Chapter 218, Day 10 (900)

"Hey, how dare you yell at me! I'll beat you to a pulp!" Zhang Guodong was furious. "This big guy is exhausted, covered in blood, and extremely weak. How dare he provoke me?"

Even if you look imposing—a golden unicorn, several times bigger than a lion—so what? Heh heh, this demon, since we've found an easy target, we can't just give up! We'll take it all! Still not convinced? Then we'll beat you until you submit!

Zhang Guodong was actually thinking that this guy was some kind of beast and it was really impressive. If Dahei and the others could also become stronger, that would be even better. So he had this greedy thought and wanted to subdue this guy and use it for himself.

Without a word, Zhang Guodong leaped dozens of meters in a single bound, his speed so great that it startled the golden lion-like beast. The beast roared and retreated, but Zhang Guodong's fists were fast enough to catch up in the blink of an eye. The beast's eyes were filled with the fear of an approaching foe; it clearly realized that Zhang Guodong was much faster and posed a far greater threat!

"Roar!" There was no way to retreat. The golden lion beast roared and charged forward with a powerful kick of its hind legs. It had no choice but to retreat, otherwise it might have been killed by Zhang Guodong with a single punch!

That fist posed no less of a threat than the silver-threaded grass demon vine in its eyes, and perhaps even more terrifying! The energy gathered and did not dissipate!

The sight of man and beast facing off in mid-air surprised Zhang Guodong, but he quickly sneered, "Trying to withstand my punch? Dream on!" He now knew that conquering this behemoth would likely require a brutal fight.

Now, Zhang Guodong's fists could shatter boulders with a single punch, so he was naturally unafraid of the flesh-and-blood Golden Lion Beast. When the man and beast met in mid-air, the Golden Lion Beast roared upon seeing Zhang Guodong enter, its gaping maw revealing sharp, thick fangs a foot long, attempting to swallow him whole. Even if its massive jaws couldn't tear him apart, its giant claws could easily slice him into pieces.

It can be said that the Golden Lion Beast's mouth and claws are extremely powerful weapons!

"Bang! You overestimate yourself! Catch my surprise!"

"Breaking Heaven Fist 1" This was the first time he had used 60% of his power since his breakthrough!

Compared to the mouth of the golden lion-horned beast, that fist was indeed negligible. He even saw a hint of contempt in the beast's eyes.

But Zhang Guodong's punch quickly made the unicorn lion pay a heavy price for its contempt.

With a loud "thud," the fist collided head-on with its giant claw.

A force too powerful for the unicorn lion to resist shattered its claws with a crack. Its massive claws seemed to break. But the force didn't stop there; it was sent flying backward like it had been hit by a train, crashing to the ground at an even greater speed. Dust billowed, and a huge crater appeared.

"Hazhou Shuang 1" Zhang Guodong leaped several meters backward and landed on the ground. He knew the outcome after the duel. The Golden Lion Beast was severely injured in one move, and his confidence in his own strength soared like never before.

This punch, delivered with sixty percent of its power, was too much for the massive creature to withstand; it was finished in an instant. Now, it lay motionless in the giant crater, seemingly unconscious.

Zhang Guodong could sense that the golden lion-unicorn's aura was extremely weak, as if it could snap at any moment. Having just fought the demonic vine and lost a considerable amount of blood, it was now recklessly engaging Zhang Guodong in battle, and was immediately critically injured and on the verge of death.

What a pity!

However, now is not the time to focus on the unicorn golden lion beast. Not far away, the demon vine is badly injured, with hundreds of branches and leaves hanging on the ground, barely alive. It is the best time to extract the demon seed, saving us the trouble of doing anything.

Zhang Guodong chuckled, and in a flash, the silver-threaded grass demon vine seemed to sense a great threat, its remaining branches and leaves actually struggling. But all of this seemed utterly ridiculous to Zhang Guodong.

To have thousands upon thousands of branches and weapons move simultaneously was indeed a headache for him; unless he used brute force, he wouldn't be able to get close to the roots where the demonic seed was located.

But now, these branch-like weapons are struggling in their death throes. With the massive loss of green sap and this blood, it would take a long time to recover, but it's not possible now.

Zhang Zaidong dodged a few times and approached the nearly two-meter-thick rootstock, but the base was actually quite tall, reaching three meters. Left with no other option, Zhang Guodong decided to jump up and retrieve it himself.

But at that moment, the thick, silver-threaded grass vine suddenly spat out a fist-sized dream crystal from its center. Inside, there was a silver particle...

"Huh?" Just as Zhang Guodong was on guard, the fist-sized dream crystal suddenly fell to the ground at his feet with a thud.

"What's going on?" Zhang Guodong stared in surprise at his feet, then saw the demonic vine wither considerably in an instant.

It begged for mercy? It actually offered this thing up on its own? Unbelievable! Even the demon vine is this clever?

Zhang Guodong's intuition told him that the dreamlike crystal beneath his feet was likely a demon seed. The silver-threaded grass spirit seed embedded within it seemed to be still undeveloped, appearing as a silver seed. Yet, its vitality was incredibly vigorous.

Demon Seed 1

Zhang Guodong's eyes lit up. Could it be a demon seed? He picked up the dream crystal and, just in case, retreated forty meters away before carefully examining it.

That's right 1

This dreamlike crystal was incredibly transparent yet still elastic. Inside, there truly resembled a plant seed, emanating pure silver and bursts of life-giving energy, as if the thing inside was in a deep slumber.

"This is a demon seed! I just don't know what type of demon seed pool it is, or what its grade is. It's so clever! It learned to sacrifice a pawn to save the king!"

It sacrificed its demonic seed, but did not die immediately; therefore, it still has a chance to regain its strength.

Zhang Guodong carefully sensed the demonic vine and indeed found no similar crystals present. Only then did he believe it.

"Alright, since you've willingly offered up the demon seed, I'll let you go." Zhang Guodong was in high spirits and simply put away the precious little plant. Anyway, he had a teleportation talisman, so he could teleport back whenever he wanted while wandering around the Ancient Wasteland.

But how to preserve the demon seed? Zhang Guodong hesitated for a moment, then simply put it in the empty water tank. There really wasn't a good place to put it. If he put it directly on the ground and it came into contact with soil, Zhang Guodong was worried that the demon seed would break out of the crystal, and then he would be in trouble.

The demon seed was placed inside, and a second water tank was added on top to cover it up. Through the glass, the demon seed could be seen; it was very beautiful.

After dealing with the demon, Zhang Guodong left Peach Blossom Spring and immediately saw the even weaker aura of the Golden Lion Beast in the giant pit. He was a little scratched his head and wondered what to do with this guy.

This guy's intelligence seems to be no worse than Big Black's, yet he dares to look down on me? If I could subdue this guy, wouldn't I have a skilled helper to get around the wasteland?

Walking is slow and tiring; you can't just keep bouncing around like a kangaroo.

However, subduing this unicorn golden lion was no easy task. Zhang Guodong had never seen it before and knew nothing about it. What Zhang Guodong didn't know was that while the total population of the world was less than a million, they all revered plant cultivation. Regarding these beasts, they would either kill them or keep them at a distance, never keeping them as pets or means of transportation.

This is detrimental to their cultivation.

But Zhang Guodong didn't have so many concerns. He felt that this guy was too tall, too fierce, and too strong. It was actually two meters tall and four or five times the size of an outside lion. It was a complete behemoth. Several people could sit comfortably on its back.

Since these people from different realms are returning, it wouldn't be too outrageous for me to have this guy as a mode of transportation, right?

Upon realizing this, Zhang Guodong's eyes lit up. He decided to act immediately. He descended the hillside, jumped into the giant pit, and crouched beside the dying unicorn lion. He wasn't afraid the creature might feign death and suddenly attack; he knew that if he didn't save it, the beast might be finished.

As if it could smell Zhang Guodong, the golden unicorn seemed to try to struggle and raise its head, but it could hardly do so; it didn't even move its head. It merely opened its eyes, and upon seeing Zhang Guodong, a ferocious glint flashed in its eyes, as if it wanted to bite him.

Zhang Guodong forced a smile, trying to ease the tension with the unicorn lion beast. However, half of its forepaw was already swollen to twice its original size; clearly, his punch had broken its forepaw. This grudge had been brewing for a long time.

He gave a wry smile.

"Damn it, don't look at me like that! Do you want to live or die? If you want to live, you'll follow me from now on. If you want to die, I'm outta here. There's no more good food in the pool!" Zhang Guodong held a jade box in his hand and opened it, revealing several pills of different colors, all of them high-grade pills.

Blood-Nourishing Pill 1, Body-Strengthening Pill 1, Longevity Pill 1

Unfortunately, he only has these few kinds of pills. He wants to refine his pills, but he doesn't have those precious medicinal herbs. By the way, since this world advocates cultivation by planting, what about some medicinal materials that are not available in the outside world?

Wow, just thinking about it makes me so tempted!

"What a pity!" He recalled that he had been so focused on finding the demonic vine these past few days that he hadn't paid much attention to any medicinal herbs and had naturally missed them all.

Even though he sensed strong spiritual energy fluctuations from medicinal herbs on several occasions, it was overshadowed by his search for the demon seed, so he didn't take any action.

The golden lion-unicorn seemed to sense that the item in Zhang Guodong's hand was a treasure that would greatly benefit its injuries. It snorted softly, its eyes showing a hint of doubt, and its alertness intensified. However, Zhang Guodong didn't seem inclined to attack. Its ferocity lessened somewhat.

Zhang Guodong was delighted. This guy was indeed just as intelligent as Dahei and the others. That would make communication much easier.

"So you agree to follow me from now on? Okay, it's settled then. No backing out, Kokang!" Zhang Guodong said fiercely, his tone somewhat forceful as if he were taking on a subordinate.

Quickly feed it the pills, pry open its huge mouth, and flick five pills in at once.

Zhang Guodong could sense that in an instant, the five pills transformed into a surge of spiritual energy, and the medicinal power began to act on the body of the Golden Lion Unicorn.

A few minutes later, the golden lion-unicorn slightly raised its head and snorted, but the smell was not pleasant. It tried to stand up, but its injuries were too severe, and it failed.

This guy is incredibly shrewd; his gaze towards Zhang Guodong finally softened considerably.

"Damn, five pills were only enough to make it less ferocious?"

Zhang Guodong took out three more and waved them in front of it, saying, "From now on, stick with me! There's plenty of this stuff."

The golden lion beast swallowed the three pills with a swift motion, much more efficiently this time. Clearly, the effects of those five pills were no joke.

"Roar 1"

It quickly stood up, but the broken claw still needed some work; the dog needed to set the bone first for it to heal properly, otherwise it might become lame after healing.

Three hours later, the Golden Unicorn Lion stood up completely, its broken claws healed. It roared to the sky, leaped out of the crater, and looked back at Zhang Guodong, its expression now fierce.

Zhang Guodong laughed heartily, jumped onto its back without hesitation, and indeed felt a great sense of superiority.

However, he also felt a pang of regret, having spent twenty-five pills to completely heal this bastard. The medicinal herbs from the outside world were indeed incomparable to those here. The effect on the unicorn golden lion beast was significantly less than on an ordinary person, which also demonstrated the beast's formidable recovery ability.

"The pills refined outside are extremely effective for ordinary people, practically divine medicines. But for cultivators or some spiritual beasts, even better pills are needed to truly be miraculous. 'Golden Horn,' Zhang Guodong roared, 'snatch all the medicinal herbs here, and all the demonic creatures here!'"

The Golden Lion Beast was somewhat annoyed by the name and roared again, as if...

"; The dissatisfaction of the crowd of ten people from Shuangshi was evident as they instantly sped down from Liao 1! The distance was about twenty meters. Goodness, did this guy just cheat us out of our pills? His speed has actually increased quite a bit. Zhang Guodong was a little suspicious."

Indeed, the Great Golden Horn's fastest speed before was only a little over ten meters, but now it has increased to twenty meters, which is a significant improvement. If it were to face the Silver Thread Grass Demon Vine again, the latter would probably no longer be its match.

A streak of golden light streaked across the ancient wasteland, leaving only billowing dust in its wake.

With a whoosh, a loud roar echoed from afar.

"What was that sound? What kind of beast?" In a corner of the ancient wasteland, Xiao Ruonan's team was quite lucky to encounter a recently decaying demonic vine. However, this vine was as black as withered wood, its branches drooping and lifeless. If a plant cultivator were here, they would definitely recognize it at a glance as a Black Nanmu Grass demonic vine, and one that had only recently decayed. They were lucky!

Xiao Ruonan's fair and delicate face showed some fatigue, but even more joy. She hadn't expected their team to actually encounter such a massive demonic vine—it was truly astonishing, especially since it had only recently decayed.

But just as she was excitedly preparing to dig out the only demonic seed among the Black Nanmu Grass Demon Vine, a roar came from afar, like a thunderclap.

Everyone's expression changed upon hearing the beast's roar. They had clearly not expected that their senior sister would not have mentioned that there were wild beasts in this ancient wilderness.

They had assumed that the demonic vines here were acting as wild beasts, but now it seems that they were not.

The captain of the Xiao family's guards managed to catch a glimpse of the scene through his binoculars, but the golden beast was too fast and disappeared from sight in the blink of an eye.

“Miss Sun, I think we should hurry up and dig out the demon seed. This ancient wasteland is fraught with danger, as my senior sister said. If a demon beast appears, we'll be in even greater danger,” the Xiao family guard captain said nervously.

Xiao Ruonan nodded and carefully stored the demon seed from the black crystal. The group then went out again.

This place is indeed much larger and more dangerous than imagined. Perhaps this is in terms of the speed of cultivators? If it were ordinary people from the outside world, they would have traveled for several days before encountering a single demonic vine.

Ten days after everyone parted

Fengdu City Elders' Hall

Outside the hall, Xu Wenbo, Xiao Tang, Lin Xian, Zheng Laosan, and Li Limin, all with completely changed appearances and a drastically altered demeanor, appeared. The first four seemed ten years younger, their every move no longer displaying the timidity of their initial arrival. Lou Wan looked on with a determined expression.

Upon seeing the five, Xu Wenbo immediately said, "Congratulations to the four of you on successfully entering the realm of Plant Cultivation!"

"Haha, congratulations to you too!" The four of them clasped their hands in greeting and laughed.

"Brother Wenzhi, what kind of demon seed did the Eighth Elder plant in you? What level is it at now?" Xiao Tang asked with a smile. Everyone seemed very curious about each other's demon seed types.

In the past few days, they had gained some confidence in this world from their respective family elders, and their enthusiasm for plant cultivators had grown even stronger.

Because the most significant benefit of planting is that it can help people live longer!

A hint of arrogance flashed in Xu Wenbo's eyes. He said, "The Black Iron Wood Lotus... I guess I'm lucky. The Eighth Elder said I have the talent of a plant cultivator; otherwise, I wouldn't be able to cultivate it. But I've only been cultivating for a few days, and I'm only at the beginner level."

In fact, after a few days of cultivation, the Black Iron Wood Lotus, being a spiritual grade, propelled him into the ranks of second-level plant cultivators.

Of course, this is just a comparison among the five people; if this level were released to the public, it would probably be a laughing stock.

"And the four of you?" Xu Wenbo asked, not forgetting to inquire about the types of demons the four possessed.

"I was also fortunate enough to possess the Fire Demon Vine!" Xiao Tang said modestly. The Third Elder, Xiao Zifeng, naturally did not treat him unfairly, bestowing upon him the spirit-grade Fire Demon Vine.

“My vine is the Extreme Yin Vine,” Lin Xian said straightforwardly. He was entrusted with the soul planting and cultivation guidance by Lin Linglong, the tenth elder of the Lin family patriarch. The tenth elder’s natal demon vine was the Yin-Yang Vine, which was one grade higher than the Extreme Yin Vine.

“Drink from thorns!” Zheng Laosan said succinctly.

Only Li Limin felt a mix of joy and disappointment; the other four looked at him with envy. The Grand Elder had taken Li Limin away, clearly indicating that they had learned of his whereabouts through the other elders.

“Like you all, I am a spirit-grade demon seed. A Bakelite demon seed. Also known as Lightning Vine,” Li Limin said.

"Do you all know why the Grand Elder and the other elders summoned them to the Elder Hall?" Xiao Tang asked after exchanging pleasantries.

"I think, maybe he wants to meet with us?" Li Limin wasn't sure either.

It seems impossible!

If I can't guess, I'll just stop guessing.

"It's a pity. I don't know how Xiaoming and the others are doing. Will they be able to successfully obtain the demon seed? So far," Xu Wenbo said with a worried expression.

Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent.

Indeed, they were extremely safe here and had obtained a spirit-grade demon seed; they knew what that meant. But in the ancient wasteland, countless people were risking their lives to obtain opportunities, and no one knew how many would survive.

Just then, the dark blue pattern flew down from the sky.

"Senior Sister!" the five immediately bowed.

Xuan Qinghui nodded slightly, remaining as indifferent as ever.

"The five of you, come with me into the hall. The elders are arriving soon. Also, the Grand Elder asked me to tell you that news of those seeking opportunities in the Ancient Wilderness should arrive soon. From today onwards, you will be stationed around the altar and await news!" Xuan Qingban said.

This was a big deal! The five people were immediately overjoyed. But then a wave of anxiety washed over them! They hoped their nephews and nieces were alright!

Defender: Five thousand, I'll write more tomorrow.