Chapter 52: Seeking Spirits and Finding Herbs

One week later.

As the shanty town quickly moved past the impact of the typhoon disaster, the corpses of the victims collected from various places had also almost all been buried.

Seeing that there were only forty-some corpses today, the gravediggers, who had been toiling for a week, finally felt they could catch their breath.

It was at this moment that Du En found Ren Li, who had just sat down cross-legged.

"Supervisor Ren, give me the approximate location."

Since the work of burying corpses was no longer heavy, Du En could leave to carry out Ren Li's spirit-seeking commission.

"I originally thought you would wait until tomorrow to come and ask me for it."

With practiced ease, a large, hard earth bullet the size of a bowl appeared a few feet from the tips of his fingers, then suddenly erupted and shot out.

Du En walked into this valley area, weaving his way into one of the secluded valleys.

Animal bones and human bones were mixed together.

It was not very conspicuous; using the corpse as nourishment, it had sprouted three or four leaves, swaying slightly in the cold wind, invisibly drawing in and breathing in the spiritual energy.

Very quickly, he saw a familiar sight.

"Hmm, the practiced Sand-Raising Technique, but its offensive power is still a bit lacking."

That group of silent, secluded valleys still sat quietly upon the earth.

At this moment, he was nearly eight feet tall, his physique mighty and burly, moving silently in the darkness, looking just like a general's mountain idol patrolling the territory under his rule.

Pfft, pfft, pfft, pfft...

It was just right to use this to actually test how his current methods really were.

A sturdy, fierce tiger with gray fur, black stripes, and deep blue eyes.

Yet, within this silence, there seemed to exist something subtly different.

"Stealing it away directly shouldn't be a problem, but this demon beast tiger..."

Hearing that *whoosh* sound, the demon tiger, ignoring the blood all over its face and its vision being stolen, wanted to struggle and leap up to dodge first.

This was the Earth Armor Technique at the Small Success stage, and not just any ordinary Small Success stage Earth Armor Technique.

Even if what he eventually found wasn't Corpse-Yin Grass, it should be something else, some other spiritual object.

"Awoo—"

And so, Du En set off.

"So that's how it is..."

Continuing to move forward, one could see a large pile of white bones accumulated in the narrow gap of the valley in the distance.

Increased the number of appraisal practice attempts by four.

There were no beasts or demon beasts, only human ones, and they were all human corpses that looked familiar to Du En, bearing traces of water blisters.

Because the secluded valley was cold and clear, the rate of corpse decay was not fast, so there was no need to worry about them becoming unappetizing later.

"It is naturally better for me if it's earlier, hmm, listen well, the approximate location is at..."

"Calling it 'approximate' really is approximate."

Although he was only at the beginner stage now, Du En's cultivation method was profound!

And in the very center, there were decaying corpses.

Quietly circulating his energy and casting his spell, a glimmer of earthy yellow light appeared in his pupils, making his vision brighter and clearer, allowing him to capture some clues that were usually invisible.

Ren Li didn't have any nonsense, directly and clearly stating the approximate location.

Because there is an interactive relationship between cultivation base, cultivation method, and spells, the abundance of cultivation mana and the depth of mastery over the cultivation method would have feedback effects on the strength of the spells.

Du En wandered through this secluded valley, following the spiritual traces.

Ren Li said this, looking at the others.

It should be a first-rank mid-stage demon tiger.

The dead from the typhoon's passage?

Because they were scattered and flew into the mountain forest, they were carried over?

Du En shifted his gaze, fixing it on the main subject.

They were there, forcing themselves to keep their spirits up, putting on a show of not needing to worry about them.

Heading in the southwest direction, restraining his breath and moving forward, he walked for sixty or seventy miles before arriving at a valley area.

Arriving here, the distance was already close.

It was broken.

【Spirit-Seeking (Beginner 0/10)】

Amidst a cry of pain, it suddenly jumped up, turned around, and was met head-on by a handful of sand rushing toward it.

Therefore, he followed the differences that had already emerged—which were actually quite clear—and began his advance.

Stepping on the earth, that subtle inconsistency immediately became obvious.

The gray-black demon tiger could not help but cry out in pain.

Starting from the top of his head, a three-finger-thick earth armor covered him down, like wearing heavy, strong armor; it was sharp-edged, not like mud paste, but like metal refined, finally interlocking when he moved and landed, with even a layer of translucent earth shell falling over his eyes.

A piece of a corpse lay scattered on the ground.

Du En's thoughts stirred, choosing to slide his feet and land on a tree, his body slamming down rapidly like a rolling stone from a high mountain, yet upon landing, he was gently supported by the yellow earth ground.

Moreover, since he had already seen and discovered it, he had to try and see if he could catch it, take the meat, and cook it into a spiritual meal.

The Corpse-Yin Grass was completely pulled out, and the gray-black demon tiger immediately sensed it; a tail sprang up and lashed out first, like a steel whip, whistling as it struck.

Du En thought silently, raising his hand again to use the Earth Bullet Technique.

Without a doubt, it was exactly a first-rank mid-grade spiritual object, Corpse-Yin Grass.

Once the decision was made, to avoid any accidents, Du En first quietly leaped up, landed silently, and behind the demon tiger that was eating happily, he plucked the Corpse-Yin Grass first.

He silently looked at it again, quickly making a judgment.

Du En gazed and scanned calmly, silently recalling in his heart the information regarding spirit-seeking and tracking that he had once obtained from an unidentified corpse in the woods.

Although he was already using the Breath Concealment Technique, for the sake of caution, a layer of Yellow Earth Armor began to cover his body as he moved forward.

Bang, crack—

The sunlight was blocked by layers upon layers of trees; inside, it was dark and cold, the humidity was not high, and it exuded a sense of chill.

Du En watched it eating happily, then moved silently, climbing and winding along the cliff to reach another angle, where he could immediately see that behind this unidentified demonic tiger beast, a few stalks of grass were growing.

It was not a good place.

It was lying on those corpses, opening its blood-filled maw, munching on the corpses with a smacking sound, eating quite joyfully, and even being a bit picky, opening the abdomen first to eat the heart, liver, and internal organs, then putting the remaining torso aside.

Wherever there is a spirit, there must be its traces...

Silently standing atop a tall tree, using the dense branches to conceal his figure, his gaze peered through the gaps, looking at that valley area which remained dim and eerie even under the sunlight.

Last night, Du En spoke to them briefly about this matter, so everyone unanimously expressed that there was no need to worry about them; as long as the corpses did not exceed sixty, it would not be much of a problem, and they could handle it themselves!

Du En weighed their growth over this period; with the help of occasionally cooking spirit meals themselves, it was indeed quite obvious. Now, even after a week of hard labor, they still had energy to spare, so the matter was settled just like that.

Combining the cultivation method of a master, the Earth Element resonance brought about by it allowed Du En to grasp the key points of spirit-seeking, successfully breaking into it and thereby learning this skill.

Spirit-seeking, as the name implies, is to seek spirit traces and find spirit tracks.

Corpses.

One secluded valley after another, one deep expanse after another; the dense forest presented a deep green color, silently absorbing the sunlight.

Fine sand plastered directly onto its face, splashing up sprays of blood.

It did not dodge; its two front and back legs on one side were successively pierced and exploded by the earth bullets, even the tough demonic bones were shattered.

"Roar..."

Falling to the ground with a thud, this gray-black demonic tiger wailed, having clearly realized that this person who had snuck in to steal the grass and launch the sneak attack was no petty thief, but clearly a fierce person capable of killing it by force!

(End of this chapter)