CHAPTER 464: CHAPTER 434: TRIUMPHANT RETURN, SURROUNDED BY ADORATION

"Ladies and gentlemen, you are all fellow members of the Spirit Sword Sect, right?"

"Exterminating demon beasts is a duty we cannot shirk, there’s no need to be so polite."

Lu Yuanshan responded with a chuckle, his gaze sweeping over all the Spirit Sword Sect disciples present, finally resting on Lin Zhiyin.

"Sect Leader Lu is too modest. If it weren’t for Sect Leader Lu assisting us this time, we would have likely become the fallen souls under the claws of these demon beasts."

Lin Zhiyin said, feeling very grateful to Lu Yuanshan for these demon beasts being slain.

Just like she had said, if it weren’t for Lu Yuanshan’s timely intervention, with their current strength, they wouldn’t have been worthy opponents for these demon beasts.

Moreover, they hadn’t expected Lu Yuanshan to appear at such a critical moment, rescuing them from crisis and saving the group from the Spirit Sword Sect.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Cold Water Town will need you to guard it for now."

Lu Yuanshan showed a hint of seriousness, his gaze sweeping over the demon beast corpses on the ground.

"These demon beast corpses..."

He naturally intended to ask if he could take these demon beast corpses away.

After all, they were all slain by Lu Yuanshan himself.

Demon beast corpses are very valuable for refining magical artifacts.

Upon hearing Lu Yuanshan’s words, Lin Zhiyin was momentarily stunned but quickly reacted and hastily said.

"Sect Leader Lu, please take them away, they are rightfully yours."

Upon hearing this, Lu Yuanshan did not hold back and immediately stored the demon beast corpses into his storage bag.

The other Spirit Sword Sect disciples did not object, considering Lu Yuanshan’s actions to be reasonable.

It’s worth mentioning that Lu Yuanshan left a single Leopard Demon corpse, not taking it with him.

The reason is simple, it wasn’t meant to be a charity to the Spirit Sword Sect’s members.

It was because this Leopard Demon was slain by a disciple of the Spirit Sword Sect.

In Lu Yuanshan’s view, whoever slays the demon beasts deserves their corpses and battle merit points, which is quite reasonable.

After collecting the corpses of the demon beasts he had slain, Lu Yuanshan showed no intention of lingering.

He did not want to waste time chatting there.

It’s better to use the Crystallization period’s strength to kill as many demon beasts as possible.

"Ladies and gentlemen, until we meet again."

As soon as he said this, Lu Yuanshan didn’t delay, using the Wind Thunder Wings to fly away, disappearing from the view of Lin Zhiyin and her group in an instant.

Watching Lu Yuanshan disappear from sight, Lin Zhiyin had a flash of wonder in her eyes, but it quickly vanished.

"Lu Yuanshan of the Cyan Mountain Sect..."

She secretly murmured this name.

After leaving Cold Water Town, Lu Yuanshan followed Lu Ping’s guidance to the next location.

A region called Xiaoqiao Town.

Here, a small group of demon beasts was roaming.

The quantity of these demon beasts reached thirty-six.

Among them, the strongest demon beast had the strength of late-stage Foundation Establishment.

In Lu Yuanshan’s view, such-level demon beasts are quite easy to deal with.

The Xiaoqiao Town demon beasts were completely slaughtered by Lu Yuanshan in less than half a stick of incense.

Finished clearing the demon beasts of Xiaoqiao Town.

For the next day, Lu Yuanshan roamed within a thousand-mile radius.

Encountering powerful Tier Three demon beasts, Lu Yuanshan chose to detour rather than confront them.

Such demon beasts were beyond Lu Yuanshan’s capability, and he knew this well.

Demon beasts with power below the First-Layer Crystallization stage, in Lu Yuanshan’s view, were all potential battle merit points.

With Lu Ping’s guidance, this solo mission to clear demon beasts lasted for over eleven hours.

When the effect of the Three-star Crystal Power expired, Lu Yuanshan had a taste for more.

As the Crystallization period power faded, Lu Yuanshan felt a longing.

"Why long for it? In the near future, once you advance to the Crystallization stage, you can do as you please."

Understanding Lu Yuanshan’s current mood, Lu Ping communicated this.

"Haha, father is indeed correct."

Lu Yuanshan laughed heartily, realizing his current strength reached the eighth-layer Foundation Establishment stage, just a few months’ more cultivation to reach the peak of the Foundation Establishment stage, then he could attempt to break into the Crystallization stage.

The future is promising.

With this thought in mind, as the Crystallization stage power faded, Lu Yuanshan stopped wandering and, guided by Lu Ping, flew towards Purple Fire Castle.

Upon returning to Purple Fire Castle using the Wind Thunder Wings, he found Lu Zhiwei accompanied by Cyan Mountain Sect disciples on the square, often gazing for his safe arrival.

Seeing Lu Yuanshan, Lu Zhiwei’s expression turned joyful and she approached.

"Big brother, are you alright?"

While asking, Lu Zhiwei scanned Lu Yuanshan’s body several times, checking him for injuries.

"Little sister, I am fine."

Lu Yuanshan laughed softly, then informed Lu Zhiwei that he had been clearing Bone Demon Cliff and the surrounding area, earning significant battle merits, which could be exchanged for Foundation Establishment Pills and others.

Importantly, items unavailable in many cultivation markets could be exchanged at the Dubhe Institute.

Additionally, the demon beast corpses piled in the storage bag are quite a valuable harvest, sufficient to craft many new magical artifacts for the Cyan Mountain Sect.

However, refining all into new artifacts would mean hard work for Lu Zhiwei.

The quantity of new artifacts refined would be over a thousand.

Thinking of such a number of new artifacts secretly excited Lu Yuanshan, as converting these into Spirit Stones would fit at least a hundred thousand Spirit Stones.

Among them, several Tier Three spiritual artifacts could be refined.

Upon Lu Yuanshan’s return to Purple Fire Castle, his teammates swiftly gathered around for further examination.

After all, the sudden increase in Lu Yuanshan’s power in defeating the Black-striped Carving and the Sky-Shaking Red Falcon remained etched deeply in everyone’s minds.

What they didn’t know was the demon beasts Lu Yuanshan had slain were not limited to the Black-striped Carving and Sky-Shaking Red Falcon.

"Sect Leader Lu, you truly are a dragon among men."

"With tier three demon beasts, you can dispatch and slay them, marvelous!"

"If you hadn’t accompanied us, by now, we might have been devoured by those demon birds."

"Sect Leader, please sit over here, the Taihang Sect has prepared fine wine and food to welcome you."

In an instant, cultivators were vying to flatter and curry favor with Lu Yuanshan, while many felt gratitude, thankful for his pivotal intervention during the crisis.

As the crowd conversed with Lu Yuanshan, not far from the Fuyao Sect’s group, a male cultivator cast a gloomy gaze towards Lu Yuanshan and Lu Zhiwei.