Hunting monsters

“Are you full?”

After staying in place for a moment, Huangdou had completely finished the chicken leg, not even leaving a bone shard behind.

“I’m full, squeak, squeak.”

“Let’s go then, there shouldn’t be anything good around here. I saw a market when I was wandering around Zhou City before, you can come with me there.”

Lin Feng grabbed Huangdou and, without a word, flew towards Zhou City.

The market he noticed was not a place where ordinary people traded; although there were mortal wealthy merchants, there were more cultivators, so Lin Feng felt that the market should have been established by the various nearby sects to sell items that the sects did not need.

Currently, Lin Feng had no particular goal, so he decided to go there and take a look first.

Soon, Lin Feng flew into Zhou City and found the market.

“Entry to the Sect Market requires one low-grade spirit stone.”

Just as Lin Feng was about to enter, a young cultivator in white robes holding a sword stopped him.

So it was a Sect Market. Just entering required paying spirit stones; no wonder these sects were willing to set up trading markets here.

As for spirit stones...

Lin Feng really did have some on him, but not many, only a dozen or so in total, and all of them were low-grade.

It’s better to go and get some spirit stones first.

Lin Feng thought to himself. Last time he robbed the entire Cloud Mountain Sect, he forgot to look for spirit stones, mainly because Lin Feng didn't usually use them for cultivation or transactions, which led him to overlook their existence.

However, he was a dignified Golden Core Stage cultivator; getting some spirit stones shouldn't be difficult for him.

“Little brother, I’m from afar and don’t have many spirit stones on me. Do you know where I can earn spirit stones around here?”

Lin Feng said, revealing his strength.

The cultivator in front of him, seeing Lin Feng’s profound strength, quickly cupped his hands.

“Senior, the fastest way to earn spirit stones is to hunt demonic beasts. The higher the level of the demonic beast, the more valuable it is. High-level demonic beasts often appear in Mount Huiwu, southeast of Zhou City. A third-tier demonic beast is worth about twenty low-grade spirit stones and can be sold to various sects.

Oh, right, the government recently seems to have a bounty: hunt the fifth-tier boar demon of Mount Huiwu. Those who can bring back its corpse will be rewarded with twenty mid-grade spirit stones. However, this fifth-tier demonic beast’s strength is comparable to the peak of the Golden Core Stage, so no cultivator is willing to take it on.”

The sword-wielding cultivator respectfully told Lin Feng.

“Hmm, thanks.”

Lin Feng also cupped his hands, then turned and went to the government office to accept the bounty.

Only then did he learn that this bounty was not issued by the government, but rather commissioned by a wealthy mortal merchant.

The merchant's young son had been swallowed by that boar demon, and his reason for doing this was simply for revenge, plus he wanted to see if he could find his son's remains inside the boar demon's belly.

After accepting this bounty, Lin Feng discovered a path to wealth, but for now, he still needed to take down that boar demon. As long as he could kill the boar demon, then Lin Feng's subsequent money-making plan would be settled.

Having accepted this bounty, Lin Feng had to complete it within three days, but this floor only left Lin Feng with about three or four days.

Lin Feng had to act quickly.

Mount Huiwu was quite far from Zhou City; it took Lin Feng a full day and night of sword-flying to reach the place.

Within a hundred-mile radius of Mount Huiwu, the landscape was desolate, with not even a dirt road.

It was clear that this place was almost never visited by people on normal days.

Presumably, only cultivators like Lin Feng, who came to make money, would be willing to come.

Since that was the case, Lin Feng was a little curious: how did the rich merchant's son get eaten by that boar demon?

“Never mind, let’s go in and find the demonic beasts first.”

Standing in the air, Lin Feng spread his divine sense around, beginning to search for demonic beasts within the mountain.

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Hours later, Lin Feng gradually moved from the outer reaches of Mount Huiwu into its depths.

The depths of the mountain were full of mist; if Lin Feng didn't have his divine sense, it would have been difficult to distinguish directions.

The reason he entered the depths was that he found most of the demonic beasts on the mountain's periphery were low-level demonic beasts, with little attack power and low value, so Lin Feng speculated that higher-level demonic beasts should be in the depths.

As expected by Lin Feng, the demonic beasts encountered after entering the depths became increasingly stronger.

Based on their encounters, it could be deduced that most of these demonic beasts were third-tier demonic beasts, roughly at the Foundation Establishment Stage level.

However, this was not enough; Lin Feng still needed to find that boar demon.

At this moment, as Lin Feng killed more and more demonic beasts, the fifth-tier boar demon hidden deep within the mountain also noticed Lin Feng, the human troublemaker.

As the boss of the demonic beasts in Mount Huiwu, it naturally could not tolerate humans wantonly killing its subordinates.

So, it proactively sought out Lin Feng.

“Finally lured it out.”

Upon feeling the feedback from his divine sense, Lin Feng smiled slightly and casually swung his sword, beheading the fox demon beside him.

“Fox! You deserve to die!”

Just as Lin Feng cut off the fox demon’s head, an angry voice came from deep within the forest.

It was the boar demon.

“Speaking human words? You have some skill.”

Lin Feng flicked the blood off his sword, sneering.

“What, fat pig, could this little fox be your concubine?”

Lin Feng said, using his sword to pick up the fox's corpse from the ground.

The boar demon's size was at least a hundred times that of this fox demon; could it really fit?

“You deserve to die!!”

The boar demon glared at Lin Feng with wide, enraged eyes, its demonic energy continuously solidifying, like an iron hammer, smashing towards Lin Feng.

The resulting strong wind even blew down all the surrounding large trees.

“Demonic Shield, rise.”

Lin Feng chanted a spell, casting the Demonic Shield onto himself.

Then, facing the giant hammer’s attack, he controlled his flying sword to charge towards the boar demon.

Boom!!

The giant hammer fell, directly smashing the Demonic Shield to smithereens, but after shattering the Demonic Shield, the giant hammer also disappeared.

Meanwhile, Lin Feng’s sword had already flown in front of the boar demon, leaving dozens of wounds on it in an instant.

“Oh, right, I haven’t tried out the Forbidden Spell I just learned in actual combat.”

Lin Feng recalled his flying sword and once again chanted a demonic spell, then dense, sharp spikes appeared around Lin Feng.

At this moment, the boar demon, which had taken dozens of strikes from Lin Feng’s sword, was dazzled.

It even thought it was the Immortal Art, Myriad Swords Returning to One, used by sword cultivators.

Terrified, it turned and ran. One must know that sword cultivators capable of using Myriad Swords Returning to One had all comprehended the Sword Heart, and their strength was above the Nascent Soul Stage.

Although it didn’t understand why a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse would target a small fry like itself, for now, it could only flee for its life quickly.

“So cowardly?”

Lin Feng frowned. Wasn't this boar demon quite arrogant just now? How could it be so scared that it was soiling itself after just one exchange?