Published: March 2, 2025
Chapter 195: Harvesting Fuel
The foundation establishment stage undoubtedly has an absolute advantage and initiative over the qi refinement stage, though it's not as exaggerated as one might think.
Aside from a few historically notable “geniuses,” hardly any cultivators can challenge those at a higher level.
Even Liu Yu, in the qi refinement stage, cannot challenge a foundation establishment cultivator.
When the formation was broken and the five Elders of the Huang Family fled, they had already given orders for the other Huang Family cultivators to break through and escape. There was no time to discuss the meeting point for regrouping, or perhaps they didn’t dare to mention it.
About two hundred qi refinement cultivators from the Huang Family scattered in chaos, with the city guards responsible for pursuing the faster ones, while only around forty remained, either running slowly or standing still.
“Uh ah~”
The Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade, accompanied by azure yang devil fire, recklessly harvested among the crowd.
In just over ten breaths, there was not a single survivor left.
When the last scream echoed, the mountainside was left with nothing but a ground covered in black ash and silence, with only the sounds of a duel of magic coming from afar.
Among the forty lives that had just been vibrant, there may have been a few so-called “geniuses,” but in an instant, they turned into piles of black ash, the only remnants of their existence.
Liu Yu looked at everything with a blank expression.
With a thought, the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade spun around quickly, absorbing the pale blue flames from the piles of black ash into the blade.
Liu Yu waved his hand, and the Mother-Child Soul Pursuing Blade returned to hover in front of him, the azure yang devil fire separating from the blade and gathering in his right hand.
“1.2 degrees.”
As he gazed at the silently burning azure yang devil fire, Liu Yu immediately sensed the fuel provided by the forty qi refinement cultivators thanks to the close connection of his spiritual consciousness.
The amount of fuel provided by this batch of qi refinement cultivators for the azure yang devil fire far exceeded that of the ones who died at the mountain peak, not only because their number was double, but also because they were still alive, meaning their vitality and soul energy were richer.
Liu Yu nodded slightly, feeling quite satisfied with this harvest.
After years of nurturing his magical power and adding fuel, the power of the azure yang devil fire had strengthened a little more. According to the description of the qingyang skill, it was now sufficient to complete the fourth round of demonic fire refining essence.
Seeing this, Liu Yu couldn’t help but smile slightly. He then looked indifferently at the ground covered in black ash, and with a motion of his hand, he drew five storage bags into his grasp, stuffing them into his robe, giving him a slightly “bulging” appearance.
The forty qi refinement cultivators had no power to resist against a foundation establishment cultivator one level higher. Liu Yu could do it, and the other foundation establishment fellow disciples who had come this time could do it as well.
It was not a matter of merit, so naturally, the harvest could not be solely claimed by him. In the end, after checking the harvest, the ten foundation establishment cultivators would split it evenly.
If the spoils belonged to whoever killed, then no one would be willing to pursue the foundation establishment cultivators of the Huang Family. This had been agreed upon from the start, and everyone consented, so Liu Yu naturally had no objections.
In addition to the spiritual stones in the Immortal Abode, Liu Yu now had about twenty-five thousand spiritual stones in total.
With the continuous profits from the jade alchemy hall, if he ran low on spiritual stones, he could always sell some Azure Spirit Pills. He didn’t see one or two thousand spiritual stones as significant.
But spiritual stones are spiritual stones; they are an irreplaceable resource for cultivating immortality. If Liu Yu were not greedy, it would instead raise suspicions.