Chapter 70

Although Qin Fengming was not very old, he was very clear about the principle of "cutting off the grass and removing the roots." Looking at the fallen corpses, he couldn't help but sneer, "Showing mercy is out of the question. Since you plotted against me first, it's only natural that I eliminate you."

Picking up the two flying swords that had lost their masters' control, Qin Fengming approached Liang Shixiong's corpse, kicked it with his foot, sneered twice, and then thoroughly searched the body, collecting all useful items. He then threw a fireball onto the corpse.

Three hours later, Qin Fengming returned to the Luo Xia Sect's protective array, activated his jade pendant, and entered the sect without any hindrance.

He first went to the External Affairs Pavilion, completed the necessary procedures, returned the jade pendant, and then returned to his residence.

Although he was confident that no one knew about his killing of Liang Shixiong, he still felt a bit uneasy.

Upon returning to his residence, he did not immediately inventory the items he had obtained but fell asleep immediately. After a series of intense battles, although they seemed simple, Qin Fengming had exerted his full strength and did not dare to be the slightest bit careless.

He did not immediately inventory the items from those people, also due to his cautious nature. Although only Uncle Fei in the Alchemy Hall was a Foundation Establishment cultivator and rarely managed the affairs of the Alchemy Hall, he still acted cautiously.

The next morning, Qin Fengming went to the Alchemy Hall to greet Uncle Fei and briefly narrated his experience outside the sect. He naturally omitted the details of how he killed the Du family's four brothers and Liang Shixiong.

Uncle Fei did not say much, nodded, and let him go.

For four consecutive days, Qin Fengming sat in meditation, showing no unusual behavior. On the fifth day, he did not continue his cultivation but, after breakfast, walked around the area without any signs of abnormality.

What reassured him was that all the disciples he encountered were extremely calm, and those who were familiar with him even greeted him proactively, with the same attitude as before.

After walking around, Qin Fengming felt relieved. With thousands of low-rank disciples in the Luo Xia Sect, the disappearance of one low-rank disciple would not cause much of a stir within the sect.

With nothing to do during the day, in the evening, Qin Fengming closed his doors and windows, used his divine sense to scan the surroundings, and found no abnormalities. He then took out his loot, poured the contents of the storage ring onto the ground, and immediately, the ground was covered with a rainbow of light, with spirit stones, materials, and magical artifacts scattered everywhere.

Seeing so many treasures, Qin Fengming couldn't help but become extremely excited. After a careful inventory, he was greatly surprised:

278 low-grade spirit stones; 23初级 and mid-grade talismans; three high-grade magical artifacts: a sword, a black snake scissor, and a small banner; seven mid-grade magical artifacts; dozens of types of alchemy materials; pills: two bottles of Qi-Benefiting Pills, five Huangjing Pills; cultivation manuals: eight books, including five copies of "Elemental Cultivation Techniques," one copy of "Spirit Driving Technique," one copy of "Yin Devil Technique," and a small booklet with only a few pages.

There were also some clothes and silver coins. In short, these gains made him extremely happy. With so many items, even among the family disciples of the Luo Xia Sect, he would be considered quite wealthy.

After categorizing all the items and storing them in his storage ring, he sat cross-legged in satisfaction.

Qin Fengming's storage ring was a five-fold storage ring, capable of holding five cubic meters of items.

It was said that there were also mid-grade storage rings, such as sixteen-fold and thirty-two-fold, and the highest-grade storage ring was said to be 256-fold, which was the pinnacle of storage rings, extremely rare, and unattainable by ordinary people.

After some thought, Qin Fengming took out the bracelet that could hold beasts, examined it, and felt even more delighted. This bracelet was undoubtedly the Spirit Beast Bracelet that Su Shixiong had mentioned before.

The Spirit Beast Bracelet was extremely precious, very difficult to refine, and extremely rare. Even in the Luo Xia Sect, it was unheard of for any elder to possess one.

After playing with it in his hands, he found that the Spirit Beast Bracelet was very similar to a storage ring, both using divine sense as the medium for storage. The only difference was that it could only hold beasts. Although the storage ring had a large space, it was not connected to the outside world, so it could not hold beasts.

The Spirit Beast Bracelet had many divided spaces, each of which was vast, much larger than a storage ring. Each beast could be stored in a separate space and could not communicate with others. When needed, the beast could be summoned directly with divine sense.

Although the Spirit Beast Bracelet was only palm-sized, it could hold any size of beast, which was something a storage ring could not do, as they were refined using different spatial laws.

The Spirit Beast Bracelet was very expensive and extremely rare, and most cultivators used Spirit Beast Bags. Qin Fengming's unexpected acquisition of a Spirit Beast Bracelet was indeed a stroke of good luck.

After playing with it for a long time, Qin Fengming reluctantly put the Spirit Beast Bracelet away.

Next, he took out the "Spirit Driving Technique" and carefully studied it.

Although the Luo Xia Sect's Mechanism Pavilion had a few books on controlling beasts, they were very rudimentary and not specialized. The "Spirit Driving Technique" in his hands, however, was a specialized manual on how to control beasts and insects.

When facing the second son of the Du family, Qin Fengming had been very envious of the beast he controlled. Such a spirit beast that could serve as a helper was something he greatly aspired to.

After carefully studying the "Spirit Driving Technique," Qin Fengming suddenly understood that to control a spirit beast, one must first tame it, then use secret techniques to sign a soul contract, and only then could one control the beast at will.

The "Spirit Driving Technique" detailed two methods for signing a soul contract with a beast: one was to capture an adult beast and use the mind control technique described in the "Spirit Driving Technique."

This method was widely used in the cultivation world because it did not require much time to raise the beast; one could directly capture a powerful beast.

However, this method had a fatal flaw: when controlling the beast, if the controller's state was unstable and unable to suppress the beast, it could lead to the beast's retaliation.

The other method was to find the young of a beast or an insect egg, perform a blood recognition ritual, and raise it from a young age until it matured.

The advantage of this method was that the beast and the owner were mentally connected, and controlling the beast was like controlling one's own body. There was generally no risk of retaliation. The disadvantage was that it required a very long time; some beasts took hundreds or even thousands of years to mature. The cultivator might die before the beast matured.

However, this method was very reliable and was generally used for lineage spirit beasts in sects or families. As long as the sect did not fall, the cultivation could continue.

The "Spirit Driving Technique" was not only applicable to beasts and birds but also to group-living spirit insects.

What left Qin Fengming speechless was that he was currently unable to practice this secret technique, as the "Spirit Driving Technique" could only be practiced after reaching the late or peak Qi Gathering stage. Additionally, the target of the technique must be a spirit beast of a lower cultivation level than the practitioner; otherwise, it could lead to the beast's retaliation.