Chapter 501: Dragon's Lair and Tiger's Den

Soon, the sky gradually darkened.

Seeing the light shield covering the outer side of the land becoming thinner and thinner, Xiao Mian knew that his guess was confirmed: this so-called protective shield is ineffective at night!

If it is true as the old ghost said, this protective shield is condensed by sunlight spiritual energy, and there is no sunlight at night, how can there be a protective shield?

It just so happens that at night, all kinds of monsters and ghosts are rampant. Without this protective shield, wouldn’t the world be in chaos?

Sure enough, before the protective shield completely dissipated, some powerful monsters appeared in the swamp outside the land. Obviously, they who lived in Longhutan were more familiar with the work and rest time here than Xiao Mian and the others, and they were all ready.

At this time, the Jindan cultivators who were originally meditating or entering into a state of concentration stood up one after another. Some were in groups of three or five, and some were alone. They chose a direction and rushed out of the almost collapsed Great Sunlight Realm and disappeared into the depths of the swamp.

Ji Wuchang, however, walked hand in hand with his three companions.

Before leaving, he still did not forget to look back and glare at Xiao Mian.

As for Lao Gui, he had more companions, twelve of them, and they rushed into the swamp in a mighty force and began to slaughter the monsters that tried to attack them.

Xiao Mian and Gui Hai looked at each other and realized something.

Obviously, because of the existence of the Great Sunlight Realm, the Dragon and Tiger Pool was safe during the day, and there was even an unwritten rule that no internal fighting was allowed inside the Great Sunlight Realm; but at night, when the Great Sunlight Realm disappeared, this place was no longer a safe place.

Moreover, the reason why everyone gathered here may be for their own purposes, but it was definitely not to meditate in the Great Sunlight Realm.

Whether it was to penetrate the Dragon and Tiger Pool and reach Zhongzhou directly, or to hunt monsters and earn spirit stones, or to kill people and rob more directly, they had to leave this land.

After reaching this conclusion, the two chose a direction where not many people were advancing, and rushed into the depths of the swamp side by side before the Great Sunlight Realm completely disappeared.

If Ji Wuchang or someone else doesn't come to trouble him, it's fine. If they do, Xiao Mian doesn't mind giving them a lesson they will never forget!

Of course, there is also the mysterious man with the third chessboard fragment...

Besides, there seems to be a natural fog in the Dragon and Tiger Pond.

Logically speaking, even if it is shrouded in darkness, the eyesight of ordinary Jindan cultivators is enough to see things at night as if it were daytime. However, in this Dragon and Tiger Pond, even Xiao Mian and Gui Hai can only see a hundred feet away, and they can't see clearly beyond that.

It should be known that Xiao Mian has practiced the "Ten Thousand Poisons Curse" hard, and now his senses and spiritual perceptions are extremely sensitive, while Gui Hai is a half-demon body and has the Nether Ghost Eye. For ordinary cultivators, the distance they can see should be closer.

After initially adapting to this short-sighted state, Xiao Mian and the others gradually explored the depths of the swamp. The two of them are not like Ji Wuchang, who can stay in this Dragon and Tiger Pond for ten years. If that were the case, it would be better to spend 100,000 middle spirits!

Although there were some twists and turns along the way, with the joint efforts of the two, they were able to get through without any danger and made quite a few gains, collecting a lot of rare spiritual materials in the outside world.

However, perhaps the area they explored was relatively close to the land covering the Great Sunlight Realm, so although there was no danger, there was no adventure either.

After a brief discussion, the two went deeper into the swamp.

This night passed quietly.

Because it was the first day, Xiao Mian and the others did not go too deep. Estimating that it was almost dawn, the two turned around and returned to the Great Sunlight Realm.

Unexpectedly, on the way back, they witnessed the destruction of a group of cultivators.

The three cultivators in that group were traveling together, but they were all killed by a monster beast, and eventually they all became the monster beast's food, which could be regarded as a happy life and a buried death together. However, Xiao Mian and the others had seen that monster beast before - the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant ranked sixth!

The Jade Tooth Rock Elephant is both offensive and defensive.

The two jade teeth had long been refined by the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant into a pair of jade-quality flying swords. Although they were only primary magic weapons, the rich spiritual energy made the attack power of the pair of flying swords surge. When they opened and closed, they had great power. Even Xiao Mian's five spiritual swords combined might not be able to resist; besides, the rock armor was not for show. The attack of ordinary primary magic weapons was not enough to hurt the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant.

The three Jindan monks were also cowardly. Only one of the three had a primary magic weapon, and the other two were still using top-level magic weapons. I don't know how they got by. They met a monster with excellent defense like the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant and couldn't beat it at all.

They deserved it. If they saw the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant on weekdays, they would naturally run as far as they could. However, the three of them had been deep in the swamp for several days, and most of the consumables such as elixirs they carried were exhausted. In addition, today's dawn was approaching, so the three of them hurried back to the Great Sunlight Realm, but they didn't expect to be blocked by the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant here.

Besides, this Jade Tooth Rock Elephant was the one that chased Xiao Mian and his friend the day before yesterday. It was unknown whether this Jade Tooth Rock Elephant originally lived nearby or was led here by the two. If it was the latter, the destruction of the three people had something to do with Xiao Mian and his friend.

But at this time, Xiao Mian and Gui Hai had no intention of avenging the three people. Although they were not afraid of the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant, they did not want to fight in vain.

They bypassed the Jade Tooth Rock Elephant's territory from a distance and returned to the Great Sunlight Realm.

Sure enough, under the shining of the sun, the Great Sunlight Realm was condensed again.

After that, monks returned to the Great Sunlight Realm in groups of three or two.

Some of them were seen yesterday, but most of them were unfamiliar faces. Obviously, in this Dragon and Tiger Pond, the Great Sunlight Realm is just a refuge. Many cultivators do not return to the Great Sunlight Realm every day. Most of them go out for a few days and replenish supplies.

As for the cultivators who returned to the Great Sunlight Realm, some were gloomy and some were cheerful, but they all went to the center of the Great Sunlight Realm, where a circle of people had already been sitting.

Out of curiosity, Xiao Mian and the others walked over.

There were more than ten people sitting in the center of the Great Sunlight Realm, and each of them had a stall in front of them, with some consumables such as elixirs and talismans placed in different categories.

But the price was three times more shady than the most shady black shops outside!

The pills that usually cost one hundred medium-grade spirit stones per bottle dared to be priced at one thousand medium-grade spirit stones here, and they did not bargain at all, and there was no demand for the price!

The crowd bought up the items on several stalls like a scramble, but in a moment, the pills on the stalls turned into a lot of various spiritual materials.

Xiao Mian and Gui Hai were stunned, and at the same time, they were also beating their hearts: the water in this Dragon and Tiger Pool is not ordinary deep!

A pill worth one hundred middle spirits was sold for one thousand middle spirits, which was ten times the profit, enough to attract any speculator to take risks. But looking at the orderly and accustomed appearance of those cultivators, it was obvious that there was a huge force behind this kind of lucrative transaction - accompanied by huge profits, there was only violence!

Quietly retreating to the side, the two of them discussed in a low voice.

Obviously, the old man Ou Haiyang didn't know the current situation of Dragon and Tiger Pool very well. He just heard it from others. I'm afraid he had never been to Dragon and Tiger Pool. Otherwise, if Xiao Mian and the others knew that Dragon and Tiger Pool was so complicated, they might have paid 100,000 middle spirits directly.

Dragon and Tiger Pool is naturally extremely dangerous. Not to mention the weird three evils running side by side, even the jade-toothed rock elephant is not unique. God knows what unknown evil things are hidden in the vast swamp? Even in this Great Sunlight Realm, it is not safe. Although Xiao Mian expressed his financial difficulties through Ji Wuchang yesterday, it was Xiao Mian's own statement after all, and others must believe it.

Besides, when many cultivators exchanged for consumables such as elixirs, most of them used various spiritual materials obtained from the depths of the swamp to exchange for prices. Either everyone had no spiritual stones, or they were all saving spiritual stones to prepare for the test.

No matter which possibility it is, all the cultivators in Longhutan must regard spiritual stones as treasures. I think Ji Wuchang is still regretting not accepting Xiao Mian's 1,000 spiritual stones!

This also directly leads to a possibility: if the cultivators around him knew about the spiritual stone reserves in Xiao Mian's storage bag, wouldn't they come up and eat Xiao Mian alive?

You know, in order to prepare for the huge consumption during the journey in Zhongzhou, Xiao Mian tried his best to hoard spiritual stones in Xishuzhou, especially after looting the caves of Bailian Zhenjun and Chi Mei, two quasi-Nascent Soul cultivators, he got a lot of spiritual stones.

The number of spirit stones Xiao Mian has now is astonishing.

Fortunately, the white jade flying pendant is a storage magic weapon, unlike a storage bag, which will more or less emit some spiritual fluctuations, which makes Xiao Mian feel more at ease.

However, it seems that Longhutan is not a place to stay for a long time...

It should be known that the greatest danger in the cultivation world is often not monsters or other aliens, but humans themselves - where there are cultivators, there are disputes!