Chapter 14: The Dark Wind Mountains (Part 2)

  In the Yin Wind Mountains, each of these demonic beasts has its own territory and rarely gather in groups. It's not easy for a martial artist to find one, sometimes with bad luck, they might not encounter any demonic beast for several hours or even an entire day.

  Monsters eat humans, and they also devour each other. The flesh and blood of monsters are a great tonic for them as well. A iron-toothed wolf died here, the smell of its flesh and blood will spread far away.

  The beast's sense of smell was far more acute than that of humans, and with the iron-toothed wolf's flesh as bait, Xuan Tian only needed to wait slowly for other beasts to come automatically.

  Using the flesh and blood of a demonic beast to lure other demonic beasts for slaughter is the simplest method for a warrior.

  However, warriors who dare to use this tactic are few.

  Because no one dares to be certain, the demonic beast that was attracted, how strong it is, perhaps far surpassing the warrior's own strength; or perhaps several demonic beasts in the vicinity all smelled the scent of flesh and blood at the same time and rushed over together.

  All of this is extremely dangerous. Warriors without sufficient strength don't dare to linger beside the demonic beast's flesh and blood, lest they fall into a crisis and lose their lives.

  Xuān Tiān is obviously different from ordinary warriors, his Leopard Shadow Technique has reached a high level, even if third-level demonic beasts come, he has the ability to escape, can lurk on the side, quietly observe the changes, and kill the demonic beasts that come with the smell of blood and flesh if possible, otherwise run away!

  Xuantian was hiding on top of a giant rock, constantly replaying the scene where he killed Tieyao Wolf with one sword strike in his mind. He discovered that the circulation of his inner force had become smoother than before, and his mastery of martial skills had also improved significantly.

  "It seems that actual combat is indeed the best way to gain experience."

  Although Xuántiān had practiced the Wind Chasing Sword Technique to the point of being extremely skilled, he had very little actual combat experience. Practicing sword techniques alone and engaging in a duel with two people were two completely different states.

  A person practicing swordsmanship, without a sense of danger, smooth sailing, unimpeded. However, in a match, martial skills will be restricted by the opponent's control, affected by their momentum, and the power of the martial skills will greatly decrease. Those with an unstable mindset, when faced with danger, can't even bring out 20-30% of their actual strength.

  Especially the ferocious beasts, baring their teeth and claws, with a fierce expression, pouncing over, bringing a bloody storm to one's face, danger suddenly arising. In such a state, one can greatly temper their willpower and firm up their mind.

  A steady mind leads to a stable body, an unstable mind leads to an unstable body. With a firm heart and mind, one can perfectly exert their strength in any state, and even exhibit extraordinary abilities.

  Xuān Tiān's comprehension was extremely high, just now, with just one sword, he killed the Iron-toothed Wolf. However, the gain and insight obtained were more than what ordinary people would get from killing ten or dozens of demonic beasts.

  Night fell, and Xuantian stayed in the valley for a whole day.

  Within a day, Xuantian killed twenty-nine demon beasts, among which seven were lower-second-level, twenty-one were mid-second-level and one was upper-second-level.

  It seems that most of the active yao beasts nearby are mid-second-level yao beasts.

  In just one day, Xuan Tian obtained a total value of over 800 points of merit, equivalent to more than 8,000 taels of silver.

  Like Xuan Tian, using the flesh and blood of a demonic beast to attract other demonic beasts is something that even a martial artist at the 9th level of the Martial Path would not dare to do. At least three or four people would need to join forces before they would dare to be so reckless. But if three or four people were to join forces, the gains obtained would also have to be divided into three or four portions.

  It's true that Xuan Tian earns more than 8,000 taels of silver per day, which is almost three to four times that of an ordinary warrior. This is still only in comparison to warriors who roam the second-level demonic beast region. If compared to those who roam the outermost part of the Yin Wind Mountain Range, a first-level demonic beast region, the gains would likely be ten or twenty times more!

  After a day of fierce battles, Xuan Tian gained a lot from his cultivation, and the speed was even faster than when he was cultivating in the sect. Although the time spent on quiet meditation was less, the tempering in battle could better stimulate one's potential.

  Xuan Tian was overjoyed, at this rate, within two months, his cultivation would be able to advance further, stepping into the 8th layer of the Martial Path.

  Outside the gate, the ranking of the disciples is still two months away. As long as he can enter the eighth level of the Martial Path, Xuan Tian has confidence that he can defeat Zhang Long and compete with any disciple at the tenth level of the Martial Path.

  At night, the mountains are a paradise for demonic beasts. Rarely seen during the day, they roam freely throughout the mountain range at night. With the flesh and blood of twenty-nine demonic beasts in this valley, it will definitely attract a large number of demonic beasts, and may even attract the presence of third-level demonic beasts.

  As night fell, Xuan Tian left the valley and returned to the dense forest. He first dug a hole on the ground and buried all the materials and the fur of the demon beast.

  Then on a giant tree that several people can hug, about 30 meters away from the ground, a hole of one person's size is dug out. At night, he would sit in meditation and rest in the tree hole.

  At night, the howling of the demon beasts rose and fell, and even Xuan Tian clearly heard the footsteps of the demon beasts on the ground below. In one night, there were over a hundred demon beasts that walked past from under his feet.

  A night without words.

  On the second day, the red sun rises in the east, and light drives away darkness.

  At night, countless monsters emerge, but when daybreak arrives, they disappear like stones sinking into the ocean, leaving only a small number of monsters roaming during the day.

  Xuantian returned to the valley of yesterday, the valley was full of footprints of monsters, twenty-nine heads of monster's flesh and blood were all eaten up, only some bone residue left.

  In this valley, at least a thousand demon beasts arrived last night. Xuan Tian was secretly shocked. In the Yin Wind Mountains, if you don't find a place to hide at night, even if you're a pre-heavenly expert, being surrounded by hundreds or thousands of second-level demon beasts will only lead to death.

  Moreover, with so many demonic beasts appearing, it's not necessarily true that there aren't any third-grade demonic beasts among them.

  Xuantian changed to another place, still first killing a demon beast, then using the demon beast's blood and flesh as bait, killing the demon beast, digging out the demon core, peeling off its skin and fur, as well as some higher-value materials.

  On the second day, Xuantian killed another twenty-seven heads of demonic beasts.

  At night, I returned to the dense forest, dug a hole, buried the demon beast's fur, and rested in the tree cave.

  On the third day, Xuan Tian continued to use the demon beast's blood and flesh as bait, killing the demon beasts. He met a martial artist at the eighth level of the Martial Path and sold the demon beast's fur at a low price.

  Although Xuan Tian only had a cultivation of the 7th level of the Martial Path, taking out dozens of second-level demon beast hides would shock even a 9th level Martial Path warrior. An 8th level Martial Path warrior might have greedy thoughts in their heart, but they wouldn't dare to make a move on Xuan Tian.

  During the day, slay the demonic beasts; at night, rest and recover in a tree hollow, cultivating quietly.

  Fur is abundant, and when I meet a suitable warrior, I sell it at a low price.

  Occasionally, when he encountered a third-level demonic beast, Xuan Tian would throw away the beast's pelt and use his full strength to cast the Leopard Shadow Technique, making a narrow escape. Then, he would sneak back and pick up the pelt again.

  Day after day!

  In the blink of an eye, nearly a month has passed. After a month of intense training, Xuan Tian's cultivation has reached the late stage of the Seventh Realm of Martial Arts and is about to reach its peak. At this rate, in just another month, he will definitely be able to reach the Eighth Realm of Martial Arts before the Outer Disciple Ranking Competition, and there will still be time to further temper his skills in the Yin Wind Mountains.

  This month, Xuan Tian's harvest was bountiful. Just selling the demon beast fur and materials to other warriors at a low price earned him over 800,000 taels of silver. He had stacks of large silver bills worth 1,000 taels each on his person.

  The most valuable thing is the demon core in Xuántiān's hand, a uniform second-level demon beast demon core, with more than 700 pieces, although it's only the size of a thumb, but it fills a small bag.

  With such a large bag of demon cores, it's naturally impossible to carry them on one's person. This would undoubtedly arouse the greed of other warriors. Even if other warriors aren't as strong as Xuan Tian, they might still gather their friends and come to kill him.

  Xuantian divided the demon core into several portions, separately burying them in different places, extremely well hidden, only he himself knew, and when leaving the Yinfeng mountain range, he would take out the demon core again.

  The twenty-eighth day!

  Xuantian was sprinting wildly, his body transformed into a residual shadow, speeding as fast as a cheetah, exerting the full force of his Great Accomplishment Boundary's Cheetah Shadow Technique.

  About two hundred steps behind Xuántiān, a gigantic demon cow with a height of over five meters and a length of ten meters, its shiny fur gleaming like steel, full of power, like a small mountain, was charging towards Xuánti.

  Third-level demon beast, Steel Armor Demon Ox.

  Crack!

  A tree as thick as a waist was struck by a steel-plated cow demon and snapped directly.

  Hmph!

  A three-meter-high boulder was smashed into powder by a steel-clad iron bull.

  Steel-plated Demon Ox, both its defensive and attacking powers are extremely terrifying. Among the third-level demon beasts, it is a top-tier existence, like an iron machine, charging forward recklessly, nothing in front can stop the steel body of the Steel-plated Demon Ox.

  Xuantian uses the blood and flesh of a demonic beast to attract other demonic beasts. He has encountered third-level demonic beasts before, but this is his first time encountering one as ferocious as the Steel Armor Demonic Cow.

  The steel-armored demonic cow charged forward with abandon, treating any obstacles in its path as if they were non-existent. Its speed was incredibly fast, and even the Shadow Leopard Technique of a Grandmaster could not surpass it by much.

  Listening to the destructive sounds coming from behind, Xuantian didn't dare to relax at all, and used the Leopard Shadow Technique to its fastest extent, desperately sprinting forward. Even if it were a First or Second Heaven high-level expert who encountered the Steel Armor Ox, they would only have the option of fleeing, as clashing with it would be a dead end. With Xuantian's cultivation level, if he were caught up by the Steel Armor Ox, he would definitely be instantly killed.

  Nor did he know how far he had run, the destructive sounds behind him finally disappeared, but Xuan Tian still didn't dare to stay, afraid that once he relaxed his heart, the Steel Armor Ox would catch up with him, and it would be over.

  After running for another half hour, Xuan Tian finally stopped and looked back, but he could no longer see the shadow of the Steel Armor Cow Demon.

  Xuantian quickly found a more secluded location for quiet meditation and recuperation to recover his vitality.

  It seems that the Steel Armor Ox has indeed been shaken off, and after an hour, there is still no sign of it catching up. After an hour of rest, Xuan Tian's energy has recovered to its peak state.

  Just as he was about to head back the same way, he thought of checking on the demon beast's pelt that he had discarded earlier to see if it was still there. He took a few steps forward when Xuan Tian's footsteps suddenly came to an abrupt halt.

  He turned around, looking at a small mountain peak in front of him. He could feel that the primordial energy between heaven and earth seemed to be converging there. This situation seemed to occur only when a demon beast advanced or a spiritual herb matured.

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