Celestial being

Yuan Ming followed Ha Gong all the way through the forest and over the stream. After walking for more than half an hour, he finally came to a hidden valley.

As soon as he reached the mouth of the valley, Yuan Ming wrinkled his nose and stopped.

"What's this weird smell?" he asked, covering his nose.

He smelled something like sulfur, but it was actually more complicated.

"The smell of the beast-repelling powder can drive away some poisonous insects and ferocious beasts, keeping them away from here." Ha Gong explained, pointing to the red and white powder on the ground not far ahead.

"Can this thing be exchanged inside?" Yuan Ming asked, raising his eyebrows.

"Yes, it can, but this thing is of little use. It can drive away some poisonous insects and ferocious beasts, but it can also easily expose one's hiding place. Sometimes, people are more dangerous than ferocious beasts," Hagun said.

The entrance to the valley is quite narrow, like a natural pass, but when you enter it, it suddenly opens up and becomes quite wide, just like going from a toad's mouth to its belly.

As soon as the two entered the valley, after walking a few steps, several rough stone houses appeared in front of them.

There are no doors in the stone houses, only a hollow doorway is open, and people can be vaguely seen inside.

Around these stone houses, there were a few people who were also covered in animal skins. Their expressions were numb and there was no emotion on their faces.

Just as Yuan Ming was about to step forward to take a look, he was stopped by Ha Gong.

"Be careful what you say for a while. Don't offend those registered disciples. Most of them have bad tempers." Ha Gong reminded him.

Hearing this, Yuan Ming nodded silently.

He walked to the first stone house and took a look inside. He saw that the furnishings inside were very simple, with only a wooden table and a deck chair.

A young man wearing a green cloth robe was lying on a recliner, swaying leisurely. He was holding a paper blue book in his hand, covering half of his face, looking extremely comfortable.

There was a wooden sign erected on the table in front of him, with a white paper on it that read, "Purchase full-year spiritual grass and various ores."

There is only a simple sentence, the name of the acquisition and the specific year, nothing is written.

In the stone house adjacent to him, there is also a table with a wooden sign erected on it. The same white paper is pasted on it, which reads "Purchase spiritual grass, ore, animal bones, and blood food."

The difference is that this room is empty and there is no one in it.

The other two stone houses are also in similar condition inside, each has its own display, but both look a bit crude.

In the last stone room, Yuan Ming happened to see two furry beast slaves trading with the registered disciples inside.

The disciple looked very impatient and picked at the two pieces of dark red ore and a herb that looked like ginseng but was sallow in color that the furry beast slave brought.

Finally, he used a small white porcelain bottle to send the furry beast slave away.

After the furry beast slave thanked him profusely, he took the vial and left with a happy face.

"Two pieces of fire-marked iron ore, and a piece of red yellow essence, just exchanged a bottle of blood-replenishing pill. These guys are really getting darker and darker." Ha Gong, who was following Yuan Ming, couldn't help but muttered.

His voice was so soft that almost no one could hear it except himself.

But Yuan Ming heard it clearly.

But here, he didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he waited until he and Hagon had gone far away before asking aloud:

"Why, that furry beast slave suffered a loss in that transaction just now?"

"It's common to suffer losses, but this time the price was too high. Just two pieces of fire-marked iron ore are enough to exchange for a bottle of blood-replenishing pills. What about the thickness of the red polygonatum plant? It must have been at least fifty years, as if it was given to him for free." Hearing this, Hagun was surprised at first, and then said angrily.

Yuan Ming was still unclear about the sect here, so he asked Ha Gong for more advice, and learned from him the names and properties of some elixirs and ores collected by the named disciples all year round.

"I'm quite surprised that Biluo Cave would allow this trading place to exist." Yuan Ming said in wonder.

"If you stay here for a long time, you will know that Biluo Cave's management of these registered disciples is very loose. As long as they complete the sect's tasks, the sect will not care about other things." Ha Gong said. Pulling the corner of his mouth, he said.

Yuan Ming felt that these were still far from what he was doing now, so he didn't pay too much attention to them.

After wandering around the valley, Yuan Ming said goodbye to Ha Gong and left on his own.

Hagun simply said goodbye, and the two went their separate ways, without anyone mentioning whether they would see each other again in the future.

…

Time flies, and more than three months have passed.

It was noon, but the sky was covered with clouds, and the low sky hung above the ancient trees in the forest, making it seem a bit depressing.

In the dense mountain forest, a strong white ape was stretching its long arms and swinging between the towering ancient trees. Every time it swung out, it was ten feet away, and its speed was very fast.

Naturally, this is not a wild ape in the mountains, but one transformed by Yuan Ming's fur-covering technique.

At this moment, his whole body was soaked with sweat, and there were still a few shocking blood stains on his body, but his eyes were very bright, and he kept looking around vigilantly, turning around to look behind him from time to time.

Less than thirty feet away from him, he saw the earth shaking, trees breaking, and smoke and dust rising everywhere.

A black-haired wild boar, one foot long and six feet tall, was roaring from its mouth, breathing hot breath from its nose, and was chasing Yuan Ming like crazy.

On its mouth, there is a pair of white fangs like halberds, which shine with a white light and are extremely sharp. Whenever it encounters a tree obstruction, it will pass through it.

At the same time, there will be an invisible light curtain looming between the two tusks, like a triangular light shield, covering its head. When it hits the tree pierced by the tusks, it can be lifted up in one fell swoop. Got to be torn apart.

One eye of this ferocious wild boar beast was injured by Yuan Ming and has become bloody. The other eye is also red, with strong hatred and murderous intent erupting from it. It must hunt down Yuan Ming.

Although his speed was not slow and his strength was terrifying, after all, there were countless ancient trees blocking him. He was repeatedly blocked by the continuous collision, so it was naturally difficult to catch up with Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming seemed to have realized this. He was not in a hurry to escape, but deliberately suppressed his speed and always maintained a distance that allowed the wild boar to see him.

Once he finds that the wild boar is slacking off, he will take the initiative to stop and provoke, luring the ferocious wild boar to chase him.

Of course, Yuan Ming was not just having nothing to do for fun, but he wanted to use this method to kill the wild boar's anger and consume its endurance. Only when its strength weakened could he be sure to kill it with one strike.

In this way, the ape and the pig chased each other in the forest for more than half an hour.

Yuan Ming listened carefully, and found that the breath exhaled from the boar's nose had begun to become thicker, the sound of galloping footsteps had begun to become chaotic, and the speed of collision with the ancient tree had slowed down, so he knew that the time had come.

He was hanging on an ancient tree with one arm, panting from exhaustion and looking like he could no longer escape.

The wild boar, which had already been unable to run, immediately became energetic when it saw this scene. It howled "ouch" and rushed towards Yuan Ming again.

Yuan Ming deliberately slowed down this time, and waited until the wild boar was almost four feet away from him before he swung his arms out again, suddenly twisted the direction, and leaped towards the center of the two ancient trees on the other side.

As the wild boar chased after him, his body's center of gravity suddenly shifted, he made a sharp turn, and galloped in the direction of Yuan Ming.

It saw the two old trees standing side by side, and it wanted to pass between the two trees.

The distance between the two trees seemed to be tailor-made for it, no more, no less, just enough for the body of a wild boar to pass through.

However, in fact, these two trees were really chosen by Yuan Ming early in the morning.

At the same time as the wild boar jumped up, Yuan Ming's figure had twisted and stopped.

He picked up a short bone spear that had been placed here in advance from the ground. The Nine Yuan Jue in his body was running wildly, and the mana in his Dantian turned into a warm current that surged up and followed the meridians to his right arm.

The veins on his right arm immediately protruded, the hair stood up, and the muscles bulged, doubling in size at a speed visible to the naked eye, becoming much larger than before.

This was the second small magical power derived from the white ape skin using the furry technique after he practiced the Nine Yuan Jue and entered the second level of Qi Refining. He named it "Yuan Accumulating Arm" himself.

Once this magical power is activated, the shape of his right arm will change, and the power he can explode will triple in an instant.

However, this burst of power is instantaneous and cannot be sustained for a long time.

In response to this characteristic, Yuan Ming developed a method of charged throwing and long-range attacks.

His palm was holding the short gun tightly, his arm tensed instantly, and his strength continued to gather and accumulate. As he turned his arm, he let out a loud shout at the same time.

"go"

At the same time as the sound rang out, the short bone spear in his hand was also thrown out, making a sound of breaking through the air.

The ferocious wild boar beast had just reached the middle of two old trees and was sandwiched between the left and right. It could not dodge at all. It could only rely on the light shield covering its head to directly receive Yuan Ming's charged blow.

It was like a confrontation between a spear and a shield, but the battle ended the moment they came into contact with each other.

The short bone spear pierced the invisible light curtain with a "pop" sound, plunged into the wild boar's head, then passed through its entire body and shot out from its buttocks.

The body of the wild boar slumped down while flying in mid-air, and got stuck squarely between two old trees.

When Yuan Ming saw this, his face was filled with joy. On the one hand, he was happy that he had successfully killed this ferocious beast, and on the other hand, he was also satisfied with the power of his Yuan Accumulating Arm.

He walked quickly to the front, took off the blood storage bag from his waist, and quickly started to collect the blood food of the ferocious wild boar.

After the collection was completed, Yuan Ming immediately picked up the short bone spear and used the tip of the spear to slit the corners of the wild boar's mouth until the roots of the two long tusks were exposed.

This pair of tusks is also his target, because it contains some spiritual power, which is one of the ferocious beast spiritual materials needed by the disciples of Biluo Cave.