Chapter 376 - 244: The Jade Spirit Race’s Red Talent Aids My Cultivation

Chapter 376: Chapter 244: The Jade Spirit Race’s Red Talent Aids My Cultivation

The destination for this trip was the Huan Cui Mountain Range, two thousand kilometers away.

Yu Fei had spoken at length with Zhang Wenji. The Huan Cui Mountain Range was a reserve mineral deposit in the Golden Stone Gang Realm, holding vast quantities of natural, supernatural jade.

The Bright Jade Alliance had once conducted preliminary surveys here and found the supernatural jade reserves to be abundant.

In terms of market demand, metal was far more sought-after than jade, so the Bright Jade Alliance focused its mining efforts primarily on a dozen or so metal deposits.

Demand for jade deposits was lower, and the main site currently being mined was another location about a thousand kilometers from the Cross-Border Black Fog.

As a result, the Huan Cui Mountain Range was currently unmined.

Yu Fei had learned from Zhang Wenji that the Huan Cui Mountain Range contained over forty types of supernatural jade, most of which were low-to-mid tier in quality.

Jade deposits of mid-to-high tier and above were too far away to reach in just seven days. After carefully weighing his options, he had chosen this spot.

When Yu Fei had tried to make purchases, he found that the price of raw supernatural jade on the trading platform was far higher than metal, and it was also much harder to acquire.

This suggested that the Bright Jade Alliance was controlling the supply of supernatural jade flowing into the market, allowing them to reap higher profits at a lower cost. Furthermore, raw metal ore had to be smelted before it could be used. That was why Yu Fei had set his sights on supernatural jade.

To be on the safe side, Yu Fei activated his Illusory Sword Intent and traveled using the Shrinking Earth Stepping Technique. He would occasionally use Burning Void Escape for a burst of speed, always ensuring his Inner Qi reserves remained at a safe level.

All three of his Body Techniques were currently at the Mastery stage. Among them, the Celestial Star Travel Body was at the highest level; another month of refinement would bring it to Perfection. Burning Void Escape, an explosive Secret Technique, was the one he had practiced the least, so it was at the lowest level.

But after Yu Fei acquired the Lesser Spatial Affinity talent, every use of the technique brought new insights, accelerating his training progress.

Yu Fei estimated that if he upgraded his spatial talent again, Burning Void Escape might be the first of the three techniques to reach the Perfection stage.

Across the vast, open wilderness, the land was a patchwork of grayish-white and dark brown, completely devoid of life.

As he sped along, Yu Fei suddenly changed direction, veering to his front left.

His Reversing Destiny Vision, enhanced by the extended range of the Illusory Cicada Star Pupil, had spotted an unusual color.

Amidst this deathly silent landscape, a gleam of orange had appeared. ℯℯ𝑙.

’If I’m not mistaken, that’s probably one of this land’s indigenous creatures.’

Yu Fei crept to within a hundred meters of the target, carefully trying to identify the source of the orange gem-like light.

It stood a full five meters tall and had a bestial appearance, with four legs, sharp teeth, and three eyes on its forehead.

It was a colossal metal beast the size of a two-story building, its body gleaming with a bronze luster.

According to the information Zhang Wenji had provided, this was a member of the Gang Tie Race.

The Gang Tie Race had no fixed form; they could be either bestial or humanoid. They held a deep enmity toward humans and man-made objects.

However, these creatures typically remained within a fixed territory after appearing and didn’t wander aimlessly.

Yu Fei carefully recalled the characteristics of the Gang Tie Race. These creatures possessed bodies of solid metal, immense strength, and astonishing defensive power.

When a Gang Tie creature was attacked, its body would shrink, causing its strength and defense to decrease accordingly, while its speed would more than double.

The main thing to watch out for was that once it shrank to a certain size, it would burrow into the ground and vanish.

After receiving this intelligence, Yu Fei had confirmed it repeatedly with Zhang Wenji. They could truly burrow into the earth, just like in the myths.

The principle behind this burrowing ability was still unknown, and both indigenous races in the Golden Stone Gang Realm possessed it.

The best way to prevent this was to kill it instantly with a fatal blow as its body began to shrink.

The Bright Jade Alliance had a special method for dealing with them: altering the battlefield itself.

Upon discovering a Gang Tie creature, they would cover the area with a fast-acting gel. It only required about ten kilograms each of three different reagents to cover over a square kilometer in under a minute, and the gel would harden rapidly.

This completely blocked the Gang Tie Race’s ability to burrow.

The only catch was that the gel would begin to rapidly degrade half an hour after hardening, so the fight had to be kept short.

As he drew closer, Yu Fei sensed that this Gang Tie creature, which resembled a giant wolf, had an aura equivalent to the fifth realm. Without hesitation, he waved his hand, unleashing thousands of strands of Immeasurable Sword Qi in an upward torrent.

Yu Fei was concealed, and by the time the Gang Tie beast noticed him, it was too late.

Riddled by the countless streams of Sword Qi and thrown into the air, its seemingly tough body was torn to pieces. It died in mid-air before it even had a chance to shrink.

In terms of pure combat strength, a Gang Tie creature was stronger than a Martial Artist of the same realm. An ordinary Martial Artist would have to spend a great deal of time just chipping away at its thick, metallic hide.

With a quick movement, Yu Fei snatched something from the rain of metallic remains. It was a ten-kilogram piece of silver metal—the core of the Gang Tie creature, and it radiated a rich, supernatural aura.

He didn’t copy the creature’s talent. ’I only have one chance, so I want to wait and see. If I run into a red one, then I might consider it.’

He examined the metal for a while but couldn’t identify it. He judged it to be a mid-to-high quality precious metal.

The raw metal dropped by the Gang Tie Race was of higher quality than even artificially refined metals, containing almost no impurities.

He stored his prize away and continued on his journey.

’This is perfect. I can use it for my next stage of cultivation. A piece of high-quality supernatural metal this large would probably cost several million merit points, and even then, I might not be able to acquire it.’

The low-tier supernatural metal ores Yu Fei was currently using for his training cost hundreds of thousands of merit points for the same weight, and their quality was nowhere near as good.