After Qi Ping withdrew his hand, the mysterious organization behind the forces he slew erupted in anger, particularly the person responsible for Qingtian Realm's affairs.

"What? It failed?"

"Are you telling me that even with that guy who controls bees, who barely has a few Tier Two bees, a three-Foundation Establishment cultivator ambush failed?"

"Are you freaking kidding me?"

He was about to go mad. So many people! So many forces groomed in secrecy, gone in an instant!

What about the blood food for tribute, if it's insufficient?

Who can bear the wrath of the Immortal Master!?

"Continue with the ambush!"

"This time, send at least ten Foundation Establishment cultivators! Make sure one has perfected Qi Refining!"

"I want to see how he escapes this time!"

"Wait, check if there are any idle Golden Core cultivators! Send them all together!"

"Make sure to capture this person this time! I want him subjected to Soul Extraction and Spirit Refining! Make him suffer every earthly punishment!"

As this terrifying voice descended, an immense and terrifying aura of blood arose, accompanied by countless wailing ghosts!

Unfortunately, the plan of this person was destined to fail.

Because after this event, for at least ten years, or even longer, Qi Ping would not act again.

Their ambush was like using a basket to draw water, empty in vain.

To be precise, it's like casting a net in the river, while the fish had already hidden in some unknown corner.

...

During the execution of his task, Qi Ping actually saw many things.

Firstly, using the Druid's keen perception, Qi Ping sensed a similar strange aura on those geniuses who were cultivated with special cultivation techniques, which became particularly evident when they burst with blood energy and spiritual power.

Combining the information obtained during the mysterious black market task, Qi Ping arrived at a hair-raising guess: blood food!

These people were likely fostered as some kind of special blood food by some existence!

These people also shared a common trait: they almost all came from humble origins but possessed special talents, had little knowledge, and were the most likely group to cultivate such ruthless techniques.

"Could it be that the righteous sects highly value the prosperity of the Immortal Cultivation Realm simply to create a better environment to cultivate more suitable blood food?"

"The act of planting and fertilizing, ensuring the growth environment for the crops, is merely to ensure the normal production of blood food..."

"As long as the concept of blood food is confined within a certain range, it won't spread, and the already information-deficient lower levels won't be affected..."

Qi Ping could never make sense of why those powerful cultivators cared so much about the prosperity of the Mortal Realm and the Immortal Cultivation Realm, but if likened to farmers managing a field, it became understandable, although the Immortal Cultivation Realm is more complex.

"If this speculation turns out to be true, the Immortal Cultivation Realm is simply too terrifying!"

After making this speculation, Qi Ping felt a chill at his core.

Had it not been for executing dozens of missions that led to discovering the peculiar aura on those geniuses and uncovering that those specialized organizations engaged in the trafficking of special infants and the creation of spiritual objects using them, Qi Ping might not have uncovered these matters.

The first time Qi Ping witnessed living infants being made into spiritual objects, the shock within him was beyond words.

It was only after witnessing the infant products time and again did he comprehend what eradicating these organizations meant.

Some mysterious entity seems to carry out an endless harvest on the Immortal Cultivation Realm!

In light of such matters, although Qi Ping only wished to live alone and achieve immortal ascension, massive waves surged within his heart.

Just what kind of existence is the Immortal Cultivation Realm?

This made Qi Ping grow even more wary of the Immortal Cultivation Realm.

If his real state were exposed to the Immortal Cultivation Realm, who knows how many terrifying existences would set their sights on him?

This firmly bolstered Qi Ping's resolve to establish his own territory and create his own cultivation techniques, to avoid the traps set by those terrifying existents to the greatest extent.

As for those kidnapped and slaughtered infants, Qi Ping's current strength couldn't handle managing them; exterminating so many of these organizations was the most he could achieve.

...

[Black Market Points: 15000]

"Let's start querying products!"

In a forest far from the Cloud Mist Mountain Range, Qi Ping began searching for information on the Spirit Vein Essence.

After inputting spiritual power into the Spirit Vein for information on the Spirit Vein Essence, a piece of information immediately appeared.

[Querying "Spirit Vein Essence" requires the consumption of two hundred Spirit Stones, proceed with the query?]

After confirming again, three product information tabs appeared before Qi Ping.

[Tier One Low Level Spirit Vein Essence, specific quality details... price thirty-two thousand Spirit Stones + black market points three thousand two hundred]

[Tier One Intermediate Spirit Vein Essence, specific quality details... price ninety-six thousand Spirit Stones + black market points nine thousand three hundred]

[Tier Two Low Level Spirit Vein Essence, specific quality details... price five hundred sixty-six thousand Spirit Stones...]

"This price..."

Seeing the price of the Spirit Vein Essence, Qi Ping's eyelids couldn't help but twitch.

Is this something an ordinary person can consider? Moreover, this is with the value greatly reduced after extracting the Spirit Vein Essence from the Earth Vein.

One can only say this sort of thing is only suitable for major sects and families, as the cost to purchase and nurture would be enormously terrifying, beyond the means of a typical individual.

"Although it seems somewhat more expensive than the market price, it should be due to the distance being relatively far..."

The token also introduced this, that querying items from different locations would recommend the nearest items.

The farther the distance, the higher the price!

Therefore, the mysterious black market is only suitable for purchasing high-priced, rare items, like the Spirit Vein Essence, secret-level cultivation techniques, rare spirit pets, and puppet techniques.

For ordinary items, it's actually more cost-effective to buy from guilds.

"Purchase the Tier One Low Level Spirit Vein Essence! I can nurture it slowly myself, so there's no need to spend an additional seventy-sixty thousand Spirit Stones, plus I still need Spirit Stones to purchase other things..."

After a brief contemplation, Qi Ping made a decision.

During the over three months of task execution, Qi Ping accumulated quite a few spoils of war.

The various types of cultivation techniques and magic, as well as related knowledge, amounted to over one hundred, enough for Qi Ping to research for a long time; these will be the foundation of knowledge for Qi Ping to create cultivation techniques and magic in the future.

In terms of Spirit Stones, Qi Ping harvested roughly seventy-seven thousand Spirit Stones from over a hundred Qi Refining Cultivators and three Foundation Establishment Cultivators!

Adding the remaining Spirit Stones Qi Ping had, even not selling the accumulated Spiritual Honey during this period, Qi Ping's assets would amount to nearly one hundred thousand Spirit Stones!

A few months of continuous slaughter entirely increased Qi Ping's Spirit Stone accumulation to a terrifying number.

Therefore, after purchasing the Tier One Low Level Spirit Vein Essence for thirty-two thousand Spirit Stones, Qi Ping also plans to buy some Tier Two and Tier Three Spirit Wood Seeds; only with enough contracted tree spirits from the Tree Spirit Contract can Qi Ping nurture the Spirit Tree faster.

Originally, Qi Ping wanted to purchase

[Querying "Spirit Wood Seeds" requires the consumption of two thousand Spirit Stones, proceed with the query?]

Seeing the number of two thousand Spirit Stones, Qi Ping's eyelid couldn't help but twitch, this money-draining thing!

But querying for items corresponding to the Golden Core Level naturally demands prices of this level, thus Qi Ping could only pinched his nose and endure it.

Who's making them have really good stuff!

Qi Ping only plans to buy more to avoid wasting this query attempt!

Moreover, it would be best to find Spirit Wood Seeds suitable for making money and enhancing the Spirit Vein, to earn back tenfold or even a hundredfold of the Spirit Stones!

For at least the next ten years, Qi Ping is highly unlikely to engage in any conflict, so to earn Spirit Stones, the best reliance would still be on spirit wood and honey.

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