122: Chapter 122 Generous Rewards

Beneath the shrine, Pei Se immediately felt the vital energy and blood within her body surging.

Only a moment after that talisman struck into her body, that warm current had already spread from her back to her limbs and bones.

She had been stuck at the hurdle from the Third-Turn peak to the Fourth-Turn for a very long time.

Until now, she was still just a step away.

But at this moment, as the vital energy and blood within her body churned, she could feel that the bottleneck breaking through to the Fourth-Turn was loosening.

This also meant that in just a few days, she would be able to officially attempt to break through the Third-Turn peak!

Qilianshan stood right beside her, and with his cultivation, he naturally sensed that the talisman had been driven into Pei Se's body.

Furthermore, Qilianshan recognized that this talisman looked similar to the blood-red talisman he had previously detected inside Pei Se's body.

However, the effect was simply completely different!

The blood-red talisman he had previously detected inside Pei Se's body provided negligible buffs to Pei Se.

It could only mobilize a bit of vital energy and blood and enhance Pei Se's recovery ability.

But today, the moment this blood-red talisman was driven into Pei Se's body, the vital energy and blood within Pei Se began to climb.

Watching closely, Pei Se's vital energy and blood were almost able to impact the bottleneck of the Third-Turn peak!

How could this be possible?

Qilianshan's eyes were filled with disbelief.

He remembered that when he first detected that blood-red talisman in Pei Se's body, he had not taken it seriously.

He felt it was just a talisman capable of nurturing vital energy and blood—a rare item for First-Turn and Second-Turn martial artists, but merely icing on the cake for Pei Se, who was at the Third-Turn peak.

But what about now? The effect of this talisman just driven into Pei Se's body completely exceeded Qilianshan's imagination.

He had never seen anything similar!

However, thinking that this was the creation of a divine being, Qilianshan accepted it.

After all, no one knew what a divine being could accomplish.

Feeling the churning vital energy and blood within her body, and understanding how precious this talisman was, Pei Se kowtowed once more.

Her forehead touched the cold stone bricks, hitting them harder than when she offered incense just now.

After finishing the kowtow, Pei Se and Qilianshan walked out of the shrine together.

The two walked side by side out of the courtyard, following the dirt path polished smooth by countless pairs of feet, heading towards the Old Locust Tree at the entrance of the village.

Qilianshan did not walk fast, and Pei Se walked beside him.

Arriving under the Old Locust Tree at the village entrance, Qilianshan said with an excited expression,

"I never expected that we would actually find a divine being capable of slaying evil entities!"

Looking at the dazzlingly blue sky in the distance, he continued,

"With this divine being, the Association President's vision is no longer illusory."

"This divine being can change the entire State of Qian!"

Pei Se turned her head to look at Qilianshan.

She had never seen this Vice President of the Demon Slayer Association wear such an expression.

Even previously in Zhenhai Prefecture when he was clashing head-on with Prefect Yin Wuji, Qilianshan's face had always been calm.

Prior to this, Pei Se only felt that the existence of the divine being Lord Qinling was very important.

But after seeing the reaction of Vice President Qilianshan, she realized that the significance of a divine being might be even more important than she had imagined.

Qilianshan's footsteps did not stop; he arrived in front of the Ink-feather Stork.

"This official will personally inform the Association President about the matter of Lord Qinling."

He stopped, turned around, and looked at Pei Se.

"Will you come with me to see the Association President, or stay here to break through?"

Qilianshan's gaze fell on Pei Se.

He could sense that after Pei Se possessed the talisman driven into her by Lord Qinling, she could attempt to break through to the Fourth-Turn realm for a period of time coming up.

If Pei Se were to break through on the back of the Ink-feather Stork, it would not be a good thing. Breaking through realms still required finding a quiet and safe place.

And Qin Family Village, which possessed a divine being, was naturally the best choice.

"I will stay in Qin Family Village to break through."

Pei Se thought for a moment and quickly replied.

With her current state, she was indeed unsuited for long-distance travel.

Qilianshan nodded and did not say much more.

He waved at Pei Se, then turned over onto the Ink-feather Stork.

The giant bird spread its wings, spanning three zhang wide, and the airflow blew the leaves of the Old Locust Tree into a rustling sound.

He nodded at Pei Se, then patted the neck of the Ink-feather Stork.

The Ink-feather Stork let out a low cry, its wings beating fiercely as it swept across the sky above Qin Family Village.

Qilianshan's back grew smaller and smaller; his stone-cyan official robe flashed under the sunlight, and before long, only a small black dot remained.

On the other side.

Witnessing Pei Se and Qilianshan leaving the temple, Qin Ling withdrew his gaze.

He sat cross-legged in the shrine, his fingers resting on his knees as his consciousness sank deep within.

He looked at the system prompt that had popped up earlier but which he hadn't had time to look at.

[Host successfully detected slaying a Fifth-Turn evil entity (Guanhai County Evil Tree), completing the county-city evil-slaying event.]

[Rewards being distributed...]

[Obtained incense points +10000]

[Obtained Divine Technique: Bountiful Harvest]

Seeing this system reward, Qin Ling stood straight up inside the shrine.

Ten thousand incense points as a reward!

Ten thousand!

You must know that at that time, in order to completely slay the Evil Tree, he spared no cost in consuming incense points to use the Exorcism divine technique to weaken the Evil Tree.

The incense points consumed at that time had also reached tens of thousands; it was impossible to say he didn't feel the heartache.

It's just that there was no other way at the time; under the condition of restricted cultivation, he could only do so to slay the Evil Tree.

But what about now? The system actually gave him a full ten thousand incense points again!

Wasn't this made up for all at once!

Qin Ling immediately felt that his heartache was gone.

Ten thousand incense points were already a huge fortune to him.

If it weren't for the fact that so many Black Flowers on the Evil Tree could provide him with incense points after being eliminated, he really wouldn't have been able to earn these incense points.

Inside the shrine, Qin Ling curled up the corners of his mouth that no one could see.

Looking at the credited incense points, he checked this newly acquired divine technique again.

[Divine Technique: Bountiful Harvest]

[Effect: Can ripen grain prematurely, enhance soil fertility, consume incense points to make crops within a specified range mature ahead of time, double yields, and improve taste.]

[Remarks: Has a purifying effect on land polluted by evil Qi, with the purification effect linked to the consumption of incense points.]

Qin Ling nodded upon seeing this new divine technique.

This was the second time he had seen a divine technique that required consuming incense points; the previous divine technique that required incense points was Exorcism.

And the importance of the Exorcism divine technique was self-evident.

Although Qin Ling temporarily didn't need this divine technique named Bountiful Harvest, possessing such a divine technique always had no flaws whatsoever.

Moreover, it was a system reward.

He glanced at his current panel.

[Host: Qin Ling]

[Level: wild god]

[Jurisdiction: Qin Family Village, Zhou Family Village, Pearl Reef on the East China Sea Seabed]

[Cultivation: Xiansheng Realm 40%]

[incense points: 10420]

[Divine Techniques: 10]

[Teleportation], [Exorcism], [Primary Talisman Art], [Divine Split Art], [Dream-Entering Technique], [Seven-Kill Demon-Slaying Sword], [Divine Travel Across the World], [Summoning Lightning], [Undying Divine Light], [Bountiful Harvest]