Chapter 103: Repelling the Enemy and Succeeding

After receiving Wu Jiang's message, Qin Ming immediately activated his Spirit Light Shuttle, transforming into a streak of green rainbow that vanished into the horizon.

The Dragon Scale Island Wu Jiang mentioned was not particularly far from this location.

After flying for over an hour, Qin Ming arrived at the scene.

On a nameless small island near Dragon Scale Island.

Four or five Qi Cultivation cultivators were surrounding Wu Jiang and two others, their faces filled with mockery.

The leader among them was a middle-aged cultivator at the late stage of Qi Cultivation, wearing the attire of the Yu family from Bicang Island.

His cheekbones protruded high, his figure was gaunt, and his eyes were sinister as he stared at Wu Jiang and said, "Aren't you quite the capable one, kid?"

"Fine! You three get in there first!"

Wu Jiang glanced toward a cave entrance not far away on the small island, his expression tense as he swallowed hard and said, "Yu Pinghai, don't do anything rash!"

"We have already sent messages calling for reinforcements."

Yu Pinghai of Bicang Island spoke with a sinister tone:

"What use is saying these things now?"

"I have been lying in ambush here for over ten days, finally seizing the opportunity to set a lure trap and draw that giant python beast out of its cave."

"If it weren't for you few arrogant brats who don't know the height of the sky and depth of the earth interfering,"

"startling that giant python beast and causing it to return to its lair early,"

"would things have developed like this?"

Wu Jiang's face also looked extremely ugly; if he hadn't accidentally learned from another friend that a spiritual material called 'Stone Milk Spirit Lotus' existed within this cave,

he would never have rashly ventured in here.

The aura emitted by that giant python beast was clearly that of a late-stage Tier One beast; if the three of them, all at the mid-stage of Qi Cultivation, entered, they would surely die.

Moreover, the situation inside the cave was unknown; what if there was more than just this one beast? Wu Jiang was extremely anxious in his heart, and being surrounded by people from Bicang Island, he found himself in a dilemma of being unable to advance or retreat.

"Hmph! Do you want me to personally take action and throw you all in there?" Yu Pinghai seemed to be losing patience as well.

He immediately nodded, signaling the Yu family members beside him to act.

The expressions of Wu Jiang and his two companions changed drastically.

Just then.

Whoosh! A streak of green light from afar landed here in the blink of an eye.

The figure of a young cultivator with an ordinary appearance materialized.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, apologies for arriving slightly late," Qin Ming landed beside Wu Jiang and said indifferently.

He then glanced at Yu Pinghai and his group opposite him, showing not the slightest concern.

"Fellow Daoist Qin! It's not late at all! You arrived at the perfect time!" Seeing Qin Ming arrive, Wu Jiang's face lit up with joy, and the heart hanging in his chest finally settled.

The situation just now had been truly critical.

The people from Bicang Island opposite them also withdrew their hands, revealing expressions of apprehension.

When Yu Pinghai saw clearly that the newcomer was Qin Ming, his face turned extremely ugly.

When Yu Pinghai saw clearly that the newcomer was Qin Ming, his expression grew even more unsightly.

Back when everyone had flocked to contend for the ownership of Wangyue Island, he had also joined the fray.

He had also witnessed Qin Ming's strength with his own eyes.

In the end, even someone as powerful as Zhao Chanzhen, who was at the perfect stage of Qi Cultivation, chose to surrender.

With such strength, he himself had no confidence in defeating the other party.

Yu Pinghai and the others retreated a few steps, then after hesitating for a moment, he said, "Could it be that Fellow Daoist Qin also intends to meddle in this matter?"

"I give you five breaths to get lost; otherwise, you go in there and scout the path for me as well," Qin Ming said in a plain tone, as if discussing something of no consequence.

Upon hearing this, the expression on Yu Pinghai's face turned the color of a pig's liver, like a jar of sauce overturned.

He hesitated for two breaths.

Gritting his teeth, he spat out a single word: "Go!"

Then, not daring to look back even once, he led his clansmen away quickly.

Immediately daring not to glance back even once, he led his clansmen away in haste.

A member of the Yu family asked with great reluctance, "Are we really just leaving like this?"

"There are five of us, and that kid—"

"There are five of us, yet that young lad..."

"Where did you get such confidence from?"

"Even Young Master Zhao chose to keep his distance from that person; how could the likes of us hope to contend with him?"

"Or is your head just too hard?"

"Do you want to test the potency of Yin Thunder Seeds?" Yu Pinghai turned back to scold that clansman, then added, "Let him frolic for a while longer."

"Once we obtain the Foundation Establishment Pill promised by the Zhao family and the family head breaks through to the Foundation Establishment stage, we will settle today's humiliation!"

"I heard that this kid only has a four-element pseudo-spirit root; he has almost no hope of reaching Foundation Establishment in his entire life."

"Even if he grows spiritual plants exceptionally well, so what?"

"His current cultivation level is most likely achieved by relying on pills for a rapid breakthrough."

"Although his combat prowess is sharp, that is only temporary."

Upon hearing this, the Yu family members remained silent and followed Yu Pinghai as they accelerated their departure.

Upon hearing this, the members of the Yu family fell completely silent and followed Yu Pinghai as he accelerated his departure.

On the other side, on the nameless small island.

On the other side, on a nameless small island.

"Fellow Daoist Qin, the Stone-Milk Spirit Lotus you collected is inside, but that beastly creature has returned to its lair."

It will probably be difficult to retrieve it now.

Wu Jiang spoke to Qin Ming, then proceeded to introduce his two good friends.

Those two had also witnessed how a single sentence from Qin Ming had frightened away the five people from Bicang Island.

They greeted him with utmost respect.

"It matters not; I will go in and take a look. You three wait outside," Qin Ming instructed before leaping into the air and entering the cave.

Wu Jiang and his two companions stood dumbfounded.

"This Fellow Daoist Qin... surely nothing will happen to him, right?"

"But there is a late-stage Tier-One beastly creature inside!"

"Uh... given Fellow Daoist Qin's strength, he should be fine, I suppose."

After entering the cave, Qin Ming expanded his divine sense, observing the terrain as he advanced deeper.

He discovered this was actually a natural limestone cave.

The further inward he went, the more spacious the area became.

After advancing several hundred zhang, he halted his steps.

Under the scrutiny of his powerful divine sense, he detected a massive python, a late-stage Tier-One beast, coiled at the very bottom of the cave.

It was fully over ten zhang in length.

Beside this giant python lay the skeletal remains of a giant crocodile beast, and not far away was a clutch of crocodile eggs, which the python was currently sucking dry.

It seemed the python had taken over the magpie's nest.

Qin Ming deliberated briefly, confirmed there were no other dangers within, then narrowed his eyes and flashed downward.

The giant python beast clearly sensed someone entering.

Flicking its long, forked tongue, it surged toward Qin Ming.

Simultaneously, it spat a stream of acidic fluid directly at Qin Ming.

With a single agile step, Qin Ming easily dodged the attack.

Seizing the opportunity, he curled his finger and flicked; a needle-sharp ray of Innate True Qi shot forth, piercing straight through the vital spot beneath its seventh scale.

The giant python let out a mournful cry and collapsed instantly.

A late-stage beast that would terrify cultivators outside was dealt with by him in no time at all.

He had expended almost no effort.

He then skinned the giant python and stored the hide, as it was an excellent material for artifact refining.

Qin Ming carefully inspected the corpse and found no beast core within the giant python; since he could not carry away such a massive carcass of flesh and blood, he decided to leave it for Wu Jiang to handle later.

He then shifted his gaze to the water pool in the center of the limestone cave.

Inside bloomed four or five spirit lotuses, white as jade.

These were precisely the Stone-Milk Spirit Lotuses, one of the scarce auxiliary ingredients required to refine Foundation Establishment Pills.

A look of joy crossed Qin Ming's face; he uprooted them all and placed them into a specially prepared container he had ready, sealing them for preservation.

With the spirit herb secured, Qin Ming was just about to send a transmission talisman to call the people outside in.

However, when his gaze fell upon the clutch of eggs left half-eaten by the giant python beast...

He froze.

For among them lay a single huge gray egg, resting quietly on its side, having escaped disaster.

Qin Ming walked over and examined it closely with his divine sense.

Upon seeing this, his face instantly erupted with ecstatic joy.

"A mutated Earth-grade bloodline!"

(End of Chapter)