Chapter 473 Rescue 1
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan traveled without encountering any obstacles.
However, the closer one gets to the Hundred Forest Domain, the more likely one is to encounter flying artifacts from other domains and forces—most of which are treasure ships or flying boats, and there are often several, or even dozens or hundreds, of cultivators standing on their decks.
The couple also stood on the deck.
When encountering these flying magical artifacts, due to the different levels and speeds of the artifacts, many of them flash by in an instant. When encountering those with similar speeds, they will nod slightly to each other and then change direction, instead of traveling "side by side".
It took about two or three days to finally arrive near the Hundred Forest Domain.
It is also the plain closest to the Hundred Forest Domain in this direction.
There aren't many trees on the plains, but small patches of woodland do exist. There are also some low peaks, lakes, and other landforms.
Many savage beasts live here. When they fly over here from high above, you can almost see the savage beasts living together with the naked eye. They hunt each other and also howl at the mysterious artifacts flying in the sky.
On the edge of this plain, there is a sea of miasma flowers, and beyond that lies a vast forest.
After passing through the forest, you will reach the Hundred Forest Domain.
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As the name suggests, the Hundred Forests Domain has over a hundred forests of varying sizes, and almost every faction occupies at least one of them.
All the produce of these forests belongs to those forces, and disciples of those forces often venture deep into those forests to gain experience.
It could even be said that these forces were built upon the forest itself.
There are five level-eight forces in the region. The two most powerful forces each have three Nirvana cultivators: Liuguang Sect and Shanglin Peak. Next is Shuixin Sect, which has two Nirvana cultivators. Then there are Chilang Sect and Baiyue Sect, each with one Nirvana cultivator.
All the forces within the Hundred Forest Domain appealed for help, with the Flowing Light Sect and Upper Forest Peak suffering the greatest losses, each having lost a Nirvana cultivator long ago. The Nirvana cultivator who fell later belonged to the White Leap Sect—in other words, their last remaining pillar of strength is now gone.
Bai Yuezong is now facing the greatest crisis.
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Among the eighth-level forces in the Central Region, the number of cultivators at each level is many times less than that of the ninth-level forces—at least ten times less.
Therefore, among these level eight forces, there are only a few people at the Nirvana stage, and only a few dozen at the Spirit Transformation stage, at most a little over a hundred.
Take, for example, the Flowing Light Sect in the Hundred Forest Domain. Originally, the sect only had forty or fifty Spirit Transformation cultivators. After the battle, they suffered enormous losses, and it's unknown if even half remain. It's as if much of their foundation was wiped out instantly, and some of their future Nirvana potential may have perished. Lower-level disciples were even more vulnerable to slaughter, and the casualties were likely severe. Otherwise, they wouldn't have so quickly cast a wide net for help.
Among these forces' Spirit Transformation cultivators, many are only at the initial stage, and some haven't even split their souls yet, so their combat power isn't very high.
At the very least, in the entire Hundred Forest Domain, across all levels, there isn't a single person who can make it onto the Sky Ranking!
—It’s not surprising, really. The Sky Martial Arts Ranking has four hundred Battle Kings from level five to level eight, and there are far more than four hundred Domains in the world.
Not only does the Hundred Forest Domain lack a Battle King, but the Thousand Directions Domain and the Myriad Snow Domain also lack Battle Kings.
It is clear that the fighting in this area is at a very ordinary level.
Coupled with the machinations of some unknown individuals, the surrounding regions have been plunged into such a state of anxiety and turmoil.
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Warships flew high above the plains.
Zhong Cai leaned down and looked down, and saw a group of huge bulls fighting a group of lions. The fighting style was quite primitive, giving him a feeling of watching an animal documentary in his original world...
He couldn't help but chuckle.
Wu Shaogan, true to his reputation as a close friend, shared a deep understanding with Zhong Cai. From his eyes and movements, he immediately made a judgment: "Is A-Cai thinking about Animal World?"
Zhong Cai couldn't help but leap up, hooking her arms around Wu Shaogan's neck and holding his waist, excitedly exclaiming, "You even remembered that!"
Wu Shaogan carefully held Zhong Cai and said calmly, "I remember all the stories that Cai told me."
Zhong Cai beamed and happily bit Wu Shaogan's neck.
The couple didn't get to see for long. In fact, in the short time it took them to say those few words, the warship had already passed the fighting range of those wild bulls and lions, and they saw a large herd of deer ahead.
This time it's not some wild deer, but a rare deer that is difficult to survive but is born with certain healing abilities.
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Its name is: Ginseng Blood Deer.
The method of use is very simple. The antlers of this rare deer can emit light and heal skin wounds and some internal injuries, making it a decent substitute when no elixirs are available.
The reason it's called "Ginseng Blood" deer is because when you kill this deer and take its blood, you'll find that the blood contains a rich ginseng flavor. Moreover, the reddest part of the blood is below the antlers, and if you cut a piece of tender meat from there, it's a treasure that's very suitable for assisting others in their cultivation. Interestingly, the level of the Ginseng Blood Deer determines the level of cultivator it assists.
Moreover, it is not only extremely beneficial to humans, but also greatly beneficial to orcs after consuming it.
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Zhong Cai became interested and intended to go down and catch a few.
It's said that this stuff tastes really good.
Wu Shaogan held him down.
"A-Cai, look to the right."
Zhong Cai discovered that his old man, Wu, had activated the stealth function on the warship at some point, causing the entire ship to disappear.
What did Lao Wu see all along?
Zhong Cai looked in the direction Wu Shaogan pointed and saw a dark mass forming a huge cloud.
That is...
Zhong Cai squinted.
Those are heretical cultivators.
There was a dense, dark mass of at least several dozen heretical cultivators.
They stirred up a black whirlwind, and each person had a small black banner hanging above their head, emitting a scarlet light.
That's the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls!
Zhong Cai could tell that these Myriad Soul Banners were of a high level, and the direction from which the heretics came seemed to correspond to the Thousand Directions Domain.
It is conceivable that even though the situation in Qianfang Domain was much better than that in Bailin Domain, it was still attacked by a large number of evil forces and suffered countless losses.
It's unclear whether it was obtained through death or by forceful extraction, but without a certain number of people, it would be impossible to refine the Myriad Soul Banner to such an extent!
Each of these heretical sects has taken the lives of no fewer than a thousand cultivators!
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Wu Shaogan grasped Zhong Cai's hand and transmitted his voice to him.
[They must have come to hunt blood deer to heal their wounds because the battle was too intense.]
Zhong Cai frowned.
[That's true. Evil alchemists are rare; there's probably a supply shortage. And it's not easy for them to find alchemists nearby to buy their services. With the good and evil fighting like this, any respectable, righteous alchemist wouldn't do something that would aid the enemy.]
Wu Shaogan nodded slightly.
Zhong Cai looked at those heretical people and found them incredibly noisy.
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The evil ones arrived riding on black clouds, seemingly releasing layers of black mist, and pounced on the blood-red deer.
This herd of blood deer numbered over two hundred, and they were by no means docile. However, when the black mist enveloped them, they seemed to be trapped in some kind of illusion, and were no longer able to put up any fierce resistance.
Zhong Cai pursed her lips.
I don't want these weirdos to get such a large herd of deer; wouldn't that be a waste?
Wu Shaogan nodded.
I'll take care of it.
Zhong Cai trusted his old man Wu completely. Although he could act on his own, his old man Wu could act much faster than him.
Now he doesn't want the evil path to gain any advantage, so naturally the sooner the better.
Zhong Cai immediately nudged Wu Shaogan.
This means urging or pressuring.
Wu Shaogan smiled slightly, and a large bow appeared in his arm at some point, already gleaming with fifty arrows!
The bowstring snapped, and a whooshing sound pierced the air as it hurtled through the air from different directions into those evil paths!
Zhong Cai looked at it and immediately burst into laughter.
The total number of people in the heretical sect is less than fifty; the extra ones are probably just Old Wu keeping it safe.
No one knows how Old Wu trained his archery, but as time went on, he could control more and more arrows. Each time he drew the bow, the arrows could appear in different directions, and if there were many enemies, they could even split up!
Of course, the power of the split arrows is slightly less, but if the enemy is weaker and uses a group attack, it can be very effective.
Most of these heretical cultivators are currently at the Fusion or Palace Building stage, with only one at the Spirit Transformation stage, serving as the leader at the forefront.
And because the team leader was the most conspicuous, he died the fastest.
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After finally finding this group of Blood Deer, the heretics were eager and extremely focused on capturing them all, even treating their wounds on the spot, using up at least 20% of them! Only then would their hard work not be in vain.
However, what they didn't expect was that they hadn't detected any danger before, so how did they suddenly receive a barrage of arrows?
Once they discover this, most of the heretical sects have no chance to fight back.
The leader died even faster, his mouth agape frantically before he died, as if trying to say something—
Unfortunately, the light in his eyes quickly disappeared, and he died just like that.
At the same time, the Ten Thousand Souls Banner above the leader of the evil path suddenly emitted an even more ferocious light!
At that moment, a dark shadow seemed to appear inside the team leader's body.
The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls spun rapidly, and the black shadow, which had been stubbornly refusing to move, was grabbed without mercy and swallowed into its "belly".
The shadowy figure continued to twist and contort until its very last moment, as if trying to speak, but it couldn't utter a single word. It could only perish completely, filled with resentment and regret.
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The other heretics were also easily defeated and killed by the rain of arrows, as if Wu Shaogan were cutting melons and vegetables.
Unsurprisingly, all the Myriad Soul Banners spun above their heads, swallowing their primordial souls and turning them into nourishment.
The heretical sects were utterly and completely wiped out.
Zhong Cai's lips twitched slightly.
hiss.
This Ten Thousand Souls Banner is truly sinister!
At this point, he released an eighth-level puppet and had it jump down to deal with the corpses of the evil cultivators and the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
The level eight puppet was extremely powerful. With just one breath, it turned into endless flames, completely incinerating the corpses to prevent any further accidents.
The Ten Thousand Soul Banners were also stacked up and presented by the level eight puppets.
Zhong Cai's lips twitched again.
The Banner of Ten Thousand Souls is not easy to deal with; the primordial spirits inside have completely lost their minds and merged into the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls.
Destroying the Myriad Souls Banner would be tantamount to killing the cultivator's soul, which still had a sliver of consciousness, once again; but not destroying the Myriad Souls Banner would be somewhat unreasonable in the righteous path.
Zhong Cai hesitated for a moment.
Let those primordial spirits be released.
Staying in the Ten Thousand Soul Banner all the time would probably mean enduring countless torments and pains—this thing uses primordial souls as nourishment, how could it possibly allow these cultivators to live comfortably inside?
Let's just forget about it.
After much thought, Zhong Cai decided to use the fastest method.
He took out some medicinal herbs and quickly prepared them.
It just so happens that the highest level of these Myriad Soul Banners is only level seven, which is very suitable for him, a level seven alchemist.
Before long, Zhong Cai produced a bowl of soup that appeared to be colorless.
If you look closely at it under the light, you can see a splash of five colors shimmering on the surface of the herbal medicine.
Zhong Cai poured the medicinal soup onto the stacked Ten Thousand Soul Banners.
In an instant, a plume of scalding white smoke appeared on the Myriad Souls Banner. The originally incredibly sturdy material of the Myriad Souls Banner was rapidly melted by this bowl of medicinal soup!
Yes, it's the kind of melting that leaves only a puddle of water.
However, the primordial spirits within them have all gained their freedom.
Those who truly do not wish to gain freedom... then those within the Ten Thousand Souls Banner are in league with the evil path. In other words, they do not desire freedom, but instead gain eternal slumber.
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After dealing with the remnants of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, Zhong Cai's mood improved a little. At this moment, she held Wu Shaogan's hand and did not leave the warship.
He directly ordered the puppets and dragon-armored soldiers to strip all the mustard seed-sized objects from the evil corpses, searching them thoroughly until nothing was missed.
Afterwards, Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan searched through the resources inside these mustard seed-sized objects.
All the legitimate items were collected and stored in the resource hall of the ancient city; the sinister ones were all piled together and given gifts to put them into "permanent slumber".
All done.
Zhong Cai finally loosened her grip a little.
Then, the puppets and the dragon-armored soldiers worked together to hunt down all the blood-red deer.
It wasn't that he wanted to do anything ruthless, but the Blood Deer originally had little intelligence and its combat power was average, making it unsuitable for a contract. Moreover, its flesh and blood had so many benefits... making it an indispensable resource for the evil path.
If he doesn't take all the ginseng and blood deer with him, the evil forces will soon come back to hunt down these resources.
Zhong Cai pondered for a moment and said, "Old Wu, how about we keep some for ourselves and distribute the rest to those smaller forces that lack resources?"
Wu Shaogan, who has always supported Zhong Cai, nodded in agreement: "Once we arrive in the Hundred Forest Domain, we'll assess the situation. If there are any alliances or similar groups of forces, we'll hand them over to them and let them allocate resources as they see fit."
Zhong Cai nodded in agreement—they figured they didn't have much time to specifically look for those smaller factions; their main focus was on providing support.
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With a few words exchanged between the two, the warship gradually traversed the plain.
As they flew over the sea of flowers again, Zhong took out two pills, one for himself and one for Old Wu.
Just as expected!
As soon as they reached the sky above the sea of flowers, countless extremely beautiful flowers continuously sprayed pollen at Zhong and his wife.
Pollen drifts in the wind like mist, rising straight up.
Unfortunately, even though these pollen grains floated very diligently, some of them were still blocked by the defenses of the level eight warship, and the rest, even if they touched Zhong and Wu, had their power shielded by the pills they had ingested.
Nothing could stop the Zhong-Wu couple from moving forward!
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The warship passed through the sea of flowers and indeed came upon a forest.
This is actually the territory of an eighth-level power. The forest area is also very vast, with no end in sight. It contains countless kinds of trees and other landforms, forming a very rich ecosystem.
The warships continued their journey.
Zhong Caiye was still leaning on the deck railing, looking down.
As expected, we can also see some normal orcish battles...
After a short while, we passed through the forest.
Zhong Cai roughly estimated that the diameter of this forest alone must be at least tens of thousands of miles.
How terrifying!
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Just as the warships were getting closer to the edge of the forest, a huge roar came from ahead!
Two enormous cultivators were engaged in a brutal, hand-to-hand combat. One of them was wrapped around a ferocious black python, while the other had a sleek fire fox perched on his shoulder—the fox's tail was wrapped around his neck to keep it from falling off.
The battle was so intense that even when the two were forced to retreat just a few steps, a large number of trees were destroyed.
The black python is very cunning. Whenever its master and enemy are fighting fiercely, it will stretch out its head and quickly bite the enemy's chest!
Unfortunately, the fire fox was equally cunning. It was also wholeheartedly devoted to protecting its master. Whenever the black python attempted a surprise attack, the fire fox would instantly extend its claws, trying to tear the python's head apart! At the same time, it could breathe fire, causing the black python's scales to gradually become tattered and weakened from the continuous resistance to the foxfire…
The black python's owner was a heretical cultivator at the peak of the Spirit Transformation stage.
The owner of the Fire Fox is the eldest disciple of the sect leader of this level eight power, and can be considered the number one person below Nirvana in the sect. He is also the senior brother who is at the peak of Spirit Transformation!
Both fought until they were covered in wounds; it was a very fierce battle.
Not far away, plumes of black smoke could be seen billowing, and the flames and shouts of battle were quite terrifying.
Countless noises filled the air, along with a strong stench of blood.
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Zhong Cai saw from afar that the evil cultivator was much older and more experienced than the senior brother. Although the senior brother was exceptionally talented, he was far less ruthless than the evil cultivator, so his injuries were more severe. Moreover, while fighting, he was also trying his best to protect his fellow disciples, which made his injuries even worse.
After observing for a while, Zhong Cai felt that the senior brother didn't necessarily have to be distracted, but rather that the attack on their area was too intense, and many fellow disciples had already died in battle. If the senior brother didn't take care of them, even more junior brothers and sisters would die.
This senior disciple was willing to sacrifice his own life to save his junior brothers and sisters, while also attacking with all his might and hoping for rescue.
—No matter what, we should drag it out for as long as possible.
Zhong Cai sighed and quickly nudged her old man, Lao Wu.
Wu Shaogan drew back the bowstring in perfect unison.
Two arrows, "whoosh!"
The arrow transformed into a dazzling streak of light, swiftly passing by and splitting into two directions at incredible speed. One arrow aimed at the evil path's vital point, while the other struck the black python's head.
Although the vital points of the evil path are carefully protected, and the black python's head is extremely hard, Wu Shaogan's secret technique is even more powerful and terrifying.
After the arrow was fired, the evil cultivator seemed to have been struck by a terrifying blow. He was violently thrown backward, coughing up blood and foul-smelling internal organs as he flew.
The black python was even easier to deal with—after that arrow, its head was severed and it was completely dead.
It was just two arrows, yet they had already caused such a terrible effect.
The black python's corpse fell limply to the ground.
The fire fox scurried over, swiftly landing on the black python and frantically scratching and checking it to ensure the python could no longer move.
The eldest brother also took the opportunity to unleash a secret technique on the evil cultivator, which was quite powerful. It caused the evil cultivator to exhale his last breath and die.
With the most lethal evil cultivator dead, the other disciples can still hold out for a while longer.
So, instead of rushing over to help, the senior disciple took out a bottle and pointed the bottle opening at the corpse of the evil cultivator.
It was as if an invisible energy rushed into the corpse, and when it returned, it grabbed a shadow.
The eldest brother quickly sealed the bottle again.
It turns out this is a "soul-locking bottle," the purpose of which is to collect all the dead evil souls into it, to be handed over to the Nirvana cultivators for destruction later.
They needed to adapt to changing circumstances during battles, and with so many enemies, they simply didn't have time to destroy themselves, so they had no choice but to do so.
Otherwise, the evil path is utterly inhuman. If they spare the primordial spirits of the evil path, other evil paths will use the Myriad Soul Banner to collect these primordial spirits, then refine them into the Myriad Soul Banner, and from then on, they will become nourishment for them to enhance their profound artifacts...
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After doing all this, the senior disciple turned around and noticed the warship quietly hovering not far away. Knowing that it was these two who had helped him, he immediately flashed over and greeted them.
Zhong Cai and Wu Shaogan stood side by side.
Wu Shaogan still had a bow and arrow slung over his arm.
The senior disciple said, "I am Wan Li from the Crimson Wolf Sect. Thank you both for your help."
Zhong Cai said with a smile, "Shao Gan and I are from the Lingxian Sect and the War God Hall, respectively. We came here on a mission."
Wan Li naturally knew who Wu Shaogan was. Now, comparing the image with his memory, he became even more certain and was overjoyed.
He quickly invited, "Thank you both. Please come and visit my sect?"
The couple readily agreed to visit, but Zhong Cai still said, "It would be better if Shao Gan and I killed all these heretics first, and then we could go and pay our respects."
Since they had come from afar and were so eager to help, Wan Li naturally had no objections.
Then, Zhong Cai stowed away the warship, joined hands with Wu Shaogan, and followed behind Wan Li into the battlefield.
After passing through the forest, there is a wide plain, and on the left side of the plain are clusters of buildings.
The battlefield is located on this plain, in front of the buildings...
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