Chapter Fifteen Harvest

  Dark forest, land of darkness.

  A lonely boat falls from the sky, dust fills the air.

  Startled countless birds into flight, and drove back hundreds of ferocious beasts.

  Chen Yuan's first time driving the Wind Chaser, although he managed to escape with his life, but due to his unfamiliarity with the flying device, he ended up falling from mid-air into the depths of the Youming Forest.

  "Ah pffft!" Zhang mouth spat out the dust that had entered his mouth, Chen Yuan felt the eerie and strange aura unique to the Youming Forest, his whole body shuddered.

  "This isn't a good place, the scent of Soul-Beckoning Grass is still here, and soon it may attract a large number of demonic beasts. I'd better find a safe place to hide first." Chen Yuan thought to himself that now that the demonic tide had just ended, the demonic tide in the Youming Forest had just receded, and the Soul-Beckoning Grass on his body had already scattered with the explosion of medicinal power. This medicinal power was almost equivalent to a demonic beast magnet, which could attract a large army of demonic beasts at any time.

  He didn't dare to linger, Chen Yuan pinched the magic trick, turning the Wind Dart into a three-foot shape and putting it back in his bag. He walked in the direction of a weaker demonic beast aura.

  The vast and boundless forest of Youming, with ancient trees that pierce the sky, is home to a multitude of ferocious beasts. Even the most skilled cultivators dare not venture into this place alone, for it is said that at the heart of the forest lies a mysterious abyss, where terrifying creatures of level five and above reside.

  Chen Yuan leaned against the jade stele and guided, before dark, he found a hidden cave. Along the way, he picked 'Huang Da Xian Grass', this grass is not a spiritual medicine, but a first-class poisonous grass. After entering the body, it will cause abdominal pain, numbness in limbs.

  But most importantly, this grass has an extraordinary stench that can cover up all other smells.

  Chen Yuan now had the Beckoning Grass fully absorbed into his bloodstream, and his body would emit a fragrance that humans couldn't detect but was irresistible to demons. This scent would cling to him as he walked through the Ghostly Forest, no matter how well he hid, he would inevitably be tracked down.

  Chen Yuan is now, after all, only in the later stages of his actual cultivation. Even with a Silver Moon Star Plucking Hand and a Wind Piercing Arrow, he can't withstand the endless pursuit of demonic beasts in the Youming Forest. Not to mention that there are also fourth-level demonic beasts in the Youming Forest, which are equivalent to human Golden Dan cultivators. The demonic power is enormous, and Chen Yuan's Gray Ash Array would not be able to withstand a fourth-level demonic beast even if it were re-refined.

  So in order to survive, Chen Yuan chose to use the stench of Huang Daxian grass to cover up the soul-calling fragrance emitted from his body.

  Pound Huang Daxian grass into a medicinal liquid and apply it all over the body, including every part of the face.

  Chen Yuanmou was touched on his body and suddenly fainted with his eyes rolled back.

  This medicine is not only extremely smelly, but also spicy. After applying it, the whole body feels like being bitten by countless ants, and the pain can drive people crazy.

  In order to survive, Chen Yuan had no other choice.

  Moreover, he not only regarded this move as a guarantee of survival but also saw it as a way to temper his own mind.

  Breathe and eat in strange smells, sleep and cultivate in itching.

  In the first few days, Chen Yuan was tortured to death, unable to sleep at night and vomiting after eating.

  But with his own strong endurance, he slowly adapted to the changes in his body, overcame this maddening pain, and became even more resilient and solid.

  Kill Zhu Changrong, and Zhu Heng will appear. Chen Yuan cannot appear in the residence of the monks for the time being. Zhu Heng lived for over 120 years, and after passing on the position of the master to Zhu Changrong more than a decade ago, he never appeared again.

  Don't mention Chen Yuan, Yu Xiancai thought he was dead. But unexpectedly, this old man, who had clearly reached the end of his lifespan, was still alive.

  Chen Yuan suspected that he must have swallowed some kind of elixir. The other party's cultivation had already reached the peak of refining Qi, only one step away from building the foundation. Chen Yuan's late-stage cultivation could kill Zhu Changrong in the early stages of refining Qi, and the Silver Snake Plucking Star technique was half due to its dominance, while Zhu Changrong's underestimation of his opponent accounted for the other half, which could only be considered a fluke.

  But Zhu Heng had been famous for many years and had rich combat experience. It was unlikely that he could defeat his opponent with just one hand of Silver Snake Plucking Stars.

  So Chen Yuan chose to hide in the Youming Forest, after the battle of Yao Chao, killing Zhu Changrong, Chen Yuan can be said to have made a big profit, with 150 third-level demon crystals and 800 second-level demon crystals, not to mention the first-level demon crystals.

  Apart from the demon crystal, Zhu Changrong's pouch also contained three 'Small Return to Origin Pills'. Those were second-grade elixirs that could rapidly recover a large amount of true energy after being consumed during the Qi Refining stage. If consumed during the Foundation Building stage, they could even instantly recover all true energy. Moreover, consuming them while cultivating could help break through some bottlenecks, and their value was over a hundred second-grade demon crystals. There were also various first-grade healing pills, which were worth over a thousand first-grade demon crystals after initial counting.

  There are three pieces of equipment, a small wooden man, a jade pendant and a long sword. The small wooden man is the Wooden Spirit Warrior of Mu Du Castle, a first-class superior equipment that promotes the circulation of true energy, and the small wooden man can transform into an equivalent to a late-stage cultivator.

  Jade Pendant is also a top-grade spiritual artifact, the Spirit Gathering Jade Pendant. A small jade pendant that has a Spirit Gathering spell array engraved on it, when worn during cultivation, can increase the speed of absorbing spiritual energy by 50%, making it an ultimate cultivation artifact.

  The long sword was Zhu Changrong's personal combat item, named Qing Shui Sword. It was a mid-grade water-attribute sword that could cut through iron like mud and also trigger a water-based spell. For Chen Yuan, who had never owned any magical instruments before, suddenly acquiring three of them felt almost like a dream come true.

  There are fifteen law symbols, which are the first-class law symbols refined by Symbol Wood City. Flame knives and mad wind techniques can cause damage, although they may not be strong, but at critical moments, they can also play a life-saving role.

  Wearing a jade pendant, holding Qing Shui. Chen Yuan would not be like Zhu Changrong, who was self-proclaimed to be fierce, at that time he made a sneak attack. If he chose to use the Qing Shui sword, Chen Yuan would have no chance of breaking through his attack and counterattacking to lock his throat.

  With Zhu Changrong's demon crystal, Chen Yuan also replenished all the demon crystals consumed by the Ashen Array's Soul Refining Disk. With the Ashen Array on his body, Chen Yuan was no longer timid and hiding in the mountain cave.

  Knowing that Zhu Heng was frantically searching for him outside, he didn't rush to leave. Instead, he focused on cultivating in the Youming Forest, hunting and killing demonic beasts, collecting their spirits, and exchanging them for new array techniques to learn.

  The sun rises and the moon sets, and before one's eyes, the vibrant spring scenery suddenly changes into a desolate autumn landscape.

  Chen Yuan, who had been practicing for six months, finally made a breakthrough again.

  One breath shook the heavens and shocked the four wilds.

  The air was filled with an aura that enveloped his entire body, with the dual energies of yin and yang, black and white, swirling around him. Although his whole body was covered in a dark, murky liquid, Chen Yuan's eyes were as clear as water, shining brightly with a fierce light.

  He clenched his fist, and instantly the air around him converged, a fierce punch slammed into the stone wall.

  Bang! A shock response echoed in the depths of the mountain cave, and a half-foot deep fist print appeared prominently on the wall.

  Cultivating Qi Initial Stage!

  Forcefully exhale!

  This was just an extremely casual punch and not intentionally using true energy.

  If it's mobilizing the body's true energy, I'm afraid even the mountain cave might be blown down.

  After all, it's a mountain cave where I've lived for half a year, no matter how dirty or smelly it is, there's some sentiment.

  Chen Yuan did not make a fuss in the cave, and after confirming that he had broken through, he smiled to himself and said:

  "In just half a year, I've made a breakthrough from the foundation building stage to the energy refining stage. My cultivation speed is now many times faster than before. However, I shouldn't be complacent and must continue to work hard. Now that half a year has passed, the matter of killing Zhu Changrong should slowly blow over. Even if I were to encounter Zhu Heng, I wouldn't necessarily be powerless in a fight. This Nether Forest is also getting dull, and this stench on my body needs to be washed off. Now that I've entered the energy refining stage, I have the ability to establish a manor. To become an ultimate great dao, I need to find a partner for dual cultivation. I'll leave the Nether Forest and head to Rui Mu City to look for opportunities to build my manor!"