Chapter 140 Chen Songxiao Seeks the Pulse Again

Eight hundred kilometers deep in the Boundless Forest, the corpses of three Third-level Demon Beasts were scattered on the ground.

"Songxiao, with your Great Slash technique combined with this calamity severing saber, you're basically taking down one beast per strike. That's too brutal!"

"It's alright, but last time when we hunted Fourth-level Demonic Beasts, we still had to rely on the Formation Array to severely injure them before we could kill them. We still can't solo a Fourth-level Demonic Beast right now."

"After all, they are Fourth-level Demonic Beasts. How can the two of us, both at the Late Stage Qi Refining, manage without relying on other means in a direct fight?"

"Third Brother, my star fixing plate is showing another strong signal again. Let's go check it out."

At this moment, Chen Songxiao took out the star fixing plate to examine it; there was another wave of strong signals.

Chen Songxuan also said excitedly, "Let's go. But once we reach one thousand three to one thousand four hundred kilometers out, we shouldn't venture any further."

"Got it," Chen Songxiao immediately replied.

Chen Songxuan collected the bones of the three Yao Beasts into a Storage Pouch, took out a small flying ship, and the two set off.

Along the way, the two chatted.

"Third Brother, aren't you planning to find a partner either?"

Chen Songxuan hadn't expected Chen Songxiao to ask this. He replied, "I don't know. Maybe in another year or two, I'll take another look. Possibly."

"I think Second Brother is doing quite well. Did he lose his freedom after getting married?"

"Haha, are you thinking of finding a Dao Companion too?" Chen Songxuan teased.

"I don't know either. I'll see!"

"If you want to find one, just ask Mother to arrange a blind date for you."

"Mm-hmm."

The two chatted for a while, and half an hour later, they had traveled another hundred kilometers.

"How is it? Has the signal changed?"

"It has changed."

The two changed direction a few more times. An hour later, they had traveled another two hundred and fifty kilometers, already deep inside, reaching the one-thousand-kilometer mark.

Chen Songxiao's face showed surprise at this moment.

"Third Brother, we've hit the jackpot!"

Looking at the strong signal on the star fixing plate, both of them were a bit excited.

A dozen minutes later, the two stopped because they discovered three people emerging on their Pulse Seeking path.

The other party also seemed to be Pulse Seeking: two Cultivators at the Seventh Level of Qi Refining and one at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer.

Chen Songxiao messaged Chen Songxuan, seemingly preparing for a fight.

"Third Brother, what do you say? Should we just kill them all and claim this mountain range for ourselves?" Chen Songxiao said coldly.

Last time when he came out with Chen Li, the situation was similar. He knew that the other party would only be satisfied if they died; otherwise, they would likely use some dirty tricks to harass them. Only when the others were dead could they claim the spoils exclusively.

Killing intent arose in Chen Songxiao. Chen Songxuan was surprised by Songxiao's readiness to kill. He said, "There are countless conflicts in the Boundless Forest. We have the advantage in strength and enough trump cards. If we're going to fight, we should, but we still need to be cautious."

At this moment, both Chen Songxiao and Chen Songxuan altered their appearances, concealing their cultivation levels.

Both of them now showed a cultivation of Mid-stage Qi Refining.

The other party also seemed ready for battle. The Cultivator at the Seventh Level of Qi Refining confirmed the cultivation of the two multiple times.

He directly commanded, "Kill them!"

Seeing them make the first move, Chen Songxuan said, "Songxiao, no need to be cautious anymore. Attack!"

Upon hearing the order to attack, Chen Songxiao rushed forward holding the calamity severing saber, and in his other hand, he produced a shocking explosion talisman.

The instant they made contact, Chen Songxuan instantly cleaved the opposing Cultivator at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer, leaving him crippled. The Cultivator at the Seventh Level of Qi Refining realized he had been careless and immediately turned to flee, but it was too late.

The Fourth-grade shocking explosion talisman directly blasted him into a wreck. The battle left both opponents crippled within five breaths.

Chen Songxuan also instantly killed the opposing Cultivator at the Qi Refining Sixth Layer; there was no drawn-out fight.

The two ended the battle with an overwhelming advantage!

After the battle, the two destroyed the bodies and erased any trace. Through the Storage Pouches, they determined that these three were Family Cultivators.

Just as they thought they had secured this mountain alone, a Foundation Establishment Cultivator about a mile away seemed to sense something and heard some noise, flying rapidly toward them.

"Songxiao, quickly set up the Formation array to isolate our aura."

"Understood!"

"I will set up a Fourth-grade Spirit Trapping Formation and a Defensive Formation Array in the surroundings."

The two divided their tasks. While they were in the process of setting up, a sound echoed from outside the mountain—the sound of someone flying.

The two instantly stopped setting up, packed their things, and came out to see a Cultivator searching for something.

"Where are they?" the Foundation Establishment Cultivator called out from afar, coldly questioning Chen Songxiao and Chen Songxuan.

He had sensed the two of them from a mile away and had also probed them, sensing only Qi Refining Sixth Layer cultivation. He felt they were no threat. Coincidentally, he noticed a Cultivator at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining was about to come this way, so he had sent them ahead to deal with the situation while he intercepted this person.

But he hadn't expected that after such a short time, the situation had turned like this—the auras of his three clansmen were completely gone!

At this moment, Chen Songxiao and Chen Songxuan sensed the opponent's cultivation; it was definitely Foundation Establishment. The two did not answer, turning around to flee.

They immediately stuck a Fourth-grade Invisibility Talisman to themselves and each threw out a Fourth-grade shocking explosion talisman.

Seeing the two attempting to run, this Foundation Establishment Cultivator instantly understood the fate of his three clansmen. He wanted to rush forward immediately to kill Chen Songxuan and Chen Songxiao, but upon seeing the shocking explosion talismans flying towards him, he quickly took out a Magical Artifact to defend.

It was during the time this person was defending that Chen Songxiao and Chen Songxuan had finished forming the hand seals and shot out like two streaks of light.

Within the single breath it took for the two to escape, two explosions sounded, damaging the Foundation Establishment Cultivator's Fourth-grade defensive Magical Artifact.

Looking at the damaged Magical Artifact and the vanished clansmen, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator stared at the direction the two had fled, stuck Talismans onto himself, and gave chase.

One mile away, in a valley, Chen Songxuan and Chen Songxiao slowed down.

Chen Songxuan said, "Good spot. Same old routine—this time we're hunting a Foundation Establishment Cultivator!"

"Good!"

Very quickly, the two concealed their auras using the Double Aura Concealment Technique.

One set up a Fourth-grade Spirit Trapping Formation, and the other set up a Fourth-grade attack Formation.

Although they didn't know how to create them, they knew how to deploy them!

Chen Li had lectured them since they were young, saying they didn't have to learn how to craft Formation Arrays, but they absolutely had to learn how to deploy, use, and detect Formation Arrays.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivator discovered that the two had entered a valley, and their auras had disappeared. He hesitated slightly.

However, after a moment of hesitation, he decided to enter the valley anyway, as he couldn't explain back home what happened to his three dead clansmen.

He advanced cautiously the moment he entered the valley. However, the instant he entered the valley, his fate was sealed!

Because one breath after entering the valley, he was already within the range of the Formation Array.

A set of Fourth-grade Spirit Trapping Formation Array directly trapped him!

In the moment he was trapped, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator didn't panic too much when he realized it was a Fourth-grade Spirit Trapping Formation Array.

But when wave after wave of Formation Array energy and Talismans were thrown into the trapping Formation without regard for cost, he realized his initial assessment was too simple.

He simply couldn't withstand the continuous attacks equivalent to Foundation Establishment damage.

Ultimately, before he could meet Chen Songxuan and Chen Songxiao again, this Foundation Establishment Cultivator was blasted to death, his body a bloody mess.

The moment the opponent was trapped, Chen Songxuan and Chen Songxiao gave him no time to break the Formation. One urged the attack Formation Array, and the other threw Talismans, all of them Fourth-grade.

So, his death was less due to having too many tricks and more due to being smashed to death by wealth. Most families couldn't afford such methods!

...

Chen Songxuan and Chen Songxiao cleaned up the battlefield, destroyed the bodies again, and returned to that mountain to start working.

The usual procedure was to set up a Formation Array to isolate the Spiritual Vein's aura, and also set up a Defensive Formation Array outside the mountain.

The two entered the mountain and started digging.

Nothing happened for a day. This time, they truly had exclusive rights. Both pairs of eyes shone brightly—they had struck it rich!

Because it was another Ore Vein, primarily composed of thunder ore. They hadn't finished digesting the Ore from the Family yet, and now another batch had arrived. The two were extremely excited, feeling their luck was truly incredible.

Chen Songxiao and Chen Songxuan began mining happily.

A month later, they returned to Black Magpie Mountain, bringing Chen Songyan and Zhu Lingyue over to join the mining army.

Several months later, these few people spent almost all their time traveling back and forth between Black Magpie Mountain and this mineral vein, constantly mining, enjoying themselves immensely.

Over one hundred thousand jin of Ore was mined and brought back by the group. A large warehouse was built underground at Black Magpie Mountain specifically to store this thunder ore.