Li Yuanba was sitting in the training room, with the Wanjian Peak magic weapon floating in front of him. His sword intention entered the Wanjian Peak, resonated with the sword intention inside, and then flowed back into his body after being strengthened.
Although he is still in the early stage of Jindan cultivation, the blood energy in his body is extremely terrifying.
This is a manifestation of his "Fire Sun Jade Body Technique" reaching the pinnacle of the Golden Elixir stage. In fact, not only the "Fire Sun Jade Body Technique", but also the "Evil Corpse Spirit Record" in his corpse refining state has also been cultivated to the pinnacle of the Golden Elixir stage.
Unfortunately, the golden elixir and corpse elixir in his body are still in the early stage of the golden elixir due to insufficient spiritual power.
This is the effect of ten drops of the fourth-grade ‘Tianluo Immortal Milk’, which allows his body refining in the human state and the physique in the corpse refining state to reach the peak of the late golden elixir, infinitely close to the great elder level.
Li Yuanba's physique is stronger, and the sword power he can withstand is stronger. Without being restricted by his body, his sword power has grown greatly recently.
He is different from Li Shiming in that he has no chores to worry about. The only thing he has to do is practice.
Since the death of the two great arhats of Qianye Temple, coupled with the conflict between Patriarch Lu and Venerable Huijing, Li Yuanba has found a rare peace.
In the following months, Li Yuanba, in addition to listening to Deacon Yue Xing's work report, devoted himself wholeheartedly to cultivation.
"Junior Brother Li, Jiang Pu is here to visit!" Just when he was about to practice the 'Sword Intent Climbing to the Sky' technique again, a message transmission technique flew over.
He was slightly startled. Jiang Pu was the guard Jindan of Senluo Sect's Boundary Mountain Pass. He rarely left the pass, so why did he end up here?
There were usually gatherings, and Li Yuanba would go to the checkpoint to get together.
He opened the formation and the figure flew out.
"I've met Senior Brother Jiang!" Li Yuanba stepped forward and bowed.
"I'm taking the liberty to come here. I won't go in and sit down. This time I'm here to invite you to participate in the third-grade resource collection mission!" Jiang Pu smiled and returned the salute, then stood in the sky above the governor's mansion and said.
Li Yuanba knew about the third-grade resource collection task. In some places in Shiwanda Mountain, there are a certain amount of third-grade resources produced, and these places are controlled by the sect.
Whenever resources mature, powerful golden elixir elders will be sent to collect them.
Jiang Pu said it was an invitation, but in fact he introduced Li Yuanba into the sect's core golden elixir.
This task requires veteran Jindan elders to invite qualified Jindan elders to participate. The origin of third-grade resources is the most precious wealth of the sect. The participating Jindan elders must be the most trustworthy Jindan monks in the sect.
Of course, missions are also dangerous. These third-grade resources that exist in the wild are all guarded by big demons.
The big demon has a competitive relationship with the Jindan elders of Senluo Sect. Normally, the big demon guards the third-grade resources. When the third-grade resources mature, the golden elixir elders and the big demon decide the distribution rights based on their strength.
This is why the sect does not need to worry about the safety of third-grade resources. The guardian of the great demon is always at hand, and is more serious and responsible than human monks.
"Brother Jiang, when are you going to set off?" Of course, Li Yuanba couldn't refuse. To participate in such a task, not to mention the reward, just to enter the sect's core golden elixir, he had to participate.
"This mission is somewhat urgent. If you want to participate, we will set off immediately. For some reason, the maturity period of a batch of third-grade resources has been advanced by half a year. The sect immediately issued the mission after discovering it!" Jiang Pu explained helplessly.
The maturity period of third-grade resources is almost fixed. The sect has accurate records and has made task arrangements several years in advance.
But this time, a batch of third-grade resources matured ahead of schedule, disrupting the sect's arrangements.
Most of the Jindan monks, especially the Jindan elders who are powerful enough in the sect and are the core of the sect, usually have important tasks. They may be practicing in seclusion, or they may have gone out to have tasks.
Such Jindan elders rarely have free time, and the task is urgent. The best option is to mobilize the nearest Jindan elder to carry out the task, so the choice of candidates is difficult.
The Jindan elders who were not strong enough could not get the resources back from the big demon, but instead gave the resources to the big demon.
As for Senluo Sect, the number of Jindan elders who collect resources cannot exceed three at most. Although the Great Demon is a third-grade spiritual beast, similar to the realm of Jindan monks, its combat power can far exceed that of Jindan monks.
According to the agreement between the Senluo Sect and the Spiritual Beast Clan, regarding the competition in collecting resources, the Senluo Sect’s golden elixirs are limited to three, and any more would be a violation of the agreement.
The spirit beast clan is very powerful, and the Senluo Sect does not want to conflict with the spirit beast clan.
The reason why the spirit beast clan can coexist peacefully with the human monks in the Beishu continent is not because the human monks are easy to talk to, but because the spirit beast clan has enough strength to allow the human monks to give up part of their living space.
Li Yuanba didn't need to pack anything. He sent a message to Deacon Yue Xing and left with Jiang Pu.
"Senior Brother Jiang, who else is going with us this time?" Li Yuanba asked curiously.
"Senior Brother Qi Jin is guarding the Zheng'an Mountains. The origin of third-grade resources is right next to the Zheng'an Mountains. Let's go over and meet up with Senior Brother Qi Jin!" Jiang Pu replied while flying.
Anyone who can be called a senior brother by Jiang Pu is probably even stronger than Jiang Pu.
Li Yuanba's spiritual sense penetrated into the jade slips of the map and found the Zheng'an Mountains, which was a mountain range at the junction of the spiritual beast's sphere of influence and the Senluo Sect's sphere of influence.
Senior Brother Qi Jin is guarding there, and the danger is even higher than the Jieshan Pass.
Jiang Pu's speed increased to the extreme, and he did not hesitate to consume a large amount of the spiritual power in the golden elixir. It seemed that the mission was really in a hurry.
Li Yuanba didn't know the details of the mission. Although he was not as good as Jiang Pu, in terms of speed, a pure swordsman had a great advantage. Once the sword was released, although the consumption was not big, the speed was still behind him.
After Jiang Pu's death.
Jiang Pu was not surprised that Li Yuanba could easily keep up. The reason why he called Li Yuanba was because he knew Li Yuanba's strength.
Li Yuanba is so deceptive. He seems to be at the early stage of Jin Dan, but in terms of combat power, he has surpassed the three Jin Dan elders guarding the level. This has been verified in the battle.
Li Yuanba is still in the early stage of the Golden Elixir. The sword cultivator's combat power will increase as his level increases. This improvement ratio is higher than that of most Golden Elixir cultivators.
Just like his master, Elder Jian, in the late Golden Core stage, he reached an almost invincible combat power in the Golden Core stage.
Although Li Yuanba joined the Senluo Sect only a short time ago, he is a disciple of the Senluo Sect with upright roots and a strong background. Elder Jian is his master and Patriarch Lu is his master.
So Jiang Pu applied to the sect to let Li Yuanba participate in the third-grade resource collection task, and the sect quickly agreed.
The Zheng'an Mountains are not far from the Jieshan Pass, which is why Jiang Pu received this temporary collection mission.
The two of them flew for less than an hour and arrived at the Zheng'an Mountains.
The Zheng'an Mountains have abundant spiritual energy. When Li Yuanba looks down from the air, he can see traces of first- and second-grade elixirs from time to time.
Logically speaking, this kind of place will be a place that many monks yearn for, and coming here to collect resources can bring great benefits.
However, monks are rarely seen in the Zheng'an Mountains. There are a lot of spiritual beasts here, and it is difficult for non-Golden Elixir monks to compete with the spiritual beasts for elixirs here.
If the Jindan monk comes, he must take into account the presence of Jindan Qijin, the guard here.
According to the rules, Senior Brother Qi Jin has priority in disposing of all resources in the Zheng'an Mountains. This is also the benefit of guarding this place.
Of course, these first- and second-grade resources are nothing to Elder Jindan. Only third-grade resources are of interest to Elder Jindan.
Li Yuanba was able to see these first- and second-grade elixirs because of the effect of his 'Shen Eye Power'.
Ordinary monks cannot fly in the air and can still see the elixir hidden on the ground.
He couldn't help but lament that he had gone deep into the Hundred Thousand Mountains back then, but at that time he didn't have 'supernatural vision' and didn't find any first- or second-grade elixir.
The seemingly most insignificant auxiliary magical powers such as 'Spiritual Eye Power' are also extremely helpful to monks. At least they have great advantages in discovering resources.
However, monks who master magical powers such as 'Shen Eye Power' must have a very high status in the sect, and ordinary resources will not be of much interest.
Just like Li Yuanba at this time, he saw so many first- and second-grade elixirs, but he was too lazy to work for these few resources.
"Senior Brother Qi Jin is here!" Jiang Pu reminded.
In fact, he didn't need to remind him, Li Yuanba had already seen a figure flying out from below, and the aura of the late stage of Jin Dan was revealed without any concealment.
"Junior Brother Jiang, the time for the sect's mission is very tight, let's go over there now!" Senior Brother Qi Jin glanced at Li Yuanba, frowned slightly, and then said to Jiang Pu in a deep voice.
Senior Brother Qi Jin has not been involved in outside affairs for a long time and has no understanding of new golden elixirs like Li Yuanba.
He had some objections to Jiang Pu bringing over an early-stage Jindan monk.
However, he also understood that the person who could be brought in by Jiang Pu must have a strong background. As long as Li Yuanba did not drag him down, he would not take the initiative to stir up trouble.
"Senior Brother Qi, this is Li Yuanba, a disciple of Elder Jian. He is more powerful than me!" Jiang Pu said quickly, not wanting to cause any misunderstanding.
"Disciple of Elder Jian, when did Elder Jian accept a disciple?" Senior Brother Qi Jin looked at Li Yuanba again and said hesitantly.
It wasn't that he didn't believe Jiang Pu's words, but he knew that he hadn't heard of Elder Jian accepting disciples a few years ago, so how could it be that after all these years, Elder Jian's disciples were all at the Golden Core stage.
Almost all the golden elixir monks of his generation were shrouded in the prestige of Elder Jian, who suppressed all the golden elixir monks in Senluo Sect.
Golden elixir cultivators like Jiang Pu who grew up after Elder Jian became famous are still unaware of how terrifying Elder Jian is. Senior Brother Qi Jin is a Golden elixir cultivator at the same time as Elder Jian and has a natural respect for Elder Jian.
"Junior brother Li, I practice earth-attribute skills. I am good at defense and close combat. I need the cooperation of sword practitioners to deal high damage!" Senior brother Qi Jin solemnly introduced himself.
They had to complete the task together in the future, and he didn't want to cause any quarrel between them because of his previous attitude, which would affect the collection task.
"Senior Brother Qi, I will try my best to cooperate!" Li Yuanba replied with a smile.
"What needs to be collected this time is the royal jelly of the second-grade Muyang Bee, which is guarded by the Great Demon Golden Moon Bear!" This time it was Senior Brother Qi Jin who led the way, and he introduced the mission in detail to Jiang Pu and Li Yuanba.
The ordinary honey produced by the second-grade Muyang bees will not be the third-grade honey, but the royal jelly prepared for Queen Muyang bee is the third-grade honey.
This Muyang Bee population was discovered many years ago. Neither the Spirit Beast Clan nor the Senluo Sect had much interference with the Muyang Bee population.
Even when collecting third-grade royal jelly, we collect it according to proportion. We never touch the second-grade honey, just to ensure the reproduction of this population.
"What is the strength of the Great Demon Golden Moon Bear?" Li Yuanba asked aloud.
"The last time we came into contact was in the middle stage of the Great Demon. In that battle, our three Golden Core elders barely suppressed it. The Golden Moon Storm Bear's innate ability is too powerful. You must be careful not to be targeted by its long-range attacks!" Senior Brother Qi Jin
He replied in a deep voice.
The three of them entered the spirit beast's sphere of influence. Without going deep, Li Yuanba saw the flowers all over the valley below.
These flowers are all first-grade spiritual flowers, and the valley covers thousands of acres, all covered by spiritual flowers.
Muyang bees were flying among the spiritual flowers, stopping on the flowers from time to time to collect nectar.
Even though Muyang Bee is small, it is a second-grade spiritual bee. A swarm of second-grade spiritual bees is extremely terrifying, and even a third-grade spiritual beast would not dare to provoke them easily.
Not to mention the other weak spiritual beasts, this valley is completely the territory of Muyang Bee.
Li Yuanba even felt that the six peaks outside the valley naturally formed a formation to protect the valley.
The most peculiar thing is that the formation formed by these six peaks has no trace of man-made changes and is completely a natural formation.
Perhaps only special places like this can allow a large number of second-grade spiritual flowers to grow, and thus provide the basis for the existence of the Muyang bee population.
As they approached the valley, a howl came from outside the valley.
"Damn it, this Golden Moon Bear has advanced!" Senior Brother Qi Jin said with an ugly expression.
Li Yuanba also sensed it, and a giant bear with the late-stage aura of the Great Demon flew toward them from below.
The spiritual power fluctuations caused by the Golden Moon Bear in the late stage of the great demon did not affect the valley, and all its power was blocked by the formation formed by the six peaks.
Perhaps this is also the reason why the Golden Moon Storm Bear dares to show its strength without any scruples, that is, if the Golden Elixir battle is launched outside, as long as it is not targeted at the valley, it will not affect the Muyang Bees in the valley at all.
"Junior Brother Jiang, Junior Brother Li, let's work together to take action. If something cannot be done, retreat immediately and don't be reluctant to fight!" Senior Brother Qi Jin solemnly explained.
The improvement in the strength of the Golden Moon Violent Bear was beyond his expectation, but he still wanted to try the current strength of the Golden Moon Violent Bear.
After the last battle with the Golden Moon Brutal Bear, his strength has also improved. Jiang Pu is not weak, and with Li Yuanba who is even stronger than Jiang Pu, there may be hope for this battle.