Jianchen's gaze swept over the few of them. Suddenly, a thought flashed through his mind. "Right, it's the aura, it's the killing intent." Jianchen's eyes suddenly lit up. He immediately understood why most of the magical beasts they'd encountered along the way didn't dare to come out. It turned out that it was because of the aura and faint killing intent emitted from their bodies.
Although those magical beasts didn't have intelligence, due to their innate advantage, their intuition was very strong. Once they sensed a powerful enemy that they couldn't fight against, their beastly instincts would make them cower in fear and retreat.
Thinking of this, Jianchen immediately said, "Wait a moment. Everyone, withdraw your aura. Otherwise, the rank 1 magical beasts we've encountered along the way won't dare to come out."
Hearing this, Captain Kendall turned his head to look suspiciously at Jianchen and asked, "Jianchen, will this work?"
"Whether it works or not, we'll know once we try." Jianchen didn't want to give any superfluous explanation.
Hearing Jianchen's words, Capudus lowered his head and pondered for a moment. A trace of light gradually appeared in his eyes before he said, "Everyone, let's believe in Jianchen this time. We've rarely encountered rank 1 magical beasts in the past few times we've entered the Magical Beast Forest. I've been suspicious about this situation for a long time, but I haven't been able to find an answer. Perhaps the situation really is as Jianchen says."
"Since even Capudus says so, we'll do as Jianchen says." The ones who spoke were the usually taciturn Zhou Dakai and his brother.
Although Capudus only had the strength of a Saint, due to his intelligence, he had come up with many good ideas for the Flame Mercenary Group. Therefore, his words had a certain degree of persuasiveness to everyone.
Following that, everyone followed Jianchen's instructions and kept their Qi into their bodies. None of it leaked out.
Just as everyone maintained this state for less than three kilometers, they encountered a Class 1 Magical Beast that took the initiative to attack them. This discovery made the Flame Mercenaries overjoyed. Although the price of a Class 1 Monster Core was much lower than that of a Class 2 Monster Core, hunting a Class 1 Magical Beast was extremely easy for them. Once they killed a Class 1 Magical Beast, their harvest would be even more bountiful.
"Haha, we've finally encountered a Rank 1 Magical Beast. Leader Kendall, leave this Magical Beast to me, Capudus, and Yu Xuan." Xiao Dao shouted loudly in excitement. Soon after, a two chi long dagger appeared in his hand. He took the lead to attack the Class 1 Magical Beast, while Capudus and Yu Xuan followed closely behind.
Seeing the two chi long dagger in Xiao Dao's hand, Jianchen shook his head. No wonder he was called Xiao Dao. It turned out that the Sacred Weapon that Xiao Dao cultivated with was also a dagger. Immediately after, Jianchen's gaze swept past Yu Xuan and Capudus. He saw that both of their Sacred Weapons were two-handed greatswords.
Next, Xiao Dao's group of three fought fiercely with the Class 1 Magical Beast. None of the three of them were much weaker than the Class 1 Magical Beast, so the battle was more frightening than dangerous. In the end, after a short fight, the three of them finally killed the Class 1 Magical Beast.
As for their battle, Jianchen and the others who possessed the strength of a Great Saint didn't have any intention of interfering. It was equivalent to using the Class 1 Magical Beast as practice for Xiao Dao's group of three.
Along the way, they would encounter the attacks of Class 1 or Class 2 Magical Beasts almost every time they walked. This situation also allowed everyone to confirm that Jianchen's method was indeed effective.
At night, everyone found an open area to rest. Then, they made a large bonfire and roasted the Magical Beast's meat while cleaning up the spoils of war that they had obtained today.
Sitting in front of the bonfire, everyone used the flickering flames to look at the small pile of Magical Beast Cores placed in front of Leader Kendall. Each of their faces revealed a very happy smile.
"Everyone, I will now announce today's harvest." Leader Kendall had a happy smile on his face. He looked around and then continued, "Today, we have obtained a total of twenty Magical Beast Cores. Among them, there are seven Class 2 Magical Beast Cores and thirteen Class 1 Magical Beast Cores. This amount is four to five times our previous harvest." Leader Kendall practically roared out the last sentence. From this, it could be seen how excited he was in his heart.
"Haha, this is all thanks to Jianchen. If it wasn't for his advice, I'm afraid we wouldn't even have encountered a Class 1 Magical Beast today." Hu Po drank a mouthful of wine and laughed loudly.
Chang Ningfeng also chuckled and said, "Hu Po is right. Today's harvest is all thanks to little brother Jianchen. Moreover, among the seven Class 2 Magical Beasts, Jianchen alone killed three. Come, little brother Jianchen, drink a mouthful!" As he spoke, Chang Ningfeng handed the wine jug in his hand to Jianchen.
Jian Chen didn't stand on ceremony and took a big gulp from the jug of wine Chang Ningfeng handed over. He smiled and said, "Everyone, don't say that. When it comes to contributions, everyone has contributed. But one thing is for sure, this time, our harvest in the Magical Beast Mountain Range will definitely be much more than usual."
"Haha, that's right. This time, with an expert like little brother Jianchen here, our Flame Mercenaries will definitely have the most bountiful harvest we've ever had." Leader Kendall laughed heartily, "Looking at this small pile of Magical Beast Cores, I feel like I can already see my dream coming true step by step."
"Leader, then what's your dream?" Xiao Dao asked curiously.
"My dream is to make our Flame Mercenaries become the number one mercenary group on the Tian Yuan Continent." Leader Kendall laughed heartily and said in an impassioned tone, "This is the greatest dream of my life."
Hearing this, everyone roared with laughter.
"Number one mercenary group on the Tian Yuan Continent, Kendall. Your dream is destined to never come true," Hu Po said without any respect.
"That's right. Hu Po is right. Kendall, your dream is far too whimsical. According to what you've said, I still hope to become the number one expert on the Tian Yuan Continent," Dier chuckled as well.
"Hahaha, number one expert on the continent? In your dreams …"
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Jianchen sat before the fire as he watched everyone chat with a smile. He would also laugh out loud from time to time. At that moment, he actually felt an extremely rare sliver of happiness from the bottom of his heart. Although they were all joking around, the deep friendship that they unintentionally revealed unknowingly affected Jianchen's soul.
After eating and drinking to their heart's content, a person from the Flame Mercenaries scattered a ring of medicinal powder around where everyone was resting to prevent the smell from wafting out while they were resting from attracting wild beasts or magical beasts. After that, he extinguished the fire and returned to his tent to rest.
Jianchen lazily laid in his tent as he thought about some random things. Currently, he did not have any other monster cores apart from the two Class 4 Monster Cores. Even if he wanted to cultivate, he would not be able to find any monster cores to absorb. As for the two Class 4 Monster Cores, Jianchen did not want to touch them right now. He wanted to wait until he reached the Saint Master level before absorbing their energy.
"Looks like I should encourage leader Kendall and the others to hunt Class 3 Magical Beasts tomorrow. At the very least, I need to obtain three Class 3 Monster Cores every day. Otherwise, I won't be able to cultivate for the next few days," Jianchen thought to himself as he laid in his tent.
"With my own strength, hunting ordinary Class 3 Magical Beasts is not a problem at all. If leader Kendall and the others work together, they should be able to hold off two Class 3 Monster Cores. As long as we don't encounter four Class 3 Magical Beasts at the same time, there won't be any danger."
"Yep, there's also the Flame Mercenaries. I can only stay here for a month at most. Leader Kendall and the others are very nice, so I should do my best to obtain some monster cores for them during this period of time. After a month, I'll leave the Flame Mercenaries and do my best to increase my strength. I'll treat this month as a relaxing time for myself. After all, the poison resistance factor I absorbed from the Silver Striped Golden Snake's blood has yet to perfectly fuse with my blood. This will take some time, and during this period of time, I need to avoid injury as much as possible. Once I'm injured, the poison resistance factor in my blood will decrease with the loss of blood. Only when the poison resistance factor has perfectly fused with my blood will the circulation of my blood transform my entire body, causing my entire body to possess the poison resistance factor. Only then will my blood naturally possess the poison resistance factor. From then on, not only will I be immune to all poisons, my blood will also be able to detoxify others. As long as I don't encounter a poison stronger than the Silver Striped Golden Snake's, there's no poison that my blood can't neutralize."
Jianchen lay in his tent late into the night. Countless thoughts flashed through his mind as well as his future plans. In the end, he calmed down and listened to his surroundings. After confirming that it was safe, he sat down in his tent again and silently absorbed the energy of the world to cultivate.
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