Chapter Fifteen: Jiuying Mountain

  Jiuying Mountain is one of the famous demon beast mountain ranges in Tai Xuan Ancient Country. It's called Jiuying Mountain because it's said that deep within the mountain range, a nine-shadowed ape resides. No one in Xihe City knows the true strength of this nine-shadowed ape, but legend has it that when enraged, it can produce nine shadowy illusions to attack its opponents, making its power truly terrifying.

  Of course, there were also some curious cultivators who went deep into the Jiuying Mountains, but they never returned. From then on, this mountain range was called the Jiuying Mountains by people.

  Although the nine shadow apes are very abnormal, they never leave the depths of the mountain range. In various parts of the mountain range, there live fierce and ferocious demonic beasts. Therefore, many cultivators still come to this marginal place to pick rare flowers and herbs, some obtain precious materials by killing these demonic beasts, and some young disciples also come to the mountains for training.

  Jiuying Mountain, with three sides surrounded by city walls, the west side is Xihuo City, the north side is Shaonan County, and the east side is Fwang State. Therefore, at the edge of Jiuying Mountains, there is an unusual heat, and of course, with the heat, there are also many disputes, and the scenes of burning, killing, and looting are not uncommon here.

  In a small town on the way to the mountain range, there were four young people, two men and two women. Three of them held slender swords in their hands, while only one youth did not hold a sword, but instead had a dagger at his waist with the scabbard inscribed with the words "Life-taking". These four were Ye Xuan and company.

  Yè Yún was originally going to give Yè Xuān a precious sword, but Yè Xuān didn't want it. Rather than holding a long sword, he preferred this exquisite and small dagger.

  Ye Xuan and several others arrived here, the town was unusually bustling. This is the only entrance to the mountain range from Xihe City, many cultivators are gathering here, waiting for suitable collaborators to enter together. Although the outer edge of the mountain range does not have Jiuyingyuan, there are also many dangerous magical beasts, so most cultivators will choose to form a mercenary group.

  A few people forming a mercenary group can greatly enhance safety. Unless it's some family teams, they have many guards.

  Ye Xuan looked at the crowd coming and going, saying: "Ye Yun, Xiang Ting, I heard that Jiuying Mountain is full of dangers, why don't you two slap your butts and go back? I'll go in with Zhuo Zhan to have some fun."

  Ye Yun pouted upon hearing this and said, "Hmph, what's the big deal? We're both Fifth-Grade Xuan Qi after all. Our butts can be slapped, but we can't go back on our words."

  This little girl spoke and laughed while suddenly stretching out her hand and slapping Ye Xiangting's buttocks.

  "Xiao Yun, you little scoundrel, how dare you take advantage of me."

  Two people chatted and joked around, but Ye Jingzhu's face was as expressionless as a shoe sole.

  A few people were walking along when they suddenly heard a voice shouting from not far away: "Is anyone else joining, our Great Sea Warrior Expedition is about to set off!"

  Yexuan looked up to see a burly man with a full beard shouting. The big man was holding a bronze axe, shining brightly. He was probably from the town's weapon shop.

  Ye Zhan walked over and asked: "How many of us are following the group?"

  "We don't recruit young kids in our troop, can't take care of them, go play elsewhere." The big man said shaking his head.

  The big man had just finished speaking when a figure appeared and struck him with his palm. The big man furrowed his brow, but didn't dodge.

  He saw him activate his Xuan Qi, and in an instant, a black protective suit appeared on his body.

  Bang!

  This figure's palm struck the shield, and it was instantly shaken out two meters away.

  The people around saw the dark black shield of the Great Han and someone exclaimed: "Ah, Xuan Qi Shield, Star Xuan Mirror!"

  Xuanqi shield, Xingxuan mirror strong symbol, can be in someone else's attack, at will in the body everywhere rely on Xuanqi produce shield, with very strong defensive power.

  This figure was actually Ye Xuan beside him, and Ye Xuan did not expect that the Great Han would be a strong man of Xing Xuans Mirror.

  Dahan was shocked and felt his strength, exclaiming: "Wow, at such a young age, you already possess the Eightfold Mystic Qi. You're truly a genius!"

  Ye Xuan stabilized his body and smiled: "How about it, we two are both Eight Trigrams of the Mystic Void, can follow the team now?"

  "Alright, you four follow us. My name is Liu Dahai, I'm the master of this arms shop."

  Dahan saw Ye Xuan's strength and readily agreed with them.

  Ye Yun and Ye Xiangting heard Da Han agree, and they also became happy.

  At this time, a man and a woman from the military department walked over. The man was wearing a black military uniform, about twenty years old, with a handsome face like Pan An, very elegant and handsome, holding a willow-leaf knife in his hand.

  The woman's age was similar to Ye Xuan's, with curved willow-leaf eyebrows, a delicate jade nose, pink cheeks that hinted at shyness, small and delicate cherry lips, a complexion as white as snow and radiant like jade, tender skin as pale as ice and snow. She wore a yellow silk dress with floral patterns, her figure slender and elegant, beautiful and stunning. In her hand, she held a bright green sword.

  Seeing them approaching, Liu Dahai pointed at the man and introduced: "This is our army's second master, Murong Sheng. He is a Nine-layered Star Xuan Mirror, with quite good innate talent."

  Murong Sheng heard Liu Dahai's praise, and his face immediately burst out with a proud expression. His eyes scanned Ye Xuan's body, with a skeptical look on his face, not quite believing that Ye Xuan could have the Eightfold Mystic Aura at such a young age. After all, his own innate talent was already one in ten thousand.

  Ye Xuan looked at his clothes and thought, this guy is really ugly.

  Liu Dahai then pulled over the girl and introduced her: "She is my daughter, with a decent talent, six layers of Xuan Qi. I'll take her out for some training."

  Ye Xuan and several others stared at her for a moment, and the girl blushed slightly as she said: "Hello, my name is Liu Yizhu."

  "Hello beautiful, I'm Ye Xuan." Ye Xuan rubbed his hands together and grinned, he couldn't hold back whenever he saw a beauty.

  Liu Yizhu heard Ye Xuan call herself a beauty and couldn't help but blush slightly. She said softly, "What beauty am I?"

  Ye Yun couldn't help but look at Ye Xuan's sunny smile, full of curiosity. She felt that her brother Ye Xuan had changed a lot. The original Ye Xuan would never take the initiative to talk to girls.

  Then, Ye Xuan took the initiative to introduce a few of Ye Zhan's works to Liu Yizhu.

  Murong Sheng saw Ye Xuan's diligent attitude towards Liu Yizhu and snorted: "Old rules, in the mountain range where we slaughter demonic beasts, if there is a demon crystal inside, it must belong to our Bingqi Hang. The rare spiritual grasses you discover on your own are yours, but if we discover them first, you can't rob us. Of course, you don't have the capital to do so either."

  Ye Xuan felt a bit uncomfortable with his words, but still nodded, after all, they were on the same team. He thought to himself, once inside, it would be every man for himself.

  Mojing, a precious material commonly found in the Jiuxuan Continent. It is produced within the bodies of magical beasts, containing their fierce energy, which can be very powerful when utilized properly. However, not every magical beast has it in their body, only some special ones will produce it internally, making Mojing extremely valuable.

  For example, the Arms Dealer can inlay magic crystals on weapons and armor, increasing their attack and defense power, greatly enhancing one's combat effectiveness when using them.

  The better use of magic crystals is in the hands of alchemists who can refine them into medicinal pellets. When practitioners take these pellets, they have all sorts of wondrous effects. If they are in the hands of artifact craftsmen, they can be combined with other materials to forge precious artifacts. Many practitioners usually only use ordinary weapons from the military, and owning a precious artifact is a dream come true.

  The magic crystal is divided into one to nine levels due to its quality, each level has a different color, and the colors of each level from low to high are gray, black, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, and nine colors. In addition, each magic crystal has five attributes: gold, wood, water, fire, and earth.

  With so many special effects, the magic crystal naturally became a very popular material in the Nine Profound Continent. Ordinary cultivators who obtained magic crystals could sell them to auction houses and shops, or directly sell them at high prices to alchemists and artifact refiners who needed them. Some noble alchemists and artifact refiners would even search the world for high-quality magic crystals in order to refine a high-grade elixir or forge a high-level spiritual treasure.

  After all, some high-quality magic crystals are hard to come by.