40: Chapter 40 Is this how you get equipment by leveling up and killing monsters?

Wang Bin continued flying forward for a while, pondering whether to change direction and take a detour back to White Cloud City.

Actually, he had been hesitating whether to first find a safe place to hide and wait for the commotion in White Cloud City to subside before returning.

After all, White Cloud City was currently like a huge vortex, with countless dangers swirling within it.

However, whenever the blooming smiles of Qin Wenjun and the other women appeared in his mind, his heart felt as if it had been struck by a heavy hammer.

He knew deeply that if he just left like this, his conscience would forever bear a heavy burden of guilt.

He secretly mocked himself, thinking he was still not ruthless enough; he ultimately couldn't let go of his concern for them, even if it meant taking a huge risk, he had to go back and see.

After all, he was a Foundation Establishment Cultivator; if there was a glimmer of hope, he had to rescue them from danger.

Just as he had turned and flown at a low altitude for a short distance, Wang Bin was engrossed in his own thoughts, various ideas flooding his mind.

Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to an object in front of him; upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a large green bird lying on the ground.

The Late Foundation Establishment Stage Qi emanating from the large bird made his heart skip a beat.

Looking more closely, he saw that the bird was already severely wounded, one wing broken and drooping to the side, and there were several shocking wounds on its body, with blood continuously seeping from them, staining the surrounding ground green.

The large bird seemed to have noticed Wang Bin's approach, and a look of terror appeared in its eyes; it chirped, its cries filled with panic and unease.

Seeing this, Wang Bin hesitated, wondering whether to take a detour.

But unexpectedly, the bird's cries grew louder and louder, its sharp sound seeming to pierce his eardrums.

Wang Bin's heart jolted, and fear instantly overwhelmed his reason; he unhesitatingly took out the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact Flying Sword he had obtained from Yin Chengmu, infused it with Spiritual Qi, and fiercely slashed towards the bird's neck.

At the same time, he quickly took out the Ice Shield he had exchanged from the Merit Hall from his Storage Pouch, continuously injecting Spiritual Qi into it, forming a solid defense in front of him.

Immediately after, he cast the Spell Azure Vine Entanglement Technique; countless thick green vines broke through the earth from underground, wrapping around the large bird like spiritual snakes, binding its entire body tightly in the blink of an eye.

This series of actions took ten breaths of time.

Mainly, Wang Bin was not proficient in the use of these Spells in his daily life, and coupled with his current nervousness, his movements were slightly slow.

Suddenly, Wang Bin noticed that the bird opposite him stopped struggling and became quiet.

His heart jolted, and he quickly used his Divine Sense to carefully examine it, but the result greatly surprised him: this Late Foundation Establishment Stage large bird was actually dead?

He couldn't help but wonder, how could a Late Foundation Establishment Stage Yao Beast be so fragile?

He looked at the bird's neck, from which green blood continuously flowed, and secretly pondered, it shouldn't be playing dead, right?

To be safe, Wang Bin still cautiously controlled his Flying Sword and cut off the entire neck of the large bird before carefully walking over.

Looking at the one-zhang-sized Late Foundation Establishment Stage avian Yao Beast in front of him, Wang Bin felt a mix of emotions.

After calming down, he guessed that this bird must have been injured by Chen Fei and his group, and he unexpectedly got a bargain.

However, looking at the massive Yao Beast corpse, Wang Bin started to worry again.

His Storage Pouch had too little space and simply couldn't fit such a large Yao Beast.

He secretly made up his mind that if he could safely return to White Cloud City this time, he would definitely buy a larger Storage Pouch when he went to West Sea City later, or buy several smaller ones; he couldn't let this situation happen again.

Seeing so many precious things that he couldn't take, he felt as if his heart was tightly clutched by an invisible large hand; the heartache was simply indescribable, it was simply a torment of squandering natural resources!

After a moment of thought, Wang Bin decided to first take the claws, feathers, and beak from the bird Yao Beast on the ground; these were all rare Artifact Refining Materials.

As for the other parts, he would take as much as he could. So, he walked towards the Yao Beast corpse.

When he got close, he suddenly noticed that in the downy feathers beneath the severed neck, something seemed to be peeking out, looking like a Storage Pouch.

His heart stirred; he carefully used his Flying Sword to gently poke it, and a Storage Pouch indeed rolled out from the downy feathers. Wang Bin, with a look of astonishment, took it from the large bird's neck and examined it carefully in his hand.

The patterns on this Storage Pouch were incredibly exquisite, much more ornate than his own Storage Pouch.

He tried to probe it with his Divine Sense and found that he could open it directly.

He couldn't help but wonder where this Yao Beast had obtained this Storage Pouch.

He looked inside and was immediately stunned by the sight.

The space in this Storage Pouch was a full hundred cubic meters, ten times the size of his own Storage Pouch.

Inside, there were actually several corpses of second-tier Yao Beasts, and in a corner, a pile of fire-attributed Medium Grade and Low-Grade Spirit Stones; he roughly estimated there were several thousand Medium Grade Spirit Stones.

Besides that, other places contained some Spirit Medicine he had never seen before, several Jade Slips, and various miscellaneous items, most of which he didn't recognize.

This sudden immense wealth first filled Wang Bin with ecstasy; his heart pounded violently, as if it would leap out of his throat.

However, a moment later, he fell into deep thought.

He couldn't help but wonder, was this what those Cultivators called 'killing monsters to level up and get drops'?

No wonder so many Cultivators would kill and rob for profit; the temptation of getting rich overnight was simply too great.

Take Qing Mu, for example; the wealth he accumulated from twenty years of hard work in the Four Seas Commerce League probably wasn't even half of what was before him!

However, he also clearly knew that the risks involved were extremely high; one careless mistake, and he would end up like this Yao Beast, a cold corpse lying on the ground.

Forget it, don't think so much. Wang Bin thought, he could just use this Storage Pouch to put this Late Foundation Establishment Stage bird Yao Beast inside; there was still plenty of space left.

After putting the bird Yao Beast's corpse into the newly acquired Storage Pouch, he hesitated for a moment but decided to give up on going back for the remaining meat of the Black Bear and the snake Yao Beast.

After all, safety was the most important thing right now. He contentedly put this precious Storage Pouch into his embrace, preparing to continue his journey.

But just then, a strong sense of warning suddenly arose in Wang Bin's heart, a cold feeling as if he had been targeted by the God of Death.

He instinctively lowered his head and bent his waist, his body rolling on the spot like a spring, then quickly stood up, simultaneously taking out his Ice Shield at the fastest speed to block in front of him.

This series of movements flowed smoothly, in one go, entirely a reflexive action of his body in a life-or-death crisis, without any conscious thought.

After doing all this, his back was already drenched in cold sweat; he stared wide-eyed, his face filled with terror and disbelief, at the person who had ambushed him, his heart filled with lingering fear.

Just a little bit, just that little bit, and his head would have been severed by that sudden sword, and from then on, his Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.