Chapter 445

Feng Qianye never dreamed that today, her head would be chopped off, and it happened inside her cave filled with mechanisms and formations.

But as her head flew up, she immediately understood that this was the reality.

Many things that are unimaginable do not mean they won't happen.

At the same time, Feng Qianye understood that with her body separated, she would die completely in an instant, beyond salvation!

With only her head left, she lost control of her body, but she could still use one spell: self-destructing her head.

But everything happened so suddenly, without any preparation. Everything was going smoothly, why did it suddenly turn out like this?

If she had known earlier, why bother with Feng Wei, who didn't belong to her? She already had Feng Yuer. Just wait another hundred years, and she would easily enter the Unity Realm!

In cultivation, one should not be greedy or hasty! However, it's too late for regrets now.

Is it the will of heaven? Perhaps!

This world is always full of surprises, full of reversals!

Just when a person is about to succeed, at their proudest moment, a shocking reversal emerges, plunging them from the heights into the dust.

It's like playing mahjong, when you're about to win, when you're most confident, the tile you need never comes...

And this, is reality!

As Feng Qianye's expression dimmed, she tried to turn her eyes towards Su Hao, who was returning his sword to its sheath and walking slowly.

What is utter despair? It's now!

When one experiences utter despair, it's the moment of termination!

Feng Qianye activated her only spell—self-destructing her head!

"Level Two - Lightning!"

"Ka-boom~"

Golden light emitted from Feng Qianye's mouth and eyes, a sign of self-destruction, but it was abruptly interrupted by a bolt of lightning!

When Feng Qianye's consciousness woke up again, her first thought was, "Can't even choose to self-destruct and die?"

Then, Su Hao sliced her head into four pieces with two strokes, completely losing consciousness.

Su Hao sheathed his sword, murmuring, "Nascent Soul state cultivators, they really do hunt down newly breakthrough Nascent Soul state cultivators! So-called Unity, it's just Unity. It's incredibly straightforward, but who would have thought that beneath the word 'Unity' lies such blatant malice and cruelty?"

Originally, Su Hao didn't plan to kill Feng Qianye directly. If they could communicate well, Su Hao didn't mind giving her a way out.

However, everyone is different after all, not everyone is willing to sit down and communicate. In such a society, those who insist on their own opinions are the majority.

Those who can cultivate step by step to the Nascent Soul State are even more so. They are extremely confident in themselves, and their experiences over hundreds of years are beyond doubt.

Su Hao understood that communication also comes with costs. For those unwilling to communicate or those who are not on the same wavelength, there's no need to spend time on them.

Do whatever is convenient and beneficial!

Su Hao first recorded Feng Qianye's body data, then casually threw her body into the laboratory. After dispelling the formations in Feng Qianye's cave, he buried her shattered skull underground and then strolled around her cave.

Under Su Hao's mental scan, nothing could escape. Even the "Red Spring Refining Spirit Elixir" hidden by Feng Qianye was found by Su Hao, with its color and appearance matching the piece he held, indicating it was a fragment of the same refining spirit liquid.

Then books, pills, materials, artifacts, spirit stones, and so on, were all unearthed by Su Hao and thrown into his storage space.

Finally, Su Hao found two blue crystal balls and one white crystal ball, all the size of basketballs. He held one of the blue crystal balls in his hand.

"What's this..."

Su Hao quickly searched through the information he had seen, and soon identified the information about this large crystal ball: "This is a 'Spirit Storage Stone'!"

The function of the Spirit Storage Stone is to preserve spiritual energy for a long time. The highest quality Spirit Storage Stones can preserve spiritual energy for thousands of years.

The Spirit Storage Stone in Su Hao's hand wasn't of the highest quality, but it was close.

"These two Spirit Storage Stones are already filled with spiritual energy, all of which are Nascent Soul State spiritual energy, most likely plundered from other Nascent Soul State cultivators by her and then stored here."

Su Hao shifted his gaze to the white crystal ball: "This Spirit Storage Stone doesn't detect any spiritual energy, it should be blank! Which means it can be used to store Feng Qianye's spiritual energy. But how should I do it?"

Su Hao casually threw the three Spirit Storage Stones into the laboratory, checked them again, and found no other valuable items, then flashed back into the laboratory.

Even if someone discovered that Feng Qianye was missing, they wouldn't suspect him.

Because compared to staying in the sect, Nascent Soul State cultivators prefer the vast outside world, finding a place with spiritual energy to establish a hidden cave where no one can find them, and cultivate alone.

They also fear being ambushed and killed, and having their spiritual energy stolen!

After the Nascent Soul State, they prefer solitude. This is common knowledge for all cultivators.

Isn't it normal for Elder Feng Qianye to be absent? It must be that she's gone out to cultivate in seclusion!

According to Su Hao's estimation, to realize that Elder Feng Qianye has passed away, it would take at least two missed gatherings within the sect, which won't happen until several years later!

...

Back in the laboratory, Su Hao placed Feng Qianye's body on the experimental table and looked at the white Spirit Storage Stone in his hand, feeling troubled!

How to store Feng Qianye's spiritual energy into the Spirit Storage Stone?

Su Hao first searched through a large amount of information but found no corresponding records. He then looked at the Spirit Storage Stone again: "I can only try it out."

So Su Hao listed out the possible ways to use the Spirit Storage Stone, ranked them by likelihood, and began to try them out one by one.

After some tinkering, Su Hao finally figured out how to use the Spirit Storage Stone: "Just place the Spirit Storage Stone at the severed area and gradually guide it with mental energy."

Su Hao began to try to transfer Feng Qianye's spiritual energy into the Spirit Storage Stone.

Two hours later, Su Hao couldn't help muttering to himself, "Two hours, and it's not even two percent yet. Isn't this too slow?"

It was unexpectedly difficult to guide spiritual energy that wasn't his own!

At Su Hao's current speed, it would take about four days to fully transfer Feng Qianye's spiritual energy into the Spirit Storage Stone.

Su Hao simply stopped and entered the pinball space, based on the principle of Spirit Storage, designing an 'Automated Spirit Storage' rune array. An hour later, Su Hao emerged, placed his hand on the experimental table, and the table quickly transformed into a diamond armor, forming a relatively simple rune array that surrounded the body and the Spirit Storage Stone.

Input spiritual energy, activate!

"Hum~"

The rune array lit up and began to operate.

In Su Hao's perception, the spiritual energy from Feng Qianye's corpse was slowly being injected into the Spirit Storage Stone.

"This is great~ As long as I input some spiritual energy periodically to maintain it, it's fine! With the same four days, I can still do other things."

After observing for a while and finding no abnormalities, Su Hao casually pulled over a recliner, lay down comfortably, closed his eyes, and his consciousness entered the bounce space. The space automatically manifested into the appearance of a study. Su Hao pulled out Feng Qianye's collection of books and randomly picked one to read.

Perhaps he could find some methods related to Nascent Soul State cultivation from these materials, but Su Hao didn't hold too much hope.

But it didn't matter. He had scoured the world for books some time ago and collected countless ones. There must be some clues among them.

He didn't believe that all the books he collected were useless.

"Now that I have reached the Nascent Soul State, while maintaining the stability of the Nascent Soul State, it's time to take some time to read those materials! Wisdom must be hidden within them."

Four days later, when he realized that the Spirit Storage was complete, Su Hao exited the pinball space with a slightly disappointed expression: "After a rough search, I didn't find any relevant records! Perhaps knowledge about the Nascent Soul State and Unity State is recorded in a more secretive manner. But there's no need to rush. With time on my side, I can gradually dig out hidden things."

As for that inexplicable bad luck, Su Hao didn't believe it would affect him at his current level. Perhaps after casually dealing with it, he wouldn't even know what happened.

After properly storing Feng Qianye's body, Su Hao picked up the Spirit Storage Stone, which had just stored spiritual energy, and couldn't help but praise: "This kind of Spirit Storage Stone is truly born for spiritual energy. Its characteristics are almost the same as spiritual stones. It can stably store spiritual energy for a long time..."

Su Hao pondered again and thought to himself: "If there were enough of these Spirit Storage Stones, they could even be used as artificial spiritual stones! Just kill cultivators, extract their spiritual energy, store it in these Spirit Storage Stones, and use them as spiritual stones.

At least, there wouldn't be any problem using them to maintain array operations. I heard there's also some demonic cultivator who might be doing this, and after being discovered, they were labeled as 'demonic cultivators'."

It's just that, Su Hao didn't know if cultivators in this world actually did such things!

Perhaps they did, but Su Hao hadn't encountered it so far.