Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 73: Profound Iron Essence

"A Spiritual Treasure!" the Scarred Man steadied himself, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

He stared at the Skeleton Staff in Fang Hong’s hand, his gaze burning, secretly guessing that the person before him might be the disciple of a Core Formation Cultivator; otherwise, how could he possess a Spiritual Treasure at such a young age.

Fang Hong paid no attention to the Scarred Man’s astonishment and immediately threw out a pile of yellow talismans from his storage bag.

One hundred Intermediate Hundred Bird Talismans instantly soared into the air, red light swirling on the talismans, transforming into tens of thousands of firebirds in the blink of an eye, flapping their wings and chirping as they swarmed towards the Scarred Man.

The Scarred Man’s face changed drastically; he did not dare to be careless in the slightest, his figure flashing rapidly to dodge the firebirds’ attacks.

At the same time, he brandished the Crescent Dagger in his hand, drawing out black streaks of shadows, each streak precisely colliding with a firebird, completely dispersing the attacking firebirds.

Li Lu on the side was not idle either; she pulled back her silver longbow with both hands, and one after another, glowing arrows imbued with spiritual energy were shot out, attacking the Scarred Man from the side.

For a time, the Scarred Man fell into a defensive predicament, having to dodge firebirds filling the sky while also dealing with the arrows coming from the side.

Fang Hong kept his eyes fixed on the Scarred Man; seeing that the spiritual power of the Hundred Bird Talismans was about to be depleted, he unhesitatingly threw out another pile of talismans and shouted sternly, "Go!"

One hundred Ice Spike Talismans were instantly activated, and dense ice spikes abruptly appeared in the air, raining down on the Scarred Man.

"Damn it! This kid actually has so many talismans!" the Scarred Man cursed under his breath.

If he were hit by these ice spikes filling the sky, even if he didn’t die, he would lose a layer of skin!

In his urgency, he took out a red gourd and fiercely injected his magical power into it.

Immediately, the mouth of the gourd erupted with rolling purple Yao fire, sweeping towards the cluster of ice spikes.

Wherever the Yao fire went, the ice spikes instantly melted, turning into rising white mist.

Seeing this, Fang Hong’s eyes flashed with a sharp glint; this was an excellent opportunity.

His fingertip moved slightly, and a Thunder Thorn Talisman quietly appeared, magical power surging into the talisman.

The purple electric arcs on the talisman paper furiously jumped, and with a "zzzt" sound, a purple lightning bolt shot out.

The Scarred Man was concentrating on controlling the purple Yao fire and had not expected Fang Hong to have another move.

The purple lightning bolt sliced across his chest; with a "crack" sound, the black armor on his body instantly shattered, revealing a bloody wound underneath, blood gushing out.

The Scarred Man let out a muffled groan and fell heavily to the ground.

His body twitched a few times on the ground, his eyes wide open, filled with unwillingness and terror, and then he breathed his last...

"Oh my god! It’s an advanced Talisman! Senior Brother, you actually have an advanced Talisman!" Li Lu witnessed all of this and couldn’t help but exclaim.

Fang Hong’s expression was calm; he ignored Li Lu’s astonishment and walked directly towards the Scarred Man’s corpse.

He took the Scarred Man’s storage bag, then casually took the Black-clothed person’s storage bag, and then he took out a gray cloth bag and absorbed the bodies of the Scarred Man and the Black-clothed person.

This gray cloth bag was actually the demon gourd; Fang Hong had disguised it, so from the outside, it looked like a storage bag, and others wouldn’t discover anything.

"Uh, Senior Brother, why did you take their bodies?" Li Lu looked at Fang Hong’s actions, her heart full of questions, and she couldn’t help but ask.

"I have a friend who specializes in dissecting corpses and studying the human body. I can exchange them for quite a few spirit stones," Fang Hong looked up at her, his expression as calm as usual, making up an excuse.

"Oh." Li Lu seemed to understand but didn’t dare to ask more.

"Alright, the crisis is over, I should go now," Fang Hong said lightly, then turned to leave.

"Ah? Senior Brother, can I follow you? If we team up, we’ll definitely be able to gather more spirit medicine!" Seeing Fang Hong about to leave, Li Lu quickly called out, her eyes full of anticipation.

Fang Hong paused, turned to look at Li Lu, and shook his head, saying, "Your strength does not meet my requirements. Take care of yourself."

Bringing a burden would only affect his hunting plan; he was more accustomed to acting alone, unconstrained.

After speaking, Fang Hong was about to flash away when Li Lu anxiously called out to him again: "Hey, Senior Brother, wait a moment!"

"Do you still have something?" Fang Hong stopped and asked.

Li Lu showed a slight smile and said, "Senior Brother, I have some good information to tell you. As long as Senior Brother succeeds, you will definitely gain a lot of spirit medicine!"

"Oh? Good information? Tell me about it then." Fang Hong was slightly interested in this and stopped to listen.

Li Lu raised her hand and pointed in a northerly direction, saying, "About twenty li in this direction, there’s a small mountain valley that I discovered by accident."

"After my Spirit Pet investigated, there’s definitely a large amount of spirit medicine there. However, there’s a strange white mist there. I originally wanted to go gather herbs, but it stopped me, and it even swallowed two of my Spiritual Artifacts. It makes me so angry!"

Towards the end, Li Lu stomped her foot in frustration.

"Later, I was scared and didn’t dare to go in there," Li Lu added with a bitter smile.

"Small mountain valley, spirit medicine, strange cloud mist?" Fang Hong showed a thoughtful expression, then asked, "Do you know what that cloud mist is? Is it a Demonic Beast?"

"I don’t know that. I only know that as soon as my Spiritual Artifacts touched it, they were swept away by it and I couldn’t retrieve them," Li Lu shook her head, her face full of helplessness.

"Alright, thank you for the information. Good luck to you." Fang Hong nodded, said a word, and then departed in the direction Li Lu had indicated.

"Ah, I forgot to ask his name." Li Lu looked at Fang Hong’s receding figure, slapped her head, and showed a look of annoyance.

After Fang Hong left, Li Lu stood alone in place, looking around, and remembering the dangerous battle just now, her heart couldn’t help but feel scared again.

"I’ll just go back to the edge area and hide. Anyway, I’ve found the materials for Solid Essence Pill and Youth-preserving pill, so there’s no need to continue risking it."

"Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden is so scary, time to run..." Li Lu looked around, her face full of fear.

The timid her actually ran back to the edge area and hid for a month...

After Fang Hong and Li Lu parted ways, he didn’t immediately look for the small mountain valley but instead found a hidden tree hollow, intending to rest.

He set up a small concealment formation around the tree hollow to prevent Cultivators and Demonic Beasts from launching sneak attacks.

Having taken protective measures, Fang Hong finally sat down peacefully inside the tree hollow and began to examine the Storage Pouches of the Black-clothed person and the Scarred Man.

After examining for a while, Fang Hong’s face suddenly showed great joy; the harvest exceeded his expectations!

In the Black-clothed person’s storage bag were one thousand eighty spirit stones, fifty spirit medicines, and a fist-sized piece of "profound iron essence."

There was no need to mention the spirit stones and Spirit Medicines; that piece of profound iron essence was the real treasure!

This was a top-grade Material for refining Magic Treasures; although not as good as the earth fire crystal obtained from the Ancient Tomb last time, it wasn’t far off.

He didn’t know how this Black-clothed person got his hands on it; even Core Formation Cultivators would covet such a treasure.

Fang Hong didn’t pay too much attention; it was his now anyway.

As for the Scarred Man’s storage bag, the harvest was also good. 𝕗𝗿𝕖𝐞𝐰𝗲𝕓𝐧𝕠𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝐨𝚖

Inside were one thousand one hundred thirty-two spirit stones, forty spirit medicines, a Crescent Dagger, and a spell called "Shadow Divine Art"...