Mortal: Fight monsters and upgrade, I will enjoy immortality!

Ye Ming was not interested in the wood ling flower or other spiritual flowers and herbs. What he cared about was that there were golden marrow crystal worms and golden mother coral sand, the holy medicines for body refining, in this mountain range.

Of these two things, the former is an indispensable item for condensing the golden body of the Dharma and making it material; the latter is a kind of holy medicine for body refining, which can greatly improve the strength of the body by infiltrating it into the flesh and blood.

The Golden Marrow Crystal Worm is a strange creature that is half crystal and half worm. It is usually hidden deep underground among various rare minerals and is very difficult to find and discover.

Even if you are lucky enough to encounter one, once caught, this insect will immediately lose all life and turn into a crystal stone.

Therefore, the golden marrow crystal worms that are still alive after being caught almost only exist in legends.

Ye Ming had stayed in Tianyuan City for hundreds of years and wandered in the wilderness for a hundred years, but he had not received any news about this at all.

Although the Golden Mother Coral Sand is not as hard to find as the Golden Marrow Crystal Worm, it is also a rare thing. At least Ye Ming has not obtained even one or two of this sand in hundreds of years.

This time, Ye Ming crossed the wilderness and came to the Feiling tribe specifically for several purposes, and the golden marrow crystal worm was one of them.

Of course, Ye Ming had seen these things when he was reading books before. He had never seen the actual situation and did not understand it very well.

Therefore, after searching the soul of a cultivator from the Huo Rong clan, Ye Ming made a big circle along the seashore and flew for half a year before finally arriving at the southern end of the Black Hidden Mountains, the edge of the black fog.

After silently sorting out the memories in his mind, Ye Ming moved and flew towards the interior of the peninsula.

Ye Ming knew that in the depths of the black fog, there was a powerful being, a half-ghost creature that was the corpse of an ancient ferocious beast, the nine-headed bird, that became possessed by a spirit. With his current strength, he could not defeat this ferocious creature.

Therefore, he had no intention of exploring the black fog and just flew along the edge of it.

It took them more than half a month to fly at full speed from the southern end of the Black Hidden Mountain to the northern end.

Afterwards, Ye Ming patrolled clockwise along the coastline.

After more than half a month, Ye Ming had searched almost every area within tens of thousands of miles of the nearby sea.

It was discovered that the monsters living in this sea area were basically below the transformation stage, and it was rare to see monsters above level eight.

The monster with the strange stone pillar in memory was not found either.

So, he didn't waste any more time and headed straight into the Black Hidden Mountain.

In the next month or so, Ye Ming inspected the entire half of the Black Hidden Mountain that was not covered by black fog.

All the monsters above level seven living here were captured.

……

At the top of a mountain with the most concentrated spiritual energy in Heiyin Mountain, Ye Ming sat cross-legged on a huge rock.

There is a platform several dozen feet wide under the boulder. At this moment, there are four monsters of various shapes on the platform looking at Ye Ming nervously. At the same time, they are communicating with each other secretly with their eyes, as if asking each other the reason why they were captured.

The four monsters all have very strange appearances.

One of them was a giant blue and white python with three heads, one large and two small, and it looked extremely ferocious.

The other was a giant wild boar that was about sixty or seventy feet in size, with a pair of huge fangs that shone silvery, as if they were made of pure silver.

The third monster was a giant ape with golden hair, several meters tall and shining all over. It held a giant black fork in one hand.

The remaining one was a small monster with a bull's head and a lion's body, but it was only a few feet long and its entire body was emerald green, as if it was carved out of jade.

These four monsters all have the seventh level of cultivation, and the last two have reached the seventh level of perfection, and they seem to be only one step away from transforming.

Suddenly, Ye Ming on the boulder opened his eyes and said calmly: "Okay, you don't have to guess anymore. I asked you to come here just to ask you something. If you answer well, I will naturally reward you. If you refuse to cooperate, don't blame me for being ruthless and searching his soul!"

What Ye Ming said turned out to be the common language of the Feiling tribe. He learned this language through soul searching the first time he came here.

"Yes, senior!" The four monsters were shocked when they heard the soul search, and quickly replied respectfully, speaking the language of the Feiling tribe. What was surprising was that these four monsters had not yet transformed, but they could speak human language.

"Have you all been planted with slave marks by the Tianpeng people?" Ye Ming asked straight to the point.

"Ah this..." The four monsters were shocked at the same time, and for a moment they didn't know how to answer this question.

"What? None of them? If not, there is no need for you to exist!" Ye Ming's face darkened and he released a powerful aura.

"Ah, please forgive me, senior. We are willing to answer truthfully." The four monsters were startled and immediately nodded frantically.

After exchanging glances, the golden-haired giant ape said, "Senior, before answering this question, could you please tell me your cultivation level?"

"Don't worry, you don't have to doubt my strength. Your slave marks were only planted by the spiritual generals of the Tianpeng clan, and I have the cultivation of a spiritual commander, so it will be easy for me to remove the slave marks for you." Ye Ming seemed to know the concerns of the monsters and directly stated the issue that concerned them most.

"Spiritual Marshal!" Several monsters were shocked after hearing this. Such a high-level existence does have the ability to help them.

The emerald beast with a bull's head and a lion's body immediately grasped the key point in Ye Ming's words. It looked at Ye Ming expectantly and asked, "Senior, we have indeed been marked as slaves by the Tianpeng Clan. From what you said, are you willing to help us remove this mark?"

"Of course!"

"Really? That's great!" The four monsters were all delighted to hear that Ye Ming was willing to remove their slave marks.

But they were not stupid. They knew that Ye Ming, a stranger, would not help them for no reason. The wild boar demon asked:
"What do you need us to do, Senior?"

"You are quite clever!" Ye Ming looked at the monsters with admiration, and then directly stated his request:
"It's very simple. You just need to provide me with forty pairs of golden marrow crystal worms and five kilograms of golden mother coral sand, and I will immediately remove the slave marks on you and give you freedom!"

"What! Senior, this is impossible! We can't even get these things."

"Yeah, we've never heard of these two things..."

The four monsters jumped immediately and said they couldn't do it.

Seeing that they were still trying to play tricks, Ye Ming's face darkened and he suddenly pressed down with his powerful aura.

Several monsters were suddenly pressed to the ground with a "thump".

"Ah! Senior, please spare my life..."

"Please spare us, Senior. We can find something..."

Several monsters immediately begged for mercy in fear and trepidation.

"Hmph! Don't force me to search your souls. I learned from the Tianpeng tribe that you have to pay tribute to them every hundred years, and each time you have to pay them ten pairs of crystal insects and seven or eight taels of golden mother coral sand. Is this correct?" Ye Ming snorted coldly and put away his momentum.

Several monsters nodded quickly. When they heard this, they immediately knew the source of Ye Ming's information and it was impossible to hide it anymore.

"I just want you to collect these tributes in advance, change the tribute object, and hand them over to me. Besides, I will be much more merciful than them. When you have collected enough, you will be free. Isn't this much better than being controlled by the Tianpeng tribe for a long time?" Ye Ming's breath slowed down a little.

After a quick eye contact, the monsters said pleadingly:

"Well, the golden marrow crystal worms are extremely difficult to find. We can't find so many of them at once. Senior, can you let us discuss it?"

Ye Ming was silent for a moment, then agreed to their request: "Okay, I'll give you one stick of incense to discuss it on the hill over there. After one stick of incense, you must give me the result!"

As he spoke, he pointed to a mountain a dozen miles away. He knew that this was too sudden for the monsters, and they might not be able to accept it for a while, so it would be better to give them some buffer time, because they couldn't escape anyway.

"Thank you for your understanding, senior!" The monster was as if it had been pardoned. It thanked the man repeatedly and was about to leave.

"Before that, there is one more thing I need to know from you." Ye Ming stopped the monster.

(End of this chapter)