Starting with the Corpse-Eating Worm, he worked his way up to become the Left-Winged Immortal Lord.

Silver notes.

Thirteen thousand six hundred and twenty-three taels.

Five Elements Divine Sand.

Fifty-nine catties and seven taels.

For Gu Qing, who previously had to borrow money to buy even a first-tier Yin artifact, these were undoubtedly two extremely terrifying numbers.

With this Five Elements Divine Sand, he could stay peacefully in the Yin Land of the Back Mountain from now on. As long as he didn't seek a Blessed Spirit Body, he could buy any Yin Artifacts, whether they were first-tier or second-tier, without having to borrow from Li Fu anymore.

From now on, he will no longer need to owe anyone favors because of the Five Elements Divine Sand.

Although Li Fu was happy to lend it, and would even go to great lengths to do so, what he was giving away was Five Elements Divine Sand, while he was incurring a debt of gratitude. Once a debt of gratitude is incurred, repaying it later would be far more than just a few pounds of divine sand.

Especially after Li Fu gave him a pound of Fuling, he already owed a considerable favor and couldn't afford to owe any more.

"And we can also give some to our parents so they can do some business in Changping County temporarily."

Why would Gu Qing say that?

Because of the Tianli Sect, he intended to take his parents out of Changping County.

However, parents who are only at the second or first level of Qi Refining don't even know a single skill, making it difficult for them to establish themselves in the cultivator circle.

However, now that we have money, we can learn a skill.

Coincidentally, Chen Ye's storage bag contained several skills suitable for miscellaneous and unorthodox techniques.

It was probably prepared for his shady and unorthodox followers. After all, there are quite a few shady and unorthodox followers who work for him. How could they be willing to do things without some benefits? And sometimes they do things that can't be seen in the light of day.

For example, Zhongli Daoren.

Isn't he just trying to extract life essence from others for Chen Ye?

"It's perfect timing since things are a bit chaotic outside Changping County right now, so my parents can focus on practicing their talisman skills in Changping County. Chen Ye has a complete first-tier talisman master lineage; spending a few thousand taels of silver shouldn't be a problem for them to get started."

Several thousand taels of silver is an unimaginable sum for those in the miscellaneous and unorthodox schools of martial arts, which is why there are almost no talisman cultivators among them.

Therefore, even though there are no Qi Refining Level 6 cultivators in the Futang Hall of Wufeng Temple, their status in Wufeng Temple is still very high.

"After finding a way out for them, I can finally focus on my cultivation." Gu Qing collected his thoughts and focused his gaze on the numerous account books.

These were all transactions of interest between him and the monks of various halls.

The entire Wufeng Temple had no place where Chen Ye's influence had not reached, including the Dharma Protector Hall, the Utensils Hall, the Talisman Hall, the Blessing Hall, the Medicine Hall, and so on.

There are as many as twenty or thirty people in the miscellaneous and unorthodox schools.

From the blood of the five sacrificial animals to the essence of life and even the flesh of spirits, almost everything was secretly monopolized by Chen Ye, with only Futang and Yaotang being slightly better off.

After all, neither Qi Heng, the manager of Futang, nor Lu Xingzhi, the manager of Yaotang, had taken sides.

"Why is he going through all this trouble? Is it simply for that little bit of power? A cultivator who has reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, and is not yet old, should not have such a wavering will." Gu Qing continued searching.

as predicted.

He actually found the reason.

Chen Ye had a book called "Dan Lu" in his storage bag, which contained a large number of first-, second-, and third-tier pills.

One page in the book was almost worn out from being read so many times.

That page only recorded one type of elixir.

Long-lasting Breakthrough Pill!

Third-tier elixir.

Used for breaking through from the mid-stage of Qi Refining to the late-stage of Qi Refining.

Using this elixir to break through realms has no side effects and can even greatly increase one's foundation, thus increasing the chances of reaching the Qi Refining Perfection stage.

"Unfortunately, it all came to nothing in the end."

Gu Qing sighed inwardly.

Fortunately, he doesn't need to go through all that trouble; the daily evaluation panel can solve 90% of his cultivation resource problems.

Even if you encounter a resource like the Blessed Spirit Body that the daily panel can't solve for the time being, as long as the Corpse-Eating Worms are raised strong enough, you can still find a way to go into the mountains to hunt spirit beasts and raise the Shattered Stag Beetle into a spirit worm.

"By the way, Chen Ye has been planning for so long, how come there's only so little Five Elements Divine Sand?" Gu Qing suddenly realized a huge problem.

After planning for so many years, we shouldn't have so little wealth.

next moment.

Gu Qing's gaze fell on the Yin Horse Floating Pagoda Yin Talisman that had been swallowed by the Corpse-Eating Worms.

Among the books on talismans collected by Chen Ye, there are records of Yin Ma Fu Tu Yin Fu.

Second-order Yin Talisman.

However, it is a Yin talisman that can nurture a powerful talisman treasure.

Once it becomes a talisman treasure, it will possess destructive power surpassing that of ordinary late-stage Qi Refining cultivators, with an upper limit of the top-tier third rank.

That is, the strength is comparable to that of a cultivator who has reached the peak of Qi Refining.

To cultivate it into a talisman treasure, a large amount of life essence and various second-tier Yin evil spiritual herbs are required.

Both are quite valuable.

"Could it be that he used all his energy to raise this thing? If so... why would he go to such lengths to raise this talisman? Shouldn't he prioritize saving up Five Elements Divine Sand to buy Longevity Breakthrough Pills?" Gu Qing was puzzled for a moment.

However, she believes that everything has a reason.

The fact that they went to the trouble of interrupting their plans to nurture this Yin Horse Floating Pagoda Yin Talisman must be for the sake of protecting the Dao.

If it's for the sake of protecting the Way, then something must have threatened him.

Just like how he painstakingly cultivated the Corpse-Eating Worms, wasn't it because of Chen Ye's threat?

"It seems someone has threatened Chen Ye... An enemy? If it's an enemy, wouldn't it be more convenient to just ask the Vice Abbot to take action? The Yin-Nourishing Talisman would take forever to cultivate. But if it's not an enemy, then who is it...?"

Out of curiosity, Gu Qing continued to rummage through Chen Ye's storage bag, and even began to search for answers in Chen Ye's corpse.

however.

No matter what, Gu Qing couldn't find a single clue.

But just as he was about to give up, the Corpse-Eating Worm's senses suddenly detected a strange wisp of yin energy in Chen Ye's spirit body.

The yin energy is very weak.

Resembling sesame seeds.

It lies hidden in Chen Ye's heart.

Upon closer inspection, the tiny wisp of yin energy, no bigger than a sesame seed, was filled with incantations and even contained a faint sense of familiarity.

It was the blood and energy of Vice Abbot Xu of the Heavenly Principle Sect.

But it was only a trace.

very few.

It was most likely planted by someone else.

"Could it be because of the Heavenly Principle Sect?"

Could it be that Chen Ye had actually been in contact with the Heavenly Principle Sect long ago?

"Were they even threatened by the Heavenly Principle Sect long ago?"

A sense of surprise and doubt quickly arose in Gu Qing's mind.

Regardless of the truth, Gu Qing felt that this was the most likely answer; otherwise, there would be no reason to go to the trouble of nurturing the talisman.

"It seems the Heavenly Principle Sect has been quite active during its period of dormancy. Now they've made a comeback, probably because they're absolutely confident they can complete their plan." Thinking of this, Gu Qing's heart skipped a beat. "Looks like I need to start raising the insects quickly."

Again.

You can't just raise carrion worms.

The hollow stag beetle and the forbidden word beetle must also keep up.

With these three elements complementing each other, his strength could reach its peak, instead of only being able to launch sneak attacks as he does now.

If the Heavenly Principles Cult truly threatens his true self, even the most powerful Corpse-Eating Worms' sneak attack capabilities will likely be of little use.

While stealth can save your life, it can only do so temporarily and cannot solve the problem.

Thinking of this, Gu Qing put aside his thoughts, left the item inside the corpse-devouring worm, and then continued to silently cultivate the corpse energy.

……

Early the next morning.

In the ghost market.

Li Huo and his two companions reunited once again.

This time, Li Huosheng and the other two also arrived.

When they learned what Li Lin had done and that the Yin area behind the mountain was under Gu Qing's management, none of the three of them showed any sudden change.

"It's actually related to Gu Qing!"

Li Huo was immediately in a dilemma.

Then he looked at Chen's father and Ning's father beside him.

Just as the two were speechless, a familiar face suddenly pushed open the door and entered.