Lingxiao Immortal Clan.

Following that, they also slaughtered all the ordinary powerful members of the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan in the vicinity.

Ah! ! !

"Fellow Daoists, it's all a misunderstanding! Please spare my life..."

A series of screams followed.

The battle soon came to an end.

During this time, although Wu Tu Tianjun's primordial spirit intended to escape in the chaos using the primordial spirit escape technique, Gui Xiao Tianjun and Ling Pengxing and other powerful figures had already taken precautions against this.

Furthermore, the primordial spirit of the Earthly Lord is of extraordinary value.

Therefore, they captured him alive with extreme care.

This matter also made Guixiao Tianjun particularly happy.

'With this item, plus some other sixth-grade special spiritual materials I've gathered in recent years, I estimate that as long as I find a suitable high-level ghost-path alchemist, I should be able to refine one or two low-grade sixth-grade breakthrough spiritual items.'

'In that case, with my current solid foundation, I might actually have a chance to explore the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm.'

"And once this succeeds, my strength will skyrocket, and I'll likely be considered a formidable opponent even among those at the Void Refinement stage. I might even be able to easily resolve the current crisis facing the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan, or join forces with them to annihilate the Earth Spirit Ghost Clan, thereby seizing their foundation."

As Gui Xiaotianjun gazed at the imprisoned primordial spirit of Wututianjun in his hand, his brows were filled with a sharp light.

'Just as expected, the matter was accomplished, and now it's time to divide the spoils.'

Seeing this, Ling Pengxing, whose sword intent soared to the sky and who looked like a ghostly sword immortal, couldn't help but feel a little expectant, since he valued the reward of "refining the void spirit object" promised by Guixiao Tianjun.

'I wonder who will be credited with the greatest merit in this battle, besides the Heavenly Emperor.'

'It's highly likely to be that Fellow Daoist Pengxing, after all, he's incredibly strong and daring. Given the Heavenly Lord's personality, he'll probably nurture him extensively, while we'll probably only get a scrap...'

The other direct subordinates of Guixiao Tianjun were also quite curious about the matter of the first merit, and at the same time, they felt more awe and helplessness towards Ling Pengxing, who had previously displayed great power.

And this moment.

Gui Xiaotianjun subtly noticed the changes in the expressions of his loyal followers, and thus guessed what they were thinking.

In addition, he had already obtained what he wanted, so he made a fortune.

Moreover, if he were to truly reach the mid-stage of the Void Refinement realm in the future, he would need a stronger group of direct descendants to help him. Therefore, he did not intend to break his promise.

He even readily took out the promised Void Refining Spiritual Item and gave it to Ling Pengxing.

“Young Pengxing, you did a good job earlier. Not only did you activate the battle formation with the other direct descendants, but you also used your spare strength to fight the enemy, which helped me a lot. You deserve the first merit, so that Void Refining Spiritual Object is yours.”

"By the way, don't lose your fighting spirit because of this. Perform well in the future. If you can achieve something in the future, I will definitely not treat you unfairly. Even if you fail to break through to the Void Refinement stage in the future, I can still get you some Void Refinement spiritual items to help you break through to the Void Refinement stage."

Gui Xiaotianjun valued Ling Pengyun highly, so he immediately made a promise to him, while also reminding him to continue to serve him well.

In addition, the spiritual item he possessed for refining the Void was called "Ghost and God Treasure Liquid," which could significantly enhance a cultivator's soul strength in a short period of time, indirectly increasing the probability of a cultivator breaking through to the Void Refinement stage by 10-20%.

Most importantly, its effects will not conflict with the Ghost Essence Liquid that Ghost Lord had previously given to Ling Pengxing.

The two can be used together, which can increase the probability of breaking through to the Void Refinement stage by at least 30% to 40%.

'With this item, plus the Ghost Essence Liquid from before, my path to Void Refinement has gained a sliver of hope.'

"Furthermore, judging from how Lord Guixiao divided the battle merits this time, it was actually quite generous. After all, strictly speaking, although I am also one of his direct subordinates and have indeed made great contributions, I have only recently joined him, and in terms of loyalty, I am far inferior to the other direct subordinates under his command."

'Even at the very beginning of the battle to refine to the Void Realm, if I hadn't been confident, I probably would have been the first to run away.'

'Under such circumstances, it's truly remarkable that they're still willing to give me the credit.'

Ling Pengxing's eyes lit up slightly as he gazed at the Ghost God Elixir, and he felt a surge of goodwill towards Ghost Night Heavenly Lord.

This is also where Guixiao Tianjun's courage lies. Otherwise, he would not have been able to recruit such capable guest elders in the short span of a few thousand years since he entered the Void Refinement stage.

Immediately afterwards, Ling Pengxing solemnly assured Gui Xiaotianjun.

"Thank you for your grace, Heavenly Lord. Also, please rest assured, Heavenly Lord, I will do my utmost to help you whenever you need assistance."

"You're not bad, kid."

Gui Xiaotianjun said with a smile.

He then began to reward his remaining direct descendants.

However, because the other direct descendants joined the battle relatively slowly, even though they worked with Ling Pengxing to activate the battle formation and made contributions, Gui Xiaotianjun did not give them much benefit.

He even openly and subtly rebuked them.

This made them blush with embarrassment.

"If you continue like this in the future, don't blame me for turning my back on you."

Gui Xiaotianjun coldly addressed the rest of his direct descendants.

"Hey……"

Upon hearing this, the other direct descendants could only sigh helplessly and repeatedly promised not to repeat the mistake.

At the same time, they felt immense envy towards Ling Pengxing, who had obtained the reward of the Void Refinement Spiritual Object.

After all, they all knew how valuable and rare those kinds of things were.

'If only I could obtain that Void Refinement treasure! Besides, judging from what the Heavenly Lord said to Fellow Daoist Pengxing earlier, he probably already intends to assist him in his breakthrough to Void Refinement. This is practically an opportunity!'

The other direct descendants couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

In addition, there were some cunning members of the inner circle who had secretly considered finding an opportunity to snatch the Void Refining Spiritual Object from Ling Pengxing.

But when they thought of Ling Pengxing's terrifying strength, coupled with Gui Xiaotianjun's high regard for him, their legs went weak and they dared not continue thinking about it.

After everything was settled, the group quickly cleaned up the battlefield and then returned to the fifth-tier top-grade ghost land of the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan that they had attacked earlier, looting the ghost-path spiritual plants planted there, as well as the mountain-protecting formations and other such things.

Immediately afterwards, Gui Xiaotianjun considered that he had previously killed Wu Tutianjun, the only one left to guard the core territory of the Wu Tu Ling Gui clan, and that the Xie Yan Ling Gui clan was also entangled with the other three of their Void Refinement cultivators at the front line. As a result, the defensive strength of the Wu Tu Ling Gui clan's inner territory had also been reduced to an extremely low level.

In addition, the morale of the people present was high.

Therefore, Gui Xiaotianjun intentionally led everyone present to directly attack the Wutu Ghost Valley, the ancestral home of the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan.

After all, that place is the core territory of the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan, with many treasures. It is even rumored that the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan has planted many sixth-order ghost-path spiritual plants there.

Under such circumstances, if the powerful individuals present could break in, they could probably make a fortune.

'That's a good idea.'

Ling Pengxing was extremely interested. The other direct descendants felt the same way.

Therefore, Ling Pengxing and other powerful figures agreed to the matter and directly followed Gui Xiaotianjun to attack the Wutu Ghost Valley.

In addition, the Wutu Ghost Valley is a huge valley with a special sixth-grade low-level earth attribute ghost vein. The ghost energy inside is particularly rich, which is enough to support several Void Refinement cultivators to cultivate at the same time.

Moreover, because it is quite important to the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan, the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan has left many of its Nascent Soul stage experts to guard it.

Even the Heavenly Lord Wutu, who was killed earlier, was originally stationed here, but the incident happened because he was supporting the other ghost lands around him.

Secondly, there is also a sixth-grade low-level protective array here, which was acquired by the ancestors of the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan at great expense in their early years. It is extremely powerful and can even withstand two or three ordinary early-stage Void Refinement cultivators for a short period of time.

Indirectly, this makes the defenses here particularly strong.

However, the raiding squad, composed of powerful figures such as Gui Xiaotianjun and Ling Pengxing, was quite strong. In addition, although the formation was powerful, it also had a weakness: it was extremely vulnerable to spirit objects that could break the formation.

Moreover, powerful figures like Guixiao Tianjun were already prepared.

Therefore, they only spent a few days to break through the Ghost Earth Formation and kill the remaining Nascent Soul cultivators of the Earth Spirit Ghost Clan who were guarding it.

The group of powerful figures then entered the Wutu Ghost Valley.

'The earth-elemental ghost energy here is truly abundant; it's an excellent place for the Earth Spirit Ghost clan, who cultivate the earth-elemental path.'

"It's a pity that none of us are high-level ghost array masters, unable to relocate the ghost veins of this treasure land back to our clan. Moreover, the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan still retains extremely strong combat power on the front lines. Therefore, even with our clan's strength, we cannot directly attempt to occupy this place, otherwise it would surely bring about a huge disaster."

Ling Pengxing felt the rich earth-attribute ghost energy in the Wutu Ghost Valley and couldn't help but sigh.

Immediately afterwards, he and Gui Xiaotianjun began searching for the spiritual objects within the Wutu Guigu Valley.

……

at the same time,

Deep within the Wutu Ghost Valley, at the heart of a high-level Ghost Dao treasure field, grow several special fruit trees with lush branches and leaves, their leaves and bark all a yellowish-brown color.

Some small, unripe yellow goblets still hung on the branches, making them look particularly special.

Moreover, their quality is quite high, with even the worst reaching the fifth-grade top quality, and there is even a sixth-grade low-quality fruit tree among them.

'All of them are earth-attribute Ghost Dao Primordial Ghost Fruit Trees? These are rare treasures. I truly didn't expect the Earth Spirit Ghost Clan to have collected so many. They truly deserve to be a long-established early-stage Void Refinement force.'

Seeing this, Ling Pengxing couldn't help but sigh.

The Hunyuan Ghost Fruit Tree is an earth-attribute ghost-path spiritual plant. Every so often, it can produce a large number of Hunyuan Ghost Fruits, which are of extraordinary benefit to the cultivation of earth-attribute ghost paths. Therefore, its value is quite high.

However, such high-level fruit trees with a single attribute are rare, and therefore, they are especially seldom seen outside the market.

Under such circumstances, it is especially rare that the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan was able to collect so many high-level Hunyuan Ghost Fruit Trees.

In addition, most of the other spiritual plants planted by the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan in this spiritual field are also earth-attribute ghost spiritual plants. After all, these spiritual plants are in line with their cultivation path and are of great benefit to them.

While those kinds of ghost-path spiritual plants are not as valuable as things like the Primordial Ghost Fruit Tree, they are still quite valuable, and there are even common sixth-grade low-level ghost-path spiritual plants such as Earth Element Ghost Grass.

"Although I cultivate the sword path, this kind of thing is somewhat helpful to me. In addition, my family's greatest expertise lies in cultivating spiritual plants. In recent years, according to my cousin Pengyun, Senior Ghost Immortal has even cultivated several spirit ghosts in the family who have mastered the abilities of fifth-tier ghost-path spiritual plants."

'In this way, if we could bring back some of the fifth-tier or even sixth-tier ghost-path spiritual plants from this place to our family, I'm afraid both my family's ghost-path cultivation and mine would benefit greatly.'

Ling Pengxing was filled with many thoughts. He then privately sought out Gui Xiaotianjun and told him about his desire to exchange battle merits for some ghost-path spiritual plants.

During this time, Gui Xiaotianjun considered that Ling Pengxing had made good contributions in attacking the Wutu Guigu, and that the high-level ghost spiritual plants it needed were not particularly numerous. Moreover, he was particularly sensible and did not intend to touch the most valuable Hunyuan Ghost Fruit Tree.

Therefore, Guixiao Tianjun agreed to the matter and even directly gave Ling Pengxing three fifth-grade top-quality Hunyuan Ghost Fruit Trees, plus several sixth-grade low-quality Tuyuan Ghost Grasses, and other ghost-path spiritual plants.

'The quantity of these ghost-path spiritual plants truly exceeds my expectations.'

Ling Pengxing's face showed a rare smile.

In addition, the other direct subordinates of Ghost Night Heavenly Lord also exchanged some Ghost Path spiritual plants to varying degrees.

However, the one who reaped the greatest rewards was Gui Xiaotianjun, who not only obtained a large number of common high-level ghost-path spiritual plants.

He even acquired the most valuable sixth-grade low-level Hunyuan Ghost Fruit Tree.

'Although neither I nor the Evil Eye Ghost Clan are skilled in the cultivation of spiritual plants, and the time it takes for these Ghost Fruit Trees to produce spiritual fruit is extremely long—a time I simply cannot afford to wait—these Ghost Fruit Trees are undeniably valuable. I can use them to exchange for treasures on the market, maximizing my profits quickly.'

Ghost Night Heavenly Lord was secretly overjoyed.

Following that, the group of powerful individuals plundered other treasure troves in the Wutu Ghost Valley, such as the cultivation technique pavilion and the treasure vault.

The benefits of such a treasure land are plentiful. Ling Pengxing even obtained some useful ghost sword techniques and other items from the cultivation technique pavilion of the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan.

Secondly, he also obtained a small piece of sixth-grade low-level "Azure Ghost Iron" from the treasure vault. This spirit is extremely sturdy and is an excellent material for refining ghost-path flying swords.

The only drawback is the limited quantity; at most, only one-third of the amount needed to refine a low-grade sixth-order flying sword.

Even so, he was extremely content.

'If I were to refine this into my Ghost Immortal Flying Sword, I estimate that the sword's foundation could directly reach the peak of the fifth-tier top-grade level. At that time, my swordsmanship skills would likely become significantly stronger.'

Ling Pengxing was secretly delighted.

In addition, considering that his cousin Ling Pengyun, who had been so kind to him, had recently been craving precious iron of the five elements, he specially used his numerous battle merits to obtain a number of five-element ghost-path precious irons of the highest grade, the fifth rank, from the treasure vault of the Wutu Spirit Ghost Clan.

It is also worth mentioning that although those precious irons are ghost irons, based on Ling Pengxing's understanding of Ling Pengyun's weapon-refining methods, as long as those ghost irons are handed over to Ling Pengyun, it will probably not be long before Ling Pengyun can use them to refine them into righteous precious irons.

Hopefully these things will be helpful to him.

Ling Pengxing gazed at the ghost iron with its five elements attributes, secretly hoping to repay Ling Pengyun.

In fact, if he hadn't known that Ling Pengyun had already received support from the Ice Profound lineage of the Frost Immortal Sect in the Qingxia Realm and wouldn't have any shortage of Void Refining materials, he would have genuinely wanted to give him the two Ghost Dao Void Refining materials he had just acquired.

Afterwards, Ling Pengxing and other powerful figures, including Gui Xiaotianjun, gathered some more spoils and left the place in high spirits.

Immediately afterwards, they breached several high-level treasure lands of the Earth Spirit Ghost Clan and killed a large number of the clan's remaining powerful members. Only after learning that the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan was about to be unable to hold off the Earth Spirit Ghost Clan's army at the front line did they give up and quietly return to the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan.

Afterwards, when the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan learned of their gains from this trip, they were overjoyed. In fact, the Evil Eye Spirit Ghost Clan even gave Ling Pengxing and the other powerful attackers a large amount of extra rewards.

This also caused the net worth of powerful figures like Ling Pengxing to skyrocket.

'This trip has been incredibly profitable! And judging from what I've gained, I estimate I won't lack the cultivation resources I need to reach the peak of the Nascent Soul stage.'

'And next, all I need to do is meditate and try to acquire more spiritual items for refining the Void.'

Ling Pengxing secretly planned for the future.

He then found a secluded spot on the front lines and began to meditate. (End of Chapter)