Chapter 275: Chapter 275: Inch Snake"Haha, the Earth Dragon Ball, Iron Stone Flower, thus the Five Elements are complete."

    Zhong Lin inspected Feng Cang and the beautiful woman’s storage bracelets and unexpectedly found the Earth Dragon Ball and Iron Stone Flower among them.

    The Earth Dragon Ball appears as a stone, resembling a stone that has hatched into a spherical shape, with the characteristic texture of a rock on its surface.

    However, this is not a rock but a type of fruit that grows where centipedes frequent.

    The centipede, also known as the Earth Dragon, is one of the Five Poisons, having a head and tail, many joints, adept at gathering qi and with a propensity for treasure-holding.

    The so-called treasure-holding means that a centipede, when producing centipede eggs, will hold onto them. Some even hold onto a stone, just like an old clam embraces a pearl.

    This "Earth Dragon Ball" is formed by a centipede hoarding treasures, gathering the essence of the earth, a terrestrial spiritual object that can help one form an Earth Spirit Body.

    The Iron Stone Flower, on the other hand, is a spirit grass that grows on a type of iron ore, similar to the six-petal golden lotus, also a gold attribute heavenly material and earthly treasure.

    Zhong Lin didn’t expect to gather all Five Elements Spiritual Items in just two days. Murder and robbery indeed offer convenience. If he were to search on his own, who knows how long it would take.

    "Zhong Lin, why are you so persistent in finding Five Elements Spiritual Items? Isn’t a Red Essence Ganoderma enough?"

    Chen Jia looked puzzled, really unable to understand what Zhong Lin intended to do.

    Zhong Lin showed a mysterious smile on his face.

    "You wouldn’t understand."

    ...

    At this moment, throughout the Seven Star Secret Realm, many sect martial artists, after some exploration, began to gather or form alliances, baring their fangs, starting a large-scale clean-up of solitary loose cultivators.

    This is why the sects of the Luoxing Islands are willing to open the Seven Star Secret Realm to loose cultivators.

    In their eyes, loose cultivators are nothing more than sacrificial pigs and sheep, puppets to collect spirit grasses and spiritual medicines for them.

    The Seven Stars Sect distributed thirty-six tokens to loose cultivators, meaning that thirty-six martial artists entered, but less than one out of ten walked out alive, if not completely wiped out.

    The closer to the central area, the more severe the killings.

    Yu Jinglei had also figured out the pattern, sighed, and somewhat regretted asking Zhong Lin for a token to enter the secret realm.

    Therefore, after encountering Zhong Lin, he didn’t walk alone but closely followed him.

    Although as a Sect Master, being protected by a disciple might seem shameful, in the martial artist world, the capable are respected. Furthermore, this is a genius from his own sect, not only not shameful but bringing great credit to them.

    The two walked together, heading towards the central area.

    Strictly speaking, they also belonged to the group of solitary loose cultivators, unlike those who entertained blind hope, wanting to fish in troubled waters, trying their luck.

    Because they had Zhong Lin, a formidable presence at the top of the secret realm’s food chain.

    Walking along the road, if they encountered malicious martial artists, Zhong Lin would unhesitatingly kill them.

    If the enemy was few and weak, Yu Jinglei would deal with them while Zhong Lin provided support.

    Martial cultivation is never about working behind closed doors; only through battles can one unleash their potential.

    Yu Jinglei, unlike Zhong Lin, didn’t have a system panel and naturally needed battles to push himself further.

    If the enemies were numerous and strong, Zhong Lin would sweep them away, with the physical strength of the seven-fold Dragon Elephant Golden Body, even capable of suppressing top experts of the Spirit Embryo Realm with ease.

    As they advanced, the two achieved great success, leaving Yu Jinglei with an additional bundle on his shoulder.

    This bundle contained storage equipment.

    Storage bags, storage rings, storage bracelets, storage belts...

    There was no choice; storage space equipment couldn’t hold other storage space equipment, losing them was wasteful, and the storage capacity of both their storage bracelets was limited.

    Thus, Yu Jinglei carried an extra bundle on his shoulder, looking rather imposing.

    After several days’ journey, the two finally saw the ring-shaped mountain ahead.

    The mountain towered into the clouds, at least a thousand feet high, with steep slopes, sheer cliffs, jagged rocks, and ancient towering trees.

    The mountain body was shrouded in thick white fog, making it unclear to see.

    "This is the central area of the Seven Star Secret Realm, also the place where Heaven and Earth Essence Qi is most concentrated. Sect Master, you should not go in, find a hidden place to hide, and wait for me to come out before we return together."

    The central area of the Seven Star Secret Realm is where the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi is densest, also meaning there’s an abundance of spirit grasses, spiritual medicines, heavenly materials, and earthly treasures, but similarly, opportunity accompanies danger.

    Various powerful demon beasts, fast-approaching sect disciples...

    Yu Jinglei was only at the Spiritual Origin Realm cultivation, entering would be a death wish; sometimes the aftermath of battles between stronger martial artists alone could kill him.

    Yu Jinglei also knew his own weakness; without Zhong Lin’s protection, he might have been killed even in the outer areas, let alone the most dangerous central area ahead.

    He nodded and said, "I understand. Zhong Lin, you be careful too."

    "Mm."

    After watching Yu Jinglei leave, Zhong Lin began to step up the mountain.

    The mist surrounding this ring-shaped mountain was particularly thick, and once inside, it was easy to get lost, so the best way was to slowly explore upward step by step, rather than flying.

    Moreover, this mountain was teeming with demon beasts; it could be said to be the area with the strongest demon beast population in the entire Seven Star Secret Realm. Flying here would make one an easy target, with the risk of sudden attacks that catch one unprepared.

    Even though Zhong Lin considered himself the top predator in the Seven Star Secret Realm, under these circumstances, caution prevailed. Sear?h the N?velFire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

    Swish!

    Shortly after starting up the mountain, a small black silhouette a few inches long suddenly flew out from the lush forest at a very fast speed.

    Zhong Lin’s expression remained unchanged as his right hand waved lightly in the air. The next moment, a small strip of living being appeared in his hand.

    It was clearly a pitch-black little snake, as long as a chopstick, as thick as a thumb, its body covered in scales, not reflecting any light under the sun, as though all light was absorbed into it.

    "Inch Snake, a venomous snake that paradoxically becomes smaller as it grows. A mature one is said to be no different in size than an earthworm, but the venom can even break the spiritual body of a Spirit Embryo Realm."

    Chen Jia’s voice echoed leisurely.

    Zhong Lin also looked a bit surprised at the small snake incessantly twisting and struggling in his hand. While most demon beasts grow stronger as their size increases, this little thing went against the norm, becoming stronger the smaller it was, and its venom could even damage a Spirit Embryo Realm’s spiritual body, indicating its potency.

    "Pity there’s no inheritance from the Eastern Desolate Myriad Gu Sect, otherwise this little thing would be a great asset."

    Chen Jia’s tone was full of regret. The Inch Snake, with its small size and potent venom, was perfect for unexpected attacks, but it had no spiritual wisdom, and was hard to tame unless there was a special secret technique; otherwise, controlling it was impossible.

    Zhong Lin also realized this point, his fingers gently pinched to crush the Inch Snake’s head, and tossed it aside, paying it no further heed.