Chapter 1064: Chapter 668: Top-grade Spirit Stones and Understanding Old Grievances

"Master, the vast majority of the treasures in the vault are Middle Grade Spirit Stones. As for Lower Grade Spirit Stones, there isn’t a single one. It seems the Gongsu family doesn’t deem them worthy of collection. However, I found this."

"Yan" presented the treasure box in his hand to Lu Qing.

"What’s inside?"

Lu Qing took the treasure box, opened it, and his breath caught instantly.

He stared at the items inside the treasure box, stunned for a while, and then exhaled: "It’s actually Top-grade Spirit Stones."

Indeed, the treasure box contained nothing but an entire box of Top-grade Spirit Stones.

"Yes, Master, this treasure box contains a total of one thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones."

A thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones!

Upon hearing this number, Lu Qing’s heart quivered slightly.

Nowadays, he was no longer that country boy who had just left his hometown world. He had already gained some understanding of many mysteries in cultivation.

He knew that Spirit Stones, in fact, held many secrets as treasures.

Not only are they excellent cultivation resources for cultivators, but higher-grade Spirit Stones also seem to have some extraordinary uses for top-tier experts.

However, the higher the grade of Spirit Stones, the more precious they become.

Lower and Middle Grade Spirit Stones are still relatively easy to obtain.

But once Spirit Stones reach the Top-grade level, they basically don’t circulate outside.

Whether it be major forces or powerful Loose Cultivators, they all treat them as strategic reserve resources and won’t use them lightly.

In that auction in Tianshu City back then, even a mysterious Primordial Spirit Great Power had to offer a High Grade Spirit Artifact for auction to obtain a large number of Top-grade Spirit Stones.

In the end, the final auction price for that High Grade Spirit Artifact, the Immortal Golden Bell, was only fifteen thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.

And now, he obtained a thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones from the Gongsu family’s treasure vault!

Just these Spirit Stones alone constitute a huge fortune.

"As expected of one of the Thirty-six Superior Clans, their deep accumulation over countless millennia is indeed terrifying."

Lu Qing couldn’t help but sigh again.

Just the treasure vault of a direct lineage branch was enough to solve his cultivation resource needs for a long time.

He couldn’t even imagine how fearsome the wealth of the entire Gongshu family would be.

Next, Lu Qing counted the Spirit Stones in the Qiankun Bag once more.

In the end, after tallying, the Spirit Stones he obtained from the Gongsu family’s direct lineage branch treasure vault totaled about fifty thousand Middle Grade Spirit Stones and a thousand Top-grade Spirit Stones.

As for other Spiritual Medicines, Elixirs, Magical Treasures, and various Refining Materials, he didn’t pay much attention to them. He just made a brief tally and set them aside.

After all, ever since the battle at the Tianshu Divine Mountain, he had acquired many of such items, and over a long time, he had hardly had the chance to use them.

Another batch would merely add to his stockpile.

"With such a great harvest, losing the identity of an outer member of the Netherworld Palace doesn’t seem that regrettable in comparison."

This time, although Lu Qing successfully slew Gong Shulian and captured Qiao Rong, he had no intention of going to the Netherworld Palace’s base to submit proof of the mission.

In Zhou Tian City, before finally escaping, he used a Teleportation Talisman.

Though he had consistently used the methods of a Sword Cultivator and hadn’t exposed his Power of the Physical Body, being both a Golden Core Realm cultivator and possessing Space Shifting abilities would inevitably link him to "Chen Qing," especially with a vast intelligence network like the Netherworld Palace’s.

It’s likely that the Netherworld Palace had already pieced together clues and determined his true identity by now.

Therefore, for the sake of safety, Lu Qing decided not to contact the Netherworld Palace for the time being.

Although it’s unfortunate to miss out on the bounty for assassinating Gong Shulian and Qiao Rong, he no longer lacked Spirit Stones and didn’t need to risk it for those twenty or thirty thousand.

Thinking of Qiao Rong, Lu Qing felt another stir in his heart.

With a light wave of his hand, a Space Cage suddenly appeared, revealing Qiao Rong’s form.

Upon seeing Lu Qing, Qiao Rong showed a face full of fear.

Not long ago, she had been put under an Illusion Technique by Lu Qing, dragged into an endless Illusion Realm, and involuntarily revealed everything she knew.

In front of this mysterious person, she already had no secrets to speak of.

However, after the initial fear, Qiao Rong forced herself to calm down.

She barely managed a smile: "Senior, what will it take for you to release me? If you trust me, I can lead you out of Zhou Tian City."

"No need, I’m already out of Zhou Tian City," Lu Qing said calmly.

"Out of Zhou Tian City, how is that possible!"

Qiao Rong trembled, a look of disbelief on her face.

Her first thought was that Lu Qing was lying.

Prior to her capture, she was aware that the entire Zhou Tian Star Formation had been activated, so logically, Lu Qing shouldn’t have been able to leave.

However, Lu Qing offered no further explanation and quietly watched her.

Feeling Lu Qing’s calmness, Qiao Rong was taken aback.

A wave of fear suddenly arose within her heart.

She struggled to speak: "So, I am of no use anymore, and you intend to kill me, is that correct?"

"Correct." Lu Qing did not deny it and nodded with great frankness.

Upon hearing this, Qiao Rong’s body quivered, and her face turned pale.

She understood that if this mysterious person wanted her dead, she had no hope of surviving.

In other words, this time, she was doomed to die.

But after the fear, a strong sense of unwillingness surged in her heart.

She stared intently at Lu Qing: "I don’t understand. With your cultivation level, why do you have a grudge against a secluded woman like me? I believe with my modest abilities, I should never have crossed paths with you. Why must you insist on my death?"

"Haven’t you guessed it already? I am an assassin of the Netherworld Palace, and killing doesn’t require a reason."

"Then I will offer you ten times the bounty—no, a hundred times! No matter what reward the Netherworld Palace has posted, I am willing to pay over a hundred times its price for my life!

I am in charge of the Gongsu family’s direct lineage branch vault, where treasures and Spirit Stones are innumerable. I am willing to give it all to you!"

Qiao Rong screamed madly.

"Are you referring to these Spirit Stones?"

Lu Qing dissolved the Space Cage and pointed to the pile of Spirit Stones stacked like a small mountain nearby.

Seeing the Spirit Stone pile, Qiao Rong’s eyes widened suddenly.

Because she recognized those Spirit Stones were from her family’s vault.

This meant that not only had this mysterious person successfully escaped from Zhou Tian City, but he had also plundered their branch’s vault?

While Qiao Rong found it hard to believe, Lu Qing’s voice rang out again.

"Moreover, it is not as if we have no connection. When I first came to the Heavenly Origin Great World, didn’t you already post a bounty on my head in the Netherworld Palace?"

"I put a bounty on you in the Netherworld Palace?"

Qiao Rong first repeated the sentence in confusion, gradually recalling something, then stared hard at Lu Qing as if trying to see through his mask.

"It’s you, the Evil Demon who killed my beloved Zheng Er back then?"

"Yes, it’s me. I was the one who killed Gongshu Zheng."

Lu Qing removed his face mask, revealing the face he used back when he was in Canglan City of Little Cang Realm.

"It’s really you, Evil Demon! You killed my beloved Zheng Er, and I must avenge him!"

Upon seeing Lu Qing’s face, which matched the information she had collected back then, a boundless hatred appeared in Qiao Rong’s eyes, as if she wanted to devour him whole.

A determination surged within her as she attempted to rush at him.

However, just as her body moved, a wisp of Sword Qi fell upon her forehead, piercing her forehead acupoint along with her skull.

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