Blackrock Spirit Sand
Ling Pengyun's gaze swept over the three Foundation Establishment bear demons beside the Bear King.
His gaze settled on the bear demon with the highest Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer.
"The Black Rock Bear Clan is known for its exceptional physique. The fur and even the bones of this Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer Black Rock Bear must contain immense spiritual power, enough to be the main material for refining Second Grade Middle Rank Law Artifact. If we can obtain it, we can open a furnace and refine two batches of magic Law Artifact. Once successful, we will definitely be able to refine a relatively high-quality Second Rank Low Grade Law Artifact."
"This time, we need to finish this quickly, lest Fellow Daoist Qin and the others kill it first and come to help, thus taking away the valuable materials from this Foundation Establishment Bear Demon."
With this thought in mind, Ling Pengyun's eyes hardened, and he continuously formed hand Hand Seals, condensing four blue Law Seals covered with snake-shaped patterns.
"Change."
The four Law Seals flashed with spiritual light, and four five-zhang-long water snakes emerged from them, baring their fangs and brandishing their claws.
"Roar!"
The four water snakes roared and leaped into the air, swinging their bodies as they slammed into the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer bear demon to the right of the Bear King.
Then, he looked up and called out to the Immortal Spirit Crane King in the sky.
"Immortal Spirit, stop that bear demon in the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment!"
The Immortal Spirit Crane King in the sky immediately made a move. With a cry, it flapped its wings, and a whirlwind suddenly rose around it, forming countless feathered arrows.
Within the vast expanse of Mount Sumeru, a Feather Arrow Gale Wind Tornado instantly formed.
This tornado was extremely fast, and it instantly trapped the only Early-Stage Foundation Establishment bear demon.
Finally, the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment bear demon was trapped and strangled by Xue Chao, who also had his hands free, using a Minor Thunder Array.
Meanwhile, the four water snakes that Ling Pengyun unleashed had already reached within a few feet of the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer bear demon.
The Foundation Establishment Level 6 bear demon, who had just escaped the shackles of the mud beneath its feet, sensed that the aura of the four water snakes approaching was not weak. Its eyes trembled, and it quickly cast its innate spell, "Earth Wall Technique."
Walls of earth quickly rose from the ground, blocking the bear demon's path.
However, the four Water Snake Technique were already powerful, and with their large numbers, the earthen walls didn't hold out for long before being shattered by the four water snakes.
Seeing that the situation was not good, the bear demon quickly opened its mouth and spewed out a large amount of black sand that shimmered with spiritual light, which transformed into a huge black sand shield that was several feet long and one foot wide. It easily blocked the four huge water snakes.
Moreover, that bear demon still had energy to spare.
It then spat out some black sand and gravel that rolled towards the four-headed water snake, causing the light barrier on the snake's body to dim continuously.
"I never expected that this bear would possess such a treasure as Black Rock Spirit Sand."
Ling Pengyun's expression changed when he saw the black sand that had transformed into the shape of a shield, and he muttered to himself.
Black Rock Spirit Sand is a special kind of spirit sand that Black Rock Bear refines using its own true essence with earth-attribute spirit iron. This spirit sand is excellent in defense, attack, and even trapping enemies.
"But this is good too. Black Rock Spirit Sand is a good material for refining earth-attribute Law Artifact, and it can even be considered a decent Second Grade Magic Tool itself. By destroying this bear demon, I will gain another benefit."
Ling Pengyun's eyes flashed with even greater murderous intent.
He no longer held back, raising his hand and waving his sleeves to unleash two "Innate Spell," the Azure Sea Sky Sword.
The two ten-zhang-long Azure Sea Sky beams transformed into two Dao Sword, swiftly striking out to assist the four-headed water snakes in shattering the shield formed from Black Rock Spirit Sand.
The bear demon was also quite powerful. In this critical moment, it quickly used its defensive Divine Ability, "Black Rock Profound Light Shield," which conjured a giant black shield several meters high and held it in front of it once again, temporarily blocking the two incredibly powerful Azure Sea Sky Sword.
Seeing that it would be difficult to break through the defense in a short time, Ling Pengyun gritted his teeth, took out a medicine bottle from his Storage Bag, poured out two Second Rank Low Grade Spirit Returning Pill, and put them directly into his mouth.
After the two Spirit Returning Pill entered his stomach, a large amount of pure medicinal power spread out, filling Ling Pengyun's meridians and quickly filling his empty Dantian.
With sufficient spiritual power as backup, he then Hand Seals and unleashed three more ten-zhang-long Azure Sea Sky Sword.
With the combined power of the five swords, even the formidable Black Rock Profound Light Shield could not withstand it.
In the blink of an eye, the Black Rock Profound Light Shield was shattered into pieces.
The bear demon was decisive, opening its mouth to spit out its inner core, which had been nurtured for a hundred or even several hundred years and was comparable to Higher Vehicle Second Grade Middle Rank Law Artifact, and blasted it towards the five Azure Sea Sky Sword that were attacking.
The inner core collided with the five heavenly swords, stirring up a huge wave of spiritual energy.
All the oranges that had grown on the surrounding orange trees fell to the ground.
When Ling Pengyun, who was fighting against it, saw the bear demon unleash its inner core, his eyes gleamed slightly. He then patted the Storage Bag at his waist and took out the Sand Soil Bronze Bell.
The Sand Soil Bronze Bell spun rapidly, then flew out and directly enveloped the bear demon's inner core, trapping it inside.
Seeing this, the bear demon let out a low roar and hurriedly controlled its inner core to bombard the inside of the bronze bell, trying to escape.
The Sand Soil Bronze Bell is a Second Grade Middle Rank Law Artifact forged from a large amount of second-tier Sand Soil Crystal Stone. Its material is extraordinary. If some Second Rank High Grade Sand Soil Crystal Stone are added, it can be reforged to Second Rank High Grade without any problem.
Such treasures could not possibly be easily obtained by the bear demon's inner core in a short time.
However, under the bombardment of the inner core, many bumps and dents appeared on the surface of the Sand Soil Bronze Bell, and its spiritual light gradually dimmed.
Ling Pengyun dared not delay and immediately took action, wielding the five Azure Sea Sky Sword to swiftly bypass the Sand Soil Bronze Bell that trapped the bear demon's inner core, transforming them into five blue sword lights that severed the head of the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer bear demon.
With the death of this demon, the inner core trapped by the Sand Soil Bronze Bell also lost control, its spiritual light dimmed, and it became silent.
Ling Pengyun followed suit, waving his hand to summon the Sand Soil Bronze Bell and the inner core back to his side, and directly put the inner core into the Storage Bag at his waist.
He then took control of the five Azure Sea Sky Sword, which still possessed considerable power, and went to assist the Immortal Spirit Crane King in attacking the only Early-Stage Foundation Establishment Black Rock Bear in the area.
The Black Rock Bear, in its Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, was already struggling to defend against the Immortal Spirit Crane King's combination Law Technique using Black Rock Spirit Sand. Now, with Ling Pengyun's assistance of five exceptionally powerful Azure Sea Sky Sword, it was unable to withstand the attack and fell into a disadvantageous position.
After exchanging blows for about ten moves, the Black Rock Bear, which was in the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment, developed an opening in its defenses.
Ling Pengyun seized the opportunity and used the set of Azure Steel Mother-Child Flying Swords that he had never taken out before to cut off his head.
This set of flying swords is of low grade, and Ling Pengyun has recently been unwilling to use it to fight enemies because its power is too weak.
Ling Pengyun observed the battlefield and saw that Qin Shi and the others were also gaining the upper hand and the battle would soon be over. So he didn't want to offend anyone by going to help them, lest Qin Shi and the others think that he was only trying to get a share of the spoils.
After more than ten breaths, Qin Shi and the others also finished their battle one after another.
Qin Shi, who was as tall as two people and had a burly build like a humanoid Demon Beast, smashed the bear king's head to pieces with a single blow. He then looked at Ling Pengyun and was surprised to see that Ling Pengyun had already finished the battle and was waiting on the side.
He knew that even he wasn't very confident he could defeat the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer bear demon that Ling Pengyun was fighting, let alone kill it at such a speed.
"Ling-xiong's strength is even greater than it was back then," Qin Shi said sincerely, offering a compliment.
"It was just luck. Brother Qin, your battle just now, with such ferocity and close combat with the Bear King, must have been incredibly exciting to watch," Ling Pengyun said with a smile.
"Ling-xiong, you flatter me. This is a last resort for me. After all, I am Body Cultivator, and only close combat can unleash my full potential."
"Non-Self poor talent for cultivation, which meant I could only follow the path of Body Cultivator, who would be willing to risk close combat with Demon Beast?"
"I actually envy you, fellow Spell Cultivator, for being able to fight from a distance."
"Why..."
"Ling-xiong, this place is already deep within the territory of Serpent Dragon Lake, so let's not chat any longer and clean up the battlefield to prevent the bloody aura of these bear demons from spreading and attracting Demon Beast," Qin Shi said helplessly.
Upon hearing this, Ling Pengyun nodded and said no more. He quickly put the corpses of the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer bear demon he had just killed, as well as the Early-Stage Foundation Establishment bear demon he had killed together with the Immortal Spirit Crane King, into his two second-tier Storage Bag, which had enormous space.
These two second-tier Storage Bag were obtained by Ling Pengyun after killing Luo Qiuming and that Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment Devil Cultivator.
Ling Pengyun did not waste the Black Rock Spirit Sand released by the two Foundation Establishment bear demons. He used his Object Manipulation Technique to collect it all and put it in a gourd.
Just then, Yan Siyi walked over and asked.
"Ling Daoyou, I wonder if you could sell me the flesh and blood from the two Foundation Establishment bear demons you killed this time? I'm still short of some Foundation Establishment Realm Demon Beast flesh and blood to cook the twenty-four Spirit Cuisine for you."
"You flatter me, Fairy Yan. Since you intend to cook Spirit Cuisine for me, the flesh and blood from the two Foundation Establishment bear demons I obtained this time should be given to you free of charge."
"It's just that we're here now, so it's inconvenient to collect the flesh and blood from those two Foundation Establishment Realm bear demons. After we return to Tu Yuan Market Town, I'll process the materials from those two bear demons and then give their flesh and blood to you, Fairy, would that be alright?" Ling Pengyun said with a smile.
Although Yan Siyi cooked Spirit Cuisine for him, it was a promise she made years ago.
Yan Siyi can now cook second-tier Spirit Cuisine. Although the success rate is not high now, she will surely become a second-tier Spirit Chef in time.
By then, this person's value will be much higher. Ling Pengyun's free meat gift this time is also intended to befriend him, so that he can find this person to cook Spirit Cuisine and improve his cultivation in the future.
After all, Spirit Cuisine is a treasure comparable to the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water.
However, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Water is extremely rare.
"Of course, thank you very much, fellow Daoist." Yan Siyi naturally understood this principle, but she didn't mind it. Her eyes flickered slightly as she smiled and thanked her.
In her eyes, Ling Pengyun was a genius of Spirit Plant, and her Grandfather Yan Cang had also warned her to Ling Pengyun this genius of Spirit Planter.
The two chatted briefly, then joined Qin Shi and the others as they walked deeper into the orange grove.
As for the three or four hundred Qi Training Stage Black Rock Bear corpses in the orange grove, apart from selecting some corpses with higher Qi Training Late Stage Refining and Qi Training Completion, the rest were left here.
The Black Rock Bear corpses were all extremely large, and it would take a lot of time to harvest materials from those Qi Training Stage Black Rock Bear.
This place is also within the territory of Serpent Dragon Lake, a land teeming with Demon Beast. If this drags on for too long, the Blood Qi here will surely attract many more Demon Beast.
That is why everyone chose to abandon the hundreds of Qi Training Stage Black Rock Bear carcasses.
After a hundred breaths, Ling Pengyun and the others, who had ventured deep into the orange grove, stopped in front of five Spirit Mandarin Tree that exuded wisps of Spiritual Qi.
Ling Pengyun mobilized his Divine Sense to scan the five Spirit Mandarin Tree and investigate their grade.
Three trees are classified as First Rank Low Grade, one tree First Rank Middle Grade, and one tree First-Tier Superior-Grade.
"This First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Mandarin Tree is indeed not far from the first-grade Consummation Realm, just as Fairy Yan said. In a short time, it will be able to attempt to break through to the second-grade realm."
"Fairy Yan said is indeed true," Ling Pengyun muttered to himself.
Then he asked.
"Gentlemen, regarding the five first-tier Spirit Mandarin Tree we agreed upon earlier, I wonder if my purchase with Spirit Stone still stands?"
"That's natural. Ling-xiong, you contributed a lot this time, so the First Rank Middle Grade Spirit Mandarin Tree will directly belong to you."
"As for the three First Rank Low Grade Spirit Mandarin Tree and the First-Tier Superior-Grade Spirit Mandarin Tree, you can buy them at the market price of one hundred Spirit Stone and one thousand Spirit Stone respectively."
"If you don't have that many Spirit Stone on you, you can use the materials from the Middle-Stage Foundation Establishment or early-Foundation Establishment bear demon you killed to purchase them," Qin Shi said.
The spirit fruit tree can be considered a gold mine. As long as it is planted in a place rich in Spiritual Qi or in Spirit Field, it can yield a considerable amount of spirit fruit every year.
This is why the price of the Spirit Fruit Tree is so high.
"You can buy it with Spirit Stone." Ling Pengyun said, and then waved his hand to take out a large pile of Spirit Stone.
These Spirit Stone are part of the Spirit Stone that Ling Pengyun has saved up over the years to purchase Mystic Yuan Heavy Iron.
Qin Shi and the others were all surprised to see that Ling Pengyun was so wealthy and carried so many Spirit Stone.
Even they would probably find it difficult to produce so many Spirit Stone in a short time.
However, the initial shock quickly dissipated, and their expressions returned to normal.
Ling Pengyun subtly noticed the changes in Qin Shi and the others, but he didn't pay much attention to them.
If he were an ordinary person, he would not flaunt his wealth like that.
However, Qin Shi and the others were all extraordinary individuals. Most importantly, they were all descendants or juniors of high-ranking members of the Hundred Spirits Sect.
In particular, the elders of Qin Shi and Xue Chao were both direct subordinates of Spirit Talisman True Person.
If they are blinded by profit and take action against Ling Pengyun.
It's likely that not only Qin Shi and his group, but also their elders will suffer.
After all, Ling Pengyun has Yang Siling, his cousin and a Golden Core daughter-in-law.
Furthermore, it remains to be seen whether Qin Shi and the others would offend Yang Siling, who is behind Ling Pengyun, for the sake of 1,500 Spirit Stone.
After all, these people each possess a Second Rank High Grade Law Artifact worth at least five thousand Spirit Stone, making them quite wealthy.
"The number of Spirit Stone is correct. Ling-xiong, you can transplant these five Spirit Mandarin Tree now."
Qin Shi waved his hand and divided the 1,500 Spirit Stone into five portions, which were then divided equally among Yan Siyi and the other three. He then spoke to Ling Pengyun.