Chapter 380 - 298: Bountiful Harvest

Chapter 380: Chapter 298: Bountiful Harvest

"You’ve all worked so hard. You must be exhausted. Go back and rest for a few days. I’ll personally invite everyone for a proper get-together later."

Zhang Tianwen glanced at Beast Taming Peak, a smile appearing on his face as he cupped his fist and spoke to the others.

Now that they were here, the weight on his heart was finally lifted, and he felt much more at ease.

"Alright, we’ll get together in a few days then."

Shen Xingchen smiled. A hint of exhaustion showed deep in his eyes, but his tone was much more amiable. After spending nearly a month together, their relationship had grown much closer.

After the group bid each other farewell, they went their separate ways. Yu Changsheng was also quite tired, so without further delay, he returned to his residence on Beast Taming Peak.

’Finally back...’

Lying on his bed, Yu Changsheng let out a long sigh. With a thought, he called up the system panel.

[Name: Yu Changsheng]

[Realm: Foundation Establishment Ninth Layer]

[Physique: Spirit Communication Dao Body, Favored by the Heavens, Spirit Beast Affinity]

[Cultivation Technique: Ten Thousand Spirits Technique: Minor Achievement (300,000/500,000), Refining God Technique: Minor Achievement (300,000/5,000,000), Beast Taming Technique: Great Success (380,000/500,000), Three-coin Fire Refining Technique: Great Success (300,000/500,000), Thousand Mountains Technique: Great Success (300,000/500,000)]

[Magic: Fireball Skill: Great Success (180,000/200,000), Shadow Flash: Great Success (200,000/300,000), Wind Travel Skill: Great Success (100,000/200,000), Wood Shield Skill: Minor Achievement (50,000/100,000), Rainwalking Skill: Minor Achievement (50,000/100,000), Thousand Thoughts Slash: Great Success (200,000/500,000), Beast Shadow: Great Success (200,000/500,000), Five Elements Beast Technique: Mastery (100,000/200,000), Rising Sun Dawn Fist: Minor Achievement (50,000/200,000), Divine Light Body-Breaking Celestial Technique: Minor Achievement (60,000/200,000)]

[Skills: Tier One Spirit Plant (800/1,000), Tier Three Alchemy Dao (150,000/500,000)]

[Spirit Pet: Red Purgatory, Golden-Winged Eagle, Colorful Star Deer, Profound Yin Illusion Turtle]

[Remaining Essence Points: 1,500,000]

’A whole year’s worth of accumulation, a full 1,500,000 Essence Points. This should be enough for now.’

Looking at the long string of zeros after the number of Essence Points, Yu Changsheng let out another long sigh, a smile spreading across his face.

’All four of my Spirit Beasts have reached Tier Two Peak. Things will be much simpler from now on. I’ll focus on Cultivation and, when the time is right, break through to the Golden Core realm.’

Yu Changsheng mused to himself. Lost in thought, he took out Yan Ta’s Storage Pouch and began to take stock of his gains.

’A Golden Core Celestial Pride from the Profound Yin Sect... he should be pretty wealthy.’

Muttering to himself, Yu Changsheng swept his Divine Sense over the pouch, easily breaking the Restriction on it. The first thing that met his eyes was a mountain of Spirit Stones. A quick scan told Yu Changsheng there were over a million of them.

’Over a million Spirit Stones. Not bad.’

Yu Changsheng’s smile widened as he continued to look. Besides the Spirit Stones, there wasn’t much else—just two Magical Treasures, a few Cultivation Technique manuals, some Elixirs, and other miscellaneous items.

’Life-Returning Pills? Nice. Good stuff.’

Yu Changsheng’s eyes focused. With a flick of his hand, he summoned a bottle from the pile of Elixirs, uncorked it, and took a sniff before chuckling.

The Life-Returning Pill was a top-tier Tier Three Elixir. Even for the current Yu Changsheng, the failure rate for refining it was terrifyingly high. Coupled with the rarity of its ingredients, the pill’s value was comparable to that of an ordinary Fourth-Grade Elixir.

And its effects were, without a doubt, extraordinary.

As for the other items, Yu Changsheng gave them a cursory look but lost interest after finding nothing out of the ordinary.

’Oh well. The greatest reward from this trip was the Celestial One Divine Water. Everything else is secondary. I should be content.’

Yu Changsheng slowly shook his head, his chest rising and falling as he chuckled. ’Right, there’s also the corpse of the Third-stage Spirit Beast, the Profound Yin Poison Soul Spider, that I need to deal with.’

A Third-stage Spirit Beast was equivalent to a Golden Core cultivator among humans. Such a beast was a treasure from head to toe, its value self-evident.

’Later, I’ll give this thing to Li Minghan and have him handle it. We can split the profits among everyone.’

Yu Changsheng considered it. After some thought, he dismissed the idea of refining the Profound Yin Poison Soul Spider’s corpse. If he converted the corpse into Essence Points, the yield would likely be substantial.

However, the Spirit Beast had been slain by the group together. Shen Xingchen, in particular, had even lost a Lifebound Magical Treasure in the process. Logically and emotionally, the prize didn’t belong to Yu Changsheng alone.

’Combining the value of that Golden Cauldron Yin Iron with the Profound Yin Poison Soul Spider, it should be enough to forge a new Magical Treasure for Shen Xingchen...’

Having made up his mind, Yu Changsheng took a deep breath and settled into his Cultivation.

A day passed. The next day, in the Sect Hall, Lu Ruikai and Zheng Tianheng sat in stern silence. Yu Changsheng, Zhang Tianwen, Li Minghan, and Shen Xingchen stood respectfully to the side.

"Are you saying that during your trip to Huishui Mountain, you were ambushed, and the attackers were from the Dark Stream?"

After a long silence, Lu Ruikai finally spoke. His voice was grave, and a flash of surprise appeared in his eyes as he looked at the four of them.

"Yes, they were indeed from the Dark Stream."

Zhang Tianwen nodded, his voice heavy.

"The Dark Stream... Hmph. What audacity! They even dare to ambush and kill disciples of my Wanxiang Sect. Do they really think they can act so lawlessly just because the Profound Yin Sect has their back?!"

Zheng Tianheng was furious. He slammed a hand on the table, his eyes turning cold.

"These past few years, the Dark Stream has been acting more and more unscrupulously. Very well. It’s time we cleaned them up. A tumor like this must be completely excised. Once they feel the pain, they’ll learn their lesson."

Zhang Tianwen gritted his teeth, exchanged a glance with Yu Changsheng and the others, then slowly stepped forward, cupped his fist, and said in a heavy voice:

"That’s right. Even Junior Brother Wang Dingsheng fell at Huishui Mountain because of them. We ask the Sect Leader to make a decision and completely eradicate this Dark Stream. When the time comes, please allow us to take action and personally avenge Junior Brother Wang."