Chapter Twenty-Two - Chapter Twenty-Three: Dueling Swords

  "Don't run!" Ye Feng's fingers shot out a silver light, directly killing a wild boar on the spot. This was the first time Sword Maru had seen blood, and it was actually used to kill a pig. If Zixiao True Person found out, would he be so angry that he would overturn the dan furnace?

  "Roast meat, roast meat," Ye Feng was like a monkey, excitedly jumping around the wild boar's corpse. These days of only eating dan medicine had made his mouth feel like it had lost all flavor. This time out, aside from going to pick nine fire dragon-shaped grass, an important goal was to improve their diet.

  However, Ye Feng's face soon turned bitter. The wild boar had been hunted down, but he had never done the work of handling it before. What to do with bleeding, disemboweling, and skinning? He hadn't even seen these things in his two lifetimes. Moreover, there was an awkward problem - he didn't have a small knife or dagger on him. Was he supposed to use his sword to do these tasks?

  "It seems to be bleeding here," Ye Feng turned the wild boar over, pointed with his hand, and a sword flew out to cut open the boar's neck. The pig blood gushed out from the opening. Although it was said that the whole thing wouldn't work, he couldn't eat the entire wild boar himself, which weighed three or four hundred catties. Cutting off a leg to roast shouldn't be a problem...

  "Pfft... pfft... pfft..." Ye Feng spat out saliva and continued on his way. In his past life, he was an otaku, and the original owner of this body was also a good boy, so it's not like he could cook up anything delicious anyway. He simply threw away two disgusting roasted pig legs, and the wild boar's corpse was left for passing carnivores to eat. With a helpless expression, he resumed his journey to gather herbs.

  "Bad luck, I should have checked the old man's bookshelf for some cooking secrets." Since there was no way to improve his meals, Ye Feng sped up and ran in the direction that Zixiao True Person had told him.

  After running for two days and two nights, the journey was almost over a thousand miles, and the Dragon's Mouth Valley, which Zixiao truly said was "not far", finally appeared in front of him. This Dragon's Mouth Valley looked like a lying dragon head with its big mouth wide open, if there were indigenous people, they might make up a legendary story about a heroic dragon slayer.

  Ye Feng didn't rush into the valley, Heaven knew what was going on inside, and there was an 80% chance that the guardian of the Nine Fire Dragon Grass was the Scarlet Flame Golden Python. However, this Scarlet Flame Golden Python also had its own ranking. So, it was better to rest first, adjust his state, and make preparations.

  Ye Feng was very clear about his own abilities, no matter what roots or talents he had, he was just a small cultivator in the Qi Refining stage. He jumped onto a thousand-year-old giant tree, took a Three Yang Primordial Hunger Suppressing Pill, and then sat cross-legged on a branch to meditate and regulate his breath.

  Fatigue gone, Ye Feng opened his eyes, and at this time the sky had already reached dusk. The Jiuhuo Dragon-shaped grass is a thing of extreme yang, and the demonic beasts that need such things are mostly fire-attribute demonic beasts, so acting at night would be more beneficial to him.

  Finally, the moon was high in the sky, and the stars were twinkling. The sound of insects could be heard from time to time in the forest. Ye Feng took a deep breath, jumped down from the tree, and carefully made his way towards Longkougou Valley, his eyes gleaming like torches as he took in every detail of his surroundings.

  "Geez, I've been careful for half a day, who knew this valley was so big? I walked for half a day and didn't see any Jiuhuolong grass. That fat old man must be playing tricks on me." Ye Feng was just complaining when he turned around the bend and suddenly felt a bright light in front of him.

  Not far away from the ground, it seemed like a bonfire was burning, with flames rising high and illuminating the surroundings. In the center of the bonfire, a small dragon could be vaguely seen winding its way up, twisting its body as if bathing in the fire.

  Nine Fire Dragon Grass! The grievances in Ye Feng's heart suddenly disappeared, and he carefully looked around, but did not see the guarding beast. "Could it be that my luck is so good, coinciding with the beast going out for a stroll?" Ye Feng carefully observed the Nine Fire Dragon Grass, and memories related to it also surged up in his mind, calculating that it would mature in just two days.

  A wave of scorching hot air suddenly blew from behind.

  Ye Feng's heart called out in alarm, his body hastily dodging to the side as a fireball smashed into the ground, splashing up countless sparks. He took advantage of the opportunity to turn his head and look back, under the moonlight a golden giant python was staring at him with eyes revealing a fierce glow.

  Upon seeing this, Ye Feng secretly let out a sigh of relief. The body shape of this golden giant python, although it looked like a giant python to him, was actually only tens of meters long. Among the Scarlet Flame Golden Pythons, it should still be immature. And among the Scarlet Flame Golden Python demonic beasts, it was probably just a first or second-grade quality. Wanting to advance to become a Jiao wasn't something that could be done by simply swallowing one Nine Fire Dragon-shaped Grass.

  "It was you who had been guarding this thing, it seems that Laozi's luck is really good." Ye Feng pointed his hand forward a little, and a silver light shot towards the golden giant python.

  "Then!"

  Jian Wan unexpectedly failed to achieve anything and instead, Ye Feng's heart couldn't help but be shocked. If it wasn't for the previous experiment with the copper cauldron in the warehouse, he would have suspected that the Purple Dawn True Person had given him a fake or inferior product. Even without activating any sword symbols, the sharpness of this Jian Wan was already unmatched by ordinary soldiers. It couldn't even break through the golden python's scale armor.

  The golden python, although unharmed, was enraged and shot out a bright yellow flame from its mouth. Ye Feng hastily dodged to the side, and the bright yellow flame seemed ordinary at first, but when it hit the nearby mountain wall, it directly burned a hole as thick as a finger into the rock.

  "Damn it, no wonder it's the Red Flame Golden Python, what a hard skin!" Ye Feng cursed and pinched his hand seal, triggering a sharp golden armor-breaking symbol on the sword bead.

  "Then!"

  The golden python surprisingly had a lot of spirituality, as if it knew that the scales on its body couldn't withstand this time, and it actually turned its tail around, deflecting the sword light. The sword returned again without success. Ye Feng was shocked to the point where his chin almost fell to the ground. Is this still a python? Even Bai Suzhen at her peak wasn't this fierce, right?

  The golden giant python twisted its body, shooting out like lightning, and at the same time, its mouth was wide open, with a bright yellow flame shooting out again. This time, however, it was following the twisting of the python's head, as if waving a sword, sweeping horizontally towards Ye Feng.

  "Grandma's, dare to fight a sword with me? I'm also someone who uses flying swords!" Ye Feng quickly retreated backwards, at the same time pointing his finger in mid-air, and the sword light surrounded the python's vital points for a fierce attack.

  A soft "hiss" sound, the spiritual turn of the sword intent was just a basic sword intent for beginners, but the snake's tail was more agile after all, and it couldn't compare to the sword light. It was just that at the critical moment, the golden giant python twisted its body to dodge, and the silver light of the sword tip swept across its body, leaving behind a clear wound.

  "Damn, such a small wound is nothing," Ye Feng said with some frustration. Although he had injured the python, the wound on the Golden Giant Python was like a scratch on a human finger - it hardly counted as an injury at all.

  However, it was just this small injury that made the Golden Giant Python unhappy. Originally, he was guarding the Nine Fire Dragon Grass and would be able to swallow and advance in two days. Unexpectedly, a monkey-like guy came running over and even used that flying light to slash his own shiny scales. At this point, he got angry and swung his python tail, heavily slapping the ground, instantly making the entire valley seem like it was going to collapse, emitting a loud rumbling sound.

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