Cultivation begins with ice harvesters

Chapter 130: The Journey

The next day, as planned, Tong Bingfeng compared prices at three different shops and then chose a shop called "Lian Na Ge" to sell all his spoils except for the earth yellow crystal. He then exchanged them for a certain number of spirit stones, which he stored in his storage bag for future use.

During the transaction, the shopkeeper of Lianna Pavilion, in order to win over Tong Bingfeng, a Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator who had just arrived, proactively revealed a considerable amount of secret information about the Bitter Sea Ice Domain.

This includes a catalog specifically marked with high-quality, first-tier superior-grade demonic beasts, as well as jade slips that have frequently featured rare and precious materials in the last ten years.

Of course, some notorious evil cultivators and wicked practitioners in the Bitter Sea Ice Domain are also within the scope of their exchanges.

In short, Tong Bingfeng gained a lot from this transaction and reached a tacit understanding that as long as the other party offered a reasonable price, it would be used as the main channel for future transactions.

"Honglan Market sees a large number of cultivators coming and going, and there are quite a few transactions every day, but the competition between shops is also quite fierce."

"Otherwise, why would a shopkeeper willingly reveal such valuable information in order to win over a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining?"

After leaving Liannage, Tong Bingfeng did not return to his rented cave dwelling, but instead left the administrative area of ​​Honglanfang City through another exit.

He ventured to this lawless land of the Bitter Sea Ice Domain in order to seek some mysterious opportunity. Now that he has settled down, he naturally cannot delay any longer.

The information gathered in Hong Lan Fang City in recent days through various means also needs to be verified one by one.

The Bitter Sea Ice Domain is vast, located in the middle of three second-tier spirit islands: Ice Ling Spirit Island, Leaf Spirit Island, and Songshan Spirit Island, covering an area exceeding the vastness of the ice domain spanning five thousand miles.

Within this icy region, there are over twenty known second-tier demonic beasts with precise nest locations. Among them, the strongest demonic beast has reached the upper-grade second tier, comparable to a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator.

If it weren't for the fact that demonic beasts are of different races by nature, restraining and hunting each other, and naturally unable to unite, then with their dual advantages in numbers and strength, there would be no chance for cultivators to reproduce and survive.

Information about these second-tier demonic beasts is naturally marked in the catalog, and they belong to a forbidden area that all Qi Refining stage cultivators must avoid.

Any second-tier demonic beast would be invincible to a Qi Refining stage cultivator; an encounter with it would be a catastrophic disaster.

"When a demonic beast advances to the second tier, not only does its strength increase significantly, but its intelligence also improves markedly. It has begun to consciously and proactively cultivate some spiritual herbs based on its own advantages and needs, including many that are beneficial to the cultivation of late-stage Qi Refining cultivators. Unfortunately, unfortunately, its strength is inferior to that of humans."

Tong Bingfeng traveled swiftly, memorizing the locations of various second-tier demon beast lairs. The descriptions of the second-tier demon beast lairs made his mouth water, and his greedy desires surged uncontrollably.

Of course, everyone knows their own situation. Given the absolute difference in strength, Tong Bingfeng naturally wouldn't dare to easily provoke these second-tier demonic beasts.

His target was some first-tier high-grade demonic beasts with special bloodlines and considerable strength. On the one hand, he wanted to earn a considerable amount of spirit stones by hunting demonic beasts, and on the other hand, he needed more demonic beast souls in the third level of the Water Suppression Tower to refine some of the yin energy and increase the lethality of the yin energy arrows there.

Tong Bingfeng valued this arrow of Yin energy more than ever before, and he was determined that unless it was a life-or-death situation, this trump card must always be kept in a state of accumulating power.

The ice domains occupied by these first-tier high-grade demonic beasts are also areas rich in spiritual energy. If the time is right, these areas will also be one of the key areas he investigates.

Only by choosing a glacial region rich in spiritual energy and relatively safe as a base, and developing it step by step, can it become a place of foundation in the future.

However, this requirement is quite demanding, requiring the simultaneous fulfillment of favorable conditions such as timing, location, and human factors, which is no small feat.

A day later, guided by the map, Tong Bingfeng appeared on an ice field full of holes the size of chopsticks. The owner of this place was a first-grade high-quality ice dragon earthworm.

The Ice Dragon Earthworm contains a small amount of Jiaolong bloodline. It is not a common mixed Jiaolong, but a genuine four-clawed Jiaolong. It also has the opportunity to break through the bottleneck and advance to the second-tier monster stage.

The Ice Dragon Earthworm's only flaw is its extremely low intelligence. It acts entirely on instinct and has a violent temper. Its only thought towards any foreign creature that invades its ice domain is to kill it.

"hiss"

As expected, as soon as Tong Bingfeng stepped into the icy area riddled with holes, hissing sounds emanated from beneath the ice, clearly conveying a sense of threat and a desire to drive him away.

Before Tong Bingfeng could react, hundreds of ice dragon earthworms, each as thick as an arm and ten feet long, crawled out from different holes. Each one was a top-grade first-rank earthworm, making one's scalp tingle.

"The Ice Dragon Earthworm is not a single creature, but a whole race. This catalog is truly a hindrance, leading us to inexplicably fall into such a dangerous place."

Under the cold, greedy, and angry gazes of hundreds of first-grade high-quality ice dragon earthworms, Tong Bingfeng immediately chose to slip away without hesitation. The whole process was quite smooth and without any hesitation.

These kinds of demonic beasts, living together in groups, are far beyond what a mere Qi Refining Level 8 cultivator like him could possibly provoke.

"Whoosh!"

But these ice dragon earthworms were clearly unwilling to give up, and they opened their mouths and sprayed out arrows filled with murky mud.

Each Ice Dragon Earthworm can shoot at least three arrows, so a hundred Ice Dragon Earthworms would be a full three hundred arrows made of cement. A single arrow could be easily twisted off by a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining, and three or five arrows would not cause any real damage. Twenty arrows could be dealt with with a little effort.

The attack from three hundred high-grade first-tier demonic beast innate spells has caused a genuine qualitative change in destructive power, far exceeding its original level.

"Water-suppressing spirit tower, water wall, barrier."

At Tong Bingfeng's command, the first layer of the spirit tower, which he held tightly in his left hand, unleashed a series of water walls, forming an effective interception.

Currently, the water walls within the Water Suppression Tower are a mixture of three types of first-grade high-quality spiritual water, possessing above-average defensive capabilities. Crucially, they also exhibit dual effects such as corrosion and slow-acting toxicity.

"Let's leave for now. One day, I will surely smash your lair to pieces."

Using a low-grade first-tier flying disc, Tong Bingfeng managed to escape from the sky before the ice dragon earthworm could form a complete encirclement.

After advancing to the eighth level of Qi Refining, the quantity and quality of the mana in his dantian were both greatly improved. Only then could he control this first-grade low-level flying magic weapon with ease and bring out its proper effect.