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Chapter 897: Chapter 897: Fierce Small World (One More to Celebrate Yi Zhenfeng) Chapter 897: Chapter 897: Fierce Small World (One More to Celebrate Yi Zhenfeng) The other people who entered the small world had actually made ample preparations.

Taibai’s Feng Tianyang, accustomed to traveling and considering himself half a backpacker, even prepared a large backpack weighing nearly a hundred pounds.

However, seeing Zhang Caixin bring an electric oven, he couldn’t help but sigh, “I really want a Storage Bag…”

In short, the dangers in the small world were not very significant.

The wild beasts were indeed fierce; even those that hadn’t entered the Spirit Transformation phase were quite dangerous. One goat could grow as big as a young calf and weigh four or five hundred pounds, and importantly, they were particularly aggressive.

In Zhang Caixin’s words — those goats had the combat strength of a Martial Artist.

As for the leopards they encountered in the mountains, Zhang Caixin’s advice was: without the cultivation level of a martial master, it’s best not to provoke them. Strength was one aspect, but the key was that these animals were incredibly agile.

When they first began hunting, they encountered a group of goats. No sooner had they started than the goats counterattacked.

The sight of seven or eight hundred goats charging was quite shocking indeed.

Even herbivores could be so fierce that they made several martial masters run around in panic. The creatures in the small world were truly extraordinary.

Fortunately, the group that entered the small world could be considered quite exceptional among the Huaxia Daoist Sects, with some withstanding blows, others using talismans, and still others skilled in martial arts, and even… some knew how to lure monsters.

Goat meat was very tasty and particularly good for replenishing blood and energy. Compared to the Spirit Plants from Weiyu Cave Heaven, the meat had a better effect on blood and energy, although it was potent, and generally, the elderly and frail couldn’t withstand such intense vitality.

These were just ordinary wild beasts. Spirit Beasts in the Spirit Transformation phase were different altogether, with over seventy percent of them capable of using techniques in their attacks, such as crabs that could shoot water jets and rabbits that could shoot wooden spikes.

With their strength, dealing with these mutated wild beasts was no problem, but killing Spirit Beasts in the Spirit Transformation phase was quite troublesome.

At first, everyone felt that they didn’t necessarily need to kill Spirit Beasts, since ordinary wild beasts sufficed to greatly enhance their blood and energy. But when they killed a feathered beast that could shoot steel pins from its feathers and ate its meat, they felt that the true Spirit Transformation phase lived up to its reputation.

The meat of that feathered beast contained strands of spiritual energy, roughly comparable to top-grade Inquiry Tea — Feng Tianyang was the first to explode; he decided he would only hunt Spirit Beasts from then on, as hunting ordinary wild beasts was just a waste of time.

Wudang Elder Guo was slightly dissatisfied and said, “It won’t work with just you alone. We kill whatever we encounter. It’s your first time at the Spirit Beast Garden, and you want to be picky?”

Wudang mainly consisted of Martial Cultivators, who valued the blood and energy of ordinary wild beasts, which was all too common — with such robust nutritional supplements for blood and energy, they could use less of the Spirit Plants during their cultivation.

Those mildly medicinal Spirit Plants were better sold to weak and elderly elites, fetching higher prices. Allowing martial artists to use them for cultivation wasn’t out of the question, but, ultimately, they were somewhat milder — it brought up the age-old question: in nature, which is fiercer, the herbivores or the carnivores?

At this moment, Zhang Caixin clearly expressed her support for Feng Tianyang, agreeing that Spirit Beast meat contained spiritual energy.

She did not mention that her sensitivity to spiritual energy ranked second in Luohua, being the youngest person present; she couldn’t be too arrogant.

Yet, Tang Wenji knew her capabilities and endorsed her immediately.

Following this, Guan Shanyue also decided to support her, aware of how highly their ancestral master regarded this young girl.

Indeed, Zhang Caixin’s favored status in front of Feng Jun was obvious to anyone, yet among those in the Daoist Sects, quite a few understood the ins and outs–although the woman was beautiful, the Red Pill still existed.

That is, they knew that the girl wasn’t winning people over with her physique; what else could it be but talent?

After some discussion, Zhang Caixin finally shared honestly that she felt even if not accounting for Spirit Beasts, this small world still contained subtle spiritual energy.

— To digress, the spiritual energy here was not supplied by Spirit Stones, but was inherent to the small world; otherwise, a vast realm like this couldn’t rely solely on Spirit Stones for spiritual energy, as that would break the author’s setting.

The small world was a realm of its own, with an automatic circulation of spiritual energy, but this cycle required a driving force and inherently had losses, otherwise, it would amount to a perpetual motion machine.

The Spirit Stones provided by Feng Jun were meant to compensate for this aspect. Therefore, Ma Sanniang had to take his advice seriously — without his Spirit Stones, even if she had absorbed the small world, she wouldn’t have been able to sustain it.

If she truly couldn’t sustain it, the small world would gradually enter a dormant state, similar to the arrival of the era of degeneration.

This was a bit far off the topic. Because of this discussion, they finally decided to target Spirit Beasts in the Spirit Transformation phase for hunting, while the other blood and energy enhancing wild beasts could be hunted opportunistically without specifically targeting them.

This shift in concept… was actually quite dangerous. Such a hunting team, though it was made up of some of the best experts currently in Huaxia, in reality, couldn’t handle more than three Spirit Beasts in the Spirit Transformation phase simultaneously.

To ensure safety, the maximum they could handle was two.

This was not just a guess; in the minor world, it was quite common to encounter more than three Spirit Beasts clustered together.

For example, they had once encountered a group of more than a dozen wild boars, at least five of which possessed the “Earth Trample” Technique, an Earth System Technique. Once activated, it was as if ten thousand horses were galloping, leaving the opponent unable to even stand.

Among the hunters, none could walk on air or stand in the void. Therefore, the threat of the wild boars was quite formidable. For Intermediate Level martial masters like Tang Wenji and Zhang Dongyuan, they could certainly run away if they focused solely on escaping, but…weren’t they supposed to be on a hunting expedition?

Thus, it became a common understanding not to hunt more than three Spirit Beasts at the Transformation Stage.

If such people dared not partake in such a hunt, the next time their disciples went on a trial, they would have to be even more cautious.

This implied that this minor world was, in fact, quite dangerous.

In actuality, the reason why two people got injured was because they attempted to hunt a Qi Refining Demonic Cultivator that resembled a pangolin.

Indeed, feeling confident in their numbers, once they found a Qi Refining Demonic Cultivator, they decided to see if they could collectively eliminate it.

Unfortunately, it was a regrettable fact that they could not easily kill a Qi Refining Demonic Cultivator. The pangolin, not only tough-skinned and resilient to swords and sabers, used a stone-throwing spell, leaving everyone in a sorry state.

What was more deadly was that, in the middle of the fight, another pangolin appeared.

Originally, the group thought about enduring the damage to wear down the one beast, but when another appeared, they ran without a second thought.

During this ordeal, Feng Tianyang was hurt in the chest by a flying stone, while Zhang Dongyuan was covering the rear. He almost got completely pierced by a sudden earth spike, barely avoiding it but broke his own leg due to exerting too much force.

Breaking his own leg… When you first hear it, it sounds funny, but upon reflection, one can really appreciate how perilous the situation had been.

Of course, everyone present was an elite of the Daoist Sects, and since they had returned, they preferred not to talk about it.

What could they talk about? About how they underestimated the prowess required to hunt a Qi Refining beast?

However, in general, these were minor issues. The key point was the “Five-Day Spirit Beast Garden Tour,” which everyone found very satisfactory, including the severely injured Feng Tianyang and Zhang Dongyuan.

Both Feng and Zhang had internal injuries and were aware of their own conditions. They didn’t rush to the hospital. Other than the leg fracture, their injuries were internal, and the Daoist Sects were quite adept at treating such wounds.

Still, some external injuries needed to be checked at a hospital.

Because the group was somewhat disheveled, they only returned to the Daoist Temple after nightfall and then left the mountain overnight.

Guan Shanyue had found two locally famous doctors, who superficially treated the external injuries, and then everyone stayed in the courtyard of a local Great Lay Buddhist.

This place was quite secluded, not only conducive for the group to heal but also convenient to distribute spoils of the hunt.

In fact, the allocation plan had been discussed while still in the minor world, detailed along with the increase in prey numbers during the journey.

While traveling and searching for prey, there was ample time to discuss this matter.

As they drank and chatted, the spoil distribution was brought up mainly to let Feng Jun know and see what he thought.

Yet Mountain Master Feng didn’t even bother listening to the end and directly said, “Xiao Caixin is also a member of the team. Since she has participated in the discussion, she represents Luohua. There’s no need to double-check with me.”

On hearing this, Zhang Caixin laughed, “I’ve already mentioned this, but everyone felt it would be better to inform you as a matter of respect… It’s a matter of etiquette.”

Actually, everyone present could sense that, though they treasured their gains, the Luohua Manor didn’t regard them highly; this indifference was genuine–it wasn’t exactly disdain, just apathy.

Indeed, in this day and age, those with resources could afford to be capricious.

The value of these two hundred-plus prey was hard to estimate. Everyone did a rough calculation; it was definitely over a hundred million, but how many hundreds of millions was hard to say. Most planned to use them personally, occasionally selling some, and how to price them was up to the individuals involved.

For example, Feng Tianyang had spent five million on a Golden Armor Charm before entering the minor world. Even though his share of the prey might be valued at twenty million, with the backing of Mount Taibai and careful management, creating wealth in the hundreds of millions was not difficult.

Of course, he wouldn’t use all the good stuff for sect management; most resources would still be employed to enhance his own strength.

The more than two hundred prey were currently in Zhang Caixin’s Storage Talisman. Others lacked Storage Talismans, and Guan Shanyue had already contacted someone about a cold storage–she planned to buy one outright so later on, when distributing Spirit Beast Meat, they wouldn’t need to worry about attracting outsiders’ attention.

Speaking of attracting outsiders, she couldn’t help but snort coldly, “To think that someone would spread rumors, saying that Danxia Heaven had ancient artifacts… This matter can’t just be left alone!”

(First update, a shoutout to Alliance Leader Yi Zhenfeng, double monthly ticket time has arrived, has anyone noticed the new monthly ticket yet?)

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