Chapter 224: Iron-Swallowing Insect

On the cliff,

A metallic vine as thick as a wrist was coiled around, its roots deeply embedded in the mountain rock to draw spiritual energy from it, while seven or eight golden fruits shimmered brilliantly under the sunlight.

Molten Gold Fruit!

Tier 2 spirit medicine, recorded in the Pharmacopoeia, this fruit can be used for body forging; combined with medicinal baths and special cultivation techniques, it allows cultivators to possess a strong body capable of hard-resisting spells from Qi Condensation mid-stage cultivators without damage, and it does not consume magic power, creating a trump card out of thin air.

But very few people know that this thing can be used to refine Quenching Sword Spirit Liquid, making spirit swords sharper and increasing their spirituality.

Dozens of exotic insects rested on the edge of the cliff, mostly Qi Condensation mid-late stage, buzzing and flapping their wings from time to time to patrol the surroundings, and even if they went out to forage, they would return quickly.

A streak of pale blue sword light appeared abruptly!

And then dozens of sword Qi erupted, extremely agile, each with a target; one exotic insect after another had their bodies pierced and died, nothing could block it.

Clang!

The pale blue sword Qi encountered resistance.

Thirteen peak Qi Condensation golden exotic insects were extremely fierce; a sword Qi slashed on their bodies, but was blocked by the back armor, at least damaged slightly.

Their mouthparts were even sharper, biting the sword Qi, crackling a few times, and swallowing the sword Qi completely.

Seeing their companions around them die in the blink of an eye, they emitted an angry metal friction sound.

Each turned into a golden line and lunged toward the sky, twisting and fighting with dozens of pale blue sword Qi amidst sounds like blade and sword collisions, metal fragments and sword Qi spiritual light splashing everywhere.

A few breaths later, dozens of pale blue sword Qi were gnawed away completely.

On the spot remained thirteen golden exotic insects covered in wounds, like golden beetles, clad in heavy gold armor, four feet, with barbs, head like a bull's horn, mouthparts extremely sharp.

Their back armor was slashed open in many places, revealing wisps of pale golden liquid, roaring for a long time with the creaking sound of two pieces of metal rubbing.

But they didn't find any enemies, so they could only helplessly fall into silence, swallowing the spirit iron ore on the cliff to heal their wounds.

"Not bad, peak Qi Condensation has the ability to threaten Foundation Establishment."

Seven or eight hundred meters away, a pair of invisible, transparent eyes praised.

"Metal-attribute exotic insect, the Immortal Sect has very little research in this area; the most authoritative is the Ten Thousand Wan Shou Xianzong among the Nine Great Immortal Sects outside the realm."

Jiang Ding recalled a book he had read in his spiritual sense.

"Ten Thousand Beast Exotic Insect List"!

This was a sect classic of the opponent captured by the Immortal Sect during the war, recording three hundred and sixty exotic insects that the Ten Thousand Wan Shou Xianzong considered to have the most potential.

"Three hundred and thirty-first, Iron-Swallowing Insect, ancient exotic species, already extinct, fierce temperament, unruly, likes to swallow spirit gold ore, then absorb a little, and excrete purified spirit gold, piling it into a tower, buried deep underground, used to hatch offspring."

These insects looked very similar to the Iron-Swallowing Insect recorded in the Ten Thousand Beast Exotic Insect List.

"Miner."

Jiang Ding gave it a label.

"Reserve it, it might be useful to the Immortal Sect."

Clang!

The Taiqing flying sword left its sheath, descending instantly above the thirteen golden-armored exotic insects, terrifying sword intent suppressing them, making their roaring and struggling stiffen.

Sword leaving the sheath, inevitable exposure.

Jiang Ding revealed his figure, arriving at the pitted edge of the cliff, opening a jade box, putting the thirteen golden-armored exotic insects into it, and spreading his spiritual sense.

Sure enough, in the middle of the cliff, he found a spirit gold small mountain piled into a tower shape, the size of a table, with thousands of ant-like golden insect eggs attached to it, a full thousand of them.

"Purified Tier 2 spirit gold, Gold Spirit Iron, such a large piece, the value should be over a hundred thousand."

Jiang Ding's toes touched the ground.

Hum!

Strands of pale blue sword Qi were generated, dense and numerous, surging into the cliff, following the hole to crush the blocking rock into powder, revealing the table-sized Tier 2 Gold Spirit Iron inside.

"Collect!"

Jiang Ding waved his hand, collecting the Gold Spirit Iron and the nearly thousand insect eggs attached to it, putting them into the gold pendant passed down by the previous Supreme Elder, Gold Lotus True Person.

This gold pendant passed down by the Seven Feathers Sect was much more advanced than his storage jade pendant and could hold living things.

"Four days..."

In such a short time, he had collected spirit gold worth over a hundred thousand spirit stones, plus exotic insects that were clearly good materials for miners.

Jiang Ding didn't feel much joy, his face gloomy.

In these few days, he had searched this place full of mist, collecting a large amount of rare Tier 2 spirit medicine, even Gold Jade Sesame had accumulated to sixteen flowers.

There was spirit medicine with a total value of four or five million.

However, he still hadn't found any rare spirit fruit capable of granting a spirit body to a mortal!

"Is the opportunity insufficient, or is there none here at all?"

Jiang Ding muttered to himself.

Five million low-grade spirit stones, not counting the factor that high-tier items could not be purchased with simple spirit stones, was almost comparable to the net worth of a Foundation Establishment cultivator.

I don't know if this kind of rare spirit fruit can be bought in the Immortal Sect?

If the other party doesn't accept spirit stones, and only wants to trade with Tier 3 items, what then?

This was still if it existed.

In these few years, he had searched the Banyan Tree trading network many times, and there was simply nothing similar for sale!

Bang!

In the distance, another spell spiritual light, a sword-shaped mark.

This kind of mark had appeared many times; it was a signal sent by Seven Feathers Sect disciples to contact him after discovering the things he had offered a reward for, having occurred thirty-two times before.

Nothing gained.

They were all similar things, useless to him.

Jiang Ding didn't blame them.

Except for two times that were too outrageous, completely calling him over for help, he would give the things he found to the other party and praise them greatly.

As for the deceptive ones, he ignored them.

An invisible escape light flew across the sky.

After crossing several dozen kilometers, he arrived at a grassy area and stopped, his gaze fixed on the grass.

"Han Lin?"

Jiang Ding was slightly surprised, revealing his figure, and perking up a bit.

Although this person's aptitude was a bit poor, he had always been reliable in doing things, at least everything he had been entrusted with was so.

"Greetings, Little Martial Uncle-Grandmaster!"

On the grass, lifting a piece of hazy gray cloth, a young man with an ordinary appearance revealed his figure.

"What is it?"

Jiang Ding glanced at the gray cloth in his hand.

It seemed to have the effect of shielding the spiritual sense of Foundation Establishment cultivators; he didn't know how Han Lin, with low aptitude and cultivation, only Qi Condensation Level 7, had obtained it.

However, he never asked about other people's privacy, glancing over it once.

"This disciple discovered something suspected to be a grass-wood spirit fruit."

Han Lin said respectfully.

"Lead the way." Jiang Ding was already used to it, saying indifferently: "As long as it's not intentional deception, it doesn't matter if it's wrong."

"This disciple is seven or eight percent sure!"

Han Lin said solemnly, but then hesitated, struggling with something.

He didn't speak for a long time.

Jiang Ding looked at him quietly.

"There are two grass-wood spirit fruits, this disciple wants one!"

Han Lin thought for a long time, gritted his teeth and said.

If it were someone else, he would definitely not dare to do so, as it would lead to death.

But this one seemed trustworthy.

"Oh?"

The voice seemed a bit surprised.

Han Lin's back felt cold instantly, feeling great regret; he shouldn't have been blinded by the spirit fruit and exposed his huge abnormality of giving up three Foundation Establishment Pills.

Instinctively, he was about to activate a talisman treasure to flee.

"Good."

But next, without any other questioning, he just agreed.

"Thank you, Proprietor!"

Han Lin felt warm in his heart, his body relaxed, and he bowed in thanks.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 225 =====