Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 291: Chapter 192 Great Demon

The body of the Spirit Monkey King was not taken by Xu Chuan; he only claimed the bodies of two early-stage Foundation Establishment spirit monkeys. Had it not been for Li Shiming’s request, he wouldn’t have even dared to take those two.

The body of a spirit beast has many uses; its hide is a material for making armor. Given the defensive power of the Foundation Establishment stage spirit monkeys, the armor made would at least be of medium quality or higher among defensive spiritual artifacts.

Though both Li Shiming and Xu Chuan used top-tier spiritual artifacts, the actual number of such artifacts was not extensive.

Not to mention Xu Chuan— as a True Disciple of the Shushan Sect with an Elder as his master, his status within the sect was exceedingly high, so naturally, the spiritual artifact he used was exceptional.

The spiritual artifact used by Li Shiming was obtained from a descendant of a Golden Core cultivator of the Mingxin Sect, also made by a Golden Core Elder.

For regular sect cultivators, possessing a spiritual artifact was good enough; a medium-quality defensive spiritual artifact was definitely a sought-after item, and its value was quite substantial.

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The most valuable part of a spirit monkey wasn’t its fur but its claws. These claws could be made into decent offensive spiritual artifacts even without adding any auxiliary materials. Not to mention in the hands of a skilled Artifact Maker; they could even create top-tier spiritual artifacts.

Li Shiming was not shy about it; after distributing the spoils of war, they continued on their journey.

After several days of travel, they delved deep into the Spiritual Beast Territory of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, significantly reducing their speed.

“We need to go around the mountain up ahead!” Xu Chuan, looking at the terrain, pulled out the Jade Scroll to confirm.

This time, after hesitating for a moment, he still took out a blank Jade Scroll and copied the data from the Jade Scroll, handing a copy to Li Shiming.

“Brother Li, try to memorize this information. It must not be leaked. The sect paid a significant price for this data!” Xu Chuan whispered earnestly.

Li Shiming took the Jade Scroll, placed it at his brow, and a flood of information entered his brain, recorded down by the IBM z15.

“Give me three days; I’ll destroy it in three days!” Li Shiming said seriously after knowing the information inside the Jade Scroll.

The Jade Scroll contained much information on the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, down to the details of cultivators who owned spirit vein mountains, the Loose Cultivators’ information, and even detailed situations of the external bases of the Senluo Sect.

Even in the spiritual beast area of the Ten Thousand Great Mountains, there was considerable information, such as potential locations of Golden Core Demons and more.

Li Shiming also saw the defensive lines between the Ten Thousand Great Mountains and the outside world, a tens of thousands of miles long, continuous boundary separated by formations, creating a connected defensive line.

No wonder the Senluo Sect had almost unified the Ten Thousand Great Mountains but still lacked cultivators; such a long defensive line required a huge number of cultivators to defend!

He knew even better that it was nearly impossible that there was no internal leak from the Senluo Sect regarding the Jade Scroll’s information; it’s just that he didn’t know how it had evaded detection by the Heavenly Demon.

Xu Chuan giving Li Shiming this Jade Scroll was to ensure that, should something truly happen to him, Li Shiming, with the information in the Jade Scroll, would still be capable of heading to the Shushan Sect alone; otherwise, Li Shiming might not even make it out of this spiritual beast area uninformed.

Though they had safely entered deep into the spiritual beast region these past days, Xu Chuan had actually led Li Shiming around many extremely dangerous zones to maintain their safety.

This Jade Scroll arrived just in time, proving especially useful to Li Yuanba, who was hurrying along; he wouldn’t stumble into a Golden Core Demon’s territory.

“Brother Li, the information in here isn’t entirely accurate, just for reference. Especially in our current location, who knows if new Great Demons have emerged in the recent decades!” Xu Chuan whispered a reminder.

Li Shiming nodded in agreement, and the two bypassed the mountain ahead.

“Huh, this lake isn’t on the map!” When they returned to their original route, both were simultaneously struck dumb, Xu Chuan said with a furrowed brow.

Their travel route was previously established by Xu Chuan, considered a relatively safe route. Thus, even if they deviated at some point, they would still return to the original path.

But the situation they encountered was unprecedented; on their supposedly safe route, a lake had appeared.

Both being at the early-stage of Foundation Establishment, the lake didn’t impact them much; they just flew close to the water surface. Yet, a surprising lake posed a great problem.

Many spirit beasts live in water; they intentionally avoided many watery areas along their way.

“Should we go around?” Li Shiming asked aloud.

“Neither side is safe!” Xu Chuan said with a bitter smile and a shake of his head.

Li Shiming pulled up the map, and he also noticed that both sides were marked with hazard warnings. It looked like this area had plenty of Great Demons.

“Let’s proceed carefully!” Xu Chuan calculated the time and risks of going back to choose another route and decided it was better to pass through here.

Li Shiming didn’t object; he hadn’t sensed any dangerous auras.

The two used Sword Escape to fly over the lake. The lake was immensely large and eerily quiet.

The quieter it was, the more worried they both became.

“Something’s not right; if we encounter a Great Demon, I’ll lure it away and we’ll meet up at the target location!” Xu Chuan gritted his teeth and said.

Li Shiming looked at him, his eyes flashing with determination.

“Don’t worry; I’m not planning on dying. I have ways to save myself!” Xu Chuan continued with a smile.

Just as they were speaking, they both paused, sensing a terrifying aura.

The presence of a Golden Core Demon—Li Shiming even wondered if Xu Chuan’s mouth had been “blessed” as soon as he voiced the plan, they encountered a Golden Core Demon.