Demon Hunting (Part One)

After days of visits and investigation, the Liu Household's cultivators had gained a clear understanding of the situation around Purple Forest Market.

Cultivators from Purple Forest Market primarily went deep into Azure Cloud Mountain to the north for Demon Hunting. The farther north they went, the more numerous and powerful the demonic beasts became.

The depths of the Azure Cloud Range had thus become a battlefield between the Demon Race and humanity.

Human cultivators kept pushing forward to obtain the spiritual herbs and demonic beast materials found deep within Azure Cloud Mountain.

Meanwhile, to keep human cultivators from encroaching on their living space, the demonic beasts of the Demon Race constantly fought back.

Ever since the Azure Cloud Sect was founded three thousand years ago, its cultivators had fought endless bloody battles against the Demon Race in the Azure Cloud Range!

The natural environment deep within the Azure Cloud Range was unsuitable for ordinary mortals to live and multiply, but was better suited to demonic beasts.

As a result, human cultivators had always been relatively few in number and remained at a disadvantage in their battles against the Demon Race!

Although the Azure Cloud Sect had also established its seat deep within the Azure Cloud Range, the mountain range was simply too vast.

Even the mighty Azure Cloud Sect, with its more than ten Nascent Soul Cultivators and its affiliated Lineages, could only control a region spanning twenty million li within the Azure Cloud Range. The rest was occupied by the Demon Race and other sects and Lineages.

However, because the Azure Cloud Sect pursued a policy of exterminating all other sects within its territory, its relations with other sects were far from friendly!

Fifty thousand li north of Purple Forest Market stood a towering mountain called Vulture Peak, which possessed a Third-Tier Spirit Vein.

Vulture Peak rose six thousand zhang high and had long been occupied by a flock of Snow Mountain Vultures, led by a supreme-grade third-tier Snow Mountain Vulture. Its steep, treacherous terrain had made it an important stronghold of the Demon Race.

Consequently, the region between Vulture Peak and Purple Forest Market had long been a battlefield fiercely contested by humanity and the Demon Race. Although some cultivation Lineages lived there, they all stayed near Purple Forest Market, and their members were mostly cultivators, with few mortals among them. Many cultivators who came to Purple Forest Market also came for Demon Hunting.

After learning all this, Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan led Liu Changxu and the others out of Purple Forest Market early the following morning, heading north to begin their Demon Hunting journey.

As they left Purple Forest Market, the Liu Household Cultivators saw many groups of cultivators setting out for Demon Hunting. Some rode spirit beasts or spirit birds, while Foundation Establishment cultivators steered flying boats northward.

Those who went demon hunting on foot, like the Liu Household's cultivators, were all Demon Hunting Teams formed by Qi Refinement cultivators.

It was the depths of winter. Countless peaks in the Azure Cloud Range were blanketed in white snow, and the vegetation had withered, leaving large demonic beasts nowhere to hide. It was an excellent season for demon hunting.

Liu Changxu released both Xiao Jin and Xiao Qing from the Spirit Beast Bag. The two little creatures were thrilled to enter the outside world and ran happily back and forth in front of everyone.

Yet even after walking for two whole days and traveling six or seven hundred li from Purple Forest Market, the Liu Household's cultivators had only killed two lower-grade first-tier Golden-Horned Deer.

Clearly, the demonic beasts near Purple Forest Market had already been nearly wiped out by Demon Hunting cultivators.

The Liu Household Cultivators could only continue north.

Finally, on the morning of the third day, Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan used the Spirit Eye Technique and discovered a herd of Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls moving about twenty li away.

The Liu Household Cultivators were all excited. Once they killed a few Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls, they could head back!

Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan was pleased as well, but with his age and extensive Demon Hunting experience, he knew they could not afford to be careless!

Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls were not easy to deal with. They possessed tremendous physical strength, and their bloodline demon art, the Golden Light Technique, had exceptionally powerful attacks. An adult Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bull would dare to face even a Demon Tiger of the same tier head-on.

Moreover, they were not far from Purple Forest Market, so there was a good chance of encountering other Demon Hunting cultivators. Even if they successfully killed a few Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls, their high value meant that, should other cultivators discover their haul, they would face a serious risk of being robbed on the way back.

After thinking for a while, Fourth Elder Liu Baichuan explained his concerns to everyone, and they, too, felt how thorny the problem was!

Finally, Liu Changxu said, "Seventh Grandpa, I think we shouldn't try to grow fat with a single mouthful. We should carefully lie in ambush near where the Golden-Eyed Unicorn Bulls roam. It won't be too late to act when a suitable opportunity comes!"

After hearing Liu Changxu's suggestion, Liu Baichuan nodded and said, "Changxu's plan is good! That's what we'll do!"