"Magic Origin Star Ore, Magic Origin Star Marrow, and over a hundred alien corpses. What a bunch of walking gift bearers."
Mo Tianxiao mentally tallied up all the gains from this trip, the corners of his mouth tugging upward uncontrollably.
He had almost wrapped things up originally, but these aliens still managed to deliver a huge haul of resources to him at the very last moment. For a second, even those aliens seemed rather endearing in his eyes.
"Brother Mo, let's head back." Liya spoke up, pulling the grinning Mo Tianxiao back to his senses.
"Right, let's go home."
Noticing Xuan Bingji standing beside Liya, Mo Tianxiao paused slightly. "Is Miss Xuan coming with us too?"
"Of course! Bingji is going to stay with me in the Feather Spirit Clan for a while. You two have to get along nicely, no fighting allowed, okay?" Liya winked playfully.
Xuan Bingji, meanwhile, looked away awkwardly into the distance, her tone carrying a faint chill. "For Liya's sake, I will not bother myself with him."
Mo Tianxiao sized Xuan Bingji up openly, making his own stance clear. "Don't worry, Miss Xuan and I will definitely not fight."
If he had his way, he'd much rather get into a fight with her.
"Hmph, as if you're worthy?"
Mo Xingtian strode past Mo Tianxiao with a scowl, tossing him a disdainful glance, his tone brimming with utter contempt.
Even though he couldn't stand Xuan Bingji, any person he disliked would pale in comparison to how much he detested Mo Tianxiao.
Mo Tianxiao rubbed his temples and whispered to Liya, "Why hasn't this guy scurried back to his homeland yet?"
Liya leaned in close to Mo Tianxiao, her breath warm and sweet against his ear. "I'll have to trouble you for the rest of this, okay?"
"Pop."
"Liya, let's go quickly, or the exit will close."
Xuan Bingji pulled Liya away sharply, her icy blue eyes glinting as she shot a frosty glare at Mo Tianxiao, before leading Liya off.
"What is wrong with that woman? I didn't even do anything to her!" Mo Tianxiao was completely confused. Why was she glowering at him?
After they left the Ancient Realm, all the other clans took their leave from the Feather Spirit Clan. The Thousand-Hand Clan, however, because they had targeted Mo Tianxiao back in the Ancient Realm, was forced to hand over a portion of their Magic Origin Star Ore as compensation.
Once they returned to the Feather Spirit Clan, Mo Tianxiao and the others were each led to their own rooms to rest, while Liya took all the spoils from their trip to the Sacred City.
As expected, Mo Xingtian had the elder of his Chama Clan take their share of resources back home without him, while he himself stayed behind in the Feather Spirit Clan for some unknown purpose.
Back in his room, Mo Tianxiao started sorting through all his gains. The amount of Magic Origin Star Ore he had collected this trip was more than plentiful, enough to forge several dozen Earth-grade Precious Treasures for sure.
Once he advanced to the rank of Sovereign-rank Artifact Refiner, he would be able to give all his own gear a legendary, top-tier upgrade.
As for the Magic Origin Star Marrow, he had several hundred pieces of it. This stuff was far more valuable than Magic Origin Star Ore, and it would definitely come in handy later when he forged high-grade Earth-grade Precious Treasure level artifacts.
Aside from the core artifact refining materials, the spatial rings looted from the many aliens also held plenty of great items. Most of them were Precious Treasure level artifacts, and Mo Tianxiao felt like he was about to turn into a full-on Precious Treasure wholesaler.
"Elder Yun, how many intact alien bodies do we have in total?" Mo Tianxiao called out.
Elder Yun's remnant soul emerged from the Human Emperor Banner, stroking his beard with a wide smile on his face. "We have one hundred and thirty-seven fully preserved alien corpses. Eleven of them are at the Consummation of the Dao Realm, thirty-eight are at the Initial to Late stages of the Dao Verification Realm, and all the rest are at the Dao Master Realm level."
Hearing this, Mo Tianxiao nodded in satisfaction. "Refuge them all into puppets. That'll make quite a decent fighting force."
Refined into puppets, they might not be as powerful as they were in life, but with enough numbers, they could still unleash formidable combat strength.
What's more, he was both a formation master and a talisman master. If he added a few formations and talismans to these puppets while refining them, their power would skyrocket without a doubt.
Soon, he alone would be able to stand against an entire super force.
"Knock knock knock."
Just as Mo Tianxiao was about to expand his combat power, a knock came from the door.
A hint of confusion flickered between Mo Tianxiao's brows. "What's she doing here?"
He opened the door and saw Xuan Bingji standing at the threshold, looking at her with curiosity in his eyes. "Miss Xuan, is there something I can do for you?"
At his distant, formal address, Xuan Bingji's face froze, her gaze turning a few degrees colder. She walked straight past him into the room, flipped the door shut behind her, and with a wave of her hand, laid a consciousness-isolating barrier that shrouded the entire chamber.
Ignoring Mo Tianxiao entirely, Xuan Bingji glanced around the room, then sat down on a chair, her entire aura radiating a cold, unapproachable arrogance.
Mo Tianxiao was utterly bewildered, and ventured a tentative question. "Miss Xuan? Did you walk into the wrong room?"
"It was you who wiped out the remaining spirits of the Demon race during that siege, wasn't it? I know you were behind all of that."
Xuan Bingji spoke all of a sudden, her gaze locking straight onto Mo Tianxiao's eyes as a smirk tugged at the corner of her lips. "What do you think would happen if everyone found out that you were the biggest beneficiary of the Ancient Realm expedition, and the mastermind behind every last part of it?"
"So you've seen through it after all. Fine, tell me—what do you want?"
Mo Tianxiao showed no trace of panic. Xuan Bingji had seen his capabilities before, so her figuring this out was well within his expectations.
Xuan Bingji stretched out her fair arm, the tip of her finger hooking under Mo Tianxiao's chin as she looked at him with a challenging glint in her eyes. "I want you to take on the status of a servant, join the Xuanming Python clan, and be my personal servant from this day on."
"Of course, as part of the deal, I'll keep your little secret to myself. I won't lay claim to the Demon Yuan Star Ore on you, and my Xuanming Python clan will also act as your safeguard."
Mo Tianxiao had been a lingering knot in Xuan Bingji's heart all this time. She was a noble Nine-Colored Netherworld Python, yet she had shared that intimate incident with a lowly human. If word ever got out, it would be a stain on her reputation for the rest of her life.
She could easily have used the full might of the Xuanming Python clan to assassinate Mo Tianxiao quietly, without a single soul noticing.
But no matter what, the fact remained that Mo Tianxiao had saved her life. Killing him would be improper, and might even breed a inner demon in her. The best solution was to keep him imprisoned by her side forever, so he would never have the chance to spill their secret.
That was what Xuan Bingji kept telling herself in her own mind. She was only doing this because she was afraid he would leak what had happened between them!
"If I refuse, you're going to spill everything? Expose my secret to every race out there, so they'll all come after the resources I carry, and gang up on me to kill me?"
Mo Tianxiao looked at Xuan Bingji intently.
Xuan Bingji's eyes darted away, her hand unconsciously tucking a strand of hair behind her ear, her tone sounding faintly unsteady. "That's right, exactly that. If you won't agree, I'll go tell the Feather Spirit Clan, let Liya see your true colors! I'll expose you for who you are!"
Mo Tianxiao noticed Xuan Bingji's unnatural movements, a thoughtful look crossing his face. He leaned down slowly, stroking his chin as his gaze settled on Xuan Bingji's face.
"What-what are you doing?"
Xuan Bingji's cheeks flushed under his scrutiny, but she glared right back defiantly. To Mo Tianxiao, that little display was the very definition of a tsundere.
He straightened up, a look of clear realization dawning on his face. "So that's what's going on..."
e vast world of cultivation, where he becomes the master of the Heavenly Ruins Sacred Hall, a dying old man with barely a tenth of his former cultivation remaining. He is immediately confronted with a deadly crisis: his subordinates have rebelled, and his protectors are forcing him to abdicate. At the critical moment, the system descends from the heavens: [Ding! The host has been detected facing a life-or-death crisis. The system is now officially activated!] [As a gift, you have received the Supreme Beginner’s Pack and awakened the ultimate cheat: ten thousand years of pure cultivation essence every second!] Yin Tianjue: “Wait… ten thousand years of cultivation every second? That’s six hundred thousand years a minute, and in one day… I can’t even calculate it. Either way, I’m already invincible!” You’re a peerless prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re an undying ancestor who has guarded a sacred land for countless ages? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. You’re the strongest chosen one, blessed with heaven-defying destiny? Sorry, I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. From this day forth, I have only one thing to say: “I gain ten thousand years of cultivation every second. Now, how exactly are you supposed to deal with that?”
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s + Rent Collection Wealth】 At the start, he inherited a rundown house in the urban village from his grandfather. The house had no tenants, but the moment he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, a self-proclaimed empress from the Tianxuan Continent arrived as his first tenant. Ye Chuan soon discovered that with every new tenant moving in, not only did he receive massive daily payments, but he also obtained unique items related to their backgrounds. 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Tiger Strength Pill—dramatically enhances physical power!】 【Acquired Bai Qianshuang’s related item: Deer Blood Pill—significantly boosts vitality!】 …… From that day on, all sorts of bizarre tenants began appearing in the house: the empress from Tianxuan Continent, an apocalyptic sorceress from the Magic Realm, a mysterious scientific girl who fell through a spacetime rift… Every single day, he received strange, powerful items and endless money. Then one day, he suddenly realized—he had become invincible. Enough, enough! Stop giving me more!
s the Eldest Princess, renowned for her cold and aloof detachment, became the most docile of lambs, obeying his every command without question. But when the final move was played on the chessboard, as Gu Chenghan seized everything and ascended on the verge of apotheosis, that very Princess suddenly embraced him from behind, her tone carrying a dependence never heard before: "Wait... you haven't yet... commanded me to love you forever." Gu Chenghan froze abruptly. She... hadn't been hypnotized?! ... [The Eldest Princess's Diary] [When my soul was extracted, becoming the sole spectator outside my own shell] [At first, there was overwhelming fury, until I saw] [How he used my sword to effortlessly shatter my inescapable doom] [How he wielded my authority to eradicate fatal conspiracies I had never even detected] [Like a deity, he rescued me from the deep mire I was trapped in] [If not for those annoying vixens, he and I would be a match made in heaven] [I think I am ill, gravely ill] [My deity should belong to me alone] ... "Hypnosis? Oh, it succeeded, my dear Master." "Only this time, it's my turn to hypnotize you."
