After resting in the forest for the night, Zhuo Yuming and his entourage set off again the next day when the sky was white.

After a night of recuperation, Zeng Yue's state has also improved a lot, and the feeling of weakness caused by the black shadow evil thing has basically been removed, but the injuries left by the Shenxiao Thunder Law will not heal so easily for a while. After all, Lei Fa is too domineering, and the wounds on the surface and body of the body need to be slowly repaired with spiritual power.

After leaving, the group came to a low-lying valley.

The grass and trees on both sides of the valley are all bare mountain rocks, and the whole valley is full of withered and lonely atmosphere.

Stepping on the somewhat bleak rocks under his feet, Zhuo Yuming turned to everyone and said, "Have you sensed anything strange in this realm? ”

Facing Zhuo Yuming's sudden question, several people looked confused, what kind of mystery can this good valley have. When the two brothers of the Nie family were scratching their ears and cheeks, Zeng Yue and the three of them had already begun to spread their divine sense and go around to start investigating.

Among several people, when it comes to the strength of divine consciousness, Han Qing, who is naturally the perennial painter, is the most. followed by Zeng Yue, who had just been blessed by misfortune yesterday, and then Nie Qingrou, the two brothers of the Nie family.

After a while, Han Qing took the lead in setting his sights on a dead tree.

The rest of the people looked around, but after a while, they didn't find the slightest clue.

Seeing that no one else could find the clue except Han Qing, Zhuo Yuming said with a smile: "Han Qing, go and take a look." ”

Han Qing nodded when he heard this, and walked towards the dead tree.

Zeng Yue and the others saw Han Qing walking under a withered tree, piled up there and looking at it for a long time, all confused.

Han Qing saw that there was nothing abnormal on the ground, so he reached out and dug it up. There were no rocks in the area where the dead trees were, and the soil was relatively soft, so it was not difficult to dig up. It was about three feet deep at the base of the dead tree, and although there were still no clues, the strange presence that the divine sense sensed felt was getting closer and closer.

A few onlookers curiously gathered behind Han Qing, only to see Han Qing's face suddenly change.

Han Qing withdrew his hands that had been inserted into the mud puddle, and in his hands he held a strange beast that was struggling.

The strange beast was about half a foot long, and it looked strange. The whole body is covered in pitch-black scale armor, and it looks extremely hard. A round head, three eyes and four legs, and a long snout. The abdomen is grayish-yellow, without nail plates, and soft to the touch.

The strange beast seemed to be caught by Han Qing in its deep sleep, and when it woke up, it found that it had fallen into the hands of others, and was struggling hard, with a sharp chirp coming out of its mouth.

"Master, is this what you want?"

Han Qing walked up to Zhuo Yuming with the strange beast in both hands and asked.

Zhuo Yuming looked at it carefully, and said with a smile: "You haven't been out much, so it's normal that you don't know each other." This beast is called the Mountain Swallowing Beast, which hides in the mountains and rivers and lives by devouring the essence of mountains and trees. Lazy by nature, perennial in a deep sleep. This mountain-swallowing beast is extremely rare, and I didn't expect to meet one today. ”

Everyone was amazed when they heard this, this was the first time they had heard of the name of this mountain swallowing beast.

"Then this valley is so desolate and withered, is it the work of this mountain swallowing beast?"

Nie Qingrou stretched out a jade finger with some curiosity and poked the scale armor of the mountain devouring beast, and asked Zhuo Yuming.

"Yes, because all the essence of the mountains and trees has been devoured by this little guy, and there is naturally no grass in the valley. Han Qing, today you found a mountain swallowing beast for the sect, you have made a great contribution, and you will be recorded in the sect's merit book in the future. ”

Zhuo Yuming took the Mountain Swallowing Beast from Han Qing's hand, and a stream of pure spiritual power wrapped it, and the Mountain Swallowing Beast, which was originally struggling violently, suddenly became well-behaved and lay motionless on Zhuo Yuming's palm.

"Didn't the master say that this mountain-swallowing beast would suck the essence of the mountains and forests, why am I still considered meritorious?"

Han Qing was a little inexplicable when he heard this, and asked.

Seeing that everyone was puzzled, Zhuo Yuming said with a smile: "Although the mountain swallowing beast will lose the essence of the mountain, if it is subdued by the monk, it can feed back the spirit of the mountain and wood that it has absorbed in the past to the top of the sect, increasing the spiritual energy of the mountain and water." Therefore, a mountain swallowing beast is equivalent to a spirit gathering circle. ”

Raising his hand and pulling the strange beast that was lazily lying on his stomach in his palm a few times, Zhuo Yuming continued: "Looking at the body shape of this mountain swallowing beast, I am afraid that it is at least two hundred years old. If you think about how many mountain and wood essences it has devoured for more than two hundred years, after the completion of the Returning Sect, it will be comparable to the effect of any top sect's Spirit Gathering Formation. Han Qing, did you say that you have made a contribution to the sect. ”

After hearing this, Nie Qinghui asked curiously: "But master, didn't you say that it made a living by devouring the essence of the mountain and wood, if he fed the sect back, then what did it live on?"

When everyone heard Nie Qinghui point out this trick, they all nodded frequently.

Zhuo Yuming glanced at Nie Qinghui with praise, and saw the contradictions so quickly, which showed that he was smart.

"Although the name of the Mountain Swallowing Beast is called Swallowing Mountain, it does not require the essence of the mountains and forests to be nurtured, and all the genius treasures in the world that contain pure spiritual energy can be used as his nourishment. And the Heaven Devouring Beast is indeed the most rare mountain and wood essence, which is not comparable to the simple aura, but enough to improve the rank of the mountain and water aura. Therefore, the Mountain Swallowing Beast is of great benefit to a sect that occupies a beautiful place in the shape of mountains and rivers, and it is extremely valuable. It's just that this mountain swallowing beast is extremely rare, not to mention, and its function of feeding back the mountain is even more rarely known, otherwise the major mountain forces in the entire ethereal spirit world would not have dug into the ground and captured all the mountain swallowing beasts in the world one by one. ”

Regarding the doubts of several disciples, Zhuo Yuming also explained with a smile.

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, especially Han Qing, who was even more excited. After all, he has made a contribution to the sect, and for him, who regards Zhuo Yuming as his master, the future Cloud City is his home. Being able to make some contributions to the sect and do something for the master is what he has always longed for.

"The sect has not yet been established, and there are some rules that I haven't mentioned to you, so I just want to talk to you today. In the future, Cloud City will discuss meritorious deeds, no matter what status, if you want to obtain more resources than others, you need to contribute to the sect. Han Qing, today you have found the Mountain Devouring Beast for the sect, and this magic weapon is your reward. ”

With that, Zhuo Yuming took out a golden rope from his arms and handed it to Han Qing.

After respectfully thanking him, Han Qing looked carefully at the golden rope in his hand.

"This is the last time I got it in the ruins of the sect under the moat, and it is a top-level spiritual magic weapon. This rope has a strong imprisoning effect, and you are long in the art of talismans, and this magic weapon is just right for you. It's just that the name of this magic weapon is not known, so you can choose a name for it yourself. ”

Zhuo Yuming said to Han Qing with a smile.

Seeing that Han Qing had received the magic weapon rewarded by Zhuo Yuming, the rest of the people were also full of envy.

"Well, don't be envious, there will be opportunities in the future. Continue on the road. ”

With a smile, Zhuo Yuming took another step and walked forward.