Saving Zhong Yi was merely a small interlude.
Afterward, Jun Changxiao rode the Ice Crystal Lion Beast and wandered through the seventh region, successively entering several dangerous zones.
These dangerous zones were dangerous for Wutu and Wushi. As a super-grade Wuzong, once he entered, he was absolutely an existence that walked sideways.
“Splurt!”
In an unknown region, a ferocious beast with strength reaching upper second grade had its head severed directly by his Cold Edge Sword.
“The meat quality is pretty good.”
Swish! Swish!
Sword light flashed as he dismembered it into eight pieces.
The superior meat was collected into his spatial ring.
Night fell once again.
Jun Changxiao found a clean tree hollow to rest and took stock of today’s spoils.
In the seventh region, he obtained a total of six high-grade cores. He also found quite a few ores and medicinal herbs.
Although these things couldn’t be used for now, as long as he refreshed weapon and pill formulas from the shop in the future, they would definitely come in handy.
Jun Changxiao merged with his spatial ring and discovered the internal storage capacity had increased considerably—it was more than sufficient to store ten giant ferocious beasts.
“Little Dragon needs large amounts of food.”
He murmured: “At this time, having the spatial ring expand by ten times is simply perfect.”
“That’s right.”
Jun Changxiao murmured: “After searching for a whole day, why haven’t I seen any other Gale Wolves?”
Pack-dwelling wolf beasts definitely numbered more than seventy or eighty.
There must be many more. As long as he could find them, he might be able to obtain the materials needed to refine Swift Movement Talismans.
“Ding!”
A crisp sound rang in his ears.
This was the notification sound from the Forging Pavilion indicating completion.
In other words, after more than half a day of refinement, the middle-grade Cold Light Sword had finally been forged!
“Swish!”
Jun Changxiao raised his hand and summoned the newly refined weapon.
It was a three-foot long sword. The sword body was slightly wider than the Cold Edge Sword, with cold energy wreathing around it, radiating an imposing aura of sharpness!
“Roar!”
Sensing the spreading cold energy, the Ice Crystal Lion Beast let out a low growl.
“Not a bad sword.”
Jun Changxiao said: “Unfortunately, it’s ice attribute.”
As a fire-attribute warrior, he hoped to have something that matched his own attributes—that way it would be more comfortable to use.
Of course.
The middle-grade Cold Edge Sword was still very strong.
Jun Changxiao held it in his hand and could feel that once in battle, it would definitely provide him with excellent combat power!
“Tomorrow I’ll go to the eighth region.”
He murmured: “I can use higher-level ferocious beasts to test it.”
There were a total of nine marked regions on the map—this was also the extreme limit that martial cultivators could currently explore.
In fact, there were even deeper regions in the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, but the ferocious beasts inside were extremely powerful. There were even spirit beasts. Without Wuwang cultivation, no one dared enter and risk their lives to map it.
…
The next day.
Jun Changxiao rode the Ice Crystal Lion Beast and continued his journey.
Soon, he entered the eighth region.
Since the map had no annotations, he could only blindly wander around.
Under normal circumstances, ferocious beasts lurking in the shadows would definitely jump out to attack, but they were unusually well-behaved, their eyes even showing wariness.
This was because of the Ice Crystal Lion Beast.
Upper second-grade level, and a rare ice attribute.
Can’t afford to provoke, can’t afford to provoke!
“Roar!”
After traveling for some distance, a ferocious beast with a massive build finally charged out from the mountain forest.
Judging from its aura, its strength was at least around upper fourth grade!
“I’ll use you to test my sword!”
Jun Changxiao leaped into the air. The Cold Light Sword materialized from his spatial ring, and the moment he grasped it in his hand, the sword body immediately flashed with white cold light!
“Swish!”
Sword energy swept forth.
The ferocious beast that had charged out was shocked at the sight.
“Splurt!”
The sword energy struck its back with an icy chill, creating a deep, long sword scar as blood immediately sprayed out.
This ferocious beast was high-level with thick, rough hide—yet it was easily slashed and wounded!
“Roar!”
It howled in pain and immediately turned to flee.
“Nine Stance Layered Wave Sword!” Jun Changxiao charged forward, unleashing layer upon layer of waves!
“Swish!”
Within the layered waves, he raised the Cold Light Sword and brought it down, instantly executing the ninth stance, forming a cold and fierce sword light.
Splurt—
The sharp sword gleam flew up and directly split that upper fifth-grade ferocious beast in half!
“Thud!”
“Thud!”
The corpse fell as Jun Changxiao landed.
A formidable ferocious beast comparable to a fourth-grade Wuzong was killed with one sword strike—this was truly terrifying!
The power of sword techniques?
No, the Nine Stance Layered Wave Sword was only low-grade level. Even though the ninth stance was comparable to mortal grade, it couldn’t possibly accomplish this.
Easily slaying an upper fourth-grade ferocious beast was entirely due to the middle-grade Cold Light Sword!
“Tsk tsk.”
Jun Changxiao said: “This sword is considerably stronger than the initial-grade Cold Edge Sword.”
“Obviously.”
The System said: “How can initial grade compare with middle grade?”
Jun Changxiao said: “What level do weapons in the Xingyun Continent correspond to the Cold Light Sword?”
The System paused briefly before saying: “Superior grade.”
“Superior grade?”
Jun Changxiao shook his head and said: “That’s not very high.”
“…” The System was speechless.
The reason Jun Changxiao considered it not very high was because it wasn’t as powerful to use as the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.
The System broke down and said: “The Azure Dragon Crescent Blade is a divinely modified weapon and even has special effects—how can this kind of weapon be mentioned in the same breath?”
“Oh.”
Jun Changxiao responded with a sound.
The middle-grade Cold Light Sword was actually very strong, because it had already reached superior high-tier level.
If taken to auction, it could definitely sell for an astronomical price. Ordinary Wuzong probably couldn’t afford to buy it.
Jun Changxiao felt it wasn’t strong enough because he had the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade and the Difficult-to-Collect Blade. Compared to these divine weapons and sharp treasures, the middle-grade Cold Light Sword naturally couldn’t compare.
Of course.
The sword’s advantage lay in being light and graceful, extremely convenient to use—far superior to the heavy and cumbersome Azure Dragon Crescent Blade.
“There’s still quite a bit of cold iron.”
“I can refine it all and equip the disciples with them.”
Jun Changxiao opened the Forging Pavilion, raised the refinable quantity to maximum, and began one-click mass production.
…
The eighth region had three dangerous zones.
Jun Changxiao wandered for most of the day. Wielding the middle-grade Cold Light Sword, he was like a killing god, successively exterminating the ferocious beasts existing within them and obtaining quite a few high-grade resources.
From the current perspective.
This journey to the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range had yielded abundant harvests.
The second day.
Jun Changxiao entered the ninth region.
The ferocious beasts living in this area all had strength above upper fourth grade.
Relying on his formidable cultivation and the middle-grade Cold Light Sword, Sect Leader Jun still recklessly charged east and west without any concerns, exploring all the dangerous zones thoroughly.
Because no teams had entered, resources in the ninth region were extremely abundant. After a round of gathering, he collected quite a few resources that could be refined.
For example, the Overlord Spear and Solid Iron Shield.
For example, various initial-grade pills and middle-grade healing pills.
And also the Strength Increase Talisman and Perception Talisman from the Talisman Pavilion!
Jun Changxiao found a place to rest, opened the Pill Pavilion and Talisman Pavilion, and refined everything for which he had sufficient materials.
To be honest.
With his current cultivation level, these things weren’t of much use to him.
But they could serve as martial resources for his disciples.
Especially the Strength Increase Talismans.
Although this kind of talisman could only increase strength by two times, if every disciple was equipped with one, they could completely use it to save their lives when encountering danger.
“Ding! Ding!”
Notification sounds rang throughout the night as various pills and talismans were refined.
Initial-grade level ones need not be mentioned.
He refined over three hundred middle-grade healing pills and over one hundred initial-grade Strength Increase Talismans and Perception Talismans.
“Continue deeper!”
Jun Changxiao set off, heading toward regions not marked on the map.
However.
Just as he was about to move, he heard “Awoo! Awoo!” wolf howls coming from deep within the mountain forest.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Wolf beasts with sturdy builds charged from the shadows one after another, strong wind vortexes gathering beneath their feet without exception.
“Gale Wolves?” Jun Changxiao’s heart leaped with joy.
The System said: “These aren’t Gale Wolves—these are Hurricane Wolves!”