Chapter 994: Chapter 428: Harvesting the Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Marrow Jade; Innate Spiritual Liquid Accompaniment

"Roar!"

The eyes of the frenzied Tier Four Top-grade Demon Beast still flickered with a trace of fear.

However, Xu Ping naturally wouldn’t give it a chance to resist.

Under his command, the Puppet Array condensed a massive Puppet Arm Crystal Hand, which fiercely slammed into the beast’s head.

A loud "bang" resounded.

The head, as large as a house, was nearly shattered, with blood gushing out like a fountain.

A single hit caused serious injury!

The Tier Four Top-grade Demon Beast nearly fainted, with its brain spinning wildly and seeing stars.

"Slash!"

Xu Ping changed his sword technique.

Countless green sword rains gathered into a towering sword light, and with a ’swish,’ it slashed the Tier Four Top-grade Demon Beast down.

Immediately, Xu Ping approached its remaining body, and using his mana-powered hand, extracted the Essence Soul Pill of the beast from afar.

Rumble!

The massive beast corpse fell heavily to the ground, its foul blood dyeing a large area red.

"Go!"

At this moment, the surrounding space was already filled with web-like tiny cracks, extremely dangerous.

Xu Ping dared not stay long, tidied up the battlefield, and was about to leave.

However, just as his gaze swept over the deep part of the nest where the demon beast broke out from the mountain, he suddenly halted.

A surge of incomparably pure and vast Spiritual Qi, filled with infinite vitality, was emanating from that deep cave.

This pure Spiritual Qi stood in stark contrast with the overall deathly stillness, chaos, and eerie demonic qi of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, like a spring in the desert, a bright pearl in the night.

"Huh?"

Xu Ping’s eyes slightly narrowed.

Is this aura perhaps too pure?

After pondering for a moment, Xu Ping swiftly dashed into the cave.

Deep in the cave, contrary to the imagined filthy lair of demons, there was rather a strange, untouched pure land, uncorrupted by demonic qi.

At the bottom of the cave, lay a pool no larger than a washbasin, with a milky white liquid resembling jade marrow, quietly resting there, its surface shimmering with a faint spiritual glow.

The edges of the liquid were coagulated into a crystal-clear shell-like substance, resembling premium jade, exuding a gentle luster.

"Ten-thousand-year Spirit Essence Jade, and its accompanying Innate Spiritual Liquid." Xu Ping was overjoyed.

The Ten-thousand-year Spirit Essence Jade, needless to say, and its accompanying Innate Spiritual Liquid, capable of enhancing a cultivator’s mana and lifespan, were prized spiritual objects.

Even late-stage cultivators would covet them immensely.

"Traveled far and wide to seek them out, yet obtained effortlessly, who’d have thought, it was in this demon beast’s nest."

If not for the scrawny cultivator committing murder here, and if not for the battle alarming the beast, he would probably struggle to find this exceedingly hidden place.

Xu Ping swiftly calmed his excitement, taking out a specially crafted jade bottle and jade scoop, carefully collecting all the milky white spiritual liquid and the surrounding jade shell, not wasting a single drop or piece.

Having exceeded his goal, Xu Ping no longer had any reluctance to remain, his form turning into a stream of light, fleeing towards the outskirts of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain at the fastest speed.

The space here was already extremely unstable, liable to collapse at any moment.

...

A month later, Xu Ping arrived near the exit of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

From afar, he spotted a familiar figure—the sinister youth from Star Palace, watching the direction he emerged from with a mocking gaze.

Clearly, the opponent had long mastered his tracks through the tracking imprint planted.

Xu Ping, expressionless, slowly walked over.

The youth saw him emerge, his face displaying a more pronounced conceited look, nodding slightly with his chin, he said indifferently: "Hand it over."

Xu Ping silently tossed the specially crafted storage bag of Star Palace over.

Inside were various medium-value spiritual materials and demon cores he collected in Ten Thousand Demon Mountain, generally equivalent to the gains of a luck-favored Early-stage Nascent Soul Loose Cultivator.

The youth took the storage bag, scanned it with his Divine Sense, and frowned, clearly dissatisfied with its "contents."

He raised his head, glaring at Xu Ping suspiciously: "Just this? Hand over all your storage bags for me to inspect, don’t think about hiding anything!"

Xu Ping coldly sneered in his heart; this person is indeed greedy to the extreme, taking unfair advantage to a peak.

However, he could understand the source of the other’s confidence.

At this exit, he had long sensed the presence of two mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivators hidden in the shadows, likely guarding the entrance and exit of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Xu Ping appropriately showed a trace of humiliation and anger on his face, but as if he dared to be angry but did not dare speak, he had no choice but to toss his storage ring to the other.

The youth took it, carefully inspecting it, and indeed found nothing of value, his expression only then slightly improved.

He unceremoniously emptied most of the items from the specially crafted storage bag, leaving Xu Ping with only a pitifully small portion, then waved his hand dismissively like driving away a fly: "Leave!"

Xu Ping silently collected the leftover scraps, kept his head down, said nothing, turned, and quickly left, his figure soon disappearing into the mist outside the mountain gate.

...

A month later.

Within the simple palace belonging to Star Palace at the exit of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

The sinister youth was seated cross-legged in his quiet room, counting the spoils of "taxation" during this period, his face showing a satisfied smile.

Although he had to hand over a part, this place was considered a rather lucrative position.

However, he didn’t notice at all, a shadow melted into the darkness like ink had silently penetrated the palace’s not-so-advanced Protective Array, arrived at his door, and then entered like a ghost.

The youth, who was in the midst of cultivation, suddenly felt a jolt of panic, and upon opening his eyes, found an ordinary face close to him.