Great Immortal With Boundless Mana

Chapter 208: Underground Spirit Fruit

A freezing arrow whistled through the air and pierced through the brain of the giant black snake's golden eyes.

Not only was the ice arrow sharp and fierce, it also carried a powerful ice magic power. Although this second-tier monster, the giant black snake, couldn't withstand such a heavy blow, the source of spiritual light condensed in its sea of consciousness was instantly destroyed.

However, the snake's vitality was tenacious. Its body was destroyed, but its soul still retained strong vitality.

The body of the giant black snake rolled wildly through the forest, toppling and breaking large trees in its path, causing dust and debris to fly, creating a grand spectacle.

After a while, the body of the black snake slowly came to a stop.

Gao Xian landed gracefully on the position of the snake's head. With a casual stroke of his Qinglian Sword, he had already dug out the crystal core deep within the snake's head.

Yun Feiying, who was standing by, was full of envy. She wasn't envious of a second-tier snake demon crystal core, but rather envious of Gao Xian's exquisite and unparalleled sword technique.

Digging out the crystal core with a sharp sword was as easy and natural as picking something up with a finger.

This level of mastery in sword technique demonstrated Gao Xian's exceptional skill.

Gao Xian didn't pay attention to Yun Feiying's envious gaze. When Sword Technique reached the Great Master Returned to Origin Realm, wielding a sword was more natural and effective than using hands and feet.

He examined the dark yellow crystal core in his hand. It was condensed from wood and earth magic power, mixed with a strong aura of blood and malevolence. This second-tier crystal core had a mixed aura and low quality, far inferior to the crystal core of the Ironscale Tiger Beast he had encountered before.

Such a grade of crystal core was only worth a few thousand spirit stones, which could be considered better than nothing.

Gao Xian casually put away the crystal core. He saw that the long tail of the black snake was still twitching, and couldn't help but sigh at the tenacity of snake-like creatures.

Yun Feiying said, "In fact, snake-like monsters rarely travel far, so they pose little threat to Nanluo Fang."

She had participated in several operations to exterminate Demonic Beasts in the Nanluo Mountains. Generally speaking, they wouldn't bother with snake-like Demonic Beasts. These things had strong territoriality and rarely left their own territory. Killing them was also troublesome and not worth the effort.

"It's just unlucky for it to encounter me."

Gao Xian casually replied. Killing these second-tier Demonic Beasts was just a casual matter for him, requiring neither effort nor attention.

It was a bit difficult for Ice Arrow Art and Flame Bullet to kill a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but it was very easy to kill these Demonic Beasts without much intelligence. Once they broke through the Demonic Beasts' protective qi, they could deliver a fatal blow.

He had already killed all the second-tier Demonic Beasts around the Empty Abyss Mountain. Since he had nothing else to do, he casually killed the lurking black snake in the depths of the underground cave.

Gao Xian had originally wanted to test his new Advanced Grade Qinglian Sword, but these Demonic Beasts were too weak and not worth drawing his sword.

Yun Feiying also said, "Since we've killed all the second-tier Demonic Beasts near the Empty Abyss Mountain, we can go back now."

In just a few days, Gao Xian had already slaughtered all kinds of Demonic Beasts in the surrounding area, and Yun Feiying had hardly had a chance to make a move.

What would have taken one or two months to complete, Gao Xian finished in less than ten days. Such high efficiency left Yun Feiying speechless.

Gao Xian looked at the body of the giant snake. The black snake skin was tightly tough and of extremely high quality, much stronger than the second-tier Demonic Beasts he had killed before. He could easily kill the black snake by avoiding its real strength. It seemed that the ice arrow art might not be able to break through such thick and tough snake skin.

With nothing else to do, Gao Xian drew his sword and followed the snake's body in a circle, completely peeling off the snake skin, which had no trace of flesh or blood on it.

Yun Feiying was speechless. Gao Xian's sword technique was so advanced that he could easily skin a snake, which was ten times or even a hundred times more difficult than extracting a crystal core with a sword.

Gao Xian put away the snake skin. He smiled at Yun Feiying and said, "As a rogue cultivator, I'm used to being frugal. Please don't mind."

Yun Feiying replied, "Fellow daoist is joking. This snake skin is valuable and should not be wasted."

Yun Feiying wasn't interested in first-tier Demonic Beasts, but she was quite envious of second-tier Demonic Beasts.

Such a large piece of snake skin, with such high quality, could be used to make more than ten sets of inner armor. Just selling the materials alone could fetch five thousand spirit stones.

In the past few days, Gao Xian had obtained at least ten second-tier Demonic Beast crystal cores. Even if the quality was uneven, they added up to two or three thousand spirit stones.

Yun Feiying only earned this much spirit stones in a year, but the problem was that she also had high expenses.

Medicine pills, spiritual objects, magical items, and the cost of living all added up, leaving almost no surplus at the end of the year.

She had some face, so she couldn't share the spoils of war when she followed Gao Xian to kill a few second-tier Demonic Beasts. Gao Xian was the main force, so she couldn't bring herself to ask for a share.

Gao Xian also noticed this, but since Yun Feiying couldn't let go of it herself, he didn't bother with it.

As a Foundation Establishment cultivator, she should know what is more important to herself.

Yun Feiying also felt a bit embarrassed and changed the subject, saying, "We've killed almost all the second-stage Demonic Beasts in the Abyssal Mountain. We can go back now."

Gao Xian looked at the distant Abyssal Mountain. Under the mode of the Flower-Reflecting Spirit Mirror, he could see that the intense killing intent above the Abyssal Mountain had become overwhelming.

Within the intense killing intent, there was also a trace of green wood spiritual light.

He could also sense the tremendous attraction emanating from the Abyssal Mountain, as if bees seeing honey or wolves seeing beautiful women. The immense temptation was difficult to resist.

At the same time, he could also sense the strong sense of danger emanating from deep within the Abyssal Mountain.

In the past, Gao Xian would naturally not take such risks. With the Splitting Body Technique, however, he had the capital to take risks.

He could afford to be a little reckless with three lives.

After pondering for a while, Gao Xian said to Yun Feiying, "Fellow Daoist, don't move from here. I'll go inside the Abyssal Mountain and take a look."

"Hmm?" Yun Feiying looked puzzled. With such intense killing intent inside the Abyssal Mountain, what was Gao Xian going to do by going in?

She hesitated, wanting to persuade Gao Xian not to take risks, but then thought that Gao Xian had such cultivation base and it was not her place to interfere.

"Alright, Fellow Daoist, be careful."

Gao Xian nodded. "I'll be back soon."

With a flick of his sleeve, a faint golden halo appeared behind him, propelling him towards the Abyssal Mountain in front.

The Abyssal Mountain was more like a giant deep well than a mountain. The peaks concaved inward, hollowed out, and the bottom was deep and bottomless.

As Gao Xian descended further, the dense killing intent had condensed into black and red smoke, drifting back and forth like waves.

Such intense killing intent not only eroded the bodies and souls of living beings, but could even erode magical items.

Other Foundation Establishment cultivators would not be able to hold on for long when encountering such intense killing intent.

But Gao Xian was different. His Qiankun Wheel was exquisite, and the qi of heaven and earth condensed into a continuous cycle, forming a tight protective circle that could withstand ninety percent of the killing intent.

He also had the Shadowless Robe of the Great Master Returned to Origin, which was seamless and could completely block the remaining one percent of the killing intent.

The Qinglian Crown, Qinglian Belt, and Qinglian Magical Robe all had the ability to dispel poison.

Especially the Qinglian Magical Robe, which was particularly effective against evil and impure changes. With just the Qinglian Magical Robe, he could easily resist all killing intent.

With so many protective spells and magical items, Gao Xian was able to continue moving forward under the corrosive killing intent that could reduce a person to ashes.

After flying downward for dozens of miles, Gao Xian finally reached the bottom.

Rotten red mud continuously bubbled up, releasing intense killing intent like rolling water. This was the source of endless killing intent.

In this stinking and rotten mud, there grew a large green tree, more than seven or eight zhang tall. The tree had branches but no leaves, and in the center of the tree crown grew a peach-shaped fruit.

Gao Xian's gaze followed the tree and extended into the depths, where he could see the tree roots deeply embedded in the mud, occupying a large area.

This strange tree that absorbed killing intent and grew emitted a strong and lively vitality. Especially the only fruit on the tree, it exuded a profound and ingenious aura.

Anyone could tell that this fruit must be an extremely rare and precious spiritual object.

Gao Xian understood that it was the ingenuity emitted by this fruit that had attracted him.

The thing was good, but the problem was that there was a big monkey squatting on this tree.

The fur of the big monkey was a mixture of black and red, forming complex and symmetrical patterns. Its four long arms were wrapped around each other, enveloping itself.

Gao Xian had killed quite a few Four-Armed Apes before, but this black and red Four-Armed Ape made him feel an exceptional danger.

Even when he observed it from a distance with the Flower-Reflecting Spirit Mirror, he instinctively felt tense!

Just then, the closed eyelids of the Four-Armed Ape suddenly twitched, and Gao Xian's heart also jumped...

I have always believed that the author is the author and the book is the book. They are two different things and should not be mixed together. To prevent misunderstandings, let me say a few more words. The illness of my elders at home is very serious, and I need to devote my energy to taking care of them. Therefore, the updates may be unstable. This is my problem, and I will try my best to overcome it.

(End of this chapter)