Chapter Thirty-One: Firebird White Phosphorus Snake

  After leaving the Bao City, Wang Chen and his four companions became much more vigilant. Even Shi Tong, who usually relied on Wang Chen the most, took out a defensive magic tool, which showed that after the unexpected event last time, Shi Tong had also made significant progress!

  However, the defensive artifacts of these few people were quite extraordinary. Wang Chen's tortoise-shaped shield, Shi Tong's green silk, Shi Tian's yellow stone bead, and Li couple's blue umbrella-like artifact all emitted a strong spiritual energy fluctuation. Many cultivator teams had seen this combination before and wisely chose not to cause trouble, making it much safer for them.

  Since the last accident, several people's spiritual stones have become abundant, and they all bought high-quality artifacts. With good artifacts, their harvest this year has improved a lot, and their equipment is even stronger!

  However, the relationship between the few people is vastly different from that in the Flowing Clouds City.

  Wang Chen and the four of them also had exchanges and cultivation experiences in Liuyunfang City. However, at that time, they were neither cold nor hot towards Wang Chen, subtly considering themselves as seniors. Now it's different, their words and actions are extremely respectful towards Wang Chen.

  Wang Chen felt it, but there was not a hint of joy or fear. The reason was that Wang Chen's strength had already subdued several people. In the world of cultivation, only strength was real, everything else was empty and fleeting, and could be lost at any time.

  "It's fine this way!" Wang Chen thought to himself, but in his heart he was extremely opposed to this comfortable method.

  The Blackbird Forest is one of the more dangerous mountain ranges in the Hei Wushan Mountains. A group of black bird demons inhabit the mountains, and although their strength is only at the early stages of Qi training, their sheer numbers are enough to make people's hair stand on end.

  However, apart from this, the Blackwood Mountains are still quite attractive to cultivators!

  As soon as they entered the Black Wushan Mountains, Wang Chen and his group changed their formation after a brief discussion. Shi Tian, who practiced earth-attribute martial arts, had the highest defense and walked at the front, which was the safest. The experienced Li surname cultivator walked behind, preventing sneak attacks! Wang Chen and Shi Tong were in the middle, quickly providing support in case of an emergency!

  They walked in silence for several hours and finally encountered a red bird-like demon beast!

  "It's Huoyu Niao, let's get started!" Shi Tian looked around and made a gesture, then the four of them began to work together.

  Several water attribute talismans were activated first, the Firebird is a fire-attribute demon beast, and water overcomes fire, so everyone tacitly used water attribute talismans.

  After the seal was broken, Shi Tian launched a yellow brick-shaped magic tool that rushed forward. Earth-attribute magic tools are generally very heavy, and brick-shaped ones are particularly noticeable. Shi Tian's yellow brick rushed forward with a whistling sound, like a comet colliding with the earth. However, although the brick-shaped magic tool has tremendous power, its speed is actually quite slow among magic tools, and the Firebird dodged it by flapping its agile wings.

  However, while dodging the brick-shaped magic tool, Mr. and Mrs. Li's water attribute magic tool rushed up. The firebird also dodged and then spat out a fireball. The fireball flashed quickly, but was either blocked by several people's defensive magic tools or dodged by Wang Chen.

  But this situation won't last long, Wang Chen and Shi Tong made harassing attacks, the three artifacts kept attacking. At the time of the relay station tea, the Firebird's body shape slowed down, and one careless move was hit by Shi Tian's brick-shaped artifact, followed by two water attribute artifacts that struck a fatal blow, and the Firebird fell to the ground.

  Wang Chen and Shi Tong tidied up the corpses, while Shi Tian and the other two took advantage of the opportunity to recover their magical powers. The whole process was very stable, and the Firebird didn't even have a chance to escape before being killed by the few people working together!

  "The feathers of the Firebird can be made into a beautiful cloak, which not only defends against most fire attribute attacks during the training period, but also looks great!" Shi Tong explained to Wang Chen while plucking out the feathers.

  "Brother Chen, if I were to wear a cloak made of the Firebird's feathers, would you think it's very pretty?" Shi Tong asked with a blush on his face, looking down.

  Wang Chen was taken aback, although he had always understood Shi Tong's intentions, but Wang Chen's obsession with the Great Way, transcendence, and longevity had always filled his heart tightly. Shi Tong's intentions had just squeezed out a little space, only to be quickly squeezed out again.

  "Ah, it should be pretty nice!" Wang Chen's eyes were distant as he responded, but Shi Tong's eyes flashed with a hint of shyness, and in his heart, he planned to keep the Firebird's feathers to make a cloak.

  The meat of the firebird is very tender, and apart from its feathers and claws being collected, Wang Chen cut off the edible parts, froze them, and put them in a special storage bag. After cleaning up the body, Shi Tong remembered the firebird's nest on the tree.

  Then, Wang Chen stuck on a light body symbol and easily climbed up several meters high tree! The nest of the Firebird is about the size of a washbasin, with several pieces of fire attribute materials and six red eggs inside.

  The faintly red bird egg was emitting a weak flame spirit wave! The Firebird's egg, Wang Chen's face revealed a hint of a smile as he gently picked up the egg.

  "This time's harvest is pretty good!" Wang Chen smiled and said to the few people who had recovered their magic, then took out a few pieces of fire-attribute materials and six bird eggs!

  "Phoenix eggs!" Shi Tong and Mrs. Li exclaimed in unison!

  The eggs and cubs of the demon beasts are extremely precious. Among the three major sects of Liangguo, there is one called the Wan Shou Sect, which has a secret method for cultivating demon beasts! The Wan Shou Sect cultivators can summon several demon beasts of the same level to fight against their enemies, making them exceptionally powerful!

  However, the method of driving the demon beasts by the Wan Shou Sect is also different. If a mature demon beast is driven by a beast ring, not only will the demon beast not cooperate with the attack, but even when the cultivator is on the verge of death, the demon beast will still counterattack the cultivator! But if it's a demon beast that has been cultivated from a young age, it's different. A newly born demon beast will regard the first cultivator it sees as its parent, and after being forbidden, the demon beast will cooperate with the cultivator in an astonishingly tacit understanding, and even when the cultivator encounters danger, the demon beast will self-destruct for the cultivator!

  It can be seen from this that the demonic beast egg has a great attraction to cultivators!

  Wang Chen wasn't very familiar with this aspect, but after listening to Shi Tian's introduction, his eyes lit up. Next time he had the chance, he would definitely find a few demon beast eggs and cultivate some capable assistants!

  "This time, there are mainly three gains. The six eggs of the Firebird are worth about 6,000 spirit stones, the feathers are worth about 200 spirit stones, and a few pieces of fire-attribute ore are also worth 200 spirit stones! Let's see how to divide them!" Shi Tian introduced the gains in a soft voice.

  A few people discussed and decided on the distribution method. The six demon beast eggs were divided among Li's couple and Shi Tian siblings, with each getting three. Without saying, the two female cultivators each took three! The Firebird's feathers belonged to Shi Tong, while Shi Tian siblings handed over 400 spirit stones to Wang Chen, and Li's couple gave 300 spirit stones. The fire-attribute materials were also given to Wang Chen.

  This allocation seems to have given Wang Chen an advantage, as he didn't exert much effort but obtained 700 spirit stones! It can be said that his harvest was quite bountiful. However, in reality, it wasn't like this. The demon beast egg was truly too rare. If it were to be auctioned off at the auction house, the Fire Feather Beast Egg might have been sold for a price exceeding 3,000 spirit stones per egg!

  Not all eggs can successfully hatch into monsters!

  After the distribution, Wang Chen's expectations for the team also increased a bit. With fair distribution and relatively tacit cooperation, how could the team's gains be poor!

  Next, Wang Chen and the others hunted and killed a few more demon beasts. The coordination between them became much more tacit! The harvest was also very good! In the afternoon, they discussed it and decided to return to Fang City to rest, considering that many demon beasts are more active at night and the danger is greatly increased.

  On the second day, Wang Chen and his group came to the Black Bird Mountain Range again. However, their luck wasn't very good this time! They walked for a long time but didn't encounter any demonic beasts.

  "Whoosh", in an instant, a blue figure flashed by from the side and then disappeared. Although Wang Chen's heart had been warning him in advance, he was still startled and his hands were full of talismans. After the person left, he let out another breath.

  "This person is clearly using the escape technique of the foundation-building period! There may be cultivators chasing after him, let's change direction to avoid trouble!" Shi Tian gazed in the direction where the figure disappeared, and said slowly. Everyone nodded in agreement and quickened their pace.

  After walking for three or four miles, the speed of several people slowed down!

  But it seems that the luck of these few people has also improved a lot!

  A roar similar to a dragon's howl, Wang Chen and the others looked at each other, then walked together in the direction of the sound. When they arrived at their destination, a white snake over 10 feet long was devouring several cultivators' corpses beside a pool of water.

  A large white snake had several bowl-sized wounds on its body, with blue blood remaining. However, this was not what attracted the monks' attention. When they arrived at the side of the water pool, their eyes were drawn to a bulge on the snake's head.

  "This white snake should have a good dragon bloodline, if it sheds its skin once, the horns on its head will probably come out, and at that time, it will be half-blooded dragon!" Shi Tian's excited eyes were mixed with a thread of fear, "What do you guys think?"

  Everyone fell into a brief silence after hearing this, although the White Snake had suffered relatively serious injuries. However, a camel that is starved to death is bigger than a horse, and the bloodline of the Dragon is not something that ordinary demons can compare with!

  The mature dragon in the current Xianxia world is simply a legend, and this half-blooded dragon is already rare to the point of being almost non-existent.

  The dragon's body is a treasure, which also applies to the immortal. The Jiaolong's whole body is also a treasure. If you can obtain materials such as the scales and skeleton of the Jiaolong, whether it is exchanged for a large amount of spiritual stone or used to forge a powerful artifact, it will greatly increase the cultivator's strength.

  However, several people have different opinions on whether to take action against the dragon that has almost evolved into a half-blood.

  The Li couple is already quite old, and the chances of reaching the foundation period are slim. They just hope to spend their remaining years in peace and safety! Shi Tong, on the other hand, is worried about the safety of his brother and Wang Chen, and does not want to take risks as there is still a long way to go.

  On the contrary, Wang Chen and Shi Tian were young and vigorous, hoping to go further and not afraid of adventure. However, when Shi Tian saw the hesitation of several others, he also began to fall silent!

  Wang Chen saw the situation and couldn't help but worry, so he carefully said: "Why don't we try it out first? If we can't beat it, then let's leave. I think the monster won't chase us too far!"

  After hearing Wang Chen's words, Shi Tian's face lit up with joy and he said: "Let's give it a try, if it doesn't work out then we'll make a quick escape!" Shi Tong and the Li couple looked at Shi Tian, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded in agreement.

  Several people consulted with each other and began hunting down the rare dragon-like monster!

  At this moment, a figure who had just passed by Wang Chen's side stopped in a grove of trees.

  It turns out that this cultivator can actually fly with his sword, and is apparently a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator!

  "This is getting out of hand, a beast tide that comes once in a century! How many people will die under the sky?! Blue-robed cultivator muttered to himself, but just a moment later, he let out a cold laugh, "What does it matter? As long as I can escape, it's fine! The number of deaths has nothing to do with me."

  After finishing speaking, the blue-robed monk floated away, but the direction of his departure was not towards Hei Wu Fang City, but rather far away from the You Shou Mountain Range!