HLnovel Chapter 254 Breakthrough at the Bottom of the Crack
Chapter 254 Breakthrough at the Bottom of the Crack
After a fierce battle, the entire Ironclaw Wolf pack lay dead in pools of blood, none of them surviving.
As the event drew to a close, the warbler flew back, chirping a few times to show its joy.
At this moment, Wenwen was performing a healing spell on Wen Qilin and Wen Qiyuan.
After confirming that their respective fathers were alright, Wen Chengjian and Wen Chengbin began collecting their spoils.
Wen Chengjian: "Second brother, quickly put away the demon cores, claws, and fur of the Iron Claw Wolves."
Wen Chengbin: "Okay, brother, right away."
Wen Chengbin carefully put all of these into his storage bag. Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to hear a soft sobbing sound.
"Woo...Woo..."
Worried that he might be hallucinating, he quickly asked, "Did you hear anything?"
Before Wenwen could even spare a bit of her spiritual energy to investigate, Aying hurriedly said, "It's nothing, there's a wolf cub in that cave over there."
Wenwen: "A cave? Wolf cubs? Where are they? Are there any Gengyan fruits? Take us to see them quickly."
Considering her track record, Aying didn't mind her series of questions. "Come with me."
The group hurriedly followed Ah Ying through the rocky pass.
Wow, I never expected there to be a cliff fissure behind the rocky hollow. This fissure is ten feet wide and three or four miles long, and the wailing sound comes from below the fissure.
Approaching the crack, one can feel waves of cold energy rising from below. On the stone walls on both sides of the crack, there are many shade-loving spiritual herbs and plants. It goes without saying that what else would grow in a place where the sun doesn't reach?
"Down there." Aying flew down into the crevice, and the others followed her down.
The further down you go, the damper and darker it gets. Looking up, the cracks are all straight lines, and the light leaking down from above is very weak, which shows how high the cliff is.
It fell for about fifteen minutes before reaching the bottom of the crevice.
On one side of the rock wall at the bottom of the crack, there was a cave. At this moment, a wolf cub's head was peeking out of the cave entrance, looking at Wenwen and the others. The wolf cub whimpered from time to time, clearly showing that it was not afraid of people.
This is the wolf pack's den; the pungent smell emanating from the entrance is enough to tell you almost exactly what it is.
At the bottom of the crack, there is a stone wall on one side and a small pool on the other. The plants emanating a faint spiritual aura around the edge of the pool are Gengyan fruit plants.
At this moment, each plant has two grayish-white Gengyan fruits. I counted them, and there are a total of 5 plants, with exactly 10 fruits.
Aying circled the plant a few times, gesturing excitedly, "This fruit isn't ripe yet, let's wait a little longer."
Wenwen: "How much longer do we have to wait?"
"Well, probably, maybe, a few hours."
Wenwen glanced at Aying, knowing exactly what was going on, and turned to tell everyone, "Prepare to wait a couple of days."
Wen Chengjian: "Are we just going to wait here?"
Wen Chengbin: "How about we go keep the wolf cubs company?"
Wen Qilin and Wen Qiyuan exchanged a glance but remained silent.
A word to awaken the dreamer.
Wenwen had a different idea. "Hey, second brother, that's a good idea. If we become kings of the mountain, there's bound to be something good in the wolf's den. Let's go take a look."
Given that the smell in the cave was so pungent and unpleasant that it made their eyes water, the group not only shut off their sense of smell but also kept using cleaning spells. Wenwen even threw a few of the Cold Fragrance Pills she had made when she was bored into the cave entrance. After everyone's efforts, the smell was completely eliminated.
This big commotion didn't scare the wolf cub. The cub wasn't afraid of the people at all and kept moving closer to their feet. The people would tease it from time to time, and it thought they were just playing with it.
The warbler circled above the cave, while the wolf cub ran around on the ground, creating quite a lively scene.
Wen Qilin took out two bowls of leftover chicken soup from the morning and placed them aside for the animals to drink, and the cave finally quieted down.
Next, it's time to take a look at Alpha Wolf's collection.
In the innermost corner of the cave, half a wall was piled high with all sorts of things, including medicinal herbs, herbs, fruits, and some things that Wenwen had never seen or recognized before. As a fifth-level Qi Refining Iron Claw Wolf Demon, it was quite impressive that he had collected so many things. His level wasn't high, but he made up for it with quantity. These things were now all going to be good for them.
Wen Chengbin looked at the pile of things and smiled so hard his eyes narrowed into slits. "Hehe...this is all ours now. Now we finally know what it means to reap without sowing."
Wen Chengjian frowned and retorted, "Second brother, that's not right. We don't get something for nothing. My father and your father were both injured because of it."
Snapped!
Wen Chengbin slapped himself. "Pah, I misspoke. This is our rightful spoils."
Wen Qilin looked somewhat embarrassed and said to Wenwen and her two siblings, "...Thanks to Wen'er's help today, otherwise your second uncle and I would have been in grave danger... From now on, we still need to work harder in our cultivation."
Wen Qiyuan: "Wen'er, thanks to you for saving my life today, how about this... I'll stew another pot of chicken soup to express my gratitude?"
"...Okay, hahaha."
As night fell, the five people, one bird, and one wolf settled down together in the cave.
Since they had decided to stay here to watch the Gengyan fruit ripen, they had to make sure the security measures were in place. The group used their skills to set up several low-level defensive formations. Of course, Master Zhou had taught them these techniques before they set off.
The fact that the Yanqian Mountain Range is so vast, with low-grade spiritual herbs, plants, fruits, and trees on its outer perimeter, indicates that the spiritual energy of the mountain range is greater than that of places inhabited by mortals. The fact that so many demonic beasts can be nurtured in the inner perimeter of the mountain range further confirms that the spiritual energy of the mountain range becomes more concentrated the further inward it goes.
Ever since Wenwen and the others entered the inner perimeter of the mountain range, they could feel the spiritual energy surrounding them at any time. Now, they could finally cultivate in peace.
The feeling of spiritual energy flowing into the body during cultivation is so captivating that everyone loses themselves in the moment and becomes completely mesmerized.
Especially Wen Qilin, who had been stuck at the third level of Qi Refining for a whole year, felt the spiritual energy from the outside world rushing into his body like a floodgate. He immediately entered a meditative state and quickly circulated the incantation to absorb this rich spiritual energy. As the spiritual energy stored in his dantian increased, he finally pried open an invisible barrier at a certain moment, and a powerful aura instantly overflowed and surrounded him.
At this moment, Wen Qilin's cultivation level broke through to the fourth level of Qi Refining.
The spiritual energy from the outside world continued to flow in, and Wen Qilin did not stop. He continued to cultivate, and in the blink of an eye, two days had passed. His cultivation level had jumped to the late stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining.
For him, it was a case of losing one thing but gaining another.
Of course, the others also reaped considerable rewards.
Wen Qiyuan had already broken through to the third level of Qi Refining half a year ago, and this time, with a fierce determination, he also broke through to the early stage of the fourth level of Qi Refining.
The brothers Wen Chengjian and Wen Chengbin are still at the third level of Qi Refining, just one opportunity away from the fourth level.
As for Wenwen, she remained at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
The first three levels of the Qi Refining stage are considered low-level, the fourth, fifth, and sixth levels are mid-level, and the seventh level and beyond are high-level. Therefore, advancing from the third to the fourth level and from the sixth to the seventh level are barriers that need to be overcome in the Qi Refining stage. If one steadily accumulates enough knowledge and skills, and with a bit of opportunity and luck, advancing from the third to the fourth level is quite possible. However, advancing from the sixth to the seventh level is not so easy, as it is a barrier to higher levels.
That being said, as a person with a halo, Wenwen persisted in her cultivation every day, never slacking off or giving up. She believed that given time, advancing to the next level was not a dream. And if all else failed, she still had elixirs to help her, right?
By the way, two days have passed, and I don't know if the Gengyan fruit is ripe yet.