Chapter 153: Blood-draining Black Tiger Musen Island
except for the map given by the store owner of the Spiritual Beast Shop.
Wang Yan also went to the bookstore in Fang City before and bought nearby maps as well as detailed maps and travel notes of most areas of the Yan Kingdom.
In contrast, there are no mistakes or omissions.
However, the map provided by the Spiritual Beast Shop was obviously more detailed regarding the location within a hundred miles of where Jiantao was stationed.
It even marked the haunts of some first-order spiritual beasts.
Of course, don’t count on second-level spiritual beasts.
The major markets of the Tianmen Sect basically only sell various first-level resources, while second-level resources are hard to come by.
Almost everything related to the second level is precious.
The owner of the Spiritual Beast Shop is only in the Qi Refining Realm. Although he doesn't need to do it himself, he can't just take out such a precious map and give it away.
If you want to get second-level magic weapons, spiritual beasts, elixirs, techniques, etc., you either have to leave the station and go outside to get them.
Either complete the tasks within the sect and obtain meritorious deeds, then redeem them in the treasury within the sect.
Either establish a good relationship with some monks who have mastered second-level skills and conduct private transactions.
Anyway, the Tianmen Sect appears to be extremely conservative in its attitude towards second-order resources.
This is also one of the methods used by the Tianmen Sect to control the foundation-building monks.
If you want to obtain resources, you must follow the Tianmen Sect to death.
Not to mention these, the first-level spiritual beast is enough for Wang Ba.
Anyway, he just stayed in the church for a long time, and wanted to go out and walk around, and catch some spiritual beasts he had never seen before.
If it is of high value, it can be used to cultivate and expand his collection of spiritual beast species. If it is of average value, it can be used as experimental material for his preparation of treatment fluids.
Flipping through the map, he soon saw a familiar word:
Shield Giant Turtle.
Immediately he became energetic.
Controlling the second-level flying magic weapon, he crossed the huge sword mountain where Jiantao was stationed, and then flew into the deep mountains and forests surrounding Jiantao's station.
Perhaps it was because the Tianmen Sect's actions against Incense Road attracted most of the monks. After Wang Hao flew over Jianshan, he occasionally saw a few Tianmen Sect monks at first.
The deeper we fly, the fewer people there become.
Correspondingly, there are gradually more traces of wild beast activities.
Wang Ba's spiritual consciousness was completely released, covering a radius of more than dozens of feet.
But what disappointed him was that he had never encountered a single spiritual beast along the way.
This was quite different from his imagination of spiritual beasts everywhere.
But then I think about it and it makes sense.
After all, the monks have many means. If they really want to catch a spiritual beast, it will be difficult for them to slip through the net.
And this place is not far from Jiantao's station. Driven by profit, it was naturally plundered.
Wang Yan was not too disappointed.
His eyes fell on the unfamiliar and novel forest trees, but his heart was rarely filled with joy.
There is a faint feeling of excitement in the soul.
After all, monks are human beings too, and they can't hold it in for too long.
Soon, with the guidance of the map, Wang Yan found the habitat of the giant shield tortoise by referring to Jianshan Mountain and some surrounding iconic terrains.
What surprised Wang Yan was that the giant shield turtle's habitat was not the lake he imagined, but a stream running through the forest.
It feels like a tropical rainforest in a previous life, with steaming water and extremely humid conditions.
Wang Ba searched carefully inside for a long time, but did not see the giant shield turtle. It is estimated that all the spirit turtles here have been caught by the monks.
But what I saw was a black leech that was only as big as an arm.
Wang Hao quickly thought about the information about these black leeches from his memory.
This is a first-order low-grade spiritual insect, a blood-draining black cricket.
Birds, beasts, fish and insects, as long as it can draw blood, are within its diet.
He saw with his own eyes that a tiger that accidentally broke in was silently attached to the blood-sucking black crickets, and then in the blink of an eye, it was sucked to the skin and bones.
The strange thing is that this tiger is completely unaware of this. Even if it is sucked to the skin and bones, it still maintains consciousness and looks for food everywhere.
"Crack."
Wang Yan gently pinched with his two fingers, and exploded a blood-draining black cricket that had fallen from the leaves above and targeted him.
Bloody juice overflowed, and the spiritual energy dissipated.
"It's quite weak."
Wang Yan was a little disappointed.
This kind of spiritual insect has ordinary combat power and is of little use to most monks. It is probably for this reason that there is no one to capture them.
Although Wang Hao couldn't think of any use for these things, out of habit, he still searched for all the blood-sucking black crickets here.
Based on the coverage of his spiritual consciousness, even if the blood-sucking black flies in this area have not lost their roots, it will probably take more than ten years to return to their previous state.
After collecting the blood-sucking black beetles, he followed the map and continued deeper.
But this time, without a specific goal, he moved forward much slower.
But it’s also much more detailed.
As he went deeper and deeper, he gained a lot of knowledge.
Many of the spiritual herbs and spiritual beasts he had seen in books in the past were finally seen alive in reality.
He doesn't refuse anyone who comes, and he takes all the spiritual beasts, spiritual herbs, spiritual materials, etc. he sees in his bag.
But what made him regretful was that, perhaps because it was close to Jian Tao's station, the surrounding area had been searched for a long time, so that he did not see a single second-level spirit beast.
He also wanted to try his hand at the second-level spirit beasts. Of course, the main combat power was the A-15 and A-16 beasts.
After all, except for some second-level talismans and a set of iris invisible needles, his second-level means are really lacking.
Can't blame him.
In just over ten years, it was completely normal to rush to foundation building and lack second-level means.
Moreover, the second-level magic inheritance in Fang City is extremely rare. Wang Yan has gone to see it, but unfortunately the few ones are not consistent with his compatibility. Even if he practices it, it will not improve him as much as a set of second-level magic weapons. It comes obviously.
The reason why he wanted to leave the station was to see if there were any such resources in the outside world.
After all, after entering the foundation building, no matter how fast the cultivation speed is, it will still take a lot of time, which means that it is still necessary to learn the second-level spells.
Of course, if the acquisition process is really dangerous, then there is no need.
...
A journey of more than a hundred miles does not take much time for Wang Ba now.
Although he wasted time searching all the way, he soon came to a mountain stream.
Across the mountain stream, Wang Hao could vaguely see the silhouette of a giant beast fleeting in the towering forest on the opposite side, which was obviously much higher than the surrounding area.
His face couldn't help but become slightly solemn.
Opposite is 'Musen Island', one of the three dangerous areas surrounding Jiantao's station.
The tall trees stand out among the surrounding forest, like an island in the forest.
Hence the name: Musen Island.
There are many second-level spiritual beasts among them, and some people have even seen the existence of third-level spiritual beasts among them.
Because there is a natural formation within it, once you break in, you will easily fall into it and be unable to get out.
The other two major danger areas are similar.
Therefore, both the former Jiantao Sect and the later Tianmen Sect could only enclose the territory as a forbidden area and did not dare to break in easily.
Fortunately, these spirit beasts seem to be trapped by this natural formation. Except for the occasional spirit beast that luckily escapes, it basically has no impact on Jiantao's station.
The two sides have maintained the trend of keeping water in the well but not in the river.
Wang Ba naturally didn't have the courage to break in. After looking across the mountain stream for a while, he took out the map again and pondered it carefully.
The three dangerous areas almost surrounded Jiantao Station, but they also left a long and narrow gap between them, like a passage, so that the people in Jiantao Station could pass through this passage to the outside world.
According to the map of Yan State, after leaving the siege of the three dangerous areas, you will encounter a large number of mortal cities within a short distance.
In addition, there are scattered gathering places for casual cultivators, as well as 'ghost markets' that open from time to time.
The so-called ghost market is a special kind of market where casual cultivators appear from time to time and disappear in the blink of an eye in order to avoid being investigated by the sect monks, but at the same time ensure the exchange of supplies.
According to what Wang Yan learned from some of his travel notes in Jiantao’s residence, the countries under the rule of the Chu Dynasty had the most number of this form of market.
Just because of the turmoil in the current situation, it is difficult for a stable Sanxiufang City not to be secretly swallowed up by the big sects as fat.
Out of self-preservation, there are more and more such ghost markets.
Although the real good things in the ghost market are definitely not as good as the sect's treasure trove, there are still second-level and even third-level treasures flowing out.
There were even fourth-level treasures appearing in the ghost market hosted by top monks.
Wang Ba is not that greedy. If he can find a few second-level treasures that he can use, he will be satisfied.
After careful consideration, he finally turned back and took a detour, avoiding the 'Musen Island' and flying towards the deeper passage.
(End of chapter)