I Accumulate Spirit Roots for My Next Life - Chapter 311 - 184: Traveling Together (Part 2)
Chapter 311: Chapter 184: Traveling Together (Part 2)
The rest were disciples of Master Lei Hu’s sect, his family members, and people from Taoyuan Mountain.
“Since that’s the case, with the many Taoist friends from Taoyuan Mountain joining us, we should be ready to set off!” Master Lei Hu raised his arm with a call.
The seventeen-member team consisted of three True Core Masters and the rest were five Fake Pill Masters and nine younger Foundation Establishment disciples.
Although overall strength was lacking, Master Lei Hu was at the peak of the Middle Stage of Core Formation, and Zhang Ruoyu had a solid magical power beyond the Middle Stage of Core Formation. Plus, the sect leader of Taoyuan Mountain was also at the Middle Stage of Core Formation, making them a strong force in the return team. Furthermore, there were many people, and rogue cultivators who bully the weak might not dare to attack them.
As the people of Taoyuan Mountain joined, Lei Chunying once again approached the core disciple of Taoyuan Mountain, who had the greatest potential to form a True Core, to chat.
This made Yang Yang, who was watching from the side, furious but impotent.
The group soon set off,
Before entering the marshland, the younger Foundation Establishment disciples took antitoxic pills; otherwise, they could not withstand the poisonous mist of the swamp.
Ten days later, they finally left the outer region of Guzhu City. What lay ahead was the area truly ravaged by rogue cultivators, and Master Lei Hu signaled everyone to be extraordinarily vigilant.
Soon after, they could see scattered fragments of corpses along the way. Judging from the aura, there were even bodies of those at the Middle Stage of Core Formation.
For a moment, it was impossible to tell whether they were rogue cultivators or returning cultivators.
The scene made the younger generation, who originally relied on the protection of three True Core Masters, two of whom were at the Middle Stage of Core Formation, feel their hearts leap to their throats.
“It’s too brutal!”
After another day, they saw several fresh fragments of corpses.
Some were still emitting spiritual qi, and the blood hadn’t even completely drained.
“Sister Ying, that Master Gu earlier is probably among them!” Yang Yang saw Lei Chunying walking closely with the core disciple of Taoyuan Mountain and deliberately tried to strike up a conversation.
“Really? That’s really a shame. Alas, I kindly advised him, but he just wouldn’t listen. If I’d known, I should have persuaded him more!” Lei Chunying showed a face full of sadness, with a hint of self-reproach.
The core disciple of Taoyuan Mountain immediately picked up the conversation upon hearing this.
What made Yang Yang gritting his teeth was that while he intended to chat with Sister Ying, it ended up giving Sister Ying and the other person a new topic.
Lei Chunying began patiently explaining the effort of recruiting Li Jizhou.
“Ha~ That Master Gu was indeed overly confident. My master at the Middle Stage of Core Formation wouldn’t dare to return alone, yet he was so arrogant at the Early Stage of Core Formation? Deserved death!” The core disciple of Taoyuan Mountain shook his head disdainfully after listening.
“Isn’t it obvious? That Master Gu must be someone with little experience, walking straight down the path to his doom.” Unable to resist, Yang Yang quickly chimed in.
Although he was currently at the Fake Pill mastery level and had a higher cultivation level than the other, that core disciple had a very promising future to form a True Core and held greater potential than him.
Therefore, he couldn’t feel much superiority in front of the other.
The other person didn’t even regard him with much concern.
Regarding the young ones’ discussions behind them, the three True Core Masters in the front captured it fully with their divine senses. They intended to reprimand, but it seemed the current situation wasn’t inaccurately described.
“Master Gu was ultimately too young!” Master Lei Hu sighed.
Zhang Ruoyu maintained his composure, looking on and focusing, vigilantly observing his surroundings without joining the conversation.
Boom!
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion ahead.
The marsh’s poisonous mist surrounded them, blocking divine sense; only the front three could extend their divine sense to about a hundred feet.
The others could only manage about thirty feet.
The loud noise from the front tightened everyone’s hearts, and Master Lei Hu hurriedly called everyone to gather together, prepared for battle.
“Roar!” A loud roar sounded again.
And the sound was speeding toward them.
Master Lei Hu was about to lead everyone away, but it was already too late.
All they saw was the ground shaking, and the black marsh water surged like a tidal wave.
“Be on guard, demon beast!”
Seeing no escape, Master Lei Hu hastily warned.
But the demon beast was running beneath the black water, making it difficult even for his divine sense to detect specific information.
He couldn’t even evaluate the strength of the demon beast’s aura.
“I heard there hasn’t been a Great Demon above Tier Three Mid Stage in this area yet, perhaps it’s just a Tier Three Early Stage demon beast; no need for excessive panic,” the sect leader of Taoyuan Mountain reassured everyone.
Bang!
Suddenly, there was a loud explosion.
The black water instantly surged upwards, reaching hundreds of feet in a flash.
“Someone has come out from below!” Everyone nearby saw the scene unfold, but only Yang Yang exclaimed.
The three Core Formation Masters in the front were all shocked by the person who rushed out from beneath.
It was none other than Master Gu, whom everyone was discussing just moments ago!
In the next moment, Li Jizhou descended from mid-air, looking towards everyone.
Ten days ago, Li Jizhou had left Guzhu City.
Until three days ago, he encountered the first batch of rogue cultivators here.
Two at the Early Stage of Core Formation, three Fake Pill Masters, and Li Jizhou was still considering whether to unleash the aura of Withered Disc True Monarch to scare them off when his pet had already poisoned them all.
Eventually, Ghost Shadow finished them off, collecting many Tier Three Junior Level materials and several thousand Spirit Stones.
Most of which seemed to have been plundered from returning cultivators of Yan Kingdom.
Not long after, he encountered a Tier Three Late Stage Great Demon attracted by the scent of blood.
And this Tier Three Late Stage Great Demon had an ability that Li Jizhou coveted hugely—Void Escape Skill.
Though it could only escape a hundred feet at a time, it was already exceptionally powerful.
Combined with its shimmering fur, which is perfect for crafting high-tier talismans,
he had been pursuing it relentlessly until now.
Just moments ago under the marsh’s black water, using four puppets and his pet, he finally killed and skinned it, obtaining its demon pill.
