66: Lei Jinsha (Seeking votes at the beginning of the month)

With Liu Xiange in tow, Fang Huai's actions became even more cautious.

Every time, he would scan the tags of all items within his sight before taking action.

"Senior Brother, there's Cold Soul Grass ahead!" Liu Xiange said in a low voice, her eyes sharp.

"Mhm."

Fang Huai leaped out, lightly tapping the ground, but he didn't head toward the Cold Soul Grass.

Instead, he plucked a Moon Heart Grass from a cluster of disorganized weeds.

Liu Xiange asked in confusion, "Senior Brother, the Moon Heart Grass doesn't show any spiritual aura. How did you find it?"

Fang Huai smiled faintly. "I suppose it's a man's intuition."

"Then should I go get that Cold Soul Grass?"

"You can't go."

"Why?"

Seeing Liu Xiange's persistent questioning, Fang Huai shot a wisp of Spiritual Qi around the Cold Soul Grass.

With a "bang," an Immortal-Catching Net with the [Spiritual Power Seal] tag suddenly sprang up from the ground.

Liu Xiange's eyes widened. "Senior Brother Fang, how did you know?"

Fang Huai said, "I told you, it's a man's intuition."

...Cloud Velvet Ganoderma, Star Vein Flower, Dust-Excluding Fern, Crane-Return Grass, Barrier-Dissolving Fruit, Nebula Stone... In just half a day, Fang Huai had already led Liu Xiange to collect over a dozen types of Spiritual Plants and spiritual materials.

While taking stock of their harvest that night, Liu Xiange's eyes were dazzled, and her admiration for the man before her grew even more.

"Senior Brother Fang, with your abilities, it should be easy to enter the top thirty, right?"

Fang Huai didn't act modest. "Perhaps, but accidents can happen."

He thought of Jiang Miao and Blood Sea Peak.

Cultivators like Jiang Miao focused on robbery and killing; as long as they succeeded a few times, they could make a fortune.

Cultivators from Blood Sea Peak focused on grouping up; several, or even a dozen or dozens of people, would pool their harvest into one person.

These two types of Cultivators could also easily enter the top thirty.

"Eat this, and your damaged Meridians will be mostly healed."

Fang Huai picked out a Meridian-Sustaining Grass with the [Meridian Repair] tag from the Spiritual Plants and handed it to Liu Xiange.

Liu Xiange hesitated. "Senior Brother Fang, this single Meridian-Sustaining Grass is worth at least three thousand contribution points."

"Recover your body first." Fang Huai swallowed one himself. "As you know, I don't like having dead weight around."

"I'll listen to you, Senior Brother."

Liu Xiange understood that although Fang Huai's words were harsh, he was truly doing it for her own good.

While chewing the Meridian-Sustaining Grass, her eyes suddenly lit up. She stood up and ran into the distance.

Fang Huai hurriedly shouted, "It's dangerous at night! Where are you going?"

Liu Xiange didn't say a word and trotted off. After a short while, she returned and placed a poison heart grass in Fang Huai's hand.

"I still remember you like chewing this."

Fang Huai nodded with a smile and put the poison heart grass in his mouth. "Junior Sister Liu, has your Dao Heart been clear lately?"

Liu Xiange's face flushed. "After being harassed by those lowlifes recently, it seems my Dao Heart really is a bit blocked."

...Three days later, Fang Huai and Liu Xiange lay in a hidden spot, observing the Yao Beast in front of them.

"Junior Sister Liu, is this where you found the karma concealment mirror?"

Fang Huai looked at the heavily injured Yao Beast before him, feeling shocked.

【Thunder Fang Beast】

【Early Stage Foundation Establishment】

【Heavily Injured (Red)】【Two of Four Legs Gone】

【Two of Four Legs Gone: Unfortunately, due to severe injuries, this Yao Beast has gone from running on four legs to hopping on two】

Liu Xiange nodded. "After the three of us arrived at these ruins, we found the karma concealment mirror and a strange fiend. Just after we took the karma concealment mirror, this Yao Beast ambushed us from the shadows.

That hateful Feng Li directly cast a Monster-Attracting Curse on me, making me lure away the Thunder Fang Beast."

"You lured it away?"

Fang Huai frowned. How was that any different from sending her to her death? He then asked, "Then how did you survive, and why is this Yao Beast so heavily injured?"

Liu Xiange laughed. "I'm not an idiot. I just stuck close behind Feng Li. No matter how he shouted, I just said one thing: 'Senior Brother, I've lured the Thunder Fang Beast over for you!"

"Feng Li had no choice but to sacrifice a Life-saving Spiritual Talisman his father gave him. After the talisman exploded, the Thunder Fang Beast was severely wounded, and we were also badly injured."

Fang Huai nodded. In that situation, Liu Xiange had made the most correct choice.

With a spirit recovery pill in his mouth, Fang Huai said, "You and I will hide here. I have a way to kill this Yao Beast."

"You have a way?"

Although Liu Xiange was puzzled, Fang Huai always gave her a sense of trust, so she instinctively believed him... Fang Huai and Liu Xiange went out to collect spiritual materials during the day and returned to the ruins at night to watch the Thunder Fang Beast.

On the first day, the Yao Beast was full of energy and showed no reaction.

On the second day, the Yao Beast seemed a bit anxious, but it appeared no different than before.

Seeing that Fang Huai hadn't made a move and was just staring at the Yao Beast, Liu Xiange asked curiously, "Senior Brother Fang, you've been staring at it this whole time. What can that do to it?"

"I have my own plan."

After saying that, Fang Huai swallowed another spirit recovery pill... On the third day, the Yao Beast became even more anxious, dragging its body back and forth within the ruins.

On the fourth day, the Yao Beast was furious, using lightning Spells to vent... By the sixth day, the Yao Beast seemed possessed. The spiritual power in its body had long been exhausted, and it could only roar continuously to vent its rage.

During these days, Fang Huai didn't sleep or rest, just staring intently at the Yao Beast.

Besides that, he was just consuming spirit recovery items.

A whole bottle of spirit recovery pills had been finished, followed by Spirit Recovery Grass, and then Qi-gathering Grass... Almost all the Spiritual Plants they collected that had a spirit recovery effect had been consumed by him.

Liu Xiange finally couldn't hold back. "Senior Brother, the Secret Realm closes in five days. Are we still just watching this Yao Beast?"

Fang Huai's eyes flickered. "Soon, very soon."

...On the seventh day, whether it was day or night, Fang Huai did not leave the ruins to look for spiritual materials.

Correspondingly, the Thunder Fang Beast wailed all day long.

Right at dusk, this injured Foundation Establishment Yao Beast collapsed to the ground.

Liu Xiange was in disbelief. "Senior Brother Fang, how on earth did you kill it?"

At this moment, Fang Huai finally understood the true significance of the Four Elephant Shattering Body Evil Qi that Jiang Miao had given him.

He walked up to the Yao Beast, took out its core, and then grabbed its skin and gave it a gentle shake.

The Yao Beast's hide, flesh, bones, and internal organs were piled into four heaps.

"Don't forget, I'm from Skinning Peak."

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"It's a pity about the demon bones inside the Yao Beast."

The Thunder Fang Beast had seven demon bones that could be used for a Cultivator's bone replacement, but there would be a period of weakness afterward. Fang Huai couldn't risk replacing his bones on the spot.

Once outside the Secret Realm, foundation establishment stage demon bones could only be handed over in exchange for contribution points.

Now that the Yao Beast was dead, the two of them approached the strange fiend it had been guarding.

【Thunder Ash Fiend】

【Thunder Ash Transformation Fiend】

【Thunder Ash Transformation Fiend: Formed from the Fusion of lightning power and the souls of the deceased】

Fang Huai immersed his mind, guiding the Thunder Ash Fiend into his body.

As soon as the Thunder Ash Fiend entered his Meridians, it immediately became violent. The power of lightning, carrying irritable emotions, seemed like it would tear Fang Huai's Meridians apart.

He hurriedly drove the Small Corpse Meteor Worm to suppress it, finally controlling the Thunder Ash Fiend and slowly merging it into his Fiend Spiritual Root.

Fang Huai only stopped when the Thunder Ash Fiend no longer had any enhancing effect on his Spiritual Root.

Looking closely, the Fiend Spiritual Root had actually grown by half an inch. Inscrutably, his control over lightning Spells had also strengthened significantly.

It seemed the quality of this Thunder Ash Fiend was far higher than the herb he had merged with before.

"Junior Sister Liu, you try!" Fang Huai gestured to Liu Xiange.

Seeing how easily Fang Huai merged with the strange fiend, Liu Xiange couldn't help but rub her eyes.

In her memory, a Cultivator merging with a strange fiend required paying a huge price, but for Fang Huai, it seemed effortless.

She hesitated. "I might not be able to do it."

Fang Huai smiled. "You might not be able to on your own, but with me here, don't worry."

Liu Xiange nodded and tried to absorb the Thunder Ash Fiend, but as soon as she made contact, the power of lightning began to run wild in her Meridians.

Just as she was in a panic, Fang Huai grabbed her hand.

To her surprise, the Thunder Ash Fiend gradually calmed down and merged into her Fiend Spiritual Root on its own. She said in amazement:

"Senior Brother Fang, you really are special."