Baimang Forest is located in the hinterland of the Daqian Dynasty. It covers a vast area and is rich in spiritual energy. It is very suitable for the growth of spiritual creatures. Therefore, it is rich in various kinds of heavenly materials and earthly treasures used for practicing and alchemy, as well as spiritual vein mineral deposits.
But for some unknown reason, the monsters in the forest generally have low cultivation levels. Most of them are around the first or second level. The highest cultivation level cannot exceed the third level. The old man in green who attacked Ye Ling and others before is a special case.
The cultivation realms of the demon clan are roughly the same as those of the human race, except that there are no demons to think of some nice names for these realms, so they simply and crudely name them from the first level to the ninth level.
However, when the first-level monsters are in the innate realm, the division of the four levels of innate monsters is slightly different from that of the human race.
The first level of the four levels of innateness of the demon clan is also body refining, while the second level is Qi gathering, which means gathering the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to unlock wisdom.
The third level is concentration, which is similar to the effect of human beings opening up the sea of consciousness and sensing spiritual gods. The fourth level is transformation. When you reach this level, you have the ability to transform into human form.
But in fact, although this fourth level is called transformation, it is a bit far-fetched. Because although there are demons that can transform at this time, they are very few. For example, the green-scaled python killed by Xiao Jie and Wu Qing has arrived. Second-level monsters, that is, human beings who have not been able to cultivate into a human form at the Huiling Realm, are normal. Most of the monsters can barely transform into a human body until they are in the Lingxu Realm. Anyone who can transform into a human body in the Transformation Realm can , they are all gifted with extraordinary talents and their future is limitless.
Precisely because the demon clan is not strong in Baimang Forest and is rich in natural materials and earthly treasures, some nearby human sects regularly send or spontaneously form disciples to come to Baimang Forest to look for opportunities.
On the eastern edge of Baimang Forest, there is a small town with only about a hundred households. The biggest purpose of this small town is to provide a resting place for human monks who want to enter Baimang Forest.
There lived a young man in a small town. He was seventeen or eighteen years old, handsome and extraordinary.
The boy's name is Xu Yang. His parents died when he was young. He was adopted by the lame owner of the only tavern here and worked as a waiter in the tavern.
Xu Yang has a simple personality, is cheerful and well-rounded. Xu Yang sells wine in the tavern with his boss every day, and his life is quite ordinary.
But a year ago, when he went to the mountains to chop firewood, he happened to meet a little girl with an injured left leg.
Xu Yang was kind-hearted and carried the little girl back to the town without hesitation. He found a doctor in the town to treat her wounds, and then lived in a tavern to recuperate.
The tavern owner asked the little girl her name and family background, but the little girl kept it secret and just said: "Everyone in the family is dead, I am the only one left, and I don't know what my name is."
Seeing how pitiful she was, Xu Yang wanted to keep the little girl. The lame boss couldn't resist Xu Yang, so he had to agree.
Xu Yang took care of the little girl meticulously every day. When he saw that the little girl loved to eat fish, he smiled and said to the little girl: "I see that you love fish so much, just like a kitten. Why don't you call me Xiandie!" "
The little girl liked this name very much, especially when Xu Yang gave it to her, she was even more happy.
Gradually, Xiandie's leg injury healed, so she and Xu Yang helped in the tavern, meeting each other day and night, and unknowingly developed a secret love.
One day, Xu Yang took advantage of the fact that his lame boss was not at home. He took Ziandie's hand and said with a blushing face: "When I save enough money to buy a house, I will marry you home in a glorious way."
There were tears in the corners of Xiandie's eyes, and she nodded heavily: "Yes! I will definitely wait for that day!"
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On this day, the originally quiet and ordinary town suddenly became lively.
Thousands of miles away, the three major sects of Tianxin Sect, Zhaoyang Mountain, and Tianyue Pavilion came together. The elders of each sect led the team to organize Xiantian Realm and Huiling Realm disciples within the sect to go to Baimang Forest to hunt for treasures and gain experience.
These three major sects can only be regarded as the third-rate immortal sects in the Eastern Region. Their strength is far from that of the Wentian Sect where Chen Yan belongs, but they do have some contact with each other on weekdays.
Organizing disciples to go to Baimang Forest for training like this happens once every five years, and the residents of the town are naturally used to it.
Xu Yang held the butterfly's hand and looked at the swaying monks on the street. They had an extraordinary temperament and were surrounded by spiritual energy. They were brilliant and indifferent, and felt very envious in their hearts.
Xu Yang said to Xiandie: "If I can also become a monk, I won't have to worry about having no money to marry you."
Xian Die reached out and knocked Xu Yang on the head, and said with a smile: "Fool, if you become a monk, you will naturally find a beautiful junior sister to become a Taoist companion. How can you still think about me?"
Xu Yang blushed and said: "I have to marry you in this life, so I won't fall in love with anyone else! Besides, let's talk..."
"What else can you say?"
"Besides...you are the most beautiful person in the world." Xu Yang said in a low voice.
As the saying goes, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She was already beautiful with a butterfly in her arms. Coupled with Xu Yang's affection for her, she felt that she was extremely beautiful and unparalleled in the world.
"Ignore you!" Xiandie was happy in her heart, but she pretended to be angry on the surface, covering up her shyness, and turned back to the tavern.
"Hand the butterfly, hold the butterfly..." Xu Yang chased back without knowing why.
All this just happened was seen by a young man in the distance who was wearing gold, silver, and jewels.
The man asked an old man in black next to him: "Did you see clearly?"
The old man said in a deep voice: "Absolutely, that little girl is the demon clan incarnate, and she is a Qi Ling cat with a very small number of species, which is extremely rare."
"Oh?" The man's eyes lit up and he said, "I heard that the Qiling cat's fur can absorb moonlight under the moonlight. It is not only beautiful, but also helpful for cultivation."
The old man nodded and said: "Because of this, they were massacred on a large scale, so that their numbers were so rare that they were almost extinct."
"Hahaha," the man said with a proud smile: "I'm lucky today. I picked up such a treasure. Judging from her cultivation, she has just passed through the transformation stage. If I catch her and give the fur to Fairy Lu,
It will definitely win her heart."
Thinking of this, the man said to the old man: "When we go in later, you can directly capture the cat demon. You must not let her escape."
"Don't worry, Master."
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In the tavern, Xu Yang sat on a stool, holding his chin with both hands, sighing: "Oh, this month's monthly salary is all spent again. I said, Lao Li, can't you give me another raise?"
Xu Yang's monthly money is not much in the first place. He used to be able to live a relatively comfortable life when he was alone. Now he has to support the butterfly. Naturally, he spends all his money every month and cannot save any money at all. I really don't know when he will be able to save money.
Save enough money to buy a house.
Behind the wine cabinet, the boss Li Pan was drinking wine and said drunkenly: "Our bistro only sells for a few dollars a month. You still want to raise your wages? Come on, don't disturb me while I drink!"
Xu Yang curled his lips and said, "If you drink like this, you will drink up all the money you make."
At this moment, the man and the old man in black walked into the tavern and looked around, but did not see the figure of the butterfly.
As soon as Xu Yang saw the man's attire, he knew he was a man of extraordinary worth. He immediately approached him and said with a smile, "Two guests, what would you like to order?"
The man threw out a piece of silver and asked, "Where is the little girl who was with you just now? I want to see her."
Silver is a currency circulated among ordinary people and is of little use to monks. However, because they need to stay in a hotel in the town to rest this time, the monks will bring some gold, silver and white things with them.
Xu Yang took the silver, but asked tactfully: "I wonder what happened to this young master, why do you want to see him?"
The man smiled slightly and said harmlessly: "That's right, she has some similarities with my lost sister, so I want to confirm it in person."
Xu Yang looked at the men and thought, "Could it be that Xian Die is lying? In fact, she comes from a monk family? Is there such a brother?"
Xu Yang, who had never experienced any big storms or dangerous rivers and lakes, believed the man's words for a moment, and said happily: "You wait later, I will call her out right away."
The moment he turned around, Xu Yang suddenly felt extremely disappointed.
"It turns out that Xiandie is not an ordinary person. I am really a toad who wants to eat swan meat. I even want to marry her. How could she fall in love with me?"
After Xu Yang left, the lame Li Pan smiled coldly at the man and said, "I don't know what your surname is. Is he a high disciple of that sect?"
The man still replied politely: "I am Xu Haochu, a disciple of the Tianxin Sect."
Li Pan laughed loudly and said: "It turns out that the Tianxin Sect cultivates these sanctimonious, sinister and cunning people."
"What did you say?" The old man in black was furious, his spiritual energy was circulating around his body, and an aura of Qingyou realm instantly enveloped the entire wine shop.
Xu Haochu smiled and said nothing, and stood quietly, letting the old man in black continue to exert pressure on Li Pan.
If it were an ordinary person, facing the oppression of the Qingyou Realm monks, he would have already bled from all his orifices and died.
But Li Pan ignored this and walked out slowly from behind the wine cabinet with a cane, saying in a cold voice: "An old loser from the Qingyou Realm dares to act so casually. This Tianxin Sect is really unworthy of training."
The old man and the man in black looked at the oncoming Li Pan, their faces changing color slightly.