The Demon Slayer Martial Saint Begins with Insect Refining

Chapter 58: Barren Mountain Situation
Su Yan asked about the barren mountain. Gao Zheng pondered for a while and thought to himself that it was indeed time to give everyone some advice.

"In fact, the things happening in this desolate mountain are not mysterious at all. However, most of them involve warriors, and they are all wild beasts and precious plants. Therefore, ordinary people know very little about them."

Gao Zheng organized his words, "Desolate Mountain's name is 'Desolate', but its scope is wider than the Outer and Inner Mountains combined. It has countless peaks, and many dangerous and treacherous areas and forests. Coincidentally, it's also a place where spiritual energy converges, so many precious plants and medicinal herbs grow there, and wild beasts multiply endlessly."

Everyone agreed when they heard this. Su Yan also knew this. Practicing in the mountains, whether it was standing still or doing other things, one could clearly feel the difference.

I think the difference between barren mountains and inner and outer mountains is the same.

"There are many wild beasts in the barren mountains. Even in the deepest part, there are second-level wild beasts equivalent to the True Intention Realm. Each family guards the intersection of the barren mountains and surrounds the mountains to govern. Although this has advantages, the most crucial point is to maintain security."

Su Yan's eyes flickered slightly: "The wild beast is coming down the mountain?"

Gao Zheng shook his head slightly. "The wild beasts are rioting. If they reproduce without restraint, even if the spiritual energy in the mountains is more abundant, I'm afraid they will be forced to come down the mountain and wreak havoc, causing unrest in Yuncang Town and the surrounding areas."

Warriors develop barren mountains and kill wild beasts, which is essentially a kind of check and balance, forming a balance.

"Not to mention, if a second-level wild beast ever goes mad, it would be a disaster for all living things. Decades ago, a second-level rock bone python went mad and rushed down the mountain, causing a wave of beasts. If it weren't for the former owner of the Tianfeng Weapon Shop who sacrificed his life in the fight, I'm afraid thousands of people would have died."

Gao Zheng had only heard rumors, but these few thousand people alone were likely to have wiped out countless villages.

"In that battle, the old shopkeeper, a second-level True Intention Realm expert, died. The imperial court's Left Court Justice and the Lin family's ancestor were both poisoned and died of illness at the age of over a hundred."

The true realm has survived the four stages of body building and has been reborn. If one is healthy and uninjured, a lifespan of two hundred years is more than enough.

A hundred years old is an early death.

"Can't the True Intention Realm masters from each family kill all the second-level wild beasts in the depths of the Great Wilderness Mountain?"

Dian Jingweng asked, if all the second-level wild beasts were killed, then there would be no threat of the beast tide, or at least there would be no threat brought by the second-level wild beasts going crazy.

Gao Zheng chuckled, "How can we kill them all? The Yunling Wild Mountains stretch for eight hundred miles, and there are so many wild beasts and strange species there. Even if we kill a second-level wild beast, there's no guarantee that a first-level late-stage wild beast will swallow a precious plant or elixir and instantly become a second-level wild beast. How can we kill them all?"

"Moreover, a second-level wild beast is full of treasures, and is also a treasure for refining second-level elixirs. Whether it is sold to the county city or to a large sect like the Beast King Sect, it is a good business and can be exchanged for elixirs."

Su Yan seemed to be thinking about something. The Yunling Mountains were too vast. It was neither realistic nor necessary to reclaim them completely. Regular hunting patrols and checks and balances were the way for the warriors of Yuncang Town to survive.

"Brother, according to what you said, are these also the assets of our Golden Ape Martial Arts School?"

Su Yan asked about the Golden Ape Martial Arts School's assets. Gao Zheng said, "They all have a little bit of business, but they're not as good as the Lin family, Tianfeng Weapon Shop, and Baicaotang. The owner of Tianfeng Weapon Shop is a miner and hunter, and they mine most of the ores in the mountains. The Lin family occupies the most hills. Someone in the family was once a disciple of the Beast King Sect, and they have simple methods to tame and raise low-level wild beasts. They specialize in domesticating and selling wild beasts. Although they are only very low-level beasts, they fetch extremely high prices. The owner of Baicaotang grows medicinal herbs, and the other families have some involvement, but not much."

Everyone chatted and drank a lot. Gao Zheng kept reminding them, "We have farmland and forests in several villages of our martial arts school. We grow precious plants like red tooth rice and soul-enriching fruit. Besides that, we hunt wild beasts and gather spiritual plants. Junior brother, you have the ability to find and collect medicinal herbs. You will surely be very successful."

Hunting wild beasts requires forming a team, that is for safety. Searching for spiritual plants also requires forming a team, naturally for safety. At least this is the case for almost all forces.

But Su Yan had other thoughts in his mind. He was different from others. Not to mention his ability to find medicine, the two insects alone were his best helpers.

Moreover, after entering the barren mountains, even if the number of those divine and strange insects is less than that of ordinary wild beasts, it will still be more considerable than that in the inner and outer mountains.

That's when it's called a dragon entering the sea.

It is naturally impossible for Su Yan to team up with others. This is the bottom line.

"Brother, what if you only want one person?"

Everyone was stunned when these words came out. Gao Zheng asked hesitantly, "Junior brother, do you want to explore alone?" Su Yan nodded. Gao Zheng frowned slightly and said, "Junior brother, it's not impossible to explore alone, but you are only in the Skin Refining Realm. You really can't be impatient. The Yunling Wild Mountains are dangerous and it's easy to get lost there. You must be careful. It won't be too late to explore alone after breaking through the Bones and Muscles Realm or even the Blood Moving Realm."

He paused for a moment and said, "Although the Golden Ape Martial Arts School is not as powerful as the Lin Family or Baicaotang, the inner sect's resources are still enough for you to use."

Although Gao Zheng tried to persuade him again, Su Yan understood.

Even though they went into the mountains together, the Golden Ape Martial Arts School did not prohibit going out alone, and that was enough.

Su Yan smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

Gao Zheng's eyes flickered, and he thought to himself, "Could it be that he has already broken through the Muscle and Bone Realm?"

Half of the wine was drunk and the cups were half empty, but Gao Zheng and the others did not continue to delve into this issue.

Instead, he talked more about the Yunling Great Wilderness Mountain, which gave Su Yan a clearer understanding of the Great Wilderness Mountain.

By the afternoon, when everyone had dispersed, Su Yan's yard finally became quiet again.

Put out the fire and clean up the cups.

Su Yan's eyes flickered as he pondered Gao Zheng's words.

"In the final analysis, the income of each family in the Yunling Wilderness Mountain is nothing more than three kinds: enclosure, reclamation, and precious land."

By enclosing land, each family will mark the hilltop area that is more convenient for entry and exit and where they can be stationed as their own territory.

Take the Golden Ape Martial Arts School as an example. They also occupied five hills and planted special crops such as red rice on them as a source of income.

The Lin family's domesticated low-level wild beasts and the Tianfeng Weapon Shop's mines are all enclosed here for their own protection.

Land reclamation means constantly exploring uninhabited areas of the Great Wilderness Mountain, hunting or searching for treasures.

The core disciples of each school use this as a training exercise, and if they travel in a group, they will share the profits to a greater or lesser extent.

Finally, there are the treasure lands, areas where spiritual energy gathers and special spiritual medicines and wild beasts grow and live. They are closed off regularly, and then hunting is allowed to obtain a large amount of resources.

They even use it to wager fights and demarcate occupation and dominant forces, which also accounts for the bulk of the profits.

Su Yan figured out the ins and outs of it, but he smiled.

"For others, exploring the Yunling Barren Mountains alone might be difficult, but it's different for me. The Velvet Fire Scorpion has reached maturity, and the Yinshui Centipede is already past the halfway mark. If I can get them past maturity in the next few days, I can explore alone, as long as I can get more exotic insects."

Su Yan's eyes flickered. More alien insects meant that his combat power would increase dramatically.

In the past, I was only at the Skin Refining Realm, and my skills were a little lacking, but now it’s different.

"Swish"

Thinking of this, he summoned the Yinshui Centipede and fed it with poisonous dragon pills one after another, and its growth rate continued to increase.

(End of this chapter)