Chapter 163 - 163 161 Making a Fortune
Chapter 163: Chapter 161: Making a Fortune Chapter 163: Chapter 161: Making a Fortune Li Miao Zhen’s heart was seized with horror.
Although the amount of fragrance released by Wen Qing’er’s Confusing God Flower was minimal, and she had a strong Divine Soul, so she wasn’t truly beguiled, she keenly felt the invisible and traceless Power of Confusion.
She was certain that this Confusing God Flower hadn’t dared to advance in rank because it was suppressed by the Cave Heaven Principle, so it should still be in its growing period—it was just scared of punishment from the principle and did not dare to grow any further.
But even so, she found it somewhat difficult to deal with.
The most bothersome thing about the fragrance of the Confusing God Flower was that it was silent and untraceable, making one unconsciously fall into it beyond redemption.
If after being affected, one received some suggestions or guidance, then the effect would become even more formidable.
Just like when Qin Feng and the others first encountered the Confusing God Flower, the Flower Spirit had infused its spiritual power into the fragrance, secretly inducing the cultivators and Demon Beasts lured by the scent to slaughter each other, effortlessly killing many Foundation Establishment Cultivators.
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And now that Wen Qing’er had refined the Flower Spirit, she could control this ability through it.
Unless a cultivator’s Divine Soul Realm was higher than the level of the Confusing God Flower, or they had an exceptionally keen perception to detect danger and promptly hold their breath, expelling the fragrance already permeating their Sea of Consciousness, once affected, they would be bewildered and fall under the control of the Confusing God Flower.
Looking at the young girl before her, Li Miao Zhen saw her still wearing a clueless expression and couldn’t help but reach out to rub her head: “After you go back, cultivate well and enter the Inner Sect as soon as possible, there will be benefits for you then.”
This gesture was very comforting to Wen Qing’er, who admired her greatly; like a kitten being petted by its owner, her beautiful, large eyes bent into crescent shapes: “Yes, Senior Sister, I will definitely cultivate diligently.”
“Good.”
Li Miao Zhen turned to the others and said, “Remember, you must never disclose Junior Sister Wen’s refinement of the Confusing God Flower Spirit; it would bring her fatal disaster.
The reputation of the Confusing God Flower is not a good one.
During the Ancient Great Tribulation, it incited infighting within several Great Forces.
Once it’s known that Junior Sister Wen possesses the Confusing God Flower, other Sects might not wish to offend the Beast Taming Sect and would spare her, but Taiyi Mountain and the Giant Spirit Sect will certainly view her as a thorn in their side and will stop at nothing to kill her.
Otherwise, once she grows stronger, it poses too great a threat to ordinary disciples, and could even stir up divisions between Taiyi Mountain and the Giant Spirit Sect without leaving any trace, causing their alliance to disintegrate.”
Qin Feng and the others hastily assured: “Don’t worry, Senior Sister, the matter concerns Junior Sister Wen’s life, we dare not recklessly spread the word.”
Wen Qing’er was somewhat worried: “Doesn’t that mean I won’t be able to leave the Sect anymore?”
“Not necessarily.”
Li Miao Zhen smiled and said, “As long as you don’t use the Confusing God Flower’s power to bewitch spirits, it won’t be easily exposed.
After all, there are not many in the Cultivation World who have seen the true form of the Confusing God Flower, and those who truly recognize it without exception are Great Powers who have survived from the Ancient Great Tribulation.
As long as you don’t recklessly confuse others, even if those seniors recognize the Confusing God Flower, they won’t make things difficult for you.
Besides the Power of Confusion, the Flower Spirit surely has other spells; use those as your means to fight against enemies normally!”
“Oh, that’s good.”
The young girl quickly regained her cheerful demeanor, her thoughts being pure, and didn’t consider much else.
Besides the Power of Confusion, the Confusing God Flower Spirit also possessed the Wood Escape Divine Power, along with several other Wood Element Magic spells that were not considered Divine Skills, all of which were also quite powerful.
Moreover, the strength of the actual Confusing God Flower Vines was much more formidable than that of the Flower Spirit, enough to protect her.
“Alright, let’s go.
I’ll take you to find some treasures,” Li Miao Zhen said.
“Though this Secret Realm has been explored for thousands of years by many, there are still some treasures left, which will be of great use to you.”
Qin Feng laughed: “Senior Sister, there’s no need to rush elsewhere for treasures.
Haven’t you noticed that there are quite a few treasures right here?”
“Huh?”
Li Miao Zhen paused slightly, then released her Divine Sense to scan the vicinity, quickly noticing the dead bodies of the cultivators and Demon Beasts in the deep pit, and couldn’t help but laugh: “I had indeed forgotten about these.
Well, let everybody collect some belongings.”
Although the Confusing God Flower Spirit hadn’t existed for long, its vines had been growing for many years, just suppressed by the rules from advancing to a higher realm.
However, over these years, the number of cultivators and Demon Beasts it had ensnared was not few.
While the majority of the bodies had already turned to White Bone, there were still a few treasures left on them, and many of their Storage Bags remained intact.
Since the Secret Realm opened every sixty years, the Storage Bags had mostly been buried by dust and soil, easily missed if one wasn’t paying attention.
As a True Disciple backed by the Sect’s strong support, Li Miao Zhen couldn’t care less for common treasures, which is why she overlooked these items.
The other girls hadn’t noticed these either, as they were not keen on rummaging through the bones of the dead.
Only Qin Feng, having scavenged corpses more than once during his cultivation journey, and seeing several relatively fresh bodies nearby, noticed the items on the bodies, which reminded him of these forgotten treasures.
The group then searched through the bones in the deep pit and found several hundred Storage Bags and dozens of Spiritual Artifacts, although they were somewhat damaged from being neglected for a long time.
These items were all left by cultivators who had died here in the past.
The Confusing God Flower Vine, which only sucked blood, was not interested in these artifacts.
After piling up these items, seeing so many Storage Bags, Qin Feng and others were visibly excited.
“These things are too many and too messy; opening all the Storage Bags to check them one by one would be a waste of time,” Li Miao Zhen said with a smile.
“I think we should divide these Storage Bags and Spiritual Artifacts into four parts—one part for each person—and inspect them after leaving the Secret Realm.”
“Senior Sister, you don’t want any?” Wen Qing’er asked curiously: “There are so many Storage Bags, surely there are many good things inside.”
“I guess I’ll pass.”
Li Miao Zhen waved her hand, “After returning to the Sect following this, I will advance to the Golden Core Realm.
Ordinary treasures are of little use to me.
Moreover, I had another task this time, and I’ve already gained significant merit with Junior Brother Qin earlier.
The Sect won’t hold back on my reward, so you keep these items for yourselves.
Having more resources can make your path in cultivation a bit smoother.”
“In that case, alright then.”
No one objected, with her status as a True Disciple, she really wasn’t lacking such ordinary resources, so everyone quickly divided up the Storage Bags and Spiritual Artifacts roughly.
Each person took a share; what treasures lay inside those bags would be down to their own luck.
However, even though many Spiritual Medicines might have been damaged due to time and improper storage, if even a small portion of the items were intact, that would surely lead to a windfall for them.
“There’s just over a day left before the Secret Realm closes.
I won’t take you treasure hunting elsewhere.
Let’s head towards the Space Channel while looking for treasures along the way.”
Li Miao Zhen said.
The ladies from Creation Peak had, of course, no objections to this.
Their main purpose for entering the Heavenly Pool Secret Realm was to find their Lifebound treasures, and now that both Qin Xi and Wen Qing’er had achieved their wishes, they naturally didn’t want any more complications.
Qin Feng had originally wanted to venture elsewhere, but considering the limited time left and the trouble it would mean if they encountered a strong enemy and got injured, delaying their return, he abstained from suggesting going out on his own.
He obediently followed the group, riding a Spiritual Bird towards the distant location of the Space Channel.
They weren’t traveling at a very fast speed; wherever they found a place rich in Spiritual Energy, they’d stop to explore.
Sometimes they came away with nothing, having been beaten to the spot by other cultivators.
In other places, fierce Demon Beasts guarded the territory, as they joined forces to slay Demon Beasts and seize various Spiritual Medicines and resources; they indeed had their fair share of gains.
Especially with Li Miao Zhen among them, they didn’t fear injury at all.
Ordinary Demon Beasts, they could handle themselves; should they encounter formidable opponents, Li Miao Zhen would step in and swiftly subdue those at the Foundation Establishment Peak.
Qin Feng was the happiest among them.
He exchanged other gains with the ladies for the Demon Beasts’ corpses and sent all these beast carcasses to the Swallowing Sky Toad.
After the Swallowing Sky Toad devoured all these Demon Beasts, it probably wouldn’t be long before it could ascend to Foundation Establishment.
These two days were probably the happiest days of the Swallowing Sky Toad’s life.
It had previously been fed a lot of Earth Milk Essence by its master, followed by more than a dozen bulky Iron Armor Rhinoceroses, along with the continual delivery of various Demon Beast carcasses, many of which were from beasts at the Foundation Establishment Cultivation level.
With so many Demon Beasts continuously brought to its mouth, the Swallowing Sky Toad felt full for the first time since its birth.
The group continued on their way.
Along the journey, apart from encountering various Demon Beasts, they also ran into several bands of cultivators causing trouble.
In the last couple of days, many cultivators who considered themselves strong raided others in various places, seizing the treasures obtained by other cultivators.
Among these cultivators, not many truly recognized Li Miao Zhen.
Many from the smaller Sects never expected that the Beast Taming Sect would send a True Disciple into the realm.
So, when a lot of cultivators saw the three of them, at Foundation Establishment, accompanied by two Qi Refining cultivators, they thought them easy prey and intended to rob them with the intent to ambush them.
Subsequently, Li Miao Zhen plundered all the Spiritual Objects from them, not sparing a single item imbued with a hint of Spiritual Energy.
Among them, a few cultivators even had their robes and boots taken away.
Most bizarrely, two of them were stripped nearly naked, only able to cover their private parts as they fled.
They had to craft grass skirts before they could leave the Space Channel without exposing their bare behinds.
However, these fellows, once outside, endured a lot of ridicule.
And yet these unlucky individuals could only blame themselves.
Even after their Sect Elders learned the full story, they could only sigh and never mentioned seeking revenge.
How could they retaliate?
They were robbed by a True Disciple of the Beast Taming Sect, and she spared their lives.
That was already quite fortunate.
When Qin Feng and the others emerged, both junior sisters Wen Qing’er and Qin Xi, despite having seen the state of those cultivators back in the Secret Realm, couldn’t help but blush at the sight of those stripped cultivators.
They gained a deeper understanding of Li Miao Zhen’s daring and reckless actions.
Li Miao Zhen, on the other hand, didn’t give a second thought to her own exploits.
She carefreely boarded the Tower Ship and went to the upper deck to report back to her master.
Other major Sects were taken aback at the sight of Li Miao Zhen.
Particularly on Taiyi Mountain’s Sword Boat, when someone identified Li Miao Zhen, the faces of the Elders suddenly turned sour.
As they anxiously awaited, Zhuo Feifan flew out just before the Space Channel was about to close.
As soon as he appeared, someone transmitted a message, urging him to hurry back to the Sword Boat.
“Where is Chen Buqi?”
An Elder asked, “And the others?
Why haven’t they come out?
And what about the mission?
How was the Array set up?”
“Reporting to the Elders.”
Zhuo Feifan’s face was filled with sorrow.
“Just as we opened the portal on the cliff, Li Miao Zhen of the Beast Taming Sect appeared.
She attacked and killed several of our peers and chased after us into the Underground Space.
After she severely injured me, I had no choice but to trigger the Sword Talisman my master gave me to save my life and escape from there.
As for Senior Brother Chen, he had more life-saving items on him than I, so he should have escaped already.”
“What, Li Miao Zhen really targeted you all?”
The Elders from Taiyi Mountain couldn’t sit still: “None of them, including Chen Buqi, have returned.
Could they have been killed?”