Chapter 289: The Methods of the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower, Unprecedented Gains!

“Lu Changsheng, Ling Zixiao”

Xiahou Wuwo’s expression became dazed upon seeing Lu Changsheng, Ling Zixiao, and Lu Miaoge..

If earlier he thought he was trapped in some illusion formation, his senses deceived,

Now, with the appearance of Lu Changsheng’s group, he clearly realized this was no illusion.

He was in a different space!

“Is this a Cave Heaven Treasure!?”

“That hazy black mist earlier must have been someone activating a Cave Heaven Treasure”

“But Cave Heaven Treasures don’t have such power!”

Xiahou Wuwo had a guess but still found it hard to believe, unsure of the situation.

After all, even if a Golden Core cultivator were present, they couldn’t so easily subdue him and the Mystical Evil Corpse.

“Xiahou Wuwo.”

Lu Changsheng, in a green robe, handsome and calm, looked at the ashen-faced and terrified Xiahou Wuwo.

Though he knew the power of his formation and Sumeru’s strength before,

Only now did he have a clear understanding!

After all, Xiahou Wuwo before him was a False Core cultivator, with terrifying strength.

Back when he rode the Cloud Peak spirit ship to Nine Heavens Immortal City, he witnessed Xiahou pursuing and attacking Chu Qingyi, a Cloud Peak true disciple, and battling Real Man Chiyan.

Real Man Chiyan, also a False Core cultivator, was no match for Xiahou Wuwo.

Yet now, such a powerful being was easily subdued by his formation and the Sumeru Tree King, reduced to a prisoner.

However, his attention was immediately drawn to the ‘Mystical Evil Corpse’ beside him, which was like a small mountain.

Though this Corpse King was immobilized by Sumeru,

He could still feel a terrifying aura from it that chilled one to the bone.

“Xiahou Wuwo, I’ve been waiting for you for a long time.”

“Have you decided how you want to die?” Lu Changsheng said calmly, hands behind his back.

“Lu Changsheng, who exactly are you?”

Xiahou Wuwo’s voice was hoarse and grating.

Though his body’s power was suppressed and confined, he could still see that Lu Miaoge and Ling Zixiao werr at Foundation Establishment level.

As for Lu Changsheng,

Though his cultivation aura was concealed like mist,

Before coming, Xiahou had briefly learned about Bihu Mountain.

He knew Bihu Mountain’s master Lu Changsheng had early Foundation Establishment strength.

Due to his expertise in Talisman Formations and practicing a Dual Cultivation method with his wife Lu Miaoge, his combat power wws almost comparable to peak Foundation Establishment!

But now, he realized that the Lu Changsheng before him was definitely not so simple!

This man had great secrets and was unfathomable!

The information he had obtained was just what Lu Changsheng had released to the outside world.

“If that’s all you have to say, then you can die now.”

Lu Changsheng said softly.

As a righteous cultivator, he naturally stood against demonic cultivators!

If there was still kindness in his heart, he would be willing to give a chance for redemption.

But for demonic villains like Xiahou Wuwo who had committed heinous crimes, there was naturally nothing to say.

“Bizarre Prison Demon Flower!”

Lu Changsheng called out.

Then,

Beside the Spirit Spring Eye, an extremely beautiful and alluring dark red flower gently swayed, about to bloom, radiating an enchanting glow.

As it swayed, dark red thorny roots emerged from the ground, spreading towards Xiahou Wuwo, filling the air with a hint of blood.

This alluring and beautiful flower was the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower that Lu Changsheng had obtained from the system’s lottery.

Since he wasn’t sure if the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower needed spiritual veins,

Upon learning that the Sumeru Tree King could transplant spirit plants out of the Cave Heaven, Lu Changsheng temporarily planted this Bizarre Prison Demon Flower in the Sumeru Cave Heaven.

After planting it, Lu Changsheng also gained a detailed understanding of this Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

The Bizarre Prison Demon Flower indeed didn’t need spiritual veins and could grow by feeding on flesh and souls.

But this way, the demand for flesh and souls was very high.

If it were to be constantly fed with demonic beasts, it would also be a considerable consumption.

So as much as possible, it was still best to plant it on spiritual veins, which would also make it grow faster.

Besides this, after planting this Bizarre Prison Demon Flower, Lu Changsheng also gained a detailed understanding of its abilities.

It had an internal prison that could imprison living beings!

This imprisonment couldn’t be too much stronger than itself, and there was an upper limit to the number.

But this prison could refine living beings and obtain partial memory fragments through their souls.

It was somewhat similar to the ‘soul search technique’ in demonic cultivation methods.

So now that Xiahou Wuwo had delivered himself, Lu Changsheng naturally wouldn’t be polite and would use him to feed the flower, testing the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower’s effect and ability.

“What are you doing… you actually have such demonic methods… ahh!”

The roots extended by the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower pierced into Xiahou Wuwo’s flesh and blood, then dragged him before the flower bud.

At this moment, the flower bud was no longer beautiful and alluring, but bizarre and terrifying!

Like a huge abyss mouth, its stamen inside was like tentacles, revealing a desire for flesh and blood, slowly wrapping and swallowing him.

“No!!!”

Xiahou Wuwo could feel a force penetrating his flesh, corroding and decaying his flesh, bones, and spiritual power.

But now, with his spiritual power suppressed and sealed by the Sumeru Tree King, he had no strength to resist.

“No, I can’t accept this”

“I still have family vengeance to settle, I still need to take revenge on the Azure Cloud Sect, I still need to restore the Xiahou family’s glory…”

Xiahou Wuwo’s ashen face twisted, his eyes glowing red with unwillingness as he howled.

To achieve his goals, he had stopped at nothing, even willing to submit to demon races and become their lackey.

But now, just as he saw a glimmer of hope, he was dying so inexplicably at the hands of a small Foundation Establishment family.

He didn’t even know how he died or how he fell.

He wanted to howl and struggle, but couldn’t move an inch, his consciousness becoming increasingly blurry, feeling as if he was sinking into darkness.

After completely swallowing Xiahou Wuwo, the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower’s roots disappeared, returning to its original beautiful and alluring appearance, perfect and flawless, with no trace of the terrifying scene from before.

Beside it, the ‘Mystical Evil Corpse’ like a small mountain also had its runes dimmed significantly.

Its flickering ox horns and eyes seemed to extinguish, turning grayish-black.

“This…”

Lu Miaoge, Ling Zixiao, and XX Ruoyin not far away, seeing this scene, all had shocked and doubtful expressions, their emotions surging.

On one hand, they felt the methods of the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower were somewhat demonic and chilling.

On the other hand, seeing a False Core cultivator subdued and devoured like this was hard to believe.

After all, for them, False Core cultivators were usually high above, worthy of looking up to!

“This method is a bit demonic…”

Lu Changsheng, seeing this scene, narrowed his eyes and muttered.

The method of the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower, if seen by others in the outside world, would definitely be labeled as demonic.

“But with Xiahou Wuwo dead, I can now go to the Golden Sun Sect in Yue Kingdom with peace of mind.”

Lu Changsheng let out a light breath.

Although with the Sumeru Tree King guarding at home, he wasn’t afraid of an attack,

If the other party didn’t die, he would always feel a bit uneasy.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh—”

Just then, various Artifacts, Spirit Tools, Storage Bags, and Storage Rings were spat out by the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

The Bizarre Prison Demon Flower not only fed on flesh and souls,

It could also feed on the remains of dead creatures, even spirit plants and spirit materials.

It could even corrode these Artifacts and Spirit Tools, turning them into energy.

But Lu Changsheng naturally wouldn’t let it refine them.

“Zixiao, Sister Miaoge, let’s clean up and collect the spoils.”

Lu Changsheng smiled lightly and said softly to Lu Miaoge and Ling Zixiao..

“Alright~”

The two women responded softly, not saying much about the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower’s situation.

Like Ling Zixiao, who was currently comprehending the Twelve Heavenly Demon God Scripture, didn’t care about such demonic methods at all.

Although Lu Miaoge felt it was a bit ssrange and demonic, she wouldn’t say anything either.

But Xu Ruoyin, not far away, couldn’t help but swallow, not expecting this demon plant to be so terrifying.

She cultivated the ‘Beast Scripture’ and was very sensitive to the aura of demonic beasts.

The aura of the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower just now made her feel a chill.

“Hmm, so many Spirit Stones!? And two Magical Treasures!?”

Lu Changsheng, holding a Storage Ring and breaking its restrictions, looked at what was inside and exclaimed in surprise and joy.

He found not only a pile of Spirit Stones and Natural Treasures but also two Magical Treasures.

One was a purple thunder bead the size of a fist.

The other was a small sword, fire-red like jade and sharp.

He took out the two Magical Treasures to examine, they should both be others’ natal Magical Treasures.

“Spirit source beads, Foundation Establishment Pills, Golden Core Formation materials…”

“So many spirit ores, demonic beast materials…”

Lu Miaoge and Ling Zixiao, chhcking several Storage Bags, also exclaimed in surprise.

Because Xiahou Wuwo was incredibly wealthy, far beyond what a False Core cultivator should possess.

“Husband, Xiahou Wuwo had just set up some devices outside Bihu Mountain to interfere with the formation’s operation, I need to go check.”

At this moment, Ling Zixiao sensed something and spoke up.

“I’ll go with you, we also need to briefly reassure everyone about the recent situation.”

Lu Changsheng nodded and said upon hearing this.

Xiahou Wuwo’s attack on Bihu Mountain, though brief, had caused quite a commotion.

As the mountain lord, he naturally needed to go and reassure everyone.

Then, the two walked out of the Sumeru Cave Heaven.

“Husband!”

“Mountain Lord!”

“Father! Dad!”

At the foot of Biyun Peak, Lu Miaoyun, Lu Yun, Lu Ping’an and others immediately came forward to inquire about the situation when they saw Lu Changsheng and Ling Zixiao.

“Hehe, it was just a rogue cultivator causing trouble, it’s been resolved.”

Lu Changsheng didn’t say much.

Although spreading the news of killing Xiahou Wuwo could intimidate some people,

And even claim a hefty reward from the Azure Cloud Sect,

Once this news spread, it would really be hard to explain and impossible to keep a low profile.

Moreover, Xiahou Wuwo had already been used to feed the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

After briefly reassuring everyone, stating that the rogue cultivator had been killed by the family’s formation and telling them to stand down, Lu Changsheng and Ling Zixiao went outside Bihu Mountain.

“This should be some kind of formation Artifact.”

Ling Zixiao examined the ‘Spirit Restricting Ancient Stele’ before her and said softly.

Then she and Lu Changsheng tried to collect the eighteen ancient steles.

Now that Xiahou Wuwo was dead, collecting these steles was easy for the two of them.

After finishing this, they returned to the Sumeru Cave Heaven to continue sorting through the spoils.

Such rich spoils made all three sigh in amazement.

“Hmm?”

Just then, Lu Changsheng received a wave of information from the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

It indicated that Xiahou Wuwo’s memory fragments had been extracted.

Lu Changsheng raised an eyebrow and came to the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower, placing his palm on the alluring and beautiful flower.

Then, a scene like a fragmented movie appeared before his eyes.

These memories were very chaotic, and it was very troublesome to sort out useful information, and extremely draining on the mind.

“Rumor has it that the Xiahou family was a secret agent of the Heaven Corpse Sect in Jin Kingdom… so the Xiahou family’s ancestor was once a disciple of the Heaven Corpse Sect…”

“Back then, the Xiahou family realized the Azure Cloud Sect had their eyes on them and sent some core disciples to Yue Kingdom… Xiahou Wushang…”

“Tsk tsk tsk, Xiahou Wuwo really was involved in the beast tide in the Spirit Control Sect’s territory back then, becoming a traitor…”

“Third-Tier Corpse King, Mystical Evil Corpse… no wonder Xiahou Wuwo was so wealthy, he had attacked and plundered several strongholds of the Azure Cloud Sect, Spirit Control Sect, and Sunset Glow Sect…”

Lu Changsheng obtained a lot of information from Xiahou Wuwo’s memory fragments through the Bizarre Prison Demon Flower.

But this information was too chaotic, and even with his Divine Sense at peak Foundation Establishment, he felt a bit overwhelmed trying to sift through it like this.

He stopped browsing the memories.

Planning to slowly sort through them when he had time later.

To see if he could obtain more useful information from Xiahou Wuwo’s memories.

By this time, Lu Miaoge and Ling Zixiao haddalso roughly sorted out the spoils.

Thirteen High-Tier Spirit Stones.

Nine hundred and forty-eight mid-Tier Spirit Stones.

Seventy-nine thousand six hundred and eleven low-Tier Spirit Stones.

Three low-Tier Magical Treasures, one Magical Treasure embryo, three Top-Tier Spirit Tools, two High-Tier Spirit Tools, five mid-Tier Spirit Tools, nine low-Tier Spirit Tools, and a pile of Artifacts.

Besides Spirit Stones and Magical Treasures, there was also one Golden Core Formation material, one genuine Foundation Establishment Pill, one spirit source bead, four Foundation Establishment spirit materials, and Third-Tier spirit wood.

As for other spirit materials, spirit ores, spiritual herbs, and demonic beast corpses, there was a large pile.

Faced with such rich gains, even Lu Changsheng found it hard to estimate the value.

Because things like Magical Treasures and some Third-Tier materials and spirit items were hard to measure in terms of Spirit Stones.

Items of this level were mostly exchanged for other items and not simply sold for Spirit Stones.

Previously, when Lu Changsheng attended an auction at the Qingyun Market Town, there was a Magical Treasure auctioned, fetching a high price of 330,000 Spirit Stones.

But such a price doesn’t have much reference value.

In any case, tonight’s gains were unprecedented for Lu Changsheng, worth over a million Spirit Stones!

With tonight’s gains, it would be enough for his Bihu Mountain to live off for nearly several decades!

“Indeed, to make money, one still needs the sponsorship of kind-hearted people.”

“If I had to rely on making talismans and refining pills myself, even if I worked from dawn to dusk every day, I don’t know how long it would take…”

Lu Changsheng sighed.

Even though he had the system and was used to grand scenes, he was still excited by this rich harvest.

Especially the three Magical Treasures and one Magical Treasure embryo!

Although these Magical Treasures and the embryo were all others’ natal treasures, inconvenient to sell, and their power and effects would be severely reduced when used,

They were perfect for practicing the Hundred Refined Body Technique.

“Now that Ping’an has entered the first level of the Hundred Refined Body Technique,”

“With these three Magical Treasures and one Magical Treasure embryo, I can give him one to try condensing into his body for cultivation.”

“Then select two more from the family with body tempering talent and teach them the Hundred Refined Body Technique.”

Lu Changsheng pondered, planning to give all three Magical Treasures and the embryo to his children for cultivation.

After all, having his children cultivate this technique, using one Magical Treasure as two, was the most cost-effective.

For himself as a father, it was good enough.

Lu Miaoge and Ling Zixiao werr also stunned by these amazing gains, as if in a dream.

After all, the amount of Spirit Stones and Natural Treasures was truly too much, too amazing!

This night, for the three of them, would be a sleepless night.

Not just them, for most people in Bihu Mountain, tonight would be a sleepless night.

After all, from Xiahou Wuwo’s earlier stance and formation, he was clearly no ordinary cultivator.

Probably a great cultivator at late Foundation Establishment!

Yet such a being was subdued by Bihu Mountain in just a moment, which was very shocking!

Yue Kingdom.

Nanfeng Ridge, Xia family.

This was a small Foundation Establishment family, with someone breaking through to Foundation Establishment a few years ago.

Then the family’s ancestor led people to come here to pioneer and establish the family.

The location was very remote, not only close to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range but also surrounded by many poisonous miasmas.

“Hmm?”

A middle-aged man in his forties, with graying hair and wearing a white brocade robe, was using a formation to sort out the family’s spiritual veins.

Just then, he suddenly sensed something and his body stiffened.

Then, his face turned pale, and with slightly trembling arms, he took out a Jade Token from his Storage Bag.

This Jade Token was full of cracks.

Then with a ‘bang’, it exploded, turning into jade dust.

“Big brother!”

Xiahou Wushang looked at the Jade Token in his hand, his face changed drastically, staggering as if struck by lightning, crying out in grief.

When the Black Water Xiahou family was destroyed years ago, the three brothers led the core disciples to flee and hide.

His eldest brother Xiahou Wuwo went to the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, accumulating strength by hunting demonic beasts in secret.

His second brother Xiahou Wuxu continued to cause trouble in Jiang Kingdom, gaining resources through plundering.

As for him, he brought the family’s core to Yue Kingdom, changing their names and developing in secret.

But now, after just ten years, just as his family here was settling down, first his second brother Xiahou Wuxu died, and now his eldest brother Xiahou Wuwo had met with disaster.

“Big brother…”

Xiahou Wushang’s expression was grief-stricken, his fists clenched tightly.

He didn’t grieve for long, suddenly raising his head with a determined expression.

He knew that now, he must support the family.

“Now that big brother has died outside, the family’s revenge is hopeless.”

“The Xiahou family’s techniques can no longer be cultivated, otherwise if anything goes wrong, our Xiahou family will be completely wiped out.”

“This place can’t continue either, it must be abandoned, otherwise it might bring trouble.”

Xiahou Wushang muttered to himself.

He chose this place as the family’s Spirit Land, one reason was that it was unclaimed territory.

The other was that this place was suitable for corpse refining and cultivating the Xiahou family’s techniques.

But now, with his eldest brother Xiahou Wuwo dead, he knew revenge was almost hopeless.

What he needed to do now was to ensure the family’s survival and continuation.

And to continue the family, the Xiahou family’s techniques certainly couldn’t be cultivated anymore, they must thoroughly change their names and appearances.

It took almost half a month for Lu Changsheng to obtain a lot of important information from Xiahou Wuwo’s memory fragments.

For example, Xiahou Wuwo had another brother at late Foundation Establishment named Xiahou Wushang, who was hiding in Yue Kingdom.

Xiahou Wuwo chose to become a traitor because many Demon Kings in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range had reached some kind of secret plot.

As for what the plot was, even Xiahou Wuwo wasn’t clear.

Then, Xiahou Wuwo had a corpse refining base in the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range.

That Mystical Evil Corpse was refined by Xiahou Wuwo using a Third-Tier Demon King ‘Azure Boa Bull’.

But this Mystical Evil Corpse had defects, was difficult to control, and prone to backlash.

To prevent this magical corpse from devouring its master, it needed to be constantly fed with fresh blood.

It was also for this reason that he attacked many family and sect strongholds, not only to plunder resources but also to feed this magical corpse.

From his memories, Lu Changsheng also obtained the Xiahou family’s legacy, the ‘Heavenly Corpse Refining Form Technique’.

However, this technique could only be cultivated to early Golden Core stage.

Besides the technique, there was also a Third-Tier corpse refining legacy.

From refining ordinary walking corpses to iron corpses, copper corpses, silver corpses, and so on.

All these corpses had corresponding advancement routes.

Such as ‘Mystical Evil Corpse’, ‘Golden Armored Corpse Demon’, ‘Flying Night Fiend’, ‘Bone-Melting Blood Corpse’, and so on.

Lu Changsheng wasn’t very interested in this technique and corpse refining legacy.

Because he briefly looked at it and found that the conditions for these corpse refinings were all too vicious.

Like the Mystical Evil Corpse, it was very prone to devouring its master and needed to drink large amounts of blood periodically.

The Bone-Melting Blood Corpse not only needed to drink blood but also required refining with the corpses of blood relatives, only then it wouldn’t backlash.

“Indeed, the more powerful these corpse refining methods are, the more sinister they become.”

“I wonder if the ‘Ghostly Head from the Netherworld’ I got from the system will be like this?”

Lu Changsheng thought of the ‘Ghostly Head from the Netherworld’ reward he got from the system.

From the system’s description, this Ghostly Head from the Netherworld was naturally very powerful, being one of the sect-guarding corpse demons of the ‘Corpse Demon Sect’.

“Why not take this thing out and have a look?”

“With Sumeru here, it won’t cause any disturbance anyway.”

“And being a system product, it should have a master recognition and won’t exhibit master-devouring behavior.”

Lu Changsheng pondered briefly, thinking of extracting the Ghostly Head from the Netherworld he got from the lottery from the system.

Otherwise, this thing would just gather dust in the system space at home.

“Extract!”

Lu Changsheng looked at the Ghostly Head from the Netherworld in the system space and mentally willed.