Chapter 274: Longevity: My Farming-Style Cultivation Is Too Steady Chapter 274 Stone Cave (Thanks to [User 4762266024] for the Charac

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Protagonist:

Xu Zhangqing

Seeing that night was almost upon them, staying any longer would likely bring danger.

Therefore, they gave up on killing all the Green-backed Wolves, and after regaining their senses, they all rushed toward the Hunter Demon Juli.

Xu Zhangqing swept his divine sense over the area, stowing the massive Wolf King corpse into the Lightly Vitality Gourd, then followed behind Chi Hu and the others, transforming into a streak of firelight and speeding away.

Awoo~

Awoo-woo~

Awoo-awoo~

With the Wolf King dead, the remaining Green-backed Wolves let out mournful, piercing howls.

Their gazes toward Xu Zhangqing and the others were ferocious beyond measure.

Ten li was nothing for cultivators, requiring little time.

Not long after, the view ahead suddenly opened up to a large empty space, followed immediately by an incomparably huge Stone Cave standing before them.

Chi Hu pointed with his finger and shouted: "The gathering place is right ahead!"

This Stone Cave had originally been the old nest of the demon Nine-Headed Blood Python. Though not a top-tier ferocious beast, it possessed the ability to control miasma and poison fog, killing countless loose cultivators and even wiping out three or more Hunter Demon Teams.

Later, under the leadership of Dongqing City Golden Core True Person Wang Lin, all the Hunter Demon Teams joined forces to slay this Nine-Headed Blood Python, which had cultivated for a thousand years and nearly become a terrifying Great Demon.

Afterward, everyone discovered this place could resist the Ying Ying Zha that appeared in the Black Forest at night, so it gradually became the gathering place for all Hunter Demon Teams.

At this moment, the sky darkened, and an inexplicable chill emerged.

Xu Zhangqing, Ling Mo, and the others couldn't help but turn to look behind them.

They saw the Black Forest was deathly silent, then a faint green light appeared in the depths, followed by boundless miasma spreading with no discernible pattern.

At times it was like a surging tide, rushing forward to attack.

At other times it was like slender tentacles, winding and twisting as it spread in all directions, attempting to drag everything it touched into the green abyss.

Such a sight caused Xu Zhangqing and the others, seeing it for the first time, to all change color.

Fortunately, at this time, everyone had already arrived at the Hunter Demon Team's gathering place, namely the Stone Cave.

At the entrance, piles of various demon and human bones lay heaped, showing how many lives the former master of this place had devoured.

Inside stood three people, all male loose cultivators.

Each was expressionless, with sharp eyes.

When Chi Hu brought Xu Zhangqing and the other four to prepare to enter, they were actually stopped, and had to register their information first before being allowed inside.

This was mainly to prevent Evil Cultivators from sneaking in.

Anyway, the Ying Ying Zha could not approach the Stone Cave, so everyone was currently relatively safe.

Therefore, there was no flipping faces or anything of the sort; they honestly abided by the rules of this place.

After registering their information, no one stopped them, and then the group of ten walked along the smooth passage toward the depths.

Because a night pearl was inlaid every certain distance, the light here was not dim at all, but exceptionally bright.

After walking over a hundred meters, their eyes first brightened, then suddenly opened up, and a very spacious grotto appeared before everyone, with a square in the middle position.

On the square, dozens of tents sewn from demon hides were distributed in a staggered manner.

On the east side was a notice board, with various tasks posted by Hunter Demon Teams.

On the west side was a trading area enclosed by wooden fences, inside which loose cultivators set up stalls, placing inner cores and materials taken from demon beasts, as well as self-made talismans and forged implements.

On the south side was a consumption area, inside which there were various wines and foods, but all at high prices.

Xu Zhangqing even saw his own High-quality Spirit Rice Wine being sold; this item was very scarce in the gathering place, and one jin sold for 50 Low-grade Spirit Stones.

At the edge of the north side of the square was a deep pool, beside which stood a stone tablet covered in green moss, with the two characters "Poison Abyss" carved on it.

This was the poison source left behind after the Nine-Headed Blood Python died; after so many years, the inside still retained a lethal poison that people could not resist, now sealed by multiple layers of talismans.

Xu Zhangqing swept his divine sense over the area and discovered there were over a hundred people here.

They were all Hunter Demon Teams, or tourists going to visit Huang Yuanhua's Cave Dwelling.

Night fell over the Black Forest, and inside the Stone Cave it was brightly lit.

Everyone gathered in groups of three or five, chatting while amusing themselves.

Chi Hu felt a great sense of relief, swept a glance over everyone, and then said in a deep voice: "Here, as long as no one causes trouble, it will be absolutely safe."

Everyone can find a place to rest, or go to the trading area to take a look.

Of course, if you're willing to spend money, the consumption area is also a good choice."

Several of his team members found random places to sit down.

Some went to the consumption area and bought a jin of inferior wine on the spot.

On the Temporary Team Member side, Xu Zhangqing did not move, still carefully observing.

Ling Mo and the other four were very interested in the trading area and immediately went over.

At this time, Chi Hu brought Deputy Captain Zhang Laizi and female team member Zhou Cui over, and he said gratefully: "Dao Friend Zhu, thank you for saving two of my team members!"

Xu Zhangqing waved his hand: "You're welcome."

Zhou Cui's beautiful eyes flowed, her gaze rather ambiguous: "Dao Friend Zhu, I truly thank you especially; this is my Communication Talisman, we can... communicate privately, okay."

Originally thought this male cultivator named Zhu Rong with a Fire Spirit Root was just an admirer of that Crow Venerable from a thousand years ago, but unexpectedly his strength was so great.

A five-hundred-year-old Wolf King, killed in one move.

This strength was absolutely several levels higher than Team Captain Chi Hu.

Zhang Laizi didn't have so many small moves; he simply pulled a red crystal from his storage bag and said, "I see you're breeding fire crows; this fire spirit crystal happens to be able to feed them."

A fire spirit crystal is the essence condensed when fire spirit qi is too concentrated.

They come in large and small sizes, and the prices vary.

The one in her hand is only the size of a fingernail, and its current market price is about 60 low-grade spirit stones.

Xu Zhangqing avoided Zhou Cui's communication talisman, then took Zhang Laizi's fire spirit crystal: "I thank you on Ya Da's behalf."

Seeing this, Zhou Cui showed a disappointed expression, and secretly thought: "If I could become Dao Companions with this Dao Friend Zhu, I wouldn't have to hunt monsters outside every day, risking my life, and the spirit stones I earn are even fewer and fewer."

Next, everyone began to rest.

Xu Zhangqing was interested in neither the trading area nor the consumption district; he casually found a spot and leaned against it.

"That person is here again!"

"Approaching the poison source every day, he's bound to die sooner or later!"

"I remember, this person seems to be called... Li Chuan?"

As soon as he saw someone approaching the poison source, Xu Zhangqing glanced at them through Ya Da's shared vision.

Li Chuan stood there, a living moving iron-cast fortress.

He stood nearly nine chi tall, with a burly build, shoulders as wide as a door panel, and the blue veins bulging on his arms like coiled dragons.

Such a strong man, yet beneath his two sword eyebrows grew a pair of captivating peach blossom eyes, with slightly upturned outer corners.

But in his eyes now remained only endless hatred.

He even muttered to himself: "Try again... try again..."