sjar Chapter 486 - 302: Sold Off?
Chapter 486 - 302: Sold Off?
Since Luo Yingning didn’t make a move, Zou Feng wasn’t about to start trouble either.
In the end, the two teams merely crossed paths before going their separate ways.
Teams that had suffered heavy losses were allowed to return to the Flying Celestial Ship to recuperate.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, wounded disciples like Zou Feng could choose to remain on standby and take no further part in the exploration.
Of course, if they chose to join other teams and continue exploring, no one would stop them.
But Zou Feng had no intention of taking any more risks.
The gains from this expedition into the Outer Realm had far exceeded his expectations; there was no need to be greedy.
His Five Poison Skill reaching the Unity of Heaven and Man was merely the most significant of his gains.
Only after returning to the Flying Celestial Ship did Zou Feng have time to inspect his other gains.
Great Universal Hand (Extraordinary to Saint), Progress: 36%
The poison from the ant queen larva was truly wondrous, even boosting the cultivation progress of his Great Universal Hand by a large margin.
Drunken Immortal Moon Chasing Step (Extraordinary to Saint), Progress: 18%
With his Drunken Immortal Moon Chasing Step having advanced to the Extraordinary to Saint realm, the only Cultivation Skill Zou Feng practiced that had yet to reach the Transcendent realm was the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force.
Of course, that was because he hadn’t focused on cultivating the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force for a long time.
Back during his time in Great Yan, he had learned that this Cultivation Skill was incomplete.
There were three other complementary skills, corresponding to the divine beasts: the Vermilion Bird, the White Tiger, and the Azure Dragon.
Zou Feng had originally planned to spend time searching for these Cultivation Skills, but then he was unexpectedly conscripted by the Glazed Immortal Palace...
Now that he was in the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect and cultivating Daoist Arts, he naturally had no desire to spend more time on this particular Cultivation Skill.
But that wasn’t to say the Skill was completely useless.
After all, the Black Tortoise Sea-Suppressing Force was the very foundation of his "Love That Can Stretch and Contract at Will" ability.
Silent Extinction Poison Flame (Minor Success), Progress: 85%
’At this rate,’ Zou Feng estimated, ’I should only need about ten more days to reach the Great Success Realm.’
Once the Silent Extinction Poison Flame, a Poison Technique, reached Great Success, it would immediately empower his other Poison Skills.
In other words, after this technique advanced, his other Poison Skills would also skyrocket.
It would also lay a solid foundation, making the cultivation of new Poison Techniques twice as effective with half the effort.
All in all, this trip had been a massive windfall.
Fortune is sought in peril; that much was certain.
But this time, he had been completely forced to take the risk.
After all, while being hunted by the Ant General, he’d had no choice but to take that risk.
Thankfully, Jiang Wanzhao hadn’t dropped the ball...
As for Xiaolv, its life had been saved, but it had fallen into a deep slumber.
There was no telling how long it would take to recover.
However, it had entered such a deep sleep before and had evolved each time, so there was probably no need to worry.
With that, Zou Feng settled in to recuperate aboard the Flying Celestial Ship.
Gongsun Jinghong’s and Qiu Lan’s injuries weren’t serious; after a night of using the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill, they were mostly recovered.
Teng County, however, had not yet finished cultivating the Heart Skill for the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill. For now, she still couldn’t participate, and her injuries could only be left to heal on their own.
This Outer Realm had no cycle of day and night.
By Zou Feng’s own estimation, however, the exploration had already been going on for three days.
Jiang Wanzhao and the other True Inheritors had returned to the Flying Celestial Ship once, but they had departed again in a hurry not long after.
As for the casualties among the other disciples...
In the first day or two, teams that had suffered heavy losses would return in defeat from time to time.
By the third day, however, the situation had likely been brought under control, and the number of casualties had plummeted.
On this day, after finishing his routine cultivation of the Dragon and Tiger Kan and Li Skill, Zou Feng walked out onto the deck to get some air.
He was no longer afraid of Luo Yingning suddenly showing up to cause trouble, so he left his room whenever he pleased.
But not long after he stepped out, two even larger Flying Celestial Ships began to appear in the sky!
’Did the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect send reinforcements?’
As he wondered, the other disciples around him were already murmuring amongst themselves.
"Looks like the rumors were true. Senior Sister Jiang and the others sold this Outer Realm to the Beast Taming Hall..."
"There’s no mistaking it. Aren’t those people from the Beast Taming Hall?"
’An Outer Realm could be sold?’
Zou Feng was confused at first, but he soon felt it was reasonable.
After exploring for the past few days, Jiang Wanzhao and the other two True Inheritors must have discovered that this Outer Realm wasn’t of great value to them personally.
It was better to sell it to the Beast Taming Hall within the Immortal Sect.
For the Beast Taming Hall, a realm that could produce all sorts of wondrous insectoid monsters had great value as a potential "farm."
Thus, after Jiang Wanzhao contacted the Beast Taming Hall, many True Disciples and Elders who practiced Beast Taming arts had eagerly rushed over.
He just wondered how much Jiang Wanzhao had sold the Outer Realm for.
According to the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect’s rules, other disciples who participated in missions to explore or conquer Outer Realms would also receive a share of the profits based on their contributions.
This made Zou Feng slightly expectant.
The Immortal Fate he had on him was completely depleted, and he was in dire need of more.
’Besides, since I was the first to discover a hatching chamber for the ant queen larvae, my contribution shouldn’t be considered small, right?’
It was worth noting that while the Pinnacle Celestial Immortal Sect had various halls like the Beast Taming Hall, Artifact Refining Hall, Array Dao Hall, and Alchemy Hall, it did not have a branch like the Poison Dao Hall.
The reason was simple, and a Poison Cultivator like Luo Yingning drooling every time she saw Zou Feng was a prime example of why.
Not long after the two Flying Celestial Ships from the Beast Taming Hall were hovering in the sky, Jiang Wanzhao, Gu Yuankai, and the other True Inheritors returned.
The other exploration teams also hurried back from all directions to assemble.