Mortal: I have a gathering technique

On the surface of the green light cluster, a golden-red light curtain flickered, which was the Soul Sealing Technique that Fang Qing had just used.

"Fellow Daoist, please stop! I am a cultivator from Spirit Beast Mountain, one of our own..."

The green orb of light pounded against the Soul-Sealing Light Barrier while loudly begging for mercy.

"laugh--"

Upon hearing the words "one of our own," Fang Qing couldn't help but laugh out loud.

The green light paused, but still didn't give up, adopting a sincere tone:

"Fellow Daoist, I really am a cultivator from Spirit Beast Mountain. If you don't believe me, go and look sixty miles to the east; my storage bag is there..."

In order to survive, the Yuling Sect members racked their brains to reach the Core Formation stage.

First, he lured Fang Qing with a storage bag, and then he recited the unique tips and methods for raising spirit beasts from the Spirit Beast Mountain.

It was as if they wanted to prove their identity in this way.

Fang Qing chuckled inwardly, but remained unmoved on the surface. He quickly swept his left hand across the storage bag, and a small black bottle, about the size of a palm, jumped into his hand.

This bottle was the very magical artifact that Nangong Wan used to contain the soul of the Ink Dragon, and it has a miraculous effect in sealing the primordial spirit and soul.

Fang Qing held the black bottle with his left hand and pointed at the mouth of the bottle with his right hand. The green light ball fell into the bottle without resistance.

Snapped!

Fang Qing casually put the bottle stopper back in and took out a memory bead.

Only then did he calmly speak:

"Tell me about the plan for the demonic invasion."

Upon hearing this, the Core Formation cultivator of the Yuling Sect fell silent, as if a duck had its throat squeezed.

After a long silence, he said cautiously:

"You...you knew all along?"

Seeing that he was still trying to probe relentlessly, Fang Qing didn't say a word and unleashed a Foundation Establishment True Fire at the black bottle.

Golden-red flames swirled around the bottle, then seeped into it like flowing water.

The next moment, a piercing scream came from inside the bottle.

"ah--!"

"I'll talk, I'll talk...!"

Fang Qing remained unmoved until the screams clearly weakened, at which point he extinguished the true fire inside the bottle.

"Ahem... Fellow Daoist has sharp eyes. I am indeed not a cultivator from Spirit Beast Mountain. I come from the Yu Ling Sect of Tianluo Kingdom..."

While flattering Fang Qing, the Core Formation cultivator from the Yuling Sect introduced his background and then began to talk about the plan for the demonic invasion.

According to this group, the six major demonic sects of Tianluo Kingdom plan to seize control of the Cheqi and Jiang clans with lightning speed a year from now.

After completely controlling the two countries, they will use them as a springboard to launch wars against Yuanwu, Yue, and Zijin.

In order to gain Fang Qing's trust, the Core Formation cultivator of the Yuling Sect even revealed information such as the strength and number of cultivators that the six demonic sects were preparing to send.

Having revealed so much, anyone else would probably doubt the truthfulness of these words.

But Fang Qing knew that this person was concealing two crucial pieces of information:

One is his spirit beast, and the other is the undercover agent from Spirit Beast Mountain.

This person didn't mention the spirit beast, probably because he realized Fang Qing was only at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage and wanted to gamble that Fang Qing would be careless and killed by his spirit beast.

If they lose the gamble, they will most likely use the information from Spirit Beast Mountain as their trump card in exchange for a chance to survive.

It must be said, he had a very good plan.

Unfortunately, Fang Qing possessed eyes that could see into the future.

Without revealing his intentions, Fang Qing directly exhaled a mouthful of true fire and injected it into the bottle...

After thoroughly tormenting the Core Formation cultivator of the Spirit Control Sect, he asked indifferently:

"Tell me about the relationship between Spirit Beast Mountain and your Spirit Control Sect, and the purpose of your trip to Spirit Beast Mountain."

Upon hearing this, the Core Formation cultivator of the Yuling Sect was instantly dumbfounded, thinking to himself:

"Does this person already know that Spirit Beast Mountain is our spy?"

His mind raced as he pondered the deeper meaning of Fang Qing's words, when Fang Qing's faint voice echoed in his mind once more.

"Think it through before you speak!"

Yu Lingzong, upon graduating from the Core Formation stage, shuddered. Thinking of the pain of the True Fire burning his primordial spirit, he hesitated for a moment before revealing in its entirety the information that Ling Beast Mountain was an undercover agent and that they were preparing to defect during the battle.

Having obtained the necessary information through interrogation, Fang Qing put away the recording bead.

Next, using the gathering technique, he extracted the memories of the Spirit Control Sect's Core Formation, and with a final burst of true fire, he completely destroyed the person's primordial spirit.

Originally, Fang Qing had also considered taking this person's primordial spirit back and handing it over to his master, Linghu Laoguai.

But after thinking about it carefully, I decided to give up.

Nascent Soul cultivators possess soul-searching abilities. If someone were to search the soul of a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Spirit Control Sect, they would inevitably be able to discern their "prophetic" nature.

This is a flaw!

The photo recorder is different; it can cut and edit records so that people can't tell that it's different.

After dealing with the Core Formation of the Spirit Control Sect, Fang Qing retrieved the Purple Cloud Flag and the Green Radiance Sword, and also put Qu Hun into his storage bag.

Then, following the memories of the Core Formation cultivator from the Yuling Sect, they rushed to the place where his physical body had perished.

It was a remote mountain cave.

Fang Qing knew that the Golden-backed Demon Mantis, a spirit beast of the Yu Ling Sect that had reached the Core Formation stage, was hiding here.

Therefore, he did not enter the cave, but instead secretly set up the Inverted Five Elements Formation in the vicinity.

This formation was something he and Xin Ruyin had jointly created when they were at Xiaozhushan. Its power was about 20% of the original, which was more than enough to deal with a level 4 monster.

After everything was prepared, Fang Qing used the same method he had used to lure the Blood Jade Spider to successfully lead the Golden-backed Demon Mantis into the Inverted Five Elements Formation.

This golden-backed mantis wasn't very big, only about ten feet tall. It had a small head on its thin neck, but its two fist-sized eyes gleamed with a chilling green light.

Its two forelimbs, in particular, resemble two large, cold-looking knives that rub against each other, producing a metallic clanging sound.

When it's waved, afterimages fill the sky.

Seeing this, Fang Qing was too lazy to waste his energy doing it himself and let him go crazy in the Reversed Five Elements Formation.

Two days passed in this way, and when the Golden-backed Demon Mantis was exhausted, he used the Purple Cloud Banner to trap it, and then shot it through its hideous head.

From beginning to end, Fang Qing never considered using the Soul Control Seal to try to subdue it.

the reason is simple.

Firstly, this demon lacks potential; it only ranks seventy-third on the list of rare insects compiled by the Spirit Control Sect.

They really don't have much value in being trained.

Secondly, this demon already has an owner, making it extremely difficult to tame.

After all, the Soul Control Seal can only control life and death, and cannot directly change will like the Soul Servant Seal.

Moreover, Fang Qing had no interest in slowly taming and training them.

With that kind of energy, wouldn't it be better to cultivate gold-eating insects?

Most importantly, the subsequent harvesting techniques proved that Fang Qing's decision was correct.

He was unable to extract any of the innate abilities from the Goldenback Mantis.

It seems that the Golden-backed Mantis's only special skill is its forelimb blades, which are even harder than magical artifacts.

Since he couldn't gather the power, Fang Qing dismembered the Golden-backed Demon Mantis on the spot.

After finishing his work, he went to the cave and retrieved the storage bag of the Nascent Soul Sect's Core Formation cultivator.

Having done all this, he set sail on the Divine Wind Boat and prepared to return to Yellow Maple Valley.

However, just as they flew out of the White Wilderness Forest, three familiar figures suddenly appeared in their field of vision outside the forest.

After hesitating for a moment, Fang Qing finally flew towards the three people.

After everything was prepared, Fang Qing used the same method he had used to lure the Blood Jade Spider to successfully lead the Golden-backed Demon Mantis into the Inverted Five Elements Formation.

This golden-backed mantis wasn't very big, only about ten feet tall. It had a small head on its thin neck, but its two fist-sized eyes gleamed with a chilling green light.

Its two forelimbs, in particular, resemble two large, cold-looking knives that rub against each other, producing a metallic clanging sound.

When it's waved, afterimages fill the sky.

Seeing this, Fang Qing was too lazy to waste his energy doing it himself and let him go crazy in the Reversed Five Elements Formation.

Two days passed in this way, and when the Golden-backed Demon Mantis was exhausted, he used the Purple Cloud Banner to trap it, and then shot it through its hideous head.

From beginning to end, Fang Qing never considered using the Soul Control Seal to try to subdue it.

the reason is simple.

Firstly, this demon lacks potential; it only ranks seventy-third on the list of rare insects compiled by the Spirit Control Sect.

They really don't have much value in being trained.

Secondly, this demon already has an owner, making it extremely difficult to tame.

After all, the Soul Control Seal can only control life and death, and cannot directly change will like the Soul Servant Seal.

Moreover, Fang Qing had no interest in slowly taming and training them.

With that kind of energy, wouldn't it be better to cultivate gold-eating insects?

Most importantly, the subsequent harvesting techniques proved that Fang Qing's decision was correct.

He was unable to extract any of the innate abilities from the Goldenback Mantis.

It seems that the Golden-backed Mantis's only special skill is its forelimb blades, which are even harder than magical artifacts.

Since he couldn't gather the power, Fang Qing dismembered the Golden-backed Demon Mantis on the spot.

After finishing his work, he went to the cave and retrieved the storage bag of the Nascent Soul Sect's Core Formation cultivator.

Having done all this, he set sail on the Divine Wind Boat and prepared to return to Yellow Maple Valley.

However, just as they flew out of the White Wilderness Forest, three familiar figures suddenly appeared in their field of vision outside the forest.

After hesitating for a moment, Fang Qing finally flew towards the three people.