Chapter 718 - 336: Origin of the Stone Eye, Unraveling a Mystery, Slaying an Old Enemy
His ears and nose were the same!
These were symptoms of a severe backlash from prying into heavenly secrets.
Before he could even recover.
Li Chang’an raised his hand and, as if grabbing a chicken, seized him by the head and crushed it in an instant.
"BOOM!"
Wang Chunfeng’s head exploded, and he died on the spot.
This Divination Master, famous throughout the Southern Domain for hundreds of years, had died at the hands of Li Chang’an, a rising star.
His Soul.
Li Chang’an, of course, did not let it escape.
A moment later, Wang Chunfeng’s Soul appeared within the Venerable Soul Banner.
His face was filled with terror as he asked, "Where is this place?"
The Evil Soul cackled. "Heh heh heh... This is the Netherworld, of course. I am the King of the Wheel of Reincarnation, one of the Ten Hall Yama. Are you not going to kneel?"
"No, this isn’t the Underworld! This is clearly... clearly the Venerable Soul Banner!"
Seeing the tens of thousands of Souls surrounding him, the color drained from Wang Chunfeng’s face.
He never would have imagined.
That trying to protect a mere Foundation Establishment Clan would lead to his own downfall.
But how could a renowned Righteous Cultivator like Li Chang’an possess such a terrifying Venerable Soul Banner? Could he be a mole from a Demon Sect?
Wang Chunfeng couldn’t make sense of it and could only beg for mercy, "Daoist Li, there has never been any enmity between us. Can you please spare me and let me reincarnate?"
"Heh heh, you old fool, haven’t you figured it out yet? With my master’s disposition, why would he kill you if there was no grudge?"
"I truly have no grudge with Daoist Li! Today is the first time we’ve even met!"
"Is that so?"
The Evil Soul’s expression turned savage. With a wave of its great hand, it used Soul Power to conjure an image of Yellow Crane Mountain.
It questioned him coldly, "Old fool, have you forgotten? For the sake of the Yellow Crane Mountain Lineage, you performed Divination targeting my master twice!"
"What? It was him! It was actually him!"
Wang Chunfeng froze on the spot as if struck by lightning.
For so many years.
He had always wanted to know the identity of the Cultivator who had caused him to lose a hundred years of his lifespan.
In his eyes, that person was a Celestial Pride with great fortune, most likely not from the Southern Domain at all, but merely passing through.
He had never imagined that person would be Li Chang’an!
’That’s right. Li Chang’an’s Divination Skill is greater than mine, and he managed to reach Core Formation with a Low Grade Spirit Root. He must have had a great opportunity. I have no complaints about my defeat!’
Wang Chunfeng sighed toward the heavens, finally understanding everything.
But it was too late.
If he had known earlier, he would have gathered Huang He Master and his other friends to surround and kill Li Chang’an, crushing him completely before he had the chance to grow strong.
But now, Li Chang’an was nearly unrivaled in the Southern Domain!
...
「Meanwhile, in the outside world.」
Li Chang’an casually sent out a shockwave, turning Wang Chunfeng’s corpse to dust.
He opened the man’s Storage Pouch and, after a quick look, found a Jade Scroll.
Inside the Jade Scroll.
Was the Tier Three Top Grade divination inheritance that Wang Chunfeng possessed.
This inheritance was useless to Li Chang’an. He gave it a cursory glance before tossing it into a corner.
However, the Storage Pouch did contain quite a few Treasures that caught his eye.
’Tier Three Life-Extending Treasures!’
Li Chang’an took a careful inventory.
Among them were some Life-Extending Treasures he had never consumed before.
There were others he had taken before, but due to the nature of his Evergreen Technique, he could still gain a partial life-extending effect by consuming them again.
Li Chang’an made a rough calculation.
All these Treasures combined could extend his life by another one hundred and fifty years.
Adding that to his current lifespan.
His total lifespan would exceed fifteen hundred years!
’I’m truly living younger the older I get!’
Li Chang’an was all smiles, in high spirits.
His lifespan was now so long that he could even outlive a Nascent Soul enemy like Huang Sha True Monarch.
Of course, simply outliving an enemy wasn’t perfect, as he wouldn’t get their Storage Pouch and Treasures.
He still had to increase his strength and gain the power to crush a Nascent Soul True Monarch as soon as possible!
"Let’s go. We’ll check on the Hu Family."
Li Chang’an put away the Storage Pouch and led Ye Hao and the others toward the Hu Family.
They were all old friends of Li Chang’an and had long grown accustomed to his mysterious and unfathomable abilities.
Even seeing Li Chang’an instantly kill Wang Chunfeng, a Late Stage of Golden Core master, didn’t seem particularly surprising to them.
「A moment later.」
Li Chang’an and the others descended upon the Hu Clan Territory.
At this moment, the Hu Family’s ancestor, Hu Ke, was already kneeling prostrate within the Hu Clan Territory.
His face was pale, and his body trembled. He didn’t even dare to lift his head, for he had witnessed the moment Li Chang’an instantly killed Wang Chunfeng.
"Elder... Elder Li, this junior is from the Hu Family..."
RUMBLE!
Before he could finish his sentence, a casual strike from Li Chang’an blew him to pieces.
Li Chang’an couldn’t be bothered to waste words on him. He had the Evil Soul interrogate him directly and quickly learned the details.
The reason Wang Chunfeng had stood up for the Hu Family was that they had offered him a Tier Three Life-Extending Treasure.
That Treasure.
Naturally, it fell into Li Chang’an’s hands.
After losing Hu Ke, their Foundation Establishment Ancestor, the Hu Family was reduced to a Qi Refining Clan.
Afterward, the current Patriarch of the Liu Family, Liu Zhengqi, achieved Foundation Establishment, elevating the Liu Family to a Foundation Establishment Clan.
The status of the two families was instantly reversed.
The Hu Family had no choice but to declare their allegiance to the Liu Family, becoming their subordinate and offering up their Tier Two Spirit Vein.
The matter thus came to a close.
By the time the Liu Family took over the Spirit Vein, Li Chang’an and his group had already departed.
They did not return to Changqing Mountain but instead went to the Tier Three Spirit Vein Dojo where Wang Chunfeng had cultivated.
This Spirit Vein.
In terms of both Spiritual Power concentration and scale, it couldn’t compare to the Changqing Mountain Spirit Vein.
The Spiritual Power concentration at its core barely reached the level of Tier Three Top Grade.
Li Chang’an, naturally, had no use for it.
For Zheng Qingqing, however, this Spirit Vein was a timely blessing!
Although the Zheng Family had become a Golden Core Family, the Zheng Clan Territory was still located on its original Tier Two Spirit Vein, and they had yet to find a suitable Tier Three Spirit Vein.
Originally, Zheng Qingqing had planned to hire someone to cultivate a new one once they had accumulated enough resources.
But now, a ready-made one was right before her eyes!
"Daoist Ye, do you have need of this Spirit Vein?"
Zheng Qingqing asked, looking toward Ye Hao.