Over two hundred Blazing Flame Wolves lay dead—some decapitated, others severed at the waist, their blood staining the earth. The scene resembled a slaughterhouse!

The Iron Bones Clanging Sect disciples sitting atop the corpses turned their heads to smile at them, revealing bright white teeth, looking just like butchers in a slaughterhouse!

No…

More like demons emerging from hell!

The thirty-plus rogue cultivators were so shocked by the scene before them that they retreated repeatedly, their spines ice-cold, their scalps nearly exploding!

As martial cultivators, why were they so terrified?

If ordinary cattle or sheep had died, they would have been completely unmoved.

But all the dead were Low Seventh-Rank Blazing Flame Wolves, each comparable to a Seventh-Rank Wutu!

Moreover, the entire Blazing Flame Wolf pack had been completely annihilated!

The fact that twenty-some Iron Bones Clanging Sect disciples had completely wiped out a pack of Low Seventh-Rank Blazing Flame Wolves was terrifying enough and frightening enough!

Especially when they saw Jun Changxiao drag the Blazing Flame Wolf King’s corpse out from the forest, the shock in everyone’s hearts intensified even more!

Was this… a dream?

Seeing them all looking so dumbfounded, Jun Changxiao shook his head and said, “Didn’t you hear what this seat just said?”

What words?

If you want to continue scavenging, hand over another thousand taels!

“I’ll pay!”

One martial artist hurriedly pulled out silver.

He had thought the Iron Bones Clanging Sect would be completely annihilated, but instead it was the Blazing Flame Wolf pack that was destroyed.

Being clever, he instantly realized that these people’s strength was extremely terrifying, and following behind them to scavenge would surely yield great rewards!

The others also came to their senses and scrambled to hand over their banknotes.

With so many Blazing Flame Wolf corpses, just skinning a few would fetch a good price.

More importantly, if they followed the Iron Bones Clanging Sect deeper in and picked up some ores or medicinal herbs they didn’t want or overlooked, they would definitely make a fortune!

Just like that.

Jun Changxiao earned another thirty-some thousand taels.

After paying, the rogue cultivators stared at the Blazing Flame Wolf corpses with burning eyes, already prepared to skin and extract bones.

“All disciples, listen to my command.”

Jun Changxiao said, “Take the beast cores, wolf pelts, bones, and everything else—as long as it has value, take it all.”

Huh?

The thirty rogue cultivators were collectively dumbfounded on the spot upon hearing this.

Swish! Swish!

The Iron Bones Clanging Sect disciples sprang into action.

In a very short time, over two hundred Blazing Flame Wolf corpses had been skinned and deboned, leaving only a pile of wolf meat.

This stuff could also be sold for money.

But it was nothing more than meat with slightly better quality than ordinary beef or mutton, so the price wouldn’t be too high.

The storage capacity of spatial rings was limited, so he’d let them have it.

“Everyone.”

Jun Changxiao pointed at the pile of wolf meat and said, “Drinking soup is so boring—better to have some meat instead.”

With that, he led his disciples to continue forward.

“Whoosh!”

A cold wind blew, chilling the thirty-plus rogue cultivators to their cores.

Having spent two thousand taels consecutively only to follow behind the Iron Bones Clanging Sect picking up meat—this was definitely a losing deal!

…

“Sect Master, leaving them the wolf meat, isn’t that a bit too ruthless?” Li Qingyang said in a low voice as they walked.

Jun Changxiao said, “Want to follow behind and loot? Where in the world is there such a good deal?”

At first, he hadn’t cared about the wolf beast pelts.

After all, even if they could be sold for money, it wouldn’t be a small amount.

But after killing the Black-skinned Leopard, seeing the rogue cultivators scrambling for it so eagerly, he thought—dozens of fierce beast pelts aren’t much, but what about hundreds or thousands?

Moreover.

Death Valley had no shortage of fierce beast pelts!

The silver obtained from the Haoran Gate and Patriarch Ai was nearly twenty million.

But Jun Changxiao didn’t think he was wealthy, so as long as there was an opportunity to make money, he absolutely couldn’t miss it.

After thinking it through, he wanted nothing more than to approach the rogue cultivators with a dark face and demand back the pelts and bones from earlier, but doing so would definitely undermine his dignity as a sect master.

How vexing, what to do?

Forget it, just make them pay a thousand taels.

After paying, the loss would be recovered, and afterward if they wanted to scavenge, they could pick up the unwanted beast meat.

So this fellow’s talk about paying to scavenge was actually a roundabout way of recovering the loss from the pelts taken earlier!

Including the Black-skinned Leopard pelt, the total value wasn’t even a thousand taels, but charging a thousand taels per person directly—this more than made up for the loss, made it up to the point of getting a nosebleed.

Then the Blazing Flame Wolf pack suddenly appeared and scared away the rogue cultivators.

When they came back again, well, he had to seize the opportunity and earn several tens of thousands more taels.

This sect master was a bit stingy!

Being stingy was definitely right.

They were complete strangers—why should he risk life and death dangers clearing the path while they scavenged behind?

Besides, even if there was nothing to scavenge, at least with them bearing the burden ahead, the rogues could enter safely—charging two thousand taels would still feel like a loss!

…

They continued forward.

After walking several hundred meters without encountering any fierce beast attacks, they saw quite a few medicinal herbs.

Because they grew at the entrance, their quality was very low-grade, but Jun Changxiao still ordered them all collected, truly achieving a clean sweep.

“Sect Master Jun.”

A martial artist following behind said with despair, “These low-grade medicinal herbs aren’t worth much money. For you to take them all, isn’t that a bit…”

Jun Changxiao said, “Since you came to scavenge, you must be prepared for the reality of scavenging.”

Everyone immediately fell silent.

It seemed this scavenging business wasn’t so easy after all!

Just then, Xiao Zuiji, who was clearing the path ahead, stopped and pressed his ear to the ground, sensing the frequency of earth tremors. He frowned and said, “There’s a big one coming.”

This was a skill he had taught himself during wilderness training with Ye Xingchen, and using it today made him look quite professional.

But!

Su Xiaomo walked over, pointed ahead, and said with a twitching mouth corner, “Junior Brother Xiao, you can already see it with your eyes.”

Hmm?

Xiao Zuiji raised his head to look.

He saw in the visible depths of the mountain forest, a large black shadow gradually appearing, with pebbles and branches on the ground trembling lightly.

This… was so awkward.

“Roar!”

Suddenly, a deafening roar rang out.

Trees at the black shadow’s location were snapped at the waist, and an ape beast with brown fur walked out, beating its chest. Its height was sufficient to rival the Earth Mountain Bear from earlier!

Li Qingyang said in a grave voice, “Mid Fifth-Rank Great Gorilla Ape!”

Great Gorilla Ape?

Jun Changxiao’s heart leaped with joy.

The epic quest required hunting four types of fierce beasts, and the Great Gorilla Ape was one of them!

Having just entered Death Valley and already encountering a quest target—this was simpler than imagined!

“Roar!”

The Great Gorilla Ape roared again, directly blowing all the leaves off a nearby small tree.

The rogue cultivators following behind hurriedly retreated, but didn’t directly exit the valley, because with the Blazing Flame Wolf pack annihilated, they had gained quite a bit of confidence in the Iron Bones Clanging Sect.

“Qingyang, Zuiji, Xiaomo.”

Jun Changxiao said, “This big fellow is yours to handle.”

“Yes…”

“Let me!”

Lu Qianqian rushed forward with mysterious footwork, her jade hand gently sweeping through the void. Cold spiritual energy spread out, and wherever it passed, it seemed layers of thin ice formed.

“Ice element?”

Ye Xingchen was extremely surprised.

The rogue cultivators behind also watched as the Iron Bones Clanging Sect’s female disciple waved her hand, forming frost-like cold air, each one widening their eyes.

The Xingyun Continent had countless attributes, and martial artists who condensed ice-element spiritual energy were extremely rare!

According to statistics from relevant departments, the appearance rate of ice-element spiritual energy among martial cultivators was about the same as sword cultivators—one in ten thousand.

“Tsk tsk.”

Jun Changxiao said, “No wonder she’s so icy all the time—turns out she’s a rather rare ice-element martial cultivator.”

Lu Qianqian, ethereal as one who doesn’t partake of mortal food, rose into the air. Her jade hands crossed together as she shouted coldly, “Ice Spike Cones!”

“Whoosh whoosh!”

The icy cold energy behind her materialized, instantly condensing into crystalline ice cones, then blasted forward directly.

Everyone’s mouths fell open.

The condensed ice cones were like severed mountain peaks, like invisible hands lifting and smashing them down!

The visual impact was quite shocking!

“Puchi!”

The Great Gorilla Ape didn’t have time to raise its arms before being struck directly in the chest by the sword-sharp ice cone, which penetrated straight through its body!

The ice point emerged from its back, its crystalline clarity now stained with fresh blood.

“Hiss!”

Everyone gasped!