The Immortal Seeker: Legend of Bronze Mirror
Chapter 143 - 89 Qi Blood Powder and Pei Yuan Pill (3rd Update)_2

Chapter 143: Chapter 89 Qi Blood Powder and Pei Yuan Pill (3rd Update)_2

Once the fleshly body burst, the Divine Soul of the Three-tailed Black Fox began to dissipate at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Xu Qing guarded his mind carefully, daring not to be careless.

However, before the Divine Soul of the Three-tailed Black Fox dissipated, it did not trouble Xu Qing again. Instead, it directed its last Divine Soul Power towards a weaker leader amongst the Martial Artists of Black Wind Village.

This leader immediately collapsed to the ground, his eyes rolling back.

King Lin let out a heavy sigh, knowing that even if this brother could survive, he would be like an idiot from then on.

Xu Qing then warned everyone: "Do not relax your minds, lest it still has lingering thoughts that wreak havoc."

On the other side, Fayue started reciting the Calming Incantation from Golden Ray Monastery.

With the sound of the Buddhist Scripture, everyone’s minds calmed down.

Xu Qing silently recited "University" to calm his mind and realized that after a fierce battle, his Divine Soul had unconsciously become stronger.

"Indeed, real combat is the best way to enhance cultivation."

Meanwhile, King Lin, firm and determined, skillfully took out a short blade and a well-sealed animal skin bag, capturing the blood of the Three-tailed Black Fox into it, even though some was still wasted.

On the other hand, Su Lianqing, who had not exhausted much and had Divine Soul Cultivation within her, also took out a jade bottle and a dagger, slicing open the chest of the Three-tailed Black Fox and collecting the heart blood into the bottle.

Heart Blood is the most essential part of a demon’s spirit blood throughout its body.

Soon, everyone took out containers to collect blood.

King Lin said: "This Black Fox has become seasoned; even if poisoned, its flesh and blood can slowly dissipate the poison. However, later on, we still need Mr. Xu to provide us with the antidote to avoid any accidents."

Xu Qing wasn’t particularly concerned. He possessed Elder Tang’s Poison Scripture and knew the poison on the Poison Needles was made from snake venom, which would naturally lose its toxicity at high temperatures. However, he did not know if heating would significantly reduce the effectiveness of the spiritual meat and blood.

Eating raw meat and blood carries risks; even with benefits, it’s safer to cook it thoroughly.

In fact, many hunters in this era also use poison arrows, and the poison on these arrows is similar to snake venom, which would lose its toxicity during the heating process.

Therefore, many hunters simply process the injured parts of their prey, bleed them, and then cook the prey normally.

Moreover, both snake venom and the Arrow Poison used by hunters mainly enter the bloodstream and do not affect the quality of the meat.

The worst-case scenario is just the loss of efficacy of the spirit blood.

King Lin naturally had experience in this area.

His following words alleviated Xu Qing’s concerns about whether cooking the spiritual meat would cause it to lose efficacy.

King Lin explained that consuming spiritual meat and blood raw provides the best effects, but it can also be cooked and eaten directly or used to infuse medicinal liquor.

However, it should not be stored for too long.

As for the skin, bones, and claws of the Three-tailed Black Fox, they also hold considerable value.

How to divide the prey was discussed between Xu Qing and King Lin.

After consulting, they determined their respective shares.

Be it Xu Qing’s people or King Lin’s, no objections were raised.

They had grown accustomed to Xu Qing and King Lin making decisions for them.

This is the role of a leader.

If a team has no leader, it will quickly fall into internal strife over the division of spoils.

A snake can’t move without a head, nor can people.

A world where everyone is a dragon without a leader is a beautiful thought, but such an environment is hard to find in reality.

Fortunately, it was winter, the cold helping to prolong the preservation of the spiritual meat and blood.

Once everything was clearly divided, they descended the mountain.

As for the wolf and fox corpses at the entrance of the valley, the underlings of Black Wind Village would handle them.

Actually, those Evil Foxes, accelerated by Demon Arts, had lost their vitality, offering little nourishing effect, but the fox and wolf pelts were quite valuable.

These minor profits were to be handled later; Xu Qing was not in a hurry.

Moreover, he had secretly sent his Divine Soul to explore the cave earlier and discovered there was a secret chamber hidden behind a thin wall, invisible from the outside.

Xu Qing decided not to explore immediately but planned to return quietly after digesting the flesh and blood of the Three-tailed Black Fox, when he was stronger.

He had an instinct that there was an opportunity inside.

Moreover, using the name of Recovery Society, he had done a lot of good deeds to aid orphans and the elderly, lately accumulating a wisp of Virtue Energy for himself, which when consumed, could increase his chances of seizing the opportunity.

The Virtue Energy was something Xu Qing had acquired after ranking first in a county-level examination and appeared as a separate category in the bronze mirror.

Compared to Holy Virtue, closely related to the teaching Dao, obtaining Virtue Energy mainly involves doing good deeds and is somewhat simpler.

But it accumulates at a touching pace.

Throughout history, many rebel leaders liked to accumulate good deeds and form positive connections in their hometowns. Thus, when a crisis arose at the end of a dynasty, they could readily rally widespread support.

Hence, certain harsh officials suspected,_revolutionary intentions behind the act of accumulating good deeds, like repairing bridges and roads, among the wealthy and scholars.

Aren’t the good wealthy and scholars supposed to exploit the common people alongside the Officials?

Being kind to the common folks surely indicates a plot for rebellion.

Some harsh officials, when suppressing the wealthy clans, would file secret reports to the Court bearing such suspicions.

Over various dynasties, many founding heroes, on the advice of their staff, would tarnish their reputations, afraid of gaining notoriety. However, the Grand Ancestor Emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty did not follow this practice and directly made accusations when founding heroes disparaged themselves.

Being well-read in history, Xu Qing knew that the best response when others suspected you of plotting rebellion was not to argue but to actually possess the power to rebel.