Rebuilding the Immortal Cultivator Clan

Chapter 312 - 318: Treasure

Soon, the entire group of Monkey Demons fell under Li Zhixuanʼs sword. After harvesting the Spirit Materials from their bodies, she began searching for where the Monkey Demons resided, to see if she could find any treasures.

Incidentally, exterminating this group of Monkey Demons would also ease the Li familyʼs future efforts in developing the Secret Realm.

Following the direction from which the Monkey Demons had come, Li Zhixuan quickly found their dwelling cave.

Inhaling the foul stench emanating from inside, Li Zhixuan remained unfazed as she entered with her sword drawn. She had ventured into even more hostile environments before, so why not this place? Besides, she could block her senses and not smell the odor.

In an instant, a series of piercing screams rang out, and not long after, the noise died down, replaced by the thick scent of blood.

With the elite Monkey Demons out hunting, only two second-order Monkey Demons were left in the cave, alongside the young and those not yet fully grown. How could they possibly be a match for Li Zhixuan?

”This is...” Upon reaching the deepest part of the cave, Li Zhixuanʼs eyes lit up. She had indeed found a treasure, a third-order Mystical Yellow Iron Ore the size of an infantʼs head!

Besides that, there were some pockmarked second-order Spirit Ores, seemingly gnawed on by the Monkey Demons but not completely consumed.

As earth and metal dual-attribute Devil Beasts, the Monkey Demons ate Spirit Ores in addition to flesh, to strengthen their bodies. The third-order Mystical Yellow Iron Ore was untouched mainly because the Monkey Demons couldnʼt chew through it.

More importantly, Li Zhixuan could use this Spirit Ore to add to the refining of her Life-bound Magic Treasure. Mystical Yellow Iron could regenerate endlessly, and any Magic Artifact made from third-order Mystical Yellow Iron Ore could self-repair to a certain extent.

Li Zhixuan did not disdain collecting all the Spirit Ores, and then she set the cave aflame with a burst of fire and turned to leave directly.

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Meanwhile, Li Shiren was speeding towards a particular location, following a Treasure-Seeking Mouse running across the ground.

This Treasure-Seeking Mouse was a Spirit Beast signed under a master-servant contract by Li Zhiyue, but since she was already a Golden Core Cultivator and unable to enter the Secret Realm, she had handed the mouse over to Li Shiren to facilitate his treasure hunting.

This was also part of Li Zhiruiʼs plan. After all, since the Li family didnʼt have a Boundary Fixing Stone, developing the Secret Realm was not possible. It would be better to first scour the realm for precious treasures. Once the Li family obtained a Boundary Fixing Stone and the Secret Realm began to recover, they could develop it without issue.

Moreover, Li Zhirui didnʼt plan to drain the pond to get the fish. Apart from arranging for Li Shiren and others to hunt for treasures and Li Zhiyue and others to slay Devil Beasts, he had instructed all clan members to plant Spiritual Objects in suitable locations!

This time entering the Secret Realm, all clan members carried a large number of Spirit Seeds with them. A substantial portion was the accumulation of the Li family over the years, with some being secretly mixed in by Li Zhirui himself. Originally only available in spatial realms, these included precious Spiritual Objects like the Golden Ganoderma that could increase the chances of forming a Golden Core.

In this way, the family could obtain precious Spirit Seeds, while Li Zhirui could openly take out the Spiritual Medicine.

But returning to the story!

With the guidance of the Treasure-Seeking Mouse, Li Shiren indeed acquired many Spiritual Objects in a very short time entering the Secret Realm, although they werenʼt of a high grade.

And this time, seeing how excited the Treasure-Seeking Mouse was, it must be an extremely valuable Spiritual Object.

However, when Li Shiren arrived, he realized he had been mistaken! There wasnʼt any Spiritual Object in that place, but another Treasure-Seeking Mouse, silvery-white all over!

Li Shirenʼs lips twitched uncontrollably at this sight. He really hadnʼt expected that one day he would witness a battle between Spirit Mice, especially given that they were tens of miles apart from each other.

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”However, this is also quite good, now that we have a pair of Treasure-Seeking Mice, our family can later provide them for contracts.” But on second thought, there probably arenʼt many who would be willing to contract with such special Spirit Mice, after all, raising them to second or even third rank is simply too troublesome.

With the same energy and resources, it might be better to cultivate a third-grade Spirit Beast instead.

Li Shiren helplessly shook his head, yet his hands moved swiftly, a blurred shadow passed by as he directly captured the Treasure-Seeking Mouse.

He soothed Li Zhiyueʼs Treasure-Seeking Mouse, letting it see that it was well taken care of in the Spirit Beast Bag, and then set it on another treasure-seeking journey.

Strangely enough, Li Shiren had been in the Secret Realm for several days, acquiring many Spiritual Objects, yet he hadnʼt encountered any formidable Devil Beasts; their journey was unremarkable and lackluster.

But good luck is always limited, and this time the Treasure-Seeking Mouse led Li Shiren to a place guarded by a late-second-stage Devil Beast.

He estimated the strength of both sides and felt that there would be no problem dealing with it, especially since the Spiritual Medicine it was guarding was a third-stage Hundred Pearls Red Heart.

As an Array Master, his combat style was different. He didnʼt use Spells or Divine Powers, but simply set up Array Flags around and with the power of the Formation, he quickly killed the Devil Beast.

”It seems that the power of these Devil Beasts isnʼt that strong,” Li Shiren murmured to himself.

Of course, compared to fighting, he preferred to obtain precious Spiritual Objects, and he was getting on in years, having long lost the desire for battle.

Meanwhile, the other Qi Cultivators from his family in various parts of the Secret Realm, the first thing they did was to find companions to team up with, then while seeking Spiritual Objects, they also looked forward to reuniting with Li Shiren and Li Zhixuan.

Yet even so, there were still a considerable number of family members, especially the weaker Qi Cultivators, who perished along the way.

However, some people managed to find treasures and then hid in a secluded place.

Although everyone was from the same family and could trace some relative relationship, wealth could stir the heart, and who knew if they would get other ideas upon seeing the treasures in his hands?

So this person simply hid, waiting for the Secret Realm to open, and then he would just leave.

Meanwhile, on the outside.

Li Zhirui was discussing the situation in the Secret Realm with Li Shiqing and others, ”Itʼs only been a few days, and more than twenty of our family members have fallen. It seems that this Secret Realm is rather dangerous.”

But if the losses remained at this level, the Li family could accept it, as the losses werenʼt as great as feared.

”Letʼs see how things go. If the casualties arenʼt too significant, we will arrange for more family members to enter later,” said Li Shiqing after pondering for a moment.

The Secret Realm would open twice; the first was when it entirely emerged, and the second signified that the Cultivators inside could exit, and it wouldnʼt be many days before the Secret Realm closed.

Still, even if there were only a few days left, they could collect a good amount of Spiritual Objects. For the uncontrollable Secret Realm, the Li family naturally welcomed as much as possible.

”Hmm, thatʼs a good idea,” Li Zhirui nodded, saying, ”Zhiyue, please make a trip back to the family and inform Elder Lian and Cheng Mo about this, so they can make arrangements.”

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