Chapter Four Hundred and Eighty Two – Brutish Bird
When Zuo Mo reached the cave entrance, he heard a sharp shriek, and his expression changed.
Silly Bird!
He charged in without hesitation!
Entering the cave, the lighting became dim, but for Zuo Mo it was as though it was lit up by daylight. There was a thick layer of insect corpses on the ground but he did not care to look at them and dashed lightning fast towards the deep reaches of the cave.
A short while later, Zuo Mo saw Silly Bird and his heart relaxed slightly.
Silly Bird was facing off against an enormous insect!
In a corner nearby, Tenth Grade was holding its sword as it furiously panted. It was at the end of its strength.
When Zuo Mo's attention turned from Silly Bird and Tenth Grade to the enormous insect, he couldn't help but inhale sharply. This large insect was shaped like a small hill and wrapped in black armor that looked extremely hard. It had large limbs that were like that of a spider, each was extremely thick and had rows of slightly curved spikes extended outward, making its legs look as though they were covered in teeth. Zuo Mo believed that if even one leg swept its target, it would tear off skin and flesh!
At the end of its legs, hooked bone spikes tightly gripped the ground. In front of these feet, the hard rock was like mud that was easily penetrated.
The two eerie red eyes of the enormous insect stared at Silly Bird. It had a destructive presence that held a thread of decay came from its body.
Zuo Mo had never expected that such a dangerous yao beast was living on his island!
At this time, Silly Bird moved!
In the air, an afterimage flashed across Zuo Mo's vision like lightning, so fast he could not capture it!
Clink!
The sound of metal colliding!
In the darkness, a ball of sparks shot out!
The enormous insect wasn't an average yao beast and was extremely alert. Its two front legs shielded its face and did not show any openings.
The armor on its body was abnormally strong. Silly Bird's claws that could easily penetrate talismans could not do anything to its armor.
Silly Bird was clearly angered by the opponent's hardiness. With a long call, her wings suddenly spread, her eyes burning as a red flush came onto the beak like it was dripping with blood!
With a flap of her wings, she was like lightning!
Clink!
An even stronger burst of sparks blossomed in the air!
The enormous insect clearly could not stand against it and was forced half a zhang back, the rock under its feet shattering.
In a killing mood, Silly Bird furiously attacked!
Clink clink clink!
The enormous insect repeatedly fell back, the rock under its feet continuously shattering and being powdered under the repeated blows! Ripples spread outwards with the enormous insect as the center!
The body of the enormous worm continuously sank. Like it was a pillar of wood, it was being hammered into the ground!
It finally showed hints of terror but it was not so easy to escape a berserk Silly Bird! Silly Bird's attacks were like a storm and the enormous insect didn't even have a chance to breathe, much less escape.
If it wasn't for its freakishly strong armor, it would have died long ago.
At the side, Zuo Mo gaped with wide eyes.
He had come with the panicked thought of rescue but at this time, there was only one thought in his mind, this insect was pitiful!
Of course, he pitied it but definitely would not rescue it!
He was also drooling as he looked at the freakishly strong armor of the insect. An armor that could stand up against such ferocious attacks was definitely a treasure! If he took this armor and made ling armor, he wouldn't even need to dodge normal flying swords.
Treasure, treasure!
At this time, a sudden change happened!
The insect that had been on the defense all this time suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a ball of black energy. Silly Bird was caught unprepared and was hit by the black energy.
Silly Bird's body suddenly froze, she lost control and dropped to the ground!
Dreaming about the ling armor, Zuo Mo hadn't expected the insect to do this. He acted to attack when he saw the situation!
Yet he hadn't expected to see Silly Bird sway like she was drunk as she leapt up from the ground.
Zuo Mo was slightly reassured. It seemed that Silly Bird didn't have a major problem. He looked attentively at the enormous worm. If it showed any signs of ill intent towards Silly Bird, he would attack viciously. But the enormous insect also showed tiredness. That ball of black smoke probably was not something it could release easily.
The enormous insect stared at Zuo Mo and hissed from its mouth as its body retreated.
It wanted to escape!
Zuo Mo instantly judged the insect's intentions. He decided to attack!
How could he let such a treasure slip from his hands?
Suddenly, a high and sharp shriek came from beside him and penetrated his ear. Zuo Mo's expression changed and reflexively covered his ears! The rock on the cave ceiling started to fall and the fear the enormous insect held grew!
Silly Bird attack again!
Just like before, the enormous insect curled into a ball with its front limbs covering its face.
Just as Silly Bird was going to touch the insect's body, her diving attack suddenly turned into a snatching motion!
Zuo Mo looked with shock as Silly Bird grabbed the enormous worm that was much larger than her, lifting it into the air like a condor grabbing a sheep!
The enormous insect instantly panicked, its six limbs dancing as it hissed.
Zuo Mo seemed to see Silly Bird smile viciously as she carried the enormous insect and then used her body as a pivot to swing the insect!
The enormous insect was like a hammer that left the hand. With a howl, it hit the wall of the cavern!
Dong!
An enormous sound, the cave shuddered and rock rained down!
Zuo Mo had a feeling that the cave was going to collapse!
No matter how hard of armor it had, the enormous insect was left stunned by this smash. It laid down in a pit of shattered rock. This was a pit that had been caused by its collision!
Before it could struggle up, its body suddenly felt light.
It was grabbed into the air again!
Another throw!
Dong!
Rocks hit Zuo Mo's body but he didn't notice them at all. He gaped at this crazy scene in front of him!
In a berserk rage, Silly bird threw the enormous insect over and over and the insect was like a hammer that was swung again and again and then struck the ground, the ceiling, the walls and the stalagmites. If one wasn't seeing it with their own eyes, no one could have thought that there was such terrifying strength in Silly Bird's not-so-powerful looking body!
Zuo Mo shook. At the same time, Tenth Grade that was gaping in the corner also shook.
So scary ... ...
... ....
Five hundred and fifty one ... ... five hundred and fifty two ... ...
... ...
One should offend a villain before offending Silly Bird!
Silly Bird! What kind of silly bird was this? This was clearly a brute bird!
Pia!
The freakishly strong insect body was not freakish enough compared to Silly Bird and was split into five pieces!
Silly Bird finally threw away the insect legs in her claws with satisfaction, raised her bird head and stalked her female bird walk as she left. In the entire process, she didn't even glance at Zuo Mo.
We are generous and won't argue with a brutish bird ... ...
It was impossible for non-freakish people to argue!
Zuo Mo went to clean up the insect corpse with great self-awareness.
Pitiful insect, didn't it just spit out a mouthful of black smoke? It was smashed to death! So pitiful!
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"Daren! Daren! This is great! This is a wonderful thing!" Gu Ming Gong rubbed his hands as he looked with bright eyes at the five pieces of the insect corpse in front of him excitedly. "This is the first time this subordinate has seen such a large deep granite leaf insect! Is this the insect queen? Right right right, this is the insect queen!"
Zuo Mo knew that the insect was something good, but he did not recognize it so he brought it to Gu Ming Gong's for appraised. He believed that with Gu Ming Gong's knowledge, he would definitely recognize it.
"Deep granite leaf insect?"
"Deep granite leaf insects mostly live in dark and deep caverns. They are extremely reliant on earth energy. Normal deep granite leaf insects are a cun long and each group will have an insect queen. What is most useful about the deep granite leaf insect is its armor! This is the famous black gold leaf armor!"
The excited Gu Ming Gong spoke quickly.
"Each black gold leaf shell is just a bit larger than a willow leaf, it naturally has exceptional defensives. With three hundred pieces, it is possible to forge a black wave leaf armor, that is fifth-grade ling armor!"
Zuo Mo thought of the dense layer of insect corpses in the cave and was instantly excited. So many corpses, there was hundreds of thousands!
Fifth-grade ling armor
Zuo Mo's mind was blown by this good fortune that had dropped out of the sky!
Gu Ming Gon did not notice Zuo Mo's expression. He looked with a burning gaze at the five pieces of insect corpse in front of him, his voice filled with disbelieving excitement. "This insect corpse is even better! Using this, this subordinate has the confidence to forge a sixth-grade ling armor which can rank on the talisman rankings! Such a perfect insect queen is almost unbelievable!"
Sixth-grade ling armor that could go rank in the talisman rankings!
Zuo Mo almost fainted. He had never worn sixth-grade ling armor!
A sixth-grade ling armor that could go onto the talisman ranking, would he become jindan just by putting it on ... ...
"This expert really has uncanny skill! Even able to dismember the insect queen, really powerful! Look at this cut, clean and without any hesitation ... ..."
Gu Ming Gon's expression was intoxicated.
Zuo Mo shook and returned to normality.
He thought of a certain brute bird.
———
On the Yinyang Twin Butterfly, Tenth Grade was completely naked, black energy shrouding his entire body. His eyes were tightly closed and clearly was at an important time.
Threads of black energy continuously came out of his body and entered the black butterfly wing under his feet. What was strange was that the border between black and white was not pushing towards the white wing, but into the black.
Each thread of black energy seemed to be nutrients for the white wing, nurturing it.
Gradually, a light layer of white light appeared on the white wing.
Dots of white light shed off the white wing and floated upwards. When it reached the same height as Tenth Grade, these dots of white light gathered into a ball to become a rice-sized ball of white light.
When the ball formed, the speed it absorbed white light suddenly increased.
The white light on the white wing was quickly absorbed and its body became the same size as Tenth Grade.
Tenth Grade opened its eyes. Looking at the white ball of light, it showed rare joy.
He sat with legs crossed and waited silently.
Translator Ramblings:
Zuo Mo: I'm here, I'm here, watch the Scalping Zombie save you ... ... oh ... ... didn't have to fight and there is so much treasure on the ground! Jingshi!Chapter Four Hundred and Eighty Three – Elder Shen!
When Tenth Grade pulled a little person clad in white, who was about the same size as himself, in front of Zuo Mo, Zuo Mo's chin almost dropped to the ground.
"Please, Master, bestow a name!" Tenth Grade said gravely.
Zuo Mo curiously looked at the little person in white. The little person in white seemed slightly embarrassed and hid behind Tenth Grade with a timid gaze. The little person in white was the same size as Tenth Grade, the face as handsome and exquisite but the person in white had softer features than Tenth Grade. Tenth Grade's features were much harsher This caused the two to have completely different presences, the little person in white gave off the feeling of being sunny while Tenth Grade presence was cold.
After staring for a while, Zuo Mo still could not figure out if the little person in white was male or female.
Zuo Mo pointed at the little person in white and turned to look at Tenth Grade, "He is your ... ..."
"Brother!" Tenth Grade's expression was stern and serious.
Oh, so it was a male, such a pity ... ... oh, why do I find it a pity ... ...
"Then he is named Sunshine." Zuo Mo's poor imagination meant he really could not think of a better name.
"Sunshine ... ..."Tenth Grade tilted his head, his little face serious. He felt this name was pretty good, "Many thanks for the name, Master!"
Sunshine gave a sunny smile.
The two quickly flew off and disappeared to play somewhere else.
Zuo Mo shook his head and continued his plan of getting rich.
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In the cave, Gu Ming Gong looked at the insect corpses on the ground and his entire person seemed to be struck by lightning.
"Da ... ... Daren ... ..." The trembling in his voice was clear, his tongue seemed to be tied as he stammered out a question, "Who ... ... killed all of these?"
"Oh, my ling beasts," Zuo Mo said. He then asked enthusiastically, "Can these insect corpses be used to forge black wave leaf armor?"
Gu Ming Gong was stunned. Killed by ling beasts? Heavens, those were powerful ling beasts!
Deep granite leaf insects were fifth-grade ling beasts! Their hard armor was unable to be damaged by flying swords below fifth-grade! Deep granite leaf insects basically had no weakness. They were not afraid of poison, fire, or cold and they lived in groups which made them extremely difficult to deal with.
He picked up an insect corpse from the ground. This deep granite leaf insect had died long ago, and there wasn't a single mark on the outer shell. But when he opened the outer shell, there seemed to be a sword wound that went through the entire body of flesh.
Such a powerful sword essence!
Such a powerful ling beast!
Gu Ming Gong recovered from his shock. "Yes, it can be forged! It can be forged! This subordinate has never seen so many deep granite leaf insects before, Daren, you may laugh but this subordinate has really had a fright."
Hearing that the black wave leaf armor could be made, the rock in Zuo Mo's heart landed and his face was joyful.
This could be used for many black wave leaf armors! Maybe each person could get one!
"Daren, have you explored the cave?" Gu Ming Gong suddenly asked.
Hearing this, Zuo Mo thought, was there something else in the cave. He hurriedly asked, "No, what is it?"
Gu Ming Gong explained, "Daren may not know that the deep granite leaf insect has a special characteristic, they like to consume earth metals to help them strengthen their armor. So deep granite leaf insects usually reside on top of mines. Daren may want to inspect the area. If this mine could be found, it would be of great benefit."
Hearing this, Zuo Mo's heart was moved.
For any power, mines were extremely important as it meant they had a steady income. No matter how rich a power was, if it did not have a steady income, this power would not be able to survive for long. Turtle Island had very good conditions, no matter if it was the ling fields, the cold silkworm cave, those were all very constant incomes.
If they could have a mine, that would be the icing on the cake.
Zuo Mo decided to explore the cave, and this incident also reminded him that there were many unexplored caves on the island. There were probably many secrets that he had not found. After he finished exploring this cave, he would definitely explore the entire island.
The cold silkworm cave had not been completely explored, the inside was bone-achingly cold , which made it hard to travel in.
Out of consideration for safety, Zuo Mo did not enter the deeper parts of the deep granite leaf insect cave alone and pulled everyone along to explore it. As expected, they found a vein of rock grain steel.
Rock grain steel was fourth-grade material and widely used in making all kinds of talismans so it was highly expensive.
Rock grain steel vein, tens of thousands of mu of ling fields, cold silkworm cave, Turtle Island was far wealthier than any other sect in Xu Ling City.
But only the few that explored with Zuo Mo knew about the vein. There were many people on the island now and the situation outside was unstable. If the news of this vein was leaked, people would likely immediately attack.
It was better to be low-key in this time.
———
Xu Ling Sect was disturbed everyday by xiuzhe that furiously inquired to the location of the Sun Shen Hall. Lu Zhen and the others could not escape.
"Ah, when will the top send people!" Huang Jie groaned, his face in a grimace. If it wasn't that the others were wary of the power behind the two of them, the xiuzhe would have torn the two of them to pieces!
"Soon." Lu Zhen pretended to be calm.
At this time, the oil lamp on the table suddenly exploded with light, and an authoritative voice sounded inside the room.
"Come forth to welcome!"
Lu Zhen and Huang Jie paused and then both showed overjoyed expressions. They flew out together. Lu Zhen took out a little jade chime and lightly tapped it twice.
The long chime sounded in the entire Xu Ling Sect.
A beat later, countless Xu Ling Sect disciples flew off the mountain with dignified expressions and in organized lines.
The jindan xiuzhe that were all impatiently waiting opened their eyes wide to see what Xu Ling sect was doing. Those that were smarter shifted their expression and thought of the sect supporting Xu Ling Sect. Was the power behind Xu Ling Sect about to show itself?
Countless disciples lined up from Xu Ling Sect all the way to the outside of Xu Ling City. They respectfully stood in two rows soundlessly. The ceremony was so heavy that all the jindan in Xu Ling City became grave.
Lu Zhen and Huang Jie appeared at the very front of the line.
Just as everyone was raising their heads in wait, a line of fire suddenly appeared on the horizon. This line of fire was not evident at the beginning, but in a blink of an eye, it magnified and covered the sun to burn the sky.
The sky that had been blue lost all of its color!
The burning fire swallowed the sky!
The green grass on the ground withered at a visible rate and turned black. The rivers floating on the ground seemed to boil! Streams that were slightly smaller completely dried up.
It seemed like the end of the world!
All the jindan that saw this scene showed shocked expressions, those less brave felt their knees knocking together.
There was only one word in their mind
—yuanying!
Only a yuanying could possess such a presence!
The sky-covering flames seemed to find a vent and rapidly flooded towards Lu Zhen and Huang Jie. When it neared them, it manifested into two people. The one leading was an old person dressed on red robes and a youth was standing beside him.
The sky that had been fiery red became blue again without any smoke.
"Disciple Lu Zhen, greets Elder Shen!"
"Disciple Huang Jie greets Elder Shen!"
Lu Zhen and Huang Jie respectfully knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times. Behind them, all the disciples of Xu Ling Sect knelt on the ground. The spectacle was extremely grand.
Elder Shen's complexion was rosy and had a mole on his forehead. His gaze was sharp and fiery, and seeing such a scene, he showed a complimentary expression. "Not bad, you have done well. Even though accidents happened this time, but your service is greater than your offense. After this matter, you can return to the sect."
Lu Zhen and Huang Jie was overjoyed. This had been what they were worried about the most but hearing Elder Sheng's words, it seemed that the top would not pursue their mistakes this time and allowed them to return to the sect. What they had wished for so long was being fulfilled, the two couldn't help but cry tears, and bowed again, "Thank Elder for your beneficence!"
"Alright, stand up," Elder Shen said faintly.
"Yes!" The two finally stood up.
At this time, the young person next to Elder Shen stepped forward and raised his hands in congratulations, "Congratulations, Shidi."
The two didn't dare to slack off and hurriedly returned the greeting. "Greetings to Li Shixiong!"
If Ning Yi was here, he would definitely recognize this was the Li Shu who had plotted against Turtle Island with him. In name, Li Shu was the shixiong of Huang Jie and Lu Zhen but his authority was much greater. Once the two returned to the sect, there were many places that they needed to rely on Li Shu so it was naturally they did not dare to offend him.
From beginning to end, none of them even looked at the other xiuzhe in the surroundings, not even out of the corner of their eyes.
Those arrogant and wild jindan were completely silent.
Yuanying xiuzhe definitely could walk wherever they wanted in Cloud Sea Jie!
Those xiuzhe that had ran to Xu Ling Sect to pressure Lu Zhen all had ashen faces. If the other wanted to settle the score, no one would be able to escape. In front of yuanying xiuzhe, they had no power to resist.
Jindan xiuzhe could be defeated by being overwhelmed by a large number of people. On the battlefield, the death rate of jindan xiuzhe was not low which was enough to show their vulnerability.
But against yuanying, this tactic was not effective! If there was a little bit of error, just the slightest opening, it was enough for a yuanying xiuzhe to escape.
Due to this, the fatality rate of yuanying xiuzhe was extremely low on the battlefield.
Only yuanying xiuzhe could kill yuanying!
Thinking about the other's overwhelmingly destructive presence, no one could gather any courage.
There had been great speculation about Xu Ling Sect before but no one had expected the person to come was a yuanying! Those people also noticed what Lu Zhen had called this person. Had the power that send this person have other yuanying xiuzhe?
Sects that possessed yuanying xiuzhe were ones people needed to look up to!
What kind of sect could have more than one yuanying?
The chaotic situation stabilized rapidly on the arrival of a yuanying xiuzhe! There were no people fighting on the streets and everyone seemed to become harmonious and polite in an instant.
Xiuzhe started to leave. They felt the hope was small and left.
But many jindan still stayed. They had been chasing shadows before, but as the yuanying came, it only seemed to confirm the truth of the rumor.
If it was not real, why would a yuanying come in person?
Translator Ramblings: Both Sunshine and Tenth Grade are male. If one of them has to be female, it would be Tenth Grade and not Sunshine. Tenth Grade is actually the passive and feminine force if we go by coloring alone.
We finally get to see someone of the yuanying stage. Also, more jingshi!
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