The Wandering Immortal

Chapter 87 Monster Egg

Even if two Golden Core cultivators encounter a Level 7 demon beast, they will definitely have a tough fight. If it is a Level 7 dragon or a Qingluan, a ferocious beast with the bloodline of an ancient divine beast, it will have the strength of a late-stage Golden Core cultivator and can only run for its life.

Fortunately, they had never heard of any powerful demons that could transform into human form in the Tianshan Mountains, so Jiang Yuan and his companion were naturally very careful and traveled at a very slow pace.

While concealing his own aura, he also had to use his divine sense to explore the surroundings. After about two days, he had only found a few medicinal herbs.

They had encountered some low-level demonic beasts, but they weren't interested in level two or three. Occasionally, they would encounter level four or five demonic beasts, but upon seeing that there were two Golden Core cultivators, they would turn around and run away.

The interior of the Great Wind Pass is extremely complex, with a fork in the road every few miles. Jiang Yuan would deepen his impression of each place he visited, naturally drawing a topographical map in his mind.

On the third day, we arrived at a windless canyon, which was a bit strange. In such a precipitous canyon, there was a place where the wind could gather and gather energy. We had to explore it carefully.

Sure enough, there were more medicinal herbs than in other places, and they were quite old, so it seems that few cultivators come here.

After exploring further for half a day, they suddenly heard the roar of a monster, which was extremely violent.

Jiang Yuan and his companion quickly applied invisibility talismans and concealed their presence before heading to investigate.

It turned out to be a level 6 Golden Lion Beast and a level 5 Golden Eagle locked in a life-or-death struggle.

The Golden Lion Beast resembles a lion, but it is actually a legendary dragon son with considerable supernatural powers. At level six, it possesses the killing power of a Golden Core cultivator. It raises its head and spews out a fireball.

The golden eagle, being of a lower level, could only use its flight advantage to dodge the fireballs while simultaneously unleashing gusts of wind with its wings to counterattack.

The golden lion beast didn't dodge at all. Its thick scales made it completely unafraid of the level five golden wind. It was just a little pained by the cuts and kept roaring.

Occasionally, the Golden Lion Beast would leap two zhang high and strike the Golden Eagle with its iron claws. After being injured, the Golden Eagle would fly even higher, opening its mouth to spit out a golden ball of light in retaliation, forcing the Golden Lion Beast to dodge.

After fighting for the time it takes to burn three incense sticks, the situation had become one of mutual destruction.

Jiang Yuan pondered to himself that the monsters were not stupid. Especially at level five or six, they had long since developed intelligence, and some could even speak. They would never fight to the death for no reason; there must be one side guarding some treasure.

Therefore, Jiang Yuan carefully observed his surroundings to see if any rare treasures had appeared. There were also several level four or five demonic beasts lurking in the shadows, hoping to take advantage of the situation.

Although the golden eagle was only level five, it already possessed the aura of an aerial overlord. Its shriek was terrifying, and those low-level demonic beasts that wanted to show their faces all retreated.

A young falcon, relying on its speed, suddenly took off and rushed towards a cliff, only to be killed by a double attack from the Golden Lion Beast and the Golden Eagle, instantly reduced to ashes by fireballs and light orbs.

Jiang Yuan's divine sense was only a little over ten miles long, so he didn't dare to fully unleash it. He could only let Qing He try to see what was on the cliff.

The two walked a little further before Qinghe could see that there was a Transformation Grass in the Golden Eagle's nest, and it was emitting a faint golden light.

It seems that the golden eagle had long ago concealed the Transformation Grass with its nest, intending to consume it only when it matured. However, the aura of the Transformation Grass's imminent maturity could not be concealed, which is why the Golden Lion Beast had its eye on it.

"We must get our hands on a thousand-year-old transformation herb. It can be used to refine at least a dozen transformation pills. It would be a complete waste if it were swallowed by a demon beast."

Jiang Yuan and Qing He no longer cared about concealing themselves and transformed into streaks of light, flying across the cliff.

The golden eagle was taken aback and tried to turn around to snatch the transformation grass, but was swatted down by the golden lion beast with a claw. The two beasts fiercely fought each other, and the golden eagle pecked out one of the golden lion beast's big eyes, while the golden lion beast bit the golden eagle's neck hard.

Jiang Yuan had already reached the golden eagle's nest. Qing He couldn't bear to watch the monsters tearing each other apart any longer, so she released thorns to bind both monsters, and the poison instantly paralyzed them.

The low-level demonic beasts that had been watching from the sidelines quietly retreated after seeing that the two large creatures had been subdued. Jiang Yuan stared blankly at the golden eagle's nest. Inside, besides a shimmering transformation grass, there was also a golden demonic beast egg, which seemed to be the golden eagle's offspring.

This is terrible. Without the golden eagle, how will this egg survive after it hatches?
Just as Jiang Yuan was in a daze, the Transformation Grass suddenly shone brightly, just as it crossed the millennium mark.

Jiang Yuan didn't hesitate to cast a magical barrier on the nest to prevent other monsters from coveting it. It was hard to say what would happen if a level seven monster came.

Qinghe also saw the monster egg, but didn't know what to do.

Jiang Yuan carefully examined the place where the Transformation Grass was growing. Its roots were in the crevices of the rocks, and the golden eagle had built a nest about half a zhang wide around it. The branches of the tree perfectly concealed the Transformation Grass, while still leaving gaps for it to grow.

It's possible that the golden eagle, which has been guarding this transforming herb for hundreds of years, ultimately failed at the last hurdle.

Jiang Yuan carefully put away the golden eagle egg, then used his flying sword to cut open the bird's nest branches around the Transformation Grass, uprooted the Transformation Grass, and put it into a jade box.

Then he put the Golden Lion Beast and the Golden Eagle into his magic treasure space and quickly fled the scene.

After running for more than ten miles and turning into another canyon, Jiang Yuan finally found a secluded spot and released the two demonic beasts.

The golden eagle was already dead, so all we could do was collect its demon core, as a level 5 metal-type demon core wasn't very useful.

The golden lion beast was in no better shape; one of its eyes had been pecked out, and its face was covered in bloody scratches from the golden eagle's claws. It was now paralyzed by thorns.

Jiang Yuan simply took the demon core as well. It was a level six fire-type demon core, which could also help him open up a few acupoints.

Qinghe detoxified the two demonic beast corpses, then sealed them with ice crystals and stored them in her storage magic treasure.

This time, I was lucky to come to the windy spot; the Millennium Transformation Grass was an unexpected and wonderful opportunity.

Jiang Yuan no longer wanted to stay here, so he summoned his cloud boat and tried to fly away from the sky.

Feeling uncomfortable from the strong wind, I lowered my altitude and flew low along the canyon. I was then attracted by a certain terrain and hovered in the air for a long time.

Two mountain ranges meet at one point, with a nearly circular peak in the middle, higher than the two peaks on either side. This is a typical "two dragons playing with a pearl" pattern. Beneath the pearl-shaped peak, there must be a spiritual vein or treasure.

Seeing it was fate, how could I miss it? So I disembarked from the cloud boat and went down to survey the terrain.

Qinghe laughed, "I hope they haven't dug up the cave again!"

Before Jiang Yuan could even speak, he had already seen the cave entrance; it was far too obvious.

The hole was clearly dug out by man, and even disguised in an attempt to make it look like a natural formation, but the method was rather clumsy.

The probability of a natural cave forming is too small, as the excavation site is made of hard rock.

The "Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl" terrain is so obvious that even an ordinary person would know it's a good place. How could any cultivator miss it?

Although I don't have much hope, I still want to see.

(End of this chapter)