228: Chapter 228 Heading to the Monster Forest

Refining the Earth Spirit Stone was much easier; Xiao Yuchen only took about twenty minutes to completely refine the Earth Spirit Stone and successfully awaken the Earth Spiritual Root.

When the Earth Seed entered his Dantian, it was instantly devoured by his sixth Clone, and Xiao Yuchen was already unfazed by this.

The characteristic of the Earth Spiritual Root is the enhancement of physical constitution and increased defense; it can even cause the skin to petrify. With this Earth Spiritual Root, Xiao Yuchen's defense was strengthened once again.

Xiao Yuchen was now in the Peak Early Stage of the Body Integration Stage. He was not sure if he could defeat someone in the Mahayana Stage, but below the Mahayana Stage, there should be no one who was his match.

The highest level for the elemental seeds was only level five. Although he had just absorbed the power of the first five layers of Heavenly Thunder and the Arc Seed had been upgraded, it was still some distance away from the maximum level. Even if he absorbed all the remaining Heavenly Thunder power, it would be impossible to level up.

Since that was the case, Xiao Yuchen temporarily gave up the idea of continuing to absorb thunder. Although the first form of the Thunder Control Technique, Thunder Dragon Annihilation, was very strong, it was, after all, fake Heavenly Thunder. If he encountered a strong enemy, he could use real Heavenly Thunder to execute Thunder Dragon Annihilation, and its power would definitely be even greater.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yuchen directly put away the lightning locking tower and then flew toward the Monster Forest, stepping through the void.

An hour later, Xiao Yuchen finally arrived at the Monster Forest south of Anding City. Scanning with his Divine Sense, Xiao Yuchen discovered that there were indeed many high-level Cultivators in this Monster Forest, with strength reaching at least the Nascent Soul Stage.

Xiao Yuchen did not find the location of Long Aotian and the others, so he used a communication jade talisman to send a message.

A few minutes later, a message was sent back. Seeing that Long Aotian had replied, Xiao Yuchen breathed a sigh of relief; at least they were not in danger right now.

Xiao Yuchen glanced at the message, frowned slightly, vanished from where he stood, and entered the Monster Forest.

Along the way, Xiao Yuchen saw several groups of people fighting Yao Beasts, but they were all Cultivators at the Nascent Soul Stage or Soul Transformation Stage. Xiao Yuchen couldn't be bothered to interfere and headed straight toward the location in the depths of the Monster Forest that Long Aotian had sent.

Flying at full speed like this, in just a few minutes, Xiao Yuchen arrived in the depths of the Monster Forest. With his ability, avoiding Yao Beasts was naturally no problem at all.

Arriving at the scene, Xiao Yuchen saw Long Aotian and the other four at a glance. However, there were dozens of people around the five of them at this time. These people had strong auras, at least reaching the Soul Transformation Stage. Xiao Yuchen also found a few familiar figures in the crowd; they were the Elders of Fire Cloud Valley.

"I really didn't expect that the five Disciples of the Qingyun Sword Sect would actually reach the Body Integration Stage. It is quite surprising to this old man. However, we have four people in the Body Integration Stage and one in the Early Void Refining Stage here, so if you want to get the treasures in the cave, you must listen to the command of my Fire Cloud Valley," said Fourth Elder Huoming.

"There are so many people here, we should at least discuss how to distribute the loot, right? Let's put the Holy Fire aside for now; such treasures of heaven and earth belong to those who are capable, but we want half of the Spirit Medicine in the cave," Long Aotian also said preemptively.

Besides those Loose Cultivators and small Sects, only Fire Cloud Valley and the Qingyun Sword Sect had the strongest strength here. Although Fire Cloud Valley was stronger, he was not afraid at all, because he had just received a voice transmission from Elder Yuchen. As long as Elder Yuchen arrived, the Grand Elder of Fire Cloud Valley was nothing.

"Split it in half? By what right? If the Grand Elder hadn't acted just now, you five might have already been eaten by the Golden-Winged Heavenly Tiger. How dare you negotiate terms with us?"

"Bullshit! We haven't even settled the score with you for fleeing in the face of battle earlier. We agreed to attack together, but you ran away first. Is this all the capability you older generation powerhouses have?"

Hearing Long Aotian's words, Huoming's face turned red and then pale, but he didn't know how to refute, as what Long Aotian said was the truth.

Previously, they thought that the Golden-Winged Heavenly Tiger was only a Peak seventh-order Yao Beast, which was equivalent to the strength of the Body Integration Stage Great Perfection, so they agreed to attack together, first deal with the Golden-Winged Heavenly Tiger, and then distribute the treasures in the cave.

But after they started, they realized that the Golden-Winged Heavenly Tiger had actually reached the eighth order. Although it had just broken through, the eighth-order Yao Beast's defense was formidable and not something they could handle, so the four of them, including Huoming, abandoned Long Aotian and the other four and turned and ran.

Fortunately, in the end, the Grand Elder of Fire Cloud Valley arrived and sneak-attacked the Golden-Winged Heavenly Tiger from behind, stabbing it with a sword and wounding it, allowing them to escape.

"Fine, let's not discuss this matter for now. Although the Golden-Winged Heavenly Tiger is injured, its combat power still remains. Although it only has the strength of the Early Void Refining Stage, a Yao Beast's combat power is formidable and its defense is astonishing. If it weren't for the Grand Elder using a Medium Grade Immortal Artifact, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to hurt it at all."

"To kill that guy, the Grand Elder must act personally, so the Holy Fire belongs to our Fire Cloud Valley, and we will also take half of the Spirit Medicine. You can distribute the remaining half yourselves. Moreover, even if we gave the Holy Fire to you, you wouldn't have the ability to subdue it," Huoming said again, his attitude unquestionable.

If Xiao Yuchen had not come, Long Aotian and the others might have really compromised. After all, what the other party said was true; they did not have the means of Fire Cloud Valley, and even if the Holy Fire were given to them, they would not be able to subdue it.

But now it was different. An amazing figure like Elder Yuchen must have a way to collect the Holy Fire, which is why they were so insistent.

"Who said we don't have the ability to subdue the Holy Fire? Elder Yuchen of my Qingyun Sword Sect will be here soon. When he arrives, your Grand Elder will have to step aside," Long Aotian did not yield in the slightest.

"Elder Yuchen? Since when did your Qingyun Sword Sect have an Elder Yuchen? Could it be that he is also a powerhouse in the Dongxu Stage?" Huoming asked curiously.

"No, our Elder Yuchen is in the Late Void Refinement Stage, but he can fight across ranks."

Speaking of Xiao Yuchen, Long Aotian looked proud, even more proud than when others praised him.

"Are you joking? Still in the Late Void Refinement Stage? A Late Void Refinement Stage Cultivator, even if he can fight across ranks, can at most fight someone in the Body Integration Stage. Such a person coming here is useless," Huoming said with a laugh.

"Is that so? I wonder if Fourth Elder Huoming dares to exchange a few moves with this 'useless' person?"

Just as Huoming was laughing, a figure suddenly appeared in front of everyone; it was Xiao Yuchen.

"Se... Senior, ho... how is it you? Senior, please don't misunderstand, I wasn't laughing at you just now."

Seeing Xiao Yuchen, Huoming instantly cowered. They had only saved their lives before by betraying information. They couldn't see through Xiao Yuchen's strength at all, but to be able to defeat the three of them, he must be a Void Tempering powerhouse.

"But I am indeed Elder Yuchen of the Qingyun Sword Sect," Xiao Yuchen said with a cold expression, looking at the people from Fire Cloud Valley.

"What? You are an Elder of the Qingyun Sword Sect?" Huoming was shocked again.

"That's right. So, do you want to exchange a few moves with this 'useless' person?"

"No, no, no, it was this one who spoke out of turn. Please forgive me, Senior."

Because he was unaware of Xiao Yuchen's true strength, even with the Grand Elder in the Early Void Refining Stage present, Huoming did not dare to be arrogant in the slightest and hurriedly admitted his mistake.

"Huoming, do you know this person?"

Seeing that the Fourth Elder was actually so polite to a young man, Grand Elder Huo Feng frowned deeply. However, what puzzled him even more was that he was unable to discern Xiao Yuchen's strength.