At the outer part of the mountain range was a very strange set of landforms, there were forests, hills, moors, lakes...
Over the past few days, you could often see a human figure coming and going, killing one beast after another.
He had such bad luck. Thirteen rank 2 beasts and none of them had pellets inside their bodies, and this was even including four peak rank 2 beasts.
Ever since he reached the highest stage of his Pure Yuan Art, Ye Chen realized that if he wanted to improve faster in the future, he would need the help of beast pellets.
The beast pellets were extracted from the parts inside the beasts' bodies, where they absorbed the Yuan Qi from nature. Theoretically, a beast pellet that was an year old could save a disciple about an year of hard work, a five-year-old pellet could save about five years of hard work. However, it was only theory. Inside the pellet was not only extracted Yuan Qi but also a lot of Beast Qi. If a normal disciple was infected with a little bit of beast Qi, he might face the risk of going crazy, and if he was unlucky, the whole pellet would be melted by the beast Qi and became completely worthless.
But, of course, if a disciple had reached the Condensing Reality Stage, they could suck out the Beast Qi with their own Qi, making the pellet perfectly safe. However, the pellet had to be under Condensing Reality Stage. In other words, a Condensing Reality Stage disciple still would not be able to handle the pellet that was higher than rank 4.
The strong smell of blood attracted a lot of beasts' interest. Ye Chen closed his eyes and, with his extraordinary soul power, sensed there was a relatively strong beast around thirty meters away, which should be a peak rank 2 beast.
His body shifted and he somehow started to float, both feet in the air like a big bird, and flew out twenty meters, going straight towards the back of a huge tree.
With a loud noise, the tree was cut in half and a beast, that looked like both a wolf and a tiger, appeared behind the tree.
A peak rank 2 beast, the Tiger-Wolf Beast!
Ye Chen twisted his wrist and his great steel sword turned into a beam of light, shooting out with extreme speed. It was the strongest move in the Lone Peak of Thirteen Swords - The Extreme Sword.
The Tiger-Wolf Beast did not expect Ye Chen to be this fast, it was just about to move his body when it was stabbed in the chest. Although it was badly wounded, but it was surprisingly tough, suddenly grabbing Ye Chen's elbow.
"Piss off! 'The Twisted Road'!" Ye Chen ignored the opponent's attack, accumulating his Qi into his great steel sword, and thrust it towards the opposite side, forcibly twisting open that beast's chest. Then, with extreme speed, he cut the beast's claws, which were reaching toward him.
Such a strong rank 2 top beast, yet it could not even survive two attacks from Ye Chen, its body softened and fell on the ground, like a deflated balloon.
Looking at the beast's wound, Ye Chen's eyes brightened, and his face was filled with joy: It is about time. Finally, this beast has a pellet inside its body!
Slicing the Tiger-Wolf Beast's corpse, Ye Chen reached his hand inside its body and took out a milky-yellow pinkish pellet, about the size of an egg.
According to the booklets about the beasts, if the rank 2 beast had a pellet inside its body, it would increase its chances of becoming a rank 3 beast. If the pellet had slight color changes, it meant it was not far away from upgrading to its next power level. This pellet was milky yellow with a hint of pinkness, no doubt that monster was about to reach the next level. It was more powerful than a normal rank 2 pellet, and for its size, it must've been there for at least an year.
Even after the evil-warding potions' cleansing and losing about ninety percent of its Beast Qi and Yuan Qi, it could at least save Ye Chen a month of hard work. Nevertheless, this pellet was about to reach the next power level, its effect might even double, and could save him around two months of hard work.
Staring at the pellet in his hand, even with his powerful soul power, Ye Chen still could not control his excitement. Two months of hard work! It could help me reach the Late Mortal Realm Stage 7, and, if I am lucky, there might still be a fifth of the original Yuan Qi left after the cleansing of the evil-warding potion, which means four months of hard work. Then I will definitely reach Mortal Realm level 8.
Ye Chen took out a jade box, carefully putting that valuable pellet into the box, and closed the lid. This was to protect against Beast Qi and Yuan Qi leakage.
After taking a deep breath, he calmed himself from his excitement and looked at the beast's corpse.
"The materials from a peak rank 2 beast could sell for at least a thousand silver. I should not let it go to waste. I need the money to buy the evil-warding potions which cost five thousand silvers." Ye Chen mumbled to himself, squatted down, and started digging inside the beast's body, collecting all the useable parts.
After he finished collecting the materials, he frowned. The big leather bag that I brought is completely filled up. It would be so nice if I had a storage ring.
But, of course, he was just dreaming about it. Among all the core disciples, only eldest sister Zhu Mei and "Hanshan Childe" Luo Hanshan had it. He knew he was nowhere close to that stage yet. However, he was surprised at how powerful Emerald Valley was, because, among all the countless geniuses in Emerald Martial Palace, even Ji Xuyan, who was only at the Peak of Mid Condensing Reality Stage, had a storage ring.
Sigh... Emerald Martial Palace is, indeed, a rank 7 martial institution. They have countless fortunes and treasurable assets. The Ye family is one of the famous eight families, and also have a large fortune, but only my father and some other senior masters have storage rings. My mother also had one, but she was a junior master of the Rudra martial institution, with a great reputation. But it was impossible for other people, like me, to get a storage ring.
Shaking his head, Ye Chen closed the big leather bag and prepared to leave.
All of the sudden, out of nowhere, a huge gale of wind started to blow around the forest, throwing around small rocks, and even some of the small plants were pulled out of the ground, with their roots flailing in the air, like a hurricane.
Ye Chen was shocked. What the heck?!?
AHWOOOO...
A terrifying loud howl was heard. It seemed to be only a couple hundred meters away.
Oh no! It is a rank 3 beast! Only the rank 3 beasts could release their Beast Qi and let it form an air flow, known as a Beast Wind, which could confuse people's senses.
Before Ye Chen's soul traveled to this world, he read this classic fantasy novel, called "Outlaws of the Marsh", in which the main character was fighting against a tiger. There was also a wave of odd wind blowing before the appearance of this tiger. Right now, this rank 3 beast was way more powerful than that tiger, its wind more like a hurricane.
With no time to waste, Ye Chen put all his effort into accumulating Pure Yuan Art. His feet pushed the ground, and his body jumped out like a big bird, wanting to avoid the rank 3 beast's attack.
He heard the sounds of branches breaking. Shortly after, a wolf beast, the size of a cow, suddenly appeared where Ye Chen was previously standing, its body slim and strong. It did not have any hair covering its body, but, instead, was covered with black flakes, which seemed metallic. It had a long scorpion tail, the hook at the end had a gray shine to it, which just screamed "deadly poisonous".
Ye Chen turned his head to look, then he tried everything he could to accumulate his Qi. Pushing his Golden Swallow Art to the limit, he ran away as fast as he could.
That weird-looking beast was the Scorpion Tail Demon Wolf, one of the top beasts among all rank 3 beasts. Even a Mid Condensing Reality Stage disciple would have to run away from it.
