Chapter 14: Sharpening the Knife

Yuan Ming removed the big stone at the entrance of the cave, used the hair technique to transform into a white ape, jumped out, and climbed a nearby big tree in three or two.

Since he had been in the cave for nearly 20 days and nights, he breathed in the fresh air outside, which made him feel refreshed.

After taking a deep breath, Yuan Ming began to leap from tree to tree, sweeping in the direction of the river before.

Although he was already able to perform the mantle on his own, it was not easy to hunt wild beasts, and he planned to catch some piranhas, fill his stomach first, and recover some strength.

When Yuan Ming came to a big tree less than thirty zhang away from the river, he was stunned, hiding his body behind the dense leaves, and looking down through the gap.

I saw that in the river not far away, a half-human, half-tiger figure was constantly fluttering, and every time I got up, I could vaguely see biting a fish in my mouth, and after swallowing it with my throat, I threw myself into the water again.

Yuan Ming recognized this person, it was Ulu, but Lago, who was traveling with him before, was nowhere to be seen.

"This guy has cultivated the Fur Technique so quickly!" Yuan Ming was a little surprised in his heart.

He has not been able to master the blood qi technique by himself, and finally he has cultivated the hair technique today with the help of the Nine Yuan Jue, Ulu, like him, only has the qualification of the four spirit roots, but he didn't expect it to be successful?

Yuan Ming didn't show up, and watched from afar as Ulu caught a dozen piranhas and left, before jumping down from a tree and coming to the river.

As before, he reluctantly used the ape's tail to catch a dozen piranhas, held them in a bear skin, and quickly left the water's edge.

He returned to the cave and lit a fire to cook the fish.

More than a dozen piranhas had their stomachs, and two of them still had a lot of black fish roe in their stomachs, Yuan Ming obviously felt that his spirit was a lot stronger, and his physical strength began to recover.

After eating and drinking, he wiped his mouth and thought about the next countermeasures.

Now there are only ten days left before the one-month period, and he needs to pay five copies of the beast's essence blood to exchange for the antidote, although he can perform the coat technique on his own, but his strength has not changed much compared to before, it was so difficult to hunt the black bear before, let alone the fierce beast.

After thinking about it for a while, Yuan Ming decided to wait for a while and spend a few days conditioning his body, while continuing to accumulate some mana before hunting the fierce beast.

Elder Huhuo told them that the stronger the mana, the greater the power of the wool technique, and he still understood the truth that sharpening the knife does not mistake the woodcutter.

He sat down cross-legged and continued to operate the Nine Yuan Jue, exhaling the aura of heaven and earth.

In the blink of an eye, another five days passed.

When Yuan Ming was quietly breathing out and recuperating in the cave, a golden morning sun shone in through the crack in the stone, and the crisp sound of birds also came from outside.

Yuan Ming opened his eyes, stopped cultivating, picked up a piece of barbecue meat that had cooled down next to him, swallowed it in a few bites, drank some more water, stood up and moved his muscles and bones.

At this time, his skin revealed a crystal luster from the inside out, and the haggard face on his face was long gone.

The old Taoist of the jade pot said well, the Nine Yuan Jue has an extraordinary effect on consolidating the foundation and cultivating the Yuan, conditioning the body, the diet is sufficient, coupled with the conditioning of the Nine Yuan Jue, his body has completely recovered.

And after five days of penance, his mana has also grown a lot, and a small mass of mana in the dantian is slowly circulating.

It's just that there are only five days left before the January deadline, and we must set off to hunt beasts!

As soon as Yuan Ming thought of this, he left the cave in the ground, pinched the trick and performed the draping technique, the white ape skin on his waist rolled up, and a white ape soon appeared among the trees.

The white ape's body is faintly stronger than before, and the strength of his gestures has also increased by a small half.

"Sure enough, the stronger the mana, the greater the power of the draping technique!" Yuan Ming bowed his head slightly and ran towards the south.

After running for half an hour, the vision in front of me suddenly widened, and at the end of the forest, a huge canyon appeared in front of me.

The canyon is two or three miles wide and not much long, stretching on both sides until it reaches the end of the view.

A white mist wafted through the canyon, bottomless, like a moat separating the two shores.

"This must be the canyon that Elder Huhuo is talking about." Yuan Ming muttered to himself.

On the other side of the canyon is also a dense mountain forest, and it is said that those fierce beasts are on the opposite bank, and he needs to cross the canyon to kill the beasts for blood.

It's just that the white fog at the bottom of the valley is filled, I don't know how deep, are there fierce beasts entrenched?

He picked up a rock and threw it into the canyon mist, and after two or three breaths he heard the faint sound of stones colliding.

Yuan Ming's eyes were slightly relaxed, it seemed that this canyon was not too deep.

After a little hesitation, Yuan Ming still set off to move forward, found a place with a gentle slope, slid towards the bottom of the canyon, and soon entered the bottom of the canyon.

The fog here is so thick that you can only see a foot or two away, and then you will be overwhelmed by the white fog in the distance.

Probably because of the white fog, the valley floor was humid and wet everywhere, and there was no sunlight all year round, only some moss grew, which contrasted with the vigorous mountain forests above.

Yuan Ming breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, in such a desolate place, there should be no fierce beasts to live.

He groped his way forward, making a mark on the ground with each step to keep himself from getting lost.

He soon crossed the bottom of the canyon and came to the other side of the mountain wall.

The white ape is not only good at climbing trees, but it is not difficult to climb the mountain wall, Yuan Ming used both hands and feet, and quickly climbed the mountain wall and came to the forest on the opposite bank.

As soon as he entered this place, he immediately noticed a slight change in the surrounding environment, the trees here were taller and denser, and the aura of heaven and earth seemed to be a little stronger, but the mountain wind swirling here carried a biting coolness, even through the skin of the white ape, the hairs on his whole body stood on end.

Yuan Ming raised his eyebrows, and secretly said that this forest is indeed a bit evil.

He climbed into the trees and walked deep into the dense forest, stopping not far before he walked slowly along the edge of the canyon, carefully searching for signs of the beast.

After all, he didn't know how much combat power the fierce beast had, and it was more appropriate to walk along the vicinity of the canyon, and once the enemy was defeated, he could jump into the canyon to escape.

As we progressed, there was silence all around, with only the occasional birdsong in the distance.

This dead silence environment made Yuan Ming's mouth a little dry, and his palms became a little hot.

He wiped his palms and was about to move on, when a strange scream came from the jungle ahead, sharp and piercing, like a baby crying.

Yuan Ming's body was shocked, and he hurriedly stopped, hiding behind a dense leaf, looking at the place where the sound came from, but unfortunately he couldn't see anything.

At this moment, another beast roar came, very different from the scream just now.

He raised his eyebrows, slowing down as fast as he could, not making a sound.

It didn't take long for Yuan Ming to arrive at the source of the two beast roars.

Through the gaps in the leaves, he looked down.

The scream was made by a strange beast, half a foot tall, with a head like a mouse, a thick yellow fur growing between its chest and abdomen, and a thick layer of armor like a turtle's shell on its back.

"Armadillo?" Yuan Ming secretly guessed that it was just that the armadillo was not so big.

The two mung bean eyes of the yellow armadillo shone fiercely, and they looked at the grass ahead, where two cyan foxes crawled.

The fur of this fox is blue, and the eyes are also blue, which is completely different from ordinary foxes, with a body length of three feet, a smooth body arc, and looks good at speed.

The green fox's turquoise eyes stared at the yellow armadillo, and his mouth also roared.

The fierce light in the eyes of the three beasts became more and more intense, and soon they rushed out at the same time, fighting together.

Yuan Ming's face showed concentration, these three beasts looked strange, and their bodies were so tall, eighty percent of them were fierce beasts, just to see the ability of the fierce beasts.

After looking at it for a moment, his face gradually became solemn.

Whether it was a yellow armadillo or a cyan fox, the combat power was far beyond his expectations.

The cyan fox was just as he had guessed, it was an agile beast, and its speed was a full double that of ordinary foxes, wolves, and other beasts, and its attacks with sharp teeth and claws were not trivial.

The yellow armadillo is even more powerful, its claws are like black iron hooks, the stones can easily cut deep marks, the yellow armor on its back is even stronger, and the claws of the two green foxes scratch on it leaving only white marks.

The battle situation soon became clear, and the yellow armadillo still had the upper hand, and the two green foxes had more and more wounds on their bodies, and the blood stained their fur red.

After another moment of fierce fighting, the two green foxes finally couldn't stand it anymore and turned around and fled.

The yellow armadillo didn't chase after him, roared a few times, and burrowed into the bushes next to him.

Yuan Ming's eyes on the tree lit up, and his figure flew between the trees, chasing after the two green foxes.

The green foxes have all been injured, and they are ready-made prey!

The two green foxes were not lightly injured, one of them also injured its hind legs, and its speed was not fast, and it was soon caught up by Yuan Ming.

The green fox behind seemed to notice the abnormal movement, it was the one with the wound on the leg, turned his head to look back, and found nothing.

Yuan Ming had reached the top of the green fox's head at this moment, his feet were kicked on the tree, and the goshawk swooped down like predation.

The green fox was startled and hurriedly dodged to the side, but the leg injury made his movements slow down a lot, and he was thrown to the ground by Yuan Ming.

The fox was frightened and angry, and opened his mouth to bite Yuan Ming's arm, but Yuan Ming reacted faster and bent his knees and slammed the back of the green fox.

The sharp pain that penetrated deep into the bone marrow made the green fox scream, and his head couldn't help but rise.

Yuan Ming's two thick ape arms took the opportunity to wrap around the neck of the green fox, overlapping each other, like two nooses, and the green fox's head suddenly couldn't move.

The other green fox noticed the situation behind him, and immediately turned around and rushed over.

Yuan Ming was stunned and shouted, urging the power of the hair technique to the extreme, the muscles of his arms squirmed and expanded, and he instantly became thick and strong, and twisted violently.

With a "click", the lame green fox's throat bone was torn off, and its head was tilted there.

At this moment, a foul wind struck from behind, but it was another green fox that flew over.

Yuan Ming hurriedly rolled over to dodge, but his shoulder was still hit by the fox's claws, and the tough ape skin was cut with several scars, and blood surged out.