Immortal Venerable of the Beast Race
Chapter 170 - 170 106 Xu Tianlei Tang Family_2

170: 106 Xu Tianlei, Tang Family_2 170: 106 Xu Tianlei, Tang Family_2 The ground was littered with the corpses of over a hundred blood-colored bats, along with several large pits emitting black smoke.

“Ice, I’ll cover our retreat, you hurry and retreat!”

The golden-shirted man said with a determined face.

“Uncle Qi, you can’t hold them off alone, let’s retreat together.”

The white-dressed girl spoke.

“We can’t get away even if we retreat together, hurry up.”

The golden-shirted man urged.

The Bat King let out a piercing screech, and a huge grey wind blade shot out, striking the golden light screen.

The golden light screen quivered and the spiritual light dimmed.

The white-dressed girl bit her red lips lightly, about to say something when her eyes brightened, and she pointed to the distance, “Uncle Qi, someone is coming.”

The golden-shirted man looked into the distance and saw Shen Long flying over.

“Foundation Establishment Middle Stage!”

The golden-shirted man frowned, as just a Foundation Establishment Mid-Stage cultivator wouldn’t be able to handle these demon bats.

Shen Long slapped his spirit beast bag at his waist, releasing over fifty thousand Gold Ants, which formed into hundreds of golden arrows, shooting straight toward the blood-colored monster bats.

The blood-colored monster bats tried to dodge, but a sharp and piercing screech sounded.

They felt as though they had hit an iron wall, leaving them dizzy and disoriented.

By the time they regained their senses, the dense golden arrows had already pierced through their bodies.

Not even the Bat King was spared; a golden arrow a zhang long pierced through its head and pinned it to the ground.

In just one encounter, Shen Long had dispatched all the monster bats, not a single one escaped.

The golden-shirted man and the white-dressed girl were dumbfounded and took a long while to come to their senses.

“Insect Repelling Technique!”

The golden-shirted man exclaimed in surprise, his gaze towards Shen Long filled with wariness.

“I am Xu Tianlei from Snow Plum Ridge, and this is my niece Xu Yubing.

Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your aid.”

The golden-shirted man revealed his identity without dropping his defense.

The other could dispatch nearly a hundred monster bats so easily; he could also easily kill them.

“It was nothing, Taoist Friend Xu need not worry.

I am Shen Shi, by the way, I am looking for some aged Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flowers, do you know where to find them?”

Shen Long asked.

The Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flower contained a potent poison, and such toxic flowers could be found in the Five Poisons Mountain Range, a plausible explanation from Shen Long.

“Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flower?

To the northwest, about three hundred li away, there is a cave that has some Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flowers.

However, there is a Second Order Late-Stage Blood Pupil Poison Ape guarding them, and it is very strong.”

Xu Tianlei spoke.

“Thank you, Taoist Friend Xu.”

Shen Long expressed his gratitude, gathered up the corpses of the Second Order Demon Bats and the Gold Ants, and headed northwest.

Xu Tianlei and Xu Yubing simultaneously let out a sigh of relief; they had been genuinely concerned that Shen Long might decide to finish them.

“Could this person be raising so many Gold Ants, perhaps a disciple of the Spirt Control Sect?”

Xu Yubing said curiously.

“Not necessarily, disciples from other forces might also raise Spirit Insects.

Let’s not talk about this now; let’s leave this place first!”

Xu Tianlei said as they collected the corpses of the monster bats from the ground and left the place.

Shen Long stood in an open area, not far from a steep peak, halfway up the mountain was a huge cave.

Using the Hundred Eyes Cicada, he had observed that indeed, there were Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flowers and a Blood Pupil Poison Ape inside the cave.

The Blood Pupil Poison Ape had immense strength and mastered sonic attacks, its power considerable, no wonder Xu Tianlei had been unable to harvest the flowers.

Shen Long strode into the cave, and it wasn’t long before he reached the end and entered a cavern several mu in size, with a golden giant ape catching his eye.

The ape was golden all over with blood-red eyes.

In the lower right corner grew more than a dozen black flowers, each with five petals.

As soon as he entered the cave, the Blood Pupil Poison Ape spotted Shen Long and let out a booming roar, spewing a golden sonic wave directly at him.

Shen Long slapped his golden spirit beast bag with his right hand, and more than fifty thousand Gold Ants flew out, quickly forming a giant golden sword that shattered the golden sonic wave.

The golden sword charged at the Blood Pupil Poison Ape, which let its bloodshot eyes shine with a dazzling blood light.

Two beams of blood-colored light shot out toward the golden sword.

The golden sword swiftly dodged, and the blood-colored light beams missed their target.

Just as the Blood Pupil Poison Ape was about to use another move, a giant wind blade flew towards it, appearing right in front of it in an instant.

The Blood Pupil Poison Ape showed no fear, throwing a punch that collided with the giant Wind Blade, causing a muffled roar as the giant Wind Blade shattered.

A cyan tornado swept towards it and reached its face in an instant.

The Blood Pupil Poison Ape opened its blood-filled mouth and spewed out a golden sonic wave, clashing with the cyan tornado.

With massive thundering roars, the cyan tornado exploded, and over a hundred giant Wind Blades shot out, many striking the Blood Pupil Poison Ape’s body.

Its skin was instantly marked with numerous clear bloody streaks, though the injuries were not severe.

A house-sized giant fireball flew towards it, and just as the Blood Pupil Poison Ape was about to defend itself, a sharp and piercing scream rang by its ear, making it suddenly feel dizzy and disoriented.

The giant fireball smashed onto the Blood Pupil Poison Ape, igniting into roaring flames that engulfed its body.

Before the flames could dissipate, a second giant fireball flew over and struck it, intensifying the fire.

The Blood Pupil Poison Ape let out a painful howl as its body emitted a brilliant golden light, and the flames slowly faded away.

It lunged towards Shen Long, but before taking a few steps, dozens of green vines as thick as an adult man’s thigh burst from the ground and entangled its feet.

It struggled fiercely, easily breaking the dozens of green vines.

A giant fireball five zhang in diameter flew over and struck the Blood Pupil Poison Ape; soon after, a giant Wind Blade flew toward it and struck its body, emitting a muffled sound.

Before long, another giant fireball smashed down, and the flames grew even more fierce.

Shen Long released giant fireballs in succession, all landing on the Blood Pupil Poison Ape’s body.

Whether it launched sonic waves or blood-colored light pillars, all were deflected by Shen Long’s spells.

After less than half a moment, the Blood Pupil Poison Ape’s energy began flagging, its body charred, emitting a strong burnt smell.

Shen Long released a giant Wind Blade, splitting it in two.

Shen Long looked towards the Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flowers.

A huge golden light curtain covered all the flowers.

With a gesture of his spell, the golden light turned into over fifty thousand Gold Ants, flying back into the Spirit Beast bag.

He had the Gold Ants protect the Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flowers to prevent the magic battle from damaging them.

Carefully, Shen Long dug out all of the Five-Leaf Soul Severing Flowers, collected the carcass of the Blood Pupil Poison Ape, and left.

Exiting the cave, Shen Long released the Snow Wind Sparrow, stepped onto its back, and with a gentle flap of its wings, it flew into the high sky, quickly disappearing from view.

Half a month later, the Snow Wind Sparrow appeared above a lush green mountain range that stretched endlessly.

Some Cultivators flew out from deep within the mountains on their artifacts, paying little attention to Shen Long.

Before long, the Snow Wind Sparrow slowed down as it approached a massive valley surrounded by mountains on three sides.

Inside the valley, buildings stood densely packed with many Cultivators walking around.

Outside the valley, a golden stele over ten zhang tall stood, with “”Tianshu Marketplace”” engraved in large characters.

This was Shu Country’s largest marketplace, also controlled by the Tang Family.

The Snow Wind Sparrow gently landed on the ground, Shen Long hopped down and put the Snow Wind Sparrow back into the Spirit Beast bag, then headed towards the valley.

The streets were spacious and clean, filled with a river of people.

Shen Long noticed that most Cultivators had Spirit Beast bags at their waists.

Shu Country was known for its abundance of poisonous insects and beasts, making the breeding of Spirit Beasts and Spirit Insects quite common.

After a quarter of an hour, Shen Long arrived at the entrance of a nine-story cyan pavilion with “Tianshu Pavilion” inscribed in three golden characters on the signboard.

Many Cultivators were coming and going.

Tianshu Pavilion was a shop opened by the Tang Family, covering a broad range of businesses.

Shen Long walked in.

The hall was spacious and bright, a team of green-robed attendants was introducing products to customers.

He went upstairs to the seventh floor and saw a plump woman in a golden dress looking over a ledger.

“I am Tang Kexin.

May I know how I can assist you?”

The woman in the golden dress put down her ledger and said warmly.

“My surname is Shen.

I would like to sell some Monster Beasts Materials.”

Shen Long took out a green Storage Bag and handed it to the woman in the golden dress.

“So many second-tier Monster Beasts!”

Tang Kexin said in surprise, inviting Shen Long to take a seat.

A green-robed maid approached, placed a cup of fragrant tea on the table, then retreated.

After closely inspecting the quantity and type of Monster Beasts Materials, Tang Kexin said, “Forty thousand Spirit Stones, what does Taoist Friend Shen think?”

“That’s acceptable.

I want to purchase these materials; does your store have them?”

Shen Long took out a cyan Jade Slip and handed it to Tang Kexin.

The Jade Slip mainly listed Spiritual Medicines that Shen Long used to feed his Spirit Beasts, Spirit Insects, and Spirit Birds.

The second layer of the Spirt Control Tower was planted with many Fire Attribute Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Fruits.

After entering Shu Country, Shen Long began selling off most of his Fire Attribute Spiritual Medicines and Spirit Fruits in batches, mainly because they were too young for his use.

The main ingredients for second-tier Elixirs needed to be over a hundred years old, while the Spiritual Medicines in the Spirt Control Tower were only a few decades old.

Tang Kexin scanned the Jade Slip with her Divine Sense and nodded, saying, “Please wait a moment, and I will have someone fetch them for you.”

She took out a golden Law Disk, entered a spell, and began making gestures.