Chapter 109 The Magical Gourd
Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu returned to the yard surrounded by the crowd.

The Blood Coagulation Guards and Thunder Knights began to get busy, carrying the corpses of the strange beasts and skillfully processing their skin, flesh and bones.

Such a large first-level exotic beast is enough to feed the guards and knights for a month.

Zhou Hu and the Thunder Knight were near the spiritual realm and could only hunt the strange beasts that broke into the spiritual realm, which were three strange beasts that were not of the highest rank.

Mo Yanqiu washed up in the inner courtyard, and it was soon time for dinner in the yard.

As the meat at home could not satisfy everyone's needs, Zhou Qingshan specially arranged for the family members and the warriors to have separate meals, and cooked meals exclusively with the meat of exotic animals.

Whenever they enjoy the exotic meat, the huskies in the yard are particularly excited. These super-large dogs are not only cute in appearance, but also extremely smart, and their bodies are large enough to carry four or five children.

Therefore, except for the Husky stationed in the inner courtyard, the other two Thunder Knights and Huskies are extremely popular. They basically accompany Zhou Xuefei and the children every day. They run or jump in the yard and play with the children, as if they are patrolling their territory.

Sure enough, these dogs’ personalities were not as serious as they were at the beginning, especially after they became familiar with Zhou Qingshan, they realized that the master was not that serious.

When the Thunder Knights are not in combat, they return to their natural nature and are full of energy. Every day they run and play around the yard with their Husky mounts.

Seeing that the Huskies were well-behaved and would not hurt Zhou Xuefei, Zhou Qingshan treated it as riding practice for his children at home.

The meal is over.

After eating and drinking, the Huskies lay in a neat row in the open space outside the yard, squinting their eyes and basking in the sun.

There was someone in the yard also sunbathing, his whole body buried in the Husky's fur, rolling around in it like a furry pillow.

The ones taking the lead are Xiaoxiao, Zhou Xuefei and a few others. This is a rare time of enjoyment.

the other side.

Zhou Qingshan called Zhou Hu and Gao Feixue, and the four of them worked together to process the fur, scales, and innate organ materials of the eight first-level exotic beasts in the Yunding chessboard.

Zhou Qingshan tried to shoot arrows through the 20-meter-long hide and scales of the horned snake, but his strength was not enough. Most first-level exotic beasts had amazing defenses, and Zhou Qingshan could not shoot arrows through them except for their eyes or some weak points.

The fur and scales of these first-level exotic beasts, after being processed properly, are equivalent to the natural lower-grade precious weapons, and can be used as top-quality inner armor and leather armor. Naturally, they cannot all be wasted.

But at Creek Ridge, the two of them didn't have time to deal with all these.

The four people worked for half an hour and finished dealing with all eight first-level exotic beasts.

Zhou Qingshan then transformed the flesh and blood into essence. He opened the chess piece panel and carefully checked the amount of essence on it.

Together with the essences accumulated previously, the total number reached one hundred and seventy.

This number is enough to activate the next Calabash Brothers' magical power. Zhou Qingshan did not hesitate. He put on his bamboo hat and entered the Cloud Top chessboard world alone.

Arriving at the cabin, he injected a hundred essences into the gourd vine.

With the infusion of the essence, the gourd vine began to emit a faint light. This light was gentle and sacred, and gradually spread, illuminating the entire Yunding chessboard world.

As the light gradually stabilized, a new gourd slowly emerged from the gourd vine, quietly floating in the air.

“It’s actually Qi Wa’s magic gourd for refining monsters?!!”

When Zhou Qingshan saw the color of the gourd that had detached from the gourd vine, he couldn't help but whisper in surprise.

After absorbing all the divine light, the purple gourd slowly floated in the air. Its smooth surface was glowing with a faint luster, as if it contained endless mysteries.

boom.

Then, the mouth of the gourd slightly opened and began to absorb the surrounding spiritual energy. The rain in the sky seemed to be attracted by some mysterious force and gathered towards the gourd and was sucked into it.

As the rain continued to pour in, a large blank area even appeared in the sky, forming a huge spiritual energy vortex with the purple gourd as the center.

After the purple gourd absorbed enough spiritual energy, the mouth of the gourd slowly closed, the entire spiritual energy vortex gradually dissipated, the blank area in the sky began to slowly recover, and the rain fell evenly again.

The light on the surface of the gourd gradually became more restrained and eventually became as smooth as jade.

Zhou Qingshan walked forward, reached out and gently touched the gourd. The surface temperature of the gourd was just right, giving people a sense of security.

He could feel that a subtle connection had been established between himself and the gourd, as if the gourd could sense his thoughts.

In an instant, a stream of information flooded into his mind like a tide, which was about the magical power of the demon-refining gourd.

This magic gourd can refine all things in the world and turn them into spiritual wine in a moment. Drinking it can nourish the body and soul.

However, facing the exotic beasts and spiritual objects needed for the treasure gourd, Zhou Qingshan couldn't help but smile bitterly:

"The essence I have collected myself is not enough, where can I go to find exotic beasts for you?"

Now the spirit weapon Flame Bird requires essence, rune fishing requires essence, raising the chessboard to recruit chess pieces requires essence, and awakening the gourd magic requires essence.

Zhou Qingshan wanted to split the essence into two halves to use, so how could he have extra exotic beasts to make spiritual wine?

This magic gourd for refining monsters is only an initial magical power, very weak. It cannot do what Qi Wa did, where he could collect all things with just a wave of his hand. Now Zhou Qingshan can only collect creatures weaker than himself when he activates the magic gourd.

If the creature had a stronger will, it would continue to resist this suction, which would be useless.

However, Zhou Qingshan knew very well that this magic gourd had unlimited potential. If it could be properly utilized, it would definitely be a great help to him.

Zhou Qingshan suddenly had an idea and thought to himself:

If it can collect rainwater, then can it collect the innate skills of alien races and beasts? Those skills have no will and light, and they can be collected accurately.

I should find a weak, low-level monster to give it a try.

Zhou Qingshan put the demon refining gourd into his arms, turned around and walked out of the Cloud Top chessboard world. In the inner courtyard, the three people saw Zhou Qingshan appear and immediately stepped forward to greet him.

Zhou Qingshan didn't say much, and directly ordered: "Yan Qiu and I are going to take people to Xipanling again."

After hearing this, the three of them put on their armor without hesitation and prepared to set off, and the Thunder Knights also quickly gathered and followed their steps.

Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu entered Xipanling again. After the morning sweep, the environment here has become much quieter. Within a radius of five miles, except for a few low-level exotic beasts that occasionally appear, those powerful exotic beasts have disappeared.

But this time, Zhou Qingshan's purpose was very clear. He needed a low-level exotic beast to test the demon-refining gourd.

He and Mo Yanqiu began to look for a suitable target in Xipanling.

They captured several low-level beasts in succession, and after a lot of torment, they found out that those beasts could not use any magic, so they were all sacrificed and turned into essence.

An hour passed quietly.

After a careful search and patient waiting, Zhou Qingshan and Mo Yanqiu successfully captured a lone, low-ranking monster.

This strange beast was a mutant species they had never seen before. It had a peculiar combination of a rabbit head and a chicken body, was covered in fiery red feathers, and had the ability to fly.

The two named it Pyro Rabbit. As the name suggests, this Pyro Rabbit can spit out small fireballs the size of marbles from its mouth to attack the enemy, which has a certain explosive effect.

When these small fireballs hit the dragon scale armor on Mo Yanqiu's body, only a little insignificant sparks splashed out. Zhou Qingshan touched it with his hand and found that the temperature of the flame was extremely low and could hardly cause any substantial damage.

Evaluations are not as good as firecrackers.

For the alien beasts that have not yet reached the first level, the elemental attack skills are ridiculously weak.

Despite this, according to the human race's classification of exotic beasts, the Pyro Rabbit still has good potential.

Zhou Qingshan decided to use this opportunity to test the ability of the Demon Refining Gourd. He took out the gourd, pointed it at the Flame Explosion Rabbit, and said to Mo Yanqiu:
"That's it, Yanqiu. Let it spit little fireballs at me."

Mo Yanqiu nodded, patted the Pyro Rabbit gently, and guided it to spit out a small flame towards Zhou Qingshan.

Chu Chu Chu!
A series of small fireballs spewed out of the Flame Explosion Rabbit's mouth, like a string of lit firecrackers, flying straight towards Zhou Qingshan. Although these small fireballs were not powerful, their frequency was quite fast, and the Flame Explosion Rabbit's attack looked a bit like spitting in dissatisfaction.

Zhou Qingshan stood in place, aiming the demon-refining gourd in his hand at the flying flames.

His eyes lit up and his mind focused, sensing the connection between the gourd and the strange art.

As the small fireball approached, the mouth of the demon-refining gourd began to rotate, forming a small vortex, and a suction force was generated. As soon as the small fireball came into contact with this suction force, it was quickly sucked into the gourd.

The Pyro Rabbit was soon exhausted, its ears drooped, and it was panting. It was very tiring for it to perform its magic several times in a row.

As the last small fireball was sucked into the gourd, Zhou Qingshan's mind moved and he held the gourd tightly in his hand.

"Absorbing strange skills is so easy?"

Buzz buzz!

Zhou Qingshan gently shook the treasure gourd and could feel a slight vibration coming from inside the gourd. This was the beginning of the refining process.

He stared at the gourd, concentrating on guiding the refining process.

After a moment, Zhou Qingshan opened his eyes and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

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……

There was chaos and panic in the 800-mile wilderness.

Thousands of refugees fled desperately across this vast and desolate land, their eyes filled with fear and despair.

Behind them is a group of ferocious beasts. They are chasing these humans in the wilderness and enjoying this cruel hunt.

Among the fleeing crowd, a warrior's eyes turned red due to extreme tension and fear. He tightly grasped the middle-aged man beside him and asked in a hoarse and anxious voice:
"How long will it take to reach the spiritual realm?!"

This question is not only his personal desire, but also represents the voice of all fugitives.

The middle-aged man who was asked stammered under the pressure of panic and could not give an answer immediately, "I...I...quickly..."

His words stopped abruptly.

"Damn it!" The warrior exploded in despair. The next moment, he swung the weapon in his hand mercilessly, taking the middle-aged man's life. Then, he shouted loudly, trying to calm the others:

"Don't scatter, don't get confused, follow the road and rush straight forward. If we separate, we will surely die."

However, he and other warriors sought cover in the crowd to avoid becoming the next target of the strange beast.

They knew that most of the strange beasts would no longer chase them after they had their fill.

At this life-and-death moment, everyone is running hard for survival, and their physical strength and will are being ruthlessly consumed.

Under the constant pursuit of strange beasts, fewer and fewer people can survive.

However, just when they were almost in despair, the outline of the city wall vaguely appeared in the thick fog - that was the border of the spiritual realm!

It instantly ignited the fading fire of hope in the fugitives' hearts.

　Thanks to my book friends Big Onion Duck, Chulong, and Big Soldier Little General for the tips, I forgot about them yesterday.

　　
　
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