Chapter 33: Chapter 33: Found the Spirit-communicating Grass!

On this side, Lu Chen led Qin Yaotiao deeper into Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

Not only did they take shortcuts, but their pace was also extremely fast.

Firstly, this was because Qin Yaotiao’s external injuries had mostly healed, and secondly, it was nearly impossible for Spiritual Medicine to appear outside of Ten Thousand Demon Mountain.

Even if there were wild beasts, they weren’t of much help to Lu Chen’s cultivation.

Because of this, the three Marrow Refinement Realm Martial Artists who were chasing them, although moving at a very fast speed, could never catch up with the two of them.

Half a month later.

They finally encountered the first demon beast!

"Yaotiao, be careful,"

After Lu Chen gave the instruction, Qin Yaotiao leaned tightly against a large tree. In half a month’s time, she had grown much faster, not only in terms of her tenacity but also she had acquired some means to protect herself in the mountains and forests.

Glancing at her from the corner of his eye, Lu Chen flicked the Heavenly Inquiry Spear and with a forceful push from his foot, he lunged out!

Thrust!

The demon beast didn’t even have a chance to react before Lu Chen’s spear pierced through its throat!

There was clearly no sense of spiritual force from Lu Chen, so how could he be so fast?

This was a beast that resembled a tiger but was the size of a wolf. Lu Chen had long locked onto its weak point.

"Young master, you’re really amazing!"

Qin Yaotiao quickly approached, took a small knife out from her waist, and after cutting the wound open, she began to skin and cut the meat.

Over the past half a month, their dried food had nearly run out, carried on them in case of emergencies, and usually, they relied on eating meat to satisfy their hunger.

"This is nothing," Lu Chen laughed and said, "Although demon beasts have opened their spiritual intelligence, they’re only slightly smarter than wild beasts. They always feel that our human form is weak, so they think we are prey. In reality, the real hunters always appear in the guise of prey."

Qin Yaotiao naturally understood the logic; in several instances, Lu Chen had killed strong enemies using weakness to overcome strength, primarily because his opponents thought he was weak and got careless.

In contrast, the most dangerous encounter for Lu Chen was the one with Xu Yueru.

That was his weakest opponent, but it had almost cost him his life.

"The young master is right, Yaotiao will remember this!"

Qin Yaotiao skillfully dissected the demon beast, and while handling the viscera, her small knife uncovered a dull yellow, round piece of flesh.

"Eh, young master, what is this?"

Qin Yaotiao cut off the flesh ball and placed it in the palm of her hand, handing it to Lu Chen.

"It should be a demon pill, right? Just like we humans have a Dantian, where the spiritual force is stored,"

Lu Chen wasn’t entirely certain; he had not stepped into the range of the Qi Refinement Realm and naturally did not understand it.

"I think it should be called a demon treasure. I’ve always heard that donkeys have donkey treasures, and dogs have dog treasures, which are quite valuable. You better take good care of it, young master, you never know when it might be useful!"

After Lu Chen put it into his bag and saw Qin Yaotiao continuing to work, he couldn’t help but feel a myriad of emotions looking at her profile, with her nose ridge like a peak and eye sockets like deep pools.

This was the woman he wanted to accompany for a lifetime!

It was getting dark, so the two decided to spend the night there. Lu Chen set up some simple traps.

They continued on the shortcut into the depths of the mountain, but their pace was no longer as fast as before.

Every night or early morning, Lu Chen would pour spiritual power into his pupils to search for Spirit-communicating Grass.

However, such aimless searching was indeed like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

Over another half a month.

They still hadn’t found the Spirit-communicating Grass, but they did collect quite a few demon pills.

Lu Chen also saw a huge increase in strength, now comparable to and even surpassing the Marrow Refinement Realm, but without a clear comparison, he did not know how he would fare against a Martial Artist from the Soul Refinement Realm.

At the same time, he had also mastered the Heavenly Inquiry Spear Technique: Eighteen Forms, which was also due to his expanded Qi Sea, as his spiritual energy was sufficient to use the entire eighteen forms of the spear technique in one go!

"I wonder when I’ll be able to find the Spirit-communicating Grass," Lu Chen muttered to himself.

But talk was cheap, and Lu Chen had never planned to give up.

...

"On this journey, it turns out there are quite a few traces of fights between demon beasts, leaving many skeletons behind!"

One Marrow Refinement Realm Martial Artist also felt a surge of fear.

Some demon beasts, their fur, bones, and teeth could be made into decent weapons and armor, with the most valuable being the demon pills.

Their Polar Treasure Meeting dealt in this business, so they could recognize these demon beasts and knew how formidable they were.

"This proves that Lu Chen is not useless! Maybe killing Lu Tianming and Xu Yueru was not just a fluke!"

Another Marrow Refinement Realm Martial Artist, his eyes gleaming fiercely, said, "Therefore, when we meet him, we must also be cautious in our actions!"

"Right, what’s more terrifying is that this kid’s schemes are so deep! In the valley earlier, he didn’t make a sound all night, which is telling!"

The three of them became more cautious, each taking out their own weapons to hold in their hands, positioned in a defensive triangle formation as they continued to pursue along the shortcut.

Meanwhile, as dusk set in, Lu Chen was still searching for the gathering of spiritual energy with his pupils, as he usually did.

Suddenly, he noticed several streams of spiritual power slowly flowing towards the base of a large tree.

A thought struck Lu Chen, "Could it be the Spirit-communicating Grass?"

He looked up to see that the sun had completely set, and the moon was gradually rising from the east.

This was precisely the transition between day and night!

Immediately, he suppressed the excitement in his heart and walked toward it. Amongst the bushes, he discovered a plant that was completely different in its growth!

Lu Chen was overjoyed and quickly called out to Qin Yaotiao, "It’s the Spirit-communicating Grass!"

The mountains and forests were silent at that moment, and Lu Chen’s voice carried far, reaching the ears of the three Marrow Refinement Realm Martial Artists!

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