67: Inventory of the spoils

"Old Ancestor! It's my fault! I failed to protect the clansmen, and I didn't protect the purple maple spirit tree..."

The Great Elder of the Tang Family cried out with eyes full of sorrow, like a child who had done something wrong.

"It's alright, this is not your fault."

The Old Ancestor of the Tang Family comforted him with a gentle tone, but in his heart, a monstrous killing intent was constantly surging.

He could see that the Grand Elder had done his best; if he hadn't returned in time, the Grand Elder might have died after a little while longer.

"Old Ancestor! It's the Yinmo Sect! That group of evil cultivators wanted to refine the city!"

The Grand Elder's eyes widened, and he grabbed the sleeve of the Old Ancestor of the Tang Family's robe with force, accusing them with hatred.

"In which direction did they flee?" the Old Ancestor of the Tang Family asked in a deep voice, his eyes filled with rage.

"That direction!"

The Grand Elder quickly pointed to the west of Purple Maple Immortal City.

"Take a good rest, I will go and seek revenge!"

Saying this, the Old Ancestor of the Tang Family stood up and, carrying an uncontrollable killing intent, chased in the direction the group of evil cultivators had fled.

After a while, people from various families returned one after another.

Looking at their own Family lands turned into ruins and their clansmen with not even one in ten remaining, wails and cries echoed from all directions.

Unlike everyone else's sorrow, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue were currently in the Small World, counting their spoils with smiles on their faces.

In the Small World, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue sat on the ground with a pile of storage equipment placed in front of them.

"This one is full of Medicinal Pills! From Grade One to Grade Three, they should be from the Tang Family Pharmacy."

"Mine is basically all Magical Artifacts and spirit ore Materials, likely worth about three million Spirit Stones."

"Tsk! This storage ring is basically all kinds of magical robes, the highest being only High Grade Magical Artifact level. They didn't even know to rob some better stuff."

"This Storage Pouch is full of corpses, how should we handle them?"

"..."

It must be said, these evil cultivators are truly wealthy, and also truly perverted.

Some storage spaces were filled with various precious resources, while some were filled with blood-drenched corpses, and some even contained a large pile of colorful women's dudous and inner trousers, making Lin Luoxue's face flush with embarrassment.

"Eh! There's actually a Visualization Diagram for cultivating Soul Power here!"

While clearing out Blood Blade's storage ring, Zhang Daobai found a painting depicting a dark starry sky.

When he saw this painting, a star map subconsciously emerged in Zhang Daobai's mind, and the more he looked, the more fascinated he became.

"A Visualization Diagram for cultivating Soul Power!"

Hearing this, Lin Luoxue looked up at the painting in Zhang Daobai's hand, her heart feeling somewhat shocked.

A Visualization Diagram that can Cultivate Soul Power is not something an ordinary person can possess; even a Nascent Soul True Lord might not have one.

"I don't know where this guy got it from, but it's ours now!" Zhang Daobai said with pleasant surprise after coming back to his senses.

Soul Power is extremely important to Zhang Daobai. Besides Alchemy requiring strong Soul Power, the Spirit Taming Contract also needs Soul Power support.

Originally, Zhang Daobai was a bit troubled about how to continue increasing his Soul Power, but he didn't expect to get an unexpected surprise now.

After putting away the Visualization Diagram, Zhang Daobai became even more full of anticipation for the remaining storage equipment.

Amidst interwoven emotions of surprise and disappointment, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue quickly finished counting all the storage equipment.

A preliminary estimate put the total value of all the resources in these storage devices at around sixteen million.

This figure was basically the total annual income of a Purple Mansion family.

After arriving at this number, both Zhang Daobai's and Lin Luoxue's breathing couldn't help but grow a bit heavier.

"These resources are enough for us to Cultivate for a long time, but there's still one problem now."

Zhang Daobai looked at Lin Luoxue, paused for a moment, and said, "These resources are basically stolen goods from Purple Maple Immortal City. If we want to exchange these resources for Spirit Stones, we certainly can't sell them in Purple Maple Immortal City."

Having just suffered a robbery by evil cultivators, selling these resources in large quantities in Purple Maple Immortal City shortly after...

Anyone with a bit of a brain would easily mistake them for accomplices of the evil cultivators or Robber Cultivators fishing in troubled waters.

"So we need to change locations?" Lin Luoxue said after thinking for a moment.

"After you promote to the Spirit Channeling Dao Body, we'll change places to Cultivate." Zhang Daobai nodded in response.

"By the way, should we go take a look at the Heavenly Fire True Lords Tomb in the Xuantian Mountain Range?" Lin Luoxue suddenly thought of something and asked.

"Purple Maple Immortal City suffered such a great loss this time; the various families will surely hope to make up for some of the losses from the Heavenly Fire True Lords Tomb.

Therefore, the Heavenly Fire True Lords Tomb will likely be blockaded by the various families, and Loose Cultivators won't be allowed to enter."

Zhang Daobai thought for a moment and then shook his head in speculation.

"Moreover, since it concerns a Nascent Soul True Lord's Legacy, the Tang Family will certainly not allow it to be leaked out, so it will be very difficult for Loose Cultivators to gain any benefits from it."

"Then let's forget it."

After listening to Zhang Daobai's analysis, Lin Luoxue thought about it and gave up on that plan.

Lin Luoxue didn't lack Cultivation Techniques to reach the Nascent Soul Stage, and now with so many resources, there was no need to take risks for unnecessary things.

For the next two days, Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue stayed in the Small World without going out.

After two days of restoration, Purple Maple Immortal City had initially rebuilt the damaged houses.

However, that sprawling purple maple spirit tree would never come back.

"Without the purple maple spirit tree, can Purple Maple Immortal City still be called Purple Maple Immortal City?"

Zhang Daobai stood on a high mountain, looking at Purple Maple Immortal City and feeling like something was missing, and complained.

"Is there a sunset in the Sunset Mountain Range?" Lin Luoxue asked back calmly.

"Uh..."

Zhang Daobai curled his lips, somewhat speechless.

"Let's go, let's head into the city first to see Steward Wang, so he doesn't think we're already dead." Zhang Daobai then changed the subject.

When they arrived at the gates of Purple Maple Immortal City, Zhang Daobai clearly felt that the guards at the gate were much stricter.

Every Cultivator entering or leaving had to be inspected by a guard using a silver mirror magical artifact before being allowed through.

Although he wasn't sure what kind of Magical Artifact that silver mirror was, Zhang Daobai guessed it must be related to the evil cultivators.

After Zhang Daobai and Lin Luoxue passed the inspection, they entered Purple Maple Immortal City.

As soon as they entered the city, Zhang Daobai felt that the atmosphere in Purple Maple Immortal City was very low, without any of the bustling scenes of the past.

Most of the shops along the way were closed, and in some crevices, traces of blood could still be seen.

"After this attack by evil cultivators, it will take at least three years for Purple Maple Immortal City to recover." Zhang Daobai looked around and spoke.

"evil cultivators all deserve to die!" Lin Luoxue said with a cold gaze.