Chapter 426

Chapter 426: Negotiate Terms? Immediately Refined to Death!

“Soul oaths are unnecessary.” Lu Qing smiled.

He could see that the gray-robed man’s words were half-truths.

But he didn’t care. As long as he could be sure that the man hadn’t known about this world’s resurgence and was invading, that was all that mattered.

With a flick of his finger, a wave of energy struck the gray-robed man, penetrating the acupoint between his eyebrows.

“Let me verify whether your words are true or not.”

“Wait…”

Feeling the familiar, terrifying wave, the gray-robed man shouted in terror.

However, before he could finish his words, hallucinations began to form before his eyes, and the next moment, he was once again immersed in that boundless illusion.

After more than ten breaths, Lu Qing withdrew his supernatural power, and the gray-robed man slowly regained consciousness.

However, this time, his eyes were much more tired.

The look he gave Lu Qing was filled with fear.

“It seems, sir, you weren’t telling the truth just now,” Lu Qing said calmly. “So, what is the Lotus of Purity?”

The gray-robed man was horrified. His greatest secret had been revealed, and he could no longer maintain his composure.

With a sudden thought, he attempted to communicate with the storage artifact on his person, intending to destroy it.

But just as he was about to think, he was startled.

He discovered that his storage bag had vanished. He

suddenly looked up, only to be met with a half-smile from Lu Qing.

“Are you looking for this?”

A delicate bag with a mysterious pattern appeared in Lu Qing’s hand.

The gray-robed man took a closer look. What else could it be but his own storage bag?

A gloomy look immediately crossed his face.

He knew his last bargaining chip was gone.

Trapped in a spatial cage, his spiritual power was blocked, unable to escape, making it impossible for him to destroy the storage bag.

“Senior, you are so thoughtful. I admire you,” the gray-robed man said dejectedly.

“I was just being cautious, not being meticulous.” Lu Qing smiled.

The storage bag was so conspicuously hanging from the man’s waist, how could he not have noticed it?

However, there were restrictions on the bag, preventing him from opening it.

“Senior, don’t you want to know what the Lotus of Purity is? I dare to make a deal with you.

As long as you swear an oath to spare me this time,

I will not only present the Lotus of Purity to you, but also tell you all the methods of using it. What do you think?”

The gray-robed man asked cautiously.

“Want to negotiate terms with me?” Lu Qing glanced at the gray-robed man and said, “Judging from your expression just now, if my guess is correct, the so-called Pure Lotus should be in this storage bag, right?

In that case, the things are already in my hands, why should I negotiate terms with you?”

“The Pure Lotus is indeed in the storage bag, but it is in a treasure box. I’m not afraid to tell you, senior, that I have placed a restriction on the treasure box.

As long as I die, the soul mark inside will disappear, and the treasure box will immediately self-destruct.

The Pure Lotus inside will also be completely destroyed.

Senior, you don’t know much about the Pure Lotus yet, it’s a top-grade elixir.

It has the ability to enhance one’s understanding, increase cultivation, and refine golden elixirs.

Even a powerful Yuanshen will go crazy when he encounters it. It’s an unparalleled precious medicine!

Senior, you don’t want such a precious medicine to be destroyed, right?”

The gray-robed man stared at Lu Qing closely and spoke word by word.

“Are you threatening me?” Lu Qing’s eyes narrowed. “If that’s the case, then die.” As

soon as he finished speaking, a wisp of green spiritual fire emerged from the space cage where the gray-robed man was, and then suddenly grew in size.

The next moment, the entire space cage was filled with spiritual fire.

“Ah!”

With Lu Qing’s current strength, the spiritual fire he unleashed by activating the Lihuo Cauldron was terrifying.

The gray-robed man, grievously wounded, was simply unable to resist.

Almost instantly, his flesh began to melt.

Even activating the protective silver light within his body proved futile, only temporarily slowing the melting.

“Senior, spare me! Senior, spare me!”

the gray-robed man’s eyes were filled with terror.

He hadn’t expected that even after he had fully disclosed the preciousness of the Pure Lotus, Lu Qing would show no hesitation and attack without hesitation.

Was he truly unafraid of the Pure Lotus’s destruction?

Feeling his body melting, the power of the spiritual fire was terrifying, and even his protective spells and magic weapons were no match for it.

Faced with the intense threat of death, the gray-robed man no longer cared about his Jindan realm dignity and pleaded with Lu Qing.

However, Lu Qing remained unmoved, his face stern.

He formed a hand seal, and the next moment, the agile power within the spatial cage multiplied again.

The originally cyan flame gradually faded, almost becoming transparent.

With this change, the gray-robed man’s body melted at an even faster rate.

This spiritual fire not only refined his flesh but also seared his soul. In the boundless agony, he couldn’t even utter a word of plea for mercy.

He could only watch helplessly in endless terror and agony as his body, along with his soul, was rapidly incinerated.

Furthermore, the powerful spatial suppression made it impossible for him to self-destruct his mana elixir even if he wanted to!

After just over ten breaths, he was reduced to a mass of molten flesh, shrinking continuously.

At this point, the gray-robed man knew he was doomed.

In despair, he uttered a shrill cry from his soul:

“Ah! Demon, you shall not die well! Just wait, my sect will avenge me!”

Then, there was no sound.

After Lu Qing dispersed the spiritual fire, only a few dim spheres of magical light and a golden bead the size of a baby’s fist remained within the spatial cage.

As for the white-robed man’s body, it had long since been completely refined and vanished.

“Young Master, I thought you would spare his life,”

Flame said to Lu Qing with some surprise.

After all, the gray-robed man’s words had even moved it.

If the Pure Lotus was as precious as he claimed, exchanging it for his life wouldn’t seem out of place.

Unexpectedly, Lu Qing showed no concern at all. Assuming he’d refine the man to death, he actually did.

“This man is cunning. If I spare his life, I’m afraid there will be serious consequences in the future. A mere spiritual herb isn’t worth the risk,” Lu Qing said calmly.

The gray-robed man had connections. If he were to let him go, who knew what schemes he might harbor upon returning to the sect?

Although Lu Qing was confident, he didn’t believe he could handle a vast immortal sect.

After saying this, Lu Qing’s mind penetrated the storage bag in his hand.

He found that the soul mark inside had disappeared, and the storage bag became an ownerless object.

This meant that the gray-robed man had indeed fallen completely.

His mind moved slightly, and he easily refined the restrictions in the storage bag, planted his own soul mark, and recognized it as the master.

Then he explored the storage bag with his mind.

Soon, he raised his eyebrows and took out a jade box from the storage bag.

After using his supernatural power to check it out, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

He opened the jade box directly, looked at the crystal-like spiritual medicine inside, and the rich spiritual energy emanating from it, and a smile appeared on his face.

“It seems that even in the Jindan realm, sometimes, in order to survive, they can tell any lie.”

(End of this chapter)