Mortal Alchemy

Where spirit herbs are born, the spiritual energy will be much denser.

Moonlight Grass is one of the main ingredients for Essence Qi Pills.

The three of them arrived at the location arranged by Chen Ping.

They saw that the talismans and restrictive formations were intact, and there were no demon beast corpses nearby, but the Moonlight Grass inside had been eaten clean, leaving only dozens of roots.

"Damn thief!" Chen Ping pretended to be exasperated:

"It's the same as last time!"

The talismans and restrictive formations were not activated, but the spirit herbs inside were gone. This has happened for the second time.

Zhao Han's face was not good. These talismans were all drawn by him and sold to Chen Ping.

Now that the thief has succeeded twice in a row, his talismans have not been useful. Isn't this a slap in his face?

Zhao Han said, "Fellow Daoist Tang, please calm down. This time, we will definitely help you capture this thief."

"Are there any other spirit herbs nearby?"

Chen Ping nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhao Han said to Hong An, "Let's not go back these few days. Let's wait for the rabbit."

"Okay." Hong An nodded. This matter was also related to them. If Chen Ping obtained fewer spirit herbs, they would get fewer pills for free from Chen Ping.

Chen Ping led them to another part of the forest, where there were blood-colored camellias, an ingredient for Qi Recovery Pills.

One plant is worth one spirit sand. Zhao Han and Hong An helped Chen Ping set up formations and talismans. The few of them lived nearby, enduring the elements.

Chen Ping didn't really care who the spirit herb thief was. He only cared whether the Flame Blade Spirit Fish could be caught again in Hong An's fish trap.

The three of them took turns guarding the area to catch the thief.

In the meantime, Zhao Han and Hong An went to catch fish.

Chen Ping tore a Stealth Talisman and secretly followed to learn from them.

On the shore of the lake, the two of them pulled up the fishing net that had been set down for several hours. Hong An exclaimed:

"The net is bursting!"

An ordinary spirit fish is only worth a few spirit sand, and Zhao Han's talismans only sell for dozens of spirit sand each.

"Huh." Zhao Han saw the fishing net struggling fiercely:

"This time there is a Flame Blade Spirit Fish, Lao Hong, quickly收网, or the fish will die and the net will break."

Chen Ping's heart stirred: "There is a Flame Blade Spirit Fish. It has been two months since the last time it appeared."

In these two months, he had taken the two of them around the island, and it was worth the effort.

He thought to himself, "I need to catch more Flame Blade Spirit Fish to better identify the location and conduct a careful search."

Searching for Foundation Establishment spiritual objects takes time and is more boring than cultivation. It also tests a person's patience, and you may end up with nothing.

But for low-level cultivators to establish a foundation, this is the only way to go.

Seeing the two's harvest, Chen Ping returned to the guard post as if he had never left, took out a pill, and swallowed it to refine it.

A while later, the two of them found Chen Ping with a large amount of fish, and gave Chen Ping two palm-sized spirit fish with a smile:

"Fellow Daoist Tang, come, eat grilled spirit fish."

"Thank you, thank you."

"You're welcome."

After eating and drinking, Hong An took the fresh spirit fish to the market to sell, leaving Zhao Han alone with Chen Ping.

The two of them chatted casually.

Suddenly, a gleam of silver light flashed in Chen Ping's eyes.

He turned his head to look, and nothing happened in the place where the formation was set up.

"Is it my illusion?" Chen Ping couldn't be sure.

Zhao Han asked in confusion, "What's wrong, Fellow Daoist Zhao?"

Chen Ping said, "I seemed to see something enter the formation just now."

"Let's go, let's take a look." Zhao Han immediately got up.

The two of them looked around, but found nothing.

Chen Ping showed a smile: "Maybe I was wrong."

The next morning, when they got up to check again.

Chen Ping's expression changed slightly: "The blood-colored camellias in the formation are gone!"

Like the Moonlight Grass, the blood-colored camellias in this formation were eaten, leaving only the roots.

The silver light last night was not my eyes playing tricks on me, but it was real.

If that's the case...

What could make the formation and talismans not react?

And this thing is not generally clever and smart.

Including the previous two times, this is the third time.

Chen Ping: "Could it be some kind of treasure-hunting beast?"

Thinking of this, Chen Ping's heart couldn't help but accelerate.

If he could catch this treasure-hunting beast, wouldn't it be more convenient for him to search for the Jade Marrow Ganoderma?

"Silver..." I have to go back and check what it is, and then think of a way to catch it and use it for myself.

Thinking of this, Chen Ping didn't alarm Zhao Han, but instead released the restriction and took out some blood-colored camellia materials from his storage bag, pretending that he had just picked them.

If it was really done by a treasure-hunting beast, then its value would be great.

His relationship with Zhao Han and Hong An was not that good, so it was best not to reveal this kind of news to them.

When Zhao Han saw Chen Ping picking the blood-colored camellias, he helped to clean up the restrictions and talismans.

Zhao Han said with a smile, "This time, no thief came to steal the spirit herbs."

Chen Ping was happy inside, but smiled and said:

"Yes, it seems that that thing knows that Fellow Daoist Zhao is here and doesn't dare to be presumptuous."

After packing up, the two left and returned to the market.

Zhao Han and Hong An got together to divide the materials.

Chen Ping came to the Myriad Treasures Pavilion in this market.

A young girl at the front desk received Chen Ping: "Senior, is there anything I can help you with?"

Chen Ping said calmly, "I want to buy a Compendium of Ten Thousand Beasts."

The girl replied, "Please wait a moment, Senior, I will get the goods for you."

A while later, the girl returned with a jade slip: "Five spirit stones."

"So expensive?" Chen Ping was surprised.

A compendium, and it costs so much. Renting a house in the market for a year only costs three spirit stones.

The girl said with a smile, "This is the Compendium of Ten Thousand Beasts compiled by the Myriad Treasures Pavilion itself. It does not hide anything, so the price is more expensive than other demon beast compendiums."

Chen Ping showed a helpless expression:

"Okay, okay, I'll buy it."

Chen Ping counted out five spirit stones and took the jade slip home.

Two days later, with tired eyes and an excited expression: "It really is a treasure-hunting beast."

"Its fur is silver, not only is it invulnerable to water and fire, but its fur is also an insulation material, so it can avoid the detection of forbidden techniques and talismans."

"There is such a magical spirit beast in the world."

The compendium was engraved with a picture of a completely silver-white mink, named the Brocade Fur Treasure-Seeking Sable.

It has been extinct in the Eastern Region cultivation world for a thousand years. Even a behemoth like the Myriad Treasures Pavilion has not been able to find its whereabouts in this thousand years.

Chen Ping didn't expect to run into it here.

"This beast must be destined for me."

Chen Ping's eyes were fiery.

Next, he had to think of a way to capture this Brocade Fur Treasure-Seeking Sable.

Its fur is an insulation material, so ordinary cultivator methods are ineffective against it.

Chen Ping originally wanted to go to the market to buy some traps for spirit beasts, but he was afraid of leaking the news.

He knew the principle that a common man is guilty of possessing a treasure.

Chen Ping quietly went out and went to the island alone, preparing to set a trap and let the treasure-hunting beast fall into the net.

"Hehe, my spirit herbs are so delicious, this time I'll let you eat your fill!"