Incredible Sect Simulator-Chapter 493 - 461: Exploring the Southern Wilderness
After leaving the place of Celestial Fragrance and Brocade Immortal Species, Lu Ping controlled his consciousness body and continued to explore the surroundings.
In this swamp, there were many plants growing, many of which even Lu Ping couldn’t name.
The objects of Lu Ping’s exploration were those spirit plants and medicines.
Whether Tier One or Tier Two, as long as they could be harvested, they could be refined into elixirs, sold for spirit stones, or cultivated personally, all of which were beneficial for Lu Ping.
After exploring for about an hour, Lu Ping found quite a few spirit medicines that could be harvested.
For example, Tier One Middle Grade Yellow Bud Grass, Tier Two Middle Grade Qiushui Orchid, Tier One Top-Grade Yellow Peach Fruit, and so on.
Spirit beasts guarded these spirit medicine and plants surrounding them.
However, compared to that Black Flood Dragon, these beasts were far weaker, mostly being Tier One Demon Beasts.
The most powerful among them was only an early-stage Tier Two Demon Beast.
Lu Yuanshan could easily handle beasts of this level.
The spirit medicines and plants in the swamp were quite profitable.
It took Lu Ping most of the day to explore this vast swamp.
Apart from spirit medicines and plants, he made several other discoveries.
For instance, he found an extremely rare spirit beast.
This was a spirit beast called the Purple-Striped Goose. It was gentle and easy to tame, favored by cultivators.
The Purple-Striped Goose had a fast flying speed, and a fully grown one was as large as an elephant, capable of carrying two or three cultivators.
As a Tier Two Spirit Beast, the Purple-Striped Goose was priced very high in the market, with each often fetching as much as ten thousand spirit stones.
Some reclusive sects and major cultivation families would buy or train Purple-Striped Geese as a means of travel, which was not only time-saving and effortless but also enhanced their image.
Lu Ping discovered a flock of sixteen Purple-Striped Geese, three of which were adults.
The rest of the Purple-Striped Geese were at Tier One level.
Currently, in the Cyan Mountain Sect, both Cloud Stepping Beasts and Flying Cloud Beasts were bred, but they were land spirit beasts and unable to sustain long-term flight.
Catching Purple-Striped Geese to make up for Cyan Mountain Sect’s lack of flying spirit beasts would be a good choice.
Considering the strength of the Cyan Mountain Sect’s squad, capturing this flock of Purple-Striped Geese would be very easy.
Lu Ping observed the habits of this flock of Purple-Striped Geese and discovered they had already nested on the nearby cliffs, living off small demon beasts like Sword-toothed Rats from the swamp, indicating they had long been residing here.
With this, there was no worry about the flock leaving.
Having memorized the location of the Purple-Striped Geese, Lu Ping continued to delve deeper into the Southern Wilderness Forest.
Legend had it that deep within the Southern Wilderness Forest, a Tier Five demon beast, a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor, was lurking. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞
Whether it was true or not, Lu Ping decided to investigate for himself.
At least in his lifetime, Lu Ping hadn’t set foot in the center of the Southern Wilderness Forest.
Given his previous life’s Golden Core Stage strength, it was impossible to cross great realms to challenge a Nascent Soul Demon Emperor.
As the center of the entire Southern Wilderness Forest, this central area did not have clearly defined boundaries.
It was more of a vague concept.
As Lu Ping continued deeper, the levels of the demon beasts around him increased.
It was common to see the appearance of Tier Two and Tier Three demon beasts.
Lu Ping also made some discoveries of rare Heaven and Earth Spiritual Essence here.
For example, some Tier Three spirit medicines and plants were guarded by formidable mid-stage or late-stage Tier Three demon beasts.
This area was such that Crystallization Stage cultivators dared not tread lightly, as they risked being besieged by several Tier Three demon beasts.
The stronger the demon beasts, the stronger their territorial sense became, often driving away or attacking other beasts that set foot here.
Harvesting these spirit medicines through Lu Yuanshan was clearly not an option for Lu Ping; it wasn’t worth the risk.
Observing the levels of demon beasts around, Lu Ping soon officially stepped into the center of the Southern Wilderness Forest.
What unfolded before his eyes was a vast lake.
The water of this lake was different from an ordinary lake, presenting a rich blue color.
This was a saltwater lake, which could also be called a sea.
The center area of the Southern Wilderness Forest turned out to have an inland sea!
From the size of this inland sea, it covered an area of more than two thousand acres.
Moreover, several small islands were situated within this inland sea.
On these islands, there were three standing magnificent, grandiose palaces and pavilions that captured Lu Ping’s attention.
"Could human cultivators be living here?"
Upon seeing the buildings on these islands, the first thought that sprang into Lu Ping’s mind was this, but he quickly dismissed it.
Demon beasts at the Golden Core Stage could transform into human form, making it difficult to distinguish them from real humans based on appearance.
Those living on these islands were undoubtedly some demon beasts transformed into human form.
At least, they were Golden Core level.
From this perspective, at least three Golden Core Demon Kings resided here.
With this in mind, Lu Ping extended his divine sense to scout the surroundings.
This exploration quickly caused Lu Ping to react, as he discovered six Golden Core Stage presences here!
Among them, four were from four Golden Core Demon Kings.
Having four Golden Core Demon Kings did not surprise Lu Ping.
In such a vast Southern Wilderness Forest, with an enormous number of demon beasts, it would be strange not to produce a few Golden Core Demon Kings.
But the other two presences surprised Lu Ping.
These two presences were from human cultivators.
One of them, Lu Ping was very familiar with.
Elder Jiang of Nine Cold Mountain!
"When did Elder Jiang come to the Southern Wilderness? And why was he here?"
After this thought emerged in his mind, Lu Ping quickly associated it with the possibility that Elder Jiang brought another human Golden Core Ancestor and directly fought his way here.
However, there was no sign of any battle occurring at this time.
After mulling it over, to get to the bottom of it, Lu Ping decided to investigate further.
He controlled his consciousness body to slowly drift toward the island in the lake where Elder Jiang resided.
On the island in the lake, within a towering grand hall, six Golden Core Stage creatures gathered together, divided into two factions.
On the human side, there was Elder Jiang from Nine Cold Mountain and a Golden Core Ancestor from the Dubhe Institute.
This Golden Core Ancestor did not restrain his aura, displaying a presence at the eighth layer of the Golden Core Stage.
From his appearance, he seemed to be a kind-looking elder in plain gray robes, whose attire was anything but outstanding.
Yet, upon seeing this person, Lu Ping’s gaze sharpened.
