191: Murder and Arson Gold Belt

The abnormal actions of the Peach Blossom Sect gave Liu Xuan a hint of crisis in his heart, but since the other party was targeting the Xiao Family, there was no need to panic for now.

True Person Xiao was still alive, after all; if anything happened, he would be the one to bear it.

Now that Xiao Ran had left White Crane Lake and had Wang Qiao, a Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator, protecting her in secret, as long as no Golden Core Cultivator came knocking, it was no big deal to Liu Xuan.

The skeletal man, Gong Wang, was being assimilated by the Puppet Gu; without Liu Xuan's manipulation, he was temporarily in a dazed state.

Liu Xuan opened the two men's Storage Pouches to see if there were any good items inside.

The motionless Gong Wang's eyes suddenly regained a trace of clarity, and he took out a deep black pouch from his magic robe.

'As expected of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, even the Storage Pouch is a High Grade item!'

This Storage Pouch was even higher grade than the tier 2 medium grade Storage Pouch Liu Xuan had obtained from the Robber Cultivator Foundation Establishment Cultivator last time; the space reached one hundred cubic meters, about the size of a room.

Liu Xuan viewed Gong Wang's memories and had a rough understanding of the items in the Storage Pouch.

There were over seventy thousand Spirit Stones of various grades when converted, along with Medicinal Pills, Talismans, Materials... a pile of miscellaneous items.

Liu Xuan looked at a Talisman flickering with mysterious runes and felt it was somewhat familiar; upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the life-substitution Talisman that the Foundation Establishment Cultivator he had killed previously had used.

This item had many usage restrictions and could not guarantee a one hundred percent substitution for death; for instance, it could not be used to escape the suppression of the golden mountain seal this time.

However, that did not stop it from being an excellent life-saving Talisman that could avoid many fatal attacks.

"Good stuff, it's mine now!"

Putting away the life-substitution Talisman, Liu Xuan looked at the pile of miscellaneous Medicinal Pills and opened them one by one to check.

Medicinal Pills were basically all usable; after checking their effects, Liu Xuan categorized and put them away one by one.

"Hmm?"

Opening a bottle of unknown Medicinal Pill, a wave of cold air emanated from it, like inhaling a breath of cold air.

yin fiend Bone Refining Pill! A unique Medicinal Pill of the Bone Fiend Sect, refined by taking yin fiend Qi and combining it with the bones of a Yao Beast.

For ordinary Cultivators, this kind of Medicinal Pill was no different from poison; it required a unique Cultivation Technique to have the effect of refining bones.

'yin fiend Bone Refining! I should be able to eat it too, right?'

It was poison to ordinary Cultivators, but Liu Xuan was not an ordinary Cultivator; were the Yao Beast Medicinal Pills he consumed every day not also poison to ordinary Cultivators?

'They are all Body Refining Medicinal Pills, it should be fine!'

Picking up a pitch-black yin fiend Bone Refining Pill and sniffing it up close, a trace of cold air seeped into his heart and spleen, which felt quite comfortable.

With great skill comes great boldness; Liu Xuan hesitated for a moment before swallowing it in one gulp.

"Hiss~"

"So cold!"

It was like swallowing a large block of ice, the icy sensation traveling all the way from his throat to his stomach.

This was not the end; the cold air spread from his stomach, as if it wanted to penetrate into his bone marrow.

This bottle of yin fiend Bone Refining Pill was the highest-grade bottle in Gong Wang's Storage Pouch, reaching tier 2 medium grade; even with Liu Xuan's current cultivation level, he felt his whole body turning cold and couldn't help but shiver.

Just when Liu Xuan was about to be unable to resist circulating his Three Yang magic power to dispel the cold, the Kunpeng Swallowing Heaven Body Refining Method began to take effect, and the cold air merged into his Bloodline and bones one after another.

The bone-chilling sensation gradually faded, leaving only an icy, refreshing, and comfortable feeling.

A quarter of an hour later.

After absorbing the Medicinal Pill, Liu Xuan felt his physical condition and discovered that his Body Refining cultivation had improved by a sliver.

Don't look down on it just being a sliver; at his current level, being able to clearly perceive the progress meant the effect was already very good.

The price of tier 2 cultivation Medicinal Pills was extremely high, and they were hard to buy, even for tier 2 Yao Beast Medicinal Pills.

After his Foundation Establishment Breakthrough, the highest-grade Medicinal Pill Liu Xuan had consumed was the tier 2 Low Grade 'Purple Flame Pill' purchased from the Dual Cultivation Hall.

This was also a type of Medicinal Pill consumed by Yao Beasts, priced at two thousand Spirit Stones per bottle.

Fearing to arouse the suspicion of True Person Xiao, Liu Xuan had only purchased one bottle and dared not buy more.

As for Medicinal Pills suitable for Foundation Establishment Cultivators to Cultivate with, the price was even more expensive; three to four thousand Spirit Stones per bottle was just the starting price.

The Red Pine Sect did not have a Second-Rank Alchemist, so these High Grade Medicinal Pills were all sourced from the Heavenly Sword Sect or other Sects, making the price even higher. Moreover, because the demand was low, there was no stock, so he couldn't buy them in large quantities even if he wanted to.

A bottle of Medicinal Pills used for cultivation was basically equivalent to a Spiritual Artifact of the same tier; ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators could not afford to constantly consume Medicinal Pills for cultivation; they didn't have the financial resources.

The yin fiend Bone Refining Pill also counted as a cultivation Medicinal Pill; a bottle's price would not be lower than ten thousand Spirit Stones. Gong Wang only had one bottle, and there were only nine left; counting the one Liu Xuan had just eaten, there were only eight left now.

However, there were still three bottles of tier 1 Low Grade yin fiend Bone Refining Pill, which also had decent effects. In addition, Liu Xuan also found two bottles of tier 2 Low Grade Green Flower Spirit-Nurturing Pill suitable for all Foundation Establishment Cultivators to Cultivate with, which was enough for Liu Xuan to Cultivate for a long time.

These were all good things, and now they were all Liu Xuan's!

Throwing the items he couldn't use or that weren't very useful aside, Liu Xuan put the Storage Pouch away directly.

Next, he manipulated Gong Wang to start counting his older brother Gong Cai's Storage Pouch.

He had not viewed Gong Cai's memories and was unsure if the other party had prepared any countermeasures in their Storage Pouch; to be safe, it was better to manipulate Gong Wang to open the Storage Pouch!

Gong Wang opened his older brother's Storage Pouch without much effort; there were no countermeasures that Liu Xuan had worried about.

This was normal; not many Cultivators would be bored enough to set any restrictions on their own Storage Pouch.

This item wouldn't be lost; when it fell into someone else's hands, it meant that one was likely already dead, so doing anything was meaningless.

With that spare time, it was better to buy more Medicinal Pills for cultivation, which was more worthwhile, or buy a High Grade Spiritual Artifact to improve one's strength.

Everyone thought about how to ensure their Storage Pouch would not fall into someone else's hands, not how to disgust others after it had fallen into their hands!

The items in Gong Cai's Storage Pouch were more or less the same as Gong Wang's, just with a few more Spirit Stones, totaling over ninety thousand, nearly one hundred thousand.

There was also a tier 2 High Grade Spiritual Artifact: the 'Black Cloud Banner', which was exactly that black cloud beneath them when the two attacked White Crane Lake earlier.

A massive amount of yin fiend and evil Qi had been refined into the Black Cloud Banner, which could amplify attacks of the same source and also weaken the enemy's attacks; when the two brothers used it together, it was enough to rival a Late Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator.

The fact that they could shatter the One Yuan Water Dragon Grand Array at White Crane Lake in a short time and not fear the talisman treasure in Lu Pingan's hands was largely due to this Black Cloud Banner.

It was a good item, but unfortunately, it was not suitable for Liu Xuan to use; his magic power was not compatible with the Black Cloud Banner, and he could not bring out its effects.

Throwing the Black Cloud Banner and some useless miscellaneous items into a tier 2 Low Grade Storage Pouch, Liu Xuan handed them all to Gong Wang to keep safe.

When he fused with the Puppet Gu sub-gu, these items would all come in handy, and Liu Xuan wouldn't need to worry about dealing with them.

Roughly estimating the harvest from the two men, the total value was no less than five hundred thousand Spirit Stones; if one counted the miscellaneous items and the Black Cloud Banner handed to Gong Wang, the total value could exceed six hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

On average, each person contributed three hundred thousand Spirit Stones! That was three times more than the previous Foundation Establishment Cultivator!

"Killing and arson bring golden belts!"