Demonic Beast!

"Senior Brother Zhao, this jar is yours."

As cultivators, they naturally were not afraid of heat.

Gathering a thin layer of spiritual energy around his palm, Wang Jue lifted down a ceramic bowl and handed it to Zhao Shanhe.

Zhao Shanhe took a spoonful and nodded involuntarily. "Not bad. Wang Jue, your cooking has improved again."

"Haha, Senior Brother Zhao, you flatter me..."

"Junior Brother Su, you have some too!"

Su Bai accepted the ceramic bowl and spooned a mouthful of snake soup into his mouth.

The snake soup had been cooked until exceptionally smooth and tender, soft upon entering his mouth.

Once it reached his stomach, a warm current rose within him.

Demonic Beast meat was the best for strengthening one's physique and was the favorite of body cultivators among cultivators.

It also had a slight effect on spiritual power cultivation, though it was not obvious.

Certain spirit pills also required special Demonic Beast meat during refinement.

Just as the three Jade Mist Sect Disciples at Spirit Moon Lake shared the Demonic Beast snake soup,

the sky quietly darkened, and the full moon rose.

Su Bai saw Spirit Moon Lake's true appearance, reflected in the moonlight.

Quite a few White Fish gathered upon the lake's surface, "pecking" at the round moon floating on the water.

The spiritual energy drifting from the White Fish fused with the moonlight, becoming a watery spirit moon that radiated breathtaking spiritual energy.

Compared to it, the moon hanging in the sky looked more like a counterfeit.

This Spirit Moon Lake Mission seemed fairly decent, Su Bai thought.

Thus, more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.

By mid-July, Qingshan Spirit Plain had entered the height of summer.

Spirit Moon Lake lacked a Mountain Protection Formation capable of regulating the temperature, so the heat was noticeably stronger.

Every night, White Fish could be seen constantly leaping from the bottom of Spirit Moon Lake, breaching the surface to cool themselves and breathe.

Over this past month,

Su Bai successfully mastered the Fireball Technique, Water Shield Technique, and Spring Return Spell.

Together with the Water Escape Technique, he had mastered a full four Tier 1 Mid-grade Spells.

The stone weighing on his heart finally fell to the ground.

Su Bai had begun taking Yellow Dragon Pills to cultivate.

Yellow Dragon Pills were exceptionally effective at increasing spiritual power.

Su Bai's spiritual power had risen by A Large Chunk.

However, Su Bai took two Yellow Dragon Pills every day, and the Yellow Dragon Pills he had received from the Outer Court had long since been completely used up.

At this point, Su Bai was still some distance away from Qi Refining Layer Five.

No matter how outstanding his Dual Spirit Root talent was, he still had to cultivate bitterly for some time before he Can Then break through.

During that time, the Warning Array was triggered seven or eight times, all by unranked Demonic Beasts drawn here.

There was no need for Zhao Shanhe to act; Su Bai and Wang Jue could easily deal with them alone.

Su Bai's Magic Sword had displayed considerable might. Unranked Demonic Beasts basically could not withstand a single strike from Su Bai.

As a result, the method Su Bai and Wang Jue used to deal with Demonic Beasts gradually evolved into Wang Jue drawing the Demonic Beast's attention or trapping it, while Su Bai seized an opportunity to kill it with a single sword strike...

The Spirit Moon Grass had also been harvested once.

Seeing that Su Bai had already become proficient with the Spirit Moon Lake Mission,

one Early Morning, Wang Jue felt the time was ripe and sought out Su Bai.

"Junior Brother Su, help keep watch for the next few days."

"Your senior brother is going out for a while. I'll be back in one or two days at the earliest, or three or four days at the latest," Wang Jue said.

Su Bai frowned slightly. "Where are you going, Senior Brother?"

"To the mortal world. We've used up much of our cooking seasoning, so shouldn't I buy some more?"

"Your senior brother's cooking is pretty good, right? Without those seasonings, my skill will be cut by more than half."

"Help me out, Junior Brother Su!" Wang Jue pleaded.

Su Bai pondered briefly. "I have no problem with it... but what about Senior Brother Zhao..."

Wang Jue immediately said, "There's no problem with Senior Brother Zhao. I've already spoken to him. He even asked me to bring some things to his mortal family."

"By the way, Junior Brother Su, where is your mortal hometown? Do you need me to bring anything home for you?"

Su Bai shook his head. "I was born in Yan Kingdom, far too distant from here, so I won't trouble you, Senior Brother."

"Since Senior Brother Zhao has no objections either, Senior Brother Wang, go and return quickly. I'll keep a closer watch these next few days."

While carrying out such a long-term sect mission, leaving without permission truly violated sect rules.

However, there were three disciples stationed here at Spirit Moon Lake in total.

Since Su Bai and Zhao Shanhe both tacitly agreed, Wang Jue could naturally exploit this loophole.

As long as the two of them said nothing, no one in the sect would know.

"Alright, thank you, Junior Brother Su. When your senior brother returns, I'll make a grand feast for you and Senior Brother Zhao!"

"Your senior brother is off!"

The flesh on Wang Jue's slightly plump round face quivered. Then he activated the Water Escape Technique and slipped into the lakebed, silently leaving Spirit Moon Lake.

Su Bai sighed softly. He could more or less guess where Wang Jue was going.

He had probably accumulated quite a bit of Demonic Beast meat and was taking it to a nearby Cultivation Market to sell.

Su Bai had heard in the Outer Court that there were quite a few Cultivation Markets near the Qingshan Spirit Plain.

These Cultivation Markets were established either by powerful Rogue Cultivators, cultivation lineages, or small cultivation organizations.

They allowed cultivators to freely trade cultivation materials within them, generally using spirit pills and Spirit Stones as the basic currency of exchange.

Quite a few Outer Court disciples secretly went down the mountain, bringing pills received from the sect into the markets to exchange for Spirit Stones, then using those Spirit Stones to achieve other purposes.

Wang Jue seemed to neglect his proper duties by cooking delicious food for his fellow disciples, but he had been waiting for this all along.

After selling the Demonic Beast meat to particular cultivators and exchanging it for spirit pills, he could greatly increase his Cultivation Speed.

By that logic, the three disciples of Spirit Moon Lake were all truly workaholics.

Su Bai sighed again, activated the Water Escape Technique, and began his daily patrol.

Although the Warning Array had not been triggered,

some exceptionally gifted Demonic Beasts truly could evade the array's warning.

After circling the lakebed once, Su Bai leaped ashore.

He prepared to make a circuit around the shoreline.

"Hm?"

Just then,

Su Bai sensed a faint, hard-to-detect cold aura, as well as a trace of Demonic Energy.

He raised his eyes toward a patch of lush green shrubbery before him.

Perhaps because Su Bai had stared at it for too long,

the shrubbery trembled slightly before dispelling its demon art.

A Demon Lizard over a meter tall and four meters long appeared before Su Bai.

"This aura... it's a First-tier Demonic Beast. Damn..."

The instant that thought arose,

whoosh.

Knowing its tracks had been discovered, the Demon Lizard opened its mouth slightly, and a white blur shot toward Su Bai.

Caught off guard, Su Bai only had time to draw his Magic Sword and hold it before himself.

Bang!

With a dull crash, Su Bai was flung backward more than ten meters. After hitting the ground, he rolled several times before finally bleeding off the force.

He spat out a mouthful of blood. Ignoring the pain in his body, Su Bai formed a hand seal and chanted ancient syllables.

Hum.

A constantly flowing water shield formed before Su Bai, blocking the path ahead of him.

Boom!

With a tremendous crash, the giant lizard's attack had indeed arrived again.

This time, through the Water Shield Technique, Su Bai clearly saw that what was attacking him was the tongue the Demon Lizard had shot from its mouth!

Demonic Beasts possessed powerful Demonic Bodies. First-tier Demonic Beasts often required two or more Late Qi Refining cultivators working together before they could be defeated.

Under the giant lizard's attack, the Water Shield Technique exploded with a bang.

The bursting spray splashed across Su Bai's face, striking him hard enough to sting.