Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 1194 - 1172: Purpose of the Mountain God - Spirit Medicine Triumphs!

Chapter 1194: Chapter 1172: Purpose of the Mountain God - Spirit Medicine Triumphs!

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For the race born from the Mountain River Spirit, outsiders might categorize them along with evil beasts, yet within the evil beasts themselves, Spirit Monsters and the evil beast race are distinctly separate, with irreconcilable contradictions!

Spirit Monsters are born from the spirit extract of heaven and earth, embodying the essence of the cosmos, while evil beasts are savagely bloodthirsty and filthy—the two lineages could not help but despise each other.

Not to mention other regions of the Desolate Lands, in the depths of Dragon Fall Mountain Range, this branch of Spirit Monsters was far weaker than the evil beasts. Fortunately, in the deep mountain range, the Spirit Monster race still had an ancient ancestor who contended with the evil beasts, allowing their line to continue.

"Your Excellency didn’t invite me over just to try and overwhelm the Gu Yuan Tribe with those mixed-blood creatures, did you?"

Suddenly, Xiao Chen spoke. He took the initiative to speak because, in the instantaneous moment just before, he had vaguely grasped the crux of Qi Xiu Ya’s motives.

If he really wished to anger the Gu Yuan Tribe into venturing into the forest, he wouldn’t have only sent a horde of evil beasts to start a beast tide; moreover, by hosting him here, there must be an ulterior motive.

As long as there was an ulterior motive, he naturally had the upper hand.

"Those wastes, dead is dead, it’s perfect to cleanse the forest and purify the mountain range even more."

Qi Xiu Ya’s voice lacked any emotion, a million evil beasts driven from the mountain’s depths to their deaths didn’t concern him in the slightest. In fact, as he said, it was sending the evil beasts to die and freeing up space for the Spirit Monsters!

Evil beasts lived by the law of the jungle, their blood-thirstiness permeated the forest. For Spirit Monsters who preferred purity, this was unbearable, hence they took advantage of the Gu Yuan Tribe to cleanse the depths of the mountain range.

Moreover, to prevent any backlash from the different beast races in the deep mountain range, the evil beasts he drove out were mostly those with dry bloodlines and spotted with mixed heritage, and as humans ventured into the forest, evil beasts would retaliate. If they were killed, it only proved they were trash and the Beast Kings deep in the mountain range would have nothing to complain about.

Xiao Chen smiled without a word, instead he held his jade cup and looked towards the dancing spirits around him. He recognized that each cluster was of Spiritually Communicating Medicine resulting in Medicine Spirits, these Spirit Medicines, after attaining the ability to communicate spiritually, would gather medicinal potency into a spirit and eventually give birth to Spirit Monsters.

These differed from the Spirit Medicines cultivated by the Gu Yuan Tribe; although those had spirituality, the "spirituality" meant their medicinal power, but these Medicine Spirits were genuine life forms.

Seeing Xiao Chen react in such a manner, Qi Xiu Ya could not help but understand that his performance had been inferior, with Xiao Chen seeing through to the truth.

"This time, in the beast tide, I drove a million head of various evil beasts from my territory, among them over a hundred five-star evil beasts and tens of thousands of four-stars, with countless three-stars and below."

Suddenly, Qi Xiu Ya’s voice resounded again. At his words, Xiao Chen’s eyes flashed, and he quickly understood that the real strength of the beast tide that had been impacting for a day had yet to show itself, as barely more than a dozen five-star evil beasts had appeared one after another.

"These evil beasts represent but a mere fraction of a percentage of the population in my domain."

Xiao Chen realized that Qi Xiu Ya was trying to add to his bargaining chips after sensing his own disadvantage. Although the number of evil beasts was enormous, to a king, they were but ants. But for the Gu Yuan Tribe, it was a threat capable of annihilation—not just for the Gu Yuan but for the Entire Border Wilderness Domain.

"Oh, my territory stretches across millions of miles from east to west, and from the south to the north, the expanse isn’t much different, neatly encompassing a vast area around the Border Wilderness Region."

Xiao Chen thought inwardly. By such a measure, the territory of the mountain god in front of him was truly not small; it had already surpassed the combined size of several Human Race Territories, including and south of the Eastern Wasteland.

Clearly, the Entire Border Wilderness Region was entirely within the sphere of influence of Qi Xiu Ya.

"Regarding the changes in the Border Wilderness Region, in truth, I have long since noticed them, though I never expected them to develop this quickly!"

At this moment, Qi Xiu Ya showed a trace of regret, clearly the development of the Gu Yuan Tribe had exceeded his expectations. By now, even a thunderous display of force would not suffice, and could even be counterproductive.

"Mountain God, I presume you didn’t invite me here just to savor Blood Wine, right? If you like, how about I send ten thousand catties of the medicinal wine stored by the Gu Yuan Tribe to the Mountain God each year?"

Xiao Chen’s voice rose feebly, his curiosity about the man’s intentions growing even stronger.

"I know you are building a city, are you not satisfied with the million Beast Bones I’ve offered as a gift?"

Upon hearing this, a glint flashed in Xiao Chen’s eyes. Clearly, Qi Xiu Ya was beginning to lay his cards on the table. Xiao Chen then lightly shook his head, saying softly, "Not enough!"

"How about double?"

Qi Xiu Ya, seeing Xiao Chen’s rebuttal, knew that he was beginning to consider the offer, and promptly replied. In his eyes, even five-star evil beasts were just a number.

Their casual conversation had reached a tally of three million.

Xiao Chen shook his head. Although Qi Xiu Ya looked down on evil beasts, he still belonged to the evil beast camp. If he were to frivolously send out his underlings as trash, especially in such enormous quantities, he would inevitably face pushback from the evil beasts in the depths of the mountain range.

But now, without hesitation, he put forth such an offer, he surely had a scheme in mind.

"Five million heads!"

Seeing the increased bid, Xiao Chen’s eyes brightened, his eagerness to understand the intentions of the person before him intensified.

Seeing Xiao Chen still shaking his head, Qi Xiu Ya’s expression turned ugly. The number of Star Beasts under his command was indeed not small, and although he too wished they would all perish, taking out five million to send to their deaths was already the limit he could conceal; if he offered any more, he feared it would be difficult to evade the investigation of the Beast Kings in the depths of the Dragon Fall Mountain Range.

"Add five hundred five-star Star Beasts. If that’s still not satisfactory, I can only resort to unleashing the force of thunder and rampage through the entire Border Wilderness Domain to obtain what I desire!"

His eyes filled with cold fierceness, Qi Xiu Ya snorted coldly.

Seeing this, Xiao Chen knew that this was Qi Xiu Ya’s limit. In fact, during this brief time, he had been pondering what could possibly make Qi offer five million Star Beasts as a bargaining chip.

"Since the Mountain God shows such sincerity, I must not be ungracious."

Suddenly, Xiao Chen spoke, then continued, "I don’t know what the Mountain God’s sincerity is for. My Gu Yuan Tribe is but a clan within a region, and I too have not been a king for long. If you’re looking for someone to help you penetrate deep into the mountain range, I’m afraid I don’t have that capability!"

The next moment, he saw Qi Xiu Ya flip his palm and shoot something towards Xiao Chen.

"What is this?"

Catching the flowing light, Xiao Chen took a closer look, only to see a wisp of spiritual energy dissipating in the palm of his hand.

It turned out to be a crystal-clear Spiritual Pill.

As radiant as jade, emitting a hint of Ling Guang, and even wisps of elixir essence were manifesting outside.

"Spirit Communicating Pills."

But in the next moment, he realized.

In reality, Xiao Chen himself was hardly a qualified successor. The Mountain River Seal, such a treasure, was used for storage and cultivation, even against enemies, while the Alchemy Path inheritance had been turned into a means of progression.

Therefore, he entrusted the heart of his Alchemy Path to Zi Yuan, wishing her to inherit the mantle of alchemy. He handed his medicine trove to Zi Yuan, and the young lass did not disappoint her expectations.

She began to integrate the medicine trove with the Martial Arts of the Desolate Land; naturally, Xiao Chen and Mu Qing also contributed to the compilation.

The Spirit Communicating Pills in his hand were the result of improvements, intended for consumption by some spiritually receptive bodies in this Great Earth Domain, originally intended for Jian Mu’s refinement.

At this moment, Xiao Chen realized what Qi Xiu Ya was after: the Spirit Communicating Pills before him. Such pills could be said to be made especially from the essence of Spirit Medicine, and to maintain the purity of their medicinal power, they were refined dozens of times, making the entire elixir appear almost transparent.

Seeing Xiao Chen’s reaction, Qi Xiu Ya showed no surprise, having already thoroughly investigated the Gu Yuan Tribe.

As for how he got his hands on this elixir, it started with Yun Wei. She was accompanied by some Spirit Monsters, and for easier control, she naturally obtained Spirit Communicating Pills from Zi Yuan; all the Spirit Monsters in these woods were under Qi Xiu Ya’s control.

Naturally, such elixirs that could enhance Spirit Monsters’ strength were highly regarded by Qi Xiu Ya, who did not hesitate to venture out into the Border Wilderness Region again until he confirmed that the Gu Yuan Tribe had an alchemist capable of concocting such pills.

"I wonder how many Spiritual Pills five million Star Beast Bones can be exchanged for!"

Now that the topic was opened, Qi Xiu Ya asked, his gaze fixedly staring at Xiao Chen.

"Ah,."

Xiao Chen appeared as if he had just woken up, a doubtful expression on his face as he looked at Qi Xiu Ya and said, "Aren’t the five million Star Beast blood bones a sign of the Mountain God’s sincerity to my Gu Yuan Tribe?"

At this moment, Qi Xiu Ya wished he could throw the jade pot on the table at Xiao Chen. He had just said it was a gift, merely to pressure Xiao Chen, but he had not expected Xiao Chen to brazenly take advantage of the situation.

"Mountain God, even numerous Star Beast Bones cannot be exchanged for Spiritual Pills."

Then, Xiao Chen spoke again, knowing Qi Xiu Ya’s purpose by now and not willing to let go of the meat in his mouth, as elixirs were a strong suit for the Gu Yuan Tribe.

"What’s more, does the Mountain God really intend to make this a one-time trade with no further dealings?"

"What do you mean?"

"The Dragon Fall Mountain Range is vast and boundless, containing many treasures, and it so happens that the area my Gu Yuan Tribe can cover is just under your control, Mountain God. Our two parties could just well cooperate."

Xiao Chen replied, not willing to give up on the treasures of the Dragon Fall Mountain Range; however, dealing well with the relationship with the Star Beasts was a prerequisite.

"Mountain God, if you need elixirs, my Gu Yuan Tribe can provide them, and the mine resources my Gu Yuan Tribe needs are in your Territory. Working together would be mutually beneficial!"

His voice was calm, Xiao Chen didn’t pause for a moment as he continued speaking: "Moreover, concocting Spirit Communicating Pills requires a vast amount of Spirit Medicine. I believe with the Mountain God’s methods, it would not be hard to obtain. With ample supply of Spirit Medicine and items, my Gu Yuan Tribe will naturally provide a continuous supply of elixirs, and your clan’s strength can be thereby enhanced."

Qi Xiu Ya pondered Xiao Chen’s words, his eyes gradually brightening up.