Chapter 56 - Chapter 56: The Secret of the Black Stone
Chapter 56: The Secret of the Black Stone
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
The golden flames gradually dissipated.
The entire square was pitch black!
The two foundation establishment demons had been burned down into charcoal!
[Kill complete. Obtained blue entry!]
[Blue Entry: Blood Flowing Like a River!]
Seeing that he had obtained a new entry, although it was not a purple entry, Li Ming was still very curious as to what it was.
Hm? Why does this entry seem like a passive skill?
Or rather, a passive attribute!
[Blood Flowing Like a River]. When using a technique, regardless of whether it is a body cultivation or a qi cultivation technique, once the technique lands on an enemy, damage over time will be inflicted on the enemy!
With this entry, it would be as if he had inflicted serious wounds on his enemies.
This entry would allow Li Ming to take the lead in the battle, and it was much easier for him to gain the upper hand.
However, after studying the entry a bit more, Li Ming discovered that the effect of this entry was actually to make his spiritual qi more overbearing!
It was only by making his spiritual qi more overbearing and powerful that the effect of blood flowing like a river could be achieved! This entry did not directly change any of his attributes or stats.
As a blue entry, this was already very good.
“Junior Brother Li Ming? What are you thinking about?”
While he was busy checking the new entry that he had just obtained, Lu Lan spoke to him.
Hearing Lu Lan talking to him, Li Ming came back to his senses.
“It’s nothing. I just consumed a little bit too much spiritual qi in a short time.”
“Senior Sister Lu, have we completed our mission?”
Li Ming looked down and saw that everything had been burned to ashes.
In fact, Li Ming already knew the answer to his question.
Hearing Li Ming’s words, Lu Lan heaved a sigh of relief.
“This time, the mission was quite risky.”
“If I had known that this would be what would be waiting for us, I would have called a few more people.”
“It’s fortunate that you came with me. After cultivating both your body and qi, your strength is honestly shocking.”
“It looks like you should do just fine when the assessment comes.”
“As for the mission, we only need to bring back the corpses of these foundation establishment demons now. There are people in the sect who can scour for information through their souls.”
After saying that, Lu Lan did not dally. She immediately went forward and put the corpses of the two foundation establishment demons into her storage bag.
While watching this, Li Ming was deep in thought.
Although the body and qi combination skill was powerful, it was difficult to control.
A little carelessness could result in allies or companions getting hurt.
It was something that still needed to be worked on.
The mission was completed. Although it was still unclear why these demons had suddenly appeared and slaughtered an entire town of citizens, it was obviously not something the two disciples had to worry about themselves.
It was not something that they had the jurisdiction over.
Everything could only wait until they returned to the sect.
In the Divine Will Sect.
At the five halls’ mission area.
The two of them returned.
The elder in charge of the missions was already waiting for them.
Seeing Lu Lan take out the corpses of two foundation establishment demons that were completely charred black, the elder was dumbfounded.
“Lu Lan, what did you do?”
“It is not easy to deal with two foundation establishment demons.”
The elder was surprised. The sect had attached great importance to this mission.
When Lu Lan had accepted this mission, the sect had actually been worried for her.
But now, she had successfully brought back the corpses of two foundation establishment demons.
This result was indeed unexpected.
“Elder, I did not do this. It was Junior Brother Li Ming.”
Hearing this, the elder was even more surprised. When he looked at Li Ming again, he realized that he had actually reached the qi cultivation foundation establishment realm!
“You two, follow me.”
After the elder said that, he immediately left with the two of them.
Apart from the five halls, there was the Law Enforcement Hall, as well as the Consecration Hall.
In the Consecration Hall, there were no disciples, only sect consecrators.
These consecrators were the main persons in charge of the five halls.
Above them was the sect master of the Divine Will Sect.
They entered the Consecration Hall.
As soon as they entered, the elder that brought them over instantly assumed a respectful attitude.
“Seventh consecrator, the mission has been completed. It was completed by Lu
Lan of the Spirit Will Hall and Li Ming of the Martial Hall.”
“As for the details, please feel free to ask them.”
After the elder finished speaking, the seventh consecrator turned his gaze to the two of them.
“Martial Hall? Is it the old sect master’s arrangement?”
“Body cultivation foundation establishment realm. Hm? I did not expect for him to also reach the qi cultivation foundation establishment realm. He’s indeed a genius.”
“Tell me, what was the situation like?”
The seventh consecrator asked.
After all, that place was within the territory of the Divine Will Sect. Now that such an event had taken place, it was bound to cause quite a stir.
If the Divine Will Sect did not give an explanation to the commoners and small sects, their position in the Heavenly Southern Region would be shaken!
It would also affect the foundation of the sect.
This was obviously something that they had to pay attention to.
“Seventh consecrator, there were no survivors in the area.”
“Moreover, those demons used corpses to arrange strange patterns. It did not look like they had come out to simply look for food.” “Rather, it seems like they were planning something.” Lu Lan quickly said.
Hearing this, the seventh consecrator was stunned. He looked at the two charred bodies brought by the elder.
“The two of you may leave.”
“You may go down and receive your rewards.”
After the consecrator said that, the two of them left the consecration hall.
They had completed their mission.
As the two of them left under the lead of the elder, several figures appeared in the Consecration Hall one after the other.
These people were the other consecrators of the Consecration Hall.
All of them had a cultivation base that was at the intermediate or late stage of the golden core realm!
“That pattern is very likely to have been made by those of the Demon Sect. It appears that they are planning something.”
“Sigh, the world had not been peaceful lately.”
“The other sects have not been covetous, while these demons have not been behaving.”
“We must be careful. The sect master is still in seclusion. If he succeeds, the sect will definitely rise to the next level.”
“We cannot make any mistakes at such a critical time!”
The few of them discussed and began to investigate the corpses.
Meanwhile, Lu Lan and Li Ming received their rewards at the mission area.
Each of them received 5,000 low-grade spirit stones and 15,000 merit points.
Even if it was split equally, it was still a considerable income for both of them! Li Ming now had everything he wanted.
His situation was completely incomparable to the disciples of the other halls.
After all, he was the only one in the Martial Hall.
Whatever he wanted to achieve, whatever he wanted to do, he had to rely on himself to solve it.
This situation was indeed rather daunting.
Li Ming was a person who could take care of himself, and with the situation being as it was, he had no need to take care of anybody else.
Anyway, he was alone in the Martial Hall.
He did not need to worry about anyone other than himself.
He soon returned to the Martial Hall.
Li Ming began to try out the previous skill.
At the same time, Li Ming also clearly realized that the world of cultivation was far crueler than he had imagined.
In this world, only power was truly reliable!
If it was not for the fact that he cultivated both his body and qi, he and Lu Lan would have probably died back in that town.
Just as Li Ming tried to release his spiritual qi, all of the spiritual qi instantly distorted and gathered into the storage bag.
This scene immediately reminded Li Ming of the black stone he had found in the ruins!
When he opened the storage bag, Li Ming’s face instantly darkened!
“Your grandfather!”
“Where did my 5,000 low-grade spirit stones go?”
Li Ming looked at the empty storage bag and he nearly fainted from shock.
He was already poor to begin with.
But now, he was even poorer.
He originally wanted to use his spirit stones to buy some things from the market, but now, all of the spirit stones had been absorbed by the black stone!
Moreover, the spiritual qi that he had just released had been completely absorbed!
Li Ming was instantly unhappy from having lost all his spirit stones and being obstructed in his cultivation.
Although the black stone had given him a pretty good martial skill, it did not warrant it to just harm him like this, right?
It was not easy for him to cultivate. He had spent three years to get a bunch of entries, and it was only after all that hard work and time that he finally reached the foundation establishment realm in body cultivation and obtained entries for qi cultivation.
In the end, he was assigned to such a poor place for qi cultivation, and now, his cultivation resources were even swallowed by a black stone.
This grievance he was feeling instantly turned into anger!
Li Ming took out the black stone and planned to smash it to vent his anger! However, before Li Ming could make a move, a voice sounded from the black stone.
“Stop!”
“How dare you?!”
The sudden voice instantly alerted Li Ming. His divine sense searched and directly locked onto the black stone!
Li Ming was surprised. He did not expect there to be something or someone in the black stone!
He originally thought that it was something that simply stored magical arts or skills, he did not expect for there to be something else inside it!
“Strange. A black stone like you can actually speak?”
“The world of cultivation really is full of wonders.”
Although he was a little surprised, Li Ming was more curious.
This was the world of cultivation. Although he had never seen a stone that could speak, he had heard that some things could gain intelligence, as well as cultivate and speak. “Impudent! I’m not some black stone. I am…”
“Your sister!”
Li Ming could not be bothered to listen to the stone’s nonsense. He immediately threw it to the ground and stomped on it!
This action also caused the voice in the black stone to instantly beg for mercy.
“Stop, stop, stop!”
“I admit defeat!”
“This junior of yours is too arrogant.”
“If this black stone is shattered, my soul will dissipate! I gave you the Imperial
Finger earlier, how can you repay kindness with violence?”