Chapter 9: Demon Beasts

Wang Xian followed Zhu Xia along the map route. The two of them held the spirit stone in their hands and took turns to release their divine consciousness and feel the spiritual energy within a radius of five or six miles, which was basically the maximum range of divine consciousness in the early stage of qi refining.

The two of them hurried to keep their consciousness released, consuming a lot of spiritual power, which needed to be replenished in time to maintain the best condition when encountering the enemy.

Sometimes they walked on mountain roads, sometimes on the tops of trees or on wild grass, and sometimes on water. When encountering water, Zhu Xia took out the green leaves from the flower basket, and the recipe became larger, and the floating water floated by.

The day passed without any danger. As night fell, the two of them reached the first resting place shortly after dark, which was on top of a cliff.

When the moon is hazy at night, there is mist drifting through the sky from time to time.

This cliff is on the top of a large mountain, and the valley is covered with thick fog, and the divine sense cannot detect its depth, and it is pitch black.

At the top of the cliff, there is a lawn with a radius of more than ten zhang, all waist-high weeds. Wang Xianshi cut off all the weeds, revealing some traces of severed grass roots, and the hard ground with mud and sand mixed with a little rock.

The little cold is coming, the night is cold and the dew is heavy, if it is a mortal, it will not be able to stand this kind of cold and fog, but the cultivator will not invade the cold and heat, but there is nothing to fear.

In the early stage of qi refining, they couldn't open the valley, so the two of them each took a little cold food to eat, and began to hold the spirit stone in both hands to refine qi and meditate. The two sat back to back with their eyes closed, but they didn't say anything.

Wang Xian faced the cliff, this side was relatively safe, Zhu Xia faced the mountainside at the gentle slope, the shadows of the trees on the mountainside, from time to time there were some inexplicable birdsong and beast roars, the two of them heard a lot along the way, after all, there were also many mortal beasts in this mountain, and they didn't feel the fluctuation of the aura, and they didn't care.

Wang first considered the grouping and route of this mission, and felt that Ren Xing should have stayed in the realm of consummation in the middle stage of qi refining for many years.

Three years ago, Ren Xing did not succeed in exchanging Qianyuan Dan, and he has been stuck at the bottleneck and could not break through, this time he was divided into a group of two, although he could keep in touch, but the risk still increased a lot, which can be said to be a risk.

When entering the mountain, Wang first observed other teams, most of the monks entering the mountain were in groups of four or five, and a few were in groups of three, usually in the middle stage of three qi refining. With the strength of this team on the surface, it should be considered medium to weak, so it is divided into two groups, which shows that Ren Xingdebao's heart is eager.

The next morning, the sky revealed a hint of fish white, Wang Xian slowly opened his eyes and ended his meditation. Walking to the edge of the cliff, I used my eyesight to look into the distance, the white fog was still very thick, and I couldn't see through the sight.

His eyes swept over the cliff valley again, and the cliff valley was still blocked by the white mist. Looking down at the cliff foothold, he found that the cliff wall was like a ghostly axe, and it was broken open like a split, and it was cut down slightly inward, and Wang Xian had to stick out his head to see the cliff below.

The cliff wall below is more than 20 zhang away from the top of the cliff, and a cypress tree suddenly rises horizontally, attracting Wang Xian's attention. It is not uncommon for this tree to be abundant on the mountain, and the trunk of this tree is very old, and the trunk is more than three feet wide, and there is a hoof print two feet wide and three feet long on the trunk that crosses the cliff.

The lower half of the hoof print is semicircular, the upper half is mountain-shaped, pen-like, and seems to have three toes, and the middle toe is slightly longer. Among the mortal beasts, there is no hoof print of this shape so large, it should be the hoof print of the demon beast.

Turning around, seeing that Zhu Xia had also stood up and was looking at the mountainside jungle on the other side, Wang Xian beckoned: "Daoist friends come and take a look, there seems to be a demon beast's hoof prints here."

Zhu Xia looked stunned, then rejoiced, smiled and walked over quickly, looked in the direction of Wang Xian's finger, saw this hoof print, and couldn't help but say happily: "Yes, it is indeed the hoof print of the demon beast, as far as I know, the snow ape and the black ice monkey among the demon beasts have similar hoof prints, let's look for it."

Generally speaking, there must be demon beasts next to the moontail tree, and of course there are demon beasts, but this is a rare clue that should not be missed.

The two of them began to prepare to go down the cliff, and they couldn't fly with the sword in the early stage of qi refining, but they were dozens of zhang longitudinal, and there was no problem in using the suction trick at the cliff wall or using the sword to borrow the power to go down the cliff. The two of them have to guard against the sudden attack of monsters, or being entangled in poisonous mist and poison ivy.

Zhu Xia cast a trick to release the flower blue, put away the hundred flowers, and the flower blue instantly became larger in the air, just enough for the two of them to stand. Wang Xian followed Zhu Xia in, this flower basket that seemed to be made of five-colored bamboo, except that it was much larger than normal, did not see anything unusual.

I saw Zhu Xia cast the mantra again, and a circle of eight spirit stones inlaid on the edge of the round basket of the flower basket began to shine, and a huge trumpet flower appeared in the air and buckled upside down above the basket, shooting out five ropes of various colors to pull the basket.

The flower bones bulged up, and the inside seemed to be full of aura, and the flower basket also rose into the air at the same time, slowly falling in the direction of the cypress tree.

Passing by the trunk of the cypress tree, the two took a closer look and found that there were still a few long black hairs next to the hoof prints on the trunk. "It looks like a black ice monkey. Zhu Xia said thoughtfully.

The flower basket continued to fall down the cliff wall, and the two of them began to let go of their senses, and used their eyes to look at the cliff below. I saw that the white mist was shrouded, the cold air hit people, and the divine sense could only be placed a hundred zhang away, and the eyesight could only see thirty zhang.

Fortunately, along the way, you can see hoof prints or traces every 20 zhang or so, sometimes imprinted on the cliff wall, forming a concave hoof print, sometimes stepping on the protruding tree trunk, sometimes tearing off some small trees that cannot be forced.

After falling for about half an hour, the two found that there were still dozens of feet to go. But I saw that about ten zhang above the ground, the white fog had turned into a black fog, and bursts of black fog miasma were tumbling, like thick smoke billowing out.

Zhu Xia Shijue took out two thousand-year-old honeysuckles from the flower basket, inserted one in her hair, and handed one to Wang Xian, who put the flowers on her chest. Millennial honeysuckle can detoxify all kinds of poisons, break through the miasma, refresh the mind, and is one of the main materials of various poison pills.

The two slowly fell to the ground, collected the flower baskets, and looked around. The surrounding black fog has been bypassed a few feet away, through the black fog, I saw that the ground is all wet and soft black ground, there are some bones of birds and beasts, and the hoof prints of demon beasts are still there, but they are deeper and clearer.

The two followed the hoof prints and walked for another half an hour, but they saw a small lake with a circle of more than a mile, and the hoof prints disappeared when they reached the lake.

The black fog on the surface of the lake has faded a lot, as if it has been sucked away by something. At this time, the sight can already see the entire lake clearly, only to see that the lake is cold, black and no waves.

There is a small island in the lake, which is a hill about 20 zhang wide and 40 zhang high, and there is a hole of four zhang size at the bottom of the island near the water, and from time to time there is a black mist sucked into the hole by wisps. There are two peach trees on the top of the hill, and more than a dozen fist-sized black fruits hang from the trees.

Zhu Xia said happily: "This is a thousand-year-old black heart peach." Zhu Xia introduced the origin of this peach fruit.

The peach pit of the black heart peach is one of the medicinal introductions for refining the Zhuji Dan, the peach pit can only bear fruit after two thousand years of absorbing the poisonous miasma, the nucleus has a strange poison, and the medicine surname is fierce after entering the medicine, which can instantly cause a strong medicinal power, but it must also be used to overcome the poisonous surname with other medicines.

The peach skin is black and the peach flesh is white, but it is non-toxic and can prolong life.

The thousand-year-old black-hearted peach is more difficult to find than the moontail grass, and it is a rare fruit.

The entrance of the cave should be the dwelling place of the black ice monkey, the nearest place across the lake of the island is more than 40 zhang, the black smoke in the cave is billowing out, it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, it is not suitable to attack.

The two discussed for a while, Wang first feinted to attack the peach tree on the top of the hill to take the black heart peach, and after drawing out the black ice monkey, Zhu Xia rushed straight to the entrance of the cave to intercept and kill, and Wang first turned back to besiege together.

Wang Xian held the golden sword in his hand, and swept towards the lake like an arrow from a string, and slapped the sword into the lake about thirty zhang away, and threw himself into the small mountainside with his strength.

When he was about to pounce on the mountainside, he heard a beast roar from the cave below, and the black ice monkey was furious, flashing out of the cave and rushing towards Wang Xian.

Wang Xian ignored it, and his toes touched a rocky on the mountainside, and went straight to the peach tree on the top of the mountain. As soon as he rushed to the top of the tree, making a momentum of taking fruits, a black shadow about two feet high fanned out an ice wind formed by Xiaoice hail, like a wild current rolling towards Wang Xian.

Wang first slapped back, threw out a low-level earth wall talisman, and instantly saw an earthen wall one foot thick and three feet high and wide behind him, heading towards the ice wind.

The icy wind was slightly hindered, and it went around the wall on all sides, and then rushed towards the king first. Wang Xian took advantage of this slow, and then cast two earth wall talismans in front of him, and the ice wind finally dissipated after three consecutive blocks, and at this time the black ice monkey had already pounced, and Wang Xian had no time to take the fruit again.

Wang Xianshen probed and found that the black ice monkey was a first-class demon beast, and he couldn't help but increase his confidence. The ice wind cast by the black ice monkey's hands flashed one after another, and it slammed directly on the top of the black ice monkey's head, and stabbed the black ice monkey in the eyes with his sword.

Although the black ice monkey is tall, its body is extremely flexible, and it can easily dodge Wang Xian's sword stab. The two sides fought at the top of the tree.

At this time, a cry came from behind the black ice monkey, but it was Zhu Xia who arrived. I saw Zhu Xia Shi Jue release the flower basket, and the flower basket buckled downwards on the top of the black ice monkey's head, releasing a hemispherical light curtain like a light bowl to cover the black ice monkey.

The black ice monkey knew that something was wrong, and punched Wang Xian several times, turning sideways to escape between the two and avoid the light curtain. Wang Xian could not allow him to escape, and successively applied two earthen wall talismans to seal the left and right, and then unleashed a heavy sword curtain, entangled the black ice monkey and retreated into the light curtain.

The black ice monkey covered by the light bowl, the body is unwilling to be bound by the left and right rushes, but it always can't break through the light curtain, and the light curtain doesn't feel when it enters, but when it wants to escape, it is like hitting a soft wall, and it can't be broken.

The light curtain continued to shrink as the bowl of light shrank, and at this time, wisteria vines shot out of the flower basket and wrapped around the black ice monkey. The black ice monkey had no way to avoid it, and wanted to tear the vines with all his strength, but it was like a trapped beast in a cage, and he couldn't use his hands and feet.

The vines wrapped the black ice monkey from neck to foot, and the vines in the neck tightened more and more, and the black ice monkey roared a few times, and finally lost its breath.

This black ice monkey eats black heart peaches for a living, and it is said that it absorbs the cold ice of heaven and earth in the cold pool, and there is water in the body surnamed Demon Pill.

Its demon teeth swallow cold ice qi all year round, and the Xiaoice hail that merges into ice wind when facing the enemy is made of demon teeth condensing the demon pill ice qi in the body, which is an excellent material for refining ice water spiritual weapons.

Wang Xianshi sword broke the body and took out the demon pill and demon teeth of the black ice monkey, Zhu Xia waved her slender hand and carefully picked off the seventeen black heart peaches, Zhu Xia contributed slightly more in this battle, she picked nine demon pills and black heart peaches, and Wang first divided eight demon teeth and black heart peaches.