Devour

Chapter 274: Conquering the Powerful

Cheng Bai suddenly understood and asked with a smile, "Hei Long, Yan Gui, did I ask you to sign a contract and acknowledge me as your master?"

Black Dragon and Smoker said in unison: "No, I follow you voluntarily."

Bei Tingjun laughed like a silver bell and said, "Your relationship is extremely rare. I have only seen spirit beasts that do not require a contract around Shi Qi."

Zhai Xufei thought for a moment and said, "It's not impossible to cooperate for mutual benefit, but we have some special requirements that are too high for the human race."

Cheng Bai said: "Just say it."

Bei Tingjun said: "If I can provide you with one Shengsheng Duming Pill or one Bingqing Zhenshen Pill every month, I can serve as an idle position in the sect and help you with your efforts and strategies, that would be fine."

Cheng Bai thought, "At present, the herbs needed for the Shengsheng Duming Pill are all available, and the Bingqing Zhenshen Pill is still missing the purple bell ingredient. It won't be difficult to agree to it." He responded, "The Tiantun Sect is planning to improve the sect's salary system, and different realms will have corresponding elixirs to support them. What Sister Bei said can be done."

Zhai Xufei said: "In addition to the supply of elixirs and the inability to sign contracts, the most important thing is to practice the exercises. If you can come up with a Wuyuan-level exercise suitable for demon cultivation and help us reach a higher level, then we will be able to move forward."

In the Qiongqi Continent, let alone Wu Yuan, even Wu Ti level skills are few and far between, and those suitable for demon cultivation are even harder to come by.

The demon cultivation techniques of the two ancient gods' own race have reached their limits, and it is difficult to make any progress in their practice. They are eager to obtain new techniques, and have come all the way to the Five Continents in part for this purpose, but they have not found a suitable one so far.

Bei Tingjun nodded in agreement and said, "What Zhai Xufei said is also what I need."

Cheng Bai pondered in his heart: "Most of the immortal and saintly skills were created by humans, and are relatively rare in demon cultivation, unless they were left by the demon ancestors, such as the Phoenix Force, which is a god-level skill that is not easily passed on. The Bloodline Sacred Scripture is very suitable, but their realm is too high above mine, so it is too early to say whether they can cooperate... By the way, they must not know that Miao Yuan's corpse contains the true solution of the Buddha Purple Qi. I saw that Jiuying seemed to be using this skill, which means that demon cultivators can practice it."

He agreed and said, "The Heaven-Swallowing Sect has a large collection of secret manuals and scriptures, and there happens to be one Wu Yuan-level technique suitable for demon cultivators. You two can rest assured."

Zhai Xufei inquired in detail: "I wonder when it will be fulfilled?"

Cheng Bai said: "The two new members will receive their corresponding salary starting from next month, including money, elixirs, and martial arts manuals in the middle of each month."

Zhai Xufei and Bei Tingjun showed satisfaction and agreed: "Then it's settled."

Cheng Bai was secretly proud: "I now have two masters who are comparable to the King of Beautiful Sound. It will not be so easy for Yong Yao to suppress others with his strength, unless he can really beat me in a one-on-one fight."

After a brief discussion, Zhai Xufei and Bei Tingjun became cabinet elders of the Tuntian Sect, which was a leisurely and prestigious position.

Seeing this, Hei Long couldn't help but feel a little envious: "It's really comfortable to retire and enjoy retirement right after entering the industry. When there are more people in the future, maybe I can enjoy a peaceful life soon."

Bei Tingjun said: "If Your Majesty does not intend to look for other remains of the Lost Valley Tree Spirit, you can only guard this broken trunk tonight."

Cheng Baiqi asked, "You two saw the corpse of the Lost Valley Tree Spirit here in your previous lives. Has no one taken it away over the years?"

Zhai Xufei laughed and said, "Although the corpse has decayed, it is still the body of the God King. It is not a big deal to weigh it more than a mountain. Sometimes strange things happen that ordinary people cannot predict. How can you take it away without a magic weapon? What's the point of taking it away?"

Cheng Bai thought to himself: "It would be so comfortable to bury it for a thousand years and wait for the harvest of Ganoderma lucidum."

Others don’t have magic weapons, how could he miss such a good opportunity?

At that moment, the Golden Pagoda was raised up, and the tower body shone with brilliant light, covering the rotten wood. The ground shook slightly and gradually separated from it.

The noise was quite loud, but it did not cause much damage. The seven-story exquisite pagoda pulled up the corpse of the mysterious valley tree spirit, shrunk it, and put it into the valley surrounded by the fifth-story promotion city.

Everyone was stunned.

Gou Yifan murmured, "Brother Bai has hidden a magical weapon, it's really amazing, I wonder what grade it is?"

Cheng Bai did not answer, but only said: "Everyone, how about we return to Jiaoshi Town and make plans to explore the lower levels?"

Zhai Xufei stood up and said, "Let me give you a ride."

Everyone left the maze and came to the bottom of the abyss.

"Everyone, come sit up."

Zhai Xufei transformed into a ghost car and let everyone sit firmly on its back. He spread his wings that were a thousand meters long and flapped them gently. Suddenly, the sky and the earth were filled with wind and clouds, and the surrounding space became blurred. In an instant, he crossed a distance of thousands of miles and returned to Jiaoshi Town. His speed was beyond imagination.

After returning to Huianju, Cheng Bai rented two rooms for Zhai Xufei and Bei Tingjun and stayed indoors quietly.

Of course, when you have free time, you have to refine weapons and medicine as soon as possible, and make some preparations before that.

Cheng Bai came to the fifth floor of Shengjin Tower, summoned the inheritance magic cube, and looked at the remains of the Migu tree from between the mountains. He said proudly: "What do you think? Can a nine-leaf earth ganoderma grow in a thousand years?"

Li Tong was stunned and said, "You are dreaming, how can it be that simple? To grow Ganoderma lucidum, the decayed spiritual tree is one of the main conditions, but it also requires the presence of many other factors such as surrounding minerals and temperature. If you just throw it anywhere like that, Ganoderma lucidum will not grow in a thousand or ten thousand years, let alone a million years."

Cheng Bai was quite shocked and said disappointedly: "No wonder others didn't consider taking the trouble to move the corpse of the Lost Valley Tree Spirit. I'm not good at planting, so my efforts were in vain."

Li Tong advised: "Don't worry. Haven't you planted the Five Extremes Treasure Tree and the Spiritual Plum? If you can find the right environment, you will have a chance to achieve your wish."

Cheng Bai took Li Tong to the Twelve Earthly Branches.

The blood-sucking worms are currently being raised in the Wuma Palace. They have just produced the second generation of adults, and their number has increased to hundreds.

Cheng Bai no longer used the secret art of dissipation to conceal his tyrannical aura, but instead released a terrifying pressure like a king, like a mountain or a prison, forcing all the blood-sucking insects to submit. This was one of the key secrets of taming, to make the insect swarm willingly recognize him as their master.

He even seldom communicated with the insect swarm using the secret art of communication, because the blood-sucking insects were naturally ferocious, and coaxing them would not be of much use, and it would be difficult to convince them without sufficient strength.

The flying blood-sucking insects were quite smart and wisely avoided Cheng Bai, allowing him to put away the remaining stomachs of the mysterious jellyfish and the meat of the bass snake king, and then collected all the pupae of the blood-sucking insects.

"After another generation of reproduction, the meat for feeding the blood-sucking worms will be in short supply. We must capture suitable prey as soon as possible and continue to raise them." Cheng Bai walked out of Wuma Palace while thinking about the next plan.

Li Tong reminded: "The insect swarm is growing well, but the blood-sucking insects are not a docile and innocent race. They have reproduced to the second generation. The number of insects is enough to feed a king insect, but it has not appeared yet. There must be danger brewing."

Cheng Bai asked: "What's the danger?"

Li Tong said solemnly, "It's because of the pressure you bring. Although they haven't yet opened their minds, they are not without judgment. They dare not resist for the time being because of your suppression. They are secretly nurturing the strongest insect king. Once it is successfully born, it will try to lead the insect swarm out of control."

Cheng Bai smiled and said, "That is to say, we must subdue the insect king in order to completely control the blood-sucking insect swarm! Isn't this my ultimate goal?"

Li Tong continued to teach: "They have been subservient to you for more than four or five generations. The influence will penetrate into their behavior and thinking, forming a legacy memory. As long as you can subdue the Insect King, you will have nothing to worry about."

When he was in Sanxian Valley, Cheng Bai had killed a pair of blood-sucking insect kings and queens. Upon hearing this, he said nonchalantly, "I will make him obey!"

Back in Huianju's room, under the guidance of Li Tong, Cheng Bai used forty-five moonstones to set up a small chaotic five-element formation around him.

This formation comes from "Qian Kun Qi Men", and it can prevent the leakage of the five elements' vital energy and treasure's spiritual energy, and conceal the strange phenomena produced by elixirs, magic weapons or during cultivation. Although it is relatively simple and common, it is very practical.

Then he sorted out the rare treasures and prepared a recipe for the life-saving pill.

The pupae of the newly-made blood-sucking insects need to be dried before they can be used for medicinal purposes. The goods obtained from previous auctions are put to use first, along with the nine-leafed Ganoderma lucidum and the soul-returning grass. The three kinds of medicinal materials are carefully blended and put into the Four Symbols Cauldron to refine the elixir.

Siye's work efficiency is extremely high and the elixir is ready within an hour.

The light red golden elixir floated slowly into the air from the mouth of the cauldron. It was round and crystal clear, with fine veins on its surface that looked like runes that were looming in and out. It emitted an auspicious light full of vitality, illuminating the room like a fairyland, with rosy clouds and a strange fragrance filling the room.