Where does that wicked woman get her conscience?

Chapter 240 Beast Core Acquired

Two days later.

Guan Xun finally found both kinds of spiritual materials on the list. Without delay, he looked at the map and immediately set off to find the last beast core.

With a flap of her wings, she moved with incredible speed, skimming over low forests and rocky slopes, enduring the distinctive fishy smell emanating from the valley, heading straight towards the direction radiating heat.

Without stopping, in less than half an hour, the sky and earth ahead turned crimson, and the Flaming Mountain came into view.

The mountain was no longer enveloped in raging flames, and the lava flowing down the mountainside had solidified into black stone.

Although this place is known as the Flaming Mountain, it has lost its vitality, with only the temperature continuing to rise.

As soon as Guan Xun landed, he was drawn to the small black holes on the ground.

It seems there are quite a few ground squirrels in this area, almost covering the entire mountain. This makes finding their king much easier.

Sensing the presence of uninvited guests, gray-haired heads kept peeking out of the small black hole in the ground, but when they saw that it was a human figure, they timidly shrank back.

They were not low-level, and some of them could already understand human speech. Guan Xun stared at several of the small black holes and asked directly, "Quickly bring out the Dry Soil Rat King."

Upon hearing this, several ground squirrels looked at each other, then, showing no intention of paying any attention to humans, retreated back into their burrows.

Guan Xun frowned and stomped his foot, which was covered in spiritual energy, heavily on the ground! With a loud bang, the ground shook violently, shattering the stones. The withered earth rat that had retreated was also shaken out of its hole and crashed down, scattering all over the ground.

They were frightened, and regardless of whether they were injured, as long as they could still crawl, they all crawled back to the cave entrance.

Guan Xun picked up a withered ground squirrel that was dragging its broken leg and crawling back, and raised an eyebrow: "Where's the king of withered ground squirrels? If you don't tell me, I'll break all three of your remaining legs."

These words terrified the dry ground squirrel. Its little paws drooped, its round eyes instantly welled up with tears, it sniffed and pointed to the mountain to the east, then squeaked and struggled, begging Guan Xun to let it go.

Guan Xun looked eastward in the direction the pointer pointed; that was not the territory of the Dry Soil Rat King.

"What was it doing over there? You're lying to me?"

Upon hearing this, the dry soil ground rat was clearly startled and shook its head hurriedly, looking so pitiful that it seemed like it would pound the ground and cry at any moment.

"Alright." Guan Xun casually tossed it aside, stood up, and headed towards the hilltop in the indicated direction without hesitation.

The Dry Soil Rat King lives in a scorching hot place, on a desolate mountain...

Guan Xun flew over from high above and looked down, immediately spotting the big guy lying upside down in the middle of the mountain.

Covered in thick, black fur, round and chubby, with a blunt head and short snout, it was dozing off with drool dripping from the corner of its mouth—it was actually a high-level snoring bear.

This kind of monster has only one characteristic: it can sleep a lot, dreaming day and night. Even a mountain shaking and the earth trembling can hardly wake it up. Only when it is extremely hungry will it slowly get up to find spiritual fruits and eat tree roots.

Actually, you can't blame it for being lazy. It's born without needing to cultivate deliberately. It can gather and absorb spiritual energy just by sleeping. It doesn't need to put in any effort to advance. It can be considered a kind of talent.

There was no wind in the Myriad Realms, and Guan Xun immediately noticed the dried banana leaf that was constantly fanning itself next to the snoring bear.

A ground squirrel king, three times the size of an ordinary ground squirrel, with cracked scabs on its body and yellowish-brown crystalline horns on its head, was diligently fanning the air.

Guan Xun found it somewhat amusing. The little groundhog hadn't lied after all. It turned out that the Dry Soil Groundhog King wasn't enjoying himself in his own territory; he had been captured and brought here to work as a laborer.

Without wasting any time, she slightly moved her figure hovering high in the sky, flipped her hand, and countless ice blades appeared in her palm. With the wave of her hand, they all stabbed fiercely down at the two demonic beasts below.

The Dry Soil Groundhog King was born clever and much more vigilant than the Snoring Bear. The moment it sensed something was wrong, it immediately threw away the dried banana leaf and burrowed under the Snoring Bear's body to hide.

However, Guan Xun's attack was not something that ordinary spirit masters could match. The sharpness of the ice spikes was comparable to that of high-grade spirit weapons. When they landed on the ground, they shook the mountaintop several times, and the soil cracked. When they pierced the body of the snoring bear, they directly pierced through its thick fur and internal organs and embedded themselves into the mountain.

The Dry Soil Rat King, hiding below, naturally could not escape its fate. With just one strike, both monsters lost their vital signs.

Guan Xun then landed beside the corpse, hooked two fingers, and two beast cores immediately flew out of its body and landed in his hand.

"It's done."

In just two days, she had gathered everything she was looking for. It was all thanks to her wings; if it were anyone else on foot, it would have taken them a long time to arrive on foot.

Just as she finished putting away what she was holding, she sensed someone approaching. Turning her head, she saw a young man in a black and gold robe with grass in his mouth and a few withered leaves stuck in his hair. It was clear that he had just crawled out of the weeds.

He was still tightly holding a wind-attribute beast core in his hand. When he saw someone on the hilltop, he was clearly taken aback. Then he blinked and smiled, "Big sister, what a coincidence."

It is Zhuge Zhao.

Judging from his appearance, it really was a coincidence that we met.

Zhuge Zhao loosened his muscles and bones, his gaze passing over her and landing on the monster corpses behind them. A look of unfairness and envy instantly appeared on his face: "Wow, it seems your list is all about collecting beast cores? I'm different, sigh... all sorts of random things, what bad luck!"

Guan Xun was quite frank, spreading his hands: "No, it was an accidental killing."

Zhuge Zhao was taken aback for a moment, then gave a thumbs up: "Impressive."

He paused for a moment, then added, "It's a bit of a pity, though. You can only take the items on the list out of this trial realm. Other precious medicinal herbs, beast cores, and the like can't be taken with you."

Guan Xun was somewhat surprised to hear this; there was actually such a rule? She frowned: "Can't I take it with me?"

Zhuge Zhao nodded and said, "Yes, the exit is like a shackle, and the list is like a pass for everything in the Myriad Void Realm. Unless it is written on it, nothing can be taken out."

After hearing this, Guan Xun raised his eyebrows.

If that's the case, then she can just add what she got to the list and get out, right?

Seemingly seeing through the thoughts of the person in front of him, Zhuge Zhao scratched his head and chuckled: "That form is made of special materials. You can't even tear it, let alone write anything in it."

Guan Xun didn't believe it, so he took out the list and tried it, and it was indeed as he said.

She frowned, inwardly lamenting the waste. Was it all for nothing that she had robbed? Her eyes darted around, and after a moment's thought, she casually waved to Zhuge Zhao before turning and leaving.

Zhuge Zhao stroked his chin from behind and muttered, "We finally ran into a living person, and they ran away before we could even exchange two words?"

Hey.

He was suffocating; why was this person leaving in such a hurry?

After sighing twice, he went about his own business.

……

Guan Xun found a quiet and secluded place, set up a barrier, and then sat cross-legged on the ground.

"Five more days..." she murmured as she took out all the spiritual materials and beast cores besides those on the list she had obtained from the Myriad Void Realm.

Then, with a flick of his wrist, he tossed them all up in front of him, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate, his hands forming a mudra.

Since we can't take them out, let's refine them all for our own use...

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