Nine Transformations of the True Spirit.

Chapter 266: Monster Hunt
Three days later, Chen Yuan, Yuan Lang and Li Luo left their residence and walked towards the Blood Island Market.

There are many cultivators in the market town, and the lowest level of cultivation is the tenth level of Qi Refining. The majority are foundation-building cultivators, accounting for more than 80%. There are very few Jindan cultivators, but they are several times more than other places.

After all, the Blood Island is in the Ink Sea. Although it is only on the edge of the Ink Sea, it is surrounded by monsters. If you want to come here, your cultivation must be very high, otherwise you will be killed by the monsters along the way.

After leaving the city where flying was prohibited, the three of them rode on their flying lights, identified the direction, and flew westward.

Chen Yuan followed behind Li Luo and Yuan Lang, spreading out his spiritual sense, and knew everything that happened within a radius of twenty miles.

Under the sea, countless sea creatures swam back and forth, and there were also many level one monsters lurking among them. There were even two level two monsters that were running rampant and devouring the weak sea creatures.

Chen Yuan was not interested in these low-level monsters. Apart from the Qi-refining cultivators, no one would specifically hunt them.

Monks hunt monsters for monster pills and monster beast materials, and will not waste time on low-level monster beasts. On the contrary, they will intentionally leave first-level monster beasts so that higher-level monster beasts can continue to be born in the future.

In addition to the Blood Island, there are many small islands and even micro islands, where monks also gather.

The Blood Island Market is controlled by the three major sects. Although it is not exclusive, there are many rules. Anyone who wants to purchase a shop in the market must pay a lot of spirit stones.

Many small sects and families want to save this money, so they simply occupy the islands themselves and attract independent cultivators with meager wealth to come here to trade.

But these islands have no Nascent Soul cultivators to protect them, so they will be breached every time a tide of beasts attacks.

As far as Chen Yuan could see, the buildings in the island's market town were very simple, and many were even made of stones randomly, more dilapidated than ordinary people's houses.

However, these islands are still protected by formations. Chen Yuan and the other two avoided them on their own initiative and did not use their spiritual sense to investigate in order to avoid causing misunderstandings.

Chen Yuan and his two companions were escaping at a fast speed. They traveled a thousand miles in two days. The further west they flew, the fewer islands occupied by cultivators there were, until they became deserted islands inhabited by monsters and beasts.

There are the most sea monsters in the Ink Sea, but there are also many bird monsters. They cannot survive in the sea and can only occupy the islands.

This place is only a thousand miles away from the Blood Island. Most of the bird monsters entrenched here are level two and three monsters. There are very few level four monsters, and there is not a single level five monster.

The Jindan cultivators looked down on these low-level monsters, but the foundation-building cultivators would not let them go. During their travels, Chen Yuan and the other two encountered several foundation-building cultivators hunting monsters. Usually, several people worked together and it was rare to see one acting alone.

Cultivators can control magical weapons and spiritual tools, and can also use talismans to fight enemies. Naturally, they have the upper hand when facing monsters of the same level.

However, due to the special environment of the sea, the monsters that can occupy the islands are either of powerful bloodlines or travel in groups.

The weak monsters were eliminated, and these foundation-building monks had to join hands, otherwise they would easily die in the mouths of the monsters.

Starting from the fifth level of monsters, the monster core will transform, further stimulating the blood in the body, allowing it to use its innate magical powers and gain infinite power. The monster body is strong, even stronger than cultivators of the same level, forcing the cultivators who have reached the Jindan stage to join hands. Only someone as powerful as Wang Lin dares to act alone.

Chen Yuan had never been to Mohai before. These were all what Yuanlang said on the way. He described the situation in Mohai in detail, allowing Chen Yuan to have a deep understanding of Mohai.

While talking, the three of them flew five miles apart, expanding the coverage of their spiritual awareness and searching for any traces of the level five monster.

However, this place was not far from the Blood Island and had been searched countless times by other cultivators. Level 5 monsters had long been extinct, and in the end, nothing was found.

The three flew for several days and did not encounter any other cultivators. All they could see was the vast ocean with only a few islands. They could only recover their true essence on the coral reefs along the way and then continue to fly to find the fifth-level monster.

Yuan Lang and Li Luo are experienced in hunting monsters. Based on the habits of some level five monsters, they always observe the undercurrents in the sea, the number of low-level monsters, and changes in celestial phenomena.

According to the two, although the sea is boundless, hunting monsters is not like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Some monsters like thunderstorms, and some prefer to feed on a certain type of fish. As long as you understand the habits of monsters, the success rate of hunting monsters can be greatly increased.

Chen Yuan knew nothing about this. He did get a lot of experience in hunting monsters in the Rocky Sea from Master Qing You, but it was of no use in the Ink Sea. He could only follow the two of them, take note of Yuan Lang's words, and silently absorb experience.

But these experiences seemed to be of little use. Two months passed and the three of them did not encounter a level five monster.

Yuan Lang had no intention of imparting his experience to Chen Yuan. The three of them just hurried on their way in silence, keeping their spiritual awareness spread out at all times, searching for any traces of monsters under the sea.

At this time, they had already gone deep into the Ink Sea, and their escape speed had slowed down a lot compared to before. This was to save their true energy and to carefully search the surroundings so as not to miss any monsters that were good at hiding their tracks.

One day, an island finally appeared in the distance. The three of them's eyes lit up, and they slightly changed direction and flew towards the island.

They had been flying for three days and three nights straight, and their energy consumption was not great, but they had to spread their spiritual awareness all the time to search for traces of monsters, which made them quite exhausted mentally.

The three of them descended from a height of hundreds of feet in the sky, and after flying for a while, they were only a dozen miles away from the island.

Chen Yuan's spiritual sense swept across the island, his eyes changed slightly, but his face remained expressionless.

The three of them flew for a while and came within ten miles of the island. Yuan Lang and Li Luo suddenly showed joy on their faces and sped up their flight, with Chen Yuan following closely behind.

This is a miniature island, less than ten miles in radius. There are many coconut trees growing on the shore. In the sea breeze, the broad leaves sway in the wind, causing the whole tree to shake violently.

In the center of the island is a bare stone mountain, about thirty feet high. On the top of the mountain is a flat land about an acre in size, covered with flowers and plants.

The three of them landed on the grass and stared at a small tree only five feet high in the middle of the grass.

The tree is only as thick as a bowl and not even as tall as a person. It has sparse branches and leaves, and hangs three light blue fruits that look like peaches. The color is very strange and emits a faint spiritual light.

Yuan Lang smiled and said, "We are so lucky to have encountered a water monkey fruit that is about to mature!"

Chen Yuan frowned and asked, "What is this water ape fruit? Could it be related to the water ape?"

The water ape is a water-dwelling monster with a very powerful bloodline. Among the inheritance of old man Dan Jue are water ape monster essence pills, ranging from level five to level eight.

He had bought several illustrated books of spiritual herbs in Hanxing City, and with the knowledge of Master Qingyou, he was familiar with the spiritual herbs of Yuqing Sea, but he had never heard of this water ape fruit, and was very surprised.

Li Luo also smiled: "Fellow Daoist Chen, you don't know that this Water Ape Fruit is a spiritual fruit unique to the demon race, and is most loved by water apes. When this fruit is ripe, the fragrance will spread thousands of miles away. As long as there are water apes in this range, they will definitely follow the fragrance and come here!"

I will make up the rest today.

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(End of this chapter)