I'm in Yellow Maple Valley, and I have one equipment slot!

Next, Zhou Yuan took out the two fire-attribute magic treasures.

A crimson banner and a fiery sword.

These two natal magic treasures of the Qingyang Sect cultivators require time to refine before they can be truly used, and even after refinement, they cannot unleash their full power.

But Zhou Yuan wasn't in a hurry; he valued the other use of these two magical treasures even more.

With a thought, he equipped the Fire Cloud Sword to the third equipment slot.

A pale blue light screen appeared:

[Equipment Slot 3: Magic Item Fiery Cloud Sword]

[Effect: Increases the speed of cultivating fire-attribute techniques and enhances the comprehension of fire-attribute divine abilities and spells!]

really!

Zhou Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

These two fire-attribute magic items can be used in battle after being refined, and they can also provide considerable buffs when placed in the equipment slot.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Next, he opened the storage bag of the young master of Qingyang Sect.

The bag was filled with a dazzling array of items: spirit stones, pills, talismans, materials... everything imaginable.

Zhou Yuanxian glanced at them briefly, then his gaze fell on three of the cyan spheres.

The three spheres were about the size of a fist, and were entirely blue with faint arcs of electricity flowing across their surfaces, radiating a violent and dangerous aura.

Zhou Yuan's heart stirred, and he took out a jade slip from his storage bag and probed it with his divine sense.

A moment later, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

"Azure Sun Thunder!"

This cyan sphere is none other than the renowned and unique treasure of the Qingyang Sect—the Qingyang Thunder!

Moreover, it was personally refined by Master Sanyang!

According to the records in the jade slip, once this lightning is activated, it can unleash terrifying power that is enough to threaten a Nascent Soul stage expert!

Once thrown out, it can be detonated with divine sense, releasing terrifying blue flames that incinerate everything!

Three Qingyang Thunderbolts!

This is a killer move!

Unlike Zhou Yuan's previous methods, this requires using the Twelve Divine Thrusters to render the Nascent Soul warriors sluggish before launching a sneak attack.

This Azure Sun Lightning can strike directly at the head! Even if a Nascent Soul cultivator uses a magic weapon to defend against it, it can still be repelled!

"Haha, this time we really hit the jackpot..."

Zhou Yuan couldn't help but laugh out loud.

He suppressed his overwhelming joy and continued to examine the storage bag.

Soon, he discovered another treasure—a golden inner armor.

The inner armor is thin and soft, and I don't know what material it is made of. I can hardly feel its weight when I hold it in my hand.

Zhou Yuan tried to infuse his magic power, and the inner armor immediately emitted a faint golden light, exuding an indestructible and heavy feel.

This is yet another ancient treasure!

Moreover, judging from its aura, its defensive power is even more terrifying than that silver ancient shield!

The young master of Qingyang Sect possesses this treasure, yet he doesn't wear it. Presumably, he took it off because it was too troublesome when he was practicing dual cultivation and absorbing the essence of female cultivators.

After Zhou Yuan unleashed the Twelve Thrusts of the Divine Court, he had no chance to activate his inner armor.

Zhou Yuan immediately took off his outer robe and put on the golden inner armor close to his body.

The inner armor has a warm and smooth feel, as if it has become one with the skin, and you can hardly feel its presence.

With this inner armor, along with the silver ancient shield and the white jade mirror, his defensive measures are now quite complete.

Even if they were to take a direct hit from a Nascent Soul cultivator, they would have a good chance of surviving!

Other items included hundreds of mid-grade spirit stones, a large number of talismans, and several jade slips containing Qingyang Sect techniques and secrets.

Zhou Yuan took them all for himself, intending to study them later.

"Oh, right, the Crying Soul!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly remembered the biggest goal of this trip.

His gaze swept around, but he couldn't see the little green monkey.

He extended his divine sense and instantly detected a familiar aura—among a pile of animal bones more than ten miles away.

Zhou Yuan's heart tightened, and he quickly transformed into a streak of light, rushing off in that direction.

A moment later, he landed in front of the huge pile of animal bones.

The small body of the Soul-Crying Beast was moving among a pile of bones, sniffing every now and then, as if searching for something.

Its emerald green fur glowed faintly in the mist, making it look both eerie and adorable.

Sudden--

"Chirp chirp!"

The Soul-Crying Beast let out a startled cry and leaped backward!

Its little face was full of terror, as if it had seen something horrible!

Zhou Yuan's gaze sharpened as he followed Ti Hun's line of sight.

Beneath that pile of animal bones, a faint, extremely strong yin energy emanated!

The yin energy was so dense that it far surpassed that of any other place on the island, as if some ferocious creature was lurking deep underground, ready to burst forth at any moment!

Zhou Yuan's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly called out to Ti Hun:

"return!"

He had mastered the Soul-Singing Pearl, and although it was only in the initial stage of refinement, he was already able to establish a simple connection with the Crying Soul.

Upon hearing the call, Ti Hun immediately ran towards him, her small body bouncing and leaping at great speed.

however--

It had only run halfway when the pile of animal bones suddenly exploded!

Countless bones scattered and flew everywhere, and a huge figure burst out of the ground!

It was a giant beast that looked like a tiger!

It was several meters long, its body so thin that it was skin and bones, its ribs were countable, its fur was dull and lifeless, and it exuded a strong corpse aura!

Its eyes were blood-red, radiating endless ferocity and madness!

The claws and fangs gleamed with a chilling light in the mist, clearly indicating their extreme sharpness!

The claws and fangs gleamed with a chilling light in the mist, clearly indicating their extreme sharpness!

Most peculiarly, there is a blood-red crack in the center of its forehead, like a vertical pupil that has never opened, tightly closed, yet faintly exuding a chilling aura!

Zhou Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted!

"A beast-like creature?!"

Memories of this object flashed through his mind in an instant.

The beast-like creature is an extremely rare and ferocious animal.

They are not natural beings, but rather strange entities formed from the lingering resentment of dead monsters, which, after countless years in extremely yin lands, are nurtured by the yin energy beneath the earth.

Each beast is unique, with no fixed appearance or supernatural abilities.

In the history of the Chaotic Star Sea, the Beast Demon has only appeared twice.

Every time a beast demon appears, it possesses terrifying combat power at the early or even mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm!

Every time they appear, they unleash a bloodbath!

The tiger-shaped beast before them, though terrifying in its aura, seemed...

It has not reached the Nascent Soul level.

Zhou Yuan scanned the area carefully with his divine sense and quickly made a judgment.

"The combat strength of a pseudo-Nascent Soul cultivator... is roughly equivalent to the peak of the late Core Formation stage, just one step away from the Nascent Soul stage."

He felt somewhat relieved.

With his current trump cards—three Azure Sun Thunderbolts, a golden inner armor, a silver ancient shield, a white jade mirror, the Golden Dragon Scissors Killing Technique, and infinite regeneration…

Even if they were to encounter a beast demon at the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm, they would be fairly confident of escaping unscathed.

Besides, this beast-like creature is just a fake infant?

Under normal circumstances, the beast-like creature will remain underground, absorbing yin energy to cultivate itself.

Only after breaking through to the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm and developing sentience will they emerge from the ground and become active.

But this beast-like creature was born ahead of schedule.

Zhou Yuan glanced at the Soul-Crying Beast hiding behind him and understood.

The Weeping Soul is born with the ability to absorb souls and devour ghosts, and is extremely sensitive to the aura of vengeful spirits and ghosts.

It was just moving among the animal bones and may have unintentionally disturbed the sleeping beast.

The beast sensed the aura of the weeping soul and, mistaking it for a threat, broke through the ground prematurely.

Because it was born prematurely, its cultivation level did not reach the early stage of the Nascent Soul stage; it was only at the Pseudo-Nascent Soul level.

"The beast-like creature is also a beast, and its body contains a beast soul..." Zhou Yuan stared at the tiger-shaped behemoth, a glint of light flashing in his eyes.

Could spirit control techniques work on this beast demon?

In theory, spirit control techniques target the souls of demonic beasts.

Although the beast-like creature is not a naturally occurring being, its essence is still the resentment of a dead beast, and its core remains a wisp of beast soul. As long as it possesses a soul, the spirit control technique may succeed!

If we could use spirit control magic to enslave this beast demon, whose combat power rivals that of a fake infant...