The Demon Monk had three Storage Bags, each with a thousand cubic feet of space, filled with a great number of treasures. Spiritual Medicines, Elixirs, Magical Treasures, Spirit Stones, and all sorts of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were countless. These were the Demon Monk's collections over the years, including the wealth and treasures from Cold Mountain Temple. Now, they all fell into my possession.

"I found the Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flower!" Jia Ren opened a purple spirit wood box engraved with prohibitive seals. A fresh floral scent wafted out. Inside were two purple sky flowers. They were plucked at the moment of blooming and placed into the purple spirit wood box, preserved at their most beautiful moment. Two Thousand-Year Purple Sky Flowers, the harvest far exceeds expectations.

Besides these, there were also over a dozen other Thousand-Year Spiritual Medicines.

No Superior Grade Spirit Stones? The Spirit Stones in the Demon Monk's Storage Bag were numerous, but there wasn't a single Superior Grade Spirit Stone. I had obtained several dozen Superior Grade Spirit Stones after slaying cultivators from the Yin Moon Palace. Yet now, after killing the Demon Monk and acquiring the wealth of Cold Mountain Temple, not a single Superior Grade Spirit Stone was found. I can't help but feel there's something wrong!

There were seventeen Magical Treasures in total. Most were Buddhist Sect items like prayer beads, lotus pedestals, sarira, and Vajra Pestles, which were of little use to me. There were many Jade Slips that recorded the cultivation techniques of Cold Mountain Temple.

"Immovable King Body" and "Bitter Zen Technique".

The "Immovable King Body" is a Body Refining Technique divided into four levels. The highest level allowed one to cultivate the Immovable King Body to a state comparable to an Ancient Treasure, its physique like diamond-glazed vajra—indestructible and impervious to all techniques.

My Mixed Refinement Black Dragon Body was already perfected at the sixth level. The third breakthrough would use the Immovable King Body as a reference.

"Breakthrough!"

Jia Ren tapped the "+" symbol behind Mixed Refinement Black Dragon Body. In the next moment, insights into deeper Body Refinement emerged. The essence of the Immovable King Body was absorbed and merged into the Mixed Refinement Black Dragon Body. In the Proficiency Panel, Mixed Refinement Black Dragon Body disappeared and was replaced by Black Dragon Vajra Body.

[Black Dragon Vajra Body: Seventh Level: 0/12,800]

The Black Dragon Vajra Body operated, and gleaming black-golden scales appeared, guarding all the vital points of his body. Let's test the effects.

Jia Ren took out the Seven Star Sword and slashed at the black-golden scales. The sound of metal striking metal echoed. Only a shallow sword mark was left on the scales. The Seven Star Sword, a Magical Treasure, could not penetrate them. Finally, the strength of my body has reached the level of a Magical Treasure!

He moved his body, which was firm yet flexible. Throwing a punch, it stirred up a roar comparable to Sword Qi Thunder Sound. My close combat abilities are becoming stronger and stronger!

Besides their main cultivation techniques, Cold Mountain Temple also had dozens of different secret techniques and Divine Skills. The secret techniques included the Lion Seal, Subduing Demon Arhat Fist, and Great Demon-Subduing Hand Seal... There was only one Divine Skill, the Heavenly Vision.

Obtaining even one Divine Skill, the Heavenly Vision, was beyond his expectations, so Jia Ren didn't hope for more.

Last was an eyeless Peacock Magical Beast, near the latter stages of the Third Rank, not far from the Nascent Soul Stage. After the Demon Monk's body was destroyed, the Eye Bizarre flew towards the eyeless Peacock Magical Beast. This was the Demon Monk's spare body, prepared for emergencies.

Heavenly Feather Gate possesses a Peacock Feather Secret Technique. The higher the quality of the peacock feathers, the better. The Peacock Magical Beast is a suitable choice.

This is before the reversion to ancestry. After the reversion, what kind of effects will there be?

Without eyes, the Peacock Magical Beast trembled with fear, sensing the approach of a human's presence.

"Heart Language Technique!"

"From now on, follow me, and you can regain your sight and improve your strength further." An Ancestor Beast Holy Pill was taken out, its tempting fragrance wafting through the air. The Peacock Magical Beast developed a strong desire, eager to obtain this treasure.

It was intelligent enough, offering no resistance, and the contract was successfully established. The Peacock Magical Beast became my Spirit Beast. Consuming an Ancestor Beast Holy Pill, the Peacock Magical Beast's aura surged at an astonishing speed, successfully breaking through a critical threshold.

Feathers of different colors started growing, featuring three colors: red, green, and gold.

Reversion to ancestry and advancement?!

The Peacock Magical Beast's accumulated strength was substantial, just one step away from advancing to the Fourth Rank. Otherwise, the Demon Monk wouldn't have regarded it as a spare body. The Ancestor Beast Holy Pill assisted it in reverting to its ancestral form as a Three-Colored Peacock, leveraging the power of bloodline reversion and the Elixir to advance.

"Guard it during its evolution!"

Cold Mountain Temple had a Spirit Vein, which could serve as a suitable place for its advancement. Zhang Pengpeng patrolled the sky, while three Yakshas dove underground, covertly defending the Peacock Magical Beast.

Four Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators guarded the area, with the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure stationed by their side. Cultivators and Magical Beasts could handle four Yakshas comparable to the Nascent Soul Level.

Bizarre Demons coming this way? Wouldn't that be like walking into a trap, a lamb entering the lion's den? Jia Ren was just worrying that there weren't enough Bizarre Demons inside the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure. With so many guards in place, there was no need to worry about external threats affecting the advancement. Whether it succeeded or not was up to the Peacock Magical Beast itself.

Jia Ren and his Insect External Incarnation stopped focusing on this issue, becoming hands-off proprietors.

The Insect External Incarnation began to cultivate the Tianyu Divine Art, slowly transforming Spiritual Power into Heavenly Feather Spiritual Power. This was the foundation for executing the Divine Skills and secret techniques of Heavenly Feather Gate. Without the Tianyu Divine Art, the feather-related secret techniques and Divine Skills could not be used.

His main body seized all the time to cultivate, perform Alchemy, and craft Talismans, aiming to improve his Cultivation Level. Cultivation Level is the foundation for everything.

Even though he could rely on external forces to kill Nascent Soul Cultivators, he himself was only a Golden Core Mid-Stage Cultivator—still some distance away from the Nascent Soul Stage. The Proficiency Level of the Yellow Dragon Spirit Pill reached Technique-Nearing-Dao Level, its quality improving more and more, guaranteeing at least eighteen Elixir Patterns.

The continuous supply of high-quality Elixirs meant that, according to his current rate of cultivation, he would be able to raise his Cultivation Level to the Late Golden Core Stage in nine years. With an uninterrupted supply of Jade Sea Lingluo Pills, thirty-odd years would be sufficient to reach Golden Elixir Perfection.

However, after such a long time, he would likely have left this world and ventured to the Mysterious Realm.

「Three months later.」

The Mountain and Sea Pearl vibrated ceaselessly as its internal space expanded continuously.

Has the Magical Treasure reached the Nascent Soul Level?!

After more than three months of Sacrificial Fire refinement, the Mountain and Sea Pearl finally advanced. Under normal circumstances, it should have ascended to a Nascent Soul Grade Treasure long ago. The Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure had to divide some flames to convert into Corpse-Ritual Fire, mostly supplying it to the four Yakshas to help them improve their cultivation levels.

As the space in the Mountain and Sea Pearl finished expanding, its volume increased from three million cubic units to ten million, growing threefold. With the larger space in the Cave, he could expand the Spirit Field and cultivate even more Spiritual Medicines.

The biggest change was in the shell of the Mountain and Sea Pearl, which absorbed a large amount of seawater, capable of condensing more layers of Thousandfold Water. The Mountain and Sea Pearl currently had nine shell layers. Each Thousandfold Water shell layer was as sturdy as a Magical Treasure. At the Nascent Soul Level, it could stack up to ninety-nine layers. When the ninety-nine layers of Thousandfold Water combined, their defensive power was astonishing.

The greatest strength of the Mountain and Sea Pearl remained its gravity. A single strike could wield a force comparable to that of a mountain.

「Another half year passed.」

Inside the Mountain and Sea Pearl, Jia Ren encountered the recently advanced Eyeless Three-Colored Peacock. Its bloodline was extremely pure, second only to the legendary five-colored peacock. After enduring the Demon Monk's eye extraction, the Three-Colored Peacock was highly cautious, even slightly fearful of its master.

"Eat this, and you can recover your eyes." A Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill was thrown toward the Three-Colored Peacock to treat its wounds.

The Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill, an Alchemy Recipe learned through imitation in Lingyuan City, was of the high Fourth Rank. Though it couldn't revive the dead or regenerate flesh from bones... as long as one still breathed, the Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill could invigorate them with life, earning it the name of a life-extending divine Elixir.

The price of a Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill was exorbitant. One pill could sell for more than a Magical Treasure. Jia Ren had only refined one batch, consisting of three Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pills, each marked with three Elixir Patterns.

The efficacy of the Nine Revolutions Resurrection Pill was astounding. Flesh buds grew in the Three-Colored Peacock's eyes, wriggling incessantly. In just a few dozen breaths, new eyes had already formed. The Three-Colored Peacock never thought it would regain the eyes it had lost, and its eyes became bright.

It affectionately nudged its head closer, its beak letting out a continuous CHIRP, CHIRP, CHIRP, seemingly overjoyed at regaining its sight.

"Don't eat the Spirit Insects and Spirit Fish. These are my treasures," Jia Ren advised, tossing several Ancestor Beast Holy Pills to it.

The Three-Colored Peacock was the most powerful among all his Spirit Beasts; the others combined were no match for it. He couldn't simply let it harm the Spirit Insects and Spirit Fish.

The Three-Colored Peacock nodded. It had a better supply of Ancestor Beast Holy Pills and was not interested in Spirit Fish or Spirit Insects.

Truly looking forward to the power of the Three-Colored Peacock Feathers.

The Insect External Incarnation was still adapting its cultivation technique, which would likely take several more years to complete. The Peacock Feather Secret Technique would also take a few more years to cultivate.

The Spirit Vein of Cold Mountain Temple can be extracted now.

Now that the Three-Colored Peacock had advanced, Jia Ren wouldn't linger in Cold Mountain Temple any longer. Leaving the Spirit Vein of Cold Mountain Temple behind would only serve to benefit others, so it needed to be extracted.

Three Yakshas emerged from the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure, softening the earth with their earth-burrowing ability and creating a tunnel for passage. Jia Ren passed through the tunnel, headed underground beneath Cold Mountain Temple, and caught sight of the glittering Spirit Vein from afar. Wisps of spiritual fog escaped, turning into pure nature's spiritual energy, nourishing the cultivation at Cold Mountain Temple.

"Great Handprint of Capturing, collect!"

Using an old secret technique he had learned, Jia Ren began to extract the Spirit Vein. A Spirit Vein exuding misty vapors was forcibly pulled out and transferred into the Mountain and Sea Pearl. The nature's spiritual energy within the Mountain and Sea Pearl rose at an astonishing speed, so for a long time to come, he wouldn't have to worry about a lack of spiritual energy.

Time to leave!

The land beneath Cold Mountain Temple was now empty, devoid of anything worth staying for.

It seemed Jia Ren thought of something and headed to the fifth level of the Demon-Sealing Tower.

"If you let me out, I'll tell you the secrets of the Bizarre Alliance..."

As soon as he entered the Demon-Sealing Tower, the exhausted voice of the Demon Monk came from the fifth floor. After half a year's torment, the Demon Monk was on the verge of collapse.

Let you out? Wishful thinking!

Having entered the Demon-Sealing Tower Treasure, it was time for him to put in good work and embrace 'reform through labor'.

Jia Ren had considered using the Eye Bizarre to create Bizarre Talismans and Mysterious Instruments.

This fellow, unlike instinct-driven Bizarre Objects, would likely allow the Demon Monk to escape if released.

Better for him to keep working in the Demon-Sealing Tower until the end of his days.

"Where have all your Superior Grade Spirit Stones gone?"

As a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator and not a low-ranking member of the Bizarre Alliance, it was impossible that the Demon Monk had not a single Superior Grade Spirit Stone after annihilating Cold Mountain Temple.

Finally, a response!

The Eye Bizarre, transformed from the Demon Monk, was tearfully excited. Half a year of hellish existence had almost driven him mad. With every death and subsequent resurrection, he could feel his soul's power weakening. While deaths had no effect on Bizarre Demons, it didn't mean Bizarre Persons were the same.

Ten or a hundred times might have been bearable...

But ten thousand or a million times—he couldn't withstand it.

In half a year at most, the Demon Monk's soul would dissipate completely, allowing the true Eye Bizarre to awaken.

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