The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 187 - 172: Opening the Creation Divine Pool!_1

Chapter 187: Chapter 172: Opening the Creation Divine Pool!_1

Qi Qingsong was thoroughly frustrated.

Although he had once again become an inner sect disciple of the Sword Tower and his cultivation had advanced to the Hollow Profound Realm, he still had no means to acquire the exotic materials from the carcasses of level seven ferocious beasts and spirit beasts.

Thinking about hunting a level seven ferocious beast alone, unless he broke through to the Soul Wandering Realm, he would at best need one or two helpers to do it.

Based on his understanding of Pang Jian, he was certain that the precious spiritual materials Pang Jian had just mentioned must be in Pang Jian’s possession!

Level seven Red-eyed Demon Wolves, level seven Double-headed Ghost Spiders, level seven Blood Lizards!

Qi Qingsong took a deep breath and cursed at the other end, "Had I known, I would have stopped the bleeding from my severed arm and held on longer in Bagua City, how good it would have been to share a piece of the action!"

After pondering deeply, he was convinced that these rare exotic materials were Pang Jian’s later gains in Bagua City!

Because in the Fourth Realm and the Third Realm, it was almost impossible for level seven ferocious beasts and spirit beasts to appear.

Even if there really were any, Pang Jian, with his level of cultivation, would definitely not be able to hunt and obtain them.

After advancing to the Hollow Profound Realm, Qi Qingsong also worried about the many expensive resources for cultivation. All the spirit stones he had did not amount to more than three hundred thousand.

——That was not even comparable to the value of any single spiritual material in Pang Jian’s hands!

The suitable spirit sword he had recently set his sights on had a total price of over a million spirit stones. He had been hanging around the Third Realm lately hoping to find ways to get more spirit stones.

"Hmm, consider it so."

Pang Jian vaguely answered with a sentence and tossed the token back into his storage bracelet.

"Fifty, forty, thirty-five, that should be enough."

As he counted, he carefully put the key items into his storage bracelet, separating the buckets of beast blood and the viscous venom of the Double-headed Ghost Spider, fearing a mix-up.

After doing all this, there was still a bucket of Red-eyed Demon Wolf’s beast blood in front of him.

"Level seven..."

He picked up a large bucket of beast blood and without minding the pungent stench, he guzzled it down greedily.

"Ugh!"

The moment the thick beast blood entered his stomach, a volcano seemed to erupt deep within his viscera. A surge of alien power carrying the scent of sulfuric magma, and a vast qi and blood, burst forth.

He did not know that the Red-eyed Demon Wolf was also known as the Chiyang Demon Wolf, which resided in areas where volcanoes frequently erupted.

A level seven Red-eyed Demon Wolf could dive deep into scorching lava pools, swallowing the magma’s alien power to temper its body, enhancing the power of its bloodline and viscera.

"It’s a good thing it’s me..."

Pang Jian felt relieved rather than alarmed.

Circulating the "Pot Heaven Nourishing Qi Spell," he directed the violent surge of Earth Fire Flame Force straight toward his Spiritual Sea.

He immediately sensed that the Flame Pool, which was many times smaller than the Ice Pool, began to expand and develop!

The fierce injection of Earth Fire Flame Force was like a divine power slowly expanding the Flame Pool, rapidly filling it with flame force.

Meanwhile.

The vast qi and blood essence contained in the blood of the level seven ferocious beast also rampaged through Pang Jian’s flesh and viscera like raging blood-red giant wolves.

"Great Creation Sacred Body!"

Pang Jian multitasked.

He wrangled the rampaging qi and blood essence, twisting it into strands and violently smashing it towards the acupoint below his heart.

In his sensation, it was as if a pack of Red-eyed Demon Wolves had converged, wrapped in thick qi and blood essence, and with a ferocious and relentless force, they repeatedly hammered against some sort of fortress bastion.

"Hiss!"

He twisted his face in pain as he inhaled sharply.

This process of breakthrough was agonizing, as if he had returned to the endless darkness of Bagua City, enduring the torment of Bone Severing Marrow Washing.

But he was clear in his heart that this was an unavoidable step in cultivating the Great Creation Sacred Body. He had to get through this obstacle!

At this moment, on the surface of his chest, veins bulged threateningly, and bright red beams of light surged like rivers from all directions to an acupoint below his heart.

If a Great Cultivator at the Soul Wandering Realm were to squint and take a closer look, they would see minuscule deep red giant wolves within each of those bright red beams of light.

"Howl!"

"Boom!"

As Pang Jian couldn’t bear it and roared, a strange sound that burst eardrums explosively burst forth from under his chest.

The tumultuous, thick qi and blood instantly found a vent, wildly rushing into a newly opened acupoint.

"Creation Divine Pool!"

Pang Jian grinned, laughing amidst his terrible expression of pain.

He immediately perceived that in the "Creation Divine Pool" below his heart, a fog of blood started to rise.

The blood fog was the qi and blood essence that he could sense.

With the infusion of the bright red beams of light, the Creation Divine Pool, which could store blood energy, became denser with blood fog from being initially thin.

"Thump thump thump!"

"Thump thump thump!"

"Pang Jian!"

Before he could fully comprehend the intricacies, Qi Qingsong’s urgent knocking suddenly came from outside, "Today is the last day of the trade meet, if you want to sell your spiritual materials, better hurry up!"

"It’s past noon, and you’re still holed up in your cave dwelling, what are you thinking?"

Qi Qingsong, who had tried to contact him multiple times with the token but received no response, realized that Pang Jian did not take that token seriously and had thrown it back into his storage bracelet.

Since he couldn’t contact him with the token, and seeing that it was already past noon, he had no choice but to make a trip personally.

"It turns out a lot of time has passed."

Pang Jian frowned and hurriedly got up to open the door.

As the stone door opened, Qi Qingsong, full of doubts, stared at him intensely and said, "What have you been doing cooped up in there?"

"Cultivating."

Pang Jian calmly responded.

Qi Qingsong peeked inside, didn’t see anyone else, and noticed nothing amiss before saying, "Come on, I’ll take you with me, so no one cons you."

"Who would con me?"

Pang Jian was astonished.

"Madam Hua!"

"No, that wouldn’t be a correct term, would it? It’s just a matter of unequal information."

As Qi Qingsong walked, he said, "That seventh-level Ice Crystal Beast horn you have, she plans to sell it to an Individual Cultivator named Dongye. She said she’d sell it for double the price. Once Dongye received the news, he immediately rushed over from Qian Tian Continent."

"However, you probably won’t get to meet this Dongye Old Ghost, even if he hurries, it will still take him half a month to reach Yuanmang."

"By then, we will have long traveled to other places."

Qi Qingsong spoke with indifference.

Pang Jian was secretly alarmed.

It seems that to maximize the value of Strange Treasures from higher-level ferocious beasts, finding the person who needs them most to sell to is key.

Before long.

"Sword Tower, Qi Qingsong!"

"Pang Jian!"

At the trading ground just after noontime, when the two men arrived together, many people immediately cried out in surprise.

Madam Hua pursed her lips in a girlish laugh and greeted them with flamboyant grace, saying warmly with a smile, "Qingsong, you know this young man too?"

"Hey, what happens in Yuanmang, can anything truly be hidden from you?"

Qi Qingsong spoke playfully, glancing briefly at the fair skin on Madam Hua’s chest and said in a relaxed tone, "I found Pang Jian at the First Peak, shouldn’t you have figured out everything by now?"

"Nonsense, I don’t have that much free time to pry into your privacy."

Madam Hua, aware that Qi Qingsong was sneakily glancing around with a mischievous look, wasn’t angry at all and still led the way with a smile, speaking softly, "You are late today, all the good items have already been sold, and the rest might not catch your eye."

"Qingsong, tomorrow’s trading ground will be personally overseen by Cao; make sure to come early, okay?"

Madam Hua laughed coquettishly.

"Me, I am just accompanying Pang Jian to have a look around; I don’t really have anything I want to buy."

Qi Qingsong chuckled unconcernedly.

He wanted to say that his finances were not that abundant; even if he really wanted some rare and Strange Treasure, he wouldn’t have the means to acquire it.

Thinking thus, he cast a slightly wistful glance at Pang Jian, who was searching for stalls, and heaved a silent sigh.

Despite being an Inner Sect Disciple of Sword Tower from the Second Realm, he felt a deep sense of defeat as he still wasn’t as wealthy as a young Hunter from the Fourth Realm.

"Accompanying Pang Jian..."

A curious light flickered in Madam Hua’s eyes.

After Pang Jian exchanged the seventh-level Ice Crystal Beast horn for Spirit Jade and left with items like the Great Creation Sacred Body and Soul Nourishing Pills, she had quickly figured out Pang Jian’s background.

She knew that Pang Jian had arrived in Yuanmang with that captured woman and was currently staying in Cave Dwelling Number Fifty-Six, with Spirit Stones paid up until tomorrow.

Without any accident, Pang Jian would leave aboard Cloud Sail after the end of tomorrow’s trading.

According to her information, Pang Jian was a scion of a great family from the Upper Realm and was acquainted with Jiang Li, the senior sister of Zhao Yuanqi.

Qi Qingsong even made a special visit to her.

Madam Hua pondered with a slight frown, thinking to herself, "Cao captured that woman and set the price at a million Spirit Stones for Blood Moon and Yin Spirit Temple to compete for; there shouldn’t be any problems, right?"

With that in mind.

"Qingsong, you and Pang Jian... are you close?"

Madam Hua gently tugged at Qi Qingsong, slightly pulling him away from Pang Jian, and asked with slightly furrowed brows, "Cao and I have also extended our hospitality as hosts to you. You know, Cao always acts recklessly..."

She blinked, implying she was referring to the incident of Luo Hongyan being captured by Cao.

"Close, very close."

Qi Qingsong responded with a beaming smile.

For him, high-level Individual Cultivators like Cao and Madam Hua from the Lower Realm actually didn’t mean much.

With the rate of his current cultivation progress, within a few years, he would be able to enter the Spirit Condensation Realm and reach the same level of cultivation as these two.

With Sword Tower supporting him, his future achievements would be far beyond what these two Individual Cultivators could compare with.

That’s also why, even though his realm and Spirit Stones were not as much as these two, deep down, he didn’t really care about them.

Pang Jian was different.

He intended to treat Pang Jian as an extremely important companion on his long road of cultivation, planning to spend a lifetime getting to know him.

"Qingsong, let’s have a good chat later."

Madam Hua whispered.

Qi Qingsong responded absentmindedly with a "Hmm".

Suddenly!

"Pupils of a seventh-level Red-eyed Demon Wolf!"

"Spider silk, legs, and venom of a seventh-level Double-headed Ghost Spider!"

"Lizard skin of a seventh-level Blood Lizard!"

"It’s him again!"

"..."

Astonishing clamor erupted from various directions within the trading ground.

The attendees were instantly abuzz with excitement!

Qi Qingsong could not help but chuckle to himself; he had hardly exchanged a few words with Madam Hua when Pang Jian laid out those precious Spiritual Materials, instantly causing a sensation in the trading ground.

"Him!"

Madam Hua also showed a look of surprise, and without any further attention to Qi Qingsong, she swiftly made her way to Pang Jian’s side.

"Haha! I was planning on leaving, but I didn’t expect there would be unexpected gains!"

A thunderous voice suddenly sounded from the other end of the trading ground.

Soon, a burly man wrapped in a scarlet cloak and with shoulders as broad as mountains appeared, striding confidently towards this side.

"Jiuyuan!"

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