Chapter 2468

He placed the Purple Night Lumina Grass into individual jade boxes and stored them in his storage ring.

The Dual-Pupiled Mouse ran over. It had already returned to its original size, chirping as if seeking praise from Wang Changsheng.

After advancing to the sixth-tier, its divine abilities had improved significantly, but its most remarkable asset remained its sense of smell. Since entering the Barren Lands, it had located numerous high-aged spiritual medicines by relying on its keen olfactory senses.

"You rascal, are you still not satisfied after eating a sixth-tier demonic beast?" Wang Changsheng said. Despite his words, he took out two pale golden ginseng plants and fed them to the Dual-Pupiled Mouse.

After consuming the two golden ginseng plants, the Dual-Pupiled Mouse finally climbed onto Wang Changsheng's shoulder.

Leaving the cave, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan cast their Wind Manipulation Arts and departed from the area.

Seven days later, they appeared in a dense golden bamboo forest. Looking around, they saw vast quantities of golden bamboo growing there, stretching as far as the eye could see.

The Dual-Pupiled Mouse perched on Wang Changsheng's shoulder, its two paws clutching and nibbling on a pale green spirit peach, its eyes constantly darting around, and its tail gently swaying.

Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan moved slowly, their faces filled with vigilance.

After advancing for over a hundred miles, the Dual-Pupiled Mouse suddenly let out an excited squeak, as if it had discovered some high-aged spiritual medicine.

"Did it find another ten-thousand-year-old spiritual medicine?" Wang Ruyan asked.

"More than that, it's at least over twenty thousand years old," Wang Changsheng said excitedly. The more intense the Dual-Pupiled Mouse's reaction, the higher the age of the spiritual medicine.

The Dual-Pupiled Mouse jumped to the ground, burrowed into the earth, and rapidly moved forward using Earth Evasion Art. Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan quickly followed.

A short while later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan appeared at the foot of a peak over ten thousand *zhang* tall. The mountain's sparse vegetation made it appear somewhat desolate.

The Dual-Pupiled Mouse was still underground, not yet having reached its destination.

A deafening roar suddenly erupted, and the ground shook violently.

Startled, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan stopped.

Not long after, the Dual-Pupiled Mouse burrowed out from underground and quickly climbed onto Wang Changsheng's shoulder. Its timid nature was still unchanged; at the slightest disturbance, it would scurry back to Wang Changsheng's side.

Wang Changsheng attached a wisp of his spiritual sense to the Dual-Pupiled Mouse's body, and the mouse's eyes brightened significantly.

A thousand miles away, a giant bird with seven heads was entangled in a fierce battle with a massive golden spider. The giant bird's feathers were seven-colored, and its seven heads unleashed different magical spells. The golden spider had a dragon's head and a spider's body, its sharp claws like scythes, easily pulverizing a towering peak.

"A Seven-Colored Bird! A Dragon Spider!" Wang Changsheng exclaimed. The Seven-Colored Bird was a descendant of the Nine-Headed Bird, inheriting some of its divine abilities, while the Dragon Spider was a descendant of a true dragon, whose sprayed silk was incredibly tough, capable of piercing gold and splitting stone.

Both of these demonic beasts were seventh-tier. The Barren Lands contained countless rare treasures, as well as numerous unusual birds and beasts.

If he wasn't mistaken, the two demonic beasts were fighting over a spiritual medicine. He didn't hesitate for a moment, deciding to retreat.

Just then, the Dragon Spider let out an extremely strange roar.

Wang Changsheng could clearly see large numbers of low-tier demonic beasts directly exploding and dying, turning into clouds of blood mist.

Upon hearing this sound, Wang Changsheng felt his mind waver, and the qi and blood within his body surged, as if about to burst out of his body.

Wang Ruyan's face turned beet red, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, her complexion turning pale, as a brilliant blue light erupted from her body.

"Retreat quickly!"

A brilliant blue light erupted from Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's bodies, and they transformed into a long blue rainbow, departing.

Seven days later, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan appeared in a hidden underground cave.

Wang Ruyan sat down cross-legged, consumed a Cyan Marrow Pill, and began to cultivate to heal her injuries.

An hour later, Wang Ruyan stood up and let out a long sigh of relief.

"It's a good thing we were far away," Wang Ruyan said softly, a look of lingering fear on her face. "If we had taken that blow up close, I probably would have died."

There were many unusual birds and beasts in the Barren Lands; even ancient giants were known to appear there.

"Anyway, the mission is complete," Wang Changsheng suggested. "Senior Martial Brother Li and the others should be able to send the Blood Qilin Ganoderma back to Zhenhai Palace. Let's leave this place soon!"

Wang Ruyan had no objection, and they left the cave with Wang Changsheng.

They had only advanced for tens of thousands of miles when a loud thunderous sound reached their ears.

Startled, both quickly stopped.

Could it be another seventh-tier demonic beast battle? If so, it would be better to avoid it.

Wang Changsheng seemed to sense something, and with a flick of his sleeve, a gleaming green orb flew out. It was the Cyan Chi Pearl, a mid-grade Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure capable of concealing one's presence.

He formed a hand seal, and the Cyan Chi Pearl spun rapidly, emitting a burst of green ethereal light that enveloped their figures. As the green light dissipated, they vanished from sight.

Not long after, a streak of red light swept across the sky, heading directly towards the source of the thunderous sound.

After a while, Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan reappeared.

"It seems like someone is engaged in a cultivation battle," Wang Changsheng suggested. "Perhaps it's Senior Martial Brother Li. Let's go take a look!"

A yellow light simultaneously lit up on Wang Changsheng and Wang Ruyan's bodies, and they burrowed into the ground, disappearing from view.

Tens of thousands of miles away, in a vast and boundless dense forest, a thousand-zhang-sized yellow giant tortoise lay on the ground, its four limbs and head retracted into its shell, as a massive thundercloud floated high in the sky.

Accompanied by deafening thunderous roars, a silver lightning spear over a hundred *zhang* long pierced the sky, striking the yellow giant tortoise's shell. It instantly exploded, and dazzling silver lightning enveloped a significant portion of the yellow giant tortoise's body.

Before the lightning dissipated, an even larger silver lightning spear struck down.

Hundreds of miles away, a burly man in a golden robe and a graceful young woman in a white dress stood on the mountaintop. Flame-like spiritual markings adorned their faces and arms, clearly indicating they were from the Blazing Fire Clan, and both possessed cultivation at the mid-Void Refinement stage.

"Our opportunity has arrived!" the man in the golden robe said excitedly. "A sixth-tier top-grade Earth-Parting Tortoise is undergoing a great Heavenly Tribulation. It seems this isn't its first time." The shells of high-tier demonic tortoises were the best materials for crafting defensive treasures, and they were also effective in resisting lightning tribulations.

"It's a pity it's an Earth-Parting Tortoise," the young woman in the white dress lamented, her face full of envy. "Elder Qing encountered a seventh-tier Five-Thunder Tortoise undergoing a great Heavenly Tribulation last time. After it completed its tribulation, he used great divine abilities to slay the beast, obtaining a Lightning Absorbing Pearl. He refined it into a treasure, and it has already helped Elder Qing pass two great Heavenly Tribulations." Lightning-attribute demonic tortoises are very likely to produce Lightning Absorbing Pearls within their bodies, and high-grade Lightning Absorbing Pearls can absorb the power of lightning.

"Be content!" the golden-robed man said, a hint of dissatisfaction in his voice. "This Earth-Parting Tortoise's defense is so strong; if refined into a defensive treasure, we'll definitely have no problem passing our next great Heavenly Tribulation. However, the two of us alone can't take down this beast. Why isn't Yan Shuo here yet?"

"I was pursuing and killing a Void Refinement stage Buddhist cultivator, which delayed me for some time," a gentle male voice suddenly rang out. No sooner had the voice fallen than countless streaks of crimson fire light emerged, suddenly transforming into a handsome young man in a red robe. His eyes were red, and there were some red spiritual markings on his face.