86: Chapter 86 No Slacking Off

After walking ten li, they arrived at a forest. They eliminated a few monsters here and cleared the surroundings, so the three of them simply sat down to rest.

After a while, Elder Qian Yunchang's voice drifted from the air: "Senior Brother Shao Junwei, you three have been resting there for too long."

The three of them were stunned.

They hurriedly stood up and looked in the direction of the Pavilion.

This place was not only a forest, but there was also an undulating Highlands separating them. How could Elder Qian see them?

"Everyone, I have activated the map at the Pavilion. Each of your movements will appear on the map. If there is danger, you can run back."

The two Senior Brothers were scared silly.

It turned out that the map on the floor of the Pavilion had been activated by Wang Xinhao's constant tapping, and it could monitor everyone in the Forbidden Ground.

"We've been called out. We're doomed!"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei felt somewhat indignant; the three of them were slacking off, but only he was called out.

"It only means that Elder Qian has a deeper impression of you," Senior Brother Liang Ruoran said in a low voice.

Senior Brother Shao Junwei could only smile bitterly, stretched his legs, and ran into the distance.

Seeing that Elder Qian Yunchang had surveillance methods, the other Disciples dared not slack off and quickened their pace.

Xia Shaoxin and the other two finally ran to their designated area. Looking at it from the map, it was a mountain, but in reality, it was just a small hill with a relative height of only four or five zhang.

The three of them spread out slightly, one eye scanning the ground and the other scanning the trees.

They hadn't walked far when Xia Shaoxin sensed Killing Intent again.

He looked around vigilantly and was shocked to discover that a tree in front of him swayed, and something quite large seemed to flash past.

He hurriedly reminded his two Senior Brothers.

The two of them gripped their swords and walked forward cautiously, while Xia Shaoxin retreated to the back.

Suddenly, a gust of wild wind blew from the front, Hiss—

A massive snake head shot out from behind a tree at lightning speed, its long, slender snake tongue lashing forward, almost striking Senior Brother Shao Junwei.

Thanks to his timely reaction, a stone on the ground was smashed to pieces by the snake tongue.

"Wahayaya—"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei shouted and brandished his sword, stepping forward to hack furiously.

Originally, given the character of the two Senior Brothers, if they had encountered such a powerful monster, they would definitely not have resisted and would have fled immediately.

But Elder Qian Yunchang was watching the map in the Pavilion, monitoring everyone. It would be too pathetic to anger the Elder and suffer the consequences.

The three of them besieged the giant snake.

This snake was three zhang long, as thick as a water bucket, and exceptionally ferocious.

The two at the Middle Stage of Qi Refining used all their skills to fight it. They had to use their full strength with their long swords to carve a thin wound on the snake's body.

As for Xia Shaoxin, he used all his strength, but couldn't even cut through the giant snake's scales.

He only served to distract the giant snake.

Xia Shaoxin was secretly shocked; the disparity in strength among the monsters in the Zhuyun Courtyard Forbidden Ground was truly vast.

Some Poisonous Insects were easy to kill, but this giant snake could hold its own against three Qi refiners.

Could this snake be a king in this place?

Those Poisonous Insects were nothing more than food for the giant snake.

He was also very curious, could this snake be used as medicine?

The three of them used the cover of the trees to maneuver around the giant snake, and for a while, they were locked in a stalemate.

"This snake is not bad; I like it," Senior Brother Shao Junwei shouted.

"What do you like about it?" Senior Brother Liang Ruoran roared. "Fight seriously, don't act cool!"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei said seriously: "Its snake skin can be used to make high-quality Magical Artifacts."

"Oh, what can it be made into?" Xia Shaoxin became interested.

"It can be made into snake-scale armor, making it impervious to blades and spears," Senior Brother Shao Junwei's eyes were full of light. "Perhaps it can even be made into high-grade Storage Pouches."

Xia Shaoxin praised: "That is indeed a good thing."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran rolled his eyes: "Anything that can't be used as medicine is trash!"

The three of them were putting on an act and chatting happily. The giant snake was enraged and thrashed its body wildly, crushing trees and causing them to fall in a jumble on the ground. Not only did the three lose their cover, but even walking became inconvenient.

Among the three, Senior Brother Shao Junwei's sword was the sharpest, so the giant snake hated him the most, chasing him to bite him and ignoring Xia Shaoxin's attacks.

Senior Brother Shao Junwei felt fear in his heart and became increasingly powerless.

"Damn it, let's find another place to fight."

He hurriedly jumped out of the forest.

The giant snake pursued relentlessly.

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran followed quickly, attacking and harassing it from the side.

However, the giant snake seemed to have fixed its sights on Senior Brother Shao Junwei and only chased him.

"Junior Brother Shao, could it be that it understands what you're saying? It heard you want to skin it, so it's only chasing you!"

"Then I must skin it later!"

Senior Brother Shao Junwei led the giant snake to an open area.

Without the interference of fallen trees, the three of them could attack more smoothly.

After unremitting efforts, it was finally stabbed in the belly by Senior Brother Liang Ruoran's sword.

The giant snake wanted to escape, but was closely pursued by the three. In front of the forest, they completely took it down.

"I've never seen such a large snake before," Senior Brother Liang Ruoran marveled.

Having defeated such a huge monster for the first time, they couldn't help but feel excited.

"I wonder if it can be used as medicine?" Xia Shaoxin was very curious.

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran shook his head: "It's not in Elder Qian's Pill Formula, so it shouldn't be valuable."

"I'll take its skin!" Senior Brother Shao Junwei shouted excitedly.

The giant snake's blood was green and emitted a foul stench.

As they got a little closer, they were immediately shocked and covered their noses.

"How can there be such a foul-smelling thing in this world!"

The stench spread rapidly, and the two Senior Brothers kept retreating. Only ten zhang away, where the stench wasn't as strong, could they stand their ground.

"My mom, the smell is really pungent, I can't even open my eyes."

Xia Shaoxin was already used to this kind of stench.

He stepped forward quickly, took out his dagger, and quickly stabbed it into the giant snake's abdomen. With a forceful slash, he dug out a snake gallbladder the size of a fist.

He silently recited the Sacrificial Incantation, and the snake gallbladder disappeared into thin air.

A piece of information instantly appeared in his mind: Strange Snake Gallbladder...

Then he cut off a piece of meat and recited the incantation again, but there was no reaction.

That is to say, only the gallbladder of this snake had medicinal value.

But what Pill Formula it was used in was currently unknown.

"Little Xia, you should be quite good at skinning snakes, right?" Senior Brother Shao Junwei shouted.

"Yes, Senior Brother Shao, rest assured, I will give you a complete and beautiful snake skin."

Senior Brother Shao Junwei was very satisfied. He glanced at Senior Brother Liang Ruoran and clicked his tongue, saying: "Senior Brother Liang, it's not that I'm picking on you, but what's the big deal with this giant snake? You are too squeamish."

Senior Brother Liang Ruoran rolled his eyes: "You kid are like a girl, not even daring to touch a little bit of dirt. What use are you!"

Xia Shaoxin used his long sword to carefully cut the snake skin, not wanting to touch the green blood at all.

It took a lot of time, but he finally removed the snake skin completely. He picked it up with his sword, dragged it to the fallen tree, and spread the snake skin flat on the tree trunk.

The snake skin needed to be spread flat and air-dried before it could be used.

Senior Brother Shao Junwei in the distance nodded continuously, very satisfied.

This is what you call professional.

After the giant snake was skinned, the green fluid in its meat flowed all over the ground.

The snake meat couldn't be used as medicine. Xia Shaoxin originally wanted to walk away, but suddenly saw a faint light emitting from the snake's intestines.

He looked closely and saw a stone exposed.

He suddenly thought of something, stepped forward, and cut it open with his sword. A piece of crystal-like Ore emitting a dim light fell out.

He was instantly stunned. Isn't this the so-called "mountain essence"?

Without changing his expression, he quickly lifted it with his dagger.

Sacrifice.

The mountain essence disappeared.

Senior Brothers Shao and Liang, because they disliked the increasingly intense stench, had walked a bit further away and didn't see any of this at all.