Li Yuanba was sitting in the training room with the magic weapon Wanjian Peak floating in front of him. His sword intent entered into Wanjian Peak, resonating with the sword intent inside, and then flowing back into his body after being enhanced.

Although he is only in the early stage of Golden Core cultivation, the blood and energy in his body are extremely terrifying.

This is the performance of his "Scorching Sun Jade Body Art" reaching the ultimate level of the Golden Core Stage. In fact, not only the "Scorching Sun Jade Body Art", but also his "Evil Corpse Spirit Record" in the corpse refining state has been cultivated to the ultimate level of the Golden Core Stage.

Unfortunately, the golden elixir and corpse elixir in his body were still in the early stage of the golden elixir due to insufficient spiritual power.

This was the effect of ten drops of fourth-grade 'Tianluo Immortal Milk', which allowed his body in the human state and his physique in the corpse state to reach the peak of the late Jindan period, infinitely close to the level of a great elder.

Li Yuanba's physique is stronger, and the sword intent he can withstand is also stronger. Without being restricted by his body, his sword intent has grown greatly recently.

He is different from his original body Li Shiming. He has no trivial matters to take care of. The only thing he has to do is practice.

Ever since the deaths of the two great arhats of Qianye Temple, and the conflict between Patriarch Lu and Venerable Hui Jing, Li Yuanba has enjoyed a rare peace.

In the following months, in addition to listening to Deacon Yue Xing's work reports, Li Yuanba devoted himself to cultivation.

"Junior Brother Li, Jiang Pu is here to visit you!" Just as he was about to practice the 'Sword Intent Soaring to the Sky' again, a message of magic flew over.

He was slightly startled. Jiang Pu was the guardian golden elixir of the Senluo Sect's Jieshan Checkpoint and rarely left the checkpoint. How could he come to him?

Whenever there were gatherings, Li Yuanba would go to the checkpoint to gather with them.

He opened the formation and flew out.

"Hello, Senior Brother Jiang!" Li Yuanba stepped forward and bowed.

"Since you are so presumptuous, I won't go in and sit down. This time I'm here to invite you to participate in the third-grade resource collection mission!" Jiang Pu smiled and returned the salute, then said while standing above the garrison.

Li Yuanba knew about the mission of collecting third-grade resources. In certain places in the Ten Thousand Mountains, there were certain amounts of third-grade resources produced, and these places were under the control of the sect.

Every time when resources mature, powerful Jindan elders will be sent to collect them.

Jiang Pu said it was an invitation, but in fact he was introducing Li Yuanba into the sect's core golden elixir.

This task requires veteran Jindan elders to invite qualified Jindan elders to participate. The origin of the third-grade resources is the sect’s most precious wealth, and the participating Jindan elders must be the sect’s most trustworthy Jindan cultivators.

Of course, the mission is also somewhat dangerous. These third-grade resources that exist in the wild are all guarded by great monsters.

The big demon and the Jindan elder of Senluo Sect are in a competitive relationship. Usually, the big demon guards the third-grade resources. When the third-grade resources mature, the Jindan elder and the big demon decide the distribution rights based on their strength.

This is why the sect does not need to worry about the safety of the third-grade resources. Usually, the big demons guard them closely and are more serious and responsible than human cultivators.

"Brother Jiang, when are we setting off?" Of course Li Yuanba couldn't refuse. To participate in such a mission, not to mention the reward, the mere opportunity to enter the sect's core golden elixir realm was something he had to do.

"This mission is a bit urgent. If you want to participate, you must set off immediately. For some reason, the maturity period of a batch of third-grade resources has been advanced by half a year. After the sect discovered this, it immediately issued the mission!" Jiang Pu explained helplessly.

The maturity period of third-grade resources is almost fixed. The sect has accurate records and also makes task arrangements several years in advance.

But this time, the early maturity of a batch of third-grade resources disrupted the sect's arrangements.

Jindan cultivators, especially those who are strong enough and the core Jindan elders of the sect, usually have important tasks. They may be practicing in seclusion, or have gone out on missions.

Such Jindan elders rarely have free time. In addition, the mission is urgent, so the best option is to mobilize the nearest Jindan elder to carry out the mission, so it is difficult to choose the candidate.

A Jindan elder who is not strong enough cannot take back the resources from the big monster, but instead gives the resources to the big monster.

As for the number of Jindan elders who go to collect resources from the Senluo Sect, no more than three can be counted. Although the big monster is a third-grade spirit beast, which is similar to the realm of a Jindan cultivator, its combat power far exceeds that of a Jindan cultivator.

According to the agreement between Senluo Sect and the Spirit Beast Clan, in the competition for gathering resources, Senluo Sect is limited to three golden elixirs, and any more would be a violation of the agreement.

The spirit beast clan is very powerful, and the Senluo Sect does not want to conflict with them.

The reason why the spirit beasts can coexist peacefully with human cultivators in the Northern Shu Continent is not because human cultivators are easy to talk to, but because the spirit beasts have enough strength to make human cultivators give up some of their living space.

Li Yuanba didn't need to pack anything. He sent a message to Deacon Yue Xing and left with Jiang Pu.

"Brother Jiang, which fellow Taoist will go with us this time?" Li Yuanba asked curiously.

"Senior Brother Qi Jin is guarding the Zheng'an Mountains. The production area of ​​the third-grade resources is right next to the Zheng'an Mountains. Let's go there and meet up with Senior Brother Qi Jin!" Jiang Pu replied while flying.

Anyone who can be called senior brother by Jiang Pu is probably stronger than Jiang Pu.

Li Yuanba's spiritual sense penetrated into the map jade slip and found the Zheng'an Mountains, which was a mountain range located at the junction of the spiritual beast's sphere of influence and the Senluo Sect's sphere of influence.

Senior Brother Qi Jin is guarding there, and the danger is even higher than the Boundary Mountain Checkpoint.

Jiang Pu's speed has been increased to the extreme. He did not hesitate to consume a large amount of the spiritual power in his golden elixir. It seems that the mission time is indeed very tight.

Li Yuanba did not know the detailed information of the mission. Although his realm was not as good as Jiang Pu's, as a pure swordsman he had a huge advantage in speed. Once the sword escape was activated, although the consumption was not great, his speed was close behind Jiang Pu.

Jiang Pu was not surprised that Li Yuanba could keep up easily. The reason why he called Li Yuanba was because he knew Li Yuanba's strength.

Li Yuanba was too deceptive. Although he seemed to be at the early stage of the Golden Core realm, his combat power had surpassed the three Golden Core elders guarding the checkpoint. This had been verified in the battle.

Li Yuanba is only in the early stage of Jindan. The combat power of a sword cultivator will increase as his realm improves. This increase ratio is higher than that of most Jindan cultivators.

Just like his master, Elder Jian, who reached almost invincible combat power in the late Jindan stage.

Although Li Yuanba has joined Senluo Sect for a short time, he is a legitimate disciple of Senluo Sect with a powerful background. Elder Jian is his master and Patriarch Lu is his great-grandmaster.

So Jiang Pu proposed to the sect to let Li Yuanba participate in the third-grade resource collection mission, and the sect quickly agreed.

The Zheng'an Mountains are not far from the Jieshan Checkpoint, which is why Jiang Pu was given this temporary collection mission.

The two flew for just one hour before they reached the Zheng'an Mountains.

The Zheng'an Mountains are rich in spiritual energy. When Li Yuanba looks down from the air, he can occasionally see traces of first- and second-grade spiritual medicines.

Logically speaking, this kind of place would be a place that many cultivators would yearn for, and they could gain great benefits by coming here to collect the resources.

However, cultivators are rarely seen in the Zheng'an Mountains. There are many spiritual beasts here, and it is difficult for non-Jindan cultivators to compete with the spiritual beasts for spiritual medicines.

If a Jindan cultivator comes, he will have to consider the presence of Senior Brother Qi Jin, who is guarding the Jindan here.

According to the rules, Senior Brother Qi Jin has the priority to dispose of all resources in the Zheng'an Mountains, which is also the benefit of guarding this place.

Of course, these first and second grade resources are nothing to the Jindan elders. Only the third grade resources are what the Jindan elders value.

Li Yuanba's ability to see these first and second grade spiritual medicines is the result of his magical power of "Divine Eyes".

Ordinary monks cannot fly in the air and see the elixirs hidden on the ground.

He couldn't help but sigh, he had also gone deep into the Ten Thousand Mountains before, but he didn't have the "Divine Eyes" at that time, and didn't find any first or second grade spiritual medicines.

The seemingly useless auxiliary magical power, 'Divine Vision', is also of great help to cultivators, at least in discovering resources, and has a great advantage.

However, a cultivator who has mastered the magical power of 'Divine Eyes' must have an extremely high status in the sect and will not be interested in ordinary resources.

Just like Li Yuanba at this moment, he saw so many first- and second-grade spiritual medicines, but he was too lazy to work hard for these few resources.

"Senior Brother Qi Jin is here!" Jiang Pu reminded.

In fact, he didn't need to remind him, Li Yuanba had already seen a figure flying out from below, the aura of the late Jindan period revealed without any concealment.

"Junior Brother Jiang, the sect mission is very tight on time, let's go now!" Senior Brother Qi Jin glanced at Li Yuanba, frowned slightly, and then said to Jiang Pu in a deep voice.

Senior Brother Qi Jin had not been concerned about outside affairs for a long time, and had no knowledge of new Golden Elixir masters like Li Yuanba.

He was unhappy about Jiang Pu bringing an early Jindan cultivator here.

However, he also understood that those who were brought here by Jiang Pu must have very strong backgrounds. As long as Li Yuanba did not drag him down, he would not take the initiative to cause trouble.

"Senior Brother Qi, this is Li Yuanba, Elder Jian's disciple. His fighting power is stronger than mine!" Jiang Pu did not want to cause any misunderstanding, so he said quickly.

"Elder Jian's disciple, when did Elder Jian accept disciples?" Senior Brother Qi Jin looked at Li Yuanba again and said hesitantly.

It’s not that he didn’t believe Jiang Pu’s words, but he knew that he had never heard of Elder Jian accepting disciples in the past few years. How come after these years, all of Elder Jian’s disciples have reached the Jindan stage.

Almost all the Jindan cultivators of his generation were overshadowed by the prestige of Elder Jian, who suppressed all the Jindan cultivators of Senluo Sect.

Jindan cultivators like Jiang Pu, who grew up after Elder Jian became famous, still don't know how terrifying Elder Jian is. Senior Brother Qi Jin is a Jindan cultivator of the same period as Elder Jian, and has a natural awe for Elder Jian.

"Junior Brother Li, I practice earth-attributed martial arts. I am good at defense and close combat. I need the cooperation of a sword cultivator with high damage!" Senior Brother Qi Jin introduced himself solemnly.

They will have to complete the task together later, and he doesn't want anything untoward to happen between them because of their previous attitudes, thus affecting the collection mission.

"Senior Brother Qi, I will do my best to cooperate!" Li Yuanba replied with a smile.

"What we need to collect this time is the royal jelly of the second-grade Muyang bees, which are guarded by the great monster Golden Moon Violent Bear!" This time it was Senior Brother Qi Jin who led the way. He introduced the mission in detail to Jiang Pu and Li Yuanba.

The ordinary honey produced by the second-grade Muyang bees is certainly not of the third grade, but the royal jelly prepared for the Muyang Queen Bee is of the third grade.

This population of Muyang bees was discovered many years ago. Neither the Spirit Beast Clan nor the Senluo Sect interfered too much with the Muyang bee population.

Even the collection of third-grade royal jelly is done according to proportion, and the second-grade honey is never touched, just to ensure the reproduction of this population.

"What is the strength of the great demon Golden Moon Violent Bear?" Li Yuanba asked.

"The last time we encountered it was a mid-stage Great Demon. In that battle, the three of us Jindan elders barely suppressed it. The Golden Moon Violent Bear's innate ability is too powerful. You must be careful not to get locked by its long-range attacks!" Senior Brother Qi Jin replied in a deep voice.

The three of them entered the spiritual beast's sphere of influence, but before they went too deep, Li Yuanba saw flowers all over the valley below.

These flowers are all first-grade spiritual flowers. The valley covers an area of ​​thousands of acres and is completely covered with spiritual flowers.

Muyang bees flew among the spiritual flowers, occasionally stopping on flowers to collect nectar.

Although the Muyang Bee is small, it is a second-grade spirit bee. A group of second-grade spirit bees are extremely terrifying, and even a third-grade spirit beast does not dare to provoke it easily.

Not to mention the other weak spirit beasts, this valley is completely the territory of Muyang Bee.

Li Yuanba even sensed that the six peaks outside the valley naturally formed a formation that protected the valley.

The most peculiar thing is that the formation formed by these six mountains has no traces of human intervention and is a completely naturally formed formation.

Perhaps only such a special place can allow a large number of second-grade spiritual flowers to grow, providing the basis for the existence of the Muyang bee population.

Just as they approached the valley, a howl was heard from outside the valley.

"Damn it, this Golden Moon Violent Bear advanced!" Senior Brother Qi Jin said with a grim expression.

Li Yuanba also sensed that a giant bear with the aura of a late-stage great demon was flying towards them from below.

The fluctuations in spiritual power caused by the great late-stage demon Golden Moon Violent Bear did not affect the valley, as all its might was blocked outside by the formation formed by the six mountains.

Perhaps this is also the reason why the Golden Moon Violent Bear dares to display its own strength without scruples. Even if a golden elixir battle is launched outside, as long as it is not aimed at the valley, it will not affect the Muyang Bees in the valley at all.

"Junior Brother Jiang, Junior Brother Li, let's cooperate in the attack. If it becomes impossible, retreat immediately and don't fight to the end!" Senior Brother Qi Jin solemnly instructed.

The improvement in the strength of the Golden Moon Violent Bear was beyond his expectations, but he still wanted to try out the Golden Moon Violent Bear's current strength.

After the last battle with the Golden Moon Violent Bear, his strength has also improved. Jiang Pu is also quite strong, and with the addition of Li Yuanba who is even stronger than Jiang Pu, there may still be hope in this battle.