"Uncle Liu, what's going on?"
After giving the pill to Uncle Liu, Yue'er and the others looked at him nervously and asked.
"Much better, the toxins have started to be discharged."
Uncle Liu opened his eyes. The poison from the poisonous wood scorpion had caused him unbearable pain. But now, he could already feel his body starting to get better.
"My name is Liu Qing, little brother. I haven't asked for your name yet."
Liu Qing bowed towards Gu Yuan and said gratefully.
If it weren't for Gu Yuan's elixir, he would have died here today.
"My name is Gu Yuan, and I just happened to pass by here." Gu Yuan nodded and said.
"Thank you for saving my life, little brother."
"You're welcome. I'm just taking money from people and helping them get rid of their misfortunes."
Gu Yuan waved his hand and said to the young man, "By the way, the 100,000 gold coins. Now that the person is alive, it's time to give it to me, right?"
"Um...what's one hundred thousand gold coins?"
Liu Qing looked at the others and asked in confusion.
"Uncle Liu, the pill you just took was...we bought it from him. He wanted 100,000 gold coins." The young man answered haltingly.
One hundred thousand gold coins was the Yan family’s income for several months.
"What?"
Liu Qing's expression gradually turned strange, and then he smiled bitterly, "Well! My miserable life is worth 100,000 gold coins, and I can still serve your Yan family for a few more years."
"Brother Gu, I forgot to introduce myself. We are from the Yan family of Black Rock City. My name is Yan Lei, and this is Yan Yue and Yan Xue."
Although he was somewhat dissatisfied with Gu Yuan's taking advantage of Liu Qing, after seeing that Liu Qing really got better, Yan Lei's dissatisfaction turned into gratitude.
"Black Rock City?"
Although Gu Yuan had never been to Black Rock City, he knew that Black Rock City was a city of similar size to Beastmaster City and not far from Beastmaster City.
"Alright, we've already agreed on this. The Poison Wood Scorpion's demon core and body belong to me. I think you've come out here to gain experience, so it might be difficult to come up with 100,000 gold coins right now. You guys figure out what to do first, and I'll go deal with the Poison Wood Scorpion."
Gu Yuan turned and walked towards the Poison Wood Scorpion. He had no concerns about them. Liu Qing was only a level five spiritual disciple, and even the Poison Wood Scorpion was stronger than him. As for the other three, they were only level three or four spiritual disciples.
Gu Yuan has plenty of ways to prevent them from defaulting on their debts.
Coming in front of the poisonous wood scorpion, Gu Yuan squatted down and cut through its head with a knife. A black crystal was embedded inside. This was the demon core.
"Although the Poison Wood Scorpion's name contains the word 'wood', it is actually an earth-attributed monster."
During this period, Gu Yuan spent all day hunting monsters, obtaining monster cores, and refining monster blood in order to advance his own skills and spiritual techniques.
But what he didn't expect was that the energy required for advancement was so terrifying!
He kept searching for earth-attributed monsters. He had basically hunted down all the earth-attributed monsters below the fifth-level spiritual disciple around the cave. However, he only managed to advance his skills by one-third.
In other words, Gu Yuan is still seven-tenths away from mastering the second-grade martial arts!
He also had a vague feeling that the further he moved forward, the more energy he would need.
Because he completed the first tenth by killing only ten monsters of the fourth level spiritual disciples, but the second tenth was completed by using ten monsters of the fifth level spiritual disciples. What was even more terrifying was the third one, which was completed by using a monster of the sixth level spiritual disciple and twelve monsters of the fifth level spiritual disciples.
Although it was very hard, Gu Yuan's strength was also improving rapidly. Now, after continuous fighting and devouring monsters, he has reached the strength of a seventh-level spiritual disciple. This is also the reason for Gu Yuan's perseverance. After all, as long as you work hard, you will get rewards, which is not the case for everyone.
"Oh, this is really troublesome. I don't know when this technique can be upgraded to the second level. It seems that the only way to reduce the number of monsters is to hunt stronger monsters."
Placing the demon core in the palm of his hand, Gu Yuan began to practice his skills. Soon, the energy in the demon core was absorbed and turned into grayish-white powder.
“Huh…comfortable!”
Feeling that his skills had improved slightly, Gu Yuan stood up and couldn't help stretching.
He put the poisonous wood scorpion's body into his ring, but he would not devour it under the gaze of those people.
"Ahem, um, have you decided yet?"
Seeing Gu Yuan coming over, the people who were discussing stopped talking.
"Well, little brother, this 100,000 gold coins... is not a small amount for us. We don't have much money on us now. Could you please come with us to Black Rock City as a guest? On the one hand, I will give you the money, and on the other hand, it is also a way to thank you for saving my life. After all, I, Liu Qing, have some status in the Mu family. No matter what, 100,000 gold coins are not enough to buy my life!" Liu Qing said sincerely.
"Yes, yes! Let us reward Mr. Gu well." Yan Yue and others nodded.
"Is that so? That's fine. I've been pretty tired lately anyway, so it might be nice to go and take a look at Black Rock City."
Looking up at the horizon, Gu Yuan continued, "It's getting late. Let's spend the night here. You guys aren't strong enough, and it's quite dangerous at night. I'll be there to look after you. How about that?"
"That's great!"
The sky gradually darkened. Yan Lei and his companions lit a fire, while Gu Yuan only felt relieved after checking the surrounding situation.
He took out a bag from the ring and scattered the contents around the group.
"Eh? Brother Gu Yuan, what are you sprinkling? It smells terrible."
Yan Xue covered her nose with her hands, a look of disgust on her face.
"Haha, this is good stuff, it's the feces of a high-level monster."
"stool?"
After hearing what Gu Yuan said, the other three people didn't react much, but Yan Xue moved her body inward with a look of disgust on her face.
"Alas, you are still young and don't understand these common sense."
Seeing that the others had no intention of explaining, Gu Yuan continued, "Monsters have a sense of territory among themselves. The more powerful the monster, the stronger its sense of territory. The feces of high-level monsters are to deter ordinary monsters, to prevent them from accidentally entering here and causing trouble for us. Do you understand?"
"Is there such a thing?"
Yan Xue looked at them and couldn't help but curl her lips. Why didn't they tell her?
After sprinkling it, Gu Yuan took out a bag of white powdery substance and sprinkled it on himself, then passed it to the other people in turn.
"This is insect repellent powder. Insects and beasts are active at night, and they are just as dangerous as monsters. It's quite effective, give it a try."
The reason why Gu Yuan said so much was mainly because he was afraid that Yan Xue would bring him trouble. Danger could occur at any time and anywhere in the Black Demon Mountains at night.
The dry firewood was burning with a crackling sound. Gu Yuan added the firewood intermittently, and was too lazy to join in the discussion of the other four people.
"You guys sit here for now. I'll go catch some rabbits or something. I'm sure you're hungry too."
Standing up, without paying any attention to them, Gu Yuan walked straight into the darkness.
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