The Devil's Tribulation

Chapter 252: Spirit Gathering Stone

Yu Qian was in Yu Lei Sect’s Jingxin Valley, in Yu Qian’s cave. Yu Qian had thought about it for a long time, but finally decided not to look for his grandfather. However, he was more determined to kill Pan Chengfeng. After thinking about it, besides himself, only Hei Kun and Pan Chengfeng had a grudge against each other in Yu Lei Sect. Hei Kun was a lecherous guy, so he could take advantage of this. Yu Qian thought to himself, “That guy’s women are more beautiful than each other. Hei Kun must have had dirty thoughts about Shuang’er. Find a way to make them enemies! There will be one more person to deal with that guy in the future!”

When Yu Qian was thinking, a younger brother came in and reported, "Master, I have found out everything." Yu Qian closed his eyes and said calmly, "Go ahead." The younger brother replied, "Gu Lingshuang rarely leaves the cave, but she goes there every month to exchange some spiritual medicine seeds." Yu Qian opened his eyes and said, "Okay! Keep a close eye on her. When she goes there to exchange seeds again, report to me immediately!"

The younger brother took the order and left. Yu Qian also stood up slowly and sneered, "I should also go to see Senior Brother Hei more often." Pan Chengfeng, who was being plotted against, was studying the Thunder Dragon Technique and Thunderbolt. He frowned and put down the jade slip and said, "It seems that I can't learn it before. According to the jade slip, it is necessary to practice with the power of thunder to achieve twice the result with half the effort. In particular, the Thunder Dragon Technique is still very difficult. It is worthy of being a high-level technique of the Yu Lei Sect." Just as he was thinking about it, Shuang'er came and said with a smile, "Master, a batch of medicines in the medicine garden have matured. I brought them to you." Pan Chengfeng said happily, "Thank you for your hard work. It's good to have Shuang'er. I don't have to worry about anything."

Shuang'er handed Pan Chengfeng a storage bag. Pan Chengfeng scanned it with his spiritual sense and said exaggeratedly: "Wow! As expected, Shuang'er planted it herself, the quality is good~" Shuang'er shyly said: "Is what the young master said true?" Pan Chengfeng pulled Shuang'er into his arms and said: "When has the young master ever lied to you? Let the young master check to see if Shuang'er has grown up again~" The two were playing in the cave, and suddenly a voice came into Pan Chengfeng's mind: "Stinky boy! Come here!" Pan Chengfeng was startled and said angrily: "The Yu Lei Sect has no privacy! Sooner or later, I will set up a formation that even Mahayana cultivators cannot peek into!"

Shuang'er's cheeks were slightly red, and she asked, "Master, what's wrong?" Pan Chengfeng sighed and said, "Sooner or later, I will suffocate to death! When will this kind of life end~" Shuang'er heard Pan Chengfeng sigh, and said shyly, "Master, if you really want... Shuang'er is willing." Seeing Shuang'er's look of letting him pick her, Pan Chengfeng took a deep breath, suppressed his restless mood, and said, "Master is fine, but Master has something to ask me, so I'll go. Shuang'er, go and practice as well, and try to form a pill as soon as possible."

Purple Thunder Mountain, Qiu Xiaotian's cave. Qiu Xiaotian went out to get some extra material these days. He was sorting out materials for monsters when he suddenly remembered that he hadn't seen his beloved apprentice for a while. He scanned with his spiritual sense and saw two apprentices cuddling together. Qiu Xiaotian, who was afraid that they would go further, quickly spoke out to stop them, thinking, "Shouldn't I let them live so close? No! I have to find a way to separate them for a while. The two young people are full of vigor and vitality, and I can't keep an eye on them all the time. It will be troublesome if they lose their virginity."

Outside Qiu Xiaotian's cave, Pan Chengfeng said weakly, "Master, disciple is here." Qiu Xiaotian put away his thoughts and said, "Come in." As soon as Pan Chengfeng entered the cave, he couldn't close his mouth and asked, "Master, are you going to the Red Mountains to get something again? If you do this, will those old monsters in the Red Mountains let it go?" Qiu Xiaotian said cheerfully, "What are you afraid of? They can't get out. It's just that we killed two sixth-level monsters. Even if they know, they can only bear it." Pan Chengfeng looked at the monster materials on the ground. These were two sixth-level peak sword-back beasts. They looked very similar to leopards, but they had six spikes of different lengths on their backs.

Pan Chengfeng rolled his eyes and said, "Master, your monster meat..." Qiu Xiaotian immediately said with a serious face, "Don't even think about it. I have to be careful when going to the Red Mountains. If you want monster meat, go and kill it yourself. You are a body cultivator, so going to the Red Mountains to hunt monsters is like going to your own kitchen." Well, Pan Chengfeng just asked casually. Now that he knew it was hopeless, he didn't force it and asked, "Master, what's the matter with you asking me to come here?" Qiu Xiaotian said, "Shouldn't you have something to do? Didn't you come to the cave to find me two days ago? What's the matter?"

Pan Chengfeng slapped his head and said, "I almost forgot about the main thing. I want to ask, is there any way to speed up the cultivation? I can't absorb too much of this top-grade crystal bead. At my cultivation speed, I will definitely still be at the foundation-building stage in the three-sect competition in a few years. Not to mention the continental event in twenty years, I will definitely not have time to transform into a baby." Qiu Xiaotian stroked his beard and smiled, "Are you worried? You still hang out with Shuang'er all day long!" Pan Chengfeng's face darkened and said, "It has nothing to do with this. I spend most of my time practicing. I just wanted to 'relax' today, but was caught by Master."

Qiu Xiaotian stopped teasing Pan Chengfeng and said with a smile: "Master has already thought about it, it depends on when you come to ask." Pan Chengfeng was delighted and asked quickly: "Is there really a way?" Qiu Xiaotian said: "Two ways. One is naturally the sect's artifact 'Purple Thunder Tower', but it's too early for you to go there now, so there is only one other way." Pan Chengfeng asked hurriedly: "What way?" Qiu Xiaotian said: "Spirit Gathering Array, although the Spirit Gathering Array is not a very complicated formation, the materials are very expensive. The most important thing is that it requires Spirit Gathering Stones, and Spirit Gathering Stones are consumables."

Pan Chengfeng asked, "How expensive is it?" Qiu Xiaotian said, "The sect can exchange it. One Soul Gathering Stone is worth 10,000 points. If you want to set up a small Soul Gathering Array, you need three Soul Gathering Stones, which can last for about ten years. After ten years, you need to replace the Soul Gathering Stone." Pan Chengfeng screamed, "Ten thousand points! And it's a consumable! Don't call it the Thunder Control Sect, just call it the Bandit Sect!" Qiu Xiaotian was furious and suppressed Pan Chengfeng with his pressure. He said angrily, "You are so outspoken! Do you think the sect's resources were all picked up?!"

Pan Chengfeng felt like he was being pressed down by a mountain of iron, unable to move a finger. He begged for mercy: "Master, I was wrong! Let go quickly, you're crushing me to death." When Qiu Xiaotian's pressure eased, Pan Chengfeng quickly stood up and bowed, saying: "My disciple said something wrong, please calm down, Master." Knowing that he had indeed gone too far, Pan Chengfeng now seemed very well-behaved. Qiu Xiaotian sighed and said: "These rare resources were exchanged for the lives of many predecessors. Don't say such things again, my disciple."

Pan Chengfeng asked curiously, "Is the Gathering Spirit Stone very rare?" Qiu Xiaotian said, "After hundreds of thousands of years of development, Aotian Continent no longer has many resources for cultivators to squander. Now many resources come from some secret realms and small worlds. The dangers of those secret realms and small worlds are unpredictable, and often require batches of cultivators to risk their lives to explore in order to obtain some rare resources. Resources like the Gathering Spirit Stone come from a small world. In that small world, at least tens of thousands of disciples of the Yu Lei Sect die every hundred years."

Pan Chengfeng was shocked and asked hurriedly, "Even the Yu Lei Sect has to pay such a huge price, so aren't other forces in a worse situation?" Qiu Xiaotian said, "So you can enjoy these resources now, what's the point of paying a few points? Some resources cannot even be exchanged for sect points. You must promise to pay as much as you use, and the sect will comprehensively consider whether to give them to you." Pan Chengfeng thought to himself, "I must go to these places to see them! All the treasures are mine!" Qiu Xiaotian saw that his disciple was so well-behaved, and his anger subsided. He waved his hand and said, "Go back and practice if you have nothing to do. The ranking competition will be held in a few days. What place do you plan to bring back for your master?" Pan Chengfeng was happy and thought to himself, "This master loves face the most. I want to get him the first place. Shouldn't he give me some benefits?"

So he bowed and asked, "Master, where do you hope your disciple will get?" Qiu Xiaotian laughed and said, "It's good to have confidence, but don't underestimate these disciples. There are still many powerful people." Pan Chengfeng patted his chest and said, "I can't say I'll get the first place, but the top ten should be no problem." Qiu Xiaotian narrowed his eyes and said, "The disciples trained by the sect are not comparable to those in the outer and inner sects and those casual cultivators. If you brag about it, it will make your master and you embarrassed." Pan Chengfeng said confidently, "Master, just say that your disciple will get the top ten, what benefits can you give~"

Qiu Xiaotian smiled and said, "What benefit do you want?" Pan Chengfeng said, "Doesn't the master have the right to issue tasks worth 100,000 points once a year? I want this." Qiu Xiaotian glared and said, "This is your senior brother... No! Change him." Pan Chengfeng looked up and down at his master and thought to himself, "Besides this, what else do you think of?" Qiu Xiaotian felt a little uncomfortable being looked at, so he said, "How about I get you a sixth-level monster?" Pan Chengfeng pointed at the monster materials on the ground and said, "Okay! But I want it intact, not like this, torn apart in a mess."

After leaving Qiu Xiaotian's cave, Pan Chengfeng went directly to the exchange hall and spent 2000 points to exchange for red vine stems. Then he inquired about the price of the spirit stone, and it was indeed points a piece. Looking at his own points, Pan Chengfeng gritted his teeth and said, "Once I get Hei Kun's points, it will be enough. I don't know if the remaining points will be enough for me to practice magic." Pan Chengfeng now has to practice not only the Thunder Step, but also the Thunder and Thunder Dragon Technique, which he has to study in the Thunder Pool, so his points are still very tight.

Pan Chengfeng walked back with a heavy heart, while Yu Qian was already sitting in Hei Kun's cave, drinking happily with Hei Kun. Hei Kun smiled and said, "Brother Yu is indeed a descendant of the Yu family of Jin State, with a profound family background. I admire you very much~" Yu Qian said modestly, "Brother Hei, your family is a real great family. Everyone in the sect knows how powerful Brother Hei's family tradition is."

After three rounds of wine and five dishes, seeing that Hei Kun was in a good mood, Yu Qian began to get to the point. Yu Qian calmly drank a sip of wine and asked, "Brother Hei, did you make a bet with Pan Chengfeng?" Hei Kun sneered, "You are just a rookie, I will just treat you as a kid to play with." Yu Qian said, "Brother Hei, you don't know what that kid has been doing these days, right?" Hei Kun said indifferently, "What kind of trouble can a foundation-building kid cause? What's wrong? Did Brother Yu hear any rumors?" Yu Qian put down his wine glass and said, "It's more than just rumors, that kid is about to overthrow the outer sect."

Hei Kun became interested and asked, "Oh? A kid who has just established his foundation actually has this ability? Tell me about it." So Yu Qian told him about Pan Chengfeng's acceptance of the challenge from the outer sect these days, and finally said, "I feel that the kid has more than just this much strength. Senior Brother Hei's 10,000 points, I think it's in jeopardy~" Hei Kun smiled and said, "Junior Brother Yu just came to Jingxin Valley and doesn't know the depth of this place. The strength of every direct disciple here cannot be underestimated. Even I dare not say that I can make it into the top ten. That kid wants to win three games in a row, he's dreaming~"

Yu Qian was surprised and asked, "There are so many powerful brothers? Brother Hei, can you introduce a few to me?" Hei Kun said, "There are 306 direct disciples now, and no more than 5 of them can be sure to be in the top ten. The others still need some luck. I was unlucky last time and met Brother Jian in advance, and I only ranked 20th in the end." Yu Qian asked in confusion, "Brother Jian?" Hei Kun said, "Yes, he is only in the middle stage of the Spiritualization Realm, but his magic power is much stronger than mine. He has a Yuanyang body."

Yu Qian was shocked and said, "Yuan Yang Body?! His magic power is several times that of people at the same level!" Hei Kun laughed and said, "Don't envy him. If it were me, I would rather not have this Yuan Yang Body. Although the magic power is strong, every promotion is a life-and-death test. More importantly, you can't have sex, otherwise once the Yuan Yang is broken, half of the power will be immediately transferred to the woman. So he is also a popular disciple among the direct disciples. Many senior sisters and junior sisters are staring at him, but he is not lucky enough to enjoy it, hahaha~"

Seeing that they were finally talking about women, Yu Qian said sourly, "Hey, Pan Chengfeng must have been so lucky in several lifetimes. It's ok for the Beastmaster Sect to have Liu Xiner. There's also Gu Lingshuang in the sect, both of them are very beautiful." Hei Kun said enviously, "Indeed, Gu Lingshuang is really beautiful. You said that Liu Xiner is even more beautiful~ I really want to see her sooner." Yu Qian asked cautiously, "Brother Hei, do you have any ideas?" Hei Kun immediately shouted, "Brother Yu! This is the Taoist partner of a fellow disciple, how can you have such dirty ideas!"

Yu Qian thought to himself, "Hei, you are just pretending. Do you think I don't know about you?" Then he smiled and said, "How is that possible? The sect rules are above everything else! But, as far as I know, they haven't gotten married, let alone consummated their marriage~" Hei Kun narrowed his eyes and said, "Junior brother, where did you get this information?" Yu Qian didn't hide it either, and said generously, "Senior brother also knows that there is a rift between junior brother and that Pan. Naturally, he knows everything about him! Before practicing immortality, this Gu Lingshuang was just a relative of a convicted official in Fancheng, Da Zhou. When she was wandering in the mortal world, she was saved by Pan Chengfeng, and that's why she stayed with Pan Chengfeng. To say that she really likes Pan Chengfeng, I don't think so. It's mostly to repay a favor. As long as Pan Chengfeng dies, won't the beauty be ownerless?"