Chapter 223 Obtaining 7941 Different Demon Species? (First Update)
It wasn't easy for Le Da Jinjiao to trick them into setting up camp in Peach Blossom Spring. Suddenly, he found himself in an unfamiliar place, and with creatures much smaller than himself, like Da Hei, he felt very uncomfortable and uneasy. He had never seen creatures like Da Hei before, so he was wary and hostile towards the unfamiliar beasts. But after Zhang Guodong's mediation, the atmosphere finally eased, especially as he noticed the peculiarity of Shanhe Peak. He immediately became cheerful, greedily breathing in the rich spiritual energy there.
Finally, the commotion stopped, which relieved Zhang Guodong.
The spiritual energy in the Hundredfold Zone of Mountain and River Peak is much denser than that in most parts of the Ancient Wilderness, being ten times the concentration of spiritual energy in the Ancient Wilderness. This number clearly shows the difference, and Great Golden Horn naturally recognizes the benefits of this place.
Big Black and the others, however, were filled with hostility and fear towards the enormous Golden Horn. The Golden Horn's aura was too powerful, preventing them from approaching. Moreover, they were far too small, and their strength was not on the same level. They were no match for the Golden Horn and could only look pitifully at Zhang Guodong.
It seemed to be complaining about where its master had found such a big guy, so enormous. As a result, the two sides split into opposing camps, with even Old Qing watching the lazy Golden Horned Giant warily, protecting Big Black.
Seeing that Dahei and the others were indeed much weaker than Da Jinjiao, Zhang Guodong realized he needed to improve their constitution. With so many medicinal herbs here, he could refine a batch of pills in a short time.
He had a top-grade "Body Strengthening Pill," and a few top-grade "Longevity Pills" left. He also had ten thousand top-grade "Blood Replenishing Pills." He decided to give one "Body Strengthening Pill," three "Longevity Pills," and four "Blood Replenishing Pills" to the two brothers, Da Hei and Er Hei, Da Qing, Er Qing, San Qing, and Si Qing, as well as Lao Qing and his mother, and the Da Sha couple. He used up all his remaining pills and then told Cai.
There were 6 "Strengthening Pills," 1 "Longevity Pill," and 4 "Blood-Replenishing Pills" left. The big golden horn stared at them, drooling. But Zhang Guodong dared not give them to it.
Having provisions in hand brings peace of mind. Although the Great Golden Horn was lured and subdued, their time together was relatively short, and Zhang Guodong needed a means to control it. Currently, these elixirs were that tool.
"Don't bully Big Black and the others. Don't cause trouble in here. If I find out you've made a mess of this place, you can forget about eating this treasure!" Zhang Guodong warned Big Golden Horn.
Big Golden Horn snorted, seemingly somewhat displeased, but since Zhang Guodong was now its "bread and butter," it had no choice but to obey.
Zhang Guodong figured there wouldn't be any trouble, so he left Taoyuan.
To take the Great Golden Horn away, the teleportation talisman wouldn't work. Xuan Qingban had stated that the teleportation talisman could only transport one person, so he could only put the Great Golden Horn into Peach Blossom Spring. Hehe, as long as it's inside Peach Blossom Spring, whether it can come out or not is up to him.
Zhang Guodong took out a teleportation talisman made of azure jade. He was reluctant to use it. He had brushed past the five families' teams many times before, and he had considered collecting some teleportation talismans from the dead. However, he thought that these talismans were only useful in the Plant Cultivation Realm, and he didn't know if they would work outside, so he gave up the idea.
With a "poof!" sound, Zhang Guodong crushed the only teleportation talisman. A strange power enveloped him, and he could no longer see his surroundings. His vision went black, and he felt dizzy. After what seemed like several seconds, a bright exit appeared in the darkness, and then, in the blink of an eye, his vision was bright again.
When Zhang Guodong regained consciousness, his feet were already firmly planted on a tall building. The patterns on the building were exceptionally beautiful. The aura here was very similar to the aura emitted by the teleportation talisman! The only difference was that the unique aura here was much stronger and more concentrated.
"It really is a good product!" Zhang Guodong exclaimed.
"Huh, someone really came back?" Just then, Zhang Guodong heard a woman's voice, which was full of disbelief.
Zhang Guodong then looked closely and immediately wiped away a bead of sweat. There were many people around him, all staring at him with great curiosity. He felt like a gorilla in a zoo.
The woman who spoke looked very young, dressed in a blue robe, and quite pretty, with a round, baby-soft face, but her eyes were full of cunning.
What a restless fellow!
"Hey kid, still up there instead of coming down?" Just as Zhang Guodong was sizing up the other person, the woman in green suddenly became impatient and urged him.
"Oh, okay!" Zhang Guodong smiled obsequiously and immediately stepped down from the altar. The strange aura had disappeared, leaving only the altar itself.
Zhang Guodong saw Xuan Qinghui up close and was momentarily captivated, losing his composure and swallowing hard, looking a bit like a lecher. This young woman is truly beautiful, with even more so, elegance and personality! A goddess among women!
Push her
He didn't dare to retaliate; he simply turned away and withdrew his penetrating, aggressive gaze that had made Xuan Qingban's eyebrows furrow in displeasure.
Xuan Qingji stood with the woman in green, coldly scrutinizing Zhang Guodong. After calming down, Zhang Guodong finally realized that this was a huge plaza, guarded by people, with an altar in the center. It seemed his teleportation back was largely due to that altar.
Zhang Guodong quickened his pace and walked towards Xuan Qinghuan.
The woman in green remained curious, making Zhang Guodong feel "embarrassed"—was he being a bit unusual?
As soon as he got close, the woman in green smiled and looked him up and down, saying boldly, "Do you know that you're the last one to come back? Everyone else who didn't die has returned, and my senior sister and I were just waiting for you!"
Zhang Guodong broke out in a cold sweat; those words were truly powerful.
He glanced at Xuan Qingji but didn't speak. Zhang Guodong immediately smiled apologetically, "Senior Sister, this Senior Sister, well, something came up and I was delayed, but thankfully I'm back safely. The Ancient Wilderness is just too dangerous."
This is just a small gift, nothing more!
With his second sentence, Zhang Guodong magically produced two bottles of grape juice from his small bag and handed them to Xuan Qingshu and the woman in green. In the world of cultivation, strength is paramount; Zhang Guodong had read some of this and found it very true.
Therefore, this small bribe is considered a good gesture and it's never wrong to be too polite.
He had originally prepared a few packs of cigarettes, but the impatient male disciple next to him was asking for trouble, and being a lackey, he gave up the cigarettes and replaced them with two bottles of drinks.
Qingzhu's eyes lit up, and she snatched the two bottles of drinks, examining them curiously from top to bottom. Clearly, the bottles and drinks were incredibly new and exciting to her: "Junior Brother, what are these? What's the liquid inside?"
Zhang Guodong's identity hasn't been determined yet. How can he be calling someone "junior brother" so casually?
Xuan Qingji sighed helplessly, frowning slightly, and said, "Qingzhu, the mission is complete, but we still need to report to the Tenth Elder. Now, take the guests to Songtao Villa to rest. Tomorrow morning, we will arrange for all the guests to enter the Elder Hall."
"Ah, I almost forgot the important matter! Hehe, Senior Sister, this is for you!" Qingzhu's eyes lit up, and she immediately handed a bottle to Xuan Qinghui, who reluctantly accepted it.
They actually accepted the gift!
Zhang Guodong was delighted. He thought it was a great deal that two bottles of drinks costing three yuan each could win people over. He quickly said, "These are fruit juice drinks. You can drink them after unscrewing the caps. They're very delicious!"
Since Zhang Guodong was the last person, Qingzhu volunteered, ignoring even the disciples in charge of Songtao Villa, and led Zhang Guodong towards the villa.
"Senior Sister Qingzhu, has everyone else returned?" On the way, Zhang Guodong finally had a chance to speak.
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Qingzhu had already opened her drink and was drinking it, repeatedly praising how delicious it was. When Zhang Guodong asked her questions, she seemed to be in a good mood, answering every question in a very easygoing manner.
"Yes, everyone who was supposed to come back has come back," Qingzhu said absentmindedly, looking at the beverage bottle repeatedly, occasionally taking a small sip, reluctant to part with it. Zhang Guodong followed behind like a lackey. Further back was that deadpan-faced, blue-robed cadre disciple.
"So, did everyone who returned obtain a demon seed?"
"How is that possible? Most of them died, and only a small fraction of those who returned obtained the demon seed. The rest failed their trials! You outsiders are just too weak. Of the twenty-one who returned, only thirteen obtained the demon seed. They were lucky to have come back with serious injuries, but they won't die now that they're back!" Qingzhu said in a commentary tone.
Zhang Guodong learned a thing or two; some people did indeed get this opportunity. However, the heavy casualties were also a fact.
"Look at you, well, your physique isn't great either, but at least you came. It's a pity you didn't get the demon seed; being a mortal is fine too."
As Qingzhu spoke, she tapped Zhang Guodong's chest twice with her jade-like fingers, but Zhang Guodong didn't budge. His physique wasn't particularly robust, but it wasn't weak either; it was quite supple, with decent muscles—solid enough! Qingzhu blushed and immediately corrected herself. Zhang Guodong's physique was no worse than that of ordinary people in Fengdu City, Qingzhu thought to herself.
Zhang Guodong chuckled, inwardly speechless at his senior sister. How dare she lay a hand on him! She was quite a bold woman.
However, he knew his own physique. He didn't look strong, but he was a natural person with a restrained physical presence, just like an ordinary person.
"Wait a minute, everyone else came back looking disheveled, how come you're all dressed so neatly? Did you hide somewhere and only came back after all this time?" Qingzhu suddenly stared at him as if she had discovered a new continent.
Zhang Guodong was embarrassed. He had really forgotten about it. He was dressed so neatly and cleanly, and he washed up twice a day. In his rush to get back, he had completely forgotten.
Qingzhu watched Zhang Guodong's embarrassment with bright eyes, becoming increasingly certain that the kid must have hidden somewhere first and then returned after a while.
Otherwise, how could he be so clean?
Zhang Guodong only had a small, clean bag in his hand, looking like a traveler, not someone who had experienced much.
Zhang Guodong chuckled and said, "I'm strong and lucky, so naturally I don't have to work so hard. Actually, the environment in the ancient wilderness is quite nice. There's no sandstorm, and it's not as sunny as outside. It's much better than the outside world, so it's not surprising that it's cleaner."
Qingzhu was very skeptical of this claim. The desolate plains stretched for thousands of miles, with hardly any vegetation, and only a green moon overhead. How could the environment be anything but pleasant?
However, the three crystals Zhang Guodong carried in his bag were actually three demon seeds! They fooled Qingzhu, his thick-skinned senior sister.
"Three?" Qingzhu exclaimed in surprise, covering her mouth.
Looking at Zhang Guodong's "humble and smiling" face, I felt very unbelievable. How could this guy have obtained three demon seeds?
"Hmm. A demon seed of Black Nanmu Grass, a demon seed of White Leaf Vine, and a demon seed of Silver Thread Grass." Qingzhu recognized the three demon seeds at a glance. Zhang Guodong quickly wrote them down. When talking about the last demon seed, Silver Thread Grass, which he obtained with almost no effort, Qingzhu was a little uncertain.
"Senior Sister Qingzhu, is there anything strange?"
“This demon seed is much larger than the others, almost comparable in size to a spirit-grade demon seed, but the color is wrong. The spirit-grade Silver Thread Grass demon seed actually has golden-yellow seeds and golden-yellow vines, which are rare but have been seen before. This one is a mishmash!” Qingzhu said.
Inside the crystal, the silver seed was indeed almost twice as large as the other demonic seeds of black camphor wood grass and white leaf vine, but as Qingzhu said, its color was pure silver, and it was still an ordinary product.
"I understand! Hehe!" Suddenly, Qingzhu's eyes lit up and she said.
"What?"
“It might be a mutant!” Qingzhu said, seemingly certain.
Zhang Guodong was immediately delighted. He asked, "Senior Sister Qingzhu, are you serious? Which is better, a mutated item or a spirit item?"
"Dream on! Very few mutated species are stronger than spirit-grade species. Most are only slightly stronger than ordinary species. But you should be content. So many people died, and quite a few of those who came back didn't have ordinary-grade demon seeds. You should be considered very lucky!" Qingzhu rolled her eyes and said.
As they spoke, they arrived at Songtao Villa. But Zhang Guodong saw no one to greet him. It was incredibly deserted!
Junior brother, your senior sister will see you off here. If you need anything, just let me know! Qingzhu also stopped and refused to go any further. They had already arrived at Songtao Villa. Zhang Guodong was going to stay in the men's quarters, so it was inconvenient for her to go in.
"Take care, Senior Sister Qingzhu!" Zhang Guodong thanked the girl who had been so kind to him. Qingzhu waved and quickly walked away.
The male disciple following beside him said somewhat coldly, "Come with me."
He wasn't so polite to Zhang Guodong, and Zhang Guodong stopped talking and just followed him.
The disciple in blue, having listened for so long, was surprised that Zhang Guodong had obtained three demon seeds, but none of them were of the spirit grade, so he naturally lost interest. Zhang Guodong's identity was basically confirmed: a sixth-generation outer disciple, while this subordinate disciple was a fourth-generation outer disciple. The one in blue was two generations higher in seniority, so naturally, he didn't need to be polite to Zhang Guodong.
Furthermore, Zhang Guodong was oblivious to the situation, and he didn't gain any benefits, so he naturally became even more indifferent.
He didn't even want to look at Zhang Guodong properly and just walked straight ahead.
After passing through many courtyards, we finally stopped in front of a small, ordinary courtyard. There was a sign on the door: "普o碰" (Pu o Peng). This probably meant ordinary guest rooms, and the first courtyard? Opening the small courtyard, we found it sparsely decorated, but fairly clean.
“Fool, well, you’ll stay here. This is an important place, so don’t wander around. We’ll see the Elders’ Hall tomorrow!” The disciple in blue robes left Zhang Guodong in front of a room and said coldly.
Then he just left.
Zhang Guodong wanted to ask about meals and showers, but seeing the situation, he decided against it.
Notice: Next update coming soon. Have a good rest during the May Day holiday, everyone! Unfortunately, I can't rest, sigh.
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