SWDnovel Chapter 199 Planning, Slaying 3 Demons
Chapter 199 Planning, Slaying 3 Demons
In the blink of an eye.
Five years have passed.
On Jade Dragon Mountain.
Lin Li finished his training. In the past few years, his cultivation had reached the late stage of Foundation Establishment, and it was time to plan for Core Formation.
Lin Li will be able to advance to the Core Formation stage within just a few years.
This matter is still too conspicuous.
The death of the female cultivator from the Xuanmen sect whom Lin Li had only met once in Xuanyu City has made him wary. He realizes that it would be too risky for him to advance to the Core Formation stage in Xuanyu City.
He has prepared many spiritual items.
Over the past few years, he has accumulated a great many spirit stones and spiritual items.
It's safest to find a top-tier second-order spiritual vein outside to form a core.
The Qinglian Sect, a Nascent Soul level power in this area, has indeed opened its gates wide and taken in many disciples and Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.
However, I haven't heard of any exceptionally talented geniuses with earth-spirit roots or higher among the disciples recruited by the Azure Lotus Sect this time.
Disciples without talents above the level of Earth Spirit Root.
Joining a Nascent Soul stage faction would at most mean more consumables for the Core Formation stage elders within the sect.
"Um?"
now.
A wisp of spiritual energy fluctuation appeared on the communication jade slip carried by Lin Li.
A slight thought arose in his mind.
A cyan jade slip flew out and hovered in the void half a step away from Lin Li.
This jade slip was prepared for them, the worshippers, within Xuanyu City.
"Lord Su, I hope you can forge three second-tier low-grade flying sword magic weapons within three months. The spirit stones and contribution points will increase by 80% compared to before."
"Now that the monsters are attacking, there are several more Foundation Establishment stage monsters than before."
"The situation at the front is critical, please help!"
An aged voice came from within the jade slip.
"Demonic Tide."
"Yes."
"It's come to this."
Late stage of Foundation Establishment.
"His spiritual sense is comparable to that of a cultivator in the mid-to-late stages of the Core Formation realm."
"Even without a Core Formation spiritual object, with the supernatural abilities of the Styx River's spiritual power and the vast spiritual consciousness of a Core Formation stage cultivator, obtaining a True Core or higher quality item shouldn't be a problem."
Lin Li pondered to himself.
As for refining a second-tier low-grade magic weapon, it is not a difficult task.
With my current level of cultivation, I can do it in a day.
Immediately, Lin Li's divine sense probed out from the cave, and outside the array restrictions outside the cave, more than a dozen jade slips were floating.
With a sweep of divine sense, the contents of the jade slip were clearly visible.
Among them was news of Li Yunran. However, it was said that Li Yunran, who had previously wanted to invite him out of the city, later invited another Foundation Establishment cultivator instead. The other cultivator encountered an accident outside the city and died in a ruin.
Lin Li was well aware of the situation.
How could anything unexpected happen?
The jade slip from Jiang Zuo also informed them that their two disciples with three spiritual roots had successfully joined the Qinglian Sect.
He also wanted to invite Lin Li to have a couple of drinks at Zuixianlou sometime.
Furthermore, Lin Li threw all the jade slips containing greeting cards and invitations from other Foundation Establishment cultivators down the mountain.
"A message from Mount Akiyama..."
Lin Li took the jade slip containing the message about Qiulan Mountain and put it into his cave.
after that.
Lin Li intended to leave Xuanyu City, and even leave the Hengshan Mountain Range.
Once he advances to the Core Formation stage, the Styx spiritual power and divine abilities on his clone will reach an even higher level, and even his own divine sense will be able to reach a level very close to the Nascent Soul stage.
With such strength, leaving the Yokoyama Mountains wouldn't be difficult at all.
After leaving this place.
I must find a place with a third-tier spiritual vein to continue my cultivation until I reach the peak of Core Formation, and then proceed to Nascent Soul Formation. This is something I must do in this lifetime.
As the jade slip was being taken into his hand, Lin Li had already used his divine sense to investigate its contents.
"To Junior Brother Su, these are turbulent times in the mountains these days."
"Although White Tiger Ridge has submitted to our Qiulan Mountain and the two mountains have become one, Giant Bone Peak is still stirring."
"A spirit scorpion at the mid-Foundation Establishment stage has appeared in Giant Bone Peak at some unknown time, and he is ruthless."
"That scorpion demon clan also has eight hundred scorpion demons under its command, which are quite hostile towards our Qiulan Mountain."
"However, because of Junior Brother Su's reputation, the spirit scorpion did not dare to attack our Qiulan Mountain."
"But the demonic tide is rising. If the area outside Xuanyu City is surrounded by the demonic tide, something might happen to Giant Bone Peak."
"I hope that Junior Brother Su can return to the mountain after he finishes his seclusion."
"Senior Brother Heitu, the book."
...
The jade slip contained a message from Senior Brother Heitu of Qiulan Mountain.
Even if Senior Brother Heitu didn't mention it, Lin Li still planned to return to Qiulan Mountain before leaving, without revealing too much of his cultivation.
It only requires reaching the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment to be considered complete, and it won't attract too much attention.
After all, Lin Li had already become wary when the Azure Lotus Sect was in trouble.
"Second-tier low-grade magic artifact".
"There are plenty."
Lin Li put the jade slip away.
Autumn Arashiyama is the starting point of his life, and the old ape of Araki and Kurotsuchi have taken good care of him.
The presence of his closest relatives in this life also allowed Lin Liti to experience the freedom he had been granted in his previous lives, free from the restrictions imposed upon him.
The presence of his closest relatives in this life also allowed Lin Liti to experience the freedom he had been granted in his previous lives, free from the restrictions imposed upon him.
The place where your family is in this life, the place of your birth.
Lin Li certainly didn't want anything to happen at Qiulan Mountain.
Once you hand over the second-tier magic weapon that Xuan Yu City had crafted, you can leave the city.
After all, the contract he signed with Xuanyu City for offering sacrifices had come to an end.
...
...
Mount Akiyama.
It's been raining continuously.
"snort!"
"That scorpion demon is truly vicious!"
"Not only the spirit farmers of White Tiger Ridge, but also many spirit farmers near our Autumn Mist Mountain have suffered at their hands."
At this moment, Hei Tu, dressed in a loose black robe, looked down at the eagle demon elder with a furious expression, a look of solemnity in his eyes.
Although their junior brother Su became a first-class retainer in Xuanyu City.
However, the demonic tide in Hengshan is now invading, and Xuanyu City is surrounded by demons.
It is said that there are more Foundation Establishment level monsters than before.
In this way, Junior Brother Su's efforts are too far to be of any use in the present situation. Senior Brother Huang Yue has been gone for many years. After his seclusion, he even refined his own body into a top-tier first-order corpse puppet.
If one were to wear a top-tier magical artifact, one could be considered to have half the combat power of a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator.
Including Huang Dali from Baihu Ridge, there are only two and a half of them.
Moreover, both of them were at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, but the scorpion demon was at the genuine mid-stage of Foundation Establishment. Once the two of them started fighting, they would undoubtedly lose.
This time, Qiulan Mountain and Baihu Ridge simply retreated to their respective mountain gates, letting the scorpion demon wreak havoc outside.
Once this period of time is over and the threat of demons outside Xuanyu City is resolved, Junior Brother Su can leave the city and then look for an opportunity to attack Giant Bone Peak.
"Ancestor."
Several elders at the ninth level of Qi Refining bowed respectfully to the Black Earth Ancestor, who sat calmly atop the throne, their faces filled with helplessness.
"Tomorrow, the spirit farmers in the mountains need not leave!"
"Those spirit fields outside the mountain are better off gone."
"We have stored spiritual rice in our mountains for so many years, enough to support the cultivators in Qiulan Mountain for several years without any problem."
Heitu raised his hand and waved his robe, having made up his mind.
"Yes, Ancestor."
The elders from Qiulan Mountain in front of him exchanged glances and then bowed respectfully.
Since the ancestor has made the decision, they only need to carry it out.
immediately.
The elders from the mountain then took their leave and went off to do their respective tasks.
"Ugh."
"Junior Brother Su, we can only count on you."
"Let this demonic tide pass quickly."
After watching the elders leave, Heitu sighed deeply; there was nothing he could do.
The pressure on him was immense.
Huang Dali, a Foundation Establishment cultivator from White Tiger Ridge, secluded himself in his cave within the ridge, sending several messages via jade slips every day.
Each one was meant to be used to request aid from Akiyama.
If we're talking about the most severely damaged spiritual fields and the place with the most casualties among the spiritual farmers, it's the White Tiger Ridge, which is closest to Giant Bone Peak, especially after the old Foundation Establishment cultivator of White Tiger Ridge passed away.
Huang Dali, a Foundation Establishment cultivator, single-handedly supported the mountain gate.
During these decades.
Two Qi-refining demons in White Tiger Ridge also attempted to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage, but without exception, they both failed.
This also filled Huang Dali with despair, which is why he chose to completely rely on the increasingly powerful Qiulan Mountain.
Especially after hearing that Su Baiyao had become a first-level retainer in Xuanyu City, the news of his status as a second-level weapon refiner reached his ears.
Therefore, Huang Dali was determined to follow Qiulan Mountain.
of course.
In the first ten years or so, it did grow very strong. With the tiger skin of Qiulan Mountain, Baihu Ridge could also benefit from it, after all, it was a force protected by a second-level weapon refiner.
But ever since that scorpion demon arrived, the balance of power among these three forces has been immediately broken.
...
...
Giant Bone Peak.
Miasma covered the sky.
In the mountains littered with bones.
The once empty cages halfway up the mountain now housed many more Qi-refining humans and demons, who became food for the Foundation Establishment demons on Giant Bone Peak.
mountain top.
Inside a great hall of bones.
"Fellow Daoist Scorpion, aren't we being a little too hasty?"
"I've heard that Su Baiyao from Qiulan Mountain has a very successful business at the weapon-refining shop in Xuanyu City."
"After all, he is a first-level elder of Xuanyu City. He must have made many Foundation Establishment stage cultivators in that city. Moreover, what should we do if Su Baiyao comes to kill us after the demonic tide ends?"
now.
The black-armored bee demon, who was sitting cross-legged behind the jade table, spoke with a hint of apprehension in its eyes.
This scorpion demon arrived halfway through the journey.
He was a demon in the mid-Foundation Establishment stage, and his cultivation was not weak.
Even cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage who were to pursue and kill this scorpion demon had experienced its incredible escape techniques firsthand.
Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator like him, skilled in escape techniques, couldn't match him.
This scorpion demon can run away.
But they can't escape the spiritual vein of Giant Bone Peak. If Su Baiyao really comes to kill them in the future, won't all his anger fall on them?
"Fellow Daoist."
Why be so attached to this place?
"The three of us who are at the Foundation Establishment stage can join forces and leave this place when the demonic tide ends."
"This vast Hengshan Mountain holds immense potential!"
"We Foundation Establishment demon cultivators will naturally go wherever there is an opportunity."
"As you said, Su Baiyao's weapon-refining shop in Xuanyu City is doing extremely well."
"If that's the case, will Qiulan Mountain also receive a considerable amount of spirit stones?"
The scorpion demon, seated in the highest position, was about ten feet tall, wearing a simple chainmail and sporting a thick, dark scorpion tail.
In front of him were several large barrels of blood wine, the stench of which was overwhelming.
This blood wine was made from the combined essence of the demon and human races, and the bucket was even imbued with a resentful aura.
"That's still too little."
"Wait until tomorrow."
"I will personally take action against the spirit farmers of Qiulan Mountain and Baihu Ridge, and try to capture as many spirit farmers as possible."
"The malevolent aura above this bucket is still too weak."
"If we could gather more people to refine the blood wine, the speed at which the evil energy condenses would be even faster."
The scorpion demon looked at the resentful aura above the bucket. If there was enough of this resentment, it could be collected and sold for a sum of spirit stones.
"Can…"
The bee demon's eyes flickered.
Wandering around outside is never a peaceful experience!
If you encounter a tough opponent, you might get hacked to death.
They could guard a second-tier spiritual vein, recruit some Qi Refining stage demon servants, or hire some human Qi Refining cultivators as spiritual farmers to grow some spiritual rice.
It's much safer than being a thief outside, raiding the territories of other Foundation Establishment cultivators.
Moreover, this scorpion demon, being a mid-Foundation Establishment stage demon cultivator, would change his mind once he and Fellow Daoist White Bone were taken away.
Or they could be taken to some strange place.
He had witnessed firsthand the ruthless methods of this scorpion demon.
They will inevitably be even more ruthless towards these so-called "allies".
We must be on high alert to deal with this kind of guy.
"Eh."
"Fellow Daoist, there's no need for further explanation."
"We will simply follow Fellow Daoist Scorpion's instructions."
"I'm tired of this place too."
Lady White Bone raised her hand to interrupt the bee demon, saying that the great enemy had not yet been dealt with, and it would be ridiculous for them to fight amongst themselves.
Right now.
Suddenly, a white-robed figure appeared out of thin air in front of them, the white-robed young man's robes fluttering without wind.
In an instant, an astonishing pressure from the Core Formation stage swept out from the white-robed youth. Under the shock of the Core Formation divine sense, Ling Xie's eyes were filled with fear.
"Su, Su Baiyao!"
"Core Formation Divine Sense?"
"You've become a Golden Core cultivator!?"
"How is that possible? You've only been at the Foundation Establishment stage for a short time."
Lady White Bone, who was among them, was horrified when she saw the face of the young man in white robes.
Bang bang bang!
Three wisps of frost-tailed ghostly fire, each several feet in size, appeared out of thin air and instantly condensed into three flying swords each over ten feet long.
Each flying sword locked onto one of the Foundation Establishment stage demons, and an astonishing chill emanated from the three balls of spiritual fire, covering the ground around Lin Li with a layer of frost.
The surrounding temperature plummeted.
"No!"
"Please spare me, senior!"
"It was all because of this poisonous scorpion that we were forced to do that!"
Lady White Bone cried out in terror.
But the words had barely left his mouth.
Three flying swords formed from frost-tailed ghostly fire pierced straight through the bodies of the three demons in the cave.
After the three demons froze into ice blocks, they immediately shattered into ice shards.