With the Eight Immortals' magical treasures in hand, even a mortal like myself! Ha!

A level 5 demon beast is equivalent to a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation, a level 6 demon beast is equivalent to a cultivator in the middle stage of Core Formation, and a level 7 demon beast is equivalent to a human in the late stage of Core Formation, which is also very rare.

Therefore, the materials and demon cores of each level seven demon beast are extremely precious. If a level seven demon beast is discovered, it might alert an old monster in the Nascent Soul stage.

At this moment, as the six-hundred-year-old demon-attracting grass matured, two level-seven demonic beasts approached the island at an extremely fast speed.

Gu Qing saw two approaching level-seven demonic beasts, two giant pythons with four claws and horns, which seemed to have some dragon blood.

Two pythons, one large and one small, surged towards the path, creating enormous waves with terrifying force.

"It seems to be two level-seven dragon pythons. Fellow Daoist, please be careful and protect yourself so you don't get caught in the crossfire." Tieguai Li pointed his iron crutch at the sea surface, and a water dragon, smaller than the previous one, soared into the air. It was three times faster than the dragon python and bit into the dragon python's body. A large gash immediately appeared on the dragon python's body, and blood gushed out.

The dragon roared angrily, its voice sounding like both a horse and a donkey, harsh and unpleasant. With a leap and somersault, it opened its mouth wide and bit off the water dragon, then became entangled with another water dragon.

Han Xiangzi played his flute, and the sound waves spread outward like water ripples, steadily covering the two dragons.

The sound waves struck the dragon's soul like a heavy hammer, causing its body to twist and lose its clear self-awareness.

Just then, Tieguai Li turned his cane, and a mountain peak on the island suddenly flew up and crashed down on him.

The mountain peak, carrying two dragons, crashed into the sea, stirring up waves that continuously pounded against the shore.

"Hey! Lift!" Tieguai Li once again manipulated the four water dragons to pick up the two dragons and finally delivered them to the shore.

Even now, one could still feel the two dragons' bodies rising and falling, clearly indicating they weren't completely dead. Gu Qing, simply standing beside them, felt his hands and feet grow icy cold, his body feeling as if frozen by a chilling current.

Compared to that enormous body, even cultivators appear extremely small.

"Tch! It's just another soul that fell under my blade." Gu Qing quickly adjusted his mindset, stepped forward and sliced ​​off a large chunk of the dragon's head with a single stroke, then with another stroke, he extracted a level seven demon core from between its eyes.

Soon, joy replaced fear. Gu Qing raised his knife and dismantled the dragon's corpse, removing all the parts that radiated precious light—these were all valuable items that could be exchanged for spirit stones.

However, the dragon's body was over ten zhang long, and there were still many things that could not be put into the storage bag.

The remaining items could only be temporarily stored in Tieguai Li's gourd, which could hold an immense amount of things. It must be said that Tieguai Li's gourd was incredibly spacious; in terms of its capacity alone, it was worth at least several million spirit stones, making it a top-tier magic treasure!

"It's not time to rest yet, here we go again," Tieguai Li reminded him.

Seeing this, Han Xiangzi couldn't help but complain, "What a hard life! What a hard life! I'll have to rest for a while after this hunt."

Although Han Xiangzi complained, he didn't slack off—it would be difficult for Tieguai Li alone to quickly defeat a level seven monster.

Time flies, and another half month has passed. The demon-attracting grass has been collected, and the hunt has officially come to an end.

During the nearly month-long hunt, the group hunted a total of fifty demonic beasts, including thirty level-five demonic beasts, fifteen level-six demonic beasts, and five level-seven demonic beasts.

After hunting so many demonic beasts, the materials had filled all the storage bags. Keep in mind, Gu Qing had prepared quite a few storage bags for this hunt, yet they were still completely full. Fortunately, the demonic beast corpses could be preserved intact in Tieguai Li's gourd.

The sale of these monster materials alone would probably be enough to provide the spirit stones needed for Tieguai Li and Han Xiangzi's cultivation.

If I had known that hunting monsters would earn so many spirit stones, I should have come to hunt them sooner.

"Hehehe, this trip was really tiring. I need to get some rest when I get back." Although Gu Qing didn't contribute to fighting the monsters, dismantling them was still a very arduous task.

"Then does that mean I won't need to draw talismans when I go back?" Tieguai Li said with a smile.

"Indeed, we don't need to," Gu Qing said earnestly. He obviously wouldn't sell the level six or seven demon cores he had, but the level five demon cores could be used to refine Foundation Establishment Pills for sale.

With Tieguai Li's current alchemy skills, using three level-five demon cores and some other materials, he could easily refine six or seven Foundation Establishment Pills.

One Foundation Establishment Pill is worth two thousand spirit stones, seven pills are worth fourteen thousand spirit stones, and seventy pills are worth one hundred and forty thousand spirit stones.

"Hmm, with those monster materials added, we should be able to scrape together 1.2 million spirit stones, right?" Gu Qing muttered somewhat uncertainly.

If all else fails, let Tieguai Li use it for now. Even if we can't sell it for 1.2 million spirit stones, we should at least be able to get 500,000 to 600,000 spirit stones.

It's time to go back and improve our strength.

Gu Qing looked at the small island that had been razed to the ground and the dozen or so newly added reefs in the distance. He was still shaken and couldn't help but sigh: The ability of a Core Formation cultivator to change the terrain is truly extremely powerful.

Just as the group was about to leave, Tieguai Li suddenly raised his hand and said, "Someone is coming, and their strength is extremely powerful."

"Hmm! It should be a Nascent Soul cultivator," Han Xiangzi said with a solemn expression.

Upon hearing that a Nascent Soul cultivator was approaching, Gu Qing was startled: if the other party found out that they had hunted five level-seven demonic beasts, even a Nascent Soul cultivator might be tempted to try and steal them, which would be troublesome.

However, Gu Qing quickly calmed down: if they couldn't win, Tieguai Li could easily lead everyone away, covering thousands of miles in an instant, a feat that many Nascent Soul cultivators couldn't achieve.

Moreover, the range of a Nascent Soul cultivator's divine sense has never exceeded one hundred miles. As long as one escapes this range, everything will be easy to handle.

Just as Gu Qing was pondering, four people flew in from the horizon at great speed, appearing in front of Gu Qing and his group in the blink of an eye.

When they saw who it was, Gu Qing and his two companions were all somewhat surprised.

"I didn't expect to meet the two seniors and Fellow Daoist Gu so soon," Ling Yuling said.

Indeed, the group blocking their way was Ling Yuling and her group, except that there was an additional Nascent Soul cultivator among them.

When the middle-aged cultivator in the group saw Gu Qing and his group, he immediately let out a cold laugh and said, "Elder Jin Yao, these are the two people who stole the level six demon beast we were tracking."

"Oh? You've got some nerve. Knowing it's from our Star Palace, you still dared to make a move," Elder Jin Yao said expressionlessly.

"I've never seen such a shameless person! You weren't saying this just over a month ago," Han Xiangzi retorted mercilessly.

Gu Qing involuntarily took a step back, thinking to himself: I didn't say these words, so they shouldn't affect me, right?

I just don't know if it's too late to join the Star Palace now.