Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

After all, they were disciples and grand-disciples of the Ice Soul lineage's Void Refining Realm Ice Soul Old Heavenly Lord, and given their decent cultivation levels, they could be considered upper-middle-level figures within the Ice Soul lineage.

Indirectly, their family wealth was greater than that of ordinary cultivators.

They each possessed at least several hundred fifth-tier spirit crystals, as well as numerous rare spiritual materials and a large quantity of high-level cultivation pills.

However, the most valuable items among those possessions were their fifth-grade superior natal spirit treasures.

Those kinds of spiritual treasures have a strong foundation and are worth far more than ordinary spiritual treasures of the same level. Each one is worth thousands of spiritual crystals.

Upon closer examination, the two brothers each possessed assets worth at least tens of thousands of spirit crystals, making them quite wealthy, even comparable to the assets of an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator at the peak of their cultivation.

After all, a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator in the Qingxia Realm is considered quite well-off if they have a few thousand spirit crystals in their possession.

Moreover, although the two brothers' natal spiritual treasures are quite special, they can only be perfectly used by descendants with their bloodline or cultivators who have inherited the same cultivation techniques as them.

Ordinary people simply cannot utilize their effects.

However, Ling Pengyun was, after all, a fifth-tier top-grade weapon refiner.

Therefore, he was fully confident that he could turn it into his own.

However, those kinds of spiritual treasures were only so-so for Ling Pengyun, so he didn't really care for them.

Fortunately, those magical treasures all possessed the attributes of ice and illusion, belonging to the category of magical artifacts based on the five elements.

Ling Pengyun then planned to refine all of them into his own natal spiritual treasures, such as the Black Dragon Armor or the Five Elements Magic Beads, to temper their inherent strength.

In addition, because the old Daoist Po Huan had entrusted all his belongings to the brothers Po Ping Daoist in advance.

Therefore, his wealth was not destroyed in the previous self-destruction, but was preserved.

However, the old Daoist Po Huan had been cultivating for longer than both of them, and he was also their master and the personal disciple of the old Heavenly Lord Bing Po.

Indirectly, this made them even wealthier.

In fact, it possesses thousands of fifth-tier spirit crystals alone, and also several extremely rare and excellent fifth-tier cultivation-grade and fifth-tier superior frost spirit fruits.

Moreover, the Ice Soul Tier 5 top-grade flying boat that he obtained from the Ice Soul lineage in his early years, as well as the three Tier 5 top-grade natal spirit treasures he jointly crafted with the Ice Soul lineage, namely the "Soul Illusion Treasure Realm", "Soul Illusion Flying Needle", and "Soul Illusion Magic Shield", are of even higher value.

The value of those four spiritual treasures was nearly ten thousand spirit stones each.

If they were all sold, they could even gather enough spirit stones to buy a decent Void Refinement item, increasing the probability of breaking through to Void Refinement by about 30%.

As for why he didn't do it before, it's simple: a 30% probability was too low for him.

Although his aptitude was good, he was still somewhat weak when facing the Void Refinement stage. He was unable to deeply condense his Divine Transformation spiritual power, Divine Transformation consciousness, Divine Soul and other origins, and to condense a Void Refinement foundation in advance.

Indirectly, relying solely on a spiritual artifact for refining the void is insufficient to support a successful breakthrough.

Furthermore, that Ice Soul Flying Boat was, after all, a gift from the Ice Soul lineage.

Even his three natal spirit treasures were crafted using high-level natal spirit treasures left behind by his predecessors who cultivated the "Soul Illusion Treasure Scripture" through the Ice Soul lineage, as well as spiritual materials provided by the Ice Soul lineage and his own personal belongings.

Upon closer examination, those items were not his exclusive possessions.

According to his agreement with the Ice Soul lineage, if he were to pass away one day, the Ice Soul lineage would reclaim those spiritual objects and transform them into a foundation to benefit future disciples.

Therefore, he has no right to sell those spiritual treasures, and if he breaks the agreement, he may be burdened with huge debts, or even be punished by the Ice Soul lineage.

Of course, he had no objection to this matter, since he could hardly refine so many powerful treasures on his own.

It is also worth mentioning that although his Ice Soul Flying Boat was not his natal item, but just an ordinary spiritual treasure, its speed was indeed fast, making it an excellent treasure for traveling.

Moreover, if the milk were refined into Ling Pengyun's natal fifth-grade superior Lingxiao Flying Boat, the Lingxiao Flying Boat would have a good chance of reaching the fifth-grade supreme level, and its speed would probably be even faster.

It's even possible that its speed is even faster than the Ice Soul Flying Boat, after all, it is Ling Pengyun's natal spiritual treasure.

The Soul Illusion Shield and the other two items were indeed special and incredibly powerful, truly rare and exceptional items.

However, Ling Pengyun only intended to keep the Soul Illusion Treasure Realm and the Soul Illusion Flying Needle.

Although the two objects had not posed a significant threat to him previously.

But this is mainly because his methods are special; he is not only skilled in physical strength, but also protected by the Primordial Scripture.

If an ordinary person were to encounter them, they would likely be poisoned.

Moreover, Ling Pengyun was not skilled at crafting such special magical artifacts, and he had never possessed any such spiritual treasures.

With their help in the future, his shortcomings in spiritual treasures can be made up for.

His spiritual treasures can also make him even stronger.

As for the Soul Illusion Shield, although it is strong, his natal defensive spiritual treasure, the Black Dragon Armor, is not bad either.

Moreover, his spiritual sense is limited, making it difficult for him to control too many spiritual treasures at the same time.

Furthermore, the Soul Illusion Shield's attributes are ice and illusion, similar to the water-attribute Black Dragon Armor.

Therefore, Ling Pengyun planned to find time in the future to directly refine it into the Black Dragon Armor, using it as nourishment to help the Black Dragon Armor advance further.

'Upon careful calculation, if we add the wealth of those other two late-stage Nascent Soul villains, I've made a fortune this time. My assets have skyrocketed, and I estimate they're several times stronger than those of an ordinary peak Nascent Soul cultivator.'

'The only pity is that I didn't possess a sixth-tier soul-binding artifact, which meant I couldn't stop its primordial spirit from self-destructing, and it dissipated.'

'Otherwise, if we could preserve its primordial spirit, with its inherent potential, we could completely refine some top-grade fifth-tier breakthrough spiritual artifacts.'

Ling Pengyun looked at the belongings left behind by the old Daoist Po Huan with some regret.

The effects of a fifth-grade top-quality spiritual item for breaking through realms are extremely powerful, and it can even increase the probability of a cultivator in the late stage of the Nascent Soul realm breaking through to the Perfect Nascent Soul realm by nearly 20% to 30%.

It can even increase the probability of a cultivator breaking through to the Void Refinement realm by about 50%, making it a true treasure for breaking through realms.

Moreover, such spiritual objects are extremely rare. Even with the support of the Bingxuan lineage and powerful families like Ling Pengyun's, it would be difficult for him to obtain them for the time being.

In addition, he has a great pursuit of the Dao path, and his current cultivation level is getting closer and closer to the Void Refinement stage. Moreover, his physical cultivation has been stuck at the peak of the late Nascent Soul stage, so he is extremely eager for such things.

It was for this reason that he secretly decided that he must obtain some sixth-order soul-binding spiritual objects in the future.

Otherwise, if they encountered the same situation as before, where the old Daoist Po Huan self-destructed his primordial spirit, they would probably have to watch helplessly as they missed out on the treasure again. Afterwards, Ling Pengyun used the Primordial Scripture's ability to repel special restrictions to briefly examine whether there were any restrictions left among the valuables left behind by the old Daoist Po Huan and the others.

If there is one, then use the powerful ability of the Primordial Scripture to eliminate it; if not, then simply put it away.

After everything was settled, Ling Pengyun erased all traces of the previous battle and the lingering aura of combat before using the Netherworld Blade to escape into the void and quickly leave the place to avoid any unforeseen complications.

He even traversed countless miles until his spiritual energy was completely exhausted, before finally turning to his natal flying boat, the Lingxiao Flying Boat, which consumed less spiritual energy, to fly.

Immediately afterwards, he sat cross-legged on the Lingxiao Flying Boat and used some special spiritual objects to restore his spiritual power and the essence and blood that had been burned by the Lingxiao Ascension Technique.

Furthermore, the Po Huan Old Daoist and others he killed this time were suspected to be from the old-established Refining Void lineage of the Frost Immortal Sect, the Ice Soul lineage, and were probably high-ranking members of that lineage.

With this incident, he will likely face retaliation and hostility from the Ice Soul lineage in the future.

Furthermore, it's highly likely that his killing of Po Huan Lao Dao Jun and others cannot be kept secret.

Therefore, Ling Pengyun immediately used communication methods to inform the Ice Marrow Elder, the Great Elder of the Ice Profound lineage, about this matter, wanting to see his thoughts.

If he is unwilling to use the power of the Ice Profound lineage to help counterbalance the Ice Soul lineage, then he will simply disappear into anonymity and run away.

In any case, he erased all the special restrictions left in the spiritual objects of the old Daoist Po Huan and others.

Moreover, because he has the Primordial Scripture guarding his soul, even though he signed that special primordial soul contract with the Ice Profound lineage in his early years, it does not impose any restrictions on him.

He could even dissolve the primordial soul contract in an instant if he so desired.

Therefore, he was not afraid that the Ice Profound lineage and the Ice Soul lineage would be able to find him in the future.

The only problem might be that after leaving the Ice Profound lineage, it will be difficult to obtain high-level spiritual items, or even Void Refinement spiritual items, to break through to the Void Refinement realm.

Furthermore, returning to the Celestial River Realm is not easy.

Secondly, if the Bingxuan lineage is willing to help maintain balance, he plans to proceed as before.

'I just don't know what choice the Ice Profound lineage will make.'

Ling Pengyun sat cross-legged on the Lingxiao Flying Boat, gazing at the special communication treasure in front of him, secretly awaiting Elder Bing Sui's reply.

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at the same time
Countless miles away, in the Frost Immortal Sect's stronghold, deep within the Frost Forest, in the Frost Profound lineage's Frost Profound Mountain Range.

Within a certain high-level spiritual land.

Elder Bing Sui, who was refining pills here, immediately learned through communication that Ling Pengyun had been pursued by powerful members of the Bing Po lineage during his trip, and had even managed to kill them with the help of some spiritual objects.

'As expected, the Ice Soul lineage is still up to its old tricks, intent on targeting promising talents of my Ice Profound lineage and hindering its development.'

'Moreover, Guest Master Ling was fortunate enough to survive this calamity; otherwise, my sins would have been far greater.'

When the Ice Marrow Daoist learned of those news, he was immediately shocked and felt a sense of lingering fear.

Recently, he has been using various channels to closely monitor the movements of cultivators under the main lineage, such as the Ice Soul lineage, within the sect and in other important locations.

However, since the three old Daoist masters and disciples who had previously caused trouble had been stationed in a large market town for many years, and the owner of that market town was from the Ice Soul lineage, their position in that market town was deeply rooted.

In addition, they possess some special techniques for refining the void.

Therefore, the Ice Marrow Daoist had not been able to detect the movements of the three Soul Illusion Daoists in time.

"Furthermore, according to Ling Keqing's description of the enemies who ambushed him, the three villains who ambushed him should be that old codger Po Huan, and his two disciples, Po Ping and Po An."

'I never expected that Guest Elder Ling would actually kill them all.'

'If this is true, then I'm afraid... Elder Ling's skills in killing are truly extraordinary.'

The Ice Marrow Elder gazed at the information in the communication treasure in his hand, his brows furrowed with surprise and astonishment, but also with a hint of doubt.

As the temporary head steward of the Ice Profound lineage, he often dealt with the Ice Soul lineage and had a good understanding of its cultivators.

He quickly guessed the identities of the villains, including the old Daoist Po Huan, who had attacked Ling Pengyun.

Furthermore, as far as he knew, the three members of the Po Huan Daoist Master's group were extremely powerful.

Even if he were to encounter the three old Daoist Po Huan, he would probably only be able to run away, and it would be good enough if he could even save his life. He would have no chance of killing them at all.

Under such circumstances, it is rather strange that Ling Pengyun, a cultivator who has just entered the Nascent Soul stage, was able to kill him.

Even the Ice Marrow Elder couldn't help but doubt that the matter was true.

However, while he was communicating with Ling Pengyun, he also saw the spiritual treasures and other personal spiritual items left behind by Po Huan Lao Dao Jun and others through the communication treasure realm.

Furthermore, Ling Pengyun even made a heavenly oath to ensure that this matter was true.

For this reason, the old Daoist Bing Sui was truly puzzled, wondering how Ling Pengyun had managed to do it.

Moreover, he really didn't expect that he had only intended to take advantage of Ling Pengyun's trip to see how he performed, but he never expected that Ling Pengyun would do such a big thing.

Furthermore, the identities of the three disciples of the old Daoist Po Huan, whom Ling Pengyun killed this time, were extraordinary, and the matter was even related to the conflict between two factions, making it quite complicated.

The Ice Marrow Elder found it difficult to handle, and after thinking for a while, he immediately informed the newly promoted Refining Void Ice Profound Heavenly Venerable, who had been in seclusion at Ice Profound Mountain, one of the four important mountains of the Ice Profound lineage.

"How could a mere cultivator who had only recently reached the peak of the Nascent Soul stage kill the renowned Po Huan and his two disciples?"

"This matter is indeed worth investigating, but remember, afterward, do not ask too many questions about it, lest it cause resentment and even create a rift between us and the Bingxuan lineage."

"Furthermore, Master, send a message to Elder Ling Pengyun, saying that if what he said is true, our Bingxuan lineage will spare no expense to protect him, and will also closely monitor the movements of the Bingpo lineage's experts."

"After all, the achievements he described this time are truly extraordinary. If everything is true, I'm afraid his talent far exceeds our imagination, and he may even be comparable to me back then. In addition, he has mastered some skills, so he can be considered a top-notch talent for refining the Void."

"By the way, over the years, the Ice Soul lineage has targeted quite a few of our promising talents. This time, Elder Ling killed three of their late-stage Nascent Soul cultivators and a perfect Nascent Soul cultivator, which can be considered as avenging for our Ice Profound lineage and also boosting our prestige. It can be considered a great achievement."

"You should also inform him that our Xuan lineage can reward him with 10,000 Paths Fifth Rank Contribution Points as a commendation."

Upon hearing this, Ice Profound Heavenly Lord's usually icy face showed a mixture of surprise and astonishment, and he even developed a greater interest in Ling Pengyun, that seemingly insignificant guest elder. (End of Chapter)