Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

"This place truly is a treasure trove of resources!!"

Bai Liyu's eyes also flashed with a fervent gleam as he strode toward the forest with Shi Yingxue.

The moment they arrived in front of the forest, their expressions suddenly changed.

A Second-Order superior demon beast, about ten feet tall and with bulging muscles, covered in a layer of flame-like red fur, leaped out of the woods. It roared angrily and expelled a stream of crimson flames towards Bai Liyu and Shi Yingxue.

"A Second-Order superior demon beast! Excellent, this beast is worth tens of thousands of Spirit Stones!"

Bai Liyu's eyes lit up as he laughed heartily, directly summoning a bronze spirit shield of top-grade spiritual weapon status.

The bronze spirit shield flew into the air and countless Spiritual Patterns glowed, forming a blue barrier in front of Bai Liyu and Shi Yingxue, blocking the flames spewed out by the fiery beast.

"Go!"

Suddenly, Bai Liyu summoned a silver flying dagger of top-grade spiritual weapon rank, turning it into a faint silver light that pierced through the head of the fiery beast in an instant.

Bai Liyu said with a light chuckle, "Junior sister, let me skin it for you and have someone make you a cloak. A cloak made from this fiery beast's fur would definitely be a top-notch spiritual artifact, able to withstand flame spells."

Shi Yingxue smiled sweetly, "Senior brother, you're the best!"

Bai Liyu had just stepped forward when his expression drastically changed, looking ahead.

He saw one after another fiery beast leap out of the woods, fifteen Second-Order superior demon beasts in total with a lead fiery beast that was clearly larger than the others and much more formidable in aura.

"Retreat!!"

Bai Liyu gave a soft shout and immediately took to the skies on a flying spirit artifact.

If it was one Second-Order superior demon beast, Bai Liyu could easily slay it, but against fifteen, he was no match, and not fleeing would leave him only one way—death.

Shi Yingxue's pretty face also changed color, piloting a flying spirit artifact into the sky.

The fifteen fiery beasts burst forward instantly at the foot, leaping at Shi Yingxue and Bai Liyu, while launching streams of flame towards the sky, swirling towards them both.

Shi Yingxue's face drained of color as she immediately summoned a white spiritual shield in front of her.

The streams of crimson flame fell upon the white spiritual shield, burning the top-grade spiritual artifact and causing it to slightly warp.

Shi Yingxue, drenched in cold sweat and in a tragic tone, cried out for help, "Seventh senior brother, save me!!"

Shi Yingxue, only a Foundation Establishment Third Layer cultivator, barely managed to use a top-grade spiritual weapon shield, but this significantly slowed her flying speed.

Bai Liyu's expression slightly changed, his bronze spirit shield blocking a great deal of flame. He also felt his mana pouring out like a breached dike and knew he could not hold on for long. Gritting his teeth, he unleashed an escape technique, his speed increasing as he burst into the clouds and directly fled the scene.

Shi Yingxue, with a look of despair, yelled, "Seventh senior brother! How could you do this to me?"

With Bai Liyu gone, only death awaited Shi Yingxue.

"You run! I'll hold them off!"

A Mysterious Turtle Shield suddenly flew up, shielding Shi Yingxue from the front as a huge turtle phantom materialized, blocking vast swathes of flames.

Shi Yingxue focused her eyes and saw Zhao Yu standing a thousand yards away, controlling the Mysterious Turtle Spiritual Shield to block all the flames for her.

"Thank you!"

A complex expression flashed through Shi Yingxue's eyes as she clenched her teeth and, riding her Escape Light, frantically fled into the distance.

"Finally, she's gone! Now you are all mine!"

After seeing Shi Yingxue flee, Zhao Yu's gaze turned to the fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes, a glint of fervor passing through his eyes.

In the outside world, those second-order superior demon beasts usually resided deep within the Canglong Mountain Range. Even stronger third-order demon beasts, comparable in strength to Golden Core Cultivators, dwelt deeper in the mountain range. Only some Foundation Establishment Cultivators daring to seek resources would venture into it, besides the Golden Core Cultivators.

Zhao Yu dared not enter the deeper parts of the Canglong Mountain Range to hunt those second-order superior demon beasts; catching sight of so many at once, he naturally felt overjoyed.

Zhao Yu saving Shi Yingxue was just a convenience. He was extremely pleased with Wu Zixin. Since Wu Zixin had come to Xiaodan Ridge, the income from the spiritual lands under Zhao Yu's command had directly doubled, and he didn't have to expend much effort.

The fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes continuously spewed out flames, frantically burning the barrier formed by the Mysterious Turtle Shield. Zhao Yu's mana was also furiously depleting; although his cultivation of the Mountain Scripture Mana was far more robust than cultivators of the same level, he couldn't support it for long.

Zhao Yu's shadow moved, and in an instant, the White Ghost Emperor leapt out, activated the Illusory Ghost Pupil, and a swirling black fog rolled towards the fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes.

The fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes felt a strong alarm, opening their mouths to send waves of flames sweeping towards the black fog.

The black fog was directly turned into vast clouds of smoke by the red flames, yet a significant amount of black fog still passed through the flames and pounced on the fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes.

The fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes, struck by the black fog, immediately became confused and began to frantically slaughter each other.

The White Ghost Emperor's figure flickered, and in an instant, he dashed among the fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes, swinging his claws continuously; the heads of the Red Flame Demon Apes fell one by one.

In just a few breaths, all fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes were easily slain by the White Ghost Emperor.

Zhao Yu patted his Spirit Beast Bag, released the Red Emperor, and pointed at the fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes. "Red Emperor, eat them all!"

"Woof! Woof!"

The Red Emperor's fierce face showed a hint of anthropomorphic fear as it continuously shook its head, pleading with its mouth. Although it was a Dragon Kind Spirit Beast with a huge appetite, it had just swallowed a twenty-yard-long Thousand-Legged Demon Centipede and now to eat fifteen Red Flame Demon Apes; it really could eat no more.

Zhao Yu rubbed the Red Emperor's head with some frustration. "Sigh, truly unaware of the blessings you have! If you miss this chance, you won't have so many demon beasts to eat!"

The Red Emperor hesitated for a while, then went to the corpse of a Red Flame Demon Ape and bit down. It eventually only managed to eat three more Red Flame Demon Apes before it could eat no more.

Zhao Yu extracted the inner cores from the remaining Red Flame Demon Apes then stored their bodies in a storage bag. After that, he picked all the Spirit Flame Vermilion Fruits and continued moving towards the direction of the Spirit Arena.

"That is the Earthly Solidified Gold Fruit of the Earth Attribute Solidifying Gold Pill! There are five of them!"n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Zhao Yu had just walked a dozen more miles when he saw a Spirit Mountain covered in dense spiritual energy. There grew an Earth Attribute Solidifying Gold Spirit Tree on the peak of that mountain, and it bore five Earthly Solidified Gold Fruits.

More precious than the Solidifying Gold Fruits was the Earth Attribute Solidifying Gold Spirit Tree itself. If the tree was relocated to a third-order Spiritual Land and carefully cultivated, it could produce an Earthly Solidified Gold Fruit every hundred years.

Those super Great Sects passed down through generations with Nascent Soul Level experts were planting various types of Solidifying Gold Spirit Trees. Of course, since the Solidifying Gold Spirit Trees only bore a fruit every hundred years, the Solidifying Gold Pill was also a rare item within those top sects, only bestowed to True Disciples or disciples who had performed significant deeds.