To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Half a day later, the battle came to a complete end.

The three demon kings of the desolate mountain escaped successfully after being injured.

The three Nascent Soul cultivators wanted to keep him, but their cultivation levels were too high to overwhelm him, and the Demon King seemed determined to die with them, so they had no choice but to let him go.

To capture the Blood Dragon King and the others, at least one of the three Nascent Soul cultivators from the three sects would have to die, and the other two would inevitably be seriously injured.

At that time, the State of Wei will be at a disadvantage when facing the States of Yan and Wu, as a single move could have far-reaching consequences.

Fortunately, this battle was only to suppress the arrogance of the Wilderness Mountain and reduce the pressure on the Spirit Transformation Sect.

Now we can say that we have successfully achieved our goal.

After the battle, the victorious cultivators collected the remains of their fellow disciples.

Seeing familiar faces turn to dust, a wave of sadness washed over everyone.

Gu Fan stood in the crowd, looking at the battlefield stained with blood, his gaze calm and silent.

"This is nothing serious, you'll get used to it."

Chang Yuan's injuries had healed, and after swallowing the fox tail, he seemed to have taken a miraculous medicine.

"A small matter?" Gu Fan muttered softly.

In this battle, countless demonic beasts perished. Including the one that Gu Fan killed, seven third-tier demonic beasts were killed or wounded.

As a price... hundreds of disciples from the three sects were killed or wounded, with the Spirit Transformation Sect suffering the most casualties, including a Golden Core elder.

In addition, the Hundred Refinements Sect also had a Golden Core cultivator who was injured by a demon beast's counterattack before its death and passed away not long after the battle.

"Of course, that's a small-scale operation," Chang Yuan continued hoarsely. "Wars in the outside world can easily lead to the slaughter of entire sects and even the destruction of entire realms."

"Golden Core cultivators aren't even qualified to go to the battlefield, and countless Nascent Soul cultivators will die or be injured."

Gu Fan recalled the events of Qionghua Realm and nodded.

Compared to the ancient wars, the battle before us is indeed a small-scale affair.

After cleaning up the battlefield, everyone returned to their respective sects.

Gu Fan did not return to Falling Phoenix Valley, but instead went to the Spirit Transformation Sect to retrieve Song Lian and the others who had been taken into the Void Bag.

Guo Fenglin had already returned safely to Wanshou Mountain. Upon hearing that Gu Fan had gone to the battlefield, he was so shocked that he was speechless.

After a long silence, Guo Fenglin exclaimed, "Fellow Daoist, you truly are someone to be admired."

Looking back, at the Three Sects Dharma Assembly, Gu Fan was just a Qi Refining disciple, but now he stands shoulder to shoulder with him, and who knows when his cultivation will catch up with him.

Gu Fan smiled modestly and said nothing more.

After picking up Song Lian and the others, the group sailed back to Luofeng Valley in their magic boat.

Only then did all the captured disciples feel relieved.

Qi Zongyuan sent people to comfort the captured disciples, explaining that the sect would issue a reward to help them recover from their injuries.

The disciples were immediately filled with gratitude.

Song Lian followed Gu Fan to a quiet palace with the words "Li Huo Palace" written on the plaque.

This is the residence that Gu Fan built for himself.

Song Lian looked around, and after Gu Fan sat down, she bowed and said, "This disciple thought I would never see Master again in this life, but I never expected Master to take such a risk for this disciple, truly..."

Song Lian choked up halfway through her speech.

Gu Fan chuckled twice and waved his hand to comfort him, "Why bother? Now that we know you're still alive, how can we not save you?"

After speaking, Gu Fan inquired about Song Lian's experiences and then bestowed upon her several bottles of Qi-nourishing pills, instructing her to find a quiet room in the Li Huo Palace to heal her injuries.

After Song Lian left, Gu Fan stroked his chin and began to ponder.

According to Song Lian, she was attacked by the black snake that day and thought she was going to die, but unexpectedly she was only imprisoned.

Although the demonic beasts do not torture the captured cultivators, they will extract their essence and blood every few days.

In order to make them produce more essence blood, the demon beasts would even force them to take pills and overdraw their magic power to replenish their essence blood.

Gu Fan looked at Chang Yuan's wrist and asked, "Senior, what's so special about the secret technique you passed on to the Blood Flood Dragon King?"

"What's special about it?" Chang Yuan was silent for a moment before replying, "The Blood God Child Secret Technique is a cultivation method of a demonic cultivator that I once devoured. If there's anything special about it, it's that this technique is closely related to blood essence."

"With abundant essence and blood, even severe injuries can be quickly recovered. Remember our domain name: [domain name omitted], you can read the exciting content anytime. As long as the Blood God Child retains a trace of his essence, he will not truly die."

"Oh, right," Chang Yuan suddenly reminded him, "The Blood God Child Secret Technique is also combined with a Demonic Cave Technique."

"The method of the Demon Cave?" Gu Fan asked in surprise.

Chang Yuan nodded. "The method of the Demon Cave involves using a large amount of blood essence to forge a demon cultivator. Once completed, it acts like a spiritual vein, absorbing spiritual energy to grow stronger. This is extremely important for cultivators who practice the Blood God Child Secret Technique."

At this point, Chang Yuan's tone revealed a sense of nostalgia.

"The demonic cave built by that demonic cultivator back then was full of blood energy. I drank it with the Devouring Heaven Secret Technique, which was a rare pleasure in my life."

Gu Fan said angrily, "The method of building the demon's lair is so important, and you just taught it to him so easily?"

Chang Yuan retorted angrily, "It built the demon's lair, but after I escaped the Luofu Immortal Sect, won't it eventually fall into my hands anyway? I'm just taking precautions!"

"If it weren't for someone like you, I might have already left this realm!"

"This..." Gu Fan shook his head and ignored Chang Yuan.

If Chang Yuan were to succeed, the entire Qionghua Realm would likely be plunged into bloodshed.

After learning about the Blood God Child's secret technique, Gu Fan guessed that the Blood Dragon King was probably collecting essence blood to build a demon cave.

However, during this infiltration into the desolate mountains, the location of the demon's lair was not found, suggesting that the cultivation process has not yet been completed.

"That's true. It would take countless years for the blood essence of a group of Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment cultivators to form a demonic lair."

As for the future, with the precedent of the captured disciples, the disciples of each sect are now extremely wary of demonic beasts, and they would rather die than be used as blood bags by demonic beasts.

That feeling was truly worse than death.

Afterwards, Gu Fan put the matter aside and began to take stock of what he had gained from the trip.

His greatest gains were naturally the two demon cores, one from the scorpion-tailed lion and the other from the black tiger demon beast he had killed on the battlefield.

Because the demonic beasts retreated shortly after his return, he was unable to obtain any new demonic cores.

In addition, Qi Zongyuan promised to reward Gu Fan for risking his life to infiltrate the desolate mountains.

Gu Fan had already decided what he wanted and listed a batch of refining materials.

The Guiyuan Furnace, as a natal magic weapon, is good at attacking but lacks defense.

The magical artifacts that Gu Fan used before, such as the Dragon Binding Rope, were no longer usable after he formed his core.

He had used up a lot of merit points to reforge the Guiyuan Furnace, and he didn't have enough merit points to forge another magic weapon. Now he had just enough.

With the two demon cores in hand, the essence needed for the early stage of the Golden Core realm is fully prepared, and there may even be some to spare.

Now, all Gu Fan needs is a quiet environment for meditation.

......

Wild mountains, a blood-red palace.

Blood Dragon King leaned back on his throne with a gloomy expression. Apart from him, only Hu Yueyao was in the palace. Heavenly Eagle King had been responsible for covering the retreat and had taken a blow from half of the old monsters before going to recuperate.

Hu Yueyao gritted her teeth and recounted what had happened in Black Wind Valley.

At that moment, her heart felt as if it were bleeding.

That fox tail was no ordinary thing; it would take a hundred years to repair it.

Even before her fox tail was repaired, her cultivation level could not increase, which meant she was stuck in place.

"That useless Xuan She!"

Hu Yueyao even hated the Xuan Snake, and the moment she returned, she took control of it.

For no other reason than to vent the anger of the Blood Dragon King.

She knew how important the cultivators in Black Wind Valley were to the Blood Flood Dragon King; otherwise, she wouldn't have risked creating a clone to specifically guard Black Wind Valley.

"Alright, it's done now, there's no use blaming others."

The Blood Dragon King seemed to have made up his mind, and the gloom on his face suddenly dissipated.

Hu Yueyao asked anxiously, "Without these cultivators, what will happen to Big Brother's plan?"

The Blood Flood Dragon King shook his head and sighed, "These cultivators are gone, so naturally we must find ways to replace them, but the candidates..."

Hu Yueyao was about to express her opinion, saying that she would definitely take action to capture some cultivators.

Then the Blood Dragon King said quietly, "I'll just have to make do with Third Sister."

Hu Yueyao was startled and saw a streak of blood rushing towards her.