Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 75: Dead Rat

Fang Hong continued to maintain the formation. After about two hours, the Cloud Essence finally became exhausted and landed on the ground, remaining still.

Knowing his chance had come, Fang Hong immediately shot a ball of True Fire into the formation. The Cloud Essence was too slow to dodge and was instantly engulfed by the True Fire, too scared to move.

Records stated that most Cloud Essences feared True Fire, so using True Fire to subdue it was the best option.

Fang Hong, with a single hand, pulled the Cloud Essence out of the formation and held it in his palm, successfully capturing it.

"Hahahaha... you foolish little guy. Although your intelligence is decent, compared to cunning humans, you’re still a bit lacking..." Fang Hong was overjoyed and couldn’t help but laugh.

Afterward, Fang Hong rummaged through his storage bag, pulled out an iron cage, placed the Cloud Essence inside, and sealed it with dozens of Firebird Talismans to prevent its escape.

With protective measures in place, Fang Hong stored it in a Spiritual Beast Bag. Such a treasure of heaven and earth certainly couldn’t be directly placed in a storage bag; a Spiritual Beast Bag was necessary for its storage.

Fang Hong retracted the Four Symbols Formation and let out a long breath. Subduing a Cloud Essence over a thousand years old put him in a good mood; it would be of great use in refining Spiritual Treasures in the future.

Fang Hong didn’t waste any time and hurried back to the small valley to see if there truly were spirit medicines inside...

Upon entering the small valley, Fang Hong’s eyes immediately lit up, shocked by the scene before him.

Inside the small valley was a Spirit Spring, and around it grew various Spirit Herbss and Spirit Flowers, colorful and full of Spiritual Qi.

"Heavens! I’m really rich now!" Fang Hong couldn’t help but exclaim.

Fang Hong estimated that there were at least two hundred spirit medicines growing in this small valley.

Among them, twenty-five were thousand-year spirit medicines, and the rest were all seven to eight hundred years old. These were extremely rare to find in the outside world.

Fang Hong wasted no more time. To avoid any accidents, he quickly took out a small shovel and began collecting these precious spirit medicines.

With these spirit medicines, whether it was Solid Essence Pill or Youth-preserving pill, all the ingredients were now complete.

Half an hour later, Fang Hong successfully collected all the spirit medicines and left the small valley, satisfied. He continued to search for Demonic Beasts and spirit medicines in the mountains...

Time came to the fourteenth day. During these past few days, Fang Hong cautiously roamed the mountains, killing Demonic Beasts he encountered and collecting spirit medicines, yielding a rich harvest.

He already had hundreds of spirit pills in his storage bag, mostly grade three spirit pills, and hundreds of Spirit Herbss, including dozens of thousand-year spirit medicines. He would be able to get a lot when he returned to the sect.

However, in this middle region, Fang Hong had yet to encounter any ten-thousand-year spirit medicines or grade five or six Demonic Beasts.

He guessed that he would only have a chance to encounter them by going to the central region of Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden.

Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden only opened once every hundred years, and Fang Hong was naturally unwilling to stay only in the middle region. So he planned to explore the central region, perhaps he could obtain precious ten-thousand-year spirit medicines.

Although there were grade five and six Demonic Beasts in the central region, Fang Hong had confidence in his own strength. With the Four Symbols Formation and Thunder Thorn Talismans, he could certainly contend with grade five Demonic Beasts.

As for grade six Demonic Beasts, if he encountered them, he shouldn’t hesitate and just run...

Fang Hong moved through the mountains. According to the jade slip map, he had already entered the central region.

Fang Hong became even more cautious. After walking a few more miles, he didn’t see any ten-thousand-year spirit medicines, but he did encounter a grade five Demonic Beast, a giant rat demon named "Azure Light Mouse."

The Azure Light Mouse was covered in emerald green fur, its body was about ten feet long, and its sharp teeth protruded.

At this moment, the Azure Light Mouse was confronting a grade four peak spotted leopard, seemingly intending to capture the leopard.

Fang Hong used the Turtle Breath Technique, suppressed his aura, and hid behind a large tree. Seeing this situation, his heart was immediately filled with joy.

When they started fighting, he could take the opportunity to launch a sneak attack...

"Roar!" The spotted leopard, seeing the Azure Light Mouse, was so scared that it turned and ran, as the Azure Light Mouse was one grade higher than it.

Seeing the spotted leopard trying to escape, the Azure Light Mouse immediately pursued it, moving very fast. It quickly blocked the leopard’s path and swatted it away with its tail.

How could it let its prey, which was already at its mouth, escape?

The spotted leopard’s figure was disheveled. It climbed up from the ground, and seeing that escape was impossible, it could only fight to the death, immediately pouncing towards the Azure Light Mouse.

The Azure Light Mouse, confident in its strength, leisurely played with the spotted leopard.

Fang Hong saw that they had started fighting. He touched his storage bag, took out a top-grade Spiritual Artifact, the Crescent Dagger, and then moved his lips slightly, silently chanting some spell incantations.

Fang Hong’s figure gradually transformed into a black shadow, landing at the base of the big tree. The black shadow continuously twisted and deformed, gradually turning into a thread of shadow, stealthily approaching the Azure Light Mouse.

The advanced spell Fang Hong was currently using was the "Shadow Divine Art." He had spent three hours learning this spell in the past few days, and now it was coming in handy. He intended to use the Crescent Dagger to assassinate this Azure Light Mouse...

"Bang bang bang..."

The spotted leopard was ultimately no match. The Azure Light Mouse played with it for a while, then completely killed it.

The Azure Light Mouse was holding its spoils of war and was about to leave when suddenly, with a "poof," a sharp, cold light, without any warning, slashed across its neck, and a figure silently appeared beside it!

Fang Hong’s assassination succeeded, but he didn’t relax his guard. Instead, he threw the Crescent Dagger onto the Azure Light Mouse and then immediately pulled back.

"Rustle rustle rustle..."

The Azure Light Mouse, severely struck, immediately rolled on the ground, emitting a tragic shriek. A deep gash appeared on its neck, and blood gushed out wildly.

The Azure Light Mouse truly deserved to be a grade five Demonic Beast; its vitality was tenacious. Even after such a heavy blow, it could still struggle on the ground.

Fang Hong didn’t want it to escape. He immediately threw out the Four Symbols Formation Flags, used the formation to trap it inside, and summoned the Four Symbols Formation Spirit to attack it frantically.

"Bang bang bang..."

The Azure Light Mouse was already severely wounded, and now it was being violently struck by the Array Spirit, naturally screaming repeatedly.

After attacking for a moment, the Azure Light Mouse lay completely still on the ground, dead.

Fang Hong retracted the Formation Flags and let out a long breath. The Shadow Divine Art had been a great success this time; otherwise, dealing with a grade five Demonic Beast would have consumed more magical power.

Fang Hong quickly approached the Azure Light Mouse’s corpse, pulled out the Crescent Dagger, and cut open its abdomen to see if he could find a demon core.

Records stated that when a Demonic Beast reached grade five, a demon core would condense within its body, just like a human’s Golden Core.

Fang Hong searched for a while and, as expected, found a green spherical bead emitting a faint Spiritual Light.

This should be the demon core. A demon core could assist in alchemy and also be used as currency. This demon core alone could be exchanged for at least two thousand spirit stones.

Fang Hong carefully put away the demon core and began collecting the Azure Light Mouse’s demon blood. The Azure Light Mouse was a wood-attribute grade five Demonic Beast, and its demon blood could also be used to refine and strengthen the Four Symbols Formation.

If Fang Hong could gather four types of grade five demon blood and then re-refine the Four Symbols Formation, its power would undoubtedly reach another level.

After collecting the demon blood, Fang Hong used his demon gourd to absorb the corpses of the Azure Light Mouse and the spotted leopard, refining them all into spirit pills...