Yi Jue could not resist the temptation of the Star Devouring Clan’s remains and hesitated, glancing at Feng Jun, but she did not speak.

This made her intentions clear, she was very interested, but the decision rested with him.

In fact, she believed Feng Jun would react; after all, he usually didn’t report what had been missed, yet he did today.

Sure enough, Feng Jun spoke straightforwardly, "Immortal Yi Jue, what’s the meaning of your glance?"

"What meaning could there be? If you want to say something, just say it," Yi Jue glared at him, "If not, I’ll go find something else to do."

"Then take me to collect the treasure," Feng Jun chose to trust Yi Jue, "it’s 80,000 miles away, and extremely fast."

"80,000 miles away?" Yi Jue was taken aback, "When did you become capable of perceiving something so far?"

"The key is that the body is big enough," Feng Jun replied without hesitation—for something that devours stars, can its body be small?

"I object," at the critical moment, someone stood out—it was none other than Cang Jing, "At 80,000 miles away, I don’t think you can come and go within two days, which means there will be certain danger here."

The Void is full of countless dangers, but the danger they referred to was likely the Rift Space Devouring Bee Swarm, which hadn’t left the Broken Stone Zone; perhaps it’s just as Feng Jun mentioned—to avoid the Void Herdsman, the Broken Stone Zone is a rather ideal spot.

They’ve been treasure-hunting here for over a year, and just two days ago, they killed two Space-Cracking Devouring Bees.

Moreover, the bee swarm is quite intelligent; upon seeing Feng Jun and Yi Jue, they turned and fled without a word, but when facing others, they maintained a proper distance, seemingly testing if they would gather energy to form a shield.

Cang Jing and Qing Ji had both killed Devouring Bees, but the bees were not much afraid of them, meaning if Feng Jun and Yi Jue both left the camp, others would likely face great danger.

Upon hearing this, Feng Jun and Yi Jue exchanged glances, both knowing they couldn’t afford any reckless decisions at this moment.

The remains of the Star Devouring Clan are indeed very tempting, but they couldn’t abandon their companions for it—especially Master Moli; without their protection, who knows how long the Thick Earth Cauldron could hold out.

The Thick Earth Cauldron’s individual defense is very high, but the problem is that the Rift Space Devouring Bee Swarm is a typical swarm attack entity, and it could become extremely aggressive without specific disturbance, so how long could it withstand?

Considering Master Moli’s status, it’s best not to attempt such a thing; Jing Quan would absolutely not tolerate his disciple being harmed—even the Thick Earth Cauldron was borrowed from someone else.

After a long while, Yi Jue sighed, "Alright, then it’s troublesome for you, Cang Jing, be careful on your way."

Before Elder Cang Jing could reply, Feng Jun spoke, "Hold on, I want to ask, if I trouble you to take me there, how much labor fee should I pay?"

"I intended to say thirty percent, but that’s unlikely," Elder Cang Jing spoke without looking at him, instead looking at Yi Jue, "The remains of the Star Devouring Clan are extremely important to all the cultivation forces on Tianqin, on this point, Yi Jue can testify for me."

Immortal Yi Jue listened with a blank expression, without any reaction, seemingly unaware that she was being looked at.

Elder Cang Jing didn’t need her to speak; her silence was the best statement.

So she continued speaking, "To give an example, if you held the Speculator, many would covet it but would still consider your influence; whereas if you obtained the Star Devouring remains, the Seven Gates Eighteen Paths would demand it from you because... you’re not qualified to study it."

Feng Jun chuckled upon hearing this, "Then what’s the use of me pursuing this carcass? Just for you to take it away 100%?"

Elder Cang Jing shook her head, "Rest assured, we won’t take it from you for nothing; our three families will collectively purchase it... Qing Ji must be included, otherwise, just us two families might not hold up; you can imagine its value—it will definitely satisfy you."

Seeing Feng Jun’s lack of response, she couldn’t help but add another sentence, "Actually, given your cultivation level, you may not catch up with it, so why not consider converting it to cash by pursuing other methods? Also, we can pay using methods other than Spirit Stones." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Apart from Spirit Stones, it could be Heaven and Earth Treasures, rare materials... even Cultivation Secret Techniques.

After thinking it over, Feng Jun asked expressionlessly, "What do you think is the most important aspect of the Star Devouring Clan’s remains? The Dao Patterns, the skeleton, or... the gastric sac?"

"Everything is important," Cang Jing the True Immortal answered without hesitation, "Personally, I believe the bloodline is most vital, though some may think the skull is most important."

"There is no skull," Feng Jun answered very bluntly, "This corpse has no skull."

Elder Cang Jing thoughtfully looked at him, "You’re able to perceive even that? I truly underestimated you."

"The remains of the Star Devouring Clan are enormous," Feng Jun replied with a neutral expression.

"I think the flesh is important; we could try cultivating Spirit Plants," Yi Jue coldly suggested, "Second are the Dao Patterns on the body surface."

Feng Jun suddenly stated, "I understand the body inscriptions, but you all can invite me to observe, I can’t refuse."

Elder Cang Jing looked at him in surprise, "You even know about body inscriptions?"

Feng Jun smiled, thinking to himself that he might know more than the sum of the Seven Gates and Eighteen Paths, at least the big boss indicated that this Star Devouring Clan, also known as the Swallowed Star Demon, isn’t anything rare.

"Mountain Master Feng’s sect is very ancient," Yi Jue was a bit unhappy about her questioning Feng Jun, so she couldn’t help but speak up, although she also pointed out an objective issue, "However, the spiritual energy in Kunhao is too scarce, not suitable for preserving the corpses of the Star Devouring Clan."

"I can take a portion back to Kunhao," Feng Jun replied in a deep voice, which was his true purpose, "If you agree, I can take you there, otherwise... forget it!"

Yi Jue and Cang Jing asked in unison, "What do you want to take?"

Feng Jun answered indifferently, "Don’t ask so much, it definitely isn’t the part you think is important, is it alright?"

Cang Jing and Yi Jue exchanged glances and finally Yi Jue said, "Alright, no problem, I agree with you."

Once the agreement was made, Cang Jing went to find her apprentice Jiu Tong, because the corpses of the Star Devouring Clan were immense, and it was practically impossible for them to drag it back to the resting point to pack into a storage bag—the Broken Stone Zone would cause severe obstructions.

Thus, on-site packaging was the proper method, but in doing so, Elder Cang Jing might not be able to use spiritual energy to envelop the entire corpse of the Star Devouring Clan, so at this time, it was necessary to have Master Jiu Tong with spatial attributes on site.

Fortunately, Jiu Tong was not far from the resting place now, as she was collecting stones that could be used for gambling. In a long period, her working radius did not need to exceed a thousand miles.

Master Jiu Tong was quickly summoned back, and at this moment, Elder Qing Ji also happened to return, with seventeen or eighteen stones strung on the rope lasso, appearing to have a good harvest.

When she saw Jiu Tong return, she was a bit puzzled—Jiu Tong was treasure hunting nearby, consuming very little spiritual energy and usually did not return often, and Yi Jue and Cang Jing didn’t intend to hide the matter of the Star Devouring Clan from her, they even planned to give her a share, so everyone could jointly resist the pressure.

Upon hearing the news, Elder Qing Ji readily agreed—it was like a pie falling from the sky, how could she refuse?

In all seriousness, she also planned to go to the site to take a look and gave a sufficient reason, "It would probably be too much for Fellow Daoist Cang Jing to bring two Golden Cores alone, she should take Jiu Tong, and I’ll take Feng Jun... In case something happens, there will be support."

Yi Jue was too lazy to argue further, "Then I’ll watch the house, you all go and come back soon..."

The four of them spent a day and a half and finally saw the corpse of the Star Devouring Clan.

It was a truncated body over a thousand zhang long, with the upper body gone, seemingly cut in half on a diagonal by someone, leaving the lower limbs, most of the upper body, and a shoulder—if not for the missing head, the remaining body would be relatively complete.

The corpse was covered with dense scales, with obscure patterns on it, exuding a vast and primordial aura.

The obscure patterns were the inscriptions of the Star Devouring Clan, these inscriptions were innate to them.

The Star Devouring Clan is oviparous, and before hatching, the egg shells already have inscriptions, upon hatching their cultivation level is equivalent to the Golden Core Stage, adulthood is the Nascent Soul Stage, and those with better growth conditions, it’s easy to evolve into the Emergence Stage.

The big boss said that the Star Devouring Clan is a creature from another dimension, with a cultivation system different from Tianqin cultivators, lacking the stages of Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Emergence, everyone compares this way just to gauge relative combat strength.

Strictly speaking, based on the different developmental stages of the Star Devouring Clan, a more scientific classification is the juvenile, young adult, prime, burst, and final form stages, with the final form corresponding to the Body Integration Realm of human cultivators.

The young adult stage corresponds to the Nascent Soul stage, but honestly, its combat strength is slightly inferior, as the Nascent Soul True Immortals of human cultivators can basically crush the young adult stage, and there’s a chance to defeat the prime stage.

Master Jiu Tong couldn’t help but mutter when she saw the corpse, "This small Star Devouring Clan is still in the Golden Core Stage, right?"

"If you don’t understand, don’t talk," Elder Cang Jing scolded, "This should be an Emergence Stage Star Devouring Clan, what do you think, Qing Ji?"

Qing Ji also knew the general data about the Star Devouring Clan and was a bit surprised upon hearing this, "If the Star Devouring Clan isn’t in a combat state, a Nascent Soul stage body should be at least fifty li long, right? Emergence Stage should be even longer."

Due to their massive bodies, the Star Devouring Clan usually shrinks their bodies to reduce consumption, and when entering a combat state, their bodies expand tenfold, a fifty li long body would become five hundred li long.

When reaching the Emergence Stage, the usual body length can be up to five hundred li, reaching five thousand li in combat.

With such a large size, swallowing a relatively small piece of land would pose no problem, and only at this point would they enter their prime stage.

Qing Ji admitted that the aura of the corpse in front of her was astonishing, but even with this truncated body, it was only a thousand zhang long, and even if you added the neck and head, it wouldn’t exceed two thousand zhang, which translates to just over ten li—do you call this the Emergence Stage?

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