Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

After leaving Peach Blossom Valley, Xuanwu Kingdom no longer had any concerns for him. Liu Xing rushed towards the Shiwan Mountains without stopping.

The Shiwan Mountains, where the continent's demonic realm meets the human cultivation ground, are a dangerous place. Humans enter the mountains to hunt demonic beasts, and demonic beasts also enter to devour humans. Many humans and demons who come here seeking opportunities have perished here.

Last time, Liu Xing was kidnapped just as he reached the entrance, before he could even get inside. This time, he came prepared, but still proceeded with caution. If he was unlucky enough to encounter the demon king, he would be dead.

But he had no choice. The Wind-Splitting Beast was crucial to his chances of success in forming his Core, so he had to make this trip. If he was too late, the Wind-Splitting Beast might not be here anymore, so he rushed over in such a hurry.

The Shiwan Mountains were lush with vegetation and shaded by green trees. Liu Xing concealed his presence and advanced quietly. The Wind-Splitting Beast was in a valley about 20,000 miles from the Shiwan Mountains. His Jindan-level predecessor, who had encountered it at the time, was in a hurry to return to the sect due to the war, so he glanced at it briefly and left without provoking it. Therefore, he revealed it while Lu En was gathering information.

The resources in the Shiwan Mountains are truly abundant. Although a bit dangerous, the cultivators who come here to fight rarely return empty-handed. However, Liu Xing's standards have become more refined now. He barely even cares about monsters below level three or ordinary spiritual herbs. He simply keeps his head down and keeps on going, avoiding the people and monsters along the way.

That day, Liu Xing suddenly smelled the aroma of wine. He had already detected a group of monkeys in the area with his spiritual sense and had planned to quietly bypass them, but he didn't expect to come across such a rare treasure as monkey wine.

The monkeys picked the sweetest spiritual fruits and the most valuable spiritual herbs and stored them in tree holes for consumption during the winter. Under various coincidences, they naturally fermented and brewed fine wine. Therefore, monkey wine was not made by the monkeys themselves, but was formed by various coincidences. Not only is the output very rare, but the timing of taking the wine is also critical. The wine must be taken out and packaged a few days after it is brewed. If it is taken too late, the wine will become old and lose its spiritual energy, and it will have no value. Now is the perfect time to take the wine. Monkey wine is full of spiritual energy and can quickly restore mana, which is no less than the best spiritual stone. Liu Xing naturally did not intend to let go of such a good thing, so he approached it secretly.

This group of monkeys numbered several hundred, including level one, two, and three monsters. The most powerful leader was clearly at the peak of level four. Liu Xing couldn't handle the siege of so many monkeys. He had to come up with a plan to lure the monkeys away.

So he released Duoduo and instructed him to lure the tiger away from the mountain, while he hid aside and waited for an opportunity to steal wine.

"Meow!" Duoduo let out a low roar and pounced on a third-level demon monkey. He bit its back, causing it to squeak in pain.

A single stone caused a thousand ripples. The monkeys were frightened and immediately scattered like birds and beasts, fleeing in all directions and screaming.

The demon monkey leader was dozing off when a mountain cat suddenly invaded his territory and bit one of his tribe members. Furious, he charged forward without hesitation, engaging Duoduo in a fierce battle. The two demons were evenly matched, the mountain cat's speed exceeding the demon monkey's strength, and the battle became a close one.

Seeing that it couldn't take down the mountain cat for a while, the demon monkey let out a sharp cry. Immediately, all the monkeys surrounded it and attacked it, frightening Duoduo so much that he turned and ran away.

If it tried to escape at this time, the demon monkey would naturally not let it go easily. There was another burst of rapid screams, and the leader took the lead and chased after it, and the monkeys also chased after it at an extremely fast speed.

Half a quarter of an hour later, the monkeys had left, leaving behind only the first-level monsters that couldn't keep up. So Liu Xing quietly approached the tree hole, pulled out a jade gourd, and was about to fill it with wine.

As soon as he appeared, the monkeys spotted him and lunged at him, teeth bared. Liu Xing smiled faintly and released Jiao Jiao to stand guard. The aura of a Level 3 demon beast frightened the monkeys so much that they dared not approach. They could only run around outside, screaming, jumping up and down, shaking trees and breaking branches, scratching their heads, extremely anxious, but helpless.

Liu Xing laughed heartily. In less than three breaths, he had filled a full gourd of monkey wine, leaving no more in the tree hole. He even took a delicious sip; it was sweet and delicious, and it warmed his body. The mana he had consumed on the journey was instantly restored, and Liu Xing laughed heartily.

When the monkeys that had chased out received the news and rushed back, Liu Xing had already disappeared. The angry monkey started screaming again.

The mountain cat escaped the pursuers and came to join Liu Xing. Liu Xing was very happy with this unexpected harvest and continued to walk deeper into the mountains.

Ten days later, while on his way, Liu Xing heard Duoduo's urgent call from his pet bag. Puzzled, he asked and learned that Duoduo had spotted a leopard and was drawn to its bloodline, so he asked his owner for help.

Liu Xing was naturally overjoyed when he heard this and immediately gave chase. Sure enough, he found a peak level 4 leopard-scale beast about 30 miles away and rushed over at full speed.

The leopard-scaled beast was napping in the cave when it suddenly sensed someone approaching it and instinctively stood up. When it reached the outside of the cave, it saw Liu Xing rushing towards it.

With a roar, the leopard-scaled beast charged forward like a 100-meter sprint. This tiny human hadn't the slightest clue of his own, not only disturbing its sweet dreams but also charging so brazenly at it. So, it opened its bloody maw and pounced on Liu Xing. It had torn apart and devoured countless human cultivators in its lifetime, and the delicacy of human food had left it captivated by the Hundred Thousand Mountains, unwilling to return to the mainland's demonic realm.

The leopard-scaled beast was renowned for its swiftness and explosive power, often resulting in a futile encounter for cultivators in the late Foundation Establishment stage. Liu Xing was even faster and stronger than it. In this head-on clash, Liu Xing struck the leopard's face with a single palm, breaking two of its fangs and sending it flying. The dazed leopard-scaled beast remained bewildered, unable to understand how this human, whose realm was inferior to its own, could possess such formidable combat prowess.

The leopard-scaled beast suffered a heavy blow, and it began to frighten Liu Xing. It stared closely at Liu Xing, emitting a low, threatening growl. Liu Xing found the leopard-scaled beast's apparent weakness amusing. However, this battle was mainly Duoduo's; he only used his moves to slightly weaken the leopard-scaled beast, allowing the two monsters to fight on equal terms.

"Duoduo, go! Deal with it! I'll clear the way for you." Liu Xing summoned Duoduo, and stood aside with Jiaojiao to watch the show.

"Brother Duoduo, come on! You can do it!" Seeing that there was a good show to watch, Jiao Jiao also joined in the fun and shouted to cheer it on.