After successfully escorting the caravan to Wake City, Jianchen left the caravan and went directly to the Mercenary Trade Union to turn in the mission. He received a certain amount of Honor Points and a small amount of money.
Because Wake City was close to the Magical Beast Mountain Range, there were many more mercenaries here than in other cities. Most of the mercenaries here valued the good geographical environment and stayed here for long periods of time. It was convenient for them to enter the Magical Beast Mountain Range and hunt magical beasts for money.
Although hunting magical beasts was much more dangerous than escorting caravans, it was still a way to make a lot of money. Even though there were people who died at the hands of magical beasts every day, the high value of monster cores and the huge demand for them made many mercenaries put their lives on the line and risk their lives to hunt magical beasts.
After all, monster cores were far too precious on the Tian Yuan Continent. Almost everyone needed them, and the demand for them was extremely high. Once one obtained a monster core, one could directly absorb the energy within the monster core to increase one's cultivation speed. Furthermore, even if one did not use the monster core, one could still exchange it for a considerable amount of money.
The Mercenary Trade Union was very noisy, and there were many mercenaries inside. The large trade union was filled with hundreds of people, and most of them were topless. Their strong physiques and defined muscles were exposed in front of everyone, as if they were showing off their strength.
In this hot weather, the Mercenary Trade Union's ventilation wasn't very advanced. A sour and pungent smell of sweat pervaded the air, causing Jianchen, who rarely smelled this kind of smell, to furrow his brows and cover his nose with one hand.
After leaving the Mercenary Trade Union, Jianchen casually restocked in the city and bought a map of the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He then directly left Wake City and headed towards the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone under the scorching sun.
The Mountain Range of Magical Beasts was only about thirty kilometers away from Wake City. Jianchen rode his white horse and galloped for two hours before finally arriving at the edge of the Mountain Range of Magical Beasts.
At the edge of the Magical Beast Mountain Range was a forest, and in the depths of the forest was a vast mountain range. Not only did the mountain range contain a large number of magical beasts, but the environment was also extremely vile. According to the description of the Magical Beast Mountain Range on the map, the forest was filled with poisonous snakes and insects, and swamps were everywhere. The slightest carelessness could cause one to fall into a swamp. Without the help of teammates, it would be very difficult to escape with one's life.
As the saying goes, danger and opportunity coexist. Although the Magical Beast Mountain Range is very dangerous, at the same time, there is also a certain amount of opportunity. In the Magical Beast Mountain Range, there are often magical beasts that kill each other for various reasons. And these magical beasts that are killed by their own kind usually have their magic cores intact. If one's luck is good enough, one can even come across one or two corpses that still have their magic cores intact. However, such a probability is very small.
It's not that magic cores are useless to magical beasts, but those low level magical beasts don't have any intelligence. All their actions are based on their bestial instincts, so they simply don't know how to use magic cores.
Jianchen sat on the horse's back, raising his head to look at the lush forest in front of him. He murmured, "In the future, this forest will become a training ground." After saying that, Jianchen directly dismounted from the horse's back, reaching out his hand to gently stroke the horse's head. He didn't care if this white horse that had followed him for a few days could understand his words. He said in a low voice, "Go. In the future, you are free. You can go wherever you want." After saying that, Jianchen turned and strode into the forest.
"Hiss!"
The white horse behind him fiercely dug one of its front hooves into the ground. Staring at Jianchen's back, it let out a long neigh, as if bidding farewell to Jianchen.
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After walking for a distance, Jianchen finally stepped into the forest. Then, without stopping, he continued to walk into the depths of the forest, towards the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
Weeds were everywhere in the forest. Everywhere was half a person's height or even taller than a person's height, completely blocking one's line of sight. In such an environment, the slightest carelessness would cause one to lose their way.
Jianchen walked a certain distance, leaping onto a large tree to observe the surrounding path, ensuring that he wouldn't stray or lose his way. And within the weeds, poisonous snakes would appear from time to time, but they would all be discovered by the exceptionally powerful "God" Jianchen first, easily dealing with them.
After walking for four hours, Jianchen finally arrived at the depths of the forest. And here, a few fierce wild beasts gradually appeared.
At this moment, a dark green figure leapt out from the weeds, attacking Jianchen's back with extreme speed.
Then, just as this dark green figure approached Jianchen's body, a silver white light flashed and a bright silver longsword suddenly appeared, accurately piercing the dark green figure's body at an even faster speed.
The longsword was withdrawn upon contact. Then, Jianchen's feet swayed slightly, his body moving half a meter to the side. Just as he moved, a light "Peng!" sounded, and this dark green figure fell where Jianchen had just been standing.
It was only at this moment that he could clearly see that this dark green figure was actually a wild beast that looked like a leopard. At its neck, there was already blood dripping. There was a deep bloody hole, and torrential blood was surging out of it.
Jianchen's gaze swept over this leopard like wild beast lying on the ground, and then continued to hurry into the depths of the forest. He could see at a glance that this was only a wild beast, not even a first rank magical beast. There was no magic core in its body at all, otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easily killed by him.
"Roar!"
"Awooo!"
As Jianchen continued to go deeper into the forest, the roars of magical beasts gradually sounded out from all around the forest. There were all kinds of strange sounds, some of which were unpleasant to the ears, and some even sounded like the howls of evil spirits, causing one's hair to stand on end.
At this moment, Jianchen's footsteps paused, and he turned his head slightly, his eyes flashing with a sharp light as he stared at his side, the silver white Light Wind Sword appearing in his hand.
This was the first time that Jianchen had shown such a serious expression since entering the forest.
From where Jianchen's eyes were looking, a faint rustling sound could be heard, and then a yellow scorpion gradually appeared in front of Jianchen's eyes.
This scorpion was very large, just its body alone was one meter wide, two meters long, and the poisonous hook hanging from its tail was five to six meters long. On its head, there was a pair of small green eyes that flashed with a strange light.
The scorpion flew straight towards Jianchen, and finally stopped five meters away from Jianchen. Its pair of eyes flashed with a strange light as it stared at Jianchen, and then it waved its pincers while letting out a "Zhi Zhi" sound.
The silver white Light Wind Sword in Jianchen's hand was shrouded in a layer of hazy sword aura, and he immediately made his move. His body turned into a blur as he shot towards the scorpion, the Light Wind Sword in his hand pointing straight at it.
He had originally come here to hunt magical beasts, so now that he saw one, he naturally wouldn't hold back.
The scorpion's reaction wasn't slow either, and just as Jianchen moved, the poisonous hook on its tail turned into a blur as it stabbed towards Jianchen with extreme speed.
"Ding!"
Jianchen's Light Wind Sword collided with the scorpion's poisonous hook, and along with the sound of metal colliding, the strong recoil from the collision caused Jianchen's Light Wind Sword and the scorpion's poisonous hook to be pulled back at the same time.
Jianchen's body slightly swayed, and he had already retreated a few meters. His eyes were filled with surprise as he looked at the scorpion's poisonous hook. The hardness of this poisonous hook was beyond his expectations, and according to his calculations, even ordinary iron would not be able to compare to the hardness of this scorpion's poisonous hook. Moreover, the strength of this poisonous hook was also very great. After the collision with the poisonous hook, Jianchen felt a burst of numbness in his arms.
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