Serpent Ancestor

Three more days passed, and Xu Hei successfully arrived at an ancient relic known as Windless Valley.

The term ”ancient” is quite vague, referring to tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years ago.

Xu Hei wasn’t sure which era this belonged to, but he had heard that the Spiritual Qi here was thin, and there might be Supreme Spirit Stones hidden underground.

The Tianhen Sword Sect had been robbed once before, so they would surely have increased their defenses, and the Supreme Spirit Stones would have been taken long ago.

However, Xu Hei was not here for the Supreme Spirit Stones; he was purely here to cause trouble.

First, he used a drop of blood to disguise himself as Xue Yang.

Then, he set up the Star Sword Formation in all directions around the area to prevent anyone from escaping, spending more than half a day on this.

If he hadn’t just acquired a large number of Flying Swords, he wouldn’t have been able to set up so many formations.

”Go!”

Xu Hei released a swarm of Spirit-Eating Ants, which burrowed underground, heading towards the center where the Spiritual Qi gathered.Spiritual Qi was the best guide, and under the perception of the Spirit-Eating Ants, all hidden formations would be exposed.

”Rustle!”

A large number of ants burrowed through the ground, gnawing at walls and formations, devouring everything in their path. In just the time it takes to burn a stick of incense, they broke through the defenses and reached the hidden Spirit Gathering Formation.

”Who dares to intrude here?”

A deafening voice echoed from within the formation, followed by an exclamation, ”Spirit-Eating Ants?”

The army of Spirit-Eating Ants surged forward, and the sound of crackling came from the front. The opponent couldn’t resist and seemed to be preparing to flee.

However, Xu Hei had already surrounded the area, leaving no escape route.

Before long, the sword formations Xu Hei had set up everywhere were triggered, and screams echoed from within.

”Fellow Daoist, please stop! We can talk this out!” A voice pleaded from inside.

Xu Hei didn’t listen and intensified his efforts, releasing the Ghostface Stone Spiders to charge inside.

”Fellow Daoist, you must be the one who stole our sect’s Supreme Spirit Stones two years ago. Stealing one is one thing, but why go to such lengths to destroy us?” The voice inside was filled with anger.

”Steal? The Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth is ownerless. You occupy all the relics and siphon off the Spiritual Qi. Are all these Spiritual Qi yours? How ridiculous!”

Xu Hei sneered. The Tianhen Sword Sect had quite the appetite, using these relics with depleted Spiritual Qi to refine Supreme Spirit Stones.

Just because they set up a Spirit Gathering Formation, does it all belong to them? Where in the world is there such a good deal?

”Hand over the Spirit Stones from this place, or I’ll destroy it and reveal your secrets to the world. Let’s see how everyone views your Tianhen Sword Sect’s actions.”

Xu Hei’s words echoed into the formation.

This time, the voice inside panicked and quickly said, ”Fellow Daoist, the Supreme Spirit Stones here have long been taken, there’s nothing left, but I can assure you, our sect won’t trouble you in the future!”

Xu Hei certainly didn’t believe this.

With leverage against him, the best way for them would be to eliminate him, removing the threat entirely.

But getting rid of him wasn’t that easy.

”Is that so? Then I’ll come in and take a look.”

Xu Hei’s figure flickered as he rushed into the Spirit Gathering Formation.

The moment Xu Hei entered, he felt a strong sense of danger, but it quickly vanished.

”There are indeed traps here, but the other side doesn’t dare trigger them, fearing that if I survive, the secret will be exposed, leading to mutual destruction. After all, I currently look like Xue Yang, and they can’t be sure who I am,” Xu Hei pondered.

Soon, he reached the core area.

There was a transparent bead here that Xu Hei had seen before, and the formation flags nearby appeared in sets. The voice from earlier was just a projection.

What was hidden here that could threaten him? Xu Hei didn’t understand.

In front of the projection, Xu Hei waved his hand, storing the Spirit Gathering Pearl in his Storage Bag. He then tried to take the formation flags, but they didn’t budge.

”Hand over the formation flags!” Xu Hei demanded coldly.

”Fellow Daoist, these formation flags were left by our sect’s Ancestor Tianhen. No one can move them, not even me!” The projection said helplessly.

Xu Hei observed briefly. These formation flags were key to gathering Spiritual Qi. To mass-produce Supreme Spirit Stones, both the Spirit Gathering Pearl and formation flags were indispensable.

However, at the moment, he had no way to take the flags.

”In a year, I’ll come here to collect fifty million Spirit Stones. I trust your Tianhen Sword Sect can gather them, right?” Xu Hei smiled.

This was blatant extortion.

The projection’s face darkened, ”You have quite the appetite. We can give the fifty million Spirit Stones, but the question is, do you dare to take them?”

Fifty million Spirit Stones would be a fortune for a typical Elemental Infant stage sect, enough to bankrupt them, but for the Tianhen Sword Sect, it wasn’t much.

The problem was, if Xu Hei dared to extort once, he could do it twice, thrice, endlessly. Even a super sect couldn’t withstand such extortion.

”My demands aren’t high, just fifty million. Give it once, and I promise there won’t be a next time. Consider it compensation for hunting me down. Otherwise, you know the consequences!” Xu Hei said coldly.

The projection was silent for a long time before nodding, ”Fine! In a year, I’ll wait for you to collect!”

Xu Hei didn’t linger, quickly retrieving all the spirit insects and sword formations before leaving the Windless Valley.

Collect fifty million in a year? Xu Hei wasn’t that foolish.

Even if he sent someone else to collect, he wouldn’t do it. The Tianhen Sword Sect, as a super sect, had plenty of ways to track him. Xu Hei wouldn’t take such a risk.

He did this purely to disgust them, making them deploy more resources here, with no intention of returning.

However, if anyone was foolish enough to chase him, he could lead them in this direction.

As for the Spirit Gathering Pearl, Xu Hei studied it for a while and found it useful for condensing Spiritual Qi into crystals, potentially refining high-quality Spirit Stones as spirit insect feed in the future.

Xu Hei never used stolen treasures directly. He needed to refine them himself, eliminating all possible risks before using them.

This was a complex process.

As usual, Xu Hei stored the Spirit Gathering Pearl in a Void Stone, then hid the Void Stone in the Demon God Cauldron.

The Demon God Cauldron was quite mysterious. Anything hidden inside seemed to be isolated from all detection, even his so-called Inner Demon couldn’t assimilate the existence of the Demon God Cauldron.

”Next, let’s check out Chaos Star City. The batch of stones Gongsun Bo brought back is suspicious. Chaos Star City might have unearthed something big.” Xu Hei’s eyes flickered as he stealthily made his way toward Chaos Star City.