Chapter 72

Jiang Yi spent the night in a small stone cave. He got up early the next morning and carefully avoided the area, walking for a full hour before starting to search for beast monsters.

This day was unusually calm. Although he occasionally encountered others while hunting beast monsters, no one tried to snatch his tokens. Jiang Yi himself would never bully the weak to snatch tokens, so the day passed rather peacefully.

Jiang Yi's harvest this day was not great; he only hunted twelve beast monsters, and three of the tokens were black. He now had a total of twenty-four tokens, eight of which were black.

"Only eight colors of tokens, and not a single one of the other color?"

Jiang Yi became increasingly anxious. There was only one day left, and if he couldn't get enough tokens, his Blood Refinement would fail.

On the third day, Jiang Yi got up before dawn. He looked around and saw people everywhere, clearly many had not obtained enough tokens and were preparing to fight for them.

"Hey, young man! Wait a moment!"

On a mountain path, Jiang Yi was stopped by a chubby little fat boy. His eyes immediately turned cold, thinking if this person dared to have any ideas, he wouldn't mind retaliating.

The fat boy was well-dressed, but his figure was too plump, ruining the fine brocade robe. He raised his hands high to show he meant no harm, standing three paces away and smiling, "Hey, young man, do you have any tokens? I'll buy them at a high price."

"Buy tokens?"

Jiang Yi was taken aback. After a moment's thought, he realized that if they could be snatched, they could also be bought. The academy didn't care how you got them, as long as you had enough. He pursed his lips and said, "No! I don't have enough and I need to buy them. Go find someone else."

"You want to buy?"

The fat boy's small eyes, squeezed by the fat on his face, gleamed. He chuckled, "Young man, I have some extra tokens. Want to buy them? How much purple gold per token?"

"Hmm?"

Jiang Yi's heart stirred. He asked in a deep voice, "What colors of tokens do you have? How much per token?"

The fat boy smiled, "To be honest, I bought a lot of tokens to sell. What colors do you need? I have all except gold, one hundred purple gold per token."

"This guy is a real businessman, even speculating and trading during the Spirit Beast Mountain Blood Refinement."

Jiang Yi felt both angry and amused. He frowned, as he didn't have much money. After a moment's hesitation, he asked, "I don't have that much purple gold. Can I trade with Earth Essence Pills? Also, why no gold tokens?"

"Earth Essence Pills, great stuff!"

The fat boy's eyes lit up. He nodded, "Sure, one Earth Essence Pill for one token. Young man, what colors do you need? As for the gold tokens, you didn't know? They are the rarest, with only one hundred. With thousands of beast monsters in the Blood Refinement, it's hard to get one even in ten days."

"Indeed!"

Jiang Yi suddenly understood. He quickly counted the missing tokens and took out several Earth Essence Pills to trade with the fat boy.

"You're a straightforward guy. I wish you success in entering the academy. My name is Qian Wanguan, just call me Xiao Wan. If you enter the academy, I hope you'll take care of me!"

The fat boy took Jiang Yi's Earth Essence Pills and became even friendlier, changing his address. He chatted a bit with Jiang Yi, then saw a group of people coming from a distance. He quickly apologized and walked briskly toward them, shouting from afar, "Fellow seniors, do you have any extra tokens? I'll buy them at a high price..."

"Qian Wanguan? Indeed a born businessman."

Jiang Yi felt a mix of emotions. He was in a good mood, having spent only some Earth Essence Pills to complete the missing tokens. Now he just needed to find the gold tokens.

"Only one hundred gold tokens? It seems these gold tokens are definitely on the most ferocious beast monsters."

Jiang Yi thought for a moment and quickly ran. Half an hour later, he stopped at a deep ravine. The ravine was very dark, and it was unknown what kind of beast monsters were hidden below. However, after a few glances, Jiang Yi had a premonition that there must be a powerful beast monster below.

"Seeking wealth in danger, maybe the beast monster below has a gold token!"

After some thought, Jiang Yi resolutely searched nearby and quickly found a steep path. He carefully walked down, but halfway down, a putrid and cold smell hit him, making him feel like vomiting.

Continuing down, the light became even dimmer. Jiang Yi suddenly smelled a faint血腥味, quickly gathered his black essence energy to his eyes, and scanned the area below. The black essence energy enhanced his vision, and despite the dim light, he could see everything clearly.

"Ugh..."

This sight almost made Jiang Yi vomit. He quickly ran back up. At the bottom of the ravine, a tentacle-shaped beast monster was coiled, and the key point was that there were four corpses below. The tentacle monster was chewing on one of the corpses, with limbs and entrails scattered everywhere. The scene was so gruesome that anyone else would have been terrified.

"Chh!"

The noise above startled the beast monster below. Several tentacles shot up like vines, catching up to Jiang Yi in an instant and wrapping around his body.

"Looking for death."

Jiang Yi's Qingming Sword flashed, and he swung a half-circle, cutting through the tentacles behind him.

"Bang!"

To Jiang Yi's surprise, one tentacle was easily cut in two. This beast monster looked ferocious, but its physical defense was so weak?

"Chh!"

The other tentacles shot at him again. Jiang Yi, without time to be surprised, quickly slashed at two more tentacles with his dagger, and the Qingming Sword easily cut them in two.

"Something's wrong!"

Suddenly, a cold sensation came from behind, making Jiang Yi alert. He turned around in shock to see that the tentacle he had cut off had regrown and was now wrapping around his body, pulling him down.

"These tentacles can regrow!" Jiang Yi turned to see the other two cut tentacles also regrowing, and he immediately understood.

But he realized too late. His body was suddenly pulled down into the ravine. The tentacle monster's large, blood-red mouth was wide open, with sharp, saw-like teeth gleaming. If Jiang Yi was bitten, the outcome would not be pleasant...

"Go all out!"

Jiang Yi did not resist, but pretended to twist his body. He watched as he was pulled toward the blood-red mouth.

"Three feet, two feet, now! Beast, die!"

Jiang Yi roared. His left hand, which was wrapped, suddenly twisted, and the Qingming Sword slid along a tentacle, cutting it off and freeing his left hand. He swiftly slashed at the other tentacles with his left hand. At the same time, black-blue essence energy surrounded his right hand, and he slammed it into the monster's mouth.

"Boom!"

In this critical situation, Jiang Yi naturally didn't hold back. The Burst Essence Palm was unleashed with full force. A blinding light flashed, and the entire ravine trembled. Debris fell from the stone walls, and the deafening explosion echoed around, almost making Jiang Yi's eardrums bleed.

"Pfft!"

Jiang Yi was thrown back by the explosion, his chest aching. He spat out a mouthful of blood and immediately looked at the tentacle monster, his eyes full of shock.

This palm strike was as powerful as a full-force attack from a Purple Mansion Realm martial artist, yet the tentacle monster was still alive? Although its massive body was mangled, it was regenerating at an alarming speed.

"That green bead!"

Jiang Yi immediately saw a green bead inside the tentacle monster's body, emitting a soothing green light, clearly not an ordinary object.

"The tentacle monster can regenerate because of this bead. It's a treasure!"

Jiang Yi's eyes gleamed. Despite the intense pain and weakness in his body, he burst forward, holding the Qingming Sword and charging at the tentacle monster.