CHAPTER 41: CHAPTER 41: IMMUNE TO POISON

Xia Muqing stared at Shen Xuan with a face full of confusion, biting her lip, and finally asked.

A woman’s curiosity is often quite heavy.

"Yes. I just broke through to the Qi Cultivation Fifth Layer. Any problem?"

Shen Xuan said without changing his expression.

After using the Concealing Breath Technique, Qi Cultivation Cultivators could not see through his true cultivation realm.

"No problem." Xia Muqing quickly shook her head.

She thought for a moment and then asked, "Master Shen, is this really your first time hunting?"

"Really. If you don’t believe me, ask Fellow Daoist Zhao." Shen Xuan looked at his teammate with some doubt.

"Aren’t we supposed to quickly deal with this Iron Armor Crocodile? As agreed beforehand, the crocodile blood is mine!"

Zhao Chunsheng awoke as if from a dream.

"Let’s talk later! Come help clean up together! It will be troublesome if we attract other demon beasts!"

The Tie brothers quickly stepped forward to help Zhao Chunsheng tidy up the Iron Armor Crocodile.

Meanwhile, Shen Xuan continued collecting his crocodile blood.

He had specifically bought a new storage pouch to collect demon beast’s blood.

He didn’t want to end up like Zhao Chunsheng, carrying a bucket of blood and reeking of fishy odor.

Wen Zijian and Shi Xiangdong exchanged a glance, their eyes equally full of wonder.

They didn’t step forward but remained on guard nearby.

Xia Muqing watched Shen Xuan curiously as he collected the crocodile blood.

"Iron Armor Crocodile of upper-grade tier one, its skin, teeth, claws, and bones are all excellent refining materials. Crocodile meat can also fetch a good price. In comparison, crocodile blood is the cheapest."

Xia Muqing seemed to be muttering to herself, but she was reminding Shen Xuan.

Hearing this, Shen Xuan felt a slight warmth in his heart.

"Master Shen first collects the crocodile blood. The rest will be divided later when we return." Zhao Chunsheng explained.

As the leader, he had always distributed the spoils based on merit.

With Shen Xuan’s contributions, giving him only the crocodile blood was clearly taking advantage of him.

"It’s fine. As agreed, the crocodile blood is mine. The rest is up to Fellow Daoist Zhao to distribute!"

His primary goal was the water attribute demon beast blood.

Next was to earn spirit stones.

One tree does not make a forest.

He would still rely on his teammates for future demon hunts.

No need to haggle over every trifle.

He also believed Zhao Chunsheng would distribute the spoils fairly.

Otherwise, if people lost heart, the team wouldn’t hold together.

Hearing Shen Xuan express himself like this,

the looks his teammates gave him subtly changed.

Each one full of friendly gratitude.

Zhao Chunsheng and the Tie brothers began dismantling materials from the Iron Armor Crocodile.

Shen Xuan also finished collecting the crocodile blood.

At this time, a group of demon hunting teams approached from afar to watch.

Wen Zijian, standing on a Moon Blade Wheel and holding a Sun Blade Wheel, with a cold face, blocked in front.

The demon hunting cultivators lingered for more than ten breaths.

Seeing that Wen Zijian was not easy to provoke, they finally left quietly.

"When hunting outside, other than teammates, no one is trustworthy!" Xia Muqing explained from the side.

"Fellow Daoist Xia is right." Shen Xuan slightly nodded.

Half an hour later.

The Iron Armor Crocodile was almost completely dismantled.

Only a heap of crocodile meat remained.

The Tie brothers took out two large beast bags and stuffed all the crocodile meat into them.

"Iron Armor Crocodile meat doesn’t taste good. But it is a tier one upper-grade demon beast, and each pound can sell for five or six spirit stones!"

Xia Muqing said with a smile on her face.

This was four hundred pounds of crocodile meat!

Valued at over two thousand spirit stones!

That didn’t even include the price of the crocodile skin, teeth, claws, and bones.

Shen Xuan was secretly amazed.

Hunting demon beasts was unexpectedly profitable!

"This time we were lucky! Usually, it’s hard to hunt such a complete upper-grade beast!"

Zhao Chunsheng vigilantly looked around.

He waved to let Shi Xiangdong use two thin puppet beasts to scout the way.

"Let’s go back! Everyone be careful."

He and the Tie brothers packed with demon beast materials, Wen Zijian naturally took the lead at the front of the group.

Xia Muqing and Shen Xuan walked side by side at the back.

The team of seven cautiously made their way back.

Along the way, they encountered three groups of demon hunting cultivators.

One group even maliciously followed them for a while.

After Wen Zijian exposed their traces, they finally gave up.

This made Shen Xuan deeply understand the hardships of a demon hunter.

They faced not only ferocious demon beasts.

But also humans even more terrifying than demon beasts.

"That’s already good. Everyone’s a demon hunter, and we understand each other’s strength. Unless necessary, we won’t fight!"

Seeing the market entrance in sight, Xia Muqing couldn’t hide her inner joy.

"The most terrifying are the Tribulation Cultivators, who don’t care if you’ve gained anything. To them, cultivators are just spirit stones!"

"And then there are the Demon Cultivators, even more terrifying than Tribulation Cultivators! Soul extraction and refining, necromancy, there’s nothing they won’t do!"

"With this harvest, we can rest for several months!"

The Tie brothers also showed their happiness.

Tie Laoda laughed, "All thanks to Master Shen!"

Tie Laoer grumbled, "Master Shen is a good person!"

Shen Xuan had a black line across his face.

These brothers couldn’t even compliment someone properly.

"We’re all teammates, we agreed to support each other! Fellow Daoist Wen and Fellow Daoist Shi are the most hardworking in the team!"

"Not at all!"

"Just doing our part!"

Wen Zijian and Shi Xiangdong said modestly.

Which made Zhao Chunsheng take a few more glances at them.

These two usually liked to bicker with him, when did they become so easy-going?

Entering the Cyan Dragon Bay Market, everyone completely relaxed.

The remaining matters were left to Zhao Chunsheng and the others to handle.

Shen Xuan went home first.

To report the good news to Jiang Xueqi, the demon hunting team was safe, and they managed to hunt an upper-grade beast as hoped.

Afterwards, he enjoyed a comfortable hot bath in the bathhouse, washing away the dust and grime.

The first hunting trip, thrilling yet without danger.

And gained many valuable experiences.

Compared to the ferocity of demon beasts, the treacherous hearts of people were even more sinister.

He also had a clearer understanding of his own power.

On land, with many talents supporting him, his attack power was comparable to perfection in Qi Cultivation!

As for in the water, though untested, his power was increased tenfold compared to usual practice!

Shen Xuan guessed that in the water, he could face a Foundation Establishment Cultivator of other attributes.

Despite having longevity, self-healing, Iron Bone talents strengthening his physique.

But with age, the weakening of vitality is inevitable.

"I still need to reach perfection in Qi Cultivation quickly and impact Foundation Establishment!"

Shen Xuan pondered.

He had a keen sense of his lifespan and physical condition.

"Strive to achieve Foundation Establishment before ninety years old!"

Suddenly inspired, he made a decision.

An old steed in the stable, still ambitious to journey a thousand miles!

He wanted to grow stronger with age and become an everlasting tree in the immortal realm, achieving longevity and enlightenment!

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After taking a hot bath, Shen Xuan’s mind was clear.

After restoring his spiritual power, he had a friendly match with his beloved wife Ding Yuyao.

Ding Yuyao had been married to him for eight years.

She had completely transformed.

From the young girl of the past to a graceful and charming beauty.

Shed her innocence, matured to the point where he occasionally wanted to take a bite.

Her body was even softer and more elastic.

After a great battle under a dimming sky.

Following Ding Yuyao’s repeated pleas for mercy.

Shen Xuan ended his conquest, returning proudly to the practice room.

He poured out a quarter of the Iron Armor Crocodile blood from his new storage pouch.

After the mysterious jade talisman flashed with golden light.

[Stealable Talents: Biting Nails and Chewing Iron, Immune to Poison, Copper Bone, Iron Armor, Death Roll, Stealth Disguise]

No wonder it was a tier one upper-grade demon beast, boasting as many as five bloodline talents!

Shen Xuan repeatedly compared and finally chose the Immune to Poison talent.

[Talent: Immune to Poison (28/100)]

[Dao Rhyme: 72]

Shen Xuan paused.

The Dao Rhyme gained from looting the Iron Armor Crocodile’s talent was much higher than he expected!