Chapter 71 Golden-backed Mantis
The Jindan cultivator from the Yuling Sect who had taken over Qu Hun's body was hiding in the mountains and forests over a hundred miles west of Jiayuan City.

This is a large area of ​​dense forest in the mountains, and the forest is full of poisonous snakes and ferocious beasts. Not to mention mortals, even warriors in the secular world dare not come here easily.

"Qu Hun" practiced here because there were few people here.

It’s not that the Jindan cultivators of the Yuling Sect don’t want to return to the Yuling Sect, but as a demonic force, the Yuling Sect believes in the law of the jungle.

With his current cultivation level in the Qi training stage, once he returns to the Yuling Sect, he will definitely be assassinated by his fellow disciples.

Not to mention, all his wealth was in a cave near Jiayuan City.

Especially the golden-backed mantis that ranks more than 70th on the list of strange insects. He is absolutely reluctant to part with such a powerful spiritual pet.

Therefore, the other party would practice outside Jiayuan City.

As long as he could recover to the Jindan level, he would be able to take back his storage bag and his pet, the golden-backed mantis.

Relying on the essence and blood of Qu Hun in the Soul-Guiding Bell, Bai Ziye successfully found Qu Hun's whereabouts.

At this time, Qu Hun was sitting on a huge rock in the forest, practicing Qi with his eyes closed.

And the cultivation level of "Qu Hun" has actually reached the second level of Qi training!
While "Qu Hun" was practicing with his eyes closed, Bai Ziye took advantage of the situation and summoned the top-level magic weapon in his hand, the Star-Grabbing Chain.

Star-grabbing chain! Entanglement!

Although "Qu Hun" was once a Jindan cultivator, he is now just an ant at the second level of Qi training.

Not to mention, "Qu Hun" was practicing at the time and had never expected that a foundation-building cultivator would come to attack him.

Therefore, when he reacted, his body had already been entangled by Bai Ziye's Star-Grabbing Chain.

Just when "Qu Hun" was about to mobilize the magic weapon in his body, he was shocked to find that the spiritual energy and magic weapon in his body seemed to be asleep, and no matter how he mobilized them, there was no response at all.

At this time, Bai Ziye just appeared.

"Senior, I wonder how I have offended you?"

When "Qu Hun" saw that the person who secretly attacked him was actually a cultivator in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, he couldn't help but be shocked, and then he asked carefully.

"Oh, you actually dared to take over the bodies of my brothers and sisters, my dearest relatives and friends, and you still say you don't know how you offended me?"

When Bai Ziye heard this, he became furious.

Bai Ziye is very confident in his Star-Grabbing Chain. With the current strength of "Qu Hun", he will definitely not be able to break free from the Star-Grabbing Chain.

"Senior, I didn't intend to seize someone else's body. It's just that my body was severely injured and I really had no other choice but to do this. I was also a foundation-building cultivator in Spirit Beast Mountain before, so I have some savings. If you don't mind this, I am willing to offer you all my wealth as a reward."

After hearing this, Qu Hun finally understood why Bai Ziye had targeted him. He rolled his eyes and said to Bai Ziye.

"Hmm? Although Qu Hun is my dearest relative, brother, but I was able to give my senior brother from Spirit Beast Mountain a new life. When my brother knows about this, I believe his spirit in heaven will rest in peace."

When Bai Ziye heard this, the angry expression on his face immediately disappeared.

He was too lazy to keep running, so naturally he wanted to take the Jindan cultivator's storage bag with him.

"Which sect are you from?"

Qu Hun looked at Bai Ziye in a daze. Shouldn't such a cold-hearted person appear in their Tianluo Kingdom?

"I am a cultivator from the Yellow Maple Valley. We are all from the same sect. We cannot let this little thing ruin our relationship."

Bai Ziye had a kind smile on his face and saluted with his hands clasped together, but he never took off the Star-Grabbing Chain that was trapped on the other person.

"The seven factions of Yue are of the same origin? That's easy to say. If I hadn't said I had some savings, I'm afraid I would have been killed long ago."

Although Qu Hun thought so in his heart, he still smiled kindly on his face.

The greed of the foundation-building cultivator in front of him was just enough to allow him to escape disaster.

“No, no, I’m just a Qi training disciple now. How can I be compared with my uncle? My storage bag was in a cave dozens of miles away. However, due to the death of my physical body, my spiritual pet went out of control…”

Qu Hun decided to lead Bai Ziye to the place where his body would sit in meditation.

In his opinion, Bai Ziye was just a cultivator in the middle stage of foundation building. Facing his spiritual pet, the golden-backed demon mantis, he had no ability to fight back at all!

"My nephew's spirit pet? What level of monster is it?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Ziye immediately asked cautiously.

"I'm ashamed to say that my pet is only a level three demon beast."

Qu Hun specifically described his own spirit pet as being much weaker.

"It turns out to be just a level three monster. I am not afraid of it anymore."

Upon hearing this, Bai Ziye immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as if he was blinded by the interests.

"Hmph, when you lose the battle with my spirit pet, I will take the materials in your storage bag! Consider it as a help for me to return to the top!"

Upon hearing this, Qu Hun sneered in his heart.

Yes, he planned to let Bai Ziye fight with the golden-backed demon mantis, and when both Bai Ziye and the golden-backed demon mantis were defeated, he would kill Bai Ziye.

As long as he successfully kills Bai Ziye, he will be able to use the resources in Bai Ziye's storage bag to quickly improve his cultivation and shorten the time needed to return to the Jindan stage.

With Qu Hun's keen eyesight, he could naturally see that the white gown Bai Ziye was wearing was a top-grade magical weapon.

Therefore, in Qu Hun's opinion, Bai Ziye should be a disciple of some immortal cultivation family.

In addition, Bai Ziye's cultivation was at the middle stage of foundation building, so he would not be easily killed by the golden-backed mantis. To sum up, Qu Hun came up with this temporary plan.

As the saying goes, fortune and honor are sought in danger. As long as he can succeed, he will be able to recover to the Jindan stage as soon as possible.

Moreover, he didn't believe that Bai Ziye would let him go afterwards.

At that moment, Qu Hun told Bai Ziye the location.

Bai Ziye also took out the Crescent Boat and took Qu Hun to the location mentioned by Qu Hun.

"My storage bag and the spirit pet are in the cave below, senior."

Seeing the cave where he would pass away, Qu Hun spoke impatiently.

"In that case, I'd like to trouble you to take a nap first!"

At this time, Bai Ziye looked at Qu Hun coldly, knocked him unconscious, and then pasted a few calming talismans on him.

In addition to the Star-Grabbing Chain that has been wrapped around Qu Hun's body, Bai Ziye has no worries that Qu Hun will launch a sneak attack on him with this double insurance.

However, Qu Hun did not expect that Bai Ziye would suddenly attack him, so he fainted easily.

"Next, it's the golden-backed mantis below!"

Bai Ziye looked at the cave below. Since he established his foundation, Bai Ziye had not experienced many proper battles.

However, Bai Ziye was not in a hurry.

The golden-backed mantis is a fourth-level monster and is best at attacking.

In the original novel, Han Li's white-scale shield was destroyed by the golden-backed mantis.

Bai Ziye didn't want to damage the top-level magic weapon on him, although it was very likely that the top-level magic weapon on him could defend against the attack of the golden-backed mantis.

Bai Ziye took out a set of inverted five elements formation from his storage bag and set it up at the entrance of the cave.

After making preparations, Bai Ziye waved his hand, and several Ruhua appeared and entered the cave.

The golden-backed mantis, which was already on guard, launched an attack when Ruhua entered.

Several Ruhuas who were comparable to those in the middle stage of Qi training were killed instantly by the golden-backed mantises without any chance of fighting back and were torn into pieces.

However, there were still some Ruhua left, retreating out of the cave.

The golden-backed mantis had no intelligence yet, so it immediately followed Ruhua, chased her out, and went straight into the inverted five elements formation.

The golden-backed demon mantis trapped in the inverted five elements formation could only run around frantically, but the inverted five elements formation's magic array that trapped the enemy left the golden-backed demon mantis with nowhere to use its strength.

Not to mention the golden-backed mantis, even if it was a human cultivator who was building his foundation, he would only have the option of waiting for death if he entered there.

This golden-backed mantis is worthy of being ranked more than 70th on the list of strange insects. It has been struggling in the inverted five elements formation for two days and two nights before it showed a little fatigue.

Bai Ziye did not give the golden-backed mantis a chance to rest, but instead released the black puppet and the white puppet to harass the golden-backed mantis outside the inverted five elements formation.

The attacks of the black puppet and the white puppet made the golden-backed mantis feel like it was facing a formidable enemy, and it could only flee in panic.

Finally, after another half a day, the golden-backed mantis could no longer hold on and was killed by Bai Ziye who was taking his time nearby.

No matter how powerful a monster is, as long as it has not yet developed intelligence, we can target its weaknesses and kill it.

At this time, Bai Ziye put away the inverted five elements formation and came to the front of the golden-backed mantis.

After a slight hesitation, Bai Ziye put the body of the golden-backed mantis directly into his storage bag.

As a top-level fourth-level monster, the golden-backed mantis has extremely rare materials on its body, especially the pair of sharp blades, which are good for refining offensive magic weapons.

After capturing the golden-backed mantis, Bai Ziye walked into the cave.

The black doll and the white doll accompanied Bai Ziye to prevent sudden attacks.

After entering the cave, Bai Ziye first smelled blood, and then saw piles of bones on the ground.

These bones all belong to the various ferocious beasts in the mountains. However, when these beasts encountered the golden-backed mantis, they were like babies, unable to fight back.

Bai Ziye didn't think too much about it, but started searching in the cave.

Sure enough, in a corner of the cave, Bai Ziye saw a pile of human bones.

The skeleton was wearing a black robe with a storage bag hanging around his waist.

This is exactly the corpse of the Jindan cultivator from the Yuling Sect!

Bai Ziye stepped forward, took out the storage bag, and then probed his spiritual sense into it.

Although Bai Ziye already knew the situation in the storage bag, he was still a little disappointed.

As a cultivator in the Jindan stage, his storage bag was so empty that there were only some bottles and jars, and a few insect eggs.

There are no elixirs to assist in cultivation, nor spirit stones used by immortal cultivators.

Even the Yuling Sect's skills are not included.

Bai Ziye sighed and put the body of the Yuling Sect's Jindan cultivator into the storage bag.

(End of this chapter)