Making money, that's the first reason.
The second reason is to hone oneself in actual combat.
Hunting demon beasts in the wild, tempering will and spirit in life-and-death battles, can increase the success rate when impacting Foundation Establishment.
Otherwise, always playing it safe, and not participating in combat, will only lead to becoming an overgrown child, impressive in appearance but useless.
In the marketplace, Lu Xuanji was walking around, purchasing items needed for going out.
Celestial Silkworm Robe, a superior magical robe, woven from Celestial Silkworm Silk, mixed with over a dozen spirit medicines, can protect against poisonous insects, snakes, and rodents when worn in the mountains.
Clothes Cleaning Talisman, when the clothes are dirty, activate it and it immediately turns into mist, directly cleaning the stains on the clothes, keeping the whole body clean.
Fire-igniting Talisman, can directly ignite fire, used for cooking or burning objects.
True Water Talisman, can absorb moisture from the air and store it in the talisman for human hydration.
Hemostatic Talisman, contains medicinal power, can heal various flesh wounds.
Antitoxic Talisman, contains medicinal power, can cure general poisons.
And various other miscellaneous talismans, mainly for outdoor survival.
Also bought three bottles of Fasting Pill, two bottles of White Sun Pill, one bottle of Antitoxic Pill, and one bottle of Qi Blood Pill.
Bought a book, containing common demon beast types, characteristics, prices, and illustrations of some spirit medicines, often encountered in the wild.
Outside, one is to hunt demon beasts, and the other is to pick some spirit medicines.
Prepared for two days later, Lu Xuanji and Ye Feixue left the marketplace, heading towards the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Just a moment after leaving, someone started watching them, passing messages.
Wu Family's marketplace prohibits fighting.
In the marketplace, anyone fighting will face severe punishment from the Wu Family. But leaving the marketplace beyond thirty miles, entering a desolate, demon-beast-infested area, killing and looting there would be futile if you died.
...
Just after leaving the marketplace, Ye Feixue felt a gaze prying on them, and couldn't help saying, "Brother, someone is watching us."
"Ignore it."
Lu Xuanji calmly said, "They won't make a move, they might be testing, testing our strength, testing how many spirit stones we have in our pockets, and then come up with a strategy. Cultivators too poor don't interest them because there's no gain; they'll also avoid strong ones due to high risk."
"But if a Foundation Establishment Cultivator acts, we won't be able to resist."
Ye Feixue said worriedly.
"Haha, don't worry, Foundation Establishment Cultivators won't make a move." Lu Xuanji said, "The Wu Family, Ye Family, and the former Lu Family have warned Foundation Establishment Cultivators not to hunt Qi Cultivation Cultivators. Otherwise, imagine a Foundation Establishment Cultivator waiting at the Marketplace entrance, specializing in hunting Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivators; the marketplace business would be ruined."
"Loose Cultivators becoming Foundation Establishment have two choices, either join some cultivation family as a guest minister or independently open spirit veins, establishing a cultivation family. If neither is chosen, they're mainly cast out. Late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators may kill and loot outside the marketplace at will, but Foundation Establishment Cultivators cannot. The stronger the cultivation, the greater the power, but also the greater the constraints."
The figure flashed, running towards the distance.
While running, he displayed a body technique, with a speed up to a hundred meters per second.
That's a display of strength.
My speed is fast; without a certain speed, no cultivators may block me.
The prying eyes, seeing Lu Xuanji show such an escape technique, were shocked and began to plot again.
"Boss, should we make a move?"
"No need, not for now. These two used to be Lu Family cultivators, but after Purple Sun Mountain was breached by Old Ancestor Yanyang, they became loose cultivators, with little money in their pockets, too thin of sheep, too bony, better to wait for five or six years when they have spirit stones in their pockets to intercept."
The boss said so, but in his heart, he was calculating how to kill these two.
Those two Lu Family cultivators, their escape technique is fast, needing at least seven or eight late-stage Qi Cultivation cultivators to intercept.
Also need to use some strategy, lure these two into a dead-end to block them.
Also need Breath Concealment Talismans to hide the aura, get close to them, and deliver a fatal blow.
...
Swish swish.
Moving through the mountains, after about thirty miles, Lu Xuanji stopped.
Opened the jade scroll with the map of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
The map has the terrain of the Hundred Thousand Mountains, to hunt demon beasts, one must enter into it.
In the Hundred Thousand Mountains, there are various demon beasts - Qi Cultivation Demon Beasts, Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts, Purple Mansion Demon Beasts, Golden Core Demon Beasts, even Nascent Soul Demon Beasts. It's said that within resides a Black Dragon Demon Emperor, extremely terrifying, indescribable.
The Hundred Thousand Mountains are divided into Outer Zone, Mixed Zone, Inner Zone, Core Zone, Forbidden Zone.
In the Outer Zone, mainly Qi Cultivation Demon Beasts and Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts.
If unlucky, encountering a Foundation Establishment Demon Beast and getting eaten, blame bad luck.
Yet, encountering a Qi Cultivation Realm Demon Beast shouldn't bring joy either, as one might get killed.
For example, rabbits, mice, bees, etc., considered weak among demon beasts, can be easily killed by a 1st-layer Qi Cultivation Realm Cultivator. But when the numbers reach hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands, even Purple Mansion Cultivators would need to flee upon encountering them.
Swish swish!
After putting away the map, Lu Xuanji and Ye Feixue headed towards the Hundred Thousand Mountains, their Celestial Silkworm Robe changing color like a chameleon, blending perfectly with the surroundings, almost unnoticeable unless carefully observed.
Walking to a position about ten miles away, they saw a stone stele from afar.
On the stele were four large words, Hundred Thousand Mountains.
The four characters on the stele were blood-red.
Near the stele, lay a pile of skulls, looking ominous and terrifying.
As if predicting, taking one step forward would be stepping into hell.
Lu Xuanji crossed the stele, entering the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
When the Lu Family existed, they could exchange spirit stones for Foundation Establishment Pills, enduring hardship for a few generations, just paying family debts; but after its destruction, regular channels to acquire Foundation Establishment Pills vanished, only obtainable through life-and-death struggles.
Upon crossing the stele, the cellphone alerted him.
[Ding. Host, be careful, at this moment you are being watched by a Nascent Soul Great Demon]
[Host, be cautious, a single breath from the Nascent Soul Great Demon means death for you.]
[The Nascent Soul Great Demon shifts its Divine Thought, no longer paying attention to the host, obviously seeing the host as insignificant insects on the ground, the Nascent Soul Great Demon disdains to crush the host.]
At this moment, the phone transmitted the voice.
Lu Xuanji trembled slightly, continued moving forward, as if nothing had happened.
Being weak does have benefits.
Tigers will hunt rabbits as food, but won't hunt ants on the ground.
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