A Biography of the Liu Family in Peach Blossom Mountain

Chapter 3: Continuing the Demon Hunt

Looking back at the battle with the Withered Leaf Snake, Liu Zhangxu realized that his combat abilities were greatly lacking.

The casting speed of the Fireball spell was not fast enough! Its power was insufficient! It was difficult to use against enemies.

It seems that in the future, besides putting effort into cultivating his martial arts and continuously advancing, he cannot neglect the cultivation of spells. Only by mastering spells to perfection can he have a better chance of winning in battles against enemies.

Currently, Liu Zhangxu is cultivating the Yellow Rank High Grade Qi Refining Technique called "Peach Blossom Mountain Qi Refining Technique". This technique is a non-attribute technique.

The advantage of this technique is that it does not require a specific aptitude from the cultivator. Anyone can cultivate it, and the resulting mana is relatively balanced and suitable for Qi Refining stage cultivators.

The disadvantage, however, is that cultivators who practice this technique have mediocre combat abilities.

The Liu Family of Peach Blossom Mountain is just an ordinary Qi Refining family, and their lineage is not long. The number of techniques they have in their collection is not many, and the quality is not high.

The highest-ranked technique in the Liu Family's collection is only a Profound Level Low Grade technique. This technique only covers the Qi Refining part and is not compatible with Liu Zhangxu's aptitude.

The Qi Refining Technique that Liu Zhangxu is currently cultivating, the "Peach Blossom Mountain Qi Refining Technique", is the best technique currently in the Liu Family's collection.

Most of the techniques that can be bought outside are Yellow Rank techniques. Profound Rank and above techniques are mostly held by large sects and families.

These sects and families consider Profound Rank and above techniques as the foundation of their heritage and absolutely do not allow them to be leaked.

Cultivation techniques are divided into four ranks: Heaven, Earth, Profound, and Yellow.

Among them, Yellow Rank techniques have the lowest quality. Compared to cultivators who cultivate higher-ranked techniques, cultivators who cultivate Yellow Rank techniques encounter more bottlenecks in their cultivation, face greater difficulties in advancing, and generally have lower quality mana, which puts them at a disadvantage in battles against enemies.

However, due to the ease of obtaining Yellow Rank techniques and their lower cultivation difficulty, as well as the lower consumption of cultivation resources, the majority of independent cultivators and cultivators from small sects can only reluctantly choose Yellow Rank techniques.

Profound Rank techniques are the mainstream techniques cultivated by disciples of large sects and families. They have a relatively higher cultivation difficulty, but encounter fewer bottlenecks in their cultivation and have good mana quality.

The quality of mana cultivated from Earth Rank techniques and the difficulty of advancement are much better than those of Profound and Yellow Rank techniques. Often, only outstanding disciples of large sects and families can cultivate these techniques, and they are considered the foundation of the sect's heritage. Most Nascent Soul cultivators cultivate Earth Rank techniques.

Even in large sects and families, it is already considered good to have one or two Heavenly Rank techniques. Some large sects and families don't even have a single Heavenly Rank technique. These techniques are considered the most core inheritance of the sect and can only be cultivated by the sect master or the most core disciples. They are often difficult to understand and require special precious spiritual objects to assist in cultivation.

After initially adapting to the demon hunting activities, Liu Zhangxu combined the experience passed down by his elders and his own insights from participating in demon hunting operations to summarize some of his own methods for searching for Demonic Beast spiritual objects.

When using the Spiritual Eye Technique for long-distance observation, the first thing to look at is the concentration of spiritual energy. The denser the spiritual energy, the higher the possibility of the existence of Spirit Medicine or Demonic Beasts. A Rank One spiritual vein is likely to have Rank One Demonic Beasts or Spirit Medicine, while a Rank Two spiritual vein often has Rank Two Demonic Beasts or Spirit Medicine. Therefore, the focus of the search is on places with spiritual veins and spiritual energy.

The Spiritual Eye Technique that Liu Zhangxu cultivates is the Yellow Rank spell, Golden Light Eye. By using the hand seals, a strand of golden light appears in his eyes, scanning the mountains ahead.

The distant mountains immediately became clear in Liu Zhangxu's eyes, and he also noticed faintly colored spiritual energy in the air, with the most being green wood attribute spiritual energy.

Suddenly, Liu Zhangxu noticed something different in a patch of forest on the mountainside ahead. There was a small tree about one foot tall with a strong concentration of wood attribute spiritual energy.

Liu Zhangxu immediately activated the Light Body Technique and headed towards this small tree. With each step, Liu Zhangxu covered three zhang, moving incredibly fast on the rugged mountain slope. Even cliffs and steep walls that ordinary mortals would find difficult to traverse, he could easily ascend.

Liu Zhangxu quickly arrived fifty zhang away from the small tree. After the lesson he learned earlier, he was extremely cautious at this moment.

After careful observation and identification, Liu Zhangxu discovered that this is a spiritual tea tree called Yunwu Tea. Drinking this tea regularly can clear the mind and enhance the spiritual awareness and comprehension of cultivators. Furthermore, the older the tree, the better the quality of the spiritual tea it produces!

Although this tea tree is only a little over ten years old and produces only a small amount of spiritual tea leaves, it is still a precious spiritual plant.

Liu Zhangxu became even more cautious. There must be a Demonic Beast guarding near this tea tree.

Sure enough, after careful observation, Liu Zhangxu discovered an inconspicuous small cave about thirty zhang away from the tea tree, and a three-foot-long green fox walked out of the cave.

Clearly, the Demonic Beast had also sensed someone approaching. This green fox had reached the Rank One Middle Grade realm. Upon seeing Liu Zhangxu, it revealed a fierce expression and walked towards him.

When the green fox was about seven zhang away from Liu Zhangxu, it continuously released several wind blades from its mouth, attacking Liu Zhangxu head-on!

Liu Zhangxu immediately took out the Longquan Sword and the Turtle Shell Shield from his storage bag and attacked the green fox.

When dealing with Demonic Beasts like the green fox, which are agile but have weak physical defenses, using a sword is the most effective.

The wind blades of the green fox were very fast. After Liu Zhangxu blocked them with the Turtle Shell Shield, he swung the Longquan Sword and continuously slashed at the green fox.

The green fox fully utilized its agility, constantly dodging and launching wind blade attacks.

The green fox is best at illusion and searching for spiritual objects in the world. Its wind blade spell attack is not very powerful.

After seeing that the wind blades were ineffective, suddenly, the green fox started a dance around Liu Zhangxu!

Liu Zhangxu felt as if there were three green foxes spinning around him! He couldn't distinguish which one was real!

Liu Zhangxu had heard from an old man that the bloodline techniques of fox-type Demonic Beasts are usually illusion-based. Obviously, besides wind blades, this green fox's bloodline technique also included a dance illusion.

Liu Zhangxu had no choice but to treat all three green foxes as real and launch indiscriminate attacks!

For a while, Liu Zhangxu's mana consumption increased rapidly, but fortunately, the activation of the green fox's bloodline technique, the dance illusion, also consumed a lot of mana. Moreover, when activating the bloodline technique of the dance illusion, it couldn't simultaneously launch wind blade attacks, otherwise, the illusionary effect of the dance would be nullified!

For a while, it became a stalemate between Liu Zhangxu and the green fox. Whoever could persist with their mana until the end would be the victor.

The green fox was the first to give in. The speed of its dancing illusion began to slow down, changing from three green foxes to two, and then to one.

Liu Zhangxu's spirits lifted. He took out a Rank One Middle Grade Green Vine Talisman from his storage bag and used it to bind one of the green foxes. Then, he swung the Longquan Sword and quickly attacked the other green fox.

In fact, the green fox bound by the Green Vine Talisman was fake. Liu Zhangxu had broken the illusion of the green fox's dance.

The real green fox was also injured by Liu Zhangxu's sword, losing its speed advantage. It was quickly killed by Liu Zhangxu.

After killing the green fox, Liu Zhangxu was very happy. This was his first time killing a Demonic Beast alone. He excitedly put the green fox's body into his storage bag.

The most precious part of the green fox is its fur. The robes made from the fur of the green fox are not only beautiful but also have a certain level of protection, making them highly sought after by female cultivators.

After returning, Liu Zhangxu planned to present the fox fur to his mother, who would surely be very happy!

Thank you for the support of all the readers. Since this is my first time writing a novel and I lack experience, there are many shortcomings. I hope everyone can support me more and provide valuable suggestions!

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