My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

That night, Cui Ying only rested for three hours before getting up and unable to sleep anymore.

After breaking through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, although she still couldn't abstain from grains, her ability to resist hunger and fatigue had become much stronger.

She glanced at Cui Yue, who was sleeping soundly with a thin blanket, smiled, and as usual, poured a piece of ice to cool her down before leaving the room.

To her surprise, just as she came out, the door to the main room creaked open, and Wang Rong tiptoed out.

"Hey~ San Yatou, why are you up so early?"

Wang Rong usually gets up at the beginning of the morning to make breakfast, but she went to bed late last night, so she's only a quarter of an hour late today.

"Mother, I'm going into Phoenix Mountain Range later. Just make me something to eat, I'm in a hurry."

"Alright, then I'll boil you a few spirit eggs. They're full of spiritual energy and will keep you full."

Upon hearing that Cui Ying was going to Phoenix Mountain again, she didn't hesitate and rolled up her sleeves to get to work in the kitchen.

Soon, Cui Ying took a bag of spirit eggs and a jar of pickled vegetables in a bamboo tube, and hurriedly left.

Her purpose in entering the Phoenix Mountain Range today was to find the Spirit Whip for Lei Yujing.

As for spirit whips, the best ones are the Demon Tiger Whip and the Spirit Deer Whip.

When Cui Ying first learned that Lei Yujing only wanted the high-level demon beast spirit whip, she mistakenly thought that Lei Yujing was fond of sexual pleasure, which was why she bought the item multiple times.

However, after several encounters, Cui Ying guessed that she might have practiced some kind of cultivation technique, which is why she needed a large number of spirit whips to assist her.

After all, the world is full of wonders. The spirit whip is said to be an extremely yang object, and the Lei family is based on thunder magic. The two complement each other, which makes sense.

But none of this had anything to do with Cui Ying, since her only goal was to earn spirit stones.

The family's spirit rice has been harvested, and it seems her father will bring up the matter of going to the city to sell the spirit rice in the next few days.

Recently, apart from her second sister, her parents' cultivation has also progressed rapidly, and it's believed they will break through soon as well.

She needs to prepare a large number of Qi Gathering Pills to help them successfully break through.

However, refining pills requires a large amount of spirit stones. After buying the pill furnace and some miscellaneous materials, she had very few spirit stones left.

The best way for her to earn spirit stones now is naturally to hunt demons in the Phoenix Mountain Range.

The vast forest was deathly silent.

Cui Ying, with Ta Xue and Little Golden Scorpion, flew at a height of three or four zhang above the ground.

By this time, she had already passed through Chiyang Valley.

She ate the spirit eggs with pickles for breakfast while using her divine sense to survey her surroundings.

Although it's unlikely that there are high-level monsters in this dense forest, it's always better to be cautious.

After leisurely finishing the three spirit eggs, she only discovered a few low-level demonic beasts.

Without further delay, they urged the cloud cluster to quickly approach a low peak next to Jade Bamboo Peak.

Just as she flew to a dense forest at the junction of the two peaks, she suddenly sensed something unusual behind her.

She paused, flicked her sleeve slightly, turned around, and raised her hand, unleashing a burst of silver sword energy.

"boom"

An ancient tree, large enough for two people to encircle, let out a mournful cry and fell in half. In the instant before, Cui Ying immediately sensed something rapidly disappearing behind her.

"So fast."

Cui Ying wasn't surprised by this situation. After all, the Phoenix Mountain Range had existed for nearly ten thousand years; it would be strange if the monsters there didn't possess some unusual or rare talents.

However, this thing is not only incredibly fast, but it can also conceal its presence, so it could be quite troublesome if you were to encounter it.

She murmured something, summoned back the little golden scorpion, and then left the place.

She flew for another thirty miles before finally stopping outside a sea buckthorn forest that was as red as fire.

By this time, the sky was beginning to lighten, and Cui Ying entered the patch of firethorns without further hesitation.

If she remembered correctly, a herd of Crimson Deer lived in this firethorn forest.

She hadn't gone far inside when she sensed a fluctuation of magical power.

"Is there another cultivator fighting here?"

Cui Ying frowned slightly. She hadn't expected to encounter other demon hunters hunting demons in the vast Phoenix Mountain Range.

To avoid causing unnecessary trouble, Cui Ying could only mutter "bad luck" to herself before turning around and leaving the place.

Half an hour later, she stood on a cloud above a stream, her powerful magic surging out from the Yao Guang sword in her hand, transforming into streaks of silvery-white, chilling sword energy.

Cui Ying lowered her eyes and gazed at the fiery red beast below, silently hovering in the air while making hand seals.

As deep red blood dripped down, the demonic beast could no longer restrain itself. Its body shimmered with red light, and dozens of scorching fireballs shot out in one go, hurtling towards Cui Ying.

Wherever it went, all vegetation was burned to ashes.

"Wang Wang"

Ta Xue let out a low roar, intending to stand in front of Cui Ying, but Cui Ying simply moved her body and dodged most of the fireballs. With a single hand gesture, countless wisps of cold air condensed into a deep blue ice wall, blocking two fireballs that were flying in at an angle.

The Crimson Flame Deer, which had just reached the seventh level of Qi Refining, was slightly taken aback upon seeing this, and a hint of fear flashed in its large, watery eyes.

It never dreamed that it would encounter human cultivators just by coming out of the firethorn forest to drink some water.

The girl's sword was incredibly sharp; she had actually attacked him while he was drinking water. If he hadn't dodged quickly, he probably would have been dead.

After its extreme anger subsided, the Crimson Deer, realizing its attack had failed, immediately turned and ran.

They crossed the stream, leaped over the grassland, and fled straight to the nearby firethorn forest, with Cui Ying following quietly behind.

Although the Crimson Flame Deer was more powerful than her, it had no other supernatural abilities, and having already been injured by sword energy, it naturally couldn't escape far.

But just in case, Cui Ying simply released the eager Snowwalker to surround it and prevent it from escaping back to the Firethorn Forest.

At the same time, she circulated her inner energy, and the sword energy she unleashed increased in power by several feet out of thin air. Two silver-white sword energies struck the back of the Crimson Flame Deer, causing it to fall several feet away in pain. It then struggled to get up and continue its escape.

Fearing that the Crimson Flame Deer might launch a counterattack before it died, Cui Ying and Taxue followed at a distance, occasionally unleashing a few attacks to deplete the Crimson Flame Deer's magical power.

Finally, the Crimson Flame Deer could no longer bear it. It roared angrily, turned around abruptly, and was enveloped in a crimson halo before crashing heavily into Ta Xue.

Cui Ying swung her sword and struck its neck. After a mournful cry, the Crimson Flame Deer finally collapsed by the stream.

At the same time, under Cui Ying's telepathic communication, the little golden scorpion silently disappeared into the nearby ground.

Ta Xue, who was standing nearby, quickly ran out and bit off the fiery red neck of the fallen Crimson Flame Deer.

Cui Ying let out a long breath, not rushing Yun forward, but instead turning around and saying calmly to the firethorn forest not far away:

"Fellow Daoist, you've been watching for so long, shouldn't you come out and meet us?"