Volume 1 Chapter 15: Little Valley Without Worries

  "Hey! Feng Ruo, it's really hard to believe that in just one season, you've changed so much! However, those few first-rate spiritual beasts were really killed by you?"

  After several people walked away, Kong Fei asked with some emotion, obviously still somewhat disbelieving.

  "It's true, otherwise who would help me? Or do you think those few spiritual beasts would obediently run in front of me and commit suicide?" Feng Ruo said with a good mood, "Oh, by the way, how was your harvest this time? A whole season's worth of time, should be able to earn a lot of five-element stones, right?"

  "Ugh, don't even mention it!" Kong Fei shook his head dejectedly. "You saw the situation earlier, we went to Xifeng Valley this time and lay in ambush for a long time before finally hunting down a third-grade spiritual beast. But that's not all, we found a low-grade spiritual spring in the nest of that third-grade spiritual beast, which is much better than low-grade spiritual wood and almost comparable to the effect of low-grade spiritual stone. If we use the Spiritual Array Method to move it out, we can sell it for at least 200 low-grade five-element stones. Unfortunately, I don't know how, but that bastard Chu Tian found out about this and used the excuse that Xifeng Valley is completely under the jurisdiction of the Tianzhuan Institute to chase us away! How infuriating! And Blue Shifu just happened to be absent at this time, otherwise she would not have let Chu Tian behave so arrogantly!"

  "Lan Shijie?" Feng Ruo listened quietly, but in his mind, the image of a blue-clothed girl floated up. No wonder he hadn't seen her for some time; it turned out she wasn't at Qingyun Sect.

  "But this time we've also earned a lot, and if we go out hunting a few more times, I'll be able to gather enough Five-Line Stones to buy the Lingyun Upper Garment! By then, when we hunt and kill third-level spiritual beasts, it will be much easier for us! And Brother Qu also said that after he advances to the late stage of Qi Refining, we'll go hunting in the depths of the 72 Peaks! Let's see how arrogant Chu Tian can be by then!"

  Kong Feiyue said, getting more and more excited. He then handed Fang Ruo a fire-attribute five-element stone, continuing: "This is the five-element stone I owed you! Alas, now that you've joined our hunting team, no one will be taking care of my Snow Spirit Silkworm. I'll have to learn from Brother Qu like others do and spend two five-element stones each year to get rid of this chore!"

  Feng Ru did not decline, and directly accepted the Wu Xing stone handed over by Kong Fei. After all, these people were much richer than him. Moreover, what Kong Fei said was also a rule of the Qing Yun Sect. If any third-generation disciple did not want to raise the Snow Spirit Silkworm, they only needed to hand in two Wu Xing stones every year. This way, it would not be like before, when he had delayed his journey and starved the Snow Spirit Silkworm, resulting in it spinning a cocoon.

  Even the fragrant rice that was planted could be done in this way, but it would require spending five lines of stone to buy rice cakes from the old woman. The price wasn't ordinary, so each hunting team made a mutual agreement to take care of each other. Because all three generations of Qingyun Sect disciples were only allowed two seasons per year to go out and hunt, the rest of the time was spent cultivating inside the mountain gate, as well as studying various auxiliary immortal cultivation techniques, such as refining equipment, refining elixirs, making talismans, array methods, etc.

  After saying a few more words, Kong Fei hastily took his leave, for the past season's hunting career had also been quite perilous and exhausting for them, so they too needed to calm their minds and cultivate for a period of time.

  Watching Kong Fei's figure disappear, Feng Ruo couldn't help but smile a little. The five Five Elements Stones were not bad as a starting point, although they were all of the lowest quality. Unfortunately, his Mapping Moon Short Sword was only able to refine one Five Elements Stone due to its poor material quality. If it were a first-rate sword, it could at least refine two low-quality Five Elements Stones.

  "Hey! Take it easy!" Feng Ruo turned his head to look at the majestic mountain gate of Qingyun Sect, as well as the palace shrouded in mist and cloud. He didn't have the chance to walk through that mountain gate, but he could try his best with all his might.

  "My white crane mount is finally settled, now all that's left is to find a way to get a top-grade sword and suit!"

  Feng Ruo thought to himself as he headed towards Dong Feng, this time his gains were very rich, not only did he gain the attention of Qu Yun and others, but also entered their hunting team, and obtained five Wu Xing stones. However, all of this was based on his magical powers, and he dared to confirm that if he were in his current state, following Qu Yun and others out to hunt would be extremely dangerous, because he didn't have a defensive suit, nor did he have sharp sword equipment, relying solely on the Moonlight Short Blade, which couldn't even break through the defenses of second or third tier spiritual beasts.

  Qu Yun had already owed him a white feathered crane, which was the limit, and it was impossible to smash more five-element stones for him to buy defensive suits and swords, so he could only rely on that wooden spirit stone to further enhance his magical powers!

  Of course, there is another extremely important thing, that is to refine as much Huo Luo San as possible. When he fought against the silver spider before, he found that the effect of Huo Luo San was extremely important, even surpassing that of Zhi Xue San. Because once a cultivator loses his magical power, it is absolutely a very tragic thing.

  From the main peak of Qingyun Mountain to that hidden valley, it's only a short distance of one hour. Along the way, Feng tried his best to erase any traces he left behind and even deliberately walked in circles in places with complex terrain to confuse the view.

  He was being so cautious because the wooden spirit stone was too important to him, although he knew clearly that no one would come after a small servant like him, but still he was extremely careful.

  When Deng Feng arrived at the entrance of the small valley, it was already sunset. However, he had originally planned to spend the night here, especially now that the nine Snow Spirit Silkworms were no longer a nuisance.

  She looked around cautiously, but Fang Ruo didn't find any trace of the silver spider, probably because it was mostly in the cave.

  She grasped the Moonlight Short Sword tightly, and stepped closer to the dark cave entrance. At this moment, due to the trees blocking both sides, no sunlight could be seen in the small valley, making the cave entrance appear even more ominous and terrifying, giving people a feeling as if it was the bloody maw of a monstrous beast!

  Taking a deep breath, Feng Ruo directly channeled his spiritual energy into the Mapping Moon Short Blade. As the blade emitted flames over a foot long, he stepped on the edge of the cave entrance and jumped down into the depths below.

  Then, Feng Ruo didn't go to check where the spider was, and immediately followed the route in his memory, rushing towards that gap, as for the Moon-Reflecting Short Sword in his hand, it completely served as a torch at this time.

  Of course, this is also because Feng Ruo's magical powers have greatly increased, so he dares to be so extravagant. You know, before advancing, the flame knife he cast could only exist for a breath of time, and the number of flames was very small.

  However, now Fēng Ruò can maintain the Flame Knife very stably for over a dozen breaths, which not only has a good lighting effect but also serves as a powerful attacking method against enemies!

  Perhaps it was because Feng Wu appeared too suddenly, or perhaps it was due to the intense light of Huo Yan's flame knife, that the silver spider, master of this cave, only angrily "squeaked" and charged over when Feng Wu reached the crack. However, Feng Wu didn't bother with it at all, directly entering the crack while also intentionally putting away his flame knife.

  As expected, when the darkness completely enveloped, the spider's courage suddenly increased, and it spewed out threads of webbing, sealing off the crack completely!

  "Haha! Well done!" Feng Ruo was overjoyed and couldn't wait for the silver spider to finish spraying, he immediately used his Flame Blade to cut down the web!

  In the face of Feng Ru's provocation, the spider would not show weakness, so it once again sprayed spider silk to seal the crack, but was still put into a bag by Feng Ru.

  After two rounds of this, the silver spider obviously became smarter, no matter how provocative Feng Ruo was, it just hid aside and stopped spraying spider silk. Seeing this situation, Feng Ruo smiled and didn't bother with it, but instead cleared the obstacles on the path and crawled towards the location of the Wooden Spirit Stone.