Asura Emperor Venerable-Chapter 787: Silver Rat Beast Forest

Shi Hao stepped out of the Teleportation Array with a leisurely demeanor. ƒгeewebnovёl.com

He headed to the next Teleportation Array, and with one more try, he would be able to reach Daming Star.

"Little Stone, quickly bring some Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures." The Purple Gold Rat said with a crooked mouth, "I blocked that guy for you and ended up with three broken ribs and severe internal injuries. Hurry up and bring some treasures to heal me."

Shi Hao rolled his eyes, who didn’t know that you were nurtured by the Immortal Dragon Blood Essence? Just your thick skin alone could be used as ten-star Precious Metal. Broken bones and ruptured organs from a mere collision with the Great Sacrificial Heaven?

Barefaced extortion.

Ignoring the rat, he quickly advanced to the next Teleportation Array and in a blur, he was already at Daming Star.

The target, Silver Rat Beast Forest.

Shi Hao had done his homework earlier, this Silver Rat Beast Forest was not simple, for it was home to a Sky Ladder-level mythical creature, the Bright Moon Silver Mouse!

The naming of the Silver Rat Beast Forest naturally came from this Bright Moon Silver Mouse.

Mythical creatures have a strong sense of territory, and no matter whether the intruder is a human or another beast, they will strike.

However, most of the time, the Bright Moon Silver Mouse was in seclusion, striving to reach the Absolute Summit and enter the Immortal Realm.

Inside this beast forest, the resources were extremely abundant. Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were not exactly everywhere, but there were certainly a lot of them.

So, even though a Sky Ladder mythical creature guarded the place, treasure seekers were constantly coming.

—Of course, they all came while the Bright Moon Silver Mouse was in seclusion.

Mythical creatures are powerful because of their bloodline, but they are also limited by it. To take the final step into the Immortal Realm, it would require more than just their bloodline, but rather their own efforts.

Shi Hao soon arrived at the Silver Rat Beast Forest. This beast forest was astoundingly vast, and although called a forest, there were mountains and lakes within, making the terrain very complex.

Golden Sun Jade was a special produce of this area, specifically, it was scooped out from the Golden Sun River.

However, obtaining Golden Sun Jade was not easy.

It was an excellent material for Body Refinement. Having a piece the size of a little finger could sell for a high price. If it were readily available, Shi Hao wouldn’t have had to personally come to the Silver Rat Beast Forest.

What Shi Hao needed was a piece of Golden Sun Jade the size of a fist.

Because the Golden Sun Jade obtained directly wasn’t pure enough; if it were only the size of a finger, refining it would consume it completely and it wouldn’t be enough for medicinal use.

Therefore, the difficulty was naturally much greater.

Shi Hao arrived at the Golden Sun River. It was a vast river about nine thousand meters wide, originating deep within the Silver Rat Beast Forest, flowing out of the forest, and emptying into the sea.

"Little Stone, this is like searching for a needle in the sea!" even the Purple Gold Rat frowned.

Shi Hao smiled and leaped into the river.

He opened his domain, searching inch by inch.

Of course, he also took out the Spirit Exploration Compass, no one knew if this device could actually display the Golden Sun Jade, but having an extra safeguard was definitely the right move.

Since the Spirit Exploration Compass could only cover a three-mile radius, Shi Hao had to move back and forth.

The river flowed rapidly, ordinary people would definitely be carried away in an instant, even a Martial Artist would be impacted by the currents, slowing them down significantly.

But Shi Hao was different.

His grasp of the essence of nature had reached an extremely high level, the river did not affect him at all, as if he were walking on the riverbank.

Along the way, he saw several nets.

These were obviously man-made, intended to catch the Golden Sun Jade washed down from upstream, but looking into the nets, Shi Hao saw nothing but pebbles.

After two days of traveling, Shi Hao finally had a breakthrough.

A piece of Golden Sun Jade as thick as a little finger.

To others, this would have already been an astonishing gain, simply from just two days of effort, but for Shi Hao, it was far from enough.

He needed fist-sized pieces.

—If they were small pieces put together, then he would need even more, because the smaller the size, the lesser the energy essence, and naturally, he would need a larger quantity to compensate.

Shi Hao stepped onto the river surface, gazing into the distance.

Ahead lay a mountain.

This mountain, known as Golden Sun Mountain, was the source of the Golden Sun River, and Golden Sun Jade surged out from within this mountain.

The problem was that the Bright Moon Silver Mouse, which was refining its Spirit at Heaven Building Ladder, was cultivating within the mountain.

Although it had always been in retreat, how could one allow another to sleep soundly by their bedside?

Since the Great Sacrificial Heaven, the domain range of the powerful was fixed at ten thousand zhang, and no further increases were possible. However, the higher the realm, the greater the control over the domain. For an existence like the Bright Moon Silver Mouse, even though Shi Hao had always enveloped himself within his domain, suppressing his own aura, and it had always been in a state of retreat, the moment Shi Hao entered its domain, he would be immediately discovered.

Within the domain, the Bright Moon Silver Mouse didn’t need to show itself; a mere thought could end Shi Hao.

Even though Shi Hao had the Immortal Abode, advancing further was fraught with peril; there was no telling when the Silver Mouse’s attack would strike.

Always hiding within the Immortal Abode?

Then why had he come here?

Shi Hao could still stay here, ready to seize the Golden Sun Jade as soon as it emerged, but then, how much time would it take to gather pieces bigger than his fist?

Could Weng Nanqing wait that long?

"No venture, no gain!" muttered Shi Hao.

"Good spirit, I’ll support you in spirit!" the Purple Gold Rat patted Shi Hao’s shoulder, "Then I’m off first."

"Hold on!" Shi Hao grabbed the Purple Gold Rat, "Aren’t you the one who claims no treasure can escape your claws? This glorious task is yours now."

"Crap!" the Purple Gold Rat immediately jumped up, "I haven’t even entered the Great Sacrificial Heaven, how could I possibly deceive that old monster?"

Shi Hao chuckled, "You two are from the same clan, perhaps that Silver Mouse will be delighted and take you as its grandson, then you’ll be set for life, no longer needing to worry about cultivation resources."

The Purple Gold Rat rolled its eyes wildly: "And if it’s a female, are you suggesting I seduce her with my charms?"

"You wouldn’t be at a loss," Shi Hao laughed.

"Pah, I just happened to be born into a rat; you’re the real rat, your whole family are rats!" the Purple Gold Rat retorted discontentedly.

"Help me out here!" Shi Hao softened his tone.

"From now on, for the treasures we find, it’s three for you and seven for me!" the Purple Gold Rat immediately demanded an outrageous share.

Shi Hao gasped; this fellow was indeed materialistic and shamelessly thick-skinned.

Heartless, utterly heartless!

Boom!

Before Shi Hao could agree, he felt a terrifying aura sweeping over them.

Heaven Building Ladder Almighty!

This was bad, had the Silver Mouse ended its retreat and come out to patrol its territory?

Shi Hao instantly grabbed the Purple Gold Rat and darted into the Immortal Abode, and just a moment later, an old man appeared in the sky, his brow slightly furrowed, seemingly puzzled.

—He was certain he had sensed two auras here.

A short while later, a massive sky ship sailed over, crowded with people.

Boom, another fearsome aura surged forth, and a huge rat, silvery all over, sprang out from Golden Sun Mountain.