Inner
During the day, Zhong Ling and Jiuhun killed monsters, collected spiritual plants, and collected some monster materials that they liked. At night, they rested in the forest.
That evening, Zhong Ling stopped by a stream. She took the tenderest tenderloin from the monster, cleaned it, and placed it on the campfire.
The grease sizzled, and the aroma of the meat mixed with the various spices she sprinkled on it whetted one's appetite.
Zhong Ling gave most of the roasted meat to Jiuhun, who ate it with great relish.
Just when the man and the tiger were half full, several malicious auras approached them from afar.
Zhong Ling raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked calmly in the direction where the auras came from.
Soon, three monks in uniform appeared. Leading the group was a middle-aged man with a hooked nose, in the late Jindan stage. Behind him were two young men, both in the late Foundation Establishment stage. They each wore a token with the word "Sword" engraved on it hanging from their waists.
Xuanming recognized them as members of the Tianjian Sect at a glance.
Xuanming sent a message to Zhong Ling, who raised her eyebrows slightly. She had been in the Eastern Region for so long, yet she actually ran into someone from the Tianjian Sect.
The hook-nosed man immediately spotted Zhong Ling, standing by the campfire. She was stunningly beautiful, and her aura was that of a late Jindan. He then spotted Jiuhun, a small demon beast nearby, not a concern.
There was a glimmer of greed in his eyes.
A lone female cultivator, who is at the Jindan stage, is simply a fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered in the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountain Range.
"Hey, young lady, aren't you lonely eating barbecue here alone?" One of the young disciples said with a grin, looking at Zhong Ling unscrupulously.
The leader with the hooked nose was not so impatient. His attention was attracted by the meat of the blue rock lion on the campfire.
"Sixth-rank Azure Rock Lion? I never thought you, a late Jindan cultivator, would have such abilities."
The hook-nosed man spoke condescendingly, "Hand over this Green Rock Lion's demon core and leave your storage bag, and I'll consider letting you leave."
After hearing this, Jiuhun wanted to grow bigger and fight them, but Zhong Ling patted it and told it to be calm.
Then Zhong Ling glanced up at them and continued eating barbecue.
Zhong Ling's behavior angered the three people.
"If you don't accept my toast, you'll have to drink the wine for punishment! Senior brother, why waste time talking to her? Just take her down!" another young man shouted sternly, and a flying sword was already in his hand.
A cold glint flashed in the eyes of the hook-nosed man, and he didn't bother to pretend anymore. He sneered and said, "Since you are seeking death yourself, you can't blame us!"
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hand, and a giant palm formed by spiritual power, with the sound of wind, slapped Zhong Ling on the head.
This palm strike was so powerful that an ordinary cultivator in the late Jindan stage would not even be able to think of resisting.
However, Zhong Ling just sat there quietly, without even changing her posture.
Just as the giant spiritual palm was about to fall, she bent her fingers and flicked them lightly towards the campfire.
Flames flew out from the campfire and slowly headed towards the giant palm.
"You don't know what death is!" A cruel smile appeared on the hooked nose face.
But the next second, the smile on his face froze.
The inconspicuous flame exploded the moment it came into contact with the giant spiritual palm, and then the giant palm dissipated.
After swallowing the giant palm, the flame turned into three lines of fire.
"Puff! Puff! Puff!"
There were three soft sounds, barely audible.
The three men still had ferocious expressions on their faces, but their bodies were stiff in place.
There was a small charred hole between their eyebrows.
Life is cut off!
The three bodies fell straight back, hitting the ground and raising a cloud of dust.
From the time they attacked to the time they died, it was only a breath of time.
…
On the outskirts of the Myriad Beasts Mountain Range, a peak-level fifth-order Iron-backed Bear King was patrolling his territory.
Suddenly, the aroma of meat came into its nose on the wind, and the fragrance instantly captured its entire mind.
The Iron-backed Bear King followed the scent, his mouth watering all the way. He parted a bush and saw Zhong Ling and Jiu Hun, a man and a tiger sitting leisurely by the fire.
Their eyes met.
The Iron-backed Bear King's pupils widened, his body suddenly stiffened, and all his domineering aura disappeared in an instant.
It’s this woman again, this evil star!
“Ah…”
With a short bear roar, the Ironback Bear turned around and crawled away into the depths of the dense forest.
"It's boring." Zhong Ling muttered to herself, "I've trained the courage of the monsters outside. Each one is running faster than the other."
The effect of this training is discounted.
Zhong Ling stood up, clapped his hands, and looked into the depths of the mountains.
"Let's go, Jiuhun, let's go inside and take a look."
Jiuhun picked up the meat and followed Zhong Ling. The figures of the man and the tiger quickly disappeared outside.
The inner and outer areas of the Ten Thousand Beasts Mountains are two completely different worlds.
The lowest level of the monsters here starts at level seven, which is equivalent to a cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage, and their intelligence is also higher.
In the following days, Zhong Ling began to gain experience in her physical body. Every battle gave her a deeper understanding of the use of strength and combat intuition.
At night, Zhong Ling would find a secluded place to practice. The Nascent Soul in her Dantian became more and more solid, with a faint golden light flowing on its surface.
A month passed in a flash like this.
That afternoon, Zhong Ling had just finished her battle with the eighth-rank green-scaled python and was lying on the branch of an ancient tree with her eyes closed to rest. Jiuhun was curled up beside her, sleeping soundly.
Suddenly, Zhong Ling's eyelashes moved slightly and she opened her eyes.
Her spiritual sense detected several auras rapidly approaching her direction.
Zhong Ling restrained his own aura to the extreme and blended with the surroundings.
A moment later, a group of five people appeared in the open space below.
The five men were wearing the same dark green suit with a bamboo leaf embroidered on their chest with gold thread.
The leader was a stern-looking middle-aged man, whose cultivation was at the late Jindan stage, but his aura was a little unstable. Behind him followed four young people, two men and two women, whose cultivation was at the early and middle Jindan stages.
However, these five men were all injured, ragged, and looked exhausted, obviously having experienced a fierce battle.
One of the youngest male disciples had a pale face and was supported by his companions. Every step he took was extremely difficult.
"Uncle San, I can't take it anymore... cough cough..." After a violent cough, the seriously injured male disciple overflowed from the corner of his mouth.
The middle-aged man in the lead had a gloomy expression. He immediately pulled out a pill from his bosom and stuffed it into his mouth, while shouting, "Lin Wu, hold on! The Seven-Star Begonia is in the valley ahead. We have no way out!"
A pretty female disciple nearby had red eyes and cried, "Third Uncle, but...but the one guarding the elixir is an eighth-rank demon beast! We couldn't even handle a seventh-rank saber-toothed tiger, and Brother Lin Wu was trying to protect us..."
She didn't finish her words, but everyone was silent and the atmosphere became very heavy.
The middle-aged man took a deep breath, his eyes filled with resentment: "I know that too! But do we have any choice? The young master has been poisoned by the cold, and his spirit is gradually weakening.
The master asked us to find a spiritual plant that can counteract the cold poison. This is giving us a chance. We finally found out the whereabouts of the Seven-Star Begonia, so we have to give it a try no matter what!"
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