A small casual cultivator!

Chapter 441 Preparing Materials for the Divine Refining Technique

"There are actually more than 700 intermediate spirit stones."

With a sweep of his soul, he estimated the approximate value. There were a lot of ready-made spirit stones in the storage ring, occupying almost one third of the space, and there were also some sundries, magic pills, talismans, etc.

The most valuable spirit stones among them were the formation plate and a magical talisman that the demon cultivator had never used.

Lu Luan was somewhat surprised that three ordinary demon cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building actually had so much wealth. One has to know that neither immortal cultivators nor demon cultivators have the habit of saving spirit stones, and once they have some wealth, they will use it to improve their strength.

"It seems that a lot of people were killed."

Lu Luan thought that since many of the debris were low-level spiritual herbs and elixirs, he knew where they came from.

These three evil cultivators were very cautious in their actions. They specifically targeted people at the early stages of Qi Refining and Foundation Building, and took it slow and steady so that it would not be easily noticed. However, no matter how careful you are, there will always be bad luck. If you often walk by the river, you will get your feet wet, and they met him.

"Torture them thoroughly after we get out to see if there are any accomplices."

Lu Luan muttered to himself. He guessed that there should be some people from the Demonic Chamber of Commerce active in Bailuzhou, so it would be convenient for these demon cultivators to use the wealth they gained from killing people to buy treasures to enhance their strength.

After putting away the things, he kept moving back and forth in the cave and went out.

In fact, after entering the underground, it took several hours of wandering in the passage before we found the old man. Fortunately, we left traces along the way, otherwise we would have gotten lost in this complex underground environment.

"Brother, how was the harvest?" Xiao Can asked curiously.

Lu Luan smiled and said, "About 700 intermediate spirit stones."

"not bad."

Xiao Can was happy. It would be totally not worth it if he spent so much effort to only gain a little bit.

"If we do a few more big things, we'll have spirit stones again." Perhaps it had seen the value of Lu Luan's previous intermediate spirit stones, which were over 300,000, so these few hundred spirit stones were not too much in its eyes.

"It's better to be careful and target the weak demon cultivators. There are still some powerful demons hidden on the border of Bailuzhou." Lu Luan said cautiously.

The information provided by Wang Heshan revealed that there were traces of a half-step golden elixir-level demon cultivator on this border who specialized in hunting down cultivators in the middle and late stages of foundation building.

Although his physical strength is now comparable to or even exceeds that of some Half-Step Golden Core cultivators, he still doesn't want to fight with someone of this level of cultivation.

"Then when can we collect enough spirit stones?" Xiao Can asked with a frown.

Although seven hundred spirit stones are not a small amount, it knows that if its brother wants to improve his strength, he will probably have to spend another three or four hundred thousand spirit stones to purchase resources.

Even if you can have such good luck a hundred times a year, it will take four to five years, and this is under ideal conditions, not counting accidents and time for doing other things.

And even if everything goes well, there are not so many demon cultivators around this market for him to catch.

"Take your time. After staying here for a while, we will go somewhere else to avoid being targeted by the strong demon cultivators," Lu Luan said. He had no plan to stay around this market for long.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, brother." Xiao Can smiled.

Next, they traveled through this dark world without sunlight, in twists and turns.

……

"Ok?"

A quarter of an hour later.

They suddenly stopped.

"Brother, there is something ahead." Xiao Can whispered.

Lu Luan also noticed it. He spread his soul and found that in a passage three hundred feet away, there were more than five hundred figures moving back and forth in the cave. The team was very orderly.

These are the Dark Tribe.

However, what surprised him was that this team seemed to be escorting prisoners, because among these figures, there were more than 400 strange dark creatures with their hands and feet tied with chains.

The other dozens looked like yamen runners, flapping their wings behind them, holding long whips with thorns in their hands, and whipping the prisoners continuously.

The imprisoned Dark Clan creatures all hung their heads, occasionally letting out weak screams, their eyes dull.

"Brother, what are they doing?" When the figures approached, Xiao Can saw them and asked in confusion.

Lu Luan whispered: "This should be for offering sacrifices."

Judging from their appearance, those who were bound were of the same clan and looked the same. Although the other soldiers looked different, they should belong to a large underground force. They had power in their hands and could oppress these dark clans at will.

Since he had searched the soul of a Yaksha before, he had a certain understanding of the underground dark tribe. The so-called offering was actually that some weak races underground would provide strong tribesmen to the forces they depended on at a fixed time period in exchange for a chance to survive.

The way for the underground dark tribe to increase their strength is to devour the essence in the brains of underground creatures. Those being escorted should be the food that has been raised in captivity. Now that they are mature, they can be harvested.

"What does offering sacrifice mean?" Xiaocan asked.

Next, Lu Luan explained it.

After listening to this, Xiao Can said sympathetically: "How pitiful! Why don't they know how to resist? The underground creatures being escorted should have the strength of high-level monsters."

"Underground creatures are generally very low in intelligence. Those who know how to resist should have been exterminated." Lu Luan shook his head. The underground is so cruel. Without sunlight, it is just like there is no law. The ordinary dark people with low blood have no way out and can only be exploited constantly. If they were not valuable as crops, they would have been slaughtered long ago.

"Brother, should we take action?" Xiao Can asked.

"Well, although it's a little weak, it's still worth some spirit stones."

He was planning to take action. There was no reason to let go when he met the enemy.

So they approached quietly.

"Pah, go faster."

In the team, a soldier whipped the dark clan member next to him and made him fall to the ground.

It cried out in pain.

"stand up."

Seeing that the whip was about to fall again, the Dark Clan member quickly climbed up in fear.

"It is your blessing to be able to offer yourself to the king. If you continue to procrastinate, don't blame me for being rude."

The soldier said with bared teeth.

"Why bother talking so much to these pigs? They may not understand," a soldier looked at the chained creatures with disdain.

After a while, when they came to a passage without any forks in the road, seeing that the time was ripe, Lu Luan's mind moved, and the spirit spear swept through the air. In an instant, several soldiers who were transporting offerings were knocked to the ground and fell unconscious.

"Oh no, there are human beings."

When the remaining soldiers saw Lu Luan, they immediately shouted in panic, but there was only one road, which was blocked in front and behind.

"This is underground, you are so brave..."

"what."

Before those soldiers could finish their words, they were attacked and fainted.

Except for a few of these soldiers who were at the ordinary Foundation Establishment level, the rest looked like high-level monsters and had no power to resist him.

And there was nowhere to escape. He was subdued in the blink of an eye.

After solving the problem, he walked over, grabbed a soldier in his hand, and began to search his soul to find out what was going on.

The difference in strength was too great, and this three-foot-tall, bat-like dark soul was seen through in an instant.

Although it was pitch black underground, the creatures inside noticed that the escorting soldiers had fallen to the ground, and after seeing Lu Luan, the tied-up Dark Clan members suddenly became agitated.

"There is actually a strong man with the strength of the Golden Core Realm."

Soon, he got a general idea. These soldiers turned out to be subordinates of an Asura. Asuras, like Yakshas, ​​had bones of steel, heads of copper and arms of iron. They were all royal families among the underground dark tribe.

He originally thought that if he was weak, he might as well go and plunder, but now it seems that he cannot do so.

This Asura controls an area of ​​nearly three thousand miles around it, and is in charge of more than a hundred low-bloodline Dark Clan members, providing them with elixirs for their cultivation to improve their strength. You can't afford to offend him for the time being.

"Brother, do you see them?"

Xiao Can suddenly said to him in surprise.

Lu Luan pulled his mind back and looked, and found that all the escorted Dark Clan members were kneeling on the ground, burying their heads and trembling, mumbling in their mouths, saying words he could not understand. They were very honest, like a child who had made a mistake, and looked at him in panic.

"They still have some wisdom, which is rare." Looking at these Dark People, Lu Luan's mind slowly moved. Because they were too weak, killing them all would not be worth dozens of intermediate spirit stones, so he had no intention of taking their lives.

However, seeing that they were somewhat intelligent, an idea suddenly came to my mind.

"Brother, what's wrong?"

Xiao Can saw something else in his eyes and asked.

"I'm wondering whether I should adopt these dark tribe members and provide them with spiritual power for me?" Lu Luan replied in a low voice.

Although these dark tribes are weak, they have simple minds and can be controlled and used for one's own purposes with a little bit of trickery.

Although he doesn't have the energy to practice the spiritual refining technique now, he will have to practice it sooner or later. He has to prepare for the future and collect some spiritual power so that he will have the materials when he needs it.

"Good idea. I have to start preparing materials for practicing Qingyun Baihe Temple. Only when the Yuanshen is strong can the power of the God-Slaying Technique be stronger. We will buy a large space treasure with soil in it. Put them in and let them reproduce freely. I can teach them when I have nothing to do."

Xiao Can's eyes lit up and he agreed very much, looking a little impatient. He was playful by nature, so if this were the case, there would definitely be a lot of fun.

Lu Luan also thought it was feasible, and looking at these Dark Clan members, he knocked them all out, imprisoned them, and put them into his storage ring.

Because there were too many of them and the team was long, it took him almost forty breaths to clean them up. Fortunately, these Dark Clan members were about the same height as humans, otherwise his storage ring might not be able to hold them all.

"Let's go and see what the living environment of these dark tribes is like."

After checking that everything was correct, he followed the memories in his soul and flew to where the Dark Clan lived.

After a while.

Finally, a ray of light was seen in the deep underground. It was a vast underground world, more than a hundred miles wide. Lu Luan flew out from a rock crack in the sky.

The surroundings were gray and the only light came from the magma flowing on the ground.

Despite this, this place is not dead silent. The ground is covered with unknown underground weeds, and there are also small mounds of earth, like ant nests. He can also see that there are many underground creatures in them.

"This is it."

This is where the tribe lives. He first flew over the sky to observe, then scanned it with his soul and made a rough estimate. There are more than 300,000 people in this tribe.

Although their numbers seem to be considerable, the weak ones are only about the same strength as ordinary jackals, tigers and leopards in the mountains, not even as strong as a mortal who practices martial arts. Of course, there are also one or two strong ones, whose strength is similar to those of the soldiers, and they seem to be in the initial stage of foundation building.

And there is another gap, that is, the strongest members of the tribe are relatively scarce, and I think most of them are in his storage ring.

Lu Luan landed slowly on the ground without making much of a fuss. The land under his feet was very soft. Unlike the hard rocks elsewhere, the land had been cultivated and had a dark red plant growing on it.

He also saw that some plants had grown thumb-sized fruits. Some Dark Clan members were walking on the land, picking ripe fruits when they found them and carrying them back to their nests.

This place is just like a mortal tribe in the outside world, living a farming life, and this kind of fruit is obviously the food they grow.

"Snapped!"

"Snapped!"

There were bursts of knocking sounds coming from the cave.

There were many strong and sturdy members of the Dark Tribe wielding hoe-like iron tools, digging at the rocks formed by the solidified magma on the ground.

Some of the smaller ones squatted in the loose gravel, dug a small hole with their claws, and then placed a red seed in it.

This is a very busy process of reclaiming wasteland and growing food.

These dark tribes were quite smart and divided this huge cave into several areas. The plants planted in each area grew in different ways: some were just seedlings, some had just bloomed, and some were bearing fruit.

And everyone seems to have started a family and, like ordinary people, cultivates their own piece of land.

After Xiao Can walked around the field, he touched the plants and said to him, "Brother, this plant has enough energy. One of them can be as powerful as the Qinglin Clan's elixir. It mainly absorbs the burning energy from the magma to grow. As long as there is a treasure that can provide fire attributes, it will not be difficult to transplant it."

Both of them were deliberately hiding, so the dark tribe inside didn't notice them at all.

"Then let's go out and prepare the space treasure."

Lu Luan also looked around and felt that it would not be difficult to find a new home for this Dark Clan tribe.

After making up his mind, he took Xiao Can and flew to the ground.

There are actually many types of dark creatures underground, but most of them are like wild beasts in the mountains, with dim intelligence and cannot be educated at all.

It is rare to find a race like this that has a certain degree of intelligence and knows how to farm.

An hour later.

Lu Luan finally rushed out of the winding underground passage and came to the outside world.

"It's better to live on the surface."

Xiao Can lay on the grass, looking at the sun and white clouds in the sky, and grinned foolishly.

"Aren't you growing underground?" Lu Luan joked.

"My leaves are outside."

Xiao Can immediately jumped up to refute.