Chapter 24: The First Battle of Building Foundations

  Time slips away in silence!

  In the blink of an eye, day and night alternate, darkness gradually recedes, and the morning sun slowly rises from the east.

  Zheng Honglie's face was solemn, and he walked at the forefront in the dense forest. He hated the evil eagle that had harmed his own flesh and blood, and he couldn't wait to arrive immediately and use his ultimate technique to tear it into pieces. However, this trip was not just for him alone. The old and frail "Gao Shixiong" was walking slowly and leisurely, not showing any urgency at all. In fact, while walking, he was also teaching Cai Xia how to cultivate, which greatly slowed down Zheng Honglie's pace.

  "You, come here, is the nest of the demon eagle here?"

  Seeing Lu Yichen, Yan Dao and others all surrounding "Gao Shixiong" and flattering him with words like a rolling river that never stops, making his heart increasingly annoyed, he couldn't help but turn his head around, pointing at Yan Dao and asking.

  Don't look at his age, but in terms of cultivation, he can't even keep up with Zheng Honglie's horse, and even if he knows that he doesn't get along with "High Brother", he dares not to have any airs, instead becoming more cautious and busy running over, answering in a low voice.

  "The demonic eagle was originally my pet, but it later broke free from the 'Soul Restricting Technique' and escaped. Although this is the case, I still had some connection with it, but this inexplicable connection has been getting weaker and weaker, and now it's completely gone, so I really can't find out where the demonic eagle is."

  He didn't lie, but there's a suspicion that he was trying to flatter himself. In the first two attempts to kill Qi Lei, he only sensed his general location. If Qi Lei hadn't taken the initiative to show up and attack, who knows how many more days and nights he would have had to search.

  "Can't find it? You little brat, are you trying to make a fool of me? Hurry up and look for it!"

  Zheng Honglie was enraged, his eyes staring wide, shooting out two cold glints, a surge of murderous aura following suit.

  Yan Dao was just a beginner in practicing Qi, but the aura he emitted was so powerful that it made him feel a chill run down his spine. He couldn't help but shiver and take three steps back, almost falling to the ground on his buttocks.

  "Alright, don't get angry, Zheng. The 'Soul Restricting Technique' you're cultivating is just a beginner's technique. Being able to find the demonic eagle in the first two attempts is already quite good. This time, let's see what I can do."

  "Big Brother Gao" smiled and helped to resolve the situation, then his hand shook, taking out a palm-sized compass. This compass was very unusual, its exterior almost identical to an ordinary person's compass, but inside there were three pointers of different lengths. The longest one was yellow copper-colored, the second longest was white silver-colored, and the shortest one was gold-colored.

  These three needles all have small seals engraved on them.

  In the center of the compass, there is a hollow space that holds a crystal white jade bead. The white jade bead emits a white jade light and exudes an unusual power that resonates with the compass, blending together in perfect harmony, as if they were born to be merged into one.

  Around the compass, there are various mysterious patterns, which look quite ancient and extraordinary. If you look closely, you will feel dizzy and even have a sense of vertigo.

  "Seeking the Demon-Tracking Compass?!"

  Zheng Honglie was shocked at first, then overjoyed.

  As a family with extraordinary influence in the Beast Tamer Sect, his vision was quite extraordinary. At a glance, he recognized the compass and knew it was a unique treasure of the Beast Tamer Sect, which had an unusual effect in finding spirits and demonic beasts. As long as there was a hint of demonic energy, nothing could escape its detection.

  "Brother Gao indeed has a keen eye for things. With this treasure in hand, how could we possibly fail to find the whereabouts of the demonic eagle?"

  "Senior Gao" chuckled and remained silent, but placed his hand on the white jade bead, using his spiritual power to stimulate it. In an instant, the white jade bead flashed with a brilliant light, and the three pointers spun rapidly before finally coming together, pointing forward.

  "It seems that the demonic eagle also knows that something is wrong, and has moved deeper into the Tian Shan Mountains. In that case, let's move forward a bit more, today we must not let it go."

  In fact, Qi Lei was still in the Monkey Valley, but the first two times he had gone out to meet them, so naturally the battlefield was far away from the Monkey Valley, which led to "High Shixiong" thinking that way.

  Everyone was in agreement and just about to move forward when they heard a surprised cry of "Eh?" from "Senior Gao".

  The Xun Yao Luopan suddenly started moving again and finally stopped at a position on the left side.

  "Has the demon eagle changed its direction?"

  He was greatly surprised, but before he could open his mouth, the Xun Yao Luo Pan spun again, pointing to a different direction.

  It was thus for three or five consecutive times, until the white jade bead's spiritual light gradually dimmed and stopped moving.

  "What's going on? Are there five goblins in the forest?!"

  Although there are many beasts, those that have opened their spiritual wisdom are not few in number. It's possible for a refined monster to walk the path of cultivating demonic powers and become a goblin, but it's not very common. Especially since this place is not deep within the Tian Shan ancient vein, suddenly having five goblins appear at once is really too eye-catching, too unbelievable.

  "Could it be that the demonic eagles unified many tribes and taught their kings how to cultivate, thus giving birth to the five evil spirits?"

  Cai Xia was clever and quick-witted, and in an instant she thought of this possibility.

  "Senior Gao" shook his head with a gloomy expression: "It's impossible, the demon clan has many different species, and there is no universal cultivation method. Some individuals may coincidentally embark on the path of demonic cultivation due to their innate talents, but such methods do not have universality and cannot be taught to other beasts, unless it is an ancient demonic cultivation method, otherwise it is absolutely impossible."

  Zheng Honglie was eager for revenge, and upon hearing "High Brother" ramble on, he couldn't help but feel dissatisfied. He clapped his hands together and said with great displeasure: "Old High, you've been going on and on, making me dizzy. To put it simply, are we a match for them? Can we take them down all at once?"

  "Older brother Gao" furrowed his brow, but quickly relaxed and smiled: "Zheng's words are reasonable. Whatever the reason, he can't escape our grasp. Let's catch him first and talk later."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he seemed to have shed all his burdens and the frail, elderly figure suddenly stood up straight and strode forward with large steps.

  Zi Lei tilted his head, looking at the people in front of him with some curiosity. Among them were several old acquaintances, who were the ones who had run faster than rabbits last time. As for the two newcomers, they emitted an extremely strong aura, giving him a very dangerous feeling. Especially the old man holding a strange compass, walking in big strides at the front, looked decrepit on the outside but his eyes would occasionally shoot out a few strands of sharp light, with an extremely vigorous vitality.

  "As expected, you're a monster, and yet you've been waiting here for so long!"

  "Senior Gao" raised his eyes to see Qi Lei, couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, secretly praising him for being a good salesman. His mouth didn't say much, quickly putting away the Luo Pan, his muscles tense with energy, his spirit reaching its peak, ready to fight - as a foundation-building cultivator, he could naturally sense how formidable Qi Lei was.

  "Was it this beast that killed my son?"

  Enemies meet face to face, Zheng Honglie's fists are clenched with a cracking sound, his eyes almost bulging out.

  "Monster, return my child's life to me!"

  Before his voice had fallen, a sharp sword appeared in his hand, with cold light flashing, and an invisible murderous aura surged out like a turbulent wave, one wave after another, the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees suddenly turned to dust, drifting between heaven and earth. This was just the murderous aura emitted by the sharp sword, which had the power to destroy all things. The sharpness of this sword can be imagined.

  At first, Zile focused his attention on "High Brother", until Zheng Honglie came out and shouted angrily, he glanced at him, and suddenly felt a little familiar. After a moment's thought, he recalled that it was the middle-aged version of Zheng Yuanguang. He immediately knew his identity, and his vigilance naturally reached its peak in an instant.

  Indeed, Zheng Honglie immediately took out his trump card, but Qi Lei was unscathed and didn't even use his demonic powers. He simply relied on his tenacious body to withstand the almost invincible killing intent - as a demon, a tenacious body is indispensable. The "Eagle Claw Divine Art" repeatedly emphasizes this point. If he hadn't constantly used his demonic powers to strengthen his demonic body, his cultivation progress would have been even more rapid.

  "Come and take my life!!"

  Zheng Honglie saw that the effect of Xia Ma Wei was not very good, and he suddenly became even more furious. He raised his long sword, and in an instant, a visible light burst forth, rapidly accumulating on the sword. At the moment when the sword chopped down, it reached its peak, and the sword seemed to suddenly grow ten thousand times larger, like a giant mountain of swords. With a thunderous momentum, it chopped down towards Qi Lei.

  Zi Lei, unwilling to fall behind, raised his eagle claw at the moment when the giant sword was about to strike, and his body's demonic energy turned into a pure white color, gathering together. In an instant, a gigantic eagle claw formed, meeting the giant sword head-on.

  Rumble!

  Two beams of light violently collided with each other, producing a deafening sound, as if mountains and earth were cracking apart.

  On the ground, a deep and bottomless fissure appeared, stretching far away, its shape extremely terrifying.

  "What a monstrous talent! Your cultivation is actually not inferior to Zheng Honglie's. You were lucky that your army wasn't completely annihilated last time!"

  "Senior Gao" didn't intend to take action, instead he stroked his beard, nodding his head as if in appreciation, and took the opportunity to educate Cai Xia, Lu Yichen and others.

  "Senior, this demonic eagle is so formidable, don't you think it's working together with Senior Zheng?"

  Among all, except Zheng Honglie who was eager for revenge, the one who most wanted to kill Qi Lei was Yan Dao. He knew it in his heart and had already come to a point of no return with Qi Lei, so he naturally thought about solving this hidden danger as soon as possible.

  However, "High Master" had his own ideas. He glanced at Cai Xia, whose face was shining with excitement, and shook his head: "Don't rush, let Zheng Honglie exhaust his demonic powers first, kill his arrogance, then I'll take action to capture him. Miss has always wanted him as a demon servant, right? I'll fulfill her wish."

  "Really? Thank you, Uncle Gao!"

  Cai Xia's eyes shone with an unusual light, hastily thanking "Gao Shixiong" and for the first time addressing him as "Bo Bo", from which it can be seen how intense her fondness for Qi Lei was.

  As they talked, Zire and Zheng Honglie's battle became more intense, even reaching a white-hot degree.

  Everyone was furious and gave up their long-range attacks, entangling with each other.