Chapter 461: Chapter 461: Seize Shenlongjia (3 updates)
The wild men inside the cave fell silent after hearing Ah Yong recount the events.
"Are the humans coming to Shenlongjia to find us wild men?"
One of the wild men spoke up.
For nearly a hundred years, the outside world had been searching for the wild men of Shenlongjia, who, in turn, had been constantly evading the search.
Ah Yong pondered a moment and then said:
"No, they hunted monsters along the way and went deeper into the mountains."
"That does not prove that they are not here to find us. What if they are?"
The tribal elder thought for a moment and said:
"From now on, everyone be careful. Set up outposts outside of the valley to monitor the humans."
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Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin hunted monsters all the way, crossing over a large mountain by noon and entering the central area of Shenlongjia.
After entering the central area, they encountered monsters of higher levels, mostly with Enhanced Gene Primary and Intermediate, reminiscent of the situation they encountered in the desert.
With the assistance of the Giant Eagle, Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin hunted more than a dozen Enhanced Gene Primary and Intermediate monsters. Including the Mutated Creatures previously hunted, Yang Xiao had taken thirty various monsters today into the Black Bottle, and also left a wild buffalo as dinner for the night.
"Yang Xiao, it’s getting dark. We cannot stay here overnight. It’s too dangerous, with no caves to take shelter in at night."
"Alright, we’ll ride the Giant Eagle back to where we spent the night yesterday. The Monster Level there is lower and relatively safer."
The two mounted the Giant Eagle and flew back to where they had rested the previous night.
They cut down two trees from the nearby forest and dragged them to the front of the cave. Monk Ben Yin took care of chopping wood and starting a fire, while Yang Xiao took out a huge wild buffalo from his Space Ring, slicing off dozens of pounds of meat from the thigh, leaving the rest for the Giant Eagle.
The Giant Eagle was overjoyed, opening its large beak to ferociously tear into the buffalo meat.
Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin sat in front of the campfire roasting buffalo meat, also taking a few sips of alcohol.
Yang Xiao made a rough estimate, thinking that tomorrow morning they could directly ride the Giant Eagle to the central mountains of Shenlongjia, saving time from walking, as the Monster Level there was higher.
If they hunted thirty monsters a day, they would have about 200 Genetic Balls, plus around twenty pieces of Weapons and Equipment.
Now, high-quality Weapons and Equipment could fetch about 5,000 Crystal Coins each, so twenty pieces were about 100,000 Crystal Coins, and 200 Genetic Balls were equal to 20,000 Crystal Coins. In one day, they could conservatively make about 120,000 Crystal Coins.
He and Monk Ben Yin would split evenly, around 60,000 Crystal Coins each. In a month, this would amount to nearly 2 million Crystal Coins. At this rate, it would take three to four years to save up 80 million Crystal Coins. Even assuming that the flesh of the monsters could reduce two-thirds of the Crystal Coin need, it would still take about a year to complete the breakthrough to Enhanced Gene Advanced.
Monk Ben Yin chuckled:
"Don’t worry too much. I don’t need Crystal Coins for the time being. I can give all mine to you, so you can finish accumulating earlier."
Monk Ben Yin was unaware of Yang Xiao’s Black Bottle. He simply felt that three to four years was indeed quite a long time. If he gave all his resources to Yang Xiao, it could at least halve the duration. Plus, with the resources accumulated from six cities, allowing Yang Xiao to break through to Enhanced Gene Advanced within half a year was feasible.
Yang Xiao laughed and said:
"Let’s keep hunting for a while and see. Tomorrow, we head straight to the core area of Shenlongjia. The monsters there are generally High-Level and above, which can explode with more Genetic Balls and high-grade Weapons and Equipment, potentially doubling our income."
"Yang Xiao, without the protection of the Genetic Store inside Shenlongjia, we don’t know what Level of monsters exist in the core area. We better be careful. Let’s earnestly hunt in the central area first, and after we become familiar with the environment of Shenlongjia, then gradually venture into the core area, how does that sound?"
Yang Xiao nodded, he too was worried that if by chance they encountered a King Level monster in the core area, it would be disastrous.
The night was long and boring, so Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin sat cross-legged in the cave, each cultivating.
Yang Xiao took out the Black Bottle and drank the liquid inside.
This time, once the liquid entered his body, it generated a fairly strong current.
"It seems we’ve come to the right place. The monsters here are of higher levels, and after their flesh is refined, it contains more robust Energy."
Yang Xiao said to himself, he drank the liquid from the bottle in five doses, then started to cultivate the Yijin Scripture in the cave.
After one round of the Yijin Scripture’s cultivation, Yang Xiao moved on to other ancient martial arts techniques, practicing until midnight before they both slowly fell asleep in the cave.
Thanks to the outdoor camping tents prepared by Long Yongjun for Yang Xiao, he and Monk Ben Yin each had one to rest in, sleeping soundly inside.
Outside the cave, the Giant Eagle, having eaten its fill, lay down on the ground to rest as well.
The campfire outside the cave, after Yang Xiao’s last addition of wood, burned for about an hour before gradually extinguishing.
In the forest opposite the cave, Ah Yong was nervously watching the cave from atop a large tree until the campfire went out. Assuring himself that Yang Xiao and the others were just resting in the cave and wouldn’t do anything to harm the wild man, he relaxed and fell asleep on a tree branch at the top.
The next morning, Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin rode the Giant Eagle, flying towards the central area of Shenlongjia dozens of kilometers away. In midair, Yang Xiao was excited to see a pack of silver-gray wolves below.
Each wolf was around 3 meters tall and four to five meters long. The pack consisted of more than twenty wolves, attacking a giant wild ox.
Yang Xiao said to the Giant Eagle:
"Giant Eagle, bro, fly towards the wolf pack."
With a screech, the Giant Eagle swooped towards the wolf pack, landing on a hillside a hundred meters away from them.
Yang Xiao and Monk Ben Yin jumped down.
The wolf pack had already noticed Yang Xiao and the others, and immediately, five or six wolves broke away from the pack, pouncing towards the two men.
These wolves were Mutated Creatures with Intermediate Enhanced Genes. With a single leap, they could jump over ten meters and pounced in an instant.
Yang Xiao let out a cold laugh, drew his Longsword, and a five-meter Sword Qi pierced through the void, sweeping horizontally at the six wolves. With a slashing sound, a single sword swipe killed two wolves.
Monk Ben Yin called out anxiously from behind:
"Leave two for me, don’t be so cruel!"
Yang Xiao’s Longsword did not stop, slashing at the other two incoming giant wolves. The fierce Sword Qi killed two more giant wolves.
As the other two wolves were about to pounce, Monk Ben Yin had already flown into action, throwing two punches that sent them flying.
Monk Ben Yin’s Combat Power had already surpassed the Advanced Enhanced Gene level, so dealing with two Intermediate giant wolves was not an issue.
The original pack of giant wolves was surrounding and hunting the giant wild ox. Yang Xiao’s Divine Sense erupted, unleashing the Sweeping Void technique with a thunderous roar.
A massive Monster’s tail swept away the pack of giant wolves and the wild ox, killing them on the spot.
They hurried to collect the Genetic Balls and equipment scattered on the ground.
Yang Xiao laughed excitedly:
"We’ve struck it rich; today’s luck is good. I wish we could get such a wolf pack by the dozen!"
Monk Ben Yin also said:
"Indeed, Shenlongjia is a treasure trove of resources, the whole of Kongming City probably can’t even compare with it."
Yang Xiao had a thought and said:
"Monk Ben Yin, what do you think if we take over Shenlongjia?"
Monk Ben Yin was stunned:
"Can we do that?"
"Why not?"
(Another update coming late.)