One by one, the formation flags were seemingly tossed out by Guo Feilong, but in reality, the placement of each flag was meticulously calculated.
Moments later, he had set up a high-level defensive formation in this area. Why not set up a high-level killing formation?
Because the equipment needed for a killing formation is too complex, and it takes a long time to set up. Most importantly, he didn’t need a killing formation to hunt Golden Elixir stage spiritual beasts.
Buzz!
Guo Feilong infused his mystic power into the formation disk, and streams of Mystic Light flew out from the disk, merging with the formation flags, activating this high-level defensive formation.
This high-level defensive formation is called the Xuanwu Turtle Breath Formation, which Golden Elixir stage spiritual beasts cannot break through.
If he had higher-grade formation flags to set up the Xuanwu Turtle Breath Formation, even Elemental Infant stage spiritual beasts would find it hard to break through.
Unfortunately, he currently didn’t have the materials to refine such high-level formation flags; otherwise, he would have set up a formation of that level here.
Once the formation was activated, the defensive barrier was an earthy yellow, and outside the defensive barrier was a layer of illusion formation.
Neither the naked eye nor divine sense could see the light of the formation barrier here; all they saw were false illusions consistent with the surrounding scenery.
After activating the formation, Guo Feilong's humanoid metallic lifebound sacred treasure flew out from the Baihui Acupoint at the top of his head.
In the next moment, Guo Feilong sat cross-legged on the ground, eyes slightly closed, and his divine soul split into two.
Most of his divine soul entered the lifebound sacred treasure, leaving this place to go to the lair of that late Golden Elixir stage spiritual beast.
A small part of his divine soul remained in his body to guard against unforeseen circumstances and prevent any unexpected situations from occurring with his physical form.
A cultivator's physical form is extremely important. If the physical form is destroyed while the divine soul is outside, the consequences could be dire.
Guo Feilong's divine soul resided in the lifebound sacred treasure and soon arrived at the lair of the late Golden Elixir stage spiritual beast he couldn’t defeat before.
Outside the lair was only a simple illusion formation, with no powerful defensive formations or killing formations.
The ability to set up a simple illusion formation is a Divine Power and Spell that spiritual beasts comprehend on their own after reaching the Golden Elixir stage, not something arranged by human cultivators using various formation instruments.
The lifebound sacred treasure entered the lair of the late Golden Elixir stage spiritual beast, which was a valley with Spiritual Energy dozens of times more abundant than outside.
In the valley was a small lake, and the water was a pale golden color.
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On the surface of the golden lake, many golden lotuses were growing; some were blooming, some had formed lotus seeds, and some were still budding.
The Nine-Turn Golden Lotus is a Ninth Grade Spirit Herb, and the lotus seeds it produces can restore a cultivator's mystic power.
Even if a False Nascent Soul stage cultivator directly eats a lotus seed from the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus, their depleted mystic power will instantly be restored to full.
Directly eating the lotus seeds from the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus to restore mystic power would be too wasteful.
If refined into an elixir, it would yield many pills with the same power-restoring function.
Mystic power is extremely important to cultivators, like gasoline in a car's tank or the battery in a flashlight; without mystic power, a cultivator is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.
If a Golden Elixir stage cultivator's body is completely devoid of mystic power, even a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator could kill them.
It's akin to a strongman lying exhausted on the ground, unable to move a finger, and a twelve or thirteen-year-old child with a knife could kill the strongman.
"Ribbit!"
On the golden lake, a green frog resting on a lotus leaf suddenly opened its eyes and croaked.
The frog on the lake was the late Golden Elixir stage spiritual beast Guo Feilong intended to hunt this time, and it was the size of a house.
The frog-like late Golden Elixir stage spiritual beast immediately recognized Guo Feilong, and a not-so-pleasant memory surged into the frog's mind.
"Ribbit~"
The frog, comparable to a late Golden Elixir stage spiritual beast, flew toward Guo Feilong's lifebound sacred treasure, its tongue shooting out like lightning.
Don't underestimate the frog's tongue as being soft and harmless; this is a late Golden Elixir stage spiritual beast, and its tongue is comparable to a medium-quality sacred treasure in strength and power.
It could easily kill any Foundation Establishment stage spiritual beast if it struck Guo Feilong's lifebound sacred treasure.
Although it couldn't damage his lifebound sacred treasure, it would rapidly deplete his mystic power.
If his mystic power were exhausted, the opponent could take his lifebound sacred treasure.
To reclaim his lifebound sacred treasure, he would need the power to kill the opponent.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to reclaim his lifebound sacred treasure; he couldn't win if he couldn't fight.
Swish!
Guo Feilong maneuvered his lifebound sacred treasure to dodge the opponent's tongue attack.
Neither Guo Feilong nor the late Golden Elixir stage frog spiritual beast wanted their battle to destroy the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus in the golden lake.
In the blink of an eye, they were a hundred miles away in the mountains, engaged in fierce combat.
Indeed, his current late Foundation Establishment stage was much stronger than when he was at the early Foundation Establishment stage.
Previously, he couldn't defeat this late Golden Elixir stage frog spiritual beast, but now he could overpower it.
Before long, Guo Feilong controlled his lifebound sacred treasure to slay the late Golden Elixir stage frog spiritual beast.
Simultaneously, Guo Feilong's physical body within the external formation opened its eyes, waved his hand, and collected the formation flags of the Xuanwu Turtle Breath Formation.
Soon, Guo Feilong arrived at the golden lake.
His lifebound sacred treasure also returned, transforming into a stream of light and re-entering his Energy Core from the Baihui Acupoint.
Guo Feilong, possessing a water attribute Spiritual Root, moved through the water with ease. It didn't take long for him to dive to the bottom of the golden lake and carefully extract the roots of the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus from the lakebed silt.
When he returned to the Guo family's Heavenly Abode, he planned to transplant the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus into the Forbidden Zone, essentially acquiring a hen that lays golden eggs.
The golden lake's water contained traces of Spiritual Energy, but not much. To ensure the successful transplantation of the Nine-Turn Golden Lotus, Guo Feilong used three Storage Bags with ample internal space to collect all the golden lake water from the not-so-large lake.
"Huh?"
With the lake water gone, Guo Feilong suddenly noticed a golden stone protruding from the lakebed silt, glistening in the sunlight like gold.
He stepped on a White Cloud and flew to the golden stone at the lakebed, reaching out to take the golden stone in his hand.
"Golden Morning Spatial Ore!"
Guo Feilong recognized the golden stone and couldn't contain his joy.
Golden Morning Spatial Ore is an extremely rare metallic ore with spatial properties.
Adding a bit of Golden Morning Spatial Ore during refinement endows spiritual instruments and sacred treasures with the ability to store items.
The storage space is much larger than that of a Storage Bag.
Because Storage Bags are woven from the skin of a common vine with spatial attributes.
"There can't be just this one piece of Golden Morning Spatial Ore; there must be a Golden Morning Spatial Mine here."
Guo Feilong's divine sense scanned the entire lakebed silt, and indeed, beneath the silt, he found many pieces of Golden Morning Spatial Ore.
In the next instant.
He tapped his Spiritual Beast Bag, and forty to fifty spiritual beasts appeared.
There were Ninth Rank spiritual beasts and Foundation Establishment stage spiritual beasts.
"Dig out stones of this color for me in this lake; the more you dig out, the more rewards you'll get."
He showed the Golden Morning Spatial Ore in his hand to the spiritual beasts.
In the next moment, these forty to fifty different types of spiritual beasts began digging for Golden Morning Spatial Ore in the lakebed silt.
Meanwhile, Guo Feilong took out formation flags and set up an illusion formation and maze formation in this area to prevent other Golden Elixir stage spiritual beasts from discovering it.
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