The Great Wild God - Chapter 13

Chapter 13 Deep Mountains Are Hard to Reach
From October to the middle of the sky, Chen Xun had practiced his spear in the plaza. In the time it took to punch and kick, he didn’t rest when he returned to his shack. Instead, he took out a fish sun grass from the medicine basket.

Chen Xun didn’t join the Black Python Tribe. He was still living as an outsider youth in the Stone Stronghold. Now that he had achieved some small success in his cultivation, he dared to go deeper into Python Fang Ridge to pick medicinal herbs. Naturally, his harvest was much greater than before.

Apart from exchanging for food, there were also some medicinal herbs left, so Grandpa Zongtu asked him to keep them for his own cultivation.

Chewing the Fish Yang Grass in his mouth, he wasn’t in a hurry to swallow the slightly fishy Grass Liquid. Chen Xun used the Great Roc Five Powers, and his spiritual sea of consciousness suddenly opened. The light cyan humanoid figure also moved with his will, and he used the Great Roc Five Powers in turn …

Although Chen Xun sat cross-legged and could enter the realm of extreme silence to visualize the Barbarian Soul Fist, he discovered that using the Great Roc’s Five Powers, when his body and mind entered the subtle state, opening his spiritual sea of consciousness, spontaneously possessing a Barbarian Soul, refining his Qi and blood, and tempering his muscles, bones, skin, and flesh was even more effective.

As the medicinal power of the Fish Yang Herb in his mouth gradually seeped into his bloodline, a slight divine light flowed out from his blood and condensed into the human-shaped figure.

Although there was only a slight change, Chen Xun’s Spiritual Sense was extraordinary. He could still feel that the human-shaped savage soul that emitted a faint cyan light on his Spiritual Sense Sea was constantly becoming more solid and growing taller.

This wasn’t Chen Xun’s illusion.

Originally, Chen Xun could only possess a barbarian soul the size of a cocoon. In the past few days, the barbarian soul had doubled in size, reaching a height of two inches.

When he felt that the medicinal power of the herbal liquid in his mouth had been completely absorbed, Chen Xun stopped breathing and sat down cross-legged. He allowed the savage soul above his spiritual sea of consciousness to scatter into countless tiny bits of light and scatter into his limbs and bones.

Looking at the lamp oil in the pottery bowl, Chen Xun felt that he had only just started cultivating. A single Fish Yang Grass could only provide this little time for cultivation. It seemed that he was going to search deeper into Python Fang Ridge for spiritual medicines to cultivate.

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Chen Xun didn’t dare to squeeze his body’s potential too much as he still had to enter the mountain to pick herbs at dawn. Chen Xun didn’t dare to visualize the extremely powerful Nine Nether Barbarian Soul until he had enough spiritual herbs.

He didn’t want to cultivate once and be paralyzed in the shack for several days. This is not a good way to go about it.

There was still a Black Python Pill and six strains of Fish Yang Grass beside him that he hadn’t eaten, but since he had made up his mind to go deeper into Python Fang Ridge, he still had to keep some spirit medicines close to him in case of an emergency.

A green dawn pierced through the gap between the walls. Chen Xun carried the medicine basket on his shoulder and walked out of the shack.

On the plaza, nearly a hundred barbarian martial artists were also divided into seven or eight hunting squads, preparing to enter the mountains to hunt.

Recently, everyone had been cultivating even harder, but their consumption had also doubled.

There was a certain amount of beast growth in the mountains. If one wanted to obtain more prey, they could only go further into the depths of Python Fang Ridge.

Seeing Chen Xun carry the medicine basket out, everyone greeted him, “What, Chen Xun went into the mountain alone today? Why don’t you come with us? Everyone has a care for each other?”

Hunting required searching for traces of wild beasts all over the mountains and fields. Whether there were any large beasts lying in the mountain nest or not, one could tell with a single glance that they were searching extremely quickly. As for picking herbs, it was a technical task, and his eyes had to drill into the corners of the stone crevices, slowly searching for them one inch at a time.

Normally speaking, as long as they found medicine in the safe areas cleared by the hunting squad, they wouldn’t have to worry about encountering any ferocious beasts.

However, there were also old people in the stronghold who would enter these “safe areas” to look for medicine. Chen Xun did not join the black python and gathered medicinal herbs. Apart from exchanging food, everything else was for his own cultivation. Naturally, he could not take advantage of this.

Chen Xun waved his hand and thanked everyone for their kindness. “Thank you, Uncle Ah Song. I want to go to the North Cliff today. Also, I might not be able to make it back in time tonight. If anyone sees Grandpa, help me tell Grandpa …”

“The Northern Cliff is too far away. The hunting squad hasn’t searched that place for a long time. It’s even more dangerous to stay outside at night. If you go alone, what if you encounter a ferocious beast?” Someone said worriedly.

“Ah Xun still needs you to worry. Look at his strength, look at his clever strength. He just met a mountain leopard and happened to be able to feed him back.” Some people were filled with confidence in Chen Xun. They thought that when this kid entered the mountain alone, the amount of herbs he picked every time was several times that of the herb gatherers in the stronghold. He could even pick herbs like fish sun herbs from time to time. They really didn’t understand why Duke Wu was so stubborn and wouldn’t let A Xun join the black python.

In the past, hunting squads rarely stayed in the mountains for nights, but now their consumption had increased dramatically and they were forced to hunt deeper into the mountains.

After the Soul Sacrificing Beast Feast, the strength of the barbarian martial artists in the village increased greatly. Including Zong Ling and Nan Xi, there were four people who had comprehended the barbarian souls during this period of time, increasing the number of barbarian martial artists above the middle stage of the village to 20. This way, one or two elite hunting teams could be organized to stay in the mountains for the night and hunt.

Everyone knew that Chen Xun was always cautious, and they weren’t too surprised to hear that he was staying outside for the night.

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The wild beasts in the mountains could give birth several times a year, and spirit herbs like the fish sun grass would occasionally pick one or two in that valley. Perhaps in another ten to eight years, not a single fish sun grass would grow in this region.

Common medicinal herbs are easy to obtain, but spiritual medicines are all dependent on luck.

As for the Fish Yang Grass, it could only be considered the lowest grade of spirit herbs. However, Chen Xun was quite lucky to be able to gather three or five of these low grade spirit herbs in a month.

If one wanted to gather more spirit medicines with more medicinal power, they could only drill into the rare mountain forest. This also meant that there would be more and greater dangers.

Fortunately, the Dark Scaled Sly was killed by lightning and was rushed out of the mountain by the mountain torrents. Otherwise, even if Nan Liao and Zong Sang led their troops at the same time, they would not be able to escape alive if they encountered the Dark Scaled Sly that was about to form a core in the mountains.

Chen Xun thought. All the exotic beasts in the mountains had their own territories. It hadn’t been long since the Dark Scaled Sly was killed by lightning. He thought that its territory hadn’t been occupied by other wild exotic beasts. It might be safer to walk along the mountains.

For most of the day, Chen Xun had climbed countless mountain ridges and stood on a mountain peak. He could no longer see any traces of the Black Python Stronghold. Only then did he slow down.

At this moment, Chen Xun’s feet were very strong, and he had spent the entire day traveling. He estimated that he would be nearly a hundred miles away from the depths of Python Fang Ridge.

The Western Desolate Scripture carried the python tooth ridge thousands of kilometers south and north. If this was the real number, then the black python at the northern edge of the python tooth ridge should be five hundred kilometers away from the deepest part of the python tooth ridge.

The place where Chen Xun stood was far from the deepest part of Python Fang Ridge, but it was enough.

Seeing the twilight closing in, the sky would soon darken. Chen searched for a cliff cave and climbed up. He wanted to spend the night inside, and tomorrow, he would search for medicinal herbs near this mountain range.

In order to prevent any ferocious beasts from suddenly barging in, he went to the nearby area to bring some stones to block the entrance of the cave.

Chen Xun raised his head and saw a black shadow sweeping towards the cliff top from afar. A strong wind pounced on him, and in an instant, he saw a giant eagle grabbing onto a withered tree on the cliff top.

The giant eagle’s wings were also the size of a mountain leopard. Its green feathers were as sharp as iron, and its red-scaled claws emitted a cold light. Its green eyes shone coldly as it stared at Chen Xun, an uninvited guest who had intruded into its territory.

Chen Xunxin’s hair was cold, and he had never thought that he would encounter such a fierce bird the moment he landed.

Along the way, Chen Xun only occasionally saw one or two mountain deer beside the drinking water stream. He didn’t see any other ferocious beasts. He thought that there wouldn’t be any other ferocious beasts in the territory of the Dark Scaled Sly, but he didn’t expect to crash into the nest of the Azure Eyed Giant Eagle.

Although the Azure Eyed Giant Eagle was not a wild beast like the Dark Scaled Sly, it was still not easy to deal with.

There were many withered branches sticking out of the dark cave entrance beside the stone beam on the cliff top. Wasn’t it the nest of this giant white-forehead eagle?

The azure-eyed giant eagle’s eyes revealed a fierce light as it flapped its wings and pounced over. It was as swift as lightning, and a pair of iron wings blew violently, causing broken branches and rocks to split apart. From a distance of more than ten meters, there was an invisible wind wave that was as sharp as a knife, cutting straight into Chen Xun’s face.

Chen Xun stepped forward and stabbed the bone spear in his hand towards the giant eagle’s white forehead.

The brave won the narrow road, and the giant eagle attacked the cliff. Chen Xun saw that this stupid eagle was so big. He relied on a long beak as strong as fine iron to peck him in half. If he didn’t kill this flat-haired beast at this moment, when would he wait?

With a “Kacha” sound, the bone spear pierced into the giant carved iron forehead and instantly broke into two pieces.

Chen Xun didn’t have time to deplore Shi Wei Jie’s bone spear. A great pain rushed from the tiger’s mouth along his arm bone towards his chest, causing him to suspect that this time, it would shatter his right arm.

He never imagined that this beast would be so strong under a pouncing attack, nor did he expect that the giant eagle’s forehead would be so hard.

Right now, his two arms also had a strength of more than 2,000 jin. The bone spear was made from the leg bones of exotic beasts and was as hard as steel. When he practiced normally, a spear could stab a half-human-tall boulder into pieces, but he didn’t expect that it would be called the Giant Condor’s iron forehead smashing into two pieces.

Just how hard was the iron forehead of the Azure Eyed Giant Eagle?

Chen Xun was shocked.

Fortunately, the giant eagle was also knocked unconscious by that blow and rolled down the cliff. Otherwise, when Chen Xun’s right arm was about to break, it would roll its wings and reveal its sharp claws. He would definitely not be able to escape the calamity of being ripped open and torn open.

The giant eagle fell off the cliff and didn’t give Chen Xun the chance to chase after it. It fell to the bottom of the cliff and flew up with its wings flapped. It hung in midair and shook its head, causing it to faint. With even more ferocity, it extended its red-scaled claws and pounced towards the cliff cave.

Chen Xun still had a bronze dagger in his hand, and the pain in his right arm was still lingering. Without any strength, he held the sword in his left hand.

However, the short sword was not as tough as the bone spear made of beast bones. He did not dare to use the short sword to fight against the giant eagle.

If he hadn’t used his weapon to fight the giant eagle in the wide valley with his bare hands, he wouldn’t have thought that he would have any chance of winning.

Seeing the giant eagle pouncing towards him, Chen Xun dodged into the cave and kicked out a boulder at the entrance of the cave.

The boulder weighed more than a hundred jin, and it seemed like a boulder shot out from beneath Chen Xun’s feet, wrapping itself in a huge wind force, but the giant eagle’s sharp claws grabbed onto it.

A string of lightning and stone flames splashed out, and the boulders shattered into pieces and fell onto the cliff. Chen Xun took the opportunity to use the sword to wipe the green eyes of the giant eagle. He thought to himself that the beast’s eyeballs weren’t as hard as the iron forehead.

The giant eagle put away its heart of underestimation, and its sharp claws slammed down on the short sword that was swift as lightning, no slower than Chen Xun’s.

Seeing that the red-scaled sharp claws could shatter the boulder, Chen Xun didn’t dare to face it head-on. He dodged and hid in the cliff cave.

This beast had never suffered such a great loss in the hands of a human before. It was eager for revenge, and ignoring the narrow cliff cave, it folded its wings and drilled into it. Its sharp claws grabbed onto the cliff rock, and a long sharp iron beak pierced towards Chen Xun like lightning.

Chen Xun couldn’t even take a few steps back from his spear-like beak, so he could only raise his sword.

Chen Xun had anticipated that the sword lattice would break. In the blink of an eye, his spiritual sea of consciousness suddenly opened. The Barbarian Soul Tool formed a connection with his body, and his left fist smashed towards the giant eagle’s right eye.

The fist momentum rushed like lightning as it rolled up the cutting wind, blowing Shi Feisha into a frenzy in the cliff cave. With a shrill howl, the giant eagle saw that the fist momentum was terrifying and was about to dodge. In the next moment, Chen Xun punched his eyeball.

A tremendous amount of strength shattered one of the giant sculpture’s eyeballs. The azure-black liquid splashed onto Chen Xun’s face.

“Jittery!”

The giant eagle howled miserably. Its sharp voice was like a golden needle piercing straight into Chen Xun’s skull, causing his scalp to explode. His spiritual sea also surged violently. In the next instant, it was like a wind blowing out a lamp, and the Barbarian Soul Phase suddenly shattered. The Barbarian Soul’s divine brilliance surged like a turbulent current. Chen Xun’s qi and blood floated, and he almost spat out a moutwitched a moutward mouthful of blood.

Chen Xun hadn’t expected the giant eagle’s sharp howl to be so powerful, but he didn’t have time to retract his left fist. The giant eagle’s frenzied claws tightly grabbed his arm, and his skin and flesh were sliced open bloodily. A deep groove was left on the bones of his white arm, and it almost cut off the entire arm.

Compared to Chen Xun’s miserable state, the giant sculpture that had its eyeballs shattered was even more painful. It rammed wildly in the narrow cave, “pa pa pa pa”, and fled to the cliff cave in a hurry.

For a moment, the rocks in the cave flew everywhere, and the feathers were like rain.

Seeing that the giant eagle didn’t dare to rashly barge into the cliff cave again, and that it was only outside the cliff cave that it screamed miserably and wildly, Chen Xun had a chance to rest for a moment.

Chen Xun had a dark feeling that the Python Fang Ridge’s deep mountains were truly difficult to break through. In the blink of an eye, he had already fought with this flat-haired beast to the point that both of them were injured.

Both of them were injured, but this flat-haired beast underestimated its enemies. If they met in the open valley, it was more likely that he would be ripped open by the sharp claws of this flat-haired beast.