Second-Grade Mystic Beast

"Brother Chuan, how are you so awesome? You're not the descendant of some Royal Marquis's Mansion, are you?" Murong Wushuang excitedly pounced forward, hugging the stone slab tightly in his arms, as if embracing a peerless beauty.

To him, a profound cultivation manual was ten, even a hundred times more precious than Blood Toad Wood. It was a priceless treasure that couldn't be bought with any amount of money.

With his talent, if he had a profound cultivation manual, he would have reached the Divine Power Realm long ago and wouldn't still be stuck at the Profound Qi Seventh Level.

Ning Xiaochuan said, "I'm going down the cliff to look for Blood Toad Wood. Why don't you cultivate the manual here first?"

"No! I'll go with you. Wherever there are Heaven and Earth treasures, there are bound to be unknown dangers. I'll lend you a hand." Murong Wushuang wrapped the stone slab with his belt, slung it over his back, and then started descending the cliff first.

He felt that he owed Ning Xiaochuan a huge favor. If he didn't help Ning Xiaochuan get the Blood Toad Wood, he would feel uneasy.

Although he had engaged in swindling and deception, he was quite loyal to those truly worth befriending! Both of them were at the Profound Qi Seventh Level of cultivation, with powerful arm strength and iron-like fingers capable of splitting mountains and carving stones.

Descending the cliff was child's play for them.

"Bang!"

Ning Xiaochuan struck the cliff wall with his palm, half his arm sinking into the stone. He stabilized his body, kicked the cliff wall with his foot, creating a concave pit, and climbed down step by step.

After descending for an unknown amount of time, a black miasma drifted up from the bottom of the cliff.

"It's poisonous! Quickly use Profound Qi to wrap your body." Ning Xiaochuan quickly circulated the blood in his body, and crimson Profound Qi immediately seeped out from his pores, enveloping his body to resist the black miasma.

Murong Wushuang, who was climbing on the cliff wall below, accidentally inhaled a breath of the miasma. He immediately felt dizzy and his blood qi became sluggish. He quickly used Profound Qi to wrap his body.

"There's actually miasma floating in the mountains. The bottom of this cliff is probably not an ordinary place." Ning Xiaochuan's brow furrowed slightly.

"Don't be afraid! We are both at the Profound Qi Seventh Level of cultivation. There won't be too much danger in Nanyue Mountain," Murong Wushuang said confidently.

He had been to Nanyue Mountain many times and was as familiar with it as his own backyard. Although he had never been to the bottom of this kind of cliff, he didn't think it would be too dangerous.

Ning Xiaochuan glanced towards the bottom of the cliff, his eyelids slightly narrowed, and he said happily, "Look, there's a mass of crimson light in the cloud mist below. It seems to be enveloping a large tree. That should be the Blood Toad Wood."

Murong Wushuang also looked down and indeed saw a faint mass of light about a hundred meters below.

Enveloped in the light was a large tree with crimson leaves growing on it, emitting an eerie glow.

The Blood Toad Wood Tree actually grew on the sheer cliff face!

It made their hearts pound with excitement! This was a priceless treasure.

"Hiss hiss!"

On the cliff wall not far away, a crimson spider crawled out of a cave. It was as big as a washbasin and had eight sharp claws.

Its claws pierced the stone wall as if it were tofu.

This was a Fire Spider, a Second-Grade Mystic Beast, emitting a dangerous aura.

Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Wushuang were startled and quickly condensed their Martial Dao Profound Qi, preparing for battle.

The combat power of a Second-Grade Mystic Beast was at least comparable to a cultivator at the Profound Qi Seventh Level. Some fierce Second-Grade Mystic Beasts could even tear apart Martial Practitioners at the Profound Qi Ninth Level.

Encountering a Second-Grade Mystic Beast on a sheer cliff was definitely a disaster.

The Fire Spider clung to the steep cliff as if walking on flat ground, its two fist-sized eyes staring intently at Ning Xiaochuan and Murong Wushuang.

"Boom!"

A ball of flame burst from its body, enveloping it. Its speed was incredibly fast as it crawled towards Murong Wushuang, its sharp claws striking towards Murong Wushuang's head.

"Bang!"

Murong Wushuang's movements were agile, like a nimble monkey on the cliff. His body dropped rapidly, falling over ten meters before stopping.

However, the Fire Spider chased after him, spitting out a burning silk thread from its mouth that wrapped around Murong Wushuang's neck, leaving him hanging on the cliff.

"Damn it! This Fire Spider definitely has the strength to kill a Martial Practitioner at the Profound Qi Eighth Level. Be careful..." Murong Wushuang protected his neck with his hands, trying to tear the silk thread, but it was tougher than iron wire. The flames on the silk thread scorched his palms.

After hanging Murong Wushuang on the cliff, the Fire Spider attacked Ning Xiaochuan, also spitting out a silk thread like a Fire Sword, stabbing towards Ning Xiaochuan's chest.

Ning Xiaochuan kicked hard on the cliff, wrapped his palm in Profound Qi, and grabbed the burning silk thread, his body plummeting towards the bottom of the cliff.

After falling over thirty meters, the silk thread in Ning Xiaochuan's hand tightened, and his body stopped in mid-air.

On the cliff thirty meters above, the Fire Spider's eight claws were all embedded in the Cliff Wall, its body trembling non-stop. It had almost been dragged down into the abyss by Ning Xiaochuan's downward force.

Ning Xiaochuan had only taken a risk just now, and he was also sweating for himself. If the Fire Spider's strength couldn't withstand the gravity of his falling body, then both he and the Fire Spider would fall to the bottom of the cliff and die.

But now it was different. He had turned the tables, gripping the silk thread tightly with his hand. If the Fire Spider dared to move even a little, it would immediately fall off the cliff and be smashed to pieces.

Ning Xiaochuan's body was close to the cliff, and he stepped into the stone wall with one foot.

Profound Fortification condensed on his other arm, transforming into a Profound Qi Sword. He swung a sword from a distance towards the Fire Spider.

"Swish!"

The Fire Spider was extremely intelligent. Seeing the Profound Qi Sword flying towards it, it quickly released its eight claws, and its body was immediately pulled by Ning Xiaochuan, falling towards the bottom of the cliff.

Ning Xiaochuan released the silk thread from his hand, not wanting to be dragged down the cliff by the Fire Spider.

Finally solved! "Hiss!"

However, a sudden change occurred.

Just as the Fire Spider was falling above Ning Xiaochuan's head, it spat out a second silk thread from its mouth, wrapping it around Ning Xiaochuan's neck.

Ning Xiaochuan's expression changed, and he quickly circulated his Profound Qi to protect his neck.

The intelligence of a Second-Grade Mystic Beast was not ordinary. It was able to find a way to turn defeat into victory in the blink of an eye.

The Fire Spider made a "squeaking" sound from its mouth, filled with anger. Its body landed on the stone wall and quickly crawled up.

Just now, it had almost died at the hands of this human.

Now, it was going to suck dry all the Blood and brain matter of this human.

Ning Xiaochuan was at the Profound Qi Seventh Level of Cultivation, and the Profound Qi in his body was still very thin. After unleashing a Profound Qi Sword once, it would take half an hour to condense another Profound Qi Sword.

The Fire Spider pounced again, and Ning Xiaochuan could only fight its sharp claws with his bare hands.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

The Fire Spider had eight claws, while Ning Xiaochuan only had two hands. The two fought fiercely on the cliff, and Profound Qi constantly leaked out, shaking the stones on the Cliff Wall loose.

"Boom!"

Under the pressure of life and death, Ning Xiaochuan's potential was stimulated, instantly breaking through the bottleneck and reaching the Profound Qi Eighth Level.

Within his body, the speed of blood flow increased significantly, circulating five Celestial Orbits per minute.

As the blood circulated, his pores frantically absorbed Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, gathering it into his Martial Heart Palace.

The amount of Profound Qi in his Martial Heart Palace instantly tripled, like a Qi Sea, emitting strong Profound Qi fluctuations.

The Fire Spider naturally sensed Ning Xiaochuan's cultivation increase and attacked even faster, pouncing wildly, opening its bloody maw to bite off Ning Xiaian's head.

"Do you think you still have a chance? Go to hell."

Ning Xiaochuan waved his arm, and a Sword Shadow of a Profound Qi Sword flew out, splitting open the Fire Spider's hard shell. Its body shattered into pieces, splashing a large amount of corrosive crimson blood.

Ning Xiaochuan took a deep breath, finally killing this Second-Grade Mystic Beast.

He touched his chest, where there was a three-inch long wound. The blood flowing from it had soaked his clothes.

"Strange, logically the Fire Spider's claws should be poisonous, so why do I show no signs of poisoning?" Ning Xiaochuan sealed the wound with Profound Qi, then stopped thinking about it and first went to rescue Murong Wushuang, who was hanging on the cliff.

The spider silk left a circle of bloody marks on Murong Wushuang's neck, almost strangling him.

Murong Wushuang gasped for breath, staring at Ning Xiaochuan in shock, saying, "Brother Chuan, you actually broke through to the Profound Qi Eighth Level. Amazing, amazing."

"After killing the Fire Spider, there shouldn't be any danger. You go up the cliff to recover, I'll go get the Blood Toad Wood." Seeing that Murong Wushuang was seriously injured, Ning Xiaochuan told him to climb up the cliff first.

Murong Wushuang no longer pretended to be strong, nodded, and quickly climbed up the Cliff Wall.

Ning Xiaochuan continued to climb down the cliff, finally reaching above the Blood Toad Wood. He could smell a faint, unique woody fragrance of the Blood Toad Wood.

Ning Xiaochuan looked at this Blood Toad Wood Tree, his heart filled with excitement.

This Blood Toad Wood Tree had grown for at least a thousand years, was as large as a millstone, and shaped like a large toad crouching on the cliff. It was crimson, and its claws, eyes, and mouth already had vague outlines.

This was just the main Tree Trunk. On the main trunk grew nine branches as thick as arms, covered in crimson Leaves, emitting a faint fragrance.

"This must weigh at least several thousand catties! And it's still living Blood Toad Wood, this is simply a priceless treasure."

Ning Xiaochuan's palm touched the Tree Trunk of the Blood Toad Wood, and the Demon Sword in his heart immediately let out a joyful cry. A stream of air overflowed from the Sword Body, wanting to absorb the Blood Wood Essence of the Blood Toad Wood.

Ning Xiaochuan quickly withdrew his hand, cutting off the connection between the Demon Sword and the Blood Toad Wood.

Although Ning Xiaochuan also wanted to use the Blood Toad Wood to increase his Cultivation now, if he let the Demon Sword directly absorb the Blood Toad Wood, it would only be able to absorb one-tenth of the Blood Toad Wood's Medicinal Power.

Only by using the power of the Heart Nourishing Cauldron to Refine the Blood Toad Wood could Ning Xiaochuan fully absorb its Medicinal Power.

"I'll dig it back first and slowly Refine it. Such a large piece of Blood Toad Wood is enough for me to raise my Cultivation to the Divine Body Realm in a short amount of Time."

Ning Xiaochuan took out his wood-splitting blade and began to carefully dig on the cliff, wanting to dig out the roots of the Blood Toad Wood completely intact. Perhaps he could even take it back to Begonia Manor and plant it.

A single Profound Spirit Wood is enough to turn barren land into a Spirit Land for Martial Dao cultivation.