CHAPTER 257: CHAPTER 63: GU QIANQIU

The Holy Maiden Tea Party concluded, and the three factions returned to their territories.

With the Qilin Race choosing to side with them, they planned to fully support the Third Saintess in her competition for the position of the Demon Emperor’s disciple. When announcing the results of the tea party to other major demon beast clans, they spared no effort in raising the potential of Xu Qingyao and her first general, the Fire Dragon Alchemist.

"The Third Saintess, Xu Qingyao, easily defeated the First and Second Saintess... an astonishing combat strength..."

"Her follower, the Fire Dragon Alchemist, has contracts with a near-ancestor Bloodfire Qilin, and ancestor blood Vermilion Bird... single-handedly battled all followers of the First and Second Saintess, and won effortlessly..."

The major demon beast clans of the Demon Court were astonished, as the Third Saintess’s performance at this tea party was deemed perfect. Apart from the research on the revival of the demon race, where none of the three saintesses made any progress, Xu Qingyao’s forces achieved an overwhelming victory in other areas.

Among them, the Fire Dragon Alchemist, who contracted with a near-ancestor Bloodfire Qilin and ancestor blood Vermilion Bird, also began to be renowned within the Demon Court.

Meanwhile, in the depths of Xu Qingyao’s palace,

Lin Jing accompanied Xu Qingyao and once again appeared before the Saintess of Eternal Life, Gu Qianqiu, who, after burning twenty thousand years of her life, was extremely weakened and remained in a state of meditative recuperation.

Seeing her in such a state, Lin Jing knew that with her condition, she probably couldn’t directly use resources that were too potent in medicinal effects.

"You’ve come." Deep within the cave, Gu Qianqiu opened her eyes and looked at Lin Jing, her complexion pale.

"At this state, trying to cultivate normally would be extremely slow. It’s better to spend some time recuperating first." Lin Jing said, "Senior Sister, send her more nourishing spiritual pills and medicines."

Beside him, Xu Qingyao rolled her eyes at Lin Jing and said, "I’ve sent some... By the way, Gu Qianqiu, now that he’s here, surely you can tell us what you snatched from the Celestial Lion clan?"

Only then was Gu Qianqiu willing to take out a space artifact integrated into her body. She raised her hand, and the orb-shaped artifact flew towards Lin Jing.

"It’s all here."

"The core treasury of the Celestial Lion clan is located in an alternate space, heavily sealed. Only the clan leader and ancestor have the method to enter..."

"I raised myself to the peak of the Unreality Realm using a secret technique but have no strong space comprehension to open it normally. Although I captured the clan leader of the Celestial Lion clan, it refused to open the treasury even until death. Fearing the Celestial Lion Ancestor would return, I used brute force to break it, shattering that alternate space, and the supreme treasures directly flowed into the void..."

"In the end, I could only take all the ordinary resources placed outside by the Celestial Lion clan." She felt deeply regretful.

Xu Qingyao, after hearing, was filled with regret.

"Fortunately, we left nothing for the Celestial Lion clan!"

Lin Jing chuckled and took the space artifact, examining it: "As expected of the Celestial Lion clan, even the resources left outside are so abundant, though there are few artifacts. Yet, just the lower, middle, and upper-grade spirit stones alone could form a mountain."

"Besides, there’s a large amount of plant spirit plants... a lot of demon pills, though they’re below Grade Five."

"But it’s enough..."

"Next, we’ll draw a top-grade Spirit Gathering Array here using these spirit stones, all for you to use in breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage."

"As for the plant spirit plants and demon pills, I’ll keep them to use in alchemy. If there are suitable pills, I’ll give them to you, which would be more efficient than you using them directly, how about it?"

Gu Qianqiu slightly nodded and said, "It doesn’t matter, my life was saved by you, I’ll follow all your arrangements."

"Since that’s the case, your main task from now will be to nourish your body first, then cultivate hard. Later, I’ll give you something that can slow down your life span loss. Although you have only ten years left, with it, you might live an extra ten years."

"Alright..." Gu Qianqiu said, "The meaning of my life now is to completely destroy the Celestial Lion clan. Once it’s annihilated, my life is at your disposal."

"Hmm." Lin Jing naturally didn’t help others without expecting some return.

"By the time, I’m preparing to establish a ’Demon Hunting Squad’ to capture and slay those brutal demon beasts and refine them into pills. You’ll be the captain. If you succeed in reaching the Nascent Soul stage, this will be your mission. Any issues?"

Xu Qingyao: ?

"No problem." Gu Qianqiu nodded. If her future was to exterminate brutal demon beasts everywhere, then such a future was precisely what she desired.

Millennia of accumulated resentment and darkness weighed heavily on her heart. Simply destroying the Celestial Lion clan was far from enough.

However, isn’t this the Demon Court? Gu Qianqiu remained silent. In the Celestial Lion clan, she heard that despite their extreme brutality and strength, there were three other demon 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 planned to leave, Gu Qianqiu hesitated to speak.

"What’s the matter? If you have any requests, go ahead and speak." Lin Jing turned back to look at her.

Gu Qianqiu spoke with vacant eyes, "I hail from the Qingzhou Piaomiao Dao Spring and Autumn City cultivation family, the Gu family. After my Longevity Body was exposed, I was kept captive by the Celestial Lion clan. Now, after a thousand years... I don’t know how my parents are, or how the family is..."

"Understood." Lin Jing said, "I’ll find someone to investigate your family’s situation."

"However..."

"Hmm, I know, I won’t hold too many expectations." Gu Qianqiu lowered her head.

The strongest cultivator in the Gu family was only at the Nascent Soul stage, unable to save her from the Celestial Lion clan. She didn’t mind that. What she worried about was whether, as the Longevity Body, she would be a burden to her family.

Although the stronger a physique is, the harder it is to be genetically inherited, having one such Longevity Body might still lead to the Gu family being considered a ’Longevity Family’ and suffering persecution, a fate she couldn’t know.

.......

"I’ll find someone to investigate the Gu family’s matters, but what do you mean by a ’Demon Hunting Squad’?" After leaving Gu Qianqiu’s place, the senior sister inquired.

You, being in the Beast Taming Sect where humans and beasts coexist harmoniously, and the Demon Court where demon beasts are the main core members, wanting to form a Demon Hunting Squad, are you rebelling?

Lin Jing chuckled slightly and said, "This Demon Hunting Squad will serve a greater purpose later. Among millions of demon beasts, there will always be those that don’t get along with the Demon Court or the Beast Taming Sect. We’ll just capture them, like the Celestial Lion clan."

"Senior Sister, don’t forget about the promised spiritual objects for repairing the demon and golden cores, and what did you say about ’other rewards’ in the Qilin Race?"

With the Qilin Race submitting, Xu Qingyao was delighted and casually said, "No problem, I’ll send it to you soon. As for the other reward, I’ll lend you my Holy Daughter Token for a period in the future, how’s that?"

"Eh?"

"On the Holy Daughter Token, there remains a trace of deterrence left by His Majesty the Demon Emperor. Since you cultivate the illusion path, you should know what this represents. However, I think it would be better if you wait until you reach the Golden Core or Nascent Soul stage to borrow it."

Lin Jing took a deep breath and said, "Senior Sister is truly magnanimous! In the future, for such matters, please do call upon your junior disciple!"