I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 8 Acquaintance
Tiebei Mountain, red leaves fill the cold stream, and all the trees grow in the empty mountains along the way.

To the southeast of Tiebei Mountain is the black iron mine of Cang Ling Sect. To the northwest, the valley is rich in spiritual energy, with lush vegetation and many low-level wild monsters. It has always been a place for casual cultivators from surrounding cities to collect resources and for Cang Ling Sect's Qi-cultivating disciples to undergo trials.

The teleportation array sent everyone to the entrance of Tiebei Mountain. As soon as the scattered cultivators in the array landed, they ran in different directions like exploding fireworks, for fear of being ambushed if they stayed where they were.

Jiang Yi ran in one direction for dozens of miles. Song Ming, who was in the same team with him, followed closely beside Jiang Yi. He was thinking about how to lead Jiang Yi to a remote place, but Jiang Yi went further and further away.

If Jiang Yi had not been personally tested by the Cang Ling Sect to be at the third level of Qi training, Song Ming would have really thought that Jiang Yi was hiding his cultivation level and was plotting something bad against him.

When they reached a place with few people and beautiful mountains and rivers, Jiang Yi stopped. She was short of energy and blood, and felt tired after walking only a few steps. She wanted to sit down.

Jiang Yi took out the task jade token, infused it with spiritual energy, and two lines of small words appeared on the jade token.

[Purple Bamboo Forest, Ten Purple Golden Bamboos]

[Ginkgo Forest, Three Fire-Faced Raccoons]

Song Ming followed and saw the words on Jiang Yiyu's card at a glance.

"The Purple Bamboo Forest is the territory of the demonic beast 'Bamboo Bear'. Purple golden bamboo can be used to refine flying swords. It's impossible to cut through them without a magical weapon of the late Qi training stage. Furthermore, there's only a chance of finding a single purple golden bamboo among hundreds or even thousands of purple bamboos. It's probably not that easy and would be very time-consuming."

"The Cang Ling Sect's monster hunting mission requires capturing them alive, which requires the use of a Monster Control Ring. Fire-faced raccoons gather in large groups and feed on the ginkgo nuts in the ginkgo forest. Finding one means facing a siege of twenty or thirty of them. These two missions are difficult to complete for Fellow Daoist Jiang at his current level of cultivation."

Jiang Yi put away the jade token. This task was indeed a bit difficult for her. The key point was that she was not familiar with Tiebei Mountain and did not know which direction the Purple Bamboo Forest and Ginkgo Forest were. She could not explore half of the area of ​​Tiebei Mountain in a month.

Song Ming continued to test the waters. "Monster hunting is not difficult for me. I am confident that I can complete it within ten days. If you need it, Brother Jiang, I can help you."

Song Ming stared at Jiang Yi, wanting to know whether the little Lan monster he sold to Jiang Yi was dead or whether she had restored its monster species and successfully signed a contract with it.

Jiang Yi lived in the cheapest inn in the city. He didn't look like someone who had a master. Later, he directly participated in the Ascension Meeting, preparing to "join another sect."

Since she didn't have a master, why did she make up an excuse about a master and alchemy and buy a dying demon spirit?
If, as he guessed, Jiang Yi was able to repair Xiao Lan Yao's demon species, then he must capture Jiang Yi and obtain this shocking method.

I would rather make a mistake than let it go!

Under normal circumstances, the "weak" Jiang Yi should have asked Song Ming what conditions he needed before he would help her.

But Jiang Yi slowly and leisurely sat down under the red maple tree by the river.

"Azure skies and red leaves make this a perfect place to kill someone and bury a body!"

Thunder rumbled, the sky and the earth darkened, and the weather changed in an instant, and a storm was about to come.

"What did you say?" Song Ming's heart trembled, and his hand subconsciously pressed the demon bag.

The strong wind made the branches and leaves of the trees on the mountain dance wildly, startled the birds and flew away, and the water arrow frogs in the grass jumped out and croaked.

Jiang Yi leaned against a tree, looking lazy and casual, and looked up at Song Ming.

"Fellow Daoist Song is nineteen years old, at the seventh level of Qi training, and has three spiritual roots: wood, water, and gold. The wood spiritual root has the highest value. Is your main training in wood-based techniques?"

Song Ming's eyes widened. It was clearly him who used the Cang Ling Sect to probe Jiang Yi's background, but now he felt that Jiang Yi was also probing his background.

Jiang Yi yawned lightly, "I'm in need of a wood-type technique. Since we're 'acquaintances', it wouldn't be unreasonable for me to borrow Fellow Daoist Song's technique to take a look at it."

"you wanna die!"

Song Ming's patience ran out and he suddenly attacked.

A wood-type demon spirit that looked like a child, covered in red bark and thorns, appeared, and its two vine arms flew towards Jiang Yi.

[Bloodthorn Demon: Medium Mortal Level]

【Attributes: Wood, Poison】

[Cultivation: Seventh Level of Qi Training]

[Spell: Whip (Low Level·Proficient)]

Song Ming was confident. The thorns and blood vines on the blood thorn monster were extremely sharp. The thorns contained a blood poison that was a headache for even those in the late stages of Qi training. Those who were hit would have their spiritual energy disrupted and bleed profusely.

Jiang Yi is only at the third level of Qi training. If his skin is even slightly scratched, he will surely die.

However, the expected scene did not appear. The thorny blood vine hit the area three inches in front of Jiang Yi, but was blocked by an invisible force and could not move forward.

The strong wind blew the black hair away from Jiang Yi's face. She put her hands into her sleeves and smiled provocatively.

No matter how powerful the blood poison is, it’s useless if it can’t break her defense!

Song Ming gritted his teeth and waved his hand. The thorny blood vine split into countless branches, wrapping around and tightening from all directions, but it could still only stay three inches away from Jiang Yi's body.

Only at this moment did Song Ming realize that there was an invisible energy lingering around Jiang Yi, forming a cocoon that protected her completely.

No wonder she was so arrogant, it turned out she had something to rely on, could it be a protective magic weapon?

"Whip!"

Song Ming shouted fiercely, and the thorny blood vines instantly closed together. The sharp spikes on them flashed with cold light, and they were raised high. With a force as heavy as a thousand pounds, they pulled down fiercely. The strong wind made the invisible energy around Jiang Yi faintly vibrate. Rumble!
There was a muffled thunder, and a cloud of mist suddenly appeared above Jiang Yi's head. The water vapor in the cloud quickly condensed into a colorless water arrow, which shot out like lightning.

The moment Xiao Lan Yao appeared, Song Ming's eyes opened wide in surprise and joy, but his joy only lasted for a moment, and he watched helplessly as his thorny blood vine, which even ordinary magic weapons could not cut, was shot off by a water arrow in the air, and the speed and power of the water arrow did not decrease at all, and it rushed straight to his face.

Song Ming was shocked and dodged, but he felt a sharp pain in his shoulder and blood splattered.

After piercing through the Blood Thorn Demon and Song Ming in succession, the water arrow hit a huge rock by the river, penetrating more than three inches.

"This is impossible!"

Song Ming held his shoulder that was pierced by the water arrow and looked up at the cloud behind Jiang Yi. The Blood Thorn Demon had one arm broken and retreated to his feet. He was very afraid of Jiang Yi and the Little Lan Demon who were sitting under the tree.

The autumn rain came suddenly, and the rain was drizzling. The water arrow frogs in the grass were disturbed and croaked, spitting water arrows at Song Ming.

The power of the water arrow shot by Xiao Lanyao just now was still vivid in Song Ming's mind. He was so scared that he dodged in panic.

But when those water arrows landed on the Blood Thorn Monster, they had no power at all and simply disintegrated into water splashes.

Blood flowed down between Song Ming's fingers. The water arrow just now even pierced his inner armor. The speed and power were extraordinary. If he hadn't dodged quickly, his heart would have been pierced.

"Is it a skilled level water arrow? No, more than that, you're using the power of a mastery level! How is that possible?"

Just seeing the Xiaolan demon being repaired made Song Ming feel incredible. He knew best what the Xiaolan demon that he personally handed over to Jiang Yi looked like.

Even if the little Lan monster survived, and ignored the consequences and the accumulated poison from swallowing the Soul-Feeding Pill to force himself to the fifth level of Qi training, he could definitely not learn the mastery level of water arrows in just thirteen days.

It's clear that the little Lan monster only knows a low-level and useless Sweet Rain spell!
Chengling Pill? Not really!
Not to mention that no one would refine the Chengling Pill for the "Water Arrow". Even if there was, it would take hundreds of Chengling Pills to push the Water Arrow Technique to the mastery level.

Jiang Yi is a poor and sick man who never leaves the house. Where can he get so many Chengling Pills?

He had cultivated his own Blood Thorn Monster from the first level of Qi training to the current seventh level, and it had also taken him five years of diligent practice to master his innate spell 'Whiplash' from entry level.

The little girl in front of him had so many secrets that Song Ming's blood boiled and his eyes were full of greed.

The thunder continued and the rain grew heavier, and Song Ming was soaked in an instant.

Jiang Yi bent one leg and sat down under a tree, feeling dry. All the rain was dispelled by the invisible energy around him, and the mist was hazy, like fairy light.

If Song Ming was a sword cultivator at the seventh level of Qi training, Jiang Yi would indeed not dare to confront him head-on, but a demon master and a sword cultivator are different.

A swordsman's strength lies in himself, while a demon tamer's strength lies in the demon spirit.

Demons and spirits do not need to make hand gestures to cast spells, they can do so instantly, whereas Qigong practitioners need to adjust the flow of spiritual energy and use hand gestures to cast spells.

Controlling demon spirits to cast spells is naturally faster than casting spells yourself, and some demon spirits themselves have strong bodies and talents that cultivators do not have. When facing cultivators of the same level, demon masters do have many advantages.

It is precisely because of this that most low-level demon masters rely too much on demon spirits, spending most of their resources and time on cultivating demon spirits, so that they are not proficient in magic, are not proficient in martial arts, and their bodies are not strong enough.

As long as the demon master himself is killed, no matter how powerful the demon spirit is, it will be of no use.

But at this moment, her advantage over Song Ming is more than that.

As a mist monster, Hua Gu's body is essentially invisible mist. In addition to being completely restrained by fire spells, most other physical attacks are ineffective against it. This is also one of the characteristics of the mist monster as a rare monster spirit.

It was raining heavily at this moment, the air was boiling with water vapor, the power of the storm demon was surging, and even God was helping her.

"Meeting me in this vast sea of ​​people is your retribution!"

Jiang Yi's eyes became fierce, and Hua Gu, under the active control of her spiritual sense, shot out water arrows in a breath.

In the rain, water arrows left traces of water, like crisscrossing silver lines, blocking all the retreat routes around Song Ming and the Blood Thorn Demon, leaving them with no way to retreat.

The smarter and more powerful the demon spirit is, if it cannot fully trust and identify with the demon master, even if the demon master has a strong spiritual sense, it will be difficult for him to directly control the demon spirit to fight.

Therefore, demon masters often cultivate the demon spirits' awareness of fighting independently and rarely intervene with their own spiritual consciousness.

Jiang Yi is different. She has the mindset of a sword cultivator and can control monsters like controlling a sword. Coupled with Hua Gu's attachment to and trust in her, Jiang Yi completely controls Hua Gu with her powerful spiritual sense in an instant, bringing out her potential to the fullest.

The water arrows were like a net that stretched across the sky and earth, making them impossible to avoid. Song Ming became furious and took out a talisman to activate it. Red light penetrated into the blood thorn monster's body, and the monster instantly fell into a frenzy. Blood-colored thorns grew all over its body, dancing like silver snakes, and it lashed madly, shooting down the water arrows flying in the air one by one.

Song Ming could never have imagined that he would be beaten by a little girl who was only at the third level of Qi training. Anger, unwillingness and greed drove him crazy. He suddenly rushed towards Jiang Yi regardless of everything, took out a piece of talisman paper, lit it, and smashed it on Jiang Yi and Xiao Lan Yao.

A first-grade high-level fire bomb talisman, as long as it touches Xiaolan Monster's body, it can burn all the water mist on its body in an instant, and it is also enough to break Jiang Yi's "turtle shell".

Thunder!

Before the fire bomb talisman was released from his hand, a silver snake split the air and illuminated the dark rain curtain. Under Song Ming's horrified gaze, the electric arc hit the fire bomb.

boom!
The lightning and fire completely engulfed Song Ming. The aftermath of the explosion swept across, and the invisible barrier in front of Jiang Yi shattered in an instant. She could no longer maintain her lazy posture, so she stepped off the ground and protected Hua Gu, retreating behind a tree.

After a while, the smoke and flames gradually disappeared. Jiang Yi was soaked by the rain. Hua Gu half emerged from behind her shoulder. The man and the demon tilted their heads and looked forward together.

Song Ming has really become an 'acquaintance' now!
(End of this chapter)