CHAPTER 260: CHAPTER 66: BROTHERHOOD IN THE TEN THOUSAND FLAMES CAULDRON

Mosquito!

Upon hearing the conversation of these Foundation Establishment Loose Cultivators, Lin Jing’s body stiffened immediately, as the faces of one old friend after another floated before his eyes!

He was very certain that what they were referring to was definitely the Cloud Sea Mosquito Beast.

However, since this place is so far from the Cloud Sea Mountain Range, it’s normal for this group of loose cultivators not to recognize this notorious creature.

The initial Book Academy Transfer Event caused Lin Jing and the mosquito beasts to be separated, each being teleported to different locations.

Among them, the mosquito beasts were vast in number, and each one might have been teleported to different places, so it’s highly likely that some were teleported to Qingzhou.

Previously, Lin Jing had not heard any news about the mosquito beasts and had already prepared himself for the sacrifice of all the mosquito beasts.

After all, the strength of the mosquito beasts lay in their numbers; a lone mosquito beast could be killed by any Qi Cultivation Cultivator of the same realm.

But now it seemed that there were still mosquito beasts that managed to breed a new legion in the harsh environment post-teleportation!

"Since arriving in Qingzhou, the dragon carp hasn’t eaten a life-extending blood mosquito for a long time. This outing has at least a guaranteed yield, and I can re-capture this group of mosquito beasts."

"Moreover, I’ve found a Qi Cultivation Stage demon beast, and everyone can reunite in the Ten Thousand Flames Cauldron as brothers."

Lin Jing chuckled. Given the mosquito beasts’ rapid breeding speed, they could be considered the best alchemy material, though unfortunately, their cultivation level was too low, and they’d never reach Foundation Establishment. Even if turned into pills to enhance cultivation, he couldn’t use them himself.

Of course, if used to cultivate sect disciples, they would be quite a good choice.

He entered the Independent Practitioner Alliance hall, where those people had just been discussing that these mosquito beasts were located in the Soul-nourishing Mountain...

Soul-nourishing Mountain.

A dangerous area on the border of one of Qingzhou’s sixteen directions, at the junction between human and demon beast territories.

The danger here lies in the environment, not because of how powerful the demon beasts inside might be.

Within Soul-nourishing Mountain, there exists a special poisonous miasma that not only makes cultivators sick but also damages their souls if too much is inhaled, posing great danger.

Therefore, only some special poison-attributed demon beasts can survive in this place.

Though dangerous, this place also offers many treasures of nature. The miasma here harms souls, but it also nourishes the Soul Revival Grass, capable of repairing soul damage—a specialty of this region.

Using mana to protect themselves, entering Soul-nourishing Mountain quickly to collect Soul Revival Grass and then leaving swiftly, is something that many loose cultivators enjoy doing here since Soul Revival Grass is extremely valuable.

The prerequisite for being able to gather Soul Revival Grass is that there are no overly powerful poisonous beasts interfering with the process. Although Lin Jing wasn’t sure why mosquito beasts could survive in this miasma, under the condition that they aren’t afraid of it, this environment undoubtedly provided them a breeding ground, allowing them to escape extermination by cultivators.

"If I were to go to Soul-nourishing Mountain looking for mosquito beasts, perhaps I could also capture a few other demon beasts of different realms."

"Demon beasts at Foundation Establishment or Demon Core Stage are fine, but the Demon Kings residing in Soul-nourishing Mountain are too difficult for me to deal with, and much of the preparation might be wasted."

On this trip, Lin Jing also intended to capture a Demon King, but facing a Demon King who could use their demon core techniques at will, even if he brought the dragon carp with him, would be an uphill battle.

Yet, since he had already planned to capture a Demon King, Lin Jing naturally made thorough preparations.

Against high-level demon beasts, his only advantage is Illusion Technique, of course, not for the damage it can cause, but for its stealth.

Through this stealth, Lin Jing could avoid fighting high-level demon beasts head-on and instead... use poison!

Among the numerous spirit grasses of the Sky Lion clan, there are many materials for poison refining pills. Before leaving, Lin Jing selected a few fourth-level toxic plants and had the dragon carp make a few fourth-grade poison pills, which are potent enough to affect Nascent Soul level powerhouses. The difficulty lies in getting the target to make contact, but with Illusion Technique assistance, this challenge would be significantly reduced.

Besides that, he also carried a certain amount of Ice Soul Gu poison, which is extremely potent, capable of being unresolved even by Divinity Transformation powerhouses.

As long as he used the hidden nature of Illusion Technique to administer the Ice Soul Gu poison to the Demon King, and then catalyzed it with the poison pills, even a Nascent Soul Demon King level powerhouse would be in serious trouble.

However, this only applies to normal Nascent Soul Demon Kings, like those from the Beast Taming Sect...

The Demon Kings of Soul-nourishing Mountain are all poisonous creatures, so even if Lin Jing successfully poisons them, their resistance is much stronger than that of ordinary Demon Kings. The fourth-grade poison pills might even become their nourishment.

Even if the Ice Soul Gu poison can suppress their toxicity, Lin Jing might still need to wait for a few years to poison them to death, which he cannot afford to wait for.

"There it is." Walking in the Independent Practitioner Alliance hall, Lin Jing unexpectedly found a wanted notice about a demon beast of Soul-nourishing Mountain on a wall covered with bounties.

Wanted Notice.

Fiery Sun Demon King.

A former loose cultivator Demon King at the boundary of the Cyan Nether Dao, known for devouring humans. Consuming ordinary loose cultivators was one thing, but an accident led to it eating a descendant of a demigod powerhouse from the Independent Practitioner Alliance, causing it to be hunted all the way to this place, finally escaping into Soul-nourishing Mountain.

This Tiger King is not a native of Soul-nourishing Mountain, nor is it a poisonous creature, but due to its abundant yang energy, it can protect its soul, thus allowing it to reside long-term in Soul-nourishing Mountain.

Utilizing this dangerous natural feature, it temporarily evaded the pursuit of the Independent Practitioner Alliance, though the alliance has not given up chasing it, ultimately issuing this bounty. Lin Jing wasn’t too concerned about the bounty reward but was interested in the fact that there really is a non-poisonous Demon King in Soul-nourishing Mountain.

"Now there is a chance."

"If I can successfully poison the Fiery Sun Demon King, the reduction of its yang energy would counteract the Ice Soul Gu poison."

"With the reduction of yang energy, the miasma environment of Soul-nourishing Mountain would be my deadly move against it."

"Besides that, it couldn’t ignore the effect of fourth-grade poison pills like those poisonous beasts."

Lin Jing’s eyes flashed as he left the place, planning to go to Soul-nourishing Mountain to accomplish his demon beast capturing mission this time.

"What’s up with that bald monk, leaving as soon as he arrived?"

"Not sure, speaking of which, what is a Buddhist Cultivator doing at the Independent Practitioner Alliance, aren’t all Buddhist Cultivators disciples of the Buddhist sect?" The surrounding cultivators pointed fingers at Lin Jing.

Whoosh!

After leaving the Independent Practitioner Alliance, Lin Jing directly flew towards the depths of Soul-nourishing Mountain, all the while searching for traces of the mosquito beasts.

During this time, since Lin Jing wasn’t cautious enough in his actions, it wasn’t surprising that some poisonous creatures eyed him as prey.

Of course, this was also intentional on Lin Jing’s part.

As he shuttled through the forest canopy, a poisoned arrow suddenly shot up, and he saw a Late-Stage Foundation Establishment poison frog launching a sneak attack on Lin Jing from below.

"Foundation Establishment, just one."

Lin Jing glanced indifferently, reached out and grabbed, and a Vajra Palm imbued with Buddhist light instantly appeared, crushing down. The poison arrow landed on the Vajra Palm and was immediately purified by the Buddhist light. With a "croak," the poison frog was also caught by the Vajra Palm and thrown into the Ten Thousand Beasts Circle.