As soon as he touched the ground, Qian Duoduo flicked his left hand, and three Yin Yang Spring Breeze Scissors shot out simultaneously, forming a triangular shape, pinning towards the assassin behind him.
His right hand danced the Golden Rooster Sword into a flurry of sword flowers, blocking the snowstorm-like blade light.
The three whistling arrows flew past Qian Duoduo, all missing their mark.
"Ah."
A scream, the Yin Yang Spring Breeze Scissors struck the target before the sharp spike.
The assassin, wounded on his forehead, saw he had no chance to assassinate Qian Duoduo, so he rolled, disappeared into the thick fog, and fled.
The Ba Ling Sect Disciple who used the arrows, seeing the assassin flee, did not hesitate and shot a volley of sharp arrows at Qian Duoduo.
Using the arrows, he blocked Qian Duoduo's path to pursue him.
The Disciple wielding the saber slung his shield onto his back, took off running, and also tried to escape.
However, if all three of them escaped, wouldn't Qian Duoduo have entered this trap for nothing?
Qian Duoduo suddenly clenched his right hand, unleashing the "Ten Coins Unite as One" which had been silently condensing.
A copper coin was stuck precisely on the neck of the Ba Ling Sect Disciple wielding the saber.
The inner ring of the copper coin tightened, and the saber in this Disciple's hand split into four, with each of the four corners pressing against the sharp edge.
But before he could split the copper coin, the sword light of the Golden Rooster Sword descended from the sky, severing his head from above the copper coin.
Qian Duoduo remotely retrieved his Storage Pouch and kicked him into the pool of the stone dam, where he and the pile of flesh would serve as bait for the Sha Soul.
Since he wanted to be bait, then he should fulfill the bait's mission.
Qian Duoduo leaned against the large stone, continuously releasing black smoke from the shield, his eyes fixed on the pool below the stone dam.
Along the river and stream, the bloody smell from the pool drifted far away.
After a quarter of an hour, a Ling Lian fish the length of an arm swam over, its sharp teeth beginning to tear at the flesh in the pool.
This Ling Lian fish was Condensing Qi Stage Level Eight, only considered a small fish.
After another while, two large Ling Lian fish rushed over, domineeringly driving away the smaller Ling Lian fish.
The smaller Ling Lian fish kept dodging but wouldn't leave. Seeing that they couldn't be driven away, the larger Ling Lian fish stopped showing off and instead fiercely enjoyed the feast in the water.
As the three bullies ate, they tore out more and stronger bloody smells. Qian Duoduo felt as if the small river and stream were boiling, and various carnivorous fish swam over.
Within half an hour, the pool was crowded with dozens of fish of all sizes.
Time to cast the net!
Qian Duoduo suddenly pushed the large stone, blocking it downstream of the stone dam, cutting off the fish's return path.
And in a narrow spot not far upstream of the stone dam, Qian Duoduo had already spotted several large stones.
As the fish in the pool panicked, he jumped over and threw several large stones into the small river, allowing the entire fish school to be caught like a turtle in a jar.
In a quarter of an hour, Qian Duoduo's golden bottle contained ten more drops of silver Spirit Liquid.
He retrieved the stones blocking the river, allowing the bloody smell to drift out again.
But after waiting for more than an hour, only a few palm-sized small fish arrived.
It seemed that the ten drops of silver Spirit Liquid just now had already exhausted the pond.
Reluctantly leaving the valley, Qian Duoduo pondered hard: "What other places are excellent cold and dark locations where those large Sha Soul are willing to hide?"
After crossing two hills, he saw two corpses in front of a forest. One belonged to the Refining Spirit Sect, and the other to the Shengling Sect.
It was only the third day, and deaths had already begun to occur. From now on, it would surely become increasingly brutal.
The deceased Refining Spirit Sect Disciple was part of the same group that entered with Chu Tianqi.
Looking at his attire, he didn't seem like a Disciple from a Family within the sect. It was probably for this reason that he desperately pushed forward to seize more opportunities.
Qian Duoduo looked at the Jade Slip and learned that his name was Lu Qinbao, an Inner Sect Disciple of Beast Tooth Peak.
The information stated that he came from a humble background, had a reclusive personality, acted alone, and was known as "Lone Wolf."
When Lu Qinbao died, his precious sword first pierced his own chest, then stabbed into the heart of the Shengling Sect Disciple.
This Lu Qinbao was similar to Jin Buhuan. Only, he was a bit bolder.
In this Secret Realm, he was recognized by a Shengling Sect Disciple, who, knowing he had no companions, thought he could be killed.
Unexpectedly, Lu Qinbao's strength was not weak; after being ambushed and fighting for a while, he still managed to take down a Disciple from the enemy sect.
Qian Duoduo recalled the Ba Ling Sect's introduction of himself in the Ba Ling Sect Disciple's Jade Slip:
"Jin Buhuan, the Refining Spirit Sect's foremost Xiong Jun, a fourth-grade low-tier Artifact Refiner. His combat strength might not live up to his reputation. His Artifact Refining ability is beyond doubt. When fighting him, do not allow him to detonate Magic Treasure; you must catch him off guard. He has a significant character flaw: he is gentle and cannot bear to see his companions suffer."
Qian Duoduo put Lu Qinbao's body into the Golden Toad, laying him neatly beside Jin Buhuan.
Unlike Jin Buhuan, Lu Qinbao's body had no soul, presumably having dissipated in this Secret Realm.
His death inevitably brought a sense of sorrow to Qian Duoduo, like a rabbit grieving for a fox.
Picking up the Storage Pouch of the Shengling Sect Disciple, the Jade Slip inside contained an introduction to Qian Duoduo that was largely similar to the Ba Ling Sect's.
Qian Duoduo couldn't help but laugh out of exasperation.
Being good to his companions had become a weakness. Perhaps this indicated that he had not fully adapted to this Immortal Cultivation World.
Perhaps this world was too beautiful, and Qian Duoduo was blind and hadn't noticed.
However, he was Qian Duoduo, not Jin Buhuan. His roots were in You Sha Village, not the Jin Family.
"What's wrong with being good to your companions?" Qian Duoduo defended himself in his heart, "Those who help others are helped by others. Those who assist others are assisted by Heaven."
Another three days passed in the Secret Realm, and the silver Spirit Liquid Qian Duoduo had collected totaled no more than fifty drops.
Among these fifty drops, five or six drops came from the golden bottles of the two Ba Ling Sect and Shengling Sect Disciples.
While searching for Sha Soul gathering points and pondering their habits, Qian Duoduo wished he could set up a Sha Soul manor and raise tens of thousands of them like Spirit Chicken.
He suddenly thought, although Sha Soul has the character 'Sha' in front, it is still a soul after all. Could he use the method of collecting soul liquid taught by Master Liu Boli to attract them?
Build altars, erect soul banners, establish soul pools.
If he could attract souls, his first task would be to prevent others from disturbing him or stealing silver liquid.
Therefore, he needed to choose a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack.
At the same time, this place also needed to be a geomantically auspicious spot where Sha Soul were easy to find and loved to gather...
The further down into the Ghost Head Secret Realm one went, the higher the terrain and the more treacherous the mountains became.
Qian Duoduo was completely immersed in the process of searching for Sha Soul.
In the Secret Realm, Sha Soul needed to constantly feed to maintain their soul bodies.
Sha Soul had their own food chain.
At the bottom of the food chain were still spiritual plant. Especially those spiritual plant that could nourish and strengthen souls were the favorites of herbivorous Sha Soul. And when there were many herbivorous Sha Soul, they naturally attracted carnivorous Sha Soul.
For some reason, the Spiritual Qi in the mountain forest ahead was so dense that the trees were laden with fruit.
These fruits were called Yin Peach in the Artifact Refining encyclopedia. A forest of Yin Peach like this would surely contain Sha Soul.
Qian Duoduo extended his Spiritual Awareness into it, but besides the Yin Peach trees, each thick enough to be embraced, and the ripe Yin Peach, he couldn't detect any Sha Beast or Sha Fowl.
This was impossible! This was not normal!
One cannot catch tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den.
Qian Duoduo steeled himself, holding the Golden Rooster Sword, and walked into the Yin Peach Forest.
Upon reaching the center of the forest, "Whoosh," a huge black shadow pounced on him.