On the second day, just as the sky was slightly brightening, Zhao Di, after careful consideration, decided to start searching from the middle of the mountain peak upwards.

  He thinks that almost every time the task of descending the dragon valley has a reward for this blood crystal stone. Compared to most places at the foot of the mountain, which have been turned over long ago. The top of the mountain may also have been explored by monks who like to explore from top to bottom. Relatively speaking, the middle and upper parts of the mountain peak are less likely to be searched, so the probability of finding blood crystal stone is higher.

  After two or three hours, a middle-aged cultivator of the Hundred Spirits Sect wearing a red and green outfit also arrived at this peak. His cultivation was also around the 12th layer of Qi Refining. He too saw Zhao Di searching for crystal stones on the mountain waist from afar.

  Both of them noticed each other and exchanged a glance from afar, with Zhao Di even sticking up a defensive talisman.

  Anyway, he had a bunch of these mid-grade talismans. Using one was no big deal, and the little spiritual energy it consumed could be easily recovered with the mid-grade spirit stone in his hand.

  The middle-aged cultivator of the Hundred Spirits Sect saw Zhao Di's cautious movements and lost interest in talking to him. He lightly patted the spirit beast bag at his waist, and two emerald green winged snakes flew out from it, slipping into the pile of rocks with a rustling sound. He himself also took out an emerald green bamboo-shaped artifact, and together with the two snakes, he began searching for treasures from the foot of the mountain, their speed much faster than Zhao Di's.

  About an hour later, another young nun from the Moon Embracing Sect came to the foot of the mountain. She inquired about the two people searching for treasure at the foot of the mountain and finally chose a more secluded corner to carefully search through the piles of rocks.

  Generally speaking, this month in Jiulong Valley can be roughly divided into three stages.

  The first stage is roughly the first ten or so days, during which most cultivators are quietly searching for treasures in various places. Except for a few who had already made enemies before entering the valley, the relationship between cultivators was relatively peaceful during this period. The entire Dragon Descending Valley was in a relatively calm state, and the mortality rate of these cultivators was not high, with less than one-tenth of them dying due to attacks by demonic beasts or enemy families.

  The second stage is the middle ten days, when some cultivators with extremely good luck have already secretly found some heavenly treasures and hidden in a certain place in the valley. After waiting for a month to pass, they will come out again when the exit opens. The survival rate of this kind of cultivator is very high, but their number is extremely small. Although the Dragon Descending Valley is vast, more than half of its area is a forbidden zone where various second-level dragons and monsters roam, which is not a place that Qi-refining stage cultivators can explore for treasure. As for the remaining relatively safe places, there may be only a few dozen places with treasures, each with many cultivators. It's not easy to find treasures without being detected and hide them!

  Most of the masters who found the treasure were already discovered by other masters, and it was inevitable that a scene of pursuit and killing would appear. The treasure also changed hands frequently in the killings between the masters. Only the strongest person could become the holder of the treasure, as for who discovered the treasure, no one asked! At this stage, most of the weaker masters would lose their lives because of this!

  The third stage is the last seven or eight days before leaving the valley. At this time, some elite disciples who have entered the valley and are far superior to others will suddenly start a large-scale sweep and slaughter! Any cultivator encountered by these people, regardless of age or gender, with or without grudges, will be brutally killed. The purpose of these elite disciples is also very simple, that is, to find as many cultivators who survived the second stage as possible, kill them and take away their storage bags. Because in the storage bags of these cultivators, there may be some kind of treasure.

  This stage is also the most bloody and cruel. Among the cultivators who entered the valley, about half of them will die in this massacre launched by the strong.

  Currently in the first stage of peace, several monks who are also searching for treasure on Jingyu Peak are all doing their own thing and looking for treasures, without going to find trouble with others.

  As for Zhao Di, although he was not afraid of others finding trouble with him, he would not waste his time entangling with these unrelated people. He has been carefully searching for the Blood Crystal Stone, but also left a mind to pay attention to the movements of the other two at any time.

  This crystal peak seems to have only some first-class fire-spewing monsters, the Fire Toad, which poses no threat to Zhao Di and others. They often emerge from the pile of rocks, only to be killed by a certain artifact.

  These few people searched for a whole day, still with no harvest. Zhao Di only found a fist-sized low-grade Flame Crystal Stone, and couldn't even find a mid-grade Flame Crystal Stone, let alone a Blood Crystal Stone.

  Although the moonstone illuminated the night, it was still much harder to find. Zhao Di simply sat down on the spot and rested. For a high-ranking cultivator like him in the Qi Refining stage, the need for sleep was much less, generally five or six days, or even ten days could go by with just one night's sleep, which was enough.

  The middle-aged cultivator of Bailian Gate and the young girl of Yuan Yue Sect, although they were also resting in a distant place about four or five miles away, apparently did not dare to fall asleep either.

  Zhao Di decided that if he still had no gains after searching here for another day tomorrow, he would leave this peak and head directly to Bihuan Pond hundreds of miles away, which was also the main goal of his trip to Xianglong Valley this time.

  On the second day, at dawn, just as Zhao Di was continuing to search for the rumored Blood Crystal Stone, a middle-aged cultivator wearing a black long gown with the words "Bai Qiao Men" embroidered on it, piloted a flying magical instrument that resembled a wooden boat, rapidly flying low in the air towards the direction of Jing Yu Peak.

  In this valley, the flight of the imperial artifact was really too ostentatious. Including Zhao Di, the three cultivators of Jingyu Peak saw him from afar and silently stopped searching for crystal stones, motionless and staring at him.

  His bold move with no regard for consequences clearly shows that he comes in bad faith.

  The newcomer suddenly flew straight to the waist of Jingyu Peak, and when he was still 200-300 meters away from Zhao Di, he pointed at him and shouted loudly: "Get out! If you don't want to die at my hands, get out of here immediately!"

  Zhao Di was furious, coldly staring at the middle-aged man who had flown towards him with thick eyebrows and big eyes, his aura fluctuating indicating that he was a cultivator at the peak of the 13th layer of the Refining Qi stage. No wonder he was so arrogant!

  Zhao Di suppressed the anger in his heart, not because he was afraid of this jinx. With his possession of a top-grade artifact, he naturally didn't need to fear his opponent at all. It's just that when Zhao Di saw the speed of his opponent's flying artifact, it was nearly twice as fast as his own Flying Feather Artifact. If this person were to discover they couldn't win and use their artifact to escape quickly, he also wouldn't have a grasp on being able to kill them.

  Moreover, there are two monks at the foot of the mountain who are also paying attention to this matter. If he were to fight with this person now and lose a lot of spiritual energy, wouldn't that be letting these two people take advantage of him?

  Considering this, Zhao Di didn't get angry but instead smiled and said: "Fellow Taoist has taken a liking to this place? Then let's give it to Fellow Taoist!" As he spoke, he headed down the mountain.

  Since there was nothing to gain here and he had encountered such a jinx, he abandoned the Blood Essence Stone mission and left Jingyu Peak.

  He arrived at the foot of the mountain, and when he walked past a middle-aged man from Bailin Temple tens of meters away, he clearly noticed the schadenfreude expression on his face.

  After leaving Jingyu Peak, Zhao Di walked towards Bihuan Pool at a steady pace. He didn't dare to fly with his sword like the cultivators of Baiqiao Gate.

  All the way, he tried to avoid areas marked with a danger level of two or above, detouring for quite a distance, and since he was being extremely cautious along the way, his speed wasn't very fast either.

  Despite this, he was surrounded by seven or eight rare wind-attributed demon beasts, the Whirlwind Wolves, in a valley.

  These howling wolves are all first-class intermediate demon beasts, with strength equivalent to that of a cultivator in the sixth or seventh layer of the Refining Qi stage. However, they excel at team battles and always appear in groups of seven or eight, or even ten or more.

  The howling wolf can instantly release the "Wind Blade Technique", a wind-attribute attack-type intermediate-level spell. Seven or eight howling wolves opened their mouths and let out seven or eight "Wind Blade Techniques" at once, which would be extremely difficult for an ordinary high-ranking cultivator in the Refining Qi stage to handle.

  (First update!)