39: Fight for Spiritual Beasts! Deadly Valley!

The sun emerged from between the mountains.

The sky gradually brightened.

Profound Heaven Dao Sect, Five Elements Sect, Yu Ling Sect.

Sacred Sword Sect, Immortal Shadow Sect, Medicine King Valley, Tiangong Pavilion, Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

The Sect Masters of the Eight Great Sects had already led their respective Sect Disciples to gather together.

Zhao Shengdao, the Sect Master of the Five Elements Sect, floated in mid-air, his voice like a great bell, spreading across the four fields: "Disciples of the Eight Sects! The second event of Burial Immortal Valley—Spirit Beast Scramble—begins today!"

"As you can all see, above Burial Immortal Valley, a large amount of Spiritual Qi from the Upper Realm is pouring down. Although this Spiritual Qi cannot be converted and utilized by Human Race cultivators, the wonders of Heaven and Earth are profound. The Spirit Beasts here, after years of immersion in this Spiritual Qi, can absorb and convert it to a certain extent. Therefore, their Bloodline is stronger, their power is fiercer, far incomparable to Spirit Beasts from the outside world!"

His words paused.

Zhao Shengdao's gaze swept over the young and fervent faces below, and he continued: "I know everyone is already eager to enter the mountains to find their Spirit Beasts. I won't waste any more words, please listen to the rules!"

"Before everyone departs, you will receive a teleportation bracelet. When the event time is up, the bracelet will automatically teleport you back. Do not remove it yourselves, and try to protect the bracelet as much as possible."

"Everyone has a time limit of seven days to enter the mountains! After seven days, no matter where you are or what you are doing, the bracelet will automatically teleport you back to the Flat Top Peak camp!"

"Within these seven days, everything that happens in the mountains is at your own risk! Scramble, battle, casualties... each to their own fate, others are not allowed to interfere!"

"Now, let the event begin! May all the Disciples of the Eight Sects find powerful companions to aid their immortal Dao!"

After Zhao Shengdao finished speaking, the Sects began to distribute the bracelets.

"Su Yang, this is yours!"

Wen Yuheng personally handed the bracelet to Su Yang.

Su Yang took the bracelet. It was a wooden bracelet, not carved from wood into a ring, but rather delicate tree roots intertwined to form a ring. On one side of the ring, a Spirit Stone for teleportation was wrapped and secured by fine, thread-like roots.

By inputting true essence, the bracelet could automatically enlarge. After wearing it, it would automatically contract to fit the arm.

"Be careful!"

"Use what I gave you when you need to, safety first."

Wen Yuheng instructed.

"Sect Master, rest assured."

Su Yang didn't say much, just nodded solemnly.

Even if no one told him, he would be very careful about safety.

His Innate Kidney Body had just been unsealed, and a great immortal Dao awaited him. How could he just die?

"You must come back safely!"

Wen Yunyao's worry was clearly written on her face.

She didn't win any treasures last year, so she wasn't qualified to participate in the second event. However, she had heard from those who participated that the Spirit Beasts here were extremely fierce, and the danger was far greater than treasure hunting.

"Don't worry."

Su Yang nodded, his figure flashed, and he rushed into the forest at an extremely fast speed.

After the Disciples of each Sect put on their bracelets, they also shot out like arrows from a bow, transforming into streaks of light, vying to be first to enter the lush but perilous mountain forest.

On Flat Top Peak.

Yu Ling Sect Master Ye Canglong stood side by side with his son, Ye Jinghan.

Ye Jinghan's gaze was fixed on the direction where Su Yang disappeared. His usually gentle eyes now held an imperceptible chill, within which surged an undisguised jealousy and malevolence. Curiously, his expression simultaneously remained gentle and calm.

Ye Canglong was expressionless, he merely patted his son's shoulder lightly, a cold and secretive sneer playing at the corner of his lips.

The second event had begun, and so had their plan... Flying into the forest, Su Yang immediately unleashed his Divine Sense to its maximum extent.

It wasn't his first day in the Sect; he had long heard various rumors about the Spirit Beasts near Burial Immortal Valley from his Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters.

Having absorbed the Spiritual Qi from the Upper Realm for years, even if they couldn't absorb and utilize 100% of it, just being able to absorb a little was enough to make the Spirit Beasts in this vicinity far stronger than Spirit Beasts elsewhere in the Myriad Spirits Realm.

And much stronger.

This was a dangerous place.

But at the same time, it was a place full of opportunities.

If one could obtain the aid of a powerful Spirit Beast, one's strength would naturally increase significantly.

Su Yang, of course, also wanted a powerful Spirit Beast.

When he used to read web novels, he envied those cultivators who, when something happened, would ride on their Spirit Beasts, soaring through the heavens and burrowing into the earth, fighting against heaven and earth with their Spirit Beasts. When nothing was happening, they would hold the furry creatures in their hands, harmless to humans and animals, enjoying themselves immensely.

Now that he had Transmigrated to a cultivation world, he definitely had to get a powerful Spirit Beast to accompany him.

Generally speaking, the denser the Spiritual Qi, the greater the possibility of powerful Spirit Beasts being nurtured.

So Su Yang's goal was very clear.

After entering the forest, he immediately followed the traces of Spiritual Qi to the most concentrated areas.

Theoretically, Burial Immortal Valley, centered on the point where the Upper Realm Spiritual Qi fell, should be a perfectly circular battle crater, and the Spiritual Qi distribution around it should be uniformly dense. However, this was not the case.

The Spiritual Qi falling from the Upper Realm permeated into the geological layers. Different geological conditions around it caused varying degrees of Spiritual Qi overflow, resulting in some areas having sparser Spiritual Qi and others having denser concentrations.

The denser the Spiritual Qi, the higher the chance of encountering powerful Spirit Beasts.

As for how high, that remained unknown.

The strength of Spirit Beasts in the Myriad Spirits Realm is ranked by stargrade: One-star Spirit Beast, Two-star Spirit Beast, Three-star Spirit Beast, Four-star Spirit Beast, Five-star Spirit Beast, Six-star Spirit Beast, Seven-star Spirit Beast, Eight-star Spirit Beast, Nine-star Spirit Beast.

One-star corresponds to the Qi Refinement Stage in human cultivation, which is the weakest.

A Nine-star Great Demon corresponds to the strongest human Mahayana Stage, incredibly powerful. Moreover, due to its characteristic of being able to absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi without deliberate Cultivation, it is several times stronger than a human at the same Rank.

Before the Eight Sects gathered in the morning, the Sect Master had told all of them that the strongest Spirit Beast that had appeared near Burial Immortal Valley had reached a Seven-star level, which was equivalent to a Great Demon in the human Body Integration Stage.

Of course, Spirit Beasts of this Rank are extremely rare and hard to come by.

Of course, Su Yang did not wish to encounter a Great Demon of that Rank.

He was currently only at the Foundation Establishment Stage - Mid Phase. If he were to truly encounter a Seven-star Great Demon, a single breath from it could suffocate him, let alone fighting it.

What Su Yang wanted was not to subdue a powerful adult Great Demon; that possibility was too low, tantamount to seeking death.

"I can't provoke adult Spirit Beasts, but perhaps I can find young beasts near their lairs..."

This was Su Yang's goal.

I can't defeat an adult Great Demon, but can't I get a young beast and slowly raise it?

The path of cultivation spans thousands of years. As long as the Spirit Beast's Foundation is strong, even after the young beast matures, it will still be a top-tier Spirit Beast capable of shaking an entire region.

Su Yang, guided by the perception of Spiritual Qi concentration in his Divine Sense, cautiously delved deeper into the mountain range.

When else would he use the Stealth Talisman given by the Sect Master?

When Junior Sister Yun Yao used a Stealth Talisman to approach him, she almost suffered a great loss. Now that he had this item, he naturally had to use it immediately.

The Stealth Talisman was activated.

While concealing his figure, it also concealed his aura. Unless he encountered several powerful Spirit Beasts, they would definitely not detect his presence.

Of course, just in case, Su Yang also kept his divine sword in hand at all times.

If he encountered danger, he would just strike with a sword.

Because Su Yang used the Stealth Talisman, the few Spirit Beasts he encountered on the first day did not detect his presence at all, and naturally, no battles broke out.

Su Yang had no interest in them, nor did he want to waste true essence on them.

He did not stop, continuing his journey towards areas with denser Spiritual Qi.

Noon on the second day.

Su Yang passed through a swamp filled with faint purple mist, and his vision suddenly opened up.

This was a mountain valley basin, where the Spiritual Qi concentration was astonishingly high, almost condensing into a substantial thin mist. It cycled in and out of his lungs with each breath. Even though Su Yang himself couldn't absorb this Spiritual Qi, he could feel its remarkably nourishing effect on his body. If a Spirit Beast were to Cultivate here...

Su Yang's vigilance immediately heightened.

He continued deeper into the valley.

After only a few steps, Su Yang discovered many human skeletons scattered on the ground!

Some were ancient and severely weathered.

Some, however, seemed to have been left more recently, with broken Sect robes still hanging on the skeletons, and shattered Magical Artifacts nearby.

"This place is extremely ominous!"

Su Yang's heart tightened, and he became even more cautious.

But at the same time, the excitement within him urged him to cautiously venture deeper into the valley...