"Since you possess such a divine ability, Brother, why was it that when we first traveled the Primordial Wilderness, we obtained so few top-tier treasures?" Mu Jizi felt somewhat depressed and asked.
Kunpeng could not help shaking his head. With a bitter smile, he said, "Does Elder Brother not know that any powerful treasure can conceal its aura? Without a treasure's aura, this ability of mine is useless. How then could I seek out such treasures?"
"Oh, so that was it!" Mu Jizi suddenly understood, then said, "No wonder. When we traveled the Primordial Wilderness back then, we encountered so few top-tier treasures and only picked up some low-grade treasures that were of little use!"
Kunpeng could not help feeling embarrassed, muttering inwardly, Low-grade treasures? Why did I see you treat those low-grade treasures like precious jewels?
Of course, ever since he had challenged Mu Jizi in an itch to test his skills after reaching the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak, only to be beaten into a sorry state, he only dared say such things in his heart!
At this moment, Kunpeng felt aggrieved to the extreme. He no longer had the mood to toss the Primordial Plant Essence in his hand. He glanced at Mu Jizi and was just about to put it away when—
All of a sudden—
Several figures came galloping over from nearby. Before long, they had arrived beside Mu Jizi and Kunpeng!
Kunpeng and Mu Jizi had long noticed the arrivals with their divine senses, but neither paid them any mind. After all, among the Demon Race, those people could only be considered minor demons. The strongest was merely at the Loose Immortal realm, while the weakest had not even passed the tribulation of immortality and stood only at the Void Refinement and Dao Integration realm. Such cultivation might have made them local overlords on the spirit-energy-starved Earth of later generations, but in the present Primordial Wilderness, it seemed utterly shabby!
Some had tiger heads and human bodies; some had ox heads and horse faces; others had human bodies and faces, but ox horns or antlers atop their heads. Though their cultivation was not particularly high, they had clearly followed the Dao and understood somewhat that the human form was favored by the Heavenly Dao, grasping the significance of cultivating a human Dharma body.
When they arrived beside Mu Jizi and Kunpeng, their eyes brimmed with greed as they stared at the Primordial Plant Essence in Kunpeng's hand!
Indeed, the Primordial Wilderness was no longer what it had once been. Though it was not yet like the later ages, where even decent refining materials were hard to find, obtaining a piece of primordial material was still quite difficult. Especially for these people, whose strongest member was only a Loose Immortal, primordial items held even greater allure!
At their head stood the sole Loose Immortal, an old man with antlers on his head and a tuft of beard beneath his chin. His shrewd eyes rolled around in their sockets as though calculating something. He glanced at the Earth Immortal lackeys behind him, then at Kunpeng and Mu Jizi, and a trace of wariness appeared in his eyes.
It was for no other reason than that his divine sense had detected that Mu Jizi and Kunpeng were both at the peak of the early Loose Immortal realm, only half a step below his own mid-stage Loose Immortal cultivation! For this reason, after approaching them, he did not dare directly snatch the Primordial Plant Essence from Kunpeng's hand. Instead, he quietly assessed the strength of Mu Jizi and Kunpeng, weighing the gains and losses!
Naturally, Mu Jizi and Kunpeng had concealed their cultivation. Otherwise, the aura of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak alone would have frightened the old man transformed from an antelope demon into fleeing in panic!
After thinking for a while, the antelope demon elder's eyes shifted, and an idea came to him. He said to Mu Jizi and Kunpeng, "Fellow Daoists, this mountain range is occupied by this poor Daoist, and the primordial item in your hand was also planted by this poor Daoist. I ask that you return it to me!"
The antelope demon was quite clever. In his view, his cultivation surpassed that of the two before him. If he spoke politely and gave Mu Jizi and Kunpeng a way out, they surely would not fight him over a mere primordial item!
Had he encountered ordinary people whose cultivation was a notch below his, and who saw that he had many subordinates behind him, they might truly have gone downhill with the current and handed over the primordial item in their hands. But the people he had met were Mu Jizi and Kunpeng! Both possessed immense divine abilities. If they did not rob others, others ought to thank Heaven and Earth—how could anyone possibly rob them instead!
Seeing the few men trying to fish in troubled waters, Mu Jizi and Kunpeng smiled faintly, finding it rather amusing!
"Oh? You say this mountain is occupied by you, and this item was planted by you?" Kunpeng put on a look of surprise, then said in great confusion and nonsense, "My brother and I have cultivated here for several centuries. How have we never heard of such a thing?"
With those words, it was unclear whether he truly had not understood the antelope demon's implied meaning or simply did not wish to hand over the primordial item.
The antelope demon's face immediately darkened!
Seeing this, a black bear demon at the Earth Immortal realm beside him immediately caught on. He stepped forward and roared, "Who does our Patriarch think he is? Why would he need to deceive the two of you? If he says he occupies this land, then he occupies this land. Could it possibly be false?"
This black bear demon had a human body and a bear's head. His roar carried some force, but Kunpeng paid him no heed, too lazy to even say a word!
Such naked disregard instantly enraged the somewhat dim-witted black bear demon! Without considering anything else, he lunged forward, his thick palm slamming fiercely toward Kunpeng!
"Not good!" At that moment, the old man transformed from the antelope demon changed expression. He was about to intervene and stop him, but in the next instant, he drew back instead, intending to use the late-stage Earth Immortal black bear demon to probe the depths of the two before him!
"Whoosh~~~~"
Though the black bear demon's clumsy body moved slowly, the palm he struck out carried considerable force, tearing through the air with a howling whistle. An ordinary Loose Immortal might not fear such a blow, but would still avoid its edge for the moment. After all, black bear demons were renowned for their great strength. A full-force palm strike from a late-stage Earth Immortal black bear demon was roughly comparable to an early-stage Loose Immortal's attack!
But who was Kunpeng? A Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Peak expert! Facing the black bear demon's palm strike was like a martial arts master facing the attack of an infant who had only just learned to walk—childish and laughable!
At that moment, he did not even look. With a flick of his wrist, he casually swung his palm backward!
With a thunderous BOOM!, the mountain-like black bear demon was sent flying high into the air by Kunpeng's casual slap. With a heavy BANG!, he crashed to the ground. Blood spilled from his mouth, and after twitching a few times, his neck tilted to one side. He reverted to his true form and died on the spot!
The sudden change left the group of acquired demons utterly unable to react. From the black bear demon's savage palm strike to his collapse and death, only an instant had passed. After standing stunned for a moment, the acquired demons all sucked in sharp breaths!
That casual palm strike was likely no weaker than what their master, the Antelope Old Monster, could unleash at full strength. Could such an attack truly be delivered by someone at the early Loose Immortal realm?
The demons were greatly shocked, and a commotion broke out among them. Even the Antelope Old Monster felt a faint sense of apprehension. Yet relying on the treasure he had recently obtained, he did not fear Kunpeng, merely assuming that Kunpeng was a Demon Cultivator born with tremendous divine strength, much like the black bear demon!
Suppressing the apprehension in his heart, the Antelope Old Monster glanced at the dead black bear demon. His face darkened as he said coldly, "What is the meaning of this, Fellow Daoist? Even if this poor Daoist's subordinate was somewhat at fault, a lesson would have sufficed. There was no need to beat him to death!"
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