The Eerie Immortal Path: Begin by Devouring Fairy Flesh-Chapter 67 – The World Beyond the Heavenly Lotus Sect
Qiu Jing and the other two scrutinized the young girl before them. She was around fifteen or sixteen years old, standing gracefully with delicate and charming features.
At this moment, her expression was both nervous and awkward, completely looking like someone inexperienced with the world.
But it was precisely this seemingly innocent girl who wanted to be a freeloader!
Just one hundred and twenty-five mortals, was it a lot? And she still wanted to borrow them?
Li Qinxin skeptically said, "Junior Sister Jiang, how can you not even have a hundred mortals on you? Are you trying to deceive us?"
Brandon Jiang awkwardly replied, "I had them a few days ago, but now they're gone."
The three fell silent. This little girl didn't seem to be lying.
If it was true, how poorly must she be doing? To be assigned this reward task, she must have barely scraped by.
Doing poorly meant her cultivation was weak, and so was her strength.
He Guanyun couldn't help but ask, "What Daoist arts do you practice?"
Brandon thought for a moment and said, "I know a bit about fire arts."
"Be specific."
"Fire Control Technique."
The three were speechless again.
Fire Control Technique, wasn't that one of the most basic Daoist arts of the Heavenly Lotus Sect?
It was only somewhat useful in alchemy, but what else could it do?
Using Fire Control Technique in a fight was something only those grassroots rogue cultivators would do.
Although they didn't expect Brandon to charge into battle, his weak strength was still beyond their expectations.
He Guanyun shook his head and said, "I'll cover the rental for the flying boat. You don't need to pay me back. After all, if nothing unexpected happens, you probably won't survive."
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Brandon quickly said, "Thank you, Senior Sister. Don't worry, I won't cause you any trouble."
The three couldn't be bothered to say more to Brandon and headed straight for the flying boat, with Brandon following behind.
Brandon wasn't angry about being mistaken for a useless person by Qiu Jing and the others. On the contrary, he was happy to see it.
The less attention he drew, the easier it would be to leave the team.
The four of them boarded the flying boat together. This flying boat was slightly larger than the one Jessica Yu had previously used, enough to accommodate four or five people without feeling cramped.
After a slight shake, the flying boat floated into the air and headed east towards the Heavenly Lotus Sect.
Standing on the flying boat, Brandon suddenly had a question and curiously asked, "Senior Sisters, how does the flying boat operate? Is it driven by our own spiritual power?"
Hearing this, Qiu Jing calmly explained, "Inside each flying boat, there is a spiritual power furnace. You just need to put in mortals, and it will automatically absorb spiritual energy to power the boat."
"Take this flying boat as an example. At normal speed, it can travel two thousand miles a day, and every thousand miles requires the consumption of ten mortals. Originally, these costs would be shared among the four of us, but since you have no money, you don't need to worry about it."
Brandon wasn't surprised by this answer.
After observing for some time, he had already noticed that the Heavenly Lotus Sect used mortals in various ways, even cultivators.
Using mortals' lives as fuel to power the flying boat was nothing out of the ordinary.
But then, Brandon became curious about something else.
"What is a spiritual power furnace? Why can it absorb spiritual energy when mortals are put in? Is it some kind of magical artifact?"
Before Qiu Jing could respond, He Guanyun impatiently said, "If you're so curious, why don't you go see for yourself? Stop asking so many questions."
Brandon acknowledged and began searching for the location of the spiritual power furnace inside the flying boat.
Soon, he found a humming chamber. He opened the door and was stunned by what he saw.
Inside the chamber were dozens of medicinal men, all placed on a conveyor belt, slowly being fed into the mouth of the spiritual power furnace.
Yes, the mouth, because the spiritual power furnace powering the entire flying boat was actually a person.
To be precise, it was a dead person, a Qi Refining cultivator who had been modified in some way!
This cultivator sat cross-legged on the ground, his face replaced by some kind of metal, with empty eyes and a wide-open mouth.
In front of his mouth was a silver ring-like object. The medicinal men passed through this ring, having their life force and fortune extracted before being fed into the dead Qi Refining cultivator's mouth.
The cultivator unconsciously absorbed and devoured the spiritual energy, which then transformed into spiritual power and was fed into a spiritual energy conduit, powering the flying boat.
Seeing this, even though Brandon had witnessed many shocking scenes, he still felt his scalp tingle.
The so-called power furnace was actually a modified cultivator who could absorb spiritual energy even after death. This scene was both absurd and eerie!
Brandon marveled silently and slowly closed the door.
In the following days, Brandon stayed on the flying boat, cultivating and improving his mastery of Daoist arts.
Each day brought him closer to Spirit Wave City, and finally, after ten days, the flying boat slowly came to a stop.
Brandon went to the deck, where Qiu Jing and the others were already present.
Below the flying boat was a city capable of housing millions.
"Below is Guangxia City, a city occupied by the Blood Fiend Hall. It used to be managed by a junior sister at the fourth level of Qi Refining. Shortly after she reported the presence of the Blood Fiend Hall, all contact was lost," Qiu Jing said.
"To avoid alerting the enemy, we'll put away the flying boat and disguise ourselves before entering from outside the city."
With that, she controlled the flying boat to descend into a dense forest outside the city.
Brandon felt a slight thrill.
Guangxia City was only a thousand miles from Spirit Wave City. Once they dealt with the demonic cultivators here, he could leave Qiu Jing's team.
As for the remaining distance, with his fifth level of Qi Refining cultivation, he could cover it in a few days even without the flying boat.
After landing in the forest, the four disembarked from the flying boat.
Just as Qiu Jing stored the flying boat in her storage bag, Li Qinxin suddenly said, "Huh, there's a mortal here. I didn't notice him earlier."
Hearing this, everyone looked over and saw a woodcutter carrying firewood, staring at them with widening eyes and a look of uncontrollable terror.
"You... you..."
Before he could speak, Li Qinxin waved her hand, pulling him over and asked with a smile, "Uncle, do you know the current situation in Guangxia City? Can you tell me?"
"I don't know! I don't know anything!" The woodcutter shook his head in terror, struggling continuously.
Crack—
Li Qinxin snapped his neck.
With a puzzled look on her innocent face, she said, "How strange, I'm so pretty, why would a mortal be afraid of me?"
As she spoke, she drained the woodcutter's life force, still pondering the question.
