After leaving the Court of Merit, Lin Shen prepared to leave the city.
But before leaving, he went to the Zhenwu Pavilion in the central area and bought a large number of Qi-Reviving Pills and Yuan-Returning Pills.
There were originally a lot of elixirs in the storage ring, all of which were obtained from Jinghai and Lengguangting. However, considering that this trip would probably require a large amount of elixirs, Lin Shen purchased another batch just in case.
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Both types of elixirs can be redeemed at the Merit Academy, but Lin Shen didn't want to waste merit points, so he came to Zhenwu Pavilion to spend money to buy them.
To say that what he has the most at the moment is undoubtedly the spirit coins.
The net worth of the two ninth-level Mingqiao experts was gathered in one person, and the amount of spiritual coins they owned even reached nine figures.
It's just that for Lin Shen now, the spiritual coins are not of much use, so he doesn't care too much.
Returning to the newly bought villa in the East District, taking Xiao Ai with him, Lin Shen rushed to the city gate without stopping.
Over this period of time, Xiao Ai became more and more familiar with Shen Jiangyue's cat demon.
So Lin Shen simply gave Shen Jiangyue a large amount of spiritual coins and asked them to help take care of Xiao Ai.
As for the benefactor's request, the cat demons naturally would not refuse and agreed to it.
So usually when Lin Shen is not around, Xiao Ai stays with Shen Jiangyue.
Only when he goes out of the city to practice, Lin Shen will take Xiao Ai, a little expert in treasure hunting, with him.
After leaving the west gate, Lin Shen released the giant-horned deer, mounted the beast and headed straight for Xiyan Daze.
The so-called Xiyan Daze refers to a vast lake more than two hundred miles west of Linlong City, covering an area of nearly one million square kilometers and containing countless lakes, swamps and lake islands.
Although the aura of Xiyan Daze is not as rich as the Longyuan Mountains, its special geographical environment is very suitable for the water-based monsters to live, so there are also countless monsters living here.
With the help of a giant-horned deer, Lin Shen successfully arrived at Xiyan Daze in just half a day.
On the way, he only encountered a few blind monsters who wanted to treat him as food, but he easily dealt with them.
Standing in front of a pond, Lin Shen took out a map from his storage ring and unfolded it to look at it carefully.
The map was exchanged from the Merit Courtyard.
The price is not high, only about ten merit points.
However, the water topography drawn above is very detailed, and it even indicates the number and strength of the demon clan near each water lake island.
Of course, the demon clan is ferocious and cruel, and often kills each other. In addition, from time to time, human cultivators come to kill, so the territory changes very quickly.
What occupies this place today is a fish spirit, but tomorrow it may become a turtle monster.
No matter how diligently the Academy of Merit updates, it cannot keep up with this speed of change.
Therefore, the information on the map can only be used as a reference.
If you really believe it and act accordingly, you may suffer big losses at some point.
According to the water topography on the map, the nearest lake with iron-bone fish living there is more than a hundred miles away from here.
There are only two Tongxuan realm demon tribes near the lake, one is a water snake spirit and one is an ink shrimp spirit. Their cultivation level is only in the middle stage of Tongxuan realm. Each leads hundreds of tribesmen to practice near the lake.
"Are you a two-headed Tongxuan realm monster clan?"
Lin Shen's eyes flashed slightly.
With Mo Feng Yan and Chunyang Talisman Sword in hand, with his current strength, he can easily capture the monsters in the middle stage of Tongxuan Realm.
If you summon a clone, it won't be a problem even if you kill someone in the late Tongxuan realm.
After all, monsters in the Tongxuan Realm are not as strong as those at the ninth level of Mingqiao, and their combat power is much weaker.
After coming back to his senses, Lin Shen's mind moved slightly and he summoned the clone of Killing to Prove the Way.
After breaking through to the Mingqiao Realm, the cost-free radius of the clone's materialization increased to one thousand meters.
This distance is almost enough for the Sha Zhengdao clone to hunt monsters with Lin Shen in the wild.
Just in case, Lin Shen asked the clone to take the disguise pill, and then kept a distance of about two kilometers from the main body.
Although there is consumption at this distance, it is still within Lin Shen's tolerance. He can just take some elixirs every once in a while to restore his energy.
One person and one avatar dispersed like this, rushing towards the destination at the same time, hunting monsters along the way.
During this period, Lin Shen released Xiao Ai as usual and let her lie on his shoulder to carry out the important task of treasure hunting.
Perhaps it was because Lin Shen looked easy to bully alone, so before he had gone far, a group of monsters were staring at him.
Wow!
In a water pool not far to the left, the calm water surface suddenly surged. In the splashing water, a group of fish monsters and shrimp monsters suddenly rushed out, screaming and killing Lin Shen.
The appearance of these monsters is extremely strange. They look like fish and shrimps that have been enlarged hundreds of times and have grown arms and legs. They also hold weapons such as spears and wooden spears between the webs of their hands. However, there is no formation at all when they charge, and they are a chaotic mess.
Lin Shen glanced around quickly and suddenly lost interest.
The group of monsters in front of them only have the cultivation level of the Enlightenment Realm. Even if they are all killed, they probably won't be able to trigger the talent effect of proving the Tao through killing.
As his cultivation level got higher and higher, the standard for triggering the effect of his talent of killing and proving the way also increased.
With his current cultivation level of the third level of Mingqiao, it is almost impossible to trigger the talent effect of killing demons below the level of Feathering Realm.
However, in contrast, every time a talent effect is triggered, the improvement is more and more considerable.
With a flash in his eyes, Lin Shen simply took out two talisman papers and tossed them away.
The talisman paper suddenly rose in the wind and turned into two paper soldiers that were more than seven feet long. After landing, without saying a word, they brandished paper knives to kill all the monsters.
Those fish monsters and shrimp monsters seemed to have never seen paper soldiers before, and were shocked by what they saw in front of them.
When he came back to his senses, the two paper soldiers were already approaching, their swords slashed past, and in an instant, two huge heads rose into the sky.
Lin Shen had just started to learn the art of moving paper figures, he had only reached the first level, and he was using the most inferior yellow talisman.
But the cultivation level of the third level of Mingqiao is there. No matter how bad the summoned paper soldiers are, they still have the cultivation level of the third or fourth level of Long Breath. It is not easy to deal with a group of Qiling Realm monsters!
In an instant, two paper soldiers entered the flock like tigers, and instantly caused a bloody storm among a group of monsters!
The seemingly thin and fragile paper knife turned out to be like a sharp blade when it slashed at the demon clan's body, penetrating the scales and flesh without any hindrance, killing the demon clan and making the whole place wailing and blood flowing!
In just a moment, dozens of fish monsters and shrimp monsters were slaughtered to pieces by two paper soldiers.
Lin Shen nodded secretly.
Although this paper man-carrying technique is not a technique created specifically for attacking, it is equally powerful when used in battle.
At this moment, Xiao Ai suddenly came close to Lin Shen's ear and whispered:
"Lin Shen, there's a sneaky guy over there!"
Lin Shen looked in the direction pointed by Xiao Ai's cat's paw, and saw a fish monster two to three hundred meters away hiding behind a stone, peeking its head in this direction.
Different from other weird fish monsters, that monster's appearance is closer to human shape, the curves of its limbs are smoother, and its cultivation is obviously more sophisticated than other monsters.
Lin Shen understood it after thinking about it for a while.
There are many lakes and swamps in Daze in Xiyan, and every place is occupied by big demons, who use them as their territory to recruit troops and gather people to build momentum.
If nothing else, that fish monster should be the big monster occupying this lake, the leader of this group of monsters.
Of course, they are said to be great demons, but there are no powerful demon clans living outside Xiyan Daze. They are only at the early stage of Tongxuan Realm when they break through the sky, and most of the time they only have the cultivation level of Ascension Realm.
With a smile, Lin Shen pointed and made a few empty strokes, and traces of green light quickly appeared in the void, which quickly condensed into a seal character "Thunder".
The next second, the word "Thunder" blazed brightly, turning into a blazing white thunder arrow that shot straight towards the fish monster hundreds of meters away!
When the fish monster saw this, it screamed strangely and wanted to dodge. Unfortunately, no matter how fast it was, it couldn't be faster than the lightning. The next second, it was hit by the thunder in the palm. Suddenly, its body twitched and fell back into the water.
Lin Shen let out a slight sigh, a little surprised that the other party was so impatient.
"It looks like it's just an Ascension Realm monster."
At this time, the paper soldiers had already wiped out the group of fish monsters and shrimp monsters. Lin Shen simply used the wind control technique, levitated from the ground out of thin air, and floated away along the water towards the fish monster leader not far away.
The leader of the fish monster finally regained his breath. When he raised his head, he saw that the terrifying human cultivator was approaching. He was so frightened that he knelt down without hesitation and screamed loudly.
Lin Shenke couldn't understand the language of the demon clan, and was about to kill the fish monster leader, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw Xiao Ai listening very seriously, nodding from time to time, and was a little surprised.
"Do you understand him?"
"certainly."
Xiao Ai nodded matter-of-factly, and then glanced at Lin Shen in surprise, as if wondering why he asked such a question.
"I am also a demon clan, so of course I can understand what he said."
Lin Shen was startled for a moment, then looked thoughtful.
It seems that the demon tribe is not like ordinary beasts, where there are differences in speech and vocalizations due to different species. On the contrary, they can communicate with each other in language.
It is only after thousands of years of civilization development that the human race has established a relatively unified language system.
But the Monster Clan didn’t have this process, so how did they achieve language unification?
intrinsic?
After thinking for a moment to no avail, Lin Shen shook his head and decided not to worry anymore.
In the world of cultivating immortals, worrying about this kind of thing is just like talking about physics and mechanics in the world of martial arts, which is a waste of effort.
"What did he say?" Lin Shen pointed at the fish monster leader.
"He said that he is a subordinate of King Wu Chan. You can't kill him, otherwise King Wu Chan will definitely not let you go!"
"Who is King Wu Chan again?"
As if he understood what Lin Shen said, the leader of the fish monsters started chirping again.
Xiao Ai translated diligently: "He said that King Wujuan is the master of Xuanbei Lake five hundred miles away. He has a large number of demon generals under his command, and his troops and horses are strong. He is a famous demon king in Daze, Xiyan!"
Lin Shen suddenly realized, and with a flick of his hand, a finger of wind penetrated the fish monster leader's eyebrows, killing him instantly.
It's so humorous. Even if you have to provide a backer, you should choose a better one. How can a demon king who is five hundred miles away still scare people, no matter how powerful he is?
Withdrawing his palm, Lin Shen looked around, shook his head and turned to leave.
The corpses of these fish monsters and shrimp monsters in the Enlightenment Realm are worthless, but the leader of the fish monsters still has some valuable materials on his body.
But looking at the slimy and slippery body, Lin Shen suddenly lost interest in collecting.
Besides, he doesn't like that bit of material now, so he doesn't want to waste time.
As expected, after this round of fighting, the talent effect of Killing Demonstration Dao failed to be triggered.
However, the clone gave Lin Shen a surprise. Not long after, a talent effect was triggered, which increased the progress of Palm Thunder by 8%!
"good!"
Lin Shen's eyes flashed with joy.
With the clones hunting monsters together, the efficiency is indeed much faster than before.
Unfortunately, the distance of two miles is still a bit short, and the hunting ranges overlap. When the no-consumption radius is extended in the future, the hunting efficiency will surely be improved.
After gathering his composure, Lin Shen continued to move forward.
The monsters encountered along the way are all dealt with by two paper soldiers. He will only take action when the monsters in the Feathering Realm appear.
Because we were still on the outskirts of Xiyan Daze, we didn't encounter Tongxuan Realm monsters along the way. At most, we encountered one or two late-stage Ascension Realm ones.
What made Lin Shen slightly disappointed was that he didn't find many natural treasures along the way.
"Sure enough, it's still a matter of spiritual energy concentration. The number of natural materials and earthly treasures in Xiyan Daze is far less than that of the Longyuan Mountains."
Lin Shen had already anticipated this, so he quickly gathered his spirits and continued to concentrate on his journey.
Because he was hunting monsters along the way, he didn't go very fast, and he didn't walk more than twenty miles until dark.
Seeing that the night was hazy and it was not suitable for running around anymore, Lin Shen found a reef island and wiped out all the monsters on the island, and occupied the magpie nest as a place for him to spend the night.
There is a lot of dry food prepared in the storage ring, so you can fill your stomach without lighting a fire.
However, Lin Shen did not intend to wrong himself, and this place was not deep in the swamp, so he was not afraid of attracting the attention of demon cultivators, so he did not hesitate to light a fire and prepare to cook some hot food.
At the same time, the clone two miles away suddenly disappeared and was taken back by Lin Shen. He planned to summon it again tomorrow to avoid wasting his energy.
Not long after.
The food in the pot boils, and the tangy aroma spreads far away.
Xiao Ai lay on Lin Shen's knees, staring eagerly at the food in the pot, almost drooling.
While cooking food, Lin Shen took the time to look at the panel.
After a day of practice, the three techniques of Seven Jue Sword Qi, Palm Thunder and Paper Figure Transporting Technique have been improved to varying degrees.
Among them, the one with the fastest improvement was the Paper Man Transporting Technique, which increased the realm progress by a full 38%.
The Seven Jue Sword Qi has been improved the least, only 8%, but the state progress has reached 95%. As long as the talent effect is triggered again, you can break through to the second level.
In terms of martial arts, although the talent effects were triggered less often due to less use, they could not stand up to their low level. After several times, three new martial arts reached the mastery level, and one reached the great achievement level.
If we continue at this rate, we should all be able to reach perfection tomorrow.
At the same time, the clone in his mind is constantly learning new martial arts skills.
With the cooperation of the two, Lin Shen estimates that after this trip to Xiyan Daze is over, the melting soldier should be able to break through to the Taoist realm!
"The power of Dao-level martial arts is comparable to that of magic. I wonder what kind of power it will have after the breakthrough?"
Lin Shen's heart felt slightly hot.
He went to the Taoist Academy library to check, but unfortunately he could not find any information about martial arts after entering the Taoist realm. There was very little information about martial arts after entering the Taoist realm.
"Perhaps we can ask Senior Brother Xie and the others for advice." Lin Shen thought of Xie Jingsheng and Mu Chuanhua.
The original information about Taoist realm martial arts also came from these two people.
Maybe they know something?
While he was thinking about it, Lin Shen's expression suddenly changed and he raised his head to look at the shore of the reef island.
It was so dark there that he couldn't see anything at all, but driven by Lin Shen's soul, he could clearly sense that there was some kind of creature watching him quietly in the darkness.
Lin Shen squinted his eyes, and he didn't know when a talisman sword appeared in his palm.
Soon Xiao Ai also noticed that there was an uninvited guest coming, and immediately jumped onto Lin Shen's shoulders.
After discovering that he was exposed, the creature finally stopped hiding and slowly walked out of the darkness.
The flickering firelight quickly revealed the opponent's figure, but it was a fox!
The fox's body was red, and its hair had no trace of color. It could be vaguely seen that it was soft and smooth before, but now it was covered with dust and dirt, and there were many dried dark red blood stains, making it look very embarrassed.
Lin Shen couldn't help but be startled when he saw this.
This is Xiyan Daze, how come there are foxes?
It’s almost as if this thing appeared in the Longyuan Mountains.
But no matter what, the person who would appear in such a place at this time is definitely not an ordinary fox, it must be a fox demon.
Lin Shen secretly raised his energy and concentrated on alert.
After the red fox took a few steps forward, it stopped and stopped just at the edge of the firelight. This allowed Lin Shen to see his face clearly without overly stimulating his vigilance.
After that, Red Fox's gaze turned and landed on the food in the pot, a flash of desire flashed in his smart eyes.
After a moment of silence, Lin Shen took out a pottery bowl, took a bowl of food from the pot, threw it skillfully, and landed lightly in front of the red fox without spilling a drop.
"Eat." Lin Shen said.
Red Fox glanced at him, a hint of human gratitude flashed in his eyes, lowered his head and leaned towards the pottery bowl, and began to eat quietly.
Even though it can be seen that he is very hungry, the red fox's eating movements are still unhurried and elegant, just like a rich lady, giving people a pleasing feeling.
After a while, the red fox, who had finished eating, picked up the pottery bowl and placed it four or five meters away from Lin Shen. He nodded gently to him, jumped up, and disappeared into the night.
"What a strange fox." Xiao Ai muttered.
"Judging from its appearance, it should be a monster that accidentally entered Xiyan Daze." Lin Shen said thoughtfully.
At this moment, Xiao Ai suddenly said curiously:
"Lin Shen, when you gave that fox food, did you want her to come back as a beautiful woman to repay you and pledge her body to you?"
Lin Shen almost choked: "What other messy things have you seen recently?"
"I didn't. It was Sister Tang Mei who told me. She said that there were men who rescued monsters like white snakes and foxes, and then after they became successful in cultivation and transformed into human beings, they came back to be their wives."
Having said this, Xiao Ai glanced at Lin Shen shyly and cupped her cheeks with her paws.
"Lin Shen, when you promised the general to take care of me, did you also want me to be your wife?"
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Lin Shen made up his mind that next time he met Tang Mei, he would give her a good slap on the head!