Chapter 153: Golden Tooth Elephant Tomb, a No-Cost Business

Ji Chang smiled faintly, raised his hand gently, poured another cup of tea for Master Lu Dan, and then slowly spoke.

"Brother Lu, thank you for your concern, but I have just arrived in Liaogu Immortal City and I still have many personal matters to deal with."

"Besides, Liaogu Immortal City has a good spiritual vein. I want to practice here first to consolidate my realm, so I'm afraid I can't accept your invitation for the time being."

After hearing this, Master Lu Dan's eyes flashed with disappointment, but he quickly recovered and said with a smile:
"Since Brother Han has made a plan, I naturally dare not force him. I just hope that if Brother Han is interested in the future, he can consider our team first."

Ji Chang nodded and said, "Of course, I appreciate Brother Lu's kindness. If I am ready in the future, I will definitely find Brother Lu as soon as possible."

The two smiled at each other, drank a few more cups of tea, and chatted about some interesting anecdotes in the Shiwandashan Mountains in recent days.

"Brother Lu, I heard that a clan cemetery of third-level great demons was recently discovered near the Chishuifang City. Is this true?" Ji Chang asked curiously.

Master Lu Dan put down his teacup and nodded in confirmation, "Indeed, the cemetery caused quite a stir after it was discovered."

"It is said that the Master Jingxing of the Zhou family has already gone there to investigate personally."

"Oh? Even Master Jingxing has come out. It seems that there must be something extraordinary in that cemetery." A hint of interest flashed in Ji Chang's eyes.

"That's right. There have been a lot of missions regarding that cemetery recently. Our team plans to go there and find out more in the near future." Master Lu Dan said with anticipation in his eyes.

Ji Chang smiled slightly: "Brother Lu, if there is a chance, I would also like to go with you to see the cemetery of the third-level monster."

"Haha, if Brother Han is interested, we would certainly welcome you. However, the cemetery is full of dangers, so we need to be fully prepared." Master Lu Dan reminded.

The two chatted about some rumors about the cemetery, and Ji Chang listened with great interest.

Not long after, Master Lu Dan stood up to say goodbye. Ji Chang saw him off to the door and watched his back gradually disappear into the distance.

Turning back to the cave, Ji Chang took a deep breath and peered at the Tao Seed, which trembled slightly.

The next moment, a scene appeared in the sea of ​​consciousness.

This was exactly the scene surrounding Zhou Jingxing, the Jindan Zhenren of the Zhou family.

At this time, Zhou Jingxing turned into a beam of light and headed towards a certain direction.

"Not here yet?"

Ji Chang shook his head and stopped spying, preparing to wait until Zhou Jingxing explored the cemetery in depth before continuing to spy.

However, Ji Chang did not have too high expectations for the gains from his spying this time.

Unlike the cave ruins left by cultivators, exploring the cemetery of these monsters can yield a lot of precious animal bones and spiritual objects.

However, there is no such inheritance of skills and techniques.

For Ji Chang, simply peeping does not bring much benefit.

At most, this method can be used to explore the layout and situation of the cemetery.

However, this is also profitable for Ji Chang.

Ji Chang took out the development order and used his magic power to browse the bounty mission.

After a moment, Ji Chang stopped and looked at a bounty mission.

"Sure enough, there is an exploration mission related to cemetery intelligence."

For Ji Chang, he can earn merit by spying on other monks exploring the cemetery, writing down the information, and uploading it to the development order first.

Ji Chang was not worried about being discovered by others.

This is because there are many monks doing the same thing as him.

In order to allow their cultivators to be listed on the contribution list, many foundation-building families will give most of the intelligence collected by the clan members to one clan member for uploading.

In addition, there are also transactions related to exploration intelligence in certain black markets.

When exploring, the independent cultivation teams like Master Lu Dan do not necessarily accept exploration missions.

Many teams will trade the intelligence they have discovered on the black market.

Even many teams themselves were hired by powerful foundation-building families to collect intelligence.

For the Foundation Building Family, although the merits earned from the exploration missions were not many, they were much less than those earned from the garrison missions.

However, exploration missions can earn much more merit than logistical tasks such as providing elixirs and talismans.

Moreover, for the Foundation Building Family, the benefits of completing logistical tasks are not cost-effective.

The merits earned by investing a large amount of elixirs and talismans may not be as much as what other cultivators earn by guarding the front line for half a year.

If these pills were used to train the younger generations of the family, perhaps a new foundation-building cultivator could be created.

Therefore, the way for most powerful foundation-building families to quickly earn merits is to purchase intelligence on the black market, send a large number of family cultivators, or hire a team of independent cultivators to explore for intelligence.

To a certain extent, this forced some ambitious independent foundation-building cultivators, or insufficiently powerful foundation-building families, to accept extremely dangerous garrison missions if they wanted to be on the contribution list.

For the Huangquan Sect, this would speed up the process of expanding their territory into the Ten Thousand Mountains, which was naturally something they were happy to see.

Moreover, by doing so, one can be listed on the contribution list and have the opportunity to become a cultivator in the Huangquan Sect.

Either there is both opportunity and strength, or there is a deep background and foundation.

No matter what kind of cultivator it is, it is a very good choice for the Huangquan Sect.

But for Ji Chang, who had the ability to see the Dao, this was a no-cost business.

He only needed to spend some time to spy on the monks who went out to explore.

Of course, Ji Chang can only explore one person at a time, and it takes time to spy.

In terms of efficiency, they are far inferior to those powerful foundation-building families.

Moreover, the merits earned from exploration missions are not much. If you want to be on the contribution list, you still need to accept garrison missions.

"The garrison mission is still too dangerous for me now."

"With my strength, I can kill even a second-order superior monster that is equivalent to a cultivator in the late stage of foundation building."

"However, in the frontline cultivation markets, it is common for beasts to besiege the city, and even third-level monsters appear."

"It seems that we need to wait until our cultivation reaches the late stage of foundation building before we can consider stationing there."

Ji Chang's mind moved slightly, and he walked into a quiet room, concentrating on practicing in seclusion.

……

Two months later.

On this day, Ji Chang sat cross-legged, focusing all his energy on observing the Tao seeds floating in his sea of ​​consciousness.

At the same time, in a deep mountain more than a hundred miles away from Chishuifang City.

Zhou Jingxing was in the heart of a dark mountain. He was surrounded by golden light, shining brightly in the darkness.

This place is the cemetery of the rumored third-level monster.

On the outskirts of the cemetery, there are many second-level monsters guarding the tombs. They should be the subordinates of the cemetery owner, or they are restrained to guard the cemetery.

A third-level demon already possesses intelligence similar to that of human cultivators, so it is naturally impossible for it to leave the cemetery without any defense.

However, for Zhou Jingxing, with his Jindan stage cultivation, it was more than enough for him to deal with those foundation-building monsters guarding the tomb. He easily broke through the siege and went deep into the core area of ​​the cemetery.

He looked around, his brows slightly raised, and his eyes revealed a hint of anticipation.

"Those second-level monsters guarding the cemetery are all golden monsters. It seems that the owner of this cemetery should be a third-level golden monster."

What Zhou Jingxing condensed was the Golden Elixir of the Golden Dao. If he could collect enough Golden Dao spiritual objects in this cemetery.

The speed at which he cultivated the Danwen supernatural power was undoubtedly much faster.

Suddenly, he discovered something, and his surprise was beyond words. "It turned out to be an elephant grave of a golden-tusked elephant."

Zhou Jingxing has arrived at the cemetery area where the corpses of monsters are buried.

This cemetery is obviously the resting place of a tribe of golden-tusked elephants. Huge golden tusks are scattered around, emitting a golden glow in the darkness.

He carefully approached an elephant tomb, broke it open, and took a gold tooth into his hand.

"It is indeed a genuine third-level golden spiritual object."

Zhou Jingxing held the golden tooth that was emitting golden light in his hand, his heart filled with joy.

Without further delay, he began to break open the elephant tombs one by one, carefully collecting every gold tooth and animal bone.

However, just when he collected the sixth elephant tomb, he suddenly felt a powerful aura approaching rapidly.

He looked up suddenly and saw a huge golden-tusked elephant running towards him.

The golden-tusked elephant's eyes were red, and it was obviously angry.

Zhou Jingxing's heart trembled.

"This cemetery is indeed guarded by a third-level monster."

He did not dare to be careless at all and immediately activated his Danwen magical power [Solid as Iron].

Suddenly, a bright protective aura condensed around his body, protecting him firmly.

The protective spiritual light was indestructible and completely enveloped Zhou Jingxing.

The golden-tusked elephant let out a deafening roar, and its two huge golden tusks burst out with brilliant golden light as it rushed towards Zhou Jingxing.

However, when it hit Zhou Jingxing's protective aura, it was as if it had hit an indestructible mountain.

The protective aura flashed with dazzling light, firmly blocking the attack of the Golden Tooth Elephant.

Zhou Jingxing secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't dare to relax at all and continued to activate another magical power.

【Golden Sulphite】

The next moment, a flash of red light suddenly appeared and enveloped the golden-tusked elephant in front of it.

The golden-tusked elephant seemed to feel the threat, but it did not retreat. Instead, it let out an even more deafening roar, trying to hold on with its strong body.

However, the power of [Golden Rhenium Stone] is extraordinary. Wherever the red light passes, the air seems to be distorted by the high temperature.

After only a quarter of an hour, the roar of the Golden-tusked Elephant gradually became hoarse and weak under the cover of the red light, and its huge body began to tremble under the scorching heat.

As time went by, the skin of the Golden Tusk Elephant began to turn black, its hair was burnt and curled, and one could even smell the aroma of roasted flesh.

Its originally red eyes were now filled with fear and despair.

Zhou Jingxing stared at the Golden-tusk elephant closely until its huge body collapsed to the ground and completely turned into a ball of pitch-black charcoal.

There was an indescribable smell in the air, a faint mixture of meaty and burnt aromas.

Zhou Jingxing put away his magical powers and walked to the side of the charcoal.

[Golden Mn Stone] was extremely powerful. Although it killed the Golden Tooth Elephant, it also turned its flesh, blood, and bones into nothing.

Only two golden tusks still survive.

This golden tusk is the body of the Golden Tooth Elephant that activates its bloodline and supernatural powers, and it is also the strongest part of the Golden Tooth Elephant's body.

Even with the terrifying power of Danwen's magical power [Liujin Ruoshi], it is difficult to destroy it successfully.

Zhou Jingxing took a deep breath and began to collect gold teeth and animal bones from various elephant tombs.

These materials are of extremely high value to him. Not only can they be used to refine magic weapons, but they can also be used to cultivate supernatural powers.

At the same time, Ji Chang opened his eyes and took out the development order.

After a moment, Ji Chang looked at the hundreds of merits he had earned and felt a little happy.

Ji Chang uploaded what he discovered when he spied on Zhou Jingxing exploring the Great Demon Cemetery into the Development Order.

He was extremely careful when uploading the information, because the exploration progress of the various foundation-building cultivators was still at the outskirts of the cemetery, and only Zhou Jingxing, a Jindan Zhenren, had gone deep into the core area of ​​the cemetery.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble and disputes, Ji Chang only uploaded some information about cemeteries close to the outskirts.

However, even so, he still earned several hundred merits.

For Hu Qingsong, he could earn several hundred great merits by just guarding Chishuifang City for a few months.

However, if Ji Chang chooses to refine pills and complete logistical tasks, it may take one or two years.

"Now Zhou Jingxing has completed the exploration of this great demon cemetery."

"I guess after he comes out, the exploration mission of this Great Demon Cemetery will be cancelled."

"There may still be some tasks left to clear out the monsters."

……

This day.

Ji Chang finished his daily practice and pushed open the door of the quiet room. A fragrance mixed with flowers and plants hit him in the face.

Walking out of the quiet room, Ji Chang came to the courtyard, where he heard bursts of laughter.

Looking up, I saw Huo Youyi and Liu Xuexuan sitting at the stone table in the yard, sipping tea and chatting and laughing.

Both women are beauties, but each has her own merits.

Huo Youyi had a pretty face and fair skin, and was wearing a long black dress.

Liu Xuexuan was gentle and charming, beautiful and charming, wearing a goose yellow long dress.

"Friend Han, you've come out of seclusion!" Huo Youyi noticed Ji Chang coming and greeted him warmly.

"Yeah." Ji Chang responded with a smile, walked to the stone table and sat down, "What are you talking about?"

"We are talking about Master Jingxing." Liu Xuexuan said, "I heard that he has completed the exploration of the cemetery of the third-level monster and is now inspecting the many markets on the front line."

"Oh?" Ji Chang raised his eyebrows slightly.

"The exploration of that great demon cemetery was completed so quickly. Many fellow foundation builders must still be waiting and watching."

"Yes." Huo Youyi nodded in agreement and sighed.

“Although there are many opportunities in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, if we don’t act in time, the two Jindan True Immortals will go out to explore, and by then we may not even be able to drink a mouthful of soup.”

Afterwards, Ji Chang and the others started talking about things in the front-line market.

"This time Master Jingxing inspected the frontier market, he should be preparing to continue to expand the territory."

"Based on previous experience, we usually continue to expand every two or three months."

"This time, we found a cemetery of a third-level monster around Chishuifang City. It has been about half a year and we haven't continued to explore it."

Liu Xuexuan asked curiously after hearing this.

"If we continue to develop, will there be any merit in guarding Chishuifang City?"

Huo Youyi explained: "No matter which market you are stationed in the Shiwandashan Mountains, you will have merits, the only difference is the number of troops."

"When the front line advances, the merits of guarding Chishui Market will definitely decrease, but it will still be much higher than that of the market in the rear."

At this point, she suddenly changed the subject and said to Liu Xuexuan half-jokingly, "Could it be that Xuexuan wants to go and garrison Chishuifang City?"

Liu Xuexuan immediately shook her head when she heard that.

(End of this chapter)