After pocketing the treasures from the two cultivators' bodies, Qin Feng dared not linger.
After all, the rest of the Huang Family's cultivators could return at any moment. Moreover, the cultivator Qin Yang drew away was not far from here, merely one or two hundred feet away. It was only because of the trees separating them that he did not see what happened here.
But earlier, the noise Qin Feng made when he knocked out the two severely injured cultivators had already alerted the opponent. If Qin Yang hadn't struggled to entangle him, the opponent would have returned by now, and Qin Feng needed to leave immediately.
Moving swiftly, Qin Feng activated the Divine Movement Technique. With a light tap of his feet, he leapt a few yards, quick as a startled swan, running like the wind, and in the blink of an eye, he was sprinting madly in another direction.
Sure enough, just a dozen breaths after he left, the cultivator Qin Yang had drawn away returned.
Seeing his two clan members lying on the ground and thinking they had fallen victim again, he was both shocked and furious. He couldn't help but let out a roar of rage, sending a spell straight up dozens of feet into the sky.
With a boom, the spell exploded like fireworks, drawing the attention of the cultivators who were chasing the Swallowing Sky Toad in the distance.
"This is bad! Old Six and the others are in trouble!"
They immediately abandoned the nearly dead Swallowing Sky Toad and rushed back towards their clan members.
Qin Feng circled around and headed towards the agreed meeting place with Qin Yang.
At this moment, the spiritual energy within him surged as he ran, operating his cultivation technique to convert the spiritual energy into his own spiritual power.
This time, he had collected a total of thirteen Monkey Demon bodies. Although most of the Monkey Demons were not very strong, a few were at the late stage of Qi Refinement.
Therefore, the spiritual energy he obtained this time was ten times greater than what he had received from that Ghost Locust previously.
Although advancing from the second to the third layer of Qi Refinement required much more spiritual energy than the last advancement, the corpse of the Demon Beast refined by the Demon Refining Pot provided incredibly pure spiritual energy.
So, in no time, with the continuous flow of spiritual energy from the Demon Refining Pot, he was on the verge of breaking through to the third layer of Qi Refinement.
According to his senses, even after consuming half of the spiritual energy refined by the Demon Refining Pot, if he absorbed and refined all of it, he could advance a small step further in the third layer of Qi Refinement.
However, now was not a good time to break through. Otherwise, he would not be able to explain himself when he returned.
He and Qin Yang had set out to hunt a Green Wolf Demon. If he returned having broken through to the third layer of Qi Refinement, it would definitely attract attention and questioning.
He quickly stopped refining the spiritual energy, mentally communicating with the Demon Refining Pot to store the spiritual energy temporarily for future use.
Nonetheless, he was in an extremely good mood. Without the Demon Refining Pot, advancing to the third layer of Qi Refinement purely through self-cultivation would have taken at least one to two years. Now, however, refining a few ordinary Monkey Demons allowed him to break through in cultivation; this feeling was truly exhilarating.
He used the Divine Movement Technique to rush towards the meeting point while examining the magic artifacts in his hands.
The two storage bags had the divine sense imprint of Huang Family cultivators, which he couldn't open for now, so he set them aside for later.
Nevertheless, the magic artifacts in his hands brought him considerable delight.
Among them was a top-grade flying sword, a middle-grade casting hammer, and the spiritual net that had earlier bound several Monkey Demons in one go.
Qin Feng found the spiritual net quite intriguing.
After careful inspection, he discovered it was a middle-grade Binding Spirit Net, likely woven from the silk of some kind of Spiritual Silkworm. Though it looked no larger than a palm and its spirit light was faint, it was incredibly tenacious. Once cast, it could cover an area of several yards. Whether human or demon, anyone bound within it would be imprisoned, unable to use their spiritual power unless they broke free.
Qin Feng felt an itch to test it out on something to see how effective it was.
However, considering this Binding Spirit Net had been refined by a Huang Family cultivator, it would be very inconvenient to use unless the divine power imprint left by the Huang Family cultivator was removed.
Qin Feng pondered for a moment and then mobilized the spiritual energy within the Demon Refining Pot, aggressively attacking the divine power imprint within the Binding Spirit Net.
The Huang Family cultivator had only recently entered the late stage of Qi Refinement, so the divine power imprint left in the magic artifact was not very strong. It was quickly erased by the fierce spiritual energy of the Demon Refining Pot.
Qin Feng immediately placed his own spiritual power imprint into it, refining the artifact into his own treasure.
The classification of magic artifacts was simple. Each set of nine prohibitions constituted a grade. From one to nine prohibitions, it was a basic-level magic artifact; from nine to eighteen, a middle-grade magic artifact, and so on. Anything with over thirty-six prohibitions was considered to have reached the level of a spiritual artifact.
The Binding Spirit Net was merely a middle-grade magic artifact with eighteen prohibitions. Qin Feng quickly subjected it to a simple refining process using his spiritual power. Although it would require more frequent refining to seamlessly operate it in the future, it was already usable now.
Having refined it successfully, he joyfully toyed with the Binding Spirit Net. Apart from the Demon Refining Pot, this was the first magic artifact he had obtained.
After examining it for a while, he could tell that this was not a magic artifact crafted by the Huang Family.
Although the Huang Family specialized in artifact refining as their heritage, they only focused on casting swords and other metal and iron magic artifacts. They weren't skilled in refining binding and prohibition-type magic artifacts.
Half an hour later, Qin Yang saw Qin Feng's approaching figure and breathed a sigh of relief.
"How is it, you weren't recognized by the Huang Family cultivators, were you?"
he asked worriedly.
"Rest assured,"
Qin Feng reassured with a smile. He then took out the two storage bags, the Heart-Clearing Jade, and the three magic artifacts, and said with a grin,
"The harvest wasn't bad, but these things shouldn't be shown off, otherwise it might attract the Huang Family's attention. Later, I'll ask my dad to sell these items at a market, exchange them for spirit stones or other cultivation resources, and then split them with Brother Yang."
"Good, good, haha. That Huang Yulang's attempt to snatch our Green Wolf Demon this time ended up quite the opposite,"
Qin Yang rejoiced, not expecting Qin Feng to have acquired so many good items. If all these things were exchanged for cultivation spirit stones, he would receive quite a share.
Additionally, being at the peak of the sixth layer of Qi Refinement, he needed resources for cultivation and advancement. If he received those items, he was confident he could charge straight into the seventh layer of Qi Refinement.
"Little Feng, you will soon be entering the sect and need spirit stones more than I do. I won't take much from this haul. Later, tell your Seventh Uncle to get me a few elixir pills that will help break through the sixth layer of Qi Refinement."
Qin Yang beamed but remained modest.
Although the value of these items far exceeded that of a few spirit pills, he preferred that Qin Feng receive more spirit stones. This way, when Qin Feng made a name for himself in the Beast Taming Sect, he would be able to better take care of the family, benefiting Qin Yang as well.
This was the practice of most small families. If they had connections to send their children into sects, they would provide as many resources and help as possible. The future return from successful family disciples would far exceed all the resources invested.
Qin Feng chuckled,
"Alright, I'll take the advantage then."
He didn't offer any words of thanks. They were family, and such politeness was unnecessary.
"Let's get going. If we're too late, everyone will worry,"
Qin Yang urged, glancing at the sky.
"Alright."
They set off, heading back the way they came.
But as they rounded a mountain peak, they froze in their tracks.
Because they saw the Swallowing Sky Toad again.