novelaction Chapter 176 The disciples who went into the ancient battlefield have returned.
Chapter 176 The disciples who went into the ancient battlefield have returned.
Zhong Lingxin nodded: "Call out all the senior brothers. Let's investigate downstream. No matter how deep or wide this river is, it can't escape our divine sense. I must find the Black Fish Beast."
Guan Lexin said bitterly, "Yes, we must find out about it. We've been activating the defensive array for days, wasting countless spirit stones..."
The black fish beast understood immediately. It leaped out of the water and held several medicinal herbs high above its head, supported by its two whiskers.
Zhong Lingxin and Guan Lexin exchanged a glance: They're pretty savvy!
Guan Lexin pointed her long sword at the black fish beast and roared, "You led the aquatic tribe to attack us for half a month, and you think you can beg for mercy with just a few spiritual herbs? Dream on!"
The black fish beast hurriedly dived into the water, and after a while, it poked its head out from another place, with an extra herb on its whiskers.
Guan Lexin drew her longsword high, shouting, "Not enough! Not enough!"
Zhong Lingxin knew that forcing it wouldn't work, so she took out a bottle of pills and said gently to the black fish beast, "Black fish, you are smart. Whether you are a cultivator or a demon beast, cultivation is not easy."
How about we exchange our elixirs for your spiritual herbs and minerals?
Don't worry, it's market price, I won't let you suffer a loss.
Let's keep in touch often from now on.
The spiritual herbs and minerals in your waters are difficult for us cultivators to mine. How about you collect them all and we come to exchange them with you frequently?
The black fish beast hesitated for a moment.
It knows that cultivators possess elixirs, whether they are healing pills or spirit-replenishing pills, they are all excellent items.
However, this river is located on the outskirts of the secret realm, and the spiritual herbs and minerals here are not of high quality. What can these cultivators trade with it?
Also, everyone says that cultivators are cunning. What if these cultivators try to deceive it?
It only has one life, it dares not risk its life!
Zhong Lingxin smiled, poured out a pill and put it in her mouth, then tossed the whole bottle of pills to the black fish beast: "Catch!"
The black fish beast instinctively curled its long whiskers and brought the jade bottle to its mouth.
Zhong Lingxin chuckled softly: "Open it and take a look."
The black fish beast opened the jade bottle as instructed, and a strong fragrance of elixir wafted to its nose, causing it to take a deep breath.
It had some knowledge of elixirs; this one bottle of elixirs alone was enough to exchange for a whole river of spiritual herbs and minerals.
It nodded slightly to Zhong Lingxin, then sank to the bottom of the water. Next, things were seen being thrown onto the shore from the river.
It keeps throwing away anything that is a rare herb or mineral.
Zhong Lingxin and Guan Lexin strolled along the riverbank, collecting the spiritual herbs and minerals thrown ashore by the black fish beast into their storage rings.
Qian Shao and the others followed, sighing with a smile: "We've always known that cultivators and demonic beasts can have mutually beneficial exchanges, but the process is never easy. Both sides are always on guard, and often, they don't even get what they want, and they end up fighting to the death. How come it's so simple for you two junior sisters!"
Guan Lexin smiled and said, "Actually, it's not that simple. First, the black fish beast can't beat us. Second, we promised it a long-term cooperation. Third, Junior Sister Zhong gave it some pills first."
Zhong Lingxin smiled and said, "We can keep it in check and show our sincerity. It just doesn't want to make a deal and is worried about our sword."
As the group chatted and laughed, the black fish beast leaped out of the water, its two long whiskers waving for a long time, as if to say that it was gone.
Zhong Lingxin counted the spiritual herbs and minerals that the black fish beast had thrown up, and after calculating them, she gave the black fish beast a few pills and tossed them to it in a jade bottle.
At the same time, Zhong Lingxin tossed it a storage bag full of jade boxes, telling it to store away any spiritual herbs and minerals that had reached a certain age, and to wait for them to come and trade with it.
Guan Lexin shouted, "Next time someone calls out that Zhong Lingxin is here, then you can come out. Don't let anyone cheat you out of your spiritual herbs and minerals."
The black fish beast nodded repeatedly, then swayed its tail and sank to the bottom of the water.
Zhong Lingxin took out the spiritual herbs and minerals she had just acquired and said with a smile, "Let's divide the spoils. The spiritual herbs and minerals in the water are always half a percent more expensive than those on land, just because they are difficult to mine. Although we cultivators can hold up a spiritual energy shield to go down into the water, it's still not as convenient as on land. From now on, we'll take over the river."
Qian Shao and the others were not greedy for small gains. If they really needed something, they would take something of equal value from their storage rings to exchange for it. How could they let Zhong Lingxin exchange spirit pills for something and then take advantage of them?
Zhong Lingxin smiled. Since they didn't want it, she would keep it for now. She was an alchemist, and she could help them refine some pills in the future; she wouldn't let them suffer a loss.
As they walked and walked, two months passed, and the nameplates on their bodies began to shine.
Perhaps the demonic beasts in the secret realm had become accustomed to the presence of cultivators, or perhaps the two waves of cultivators had killed too many demonic beasts; in any case, they hadn't encountered large groups of demonic beasts on the outskirts.
When they returned to the camp, Master Mei was waiting for them, his expression extremely serious, with a hint of grief and indignation.
It turns out that the disciples who went into the ancient battlefield have returned.
They suffered heavy losses on the ancient battlefield; of the 550 men who went in, less than 100 returned.
Of these, evil cultivators and remnant souls killed some, but nearly half of the disciples died because of the Lingyun Sect.
The Lingyun Sect and the Qingyun Sect have completely broken off relations.
Zhong Lingxin was extremely concerned upon hearing the news, as her cousin Zhong Muyun had also entered the ancient battlefield.
When Master Mei heard Zhong Lingxin's question, he shook his head. He had only heard about the situation of the ancient battlefield from the sect leader's message and did not know who had survived.
Then, Master Mei solemnly told them, "The sect has decided that you, the Golden Core disciples, will go to the ancient battlefield for training in ten days."
Everyone nodded and went back to prepare the equipment needed to enter the ancient battlefield.
After returning to Qingyang Cave, Zhong Lingxin released the Purple Lightning Sable to give her master and Uncle Xuanyuan a look.
Knowing that his disciple was going to enter the ancient battlefield for the second time, Venerable Qingyang said nothing, but simply took out a pile of array plates, talismans, and pills.
Just then, Zhong Lingxin's communication talisman rang; it was from Zhong Muyuan.
It turns out that Zhong Muyuan was also on the list of those entering the ancient battlefield.
Soon, Zhong Muyuan arrived at Qingyang Cave with a determined look on his face.
Qingyang Zunsheng and Xuanyuan took the listless Purple Lightning Sable to special training, leaving the siblings alone to talk.
Zhong Lingxin hurriedly asked Zhong Muyuan, "Little brother, how is our brother Muyun? How is he?"
Zhong Muyuan's eyes reddened, and his face was filled with grief and indignation.
Zhong Lingxin's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Brother Muyun...?
Zhong Muyuan shook his head and said in a low voice, "He's not dead, but it's practically the same as being dead. His dantian is tainted by evil energy. Even if he's saved, he can no longer cultivate. Brother Muyun, he's only at the sixth level of Qi Refining now, and he's already volunteered to guard a fishing ground."
Zhong Lingxin remained silent.
Zhong Muyuan continued, "Sister, I advised Brother Muyun to go back to the family, but Brother Muyun said he was already a cripple and shouldn't go back and cause the family distress. Brother Muyun is only in his early forties, but he looks like a little old man, with all his hair turned white!"