Spirit Realm Chapter 676-678

Chapter 676: Return Trip

Without delaying any longer, Qin Lie arrived at the poisonous bog half a day later.

Soon after his arrival, he first went to where Armament Sect had initially built their sect. He found that the people from Joyful Union Sect had left this place a long time ago.

The death of Ying Xingran and the three reverends, as well as Blood Spear leaving Armament Sect and the poisonous bog, caused Armament Sect’s strength to plummet.

The members of the former Armament Sect and the elders that had fortunately survived were all waiting at this place.

Originally, they planned to rely on Joyful Union Sect and leave the Scarlet Tide Continent.

When Ruan Zhantian, the sect master of Joyful Union Sect, received orders from Li Mu and learned of his connection with Qin Lie, Armament Sect had been immediately abandoned.

The martial practitioners that Joyful Union Sect had sent to the the poisonous bog were ordered to leave by Ruan Zhantian. All communications between Armament Sect and Joyful Union Sect had ceased after that.

Having lost Ying Xingran and the three reverends, along with various exclusive spirit diagrams, the value of Armament Sect dropped in all aspects.

Without Blood Spear and Lang Xie, Armament Sect had no chance of ever becoming a Copper rank force. They posed no threat to Profound Heaven Alliance and Eight Extreme Temple. This caused Profound Heaven Alliance to lose interest, so they couldn’t even be bothered to come over and suppress Armament Sect.

Armament Sect inside the poisonous bog declined to the point of being a small Limestone rank force that no one paid attention to.

The elites of the former Armament Sect either died or left. A considerable portion of them left for the ultimate blood ground. This caused the remainder of people to be unable to support the sect. Some of the artificers that were confident in their skills scattered, joining various smaller forces, becoming their artificers.

After Mo Hai and Feng Rong came back, they found that Armament Sect only had a handful of disciples with low cultivations left.

When they told why they had come, the remainder of Armament Sect jointly declared they were willing to leave with Mo Hai almost without hesitation.

They easily recruited these people.

When Qin Lie came, he found that the situation was settled. There was nothing left for him to do.

“They are all people with low cultivation, are they valuable?” Looking at the people he had met a few times before, Qin Lie frowned. “Will they be of any use?”

“They will be helpful,” Tang Siqi replied. “While they may have low cultivation, many of them are artificers. We just have to teach them, and they will prove to be of great help.”

Mo Hai also said, “Qin Lie, this would be the best course of action. The former Armament Sect might have had had people more skillful at forging, but those people couldn’t be molded, their path was set. The young people here had been previously picked by Armament Sect. Armament Sect thought that these are people that could become artificers after being taught.”

“Under my and Siqi’s teachings, the great majority of them will be able to become true artificers.”

“Compared to the old-timers, they are more obedient, willing to accept new things, and more loyal to us.”

Looking at these people, Qin Lie nodded and spoke no more.

The former members of Armament Sect looked at him with reverence and awe.

Ying Xingran and the three reverends had died by his hands. Many of them had seen it with their own eyes. They had a deep-rooted fear of Qin Lie.

“Alright, leave with them. The trash here… throw it all out.” said Qin Lie looking down on a nearby crystalline war chariot. He was disappointed to see all the spirit materials gathered in Armament Sect were neither valuable nor useful.

“The truly valuable things are Armament Sect’s spirit diagrams, me and Siqi have them,” Mo Hai explained with a smile.

“Mn, I understand.”

Under the gazes of many of his former sect members, Qin Lie took out another crystalline war chariot and parked it below. He called for Feng Rong and Yi Yuan and instructed them, “Have them get on this crystalline war chariot.”

“Alright.” Feng Rong, Yi Yuan, Lian Rou and the others started moving.

Each one of them controlled a crystalline war chariot packed with former members of Armament Sect seated in an orderly fashion.

Each crystalline war chariot could hold more than a dozen people. If they squeezed, more than twenty.

The members that had been staying at Armament Sect mostly were low level artificers or had potential to become one. There were few in number.

They quickly got onto the crystalline war chariots.

“Qin Lie, should we wait for Miss Song and the others?” asked Feng Rong seeing that Qin Lie was preparing to leave immediately. She continued, “Two days ago, Song Siyuan and other Profound Heaven Alliance martial practitioners came and said that their side would be ready soon. They hope to come with us to the ultimate blood ground.”

Qin Lie’s gaze moved around.

Ever since Song Siyuan learned of the relationship between him and Song Tingyu, he was slightly afraid to meet people from Profound Heaven Alliance, especially Song Yu…

This time, Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang would definitely come to the Setting Sun Islands.

He was afraid that Song Yu would ask about the matter between him and Song Tingyu.

“There’s no need to wait.” After a moment of thought, Qin Lie said, “They know where the ultimate blood ground is. We shall leave first. When we arrive, I will notify the people from Blood Fiend Sect so that they will let Song Tingyu’s group through.”

“Are you really not going to wait?” Feng Rong smiled. “You are not afraid that Miss Song will be angry?”

“Stop wasting words! Let’s go!” Snorting, Qin Lie controlled the crystalline war chariot to charge in the direction of Purple Mist Sea’s Ghost Isle.

“Let’s go then,” Feng Rong said with a laugh.

And so, the crystalline war chariots flew into the sky above the poisonous bog and then disappeared into the clouds.

A day and a half later, they appeared on Ghost Isle.

When they landed, Qin Lie suddenly felt awkward.

At the center of Ghost Isle, at the entrance that was connected to the Nether Battlefield, two crystalline war chariots silently floated.

Song Tingyu was leaning against one of the chariot, talking with Song Yu. She clearly was not focused.

Xie Jingxuan and her father Xie Yaoyang were on the other crystalline war chariot.

Hearing the roar from the sky, Song Tingyu raised her head. Her eyes flashed, and she locked onto Qin Lie’s chariot from far away. When Qin Lie came close, she said sarcastically, “What? You wanted to leave us behind?”

Xie Jingxuan raised her head and rolled her eyes at him as though she was blaming him for not staying true to his word.

The alliance master of Profound Heaven Alliance, Song Yu, and Xie Yaoyang both had smiles on their faces. “Hahaha, as expected, the heroes come from the youths. Back when you helped Armament Sect drive away the five forces, I just knew that your future was limitless. However, I still underestimated you. Ah, when I pulled you into Profound Heaven Alliance back then, and gave you the status of a foreign delegate of Profound Heaven Alliance, I had a high opinion of you. Pity…”

Shaking his head, Song Yu had an expression of regret. “Pity that my mind was muddled by Song Zhi’s words which let me to do some stupid things. Ah, thinking about it now, I feel great regret.”

“Qin Lie, Profound Heaven Alliance slighted you, please forgive us.” Xie Yaoyang briskly admitted his mistake.

“I’ll let bygones be bygones, as long as you do not repeat the same mistakes in the future.” Qin Lie’s words had a double meaning.

“No! Never!” Song Yu guaranteed.

As they were talking, Qin Lie suddenly saw a fat figure that popped out from a distant corner, sneakily look in their direction with timidity.

“Master Yao!” Qin Lie was overjoyed.

“Haha, not really, not really.” Yao Tai waved his hand as he awkwardly walked out. He scratched his head and said with an anxious smile, “Miss Song insisted on me coming, she said that she wanted you to see me. I don’t know why, and I just came with Alliance Master Song and the others.”

“Have you been well these past years?” Qin Lie asked excitedly.

He had special emotions towards Yao Tai.

During his time at Nebula Pavilion, Yao Tai had always sincerely treated him and taught him all his forging knowledge without keeping anything back.

Yao Tai could be considered his first teacher.

When he had split with Profound Heaven Alliance, he had been worried about Yao Tai. He had asked Song Tingyu repeatedly for her to take care of Yao Tai.

“I’ve been very well,” Yao Tai said with a smile.

“When Tingyu was here, she always paid Yao Tai lots of attention. Before she left for the Land of Chaos to attend the Trial, she found me and had me guarantee that nothing would happen to Yao Tai.” Song Yu had a small smile. “In the years that Yao Tai was at Profound Heaven Alliance, while he did not receive special treatment, he was not targeted.”

“My days have been very good, really!” Yao Tai said honestly.

“That’s good! That’s good!” Seeing Yao Tai was fine, as fat as usual, some of Qin Lie’s hate towards Profound Heaven Alliance somewhat faded. “Master Yao, this time, come with me to the Land of Chaos. There, you can forge as much as you want!”

Yao Tai suddenly shook. “Land of Chaos?”

Prior to his arrival, Yao Tai had been sure he would just meet Qin Lie. He even thought that Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang wanted to use him to threaten Qin Lie.

He didn’t know what Song Tingyu’s aim in bringing him was.

Right now, seeing major personages such as Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang were talking pleasantly with Qin Lie and even looked as though they wanted to establish good ties with Qin Lie, he was slightly dazed.

“I knew that you wanted to meet him.” Song Tingyu laughed softly and then said, “I also knew that you didn’t want to go to Profound Heaven City, so I helped you by bringing him.”

She understood Qin Lie better than anyone else.

“Thanks!” Qin Lie nodded.

“Now you know to thank me?” Rolling her eyes, Song Tingyu said meaningfully. “Aren’t you wishing to get far far away from me?”

Qin Lie felt extremely awkward.

Song Yu looked at the pair and brushed his beard. His face had a smile, but he did not say anything.

“Yes, to the Land of Chaos!” Qin Lie looked at Yao Tai and changed the topic. “Come come come, let me introduce you to Elder Mo Hai!”

Qin Lie looked behind him and shouted at Mo Hai. “Great Elder, this is Master Yao Tai, my first teacher!”

Mo Hai came over and looked with astonishment at Yao Tao. He nodded lightly and said politely, “Master Yao, you taught Qin Lie well, that is amazing!”

“Ah, not at all! I am not Qin Lie’s teacher, I only gave him some basic knowledge on forging.” Yao Tai waved his hands. When he faced Mo Hai, he appeared very sincere and terrified.

Mo Hai’s name was famous in the Scarlet Tide Continent. Anyone that thought themselves an artificer would know his name.

“Go, when we reach the Setting Sun Islands, we can talk more!” Qin Lie shouted.

Everyone nodded.

And so, they put away their crystalline war chariots and then walked orderly toward the entrance, to the ultimate blood ground in the Nether Battlefield below.

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Chapter 677: Island Master Qin!

At the center of the spatial transportation formation on Flaming Sun Island.

Countless lines of blood intersected, forming a net. The net released power that twisted space and grew increasingly stronger.

A long time later, the spatial power gradually calmed and the blood net slowly disappeared.

On the transportation stage, under the gazes of more than a dozen Blood Fiend Sect martial practitioners, the figures of Qin Lie’s group gradually condensed and appeared.

“Island Master Qin!”

“Island Master Qin has returned!”

The Blood Fiend Sect martial practitioners had respectful expressions as they bowed towards Qin Lie.

Qin Lie who had just returned from Scarlet Tide Continent stilled. “Island Master Qin?”

Hong Bowen of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders laughed, and turned into a streak of bloody light, flying from afar and suddenly appearing by Qin Lie’s side. He said loudly, “Yes, from now on, you are the island master of Flaming Sun Island, so you are called Island Master Qin!”

Mo Lingye and the Blood Fiend Ten Elders had spent great effort to establish Qin Lie’s status.

Even though he cultivated the Blood Spirit Art and had a close relationship to Xue Li, strictly speaking, Qin Lie could not be considered a member of Blood Fiend Sect—he had not gone through the admittance ceremony, he had no one leading him in, he did not have a master.

Most important of all, Qin Lie himself did not seem to want to be restrained by Blood Fiend Sect.

Not a member of Blood Fiend Sect, and not a martial practitioner of Gold Sun Island, Qin Lie’s status on the Setting Sun Islands was slightly strange. There was also a problem that people of Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island had no idea how to address him.

Yet in both Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island, Qin Lie was an important figure, his words carried an enormous weight.

The eight god corpses that were deep under the sea were the primary defense of the Setting Sun Islands. If Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island wanted to establish themselves on the Setting Sun Islands, they had to rely on Qin Lie.

So, they had to give Qin Lie an appropriate identity.

The island master of Flaming Sun Island was the identity they arranged for Qin Lie after discussion.

They did not consider Flaming Sun Island to belong to Gold Sun Island nor did they see it as an asset under Blood Fiend Sect.

It was a territory that was independent and also on an equal level to them.

“In the future, everyone on Flaming Sun Island belongs to you!” Hong Bowen shouted.

Qin Lie shook and then said with a smile, “Including the spatial transportation formation that Blood Fiend Sect has built here?”

“Yes!” Hong Bowen nodded and then said, “Not just the spatial transportation formation, even the ultimate blood ground that is connected to it belongs to you! The members of our Blood Fiend Sect owe you for being able to cultivate on the ultimate blood ground, and we will pay you back accordingly!”

Qin Lie’s eyes lit up.

The expressions of Song Tingyu, Song Yu and the others who came with him, as well as the martial practitioners that used to be from Armament Sect such as Mo Hai and Feng Rong changed into ones of excitement.

Mo Hai, Feng Rong, Tang Siqi, Yi Yuan, Liang Rou and the others stemmed from the Scarlet Tide Continent and had no connection with Blood Fiend Sect or Gold Sun Island.

Everyone would live together on Flaming Sun Island, but they did not want to be restrained by or subordinate to Blood Fiend Sect.

They hoped more for a mutually beneficial partnership with Blood Fiend Sect.

Previously, they had felt that they were outsiders on the Setting Sun Islands. They felt that their relationship with Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island was too vague and they did not know their identity and status.

They constantly worried that they would be taken in by Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island, losing the freedom they so desired. That was not something that was pleasing to Mo Hai or Feng Rong.

In the past, the reason why Armament Sect decided to fight to the death when attacked by the five forces was that they did not want to become subordinates of Profound Heaven Alliance or Eight Extreme Temple.

“What about Lang Xie and Blood Spear? Which faction do they belong to?” Qin Lie asked.

Hong Bowen smiled slightly and said, “We, Blood Fiend Ten Elders, discussed it with sister-in-law. We decided that Lang Xie was free to choose. He could choose to formally return to Blood Fiend Sect and become its core member, or he could choose to stay at Flaming Sun Island and be independent of Blood Fiend Sect.”

“Oh?” Qin Lie’s expression changed. “How did Lang Xie choose?”

Hong Bowen’s smile was slightly forced. He said with a sigh. “Lang Xie chose to remain at Flaming Sun Island.”

When the words were said, Qin Lie, Feng Rong, Mo Hai and the others were startled inside and felt overjoyed.

They had not expected that Lang Xie would not be willing to become a member of Blood Fiend Sect.

“We did not expect it either.” Hong Bowen’s expression was distraught. “Sister-in-law and us ten elders personally discussed with Lang Xie. We promised that if Lang Xie was willing to formally join Blood Fiend Sect, he would eventually become the sect master of Blood Fiend Sect!” Shaking his head, Hong Bowen said regretfully, “We hadn’t expected that he would not agree, ah…”

Hearing him say this, everyone felt even more amazed, and they were puzzled by Lang Xie’s choice.

“Come onto the crystalline war chariot, let’s scout the area from the sky..” Hong Bowen thought and the said with a smile, “Flaming Sun Island is not just this island, even the two closest islands are a part of Flaming Sun Island’s territory. One island is where the ancient elite remains are being stored, the other island belongs to Xiang Xi. He has agreed to give it to you. Right now, Blood Spear members are cultivating there.”

Everyone became excited.

“Let’s take a look before discussing!” Song Tingyu’s beautiful eyes were glittering.

Other than those who just came from the Scarlet Tide Continent, and the members that had belonged to Armament Sect, both Song Tingyu’s group and Mo Hai’s group took out their crystal chariots and hurriedly got on the crystal chariots. Under Hong Bowen’s direction, they flew into the sky and started to take a viewing with Hong Bowen.

“Oh, were gone for just a month, yet there’s been such great changes!” Lian Rou said in amazement.

“Many towers have been built!” Tang Siqi was overjoyed.

“Not bad, not bad at all.” Song Tingyu’s face was covered in a smile as she chuckled.

Qin Lie was also glowing, and excited inside as he looked at Flaming Sun Island and the nearby two islands.

In a short span of just a month, dozens of sturdy limestone towers had been built on the Flaming Sun Island. They spread outwards from where Qin Lie had stayed at before, and seemed to be arranged into a small town.

For martial practitioners of high cultivation, although it was a waste of their talent and spirit energy, it was fairly easy to erect buildings. Only a dozen or so Fulfillment Realm martial practitioners and a week of time were required to build this small town from scratch.

Of course, the buildings built in such a short time did not have any sense of beauty. They did not have artistry that would cause people’s eyes to light up, nor any terrifying defensive ability.

They could only be used as residences or to cultivate.

On Flaming Sun Island, the dozens of limestone towers were divided into cultivation rooms, storage rooms and scripture towers that could hold spirit arts. Towers’ interior had everything needed to live and had been designed to accommodate hundreds of people.

There were a few plazas in front of these limestone towers where martial practitioners could spar with their spirit techniques and refine their physical bodies.

Looking down from the sky, Flaming Sun Island was all ready to accommodate new people.

This was Flaming Sun Island.

The other island was of a different style due to Lang Xie and Blood Spear. Other than the limestone towers that were about the same, the most distinguishing feature was the existence of blood pools. The blood pools were dug deep and divided into many sectors. If blood water was added, one would be able to cultivate blood spirit crystals in there directly.

Looking at that island, Qin Lie could see traces of the previous Blood Spear cultivation ground. It was clear that Lang Xie and Blood Spear already thought of it as their new home.

The third island had been where the ancient elite remains had been placed. Originally, Song Tingyu and Xie Jingxuan had been cultivating there, but now many limestones towers of unique appearances had been erected.

If one looked closely, they would find that there were many gutters dug under those limestone towers, and all kinds of forging cauldrons had been placed in the rooms.

Forging rooms, spirit material rooms, settings for fire sources, all kinds of pools to cool off steaming hot newly-forged artifacts. All of these could be seen in every corner of the island.

“Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island also have some artificers,” Hong Bowen explained with a small smile. “We don’t know much about what kind of rooms and buildings artificers need, but they do. With our artificers’ help, we have built this island specifically for the former Armament Sect. If there are any problems, I hope that you can solve it yourself, as that’s all we can do.”

Hong Bowen looked sincerely at Mo Hai and Tang Siqi.

In his eyes, Mo Hai and Tang Siqi who could forge Blazing Profound Bombs were extremely important. He knew that Blood Fiend Sect had to rely on these two people in the future so he always had a humble attitude when facing them.

The great majority of martial practitioners in the Land of Chaos would have such a humble and polite attitude when they faced artificers that possessed actual ability.

Mo Hai, Tang Siqi, and Lian Rou looked in amazement from the crystalline war chariot. Their faces were rosy as they looked at the forging ground that had been built specially for them with joyful surprise in their eyes.

“Good, very good, although a few things require work, this island will do just fine.” Mo Hai nodded and then looked deeply at Hong Bowen. He said, “Elder Hong has worked hard.”

“As long as you are satisfied.” Hong Bowen’s smile could make people feel comfortable all over.

“The three islands belong to Flaming Sun Island, one for Lang Xie and Blood Spear to cultivate, one for Master Mo Hai and Miss Tang to forge.” Hong Bowen looked at the group and continued to explain. “The main island, Flaming Sun Island, is for you, Qin Lie. In the future, who lives here will be determined by you. Blood Fiend Sect will not interfere.”

Qin Lie, Mo Hai and the others were very satisfied, and felt great comfort at the goodwill Blood Fiend Sect was showing.

“In the future, you, Qin Lie, are the master of Flaming Sun Island. You will manage these three islands, and you will be sustaining them.”

“You have provided the spirit materials to build that spatial transportation formation, and you were the one who found the ultimate blood ground. It’s only fair that it should belong to you. In the future, if members of Blood Fiend Sect go to the ultimate blood ground to cultivate the Blood Spirit Art, we will pay an appropriate price in spirit stones to Flaming Sun Island. We can discuss the fee in the future.”

“As for Blazing Profound Bombs and the new spirit armor that Master Mo and Miss Tang had devised, as well as other spirit artifacts, Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island will trade using an equivalent of spirit materials and spirit stones. We will not slight you.”

“Also, you are free to sell things such as Blazing Profound Bombs to other forces, like Illusory Demon Sect. Blood Fiend sect will definitely not interfere.”

“If Lang Xie and the martial practitioners of Blood Spear accompany Blood Fiend Sect to go fighting with Gold Sun Island against the surrounding forces, all of the spoils including mines and territories will be divided fairly based on their contribution.”

“In other words, starting today, Flaming Sun Island is completely independent of Blood Fiend Sect. It is not like Gold Sun Island, it is not subordinate to Blood Fiend Sect.”

“In the future, you are allies of Blood Fiend Sect and Gold Sun Island. We can move together and fight against enemies, but we will rule our own territories and not interfere.”

Qin Lie’s eyes grew brighter and brighter.

Hong Bowen suddenly remembered something and then said, “Oh, right, there are large amounts of spirit materials, spirit stones, pills and artifacts in the large storage rooms in towers of Flaming Sun Island. First, you helped Gold Sun Island force Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sea Pavilion back. Gold Sun Island obtained many spirit materials and pills from pillaging the corpses.”

“Then, when the three families and Black Voodoo Cult invaded, Duan Qianjie came because of you, and helped us destroy the Soul Altar of that Imperishable martial practitioner. After that, your eight god corpses helped Big Brother Xue fight off Jiang Zhuzhe. In that battle, you were crucial.”

“The appropriate amount of treasures such as chariots, ships, and spirit artifacts has been already given to Blood Spear’s Lang Xie.”

“A portion of the spirit materials and pills we obtained during our trip to Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sea Pavilion is in these storage rooms.”

“We also took a portion of the Blazing Profound Bombs that Miss Tang and the others forged. We have paid an equivalent amount of spirit materials and stones.”

“Oh, I also forgot something. We are still organizing the mines that we obtained from Black Cloud Palace and Heavenly Sea Pavilion. After they are accounted for, we will give a corresponding share to Flaming Sun Island.”

Hong Bowen talked and clearly laid out the accounts. He had stored the things that Qin Lie should get into the spirit material warehouses and storage rooms on the three islands.

“Haha, you can go stocktake now and see how much you have,” Hong Bowen said with a laugh.

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Chapter 678: Blood Fiend Sect’s Sincerity

Qin Lie was not skilled in stocktaking.

“Let me help you.” Song Tingyu said, her face glowing.

She was clearly in a good mood, her eyes betraying her excitement. Anyone could see with a glance at the smile on her face that she was in a very cheerful mood.

“You’re skilled in things like this?” Qin Lie asked with a smile.

“Back at Profound Heaven Alliance, Tingyu helped me stocktake the resources of the family. She has astounding talent in this area, you do not have to worry,” Song Yu added with a smile.

“Sister Tingyu really does know how to manage resources,” Xie Jingxuan added softly.

Qin Lie’s eyes lit up slightly. “Alright, you can go and see how much resources Flaming Sun Island has right now.”

Steering a crystalline war chariot, Song Tingyu laughed as she descended down towards the towers of Flaming Sun Island.

“Let’s go to that island.” Mo Hai pointed at the island where the ancient elite remains were stored.

Qin Lie nodded with a smile.

“This island is gray, let’s call it Gray Island,” Tang Siqi said softly.

Looking down from the sky, they found that no plants could be seen covering the island and even the sand was a gray-brown color.

“Alright, Gray Island,” Qin Lie said.

Tang Siqi had a happy expression and she happily took the people from Armament Sect along with Mo Hai and Lian Rou to Gray Island.

“I’m going to Lang Xie.”

Controlling the crystalline war chariot, Qin Lie turned into a cold streak of glowing light that shot towards the island where Blood Spear was.

Song Yu and Xie Yaoyang on Xie Jingxuan’s crystalline war chariot looked at the Setting Sun Islands. They looked at a gathering of Blood Fiend Sect’s martial practitioners, as well as where the Xing Family of Gold Sun Island was. They were inwardly calculating something.

“It seems that we still underestimated Qin Lie.” Xie Yaoyang suddenly sighed.

Song Yu thought for a moment before nodding. “I hadn’t expected that he would have his own land here already.”

“This boy is really good at making trouble!” Xie Yaoyang said in praise.

“As expected, extraordinary!” Song Yu agreed.

After Hong Bowen of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders finished explaining, he left Flaming Sun Island.

He directly landed where Mo Lingye, Mo Jun and the others were gathered.

“How was it?”

Seeing him return, Mo Jun’s expression changed. He stood up straight and looked with a burning gaze at Hong Bowen.

Mo Lingye and the others from the Blood Fiend Ten Elders also looked at Hong Bowen.

“I’ve told him what I needed to, I don’t think I missed anything.” Hong Bowen’s expression was strict. “Blood Fiend Sect has shown our intentions. I saw that Qin Lie was very surprised. He should be very happy with our arrangements. However…” After a pause, he continued. “Isn’t the price too high?”

The others of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders also had expressions of pain as though a piece of their flesh had been cut off.

Blood Fiend Sect had used almost a hundred experts and a lot of limestone to build over the three islands.

They had given Qin Lie almost half of the crystalline war chariots, ships, large-scale flight artifacts, and resources that they had recently obtained from Black Voodoo Cult, and the three families as well as the spirit materials, stones, and pills they obtained from Heavenly Sea Pavilion and Black Cloud Palace.

At this time, almost half of their gains were piled up on Qin Lie’s three islands.

For Blood Fiend Sect that had not been in their best state these past thousand years, the materials were very important. Giving away half of them came with a great pain to them.

“Not even half of our wealth is equal to one arm of the progenitor,” Mo Lingye said serenely.

Everyone immediately felt better.

Compared to the body of the Blood Progenitor, the spirit materials they had obtained recently were not much.

“Also, Qin Lie deserves it.” Mo Lingye looked at the ten elders and said coolly, “Without Qin Lie’s help multiple times, Blood Fiend Sect would not have been able to establish themselves at the Setting Sun Islands, much less publicly come out. It was him that let us stop hiding and leave the shadows. This alone is worth more than these spirit materials!”

Everyone nodded inwardly.

“Even now, without the eight god corpses in the sea, we would not have the ability to protect ourselves,” Mo Lingye said.

Mo Jun and Hong Bowen all had thoughtful expressions.

“The reason we gave three islands to Qin Lie was for him to have a land of his own, a place he can call his “home.” With that I hope to keep him nearby.”

“Li Mu of Heavenly Sword Mountain or Forefather Terminator should be able to give him better conditions. Soon, he will go to Terminator Sect. If he sees the strength of Terminator Sect and its wealth, and he is persuaded by Forefather Terminator, it is very likely that he will become a disciple of Terminator Sect, a direct disciple of Nan Zhengtian.”

“If that’s the case, then what can Blood Fiend Sect use to keep him?”

Mo Lingye asked the group.

Mo Jun and the others gradually realized.

“We gave him a place that he will think about, something he cannot give up, this is how he will be able to resist the temptation of Terminator Sect. Flaming Sun Island belongs to him, those people from Armament Sect, Blood Spear, Lang Xie, his female friends, they will feel they belong to Flaming Sun Island. They won’t leave, and so won’t he.” Mo Lingye’s eyes flashed with intelligence.

“Sister-in-law is extraordinarily intelligent.” Mo Jun was convinced.

Hong Bowen and the others couldn’t help but feel respect.

“There is something you have to understand.” Mo Lingye sighed softly and said, “Today’s Blood Fiend Sect is not the Blood Fiend Sect of a thousand years ago. At this moment, today, if Qin Lie left Blood Fiend Sect, his future would be even better. We, however, can’t go on without him. I hope that you can understand it.”

“Understood.”

“We all understand.”

“Sister-in-law, your foresight is amazing.”

The group praised sincerely.

“Qin Lie has come!”

A Blood Spear martial practitioner saw Qin Lie appear on the crystalline war chariot and called out to notify Lang Xie.

In a remote cultivation room, Lang Xie was half-naked as he soaked himself in viscous bloodwater. The pores on his body looked as though they were breathing regularly.

The room was shrouded in bloody energy. The stench of blood was nauseating. Two bloody red snakes of tangible blood energy came out of Lang Xie’s eyes.

Hearing that Qin Lie had arrived, Lang Xie stood up, stabilized blood energy of his body and retracted his bloody aura.

Walking out of the blood pool, he put on a rough hemp robe, opened the door and allowed Qin Lie to enter

“Hm?” Lang Xie exclaimed softly and looked strangely at Qin Lie. His bloody eyes flashed with intimidating light.

Qin Lie’s hairs rose on end as he was being stared at. He asked in puzzlement, “What? Is something wrong?”

“Boy, soak in the blood pool!” Lang Xie suddenly said.

“This blood pool? The one you use to cultivate?” Qin Lie was shocked.

“Yes!” Lang Xie said.

Qin Lie’s expression changed slightly. He thought for a moment and then said, “Alright! I’ll try!”

Lang Xie was already in the late stage of the Fulfillment Realm and was preparing to ascend to the Fragmentation Realm. After he came to the Setting Sun Islands, he had followed Blood Fiend Sect in their campaigns. All of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders had nothing but praises for him and thought that Lang Xie’s talent surpassed Xue Li’s and reached the height of the first sect master of Blood Fiend Sect.

Lang Xie definitely had outstanding traits to be recognized by all of the Blood Fiend Ten Elders. His personality, intelligence, and talent were all outstanding.

It was only natural that the blood pool he used for cultivation was similarly extraordinary.

“Slowly, sink in bit by bit. Do not absorb the bloodwater from the pool too quickly. If you feel uncomfortable, immediately stop and block your pores. Get a feel for it.” Lang Xie reminded.

Qin Lie nodded.

Taking off his top, he slowly moved towards the enormous blood pool.

His feet entered first from the stairs to the blood pool and the water washed over his feet. A strong burning feeling immediately spread through his feet as though there were hundreds of insects stabbing into the pores of his feet and trying to burrow into his feet. That burning and piercing pain caused his body to shudder.

“How is it?” Lang Xie’s expression was serious.

Without answering, Qin Lie focused for a while with a frozen expression to carefully feel the changes in his feet.

Bloody bubbles of the boiling water continued to pop. There was clearly a fire source like the Fiery Solar Jade under the blood pool that boiled and activated the bloodwater.

The boiling bloodwater was so hot that the great majority of Fulfillment Realm martial practitioners would immediately jump out after touching the water.

Other than the high temperature, the bloodwater was also mixed with many different kinds of corrosive medicinal fluids that were not tolerable to normal people.

Lang Xie thought that even genuine members of Blood Fiend Sect would most likely have a difficult time withstanding the refinement of the bloody water in the blood pool if they were in the Fulfillment Realm.

However, after the initial shudder, Qin Lie seemed to quickly adjust and started to walk along the stairs into the blood pool.

Shock appeared on Lang Xie’s face.