Chapter 151: Chapter 114: Devouring Spirit Root, Second Stage! (Part 2)

The person was wearing a scholar’s robe, unmistakably the Jade Belt Scholar.

But now he was disheveled, covered in filth and mud, his hair hanging loose behind his head, with hardly a trace of a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

“Are… are they all dead?”

The Jade Belt Scholar was still in shock.

He sneaked around the island for a while and finally confirmed that he was the only one left alive on the whole island.

It turned out that after the downfall of Jade Belt Mountain, he fled all the way here, intending to join the Cui Island Lake Stockade for a chance to rise again.

After all, he was a Late Period Foundation Establishment Cultivator; he should have some status there.

But he never expected that on his first day seeking refuge, the water stockade would be attacked by a pitch-black monster.

He didn’t know if it was a puppet or some cultivator.

But he had never seen such a terrifying monster, which had annihilated the entire stockade in just a short two-hour period.

In his understanding, not even a Core Formation Cultivator could manage that, could they?

Fortunately, he was not in the hall at the time, but was outside familiarizing himself with the Cuihu Island terrain.

And the moment the Island Protection Array activated, he sensed something wrong and immediately used the Earth Escape Technique to burrow a hundred zhang underground.

Because of this Earth Escape Technique, he could faintly perceive the situation on the surface even deep underground.

After experiencing a two-hour period of fear, it gradually quieted down above.

But he still didn’t dare to come up and only after hiding underground for a few more hours did he barely dare to surface and take a look.

“Monster…”

The Jade Belt Scholar remained shaken but didn’t dare to linger.

He quickly took out a Magical Artifact and fled in a certain direction.

“Run, I must get out of this cursed place…”

…

A few hours later, Lin Chen arrived at the final Tribulation Cultivator stronghold.

He didn’t rush to take action but, as before, observed the strength of this place first.

Similar to the previous Cui Island Lake Stockade, this mountain stockade also had about over three hundred Tribulation Cultivators.

In fact, the number of Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivators was less than that of the Cui Island Lake Stockade.

Although the mountain stockade’s Tribulation Cultivators were on guard, they were evidently unaware of the collapse of Cui Island Lake Stockade and hadn’t activated the Mountain Protection Array.

Lin Chen didn’t even bother with disguises, directly using the Wood Concealment Technique to hide his aura and slipped into the stockade under the cover of night.

Wearing the Celestial Demon Battle Armor, releasing Long Ba and Feng Jiu, after locking onto the positions of a few Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivators.

What followed was a crushing sweep.

With overwhelming firepower, Lin Chen quickly slew several Foundation Establishment Tribulation Cultivators.

Then, with the aid of two Martial Arts Puppets, Lin Chen also annihilated all the Qi Refining Stage Tribulation Cultivators in the stockade.

It all happened in a single night.

By dawn, Lin Chen was already counting the spoils in the stockade.

Piled like a mountain were various materials, Magical Treasures, and ninety thousand Spirit Stones.

By this point, Lin Chen was just inches away from the milestone of accumulating one million Spirit Stones.

“Tsk, tsk, these Tribulation Cultivators are really rich!”

“What money can you make robbing Loose Cultivators? Raiding a Tribulation Cultivator’s stronghold is far more profitable…”

Lin Chen thought to himself silently.

After accounting for the battle spoils, Lin Chen set the stockade ablaze, burning it to the ground and wiping away traces of the battle.

At the break of dawn, Lin Chen departed from the stockade on a Flying Sword.

…

Long after Lin Chen left, a part of the ground stirred.

The Jade Belt Scholar cautiously emerged from underground.

Staring at the stockade, burned to ashes, his eyes were filled with horror.

“How could this be… Could the monster’s objective be to annihilate all the Tribulation Cultivator forces in the Yanlai Realm?”

He was terrified and uncertain, his body trembling slightly.

After the fall of Cui Island Lake Stockade, he rushed to this final mountain stronghold seeking refuge.

But never did he expect to encounter the black monster again, destroying the stockade.

Thankfully, he had been hiding underground, thus remaining undetected.

“What to do… Now I might be the only remaining Tribulation Cultivator leader in the Yanlai Realm!”

The Jade Belt Scholar forced himself to calm down despite the fear.

“If I recruit more Tribulation Cultivators only to run into that monster… wouldn’t I be utterly defenseless?”

At this moment, he had only one thought.

Be a Tribulation Cultivator for what?

Better to run away quickly…

Throughout his years as a Tribulation Cultivator, he had also accumulated a fair amount of Spirit Stones, enough to cultivate to Foundation Establishment Perfection.

“So, where should I hide?”

“The most dangerous place is also the safest… Perhaps returning to Jade Belt City to lay low for a while?”

The Jade Belt Scholar murmured to himself.

He had two estates in Jade Belt City, known to few.

Furthermore, Jade Belt City is populated with both cultivators and mortals, making it difficult to be found…

With this in mind, he hurriedly fled toward the direction of Jade Belt City, fear fueling his steps.

…

The following morning, Jade Belt City.

Lin Chen, disguised as Han the Sixth, temporarily settled in a different inn.

He planned to stay in Jade Belt City for a while longer.

The small gap left to reach a million Spirit Stones could be earned here in Jade Belt City.

Moreover, he needed to earn more Spirit Stones to support his own cultivation.

Currently, within the Yanlai Realm, there weren’t many places left to rapidly earn Spirit Stones…

Thus, in the following days, Long Ba and Feng Jiu continued selling Pills and Magical Treasures outside.

Ten days later, he finally reached the significant mark of one million Spirit Stones.

After accumulating one million Spirit Stones, he didn’t rush into advancing his Devouring Spirit Root but waited a few more days.

Until the return countdown reset…

…

In the Great Xia Country, Martial Arts Palace.

Lin Chen was alone in a rest chamber, surrounded by Spirit Stones piled like a small mountain, occupying almost half the room.

“Tsk, tsk, a whole million Spirit Stones! All to be used for advancing the Spirit Root…”

Lin Chen couldn’t help but feel a bit of heartache.

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