110: Chapter 110: Heading to the Valley of Ten Thousand Spirits

Before Xiao Yuan could even steady himself, the Golden Scaled Snake King lunged forward with its mouth wide open, revealing two sharp fangs!

"Burning Blood Fierce Flame Burst!"

Xiao Yuan threw a punch, and a tide of blood-colored flames surged forth, smashing squarely onto the snake's head!

Boom!

The Golden Scaled Snake King's head tilted from the blow, but after just a slight pause, it lunged forward once more!

"Damn, its hide is so thick!" Xiao Yuan cursed under his breath, dodging once again.

Man and snake engaged in a fierce chase within the mine cave!

Xiao Yuan pushed his Blood Spirit Escape to the limit, transforming into streaks of afterimages as he shuttled through the Golden Scaled Snake King's attacks.

From time to time, he threw a punch, and ordinary Burning Blood Fierce Flame Bursts caused the Golden Scaled Snake King to roar repeatedly in anger, though they failed to injure its vital spots.

He did not dare to unleash Burning Blood Fierce Flame Burst with all his might; after all, executed at full power, he could only deliver five strikes.

And it wasn't certain that would kill the Golden Scaled Snake King.

It was better to skirmish like this for now, keeping this Yao Beast pinned down.

"Hiss——!"

The Golden Scaled Snake King was enraged, golden light erupting from its body as countless golden scales shot out like flying daggers!

"Blood Shadow Clone!"

Xiao Yuan's figure flickered, instantly transforming into four figures that scattered in four directions!

The golden scales pierced through three of the Clones, but failed to harm his true body!

Taking the opportunity, Xiao Yuan rushed to the side of the Golden Scaled Snake King and slammed another punch into its vital spot!

This time, he fully drove the Burning Blood Fierce Flame Burst to create an opportunity for Su Ruotong and the other.

"Burning Blood Fierce Flame Burst!!"

Boom!

The Golden Scaled Snake King let out a miserable screech, its body tilting sideways as it finally revealed an opening!

"Right now!"

Yun Feiyang's eyes lit up; his jade talisman treasure had already been fully activated!

A streak of golden sword light soared into the sky, slashing directly at the Golden Scaled Snake King!

Almost simultaneously, Su Ruotong's jade talisman treasure also lit up, and a streak of silver sword light followed closely behind!

The two streaks of sword light, one after the other, slashed toward the Golden Scaled Snake King!

The Golden Scaled Snake King was terrified, desperately trying to dodge, but Xiao Yuan struck its head with another punch, causing its body to pause!

Boom! Boom!

Both streaks of sword light struck at the same time!

The golden sword light slashed onto the snake's head, while the silver sword light slashed into its vital spot!

"Hiss——!"

The Golden Scaled Snake King let out a shrill, miserable scream, its massive body convulsing violently before crashing heavily to the ground!

It was dead.

The mine cave fell into a dead silence.

Yun Feiyang slumped onto the ground, panting heavily.

Su Ruotong's face was also pale, her spiritual power almost entirely exhausted.

Xiao Yuan shook the blood off his hands and walked over to the Golden Scaled Snake King.

Sensing that the snake king's aura had dissipated, he maneuvered the sword art and sliced off its head with a single sword stroke, only then letting out a relaxed breath inwardly.

"It's dead."

Ye Qingcen poked her head out from behind a rock, and seeing that the giant snake was truly dead, the expression on her face relaxed.

Su Li walked over to Xiao Yuan and handed him a handkerchief.

Xiao Yuan took it and wiped the sweat from his face.

Yun Feiyang crawled up and looked at Xiao Yuan, his eyes filled with admiration.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, I am convinced. Completely convinced."

He truly hadn't expected Xiao Yuan, with his Qi Condensation Stage strength, to beat the snake king into such a state.

If not for Xiao Yuan pinning it down, even with his jade talisman treasure in hand, it would have been impossible for him to slay the snake king!

Xiao Yuan smiled without speaking and began collecting the spoils of war.

Among that pile of metal-type spiritual items, the few pieces of the highest quality all belonged to Xiao Yuan.

Of the rest, Yun Feiyang and his group took half, while Su Ruotong and Xiao Yuan's side took the other half.

After all, Xiao Yuan contributed the most effort, while Su Ruotong and Yun Feiyang contributed roughly the same.

With such a distribution, no one had any objections!

As for the corpse of the Golden Scaled Snake King—a Second-Rank Peak Yao Beast, its entire body was a treasure!

Its scales could be made into Spiritual Artifact armor, its fangs could also be used for Artifact Refining, its gall bladder could be used in medicine, and its snake blood could be used for Alchemy...

Xiao Yuan waved his hand grandly: "This snake belongs to Brother Yun."

Having taken too many benefits, Xiao Yuan felt it inappropriate to monopolize everything.

Yun Feiyang was stunned: "This... Isn't this too precious?"

He felt somewhat embarrassed; without Xiao Yuan, he probably wouldn't have been able to get even half a spiritual item, but now, the spiritual items he obtained were by no means few!

Even after turning a portion over to the Sect, this time he could be considered to have made a small fortune.

Xiao Yuan waved his hand: "You put out the jade talisman treasure, so it's only right. Besides, I took the best spiritual items; I naturally have to let you guys get some gains."

Yun Feiyang opened his mouth, ultimately not declining further, and cupped his fists: "Many thanks, Fellow Daoist Xiao!"

After dividing the spoils, the group walked out of the mine cave.

The sunlight shone upon them, feeling warm and cozy.

Xiao Yuan looked back at Sharp Gold Valley and took a deep breath.

"Next stop, Wanling Valley."

That place was one with even better cultivation resources; it was said that there were even Core Formation spiritual objects to advance to the Golden Core, and even, it was said, Nascent Soul spiritual objects existed there.

For Su Ruotong to want to enter Wanling Valley, she was probably aiming to prepare for Core Formation.

Once she possessed a Core Formation spiritual object, the success rate of Core Formation could be increased by at least thirty percent!

Although Xiao Yuan hadn't even reached Foundation Establishment yet, if he could acquire certain Core Formation spiritual objects, it could be considered accumulating a certain amount of capital.

Up until now, he still didn't know how his Five Elements Spiritual Root should undergo Core Formation!

After all, he hadn't reached that level yet, and much of the knowledge was a complete blank!

Emerging from Sharp Gold Valley, the group marched toward the direction of Wanling Valley.

Along this journey, Xiao Yuan practically brought the phrase "locusts passing through" to its absolute extreme.

See a Spirit Medicine? Gather it!

See a Yao Beast? Kill it!

See a rare Ore? Mine it!

The Disciples of the Tianjian Sect followed behind him, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets one by one.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, don't you want this century-old lingzhi?" a Disciple asked, pointing at a piece of lingzhi.

Xiao Yuan glanced at it: "Only a century? No, no, too tender."

If it were in the past, he would have definitely taken it without hesitation.

But now, he truly looked down on it and didn't want to waste time.

However, for Qi Condensation Disciples, this was a windfall!

It was worth at least dozens of Low-Grade Spirit Stones!

The Disciple: "..."

Whenever they normally found a century-old Spirit Medicine, it was like striking treasure; yet this master actually thought it was too tender?

What shocked them even more was Xiao Yuan's skill in finding Spirit Medicines.

Clearly walking ahead, he would suddenly make a turn, push aside a clump of weeds, and find a rare Spirit Medicine.

"Fellow Daoist Xiao, how did you know there was medicine here?" Lin Qingxue couldn't help asking.

Xiao Yuan smiled mysteriously: "Intuition."

In truth, it was the induction of the creation cauldron.

Ever since absorbing the energy of that giant cauldron, the creation cauldron's perception of Heaven And Earth Treasures had become even sharper; Spirit Medicines within a radius of several hundred meters could not escape his perception.

Lin Qingxue's gaze towards him changed once again.

Not just admiration, there was also a hint of... worship?

Su Ruotong watched from the side and sighed inwardly.

This Xiao Yuan was truly becoming more and more inscrutable.

It was one thing for his strength to be unfathomable, but he actually hid quite a few trump cards as well.

As for Xiao Yuan, in just a few short days, the Spirit Medicines he collected for ziyun pill had gathered another five portions!

Added to the five portions he snatched previously, that made a full ten portions!

Not counting the other Spirit Medicines he obtained, his current net worth was probably comparable to those Golden Core Immortal Masters!

"I'll wait and find some time to refine a batch of ziyun pill," Xiao Yuan calculated in his heart.

His cultivation always failing to improve was a thorn in his heart!

With ten portions of Spirit Medicines, he didn't worry about failing; with the creation cauldron around, even if he failed, it could condense and purify them.

Three days later, the group finally arrived outside Wanling Valley.

Before their eyes was a thick layer of fog, a vast expanse of white where nothing inside could be clearly seen.

The fog rolled slowly, like a living creature, giving people a strange and eerie feeling.

"Is this Wanling Valley?" Ye Qingcen widened her eyes, "Why is it all fog?"

Yun Feiyang nodded, his expression solemn: "Outside Wanling Valley lies a natural maze formation. Once you enter, you will lose your direction. Without a map, even a Golden Core Cultivator who comes here would be trapped to death inside."

He pulled out a palm-sized jade plate from his embrace, engraved with complex patterns that faintly emitted a flowing radiance.