Destiny is ashes

Chapter 698 Our Home is a Den of Monsters

For a warrior, being "the same as an ordinary person" is neither an advantage nor a disadvantage. It only means that this person is mediocre and not worth thinking about.

Low-level warriors will want to erase their own abnormalities, while excellent warriors will practice specially according to their own special features, turning their abnormalities into their own unique "supernatural powers".

Obviously, Gu Yeqi's uniqueness means he has such potential, and he can also bring a lot of inspiration to An Jing.

Realizing this, An Jing asked Gu Yeqi to temporarily stop practicing the 'fighting' method, and instead asked her to concentrate on honing her foundation and strengthening the toughness and sensitivity of those 'qi forces'.

"How's it going, Ye Qi?"

An Jing asked, "How is your practice going?"

"Very good. After listening to Senior Brother's advice, I found that my Hundred Refining Qi has really become more and more sensitive, just like my limbs!"

Opening her eyes, Gu Yeqi's eyes were full of energy. She looked at the energy around her body in surprise and said with emotion: "Using them as extensions, I can perform the 'Hundred Refinements and Convergence Method' and get much more spiritual energy than before!"

“Perhaps in less than two years, I can break through to the peak of inner strength!”

"Yeah, not bad, the speed is pretty fast."

An Jing nodded slightly. Gu Yeqi was a little younger than him, just over fifteen years old. If nothing unexpected happened, she would be able to reach the threshold of martial veins before she was eighteen years old, and break through to the middle and high levels in two years. By then, she would be a great master around twenty years old, worthy of the excellent true teachings of Mingjing Sect. In terms of cultivation alone, she would be at least a second-tier provincial-level warrior.

"Big Brother, how is your practice going?"

Gu Yeqi was asking about the 'Hundred Refining Method' that she had taught An Jing. With An Jing's talent, two days was enough for him to roughly understand the entire method and start practicing it. An Jing had been practicing for nearly half a month, and with his foundation, he should have achieved something.

"It's really good. It's a very good way to practice."

An Jing put his hands behind his back, and seven black iron swords flowed out of the Taixu magic weapon like satellites and rotated, and then deftly performed seven completely different cultivation methods: "And through your 'Ru Mu Qi Jin', I vaguely understand that this Snake Heart Hundred Refining Method has a certain relationship with Dragon Qi."

An Jing never had any intention of hiding anything from Gu Yeqi, and he told him basically everything he knew.

By distinguishing the differences between Gu Yeqi and other practitioners of the Hundred Refining Method, An Jing judged that the most important thing about the Hundred Refining Qi is the 'Hundred Refining' rather than the Qi.

It should be like the tentacles of an octopus or the aerial roots of a banyan tree, which are intended to plunder vital energy. The magic with the spine as the core has certain similarities with the root of heaven and earth and the virtue of heaven.

From this point of view, Hanhai Zhenchi is quite capable. He may have indeed discovered something about the essence of dragon energy and the Ancestral Dragon. He is worthy of being the peak Pure Yang who even Dachen has to treat equally and sign a contract with.

An Jing can now manipulate up to seven Qi energies, which means one per day on average. However, this is the initial rapid growth. After reaching the plateau, the rate of improvement will slow down. Gu Yeqi also awakened four Qi energies at the first opportunity, but now he has only awakened sixteen after more than a year of practice.

"In this world, dragons, snakes and sacred trees are indistinguishable from each other. You are a purple-qi wood evil spirit with long branches, and you are essentially a dragon, so you should use your Hundred Refining Qi as the roots of a tree to absorb the spirit evil spirit and temper yourself. This is the true way to refine the heart of a snake and extract dragon energy."

After expressing his thoughts, An Jing raised his hand and said, "You can use this Nalong bottle first."

An Jing took down the Nalong bottle from the sword box and handed it to Gu Yeqi: "Imitate this structure. I think it will be of great benefit to your practice."

Gu Yeqi would not be polite to An Jing. She knew very well that as long as she worked hard on her cultivation, it would be the best reward for An Jing. She took it directly and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

After expressing his gratitude, Gu Yeqi reported to An Jing the latest information about the monsters and spirits around Mingjing Sect.

Before, because there was no high-end combat power behind them, and everyone was not fools, they naturally would not risk going deep into the mountains to fight against the monsters, so they knew very little about the situation inside the mountains.

But after An Jing returned, the Sons of Disaster launched a reconnaissance operation against the monsters.

The ones harassing the land reclamation efforts at Mingguang Peak are some plant spirits. They look like walking grass, with two very sturdy wood fiber feet. They usually take root in the grass to absorb spiritual energy. Almost no detection method can distinguish them from normal shrubs and weeds. Once the land reclamation begins, they will come to make trouble, or absorb the surrounding spiritual evil spirits to starve the spiritual plant seeds to death, or simply come and pull out the spiritual plants.

These are actually unimportant, because as long as these walking grass spirits are tamed, they will be the best farmers. The reason why many spiritual plants can thrive without anyone taking care of them is because they are cared for by low-level plant spirits like these.

When the high-level spiritual plants also successfully advance and become demons, becoming part of the sacred tree, they will become the kings of these walking grasses. At that time, these walking grasses will have the opportunity to advance and also become followers of the sacred tree.

The lurking monsters acted as the "kings" of these walking grass spirits. They were some demonized tree people, hiding very deep, but they could detect clues. They could also move, and their movement speed was not slow. Once they took root, they could rely on their induction and resonance of the natural demonic energy between heaven and earth to "observe" the situation in a large area around them.

Simply put, these demonized tree people are observation eyes, mainly used to open the field of vision. The entire Mingguang Peak has been under surveillance by them before, and they can see everything inside and outside.

——Fortunately, I am completely consistent in what I say and do in public and behind people’s backs, so I don’t have to worry about being monitored for inconsistency between my words and actions.

When An Jing heard this, he couldn't help but touch his chin: "What's the quantity?"

"Thousands."

Gu Yeqi reported a number that almost made An Jing think he had misheard: "What? Thousands?"

"Yes, at least fifteen hundred."

Gu Yeqi answered confidently: "There are millions of trees in the mountains and forests around Mingguang Peak. These demonized tree people have basically covered all of them. I said 1,500 is definitely too few."

"No wonder we can't make any progress in clearing the land. What spiritual plant can fight against more than a thousand demonized tree men?"

"A normal demon den won't have thousands of demons!"

Gu Yeqi suddenly realized something and felt relieved, "Ha, the problem is not with me!" But An Jing had a headache: "I completely believe what Master Yepo said, that a Master was corrupted by the demon. If not, how could the Mingjing Sect be corrupted to this extent?"

"One or two hundred trees are fine, as we can still remove a few of them, but how long will it take to burn these thousand or more demonized trees? How about we just set fire to it and burn the entire forest to ashes?"

"No, no, no, Senior Brother, please don't be so extreme!"

Hearing An Jing's words, Gu Yeqi panicked: "A large part of the spiritual veins around Mingguang Peak are in these trees. If they are burned, the vitality will be unbalanced and the Lingsha Lake of Mingguang Peak will dry up!"

An Jing didn't really plan to burn it. He wasn't that extreme. It was just that the problem did exist, and he had to get rid of these monsters quickly: "There are only fifty-one people on Mingguang Peak, including me. Where can we find the manpower to check them one by one? What's more, these demonized tree people can move, lurk, and resist. If we have fewer people, we can't defeat them. If we have more people, they will scatter and run into the mountains, and come back to lurk when the time comes."

"Moreover, these demonized tree people will subtly infect the walking grass spirits and turn them into brand new demonized tree people..."

For a moment, An Jing wanted to go directly to his grandmaster or uncle for help. His time was precious and he didn't want to waste it on guerrilla warfare with the demonized tree people.

But Gu Yeqi proposed a completely new idea.

"It's not like we don't have the manpower..."

The beautiful girl showed the deep eyes of a long-time civil engineering project manager. She reminded him, "Big Brother, have you forgotten?"

"After a while, the true disciples of each peak will all come to our Mingguang Peak to visit you!"

"Don't we have plenty of manpower?"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, An Jing also understood. He laughed and clapped his hands in praise, "Yes, yes. Good idea - I understand, Ye Qi, you still have more ideas!"

Gu Yeqi's words immediately gave An Jing a lot of other thoughts in his mind, and he immediately began to prepare: "If you think about it carefully, this is also a great opportunity... We really need to observe the reactions of all parties."

Do it as soon as you think of it. After guiding other junior brothers and sisters in their cultivation, An Jing gathered a group of people to make preliminary preparations for the plan.

And then... just wait.

Ten days later.

The true teachings from each peak arrived as promised and all arrived at Mingguang Peak.

(End of this chapter)