Shi Xuan is a cautious person who always thinks things through long-term. There are more than just Dragon Stone Grass, a seventh-tier spiritual plant here. He's afraid that picking just one plant might attract three waves of guardian beasts.
Since they showed no intention of showing up, Shi Xuan simply went all out.
She took out the array materials, used the entire valley as the venue, and covered the entire valley with the Rising Dragon Small Array, which she had adapted from the Rising Dragon Array of the Hidden Sect.
While setting up the formation, Shi Xuan released his divine sense to keep watch and prepared the defensive artifacts to be activated at any time.
Although this valley is not large, it is not an easy task to completely cover it, after all, its predecessor was an extremely complex and huge array.
Half an hour later, Shi Xuan was still moving rapidly, setting up every point of the Rising Dragon Formation.
While he was completely focused, Shi Xuan suddenly sensed a dangerous aura.
Shi Xuan didn't turn around. She lightly touched the ground with her toes and leaped forward several meters like a graceful swallow. At the same time, a deafening explosion behind her tore through the air, and the impact swept across the hem of her swallowtail-like dress.
As Shi Xuan leaped out, she turned around. There was now a shallow pit where she had stood, and the surrounding vegetation had turned to ashes. A little further away, flames were still burning, their intense heat hitting Shi Xuan's face.
Shi Xuan looked up and saw a fiery demonic owl circling overhead. Its body was covered in flame-like feathers, with two or three black crest feathers trailing in smooth arcs above its head. Its fiery wings spread wildly, and golden-red intertwined demonic power cast shimmering light behind it.
The fiery owl opened its sharp beak, letting out a piercing cry that soared into the sky. Shi Xuan stared intently at the fiery owl with shining eyes, and with a wave of her hand, the Concealed Edge Sword appeared in her grasp.
The next moment, Shi Xuan shot straight at the eighth-tier demon beast like an arrow released from a bow.
Such a high-level demonic beast was naturally not to be trifled with. It quickly parried Shi Xuan's attack, and a fierce battle ensued between the two.
Shi Xuan's Concealed Edge Sword Technique is becoming increasingly proficient, and he is about to reach the ninth level, making it extremely powerful.
However, the Fiery Demon Owl's rank was higher than Shi Xuan's, and even if she used the Concealed Edge Sword Technique to its fullest extent, she couldn't do anything to this Demon Owl for the time being.
Shi Xuan dodged left and right, but was chased all over the valley by the demon owl, looking extremely disheveled.
Seeing Shi Xuan's condition, the Demon Lord became more and more excited as the fight progressed. He seemed to have the victory in his grasp. Seeing Shi Xuan struggling to keep up, he became even more confident and completely disregarded Shi Xuan.
After dozens of moves, Shi Xuan seemed to be unable to hold on any longer and gradually retreated. The blood-red eyes of the Fiery Demon Owl opposite him shone brightly, as if it had anticipated its imminent victory and had already planned how this insignificant human would die.
Just at this critical moment, an unexpected situation occurred. Shi Xuan's figure flashed to the middle of the valley in an instant, and he plunged the Lianfeng Sword in his hand straight into the ground beneath his feet.
Golden, fine lines instantly spread out from the sword tip, and the area where Shi Xuan had just retreated flashed with dazzling light. A complex array faintly appeared on the ground, with the point where the Concealed Edge Sword had been inserted at its center, where dust and sand were now flying everywhere.
"The Rising Dragon Formation is complete."
As the dust settled, the fiery owl was already trapped within the formation. It roared angrily, seemingly wondering why the tiny human had vanished from its sight so suddenly.
The Fiery Demon Owl raged even more fiercely, but this did not achieve the result it desired. Shi Xuan saw that this eighth-tier magical beast had fallen into an unsolvable formation, waiting for her to finish it off.
With the help of the formation, Shi Xuan easily took their lives and threw them into the silver frost.
Silence reigned in the silver frost. The three stared at the suddenly appearing corpse of an eighth-tier demon beast, falling into a deep silence.
Qiu Chang'an swallowed hard and asked in a low voice, "Is she...is she really just a Golden Core cultivator?"
Zeng Mo stared blankly without speaking. Li Jun was also stunned for a while before saying, "These bird feathers are quite pretty. I'll take them and make some weapons and armor."
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Outside the Silver Frost, after Shi announced the completion of the simplified Rising Dragon Formation, he confidently walked towards the rock wall directly in front of him, stopped in front of the two centipede-shaped spiritual plants, and carefully took out a small shovel to dig one out.
Just as Shi Xuan had expected, when she touched the Dragon Stone Grass, a sharp roar suddenly rang out, and a giant python burst out from the ground and pounced on Shi Xuan.
Shi Xuan remained unmoved. Just as the giant python was about to bite Shi Xuan, it realized that although the person was right in front of it, it could not touch him no matter what it did!
Shi Xuan calmly collected the Dragon Stone Grass and transplanted it to a specific area within the Silver Frost. There, Shi Xuan had a special area that simulated the growth environment of various spiritual plants, where she placed many spiritual plants with special environmental requirements.
After settling the Dragon Stone Grass, Shi Xuan picked two more and packed them in a Qin wood box. One of them was intended for Lu Wenxing.
Afterwards, Shi Xuan went to the other two sides and put the other seven-tier spiritual plants into his pocket. As expected, two giant pythons appeared again, one in front and one behind. They looked very similar to the giant python guarding the Dragon Stone Grass in front. They seemed to be a nest of pythons, each guarding its own spiritual plant.
In the cultivation world, demonic beasts lack intelligence and are natural enemies of human cultivators. Disciples of various sects typically hunt demonic beasts as their primary method of training. In contrast, spirit beasts generally do not attack humans unless threatened. If a cultivator encounters a spirit beast of a suitable rank, many will choose to attempt to form a contract with it.
Previously, at the bottom of the cliff, the leader of the [New Life] organization had failed to contract the three-legged golden crow, so he came up with the bad idea of forcibly contracting it.
Although these three giant pythons are eighth-tier demonic beasts, they are merely a few sources of materials for Shi Xuan.
Before long, the corpses of the three eighth-order giant pythons were gutted, their demon cores removed, and thrown into the silver frost.
The three members of the work group seemed to have become numb. They divided the work, one person per python, mechanically processing the python's carcass.
Qiu Chang'an stammered, "The blood of this eighth-order demon beast is perfect for drawing talismans; it would raise the grade of the talisman by one level."
Zeng Mo seemed to be talking to himself: "I have a lot more I can use. I'm going to start experimenting in a little while. What kind of effect will it have if I add a part of an eighth-tier spirit beast as a material to the last Spirit Explosion Pill!"
Li Jun shook his head and laughed, "Let me make this clear first, I'm not eating it. But these python teeth and skin are perfect for forging weapons; one for offense, one for defense, they're simply perfect!"
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The three were already inside discussing how to divide the high-level materials. Shi Xuan, however, did not leave immediately. The three giant pythons had just emerged from underground, but her divine sense had not detected them. It seemed that the underground place was not a simple place either.
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