Cultivation Begins From The Desert

"Xiao Jiu's strategy initially seems to be successful. After the old man burned all the desert plants, there was a problem with the food supply of the poisonous fire scorpions. In less than half a month, the scorpions appeared cannibalism. The situation, coupled with the old man taking the opportunity to attack and kill, now the number of scorpions has dropped by nearly 50% compared to when they were at their peak."

"But now the Tier 3 [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King] has realized the seriousness of the problem, forcibly stopped the common poisonous fire scorpions from killing each other, and sent the scorpion group to the depths of the desert to hunt. The food crisis is over."

On Qingping Mountain, the old patriarch Zhou Minghan called all the Zhou family cultivators here to explain his victory this month and frontline intelligence.

It can be seen that when they heard that 50% of the poisonous fire scorpions died because of Zhou Yang's strategy, all the Zhou family cultivators showed joy on their faces.

However, when they heard the words behind the old patriarch, the joy on everyone's faces subsided a little, and they couldn't help but bow their heads and ponder.

After all, the poisonous fire scorpion is a monster, and its combat ability and desert survival ability are many times stronger than ordinary desert animals. Once it leaves its nest and goes deep into the desert to hunt, it is really difficult to starve to death.

It seems that Zhou Yang's "ecological chain destruction" tactics are not as perfect as everyone imagined.

"Hey, I said what are you thinking? We have reduced the scorpion group by 50% without hurting one person. It's already a big victory. It's hard to think that if you don't release a spell, you can make the entire scorpion swarm. The scorpion will be wiped out? Stop dreaming, it's a monster, not a little bug that ordinary mortals can trample to death. Over the years, have you heard of anyone killing a monster without directly fighting a monster? ?"

Just as everyone was thinking about the flaws of Zhou Yang's "ecological chain destruction" tactics, Zhou Xuanyu suddenly sneered and broke the silence unceremoniously.

Although her words were a bit unpleasant, they also awakened everyone and made them realize that they had fallen into a misunderstanding of thinking.

There has never been a perfect strategy in this world, but they want to rely on a small strategy to eliminate a group of monsters. How ridiculous!

And who are they? They are immortal cultivators. If even mortals can use a strategy to eliminate all monsters, what use are they immortal cultivators? When they faced mortals, how could they still call themselves "immortal masters"?

"Although Sanmei's words are a bit ugly, they are true, not to mention that the idea of ​​​​destroying the entire scorpion colony by just relying on a strategy is too whimsical, even us people don't have so much time to wait here. The scorpion swarm is exhausted."

"The fact that the old patriarch left the family's spiritual veins must not be hidden for too long. If we people do not return to the family's various industries for a long time, it will also arouse suspicion from outsiders. Once people know what happened here, it will cause harm to our Zhou family The harm is much greater than those poisonous fire scorpions!"

Zhou Xuanhao, as Zhou Yang's father, naturally had to stand up and support his son at this time. Speaking of which, this was the first time he took the initiative to answer Zhou Xuanyu's words in so many years.

Seeing that this pair of old friends who have been friends for many years has abandoned their previous hatred and united at this time because of a junior, the other Zhou family cultivators felt amused, but at the same time, they were sincerely happy for the two of them.

The monks of the Zhou family have always been united. In the past, although the battle between Zhou Xuanhao and Zhou Xuanyu was within the control of the elders, it was still a hidden danger. Now that this hidden danger has been removed, it is a good thing for the entire Zhou family.

What's more, what Zhou Xuanyu and Zhou Xuanhao said really made sense. These important figures in the Zhou family usually have tasks at their disposal. It's okay to leave the family in a short time, but if it lasts for a long time, there will definitely be troubles.

"Xiao Jiu, is there anything you want to say?"

When the old patriarch Zhou Minghan saw that the others were silent, he turned his eyes and looked at Zhou Yang, the party involved.

"Great-grandfather Mingjian, the grandson's strategy is flawed, this is a fact, but as the adoptive mother said, we cultivators of immortality attribute the great power to ourselves, the strategy is the trail, since the trail has been exhausted, it is naturally up to us to use the magic weapon in our hands. It's time to practice the Great Way!"

"Isn't the scorpion group going deep into the sand to hunt for food? Then I'll gather around to help, kill the poisonous fire scorpions that go out to hunt and lead the [Poison Fire Scorpion King] out, and destroy it in one fell swoop!"

Zhou Yang glanced at the elders of the family who were looking at him, and said his thoughts in a loud voice.

"Will the power be attributed to oneself?"

The old patriarch Zhou Minghan squinted his eyes, and then laughed loudly: "What a great power is attributed to oneself, although this statement is simple and easy to understand, but it points directly to the Dao, I and other immortal practitioners have been practicing hard for thousands of years, except for seeking longevity and happiness. , What else is sought, isn't the great power attributed to oneself?"

The laughter faded, and the old patriarch's face was solemn, and he looked at the thoughtful Zhou family and ordered: "Just do as Xiaojiu said, and now you can go with the old man to hunt down those people. A poisonous fire scorpion that goes out hunting."

"As ordered."

With the order of the old patriarch Zhou Minghan, the Zhou family's dozen or so cultivators in the late stage of Qi training quickly acted.

Everyone rode on the Shatuo beast and set off from Qingping Mountain. It took less than two days to reach the periphery of the red flame iron ore, and then used the sand rabbits, gerbils and other beasts brought from the Qingping Mountain oasis as bait. It is easy to attract dozens of poisonous fire scorpions that go out to hunt.

sizzle—

After dozens of first-order poisonous fire scorpions, led by a few second-order poisonous fire scorpions, sniffed the smell of blood and rushed over, they were quickly killed by more than a dozen Zhou family cultivators who were hiding their breaths with magical weapons. , the survivors screamed "hiss" and sent out a distress signal, while desperately digging a hole to escape to the ground.

Refers to the ground into steel!

Zhou Yang, who had never made a move, finally cast this newly learned second-level high-grade spell after nearly a minute of spellcasting.

When the cultivation base reaches the seventh level of qi training, one can practice second-order high-grade spells, and Zhou Yang's first second-grade high-grade spell to practice is the "referring to the ground into steel" spell.

This spell is not very useful when dealing with immortal cultivators, but it is a magical skill when dealing with monsters in the desert that are very good at drilling holes or escaping the ground. spells.

It's just that spells are easy to learn, but difficult to master. Zhou Yang has only learned this spell for a few months, and it is very difficult to be able to cast a spell successfully at one time. If you want to speed up the spell casting speed to the level of the old man Zhou Quan, there is no one who has practiced hard for more than ten years. Impossible to do.

Like the old man Zhou Quan, who can perform the second-level high-grade spell "pointing to the ground into steel" within the time of counting breaths, only one or two of the 100 people in the late stage of Qi training, and they must be that kind of age of hundreds of people. aged monk.

Generally speaking, except for those geniuses who have special talents in spell learning, ordinary cultivators want to reduce the casting time to a few seconds or even one second, or like the old man Zhou Quan, ten years of daily suffering After practicing for more than ten years or even decades, either use a high-level cultivation base to cast low-level spells.

Among the many spells Zhou Yang has learned, removing those first-order spells that have little combat power does not count. Today, the fastest casting spell is the second-order middle-grade fire spell "Fire Snake Art". The casting time is less than five seconds, barely Can be used in normal combat.

It is precisely because spells are easy to learn but difficult to master, and difficult to use in battles of the same level, that immortal cultivators have developed two skills of making talismans and refining weapons.

The talisman maker can use special rune paper to seal the spell in it, and the cultivator can activate the spell sealed in the talisman by injecting mana, which is very convenient.

And the magic weapon refined by the refiner can be used at will by the immortal cultivator after refining, not to mention that it can only be used once and can be used repeatedly like the magic talisman.

Compared with the immortal cultivator who has the magic weapon and the magic talisman, the difference in strength is definitely not one or two points, but a difference of several times or even ten times.

At this moment, with Zhou Yang's "pointing to the ground into steel" spell, those poisonous fire scorpions who wanted to dig a hole to escape immediately discovered that the originally soft sandy soil suddenly became as hard as steel, and the scorpion claws hit the ground. Above, there were large sparks sputtering.

Those Zhou elders are all experienced people, how could they miss this good opportunity, and immediately all kinds of instruments and spells smashed at the scorpion group on the ground in turn, and this one-sided battle ended in a short time. .

At this moment, an angry scream came from a distance.

Then everyone saw the dark red [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King] as huge as a calf, rushing towards here from far and near, like a gust of wind carrying sand and dust in the sky.

At the same time, ordinary poisonous fire scorpions with jet black color quickly emerged from the sand in other directions.

"You wait until you continue to clean up those ordinary poisonous fire scorpions, and the [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King] will be handed over to this old man."

The old patriarch Zhou Minghan, who had never done it for a long time, finally moved. With a movement of the sword light under his feet, he intercepted the attacking [Poisonous Fire Scorpion King].

When the old patriarch Zhou Minghan was away, the command naturally fell to the senior Zhou Quan, the most senior among the nineteen Zhou family cultivators present.

The old man glanced across the battlefield and quickly issued an order according to the situation.

"Xuan Hao, Xuan Yu, Yu Ting, Xiao Jiu, the four of you are responsible for clearing the monsters in the east. UU Reading www.uukanshu.com"

"Lao Qi, Lao Jiu, Xuan Tai, Xuan Bin, Xuan Yan, the five of you are in charge of the south."

"The fifth one, Xuan He, Xuan Ying..."

Zhou Yang followed behind his parents, and according to Elder Zhou Quan's order, he quickly moved and killed the dozens of poisonous fire scorpions that appeared in the east.

Among these dozens of poisonous fire scorpions, there are only seven second-order poisonous fire scorpions, and only one second-order high-grade monster, which is the weakest group among the monsters that appear on all sides.

This is the first time that Zhou Yang has fought side by side with his parents. He still has some desire to express himself. He wants his parents to see the achievements of his practice over the years.

Therefore, as soon as he approached the scorpion group, he immediately took out the second-order high-grade magic weapon "Armor Piercing Dagger", which was made by the old patriarch with the four incisors of [Golden Eating Rat], and instantly nailed the four first-order poisonous fire scorpions to death. on the ground.

Under the blade of the "Armor Piercing Dagger", these first-order poisonous fire scorpions are as hard as fine iron carapaces, and only a little thicker than a layer of paper.

When Mother Zhou saw this, she immediately praised: "Good job! Yang'er, you can deal with these first-order poisonous fire scorpions, and leave those second-order poisonous fire scorpions to your parents and your godmother to deal with!"

Hearing the previous sentence, Zhou Yang was still very happy in his heart, but when he heard what his mother said behind him, his face shrugged, knowing that his mother still regarded himself as the child who needed their protection.

"My son knows."

He weakly replied, but he had no idea of ​​protesting at all, because he knew that even if he protested, his mother and father would definitely not listen.

At the moment, he can only turn depression into strength, and scatter all his qi on those first-order poisonous fire scorpions. Under his imperial envoy, four "armor-piercing daggers", like the sickle in the hands of the **** of death, frantically harvest these low The life of a monster.