Chapter 21: Silver Moon Demon Wolf

  "Grandfather, I plan to go out into the mountains, hunt and kill ferocious beasts, put myself in danger, and see if I can tap into my potential at the moment of life and death, allowing my cultivation to rapidly advance." After making this decision, Jiang Cheng prepared to set off after his defeat by Bai Xiao.

  However, since this trip took a bit longer and the martial arts competition of the White Tiger Regiment was about to be held, Jiang Cheng had to give his grandfather a heads up so as not to worry him.

  "Want to go out, huh......" The half-closed eyes of the old man whispered softly, "If one's cultivation is stuck at a certain bottleneck, at a critical moment of life and death, it's indeed easier for people to break through....... However, what can make Soul Warriors grow the most is battle; going out to gain experience is also good!"

  "Alright, you can go! Remember to be careful. And don't forget one thing." Ah Gong instructed.

  "Please speak, Grandfather!" Jiang Cheng said respectfully.

  "No matter what the outcome of your training is, before the martial arts conference of the Eight Trigrams School, you must open up your Spiritual Ocean and break through to the Fourth Level of the Cheng En Realm."

  "After you break through to the fourth layer of Chong'en, return to the clan as soon as possible and see me. I have extremely important matters to entrust to you!" Ah Gong instructed with an extremely slow tone and a serious expression.

  "Grandfather, I remember!" Jiang Cheng nodded heavily.

  Grandfather stretched out his hand into his bosom and took out a beast skin scroll, handing it to Jiang Cheng: "Since you want to go out and gain experience, take a good look at this map. It's best if you can imprint it in your mind."

  This is the result of years of exploration by tribal soul warriors, combined with maps passed down through generations that span thousands of miles.

  Including the distribution of ferocious beasts within the Beihun mountain range, the topographic map along the Hun River also has records, and there are also safe outdoor habitats that have been explored by many tribesmen.

  He paused for a moment, then continued: "However, the passage of time, changes in the landscape, and migration of beasts will make the things recorded on this map not very accurate. This map can only serve as a reference for you; everything else depends on your own careful observation."

  As soon as he opened the map, Jiang Cheng couldn't help but feel a surge of joy. With this map to guide him, his trip would be much easier and many dangers could be avoided.

  Half an hour later, Jiang Cheng bid farewell to his grandfather and went to Song Lan's wooden building. He instructed Song Lan a few words before striding out of the tribe's campsite.

  "Brother Jiang Cheng, be careful and come back early, we're still waiting for you to tell us the story of Journey to the West!" As Jiang Cheng stepped out of the tribe's gate, Song Yue leaned on the window and waved loudly at him.

  That eager appearance suddenly reminded Jiang Cheng of a phrase - "The lady leans against the door, waiting for her lord to return."

  Where there is concern, there are loved ones.

  Home is where loved ones are!

  After leaving Ge Shan Department, Jiang Cheng went forward along the Hun River. This Hun River was also where Jiang Cheng first appeared, and he had a few special feelings about it.

  Especially this Hunhe River is very similar to the Yellow River when it saved people from drowning in its previous life, with mud and sand floating in the river water, but it is extremely turbid.

  However, the Hun River is several times wider than the Yellow River. The river surface of only a section of the Hun River in the Geshan Department is over 100 miles wide and cannot be crossed easily.

  Jiang Cheng is now going downstream along the river, but it's actually to head to Giant Elephant Valley.

  Juxiang Valley is located at the confluence of Beishan Mountains and Bishui, a tributary of Hunhe River, which is the border of Byol Kingdom.

  Biyuan Country is the closest three-pillar tribe to the Baihun Department, and it is said that when a tribe has three totem pillars, it can establish a country.

  At the same time, Biyuan State is also the suzerain state of the Baihun Department. According to Jiang Cheng's knowledge, the Baihun Department also has to submit a considerable amount of wealth to Biyuan State every year. Even the selection of the tribal chief of the Baihun Department requires some degree of approval from Biyuan State.

  Jiang Cheng went to Giant Elephant Valley, but it was in order to go to the giant elephant gathering inside Giant Elephant Valley.

  Because the Baihun department was trying to prevent the growth of various tribes under its jurisdiction, it strongly suppressed the various tribes under its jurisdiction. The purchase prices of some mountain goods were even pressed so low that they could not afford for merchant teams to arrive at their respective tribes.

  Therefore, businessmen with vision and background set up a market in the Valley of the Giant Elephant to collect mountain goods and spiritual grass, and the price is also extremely low.

  However, there is no other way. If Ge Shan Department wants to avoid Bai Hun Department and obtain extra supplies, they can only go to Giant Elephant Valley for trade.

  At this time, Jiang Cheng could only go to Giant Elephant Valley for trading, because the sword leaf grass collected by his clansmen was almost all sold in the Giant Elephant Valley.

  Jiang Cheng went to Giant Elephant Sect in order to sell the four Tempering Body Pills given by his grandfather, and exchange them for a large quantity of Sword Leaf Grass to aid in his cultivation.

  According to Jiang Cheng's speculation, a Tempered Body Dan could be exchanged for nearly twenty stalks of Sword Leaf Grass, which in the eyes of ordinary people was an extremely foolish thing to do.

  But for Jiang Cheng with the Black Tower Pillar, the medicinal effect of two stalks of Half-Sword Leaf Grass was equivalent to that of a Tempering Body Pill, making it an absolutely worthwhile deal.

  If successful, it will definitely allow Jiang Cheng's cultivation to make rapid progress in a short period of time.

  The straight-line distance from Juxiang Valley to Ge Mountain Department is over 800 miles, and we have to avoid the patrol of Bai Hun Department. Even at Jiang Cheng's speed, it would be extremely difficult to arrive in less than two or three days.

  Because the Baihun department also knew what the tribes under their command did, they could not do anything about the giant elephant gathering, but they could take action against their own tribes, so they often dispatched patrols to inspect passersby on some major transportation routes.

  However, Jiang Cheng was the best hunter in the Ge Mountain Sect, and deliberately avoiding these patrols wasn't a difficult task.

  "No, we must get out of this grassland as soon as possible. Camping on the grassland is not an option, especially with wolf packs around, and this place is known to have Silver Moon Wolves lurking about." Jiang Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and quickened his pace.

  Because of his eagerness to hurry, Jiang Cheng had underestimated the vastness of this grassland in front of him. He had been traveling since afternoon and now it was already over four hours later, yet he still hadn't left the grassland.

  Ahh-ooo!

  A desolate beast howl suddenly came from afar, causing Jiang Cheng's face to change abruptly. It was the howling of wolves.

  The next moment, a wave of wolf howls, with a hint of ferocity, suddenly drifted over the entire grassland.

  "It's a pack of wolves, or a wolf pack that is attacking!" Jiang Cheng's face changed, and he suddenly turned his body, rapidly fleeing in the opposite direction from where the wolf pack's sound was coming.

  In the mountains and forests, wild boars are kings, but on the grasslands, wolf packs are absolutely the most terrifying existence.

  "Help......"

  "Is anyone there... save us..."

  Jiang Cheng saw a horse carriage rushing towards him, and a warrior on the carriage seemed to have spotted his figure, letting out a shrill cry for help.

  Around the carriage, a layer of green light was jumping and leaping, which were the wolves' eyes. What made Jiang Cheng even more shocked was that a layer of pale silver light kept shooting out, flying towards the escaping carriage.

  "Silver Moon Demon Wolf!" Jiang Cheng's face changed once again.

  But Jiang Cheng's face changed several times, and after hearing the cry for help, Jiang Cheng's figure flashed and strode resolutely towards the horse carriage.

  The elderly in the village often say that if you hear a cry for help and turn away, then next time when you cry out for help, there will be no miracle.

  In the mountains and forests, one cannot see someone in distress without helping them, this is the creed of the mountains.

  But what made Jiang Cheng make the decision to save people was his own faith.

  Jiang Cheng came into this world because he saw a mother and son fall into the water, and without hesitation, he rescued them but ended up drowning himself.

  If he were to see someone die and not rescue them, Jiang Cheng would never be able to convince his own conscience.

  As Jiang Cheng approached, the horse carriage drew closer and closer. Seeing someone coming to meet him, Zhou Yutang, who had just raised a thread of will to survive, couldn't get excited no matter what.

  A fifteen- or sixteen-year-old boy, what can he do? Isn't this just sending him to his death?

  "Hurry up, this is the Silver Moon Wolf Pack, you're here to send yourself to death!" Zhou Yutang yelled out loud while driving the horse carriage and fending off the pack of wolves closely chasing behind.

  Jiang Cheng's eyes suddenly narrowed, the Silver Moon Wolf Pack, he had discovered it early on, and at this moment, the Silver Moon Wolves that were closely pursuing this horse carriage numbered more than a dozen.

  But since I've come to rescue you, there's no turning back now.

  At the same time Zhou Yutang was shouting, Jiang Cheng had already approached the galloping carriage. With a sudden burst of force from his feet, his body sprang into the air like a tiger or leopard, leaping towards the top of the carriage.

  "Drive well, go straight, don't stop!" Jiang Cheng yelled at the top of his lungs as he leaped onto the carriage.

  The bow in the back has been held in hand, a cracking sound rang out, and the bow in hand has been pulled by Jiang Cheng to a full moon. A bone arrow with a sharp breaking air sound has already shot towards a silver moon wolf that had just jumped up into the air like a meteor chasing the moon.

  Pfft!

  The sound of the arrow entering the brain was like the most beautiful music that had ever fallen into Zhou Yutang's ears.

  Jiang Cheng shot out a bone arrow, which accurately entered the eyes of the Silver Moon Demon Wolf, and then into its brain, causing it to convulse and fall to the ground.

  All ferocious beasts have extremely tough fur, and with only this hunting bow that Jiang Cheng dared to use only two or three tenths of his strength, it's likely that even if he hit the target, he wouldn't be able to leave a white mark.

  But eyes, however, are extremely fragile.

  To ensure accuracy, Jiang Cheng didn't dare use his Three Arrows Technique or his Linked Arrow.

  Hiss! Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

  In an extremely short period of time, Jiang Cheng shot out five arrows in a row, each one accurately and violently shooting into the eyes of a Silver Moon Demon Wolf. The archery skills made Zhou Yutang's eyes widen in shock.

  Of course, this was also because of the speeding horse carriage. Otherwise, Jiang Cheng would have been surrounded by a pack of wolves after shooting just one arrow, and wouldn't have had the chance to use his hunting bow to kill the Silver Moon Wolf King like he did now.

  When the sixth arrow was shot, Jiang Cheng's hunting bow in his hand could not withstand such a large and high-intensity shooting, and it broke into two pieces with a loud noise, making Zhou Yutang's heart skip a beat and cool down suddenly.

  Jiang Cheng's expression remained unchanged as he glanced at the blood-soaked surroundings and Zhou Yutang, whose chest wound was so deep that his bones were visible. He then asked in a cold tone, "Where is Lang Wang?"

  Once the number of Silver Moon Wolf Pack exceeds ten, a Silver Moon Wolf King will be produced due to infighting. Depending on the size of the wolf pack, the rank of the Silver Moon Wolf King may be Yellow Rank Middle Grade or Yellow Rank Upper Grade.

  The lower-grade Silver Moon Demon Wolf Jiang Cheng is not afraid of, but the mid-grade or high-grade Silver Moon Demon Wolf King is absolutely not something that a warrior like Jiang Cheng in the Foundational Stage can handle with his Hunter's Marksmanship.

  The ferocious beast of Huang Jie's upper rank, even Grandfather wouldn't dare to provoke it lightly!

  "The Silver Moon Demon Wolf King? We've already taken care of him." Zhou Yutang replied with a pause.

  "Done for?" Jiang Cheng looked at Zhou Yutang unexpectedly, and the next moment, with a loud whooshing sound, he suddenly jumped off the carriage roof, his right leg already whipping towards the waist of a silver moon demon wolf like a whip.

  On his right leg, the vital energy surged like a rolling pearl.