Born with immortal seed

Chapter 71 Post-War Cleanup
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The giant jade spider with a ghostly face had its two legs severed, green blood splattering everywhere, and it lost its balance and fell off the stone wall.

With its abdomen exposed, Bai Zichen wouldn't give it a chance to turn over. His sword light flashed and pierced straight through its body.

The ghost-faced jade spider swayed twice, then collapsed to the ground with a thud, its legs still twitching unconsciously.

Looking back, it was already a complete mess.

Cai Heng's round shield was ripped open and flew far away, covered in a few drops of poison, and his Taoist robe and skin were ulcerated.

They've now switched to a wooden stick as a magical weapon, fighting and retreating in a sorry state.

Having lost his powerful set of golden swords and magical weapons, Lu Song affixed a speed talisman to himself and struggled to dodge the attacks of the Ghost-faced Jade Spider, occasionally throwing out two basic fire spells to attract the Ghost-faced Jade Spider's attention.

Luo Qi lay on the ground with a hole in his chest, his Taoist robe stained red with blood, his fate unknown.

Only Xun Shuang was still holding on. The spark that floated out of the oil lamp had only grown to the size of a peanut, but when it flickered on the Ghost-faced Jade Spider, it frightened the monster into squeaking and turning away.

However, given Xun Shuang's cultivation level, it was clear that he had reached his limit to activate a high-grade magic weapon for such a long time.

His face was ashen, and blood was streaming from his mouth and nose as he desperately squeezed out every last bit of magic power from his body.

Judging from its current state, it's almost exhausted and its very essence is being damaged.

“Using flying swords continuously consumes mana too quickly… No wonder sword cultivators emphasize taking a life with a single strike. If it becomes a protracted battle, the greatest advantage of flying swords is lost.”

Bai Zichen felt a wave of weakness within his body. Fortunately, the Crimson Canopy Pearl Umbrella, a top-grade magic artifact, did not consume much magic power, as the strings of pearls itself contained considerable spiritual energy.

After a few moments of adjustment, just as the remaining Jade Spider with the Ghost Face leaped up to try and skewer Cai Heng with its legs, the sword flashed, spotted its weakness, and blasted through its abdomen with a single strike.

Compared to the giant Jade Spider with a ghost face, this normal-sized body is much weaker.

If Bai Zichen hadn't been exhausted from a major battle, their direct confrontation would have been over in just a few sword strikes.

The two demonic beasts were killed, and Cai Heng, who had escaped death, collapsed to the ground. Only when she realized the pain in her body did she take out a dagger and grit her teeth to slice off several pieces of rotten flesh.

Seeing that the field was safe, Xun Shuang felt relieved and could no longer hold on. He then fainted.

The spark went out with a whoosh, and the oil lamp crashed to the ground with a thud, flipping twice.

On the contrary, Lu Song was in the best condition. Although he dodged the attacks of the Ghost-faced Jade Spider time and time again, he was mentally exhausted and his Taoist robe was soaked with sweat, but at least he was not physically injured.

He quickly helped Luo Qi up, tore open his Taoist robe, took out a bottle of medicinal powder and poured it vigorously onto the wound on his chest, then wrapped it with cotton cloth twice.

"Senior Brother Cai, do you have any life-saving pills?"

"I have a Rejuvenation Pill. Give it to Junior Brother Luo first."

Cai Heng paused for a moment, then took out a jade bottle from her storage bag and solemnly handed it over.

Lu Song gave Luo Qi a pill the size of a longan from the jade bottle. Luo Qi's breathing quickly stabilized, and the bleeding from the hole that was almost visible inside his body stopped.

The two breathed a sigh of relief; Luo Qi's life had finally been saved.

"Senior Brother Bai, this time our intelligence was wrong, I'm sorry."

After resting for about fifteen minutes, Cai Heng got up, limped over to Bai Zichen, and bowed to apologize.

"If it weren't for Senior Brother Bai's bravery in slaying both Ghost-faced Jade Spiders, this cave would be our burial ground today."

Even now, Cai Heng still feels a lingering fear.

When the second, even larger, ghost-faced jade spider appeared, Cai Heng was utterly devastated, thinking she was about to die.

All the plans were based on a first-tier high-grade Ghost-faced Jade Spider, but suddenly a first-tier peak-level mutant came in, and they couldn't handle it at all.

Let alone whether this Senior Brother Bai has the ability, why would an inner disciple be willing to risk their life for them? With a flying sword in hand, they can leave the battlefield at any time.

Unexpectedly, Bai Zichen possessed astonishing strength, single-handedly slaying the Ghost-Faced Jade Spider at the peak of the first tier, successfully saving everyone's lives.

"The limbs of this mutated ghost-faced jade spider will be handled entirely by Senior Brother Bai."

An ordinary Ghost-faced Jade Spider can earn 160 sect contribution points from the General Affairs Hall with its eight legs; a mutated Ghost-faced Jade Spider is certainly worth even more.

Whether to express her gratitude or to follow the principle that whoever puts in the most effort gets the biggest share, Cai Heng quickly made a decision.

“I said before I left that I would only take the poison sacs and other finds in the cave. The limbs are none of my business. You can take them yourselves.”

Bai Zichen's gaze lingered between the Ghost-Faced Jade Spider and Cai Heng for a moment before he spoke calmly.

The sect's contribution was naturally tempting. Although he couldn't yet be a man of his word, he wouldn't break his promise for something as trivial as a few spider legs.

"Brother Bai is so righteous. I will obey your every command from now on."

Cai Heng was stunned for a long time before she was sure that Bai Zichen was not joking, and then she bowed deeply with all her heart.

After resting for half an hour, everyone except Luo Qi and the others had recovered most of their strength before they began to clean up the battlefield.

Bai Zichen used his ink bamboo sword to cut off all eighteen legs of the two ghost-faced jade spiders, then tied them into several bundles with hemp rope and carried them on Cai Heng and Lu Song's backs.

These limbs are too long to fit in the storage bag.

Xun Shuang took out the two poison sacs, one large and one small, and respectfully handed them to Bai Zichen.

Only these two things are valuable on the Ghost-faced Jade Spider; even if all the other parts were transported back, they wouldn't fetch more than two spirit stones.

"The probability of finding two Jade Spiders in the cave is already extremely low. There's no way there would be enough food for them to survive if there were more... Let's search the area. If we find nothing, we'll return to the sect."

Bai Zichen tossed the poison sac into a separate storage bag, then got up and walked deeper into the cave.

Come to think of it, the Jade Spider with Ghost Face is clearly a solitary monster, so it's quite strange that two of them are here at the same time.

Xun Shuang stayed behind to take care of Luo Qi, while Lu Song and Cai Heng accompanied him to explore the passage.

"I didn't gain much materially this time, but I learned a lot about sword control... I used too much magic power when I used my sword earlier, so there's no need to inject the same amount of magic power into every sword strike. Some moves can achieve the same effect with 70% of your power. If I can understand this, I can at least unleash ten more sword strikes."

Bai Zichen searched the entire cave out of habit, not expecting any unexpected surprises.

"Furthermore, I rely too much on flying swords when facing enemies, and I don't have any real sword techniques to match them... If I encounter an enemy with a tough body like the Ghost Face Jade Spider or with a top-quality protective magic weapon, I won't be able to break through their defenses, and it will be troublesome to deal with them."

Bai Zichen felt that his methods of fighting were too simplistic, but he overlooked the fact that the mutated ghost-faced jade spider was already a peak first-tier demon beast, equivalent to a cultivator at the Great Perfection of Qi Refining.

Even in the trials for true disciples, the first challenge involves dealing with monsters of this level.

The news that a single person could slay a peak-level first-tier demon beast with a sword has already terrified a group of inner disciples.

"Senior Brother Bai, come quickly over here! There's a cultivator's skeleton!"

Lu Song's voice came from the next passageway, both surprised and delighted.

(End of this chapter)