Chapter 163

"The contribution points for this medicine will be calculated after we go back."

Cloud Retainer and Lisa nodded and recorded what Jiang Yan said.

On Keqing's side, she also carefully collected it into a jade bottle.

Ganyu looked at the Star Spirit Grass with nostalgia, but thinking that this thing was still common, she would always have a chance to taste it.

Simply, she withdrew her gaze, walked to Jiang Yan's side, and said softly:

"Sect Master, where are we approximately now? Where should we go next?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yan shook his head with a smile.

"If you want to know the specific location, I can tell you, but as for where to go..."

"You decide for yourselves. This is your trial. I will only provide some information and will not make decisions for you."

"As for this place, it is the southern border of the Northern Land Wasteland of the Nine Nether Secret Realm."

"Going further north from the Northern Land Wasteland is the extreme cold permafrost, to the east is the ocean, and the far west is the desert."

"The location to the south, strictly speaking, is the most central area of the Nine Nether Secret Realm."

"Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range."

These place names made everyone somewhat confused.

Only the Ten Thousand Demon Mountain Range in the central area...

This name sounds dangerous as soon as you hear it.

But even if they know the name now...

They don't know how to choose.

Jiang Yan saw everyone's confusion, pondered for a moment, and continued:

"Each area of the Nine Nether Secret Realm has special resources. Taking the extreme cold permafrost as an example, there are plenty of spirit medicines that are suitable for growing in extreme cold areas."

"There are many mineral spirit materials in the far west."

"There are also many spirit medicines in the ocean that only grow in the sea."

"In general, each area naturally has resources that can make you have a bumper harvest."

As soon as the voice fell, Ningguang asked the most critical question.

"Sect Master, what about the dangers in each area? Which area is relatively safe?"

"Safe?"

Jiang Yan chuckled, shook his head and said:

"In the Nine Nether Secret Realm, there is no absolute safety. Even if there seem to be no monsters in the location where you are now, it is only temporary."

"This is a paradise for monsters and a forbidden land for humans."

"Each area has great demons at the Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation stage, and even the central area is basically the sphere of influence of demon kings."

"Of course, the further you go to the central area, the more abundant the corresponding resources will be. Besides this..."

"If you can kill great demons and demon kings, these existences naturally have their own heritage, and they also have many treasures."

"Those great demons have hunted many human cultivators in the past, and no one is sure how many magic treasures and techniques they have."

"This is also a good way for you to instantly obtain more resources when exploring the Nine Nether Secret Realm."

"Besides this, there are the bodies, blood, inner cores, etc. of the monsters themselves, which are the materials most valued by cultivators."

"Whether it is alchemy or artifact refining, monsters are one of the best sources of materials."

"Many high-tier pills and magic treasures have the most important ingredient as materials from powerful monsters."

Upon hearing this, everyone's mood was somewhat complicated.

Jiang Yan spoke lightly, but those few words revealed the cruel fact of the struggle between humans and demons in the cultivation world.

Between cultivators and monsters, there seems to be a cruel food chain, destined to fight endlessly, with no possibility of peaceful coexistence.

And they are now about to embark on this path. Perhaps they will kill a large number of monsters.

From them, they will get the gifts of the predecessor cultivators who died in the hands of monsters, and get the materials of the monsters.

Perhaps one day they will die in the hands of monsters, and then wait for the younger generation of cultivators to kill the monsters and take away their final relics.

This is an infinite cycle of death that no one can escape.

Zhongli and the others cannot resist this cycle. They are just the most insignificant lower-level cultivators in the cultivation world.

There is no need to have this kind of thought.

Instead of thinking about these useless things, it is better to think about how to kill these monsters, obtain more resource exchanges, and obtain contribution points.

The problem at hand is that although the things obtained in each area are different, the value is similar.

If it were other cultivators, perhaps compared to sect contribution points, they would care more about techniques, magic treasures, etc. that can be searched from this secret realm.

But for the current crowd, the priority of contribution points is higher than everything else.

Their strength is still somewhat weak at present, and if they really get something, they probably won't be able to use it.

In contrast, it is most appropriate to exchange things with points in the Merit Hall.

The pills and magic treasures in there are all the treasures most suitable for their current stage.

Therefore, if contribution points are the first goal, it seems that it doesn't make much difference where to explore.

The only thing that needs to be cared about is the safety of the target area.

Only in places that are safer to explore will more resources be harvested.

After figuring this out, everyone immediately understood how to choose a location.

Ningguang looked up, her eyes bright as she looked at Jiang Yan's projection.

"Sect Master, can the information about the powerful monster forces in each area be told?"

Jiang Yan looked at Ningguang calmly for a moment, then the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he smiled:

"Naturally."

"But it is a pity that there is no area that is safe."

105. The extremely dangerous Nine Nether Secret Realm, a forbidden zone for life?

"On the current Northern Land Wasteland, although you have not encountered any monsters at present."

"But according to the information I have obtained, the Northern Land Wasteland is ruled by the Howling Moon Sky Wolf clan."

"The Howling Moon Sky Wolf clan has a huge number. Except for the newly born wolf cubs, as long as they are adults, they have at least the cultivation of the early stage of Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation."

"The Howling Moon Sky Wolf clan is vengeful. If the number is huge, it is definitely the monster group that gives people the most headache in the cultivation world."

"The Howling Moon Sky Wolf clan in the Northern Land Wasteland is conservatively estimated to have thousands of heads, which means at least thousands of strong people with Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation cultivation."

"The patriarch of the Howling Moon Sky Wolf group in the Northern Land Wasteland, Howling Moon, has the cultivation of the peak of Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation."

"How many great demons with Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation cultivation are under his command is temporarily unknown, but it is definitely not zero."

Jiang Yan calmly explained the situation on the Northern Land Wasteland, and everyone suddenly felt like they were on pins and needles.

The Northern Land Wasteland, which originally felt safe, suddenly became a burial ground.

The option of the Northern Land Wasteland was immediately crossed out by everyone.

Just one demon king at the peak of Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation is fine.

As long as you hide a little, there is actually a chance to fish in troubled waters.

But if it is a demon king at the peak of Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation, with many great demons at the Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation stage under his command.

Plus thousands of monster groups.

It's fine if they are not discovered.

Once discovered, there is basically no accident in the result.

Even if it is discovered by an inconspicuous Howling Moon Sky Wolf at the Essence Refinement and Qi Transformation stage.

It is estimated that this exploration of the Nine Nether Secret Realm can be declared over.

A demon king with a group is the enemy that everyone is most unwilling to deal with.

Not to mention that they can't beat the demon king, once the war starts, they probably won't talk about any morality with them.

If they can fight in groups, they will never fight alone.

Ask yourself, if it were them, they would also make such a choice.

Northern Land Wasteland, cross it out!

Even the extreme cold permafrost north of the Northern Land Wasteland is removed.

Going to either side probably requires crossing the Northern Land Wasteland, which is not something they can do now.

"Sect Master, what about the far west?"