Wuliang Immortal Clan

Chapter 10 On Mount Qin

Qinshan is a spur of the Qianliang Mountains.

Qianliang Mountain is a huge mountain range that stretches for an unknown distance. The Xu family's Wuliang Mountain was also part of Qianliang Mountain in the past.

"Chirp chirp!"

As they entered Qinshan, the surroundings instantly darkened, with layers upon layers of intertwined branches and leaves, making it difficult for even the strongest light to penetrate the thick foliage.

Only the mournful, dying cries of birds, mixed with the chirping of cicadas, pressed in from all directions.

A thick layer of rotting, foul-smelling leaves had piled up on the ground, and the soft texture of them made Xu Yuanlang feel as if he were stepping on living flesh.

A dark, damp mist drifted through the woods, and moss covered the rocks, desperately trying to catch the last glimmer of light.

In the distance, gnarled vines, like pythons, coiled around an ancient tree. The tree was dead, and the vines desperately clung to it, vying for the sunlight.

Occasionally, they could see distant mountains through the gaps in the tree canopy, their peaks now shrouded in dark clouds, as if it were about to rain.

The five people moved through the darkness, and the surrounding shadows seemed to come alive, as if they were about to devour them all.

"Shh!"

Xu Yuanjing, who was walking at the front, reached out and pressed down on them.

"There's some noise. Fourth Brother tells us to be quiet."

Xu Yuanlang immediately squatted down on the ground, imitating Xu Yuanlin and the others, and became wary of their surroundings.

"Yuen Long!"

Xu Yuanjing pointed at him, and the two people next to him immediately understood.

"Fourth Brother wants you to come over!"

Without hesitation, he bent down and walked past the two of them, his feet treading on dry branches and fallen leaves, and he accidentally broke one.

"Click!"

The birdsong and cicada chirping around him suddenly fell silent. Sweat streamed down his face. Had he messed up?

He looked up in confusion and saw Xu Yuanjing's hands pressing down desperately, while the other man's mouth opened and closed, from which he could make out a few words.

"Quiet, come here!"

At this moment, he could feel his heart pounding, his mouth was dry, and he had to lick his lips.

After that, he focused all his attention on the branches and leaves under his feet, and that's how he managed to avoid making any more noise.

He came to Xu Yuanjing's side and hurriedly pressed his shoulder down.

He held up two fingers and pointed to his eyes, then stretched them forward.

"look!"

He understood the meaning of the gesture, and looked ahead. In the distance, he saw a large, fiery red bird pacing about in an open space.

The moment he saw that big bird, he knew it was something special. Its whole body was like flames, but its head, neck, and tail had colorful feathers.

At this moment, he was guarding a thorn bush as if he were a king ruling the world.

There were heart-shaped red fruits on the thorns, about the size of soybeans, and they were a hundred feet away from the thorns.

Xu Yuanjing opened his mouth, and Xu Yuanlang read out a sentence from his lip movements.

"A spiritual creature, and beside it, a guardian beast."

"This is a demonic beast!" Xu Yuanlang's expression suddenly turned serious.

This wasn't the first time he'd encountered a demonic beast, but those he'd seen before were either pets he'd raised or captured from outside, their claws and fangs removed, making them completely harmless.

This was the first time he had ever seen a living monster. The red bird was over three feet tall, with a sharp beak and claws that were all over three inches long.

Its surface shimmers with a jade-like color and looks incredibly sharp.

"Come here!"

Xu Yuanjing made a throat-slitting gesture, his meaning was simple: this monster was to be dealt with by Xu Yuanlang.

He licked his fingers, and a chill crept up his spine.

"Don't be afraid!"

Xu Yuanjing patted his shoulder, then patted his own chest, as if to say that he was there to keep things in check.

Xu Yuanlang looked at him, took a deep breath, and then took out the Demon-Slaying Gourd.

"Go!"

At this moment, Xu Yuanjing roared without warning, like the cry of a dragon and the howl of a tiger, instantly startling the entire mountain forest.

Xu Yuanlang had just taken out the gourd when he was so startled by the shout that he almost dropped it. He turned around and saw Xu Yuanjing quickly retreating. At that moment, his mind went completely blank.

"cracking!"

Before he could even utter a curse, a voice as sharp as a piercing storm suddenly rang out. Turning his head, he saw a red figure rushing directly towards him.

"Damn it!"

The gourd in his hand was blown away by a wing, and then the bird's sharp claws came at his arm.

Xu Yuanlang felt a sharp pain, but fortunately he had recovered from the initial confusion.

His spiritual energy suddenly condensed, and then he kicked the big bird hard.

The large bird was kicked several feet away, but its wings suddenly spread out, turned in the air, and attacked again like a long spear.

Xu Yuanlang rolled on the ground to avoid the bird's sharp beak, but felt a pain in his back and knew without looking that he had been scratched by its claws.

"Li li!"

The large bird flew back again, staring intently at him. Black demonic power suddenly erupted from its sharp beak, making the already gleaming beak even more terrifying.

"Demon-Slaying Gourd, emerge!"

Xu Yuanlang, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly opened the demon-slaying gourd he had picked up. Three extremely sharp arc-shaped sword lights flew out instantly and slashed hard at the big bird.

The large bird let out a miserable cry and was almost split into three pieces by the three sword lights.

"Huh! A Tier 1 early-stage demonic beast?"

He stared in astonishment at the large bird that had fallen to the ground and was completely lifeless.

"Of course, it's just a first-stage Crimson Firebird, which is only at the bottom among similar demonic beasts."

If you were calmer, you would realize that you could kill this Crimson Firebird even without the Demon-Slaying Gourd.

While the Demon-Slaying Gourd possesses immense attack power, it also consumes a great deal of energy. Furthermore, you are currently only at the third level of Qi Refining, so using the Demon-Slaying Gourd once would likely consume half of your spiritual power.

"Take these pills and use them to restore your spiritual energy."

Xu Yuanjing came out from behind and carefully explained the issues from the battle to him.

He agreed with everything else, but the Demon-Slaying Gourd consumed too much energy? It used up more than half of his spiritual power?

His expression was somewhat strange; he had no such feeling at all, and his energy expenditure was less than half of what it should have been.

"Thank you, Fourth Brother!"

However, he calmly accepted the pill and found a quiet place to pretend to recover.

In fact, he focused his mind on his body, and the spiritual energy in his dantian was quite abundant, so it seemed that there was no consumption at all.

Seemingly sensing its own problem, the seven-colored flower residing deep within its body suddenly emitted a fluctuation.

Xu Yuanlang, who was already familiar with the Seven-Colored Flower, was stunned for a moment, and then an involuntary look of ecstasy appeared on his face.

"This kid is so excited about killing a monster for the first time."

Hearing the Yuan brothers' discussion, he quickly suppressed his smile.

At this moment, the seven-colored flower residing on his spiritual vein was carefully absorbing the spiritual essence from the jade bowl.