noffsinger Chapter 53 You don't want to take action, huh? Then you can stay out of the way!
Chapter 53 You don't want to take action, huh? Then you can stay out of the way!
After everyone killed Chen Bin, they returned to the White Tiger Sect's base and began dividing up the treasures.
Tang Chao, Liu Cheng, Ye Xiaobai, and others each received a low-grade spiritual weapon, while the mid-grade spiritual weapon used by Chen Bin—the Thick Earth Rock-Slaying Blade—was given to Tang Chao, and Ye Xiaobai chose the three-hundred-year-old Stone Dragon Grass.
In terms of spirit stones, everyone received several thousand spirit stones, and there were hundreds or thousands of spirit herbs and magic tools. In short, everyone reaped a great harvest this time.
The next period was a period of adjustment. Everyone had obtained cultivation resources and would definitely go back to cultivate diligently.
Later, they learned by chance that Ye Xiaobai was a first-grade alchemist from Lingdan Peak, and everyone would seek him out to refine pills for the Qi Refining stage. In addition, Ye Xiaobai had also obtained many spiritual herbs.
During this period of adjustment, Ye Xiaobai's cultivation level did not improve much, but his alchemy skills advanced by leaps and bounds. He was already able to refine more than a dozen kinds of second-tier pills, and he could be certified as a second-grade alchemist when he returned. However, he had not yet learned how to refine third-tier pills.
Seven or eight days later, everyone had rested enough and it was time to go out and search for more spiritual herbs.
Now, the overall strength of this group has risen several levels. On the one hand, several Qi Refining Level 10 members have broken through to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining, and will have the opportunity to break through to the Foundation Establishment stage after returning. On the other hand, Tang Chao, Liu Cheng and others have acquired spiritual weapons, which has directly boosted their combat strength.
Just as Ye Xiaobai was about to go out alone to explore the area, he saw a disciple rushing back from outside to the location where Tang Chao was resting. Ye Xiaobai knew that something must have happened, so he went over to take a look.
"Senior Brother Tang, something terrible has happened! Junior Brother Li Kai discovered several hundred-year-old spiritual herbs in a valley. He was about to pick them when he was stopped by the Vermilion Bird Sect. Both sides claim they discovered them first and neither will give way. It looks like a fight is about to break out. Li Kai sent me a telepathic message hoping that Senior Brother Tang can come to his aid quickly!" a White Tiger Sect cultivator said.
"How dare they bully our White Tiger Sect disciples! We must teach them a lesson! Take me there now!" Tang Chao roared.
As soon as I stepped out the door, I saw Ye Xiaobai coming over.
Ye Xiaobai was also planning to go out and take a look, so they went together.
Soon after, Ye Xiaobai and the others arrived at the scene of the incident.
Tang Chao asked first, "Who discovered these few hairy grass plants, Li Kai?"
"Senior Brother Tang, it really was us who discovered it first! You have to stand up for us!" Li Kai said anxiously.
Tang Chao said calmly, "Then there's no problem!" He turned to the Vermilion Bird Sect disciples beside him and asked, "Who's in charge here?"
"You're from the White Tiger Sect, surnamed Tang, right? Enough nonsense! Such a treasure belongs to the capable!" a middle-aged woman said, then summoned a second-tier Ironback Wolf.
So there was a level two demonic beast comparable to the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage! No wonder it was so arrogant! Everyone couldn't help but sigh.
"May I ask your surname, madam?" Tang Chao asked. At least you should know your opponent's name before you start a fight.
"The weak don't need to know my name. If you're afraid of dying, just stay away!" the young woman shouted.
"Madam, I'm afraid that if I take action, your demon beast might be in danger. After all, it's not easy for you to raise such a second-tier demon beast," Tang Chao kindly advised. After all, the relationship with the Qingyun Sect was already tense, and it wouldn't be good to directly offend the Zhuque Sect.
"Fine, fine, you don't want to fight, huh? Then you can stay out of the way!" The young woman said, taking a few steps and pointing at Ye Xiaobai, "Come on, I think you're a pretty good disciple of the White Tiger Sect. Here, let you fight. Defeat my second-tier demon beast, and the spirit herbs are yours!"
Tang Chao and Ye Xiaobai were speechless. They couldn't believe it was like that.
Tang Chao didn't know what to say, so he could only give Ye Xiaobai a look and tell him to handle it.
Most of the disciples of the White Tiger Sect only knew that Ye Xiaobai was a first-grade alchemist, good at alchemy, but his combat skills were questionable. In the past, he mainly relied on third-order formations and his superior movement techniques in battles.
"Senior Brother Ye is only at the tenth level of Qi Refining. Can he handle a second-tier demonic beast that is comparable to the Great Perfection of Qi Refining?"
"Second-tier demonic beasts have terrifyingly strong defenses; ordinary magical artifacts can hardly break through them!"
"How about we let Senior Brother Tang go instead?"
"If Junior Brother Ye loses, are we really going to give up those few spiritual herbs?"
Everyone was talking about it.
"Do you really want me to go?" Ye Xiaobai asked again to confirm.
"Stop talking nonsense and get started!"
"I hope you don't regret it!"
"Go!" The young woman commanded the second-tier Ironback Wolf to pounce on Ye Xiaobai.
Ye Xiaobai took out his newly acquired low-grade spiritual weapon, the Qingyun Haoyue Sword, and with a move called "Tai Xu Wu Ji Sword - Nine Heavens Embracing the Moon," the soaring blue sword energy directly killed the level two demon beast, the Ironback Azure Wolf!
Everyone was completely dumbfounded!
"What?! A level-two demonic beast was killed with a single sword strike!"
"Where did the astonishing defensive power of a level-two demon beast go?"
"Upon closer inspection, it turns out it was a low-grade spiritual artifact. No wonder it could break through the defenses of a second-tier demonic beast!"
Everyone finally gained a new understanding of Ye Xiaobai's strength.
The young woman was shocked to see her spirit beast killed. Her divine sense was instantly damaged, rendering her powerless to fight against the White Tiger Sect disciples. She could only lead the remaining disciples away in frustration. The spirit herbs naturally belonged to the White Tiger Sect disciples.
Tang Chao was greatly shocked to see Ye Xiaobai kill a second-tier demon beast with a single strike. Although he knew that Ye Xiaobai had a spiritual weapon and the strength to defeat a second-tier demon beast, he did not expect that he would defeat it so easily. His strength was already comparable to his own.
"Junior Brother Ye, your swordsmanship is truly amazing! I hadn't noticed before; I was blind!" Tang Chao exclaimed in praise.
"Senior Brother Tang, you flatter me. It was merely using the power of the spiritual artifact," Ye Xiaobai said with a smile.
Ye Xiaobai felt that if a Qi Refining stage cultivator didn't have a spiritual weapon, he would be invincible. However, there were always some second-generation cultivators from powerful families who might possess spiritual weapons, like that guy. Thinking of this, Ye Xiaobai dared not be too high-profile.
Seeing Ye Xiaobai's combat power, Tang Chao pulled Ye Xiaobai aside and said, "Now that we all have the support of spiritual weapons, our combat power far exceeds that of ordinary Qi Refining stage cultivators. The Qingyun Sect has been coveting our White Tiger Sect's territory for a long time. We can take this opportunity to eliminate more Qingyun Sect disciples in the secret realm!"
"Does Senior Brother Tang mean to take the initiative?" Ye Xiaobai asked.
"Exactly!"
"Great! In that case, we must kill them! The Qingyun Sect disciples will avoid us whenever they see us!" Ye Xiaobai said excitedly.
"Very well, let's become the people they fear!"
"Hahahaha!"
Afterwards, Ye Xiaobai, Tang Chao, and the others returned to their base to prepare for the next "grass-cutting plan." Of course, the first step was to gather information on the whereabouts of the Qingyun Sect disciples, preferably a team of no more than 30 people. If there were too many people, the White Tiger Sect would have limited manpower and it would be difficult to take an effective proactive attack strategy.
Next, we just had to wait for news. Ye Xiaobai and Liu Cheng went out to gather information, since the two of them were skilled in escape techniques, which would allow them to safely and promptly transmit effective messages.