Chapter 564 - 563: As Expected, He's Not Dead

After all, the Outer Sect only had a small number of Martial Artists with Tier Four Martial Souls.

Some of them were newer disciples who had only recently joined and hadn't spent much time cultivating in the sect. The others simply had such poor talent that even with a Tier Four Martial Soul, they couldn't break through to the Martial King Realm.

Of course, there was another reason for his meager haul of Martial Souls.

During the major battle in the Fire Poison District, Chu Qingyun hadn't dared to get distracted by devouring the Martial Souls of the fallen Outer Disciples.

After all, the battle had been so intense that a moment's distraction could have resulted in a grave mistake and severe injury.

The three Tier Four Martial Souls were all rather ordinary, so Chu Qingyun chose not to keep them. He left them all for his Devouring Martial Soul to consume at its leisure.

After sorting out the Martial Souls, Chu Qingyun took out the dozen or so Storage Rings he had recently acquired.

He went through all of them but found nothing particularly special inside.

Chu Qingyun tossed all the useless junk and transferred anything of value to his own Storage Ring.

However, among the people he had recently killed were three Level Nine Martial Spirits.

As a result, Chu Qingyun made a decent profit, gaining over ninety thousand more drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid. It was a nice little windfall.

After the Storage Rings came the sect Tokens.

Although he had never been to the Saint Extreme Tower, he could tell how precious Saint Extreme Points were just by the attitudes of Chen Yi, Zheng Tianrong, and the others.

These Outer Disciples' Tokens usually didn't have many Saint Extreme Points, but Chu Qingyun wasn't about to let any go to waste.

Among the sect Tokens he had just obtained,

the ones with the most Saint Extreme Points belonged to the three Level Nine Martial Spirits—Chen Yi, Anfu, and Zheng Tianrong—each holding nearly two hundred.

The points from all the others combined added up to over four hundred. This wasn't a huge amount compared to Chu Qingyun's massive total, but it was still a nice gain.

After transferring all the Saint Extreme Points, Chu Qingyun hesitated for a moment before throwing all the sect Tokens he had collected off the Flying Demon Beast.

Killing fellow sect members was, after all, a major taboo within the sect.

Although Chu Qingyun had been forced to retaliate, it was better to get rid of things like other people's sect Tokens. It would prevent future trouble and stop him from leaving behind any incriminating evidence.

A little over a day later, the Flying Demon Beast returned to the Saint Extreme Sect.

And at the rental area for Flying Demon Beasts,

Chu Qingyun saw a group of over thirty Outer Disciples gathered together. They looked miserable, disheveled, and some were even injured.

These thirty or so people were, of course, the ones who had returned from the Molten Rock District.

After returning, they had all spontaneously gathered to wait here for one reason and one reason only: to see if Chu Qingyun had made it back alive!

They had returned more than half a day earlier than Chu Qingyun.

Aside from two people who had been sent to the Pill Institute to buy elixirs for the Fire Poison, everyone else was here.

"Chu Qingyun, you bastard! You're actually still alive!"

"Damn you..."

"This isn't over!"

Seeing Chu Qingyun leap off the Flying Demon Beast's back, the entire group instantly began to grit their teeth in fury, their eyes turning bloodshot.

However, Chu Qingyun paid them no mind.

This was within the grounds of the Saint Extreme Sect. Even if they had the guts, they wouldn't dare to actually attack him here and try to steal his sect Token.

After returning the Flying Demon Beast and getting his Primordial Spirit Liquid deposit back, Chu Qingyun left without a second glance and headed back to his residence.

As for the thirty or so disciples, they could only glare in helpless rage.

After returning to his residence,

Chu Qingyun first went to let Mu Xiaoxiao and Dai know he was safe. He also told them he had obtained the Magma Essence and asked Mu Xiaoxiao to make a trip to the Outer Sect Trading District to gather the remaining Spiritual Medicines needed to refine the Celestial Spirit Pill.

Mu Xiaoxiao and Dai were naturally overjoyed to see Chu Qingyun return safely, especially since he had succeeded in bringing back the Magma Essence.

After chatting for a little while, Mu Xiaoxiao left with Dai for the Outer Sect Trading District. On the way, she also planned to check if anyone had outbid the price Chu Qingyun had set for his three All-Seeing Fruits.

Meanwhile, Chu Qingyun returned to his room, locked the door, and prepared to get some proper rest.

The Celestial Spirit Pill was an elixir designed to help one break through from the Earth Spirit Realm to the Celestial Spirit Realm, and it required Magma Essence as one of its ingredients.

Therefore, its refining difficulty was extremely high among Spirit Level elixirs, even surpassing that of the Spiritual Longevity Pill Chu Qingyun had previously concocted.

Chu Qingyun hadn't rested well at all during his time in the Molten Rock District.

So, he needed to first get himself back into peak condition. Then, he would tackle the challenge of refining the Celestial Spirit Pill. Once the pill was successfully made, he would attempt to break through to the Celestial Spirit Realm.

He ended up sleeping until late the next morning.

Around noon, Mu Xiaoxiao came running to find Chu Qingyun with Dai in tow.

She had bought multiple sets of all the materials needed for the Celestial Spirit Pill—everything except the Magma Essence—and gave them all to Chu Qingyun.

She also informed him that the price on his three All-Seeing Fruits—2,800 drops of Primordial Spirit Liquid each—had still not been outbid.

In other words, in the past five or so days, no one had noticed them or recognized their true value.

Chu Qingyun was quite pleased to hear this.

'If I can use the Celestial Spirit Pill to successfully break through and become a Level Seven Martial Spirit,' he thought,

'and then get those three All-Seeing Fruits and devour the Primordial Power inside, I should be able to push for Level Eight.

'With my current strength, I'd already be considered one of the stronger Level Eight Martial Spirits. And with the Lightning Sword, I can even threaten a Level Nine.

'Once I reach Level Eight, I'll probably be a force to be reckoned with even among Level Nine Martial Spirits.'

"Xiaoxiao, I'm going to start refining the Celestial Spirit Pill now. You two can go back and wait. I'll definitely have it done before dark,"

Chu Qingyun said with a smile as he took the Spiritual Medicines from Mu Xiaoxiao.

With the help of the Light Card Illusion Realm, Chu Qingyun was extremely confident, even when faced with refining an elixir like the Celestial Spirit Pill.

"Okay, I believe in you."

"You just focus on your Alchemy in the room. Dai and I will stand guard outside for you."

With an excited expression, Mu Xiaoxiao went out the door with Dai to stand guard, ensuring no one would disturb Chu Qingyun.

Even though she wasn't an Alchemist, she knew that they could not be disturbed while refining elixirs.

Besides, since this was about whether Dai could break through to the Celestial Spirit Realm, Mu Xiaoxiao was taking it very seriously.

With Mu Xiaoxiao and Dai guarding the door, Chu Qingyun felt much more at ease.

After closing the door, Chu Qingyun sat back down on his bed. His consciousness entered the Light Card Illusion Realm, where he planned to practice refining the Celestial Spirit Pill until he had perfected the process.