Chapter 71: A Feast

When the winged female cultivator saw that the Red-Footed Golden Crow had noticed her movement, she simply stopped hiding. Her wings shot out over a hundred pale bone spikes, which flew toward the Red-Footed Golden Crow.

Golden light flowed across the Red-Footed Golden Crow’s wings. One foot gripping the Phoenix-Resting Wutong Wood, it swiftly dodged the many bone spikes, leaving a golden afterimage in the air.

The female cultivator beat her wings and followed close behind the Red-Footed Golden Crow at astonishing speed. Sometimes she hacked, sometimes she slashed, sometimes she stabbed, sometimes she coiled, attacking the Red-Footed Golden Crow in every possible way.

The two figures moved at extreme speed inside the stone cave, so fast the eye could hardly catch them.

Countless stones were struck by the aftershocks and kept falling, kicking up endless fiery-red splashes.

The air filled with countless specks of dust.

Sensing that a little dust had stained its golden feathers, the previously casual Red-Footed Golden Crow instantly grew furious.

Golden flames ignited over its body and rose into the air. Just looking at them gave one the feeling of being scorched.

At that moment, worried that the cave abode’s face-value representative might be harmed, Lu Yuan controlled the Illusory Yin Eye clone lying in ambush inside the stone cave and fixed its gaze on the winged female cultivator moving rapidly through the air.

Several dark-red openings suddenly split across the female cultivator’s body. Through the cracks, scarlet eyeballs could be seen slowly opening one after another within.

Deep inside the cracks, tiny tentacles kept reaching toward the flesh beneath, hooking into it as if trying to drag it out of the female cultivator’s body.

The female cultivator gave a cold snort. Although she was severely injured right now, as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, she naturally would not allow the clone of an Aberrant Grade Aberration to harm her so easily.

At once, countless pure-white downy hairs grew from the cracks, sealing the openings like needle and thread. The scarlet eyeballs inside were pierced by the hairs, and dark-red foul-smelling liquid flowed out.

The Red-Footed Golden Crow seized this chance. It released the Phoenix-Resting Wutong Wood beneath its foot and raised its head in a cry.

Its entire body turned into a golden fireball. With an awe-inspiring, unstoppable momentum, the fireball swept over the winged female cultivator’s head in an instant.

A small cluster of golden flames suddenly surged from the winged female cultivator’s head. The flames were bright and dazzling, burning her flesh and soul.

Soon, her head was reduced to black powder.

At Lu Yuan’s signal, the golden flames did not continue spreading downward. The headless female cultivator’s corpse dropped straight down.

A white paper strip stretched out from deep within the stone cave, wrapped around the female cultivator’s corpse, and kept it from falling into the lava below.

The golden flames on the Red-Footed Golden Crow faded away. Its pupils regained their clarity. It drew a beautiful arc through the air and caught the Phoenix-Resting Wutong Wood, which had not yet completely fallen, beneath its foot.

“All right. All the rewards are in hand. It’s about time to end this.”

“The cave abode is entering closed-door seclusion.”

Seeing that the Red-Footed Golden Crow was unharmed, Lu Yuan relaxed. Then he looked at the more than one hundred white light orbs hidden deep within the stone cave.

This crop of chives had already been completely harvested. The many cultivators in the cave abode had no real reason to stay here anymore.

He controlled the Primordial Taiyin Restriction. Invisible ripples flowed through the cave abode, and the white mist fused together before scattering again.

“The restriction has activated! The cave abode is about to close! If you don’t leave now, you’ll be sealed inside!”

A cultivator skilled in arrays spoke up to remind the others.

Although the secret realm held many spiritual herbs, it was not suitable for long-term residence. After all, the secret realm also contained all kinds of demonic beasts and weird entities. If one became trapped here, one would have to face them alone, and survival would be unlikely.

The most important reason was that this secret realm was unlike Cangxing City, which possessed a blessed land rich in spiritual power. If they stayed here for a long time without an environment of pure spiritual energy, it would very likely increase the risk of Aberration.

White mist kept blowing in. The cultivators’ fields of vision suddenly became clear, and they left the secret realm one after another, scattering in every direction.

As for how many forceful robberies or ambushes would happen after they left the secret realm in the struggle for spiritual herbs, that had nothing to do with Lu Yuan.

Ma Mingyuan and the paper boy kept a certain distance from the other cultivators. Suddenly, a paper slip shot toward each of them.

Sensing the familiar aura on the paper slips, neither of them dodged. They grabbed the slips, opened one corner just slightly, then immediately stored them in their storage bags.

The paper slips carried some information left by Lu Yuan, and each also wrapped around one Earthfire Heart Lotus Seed.

After all the cultivators had left the cave abode, the restriction fully opened and sealed the cave abode completely.

“Tsk, tsk. They really don’t know how blessed they are.

“You think this is just a secret realm with spiritual herbs growing in it, but in fact, this is a middle-grade spiritual domain. Its spiritual power is purer and richer than most parts of Cangxing City.”

Lu Yuan sighed inwardly and released the Spirit-Pardoning Vein-Sealing Art. Spiritual energy quickly spread, transforming the place into a sacred cultivation ground.

“All right, little ones. Into the stone cave for the feast!”

Looking at the winged female cultivator’s corpse inside the stone cave, Lu Yuan used divine sense to summon the little ones scattered throughout the place.

The flesh and soul of a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be enough for all of you to eat well!

The little ones entered the stone cave in orderly fashion.

First came the Ghost-Faced Spider, which had been busy spinning silk the whole time. It crawled in from the top of the stone cave, black light glowing on its back as it pulled with all its might at the remnant soul left inside the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

A semi-transparent soul with two wings struggled out, howling in pain, then merged into the Ghost-Faced Spider’s back under its tremendous suction.

The Ghost-Faced Spider’s body, which had grown somewhat shriveled from spinning silk lately, suddenly filled out. Its eight long, slender, sharp legs stabbed deep into the stone cave. Its back kept bulging and sinking, and only after a long while did it completely digest the female cultivator’s soul.

After that came the Blood-Devouring Vine, which had been hungry for a very long time. Several vines of varying thickness snuck furtively into the stone cave.

They wrapped the Foundation Establishment female cultivator’s corpse completely. From neck to feet, countless barbs sank deep into every part of her body.

Strands of flesh-and-blood essence passed through the green-black bumps on the vines, spreading throughout the Blood-Devouring Vine.

Vessel-like lines bulged along the vines, hissing softly. Some could not withstand the spiritual power within the flesh-and-blood essence, and those lines burst with quiet pops.

When flesh-and-blood essence spilled out, other barbs immediately connected to the spot and continued greedily drawing it in.

In the end, several of the smaller vines had clearly grown much thicker. Filled with satisfaction, they withdrew from the stone cave.

What remained on the ground was a clean white skeleton.

Finally, the Python-Sparrow Eel lazily delivered the two big-headed strange fish into the stone cave.

The big-headed strange fish looked at the crystalline white bones on the ground. Sensing the astonishing spiritual power coming from them, they hopped excitedly on their short, stout little legs.

One of them was careless. As it hopped and hopped, it jumped right to the edge of a rock and began free-falling toward the lava.

The Python-Sparrow Eel gently caught it with its patterned wing, then carried the big-headed strange fish, who had no idea what had just happened, along with the Foundation Establishment cultivator’s bones, out of the stone cave.

At this point, the cave abode’s funeral squad had completely divided up the Foundation Establishment cultivator.

“Now this is the model example of entering the cave abode…”

“She came in as a Foundation Establishment cultivator, brought the cave abode an enormous amount of rewards, left behind all her wealth, and in the end even sacrificed herself to feed the cave abode’s little ones, doing everything in her power for the cave abode’s development.”

“She really… I’m crying so hard…”

Moved by the generosity and righteousness of this kind of cultivator, Lu Yuan held back his grief and turned his attention to the white light orbs in the corner.

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