Chapter 55 Bear Fight
Chapter 55 Bear Fight
Two and a half years later.
Deep in the Chimang Mountains, in a valley.
"Ow!"
A huge black bear, nearly two meters long, looked at the figure opposite and let out an angry roar.
Its left eye was blind, and there was a scabbed wound on its right front leg. There was a patch of hair on its chest that was much lighter than the surrounding hair, and it was obviously newly grown.
Ten feet away from the black bear, stood a young man in a white gown. It was Chen Yuan, who had been practicing in seclusion in the Chimang Mountains for two and a half years.
He made a spell with his hands, and the Qingyun Sword circled around him, making bursts of cheerful sword sounds. The black iron shield floated in front of him, as still as a mountain.
Chen Yuan had a stern expression and sharp eyes, and shouted softly:
"disease!"
The Qingyun Sword shot out and headed straight for the black bear!
"Ow!"
The black bear raised one of its paws and slapped the Qingyun Sword.
boom!
The Qingyun sword collided with the bear's paw, and the bear flew back a dozen feet.
The bear's paw was extremely hard, and there was only a shallow scratch on the thick pad of flesh.
The spell in Chen Yuan's hand changed, and as his magic power was urged, the Qingyun Sword circled around and slashed towards the black bear again.
The black bear stood up, showed his other bear paw, and slapped the Qingyun Sword.
boom!
The black bear reacted quickly, but the Qingyun Sword was not very fast and was knocked back again.
But the Qingyun Sword soon returned and fought with the black bear.
The spell in Chen Yuan's hand changed again, and a walnut-sized fireball condensed in his palm. He waved his hand and shot it towards the black bear.
At the same time, the Qingyun Sword attacked from the other side, blocking the black bear's retreat and forming a pincer attack with the fireball.
The black bear used its palm to slap the green Qingyun sword away, then jumped to the side to avoid the fireball.
But at this moment, Chen Yuan muttered something, and the ground under the black bear's feet suddenly turned into quicksand, trying to bind it in place.
Fortunately, there was only a thin layer of quicksand and it had not yet been completely transformed. The black bear pulled out its paw and rushed towards Chen Yuan.
But its hind legs kicked on the quicksand, affecting its power and causing it to stagger. The Qingyun Sword took the opportunity to drop from the sky and pierce its only remaining right eye!
The black bear had to stop and raise his paws to protect his eyes.
The spell in Chen Yuan's hand changed again. After three breaths, a fire snake about a foot long condensed in front of him and swam rapidly towards the black bear along the ground.
At this time, the black bear had knocked the Qingyun Sword away again and rushed to within three feet of Chen Yuan.
But when the black bear saw the fire snake swimming over, a trace of fear appeared on its ferocious face, and it quickly jumped aside.
Chen Yuan used his magic power and the fire snake changed direction and continued to swim towards the black bear.
At the same time, he touched the storage bag on his waist, and a talisman appeared out of thin air in his hand. He threw it in front of him and shouted softly:
"disease!"
The talisman caught fire and turned into an ice cone as thick as an arm, shooting towards the black bear.
This was not enough, the Qingyun Sword circled in the air and slashed towards the black bear, attacking with three prongs at the same time!
"Ow!"
Seeing that the situation was not good, the black bear roared, jumped to the side to avoid the fire snake on the ground, but was hit by the ice cone.
boom!
The ice cone exploded, freezing most of the black bear's body.
The black bear moved stiffly and fell to the ground. As the ice shattered, the Qingyun Sword suddenly appeared and pierced deeply into its right eye, leaving only the hilt!
"Ow!"
The black bear let out a mad roar and waved its front paws wildly.
puff!
The Qingyun Sword flew backwards, and blood spurted out of the black bear's right eye socket. The endless pain made it even more crazy.
laugh!
Chen Yuan urged his magic power and the Qingyun Sword slashed around the black bear's neck, and a line of blood slowly emerged.
The black bear's huge body suddenly froze, and it fell to the ground with a bang, stirring up a cloud of dust.
"Finally solved..."
Chen Yuan let out a long sigh, took back the black iron shield and put it back into the storage bag.
The battle with the black bear did not last long, but he activated two mid-grade magic weapons at the same time, cast three spells, and used a mid-level magic talisman, which consumed most of his magic power. If he continued fighting, he would not be able to hold on.
However, his hard work paid off, as he finally defeated the black bear, which was equivalent to a cultivator at the sixth level of Qi Refining.
Chen Yuan came to the black bear, controlled the Qingyun sword, peeled off the bear skin, cut off its four paws, took out the bear gall, and put it into the storage bag.
This black bear, like the giant tiger he had encountered before, is a monster beast. Its bear paws, bear gall, and bear skin are all materials that contain the essence of monster beasts.
After Chen Yuan processed the materials, he took back the Qingyun Sword, condensed a fireball in his palm, burned the bear corpse to ashes, then performed the light body technique, stepped on the cliff, and floated away.
Three hours later, he returned to the cave where he had practiced hard for two and a half years, closed his eyes and meditated to restore his magic power.
Today is the day for starlight to infuse the body, and there is no time to waste.
Five hours later, Chen Yuan's magic power was restored to normal. When he walked out of the cave, it was already late at night.
The moon was high in the sky, and the sky was full of stars. Chen Yuan took out the jade pendant, and the starlight descended and flowed around his body.
Twenty breaths later, the starlight dissipated. Chen Yuan looked inward at his body and found that all the magic power in his dantian was gone.
He returned to the cave and continued to meditate with his eyes closed.
Five hours later, Chen Yuan opened his eyes, feeling the magic power filling his body and his spiritual consciousness expanding to more than thirty-three feet, and a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.
He stood up, looked around, and at this place where he had practiced hard for two years, he murmured:
"It's time to leave..."
Over the past two and a half years, he has been practicing hard, using up all four Yunlu Pills and two bottles of Bailing Pills, and finally raised his cultivation to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
Bailing Pill is one of the best pills for the middle stage of Qi Refining. It has extremely strong medicinal power. One pill is equivalent to Chen Yuan’s one month of hard training.
The Yunlu Pill is slightly inferior, but one pill is worth Chen Yuan’s twenty days of hard practice.
It takes Chen Yuan three days to refine a pill and expel the poison from it.
This is inconsistent with the record in "Zhang Family Alchemy Essentials". An ordinary cultivator in the middle stage of Qi Refining needs six days to refine the Bailing Pill and expel the poison from the pill.
Chen Yuan was puzzled and could only attribute it to the effect of starlight infusing his body.
Although starlight infusion cannot directly increase magic power, it can strengthen spiritual consciousness, strengthen the body, and shorten the time it takes Chen Yuan to refine elixirs, which is extremely useful.
Chen Yuan refined all the pills in just one and a half months, saving nearly two years of practice time.
Afterwards, he continued to practice hard for another two years, absorbing spiritual energy day and night, and finally pushed his cultivation to the fifth level of Qi Refining.
This shows how difficult it is for a cultivator with pseudo spiritual roots to practice.
After his cultivation level broke through, Chen Yuan did not leave in a hurry. Instead, he practiced the Qingyun Sword and Black Iron Shield and worked hard to learn the art of controlling objects.
It took a month to finally reach the level where I could use it as easily as my own arms.
Afterwards, he practiced the Fireball Technique, Quicksand Technique, and Fire Snake Technique day and night, and it took him two months to master them.
Fireball is the simplest, Chen Yuan can already cast it instantly, Quicksand only takes two breaths of time, and Fire Snake is the most difficult, requiring three breaths of time.
He also tried to practice the intermediate earth spell "Rockfall" recorded in "Thick Earth Spell", but his talent for practicing spells was too poor. Even though fire creates earth, he couldn't get in, so he had to give up.
At this point, Chen Yuan's cultivation, magic tools, and spells had reached their limit and he was ready to leave the Chimang Mountains.
"Yunyou Travels" records three markets, the one closest to Chen Yuan is in Shuozhou, north of the Chimang Mountains.
The market town is where independent cultivators gather. If Chen Yuan wants to exchange pills and continue his cultivation, it is the best choice.
But at this moment, the bear monster unexpectedly broke in here. After seeing Chen Yuan, his eyes lit up and he pounced on him without saying a word.
Chen Yuan was forced to take action and fought a fierce battle with the bear monster.
Although the bear monster's realm is higher than his, Chen Yuan has two mid-grade magic weapons in his hands and can cast spells. His strength is stronger than the bear monster that relies entirely on his physical body.
However, he lacked experience in fighting, and was a little flustered. His magic power was almost exhausted, and he only managed to fight the bear monster to a draw.
Just when he was about to be defeated, he used three low-level talismans in succession to stop the bear monster and retreat.
Chen Yuan retreated, but the bear demon was persistent. Following the scent, it caught up with him again three days later.
Fortunately, Chen Yuan’s magic power has been restored, and he starts a second battle with the bear monster.
This time, Chen Yuan had experience in fighting, so he made fewer mistakes. He only consumed most of his magic power and escaped unscathed.
The bear demon still refused to give up, and came back again two days later.
But Chen Yuan had fought the bear monster twice and had gained a lot of experience in fighting. He used a mid-level wind blade talisman to blind the bear monster's left eye.
The bear monster finally became frightened and turned around and ran away.
This time, it was Chen Yuan who refused to give up.
Even a clay man would have some temper, let alone the bear monster who had tried to eat him several times. He must kill the bear monster and eradicate the root of the problem.
Chen Yuan chased the bear monster for three days and finally blocked it in the valley and killed it with thunder and lightning.
After encountering the bear monster, Chen Yuan wondered why this bear monster, like the tiger monster he had met before, was so interested in him and pounced on him as soon as they met.
After much thought, the only difference between him and other cultivators was that his body was infused with starlight.
He was a pseudo-spiritual cultivator and had nothing special about him. When he first encountered the tiger monster, he was not even a cultivator.
If the starlight had not transformed his body, the tiger demon would not have lost his mind and would not have eaten the young man in black despite his pursuit.
The bear demon was even crazier. Even though he was injured many times by Chen Yuan, he never retreated.
He is now like Tang Seng. Whenever a monster encounters him, it will lose its mind.
This disrupted Chen Yuan's plan. He originally wanted to go directly through the Chimang Mountains, but in order to avoid these monsters, he had to change his route to Yuanpingxing.
He blocked the entrance of the cave with huge rocks, let down vines to clear the way for human beings, passed through the forest, came to Yuanpingxing, and headed north.
(End of this chapter)