Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Ling Qianxue said, "Wang Jingzhang added Chi Qiong Blood Flower to our food and drink. The Chi Blood Qiong Flower itself is not poisonous and can strengthen one\'s vitality.

However, when mixed with the Spirit-Condensing Incense made from Blue Spirit Chrysanthemum, it can produce the effect of a Qi Dissipating Pill, causing a cultivator in the Qi Refinement Realm to feel weakness in their limbs and unable to muster mana. A simple Detoxification Pill can break this poison!"

Zhao Yu took out a Detoxification Pill and placed it into Ling Qianxue\'s mouth.

Ling Qianxue stood up anxiously and said, "Thank you, Pill Master Zhao, for your assistance! Those thieves must be attacking the Ling clan\'s headquarters at Jiuchen Mountain right now! I implore Pill Master Zhao to lend a hand."

Zhao Yu declined, "Zhao is not fond of combat! Perhaps you should ask other friends to take action!"

Although Zhao Yu already possessed body refinement combat strength comparable to the first layer of Foundation Establishment, if seven or eight disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect with the Cultivation Level of Great Circle of Qi Refining like Song Cangtong were to attack, he too would be in danger of injury and death.

Even if he were to kill those disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect, Zhao Yu would not gain much benefit, so naturally he was unwilling to intervene. At worst, he could just take Li Xianjiao and leave.

"Pill Master Zhao, you killed the Yin Ghost Sect\'s disciples. The Yin Ghost Sect will not let you go! By joining me now to eliminate those Yin Ghost Sect disciples, we can weaken the strength of the Yin Ghost Sect," she pleaded.

"Pill Master Zhao, as long as you help protect the Ling clan, I, as the mistress, will allow you full access to our Ling clan\'s library. Moreover, you can choose any ten items from the Ling clan\'s treasure vault. And you can have half of the market at Jiuchen Mountain for yourself!" Ling Qianxue gritted her teeth, determination on her face.

She knew that if she didn\'t make generous promises, Zhao Yu would likely leave after saving her.

Zhao Yu pondered for a moment and said, "As a high-ranking Guest Elder of the Ling clan, I am, of course, willing to contribute to its protection! Miss, please remember your promise!"

Since he had already killed disciples of the Yin Ghost Sect, Zhao Yu did not mind killing a few more.

Ling Qianxue rolled her eyes at Zhao Yu, took out the Detoxification Pills, and administered them to over a dozen of the Ling clan\'s enforcers to cure their poisoning and then had them continue to cure the others.

After the detoxification, Zhao Yu and Ling Qianxue headed to the Ling clan\'s headquarters at Jiuchen Mountain.

"Too late!"

Zhao Yu saw from a distance that the Ling clan\'s headquarters at Jiuchen Mountain was surrounded by corpses strewn about.

A Fierce Ghost, nine feet tall with a body of bulging muscles, skin of a dark grey tone, serrated jaws, protruding eyes, and pale skin, was holding the body of Ling Zhengkong, a Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator who had guarded the Ling clan\'s headquarters.

Next to that Fierce Ghost stood a tall, handsome man with pale skin and long black hair, a disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect with the Cultivation Level of Qi Refining Great Perfection.

That Qi Refining Great Perfection disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect was accompanied by eleven other Yin Ghost Sect cultivators with Cultivation Levels ranging from the Middle Stage to the Late Stage of Qi Refining.

"Ling Qianxue? Since you are here, those two useless men, Wang Jingzhang and Song Cangtong, must be dead! You couldn\'t possibly have that kind of ability! So, this must be the work of Pill Master Zhao Yu by your side, right?"

The eyebrows of that Qi Refining Great Perfection disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect furrowed slightly, and his gaze fell on Zhao Yu standing beside Ling Qianxue.

Ling Qianxue, looking at the corpses on the ground with a pale face and trembling slightly, bit her silver teeth and said, "Pill Master Zhao, I implore you!!"

A chill flashed in Zhao Yu\'s eyes as he activated the sixtieth layer of Vajra Dragon Elephant Art, his muscles bulged, transforming him into an eight-foot-tall muscular giant.

He instantly executed the Flying Dagger Technique, and the magic sword in his hand, a high-grade magical artifact level weapon, turned into a streak of light, flying towards that Qi Refining Great Perfection disciple of the Yin Ghost Sect.

The disciple of the Fierce Ghost Sect\'s face drastically changed as he promptly brought out a top-grade magical artifact level White Bone Shield.

The two-foot-sized shield, engraved with three skull heads, flew into midair, emitting a faint spiritual light. The three skull heads spat out a large amount of white bone, which condensed into a huge bone shield in front of him.

Bang!

Accompanied by a terrifyingly loud noise, the bone shield was directly blasted with a large hole by the magic sword, with bone fragments flying in all directions, but it blocked that dreadful strike.

Zhao Yu\'s eyebrows slightly furrowed, "Didn\'t manage to kill him in one blow!! The disciples of the Fierce Ghost Sect really are extraordinary!!"

"A Body Cultivation Fourth Layer cultivator! Damn it, how can there be such a high-level powerhouse in the Market of the Nine Depths Mountains? The intelligence is wrong!!"

The Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator from the Fierce Ghost Sect also had an unsightly expression.

Ling Qianxue and the other enforcement monks from the Ling family took action, fighting fiercely against the remaining cultivators of the Fierce Ghost Sect.

Zhao Yu tapped his foot and rushed towards that Qi Refining Great Perfection disciple of the Fierce Ghost Sect.

"Black Rock Ghost! Go!"

With a fierce shout from the Qi Refining Great Perfection disciple of the Fierce Ghost Sect, the nine-foot-tall Fierce Ghost with a ferocious face suddenly pounced towards Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu executed the master-level Lightning Sword Technique, his Green Pine Sword bursting with a faint green spiritual light like lightning, instantly stabbing out and piercing through the head of the Black Rock Ghost.

At the moment the head was pierced, a sharp bone spur shot out from the Black Rock Ghost\'s chest, stabbing towards Zhao Yu\'s heart.

This surprise bone spur was the Black Rock Ghost\'s ultimate killing technique, under which innumerable cultivators had died tragically.

Zhao Yu\'s Divine Sense enveloped an area within ten feet of his body. As soon as the Black Rock Ghost\'s bone spur launched, his Divine Sense detected it. With a casual slash of his sword, he shattered the bone spur and, in one fluid motion, cleaved the Black Rock Ghost in two.

"How did he know about Black Rock Ghost\'s ultimate killing technique?"

A chill went down the spine of the Fierce Ghost Sect disciple as he suddenly pulled out a second-order low-grade Evil Ghost Breath Technique Talisman and madly injected it with mana. But in the blink of an eye, Zhao Yu had disappeared from his sight, extremely abruptly.

"Not good!!"

The Qi Refining Great Perfection Cultivator from the Fierce Ghost Sect felt a chill in his heart as a sword light, like lightning, instantly flew towards him from behind, sweeping past his neck.

The head of the Fierce Ghost Sect disciple flew up in an instant, a gush of blood spraying out, as the body fell heavily to the ground.

After disposing of that disciple from the Fierce Ghost Sect, Zhao Yu successively cast the Flying Dagger Technique, and one by one, mid-grade magic artifact level Flying Daggers shot out, easily piercing through the heads of the other Fierce Ghost Sect disciples.

It didn\'t take long for those Fierce Ghost Sect disciples to be completely slain by Zhao Yu in collaboration with the remaining monks of the Ling family enforcement team.

Zhao Yu entrusted the aftermath to Ling Qianxue and returned to his own cave mansion with his war loot.

After tallying up his spoils of war, Zhao Yu obtained a total of two supreme grade magical artifacts, the Soul Bell and the White Bone Shield, thirteen high-grade magical artifacts, eleven mid-grade magical artifacts, one hundred fifty-seven mid-grade Spirit Stones, one thousand three hundred fifty-three low-grade Spirit Stones, two second-order low-grade Talismans, and various other talismans, pills, and three jade slips.