Chapter 639 - 415: Giant Ape
Chapter 639: Chapter 415: Giant Ape
Having not seen him for three months, he also assumed Xu Yang was dead. After all, who would stay in a place like Jade Dragon Mountain for months?
Sun Tao strode into the classroom, his face involuntarily darkening. "Xu Yang wouldn’t be in danger even if you guys died ten times over."
He had heard these rumors for a while, but he refused to believe Xu Yang was in any trouble. A person as cautious as Xu Yang couldn’t possibly have an accident just by entering Jade Dragon Mountain once.
"It’s been over three months. Senior Brother Sun, you need to face reality," Lu Ren said, shaking his head.
Although he had never been to Jade Dragon Mountain, he knew of its perils. When the heavens decided to take a life, they didn’t care whether you were a genius or not.
"Get lost!" Sun Tao showed Lu Ren no respect at all.
"What a pity!" Not far away, Gu Qingfeng shook his head; he also felt that Xu Yang might have met with a mishap.
Too many people knew about Xu Yang taking a mission to Moon Peak. Someone might have asked their family to send experts to intercept and kill him. People like Huo Xiaochen and Fang Xu were fully capable of doing such a thing. If he were Xu Yang’s enemy, he wouldn’t let such an opportunity slip by either.
Meanwhile, Xu Yang was completely unaware of what was happening at the Celestial Strategy Academy. He was still making his way back at an unhurried pace, cultivating and comprehending his martial arts while searching for Spirit Medicines and Exotic Beasts along the way.
One day, he sensed an anomaly in the Spiritual Qi beneath a cliff. He immediately leaped up to investigate. On a tiny, protruding ledge on the cliff face, a Spirit Ginseng grew from a crevice in the rocks, overflowing with Spirituality.
He immediately took out the Burning Separation Saber to cut open the stone. Soon, a Spirit Ginseng as thick as a baby’s arm appeared in his hand.
"A five-year-old Spirit Ginseng. Not bad."
This single stalk of Spirit Ginseng was worth around ten Spirit Coins. After brushing off the dirt, Xu Yang took out a Spirit Box and stored the Ginseng inside. Just as he was about to jump down from the cliff and leave, he suddenly noticed something wrong.
Since he had dug up the Spirit Ginseng, the Spiritual Qi here should have returned to normal. Yet, the Spiritual Qi in the world was still gathering toward this spot, drilling into the cliff.
"There’s something else underneath," Xu Yang realized. Carefully wielding the Burning Separation Saber, he continued digging, slicing away chunk after chunk of rock.
As he dug deeper, it was as if a seal had been lifted. The object inside absorbed Spiritual Qi with increasing intensity, drawing in more and more of the surrounding Spiritual Qi. Xu Yang’s eyes lit up. Whatever lay beneath was definitely not ordinary.
He dug for another fifteen minutes, excavating nearly seven or eight meters deep, until a clump of pale golden soil appeared before his eyes. When this object was fully revealed, its ability to absorb Spiritual Qi grew even stronger. Like a Spirit Medicine that was several decades old, it caused the Spiritual Qi within a fifty-foot radius to swarm over.
"Earth Essence!" Xu Yang’s eyes brightened, his face full of joy.
He had seen this kind of thing before! While studying the Weapon Forging Skill at the Purple Sun Sect, he had seen illustrations of Earth Essence. During lectures, Jin Yu had also placed special emphasis on it.
Earth Essence was not only one of the materials used for forging High-tier Spiritual Weapons, but it was also a peerless Spiritual Object used to create spirit fields. A single piece of Earth Essence could transform an ordinary plot of land into a spirit field, accelerating the growth of Spirit Medicines. To those top-tier factions, Earth Essence was a strategic resource they wouldn’t bear to sell for any amount of money.
All of his other harvests over the past three months combined were not as valuable as this piece of Earth Essence. He hurriedly took out a Spirit Box to store it, isolating the Spirituality of the Earth Essence.
"BOOM!"
Just as he was about to jump off the cliff, a loud explosion rang in his ears. Looking up, he saw a pillar of dust and smoke shooting into the sky in the distance, with whole swathes of trees collapsing. At the same time, explosive shouts and the clashing of weapons drifted over—and there were more than just one or two.
"Is someone fighting?" Xu Yang thought. He immediately concealed his aura, sneaking toward the source of the noise like a phantom.
Soon, in a flattened clearing in the forest, he saw a group of people engaged in battle. Combined, both sides had over a dozen people across various Realms. The strongest among them were at the Celestial Essence Fourth Layer.
One side wore normal clothes, while the other side all wore masks. It was obvious that the masked group was attacking the unmasked one. Whether it was a vendetta or a robbery for treasure, it was clearly premeditated.
The clash between the two sides was extremely fierce. The scattered Qi Force had already reduced the surrounding thousand-foot radius into ruins, while the battle between the two Celestial Essence Fourth Layer experts was so intense it felt as though the mountains and earth were shattering.
Xu Yang swept his gaze over the battlefield and noticed that the masked men had the upper hand.
"Looks like there’s no advantage to be gained here!"
He watched for a while, but unable to figure out the reason behind their fight, he decided to leave. However, at that moment, an explosive shout made him stop in his tracks.
"Hand over the Celestial Star Tungsten Steel, or none of you will leave here alive today!"