35: Chapter 35 Armored Earth-Dwelling Beast

"Have I accidentally reached the Peak of the 6th layer of Qi Refining again?"

Fang Yuan checked himself and discovered that the main reason lay in his Body Refining cultivation.

His Body Refining cultivation was at the 7th layer, and he was using the top-tier Cultivation Technique, Cloud Body Art. At this Realm, the absorption speed of Spiritual Qi was extremely fast, which allowed him to replenish the Spiritual Qi needed by his Dantian in a short time.

"As expected, the Physical Body is the foundation. Once the Body Refining cultivation improves, the Qi Refining cultivation can also improve rapidly. However, it is very difficult for others to replicate this; they do not have my replenishment of pure Spiritual Qi, and ordinary Medicinal Pills are not fast to refine."

Fang Yuan laughed heartily. He was extremely satisfied in his heart.

He immediately closed his eyes and continued to Cultivate.

Meanwhile, several hundred meters beneath Cloud Mist Mountain, a five-meter-long Yao Beast resembling a pangolin suddenly opened its eyes.

It was situated atop a High Grade Rank 1 Spiritual Vein, absorbing the Spiritual Qi from this vein.

But just a moment ago, it sensed that somewhere on the ground above, there was an overflow of Spiritual Qi fluctuations. It could sense the purity and density of that Spiritual Qi; it was a pure Spiritual Qi fluctuation it had never sensed in its entire life.

The Armored Earth-Diving Beast had a deep gaze, and its body radiated an earthy yellow glow as it actually began to move underground.

It used Earth Escape to move upwards, constantly approaching the location of that pure Spiritual Qi.

At the courtyard plaza, Li Xinyi had already gathered over a hundred Disciples. A happy smile appeared on her face, and she excitedly announced, "Fellow Disciples! I just had a conversation with the Mountain Master. The Mountain Master took the initiative to ask about our salary and allowance situation. After knowing that we had not received our salary for 13 months, the Mountain Master paid out of his own pocket to fill this gap for all of us and distributed the Spirit Stones! Now, everyone line up and come to me to collect your Spirit Stone salary!"

"What! We have our salary?" A female Disciple was so excited she was about to cry. "The Mountain Master is too kind! Finally, there are Spirit Stones to Cultivate with!"

"The Mountain Master is righteous! Hahaha!" A male Disciple also laughed excitedly!

All the Disciples laughed heartily and began to support the Mountain Master immensely.

"We have finally made it through!" a Disciple sighed with emotion.

The head of the Spiritual Plant garden was the first to walk over. Li Xinyi gave him 270 Spirit Stones: "Thank you for your hard work!"

"Haha, it's not hard work!" The head of the garden accepted them with satisfaction.

One by one, the Disciples stepped forward, and soon over a hundred Disciples received their Spirit Stones. For those who could not leave their posts, Li Xinyi would make up for it one by one later.

The Disciples present were all beaming with joy, holding the Spirit Stones in their hands, and their morale soared instantly.

Li Xinyi added, "In addition, the Mountain Master has placed many supplies into the Treasure Hall. All Disciples can purchase Medicinal Pills, Magical Artifacts, and scriptures at a discounted price! This is another benefit provided by the Mountain Master! For example, the High Grade Qi-Nourishing Pill only costs 45 Spirit Stones each, while the market price outside is 60! Sometimes you even have to pay a premium to buy them!"

"Long live the Mountain Master!" The breathing of the crowd became heavy instantly. This was truly cheap! The price was directly reduced by a quarter! The Mountain Master was too generous! Their respect and loyalty to the Mountain Master reached their Peak instantly!

What Fang Yuan did not know was that 50 Spirit Stones for a High Grade Qi-Nourishing Pill was the market price at the Sect, and the market price outside was naturally higher!

Just as they were extremely excited, suddenly, the ground began to shake! The Disciples looked over in shock. They saw that the ground, which was engraved with a defensive Formation, suddenly had a crack appear! And this crack was tearing open at a very fast speed!

"Retreat! A Yao Beast is attacking!" Li Xinyi reacted instantly and shouted immediately.

All the Disciples retreated one after another. They saw the cracks on the ground becoming more and more numerous, and larger and larger. Finally, in the terrified gaze of the crowd, a pair of beast claws tore open the ground! Crack! The Formation on the ground was completely shattered!

Li Xinyi was horrified and said to a Disciple, "Go and invite the Mountain Master quickly!"

In fact, she didn't need to invite him. Just as the ground shook, the twelve Spirit Beasts outside the cultivation room sensed a terrifying Yao Beast aura rapidly approaching from underground. It only slowed down when it reached the surface.

The twelve Spirit Beasts were very smart. Soon, the Thunder-Winged Tiger took the lead and pawed at the door of the cultivation room.

Fang Yuan sensed the knocking on the door outside, quickly stopped running his Cultivation Technique, then stood up and opened the cultivation room.

Spiritual Qi overflowed. As soon as Fang Yuan walked out of the cultivation room, he sensed the vibration of the ground. He rushed out of the Immortal Cave and looked in the direction of the vibration.

He saw that the ground had torn open into dozens of cracks, and the head of a Yao Beast was crawling out from within! And after that Yao Beast's head crawled out, it looked in the direction of Fang Yuan—or, to be precise, in the direction of the cultivation room.

"I'm speechless. Could this have been attracted by my Spiritual Qi?" Fang Yuan's eyelids twitched, and he immediately realized something.

At this moment, Li Xinyi had already reacted. Taking advantage of the moment when the Yao Beast had just emerged, she ordered, "Everyone, attack that Yao Beast immediately!"

Everyone used their most proficient Spells without hesitation. Some took out Talismans, some took out Magical Artifacts, and they all attacked the Yao Beast.

Fireballs landed on the scales of the Armored Earth-Diving Beast, only sparking some flames. Dozens of Low Grade Magical Artifacts smashed onto the Armored Earth-Diving Beast, only leaving white marks; the Magical Artifacts didn't even break its defense!

This caused the Disciples to be horrified and lose their color.

"It is at least a High Grade Yellow Rank Yao Beast!" Li Xinyi gasped!

Everyone retreated in a panic, their expressions full of terror. The Armored Earth-Diving Beast withstood the attacks of over a hundred people and crawled out from underground.

Its whole body was covered in silvery scale armor, it had four thick limbs and a thick, long tail, and there was a golden horn on top of its head, combining defense and attack!

Fang Yuan recognized the species of this Yao Beast at a glance. Both the experience notes of an Alchemist and the experience notes of an Artifact Refiner contained instructions on how to use the Materials from this Yao Beast.

The long horn could be used as an offensive Magical Artifact, the scale armor could be used as a defensive Magical Artifact, and an inner core would be born within its body, which could be used to refine Spirit Pills for the Late Stage of Qi Refining.

Spiritual light radiated from Fang Yuan's eyes as he activated his Spirit Eye Spell. He identified that this Armored Earth-Diving Beast had already reached the High Grade Yellow Rank level, equivalent to between the 7th and 9th layers of Qi Refining. Judging by its aura, it seemed to be comparable to the 9th layer of Qi Refining.

"This is truly absurd. In a place where even dogs wouldn't want to stay, a Peak High Grade Yao Beast can actually pop up!"

Fang Yuan cursed his bad luck silently. But he remained very calm, his gaze staring coldly at the Armored Earth-Diving Beast.

The Armored Earth-Diving Beast flicked its tail, ignored the other Disciples retreating to the side, and charged fiercely towards Fang Yuan.