Chapter 96: Centipede Fruit Vines

  After everything had calmed down, Leidong was also secretly shocked. As expected of a foundation-level demon beast, its power was formidable, and although the battle was short-lived, it had already reduced the surrounding tens of meters of rocks and trees to a mess. The Dark Shadow Ghost Soldier, after being hit by Bai Jie's ruthless move, became somewhat illusory and not solid, clearly having suffered significant damage. Leidong hastily stored it in the high-quality Nourishing Soul Tower for nourishment.

  As for the flesh and blood of this hundred-jointed centipede, Lei Dong thought for a moment before putting away the Ghostly Phantom Guard. Instead, he summoned the Violent Strike Ghost Soldier and let it swallow the flesh and blood of this foundation-level demon beast alone. He believed that with its quality, swallowing two or three heads would be enough to promote it to the level of a Ghost Guard. Although, according to Lei Dong's current divine sense intensity, without special medicinal stimulation, it was very difficult to simultaneously command two Ghost Guards at the same time. However, using different Ghost Guards in different situations would have better effects than now.

  Soon, the violent ghost soldier swallowed the centipede whole in a joyful scream, leaving only its head behind as proof of their achievement to claim their reward upon returning.

  After cleaning up the battlefield, Lei Dong carefully put away the violent ghost soldiers and replaced them with ghostly ghost guards. This troublesome back-and-forth had left Lei Dong somewhat speechless. The reason for this was simply that his own cultivation was not enough, and his divine sense was not particularly strong. If he could cultivate to the tenth layer of Lianqi, plus continue to practice the Mind Tempering Technique, then perhaps he should be able to barely command two first-class ghost guards.

  Near the lair of the strange beast, there were often some strange objects. Lei Dong was slightly recovered under the protection of the ghostly ghost guard. He carefully explored his surroundings, spending several hours before finally finding a vine with hundreds of years of fire outside a cliff cave, on which dozens of red, fragrant, and intoxicating centipede fruits grew. Within a radius of several miles around, not even a small centipede was found, clearly this was the forbidden area of the hundred-segmented centipede.

  With a surge of excitement, he hastily retrieved an icy jade box adorned with intricate carvings and carefully placed the Wanyu fruits inside. After considerable effort, he dug up the roots of the vine and placed it in another jade box. The quality of those Wanyu fruits was not bad, but they could only be sold for a thousand or so spiritual energy coins at most. What was truly valuable was that centuries-old Wanyu fruit vine, which would likely fetch five to six thousand spiritual energy coins.

  If the vine is transplanted successfully and carefully cultivated, every ten or eight years, it will bring a fortune of over 1,000 yuan. For some immortal families that value inheritance or sects, this is an absolutely worthwhile long-term investment. However, Lei Dong's vision cannot be so far-sighted, waiting fifty or sixty years for returns, which is absolutely not his style.

  It seems that this harvest is quite substantial. The stone that Lei Dong had been suppressing in his heart seemed to have loosened a bit, after all, if every subsequent task has such gains. This trip might be able to gather enough resources to reach the 11th layer of Qi Refining.

  However, such things can only be done with the support of a top-notch Ghost Guard and the Silent Annihilation Wheel. Normally, even if it's not a disciple of the 8th layer of Qi Refining, but rather one of the 12th layer, encountering that giant centipede would still put their life at risk. Therefore, although the Ghost Controlling Technique is powerful, it's not something ordinary people can handle. Either you have an ancestor with endless wealth to support you, or you're like the Old Ancestor of Ten Thousand Ghosts, who had extremely good luck during the Qi Refining period and captured a top-notch or high-quality spirit ghost. Leidong being able to play the Ghost Controlling Technique to this extent is all thanks to the Soul Devouring Tower. And his current advantage lies entirely with the Soul Devouring Tower.

  Delayed for another day, searching around the centipede's nest, but almost nothing was gained. Leidong didn't want to waste any more time, and continued to drive the eerie and dark ghost banner towards the next destination.

  A few days later, I rushed to a desolate place again. This time the target was a foundation-level cliff lizard. This time it was somewhat lucky, and after spending only two days of effort, I found and killed it, but gained no other extra spoils.

  It was another month later.

  The evil spirit wrapped around him like a black fog, enveloping him in his solitary flight through the sky. While Lei Dong was admiring the scenery.

  That was a giant mountain range, coiled like a divine dragon on the ground. Majestic, towering, and awe-inspiring. This is the famous Transverse Mountain Range, also known as the Heavenly Veins. Even though Lei Dong was thousands of miles away from the Transverse Mountain Range, he could still vaguely feel its aura being emitted at all times. Of course, what Lei Dong could see was only a small corner of the Heavenly Veins. The entire Transverse Mountain Range was already far beyond human imagination. And for a Refining Qi period disciple like Lei Dong, it was even more a forbidden land within a forbidden land, with a high probability of entering but never leaving.

  As a result, although he had heard that there were countless heavenly treasures in the Heavenly Veins, Lei Dong dared not even think about it. Lei Dong never thought of himself as a small strong destiny, others entering the Heavenly Veins would die, but he would enter and live to thrive. Even if someone explicitly told him that there was a 50% chance of not dying and getting great benefits, Lei Dong would only hide far away from that place, life is precious and cannot be wasted.

  The reason why Leidong can only get thousands of miles away from the heavenly pulse is that if he goes further forward, there is a branch of the heavenly pulse that cuts across several thousand miles. If Leidong wants to bypass the transverse mountain range called the Dacheng Mountain Range, he would have to make seven or eight turns and increase his journey by three or four million miles unnecessarily. If it were an ordinary mountain range, Leidong could simply fly over it from the sky, at most flying a bit higher.

  But for the Daqing Mountains marked with extremely dangerous signs on the jade map, Leidong dared not take that shortcut. The previous Evil Dragon Valley was named after evil dragons, but it only had centipedes. But the Daqing Mountains, which spanned thousands of miles and did not have the word "mountain" in its name, actually had a real dragon living inside, a python with strength comparable to an absolute master of the Yuan Ying period.

  However, this dragon's lair is located within the sphere of influence of the Yin Family Clan. They have an agreement with the Yin Family Clan, where they do not invade each other and are not subordinate to each other. It cannot leave Qing Shan Mountain without reason to attack the disciples of the Yin Family Clan, while the disciples of the Yin Family Clan also cannot enter Qing Shan Mountain at will. And if the Yin Family Clan is attacked by an enemy, the dragon also cannot stand idly by and must jointly defend against the enemy.

  Even if you were to force Lei Dong with a sword, he wouldn't dare fly over the top of Da Qing Mountain. Perhaps nothing would happen, but once something did, it would be a matter of life and death.

  It was many years ago, under a massive geological change. As a branch of the Dachuan Mountains, the Daqing Mountains were completely cut off from the Hengduan Mountains, forming a vast and open valley corridor. After countless years of evolution, that valley corridor is hundreds of miles wide. Among them, ordinary people have established several cities, as well as countless scattered villages.

  Whether it's a big green mountain or a horizontal mountain range. Although it is indeed extremely dangerous, there will still be ordinary people living and surviving at the foot of the mountain not far away. The place where monsters live is often deeper, and not as many as people imagine. Living at the foot of the mountain has rich natural resources and can survive very well. As for those ordinary fierce beasts, experienced hunters can also deal with them together.

  Lei Dong would have to cross this hundreds of miles wide canyon corridor, after passing through two or three thousand miles, he could save tens of thousands of miles. Of course, this canyon corridor is also very safe in the map markings. Otherwise, Lei Dong would rather go around a few tens of thousands of miles.

  Here is the translation:

  Having arrived here, the Heavenly Veins were even closer, only a hundred or so miles away. The majestic and towering aura between the clouds made Lei Dong's heart surge with excitement. His mood also became more open and refreshed. He flew quietly and calmly, but just as he was flying over a small hill covered in bamboo forests, he suddenly saw a cluster of bloody mist, like a shooting star, coming from who-knows-where, carrying a long trail of blood-colored flames, and crashing into the bamboo forest on the hill.

  Although it was a glimpse, Lei Dong couldn't help but feel a shock in his heart and exclaimed: "Blood Escape Technique?"

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