Refining the witch symbol requires a large amount of magical beast essence and energy. After careful consideration, Yang Ling decided to hand over the task of regularly collecting magical beast crystal nuclei and essence from Spider Valley to his personal guard Agu Su.

  After a period of observation, Yang Ling found that although Agu Su was young, he was intelligent and wise, knowing what to say and what not to say. Although his martial arts skills were insufficient, only reaching the realm of a mid-level swordsman, he excelled in his loyalty, being deeply grateful for the kindness that had saved his life back then, making him worthy of great nurturing.

  Maybe it's time to delve into this world's Chi and magic?

  Recalling the numerous books related to aura and magic within the Space Ring, Yang Ling secretly pondered. Although he didn't understand how aura and magic worked in this world, it was clear that they were quite powerful. Despite his limited energy making it difficult to study spells, aura, and magic simultaneously, gaining a deeper understanding of them would undoubtedly be beneficial.

  To stand firm in this strange world, apart from a powerful demon beast squad, a strong human guard squad is also indispensable.

  After all, the Horde isn't omnipotent and there are times when some things need to be handled by humans. You can't have a wolf spider king or an eye of kil'jaeden negotiating prices with trade caravans in the future.

  The incantation is one's greatest reliance, let alone Agusou, even Ailice and Sofia, Yang Ling has not revealed a single word to them. The incantation, like one's origins, is one's greatest secret, mysterious and abstruse. Even if one wants to say it, they probably can't explain it clearly in a short time.

  The incantation cannot be taught or revealed, so the only way to enhance the strength of Agus and others is through the aura and magic of this world. Yang Ling decided that when he had time, he would study the secret book inside the ring with Gud and Sofia again.

  Without delay, after making up his mind, Yang Ling announced the formation of a personal guard team with Agu Su as its captain. In order to maintain secrecy, the remaining ten guards were all selected from among the barbarians. Compared to ordinary human warriors, he trusted the bloodthirsty and violent barbarians more.

  After making preparations, Yang Ling led the Imperial Guard under the pretext of going hunting to Spider Valley. Along the way, as they got farther and farther away from the edge of the Tras Forest, Agu Su and others became more and more tense, while only Yang Ling was relaxed and at ease.

  Perhaps domesticating a few flying magical beasts for Agus and his party as mounts?

  No matter whether it was the barbarian who claimed to be a mountain warrior or Agu, who was the captain of the Imperial Guard, their speed was not slow. However, in Yang Ling's eyes, their speed was not much faster than that of a snail.

  "Sir, according to the scout's report, ahead of us is a Spider Valley, we must take a detour!"

  After galloping for almost a day, seeing Yang Ling continue to walk straight forward, Agu Su hurriedly spoke up to remind him. One spider is not scary, but in the face of tens of thousands of spiders, let alone this little swordsman, even a great swordsman would have to take a detour.

  "No big deal, tonight we'll have roasted spider!" Yang Ling smiled mysteriously at the tense Agu Su and the barbarian.

  Eat roasted spider?

  Agus and his group were almost petrified, they had heard of roasting wild boar, and even roasting bald eagles, but they had never heard of anyone roasting spider meat. Not to mention whether it could be caught or not, the question was whether the highly toxic spider could be eaten at all.

  "Sir, can we eat spider meat?"

  After a moment of hesitation, Agu Su tactfully reminded him. He knew that Yang Ling's affairs were unfathomable, and it might not be a problem to catch a few spiders in the Spider Valley, but could he swallow those disgusting, highly toxic spiders?

  "Of course, it can be eaten. Roasted over a fire, steamed in water, sliced thinly - each method has its own unique flavor, and it's absolutely a delicacy of the world! In the distant desert lands, it's even worth a thousand pieces of gold!" Originally, Yang Ling was just joking around, but seeing Agu Su and the many barbarians look so shocked, he decided to speak as if it were true.

  As Yang Ling walked forward on his unicorn, Agu Su had no choice but to lead the brave warriors to follow closely behind. As they approached the Spider Valley, they saw that the entrance of the valley was quiet and still, without the large group of spiders they had imagined, and couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. But then, with Yang Ling's whistle, big and small spiders poured out like a flood.

  "Protect the adults, quickly!" Looking at the dense spiders, looking at the spider king as big as a calf, Agu's scalp was numb, and with a "swish" sound, he drew out his sharp long sword and directed the many barbarians to heavily guard Yang Ling.

  "Haha, don't be nervous, these are my Spider Warriors!" After a pause, Yang Ling jumped off the Unicorn and said: "They will also be your comrades on the battlefield, from now on, you'll have to interact with these Spider Warriors more often!"

  Adult Spider-Man?

  Looking at the giant wolf spider king, as big as a calf, lying obediently in front of Yang Ling, and then looking around at the spiders that filled the mountains and fields, Agu Su and his party suspected they were dreaming, and for half a day they couldn't come back to their senses.

  Is this...the terror of the ancient summoner?

  Looking at the dense wolf spiders, Agus was amazed, while the barbarians who followed him looked at each other, secretly calling it lucky and fortunate that their tribe had not clashed with Yang Ling. Otherwise, without saying anything else, as long as he commanded the tide-like spiders to rush forward, the consequences would be unbearable.

  Under Yang Ling's indication, the Wolf Spider King raised its fluffy paws and rubbed them one by one on the warriors' bodies, giving a unique greeting. This made Agu Su and other guards feel numb in their scalps while finally confirming that the dense spiders in front of them were indeed under Yang Ling's control.

  After resting for two hours in Spider Valley, Yang Ling and his party returned with a full load of more than thirty low-grade magic beast cores and over a hundred bottles of magic beast blood. As for the magic beasts' corpses, most were left to the spider army as spoils.

  Every three days, Agu Su would lead his personal guard to Spider Valley to collect the crystal cores and pure blood of the demonic beasts, and occasionally bring back a few heads of fresh game. Due to Yang Ling's gag order, no one knew where they went hunting, nor did anyone know that Yang Ling had a massive spider army in the Tras Forest.

  With the steady supply of crystal nuclei and demon beast blood, Yang Ling refined a large number of talismans, and his cultivation speed also became faster and faster. At the same time, Sophia was busy running around in circles. Not only did she have to be responsible for the liaison between Yang Ling and the Spirit Tribe, but she also had to participate in the management of the Night Fragrance Wine House, and even the operation of the winery. But being able to help Yang Ling share his worries, she felt that no matter how bitter or tired she was, it was all worth it, and she spent her days happily like a carefree skylark.

  That day, after returning to Visen Town from the Spirit Tribe, Sophia excitedly found Yang Ling who was testing the power of his talismans. "Brother Yang, guess what good things I've brought for you this time?"

  "Mmm, so fragrant! You've brought me a big beautiful woman with a lovely scent!" Yang Ling pretended to be elegant and took a deep breath of the fragrance beside Sophia. Perhaps because she had grown up in the forest since childhood and eaten various plants, the female elf had a faint fresh scent on her body.

  When Yang Ling called himself a beautiful woman, Sophia blushed with shame, but in her heart she was delighted, sweeter than eating a can of honey. "Brother Yang, look, what is this?"

  Sophia said as she lifted the gauze on the flower basket, carefully holding out a small sapling, "Yang brother, this is the only life tree sapling that our tribe has successfully cultivated in recent years. Grandfather said to give it to you as a gift, you must take good care of it!"

  Under Sophia's interpretation, Yang Ling understood that this sapling was the most precious treasure of the Elf tribe, and it might take decades to cultivate one. It can evolve from the Tree of Life to the Ancient War Tree, and then to the Ancient Wisdom Tree and the Wind Ancient Tree. After evolving to a higher level, not only can it guard the forest tribe, but also secrete the Spring of Life, which is the source of power for the forest elves.

  Everyone, I'm sorry for the late update tonight. My computer broke down and it's not fixed yet. When I open IE, it says "can't find the key". A friend lent me a Firefox, but the screen keeps shaking up and down, don't know what's wrong with it...