Chapter 867 Dark Cloud
After returning to Xuan Ancient City, Li Qing finally took a breath, but he didn't really take it lightly.
He personally killed a Feiling Clan, which was definitely a big trouble. If the Feiling Clan found out, there would be a high probability of retaliation.
Whether Xuan Ancient City can withstand it depends on whether the Giant Spirit Clan will come forward to mediate.
Li Qing didn't know that after he left, those Feiling Tribes had all died in the hands of Old Black Bull and Lord Black Ming. This was destined to be a big event that would cause a storm.
"I'm finally back. I'll work harder to improve my strength. I won't waste a moment."
After returning to the cave, Li Qing sat down cross-legged to adjust his breath and practice without saying a word.
He first nursed back his own injuries and completely healed the wounds he suffered during the previous battle with Mo Ying in the shortest possible time.
A few days later, a big event happened in the city.
The Jinfeng Trading Company's caravan returning from the Giant Spirit King City was unexpectedly attacked!
Nearly 70% of the merchant team were separated, and there was a high probability of encountering something unexpected. Only a few people returned to Xuan Ancient City.
When Li Qing learned about this, he couldn't help but feel shocked.
"We were attacked after all. It's just as I expected. I don't know how the Sikong Merchant is doing." Li Qing sighed.
As soon as Li Qing was saying this, Sikong from outside the cave came to visit Li Qing.
"Fellow Daoist Li, someone from Si is here to visit. Can I meet you?"
Outside the cave, Sikong's face looked very pale, and his aura was quite unstable. It was obvious that he was still injured.
Li Qing walked out of the cave immediately and asked with concern: "Fellow Daoist Si, I have heard about everything. Are you okay?"
Sikong laughed miserably and said: "I almost died. If I hadn't had a high-level escape talisman, I probably wouldn't have been able to come back from this trip."
Hearing this, Li Qing showed a look of astonishment. He did not expect that even the Sikong Merchant Lord was so powerful that he almost died. The strength of the attacker was probably quite extraordinary.
You must know that Sikong Merchant is not far away from the Void Refining Stage, and is already in a situation where he can make a breakthrough at any time.
"It's so terrifying. What is the identity of the person who attacked the caravan, and what tribe do they come from?" Li Qing asked.
Sikong shook his head and said: "I only know that it is an existence with strength in the Void Refining Stage. When the attack came, the mysterious existence was wrapped in thick fog, and its identity and race could not be seen at all."
"However, there are not many ethnic groups on the Tonggu Continent who can dispatch strong men in the Void Refining Stage at will."
Apart from the four powerful clans, the only remaining two clans, the fish-men clan and the fur clan, have more than one strong person in the Void Refining Stage.
The attacker could not be identified yet, but Sikong was quite sure that the attacker came for the Xu-Breaking Pill.
"It's a blessing that fellow Taoist Sikong is still alive. The green mountains are left without worrying about having no firewood. In any case, at least one life has been saved."
"It's just that you, fellow Taoist, don't have enough time to recuperate and recover from your injuries. Why did you suddenly come to me?"
Hearing Li Qing's question, Sikong smiled bitterly and said: "After you left the Giant Spirit King's City, Senior Swallowing Sea gave the Jade Bone Pill he took to a younger member of the clan."
"The effectiveness of this elixir even far exceeded Senior Tunhai's estimate. The younger member of his clan was very eager for it and placed an order for two hundred elixirs in one go. He hoped that the subsequent supply of Jade Bone elixirs would give him priority. Eldar.”
"That's why I came here this time. Now that I'm traumatized, I won't be able to contact you about this in the future."
"I will send another person to cooperate with you later. Just give him the refined Jade Bone Pill."
It turned out that he came here for the Jade Bone Pill. Li Qing thought about it and then agreed to it.
"No problem, starting from tomorrow, you can send someone to come once a month, and I will deliver some Jade Bone Pills to him."
Soon, the two discussed the Jade Bone Pill for a while, and finally decided to set the price of the Jade Bone Pill at 3,000 merit points each.
The price is not expensive, but it is by no means cheap. After all, the Brahma Ming Pill that increases the cultivation level of the God Transformation Stage costs 20,000 merits per pill!
"I have almost explained the matter. Next, I have to go back to heal my injuries. After I recover from my injuries, I will consider the matter of advanced cultivation."
The pale-faced Sikong left Li Qing's cave after leaving these words.
For Sikong, who got a Void-Breaking Pill from the auction, the most important thing now is to break through to the Void-Refining Stage.
After hearing this, Li Qing felt awe-inspiring. He cupped his fists and said, "I wish my fellow Taoist success!"
After sending Sikong away, Li Qing returned to the cave.
He thought for a while, then took out the life-killing furnace and the elixir for refining the Jade Bone Pill.
"The elixir currently on hand can be used to refine the Jade Bone Pill ninety-eight times. Even if the refining fails, it can probably be made into ninety furnaces. It is expected that more than four hundred Jade Bone Pills can be obtained."
"If you remove the Jade Bone Pill that you need to take, each one costs 3,000 points. Even if you remove 10% of the money taken by Jinfeng Company, the merit in your hands will almost exceed one million points!"
After Li Qing roughly determined what he might gain in the future, his heart almost skipped a beat.
With the giant spirit clan's wealth, he would definitely not worry about the sales of the Jade Bone Pill.
And more than one million merit points, this is definitely a huge sum of money, which makes Li Qing can't help but think about it.
But after thinking about the item at the top of the merit point redemption list in the Giant Spirit King's City, he smiled bitterly.
More than one million points is indeed a lot and rich, but compared with those sky-high price exchange items, it is still far behind.
In this way, Li Qing began to refine the Jade Bone Pill.
boom!
The spiritual fire rose in the cave, and he refined it with ease. He threw the elixirs into the life-killing furnace, and used the spiritual fire to refine the medicinal essence.
Thirty days passed in the blink of an eye, and Li Qing, who kept repeating the detailed steps in the recipe, finally couldn't bear it anymore.
Alchemy is like this, it is very boring and boring. After you become proficient, it is a test of the soul's will, and there is almost nothing novel about it.
In the past thirty days, Li Qing, who was exhausted both physically and mentally, started refining the Jade Bone Pill twenty-two times. The elixir refining failed several times, and a total of twenty furnaces were made.
"One hundred and nine Jade Bone Pills. As the proficiency level increases, the number of completed pills will also increase. It is almost close to the level of six pills in a furnace. After that, it should be able to stabilize at an average of six pills in a furnace."
As he spoke, Li Qing took out fifty Jade Bone Pills and packed them in five white jade porcelain bottles. These were pills that were to be sold by Jinfeng Company.
The remaining fifty-nine pills, plus some remaining Jade Bone Pills on his body, were enough for him to refine his own Jade Bones.
As for who Jinfeng Company will sell the Jade Bone Pill to, Li Qing doesn't care. It's not his business. He just needs to collect the merits. The people from Jinfeng Company who came to pick up the Jade Bone Pill were very punctual, and almost as soon as it got light, someone came to visit.
Li Qing delivered fifty Jade Bone Pills to the other party as agreed, and this person also gave Li Qing the merit points he had earned on the spot.
This is the reason why Jinfeng Company is so wealthy. It did not wait until the Jade Bone Pill was sold before giving Li Qing merit points. Instead, it paid first-hand money and goods, and was very particular about credibility.
"Fifty Jade Bone Pills, a total of 150,000 merit points. Our Jinfeng Company will take 10% from them, which is 135,000 merit points. Senior, please confirm the amount."
Looking at the extra hundreds of thousands of merit points on his merit card, Li Qing nodded with satisfaction and said: "Yes, that's the right number."
"Then I'll take my leave and wish my senior a lasting immortality!"
After saying that, the people from Jinfeng Company who came to collect the Jade Bone Pill left a pleasant message and left in front of Li Qing's cave.
"After that, you only need to refine ten furnaces every month, and the remaining time will be spent on practice."
After saying that, Li Qing slumped down, exhausted both physically and mentally, and regained his almost exhausted consciousness.
After two days, his exhausted consciousness gradually regained its full strength.
"Let me see how effective this Brahma Pill is. Thirty Brahma Pills should help me enter the middle stage of becoming a god, right?"
Li Qing whispered and stuffed a round elixir the size of a winter date into his mouth.
The Fanming Pill melted in his mouth, and Li Qing swallowed it in one gulp without even waiting for him to chew it.
boom!
In an instant, the powerful medicinal power exploded in Li Qing's body, and the magic power in his Dantian surged and boiled almost immediately.
Feeling the surge of medicinal power in his body, Li Qing immediately activated his own skills without saying a word, activating the four heaven and earth spiritual fires to begin to refine the surging medicinal energy.
Soon, the swollen meridians were slightly relieved, and Li Qing was reluctant to waste any of the medicinal power, so he turned all of it into pure mana and accumulated it into his dantian.
His cultivation, which was originally as slow as a turtle crawling, finally climbed up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
The efficacy of Fan Ming Dan is extremely remarkable, far exceeding Li Qing's usual meditation practice. This is an order of magnitude that is simply incomparable.
At this time, Li Qing's advantage of having five elements of spiritual roots was also reflected. He was extremely efficient in refining the energy of these elixirs. Coupled with the bonus of the heaven and earth spiritual fire, this Brahma Ming can be produced in almost less than a day. The medicinal power of the pill was completely refined by him.
"Huh! It is indeed a treasure elixir in the spiritual world. Its effectiveness is remarkable."
Li Qing clicked his tongue, shocked by the effectiveness of this Fan Ming Pill.
However, he also knew that this should be the benefit brought about by taking it for the first time. In the future, when the amount taken is large, the effectiveness will decrease, and it will not be as obvious as it is today.
But this is enough. In the future, Li Qing will receive a steady stream of income from his achievements. He can also go to the royal city of the Giant Spirit Clan to exchange for the Brahma Ming Pill. There is still plenty of this pill left on the exchange list.
Without wasting time, Li Qing continued to take the second Fanming Pill while he was in good condition.
There was another burst of elixir energy, and Li Qing used the spiritual fire in his body to refine the power of the Fan Ming Dan, absorbing it completely without wasting any of it.
Some people who eat marrow and know the taste couldn't stop. In the next ten days or so, he was almost addicted to the improvement brought by the elixir.
Feeling that your cultivation level is rising at a speed that is visible to the naked eye, this is something that no one can resist, and they can't help but indulge in it.
In this way, out of the thirty Brahma Pills swallowed by Li Qing, only sixteen were left, and he slowly stopped practicing.
"The steps have been taken a bit too far. The improvement I have made in just a few days has even surpassed all the progress I have made since I entered the stage of transformation."
He felt the situation in his body. At this moment, his Dantian was slightly swollen. This was caused by excessive accumulation of mana and failure to adapt. In addition, his Nascent Soul was also slightly inflated and not as refined as before.
"There are still some hidden dangers in blindly eating elixirs as if they are jelly beans. You must allow yourself a certain interval to adapt, otherwise problems will arise in the future."
Li Qing, who had strong willpower, stopped taking the Fanming Pill and took out the Jade Bone Pill.
This is a body-refining elixir that does not help with cultivation, so there will be no problem.
In the end, Li Qing left seven days to start the alchemy furnace. He was already very familiar with the refining of the Jade Bone Pill.
In just seven days, ten furnaces of jade bone pills were made without any failure.
This time he got fifty-six Jade Bone Pills and planned to deliver them to the people of Jinfeng Company.
However, what surprised Li Qing was that the second month had come and the person from Jinfeng Company who came to collect the pills had not yet appeared.
"It's only the second month and you're already late? What's going on?"
With that said, Li Qing walked out of the cave and breathed in the fresh air that he had not seen in a long time.
He waited outside the cave for most of the day, but still couldn't wait for the people from Jinfeng Company to come to collect the pills. Li Qing decided to go and see for himself what was going on.
But before he could get far, the person who had contacted him before finally rushed over belatedly.
The man gasped and said: "Sorry, Senior Li, I'm late!"
Li Qing frowned slightly and said, "What happened? It took so long. I even planned to go to your Chamber of Commerce in person."
"Something did happen. Just some time ago, it was reported that a member of the Feiling Clan died in the Void Refining Stage and several people in the late God Transformation Stage!"
"Originally it had nothing to do with my human race, because a bull demon from Manniu Ridge took over the matter."
"But just a few days ago, a caravan of our Jinfeng Company returning from Manniuling was attacked by the Feiling Tribe."
"I don't know from what source the Feiling Tribe learned that those members of the tribe who died some time ago were actually involved by monks from my human race!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Qing's heart sank and his expression became very solemn.
"So what's the current situation? The Feiling Tribe is going to war with our human race?"
The man from Jinfeng Company sighed: "My Xuan Ancient City is not qualified to start a war with the Feiling Clan. Once a war breaks out, if the Giant Spirit Clan does not adjust, there is only one outcome waiting for our human race, and that is destruction."
Li Qing's hands behind his back trembled slightly, and his heart sank to the bottom.
(End of chapter)