Chapter Ten: Fortune and Disaster Are Interdependent

  "Good, let's drink together!"

  Two young men nodded, their hands moving constantly.

  Three teenagers stood amidst the wolf corpses, giving off a sense of desolation and chill.

  Under their persistence, the rest of the crowd finally retreated into the crevice. Although a few wolf demons crossed over the three people, in that narrow gap, it was difficult to cause too much harm.

  Ahh-ooo!

  A long howl echoed again from the pack of wolves, and instantly all the wolf packs retreated.

  The three of them felt a slight relief from the pressure, but their expressions didn't relax in the slightest, for there was always a moment of calm before the storm.

  Whoosh!

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, three large-bodied green wolves suddenly darted out of the wolf pack, their bright green eyes gleaming with a strange and eerie light.

  "First-rate late-stage demonic beast!"

  Pang Wenshan took a cold breath, having already expected that there would be late-stage demonic beasts, but he hadn't thought that the first ones to appear would be three-headed. Judging from the situation, there was definitely still one more even stronger leader.

  Because, the leader of the demon beast clan will necessarily appear at the last moment.

  "It's all because of me!"

  Pang Wenshan's face turned pale, looking at the two of them with a gaze full of self-reproach and regret.

  "Haha, today is the most satisfying day of my life!"

  Li Chen smiled wryly, his teeth clenched in pain, although he was somewhat regretful that his unfulfilled wish had not been completed. But for the first time, seeing and even doing something for someone else's sake, even if it meant death, there was a warm feeling flowing through his heart.

  "I...I have a question?"

  Seeing three-headed wolf-like creatures circling around, seemingly looking for an opportunity to attack, Chu Ziyan hesitated for a moment before using her elbow to nudge Li Chen.

  "What?"

  Li Chen was still puzzled, this little girl had just avenged herself in broad daylight, where did this problem come from?

  "You... you weren't born unable to condense your inner energy, were you? How can it be..."?

  Chu Zi Yun gritted her teeth and spoke quickly.

  "Haha, I'm curious about this question too!"

  Pang Wenshan looked up and smiled.

  "You'll get it with practice!"

  Li Chen rolled his eyes and didn't tell the truth.

  He was treated as trash when he was alive, and after his death, he didn't want to be seen as a monster that could swallow the nucleus of a demon and not die.

  "You..."

  Hearing his somewhat rascal-like answer, Chu Zi-yun was immediately at a loss for words, her jade-like foot tapping lightly, her embarrassment and annoyance fully revealed.

  Ahh-ooo!

  Her sudden movement instantly dispersed the concentrated momentum of the three, and the three-headed wolf found an opportunity, revealing a fierce glow in its eyes as it pounced forward like lightning.

  "Are you going to die?"

  Li Chen looked up at the sky, and in this moment, he was surprisingly clear-headed. He knew that with their strength, facing such a large pack of wolves would be absolutely hopeless.

  Subconsciously avoiding the werewolf's bite, a chill on his forehead, as if fresh blood had fallen.

  Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a wolf pounce on Chuping's neck and bite down hard. With a fierce determination in her heart, she turned her head and charged forward.

  In an instant, the green wolf that was about to bite Lichun's mouth froze, its eyes flashing with a cold, dark light, its fur standing on end as it let out a low growl and retreated with its tail between its legs.

  Boom!

  The other wolf was suddenly knocked open by Li Chen, allowing Chu Zi Yun to avoid this disaster.

  But just as they were about to get up and fight again, like the previous green wolf, and even the wolf pack, in an instant, they ran away without a shadow or a trace, several times faster than before, leaving the three people stunned, thudding to the ground.

  The mind which had been straining every nerve in suspense, was now overcome with fatigue and felt drowsy.

  The three of them exchanged a glance, each seeing the doubt in the others' eyes, but none of them noticed that under the dark night sky, amidst the scattered debris, wisps of gray mist floated and drifted slowly towards Licheng's forehead scar.

  Even Li Chen himself did not notice the invisible airflow, nor did he notice that the scar left by Lang Hua's claw was healing rapidly at this moment.

  He just felt that the fatigue in his body was slowly dissipating at this moment, and a hint of uncertain speculation flashed through his mind.

  "Come quickly, there's an entrance inside!"

  Suddenly, a loud and urgent cry awakened the three people who were in a daze, and they dragged their tired bodies towards the crack.

  "Li Shidi, pull me up!"

  Deep inside for dozens of feet, the stout-bodied Pang Wenshan was stuck in a rock crevice, his limbs splayed out in all directions, unable to free himself for the time being.

  "Hey!"

  Li Chen pulled with all his might, and finally had to step on a protruding part, using great force to pull it out, but his body couldn't stop, and Pang Wenshan immediately smashed him down.

  "Heh heh!"

  Chu Zi Yun, who was waiting for the two of them, laughed with her head thrown back, completely losing the calm and elegant demeanor she had during the day.

  "Come quickly!"

  A shout from Zhang Futong came again from the crack in the rock ahead, and the three of them hastily got up and rushed forward.

  After walking for dozens of yards, they came to a narrow place, and on the rock wall above, there was another stone cave with a width of about one person. The three of them entered in a crouching position, and suddenly felt that their field of vision had broadened significantly. Inside, Zhao Shan Shan and others were lighting up several dry firewood, illuminating the interior brightly.

  What made the three people breathe slightly faster was that in this not-so-large cave, there were dozens of sparkling spots, with soft and dazzling light, which seemed quite enchanting.

  "This... This is Yuan Shi!"

  Chu Zi Yun walked quickly to the front, looking at a thumb-sized, eight-sided sharp cone-shaped crystal embedded in the rock, and muttered to herself.

  "Round stone!"

  Everyone cried out in surprise.

  It is Yuan Shi, a treasure that contains the essence of heaven and earth's yuan energy, which can only be found in special mineral veins. Even a powerful sect like Xuan Yun Sect has only a few low-grade mineral veins within its sphere of influence.

  With the cultivation of a Condensed Breath Realm martial artist, it is fundamentally impossible to extract Yuan Qi from the Origin Stone. However, carrying one on their person can warm and nourish the flesh, accelerating the speed of internal breath condensation. It can be said that this is an even more precious treasure than the Gathering Breath Pill.

  The yuan stone is divided into four grades: top, middle, bottom and extreme. Looking at the quantity and quality of the yuan stone here, it is obviously a low-grade yuan stone, belonging to the lowest level of existence.

  In this desolate land, it is impossible to produce high-quality yuan stones. If it weren't for the remote location and the fact that the yuan stone is in a place with extremely introverted yuan energy, it would be extremely difficult to discover without special methods.

  "Look quickly, there are still several spiritual herbs here!"

  On the other hand, Zhao Shan pointed to several strains of medicinal herbs with palm-sized tender green leaves, and her beautiful eyes were full of wonder.

  "Lianhua Flower, Yangxiang Grass, Lingyun Ganoderma, Second-grade Primary Spirit Medicine!"

  Li Chen was like a treasure at home, he just took one look and recognized everything. After years of being a medicine slave, going in and out of the Li family's pharmacy, he had never eaten pork, but had even seen pigs run.

  "It's issued, it's issued! With so many treasures, we'll be able to enter the inner gate soon!"

  Zhang Futong was overjoyed and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise again and again.

  The rest of them, although slightly restrained, were also visibly shaking with excitement.

  "There's still some left over here!"

  Li Yuexiang also made a discovery on the other side, which was several stalks of second-grade spiritual medicine.

  At this moment, all the young people couldn't help but sigh that their luck was good. They had just escaped a great disaster and yet they had such an opportunity. It was indeed a case of good fortune following bad.

  "Alright, let's gather all the treasures first, then we'll take care of other things!"

  Pang Wenshan was indeed the most refined, mature and steady, and just now he had made a righteous move for everyone, so he won everyone's respect. They took out their own weapons one after another and began to dig up those yuan stones and spiritual herbs.

  Wherever the origin stone is produced, the rocks are extremely hard. This is because the origin stone gathers the heaven and earth's origin energy, and the surrounding area cannot accommodate other things, causing the rock to change its texture. It took almost half a day for everyone to collect everything.