Chapter 87: Spirit Medicine Sect Recruiting Disciples, Five Elements Divine Light Jar, Are You Called Li Qiye?
The information indicated that the Five Elements Divine Light Jar had been trampled into the ground, one zhang deep. Excavating the entire ten-mile radius was impractical.
Qin Wang decided to stay here for the night, waiting for the information to refresh. For now, he would reap his current harvest.
Given Qin Wang's cultivation at the fourth level of the Qi Refining Stage, combined with a sharp magical sword, slaughtering dying demon beasts was a breeze.
After half an hour.
"There are too many; I can't fit them all."
Standing on a rock, Qin Wang looked at his two storage bags and sighed. Initially, he was putting whole demon beasts into the storage bags. When they couldn't hold any more, he started cutting off valuable parts like rhino horns, spider venom fangs, and snake venom sacs and teeth, only keeping some demon meat that didn't take up much space.
At this moment, Qin Wang regretted having only two storage bags.
"If I'd known, I would have bought another one at the Xiaodan Mountain market!"
Qin Wang thought for a moment and then felt relieved. With the Bewitching Beast Scent, he would have many opportunities to lure beasts in the future.
"For now, the beasts shouldn't return. I'll hide in that cave and wait for the information to refresh at dawn."
After searching Jin Shifeng's trap again, Qin Wang went to a cave ten miles away to hide and cultivate, absorbing spirit stones to increase his cultivation proficiency while waiting for the night information refresh.
He also focused on gathering more information about the Five Elements Divine Light Jar and did nothing else.
Time passed.
In the early hours.
[Daily Information Refresh!]
[Today's Information!]
1) Your deliberate arrangement of a beast tide caused damage to the beasts. Information obtained: a Tier-3 beast in the depths of Cuiyun Mountain is very displeased and plans to come out after stabilizing its strength.
2) You set up the Bewitching Beast Scent to find the Five Elements Divine Light Jar, luring away the beasts. Information obtained: the jar is buried one zhang beneath the skull of a black wild boar demon.
3) Your arrangement of the beast tide yesterday yielded a significant harvest. Information obtained: the demon beast materials you collected are worth 1800 spirit stones.
4) The beast tide caused by the Bewitching Beast Scent worried Zixia Zhenren. Information obtained: the Spirit Medicine Sect behind Zixia Zhenren has decided to recruit disciples with suitable cultivation and spiritual roots, actually intending to recruit miners to excavate the Tianyin Mountains.
5) The beast tide caused by the Bewitching Beast Scent worried Zixia Zhenren. Information obtained: Zixia Zhenren's Ziyang Art was created by Shi Changhen, who created the Ziyang Gong.
6) The beast tide caused by the Bewitching Beast Scent worried Zixia Zhenren. Information obtained: although the Ziyang Art helps Zixia Zhenren build his foundation, his mana decreases by half during full moon nights, returning to its peak during the waning moon, in a cyclical pattern.
7) You caused a beast tide, leading to information that Zixia Zhenren has activated the guardian formation. Cultivators outside the formation cannot enter Xiaodan Mountain and are responsible for their own lives.
8) The beast tide caused by the Bewitching Beast Scent worried Zixia Zhenren. Information obtained: Zixia Zhenren wants to refine a top-grade spiritual weapon but is short of funds and plans to collect spirit stones from itinerant cultivators under various pretexts.
9) The beast tide worried Zixia Zhenren. Information obtained: Zixia Zhenren will soon scout around Xiaodan Mountain.
10) The beast tide you caused led to information that a remnant arm of a demonic cultivator buried beneath Cuiyun Mountain is gradually awakening, intending to break free.
"A Tier-3 beast from the depths of Cuiyun Mountain is preparing to come out?"
Qin Wang frowned deeply at the first piece of information. He would need to stay in Xiaodan Mountain to cultivate, as encountering a Tier-3 beast would mean certain death.
"The Five Elements Divine Light Jar is buried one zhang beneath the skull of a black wild boar demon?"
Qin Wang thought, recalling that the area around Jin Shifeng's trap had been flattened, with many beast bones scattered about, including at least dozens of black wild boar skulls.
"I need to find it now!"
Qin Wang knew he had to act quickly. It would be even harder to find the jar once the beasts returned. He cautiously looked around, hearing nothing but the moonlight in the sky.
Like a ghost, Qin Wang, holding his magical sword, headed straight for Jin Shifeng's trap.
Soon, Qin Wang arrived at the ten-mile radius of blood and mud, digging down one zhang at each black wild boar skull location.
Time passed.
Morning.
As the sun rose, golden light fell on Qin Wang.
Qin Wang had dug down one zhang at eighteen black wild boar skull locations without finding the Five Elements Divine Light Jar. Just then, a bird chirped in the sky.
"Could the beasts be returning?"
Qin Wang grew anxious, speeding up.
He estimated the Bewitching Beast Scent's effect was almost gone. Once the scent dissipated, the beasts would return to their territories.
He guessed that flying bird demons would arrive first, followed by ground beasts.
Qin Wang was digging at the twenty-third black wild boar skull when he heard the distant sound of beasts running and roaring.
"Just a little longer; if I don't find it, I'll have to wait for another time!"
Qin Wang took a deep breath, his magical sword flying as dirt flew.
'Clang!'
Suddenly, Qin Wang's sword hit something hard. Clearing away the dirt, he saw a hint of black.
"I finally found it!"
Qin Wang dug around the black object with his sword, revealing the Five Elements Divine Light Jar. Overjoyed, he quickly stored it and leaped out of the pit, only to see dozens of calf-sized black wild boars charging toward him from a mile away!
"Time to go!"
Qin Wang's heart tightened. He immediately took off in the opposite direction of the boars.
The black wild boars saw Qin Wang and gave chase, but Qin Wang used his Wind Control Technique, turning into a green blur and quickly disappearing.
An hour later.
Qin Wang stood ten miles outside Xiaodan Mountain, observing the flattened area where he had placed the Bewitching Beast Scent. It was littered with beast corpses.
Dozens of disheveled cultivators crowded outside Xiaodan Mountain's guardian formation, looking like ants on a hot pan. The formation was already closed.
They seemed to have just escaped the beast tide, terrified and desperate to enter the formation for safety, ignoring the beast corpses left behind.
As Qin Wang pondered whether to retrieve some beast corpses, a thin, scruffy young man with a sly look approached him and greeted him with a fist salute.
"Fellow Daoist, are you also unable to enter the guardian formation?"
"Yes, I was collecting herbs outside Xiaodan Mountain yesterday and encountered the crazed beasts. I hid in a crevice to survive, but now the guardian formation is closed."
"That's really unfair!"
"I've contributed to Xiaodan Mountain too!"
Qin Wang looked at the scruffy cultivator and pretended to be indignant.
"Fellow Daoist, we have the same misfortune. At least the beast tide has receded now." The scruffy youth looked at Qin Wang and suddenly asked, "By the way, how should I address you?"
"I'm Qin Tiedan. How should I address you, fellow Daoist?"
Qin Wang used his alias.
"Tiedan, good name! Call me Li Qiye."
The scruffy youth grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.
"What?"
"Li Qiye?"
Qin Wang was shocked. This Li Qiye had appeared in his information several times. His Chiyang Divine Art was obtained from Li Qiye!
Back in Yanyun County, Qin Wang had used the Paralyzing Incense to incapacitate Li Qiye and took the divine art he had painstakingly stolen.
He had tricked him.
Unexpectedly, he ran into Li Qiye at Xiaodan Mountain!
At that moment, two more youths approached from afar.
One was tall and burly, exuding a faint bloody aura.
The other, in a green robe, had a jade-like face and unfathomable cultivation, exuding a terrifying aura!
"Is Xiaodan Mountain's guardian formation closed?"
The youth in the green robe glanced at Qin Wang and Li Qiye, then looked at Xiaodan Mountain in the distance, squinting before walking forward.