Dual Cultivation: A Carefree Journey Through Another World, the Empress Falls into My Hands

Chu Yunfan, of course, had no idea that a pack of gray-haired hounds was already following him.

After leaving the previous location, he quickly found a relatively secluded corner, then used his sword energy to quickly dig out a cave and hid inside.

Of course, before entering the cave, Chu Yunfan naturally dealt with the entrance to prevent it from being easily discovered.

The first thing Chu Yunfan did after entering the cave was to use the Wind Spirit Sword to break open the Wind Wood Wolf King's body and search for its inner core.

Sure enough, inside the head of the Windwood Wolf King, Chu Yunfan found a light blue bead about the size of an egg.

A faint current of air, like a gentle breeze, automatically swirls around this pale blue bead.

In an instant, Chu Yunfan guessed that the pale blue bead in front of him was the inner core of the Windwood Wolf King.

Chu Yunfan couldn't wait to take out the light blue bead and hold it in his hand.

Through sensing the wind sword intent within his body, Chu Yunfan immediately confirmed that the pale blue bead in his hand was the inner core of the Wind Wood Wolf King.

Chu Yunfan carefully put away the inner core, then sat cross-legged, preparing to treat his wounds and recover his strength before refining the inner core.

However, just as Chu Yunfan sat down, he heard rustling footsteps coming from outside the cave.

So, without taking a break, he immediately stood up and listened to the sounds outside.

In fact, the one that made the sound was the group of gray-haired hounds that had followed Chu Yunfan by tracking his scent.

Like the Windwood Wolf pack, the Gray-haired Maned Dogs are second-tier demonic beasts and prefer to act in groups.

The gray-haired maned dog is not as strong as the windwood wolf, but it likes to bully the weak and attack from behind, making it the undisputed sixth strongest beast in the world.

The reason they dared to follow was because they smelled the blood emanating from Chu Yunfan's wounds. At the same time, based on the aura left by Chu Yunfan, they judged that Chu Yunfan's cultivation level was around the early stage of the second tier, and regarded Chu Yunfan as an easy target.

As for the cover Chu Yunfan set up at the cave entrance, it might deceive other people or monsters, but it was obviously meaningless to the gray-haired maned dog with the dog's nose.

Soon, the gray-haired hounds determined that Chu Yunfan was hiding in the cave, and then broke in.

Chu Yunfan, of course, also noticed the intruders immediately.

Fortunately, because the cave is not very large, although there are more than a dozen gray-haired hyenas, only one or two can enter at a time.

Thus, the roles of hunter and prey quickly reversed.

With the blessing of the Wind Spirit Sword, the gray-haired hounds that entered were like ducks delivered to the door, and their heads were all chopped off.

As the sixth oldest demon beast, the Gray-haired Mane Dog, upon seeing the corpse of the Gray-haired Mane Dog in front, quickly fled in a panic.

Disturbed by this, and with the lingering smell of blood from the gray-haired maned dog's corpse, Chu Yunfan got up and left, intending to find another place to rest.

Not long after, Chu Yunfan discovered a mountain stream.

The mountain stream is filled with scattered rocks, almost no plants survive there, and naturally no monsters appear.

So Chu Yunfan immediately found a hiding place in the mountain stream. Having learned from his previous experience, Chu Yunfan put his blood-stained clothes into his storage ring and sprinkled some third-tier Windwood Wolf King's droppings at the entrance of his hiding place to deter other demonic beasts before he could rest in peace.

Chu Yunfan carried second-tier healing pills, which he had exchanged at the Hall of Merit before leaving the sect.

With the help of healing pills, his injuries recovered quickly. He then took out two low-grade spirit stones and refined their spiritual power to restore his depleted spiritual energy.

As for restoring his physical strength, he simply took out the Silver Spirit Fish.

Due to limited resources and time constraints, he didn't stew the silver spirit fish into soup this time. Instead, he transformed into an iron-winged eagle and ate it raw.

Subsequently, Chu Yunfan discovered a fact that greatly surprised him.

That is, when he transformed into the Iron-Winged Eagle, he ate the Silver Spirit Fish raw and found it delicious.

Now, he simply took out all the silver spirit fish he had caught earlier.

He then refined the energy within the silver spirit fish, transforming it into his own power.

Three days later, Chu Yunfan emerged from his hiding place.

At this moment, he was full of energy, as if he had inexhaustible strength.

Because in those three days, he had wiped out all the silver spirit fish, and his strength had increased from 100,000 kilograms to 150,000 kilograms.

A force of 150,000 kilograms is stronger than that of most peak-level second-tier demonic beasts.

But Chu Yunfan felt that 150,000 kilograms of force was still some distance from the limits of his current body.

"It seems I'll have to go back to the lake when I have time!"

Chu Yunfan murmured to himself, and then he took out the inner core of the Windwood Wolf King.

Originally, human cultivators and demon beasts were two completely different species. The spiritual power cultivated by humans was relatively gentle, while the power in the inner core of demon beasts was extremely violent.

The power of a demon beast's inner core, when it enters the human body, can damage the body's meridians.

Therefore, human cultivators cannot directly refine the inner cores of demonic beasts to obtain power; they need to process the inner cores first.

However, Chu Yunfan possessed the "Huangdi Neijing" (Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic), so he naturally didn't need to care about this issue.

The Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic can even refine the physical strength of demonic beasts and transform it into Chu Yunfan's own power. Refining the power within the inner core of demonic beasts is even easier for him.

However, Chu Yunfan overlooked one point when he considered it: the inner core of a third-tier wolf king contains power of a quality equivalent to that of a human Martial Grandmaster, which is a level higher than that of a Martial Master, and it also has a berserk attribute.

Therefore, the meridians of a Martial Master cultivator are unable to withstand this power.

Chu Yunfan discovered this problem as soon as he began absorbing the power from the inner core.

Under the impact of the power within the inner elixir, the meridians in his body quickly suffered minor damage.

However, although the damage may not seem strong.

However, for cultivators, even the slightest injury to the meridians is more serious than a serious physical injury.

Because injuries to the meridians are difficult to heal and will affect cultivation.

Chu Yunfan naturally realized this, but it was too late. He had no choice but to put away the inner core and then focus all his efforts on refining the power that had entered his meridians.

Fortunately, the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic was indeed effective. Even though this power was very strong, it was quickly transformed into Chu Yunfan's own power under its refinement.

After Chu Yunfan completely refined this power, what happened next suddenly filled him with immense joy.