Starting as a spiritual plant master, may I eventually become the master of all lands.

Song Chuan was squatting on a tree, quietly enjoying a "dance".

In the open space ahead, a brightly colored, monstrous bird was seen hopping back and forth on the ground.

This bird has three long tail feathers, like the strings of a harp.

Each time it leaps, a melodious sound can be faintly heard emanating from its tail feathers.

Song Chuan had already recognized the twelve-stringed bird; it was mentioned in the sect's book, "The Collection of Flying Birds."

It is said that each time this demonic bird grows three tail feathers, it represents a leap in cultivation level. When all twelve tail feathers have grown, it is equivalent to the Nascent Soul stage in the human race.

However, no one in the cultivation world has ever heard of anyone being able to grow all twelve tail feathers.

Because their tail feathers are excellent materials for refining weapons and decorations, they have always been the target of cultivators' large-scale hunting. Let alone twelve tail feathers, it's already good if they can grow six.

Song Chuan never expected to run into him here.

The bird in front of me is a three-stringed bird, at the late stage of the first rank.

It's not impossible for Song Chuan to capture this bird if it's caught off guard.

However, it will take a lot of effort, and there must be at least one female bird of the same cultivation level lurking nearby.

Some sects have long studied this bird thoroughly; its innate supernatural power is a sonic supernatural power called "Three Strings Touching the Heart".

Many birds possess sonic powers, but this bird's power emanates from its tail.

When this bird is courting, its vigilance towards the outside world decreases.

A hint of hesitation flashed in Song Chuan's eyes, but he still shook his head.

He continued to watch it with interest, without making any move.

This is a rare "courtship dance," a natural behavior of many low-level demonic birds.

The female bird must be coming out soon, Song Chuan thought to himself.

Sure enough, the bird swayed its three tail feathers and occasionally spread its wings to reveal even more vibrant colors on the inside.

After this graceful dance, a female bird flew over.

Compared to the male, the female's colors are much duller, and her tail feathers are not very pretty; she is quite unremarkable.

In stark contrast to the beauty of human women.

As soon as the female bird appeared, the male bird became even more energetic.

The empty space beneath its feet was spotless, a "stage" it had specially cleaned.

Whether the stage is clean or not also determines whether a female bird will be interested in it.

The female bird would hop to its side for a while, then hop onto a branch, admiring it from various angles for a while. After that, she seemed quite satisfied and landed in front of the male bird.

The male bird quickly flew to it, landed briefly, and after about two or three breaths, the two birds separated and flew away.

Uh, that's it?

Although he already knew that birds were "fast," the difference between them and the Green Serpent was just too great. Song Chuan was speechless.

He chuckled and leaped away.

It's best not to cause any unnecessary trouble; nothing is more important than the Foundation Establishment Pill and the Emperor's Elixir.

He had been traveling for two days and nights, and after enjoying a rather disjointed dance, he had rested enough and was ready to continue his journey deeper into Kongsang.

After traveling several dozen miles, he faintly heard angry shouts and the sound of magical artifacts clashing.

He was going to go around it, but he still checked it through the bead.

He couldn't possibly use his divine sense to explore through the bead all the time, otherwise, overdrawing his divine sense would be dangerous if he encountered any unexpected events.

A thought struck Song Chuan, and he walked a few more feet forward, then leaped up and landed on a tree.

Two groups of people were seen fighting each other, brandishing magical weapons.

One of the groups consisted of two people, a man and a woman. The man was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and the woman was at the sixth level of Qi Refining.

Both of them were disciples of Teng Hua Valley, and the woman was Lu Fenghua, who had gone to Canxiang Garden to buy demonic insects.

The man was short and stocky, with an unfamiliar face; Song Chuan didn't recognize him.

But what made Song Chuan stop was not these two fellow disciples, but the four male cultivators opposite him.

Of the four, two were at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and two were at the sixth level.

One of them, a Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator, was none other than Lin Kuo, whom he had met in Daicheng!

Five years have passed since this person lasted, and he has only just managed to break through to the late stage of Qi Refining.

The other three, including one at the seventh level of Qi Refining and another at the sixth level, were dressed in uniform, resembling disciples from a mid-level sect called "Fire Spring Sect".

The Fire Spring Sect is a sect in Baiquan County. This sect was established based on a fire-attribute spiritual spring, and there are Core Formation cultivators stationed within the sect.

The last person who reached the sixth level of Qi Refining was a pockmarked young man who seemed to be in cahoots with Lin Kuo.

The four men were relentlessly pursuing and attacking the two from Teng Huagu.

Seven or eight different colored ritual implements, such as fire forks and iron blocks, flew up and down in the arena, radiating light.

There were many dead insects on the ground, which should have been Lu Fenghua's spirit insects, but they had all been killed.

Song Chuan glanced at the battlefield. If it weren't for disciples from a major sect like Teng Hua Valley, fighting two against four, they would have been wiped out long ago.

However, although the two were still managing to keep going, their situation was becoming increasingly difficult.

Soon, both of them retrieved their attack weapons.

The male cultivator from Vine Flower Valley summoned a lotus leaf-shaped high-grade defensive magic artifact, which Lu Fenghua and she used their magic power to support.

"You Fire Spring Sect people have some nerve! Not only did you try to steal the spiritual plants we discovered first from two rogue cultivators, but you also tried to kill us for our treasures. We are disciples of Vine Flower Valley!"

The male cultivator from Vine Flower Valley roared in anger.

"Still making noise even when you're about to die!" Lin Kuo's face darkened, and he forcefully pushed the iron block, launching a fierce attack at the lotus leaf magic weapon.

"Wisteria Valley is nothing special? Just wait until you taste what it's like to wish you were dead!"

The Qi Refining Level 6 cultivator from the Fire Spring Sect said bitterly, seemingly harboring a deep hatred for Vine Flower Valley.

He looked at Lu Fenghua's appearance and licked his lips.

"Pah! Your Fire Spring Sect is notorious in Baiquan County. Don't think we don't know how many spiritual springs you've secretly ruined," Lu Fenghua sneered.

"The Fire Spirit Spring we refine is highly praised by the Long Spoon Sect and the Hanging Gourd Pavilion. What do you know, you worthless farmer!" said the Qi Refining Level 7 cultivator.

Having said that, he turned to Lin Kuo and said:

"Fellow Daoist Lin, didn't you just obtain a piece of Earth Locust Stone? The three of us will hold them off while you use the Earth Locust Stone to break through their defenses and resolve this matter quickly, lest things get complicated."

Locust stone!

Upon hearing this, Song Chuan was deeply moved.

This was the earth-attribute treasure he had been searching for. It was a rare stone, extremely powerful. It could even penetrate top-tier defensive magic artifacts!

It is comparable to another powerful object, the Five Elements Thunder Pearl.

However, after this stone is used once, it must take several months or even longer to allow it to absorb the power of the earth's veins.

Otherwise, it will become a waste rock.

Those unfamiliar with traditional methods, even after using this stone, would have no idea how to make it absorb the power of the earth's veins.

Therefore, if an ordinary person obtains it, they would treat it as a final, decisive treasure and would never use it lightly.

Unexpectedly, Lin Kuo was able to obtain such a rare item. Song Chuan glanced at the magical artifacts of the others and their positions, his eyes gleaming.

Lin Kuo chuckled: "Fellow Daoist Miao, the Earth Locust Stone needs to be refined before it can be used. I just got it and you guys saw it, I didn't even have time to take a good look at it."

I think we should take turns attacking with our magical weapons. They've run out of tricks and won't last long."

The cultivator surnamed Miao snorted and said nothing more. Instead, he commanded a flying fork to attack the lotus leaf magic weapon of the two from Teng Hua Valley.