Chapter Twenty-Five: Getting Stronger and Stronger

  "Little one, it seems that the Nine Fire Dragon Grass has been obtained." Zixiao True Person had his hands behind his back and his belly protruding, with his eyes narrowed to the point where his eyeballs were invisible. He secretly sized up Ye Feng from head to toe, taking in his disheveled appearance with blood-soaked clothes, and after sniffing slightly, he knew it was just snake blood, so he didn't have much concern.

  "Lucky not to have disgraced your orders," Ye Feng said expressionlessly, clasping his fists and bowing.

  "It seems like you're not too happy, do you think this task is not challenging enough? Don't worry, we'll take it one step at a time, and eat our food one bite at a time. You won't be left out of good things in the future." Ye Feng's eyes seemed to be about to spit fire, making Zi Xiao feel a sense of satisfaction in her heart, thinking: "You little brat, since you arrived at my cave, I've been constantly startled by you. This time it's your turn to help me out. Let me think, what else do we need from the medicine room?"

  Ye Feng gazed into Zi Xiao's narrowed eyes, unable to see the turmoil within, yet he couldn't help but feel a chill run down his spine. "True Person," he said, "after a bitter battle, I finally slew this demonic python with my sword. The Nine Fire Dragon Shape Grass is now in the jade box on my person. I wonder if it's possible for me to return and take a short rest."

  "Come on," Zixiao True Person reached out and lifted Ye Feng, and in the blink of an eye, the two returned to the cave.

  Song Renjie and Meng Changjun had just finished fanning the wind and fire for Zi Xiaozhen, but since they didn't know where Ye Feng went, they also didn't return to their own room to rest. Instead, they sat in the front hall preparing for the next task. Hearing someone enter, the two people simultaneously woke up from their meditation, only to see Ye Feng standing together with Zi Xiaozhen, looking disheveled and pitiful, which made them feel a little schadenfreude.

  "Ye Shidi, where did you go? How did you end up like this?" Meng Changjun asked with a mocking expression.

  Ye Feng didn't bother to explain, and instead took out a jade box from his bosom. He said to Zixiao True Person, "True Person, this is the Nine Fire Dragon Shape Grass. I still need to trouble you to help me deal with it." Generally speaking, medicinal materials can't be used immediately after being picked. Some need to be air-dried, some need to be shade-dried, and some need to be sun-dried. For cultivators, the simplest way is to use true fire to dry them directly, but Ye Feng's cultivation was not yet at that level, so he couldn't produce true fire himself and had to ask Zixiao True Person for help.

  Zixiao took over the opened jade box, took out a nine-fire dragon-shaped grass from it, and a ball of true fire slipped out from his fingers to scan the entire plant. Then he put it back in the jade box and said, "Tell me about what happened when you went to pick herbs. Is that package inside the Red Flame Golden Python?"

  "It's just right, and I'll ask someone to help deal with these too." Ye Feng put the package on the ground, opened it, and a strong stench suddenly burst out. From killing the Red Flame Golden Python to returning to the cave, it had been more than four days, and these things were bound to be smelly.

  Meng Changjun and Song Renjie both hastily covered their mouths and noses, listening to Ye Feng and Zi Xiaozhen's conversation. The two turned their heads to look at each other, a hint of surprise flashing in their eyes. Are you kidding me? This kid left for just a few days and actually went to kill a demon beast? No way, it must be an unranked demon beast that hasn't formed its core yet. That thing is only slightly more powerful than ordinary wild beasts, something they could handle themselves.

  Zi Xiao smiled wryly as he accepted the foul-smelling python skin and tendon. For him, a first-class demon beast was something that only existed in his memories; it had been ages since he last personally dealt with one. After refining the impurities away with true fire, he returned the item to Ye Feng. Thinking he might as well be a good person through and through, he asked again: "Do you need me to help you take care of the demon pellet?"

  "Little one can't find it," Ye Feng hastily took out the demon core of Chi Yan Huang Jin Mang again.

  "Hmm? This is much smaller than I expected," Zixiao said, picking up the demon pellet. Although it was indeed a demon pellet, its size didn't seem to match that of a first-stage demon beast. He thought back to the python skin and tendons he had helped deal with earlier, which were all obviously much smaller than those of a normal first-stage Red Flame Golden Python. He couldn't help but think to himself: "Damn it, this kid's luck is really good, running into a Red Flame Golden Python that's just formed its pellet and hasn't even reached its full rank yet."

  How much of this tiny demon pellet will be left after refining? Zixiao True Person thought to himself as he released his true fire to refine the small, almost laughable demon pellet.

  Meng Changjun and Song Renjie didn't dare to say anything, they just sat there quietly, closed their eyes and pretended to be in a meditative state, but in their hearts, it was like opening a grocery store with all sorts of thoughts mixed together. They were both at the Qi Gathering stage, so why was the gap between their strengths so big? Not only did they get beaten up together, but the other party even knocked down one of Cheng Dan's demonic beasts. It seems that wanting to take revenge by relying on one's own abilities is difficult!

  Song Renjie felt more and more that revenge was hopeless, originally worried that Ye Feng would have some backing like Meng Changjun, now it seems that even without backing, he is not someone to be trifled with. With such skills, he must be valued by the sect, which is harder than any backing.

  Although Meng Changjun had a layer of fear in his heart, he still retained a thought. Relying on his uncle's protection before, it wasn't as if he hadn't dealt with people whose cultivation was higher than his own. As long as he returned to the sect, that would be his home turf. One person couldn't handle him? Two people couldn't handle him? He could find ten or dozens of people, and if those in the Qi Refining stage couldn't handle it, he could find a senior brother in the Golden Body stage. In any case, he had to make you know his prowess.

  Zi Xiao Zhen Ren pinched the Yao Dan and used true fire to refine it, but as soon as the true fire passed, he immediately felt that something was off. Originally, he thought that this Yao Dan was so small, using true fire to refine away impurities, estimated that not even half of its original size would remain. However, after refining, he discovered that the Yao Dan had not shrunk much at all, and instead seemed larger than a normal first-grade Yao Dan after refinement, as if it had already been refined before. Zi Xiao Zhen Ren put away the true fire and said to Ye Feng: "Youngster, bring me that python skin again."

  Ye Feng handed over the python skin again.

  Zixiao took it over and examined it carefully, her eyebrows slowly furrowing, her two narrow eyes widening, gradually revealing a hint of surprise, the corners of her mouth involuntarily twitching slightly.

  From the name of Chi Yan Huang Jin Mang, it can be known that the color of its skin is like gold. However, on this piece of skin in hand, between the golden scales, there are actually two colors of Xuan Huang mixed in. If you don't look carefully, you really can't see them. The naming of monsters doesn't require much thought, it's just based on characteristics and species, so this snake is called Chi Yan Wu Tu Huang Jin Mang.

  Zi Xiao Zhenren looked up at Ye Feng's disheveled appearance and couldn't help but sigh again, thinking that this kid was indeed lucky. Not only did he encounter the rare Chi Yan Wu Tu Huang Jin Man, but he also managed to come back alive. Among these demonic beasts, some were more powerful with purer bloodlines, while others were more formidable due to their mixed heritage. The Chi Yan Wu Tu Huang Jin Man possessed both fire and earth attributes, with the five elements generating each other through fire begetting earth. Its strength far surpassed that of a pure-blooded Chi Yan Huang Jin Man. Even during his own Qi-gathering period, without a suitable tool, it would have been difficult to subdue this demonic python.

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