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A few masters of the Condensation Realm left the Ghost Market together, quickly heading toward the direction of the demon beast's roar.

A Condensation Realm demon beast was quite valuable, and finding a Demon Core within its body would be an even greater surprise.

Having frequented the Ghost Market many times, they had never encountered a demon beast before, and now they were unexpectedly lucky to have such an opportunity.

Indeed, it was luck.

In their eyes, encountering a demon beast in the deep mountains was a rare stroke of good fortune.

The possibility of danger was not even within the scope of their consideration.

Jiang Lichun immediately fled the crypt and ran towards the highway.

Unlike Jiang Lichun, Zhang Sanqian and others, with looks of excitement on their faces, headed deeper into the mountains.

A distance of several dozen kilometers, at the speed of the Condensation Realm martial artists like Zhang Sanqian, was a mere ten minutes away.

Lin Changfu's gaze was piercing as he surveyed the surroundings, and after a few seconds, he expressed his doubts, "There are no traces of the demon beast here."

"None?" Yue Zhong frowned before conducting his own search and then said, "Huh, that's odd. The roar of the demon beast clearly came from this direction."

Zhang Sanqian looked towards the south and said, "It must have escaped in there; let's pursue it."

Ten minutes later, the group stopped once more.

Lin Changfu's expression became slightly solemn as he said, "Something isn't right."

Zhang Sanqian also said, "Indeed, something isn't right; this place is too quiet."

In a normal deep mountain, there would be bird calls and the sounds of insects; it couldn't possibly be this silent.

The group exchanged glances and continued to walk further inside.

After a few more minutes, Yue Zhong suddenly pointed at a small hill covered in vines ahead and said, "There's a crypt there."

Everyone looked over and, indeed, saw a crypt beneath the vines.

"There's a stone stele outside the crypt," Lin Changfu's eyes lit up.

Standing outside the crypt, the stone stele was three meters high, and even from tens of meters away, the group could clearly feel the ancient aura emanating from it.

Five large characters were inscribed upon the stele.

Lin Changfu read them out softly, "Tomb of Li Changfeng."

"Who is Li Changfeng?"

"Never heard of him, probably a deceased martial artist."

Zhang Sanqian's eyes sparkled and he said, "Since this is the tomb of a martial artist, there must surely be treasures hidden within this crypt."

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes shone brightly.

Indeed, a deceased martial artist who had erected a stele here likely had considerable cultivation level.

If so, the weapons, pill medicine, and other treasures that the deceased martial artist possessed before his death would certainly still be in the tomb.

Thinking this, excitement was hard to contain in their hearts.

"Let's go in and take a look."

Unable to suppress the excitement within him, Yue Zhong stepped forward quickly, but before he had gone a few steps, the space in front of him suddenly became as solid as a stone wall, and he slammed into it. At the same time, the ancient tomb's exterior formation barrier was triggered, and a terrifying energy instantly acted upon Yue Zhong, blasting him several meters away.

Yue Zhong sprayed blood from his mouth and nose, his internal energy roiling as he vomited blood.

"Be careful," Zhang Sanqian raised his hand and said, "There's a formation barrier outside the tomb!"

"Roar!"

Growls of demon beasts resounded all around, causing everyone's pupils to shrink rapidly.

"Not good, there are demon beasts!"

"Run!"

Although the group was greedy for the treasures within the ancient tomb, at this moment they did not dare to hesitate and turned to flee.

"These demon beasts must be the guardians of the tomb."

"With demon beasts protecting the tomb, there must be treasures inside!"

As these thoughts flickered in their minds, their eyes shimmered with anticipation.

After spitting out a few mouthfuls of blood, Yue Zhong followed closely behind the others.

Just then, the ground under their feet began to tremble; looking back, they saw a red-scaled giant snake chasing after them.

The giant snake was furious; it had been here for several decades, spending all these years consuming the energy of the formation barrier to try breaking through and enter the ancient tomb.

However, today, humans appeared and attempted to enter the tomb.

The giant snake was furious. The moment it appeared, ready to kill the human, that human had already escaped.

But before the giant snake could rest for too long, a few more humans appeared.

The giant snake roared angrily in its heart, determined to kill all the humans.

The spiritual energy on these humans was very rich; eating them would surely make its own cultivation level surge.

The giant snake twisted its body, fast as the wind, and in an instant, it was about to catch up with the group.

Zhang Sanqian and the others felt the oppressive force coming from behind and pushed their speed to the limit.

Yue Zhong, who was seriously injured, was much slower than the others and fell far behind.

His face filled with horror, he yelled, "Wait for me!"

"Hiss~"

With a snap of its head, the giant snake instantly caught up to Yue Zhong, opened its huge mouth wide, and its crimson tongue wrapped around Yue Zhong like a piece of red cloth, swallowing half of his body in one bite.

Yue Zhong let out a scream, and before he could even fight back, he was devoured by the giant snake.

Seeing this scene, the rest of them trembled in their hearts and ran even faster.

Ten minutes later, the group returned to the Ghost Market, stopped, and looking back, they saw the giant snake had not followed. They finally took a long breath of relief.

Zhang Sanqian, still in shock, said, "That Red Phosphorus Giant Snake must have reached the Abstinence Realm."

"Truly terrifying. Who would have thought that within Lu Province, such a demon beast with high cultivation exists," Lin Changfu said, breathing heavily.

"That snake is indeed powerful, but that also proves there are treasures in the ancient tomb!"

The others were silent.

Indeed, if even the tomb guarding demon beast was so powerful, they would never believe the ancient tomb was empty.

Zhang Sanqian looked at the group and said, "We must not let the news of this ancient tomb leak out. Otherwise, if it attracts other powerful beings, we will have no chance."

Lin Changfu suggested, "Let's not discuss this matter with outsiders. Let's all go back and contact the strong members of our families, join forces to kill the Red Phosphorus Giant Snake. If we enter the ancient tomb, we can share the treasures inside equally. What do you think?"

The group nodded, agreeing to the plan.

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Back in Ling City, Li Xiaoyao still had no idea about what had happened in the mountains.

After sending Lin Yuanyuan home, he went back to his own place.

Li Xiaoyao had many things to do; first and foremost was to go to the Little Peach Garden Mountain in Muze City.

In the Ghost Market, Li Xiaoyao had purchased the rights to a fertile land producing spiritual soils from Jiang Wanhao for ten thousand Spirit Stones.

This land was the Little Peach Garden Mountain.

Next, Li Xiaoyao needed to purchase an empty plot of land.

This vacant land would be used for growing medicinal herbs, which was very important.

The medicinal herbs in the System were too expensive, and although Li Xiaoyao was not short of Spirit Stones now, buying them in large quantities would still be a considerable expense.

Being able to cultivate his own medicinal herbs would undoubtedly save a lot of Spirit Stones.

"Buzz~"

His phone on the table rang. Li Xiaoyao picked it up and saw it was Tang Tiantian calling.

There was no signal in the Ghost Market, so Li Xiaoyao hadn't contacted her for several days.

"Xiaoyao, I'm coming home tomorrow," Tang Tiantian said with a smile.

Li Xiaoyao paused for a few seconds. Coming back tomorrow?

Lately, Li Xiaoyao had been busy with cultivation and killing; he had already started to see himself as a semi-immortal.

Worldly matters no longer sparked his interest, but he couldn't let go of the few women in his life.

"Send me your flight number, I'll come to pick you up."

After chatting for a while, Li Xiaoyao hung up the phone.

He quickly got ready, picked up his car keys, and prepared to go to the shop for cultivation.

"Creak!"

The door opened, and a somewhat disheveled Jiang Lichun appeared in front of Li Xiaoyao with a stern face.

"Old Jiang?"

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