The Martial Saint, starting with daily intelligence.

Just as Liu Yu was in shock, the sixth-order blood-striped tiger suddenly sprang up, its eyes filled with bloodlust and madness.

The timing was impeccable.

A strong, foul gust of wind swept in; if it were a sixth-level transcendent or a martial artist at the peak of Qi Refining, they would probably already be dead by now.

Unfortunately, it was facing a powerful cultivator at the Refinement of Spirit level.

Moreover, Liu Yu had never truly let his guard down against the Blood-Striped Tiger. As a sixth-tier beast, it was exceptionally cunning. Even though he could kill it with ease, Liu Yu still kept a considerable amount of his attention on it.

A martial artist with an almost invincible mechanism can instantly kill any martial artist below the Refinement level or a transcendent being simply by suppressing their spirit.

Liu Yu didn't even turn around, only glancing at him out of the corner of her eye.

The sixth-tier beast, the Blood-Striped Tiger, suddenly stiffened. Its heartbeat felt as if something had gripped it tightly, and the extreme power it had gained from burning its blood now became pale and powerless.

The blood-striped tiger's eyes revealed fear and pleading, as if it were begging for mercy.

"A beast is a beast; it can't understand human language, and it deserves to die!"

Liu Yu clearly wouldn't appreciate it. If the Blood-Striped Tiger stayed put, she would naturally be merciful and spare its life.

As a result, it courted its own death, thinking that the cultivator's distraction would give it a chance to launch a sneak attack.

People need to pay the price for their choices.

Since the Blood-Striped Tiger has chosen to take a gamble, it should bear the consequences of failure.

The price to pay is death!

Liu Yu thrust out her red-tasseled spear with all her might, this time truly going all out, holding back no internal energy whatsoever.

The true energy was channeled into the red-tasseled spear, and the spear's momentum and fiery true energy shot out, like a burning bird of flame plunging into the throat of the blood-striped tiger.

This is the mark of a master cultivator who has mastered the Spirit Refinement Realm—True Qi Transformation!

*Bang!*

A loud crash came from the forest; it was the sound of a Blood-Striped Tiger falling.

Its throat looked as if it had been burned through, with a burnt smell and intense heat.

Liu Yu's primary cultivation technique is fire-attribute—the "Fire Phoenix Burning Heaven Scripture".

  [At this point, I hope readers will remember our domain name: 101𝔨𝔨𝔰.𝔠𝔬𝔪]

This is an extremely profound "classic-level" cultivation technique.

Therefore, true qi often carries properties such as flames or high temperatures, making it extremely destructive.

When cultivated to the extreme, one can burn the heavens and boil the seas.

Liu Yu is far from reaching the pinnacle of cultivation. If he were to reach the pinnacle, he would not only burn through the Blood-Striped Tiger's neck, but the Blood-Striped Tiger would turn into ashes the moment he touched it.

With the Blood-Striped Tiger lifeless, Liu Yu focused her main attention on the 'Centennial Spirit Ginseng' that was about to undergo its transformation.

Liu Yu brought her nose close and sniffed it.

I smelled a very pleasant fragrance, which was very comforting and even made my mental energy feel more active.

"I can really smell a pleasant fragrance, which is pretty much what was described in the intelligence report."

"A hundred-year-old ginseng is extremely rare and hard to come by. I have only read about it in ancient books, but unfortunately the records are incomplete."

In this world, many things cannot be recorded very clearly. When it comes to details, they are often simplified or not written at all.

The more detailed the information, the more likely it is to be targeted by the source of the strange phenomenon and become a direct source of contamination.

"Now that new buds have appeared, this ginseng will be able to completely transform into a hundred-year-old ginseng in a few days to half a month."

"I'm afraid Miss and Brother will worry again."

"Perhaps they will come looking for me in person."

Liu Yu looked conflicted.

"Fine, I'll just let my older brother say a few words. I've been lectured by him countless times, so one more time won't make a difference."

"The century-old ginseng cannot be lost. If Miss knew, she would only praise me for doing a good job."

Liu Yu has made up her mind that she will not leave until the spiritual ginseng has completely transformed.

···

On the night of the blood moon, in a small courtyard in Tianjin.

A blood-red phantom of a flower of essence blood appeared on Zhong Ming's body. The flower of essence blood rotated on it, constantly devouring the energy of the blood moon and transforming it into the purest blood energy, which was continuously injected into Zhong Ming's body.

"I never expected that the combination of the Blood Essence Fruit and the Blood Moon Night would be so much more effective than I imagined."

Zhong Ming had originally planned to take advantage of the Blood Moon night to consume the Essence Blood Fruit.

The essence of blood can accelerate the refining speed of various pills and medicinal foods. When combined with the energy of the blood moon, the effect is even more outstanding.

I obtained the essence blood fruit a few days ago, but I haven't had a chance to refine it in the past few days.

Unfortunately, the weather has been uncooperative these past few nights; either there has been no blood moon, or both a blood moon and a ghost moon have appeared.

Only today has a blood moon appeared in the night sky.

As the night of the blood moon ended, Zhong Ming retrieved the essence flower back into his body.

"Forty-two drops!"

"Adding the scattered essence blood condensed in the past few days, the essence blood has now reached 106 drops. With another 30 drops, it can be condensed back to 136 drops."

"If only there were another essence blood fruit."

"Wealth, companionship, law, and location—now you know why wealth is the most important!"

Zhong Ming was well aware that such an opportunity was rare and hard to come by.

Just as Zhong Ming was pondering.

【ding~】

[Experience points +17]

Current experience points: 145

"Eek~"

"Seventeen experience points. There haven't been any [Two-Star] level quests lately?"

"By the way, there's a domestic mission with a 'one-star' rating, located in Yunshan, not far from Tianjin."

It seems that Tingfenglou has already taken the 'Centennial Spirit Ginseng' or sold this information to other people or forces.

"However, Tingfeng Tower can easily handle a sixth-tier beast. The hundred-year-old spirit ginseng was probably taken by Tingfeng Tower."

"Spiritual herbs are rare and hard to come by. They are a form of hard currency no matter where they are. You can't usually buy them with silver dollars or gold coins."

"These things are usually bartered, not exchanged for gold or silver."

The system notification that experience points have been received means that the century-old ginseng has been harvested.

On the other side, on the outskirts of Yunshan Mountain, lies the location of the century-old sacred ginseng.

At the very moment the century-old ginseng matured, Liu Yu was struck by a sudden inspiration, and a connection between heaven and man arose.

"At this time of year?"

Liu Yu was startled and suddenly felt the urge to break through the ritual.

Originally, I planned to take the century-old ginseng for myself, my elder brother, or the young lady.

But now it seems that fate has made the decision for her.

Liu Yu disregarded her own image and used whatever materials were available to build a temporary altar. When wood was lacking, she cut it down; when stones were lacking, she chiseled boulders; and when adhesive was lacking, she used mud instead.

A master of the Refining Spirit realm possesses a powerful physique and abundant energy, and completed the construction in no time; it's just that Liu Yu's appearance wasn't quite right.

The once valiant female warrior has now become a peasant woman rolling in the mud.

Liu Yu arranged the materials needed for the ritual. Some of these materials were the core of the strange creature, some were spiritual materials, and some were special ores, all of which were mainly of the fire attribute.

Liu Yu was sitting in the center of the altar, where the materials were arranged in a special shape.

"Damn those foreigners! If they hadn't destroyed the dragon veins of our land, we wouldn't even need this ridiculous ceremony!"

Liu Yu cursed inwardly.

The body is quite honest, performing ritualistic responses in a special posture.