Baicao Star, Jiuyang Market is the closest market to Jiuyang Mountain and got its name because of its proximity to Jiuyang Mountain.
Jiuyang Mountain is a famous dangerous place on Baicao Star, but there are indeed many treasures in it, which attracts a large number of cultivators to hunt for treasures. The shops in Jiuyang Market are mainly to provide convenience for treasure-hunting cultivators, such as maps and restrictions of Jiuyang Mountain. Of course, these shops know limited information, but there are too many cultivators who come here to hunt for treasures. If each person spends a little spirit stone, it is enough for them to make a fortune.
The streets were bustling with people and traffic, and it was very lively.
"Come and take a look at the treasures we brought out from Jiuyang Mountain."
"A newly discovered map that few people have ever visited. It may contain magical treasures."
"Eighteen treasure hunting methods, I guarantee you will find some treasures."
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In a secluded courtyard with green tiles, Ye Xue and Liang Youshan were sitting in a green stone pavilion. On the green stone table in front of them were more than a dozen green animal skins, all of which were maps.
This is the map of Jiuyang Mountain they collected. Most of them cannot be verified. They are just trying every possible means to cure their desperate situation.
They have been on Baicao Star for more than 20 years and have been inquiring about the situation in Jiuyang Mountain.
There were some cultivators trapped in Jiuyang Mountain, and their natal soul lamps had not yet been extinguished, which made Ye Xue and Liang Youshan feel relieved.
According to the information they collected, it is too dangerous to enter Jiuyang Mountain now. In two hundred years, the restrictions of Jiuyang Mountain will enter a weakening period, and that time will be the best time to enter Jiuyang Mountain.
"The two maps clearly overlap. Those who sell the maps are so irresponsible. If you really use these maps to go in and look for treasure, you will definitely lose your life."
Liang Youshan frowned and said that they collected the maps only for reference and would not take them seriously.
"If one hundred maps are fake, it only takes one real map. It's just not easy to tell."
Ye Xue smiled bitterly and said that the overlapping parts of some maps were very different. One map showed a valley, and the other map showed a river. This was still good. If it was a ban, it would be troublesome.
Liang Youshan nodded, sighed softly, and said, "I hope they are safe."
"They must be fine. Maybe they are trapped in some forbidden area."
Ye Xue said seriously, with a firm gaze.
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Deep in Jiuyang Mountain, there is the Baicao Garden.
In a simple green bamboo building, Ye Xin was sitting cross-legged on a blue cushion with her eyes closed and her hands in a seal. There were strands of blue light emerging around her body and her surface was covered with a layer of blue glow.
After a while, the blue glow on Ye Xin's body dissipated and she opened her eyes.
She seemed to notice something and stood up and walked out.
A huge thundercloud was floating above Baicao Garden, with lightning and thunder. Countless silver lightning snakes could be seen moving around with astonishing momentum, accompanied by bursts of huge thunder, giving people a strong sense of oppression.
"The day of the fifty-nine thunder tribulation has finally arrived."
Ye Xin said softly, with a hint of worry in her beautiful eyes.
In a secret room, Han Changming sat cross-legged on a yellow cushion with a serious look.
According to his understanding, when a Nascent Soul cultivator strives to reach the Spiritual Transformation Stage, he will attract a thunder tribulation. The thunder tribulation is divided into five rounds, and each round has nine thunder tribulations, also known as the fifty-nine thunder tribulations.
In addition to surviving the fifty-nine thunder tribulations, one must also introduce some thunder and lightning power to temper the body, allowing the body to undergo a qualitative change, thereby advancing into the Spirit Transformation Stage.
There are two very important factors in impacting the Spirit Transformation Stage. First, the person who is undergoing the tribulation can use treasures to weaken the power of the thunder tribulation. Second, there must be cultivators to protect him. After surviving the thunder tribulation, the person's body will undergo a qualitative change and thus become sandalwood. The duration of this process is not fixed. After the sandalwood transformation is completed, the person's body will also complete the qualitative change, and his spiritual consciousness will greatly increase, thus advancing to the Spirit Transformation Stage.
If the physical body cannot be transformed into sandalwood, the impact on the Spiritual Transformation Stage will fail. Some Nascent Soul cultivators successfully survived the thunder tribulation, but their physical bodies could not be transformed into sandalwood, and they could not advance to the Spiritual Transformation Stage.
If the power of thunder and lightning used to temper the body is too strong, the body may be damaged. If the power of thunder and lightning is too weak, the body cannot be tempered. This process is difficult to control and depends on the individual.
After a deafening thunderous sound, the stone chamber where Han Changming was located collapsed and shattered into pieces, and a thick silver lightning bolt headed straight towards Han Changming.
Han Changming was well prepared. He summoned the Wind-Controlling Flag and cast a spell. The flag suddenly lit up with a dazzling green light and released a misty green hurricane to meet the attack.
The silver lightning sank into the green hurricane and instantly disappeared without a trace, like mud in the sea.
The stone chamber collapsed, and Han Changming could clearly see a huge thundercloud floating above Baicao Garden, with lightning and thunder.
The five-colored light curtain had disappeared, apparently having been broken by the thunder.
Upon closer inspection, the thunderclouds were vaguely divided into five groups of the same size.
Accompanied by a deafening thunder, a thundercloud rolled violently, and an even thicker silver lightning fell and struck Han Changming.
Han Changming took out a formation plate that was glowing yellow and cast a spell. Countless yellow mists emerged from the ground and covered him. An area of a hundred acres was covered by the yellow mist, and the situation inside could not be seen clearly.
The silver lightning sank into the yellow mist, like mud in the sea, disappearing without a trace.
Time passed little by little, the thunderclouds in the sky rolled violently, and thick silver lightning struck down and sank into the yellow sea of fog.
The volume of the yellow fog sea became smaller and smaller. After the first round of thunder tribulation ended, most of the yellow fog sea dissipated, and several tiny cracks appeared on the yellow array plate in Han Changming's hand.
After a deafening thunder, the second round of thunder tribulation began. A silver lightning bolt thicker than the previous one streaked across the sky and struck towards the yellow sea of fog where Han Changming was.
The silver lightning sank into the yellow sea of fog and disappeared without a trace.
There were several more tiny cracks on the formation plate in Han Changming's hand. When the fourth silver lightning fell, the yellow formation plate in Han Changming's hand suddenly broke into pieces and turned into debris.
He hurriedly took out a misty green four-cornered formation plate and entered several spells. Green vines suddenly grew out of the ground. The green vines grew rapidly. Each green vine was as thick as a millstone. The dense green vines wove into a green net bag, protecting Han Changming inside.
A thick silver lightning bolt struck the green net bag, easily tearing a hole in it, but soon the green net bag flashed a dazzling green light and the gap healed quickly.
A rumbling thunder sounded, and an even thicker silver lightning bolt struck down, heading straight for Han Changming.
There were constant roars and lightning and thunder.
Ye Xin stood in the distance, her brows furrowed, her eyes full of worry.
After a cup of tea, the thundercloud was only a hundred feet in size. Han Changming's face was pale. A yellow giant with dim spiritual light stood in front of him. It was the earth guarding warrior.
A deafening roar was heard from the sky, and the thunderclouds rolled violently, suddenly transforming into a giant silver tiger over a hundred feet long with wings on its back.
A giant silver tiger swooped down from the sky and headed straight towards Han Changming.
Han Changming took a deep breath, pinched his fingers, and the yellow giant burst into a dazzling yellow light. He moved his arms and smashed towards the silver giant tiger with a sharp sound of breaking through the air.
After a loud bang, the Shutu warrior's fists defeated the giant silver tiger. The dazzling silver lightning flooded the entire mountain, and Ye Xin could not avoid it.
After a while, the lightning dissipated, and most of the Baicao Garden disappeared. The small half of the Baicao Garden was protected by a formation, so it escaped the disaster.
Han Changming was sitting cross-legged in a huge pit, wearing a dim yellow armor. The yellow armor was shining brightly. Upon closer inspection, one could see that the yellow armor was composed of countless yellow gravels that were shining brightly.
Han Changming closed his eyes and made seals with his hands. A strange smell emanated from his body, which was very similar to sandalwood, but upon closer inspection, it did not look like sandalwood.
The physical body can be transformed into sandalwood. If the transformation is successful, one can advance to the Spiritual Transformation Stage.
This process will attract monsters. If the monsters devour the monks whose bodies are turning into sandalwood, it will be of great benefit to their advancement.
Ye Xin looked at Han Changming carefully, and after confirming that Han Changming was not seriously injured, she finally felt relieved.
A huge beast roar came from a distance. Some monsters had already smelled the special scent emitted by Han Changming and rushed towards Baicao Garden.
Ye Xin did not dare to be careless, and quickly took out the formation plate and prepared for battle.
With Baicao Garden as the center, monsters from a thousand miles around rushed out of their nests and headed straight for Baicao Garden, and the scale was still expanding.
In an underground cave, Han Debiao was sitting cross-legged on the ground with his eyes closed. His body was enveloped in a ball of black light and there was a crackling sound of bones coming from his body.
After a while, the cave began to shake slightly and a huge explosion was heard outside.
Han Debiao frowned, the black light on his body dissipated, and he opened his eyes with a gloomy look.
He walked out of the cave and saw the powerful golden-backed ape fighting with a giant red python that was over a hundred feet long. The red python's body was covered with red scales, and there were dozens of huge pits on the ground. A giant yellow python fell to the ground with a blood hole as big as a fist on its head.
The giant red python opened its bloody mouth and spewed out huge red fireballs. The powerful golden-backed ape swung a long stick that was shining with yellow light and smashed it at the red fireballs.
The red fireball was hit by the yellow stick and exploded instantly, turning into countless red flames and scattering all over the ground.
A black light flashed, and a black hand over a hundred feet in size appeared out of thin air and slapped the red python on the head.
The red python's head hit the ground heavily. As soon as it raised its head, a sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard, and a golden spear shot out and instantly sank into the red python's mouth.
A miserable cry was heard, and the body of the giant red python was torn into two.
Han Debiao frowned and looked towards the distant sky.
He saw a large number of demon birds. It was not surprising to see demon birds here. Generally speaking, demon birds appeared together according to their populations, but these demon birds came from different populations, including demon eagles, demon eagles, demon doves and so on.
Not only that, there were a large number of monsters on the ground rushing towards a certain place.
"Beast Tide?"
Han Debiao muttered to himself, his face full of confusion.
In his understanding, this situation would only occur during a beast tide.
Why did a beast tide break out here out of nowhere? This wasn't the open sea, but Jiuyang Mountain. Why did the monsters start a beast tide? Did a treasure appear? Or was there some other reason
Han Debiao thought about it and chased after him with the powerful golden-backed ape.
In Baicao Garden, Ye Xin held a misty green seven-cornered formation plate and cast one spell after another. Thousands of monsters gathered at the foot of Baicao Peak. There were also hundreds of monster birds in the sky, including several fourth-level monster birds.
Jackals, tigers and leopards rushed towards Baicao Peak at an extremely fast speed.
A large number of green thorns suddenly emerged from the ground and entangled the bodies of these monsters. The sharp thorns on the green thorns pierced their bodies.
These monsters had thick skin and flesh, and were not afraid at all. They either tore with all their might or cast spells, and a large number of green thorns disappeared. However, soon, a large number of green thorns emerged from the ground again. After a blur, they turned into green spears, which stabbed at the attacking monsters. A large number of monsters had their bodies pierced by the green spears. They were not dead yet, but the monsters behind them stepped on them and crushed them to death.
They just came here out of instinct, without any systematic organization. Everyone wanted to devour Han Changming, so naturally they would not take care of other monsters.
In the sky, hundreds of demonic birds were circling and casting various spells to attack Baicao Garden.
Ye Xin took out a silver-shining array plate and entered several spells. A deafening thunder sounded and a huge thundercloud appeared over Baicao Garden. Electric arcs of nine different colors could be seen.
The Nine Thunder Demon-Slaying Formation was a formation that Han Changming had spent a huge amount of money to buy.
The thunderclouds rolled violently like boiling water, and thick blue lightning streaked across the sky, striking the monsters below.
Monster beasts and birds below the fourth level will be killed or crippled if struck by blue lightning. Monster beasts with thick skin and flesh can still withstand a few more hits, but monster beasts with too weak defenses will be instantly reduced to ashes if struck by blue lightning.
The roar continued, and golden lightning balls as big as millstones flew out from the thunderclouds and hit the monsters below like hail.
The golden lightning ball fell into the beast herd and exploded instantly. The dazzling golden lightning submerged the figures of the monsters. A large number of low-level monsters were reduced to ashes on the spot, and the monsters with stronger bodies were turned into broken limbs. The air was filled with a burnt smell.
Han Changming made seals with his hands, closed his eyes, and a strange fragrance continued to emanate from his body.
Ye Xin controlled the formation to resist the monster, her magic power quickly dissipated and her face turned pale.
As time passed, there were more and more monsters. Ye Xin's face became paler and paler. The monsters kept coming, as if they could not be killed all, and they rushed towards the Baicao Garden frantically.
An hour later, Ye Xin's face turned pale, with a thin layer of sweat on her forehead, and she looked as if she had exhausted too much of her magic power.
The monsters had already rushed to the middle of the mountain, the thunderclouds had dissipated, and a large number of monster birds swooped down.
A sharp bird cry was heard, and the golden-eyed golden crow spread its wings and flew high, spewing out a stream of golden demonic fire as it rushed forward.
The Thunder Rhinoceros Bug, the Amethyst Flying Scorpion, and the Stone Man took action one after another to protect Han Changming and Ye Xin.
Ye Xin sat down cross-legged, took out a light blue pill and put it into her mouth.
The pill melted in his mouth, and Ye Xin's pale face regained its rosy color at a speed visible to the naked eye.
A beam of yellow light shot out from each of the stone man's eyes. One of the beams of yellow light hit a giant green eagle. The giant green eagle was petrified at a speed visible to the naked eye and turned into a yellow statue. It fell from a great height and was smashed to pieces.