Zhou Xun was just about to tally his loot when another flying ship approached from the west!

This reminded him of a troubling scene.

Back when he left the Celestial Terrace Bell, he encountered a group of tribulation cultivators, also riding a similar flying ship.

At first, Zhou Xun was somewhat surprised that when his two brothers mobilized, they brought a group of people, but when it came to him, there were only two.

Now Zhou Xun understood, it wasn't that they didn't bring subordinates, but they had been arranged to flank from another direction.

To prevent him from escaping.

"They really think highly of me!" Zhou Xun sneered.

The flying ship stopped by the array.

Zhou Xun scanned it with his divine sense, finding a total of seven people; one in the seventh-layer Qi refining stage, while the remaining six were in the middle-stage Qi refining.

Without hesitation, Zhou Xun once again activated the Fire Cloud Sword.

A red light flew out, transforming into a lightning bolt.

Shooting out from the array, piercing through the neck of the tribulation cultivator in the seventh-layer Qi refining stage, killing him instantly.

The tribulation cultivators on the flying ship only saw a flash of red light, and the highest cultivation among them fell immediately.

Panic-stricken, they hastily resorted to defensive measures.

Some took out defense spiritual artifacts; some activated defense talismans, while others attempted to flee.

However, Zhou Xun's Fire Cloud Sword was a top-grade spiritual artifact, not something these middle-stage Qi refining cultivators could withstand.

"Swish swish——"

There were sounds of several flying swords piercing into bodies, and all six remaining tribulation cultivators were killed.

Then the Fire Cloud Sword returned with seven storage bags hanging from it, floating in front of Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun took down the storage bags, including Liu Luoxiong's, and began to count.

The numerous treasures formed a small hill.

There were over seven thousand Light Spirit Stones, though over five thousand were contributed by the black-robed middle-aged man's storage bag.

The other seven, including Liu Luoxiong's, had just over two thousand.

Besides, Zhou Xun also obtained over ten middle-grade spiritual artifacts, which, if sold, could be worth a thousand spirit stones.

Five high-grade spiritual artifacts, and two top-grade spiritual artifacts.

One was the pitch-black large shield that the black-robed middle-aged man lent Liu Luoxiong, and the other was the round wheel spiritual artifact.

Indeed, that belonging to the black-robed middle-aged man was of top-grade level.

With this, Zhou Xun had collected all three components of this spiritual artifact.

"I wonder how powerful this spiritual artifact will be when combined!" Zhou Xun said with anticipation.

He clapped his hand on the storage bag, and two beams of light flashed by, revealing two slightly smaller round wheels in his hand.

Then Zhou Xun placed them onto the protrusion of the larger round wheel, fitting perfectly together.

Using the same steps, Zhou Xun attached the remaining round wheel as well.

When the three wheels successfully combined, they emitted a golden light, and in no time, a dazzling golden wheel appeared.

Looking at the golden wheel spiritual artifact before him.

"This is its true form!"

Then, Zhou Xun began to imprint his divine sense upon the golden wheel spiritual artifact.

It took several hours before Zhou Xun succeeded!

"It doesn't seem to be a top-grade spiritual artifact!"

Feeling the golden wheel in his hand, Zhou Xun murmured.

This golden wheel seemed more like a special spiritual artifact.

Zhou Xun took out a stack of spirit iron used to test the power of spiritual artifacts and placed them on the ground.

Then he infused mana into the golden wheel, and with a buzz, it levitated, growing to several zhang in size, with sharp edges emitting a piercing light.

"Go!"

Zhou Xun pointed at the spirit iron.

The golden wheel spun and struck the spirit iron.

Without any obstruction, the spirit iron was cleaved in half!

"This power definitely exceeds the level of top-grade spiritual artifacts!" Zhou Xun exclaimed in surprise.

"But the consumption of mana is rather high, at least three times that needed for the Fire Cloud Sword. Mind you, the Fire Cloud Sword is a top-grade spiritual artifact!"

From this, it's clear that this golden wheel spiritual artifact was indeed extraordinary!

Zhou Xun satisfactorily stored it into his storage bag.

Then he continued the inventory, next were ordinary elixirs, talismans, and materials.

The most appealing items to Zhou Xun were those two jade boxes among them.

Zhou Xun unveiled the sealing spirit talisman.

As expected, the Dragon Heart Fruit and Bright Grass were right there!

"Now, I've gathered all three auxiliary herbs for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill!" Zhou Xun nodded with satisfaction.

He was now qualified to collaborate with someone to refine the Foundation Establishment Pill, and as long as two pills emerged from the furnace, he was sure to receive one.

There were also some scriptures and jade scrolls.

Zhou Xun picked one up for a quick glance.

Unexpectedly, there was another array inheritance, though only tier two middle-grade, not of much value to Zhou Xun, only useful for reference.

After all, he possessed the tier three array inheritance of the Gao family.

Besides the inheritance, there were three sets of array plates, stored in three-foot-long wooden boxes.

Zhou Xun opened them to inspect.

"Tier Two Low-Grade Array: Water Curtain Celestial Splendor Array"

"Tier One Top-Grade Array: Wind and Thunder Array"

"Tier One Top-Grade Array: Seven-Star Array"

Rare arrays, and now they all benefitted Zhou Xun.

Continuing with the inventory.

"Huh, the 'Blood Demon Scripture'?"

Zhou Xun's divine sense immersed into an ancient, yellowing jade scroll.

It turned out to be a demonic cultivation technique!

Countless miles west of Xui Country was the lair of demon cultivators.

It's said that cultivators there mainly practiced demonic cultivation techniques.

Demonic cultivation techniques often progressed quickly in the early stages, but after the Foundation Establishment Stage, bottlenecks were numerous, and breakthroughs were several times more difficult than for righteous cultivators.

Moreover, many demonic cultivation techniques harm the natural order, thus in the whole of Xui Country, demon cultivators are universally reviled.

Whenever demon cultivators are discovered, the Cloud Light Sect issues warrants for capture!

"Could it be that the black-robed middle-aged man was actually a demon cultivator? But during our fight, I didn't sense any demonic qi at all."

Zhou Xun recalled the battle with the black-robed middle-aged man.

But the means Liu Luoxiong used to increase his cultivation seemed to be of demonic origin.

Could it be from this?

Looking at the 'Blood Demon Scripture' in his hand.

Zhou Xun carefully examined it.

Indeed, at the end of the cultivation technique, several secret techniques were recorded, including the one used by Liu Luoxiong.

This was a secret technique named "Blood Burning," temporarily enhancing one's cultivation realm at the cost of damaging essence blood and foundation.

After a spellcaster used this technique, their foundation would be severely damaged, and without top-tier spirit medicine to repair it, their cultivation would never advance in the future.

"To think it's a secret technique that sacrifices one's future path, no wonder Luoo Xiong, with his eighth-layer Qi refining cultivation, could wield a top-grade spiritual artifact, equivalent to half a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!"

When facing a life-and-death crisis, this technique could indeed be a lifesaver!

Moreover, the essence of spirit medicine I can refine is precisely to replenish the foundation!

This secret technique is extremely suitable for me!

Besides 'Blood Burning,' there were several secret techniques like 'Blood Escape,' 'Blood Shadow Stab,' and 'Blood Demon Incarnation' with even greater power,

but unfortunately, the minimum requirements for cultivating them were the Foundation Establishment Stage, some even requiring the True Pill Stage.

Finishing this demonic cultivation technique opened a new world for Zhou Xun.

He could refine spirit medicine essence to replenish his foundation, not fearing any damage.

He could certainly gather some powerful secret techniques.

Having finished the inventory, Zhou Xun categorized and organized all the treasures, filling several storage bags.

He then retracted the Celestial Spirit Five Elements Array, turning into a cyan light, and returned to White Cloud Immortal City.

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