The next day!
In the Taihang Mountains.
A group of people was heading in the direction of Huaxing Mountain.
They were the Huo family of the Nine Sects of Changsha. Tian Hongyue was leading the team to search for the legendary spiritual fruit.
"We're finally here!"
Tian Hongyue heaved a sigh of relief and turned to look at the man beside him.
"Qiu Yang, is this the place you mentioned?”
Qiu Yang was the outer force of the Huo Family that had discovered the spiritual fruit.
"That's right, Master Tian, this is the place!”
Qiu Yang nodded with certainty." That day, I happened to find a cave on the mountain. There was a huge wild boar in the cave. The wild boar was even bigger than an elephant.”
"I also saw a spirit fruit tree growing on the stone wall. Moreover, there were a total of three spirit fruits on that spirit fruit tree!”
"Master Tian, I saw it very clearly at that time. I definitely didn't see wrongly!”
Hearing Qiu Yang's words, everyone couldn't help but get excited.
Three spiritual fruits!
How much wealth would that be?
Tian Hongyue said happily," Qiu Yang, you've made a great contribution. When we pluck the spirit fruit back, the clan will definitely reward us handsomely!"”
Qiu Yang was overjoyed." Thank you, Master Tian!"”
Tian Hongyue said to Huo Wenan,""An, hide behind me later.”
"I understand, Uncle Tian," Huo Wenan said.”
"Yes."
Tian Hongyue said to everyone," Everyone, please be quiet. We have already arrived at the designated location. There is a high possibility that there is a wild boar demon here. It will appear at any time."”
"So everyone must be on high alert. Otherwise, if your lives are in danger, I won't be able to save you.”
"I heard you."
"Alright, let's go then."
"Qiu Yang, lead the way."
Qiu Yang hesitated for a moment. He was a little afraid of the wild boar demon.
"Don't worry, I'll protect you from behind.”
"You'll be fine."
Hearing this, Qiu Yang felt relieved.
Under Qiu Yang's lead, the Huo family quickly arrived outside the cave.
He looked at the cold air that was constantly coming out of the cave.
Tian Hongyue's face was filled with joy.
"This place that can grow spiritual fruits is indeed extraordinary. Even a martial artist like me feels a little cold.”
"That wild boar demon should be inside.”
"Let's not be rash. We'll first lure this wild boar demon out from the entrance of the cave.”
"Then everyone will shoot together."
"Then, kill the wild boar demon directly.”
"Did everyone hear that?"
Everyone nodded.
First, Tian Hongyue fired a shot into the cave…
However, five minutes passed.
There was no movement in the cave.
Tian Hongyue's expression was very calm. He did not act rashly.
"Throw a smoke bomb into the hole.”
"Yes, sir!"
Smoke grenades were thrown in, and thick smoke rose from the entrance. Everyone was already on standby.
However…
The smoke in the cave had already dissipated.
The wild boar demon had yet to come out.
Tian Hongyue was a little embarrassed.
Why did that wild boar demon act so strangely?
"Master Tian, did the wild boar go out to look for food and not stay in the cave?" Qiu Yang asked.”
After Tian Hongyue heard this, he felt that it made sense.
"Yes, it's very possible."”
"Since the wild boar demon is not in the cave, then let's go in. However, everyone still has to be careful. Once you encounter danger, immediately retreat from inside.”
"Yes, sir!"
Under Tian Hongyue's lead, the group of people from the Huo Family began to slowly explore the cave.
After walking for a few minutes and not encountering any danger along the way, Tian Hongyue heaved a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the wild boar demon was really not inside.
This was good news.
"Qiu Yang, where is the spiritual fruit you mentioned?”
Everyone arrived at the innermost part of the cave.
It was pitch-black here. Someone had lit a torch, so there was a little light.
Qiu Yang looked at a stone wall.
Suddenly, his expression changed.
"Master Tian, those three spirit fruits are gone.”
"What?"
Tian Hongyue immediately walked to the front." Where is the spiritual fruit you found earlier?”
"Master Tian, look at that stone wall. There's a spirit fruit tree there. When I came here before, there were three spirit fruits there, but they're gone now.”
Tian Hongyue looked at the stone wall.
Sure enough, he found a grayish-black plant.
If one did not look carefully, it would be difficult to notice in such a dark environment.
The greyish-black plant was already empty. There was nothing on it.
"Master Tian, there's blood on the ground!"
Suddenly, someone in the team spoke.
Tian Hongyue raised his torch and looked at the ground.
His pupils constricted.
There was a pool of dark red blood on the ground, and there was a fishy smell.
" Judging from the time the blood was formed, it should have been left behind last night…"
Someone squatted down and carefully examined the pool of blood.
"Master Tian, this is not human blood."
That was the blood of the wild boar demon.
Tian Hongyue's heart sank.
The worst thing happened.
Someone rushed in front of them.
He stole the spirit fruit.
Who was it?
Tian Hongyue's expression was ferocious. He had a guess in his heart.
"There's a mole in the Hunts!"
"Otherwise, there's no way to explain why someone happened to snatch the wild boar demon and the spiritual fruit in front of them.”
"Only the Hunts know about this place.”
"So, there must be a mole in the Hunts!”
"Don't let me know who you are," Tian Hongyue said through gritted teeth. Otherwise, I'll definitely break both your legs!”
Huo Wenan looked confused.
"Uncle Tian, what happened here?”
Tian Hongyue smiled bitterly." Little An, we were too late. Someone stole the spirit fruit right in front of us."”
"Ah, then what should we do?"
Tian Hongyue sighed." There's no other way. He's long gone now…"
Tian Hongyue was also regretting his decision. If he had known that this would happen, he would have rushed over as soon as possible.
Then perhaps things wouldn't have happened.
……
The culprit had already returned to the capital.
Chen Cang first went to Treasure Trove Pavilion to take a look.
"Young Master, someone came to see you yesterday.”Treasure Trove Pavilion's waiter said to Chen Cang who had just walked in.
"Someone is looking for me?"
Chen Cang was slightly puzzled. Could it be that Old Hu had returned?
"Yes, Young Master. He said he came from Changsha.”
"Chang Sha?"
Chen Cang was even more puzzled.
Could it be someone from the Old Nine Gates?
But he didn't remember knowing anyone from the Old Nine Sects.
"What else did he say?"
The waiter thought carefully." Young Master, he asked if you were here. After hearing that you weren't around, he left a phone number and left.”
Chen Cang pondered for a moment.
"Then call him and tell him to come to Treasure Trove Pavilion tomorrow if he wants to find me.”
"Yes, Young Master."
Chen Cang looked around Treasure Trove Pavilion and found nothing, so he returned to the Chen Family courtyard.
In the study room.
Chen Zhongshu was practicing calligraphy.
She happened to hear the commotion outside the hall.
"Little bastard, you're finally willing to come back.”
"I'll break your legs today!"
Chen Zhongshu gritted his teeth and said. He picked up a stick from the ground and walked out of the hall.
At this moment, Chen Cang wanted to drink some water.
He saw his father walking out of the inner courtyard with a thick wooden stick in his hand.
"Little brat, where did you take my tea leaves?”Chen Zhongshu said angrily.
"Father, father, don't be so impulsive…"
Chen Cang swallowed a mouthful of saliva and laughed dryly.
"Hmph, let me tell you. If you don't return my tea leaves today, don't even think about entering this house today.”
"Uh…isn't it just some tea leaves?”
"Father, let me show you something good." Chen Cang said with a smile.”
"What good stuff?"
"Hehe."
Chen Cang waved his hand. Immediately, a huge black shadow appeared in the courtyard of the hall.
Fortunately, there were no outsiders here. Otherwise, they would have screamed long ago.
"This is…an elephant?"
Chen Zhongshu could only see the thick body of the black shadow, but he could not see its full appearance.
"Father, come to the front and take a look.”
Chen Zhongshu walked closer to take a look and was instantly shocked.
"This is a wild boar? How did you grow so big?"
"Hehe, Father, this is also a demonic beast. I specially brought it back to show my respect to you.”
"Demonic beast?"
Chen Zhongshu was stunned." Where did you find it?”
"Dad, don't worry about where I found it. Take a look at this wild boar demon. Can it be worth your tea leaves?”
Of course!
Chen Zhongshu was satisfied. This was Demonic Beast meat. Although the tea leaves were precious, they were still inferior to Demonic Beast meat.
Especially now that he had broken through to Rank-3 martial artist.
He needed a large amount of blood essence to replenish his body.
"Hmph, I'll let you off this time."
Chen Cang rolled his eyes." Father, I heard that you still have some tea leaves in stock…"
Chen Zhongshu immediately became vigilant.
"What do you want?"
"I'm telling you, don't even think about my stock.”
"Tea leaves that cost tens of thousands of yuan per tael.”
"And you can't buy it even if you want to."
"Dad, don't worry. Am I that kind of person?" Chen Cang smiled and said.”
"What do you think?" Chen Zhongshu couldn't help but laugh.
"Uh…"
Chen Cang scratched his head.
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At night.
Chen Cang practiced martial arts for a while as usual.
He had already reached Peak Rank-2.
The next step would be the third-grade Blood Refinement Realm.
In this realm, the most important thing was to exchange blood.
He used his True Qi to continuously refine his blood, making it purer and purer until it reached the level of 'Mercury'.
He could reach the great success of blood refinement!
Chen Cang felt that the threshold from flesh refinement to blood refinement was even stronger than the threshold from skin refinement to flesh refinement.
Therefore, he needed to spend more time on this step.
Chen Cang would spend two hours cultivating every day to achieve the goal of naturally breaking through the threshold of blood refinement.
After cultivating martial arts.
Chen Cang took out a Netherworld Soul Stabilizing Grass from his storage space. There were seven green leaves on it.
"According to the spiritual eye, after eating the leaves of this Netherworld Soul Stabilizing Grass, it can strengthen the soul.”
Chen Cang plucked a leaf and hesitated for a moment before putting it into his mouth.
Boom!
Chen Cang's mind rumbled. He could feel a gentle power entering his mind from his internal organs.
A huge sun shone.
It lit up the entire sea of consciousness.
Chen Cang's soul did not have a physical form, only chaos.
However, under this power, his chaotic soul actually slowly gathered together.
Chen Cang released his spirit. He could feel that the energy of the Netherworld Soul Stabilizing Grass was helping him condense his divine soul.
Only by reaching this step could Chen Cang be said to have walked on the path of the divine soul.
However, that power was suddenly exhausted.
"The energy of the Netherworld Soul-stabilizing Grass has been used up…"
Chen Cang understood. He plucked another leaf and put it into his mouth. That power appeared again, and his soul continued to condense…
After an unknown period of time.
The leaves on the Netherworld Seven Leaf Grass in Chen Cang's hand were all gone, leaving only a bare pole.
His eyes, on the other hand, were glowing with a divine light.
In his sea of consciousness, a dazzling sun floated in the sky.
A lotus flower bloomed in the center of his sea of consciousness.
On the lotus, there was a miniature human sitting cross-legged.
That was Chen Cang's divine soul!
"I finally succeeded!"
Chen Cang's lips curled into a smile.
He was in a good mood. As his divine soul condensed, he could feel that his mind had become clearer.
"And this Ghost Spirit Fruit…"
A gray fruit appeared in Chen Cang's hand.
It looked ordinary, but it was a genuine spiritual fruit.
"The spiritual eye shows that this Ghost Spirit Fruit has the ability to guide souls. What is it used for?”
Chen Cang was a little confused.
"Forget it. Since I don't know what it's used for now, I'll put it in the storage space first.”
"Anyway, I have plenty of spirit fruits. I don't lack a few Ghost Spirit Fruits.”
A tattered piece of cloth appeared in Chen Cang's hand.
"This Li Chunfeng…"
"What is he trying to do?"
"Looks like I should go check Li Chunfeng's information.”
" Let's see if there are any records in the ancient books…"
"Yes, I'll go to the library to look for information tomorrow.”
"There are many ancient books there. Perhaps I can find something unusual…"
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