Chapter 255: Gu Qianqiu

After the Holy Maiden Tea Party concluded, the three parties returned to their respective homes.

Since the Kirin Clan chose to align themselves and intended to fully assist the Third Holy Maiden in competing for the position of the Demon Emperor’s personal disciple, when announcing the results of the tea party to other great Yao Beast clans, they spared no effort to elevate the potential of Xu Qingyao and her top general, Fire Dragon Pill Master.

“The Third Holy Maiden, Xu Qingyao, easily defeated the First and Second Holy Maidens — her combat power is astonishing —”

“Her follower, Fire Dragon Pill Master, who contracted a quasi-ancestral blood Fire Qilin and an ancestral blood Zhu Yan, single-handedly fought all the followers of the First and Second Holy Maidens and won easily —.”

The various great Yao Beast clans of the Demon Court were astonished. In this tea party, the Third Holy Maiden’s performance was perfect. Aside from the lack of progress in the research on Yao Race revival by all three Holy Maidens, in all other aspects, Xu Qingyao’s faction achieved an overwhelming victory.

Among them, the name of Fire Dragon Pill Master, who contracted a quasi-ancestral blood Fire Qilin and an ancestral blood Zhu Yan, also began to circulate throughout the Demon Court.

Meanwhile, deep within Xu Qingyao’s palace.

Lin Jing, accompanied by Xu Qingyao, had once again arrived before Chang Sheng Holy Maiden Gu Qianqiu. After burning 20,000 years of her lifespan, her state was extremely weak, and she had been in a stage of quiet meditation and recuperation.

Seeing her in this state, Lin Jing knew that with her condition, she probably wouldn’t be able to directly consume resources with overly potent medicinal effects.

“You’ve arrived.” Deep within the Immortal Cave, Gu Qianqiu opened her eyes, looking at Lin Jing, her face pale.

“In your current state, normal Cultivation would likely be extremely slow. It’s better to spend some time recuperating first.” Lin Jing said, “Senior Sister, send her more nourishing Spirit Pills and miraculous medicines.”

Xu Qingyao, beside him, rolled her eyes at Lin Jing and said, “I’ve already sent some. Speaking of which, Gu Qianqiu, now that this guy is here, you can finally tell us what you managed to get from the Heavenly Lion Clan, right?”

Gu Qianqiu then willingly took out a spatial Magic Treasure that was integrated into her body. She raised her hand, and the bead-shaped Magic Treasure flew towards Lin Jing.

“Everything is here.”

“The core treasury of the Heavenly Lion Clan is located in an Other Space (Ethereal Space). That Ethereal Space is heavily sealed, and only the Clan Chief and Old Ancestor have the method to enter —”

“I used a secret technique to boost myself to Void Profound Peak, but I don’t have strong spatial attainments, so I couldn’t open it normally.

Although I captured the Clan Chief of the Heavenly Lion Clan, it refused to help me open the treasury even until its death. In the end, fearing the Heavenly Lion Ancestor’s return, I forcibly broke into it, shattering that Ethereal Space, and the treasures directly flowed into the Void Realm…—”

“Ultimately, I could only take all the ordinary resources that the Heavenly Lion Clan placed outside.” She expressed immense regret.

Xu Qingyao listened, filled with regret.

“Good thing, as long as nothing was left for the Heavenly Lion Clan!”

Lin Jing chuckled as he took the spatial Magic Treasure and investigated, “As expected of the Heavenly Lion Clan, even the resources placed outside are so abundant. There are very few Magic Treasures, but just the Low-Grade, Mid-Grade, and High-Grade Spirit Stones alone could form a mountain range.”

“In addition, there’s a large amount of Spiritual Plants — and a large number of Yao Cores, unfortunately, all below fifth grade.”

“But it’s enough.”

“Next, we will first use these Spirit Stones to set up a top-grade Gathering Spirit Formation here, all for your breakthrough to the Nascent Soul Stage.”

“As for the Spiritual Plants and Yao Cores, I’ll take them. I’ll use these to refine Medicinal Pills. If there are suitable Medicinal Pills, I’ll give them to you. Their utilization rate will be higher than if you used them directly. How about it?”

Gu Qianqiu nodded slightly, saying, “I don’t mind. My life was saved by you, so I’ll follow all your arrangements. Since that’s the case, your main task now is to first nourish your body, then diligently Cultivate. Later, I will give you something that can slow down the rate of your life’s dissipation. Although you only have ten years of lifespan left, with it, you might be able to live for another ten years.”

“Okay —” Gu Qianqiu said, “My purpose in living now is to completely annihilate the Heavenly Lion Clan. Once the Heavenly Lion Clan is destroyed, my life will be at your disposal.”

“Mhm.” Lin Jing naturally didn’t help people without expecting anything in return.

“At that time, I plan to establish a ‘Yao Catching Squad’ to capture and eliminate those brutal Yao Beasts and refine them into Medicinal Pills. You will serve as the captain. If you successfully reach the Nascent Soul Stage, this will be your future mission. No problem, right?”

Xu Qingyao:?

“No problem.” Gu Qianqiu nodded. If her future was to go around eliminating brutal Yao Beasts, then such a future was exactly what she wanted.

The resentment and darkness accumulated over a thousand years were suppressed in her heart; merely annihilating the Heavenly Lion Clan was far from enough.

However, isn’t this the Demon Court? Gu Qianqiu fell silent. She heard in the Heavenly Lion Clan that although the Heavenly Lion Clan was incredibly brutal and extremely powerful, there were three other Yao Beast forces nearby that were even more brutal and powerful.

The Demon Court was one of them.

“I —.”

Just as Lin Jing and Xu Qingyao were about to leave, Gu Qianqiu suddenly hesitated to speak.

“What’s wrong? Any other requests? Just say it.” Lin Jing turned around and looked at her.

Gu Qianqiu’s eyes were vacant as she said, “I come from the Gu Family, a Cultivation Family in Chunqiu City, Piaomiao Dao, Qingzhou. After my Longevity Physique was exposed, I was kept in captivity by the Heavenly Lion Clan. Now, a thousand years have passed — I don’t know how my parents are, I don’t know how my Family is —”

“Understood.” Lin Jing said, “I will find someone to help you investigate your Family’s situation later.”

“However —”

“Mhm, I know, I won’t have too much expectation.” Gu Qianqiu lowered her head.

The most powerful Cultivator in the Gu Family was only at the Nascent Soul Stage; the Family couldn’t rescue her from the Heavenly Lion Clan, and she didn’t mind.

What she worried about was whether her Longevity Physique would implicate her Family.

Although the more powerful the Physique, the harder it was to inherit through bloodline, she didn’t know if the Gu Family would be persecuted as a “Chang Sheng Family” because of her Longevity Physique.

“I’ll find someone to investigate the Gu Family’s matters, but what exactly is this ‘Yao Catching Squad’?” After leaving Gu Qianqiu’s location, Senior Sister inquired.

You’re in the Beast Taming Sect, where humans and beasts coexist harmoniously, and the Demon Court, where Yao Beasts are the main core members. Setting up a Yao Catching Squad, are you trying to rebel?

Lin Jing chuckled and said, “This Yao Catching Squad will be of great use later. There are countless Yao Beasts, and there are always some that are at odds with the Demon Court and the Beast Taming Sect. Just catch them, like the Heavenly Lion Clan.”

“Senior Sister, don’t forget the agreed-upon spiritual items for repairing Yao Cores and Golden Cores, and what was the ‘other reward’ you mentioned in the Kirin Clan?”

With the Kirin Clan’s submission, Xu Qingyao was happy. She casually said, “Easy to say, I’ll send them to you soon. As for the other reward, I’ll lend you my Holy Maiden Token for a period of time in the future. How about that?”

“Huh?”

“On the Holy Maiden Token, there is a trace of awe left by His Majesty the Demon Emperor. You Cultivate the Illusion Dao, so you should know what this means. However, I think it’s better for you to borrow it from me when you reach the Golden Core Stage or Nascent Soul Stage.”

Lin Jing took a deep breath and said, “Senior Sister is truly magnanimous! If there’s ever anything like this again, please come to your Junior Brother!”