The bear Demon Beast was actually hesitating to attack Lu Qingfeng!
The three miniature suns behind him rotated continuously, giving off an oppressive feeling, as if the three suns could enlarge and collapse at any moment.
Demon Beasts could also sense this oppressive feeling.
Seeing the bear Demon Beast, all the other Demon Beasts who were previously retreating and scattering around in dismay started to return, standing behind it.
The bear Demon Beast was the strongest among them, it was only natural for creatures with only instincts to see the strongest as the leader. They felt that with the leader present, they stood a chance against Lu Qingfeng, not noticing that even the leader was wary of him.
Seeing all the other Demon Beasts gathering around it, the bear Demon Beast felt like he couldn’t back down, otherwise, these Demon Beasts would see it as weak.
It stared intently at Lu Qingfeng, trying to scare him off with his gaze, not having any intentions to actually fight with him.
Lu Qingfeng also sensed this, taking advantage of the situation, his aura grew even more stronger, pressing heavily upon it.
He didn’t want to let it escape!
Immediately, a streak of Sword Qi emerged in his hand, shining like a celestial sword.
The 108 Celestial Swords Art!
He had actually mastered it up to the point of being able to summon a single celestial sword. Although compared to Tian Yongheng, this wasn’t considered an achievement, it was still very impressive from the perspective of a normal cultivator since any normal person would never be able to cultivate the 108 Celestial Swords at all in their lifetimes.
At this point, the bear Demon Beast, seeing that Lu Qingfeng wasn’t ready to back down, could only fight him to the death.
It raised its head high up, opening its maw as a sphere of Demonic Energy started gathering and compressing right there until the sphere was blood red in colour.
*Whoosh!*
It immediately released the Demonic Energy sphere, approaching Lu Qingfeng at an extremely fast speed barely visible to the naked eye.
Lu Qingfeng also raised the Celestial Sword in his hand and released it instantly.
*Swoosh!*
*Boom!*
Both energies collided in a moment, scattering dust and wind across the battlefield.
The aftermath of the collision was so great that ferocious winds rose, scattering throughout the entire valley and making the robes of all the cultivators present billow from the intense pressure.
The onlookers couldn’t help but be astonished at the display of such mighty by Lu Qingfeng.
Such domineering power!
By this point, Lu Qingfeng had already flown high up into the air, with the Mystical Flame Bow in his left hand as his right hand glowed with blinding light, three miniature suns floating behind him.
Right now, he truly looked like an ancient bow wielding sun deity who had descended from heaven.
At this moment, he raised the Mystical Flame Bow and aimed it at the Demon Beast below, who was also gathering and compressing Demonic Energy into another blood red sphere.
Lu Qingfeng’s right hand gathered Spiritual Energy from the three suns behind his head as the temperature suddenly began rising.
Lu Qingfeng was actually merging Yang Spiritual Energy with the Radiant Dawn Sacred Fire, increasing its power by manifolds!
Materializing into a burning arrow looking ss if it was made up of pure flames, Lu Qingfeng pulled the string of the Mystical Flame Bow and put the arrow there, shooting out almost instantly.
*Boom!*
The bear Demon Beast had just released the sphere of Demonic Energy before it collided with Lu Qingfeng’s arrow. But this time, the Demonic Energy sphere was directly pierced through by the arrow reinforced from Yang Spiritual Energy and Radiant Dawn Sacred Fire, heading straight towards the Demon Beast!
*Boom!*
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Before it even had a chance to react, the arrow pierced through its layer of protective Demonic Energy and split apart its skull before exploding it into bits.
Seeing this, they other cultivators were extremely shocked, exclaiming within themselves about what kind of a monster Lu Qingfeng was.
All the Demon Beasts, upon seeing the death of their leader, began scurrying around and panicking, but they were all dealed with by the rest of the cultivators soon after.
Lu Qingfeng quickly came down and landed on the ground, the three miniature suns behind him already dispersed.
Some time passed later, after the aftermath of the battle and the spoils were all dealed with, a man looking to be in his thirties came up to Lu Qingfeng.
Lu Qingfeng recognized this person. He was Fang Jian, a Acquired Realm cultivator and the eldest son of the Sect Master of the Treading Clouds Sect, the sect which had hired him and the other Acquired Realm cultivators.
At this moment, Fang Jian came up to him and with a polite smile, spoke up as he handed over a small pouch, "Here, fellow daoist Lu, these are 20 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones.
We initially agreed to pay every cultivator at the First Stage of Acquired Realm only 5 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones each, but fellow daoist Lu’s performance was truly exceptional in today’s subjugation, so there was no need for me to hold backon Spirit Stones. I hope you are content."
Looking at the small pouch in front of him which contained 20 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones, Lu Qingfeng had mixed feelings. He didn’t need any other spoils of battle like the Demon Beast blood or anything of the sort, so he didn’t ask about that.
On one hand, these 20 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones weren’t that big of a deal for him, as he took a hundred Mid-Grade Spirit Stones with him when he first stepped foot outside of the Eternal Peak. But at the same time, he understood how difficult it must be to survive in the cultivation world.
For an ordinary Acquired Realm cultivator, this was indeed quite a huge sum of money.
In the past years of him traveling outside, he had spent all the money he had on him and could only get it by doing jobs like this. Right now, he had collected a total of 45 Mid-Grade Spirit Stones including the ones just now since last year.
Large scale subjugation jobs like this one were quite rare, and so the average money he could earn from a single job was around a few hundred Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
Thinking of how he spent his money in the first few years of his adventure, he couldn’t help but feel sorrowful.
When he first stepped foot out of the mountains and had no knowledge of the outside world, he encountered a beautiful female Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator who had just entered the later stages.
At first, he was cautious of her, but slowly, they got closer and closer until he caught feelings for her one day. From buying Dharma Artifacts, special materials, pills, houses and all that for her to even giving her any amount of Spirit Stones she desired at any moment, he did all that without even touching her once or asking for anything in return.
In the end, after emptying his pockets, she eloped with another poor Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator.
From then on, his trust in women other than his fellow disciples at the Eternal Peak was shattered.
He started preaching things like "Women will only slow down your cultivation" or "Don’t get played by women".
He once almost had a fight with a cultivator who cultivated Dual Cultivation techniques because of this.
Had Tian Yongheng been there, he would’ve surely thought that Lu Qingfeng was embarking onto the path of an incel and would’ve persuaded him to stop before its too late.
Lu Qingfeng, thinking of the past, couldn’t help but curse his past self and lament, sighing softly.
The past me was stupid. I won’t fall for such tricks ever again.
He declared secretly.
At this moment, he looked at Fang Jian and showed a polite expression before saying, "It was my pleasure to work with you all, fellow daoist Fang."
Both of them talked for some more time, exchanging pleasantries and talking about the affairs of the world before Fang Jian got to the point and asked him, "Fellow daoist Lu, in the next 10 years, a secret realm will open in this valley. The information source is reliable, and that’s why our sect sought to occupy this land before the opening of the secret realm.
There will be many opportunities inside of the secret realm, maybe even breakthrough opportunities, and it will remain open for the next 30 years before its closing. Fellow daoist Lu, I was wondering if you are interested in exploring this secret realm together?"
As Lu Qingfeng heard what Fang Jian had to say, his expression changed to an amused one.
He was very much interested in such things, mainly because he had heard stories of secret realms back in the Eternal Peak.
Great opportunities, ultimate battles, making friends and enemies alike, and no one would know what happened inside of the secret realm.
It was the perfect place for training and adventures!