96: Back to the Temple of War! My contribution points have terrified the elders!

Outside the Ten Thousand Insect Valley, the spatial fluctuations gradually subsided.

Gu Yang, carrying Er Gou, stumbled out of the Void Realm, covered in dust and dirt.

Behind him, the spatial vortex connecting to the ancient medicine garden collapsed completely after emitting a teeth-grinding, distorted sound, vanishing into nothingness.

"That was close. I almost got buried inside to serve as fertilizer."

Gu Yang patted the dust off his body and glanced at the giant insect mother carcass beside him.

This was the mission item, worth one hundred thousand contribution points; he couldn't lose it.

He grabbed one of the insect mother's legs with one hand and dragged it away like a dead dog.

Er Gou walked with joyful steps, its belly round; it was clearly quite satisfied with the "buffet" it had just enjoyed.

It still had a piece of unfinished Spirit Ore in its mouth, chewing on it from time to time with a "crunch, crunch" sound.

Three days later, War God Hall.

The Mission Hall was still bustling with noise, with countless Disciples coming and going, taking on various training missions.

"Boom!"

A dull, loud noise suddenly erupted at the main entrance, and the floor of the entire hall shook three times.

Everyone was startled and turned to look.

They saw a shirtless, burly man radiating a wild aura, dragging a gargantuan spider carcass that exuded terrifying pressure as he strode in.

The carcass was simply too large and got stuck in the doorway.

"Squeeze in, make way!"

Gu Yang pulled hard.

"Crack!"

The door frame of the Mission Hall, made of century-old black iron, was directly crushed by the force.

The entire venue fell silent.

Everyone stared at this scene, dumbfounded.

That was... a Soul Transformation Stage Thousand-Eyed Demon Spider insect mother?!

The suffocating aura of poison and evil, even in death, made the surrounding Golden Core Disciples feel a tightness in their chests and shortness of breath.

The Elder in charge of reception was drinking tea, and upon seeing this, his hand trembled, spilling hot tea all over his crotch.

"Ouch!"

The Elder screamed and jumped up.

But he couldn't care about wiping it off; he pointed at Gu Yang and asked, stuttering: "Gu... Disciple Gu? You... what is this?"

Gu Yang casually threw the insect mother carcass in front of the counter.

"Bang!"

The sturdy obsidian counter instantly cracked like a spiderweb.

"Submitting the mission."

Gu Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead (actually caused by the heat of the journey) and revealed a set of big white teeth.

"That mission to clear the Ten Thousand Insect Valley, I've completed it."

"This bug took up too much space, so I dragged it back. Although it's been dead for a few days, it should still be fresh."

The Elder swallowed a mouthful of saliva and reached out with a trembling hand toward the carcass.

A sweep of his Divine Sense confirmed it.

It was indeed the Thousand-Eyed Demon Spider insect mother!

Moreover, it had been violently killed, its bones shattered, and it looked miserable.

"You... you slaughtered it?!"

The Elder's voice changed pitch.

That was an Early Spirit Transformation Stage Yao Beast!

And it was in its home turf filled with poisonous miasma!

Even if the Hall Master had come in person, it probably would have taken some effort, right?

This kid was only at the Flesh Body Golden Core (surface Realm), how did he manage it?

"Luck, just good luck."

Gu Yang chuckled; of course, he wouldn't say it was because Er Gou had eaten its life-bound poison web, and he had managed a sneak attack.

"Elder, let's settle the bill."

"One hundred thousand contribution points, and the recycling price for this carcass, give me whatever you think is fair."

The Elder took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.

"Good! Good! Disciple Gu is truly a peerless Prodigy!"

"The insect mother carcass is priceless, plus the mission reward... I will make the decision to give you five hundred thousand contribution points!"

Five hundred thousand!

The surrounding Disciples gasped.

This was simply getting rich overnight!

However, Gu Yang didn't show much surprise.

He scratched his head and asked somewhat embarrassedly: "Um... Elder, I have some private goods I want to handle."

"Private goods?"

The Elder was stunned.

"What kind of private goods?"

Gu Yang took out a bulging Storage Pouch from his bosom, which he had looted from the medicine garden.

He turned the opening downwards and dumped it onto the counter.

"Clatter—"

A burst of jewelry-like brilliance instantly illuminated the entire hall.

Countless roots, leaves, and fruits were piled up like a small mountain, just like trash.

The rich, thick fragrance of Spirit Medicine instantly spread, even forming faint Spirit mist in the air.

"Achoo!"

A Disciple inhaled a mouthful of the fragrance and actually broke through a small Realm on the spot!

"This... this is..."

The Elder's eyes were about to pop out of their sockets.

He tremblingly picked up a plant that looked like a radish.

"Ten... Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King?!"

He picked up a leaf that looked like jade.

"Nine-Curve Spirit Ganoderma Leaf?!"

He looked at the pile of messy weeds.

"Heavens! These are all extinct ancient Spirit Medicines!"

The Elder went crazy.

He grabbed Gu Yang's arm, trembling incoherently: "You... which ancient ruin did you rob?!"

"No, no."

Gu Yang looked honest and simple.

"I just passed by a vegetable garden and plucked some weeds along the way."

"Weeds?!"

Just then, a stream of light flew in from outside the hall at high speed.

It was the Head Elder of the Pill Cauldron Hall, who had heard the news.

As soon as he entered, he smelled the medicinal fragrance, and then saw Gu Yang's "I don't know the value" look, and his heart trembled with pain.

"What a waste! What a waste!"

The Pill Cauldron Elder threw himself onto the pile of Spirit Medicines, spreading his arms like an old hen protecting her chicks.

"These Spirit Medicines, my Pill Cauldron Hall wants them all!"

"No one is to fight me for them!"

He turned to look at Gu Yang, his eyes as eager as if he were looking at his own father.

"Disciple Gu! Name your price! Whatever you want, as long as I have it!"

Gu Yang blinked.

"Um... can it be exchanged for food? I want that kind of meat with very high energy, or rare metal Ore."

"Er Gou is growing recently, and its appetite is a bit big."

The Pill Cauldron Elder was stunned, then ecstatic.

"Exchange! Exchange! Exchange!"

"I'll empty the Pill Cauldron Hall's warehouse for you!"

Half an hour later, Gu Yang walked out of the Mission Hall.

His pockets were bulging, and the number on his contribution point jade tablet had become an astronomical figure that made all Disciples despair—five million points!

This was more than many Elders had saved in a lifetime.

And the Pill Cauldron Elder was hugging that pile of Spirit Medicines, smiling from ear to ear, as if he had become hundreds of years younger.

Gu Yang was not in a hurry to go back.

He headed straight for the resource exchange office of the War God Hall.

"Boss, business is here."

Gu Yang slapped his jade tablet on the counter.

"The Star Gold, Deep Sea Silver, Heavenly Extraterrestrial Meteorite... as long as it is Tier 2 Ore or higher, I want it all!"

"And the high-level Yao Beast meat over there, I want as much as there is!"

The Disciple in charge of the exchange looked at the five million figure and was so scared he almost knelt.

"All... all of it?"

"Yes, all of it. Pack it up and take it away, I'm in a hurry."

That afternoon, the logistics department of the War God Hall experienced a catastrophe.

Eighty percent of the rare Ore stored for a century was emptied by Gu Yang.

Not a single piece of high-level beast meat remained in the cold storage.

Gu Yang carried several small mountains of supplies, bringing Er Gou, whose belly was almost dragging on the ground, and returned to True Disciple Peak in satisfaction.

"Now, I can finally retreat for a while in peace."

Gu Yang looked at the courtyard full of resources, a flash of brilliance in his eyes.

"Five Elements Perfection, Physical Body forms an infant."

"Next, I will open the nine major acupoints on the spine Dragon, completely activate the Physical Body potential, and move towards a Soul Transformation Body Cultivator!"

However, the tree wants to be still, but the wind does not stop.

Just as Gu Yang was in seclusion and cultivation, ignoring affairs outside the window, the Central Divine Continent was stirred up again.

A list called "Hidden Dragon Prodigy Ranking" was suddenly updated.

The top spot was suddenly replaced by a new name.

It was no longer the Saint or Saintess of those major Sects, but a mysterious Body Cultivator never heard of before—Overlord!

He emerged out of nowhere, and within a single month, he challenged the Body Refining Prodigies of the eighteen major Sects of the Central Divine Continent, without a single defeat.

Moreover, every time he defeated someone, he would leave a sentence: "I heard the War God Hall has someone named Gu Yang, whose Physical Body is unparalleled?"

"Tell him to wash his neck and wait."

"I want to step on his head to prove my invincible Overlord Body!"

Soon, a blood-red battle flag was thrown from afar and inserted directly outside the mountain gate of the War God Hall.

The battle flag fluttered, and only one crazy, cursive character was written on it—Fight!