12dz Chapter 204 Entering the Smoke Pool
Chapter 204 Entering the Smoke Pool
The cave is hidden deep in the secret realm, and behind it is the top of the mountain and the core smoke pool.
Few people have been here for many years, and even cultivators who are not in the late stage of Qi Refining or above cannot get close by following the map.
Even if they managed to get in by chance, they would become snacks for monsters without exception.
But now, a cultivator came in swaggeringly and went straight to the lair of the uncrowned king of the cave, the Tunyun Demon. How could it tolerate this?
This monster is dog-like in shape, dark yellow all over, with black spots under its belly.
The most amazing thing is that it has a pair of wings on its back, which are short but powerful.
It flapped its wings at an extremely fast speed and arrived above the spirit puppet's head in an instant.
The spiritual energy fluctuations of the person in front of him were almost non-existent, and his strength could not be determined from his qi and blood.
The Cloud-Swallowing Tapir, which had never had any in-depth contact with humans and had no bloodline inheritance to refer to, actually ran straight into them.
I thought that with my cultivation level in the middle stage of foundation building, it would be easy for me to deal with a daring cultivator.
Unexpectedly, the other party just raised his hand lightly, without even a trace of casting magic.
His body seemed to be out of control and flew towards the five fingers that were pretending to close.
Before it could react to what was happening, its most vulnerable neck was pinched in the puppet's hand.
Only then did the great demon remember that his elder who had passed away had once warned him not to come into conflict with creatures whose cultivation level he could not understand.
The Cloud-Swallowing Tapir tribe, which had not seen a powerful foreign enemy for many years, had long forgotten this lesson.
The creatures were afraid of death, and the Cloud-Swallowing Tapir, seeing that it was no match for the opponent, immediately used its spiritual sense to beg for mercy from the opponent.
Well, you can’t even speak human language?
Chen Yu made up an excuse and dealt with the monster.
To kill monsters and seize treasures, one must be aware of the law of natural selection, and the right way is to eradicate the roots.
This type of monster is small in size, good at sneak attacks, and extremely fast.
The only big monster in the cave died. The other cloud-swallowing tapirs seemed to sense something and moved towards the rocky mountain where the monster was.
Chen Yu only took a small jade bottle and extracted a bottle of big demon blood.
This essence and blood can be used to draw second-level talismans, but their duration is not as long as those made from talisman beads.
The Cloud-Swallowing Tapirs that hurried over showed fear and uneasiness when they saw the corpse of the big demon.
The presence of the outsider has dissipated, and until now no one knows who did it.
Apart from this threat, there are no other hidden dangers.
Although there are other groups of monsters living and reproducing in the cave, they serve as food for the Cloud-Swallowing Tapir clan.
However, his highest cultivation level is only at the middle stage of Qi Refining, which can suppress it steadily.
The puppet put away the elixir and, without finding anything else, headed for the next formation.
This spiritual herb is of the second-grade top grade, and its species is unknown, but it is considered a rare treasure in the entire Leiyang Lake.
I'll go back and cultivate it slowly, and then see what value it has.
As for the Cloud-Swallowing Tapir tribe, although there is no such monster in Chen Yu's space, it is only natural to fill the gap.
However, this big monster has been free for hundreds of years, so there is not much value in taking it back to cultivate it.
Chen Yu didn't think the other party had the strength to resist, but he still felt uncomfortable because he didn't know the reason.
When I return, I will catch a few newly born demons, and then erase their memories. They will naturally regard this space as their home.
By this point, the formation on Yanchi Mountain had become very dense.
After the spirit puppet walked for dozens of miles, another mid-grade second-level natural spirit formation blocked its way.
After entering the secret realm, Chen Yu discovered that there were monsters here that mainly fed on plants and trees.
Of course, if they had the flesh and blood of powerful monsters, they would be happy to change their diet.
The scope of the secret realm is four hundred miles in radius, which is much smaller than the secret realm where the Swallowing Cloud Tapir belonged just now.
There are quite a few monsters, and there are probably even more ordinary spiritual beasts and wild animals.
The terrain is mainly plains, with large areas of grassland rich in spiritual energy.
Although it is not high enough to be considered a high-quality herb, it is still a precious herb in the ordinary world.
Hundreds of natural spirit beasts that look like rock antelopes were silently chewing wild grass in the distance.
Among them, there are twenty-six little monsters in the Qi Refining stage, and the one with the highest cultivation level is at the ninth level of Qi Refining.
The spirit puppet looked around and found no powerful monsters lurking in the secret realm.
He immediately sat down cross-legged and his consciousness returned to his true body.
At some point, a "rock antelope" slowly walked to the side of the spirit puppet.
It seemed that it thought the Taoist robe on the puppet was very delicious, and actually stretched out its mouth to take two bites.
Although Chen Yu’s Taoist robe is not a magic weapon, it is also made of spiritual silk.
After a simple tempering, its toughness is comparable to that of a first-grade top-grade magical weapon.
This "rock antelope" is just a spiritual beast with acquired strength, there is no way it can bite such a treasure.
Its front teeth ached from gnawing, so it raised its hoof and kicked the puppet twice.
When the spirit puppet was unconscious, the combined weight of the third-level materials on its body exceeded a thousand pounds, and it was not something it could shake.
The hoof landed without leaving any mark on the surface of the Taoist robe.
Even the mud beneath the hooves fell off quickly when it landed on the surface of the robe, making it difficult to get it stained at all.
This silk contains spiritual energy, and ordinary water and fire cannot invade it.
On the contrary, the pair of hard hooves were almost enough to break the bones when lifted up.
With no other choice, the rock antelope angrily defecated next to the spirit puppet and walked away.
Far away in Danhua Market, Chen Yu went for a stroll in the market after finishing his training.
After finding nothing to gain, he returned to the weapon refining workshop and sat behind the counter drawing talismans.
What he was drawing now was a second-grade, top-grade thunder talisman, which could seal a thunder spell equivalent to a full-strength attack at the foundation-building stage.
The material used is the talisman paper in the space, which is made from the second-level spiritual plant reed.
Of course, he had already mastered the method of drawing the third-level talisman, but he just didn't have the right materials.
If the trunk of the red fruit tree is used as the base material, it would not be much different from setting up an array and refining equipment.
What Chen Yu was optimistic about were the talisman beads that the spirit puppet found in various underground spiritual veins.
Since there are second-level talisman beads, judging from their nature, it is very likely that there are higher-level talisman beads existing in this vast world of immortal cultivation.
However, the level of earth power in the place where the spirit puppet has passed is not high enough, so no such treasures were born.
While he was drawing the talisman, a strange cultivator suddenly walked in from outside the door. Judging from what he was carrying, it was obvious that he came to him to refine a weapon.
Even though business was coming, Chen Yu still sat in his chair without moving.
As a ninth-level Qi Refining Master and a first-class superior weapon refiner, if he showed more enthusiasm, the other party would suspect that some treasure on him was being coveted.
The visitor was a middle-aged male cultivator, whose cultivation level was the eighth level of Qi Refining.
The monk's face was naturally unreliable. When Chen Yu used his spiritual sense to take a look, he saw a different appearance in his mind. His bone age was over seventy years old.
After seeing the owner of the weapon refining workshop, the monk took out a handful of monster fur from his waist.
Chen Yu looked carefully and saw that the fur came from a Soul-Eating Rat. It seemed that the other party had good luck.
However, he already had a good-quality storage bag wrapped around his waist. Why didn't he just use the demon rat fur to trade for other spiritual objects?
Even for a sect monk who has reached the ninth level of Qi Refining, it is rare for him to be so extravagant as to own two storage bags.
The fur of the demon rat is of great value, and its price is much higher than its actual use.
Exchanging it for a panacea that increases cultivation level is a good deal for most cultivators.
While Chen Yu was thinking this, the monk had other considerations.
If the demon rat fur is sold directly to a sect, or traded with other cultivators, it can probably only be exchanged for a spiritual object worth around 170 spirit stones.
If you ask a refiner to refine it into a storage bag first, you will have to pay a balance of thirty spirit stones.
Then the finished product will be worth more than 220 spirit stones and will be even more popular.
Just by waiting for a few days, you can get twenty more spirit stones. Why not do it?
However, Chen Yu didn't ask him, so it was impossible for him to say it on his own initiative.
There are three skins in total, two from demon rats at the sixth level of Qi Refining, and one from a soul-eating rat at the seventh level of Qi Refining.
There are two main sources of the demon rat fur used to refine storage bags, mainly the demon beasts hunted by monks when exploring dangerous places.
Although there are Soul-Eating Rats in Lei Yangze that have become great monsters, they have also gathered most of the Soul-Eating Rats.
However, the Leiyang Lake has a radius of one million miles, and the four factions on the west side of the island have a radius of 200,000 miles from north to south and 400,000 miles from east to west.
There are always some small groups of soul-eating rats living on various islands, which are discovered and killed by passing monks.
Compared with other natural monsters, the reproduction rate of Soul-Eating Rats is relatively fast.
For example, the nine-eyed demon spider in Chen Yu’s space, which was once a six-eyed demon spider, needs to grow to the sixth level of Qi Refining before it can lay eggs.
Considering the talent of the Six-Eyed Demonic Spider and the general level of spiritual energy in Lei Yangze, this period of time would be around forty years.
The Soul-Eating Rat clan can start reproducing offspring as soon as they reach the third level of Qi Refining.
A litter of at least three cubs is born every ten years.
If there weren't so many monks coveting them and their own strength was not strong enough, they would probably have become a considerable tribe.
Another less important source is the captive demon rats, which can provide a stable output.
However, the Soul-Eating Rats require a large number of spiritual objects to feed, and there is actually not much profit to be made, so the various immortal sects are not interested in it.
You also have to send people to watch over it, wasting time for cultivation.
Therefore, up to now, there is only one immortal cultivation family within the four sects of Yuxi that raises a dozen weak soul-eating rats.
After exchanging pleasantries with the other party for a while, Chen Yu accepted the fur and agreed to come back to pick up the storage bag in ten days.
The monk did not talk to anyone, but said goodbye and left the market in a hurry.
Chen Yu's spiritual consciousness came to the perspective of the spirit puppet and found that his Taoist robe was a little messy.
Looking at the nibbled weeds and a small pile of unidentified objects beside him, he immediately understood what was going on.
Two days later, the spirit puppet made rapid progress and had reached the highest point of Yanchi Mountain.
The Smoke Pool consists of three pools, two large and one small, located in the center of three second-level superior spirit formations.
The formation is in the shape of three elements, standing on three legs. Even if several people in the late stage of foundation building join forces, they will have no chance of forcing their way in.
The formation is filled with murderous intent, with strong winds raging and thunder and fire refining the mountains.
The power of heaven and earth turned into a tide, sweeping over the mountaintops and destroying everything in its path.
Yanchi Mountain is more than ten thousand feet high, and standing on the top of the mountain you can overlook the entire Luohun Mountain Range.
Chen Yu's spiritual sense swept over and he could see the entire foot of the mountain. There were many monks coming and going, and the scene of natural selection was happening all the time.