99: Forest Bats

After returning to the wooden house, Wei Xun roughly marked the location of Lingtao Mountain on the map he had drawn.

According to Ao Feng, Lingtao Mountain was over a thousand li away from Jiaolong Lake.

At a normal traveling speed, it would take ten days to half a month if there were no obstacles along the way.

A round trip would take about a month.

Wang Tianchi's rich city lord father only had three months until his grand birthday.

After going to Lingtao Mountain, it was unknown if that Demon King would be easy to deal with.

After much thought, Wei Xun still decided to set off as early as possible, as the journey was long and he didn't know what he would encounter along the way.

So Wei Xun turned to Xiong Er beside him and said, "Xiong Er, I'm afraid your big brother has to go out for a while again. You must guard the house well for me here!"

Hearing this, Xiong Er was startled and then looked unwilling.

"Where is Big Brother going again? Can't you take me with you?"

Xiong Er finished speaking, feeling a bit wronged.

"It's not that I don't want to take you, it's just that your Cultivation is not high enough yet!" Wei Xun stepped forward, patted Xiong Er's shoulder, and comforted him, "Once you Breakthrough to Forging Body Second Layer, I'll take you with me from now on!"

"Alright!" Xiong Er still sat on the stone by the wooden house, somewhat reluctantly, after hearing this.

Seeing this, Wei Xun felt a little sorry, so he flipped his hand and took out a Medicinal Pill.

This Medicinal Pill was given to him by that old fox from Black Tiger Mountain when he was asked to test the medicine.

It was that Spirit Pill. At that time, the leopard demon broke through its Realm after eating this Spirit Pill.

However, this item was of ordinary quality, so Wei Xun had never used it.

Xiong Er took the Medicinal Pill and sniffed it. Although he didn't know much about Medicinal Pills, his nose was quite sensitive.

Smelling the rich medicinal fragrance on the Medicinal Pill, he knew that this thing was good.

"This Medicinal Pill is for you. When you are about to Breakthrough to Body Tempering Realm Second Layer, you can eat this thing. It can speed up your Cultivation!" Wei Xun introduced.

Xiong Er nodded after hearing this: "I'll listen to Big Brother!"

After comforting Xiong Er, Wei Xun flipped his hand and took out the Azure Sea Cold Gold Sword he had obtained at the auction, then turned and handed it to Si Niang, who had transformed into her human form behind him.

Si Niang loved the Cold Gold Sword after receiving it. She drew the sword from its sheath and casually swung it twice in the air, instantly dropping the temperature throughout the wooden house.

Xiong Er looked at Si Niang's new weapon with envy: "Big Brother, I want a new weapon too!"

Hearing Xiong Er's words, Wei Xun nodded: "When Big Brother finds something suitable for you, I'll get one for you!"

"Thank you, Big Brother!" Xiong Er immediately grinned and scratched his head after hearing this.

Then Wei Xun took Si Niang and set off from Jiaolong Lake, heading north at full speed.

Because Wei Xun was fast, Si Niang always coiled around Wei Xun's shoulder as a small snake during their journey.

Wei Xun, on the other hand, used Shadowless Step to quickly move through the Forest. As evening approached and it was almost dark, their northward path was blocked by a large river spanning across.

"Let's rest here for the night!" Wei Xun stood on a hillside, gazing at the opposite bank of the river.

This river looked to be several hundred meters wide. It wouldn't take long to swim across using the Fan Jiang Technique.

It was already late, and after traveling at high speed all day, Wei Xun was somewhat exhausted.

So Wei Xun found a large tree in the Forest by the river, climbed up, found a comfortable position, and sat cross-legged, preparing to circulate Qi to Cultivate and recover his physical strength.

After taking a small bite of immortal ginseng, and with the assistance of the Demon Cultivation Mind Technique and Five Elements Spirit Stones for Cultivation, the progress bar in Wei Xun's mind began to increase rapidly.

His whole body was also surrounded by a surge of Spiritual Qi.

Si Niang coiled around Wei Xun, constantly absorbing this Spiritual Qi to aid her own Cultivation.

After several cycles of Cultivation, the immortal ginseng eaten was also completely digested.

He closed his eyes and checked the progress bar in his mind.

[Body Tempering Realm Third Layer; 463980 / 3000000]

The Cultivation during these days had increased the progress bar by over four hundred thousand.

The Cultivation speed was faster than Wei Xun had expected.

His Cultivation could increase by up to about sixty thousand each day.

And during this process, Wei Xun also found that Si Niang was also about to Breakthrough to Forging Body Second Layer.

Just as the Cultivation ended and Wei Xun was about to lean against the tree for a good sleep, Wei Xun immediately noticed sounds approaching from not far away through his Wind-Following Ear.

And it was accompanied by a strong smell of blood.

"Our luck is good tonight. We even encountered an unlucky fellow who just transformed!"

In the Forest not far away, two transformed bat demons were dragging a pig demon covered in injuries towards Wei Xun's location.

"I hope the King will be happy and teach us a trick or two of that Cultivation Technique!"

After the two bat demons arrived near the Forest where Wei Xun was, they casually threw the injured and unconscious pig demon onto the ground.

Then, they happened to come under the big tree where Wei Xun was hiding, took off their pants, and started to urinate.

"Do you think the Cultivation Technique that the King Cultivates will be taught to you so easily?" The taller bat demon shook his head, looking unhopeful: "I won't even think about the Cultivation Technique. If the King is happy enough to give me a pot of blood wine to drink, I'll be thankful."

"I heard other old demons in the valley say that the King used to teach us little demons Cultivation Techniques!" The thinner bat demon asked curiously, "Why don't we have the chance now?"

"Isn't that because six months ago, there was a traitor in our Blackwater Valley!" The taller bat demon shook himself after urinating, then pulled up his pants and prepared to leave.

The thinner bat demon also finished urinating and then quickly followed.

"What traitor? I've never heard of it."

"It was a demon from our valley, a Toad Skin Dog, who, after gaining the King's trust, actually injured the King when he wasn't paying attention and stole his Cultivation Technique before escaping!" The taller bat demon pouted when he said this.

"That's so terrifying!" The thinner bat demon was a little surprised after hearing this.

"Yes!" The taller bat demon nodded: "And since then, the King hasn't casually taught us little demons Cultivation Techniques anymore!"

When the two little demons finished speaking, they each took one leg of the pig demon and dragged him out of the Forest into the open space outside.

Immediately after, the two bat demons twisted their backs, and a pair of large, pitch-black wings grew out of them.

"This pig demon is so fat; it might be a bit strenuous to fly him across the river!" The thinner bat demon flapped his wings twice and said with some concern.

"Let's lift him together. I'll fly in front, and you fly in back!" The taller bat demon finished speaking, then placed the pig demon on the ground, and he walked to the front, preparing to lift the pig demon's arm.

Seeing the two bat demons about to leave, Wei Xun merely pretended not to see them.

It had nothing to do with him anyway, so he didn't plan to intervene.

But just then, the thinner bat demon suddenly said, "I heard the King say that there are many transformed demons in Jiaolong Lake to the southeast. When are we going there to catch some?"