Chapter 1438: Research Strategies

While everyone was cultivating, Ye Liuyun released a clone, cloaked in an Invisibility Cloak, and went separately to the Bear Cave and Tiger Den to search, finding many ferocious beasts' core pills, presumably stored for cultivation.

He also found a few energy‑rich herbs.

After their True Essence had all recovered, Ye Liuyun did not keep anything to himself, brought out everything he had found, and distributed it among everyone according to contribution.

He earned the most merit for killing the ferocious beasts, so he received the largest share. The herbs were all given to Luo Yun, to have her refine the pills, after which everyone would share them.

Guo Da helped set up a Formation to prevent the scent from leaking while Luo Yun refined the pills.

While Luo Yun was refining the pills, Ye Liuyun held a ferocious beast's core pill in his hand, absorbing it while roasting the beast meat he had collected over the calculated time, using it as food for everyone.

"Are you not going to have any problems absorbing it directly?" Luo Yun was very surprised when she saw it.

Inside a ferocious beast's core pill lies a highly volatile, fierce aura that must be purified before use.

But Ye Liuyun can absorb it directly, so she naturally found it strange.

"If I told you that directly absorbing a ferocious beast's core pill lets me control the beast better, would you believe me?" Ye Liuyun asked with a smile.

Luo Yun hesitated and said nothing.

"If I believe you, I'll become a ghost!" Meng Zhangxing said outright.

"Ha ha!" Ye Liuyun laughed as well. He then explained to Luo Yun, "My condition is special; I can absorb directly!"

Meng Zhangxing, hearing this, immediately asked, "Then can I trade my ferocious beast's core pill for your pill?"

Ye Liuyun gladly agreed, "Sure, you can all trade with me. I don't rely on pills for cultivation anyway. Give me the pills, and I'll keep them to exchange for other resources!"

Thus, everyone used their ferocious beast core pills to take Ye Liuyun's pills.

After the pills were refined, they stayed a while longer, took the pills to boost their strength. Ye Liuyun also seized the chance to quickly absorb the ferocious beast core pills.

After that, they continued deeper into the forest sea.

A few days later, the ferocious beasts they faced were all Heavenly Venerable Fourth.

"What is the highest level of ferocious beasts here?" Ye Liuyun asked Meng Zhangxing.

"I don't know either! I didn't even reach this place last time!" Meng Zhangxing replied honestly.

"Could there be Heavenly Venerable Ninth ferocious beasts?" Luo Yun asked.

"I think the possibility is great!" Meng Zhangxing said.

"What about beasts of even higher realms?" Ye Liuyun followed up.

"That's impossible! This world's energy can't support such high‑level beings!" Meng Zhangxing said directly.

Ye Liuyun nodded, thinking to himself, "The resources of this world seem even scarcer than those of Zhongyang Dalu! So likewise, there are no Divine Rank masters. I wonder whether Martial Cultivators here, after reaching Heavenly Venerable Ninth, also need to ascend to Divine Rank?"

While he was speculating, Meng Zhangxing continued, "Our ultimate expedition site is related to this. It is said that there, Martial Cultivators of Heavenly Venerable Ninth ascend to the Divine Rank realm. But where they went afterward, no one knows!"

"Is there a fixed place to ascend to the Divine Realm?" Ye Liuyun asked curiously.

"I don't know either! But it is said that every Martial Cultivator of Heavenly Venerable Ninth, upon reaching peak cultivation, feels a summons from there," Meng Zhangxing explained.

"What is that place called?" Guo Da asked.

"The book I read records the name as Tongtian Valley. However, the locals call it Death Valley, because indeed those who enter never come out alive," Meng Zhangxing explained.

"Then should we still go?" Luo Yun asked, puzzled.

"That's just the locals' saying! At least the book I read was written by someone who went to Tongtian Valley! That shows that some people do come out alive; the locals just don't know," Meng Zhangxing explained.

"Tongtian Valley? Divine Realm? Could it be a passage to the Divine Realm?" Ye Liuyun guessed wildly in his mind.

"Let's be practical! When we encounter Heavenly Venerable Fourth beasts, what do we do?" Guo Da asked.

They also discovered that Ye Liuyun's strength could barely handle Heavenly Venerable Triple beasts; dealing with Heavenly Venerable Fourth beasts depended on the opponent's situation.

If Ye Liuyun happened to have a countering ability, there was no problem. But if the opponent lacked a clear weakness, Ye Liuyun could only endure with his body until the opponent drained his True Essence.

"First use treasures and ferocious beasts. When the realms get higher, we can only use Spiritual Soul Attacks!" Ye Liuyun stated his strategy outright.

"Treasures?" Guo Da looked at Ye Liuyun with puzzlement.

None of them had ever seen Ye Liuyun use any treasure.

Coincidentally, Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense just detected a Heavenly Venerable Fourth giant python crawling toward them.

"We'll use it for practice," Ye Liuyun said, pulling out the Vajra Divine Bow.

At the same time, the clone was inside the Space World testing the Hunting Demon Bow.

Now he can fully draw the Hunting Demon Bow, but his Mysterious Origin is emptied with each draw.

"It seems my Mysterious Origin is still insufficient! When I have surplus, that will mean I can unleash the Hunting Demon Bow's full power!" Ye Liuyun thought.

He cannot yet exert the Hunting Demon Bow's full power, but he is very proficient with the Vajra Divine Bow.

Facing the crawling python, he raised his hand and shot six arrows in succession.

Moreover, those arrows seemed not to be aimed at the python's head.

"Uh… your archery…" Meng Zhangxing, seeing Ye Liuyun's technique, was about to say it was poor, but then realized that three of the arrows hit the snake's head and three hit its heart.

The arrows flew in different directions, curving to strike. Even the python didn't expect to be hit.

At first it thought it was just an illusion.

Just as Ye Liuyun released the arrows, the python felt locked on, but since the arrows were not directly aimed at it, the locking sensation was weak.

This is because the python's intuition is stronger, allowing it to sense it. Other beasts wouldn't even feel locked.

The python's head was smashed on the spot, and a huge hole was shot through its heart.

Ye Liuyun's realm is not a match for Heavenly Venerable Fourth directly, but with the power of bow and arrow, shooting Heavenly Venerable Fourth beasts is no problem.

"... Really impressive!"

Meng Zhangxing swallowed his saliva and forced the latter half of what he was about to say to change.

"A Formation that locks onto the target?" Guo Da asked excitedly.

"Yes! No need for me to know any archery technique; just shoot directly!" Ye Liuyun confirmed.