First-order demon mouse
"Let's set up camp here! Settle the horses and tents here, as a temporary base. In this vicinity, hunt down the demons on the Sunset Plains!"
A small team of Qi-refining stage cultivators entered the tens of miles deep into the Sunset Prairie. Yun Xin thought this location was about right, "None of our cultivators here have hunted demonic beasts before, so everyone be careful and spread out, two people together to look out for each other, don't stray too far from camp, first clear out the low-level demonic beasts around us, then head deeper to hunt. Come back at night and rest in camp."
Everyone agreed and took down their tents which they had brought with them on horseback and pitched camp.
It's just that Yun Xin and a few other female cultivators brought simple animal skin tents, while the male cultivators didn't care at all, even if they slept outdoors it wouldn't be a problem.
"The first-class lower demon beasts here are not too powerful, our strength can completely handle them! If we encounter any powerful demon beasts, just shout out loud and everyone will be able to hear."
"Let's go!"
"Who's with me? Ye Chen, Zhou Qing, or should we team up?"
Zhao An shouted loudly.
"You go with Zhou Qing, I'll try it alone and see if I can kill a first-level demonic beast!"
Ye Chen shook his head and held the Xuan Tie knife at his waist with his left hand.
"Alright, Zhou Qing, let's go kill the demon beast!"
Zhao An nodded slightly.
Everyone is at the first level of Qi refining, with similar strength, so it doesn't matter who you team up with.
The crowd split into two people, either bold or simply alone, scattered around the dense grass surrounding the temporary camp.
The first hunt for the demon beast, the mood of the cultivators was quite urgent.
Yun Xin also hunted and killed monsters alone. When she left, she deliberately paid attention to the direction of Ye Chen, thinking in her heart.
Ye Chen held the Xuan Tie knife in his hand and carefully probed the dense thicket around him, with a similar sense of anticipation in his heart.
"In the past, on Beifeng Mountain, I used the Tiger Leaping Knife Technique to kill a Grey Wolf with 4th or 5th layer of Body Tempering stage strength in the deep mountains."
"But since becoming a Qi-refining cultivator and learning various low-level spells, I've been practicing on targets at the Yun Clan's training institute. However, no matter how accurate my hits are on those targets, it doesn't mean anything. A living demonic beast won't let me hit it like a target."
Ye Chen secretly thought in his heart.
The difference between a cultivator and a martial artist is still quite large.
In the late stage of a warrior's internal meridian, the contained air energy is infused into the sword, producing a sharp and fierce sword aura that can injure enemies within a distance of one zhang.
While the cultivator's meridians no longer have any Qi, only a stronger power called Fa Li exists, which can release various magical techniques.
Ye Chen could still wield pure sword techniques like 'Tiger Leap Triple Slash', but 'Arc Moon Slash, Whirlwind Slash' required internal energy support, which he was no longer able to emit.
It is precisely because of these differences that the way of fighting has also become completely different.
As a cultivator, if you still fight with the mindset of a martial artist, you might end up in big trouble.
Ye Chen needs to spend some time getting used to the way of fighting for a cultivator. And hunting and killing demonic beasts is the fastest way to temper one's strength.
A clump of grass in front suddenly shook, as if something was in the grass.
"Monster?"
Ye Chen's eyes flashed and he was suddenly startled.
"Hiss!"
Ye Chen slowly drew out the Xuan Tie knife, holding it in his left hand, with a sharp blade that shone with a cold gleam.
Xuan Tie Ling, this is the lowest grade of a spiritual artifact, without any five-element attributes. It only has one characteristic - extremely hard. Can withstand over 2,000 jin of forceful impact, even harder than any secular treasured sword.
If fire-based minerals are mixed into the Xuan Tie ore, a second-order Fire Spirit Blade can be refined. After infusing it with spiritual energy, it can add fire-based damage attributes, but this requires an even higher level of refining skill. Ye Chen is still having trouble refining it for now.
"Go for it!"
Ye Chen softly uttered two words.
He stretched out his right palm, and a light, ethereal breath of air appeared.
With a wave of his right hand, he cast a Wind Shield spell on himself.
This light and nimble breath circled around his body, and Ye Chen suddenly felt as if he were as light as a feather, lightly floating up, with the tips of his toes leaving the ground by several inches.
Ye Chen stuck to the grass leaves on the ground, silently and quietly advancing forward in the grass thicket.
If you don't pay close attention, it seems like he's still walking on the ground, but his body has become as light as nothing.
Even with just a gentle breeze blowing by, he could glide along with the wind.
"Monster mouse!"
Ye Chen parted the grass in front of him and saw a plump, round mouse-like creature.
This demon mouse is four or five times larger than the field mice he has seen, with a sleek and shiny black coat, sharp claws like hooks, and paws as long as an inch.
This demon mouse was gnawing on a spiritual grass root containing extremely weak spiritual energy, it sensed something, suddenly turned its head, and looked at Ye Chen with small and fierce pupils.
"Psst!"
It let out a fierce shriek, stood up on its hind legs, swung its two claws in the air for a moment, and stared at Ye Chen without showing any weakness.
"I'll use this demonic mouse to practice my magic! If I can hit this demonic mouse, my control over magic will be effortless."
Ye Chen held a dark iron knife in his left hand and conjured up a small fireball with a scorching aura in his right hand.
Wow!
Ye Chen manipulated the fireball and blasted it at the demon mouse.
Hiss!
The strange mouse seemed to know the horror of the fireball, let out a sharp cry, and flew out, flying several times, flying out five or six zhang away.
Under Ye Chen's mental control, the fireball followed and chased after the demon mouse.
However, the fireball was flying at a speed that was always slightly slower than the mouse's, chasing after its tail and running with just a tiny bit of distance in between.
"Boom!"
A little while later, Ye Chen's small fireball lost control and exploded on the grass, spewing out scattered flames that burned a small patch of grass but didn't even scorch the shadow of the demon mouse. The wet air of the sunset prairie made it difficult for the wild grass to catch fire, and the flames were quickly extinguished.
The demonic mouse stopped, panting, and let out a few shrill cries. Its sharp eyes seemed to show disdain for the fireball Ye Chen had just released. That fireball couldn't even catch up to it, no matter how fast it chased after it.
"How can it be so fast, at least twice the flying speed of a general Qi Refining stage first layer cultivator! Apart from wind system cultivators, which Qi Refining stage first layer cultivators can catch up to it?"
Ye Chen gripped his knife tightly, quickly estimating the speed of the demon mouse in his mind.
Ye Chen was secretly shocked.
"This is still the weakest kind of first-class inferior demon beast in the Xianxia world, yet it has such speed. It's hard to find a demon beast weaker than the mouse demon again. I don't know how powerful other demon beasts are!"
The demon mouse saw that Ye Chen had no other means, and a fierce color appeared in his double pupils. Suddenly, he rushed towards Ye Chen, transforming into a rolling black light. This black light was mixed with numerous fine sharp claws, which were its sharp claws.
"Great job!"
Ye Chen's body flickered slightly, without any borrowed force, and his figure strangely shifted to the side, making an unbelievable half-meter horizontal move.
