Chapter 79

For the next half month, Deputy Leader Yi Zhen led the other uninjured tribal warriors to mine high-quality essence stones outside the core area.

Yi Tian and his group did not join the mining operation.

They remained outside the mine tunnel, guarding against the martial artists searching around the Fulong Mountain Range.

At times, they even saw Rank 1 martial artists streaking across the sky from a distance.

Due to the essence energy radiance piercing the sky, the forces that had already left all returned, constantly searching the vast area of hundreds to thousands of miles around the Fulong Mountain Range.

This caused the fierce beasts in the outer regions of the Fulong Mountain Range to suffer.

Even some low-level ferocious beasts were killed one by one, with the number of deaths increasing sharply every day.

Of course, some martial artists also died in the mouths of extremely dangerous beasts and ferocious beasts.

In this way, fifteen days passed in the blink of an eye.

The food in the mine was almost gone, only enough to last for two or three more days.

Therefore, going out to hunt had become an urgent necessity.

"Yi Tian, you guard the mine, I will lead a team to go hunting!"

Finally, Yi Zhen could no longer hold back.

Going out to hunt at this time might attract the attention of other martial artists, risking the exposure of their secret. However, they were now at the end of their resources, and if they did not go hunting, they would all starve.

Yi Tian pondered for a moment and said, "Uncle Yi Zhen, you stay in the mine. Our Reincarnation Team will take twenty people to go hunting, and we will try to return within a day."

"No, how can you do it? I should go!"

Yi Zhen insisted.

He knew that going out to hunt at this critical moment might face the forces of various major powers searching in the mountains, as well as some highly cultivated martial artists, which could lead to fierce battles and extreme danger.

Yi Tian said, "Let our Reincarnation Team guard the hunting team. As long as we don't encounter Rank 1 martial artists, we have nothing to fear. Remember, every member of our Reincarnation Team has cultivated the Sun-Shooting Heavenly Art, making us stronger than you, Uncle Yi Zhen. Let's settle this matter this way."

Deputy Leader Yi Zhen had no choice but to give up the idea of going hunting.

What Yi Tian said was true. Now, many high-ranking warriors in the tribe had cultivated the Sun-Shooting Heavenly Art, even though they were just at the initial stage, their archery skills had improved to a terrifying level, and even an eighth-rank tribal warrior might not be able to match them.

Yi Zhen was eagerly looking forward to the legendary inherited heavenly art of the tribe, hoping to finish the mining and return to the tribe as soon as possible.

However, all of this could only happen after the essence crystals were mined, or if other warriors from the tribe came to take over.

The tribe's over a hundred warriors were very safe in the essence vein mine hundreds of feet underground. Even if someone came to search in the Peach Source Valley, it would be difficult to discover the existence of the essence vein mine and the tribal warriors.

After all, the crack was very ordinary, extremely long, and tens of miles deep. Most martial artists would not pay attention to it or explore it.

Moreover, in the deep mine within the long crack, even if martial artists attacked, it would be impossible to breach, making it a place where one man could hold off ten thousand. Only if a Rank 1 martial artist intervened would it be a different story.

On this day, Yi Tian's six-member Reincarnation Team, along with twenty selected tribal warriors, were ready to set out.

They passed through the long crack and emerged in the Peach Source Valley.

Immediately, the twenty-odd people used the Feather Flight Technique to fly up the steep mountain wall, reaching the top in just twenty to thirty breaths, despite the height of three to four hundred feet.

Yi Tian and his group cautiously looked around but did not find anyone nearby.

They then used the Feather Flight Technique to swiftly move through the forest, as if walking on flat ground. Even when they rushed past fierce beasts, the beasts could not react in time, and they had already disappeared into the distance.

On the way, they moved at lightning speed.

In a short distance of a hundred miles, they encountered three groups of people, some from a single power organization, and others from a coalition of various martial artists.

No one dared to provoke Yi Tian's group of twenty-odd people.

Each of them exuded a powerful aura, clearly indicating they were strong martial artists.

Some local martial artists recognized them as members of the Yi Tribe and dared not provoke them.

Yi Tian and his group continued to advance hundreds of miles, finally reaching the inner edge of the Fulong Mountain Range, where ferocious beasts often appeared, making it an ideal place for hunting.

At this moment, a rock python, nearly a hundred feet long, suddenly rushed out from a distant cave.

The rock python quickly noticed Yi Tian and his group.

Thus, the rock python rampaged on the ground, smashing large rocks and hills, and with its massive mouth, it charged at Yi Tian and his group with great momentum.

"Actually a rock python. It's said that rock pythons can turn themselves into stone, making them terrifying ambushers. However, their meat is incredibly tender and delicious."

Yi Kuang could not help but feel a bit excited.

He raised his large bow, and with a swoosh, an arrow pierced the void, instantly entering the rock python's massive mouth, and in a blink, it penetrated the rock python's head, killing it with one shot.

This low-mid level ferocious beast was killed by Yi Kuang with a single arrow, effortlessly.

Next, everyone began to dissect the rock python and collect the meat.

Before going out to hunt, Yi Tian, Yi Shan, and the other four had taken out the essence stones from their storage bags, so they could carry more ferocious beast meat.

In the Reincarnation Team, only Yi Kuang and Yi Hong did not have storage bags.

This made them extremely envious of Yi Tian and the others.

However, although they had a large amount of essence stones, equivalent to the wealth of a major power in Black Dragon City, it was not easy to buy storage bags.

Storage bags only appeared at auctions.

Apart from that, storage bags were only sold in the county city of Jingmu County, which was tens of thousands of miles away, enough to temporarily stop their steps.

There were over a hundred people in the mine, and they consumed thousands of pounds of ferocious beast meat per day. However, for the large ferocious beasts, even the smallest ones weighed thousands of pounds, and some low-level ferocious beasts weighed tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of pounds. Hunting a few would be enough to last them a month.

The only thing that made them somewhat helpless was that with their twenty-odd people, they could not carry too many hunted animals back.

As one ferocious beast after another was hunted, the storage bags of Yi Tian and the other four were already full.

This made Yi Tian somewhat unsatisfied with the capacity of the storage bags.

With only a few dozen feet of space, it was impossible to carry too many things. It seemed that in the future, he would have to go to Jingmu County to exchange the storage bags for storage rings.

When their storage bags could no longer hold more hunted animals, Yi Kuang and the twenty tribal warriors began to dissect and pack the animals, each carrying thousands of pounds.

It took them two hours to gather enough hunted animals, at least 160,000 to 170,000 pounds.

This amount was enough to feed the over a hundred warriors in the mine for a month.

"Let's go back!"

Yi Tian then led the hunting team back to the Peach Source Valley.

When they were about ten miles away from the Peach Source Valley, they stopped advancing.

Under the guidance of the tribal warriors who often went out to hunt, they settled in a cave on a large mountain.

Yi Tian and the others understood the trick.

They wanted to bring the hunted animals to the Peach Source Valley, but even as high-ranking martial artists with the Feather Flight Technique, they could not carry too much, or the Feather Flight Technique would not be effective, endangering their lives.

Therefore, after each hunt, they would leave the hunted animals in this cave.

Then, Deputy Leader Yi Zhen would use the only storage bag to bring the ferocious beast meat to the Peach Source Valley one by one.

This greatly ensured that their movements would not be discovered.

"Yi Feng, Yi Shan, Yi Li, let's go down to the Peach Source Valley first. We only need to make two trips."

Yi Tian then called Yi Feng and the others to set out, leaving Yi Kuang, Yi Hong, and the twenty tribal warriors to stay behind. They left and headed for the Peach Source Valley.

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