Chapter 60 - Eldest Senior Brother

Chapter 60: Chapter 58: Eldest Senior Brother"Hmm, how fragrant!" Chen Qingchi was transported to an Alchemy Room, at the center of which stood a round tripod as tall as two people, adorned with carvings of fish, insects, birds, and beasts. The fragrance was emanating from inside the tripod.

On the other side, Qingling was transported into a pool resembling the Yin Yang Tai Chi, where the water cleansed her body while healing her injuries and causing immense torment, although from her reluctant expression to leave, the pool had absolute benefits for her body.

"Quickly consume the Spirit Cleansing Grass," the residual soul in her mind reminded her.

Without hesitation, Qingling took out the oldest Spirit Cleansing Grass from her storage space; the grass transformed into a warm stream rushing towards her limbs and body, feeling as if her body was being reassembled, causing her face to turn awfully pale from the pain instantly.

Shun Hua was surrounded by a dense swarm of Green Swords, which sometimes transformed into vines that whipped him, and sometimes into towering trees weighing tens of thousands of pounds crushing him; some Green Swords even glowed with a sinister black fluorescence, indicating poison. Shun Hua, surrounded by Wood Element Sword Qi, did not retreat but instead honed his own Sword Intent.

All who successfully triggered the Transmission Array encountered their own opportunities.

"Silent Annihilation!" After an unknown length of days and months, Ye Qiu’s eyes exploded with a destructive light, and he vigorously swung the sword in his hand, at this moment, the Sword Intent of wind, thunder, or gravity all vanished, leaving only Ye Qiu’s terrifying Sword Intent that obliterated everything.

"Damn, I’m exhausted, they keep forcing me to do Alchemy every day," Chen Qingchi, dirty and dusty, yet he still smiled looking at the Top-grade Elixirs inside the Pill Furnace.

"Water and Fire Dual Spiritual Roots." Qingling laughed loudly to the sky, finally freed from the bondage of the Wasted Spiritual Root! Her left hand condensed a painfully icy sphere of water, and her right hand rose with a purple-red flame. Qingling tried to slowly merge the two together.

The water in the Yin Yang Tai Chi Pool rotated faster, strangely fusing the mutually repulsive water and fire, also forming a Yin Yang Tai Chi Diagram; a terrifying aura emanated from within, Qingling’s eyes lit up more and more.

The moment the Tai Chi Diagram formed, Qingling was dizzy again. When she opened her eyes, she found herself inside a grand hall. In front of the hall stood a throne, atop which lay a skeleton, emitting a terrifying aura. Above the hall, countless light rings were scattered, indistinctly revealing books, weapons, and even Spiritual Medicines.

She reached out to grab the light rings, but they seemed to have their own Spiritual Sense, escaping her fingertips. Just as she attempted to grasp another light ring, Qingling’s body stiffened, and she rigidly turned her head; the vacant eye sockets of the throne’s occupant stared at her, daring her not to move.

The space fluctuated once more, and another person fell from mid-air.

"Big Senior Brother, you’re here too!" Qingling asked seemingly innocently, yet she was very wary inside. It seemed that she could not monopolize the treasures here; truly unfortunate.

Ye Qiu watched Qingling, nonchalantly "hummed" a response, then closely examined the surroundings. After seeing the light rings above, he understood that the Water Spirit must be hidden among them.

Minutes later, others were also gradually transported over.

It seemed everyone had arrived; suddenly, a green light lit up in the empty eye sockets of the skeleton on the throne, incredibly unnerving.

"Since you’ve passed my test, you can take the items above, act as you please but don’t be greedy," a sigh followed, the green light disappeared, and everyone looked at each other bewildered.

Without revealing his identity or intentions, his arrival seemed solely to provide everyone with an opportunity.

After a moment of silence, a Cultivator couldn’t resist the temptation and reached for the nearest light ring, revealing a wooden box, but when he attempted to grab a second light ring, he was fiercely bounced back.

Recalling the skeleton’s words, "act as you please, don’t be greedy," it seemed each person could only take one item. With this realization, everyone became cautious.

Ye Qiu intently watched Qingling’s actions. Suddenly, when he saw a softly glowing, vaguely lively light ring slowly approaching her, he swiftly moved and grasped it in his hand.

Qingling seemed to sense something, her heart skipped a beat, and she abruptly turned back, the desire in her eyes intense as she looked at the light ring in Ye Qiu’s hands. That was meant to be hers!

Ye Qiu’s Water Spirit in his hand was not being obedient, seemingly trying to break free. Ye Qiu sneered and placed a Prohibition around it.

"The item elder brother has acquired seems not to like you," Qingling said with a grim face.

"So what?" Ye Qiu said indifferently.

Qingling’s face grew uglier: "Could elder brother possibly give that item to me and find another one more suitable for elder brother?"

"No." After being coldly rejected, Qingling dared not do anything, swallowed her frustration, and secretly vowed that one day, she would take it back!

Angered, she turned away and sensed the other light circles. An object resembling a wooden slip floated towards her, and upon reaching out to grab it, she discovered it was a high-level Cultivation Technique suitable for those with Water and Fire Spiritual Roots, exactly what she needed.

Once everyone had acquired their respective items, the space fluctuated, and they were about to be transported out.

Just then, an anomaly erupted. A cultivator was killed by his companion who then took his storage bag.

Ye Qiu’s eyes sharpened, and he coldly spat out two words: "Demon Cultivator." But it was too late to retaliate.

Outside the island, the Divinity Transformation and Body Integration cultivators were still calmly waiting, when suddenly the calm vortex burst into intense light, with powerful Spiritual Energy fluctuations causing the surrounding sea water to surge.

"They are coming out," the cultivators stared intently at the exit.

Ye Qiu and the others were ejected out by the Spiritual Energy like fountains, aside from the dozen who entered the final hall, there were also dozens trapped in passages and other places. Those trapped in illusions or killed remained inside forever.

"Uncle Master, stop him. He is a Demon Cultivator," Ye Qiu immediately sought out the Demon Cultivator who had occupied a Human Cultivator’s body to kill his companion upon coming out.

The great powers from Human World and Demon World have always been opposed. Upon hearing, they attacked him.

The Demon Cultivator, realizing the situation was unfavorable, self-destructed his body and fled far.

"Blood Escape," an elder’s face darkened. More than a dozen Divinity Transformation and Body Integration cultivators unable to stop a Nascent Soul Demon Cultivator was embarrassing.

"This is a cultivation method from the Demon King’s royal lineage," another elder explained to the puzzled juniors, while secretly becoming alert, knowing that Demon World and Human World have clear boundaries traditionally not clashing with each other. What plot could Demon Clan be conceiving infiltrating the Human Cultivators?

Meanwhile, Ye Qiu silently speculated, the next Demon King from the Demon World, the current Demon Prince, who was also one of Qingling’s harem, could it be that person just then?

But observing Qingling’s expression, it seemed they had no interaction at the moment.

"We will follow the elder back to the sect. Do you have any plans, junior brother?" Shun Hua asked Ye Qiu.

"I plan to cultivate in the Northern Sea Domain for a few years. Elder brother, please bring these wooden slips back to the Sect Leader!" Ye Qiu handed over the Laws he had copied from the first hall to Shun Hua, having made a copy for himself to study as well.

"Alright, be careful, junior brother."

Ye Qiu watched the sect disciples on the Spirit Boat, noticing Qingling was not among them, his thoughts sank.