Chapter 58: 058 Ice Heart Lotus_l
Translator: 549690339
However, their looks are mediocre, scoring only six or seven out of ten.
The woman had a romantic relationship with one of them. The other one, a burly man with rugged features and a full beard, stood up, grinned at Wu Zhigang and said, “What’s the fuss about?”
“We can deal with him when we get back, Wu. I’ll be right by your side.”
“How dare a mere outsider, who’s only at the eighth level of Qi Refinement, offend you, Wu? He’s asking for death.”
His eyes were filled with malevolence.
The woman chuckled lightly and said, “Maybe he knows he has offended you,
Wu, and that’s why he is hiding in the city and dares not come out.”
“After all, you, Wu, are a top-tier first-grade talisman master from Zhendian and your cultivation level has reached the threshold of ninth-level of Qi
Refinement.
“How would a nonentity like him dare to cross you?”
These praises and compliments had greatly improved Wu Zhigang’s mood.
Wu Zhigang scoffed, “He will soon find out the consequences of offending a talisman master!”
“Let’s go to Yuan Yang Wilderness.”
The four of them then left the tavern riding their spiritual horses and departed the city of Bai Yue.
But they failed to notice a shadowy figure trailing behind them from a distance, like a phantom.
Yuan Yang Wilderness was a desolate mountain range filled with wild beasts within the territory of Bai Yue city. There were countless wild beasts, and it was rumored that the Demon Clan hid there, making it an extremely dangerous place.
Under Wu Zhigang’s lead, the team took nearly two days to reach the outskirts of Yuan Yang Wilderness and were now looking at the dense forest ahead.
Without any hesitation, they charged straight ahead.
After a brief moment, a shadowy figure stealthily arrived. The Dao puppet transformed into a shadow leopard and started following from afar.
The forest was overgrown with shrubs, and it hid many wild beasts and venomous insects.
The pace of Wu Zhigang and the others’ progress was slow; every step could be fraught with unknown dangers.
Therefore, after entering Yuan Yang Wilderness, they shielded themselves with their mana, which could provide a brief buffer against any venomous insects or wild beasts they might encounter.
The downside was that they had to stop and rest frequently for mana recovery.
The Dao puppet hid in the dense undergrowth, leisurely observing its four targets from a distance.
“The humanoid form is suitable for movement on the outside, and this beast form is handy when entering this beast wilderness,” Su Yu secretly thought to himself, finding the sensation of his Dao puppet – the Shadow Leopard, moving through the dense forest quite comfortable.
Moreover, he felt an unprecedented sense of relaxation in his mind, as if he had returned to his own ‘den’.
The Dao puppet entered Yuan Yang Wilderness without any panic.
It was entirely unlike the sensation he had when his real body infiltrated the dense forest while hunting the mountain eagle with Su Zhi.
Two days later.
When Su Yu saw Wu Zhigang and his companions stopped in front of a valley, he conjured a bottle of Spirit-Bewitching Liquid from the Qiankun Bag, ready to apply it to the claws of the Shadow Leopard.
“Spirit-Bewitching Liquid, lower Tier Two Frostbite Talisman, Fire Dragon
Talisman… and two early Tier Two demon-tamed beasts. Should be foolproof?”
In front of the valley, Wu Zhigang and his men carefully examined the surroundings and then returned to their original position.
Wu Zhigang communicated softly: “Inside, there is a cold pond guarded by a top-tier, phase one Ice Scale Demon Snake with an Ice Heart Lotus.”
The woman communicated back: “I have faintly detected the presence of a late first-tier demon bird to the east. It probably aims to steal the Ice Scale Demon Snake’s Ice Heart Lotus.”
Her taciturn lover communicated: “There are three mid-second-tier junior demons to the west, nothing to worry about.”
The remaining rough-looking man communicated: “There is a top-tier, phase one demon wolf to the north. It also probably aims for the Ice Heart Lotus.”
Wu Zhigang furrowed his brows and communicated: “I reckon that the Ice Heart Lotus will mature in about a day and a half. By then, these demons will undoubtedly start to fight vigorously.”
“So here’s the plan. Elder Guo and I will confront the Ice Scale Demon Snake and snatch the Ice Heart Lotus, while Elder Yao and his sister block the other demons.”
“Once we get the Ice Heart Lotus, we immediately withdraw from Yuan Yang
Wilderness.”
“Alright.”
“No problem.”
Upon hearing this, the three young ladies promptly agreed.
Half a day passed.
As night approached, when the first rays of moonshine fell upon the icy jade-like lotus on the edge of the cold pool in the depths of the valley, the Ice Heart Lotus, which was already in bud, suddenly bloomed, bursting out with a chill.
“Humm!”
The dark valley was instantly illuminated with a bright white light.
“Hoo! Hoo! Hoo!” Countless amounts of the nature’s spiritual energy from all directions stirred and converged towards the Ice Heart Lotus next to the cold pool, being devoured by it.
The Demon Snake, which had been guarding it, had a glowing look in its eyes.
The fragrance of the maturity of the Ice Heart Lotus sent the blood of the Ice Scaled Demon Snake racing. It could no longer suppress its desire to swallow the Ice Heart Lotus in one mouthful.
Ice Heart Lotus was an ice-attribute spiritual medicine, which was suitable for its needs to break through as a second stage early period beast.
As long as it refined the medicinal power of the Ice Heart Lotus, its chances of a successful breakthrough would be at least 50%!
However, before the mouth of the Ice Scaled Demon Snake could shut,a shrill cry of a falcon rang out in the sky.
A black shadow flashed through the trees behind, and a claw had already harshly struck the scale armor on the upper body of the Ice Scaled Demon Snake.
“Bang!”
The Ice Scaled Demon Snake staggered and twisted as it was hit, its head smashed into the cold pool.
Just when the black shadow was trying to devour the Ice Heart Lotus, the falcon had swooped in. The terrifying sharp edge made the demon wolf give up the Ice Heart Lotus. A wolf’s howl echoed through the dense forest, dodging away in both anger and helplessness.
Confronting this falcon, a direct conflict would be disadvantageous for both, the Ice Scaled Demon Snake and the Demon wolf.
After the demon wolf had avoided it, the falcon stretched its claws towards the Ice Heart Lotus.
But at the next moment.
“Humm!”
Three consecutive ice seals shot out, instantly igniting and releasing a powerful icy breath, freezing everything.
The body of the falcon was frozen over under the icy seal of the first-grade top product, and the icy breath infiltrated its body, causing its actions to slow down.
“Attack!”
With a loud shout from Wu Zhigang, the four people rushed to the edge of the cold pool together. Wu Zhigang was responsible for collecting the Ice Heart
Lotus; the burly man was responsible for intercepting the Ice Scaled Demon Snake.
The husband and wife, both young women, were responsible for intercepting the Falcon, Demon wolf, and other smaller demons.
“Boom!”
With the help of the marks, the falcon was instantly blown away by the husband and wife, and it crashed into the mountainside behind, crying out in pain and suffering serious injuries.
Seeing the appearance of human cultivators, the demon wolf howled angrily and charged un.
But facing the ninth-stage Qi refinement realm of the couple, the demon wolf was powerless and could not break through their interception.
The Ice Scaled Demon Snake burst out of the cold pool again, roaring in anger, but in the next moment, a heavy magic artifact axe was swung down from the sky.
The Ice Scaled Demon Snake opened its mouth and spewed out a breath of freezing air, freezing the large axe.
“Boom!”
The mana clashed with the demonic power, the ice shattered, and even though the magic artifact axe was blocked, the Ice Scaled Demon Snake was once again blasted into the cold pool.
Wu Zhigang just managed to collect the Ice Heart Lotus, carefully putting it into a jade box, then placing it into a jade case which he then laid a ban on before storing it into the Qiankun Bag.
With great joy, Wu Zhigang shouted loudly, “Let’s go!”
“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!”
The four people did not linger, they ran away after stealing the Ice Heart Lotus. Before the falcon, demon wolf, Ice Scaled Demon Snake and other beasts could react, they rushed out of the valley.
However, at this moment, an ice blue and a red seal simultaneously flew out from the bushes ahead.
Wu Zhigang and the others: “?”
