Immortal Cultivation: I Can See Through Everything.

The insect spirit essence condensed from the corpses of a hundred poisonous insects every month is enough for the four strange insects and his daily cultivation needs.

It's not that he has never been to the Shadow Forest.

But it is difficult to obtain the high-grade strange insects at the edge of the Shadow Forest.

The insect spirit essence condensed from the ungraded strange insects is not only small in quantity, but also of poor quality.

Unless you go deep into the Shadow Forest.

Chen Xuan was born cautious. Even if he had four strange insects, he would not be willing to take risks.

The depths of the Shadow Forest are full of dangers, including various monster birds, monster beasts, monster insects, and demon cultivators.

Not to mention that he is a mid-stage Qi training, even if it is a foundation-building great cultivator, there are countless people who have died there.

He will not go deep into the Shadow Forest unless it is absolutely necessary.

As for the cost of 25 spirit stones per month.

Chen Xuan calculated it in his mind.

Increasing the amount of talismans and making more fine talismans can still support it.

"Brother Chen Xuan, I will try my best to help you lower the price."

"Thank you, Mr. Xu."

Chen Xuan thought for a while and took out a large bottle of ant venom essence.

"Mr. Xu, you are an expert. Take a look at these fire crystal ant venoms. How much spiritual stones can they be worth?"

"Oh, let me see."

Xu Anjing unplugged the bottle and smelled the ant venom inside.

"It's not very toxic."

"Ant venom has another effect. Mr. Xu, try it."

"Uncle Zhong!"

Uncle Zhong took out a golden needle, dipped it in ant venom, and gently inserted it into his wrist.

Soon, his facial muscles twisted and he broke out in cold sweats from the pain.

"This ant venom is very strange. It's not toxic, but it hurts so much that few people can bear it!"

Uncle Zhong looked at the fire crystal ant venom.

"This poison is quite useful when it is tempered on a magic weapon. This bottle of ant venom is worth fifty spiritual stones."

Hearing this, Chen Xuan was happy.

Fifty spirit stones were not a small amount. It was just enough to offset the cost of poisonous insect corpses for two months.

Xu Anjing happily accepted it.

…

The next day, the Xu family team packed up their luggage and retreated eastward with the spoils.

After walking for two days, they returned to the Westward Army Camp.

What they saw was more serious than they had imagined.

Three thousand cultivators, more than a hundred teams, half of them were attacked, and more than a dozen pioneering teams were wiped out.

Even the Westward Army Camp was attacked by monster birds and monster beasts. One of the three foundation-building masters was seriously injured, and 20% of the 800 cultivators guarding the camp were injured or killed.

The foundation-building master surnamed Bai, who was in charge of the affairs, issued an order for all pioneers to return to the camp for rectification and wait for news.

During this period, two foundation-building masters led an elite team to explore the burned mountains, but they eventually returned in disgrace.

It is said that the second-level monster birds and monster beasts in the mountains united and attacked the cultivators like crazy when they saw them.

The foundation-building repair was delayed, and they retreated in time, otherwise, they would lose a lot of manpower.

The land reclamation work was deadlocked.

The monks had nothing to do, and many of them set up stalls in the camp.

Yu Qingsong seized the opportunity and sold the claws, beaks, and bones of the carvings to a weapon-refining family for a good price.

"Thirty-six spirit stones, this price is very good!"

Chen Xuan nodded and took out four spirit stones for Yu Qingsong.

"Thank you for your hard work, Taoist Yu."

"No, no. For such chores, it's right to ask the old Taoist."

Yu Qingsong was also polite and accepted it with a smile.

He understood that instead of wandering around outside to earn a small profit, it would be better to follow Chen Xuan and help him with chores, and he could also earn a lot of spirit stones.

Chen Xuan was not idle either.

There are many good things among the land reclamation monks.

After reaching an agreement with Xu Anjing, the purchase volume of poisonous insect corpses increased significantly, and Chen Xuan felt confident.

Chen Xuan just looked at the skills, elixirs, magic tools, etc.

And the various strange insects are the focus of his attention.

Especially the strange insects with special skills and cultivation value.

"What is this?"

In front of a casual cultivator's stall, Chen Xuan asked curiously.

"Heavy armor cricket."

"Oh."

It is huge, ten centimeters long, and looks like it is wearing a ferocious armor, reflecting a metallic luster.

The armor is also covered with spikes, and the limbs are extremely strong and full of aggressiveness. You can tell at a glance that it is a fierce insect that is not easy to mess with.

"This heavy armor cricket is unusual. It can hunt spiritual birds. Are you interested?"

"So powerful?"

As far as Chen Xuan knows, there are not many strange insects that can hunt spiritual birds.

Its iron-backed mantis is one of them.

However, the iron-backed mantis has superior attack power, and this heavy armored katydid has strong defense at a glance.

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"If it's just a strong defense, it doesn't seem to be of much use!"

"Don't underestimate this heavy-armored cricket. When it encounters an attack, it can spray its own blood, but it is highly poisonous. Ordinary living things will die if they touch it."

"Is it really that powerful?"

"It's really that powerful!"

The stall owner said enthusiastically: "If you are sincere, take ten spirit stones!"

A first-level low-grade demon insect, ten spirit stones, must be expensive.

The defense and poisonous blood attack of the heavy-armored cricket made Chen Xuan a little tempted.

Isn't this a perfect meat shield.

It's perfect for escaping.

"Tell me a honest price!"

"Eight spirit stones, no less! This is not an ordinary demon insect!"

Chen Xuan shook his head.

"Three spirit stones!"

"No, too little!"

After a verbal battle, Chen Xuan finally took out the high price of five spirit stones.

Hope it's worth the money.

Chen Xuan threw the heavy armored cricket into the Insect Emperor Divine Wood Cauldron and cut some insect spirit essence to feed it.

"Qingqing, a new partner has come, take care of it!"

The psychic green snake directly handed it to his subordinate Ironback Mantis for discipline.

Ironback Mantis was not a good-tempered one. When it saw the heavy armored cricket, it waved its broadsword and hooked it tightly from time to time.

As expected of the heavy armor, the sharp broadsword was difficult to break through the defense and was forced back by the smelly blood sprayed by the heavy armored cricket.

"Don't fight! Qingqing, take good care of your little partner!"

Walked around again, but didn't find much.

Time passed day by day.

The monster birds and beasts gathered in the Burning Mountains lost their habitat and seemed to have finally lost their patience and migrated away.

The order was re-issued in the Western Army Camp to continue to advance in the form of small teams and fan-shaped.

Chen Xuan and Yu Qingsong followed the Xu family team and continued to move forward.

As the journey deepened into the wilderness, the march became more and more dangerous. There were often monsters ambushing in the dark and suddenly rushing out to attack the team.

Fortunately, Zhong Bo was experienced and had a fierce general like Chen Xuan, so the Xu family team escaped without any casualties.

The most dangerous time was by a lake.

The lake water was emerald green and clear, the lake surface was sparkling, and the breeze was blowing. Ripples appeared on the lake surface, like thousands of silver ribbons jumping and countless pearls flashing.

There were no huge waves, but more like a gentle and quiet young woman with a pure beauty.

The pathfinder team controlled two puppet dogs to scout by the lake.

From the originally calm lake surface, a long tail of 20 to 30 feet suddenly flew out, split into two hooks, and instantly hooked the two puppet dogs, rolled them up high, and dragged them into the lake.

The two Xu family members of the pathfinder team were frightened and pale.

Zhong Bo was quick to see the opportunity, and the rope-shaped magic weapon grabbed the two Xu family members and pulled them back in an instant.

The next moment, the long-tailed hook emerged from the bottom of the water again, emitting a faint cold light, and went straight to the two Xu family members, just a millimeter away from hooking them.

At the same moment.

Chen Xuan grabbed Yu Qingsong, his figure flashed, and flew backwards more than a hundred feet.

The long-tailed hook failed to hook the Xu family members, and was very angry.

A huge figure flipped out of the water and soared into the air. It was a hook-shaped long snake.