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Chapter 80 The Far West (Seeking monthly votes and recommendations)

Li Shizhou replied, "Fellow Daoist Su, have you been waiting here for quite some time?"

"I only arrived the day before yesterday, Fellow Daoist Li. Shall we begin our ascent of Storm Mountain now?"

Su Wanhe was wearing a cloak made of animal skin and furry leather boots, clearly prepared for going out.

Li Shizhou said calmly, "It's not too late to start after I've dealt with the tailings."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and hurled his silver spear at a certain spot behind him. The spear transformed into a streak of light, piercing through a black figure dozens of feet away before embedding itself in the black rock.

The black figure let out a miserable scream and collapsed helplessly to the ground, lifeless.

Several other figures nearby saw this and ran away into the distance without looking back.

Having deterred the cultivators who wanted to follow, Li Shizhou retrieved his spear and said, "Alright, let's go now."

Now, the Purple-Eyed Bi is carrying so much stuff that there's nowhere for him to sit, so he and Yuan Yao are also walking.

Su Wanhe nodded and followed beside her.

The three had barely stepped onto Storm Mountain and were only a hundred feet away when four fanged beasts surrounded them.

This time, Li Shizhou didn't make a move. He gently patted the Crying Soul Beast, which excitedly jumped off the Purple-Eyed Bi.

Its supernatural powers remained completely unaffected in this dark and gloomy place.

Yellow light emanated from its nose and swept towards the Yin Beasts, causing the four beasts, which had been displaying their ferocity, to immediately collapse to the ground.

Li Shizhou slowly opened the corpse's head, but unfortunately, there wasn't a single Yinming Beast Crystal inside.

He wasn't in a hurry; after all, this place was teeming with evil beasts, so there would be plenty of opportunities.

He fought his way through the mountains, and by the time he reached the mountainside of Storm Mountain, he had acquired over a hundred more Netherworld Beast Crystals.

Along the way, we frequently saw the remains of cultivators, reduced to shattered bones, demonstrating just how dangerous Storm Mountain was.

As soon as they reached the mountainside, a sudden gust of cold wind arose, and the howling of the wind filled their ears.

Li Shizhou took out a "wind-avoiding bead" that he had prepared beforehand. It emitted a faint white glow, enveloping both people and spirit beasts.

The howling winds were greatly reduced in strength when they encountered the white light.

After walking along the mountain path for more than an hour, the eerie wind finally subsided considerably, and the information about the opportunity was updated at this time.

[Daily Opportunity Information]

[Area: Thirty li]

[An: There's an unclaimed storage bag under the ice near the giant rock a hundred feet away from you. It contains half a bottle of Haoyuan Pills, which can be used to improve your cultivation after you form a Nascent Soul.]

Looking at the information above, Li Shizhou's face showed nothing, but he was overjoyed.

"Could it be that the original owner of this storage bag was a Nascent Soul cultivator?"

He continued forward without making a sound. When he arrived at the place, he saw a huge rock more than ten feet high. He used his silver spear to poke around it for a while. After about half a cup of tea's time, he took out a brown storage bag.

Along the way, Li Shizhou would stop and dig whenever he found signs of storage bags, so Yuan Yao and the other two women didn't find it strange.

After putting away their storage bags, the group continued along the mountain path.

One day later.

The three finally reached the summit of Storm Mountain.

Now, after devouring a large number of Yin Beasts, the Crying Soul Beast has completed an evolution and can use its supernatural powers to transform into a giant ape more than ten feet tall, with its fur color changing from green to silver.

Li Shizhou, holding a silver spear, and Yuan Yao stood on the right shoulder of the Crying Soul Beast, while Su Wanhe, holding a blue longsword, and Zi Jing stood on the left.

shoulder.

At this moment, nearly a thousand various kinds of Yin beasts with fleshy wings on their ribs were circling and flying around, a sight that could be described as covering the sky and blotting out the sun.

The larger ones were seven or eight zhang in size, while the smaller ones were only a few feet in size, but all of them had ferocious and extremely fierce appearances.

These evil beasts are restless and could pounce at any moment.

After a brief standoff, the largest of the Yin Beasts let out a strange howl and pounced on the group, followed closely by the other Yin Beasts.

A burst of yellow light shot from the nostrils of the Howling Soul Beast, and countless corpses of Yin Beasts fell from the sky like rain.

Occasionally, a few fish would slip through the net and fly right up to them.

Li Shizhou held Yuan Yao's slender waist with one hand and thrust his silver spear incessantly with the other, leaving no Yin Beast unmatched.

Su Wanhe used her blue longsword to occasionally create sword flowers, killing the approaching Yin beasts on the spot, looking heroic and valiant.

Li Shizhou exclaimed, "I never imagined that Fellow Daoist Su had also practiced mortal martial arts."

Su Wanhe smiled and replied, "What's this? My father was the owner of a mortal martial arts school. I've been exposed to it since I was a child, so I naturally know a little bit. If my master hadn't happened to pass by and brought me into the sect, I might have become a female knight-errant."

After the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, the once dense horde of Yin beasts had dwindled to just a few scattered individuals.

After a period of time, and several rounds of killing, the number of Yin Beasts has been greatly reduced.

Even if a few dozen occasionally come, it's not a problem. The Soul-Crying Beast can easily deal with them without even having to lift a finger. It has already transformed back into its little monkey form and is watching the show from the sidelines.

Li Shizhou already possessed as many as five hundred Yinming Beast Crystals.

After waiting for a full month at the mountaintop.

Suddenly, a crack more than ten feet in size appeared out of thin air hundreds of feet in the sky, and countless spiritual energies surged in along the crack.

The magical restrictions within the three individuals began to loosen, allowing their consciousness to leave their bodies.

A moment later, all three regained their supernatural powers, and their faces lit up with joy. They each used their escape light to fly towards the rift.

At this moment, Li Shizhou was still somewhat worried. He had entered the Netherworld several decades earlier than Han Laomo had, and he didn't know where he would end up after he left.

Before long, the group emerged from the crack and looked around to find themselves suspended in mid-air on the sea.

A flock of colorful, strange birds and beasts flew towards them from a distance, emitting unpleasant cries.

Upon emerging, Li Shizhou was not alarmed but rather delighted to see demonic beasts, as this indicated that this place was not like the Boundless Sea, a place almost devoid of spiritual energy.

Having been unable to use their supernatural powers for so long, the group had been itching to unleash their abilities.

The strongest of these strange birds was only a level three demon beast, and their intelligence was extremely low. They were all killed in an instant.

"Fellow Daoist Li, I wonder if you can return the storage bag to me now?" Su Wanhe said cautiously after killing the demon beast.

Li Shizhou returned the storage bag that belonged to her.

Su Wanhe was quite considerate; after opening her storage bag, she quickly copied a jade slip and handed it over.

"This is a legacy of alchemy. I hope you will not pass it on casually, otherwise if the sect finds out, I fear my cultivation will be destroyed."

"Fellow Daoist Su, rest assured, I won't make things difficult for you."

As Li Shizhou spoke, he looked at the jade slip. The contents recorded on it were quite rich, including the recipes for hundreds of kinds of pills and detailed refining processes. It was clear that it could not have been made up on the spot.

More than ten days later, a blue coastline appeared before them, and the three of them breathed a sigh of relief.

No more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn after they flew to land, four cultivators—three men and one woman—entered Li Shizhou's spiritual sense range.

All four were dressed in yellow robes and were at the Foundation Establishment stage, clearly indicating they were cultivators from the same sect.

They were each controlling dozens of puppets to attack two level-four demonic beasts.

Upon seeing this, Li Shizhou thought to himself, "The Thousand Bamboo Sect... Could it be that I've arrived in the far west?"