When monks go deep into the Southern Wilderness, they will encounter various dangers, the most feared of which is encountering high-level monsters.
Even on the edge of the Southern Wilderness, there are activities of fourth-order monsters, and traces of fifth-order monsters can sometimes be found.
The fourth-level monsters are equivalent to the monks of the Purple Mansion Stage, and the fifth-level monsters are equivalent to the golden elixir.
At this level, the monster's intelligence will greatly increase.
If you encounter such a high-level monster, it is basically difficult for a low-level monk to survive.
In the Southern Wilderness, even if you hunt and kill the monsters, it is difficult to occupy the spiritual veins where the monsters are entrenched. These places are far away from Qingxuan Sect and will face the siege of monsters at any time. Relying on low-level monks, it is basically impossible to defend them.
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Only by successive generations of monks who continuously explore and open up the territory of the Southern Wilderness can humans gradually expand the sphere of influence and gradually drive the monsters into the depths of the Southern Wilderness.
Thousands of years ago, the three southeastern counties were also located in the Southern Wilderness. It was precisely because of the continuous development of the Qingxuan Sect monks that this land became the hinterland of mankind.
More than four hundred years ago, there were still third-level monsters hiding on Lushan Mountain, attacking human villages and towns everywhere.
Tiantai Peak, the ancestral land on Zhangjialu Mountain, was taken from the Southern Wilderness monsters by Patriarch Tairen after he established the foundation. Only in the past three hundred years has there been no trace of third-level monsters in Taicheng County.
Even in Liaoshan County now, there are still many Level 3 monsters roaming around. This kind of place is not suitable for ordinary humans to survive on a large scale.
As long as a third-level monster preys on it once, it can destroy a town built by humans for hundreds of years and kill hundreds or thousands of people. Without the protection of monks, mortals simply cannot survive in such a dangerous world.
This time, there were about fifty monks who followed Zhang Zhixuan to Jiaohefang, including the vassal families.
These people Zhang Zhixuan asked them to stay in Jiaohefang to defend the city. Although these Qi-training monks are considered a burden outside the southern wilderness, they can also play a great role if they are allowed to cooperate with the formation to guard the spiritual veins.
Moreover, Wang Chengxiang, a monk from Qingxuanzong's Purple Mansion, is guarding Jiaohefang. He is also a high-level formation master. Together with the Qi training monks in Fang City, the foundation-building monks from more than a dozen families are also more at ease.
After Wu Siheng left, the foundation-building monks from all the families discussed it, each selected a target, and started taking action one after another.
The time limit given by Patriarch Wu is only three months. If he cannot capture a level three monster within three months, he will be severely punished by Patriarch Wu.
In order to be quick and efficient, some foundation-building monks with good cultivation skills acted alone and killed towards their own targets.
Zhang Zhixuan now has four third-level magic weapons in his hands, which has surpassed many foundation-building monks.
Especially for the foundation-building monks of the Immortal Cultivation Family, because their family has a big business and they have to take care of all aspects, I am afraid that the magical tools in their hands are not as good as those of casual cultivators who have no worries.
Zhang Zhixuan was also lucky. He first killed Lu Yi'an and then beheaded the poisonous fire spider. With enough spiritual stones in his hand, he asked Chen Hongyuan to refine two third-level magic weapons under Han Yan's introduction.
There are four third-level magic weapons, and Zhang Zhixuan did not use the foundation-building pill to build the foundation, so the magic power is 30% higher than that of ordinary foundation-building pills.
Although he is only at the third level of foundation building now, his magical powers are no longer inferior to those of monks at the fifth or sixth level of foundation building.
Therefore, Zhang Zhixuan felt that he was relatively confident about going to Luyang Mountain.
As soon as he left Jiaohefang and went deep into the Southern Wilderness, Zhang Zhixuan began to be cautious and never consumed excessive mana.
Once his mana fell below 70%, he would immediately use mid-grade spiritual stones to quickly replenish it.
Along the way, he never stayed in one place for too long, lest he attract the attention of monsters and besieged.
In this way, eleven days later, Zhang Zhixuan arrived near Luyang Mountain.
Monsters like the Canglan Tiger have the habits of tigers. This kind of monster is best at sneak attacks and ambushing its prey, so Zhang Zhixuan is more careful when he gets to the place.
Zhang Zhixuan is an alchemist, and his nose is much more sensitive than that of ordinary monks. After walking around Luyang Mountain for hundreds of miles, he smelled a foul smell.
"It seems that the Canglan tiger has not moved away yet. The smell should be its urine, and this place should be its territory."
Monsters in the Southern Wilderness often change their territories. Maybe after a year, the monster's territory will change its owner.
The monsters that originally occupied the spiritual veins were either devoured by the victorious monsters and became nutrients, or they became wandering monsters.
Therefore, when you come to the Southern Wilderness to hunt monsters, you must be cautious and don't trust other people's information.
Unless they are the monsters in the buffer zone of Qingxuanzong's mountain gate, the monsters there have already been discovered by Qingxuanzong, and the high-level monsters have been driven far away from the territory, so they are relatively safer.
The last time Zhang Zhixuan and others helped Han Yan earn good deeds, several of the monsters they hunted were in the same situation, so they could hunt the monsters in a targeted manner.
The three third-level monsters that the five of them killed, especially the Fire Crystal Ant Queen, were very difficult to deal with. With the large number of soldier ants, even the monks in the middle stage of foundation establishment did not dare to provoke them without special means.
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Several people were able to successfully kill the ant queen and exchange the Foundation Establishment Pill for Han Yan, which caused a great sensation among the low-level monks of Qingxuan Sect.
Qingxuanzong's ninth-level qi-training monks also followed their example and formed teams to hunt down third-level monsters and earn high amounts of good deeds.
Unfortunately, the cruel reality soon dampened their enthusiasm, and these monks who acted rashly soon suffered heavy casualties.
They have no idea that among the five Zhang Zhixuan, there is also a third-level formation mage. Even in Qingxuan Sect, talents of this level will be protected and only refine third-level formations for the sect. At the age of sixty,
You can get enough good deeds in exchange for it.
Moreover, formation masters of level three and above are basically monks of foundation establishment and above, and monks in the Qi training period cannot be hired at all.
Moreover, the monks in these teams often cannot work together as one, they all want others to contribute and they can take advantage of it.
No one does dangerous things, and if there are benefits, the spoils will be unevenly distributed.
Even if there is a team composed of several close friends who can work together, even if the monster is successfully hunted, many people will often die. If a close friend dies, even if the good deeds are obtained, the gain will not be worth the loss.
Even Zhang Zhixuan and the other five men hunted monsters in the Southern Wilderness for three years, and eventually lost two people. Even Zhang Menglong, the fourth uncle of the family's third-order formation mage, actually died during the trip to the Southern Wilderness.
Therefore, the Qingxuan Sect's craze for hunting third-level monsters in the buffer zone only lasted for two or three years, and then quickly subsided due to the bloody reality.
The five Zhang Zhixuan have also become a legend among the monks in the Qingxuan Sect's Qi training period, and have been praised by these low-level monks for a long time.
Zhang Zhixuan came to Luyang Mountain, slowly looking for traces of the Canglan tiger, and finally followed the traces of its activities and gradually approached its nest.
The Canglan tiger's nest is located in a groove under a cliff, almost hanging in the air.
This kind of tiger monster can fly short distances, and their explosive power far exceeds that of Foundation Establishment monks.
There was once a foundation-building monk who was flying with a sword and was ambushed by this monster. He jumped down from mid-air and was devoured before he could defend himself.