CHAPTER 248: CHAPTER 184: THE TYRANT’S RAMPAGE: WHO THE HECK DID THIS? (6000 WORDS)_2

Only the dense Spiritual Energy remained in the pit, constantly dissipating. The person who had harvested the Precious Medicine had even taken the very soil where it had grown!

She clenched her fists.

The Sun and Moon Golden Wheels emitted an ear-piercing grinding sound. With a whoosh, they disappeared without a trace.

Quickly, she changed locations over a dozen times. All of them had extremely obvious residual phenomena, but the precious natural resources they once held had vanished into thin air. Someone else had beaten her to them!

No matter how good Li Xuanqi’s composure was, she could no longer hold back and cursed loudly, "Who the hell did this?"

「On the other side.」

Zhuge Changsheng glanced down at the Bagua Plate in his hand. He then looked up in the direction its needle was pointing—a natural spiritual field that had been stripped completely bare.

His face darkened with frustration.

That spiritual field should have contained a sizable amount of Precious Medicine. Now, the ground itself had sunk several feet, and it was completely empty.

This was not the first time he had encountered such a situation. Along the way, every place that was supposed to contain opportunities had been plundered, and the job was done so thoroughly that nothing even remotely useful was left behind. That person hadn’t even spared the soil!

As for who that person was, it’s easy to guess! There’s only one person who got out earlier than me!

But the problem was, although the Mount Shu Immortal Sect’s base was on the same path as his location, there was still a significant distance between them. Other Immortal Sect bases even lay in between.

Zhuge Changsheng couldn’t help but wonder. Where could I have inadvertently offended Li Xuanqi? Why else would she go so far out of her way just to snatch things from right under my nose? Whatever the reason, her methods are simply too unscrupulous!

"Hmm..." Zhuge Changsheng let out a long breath, a martial glint in his eyes. "It seems Senior Sister Li wants to have a showdown with me here in the Ancient Sanctuary!"

At the same time, in a secluded stone chamber, Qingzhou looked expressionlessly at an empty meditation cushion with his fists clenched tight. His face, indistinguishable from that of a six or seven-year-old child, was twisted with fierce anger. "Li Xuanqi, Zhuge Changsheng, you’ve gone too far!"

He stomped his foot.

The entire mountaintop instantly split apart, turning to dust and crumbling down the cliff. Countless birds and Fierce Beasts were startled into flight, and their roars echoed through the forest and across the sky.

"Not bad, not bad. This haul was worth it!"

On the way back to the Sanqing Immortal Sect’s base, Wang Xiu checked his Space Ring and muttered to himself with satisfaction.

He had strung together over a dozen Space Rings filled with natural treasures, creating a bracelet that hung on his wrist with a satisfying weight.

Over the past few days, he had been passing by the bases of various Great Immortal Gates, flaunting his presence while reaping the natural treasures in their territories. He was busy, but he was enjoying himself immensely.

Of course, his gains were quite noteworthy. First was his Cultivation Level. With the collective effort of a group of Saint Manifestation experts, he had broken through from the fourth layer of the Golden Core Realm to the pinnacle of the sixth layer. He was just one membrane away from the seventh layer—a barrier that could be broken with a gentle poke!

After all, the further one progressed in cultivation, the more terrifyingly vast the Mana requirement became for each new Realm. The news that Wang Xiu had broken through two Realms in just three days would be enough to shock people to death if it got out.

Then, there were the natural treasures that packed over a dozen Space Rings to the brim.

Wang Xiu fully embodied the Sanqing Immortal Sect’s virtues of thrift and waste prevention. Everywhere he went, if something was useful and could be taken, he would pack it away without a second thought. He took everything of value, leaving not even a blade of grass behind.

For instance, there were the paws of a Ferocious Beast Heimu Bear, fish from a lake that replenished Spiritual Energy when eaten, and snakeskin that was impervious to fire, water, cold, and heat. He even took the hive of the Golden-winged Xuanhuang Bee from the side of the road.

The honey from these bees is incredibly delicious! Their stingers can be used to forge treasures! Use them for honey while they’re alive, take their stingers when they’re dead. Perfect utilization!

As a result, Wang Xiu’s Space Rings were now filled to the brim with all sorts of items.

When he returned to the Sanqing Immortal Sect’s base, he saw that the majority of his fellow disciples were still meditating to recover.

However, Xiang Tiange and Li Zuiyue were already able to stand up and practice a few sets of fist forms.

To Wang Xiu’s surprise, the little girl, Jiang Ling’er, had recovered the best. She could already exert more than eighty percent of her strength.

But upon further thought, it made sense. After all, she had received the legacy of a Saint Manifestation Realm expert and had a wealth of experience to draw upon. With Jiang Yourong’s real-time guidance and her own considerable talent, it was only natural that she would recover so quickly.

Seeing Wang Xiu return, Jiang Ling’er exclaimed in surprise and rushed over. "Senior Brother, you’re finally back!"

Seeing her anxious expression, Wang Xiu couldn’t help but ask, "What’s wrong?"

Jiang Ling’er replied, "Quick, you have to go save Senior Sister Ji!"

Ji Zidian?

Wang Xiu’s smile faded. He looked around and, indeed, did not see her.

He immediately asked seriously, "What happened to her?"

"You left without saying goodbye," Jiang Ling’er explained. "Senior Sister Ji didn’t know where you went and thought Senior Sister Luo did something to you, so she went to demand an explanation from her!"

Wang Xiu facepalmed.

Before he left, Luo Hongyi had sought him out for a fight. Although the fight never happened, Ji Zidian and the others didn’t know that. Afterward, Wang Xiu had left without disturbing his fellow disciples’ cultivation.

He hadn’t expected Ji Zidian to recover so quickly. Seeing that he was gone, she must have gone straight to Luo Hongyi to settle the score.

He hurriedly set off for the place where Luo Hongyi usually stayed, worried that something might have happened to Ji Zidian.

After all, he always felt that Luo Hongyi’s soul wasn’t quite whole, that she was mentally unstable and didn’t know how to hold back.