The Mounts Return Home Full of Goods

Chapter 150 The Mounts Return Home Full of Goods

After effortlessly killing two low-level third-tier demonic beasts and obtaining two inner cores, Jiang Yun was still not satisfied.

"As long as we don't fight in the monster's lair and finish the battle quickly, there won't be any danger."

"Next, we can rely on stealth and concealment techniques to launch a sneak attack on the monsters, making it much easier to kill them."

As Jiang Yun moved away from the previous battleground, he began to ponder his next move.

He wouldn't act rashly in places where many demonic beasts lived; it was best to hunt down lone demonic beasts.

In addition, he possesses the techniques of concealment and breath control. By using both simultaneously, he can quietly approach the demonic beast and then, relying on the power of a mid-stage Core Formation body cultivator, deliver a fatal blow to it.

In this way, hunting third-tier monsters becomes much easier.

Having made up his mind, Jiang Yun flew hundreds of miles westward towards Wan Yao Ridge to find his next target.

Now he's completely away from Falling Star Valley. Even if there's a demon king in Falling Star Valley, it won't affect Jiang Yun.

Following his previous plan, Jiang Yun used concealment and breath-gathering techniques to avoid the monster's lair.

The monster lair is inhabited by many third-tier monsters, and there may even be a monster king.

Therefore, Jiang Yun needs to avoid these places, and when choosing a target to hunt, he should also stay away from the location of the monster's nest.

After exploring for several days, he finally found a lone, low-level, third-tier monster.

With his concealment and breath-concealing techniques, plus the fact that Jiang Yun is an alchemist, he can easily erase the scent from his body.

So, relying on his concealment and breath-concealing techniques, he easily arrived within three zhang of this low-level third-tier demon beast.

"die!"

Upon getting close, Jiang Yun moved like a rabbit, unleashing the full power of a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator's body cultivation.

Caught off guard, the monster was sent flying by Jiang Yun's punch and died instantly.

"The combination of Concealment Technique and Breath Concealment Technique, plus the power of a mid-stage Core Formation body cultivator."

"Even a low-level third-tier demonic beast couldn't withstand it when caught completely off guard."

"I didn't expect this concealment technique combined with the breath-concealing technique to be so useful. There's no need to worry about being discovered."

"If I need to cross the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge in the future, I can use the Concealment Technique in conjunction with the Breath Concealment Technique, and travel by physical strength without using magic power. In this way, most demon beasts will not be able to detect me."

Jiang Yun killed a Tier 3 low-level demon beast with a single punch and immediately extracted its inner core.

After cleaning up the battlefield traces, he moved away from the place, feeling very satisfied with the effect of the combination of Concealment and Breath Concealment.

In the days that followed, Jiang Yun became the sixth child in the family.

Using concealment techniques in conjunction with breath-concealing techniques, he frequently attacked low-level third-tier demonic beasts.

Every sneak attack was a thunderous strike, giving the monsters no chance to even howl.

Soon, three months passed in the blink of an eye.

On this day, in a seemingly calm lake.

Jiang Yun carved out a cave at the bottom of this lake for rest and recuperation.

In the past three months, he has hunted down five lone third-tier monsters.

Including the two that came before, seven Tier 3 low-level demonic beasts have already perished at his hands.

"Seven inner cores, two more are needed."

"However, we should still try to hunt down three more as much as possible. Four demon beast inner cores should be enough for each Core Shattering and Core Formation!"

"Where there are demonic beasts, there are bound to be rare and precious treasures. In the past three months, I have also collected several third-tier spiritual herbs."

Jiang Yun took stock of his recent gains and was very satisfied.

After resting for another day, he destroyed the cave, left the lake, and continued flying westward towards the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge.

If you fly north towards the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge, you will continue to venture deeper.

Going deeper would be too dangerous, and Jiang Yun didn't need to do that, so he kept heading west, searching for and hunting monsters.

On this day, Jiang Yun used his concealment and breath-concealing techniques to quietly sneak into a secluded valley.

In this valley, he discovered a lone, mid-level, third-tier demonic beast, the Water Spirit Python.

In addition, there are no other powerful monsters lurking within a hundred miles.

Jiang Yun then selected his target and prepared to take action.

However, when he quietly approached the monster, he was discovered.

The place where the water spirit python lives is shrouded in a thick fog formed by a rich aquatic aura.

Although Jiang Yun possessed the art of concealment, the water spirit python actually detected him the moment his body came into contact with the aura of water spirit.

The water python sensed the intruder and launched a fierce attack on him.

The python's scales shimmered with a pale blue light, and its forked tongue exuded a chilling aura.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun stopped concealing himself.

"Dragon Trapping Formation, activate!"

With a thought, he immediately activated a mid-grade third-tier array, trapping the water python within it.

The array flags of this Dragon Trapping Formation were naturally arranged in advance by Jiang Yun using concealment and breath-gathering techniques.

Now that his trail has been discovered, he immediately activated the formation to prevent the water python from escaping during the battle.

After the formation was activated, Jiang Yun charged towards the water python without any fear.

He first fought with his physical strength, then unleashed the Zhou Tian Star Sword Formation, easily slaying the mid-level third-tier demon beast.

"It was indeed a wise decision to remain hidden in Canglan Immortal City for thirty-three years."

"Otherwise, with my strength, killing a mid-level third-tier demonic beast wouldn't be so easy."

After killing the water python, Jiang Yun immediately dug out its inner core and put the python's corpse into his storage ring.

"Let's see if there are any rare and precious medicinal herbs here."

Afterwards, Jiang Yun began searching the vicinity.

After some searching, they indeed found two mid-grade third-tier spiritual herbs.

He took the elixir, then retrieved the array flags of the Dragon-Trapping Formation, and began searching for his next prey.

A month later, they encountered a mid-level, third-tier demonic beast, the Earth Ape Bear.

As before, Jiang Yun used concealment and breath-concealing techniques to set up the Sleeping Dragon Formation in advance.

Within the formation, they killed the earth ape bear and obtained a mid-level third-tier demon beast inner core.

"Seven Tier 3 Elementary Inner Cores and two Tier 3 Intermediate Inner Cores, making a total of nine."

"Next, hunt down three more demonic beasts to collect twelve demonic cores, and complete the first three stages of the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Core Shattering Technique in one fell swoop."

Jiang Yun now has enough demon beast cores to begin breaking them apart and cultivating the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Core Breaking Technique.

However, after shattering the core, one still needs to form a new core. Forming a core in the territory of the demon race in the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge is extremely dangerous.

Therefore, Jiang Yun planned to collect all twelve demon cores at once and then return to Canglan Immortal City to form his own core.

"Although the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge also has a third-tier spiritual vein, forming a core here might cause strange phenomena in the heavens and earth and attract the attention of demonic beasts, so it is not a good place to form a core."

"Once I return to Canglan Immortal City, I will change my identity and appearance, impersonate a Foundation Establishment cultivator at the Great Perfection stage, and rent a cave dwelling to begin the process of Core Formation and Core Shaping."

"Each time I break through the Core Formation stage, I change my identity and rent another cave dwelling."

"After all, if people find out that the same person has formed the Golden Core three times, it will definitely cause unnecessary trouble."

With this in mind, Jiang Yun was full of energy and continued searching for lone third-tier demonic beasts.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye.

During this time, Jiang Yun also killed a mid-level third-tier demonic beast and a low-level third-tier demonic beast.

He now possesses eleven inner cores, with only one more to go.

On this day, Jiang Yun discovered a mid-level, third-tier avian monster.

This demon has crimson feathers all over its body and resembles a Vermilion Bird.

"It's actually a Firebird."

Seeing this, Jiang Yun secretly set up a trapping formation while the firebird was resting to prevent it from escaping.

Although the Fire Cloud Sparrow is a mid-level third-tier demon beast, it is still a bird, naturally alert and incredibly fast.

If a trapping formation isn't set up beforehand to block its retreat, once it escapes into the sky, finding it again in the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge will be tantamount to...

Finding a needle in a haystack.

Once the formation was properly set up, Jiang Yun no longer concealed himself and activated the Dragon-Trapping Formation with a thought.

The firebird, which was dozing, was suddenly awakened and let out a sharp cry.

It instinctively flapped its wings to escape, but instead crashed into an invisible dragon-trapping formation.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Yun leaped up and punched the Fire Cloud Sparrow in the back.

"Hey!"

The Firebird let out a miserable cry as its massive body was slammed to the ground by the punch, its crimson feathers disheveled.

"May I borrow your inner core?"

Jiang Yun showed no mercy, and with a wave of his left hand, the Zhou Tian Xing Chen Sword Formation instantly enveloped the Fire Cloud Sparrow.

The thirty-six flying swords unleashed a terrifying killing aura, causing the Fire Cloud Sparrow's feathers to stand on end.

It opened its mouth and spat out a large amount of flames at the sword formation, and then the sword formation remained unharmed.

"Seven stars guard the mountain, four symbols bring calamity."

Jiang Yun always fought swiftly and decisively, and this time was no exception; he struck with a deadly move.

The Seven Stars Suppress the Fire Cloud Sparrow, rendering it immobile, and the Four Symbols Star Tribulation followed.

The Firebird looked at the illusory images of the Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise rushing towards it from above, and a pleading look appeared in its eyes.

It suppressed its flames, lowered its body, and let out a low, mournful cry, as if showing weakness and begging for mercy.

"Spare me—spare my life, I will submit."

It speaks human language, but it doesn't speak very fluently; it stutters and its speech is unclear, and its voice is neither male nor female.

"You will submit to me?"

With a thought, Jiang Yun immediately made a sword incantation to control the flying sword to return to its place.

Instantly, the phantom images of the four divine beasts vanished.

Firebird was able to stand up, nodded to Jiang Yun, and indicated that he was willing to submit.

Jiang Yun looked at the trembling Fire Cloud Sparrow in front of him, which had completely given up resisting, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

None of the three mid-level third-tier demonic beasts that had been killed earlier showed any intention of submitting.

This firebird, valuing its life, actually chose to submit.

"I happen to be missing a flying magic weapon, so you will serve as my mount from now on."

"Quickly offer up your natal demon soul and acknowledge me as your master, or I will spare your life!"

Jiang Yun originally only wanted to take its inner core, but then he thought that since he didn't have a flying magic weapon, it wouldn't be a bad idea to subdue this Fire Cloud Sparrow as a mount.

If one could tame a mid-tier third-level flying demonic beast as a mount, not only would their speed increase significantly, but they could also act as a sentinel in the air, making them an absolute savior.

It is beneficial and has no harm whatsoever.

"Chirp chirp."

The Fire Cloud Sparrow nodded its head up and down, immediately offering up a wisp of its natal demon soul to acknowledge Jiang Yun as its master.

"Owner."

After recognizing the master, Jiang Yun heard the voice of the Fire Cloud Sparrow in his mind.

This is a communication between master and servant through spiritual awareness, allowing them to do whatever they want.

Furthermore, after recognizing its master, the Firebird's life was in Jiang Yun's hands.

Seeing this, Jiang Yun finally showed a satisfied smile.

He opened his mouth and swallowed the wisp of his natal soul, then took out a Myriad Spirit Jade Dew Pill from his storage ring and flicked it into the mouth of the Fire Cloud Sparrow.

"Now that you have acknowledged me as your master, heal your wounds well and become my mount in the future."

After Jiang Yun subdued the Fire Cloud Sparrow, he let the Fire Cloud Sparrow heal its wounds on the spot while he searched for spiritual herbs nearby.

After finding a third-tier spiritual herb, he retrieved the array flags of the Dragon-Trapping Array and dismantled the array.

"This Dragon-Trapping Formation is quite effective. If it weren't for this formation, the Fire Cloud Sparrow would have escaped today."

Jiang Yun was very satisfied; it seemed that the spirit stones he had spent earlier had not been wasted.

"This place is not safe to stay any longer; let's go somewhere else to heal our wounds."

After doing all this, Jiang Yun ordered the Fire Cloud Sparrow to leave.

"Chirp chirp."

Upon hearing this, the Firebird flashed with fire and transformed into a small red bird the size of a palm. It landed on Jiang Yun's left shoulder and affectionately nuzzled his face with its head.

"Not bad, it can even change its shape."

Jiang Yun looked at the Fire Cloud Sparrow after it shrank and was very satisfied.

"Are there any lone third-tier demonic beasts nearby? I'm still missing a demonic core. I was originally going to take this demonic core from you."

Upon hearing this, the Fire Cloud Sparrow immediately replied to Jiang Yun, saying that it knew of many third-tier demonic beasts that lived alone and could take Jiang Yun there.

Jiang Yun has now become the owner of the Fire Cloud Lark.

The life and death of Huo Yunque were in his hands, so he dared not frame Jiang Yun.

"Come on, lead the way."

Jiang Yun had the Fire Cloud Sparrow lead the way and eventually found a Tier 3 low-level demon beast.

It easily killed the third-tier, low-level demon beast and obtained the last demon core.

"Twelve third-tier demon cores, including three mid-tier third-tier demon cores, are enough to complete the third transformation."

"Let's rest for a while, then return to Canglan Immortal City on another day to prepare for the Core Formation!"

With this in mind, Jiang Yun immediately found a secluded place and set up a cave to rest.

Firebird, who had been injured by Jiang Yun, also revealed its true form to heal its wounds.

During the rest period, Jiang Yunqing took stock of what he had gained from this trip to Wanyao Ridge.

"Twelve third-tier demon cores, including three mid-tier third-tier demon cores."

"Nine-bead third-tier spiritual herbs, and the tamed mount, the Fire Cloud Sparrow."

"This trip to the Ten Thousand Demon Ridge was quite successful; at least we didn't encounter a demon king and were forced to flee for our lives."

After taking inventory, Jiang Yun also began to meditate and rest.

Once he has recovered to his peak state, he plans to leave the Myriad Demon Ridge immediately and return to Canglan Immortal City to shatter his core.

"Walk!"

Jiang Yun used his concealment and breath-concealing techniques to jump onto the Fire Cloud Sparrow's back and commanded it to fly away from Ten Thousand Demon Ridge at top speed.

Because he used concealment and breath-concealing techniques, even when he was flying high in the sky on a Fire Cloud Sparrow, it was difficult for other demonic beasts to detect him.

Therefore, Jiang Yun quickly flew away from Wan Yao Ridge and entered the territory of Zhou Kingdom.

After resting for a night at the border of Zhouguo, we set off again.

"Fly in that direction."

After flying away from Wan Yao Ridge, Jiang Yun removed his concealment spell and revealed his figure, informing Huo Yun Que of the direction of Canglan Immortal City.

The Fire Cloud Sparrow immediately let out a loud cry and carried Jiang Yun toward Canglan Immortal City.

After a half-month flight, the outline of Canglan Immortal City gradually came into view.

"I'm back. The trip to Ten Thousand Demon Ridge took more than a year."

"Fortunately, the harvest was quite plentiful; it's time to start breaking through the core!"

Jiang Yun was quite excited; this day had finally arrived.

In order to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Nirvana Core Shattering Technique and complete the first three core shattering and core formation processes, he made many preparations, and now he has finally reached this point.