Chapter 69 Hunting Strange Beasts
"herring?"

After some effort, Zhou Qingshan finally pulled the creature out of the water.

This is the tenth fishing trip of the rune [Fishing] today.

He is now constantly changing fishing spots on the Genting chessboard. Once he finds a place with rich resources, he will stay there for a while and fish a few more times.

However, although he was full of energy and spirit these days, his harvest was not as expected. He did not catch any rare treasures, but only exchanged some small crucian carps for big fish weighing three to five kilograms, and the harvest of medicinal herbs was only ordinary.

Faced with such a result, Zhou Qingshan couldn't help feeling a little disappointed. He could only regard his bad luck in the past few days as a 'cushion' for catching rare spirit fish in the future.

Zhou Qingshan put away his fishing rod and put the black fish into the net cage. In the net cage, more than a dozen big fish were swimming freely in the clear water, full of energy, and the net cage was about to be full.

"In a few days, I'll hold a fish banquet to reward everyone." Zhou Qingshan said to himself, already having a plan in mind.

He looked around and saw that Mo Yanqiu was not there today. As the main fighting force in the family, he naturally could not stay in the Yunding chessboard world all the time.

Today's Yunding chessboard world has undergone tremendous changes. Not far away, a new cabin has been built with a spacious bed in it. Naturally, two people cannot sleep in the open air.

In the one-acre spiritual field next to it, the 'Nine Lotus Blood Grass' has already sprouted tender green new buds and is growing well, much stronger than the same plants in the half-acre spiritual field in the backyard.

The Akadama trees here also grow luxuriantly, with no signs of malnutrition at all.

Zhou Qingshan walked closer to the place where the pottery jars were placed and carefully examined the sweet potato vines in them.

There were five buds on that half piece of sweet potato. After his careful care, the sweet potato vines had grown lushly.

He took fifty cuttings from these five sweet potatoes and transplanted the vines to the open space next to the Akadama fruit trees. After two more times, he could start large-scale planting.

After completing all this, Zhou Qingshan clapped his hands, brushed off the dust, and left the Yunding chessboard world with the little Flame Bird.

In the main room, he took out the "Martial Saint's Heart Sutra" and started reading it.

After a while, Zhao Xiaoxiao hurried over and reported excitedly: "Master, Brother Erhu has successfully broken through to the Hercules Realm."

"So soon?" Zhou Qingshan showed a delighted look on his face and quickly stood up, "Okay, okay."

As for Gao Feixue, she had already broken through to the Hercules Realm before the wedding banquet. Her physique was of above-average quality, just like Mo Yanqiu's, and she had good talent. In addition, she was inspired by Mo Yanqiu's words and her mind was aroused. She swallowed the Red Jade Fruit in one breath and broke through to the Hercules Realm that day.

However, Zhou Hu's physique was barely average, and his source blood progress was a little slow. He had been transporting blood and qi to refine the red jade fruit continuously these days. Zhou Qingshan thought it would take another two weeks, and he had even made plans to give Zhou Hu another red jade fruit if he failed to break through.

I didn’t expect to receive such good news this morning...it turns out that youth is capital.

In this way, there are three strong men in the family, and they can finally leave the spiritual realm and actively hunt exotic beasts to obtain essence.

He will be able to recruit a third chess piece soon.

Taking Zhao Xiaoxiao out of the main house and passing the outer courtyard, Zhou Qingshan and the others came to the open space where the guard team trained.

At this time, Gao Feixue, Zhou Hu and Mo Yanqiu were fighting each other. The fight was fierce, with swords and spears clashing and strong winds blowing.

Zhou Qingshan and Zhao Xiaoxiao stopped to watch.

Gao Feixue and Zhou Hu use long swords, but their sword techniques are very different.

Gao Feixue has a nimble figure, and each of his moves exudes a fierce momentum.

Zhou Hu's force was powerful and steady, and each of his moves was strong and steady, like a tiger descending from a mountain, and each of his strikes was accompanied by the sound of breaking wind.

Although it looked like a three-way fight, in fact Gao Feixue and Zhou Hu joined forces to launch an offensive against Mo Yanqiu.

Mo Yanqiu held a spear in her hand, using her ingenuity to break through the force. Her moves were as agile as a swimming fish, and she was hard to predict. Facing the joint attack of the two, she still seemed to be at ease and dealt with it easily. A warrior attaches great importance to actual combat, and honing martial arts is crucial. Only by learning from each other can one make progress. However, the martial arts of the two men, who have only achieved a small degree of success, can bring too little pressure to Mo Yanqiu.

The two were quickly defeated. This fight was because Mo Yanqiu wanted to help Zhou Hu adapt to the sudden increase in violence, and also to stretch his muscles.

"Master of the house."

The guards then came back to their senses from the fight and saw Zhou Qingshan bowing respectfully.

Zhou Qingshan waved his hand, indicating that they didn't need to be polite, and then said: "Erhu, you just broke through, how do you feel?"

Zhou Hu had just made a breakthrough, and his blood was surging. He was very excited, and he clasped his fists and said, "Go home, my master, I feel full of energy, as if I can kill a cow with one punch!"

Everyone laughed when they heard this.

"Okay, since you're in good shape, let's discuss our next move." Zhou Qingshan said, his eyes sweeping over everyone present, "Now that there are three inbound warriors in our family, it's time to take the initiative and clear out the strange beasts near the spiritual realm."

During the two weeks of eternal daylight on the thirteenth month, the roar of beasts could be heard every day from the Spirit Realm Gate. Now, except for the guards, farmers dared not approach within a thousand miles of the Spirit Realm Gate, for fear of being snatched away by sudden strange beasts. The shadow of the previous human-faced bear had not yet passed.

In fact, the strange beasts that have never eaten humans will not eat humans, not to mention that these strange beasts that have just transformed will still retain their previous wild beast instincts.

Of course, not all strange beasts dare to enter the spiritual realm. The five strange beasts before were purely stupid spores, and they might have been hiding from being hunted by powerful strange beasts deep in Xipanling.

"Master, I'm willing to take the lead!" Gao Feixue volunteered, with fighting spirit in his eyes.

"I'll go too!" Zhou Hu was unwilling to be outdone.

Zhou Qingshan hesitated slightly and cast a questioning look at Mo Yanqiu.

Mo Yanqiu stepped forward and instructed, "Form a group of three. Erhu, Feixue, you choose two brothers by yourselves. Remember to only trap strange beasts within a mile of the spiritual realm. After hunting a strange beast, quickly retreat to the spiritual realm. If you encounter an advanced strange beast, shout loudly and confront it for one or two. I will bring people to support you."

She tested the strength of the two men. Gao Feixue had about 1,500 kilograms of strength, and Zhou Hu had about 1,300 kilograms of strength. Their martial arts were both at the minor success level, so it was easy for them to deal with non-entry-level monsters. It was just that their weapons were a little inferior, so they might suffer a loss.

Gao Feixue's long sword, which was of the top-grade ordinary weapon level, had been used by her to kill hundreds of human ghosts with one spear and one sword. The sword had already cracked into several large holes in the middle and was now on the verge of being scrapped.

If it's not a precious weapon, it won't last long against such violence in the realm of strongmen.

"Yes, Madam."

The two men responded excitedly, each ordered two guards, and rested for a while.

The two groups were fully armed. They each killed a chicken and started to enter the fog with fresh meat and blood.

Mo Yanqiu and Zhou Qingshan were waiting at the spiritual realm pass with their guard team.

In less than half an hour, Gao Feixue's group returned first. No one was injured. They brought a gray rabbit as big as a cow or sheep. Apart from its size, there was nothing strange about it. They planned to keep it as a snack for the guard team.

Gao Feixue just rested for a while, replenished some fresh blood and flesh bait, and then set out again into the fog to hunt strange beasts.

After a while, Zhou Hu's group returned with a strange beast that exuded a foul odor. It was a pitch-black weasel, the size of a wild wolf. Zhou Qingshan seriously suspected that all of its magical powers were used to evolve the smell.

Zhou Qingshan found a reason to put this inedible beast into the Yunding chessboard world.

After the sacrifice, he unexpectedly obtained three essences!

In this way, Zhou Qingshan now has nine essences, only one away from the ten essences required to upgrade the Yunding chessboard.

If you get another exotic beast, you can recruit another chess piece today!
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