Wu Shattered Star River

“Just kidding, don't take it seriously!”

Jiang Lang pulled Jiang Han back and into his courtyard.

Sitting in the main hall, he took out a pill from his spatial ring, crushed it, mixed it with water, and applied it to his face.

Then, he sat cross-legged and cultivated for a while, and the swelling on his face actually dissipated by seventy or eighty percent, which stunned Jiang Han.

“Little Hanhan!”

Jiang Lang washed his face and asked, “I'm a year older than you, so I'll call you Little Hanhan from now on, okay? Do you want to earn Xuan stones?”

Jiang Han was somewhat used to Jiang Lang's cynicism and didn't mind his nickname, nodding, “Without pills to assist cultivation, the speed is too slow.”

“Nonsense!”

Jiang Lang curled his lips and said, “Who doesn't want to cultivate with Heaven-grade pills all day long? That cultivation speed is as fast as flying, but you have to have the conditions for that, right?”

Jiang Lang brewed a pot of tea, handed Jiang Han a cup, and said, “Can you refine pills, forge weapons, or make divine talismans? These things make money quickly.”

Jiang Han shook his head, and Jiang Lang thought for a moment and asked, “Then, can you coax women?”

Jiang Han frowned and asked, puzzled, “What does coaxing women have to do with earning Xuan stones?”

“It has a lot to do with it!”

Jiang Lang grinned and said, “If you want to make money quickly, either you have a unique skill, or you have unique oral skills…”

Jiang Han was confused, and Jiang Lang shook his head when he saw this, saying, “It seems you're still a newbie. Let me be direct with you.

You have a good appearance. If you can endure some grievances, I can introduce you to some wealthy women. You can earn hundreds of Xuan stones in one night, enough to buy a few bottles of Xuan Spirit Pills.”

“Get lost!”

This time, Jiang Han understood, and he said speechlessly, “Talk seriously, and stop with those crooked ways.”

“Alas, when you're young, you don't know the goodness of wealthy women, and you mistakenly treat young girls as treasures.”

Jiang Lang shook his head and sighed. He pondered for a moment and said, “Three paths. One is to go up the mountain to collect herbs.

Our Cloud Dream Pavilion is located on the periphery of the Heavenly Fox Mountain Range, and the Heavenly Fox Mountain Range is a treasure mountain. In the depths, there are endless heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and getting one plant can sell for a lot of Xuan stones.”

Jiang Han nodded. This was indeed a legitimate way, and he asked, “What's the second?”

Jiang Lang said, “That's to hunt Xuan beasts. The materials of high-level Xuan beasts are very valuable. A powerful second-order Xuan beast can also sell for hundreds of Xuan stones.”

Jiang Han naturally knew this. After his parents disappeared, he relied on this to support his family. He asked, “What about the last one?”

“Kill people!”

Jiang Lang smiled mysteriously and said, “Go to Dark City to accept missions and kill people! This is the fastest way to make money.

Killing a Xuan Profound Realm first-level martial artist can basically fetch a price of one thousand Xuan stones. If you can kill a Mountain Sea Realm expert, the reward can reach hundreds of thousands.”

“Assassin organization?”

Jiang Han frowned slightly. He asked in confusion, “What is Dark City? Is it nearby?”

“You haven't heard of Dark City?”

Jiang Lang rolled his eyes and said, “There are countless Dark Cities throughout the continent.

Dark City is the largest underground black market on the continent.”

“Almost all major cities can teleport to nearby Dark Cities. Our Cloud Dream City's South City has a teleportation array, and it only costs one Xuan stone to teleport to a nearby Dark City.”

“I see!”

Jiang Han cupped his hands and said, “Thank you, Brother Jiang, for clearing up my doubts. If I want to go to Dark City in the future, please lead the way, Brother Jiang.”

“Easy, easy!”

Jiang Lang grinned and said, “There are many super-rich wealthy women in Dark City. If you think it through, come find me anytime.

I'll take you around. Maybe a wealthy woman will take a fancy to you, and it's possible to give you thousands of Xuan stones in one night…”

“Farewell!”

Jiang Han couldn't sit still anymore, turned around, and left.

“Amazing talent, stunningly brilliant!”

Jiang Lang looked at Jiang Han's back and shook his head, sighing, “Everything is good, but unfortunately… he's too upright.

In this world, upright people have no future.”

… …

Jiang Han returned to his courtyard, chatted with Jiang Li for a few words, and then opened the Demonic Beast Illustrated Handbook to read.

After flipping through it for a full half an hour, he finished reading the Demonic Beast Illustrated Handbook, and he identified twenty-four of the twenty-seven demonic beasts in the Heavenly Beast Cauldron.

It was similar to what he had guessed before!

Of the twenty-seven demonic beasts, three were first-order, three were second-order, three were third-order… and three were eighth-order!

The remaining three demonic beasts were not recorded in the illustrated handbook, so they were very likely to be ninth-order demonic beasts.

From first to ninth order, three demonic beasts of each level were distributed very evenly.

His heart gradually became fiery…

The higher the level of the demonic beast, the more powerful its divine ability would be. If he could obtain all the divine abilities, how terrifying would his combat power be?

However!

Ninth-order demonic beasts should be comparable to Immortal Realm experts. If he doesn't cultivate to the Immortal Realm, how can he kill ninth-order demonic beasts?

So, if he wants to obtain more divine abilities, his realm must keep up.

For example, if he wants to hunt second-order demonic beasts, his realm must reach the Xuan Profound Realm.

With his current combat power, encountering a second-order demonic beast would likely result in an 80% chance of death.

The three second-order demonic beasts on the Heavenly Beast Cauldron are the Spirit Devouring Python, the Armor Cracking Ape, and the Demonic Sound Beast.

The Demonic Beast Illustrated Handbook has introductions to these three types of demonic beasts. The Spirit Devouring Python might be easier to kill, but the Armor Cracking Ape and the Demonic Sound Beast are extremely terrifying existences.

In particular, the Demonic Sound Bat can emit a shrill and terrifying cry. People with weak strength who hear its voice may be stunned.

Therefore, Jiang Han does not plan to hunt these three types of demonic beasts in the short term. He still needs to find a way to quickly break through to the Xuan Profound Realm first.

“The spiritual herbs on the periphery of the Heavenly Fox Mountain Range have already been picked clean. Going to the depths may lead to encountering powerful demonic beasts.

Going to Dark City to be an assassin, my current combat power is probably not enough…”

Jiang Han pondered. He decided to go out and hunt demonic beasts, hunting more first-order demonic beasts and winning through quantity.

With his current combat power, hunting first-order demonic beasts is too easy and there is not much danger. Accumulating some Xuan stones to buy some pills will make cultivation much faster.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Han no longer thought about it and sat down to cultivate.

After dark, Jiang Han took Jiang Li to the cafeteria to eat.

Although the cafeteria provides free meals, all the members of the Battle Hall are here, and few are as poor as Jiang Han, so they hardly ever eat in the cafeteria.

Entering the cafeteria, Jiang Han found Niu Meng. There was a large basin in front of the latter, filled with food, and he was eating with big mouthfuls like a pig.

Jiang Han greeted him, and he and Jiang Li each took a portion of food and went to a corner to eat.

Originally, according to the regulations, Jiang Li's status was that of a handyman, and she was not allowed to eat here.

However, the handymen here had probably heard of Jiang Han's reputation and did not dare to make things difficult for the siblings, and there was always leftover food every day anyway.

After eating, the two siblings stood up to go back. Niu Meng finished the whole big basin, wiped his mouth, and followed.

Just as they walked out of the cafeteria, four people walked towards them. Jiang Han and one of them exchanged a glance, and both of their expressions changed.

The person opposite showed killing intent in his eyes, and his eyes were red.

“Jiang Peng!”

Jiang Han gripped the battle knife in his hand. The young man in front of him was none other than Jiang Peng, the son of Jiang Xiaotian, the Third Elder of the Jiang family.

Jiang Peng joined the Cloud Dream Pavilion a few years ago. He hadn't been seen for a while, and it was likely that he had gone back to attend a funeral.

“Jiang Han!”

Jiang Peng on the other side roared immediately and rushed towards Jiang Han like lightning. He didn't bring any weapons and swung his fist heavily towards Jiang Han's head.