Qin Feng was overjoyed.
Although he had pulled off a big job in Fiery Flame City with Li Miaozhen and obtained many Demon Crystal Stones, those stones contained Demonic Qi and weren’t suitable for the Swallowing Sky Toad to directly devour.
The same was true for other Spiritual Objects and Demon Beasts in this realm; the Swallowing Sky Toad dared not to consume them in large amounts, fearing that the invasion of Demonic Qi into its body would lead it to the Demon Path if its inner power merged with the Qi.
Therefore, ever since he arrived in the Red Flame Demon Realm, Qin Feng hadn’t let it eat anything recklessly, which had, in turn, caused its progress to slow down even more.
He had been worried that once he ascended to the Golden Core stage, the Swallowing Sky Toad wouldn’t be able to keep up with his Cultivation Realm. Unexpectedly, Elder Kongkong now presented him with a Space Crystal Stone.
Given Elder Kongkong’s status, whatever he gave was definitely a rare treasure. Since he said it could enhance the Swallowing Sky Toad’s strength significantly, it certainly would progress a lot.
Moreover, the moment Elder Kongkong took out the Space Crystal Stone, the Swallowing Sky Toad’s normally round eyes suddenly widened even more.
Had it not been for the lack of orders from Qin Feng and the regard for Elder Kongkong’s profound and inscrutable presence, it would have hardly been able to restrain itself.
Now seeing the Space Crystal Stone in the hands of its master, it shifted its body, looking longingly at the stone in its master’s hand, filled with desire.
Seeing this, Qin Feng’s lips curved into a smile; he stretched out his hand and brought the Space Crystal Stone to the Swallowing Sky Toad’s mouth.
Unable to wait, the Swallowing Sky Toad opened its mouth, and in a flash of its elongated tongue, it swallowed the Space Crystal Stone into its belly.
Qin Feng connected his consciousness with the Swallowing Sky Toad and silently observed the situation inside its body.
He saw that within the space in its belly, filled with Star Light, the Space Crystal Stone was hovering in the center. As the Swallowing Sky Toad’s devouring and absorbing power operated, the crystal was gradually refined, and streams of Space Power diffused, merging into the space within its belly, causing it to expand and grow at a barely visible rate.
Seeing this, Qin Feng was very satisfied.
Although the refining process was somewhat slow, once the Swallowing Sky Toad fully absorbed this crystal stone, its internal space would undoubtedly experience tremendous growth, and it might even advance to the Demon Core stage directly as a result.
After all, the reason the Swallowing Sky Toad’s advancement was slow was mainly due to the constraints of the space in its belly; enhancing that space with other resources was naturally very slow.
Seeing the Swallowing Sky Toad closing its eyes to concentrate on refining the crystal, he no longer disturbed the Spiritual Beast and waved his hand to take it in.
Elder Kongkong waved his hand, and two Jade Talismans, each only about an inch long and half an inch wide, crystal clear and inscribed with Mysterious Runes, appeared before Qin Feng.
"These are Space Escape Talismans, refined from the extremely rare Space Jade. Such items are scarce; since my attainment of Dao, I’ve created no more than a handful of such talismans. Treasure them well and do not use them lightly," Elder Kongkong said, "Not only can they enable you to escape through the Void, ensuring your safety, but they can also be used within worlds. Once activated, they will envelope you in a layer of independent space, invisible to ordinary powerful beings, enough to ensure your safety."
With that, he added somewhat reluctantly, "If I weren’t worried about the dangers you might encounter when traveling through the Transmission Arrays, one talisman would have been enough. Don’t use them carelessly unless it’s necessary; it would be too wasteful."
Qin Feng’s eyes gleamed; he grabbed the two Space Escape Talismans and inspected them joyfully for a while. Hearing Elder Kongkong’s words, he just chuckled twice to show he understood.
He knew the value of these items; of course, he wouldn’t misuse them.
Seeing him looking like he had found a treasure, Elder Kongkong couldn’t help but feel even more heartache.
Nevertheless, he eventually said, "Refine these two Space Escape Talismans with your True Yuan and keep them nurtured within your body. They’ll be very convenient to use in critical moments."
Qin Feng nodded, opened his mouth and spouted a stream of True Yuan, which wrapped around the two talismans and brought them into his Dantian for refining and nurturing.
Elder Kongkong then waved his hand again, and several objects flew out, "This Transmission Array Plate, take good care of it. I’ll quickly set up the Guiding Array. If you encounter any danger, just activate the plate, and I’ll be able to bring you back.
The others are Positioning Array Plates. I will teach you how to set them up later. You just need to know the basics. Remember to hide them well after setting them up. After all, we can’t appear in that world in a short time. If we don’t conceal them, they are likely to be noticed and destroyed by other beings."
"Ancestor Martial Uncle, don’t worry, your disciple understands."
"Good."
Elder Kongkong, seeing his respectful attitude, suppressed the heartache he felt from the huge expense and sighed, "For this expedition, this elder has invested many valuable treasures. If there isn’t sufficient gain, it will be a great loss."
Having said this, he shook his head, regretting that among the Demon Gods of this realm, none were skilled in the way of Space. In such a case, even if the Sect could conquer this world and benefit greatly, there would be little advantage for him personally; it was somewhat of a loss.
But as the Supreme Elder of the Sect, he could not always act solely for his own benefit.
On the other side, Gui Ling Ancestor said, "Step forward, I will bestow upon you a supreme Defensive Divine Power. With my Divine Power protecting you, even if a Demon God Level being attacks you, you will be able to withstand a round of their strikes and prevent an instant demise."
Hearing this, Qin Feng’s heart began to thud uncontrollably, and he swallowed nervously, his voice tinged with greed, "Ancestor Martial Uncle, why not bestow several more Defensive Divine Powers on your disciple? I would feel even more reassured.
Furthermore, could you also bestow a few Offensive Divine Skills? That way, even if I encounter Divine Beings in the Otherworld, I will have the power to fight back."
Gui Ling Ancestor heard this and slapped him on the head in exasperation, "You foolish boy, what are you thinking? Do you think it’s easy for me to bestow Divine Skills?
Your body is too weak; granting one Divine Skill is already the limit. If I bestow several, your body would surely collapse.
And you still want offensive skills to challenge Divine Beings? Dream on! Even if you had such powerful abilities, without a Primordial Spirit, your Divine Soul is too weak. What use is power if you can’t handle it?"
Qin Feng heard this and immediately put out the whimsical ideas in his mind, rubbing his head and chuckling foolishly, managing to bluff his way through this.
Gui Ling Ancestor said irritably, "Take off your clothes and turn around."
Qin Feng was stunned but did not say anything and directly followed Gui Ling Ancestor’s instructions.
After all, he knew that in the Cultivation World, there were several secret techniques that involved engraving runes onto a person’s body to seal spells.
"Stop!"
Gui Ling Ancestor’s annoyed voice rang in his ear, "Just take off your shirt, what are you doing taking off your pants?"
"Hahaha..."
Beside them, Elder Kongkong could not care less about his image as he laughed and held his belly, resembling a fat mouse.
Qin Feng’s face turned red. He quickly stopped what he was doing and covered up the half-exposed buttocks.
"Don’t move, I’m about to cast a spell."
As soon as Gui Ling Ancestor finished speaking, a faint golden blood seeped out from his right index finger.
With the appearance of this blood, Qin Feng could clearly smell a light fragrance tinged with a faint scent of blood.
This was a phenomenon unique to Gui Ling Ancestor’s profound Dao Cultivation. His Taoist Body had been cultivated to an extremely profound degree.
If Gui Ling Ancestor could advance one step further and become an Immortal Golden Immortal, the blood in his body would probably turn completely golden, and he would exude only the fragrance without any trace of blood.
As Gui Ling Ancestor’s fingertip traced his back, mysterious blood-colored runes that resembled turtle shells covered it.
"Lift your arms."
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Gui Ling Ancestor commanded, and he continued drawing forward along the underside of his arms, his fingertips lightly tracing across his chest and abdomen, leaving patterns behind.
Once all the blood-colored runes were connected, Spirit Light appeared instantly. Gui Ling Ancestor formed hand seals and chanted, his immortal power continuously pouring out, solidifying on the blood-colored runes.
This was a divine power created with his essence blood that could house his immortal power.
However, this method was actually quite uneconomical. After all, the lost essence blood and immortal power would not return. If it were not to reassure Qin Feng, he would be reluctant to consume so much essence blood and immortal power.
Seeing this scene, Qin Feng understood why Gui Ling Ancestor had been so irritated earlier.
Such sealing divine powers should really not be used frequently, as not only would it consume a large amount of Gui Ling Ancestor’s essence blood, but it would also wear down his immortal power. Just this once might take a considerable amount of time to recover.
Not to mention they were currently battling a Demon God. Even without that, no one would willingly perform such an exhaustively consuming secret technique multiple times.
After a moment, Gui Ling Ancestor completely sealed his defensive divine power onto Qin Feng, finally taking a light breath.
Qin Feng felt it for a moment; it was as if he was encased within an invisible turtle shell, which was slightly uncomfortable.
But compared to his own safety, this minor discomfort was negligible.
If possible, he even yearned for a few more such bindings, then he could swagger around confidently.
"Alright, put your clothes on. It’s just a turtle shell drawn on your body, there’s nothing to flaunt about it. It’s so ugly, hurry up and put your clothes on to cover it."
Seeing him still in a daze, Elder Kongkong urged him.
Gui Ling Ancestor gave him a glance when he heard that.
This fellow always has to make a fuss about turtles. What’s wrong with a turtle shell? Do you think becoming a big mouse makes you look any better?
He refrained from arguing in front of the younger generation, but otherwise, he would certainly retort sharply at Elder Kongkong.
"Let’s go."
Elder Kongkong, seeing Qin Feng properly dressed, got up and said, "The Lion Scorpion Beast’s Demon Core is consuming energy every moment. Once too much has been used up, it will endanger your transmission. We shouldn’t delay any further; it’s best to send you off as soon as possible."
Qin Feng nodded and followed behind the two Elders, walking out of the palace.
Once outside the palace gate, Elder Kongkong waved his large sleeve, and a force swept up Qin Feng, instantly transporting him out of the Cave Heaven World to the outside.
After several more transports, they arrived in a secluded valley. There, Elder Kongkong set Qin Feng down and took out various materials to begin setting up the Array.
"Ancestor Martial Uncle, why set up the Array here?"
Qin Feng asked curiously, "Isn’t it safer to set up an Array inside the Cave Heaven Fortress?"
"You don’t understand."
Elder Kongkong said, "It’s no problem to transmit you out from there, but when you return, it would be difficult to get back into the Cave Heaven Fortress.
Because the Heavenly Pool Cave Heaven is a separate Small World, and with the existence of the Red Flame Demon Realm, it’s equivalent to being separated by two barriers from the world where the Lion Scorpion Beast fell. You don’t understand the Space Dao, and it would be difficult to cross the barriers of two worlds to hook to the Guiding Array. Without sensing the Guiding Array, you naturally wouldn’t be able to return."