided into three levels: heaven, earth, and man. Each level is further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades, collectively known as the Three Levels Nine Grades.

  Like the common Lingxia evil spirit, Bingpo evil spirit, they all belong to the lowest level of human evil spirits. Those who can reach the earth level are already among the rare ones. Those who can reach the heavenly level are even more precious and hard to find.

  Xuán Míng Shā Qì belongs to a kind of Tiān Jiē Shā Qì, as for what kind of grade it is in the heavenly stage, since there are very few reports on this aspect, Chen Tang is also not quite clear.

  However, even so, with just the two words 'Tian Jie', Chen Xiao was certain that as long as he dared to say that he possessed the Xuan Ming Sha Qi in his hands, it would definitely attract the envy of countless powerful cultivators.

  The reason for this is that in order for a cultivator to break through the boundary of Nirvana, he must condense the Nirvana wheel within his elixir field by killing the energy.

  Nirvana Seven Refinements, one wheel is one refinement. To condense the Nirvana Wheel, apart from sufficient True Essence, killing intent is the most crucial factor!

  The strength of a Nirvana cultivator is closely related to the level of the Nirvana wheel's condensed aura. A cultivator who condenses their Nirvana wheel with human-grade aura and one who does so with heavenly-grade aura are already far apart in terms of innate abilities.

  At this moment, Chen Xiao learned that a small bead actually contained a heavenly rank evil energy, and his excitement can be imagined.

  "Not bad, but the amount of Xuanming Sha Qi inside these beads is extremely small. Collecting over ten thousand beads can barely extract a palm-sized ball of Xuanming Sha Qi." Ji Yu sighed and said, "If you're not afraid of trouble, I can teach you the extraction method."

  Although the Nirvana realm is still an unattainable goal for Chen Yao, being able to gather the Xuanming Sha Qi now is better than spending time gathering it later.

  What's more, the Xuan Ming Sha Qi is that kind of rare and precious Tian Jie Sha Qi, how could Chen Xiao miss such a great opportunity? He agreed without any hesitation.

  Ji Yu's reversal was also satisfying. Before Chen Tang could react, a concise and precise mantra appeared in his mind.

  The method is called "Hook Sinking Technique", which is a specialized technique for refining and eliminating stagnant Qi. The idea is ingenious, but it's not particularly difficult to practice.

  Soon, Chen Xiao had mastered its method, but since he was in a hurry, there was no way to take out a bead of evil spirit now to try his hand.

  Chen Xiao was not in a hurry, as any cultivation of magic was by no means an overnight success, just like making talismans and cooking, without diligent practice, it was impossible to reach the level of proficiency.

  Because he had learned the subtleties of Xuan Ming Sha Qi, he became more diligent in collecting Sha Pearls along the way. This sudden change earned him a series of cold glances from Du Mu Ze, who also didn't hesitate to mock and ridicule Chen Xiao for a while.

  Like 'country bumpkin who has never seen the world', 'greedy and shameless', 'crazy money-grabbing broom star'... these sarcastic words with changing tones kept pouring out of Du Mu Ze's mouth, compared to Chen Tai who was focused on collecting evil pearls, at this moment Du Mu Ze was like a long-widowed woman with endless nagging words in her mouth.

  Du Qingxi couldn't bear it anymore and turned back to give a cold glance, which finally shut up Duanmu Gongzi's reluctant mouth.

  "Hey, don't talk about Minori's lack of elegance, she's actually quite cute..." Song Lin muttered at the right moment.

  Little... Little Zézé?

  Du Mu Ze's pupils suddenly dilated, and his feet stumbled almost falling over.

  Damn it! How disgusting!

  Duanmu Ze opened his mouth, but didn't know where to start, because he sadly discovered that in front of Chen Yao, that despicable guy, he seemed to have never been normal...