Night once again shrouded the entire Rouwan Continent, but the darkness couldn't make the continent quiet.
Sand Eagles constantly swooped down from the sky from all over the Sand Eagle Hill. They either missed or caught a gerbil and flew up again.
After waiting for nearly ten days, a middle-stage Mystic Demon realm gerbil finally entered the range of Xiao Lingyu's consciousness.
Xiao Lingyu was not in a hurry to take action. Through these days of observation, he found that these gerbils were either too timid or too cautious. As long as they heard the slightest strange movement or felt the presence of danger, they would dive into the sand. Xiao Lingyu did not know.
The speed of the gerbils in the sand was much faster than on flat ground.
If a middle-stage or late-stage Mystic Demon realm gerbil were to move at full speed in the sand, Xiao Lingyu would have a hard time capturing them.
This middle-stage Mystic Demon realm gerbil wasn't very big and was about the same size as an ordinary wild wolf. However, it had a pair of fist-sized yellow eyes and two furry ears.
It crawled on the ground and slowly advanced. From time to time, it would stop and sneak a few glances at its surroundings before continuing to crawl.
Suddenly, this gerbil stopped about three hundred meters away from Xiao Lingyu. Moreover, its eyes were fixed on Xiao Lingyu, as if it had discovered something.
Through its perception, it sensed a weak but very special aura in front of it. It had never sensed this aura before and was unable to distinguish it.
What exactly was in front of it? Could it be some kind of treasure?
This gerbil hesitated for a while before slowly crawling towards Xiao Lingyu. Moreover, it appeared to be on full alert. It reckoned that as long as something slightly wrong happened, it would immediately escape into the sand.
When that gerbil was less than two hundred meters away from Xiao Lingyu, it suddenly stopped again and acted as if it was about to drill into the sand.
Unfortunately, this distance was really too short. Before its entire body had completely sunk into the sand, it felt that one of its hind legs had already been grabbed. Moreover, a special and powerful energy had already entered its body, imprisoning its entire body.
Xiao Lingyu gently pulled the gerbil out. Then, she used a soul attack to knock it out.
Then, Xiao Lingyu chose another place to hide. After restraining her aura, she threw the unconscious gerbil 200 feet away.
The unconscious gerbil lay motionless on the ground. Xiao Lingyu had already released the shackles on it, and its unique scent spread out in all directions.
Not long after, some Desert Eagles came over. However, they were all Desert Eagles that had not reached the Mystic Demon Realm, so Xiao Lingyu could only scare them away.
On this night, no Mystic Demon Stage (equivalent to a Nine Heavens Mystic Immortal) Sha Ying approached Xiao Lingyu, so he still did not have any substantial gains.
However, Xiao Lingyu discovered an advantage of hunting gerbils, and that was that the gerbils were not familiar with his energy aura, and it would arouse their curiosity. If he released a little bit of his chaotic mana aura …
With that in mind, he did so on another night.
Gerbil demons actually had another characteristic, and that was that their sense of smell was very sharp. At least, it was much sharper than those Desert Eagles' sense of smell.
Therefore, when Xiao Lingyu slightly released the aura of Chaos Magic Power, the Gerbil Demons could sense it, but the Desert Eagles flying in the air could not.
If he wanted those Desert Eagles to sense it, Xiao Lingyu had to release a very strong aura fluctuation. However, this would scare those Desert Eagles away.
More and more gerbils rushed over after smelling the chaotic mana aura. As long as their cultivation was not at the Mystic Demon Stage, they would be scared away by Xiao Lingyu.
After a night, there were still no Mystic Demon Stage Desert Eagles flying over, but Xiao Lingyu captured another five Mystic Demon Stage gerbils alive.
Just like that, Xiao Lingyu wantonly captured the Mystic Demon Stage gerbils while patiently waiting for the Mystic Demon Stage Desert Eagles to appear.
According to the experience of those falconers, as long as there were enough gerbils as bait, hunting the Desert Eagles would definitely not be a problem.
Sure enough, after waiting for nearly two months, a late-stage Mystic Demon Stage Desert Eagle finally swooped down from the sky.
Almost in the blink of an eye, that Desert Eagle reached the ground. Just as its sharp claws were about to grab the unconscious gerbils, Xiao Lingyu transformed into a silver light and attacked from several hundred feet away.
Unfortunately, Xiao Lingyu was not an experienced falconer. Just as he flew over, that Desert Eagle had already flapped its wings and suddenly rose several hundred feet before disappearing into the dark night sky.
The failure of this hunt did not affect Xiao Lingyu's confidence, and it was impossible for him to disappoint Xiao Lingyu. He only changed to another location and continued to wait patiently.
After failing a few more times, Xiao Lingyu finally realized a problem. Those Mystic Demon Stage Desert Eagles should be very familiar with this space. It was really too difficult for him to catch them. However, there was absolutely no need for him to catch them. He only needed to kill or injure them so that they could not fly away or fly at full speed.
Thus, when another Desert Eagle descended from the sky, Xiao Lingyu directly used the Silver Moon Broken Saber to slash out a Primal Chaos Saber Ray.
The speed of the Primal Chaos Saber Ray was naturally much faster than Xiao Lingyu's sudden rush, so it was able to hit that Desert Eagle without any mishaps.
That Desert Eagle's wings were as hard as metal and covered more than half of its body. However, when it fell at extreme speed, its wings were unable to protect its neck and head, and its neck was the target of Xiao Lingyu's attack.
Even though the Desert Eagle's skin and flesh were very tough, it was impossible for it to block the Primal Chaos Saber Ray's attack. When the Primal Chaos Saber Ray flashed past, its head was separated from its body.
At this moment, Xiao Lingyu pounced forward, took the Desert Eagle's head, and quickly sealed it.
As for the Desert Eagle's headless body, Xiao Lingyu threw it into the Spirit Beast Pouch for the strange young beast that also possessed Primal Chaos Magic to devour.
After that, Xiao Lingyu used the Silver Moon Broken Saber to cut open the Desert Eagle's head, and took out a palm-sized lump of crystal.
The earthen-yellow crystal no longer contained any other types of energy. The only thing it contained was a very pure soul power. Cultivators could directly absorb it to easily refine the soul power within it. That was why the Sand Crystal was so precious.
"It's such a waste to give such a good treasure to others."
Xiao Lingyu rubbed the Sand Crystal, and thought somewhat unwillingly.
Unfortunately, he was currently lacking Immortal Crystals to issue missions. Xiao Lingyu thought about it again and again, and finally put away the Sand Crystal.
Half a year later, Xiao Lingyu collected ten Sand Crystals as he wished, and returned to the Mercenary Division's building in Zoowaru City.
After handing the ten Sand Crystals to the counter and withdrawing two hundred thousand Immortal Crystals, Xiao Lingyu felt much more comfortable. If it were not for the fact that he had so many Immortal Crystals, he would absolutely not be willing to give away a treasure that was very useful to him to others.
"It would take about a year to collect ten Sand Crystals and earn two hundred thousand Immortal Crystals, and five million Immortal Crystals would take more than twenty years …"
Xiao Lingyu calculated as he walked to the center of the first floor of the Mercenary Division's building, and looked for a suitable mission on the light screen on the wall.
There were many missions to collect Sand Crystals, but most of them were to collect one or two Sand Crystals. Xiao Lingyu wanted to accept missions that required more than ten Sand Crystals. After all, a round trip would take some time.
When he arrived at the counter again, Xiao Lingyu accepted another mission to collect fifteen Sand Crystals, paid the deposit of seven thousand five hundred Immortal Crystals, and left.
After staying in the Sand Eagle Hill for another one and a half years, Xiao Lingyu once again returned to the first floor of the Mercenary Division in Rūwan City.
What Xiao Lingyu did not expect was that when he arrived at the counter, the gentle and pretty fairy with a smile on her face told him that someone had completed the mission before him, and the reward had already been claimed by that person.
Xiao Lingyu already knew that anyone could accept the missions issued by the Mercenary Division. Moreover, after you accepted the mission, others could also accept it. Whoever completed the mission first would be able to get the reward.
Of course, the cultivator who completed the mission later would be able to claim back the deposit that he had paid.
"Hehe, since you have fifteen Sand Crystals, then you can accept the same mission. After accepting the mission, you will have completed the mission, and you can directly take the reward. This will not affect you much, after all, there are too many missions to collect Sand Crystals here." After returning the seven thousand five hundred Immortal Crystals, the fairy smiled and comforted him.
"Your idea is not bad."
Xiao Lingyu did as he was told, and sure enough, he received a reward of three hundred thousand Immortal Crystals.
"Why do I still need to accept missions? I can just go and get two or three hundred Sand Crystals, and then continue to accept missions and continue to receive rewards."
Xiao Lingyu seemed to have been inspired, and he happily headed towards the Sand Eagle Hill. This time, he would not be back any time soon.
Previously, Xiao Lingyu had only thought of one thing, which was that he could accept many missions to collect Sand Crystals at once, and then after collecting all the Sand Crystals, he would return to the missions one by one to receive the reward. However, at that time, he had considered that this would take too long, and that the missions he accepted would be completed by others first. He had neglected the fact that there would be people who wanted the Sand Crystals he collected.
After arriving at the Sand Eagle Hill with familiarity, Xiao Lingyu was stopped by a group of cultivators. He originally thought that he had encountered bandits, but unexpectedly, they did not attack him. Instead, they invited him to join their Mercenary Division, and said that they would enter the Sand Eagle Hill together to collect Sand Crystals.
There were a total of seven cultivators in this group, and the highest cultivation base was only at the peak of the late-stage Nine Heavens Xuan Immortal Realm. Most of them were only at the mid-stage Nine Heavens Xuan Immortal Realm.
Everyone knew that if they wanted to gain something from the Sand Eagle Hill, they had to be at least at the early stage of the Immortal Monarch Realm. However, there were also many cultivators below the early stage of the Immortal Monarch Realm who formed groups to hunt the Sand Eagles, but it was extremely dangerous, because once they encountered a large group of strong Sand Eagles, it was very likely that their entire group would be wiped out. Therefore, they would usually recruit a lot of people, and cultivators at the early stage of the Immortal Monarch Realm were usually unwilling to join such a group.
"In the next few days, the Sand Eagle Hill will be more dangerous than other times. Fellow Daoist, it's better for you to travel with us." A cultivator advised.
"Hehe, I'm used to being alone. Sorry."
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