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Chapter 557: Shocking Changes [Subscription Request]

Mystic Ridge.

At the edge of a pond somewhere, a blue-skinned water lizard monster was bitten on the head by a golden-winged tiger. It immediately started struggling wildly and swung its body around, eventually successfully separating its head from its body!
After biting to death the water lizard monster with the second-level upper-grade cultivation level, the golden-winged tiger began to eat it directly on the spot.

Zhou Chun, who was watching the battle on the side, walked forward and picked more than a dozen Youlan grass growing by the pond and put them into his bag one by one.

This kind of Youlan grass has very strict requirements on the environment. It can only grow near water where the water vapor is rich and the sun is rarely seen. It takes a lot of effort to find it outside.

The dozen or so Youlan grasses that Zhou Chun picked looked like they were several decades old. Given the rarity of this spiritual herb, it was enough to be used to refine pills that could improve the magic power of cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage.

Now that he has encountered it, he will not let it go.

However, the death of that water lizard was really unjust. Zhou Chun didn't want to kill it in the first place, but it was ignorant and insisted on guarding these Youlan grasses.

After picking all the spiritual herbs, Zhou Chun looked at the corpse of the water lizard, half of its body had been eaten, and shook his head. He helped the golden-winged tiger put away the food and let it continue to carry him on his journey.

At this time, half a day had passed since Zhou Chun entered the Mixian Ridge, and he had also traveled two or three hundred miles on his golden-winged tiger.

During that period, perhaps because of the might of the golden-winged tiger, no powerful monster dared to confront them. Of course, it might also be because they had not yet entered the core area.

Zhou Chun also picked several kinds of spiritual herbs and medicines such as Youlan Grass on the way, which was considered a small gain.

But what made Zhou Chun a little worried was that Mu Mei and Mu Sang had been gone for such a long time and there was no news, which made him wonder if they were in trouble.

You have to know that for a fourth-level wood spirit, the Mixian Ridge is not that big, and half a day is enough to walk around it a few times.

Although it would indeed take a lot of time to find the clues he wanted, according to his calculations, this time should be more than enough.

"There is no problem with the contract connection. Maybe something really delayed it!"

Zhou Chun thought secretly in his heart, and couldn't help but slow down the golden-winged tiger.

The danger in the depths of Mixian Ridge is still quite high. Zhou Chun doesn't want to go deep into it before Mu Mei brings back the message.

After walking slowly like this and waiting for nearly two hours, Zhou Chun finally waited for Mu Mei and Mu Sang to return.

"Musan, where have you been? What took you so long to come back?"

In a valley, Zhou Chun looked at Mu Mei and Mu Sang who had returned fully refreshed, and a strange look appeared in his eyes.

He originally thought that Mu Mei and Mu Sang had not returned yet because they had encountered some powerful enemy, and he was worried about them for a long time.

But looking at its current state, it obviously doesn't look like it has fought with a strong enemy of the same level. Instead, it seems to have gained some benefits!
Sure enough, Zhou Chun was not wrong.

Following his questioning, Mu Meimu Sang quickly and honestly explained the reason for his delay.

It turned out that when it was exploring deep into the Mixian Ridge in search of the relics of the elder of the Dihuo Sect, it discovered three spiritual trees of the third grade. So it took it upon itself to drive away the third-grade monsters that occupied those spiritual trees, and used the [Tianmu Daobing] magical power to refine the three spiritual trees into Daobing spiritual seeds!
The magical power of [Tianmu Daobing] is advanced from the magical power of "Turning Wood into Weapons" after Mu Mei Mu Sang was promoted to the fourth level. Compared with the magical power of "Turning Wood into Weapons", it has increased its strength and practicality while also increasing its demand.

The original "turning wood into weapons" meant that one could just find some thousand-year-old trees and transform them into some tree demon Taoist soldiers, which could then be thrown away after use.

However, [Tianmu Daobing] is different, this magical power requires refining a whole spiritual wood into a Daobing spirit seed, swallowing it into the stomach to nourish it, and then releasing the Daobing spirit seed when needed to fight the enemy, turning it into a Daobing to fight the enemy.

After the battle, as long as the Dao soldiers are not completely destroyed, they can be transformed into Dao soldier spirit seeds and taken into the body to be nourished, so that they can be restored to their original state and even become even stronger.

From this we can see that this is a magical power with very strong growth potential.

However, for the fourth-level wood spirit Mu Sang, in order to sacrifice and refine the Taoist weapon spirit seeds, he must use at least third-level spirit wood.

But regardless of whether the Zhou family has this kind of spiritual wood, even if they do, Zhou Chun would not allow it to be used for sacrifice.

Therefore, apart from finding three third-level spiritual trees in the wilderness to refine the Taoist soldier spirit seeds for it, Zhou Chun did not go out of his way to look for such spiritual trees for it.

I didn't want to let it go to gather intelligence today, but I let it take the opportunity to desert me!
After understanding the whole story, Zhou Chun was at a loss as to what to say.

Mu Mei and Mu Sang seemed to know that there was something wrong with their absence from work, and they immediately made amends by talking about their discoveries.

It first talked about the discoveries in magical herbs and medicines.

It is gifted, and after breaking through to the fourth level, its ability to find magical herbs and medicines has become even better.

The special environment of places like Mixianling means that the monks who venture into this place are destined to be unable to touch every inch of the place and plunder all the precious spiritual medicines therein.

Mu Mei and Mu Sang found many rare spiritual medicines along the way, including two thousand-year-old spiritual medicines.

These elixirs are either guarded by monsters or hidden from view, making them undiscoverable by ordinary people or monsters.

But they are all elixirs that Zhou Chun is sure he can pick.

All Zhou Chun needs to do is follow Mu Mei and Mu Sang!

But this time Zhou Chun was not concerned about these things, but the task assigned to it.

In this regard, it did not do a good job, at least not to the satisfaction of Zhou Chun.

Because it searched according to the map, it only found traces of the Mountain-Moving Bear's activities, but did not find any trace of the Mountain-Moving Bear, nor did it find the relics of the elder of the Earth Fire Sect.

"You can't handle your work well, but you are very enthusiastic about your personal matters!"

Zhou Chun glared at the green spirit deer and scolded it in a bad mood.

Then he couldn't help but ponder.

Originally he thought that with the presence of Mu Mei and Mu Sang, this matter should not be difficult to accomplish, but now it seems that he thought it was a little too simple.

He pondered for a long time before looking up at Mu Mei and Mu Sang and said, "Go over there and look for more. Don't let yourself get distracted this time. Find the target carefully first. This Mixian Ridge is not a good place. Don't be careless and fall into trouble!"

Hearing his words, the green spirit deer nodded repeatedly, then turned into a green light and disappeared into the valley.

After witnessing Mu Mei and Mu Sang leave, Zhou Chun temporarily stopped his exploration and waited patiently in the valley.

As I said, the area of ​​Mixianling is not very large. With Mu Mei and Mu Sang's abilities, if they calm down and look everywhere, they will not be afraid of not finding clues.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, Zhou Chun would not go to the area where the elder of the Earth Fire Sect died before the clues come out!

Time passed slowly. While waiting in the valley, Zhou Chun occasionally heard various beast roars and fighting sounds coming from afar.

There are no less than hundreds of cultivators entering and leaving the Mixian Ridge every day. The chance of encountering a cultivator is not very high, but it is not low either.

However, most of the time, those cultivators whose cultivation was lower than the foundation-building stage would only take advantage of the time between noon and noon when the fog dissipated, and move around in the area less than a hundred miles outside the Mixian Ridge. Regardless of whether they gained anything or not, they would leave before the fog reappeared. Only cultivators in the foundation-building stage would take advantage of the dissipation of the fog and fly directly into the area two or three hundred miles deep to take risks.

As for the edge of the core area where Zhou Chun is now, there is a faint mist floating here even at noon. If you don’t have the cultivation level of the Purple Mansion Stage, you dare not come here easily.

The roar of the fighting that he heard now was all behind him, near the periphery.

Zhou Chun obviously ignored all this and just restrained his breath and stayed in the valley waiting for Mu Mei and Mu Sang to return.

With the mighty power of the golden-winged tiger, he was not afraid of other blind monsters breaking into the valley and disturbing him.

After hiding in the valley and waiting for a day and a half, Zhou Chun finally waited for Mu Mei and Mu Sang to return.

This time, Mu Mei and Mu Sang searched for more than a day and finally found the trace of the mountain-moving bear.

After communicating with it, Zhou Chun learned that the Mountain-Moving Bear was now with another fourth-level monster, the Earth-Armored Pig, and that Earth-Armored Pig seemed to be a fourth-level mid-grade monster!
After hearing the news, Zhou Chun couldn't help but frown.

The Earth-Armored Pig is a strange monster like the Golden-Winged Tiger. This monster looks like a wild boar, but has wolf claws, golden eyes, and a large lizard-like tail!

This kind of monster may be mediocre in attack, but its defensive capabilities are very strong, and it must be proficient in the art of escaping underground!
The Mountain-Moving Bear and the Earth-Armored Pig were mixed together. In this Immortal Valley, if Zhou Chun wanted to use force, he would have no chance of defeating them. Instead, the noise of the battle would be too loud and might attract the Fifth-Rank Demon King who was cultivating in the valley.

"It seems that these fourth-level monsters are not stupid. They know that after killing the Golden Core Elder of the Earth Fire Sect, they will definitely be investigated and retaliated by human cultivators, so they gathered together in advance?"

Zhou Chun was feeling emotional, but for a moment he was at a loss as to what to do.

After pondering for a long time, he asked Mu Mei and Mu Sang to take him to the place where the elder of the Dihuo Sect disappeared and died to check the situation, and collect all the rare spiritual medicines they had found on the way.

After traveling for two or three hours, riding tigers, chasing deer and collecting elixirs, Zhou Chun finally arrived at a devastated forest.

Most of the forests and mountains within dozens of miles were burned by fire, leaving ashes and rubble all over the ground. Some peaks were directly collapsed and shattered, and in some places, there were water pits dozens of feet deep.

It was obvious that the Golden Core Elder of the Dihuo Sect had also struggled at that time and was not completely powerless to fight back.

Unfortunately, due to the special environment in Mixian Ridge, Zhou Chun was unable to use his spiritual sense to detect and scan the battlefield and obtain useful information at this time.

After thinking about it, he slapped the spirit beast bag on his waist and released the golden-armored mountain turtle stone.

Zhou Chunquan assigned the previously refined furnace of [Ancient Dust Pill] to the Golden-Armored Mountain Turtle Stone, preparing it to reach the fourth level.

Although it is still a long way from complete savings, at least it is on the way.

Originally, if there was only one fourth-level monster, the Mountain-Moving Bear, this time, Zhou Chun wanted to try whether he could kill this fourth-level low-grade earth-attributed monster and take its monster core as nourishment to help Stone, the Golden-Armored Mountain Turtle, advance!
Unfortunately, it now seems that his plan has no hope.

Now that the golden-armored mountain-carrying turtle stone has been released, Zhou Chun also wants to use its ability to escape underground to see if he can find anything underground.

Even if we could find a piece of the magic weapon, it would be good!
Among the several spiritual pets, Stone, the golden-armored mountain turtle, has always been the most diligent and hardworking.

After receiving Zhou Chun's instructions, it immediately used the earth escape technique to escape underground and began to look for suspicious objects.

But what Zhou Chun didn't expect was that less than a quarter of an hour after it hid underground, it suddenly ran up in a panic.

"What's going on? Why are you so flustered, Stone?"

Zhou Chun's expression changed slightly. Noticing the emotional fluctuations of his pet, he hurriedly asked it the reason for its panic.

But before he could hear the answer from Stone, the golden-armored mountain turtle, something strange happened!

But the ground in front of him suddenly bulged upwards, and then mud and rocks surged, forming a mud and rock giant that was more than ten feet tall.

Because it happened so close to him, Zhou Chun reflexively released his spiritual sense to scan the mud and stone giant.

Then his pupils shrank, and he hurriedly slapped his spirit beast bag, put the stone into it, turned around and ran away.

But before he flew out a distance of less than a thousand feet, an overwhelming force came down upon him, forcing him to fall from the sky and hit the ground heavily!
Before he could resist, a yellowish-brown spiritual light gushed out from the ground, instantly forming a yellow light cage that trapped him inside.

"If I were you, I would just stand there quietly!"

Just as Zhou Chun was about to attack the yellow light cage that trapped him, a deep and deep voice rang in his ears.

When he heard this, his expression suddenly became extremely ugly, and he stopped moving the flying sword that he was about to attack with.

I saw a huge figure quickly coming to the outside of the yellow light cage. It was the mud and stone giant.

At this time, Zhou Chun had completely confirmed the identity of this mud and stone giant, and also understood why the golden-armored mountain-carrying turtle Stone was so panicked before!

No matter which third-level monster encounters a fifth-level monster king, no matter how noble its bloodline is, it will still become extremely panicked.

Although the mud and stone giant in front of him was not the true body of the fifth-level demon king, judging from the strength he had just used, it was obviously far beyond the ability of an ordinary fourth-level being to deal with.

"Senior Demon King is a fifth-order being, yet he attacked a junior Jindan-stage cultivator. Aren't you afraid that if the news gets out, our Yuanying-stage seniors will follow suit?"

Zhou Chun looked at the mud and stone giant approaching. Although he was extremely nervous, he still gritted his teeth and questioned the other party directly.

He knew in his heart that facing such a strong man, any fighting method he had was useless, and now he could only attack from other aspects.

"Human youngster, are you threatening me?"

The mudstone giant looked down at Zhou Chun from above, his voice as deep and powerful as thunder.

He said in a cold tone: "You know, if you disturb my sleep, even if you are a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, you will have to leave something behind before leaving!"

Judging from its tone, it seems that even a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage would not be a match for it!
This made Zhou Chun gasp in shock and he also felt extremely wronged.

He immediately defended himself, "But I haven't taken action myself since I entered the Immortal Mountain, so how could I have disturbed Senior Monster King?"

But the mudstone giant didn't play by the rules at all. He stared at him and said, "I said you disturbed me. You disturbed me from my sleep. Don't you agree?"

It looks like if Zhou Chun doesn't obey, he will be beaten until he obeys!
Faced with such an unreasonable existence, Zhou Chun had no choice but to complain bitterly.

He could only lower his head slightly and whispered back, "Junior dare not!"

Seeing this, the mudstone giant nodded in satisfaction, then turned his head, looked in a certain direction and said, "Little guy, your master is now my prisoner, why don't you come over?"

As it finished speaking, a green spirit deer suddenly appeared on a big tree.

(End of this chapter)