From the letter sent by Cangwen Yu, Su Changkong learned that his speculation was correct: the four cloaked figures were after the Spirit Vein!

Moreover, they did not deal lethal blows to the Innate Martial Artists of these sects, opting instead to capture them alive. As for their purpose, even Cangwen Yu was not privy to that information.

His Cangyun Sect was now on high alert, although, according to intelligence, these four cloaked individuals, in order to be utterly cautious, had only targeted second- and third-tier sects like that of the Spirit Taoist Sect.

In his letter, Cangwen Yu also assured Su Changkong that he would send word to him at the first sign of any related news.

“No other way… I’ll just focus on alchemy for now.”

Su Changkong had no choice but to admit that the four cloaked figures were very cautious in their actions, not targeting major sects but rather those minor ones with fewer than ten Innate Martial Artists, all to gain control of the Spirit Veins located on lands with excellent fengshui. All Su Changkong could do was keep an eye out for news in this area.

If Helian Yuan and the others had already encountered misfortune, it would do him no good to worry; the only thing he could do was to find the four cloaked figures and avenge them.

In his estate, Su Changkong began refining the Heavenly Spirit Pills, designed to enhance one’s cultivation.

When he was at the Li Family in the Wuji Empire, Su Changkong opened nine Heavenly Pulses and condensed the Three Flowers with the aid of a Golden Flower Pill. He was still some distance away from the complete activation of twelve Heavenly Pulses, but for Su Changkong, with sufficient resources, it was just a matter of time.

The difficulty of creating the Heavenly Spirit Pill was not low, yet now, Su Changkong’s innate potential had also reached a level incomparable to that of his past self.

Name: Su Changkong (27 years old)

Lifespan: 410 years

Potential value: 72 points

After the Five Animal Frolics breakthrough to the 11th realm, in addition to reaching the ’pseudo Divine Skills’ level, the biggest change was an increase of a full 40 years in lifespan, breaking through the 400-year mark.

In terms of potential value, he had also surpassed the 70-point threshold, reaching 72 points!

Alchemy (9th Level Unparalleled in the World 1%)

This made Su Changkong even more adept at alchemy. His skills were already approaching the 9th level, and after refining just a few furnaces of Heavenly Spirit Pills, his alchemy naturally advanced to the 9th level.

Reaching the 9th level in alchemy undoubtedly meant a huge qualitative change. Originally, Su Changkong could produce an average of 2.6 Heavenly Spirit Pills per furnace – amounting to 260 pills from one hundred sets of ingredients. Now, his success rate had greatly improved.

Now averaging four Heavenly Spirit Pills per furnace, one hundred sets of ingredients yielded 400 pills, an astonishing pill-producing rate!

Quietly engaged in alchemy, Su Changkong used over thirty sets of ingredients in one month, producing more than a hundred Heavenly Spirit Pills, planning to craft all of his available ingredients into pills before slowly refining them.

“Hmm?” But one morning, a month later, as Su Changkong was storing a few freshly made Heavenly Spirit Pills into a jade bottle, tucking them into his Bag of Book Fragrance at his waist, he suddenly froze. Upon opening the Bag of Book Fragrance, he discovered an abnormality inside!

It was the Flame Prison Blade!

Su Changkong grabbed the Flame Prison Blade and noticed it trembling. Embedded in the blade, the Demon Monster Crystal Cores that resembled eyes had opened, as if sensing something!

“Could it be… a Demon Monster?”

Su Changkong was taken aback.

As a Demon-Slicing Divine Weapon, the Flame Prison Blade was capable of sensing the presence of Demon Monsters within a certain range. Of course, if the Demon Monster had advanced techniques to conceal its presence and actively hid its aura, the blade wouldn’t detect it.

The black-robed elder from the Life-Extinguishing Association was an expert in this regard; even the Flame Prison Blade couldn’t sense his presence.

“If there truly is a Monster Warrior… I’ll just take care of it in passing.”

Looking at the trembling Flame Prison Blade, a trace of coldness flickered in Su Changkong’s eyes.

However, before Su Changkong could leave with the Flame Prison Blade in hand, intending to confront the suspected Monster Warrior, the blade ceased its trembling!

This caused Su Changkong to frown, “Could it be that the suspected Monster Warrior also sensed something and thus actively concealed their aura?”

The person causing the Flame Prison Blade’s reaction seemed extraordinary. When the blade picked up their presence, they, too, must have immediately realized it and retracted their aura. This was unprecedented.

After pondering for a long moment, Su Changkong returned the Flame Prison Blade to the Bag of Book Fragrance, letting the bag block out any aura. Since the other party could also detect something, carrying the Flame Prison Blade might instead reveal his exact location to them.

Without a clear understanding of the other’s identity and strength, Su Changkong felt it was better to be cautious!

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Madara Web Novel