"Bang!"
The giant hammer smashed straight onto the ground just a mere centimeter away from its rear end, creating a dirt pit about five feet wide and causing the ground to tremble slightly.
"Now this is more like it."
...
Moments later.
The Crimson Gold Treasure Toad lay on the ground. Its two pale golden demon eyes lifted slightly, blinking from time to time as it watched the black-clothed man writing a spiritual contract on a piece of spiritual contract paper.
"Shua!"
After writing the last clause, Shen Mu threw the contract in front of it. "I don't need to tell you what to do next, do I?"
"..."
Despicable human...
The Crimson Gold Treasure Toad grumbled inwardly, but under the circumstances, it finally signed this slave spiritual contract.
Watching the contract turn into a stream of light and enter the center of the Crimson Gold Treasure Toad's brow, manifesting a slave spiritual mark that connected with his own mind, Shen Mu smiled with satisfaction.
This Crimson Gold Treasure Toad is naturally good at finding rare treasures of heaven and earth. With it, it will be much easier for him to search for those rare spiritual items.
Moreover, if he can find some opportunities for good fortune in the future to make its bloodline advance and evolve into a Heavenly Treasure Toad, then he will have a rare quasi-immortal beast.
"By the way... what kind of name do you want me to give you?"
Although the Crimson Gold Treasure Toad still harbored a bit of resentment towards him, it reluctantly replied, "Everything... is up to the master."
"How about I call you Jinbao?"
"It not only suits your special ability, but also has a nice meaning."
"..."
When the Crimson Gold Treasure Toad heard this rustic name, it was left speechless.
After all, it was a sixth-grade demonic beast with a rare bloodline and great potential in the future. How could a name like this, which was more suitable for a pet, match its status!
If it were to be called this, other demons would surely laugh at it.
"Um... Well... Master, could you please come up with a slightly more imposing name?"
"A more imposing one?"
Shen Mu stroked his chin and thought for a while...
"Golden Toad. Does this work?"
"Thank you, Master, for bestowing the name."
This was at least better than Jinbao. At least it wouldn't be laughed at by other demons when called out.
The Golden Toad thought to itself.
...
On the other side.
Lin Yuhe rushed in a hurry to the location of the Spiritual Lake where there had been a fierce battle.
However, it seemed that she was late again. She only saw a blue-haired woman in a white moon robe controlling a flying sword to fish out some figures floating in the lake.
"Disciples of the Moon Shadow Immortal Sect?"
This made things easier.
Based on their special clothing, Lin Yuhe could tell at a glance that they were all outer disciples of the Moon Shadow Immortal Sect. She quickly ran towards the blue-haired woman who was fishing out her fellow disciples.
...
"Golden Toad, do you know about the Mysterious Purple Spirit Ginseng?"
On a forest path, Shen Mu suddenly asked.
The Golden Toad, which was originally over ten zhang in size, had now transformed into a palm-sized spiritual toad. It poked out its toad head from the robe in his arms. "I haven't heard of it."
Shen Mu took out an ancient book on spiritual herbs, flipped to the page recording the Mysterious Purple Spirit Ginseng, and showed it to the toad. "This is the spiritual item."
The Golden Toad looked at the picture in the book and tilted its head.
"This thing..."
"I seem to have seen it in a dense forest in the east of the Hundred Demons Forest."
"Think about it more carefully." A glimmer of excitement welled up in Shen Mu's heart.
During this period of time, he had searched far and wide for a long time but hadn't found even a trace of the Mysterious Purple Spirit Ginseng.
Even when he searched according to the common habitats of the Mysterious Purple Spirit Ginseng recorded in the ancient book on spiritual herbs, he came up empty-handed.
Now, it seemed that heaven had finally answered his prayers, and there was finally a clue.
"I remember being attracted by an extremely pure and strange spiritual herb fragrance and accidentally strayed into the territory of a thousand-year-old tree demon."
"I unexpectedly saw this thing in a spiritual sand field filled with yin energy."
Shen Mu narrowed his eyes slightly. "And then?"
"Before I could figure out the source of that spiritual herb fragrance, I was driven out by its poisonous vines."
As it said this, there was a hint of depression in the Golden Toad's tone. "If I could cultivate steadily for another fifty or sixty years to condense a demon core, my strength definitely wouldn't be inferior to that old thing."
Shen Mu ignored the Golden Toad's later words and instead pondered carefully.
Something that could be so highly valued by a thousand-year-old tree demon must be extraordinary.
However, dealing with a thousand-year-old demon, regardless of its rank, would be much safer when one reached the Nascent Soul Realm.
For now, the priority was to find a way to get the Mysterious Purple Spirit Ginseng.
After some careful consideration and weighing, Shen Mu still decided to focus on stability and not be greedy for things that he couldn't handle for the time being.
"Tell me, what kind of moves does that guy usually use, and what does it look like on a daily basis?"
"Is Master planning to go to its territory to steal this thing?"
"Yes, I really need the Mysterious Purple Spirit Ginseng right now." Shen Mu didn't hide his intention.
"That guy is much more intelligent than other demons. I think we can try to talk to it and see if we can get the Mysterious Purple Spirit Ginseng in a more peaceful way."
Although the Golden Toad had experienced the power of this guy not long ago, it really didn't want to endure that kind of physical pain again at this stage.
Shen Mu thought for a while.
He felt that although this could save some losses and consumption from battles, it would probably take him much longer.
And right now, the thing he lacked the most was time.
"No need. Just tell me the moves that guy usually uses and what its true form looks like."
Although he could only sneak around and use his wits when facing that thousand-year-old tree demon at the moment, this wasn't the first time he had done something like this. He had experience.
...
A few days later.
"Rumble——!!"
In a gloomy dense forest in the Hundred Demons Forest, thick dark green vines intertwined into a dense net uprooted the ground, raising nearly a hundred zhang of dust!
It was like towering waves slapped up by the hand of a giant!
At the same time, accompanied by the surging pitch-black yin energy that covered dozens of li in all directions, there was an old voice roaring furiously.
"Cunning human! If I catch you, I will tear you into pieces!"
"Ah ah!!"
At this moment, Lin Yuhe, who was searching around two hundred li away, heard the sound and looked up. She was attracted by that overwhelming momentum.
"Huh? Is there another big battle going on?"
[I don't think so. Judging from the echoing words, it seems more like something has been stolen.]
Something has been stolen...
Lin Yuhe's eyes darkened slightly, and her mind was active. She immediately thought of a possibility.
"I think this is most likely his doing again..."
Completely hiding her true cultivation level and appearance made it convenient for her to show her true abilities without restraint.
As a fellow time traveler, she was all too familiar with this act of pretending to be weak to deceive the strong.
[Don't blame me for not warning you. With your current strength, going against that thing is just asking for trouble.]
"Don't worry. I think I know where he's going next."
Lin Yuhe pursed her lips into a mysterious arc and then rushed towards the direction of Sky Sword City.
........
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