Cultivation Begins with Skill Points-Chapter 246: Spoils of War

Zhong Lin took a deep look at Tang Ying. If what this woman said was true, finding Xiang Jian would indeed be impossible without her!

From the storage bracelets of these people, nine keys were indeed found, but Xiang Jian’s was missing.

Zhong Lin was a bit conflicted for a moment. He truly didn’t want to miss out on the bloodthirsty pirates’ treasure, but he also had no fondness for this deadly woman standing before him, and certainly did not want to let her go.

Of course, the main reason was that Zhong Lin had no means of control, the sword qi sealed within her body could be worn down bit by bit through some methods, and bringing her along was too troublesome.

Chen Jia’s voice also came from the Soul Nourishing Ring: "I know this place, a barren island three thousand miles to the west. To think of building a treasure vault there is indeed a genius move. Ignore this woman, I’ve already marked Xiang Jian. As long as he dares to approach Luoxing Islands, I will detect him and he can’t escape."

Upon hearing this, Zhong Lin’s lips curled into a soft smile, secretly giving Chen Jia a thumbs up in his mind.

Sure enough, ginger gets spicier as it gets older.

"Sir, you..."

Swish!

Zhong Lin flicked his finger, and a sword qi directly pierced through Tang Ying’s forehead, with white brain matter oozing out.

Tang Ying’s body went limp, her aura dissipating. In the moment of her death, her eyes were filled with confusion.

She really couldn’t understand why Zhong Lin would kill her, was he truly indifferent to the treasure?

"Tsk! You really are ruthless, this woman was quite the beauty, and you just killed her like that?"

Chen Jia floated out from the Soul Nourishing Ring, clicking his tongue, gaining a deeper understanding of Zhong Lin’s character.

"Though she may look as beautiful as a flower, her heart is like that of a deadly snake, just looking at her is bothersome. Besides, do I lack women? Believe it or not, as long as I let the word out, there’d be women willing to climb into my bed, would line up from Fire Cloud Palace to Purple Cloud City, circling the entire 81st island." Zhong Lin said, curling his lips.

Chen Jia was speechless, Zhong Lin wasn’t exaggerating, the influence of a Fifth Grade Alchemist was not just mere talk.

"Let’s not talk about her anymore, let’s open the mystery boxes."

Zhong Lin rubbed his hands, excitedly looking at the nine storage bracelets lined up before him.

Tang Ying and her group, as the notorious bloodthirsty pirates, had plundered countless treasures. Even if most of the treasures were placed in the treasure vault, they would certainly keep a significant amount of cultivation resources for themselves. Now, it was finally time to open the mystery boxes.

"Oh my, Seven Stars Sect’s Purple Mansion Pill, this gourd contains fifteen of them in total. It is said this elixir is made from thirty-six types of five hundred-year-old medicinal materials, of excellent quality, a Sixth Grade Elixir. How bold these people are, daring to rob someone from the Seven Stars Sect?"

Zhong Lin reached for a purple-gold gourd, opened its cap, and poured out an elixir. The elixir was the size of a broad bean, fragrant, with lines on it displaying thirty-six colors, its properties extremely potent.

The entire Luoxing Island has only one Sixth Grade Alchemist, the Shuiyue Alchemist of the Seven Stars Sect, and only she can produce a Sixth Grade Elixir.

This Purple Mansion Pill in Zhong Lin’s hand was made by her, renowned throughout Luoxing Island.

This elixir can wash the Divine Soul, purify the body, strengthen the Divine Sense and physique, an unparalleled treasure medicine, very helpful for the three small realms of the Transcendent Realm, even useful for Xuandan Realm supreme experts.

Zhong Lin joyfully twirled the elixir in his hand, the first thought wasn’t to consume it for cultivation, but to consider if he could reverse-engineer its elixir recipe.

If successful, he could become a Sixth Grade Alchemist using the system panel.

A Fifth Grade Alchemist holds such a status in Luoxing Island, a Sixth Grade Alchemist would be even more so, with just a gesture, one could obtain vast amounts of cultivation resources, enough to complete the entire cultivation of the Transcendent Realm without worry.

Carefully storing the Purple Mansion Pill into his storage bracelet, Zhong Lin continued opening other mystery boxes.

"Another gourd?"

Zhong Lin didn’t expect to find another gourd from the storage bracelet, but this gourd was black and red, much larger than the previous one, nearly thirty centimeters long.

His face lit up, thinking it might contain more elixirs.

Just as he was about to open the gourd cap, he felt a vibration from within, alongside noises of crawling.

"Hmm?"

Zhong Lin infused some of the Spiritual Origin into it, but instead of elixirs, he found insects crawling inside, hundreds of them, no wonder it vibrated inside.

With a thought, he opened the gourd cap, and a golden centipede crawled out.

The centipede was golden all over, like it was cast from gold, fierce and grotesque, with wings on its back.

As soon as it emerged, its wings fluttered, darting towards Zhong Lin’s face like lightning, its speed was as swift as lightning, leaving only afterimages.

Swish!

A palm blocked it, two fingers clamping the dazzling golden centipede directly.

The centipede clamped between his fingers surprised Zhong Lin, it was clearly a living thing, yet extremely hard, as if he were clamping a piece of metal.

The golden centipede wriggled incessantly between his fingertips, trying to escape, but no matter how much it struggled, it couldn’t break free, and eventually opened its fangs, biting fiercely towards Zhong Lin’s finger.

"Hiss!"

A sharp pain ensued, Zhong Lin felt a burning pain at his fingertip, and a potent venom began to ravage the surroundings.

Zhong Lin was filled with amazement, knowing well he had refined the fifth layer of the Dragon Elephant Golden Body. Though not entirely impervious to blades, water, or fire, even an Innate Martial Artist couldn’t breach his defense, yet a mere insect had bitten through it. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

As for the venom released by the insect, he couldn’t care less, no poison could be stronger than the Poison Pearl’s venom. Having cultivated to the fifth layer, the Poison Pearl was already ineffective against him.

"Golden Devouring Centipede?"

Chen Jia expressed a full face of astonishment upon seeing the golden centipede clamped between Zhong Lin’s fingers.

"Master, do you know this little thing?"

"Yes, the Golden Devouring Centipede is an extremely rare venomous insect, specializing in consuming underground metal veins, and subsisting on toxic water, hence inherently impervious to weapons. A single bite would result in immediate death for an Innate Martial Artist, and even a Spiritual Origin Realm martial artist unfamiliar with it could suffer greatly.

Do you see the wings on its back? It only has one pair now, but can grow up to six pairs. A fully matured Golden Devouring Centipede can break through the Protective Gang Qi of a Spirit Sea Realm martial artist. The most significant aspect is that it’s a gregarious creature, emerging in thousands, covering the sky and earth. Facing a swarm of Golden Devouring Centipedes, even Spirit Embryo Realm martial artists have to avoid their sharpness temporarily.

However, these creatures usually inhabit mountainous mining veins, how did one end up by the seaside?"

Upon hearing this, Zhong Lin lowered his head to examine the small creature in his hand, surprised by its power.

"Look for any manipulation methods, there’s supposedly a sect within the Eastern Desolate called Myriad Gu Sect, specializing in the research and control of such things." Chen Jia advised.