Crafting an Immortal Race with Daily Hexagrams

Chapter 190: Chapter 173: Demon Transformation_4

With his request, the daily patrol of the clan soldiers would habitually record the surrounding terrain, assigning some symbolic names to facilitate future communication and positioning.

The place Shen Chongming and his team are currently mapping is where a suspected Spirit Ore was discovered some time ago.

Due to the presence of a group of powerful Pig Demons deep within, they dared not venture further, instead opting to draw up the surrounding terrain and analyze the ore vein direction beneath the area based on the Earth Vein aura found with the Vein-Seeking Skill.

”Young Clan Leader, Third Master has arrived.”

A clan soldier hurriedly reported to the wooden house.

Upon hearing this, all four of them stood up and looked toward the door.

”Third Uncle!?”

Shen Chongming happily ran over.

The others also cupped their hands in salute.

Shen Wen’an nodded slightly as he walked into the wooden house, glanced at the map on the desk, and asked, ”Is this the place where that group of Pig Demons gather?”

Shen Chongming nodded.

”This place is over a thousand miles away from the camp and is referred to as Black Pine Forest, due to the many large black pine trees growing within a hundred miles radius, discovered by the Giant Centipede’s minions.”

”I, along with Brother Tuan, went to verify and confirmed that there is indeed a Spirit Ore beneath Black Pine Forest; however, perhaps due to the deep burial of the ore or it being part of the ore vein’s periphery.”

”It cannot be determined for now.”

Shen Wen’an nodded: ”Later, I will deal with those Pig Demons, and you should take some people to the periphery. Once the Pig Demons are taken care of, instruct the clan to retrieve all the Pig Demon carcasses.”

Demon Beast flesh and Demon Core are not only ideal materials for Body Refining cultivators to temper themselves, but also excellent for Body Tempering by ordinary people.

With a mix of some herbs, the broth cooked from it is comparable to medicinal cuisine.

”Third Uncle, those Pig Demons are very formidable.”

Shen Chongming said gravely, ”The Giant Centipede’s two Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer minions once ventured into the Black Pine Forest, and were completely silenced without much resistance.”

”Oh?” After hearing this, Shen Wen’an became instantly intrigued.

He roughly knew the strength of those Centipede Demons.

As poison insects transformed into demons, their hard armor combined with venom made them hard for ordinary cultivators of the same realm to deal with.

Now two Qi Cultivation Sixth Layer Centipede Demons entered the Pig Demon’s territory and were subdued without resistance?

”No worries, I will take a look first.”

”You gather people and stay a bit far away, wait for my message.”

Shen Chongming nodded, looked at Zhao Tuan, ”Brother Tuan, gather a hundred elite clan soldiers and have them ready.”

Zhao Tuan cupped his hands and left.

Shen Wen’an came outside the wooden house, summoned the Dragon-Slaying Magical Sword, and immediately flew toward Black Pine Forest.

With dense mountain woods swiftly retreating beneath his feet, it wasn’t long before he saw the Black Pine Forest Shen Chongming spoke of.

From an aerial view, the Black Pine Forest was indeed very visible, noticeably contrasting with the surrounding green forest.

Shen Wen’an descended on his flying sword, landing on the outskirts of Black Pine Forest.

”Array?”

Standing on the outskirts of Black Pine Forest and feeling for a moment, Shen Wen’an suddenly frowned.

In this bizarre Black Pine Forest, there were remnants of Array aura!

Though not adept in arrays, since becoming a Qiyun Valley disciple, he often heard senior and junior brothers discussing them at Hidden Cloud Courtyard and was occasionally invited to test some arrays, resulting in some understanding of arrays.

The array inside this Black Pine Forest showed very clear signs of human arrangement, absolutely not natural.

After a moment of confusion, Shen Wen’an slowly advanced into the Black Pine Forest.

Walking for several miles, he eventually saw some broken Array Plates exposed above ground.

These Array Plates were damaged, with their Array Patterns destroyed and eroded, displaying the obvious marks of time, evidently laid down long ago.

Without minding those Array Plates, Shen Wen’an continued for another dozen miles, where rustling sounds began emerging amidst the dense Black Pine Forest.

Amidst these rustling sounds, occasional grunting of wild boars could be heard.

Looking closely, among some collapsed ruins in the distance, several wild boars as large as bulls were frantically digging dirt with sharp teeth, seemingly searching for something.

Shen Wen’an did not disturb them, quietly concealing his presence as he continued deeper.

More and more Pig Demons appeared in view.

These Pig Demons ranged from Qi Cultivation Third and Fourth Layer on the utmost outer layer, to Qi Cultivation Seventh and Eighth Layer, with occasional appearances of suspected Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer existences!

Seeing this, Shen Wen’an furrowed his brow.

How could these Pig Demons be so powerful!?

It has been over a decade since the Spiritual Qi Revival in Yangnao Land at most, and creatures like the Poisonous Miasma Centipede and previously encountered Pan Mountain Python achieved such high realms because of Heavenly and Earthly Treasures.

Yet the Pig Demons residing in Black Pine Forest are not only numerous, but each possesses abnormally high realms.

Along the way, he roughly estimated encountering over a hundred Demon Beast-level Pig Demons.

Not speaking of those below Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer, just those above Qi Cultivation Eighth Layer alone numbered a dozen plus.

Three amongst them had already reached Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer.

Moreover, Shen Wen’an sensed that these three Qi Cultivation Ninth Layer Pig Demons weren’t the strongest entities within Black Pine Forest!

Could it be... that there are Fetal Breathing Realm Pig Demons here!?

Squinting his eyes, Shen Wen’an gazed at the deeper region of Black Pine Forest.

There seemed to be some slightly intact ruins of buildings there.