Above the sky.

The blood-colored giant ape's phantom dissipated, revealing the silhouette of a burly man with a fierce aura.

'Ah~ not good! I'm drawing too much attention.'

'Luckily, I've taken the Hundred Illusion Pill, so no one knows who I am.'

'Why did Linghu Yang have to attack me?'

'Wei Wuya also... at the critical moment actually backed down.'

'Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to make a move.'

The scene was suddenly silent as the grave.

Qin Ming could feel all eyes on him, which made him quite uncomfortable.

All the cultivators looked at him, each with expressions of awe and fear.

The Cultivation Realm has always been strength-oriented, and for someone like him to effortlessly defeat Linghu Yang, it was enough to prove his terrifying cultivation power. It would certainly stir up a storm in the Cultivation Realm.

"Ahem!"

Ignoring everyone's gaze, Qin Ming raised his hand and coughed lightly, then transformed into a blood-colored escape light and vanished, leaving this place of troubles.

From that moment, Qin Ming had reached a clearer understanding of his power; within the Foundation Establishment Stage, he should be without rivals.

…

With the departure of the burly man.

Oh!

Above Forbidden Ridge, there was suddenly a clamor of discussions.

"Too strong!"

"Who on earth was that burly cultivator?"

"He shattered a magic that even Wei Wuya didn't dare to take with just a single punch, and defeated Linghu Yang!"

"Seems like a Body Refining Cultivator, with such formidable and domineering Body Refining Technique!"

"Why did I see him as an early-stage Foundation Establishment? Could it be that he was concealing his cultivation?"

"Certainly, you can't discern the Body Refining Cultivation."

"This person is certainly not ordinary; he could probably rank among the top three Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Wei Country Cultivation Realm."

"Hahaha! We came to see Wei Wuya and Linghu Yang duel for supremacy, but who would've thought a third party would show up, amazing!"

"After this battle, this person might become famous throughout the land."

In the crowd, the late-stage Qi Cultivator whom Qin Ming had previously asked for directions trembled continuously, swallowing hard, "Thank goodness I was quick-witted, otherwise, there wouldn't even be a speck left of me if I got punched..."

"It was him!"

"Fellow Daoist Long!!!"

Shopkeeper Han from Cloud Fire Pavilion at Inch Mountain Market had also come, as he naturally had to lead people to support and cheer for Wei Wuya, a senior disciple of the Thunder Origin Sect.

But what he never expected was that the person who had just demonstrated immense power was the same Fellow Daoist Long who had recently purchased an array from him.

For a while, he was completely stunned.

"What? Fellow Daoist Long?"

"Shopkeeper Han, do you know this person?"

"Quickly, tell us more."

"..."

Elsewhere, Qin Ming, having transformed into the burly man, once again mounted the Silver-winged Frost Bee, speeding towards Wangyue Island.

After another half day, Qin Ming wandered back to the vicinity of Wangyue Lake.

He reverted to his original appearance, opened the Mist Illusion Realm, and then flew back to Wangyue Island.

The people of the Wu Family also noticed Qin Ming's return, and greeted him one after another.

Once Qin Ming landed on the island, he summoned Wu Jiang over, and told him seriously, "Sigh! Fellow Daoist Wu, during my recent journey, I learned some alarming news again."

Wu Jiang's face showed a worried expression upon hearing this.

Because whenever Fellow Daoist Qin said something like this, it was always followed by trouble.

Despite being mentally prepared, Wu Jiang was still unnerved by Qin Ming's next words.

"A beast tide is approaching! And it's incredibly massive in scale, affecting the Cultivation Realm of the Spirit Nest Islands."

"For safety's sake, you should bring your family from White Rock Island to Wangyue Island." Qin Ming said, patting Wu Jiang on the shoulder.

"..."

Wu Jiang looked bitter, feeling conflicted inside, as he didn't know how many times they'd relocated as a family.

White Rock Island had just been rebuilt after the war, and now there's another beast disaster looming...

But there was hardly room to doubt Fellow Daoist Qin's words, so he could only follow his recommendation.

Wu Jiang gave Qin Ming a respectful bow, "Thank you, Fellow Daoist Qin, for the information. I'll quickly inform my family."

Then he paused, hesitating, "By the way, if this beast disaster is larger than before, what about Wangyue Island... will it?"

"Don't worry, once I learned about the beast disaster, I bought a Tier Three Array."

"With the protection of the Tier Three Array and the Mist Illusion Realm outside, even if a Tier Three Demon King comes, they can't break through the island's defenses." Qin Ming said confidently, with a cool demeanor.

Upon hearing this, Wu Jiang gasped in shock, "A Tier Three Array!"

"That's fantastic!"

While shocked, he felt a sense of relief and gratitude, grateful he'd secured Qin Ming's support early on.

Otherwise, their Wu Family might have been wiped out by the spreading Beast Tide.

Upon learning the news, Wu Jiang hurried back to inform his clan members.

"Phew~"

After returning to the island, Qin Ming took a stroll around his Spirit Field, checked his Spirit Plants, and then put the Silver-winged Frost Bees back.

His next plan was to continue ripening the "Spirit Vein Enhancement" entry on the Spirit-Transforming Demon Grass in advance.

Unfortunately, he had no "Leaf of Space-Time" entry left, so he needed to plant some low-tier Spirit Plants in the next two months and produce a few "Ripening" entries.

Then.

Qin Ming took out the 'Innate Earth.' The moment the profound black light appeared, even the Lifebound Spirit Plant Longevity Vine beside it reacted.

It was obviously extremely delighted by the aura of the Innate Earth.

Thus, he simply buried the Innate Earth under the roots of the Longevity Vine.

In an instant, a profound Heaven and Earth Energy issued from the Innate Earth, spreading towards the Spiritual Soil of the entire island.

The nearby Spirit Fields and Spiritual Soil seemed to be nourished, growing like bamboo shoots after a rain.

Even the Xun Wood Spirit Soil under the two Spirit-Transforming Demon Grasses grew to twice its original size, expanding to an area of over two feet.

The Spirit Fields on the Spirit Island, although not growing as fast as the Xun Wood Spirit Soil, were also observed by Qin Ming's Divine Thought to be slowly expanding outward.

He believed that with the accumulation of time, the area of Wangyue Island would grow larger and larger.

After finishing these tasks, Qin Ming planted over a hundred low-tier Spirit Plants in the medicinal garden again.

Next was the pill refinement.

He took out the Blood Bone Pill Formula and the Blood Evil Pill Formula he had purchased and carefully studied them for a few days.

Once Qin Ming had studied them sufficiently, he took out the blood and flesh of the Double-Pupil Demon Ape to start refining pills.

For Qin Ming's current Alchemy Dao level, the difficulty of making these two types of Spirit Pills was not very high.

After seven or eight days of overnight refinement, Qin Ming successfully produced over ten bottles of Blood Bone Pills and more than twenty bottles of Blood Evil Pills.

This was mainly thanks to the abundant quantity of the Double-Pupil Demon Ape's blood and flesh.

Such high-level Qi Blood pills would provoke innumerable cultivators to compete fiercely for just a single one.

Qin Ming picked up a blood-red Blood Evil Pill, observed it carefully for a while, and immediately the dense Qi Blood Power emanated from the pill, stirring Qin Ming's Heart Spirit.

"This is the legendary Spiritual Pill that many Body Refining Cultivators dream of, the Tier Two Middle-Grade Blood Evil Pill!"

"Let me taste it and see if it is as formidable as the rumors claim."

Without further hesitation, Qin Ming swallowed the Blood Evil Pill in his hand.

Boom!

Suddenly, an extremely pure medicinal power spread throughout his body, rushing towards his limbs and bones.

Waves of overwhelming Qi Blood Power continuously washed over Qin Ming's physical body, transforming into strands of Innate Gang Qi, merging into his True Gang, making his true Qi Blood Spirit even more condensed, constantly progressing towards the conditions required for the Third Transformation of True Gang.

A few hours later.

After consuming one Blood Evil Pill and one Blood Bone Pill, Qin Ming's Qi Blood increased again, and at this pace of cultivation.

After consuming this batch of pills, he estimated he would soon be able to accumulate his Qi Blood True Gang to the level of the Third Transformation.

Upon finishing his cultivation, Qin Ming exited the Cave Mansion.

In just a few days, Wu Jiang had already brought the clansmen from White Rock Island back to Wangyue Island and was orderly assigning tasks.

Seeing Qin Ming emerge, Wu Jiang quickly addressed him: "Fellow Daoist Qin, it happened just as you expected!"

"Just the night before last, a Beast Tide erupted in the Beast Roar Mountain Range, of considerable scale."

"Vast Sea Immortal City and nearby cultivation influences were the first ones to be impacted."

"Vast Sea Immortal City was not too bad, but the other influences were unlucky, nearly razed to the ground without the protection of a Tier Three Array; reportedly, there were high casualties."

Qin Ming showed an unsurprised expression and nodded.

"It came rather swiftly."

Wu Jiang, seeing Qin Ming's lack of reaction, was already accustomed and continued, "According to the latest notice from the 72 Daoist Loose Alliance, the first wave of the beast disaster will not temporarily affect the Spirit Nest Islands."

"The loose alliance has united many Spirit Island Clans to set up a defensive line using islands such as Juring Island, Huangfeng Island, Gulang Island, Kunyuan Island... planning to unite all capable forces to intercept the Beast Tide outside, to overcome the difficulties together."

Qin Ming also generally understood the essence of this Beast Tide as being due to the overly abundant species of Demon Beasts within the Beast Roar Mountain Range, with very strong reproductive abilities.

Those newly born high-tier Demon Beasts drove out some Demon Beast Clans from inside to outside.

The Beast Roar Mountain Range is immensely vast.

Therefore, not only the Wei Country cultivation realm, but even the other Yuan Country, Liang Country, and Jin Country, the three cultivation realms, would likely encounter this historically unprecedented beast disaster.

Driven out beast hordes, in order to accelerate reproduction, and obtain living resources, would prioritize attacking cultivator settlements.

After all, ordinary mortal flesh is not very useful to Demon Beasts, but cultivators are different.

The blood and flesh of cultivators nurtured by Spiritual Qi are extremely precious nourishment to these desperate Demon Beasts, like fireflies in the dark.

"By the way, Fellow Daoist Qin, apart from the beast disaster matter."

"I also received extremely explosive news!" Wu Jiang said, pausing here and intentionally keeping Qin Ming in suspense.

With a faint smile on his face, Qin Ming casually asked, "What's the matter?"

"Ahem! It's said a new hero has emerged in the Wei Country cultivation realm, known as 'Long Daoist,' who recently showcased great prowess at the Forbidden Ridge, effortlessly defeating Linghu Yang, making even Wei Wuya retreat three steps."

"Now the name of this hero has spread throughout the cultivation realm, and discussions about this topic are everywhere, truly in the spotlight!"

Upon hearing this, the smile on Qin Ming's face instantly froze.

"..."

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