60: Chapter 60: Please go all out to repay this debt!

Until the pink flower petals filling the sky finally dispersed.

Cao Kun's gaze remained fixed in the direction where Meng Yudie had vanished, not looking away for a long time.

He was calculating in his mind.

He was only 51 points away from the required experience for an Elementary Beast Tamer to unlock the next Jade Beast slot.

This Meng Yudie was at a very high level; it would be a pity not to capture her.

Beside him, Yu Linglong saw Cao Kun staring in that direction for a full seven or eight breaths, and her expression immediately darkened.

Yu Linglong reached out and gave the soft flesh at Cao Kun's waist a hard pinch.

"The person is already gone, yet your soul hasn't returned yet?"

A coquettish grumble suddenly rang in his ear, carrying a heavy scent of aged vinegar.

Before Cao Kun could snap out of it, the soft flesh at his waist suffered.

Yu Linglong's two slender fingertips precisely pinched that small piece of flesh and twisted it clockwise half a turn.

"That old fox spirit could be your great-grandmother in terms of age, and her figure is just so-so. Am I really not as good-looking as her?"

On the other side, Leng Qingyue's gaze shifted back and forth between her Revered Master and Cao Kun.

Then, she silently pressed herself a bit closer to Cao Kun's right arm.

Cao Kun withdrew his gaze.

Looking at the huffing Yu Linglong, he teased her on purpose: "What was I looking at? I was thinking about that tea just now."

Yu Linglong froze for a moment.

She clearly remembered Meng Yudie's provocative words before leaving.

Jealousy instantly rushed to her head, and then she heard Cao Kun's mischievous laugh.

"I was thinking that the tea Revered Master brewed with her bathwater back then was truly an unparalleled delicacy of the mortal world."

"That flavor is unique. Compared to some tea from Baihua Peak, it's far more soulful."

Hearing this, Yu Linglong immediately spat in bashful annoyance.

However, her body unhelpfully went mostly limp.

"Shut... up! Don't mention that!"

Beside them, Leng Qingyue quickly pricked up her ears to listen, afraid of falling behind in her lessons.

"What bathwater? Revered Master, what secret are you two talking about?"

Yu Linglong didn't dare answer and was about to find an excuse to brush it off.

But Cao Kun suddenly leaned close to her translucent earlobe and lowered his voice:

"Don't worry, Revered Master. This is a secret only we know. I, your disciple, won't go around spreading it."

[Ding! Yu Linglong's possessiveness has strongly manifested + private interaction deepened.]

[taming value +2.]

[Current taming value: 72/100.]

[Reward: 200 task points.]

Cao Kun felt a secret surge of joy.

He was one step closer to the big prize at eighty points.

He patted Yu Linglong's plump buttocks.

Only then did he turn to look at the two stray dogs cowering in the corner of the ruins.

Seeing Cao Kun look over, Ye Ting trembled all over. Ignoring his shattered sternum, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly.

"Young Master... Young Master Cao! It was I who was blind back then, failing to recognize a person of great stature..."

Cao Kun raised his hand, interrupting him.

"I'll give you two paths."

"Hand over all the Pill Pavilion's resources and all its authority. Or die."

However, Ye Mei, who was beside him, still hadn't grasped the situation and shrieked harshly:

"Even if Changhe is dead, the Sect still has rules! If you dare to kill an Elder of the Pill Pavilion in public, the Sect Master will definitely not let you off!"

Cao Kun didn't even glance at Ye Mei, continuing to stare at Ye Ting as he spoke:

"A Prodigy with potential rarely seen in ten thousand years, versus two useless old things."

"You know better than I do how the Sect will choose."

Ye Ting was clearly much smarter than his sister.

In the face of an absolute Prodigy, a dead Nascent Soul and a crippled Elder were worthless.

"I'll hand it over! I'll hand it all over!"

Ye Ting tremblingly took out a token and a Storage Ring from his robes.

He held them high above his head with both hands, pleading through tears.

"Nephew Cao... no, Elder Cao! This is the token for all authority in the Pill Pavilion, as well as my life's savings!"

"I beg you, for the sake of being in the same Sect, spare my life. The Pill Pavilion is yours from now on! I'll work for you like an ox or a horse; I'll never dare again..."

Cao Kun reached out, drawing the items into his palm and casually tossing them into the System space.

Seeing Cao Kun take the items, Ye Ting's originally tense body visibly relaxed.

He thought he had saved his life.

However, in the next instant, Cao Kun looked down at him and revealed a brilliant smile.

"Elder Ye, you seem to have misunderstood."

"I only said I'd give you these two paths to choose from; I never said I wouldn't kill you after taking the items. After all... only the dead are the most obedient."

"You—! You shameless scoundrel!"

Ye Ting's eyes went wide, and he was about to self-detonate his remaining Golden Core.

But Cao Kun had already raised his right fist.

Chaos Qi swirled around his knuckles.

Heaven Rank Martial Skill, Ten-Level Collapse.

Cao Kun threw a punch, the wind from it tearing through the air.

Bang!

A muffled thud rang out.

Ye Ting didn't have time to let out any scream.

He instantly collapsed into a cloud of dark red blood mist.

The Chaos Qi swept through along with it.

Grinding his Divine Soul fragments to dust as well.

Even the chance for Reincarnation was spared.

"Ah!!!"

Ye Mei watched her own brother turn into blood mist before her eyes. Her mind went blank, leaving only one thought.

Run away quickly.

She activated all her remaining spiritual power, springing up from the ground on one leg and fleeing toward the edge of the square like a madwoman.

But she had barely rushed ten feet.

A purple spiritual power afterimage suddenly swept past her side.

Yu Linglong appeared beside Ye Mei, raising her right hand and slapping Ye Mei hard across the face.

Slap!

The crisp sound of the slap echoed in the night sky.

Ye Mei was sent flying back by the immense force, crashing heavily at Cao Kun's feet.

"Where are you running?" Yu Linglong looked down at her, her tone icy. "I haven't given you permission to leave yet."

Knowing there was no hope of escape, Ye Mei ignored the agonizing pain in her broken leg and instantly changed her expression.

She pulled open the collar of her outer robe, revealing a large area of skin.

While weeping, she crawled toward Cao Kun's feet.

"Young Master Cao... look, I, Ye Mei, am still well-preserved. Why don't you keep me... let me serve you..."

Cao Kun frowned in disgust and took a large step back:

"Looking at this kind of beauty would shorten one's life."

"Revered Master, I'll leave her to you."

"As you command."

Yu Linglong let out a charming laugh, her gaze toward Ye Mei becoming cruel.

"Bitch, with that tattered body of yours, you think you're worthy of seducing my Revered Master?"

Soon,

Ye Mei's desperate pleas for mercy rang out across the square.

Followed by the hair-raising sound of bones shattering.

Ye Mei's screams lasted for a full quarter of an hour over the White Jade Square.

Before everything finally returned to silence.

Cao Kun walked to an intact stone platform and took out three Storage Rings from his storage space.

Ye Ting's, Ye Mei's, and the one he had just retrieved from the ashes of Su Changhe's corpse.

He first erased the Divine Sense imprints on the Ye siblings' rings and quickly scanned them.

The number of Spirit Stones, Medicinal Pills, and medicinal ingredients inside was quite large.

Added to the batch Yu Linglong had plundered earlier, the total amount was extremely impressive.

However, the real highlight was Su Changhe's ring.

The entire fortune of an Early Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse.

Cao Kun probed his Divine Sense into Su Changhe's Storage Ring.

The internal space was enormous.

There were over thirty thousand Top-Grade Spirit Stones alone.

Mid-Grade Spirit Stones were piled up like a small mountain; he roughly estimated no less than five hundred thousand.

Various high-rank Medicinal Pills and thousand-year-old Spiritual Plants were neatly arranged on jade shelves by category.

"A grand Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse, a powerful inner Sect Elder of the Hehuan Sect, and he only saved up this much wealth."

That said, this windfall was enough to drive every Loose Cultivator in the Qingzhou cultivation world mad.

Cao Kun was not stingy.

He divided the cultivation resources into two portions.

And tossed them to Yu Linglong and Leng Qingyue respectively.

"Take these and use them as you wish," Cao Kun said casually. "If it's not enough, ask me for more."

Leng Qingyue caught the bag, her eyes full of little stars; that feeling of being dominantly pampered almost made her melt on the spot.

Yu Linglong, on the other hand, joyfully put away the Storage Pouch and leaned in to plant a kiss on Cao Kun's cheek.

"Thank you for the reward, Revered Master."

"Linglong will definitely... repay you well tonight."

After distributing the loot, Cao Kun's Divine Sense continued to explore the depths of Su Changhe's Storage Ring.

Soon, in the deepest corner of the Storage Ring.

He discovered a simple and ancient jade box.

With a thought, Cao Kun took out the jade box and drew it into his palm.

The jade box was dark green throughout, made of an unknown material.

Its surface was covered in complex array patterns that Cao Kun had never seen before.

A dull Spirit Stone was embedded in each of the four corners of the jade box, acting as the clasps for the Seal.

Cao Kun examined the item.

As soon as his fingertips touched the array patterns on the box's surface.

The chaos sword embryo, the Immortal Artifact being nurtured within his body, suddenly vibrated violently as if sensing some kind of summons.

The majestic Chaos Qi surged uncontrollably.

Flowing through his Meridians toward Cao Kun's right palm.

And pouring into the Spirit Stones at the four corners of the jade box.

Crack!

The lid of the jade box sprang open automatically.

A palm-sized, pitch-black small sword slowly floated up.

Although it was incomplete, the patterns on it were actually identical to the chaos sword embryo inside Cao Kun's body.

With a sword hum.

That pitch-black small sword expanded as it met the wind.

In the blink of an eye, it swelled to over three feet long.

The killing intent emanating from the sword's body shook the surrounding air, creating visible ripples.

Next.

The pitch-black longsword turned into a black light and plunged straight into Cao Kun's chest.

Merging into one with the chaos sword embryo!

In that instant.

Cao Kun's consciousness was pulled into an endless Void Realm.

He saw a grand back, clad in a gray robe, treading upon ten thousand worlds.

With a casual swing of a sword, he actually split open the Grandmist Chaos and severed the long river of time.

In the darkness, an ancient and majestic voice boomed within Cao Kun's Sea of Consciousness:

"Since you can fuse with my broken blade, you are a person of destiny!"

"My name is... Chaos God Emperor."

Meng Yudie