The next day.
Upon waking up early, Ye Fan's body had recovered again.
Ye Fan was somewhat numb to this.
It was nothing more than being soft by day and hard by night.
Nothing major...
After breakfast, Ye Fan flew towards the nearby demon beast forest.
Yesterday at the restaurant, he had already inquired about the location of the demon beast forest from the waiter.
The so-called demon beast forest did not refer to a specific place, but rather a general term for forest areas inhabited by demon beasts.
Of course.
The demon beast forests on this continent were also vast.
Whether it was the Purple Cloud Sect he was in before or the Cloud Splendor Sect he encountered later, demon beast forests could be found around them.
Regarding demon beast forests, there were many records in the unofficial histories and biographies he had read before.
No one knew how large this forest was.
In any case, regardless of whether there were human settlements or not, there were traces of demon beast forests.
Some speculated that this forest spanned the entire continent, a paradise bestowed upon demon beasts by the Beast God.
However, these had nothing to do with Ye Fan.
He was going there now simply to find something to fill his stomach...
The thought made him depressed.
Damn it!
Having lived for millions of years, he never imagined that one day he would be worried about finding food...
The appearance of the luxurious flying boat immediately attracted the attention of the disciples at the edge of the forest.
Those who could train at the edge of the forest were naturally not very high in cultivation.
Most of them were disciples at the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stage, and the occasional Golden Core cultivator was considered a powerful presence to rely on...
After the flying boat landed, Ye Fan walked down.
Upon seeing that Ye Fan had no cultivation, these people immediately surrounded him!
It wasn't that they intended to rob Ye Fan.
Just by looking at the style of the flying boat, they knew Ye Fan's identity was definitely not simple!
This was definitely a second-generation cultivator from a major sect out to experience life!
Even without cultivation, such people would surely have many defensive or offensive magical treasures on them.
In any case, their own cultivation was no match for a single magical treasure.
"Foundation Establishment peak guardian provides full escort, only one low-grade spirit stone per hour!"
"Young master, do you need a lackey? I've been professionally serving for twenty years!"
"Young master, do you need a guide? Only one low-grade spirit stone for two hours!"
...
In their eyes, Ye Fan was clearly someone who didn't lack money!
And these types of people were usually generous, and even a small amount from them would be equivalent to half a month's hard work!
Those who appeared glorious on the surface were the powerful cultivators. For cultivators like them at the bottom, life was actually very hard...
They might work themselves to death for a whole day to barely defeat a Qi Refining or early Foundation Establishment demon beast, and after splitting it among many people, there wasn't much left.
If they were unlucky and encountered someone snatching their kill, all their efforts would be in vain...
"I am purchasing demon beast corpses, starting from Qi Refining, no upper limit." Ye Fan said in a tone of being foolishly rich: "I'll take as many as you have to sell, hurry up if you want to sell!"
After speaking, Ye Fan took out a sign and stood to the side.
It displayed the prices for various demon beast corpses.
One low-grade spirit stone per Qi Refining stage demon beast.
Ten low-grade spirit stones for Foundation Establishment stage.
Prices for Golden Core and above are negotiable.
...
In fact, the prices Ye Fan offered were far above market rates.
But since he wasn't short of money, he naturally wanted to fully leverage the power of money!
After all, if the price was set high, these people would have more enthusiasm!
When these people saw how high Ye Fan's prices were, they indeed became energized!
In just a short while, Ye Fan had collected dozens of demon beast corpses!
Some people, after inquiring about the purchase prices of high-level demon beasts, went all out to team up and hunt.
Ye Fan inquired further among the crowd and found a few cooks with decent cultivation.
After offering them prices that excited them, these cooks immediately started cooking.
With these arrangements made, Ye Fan got up and returned to the flying boat.
This matter wouldn't be finished anytime soon, and there was no need for him to waste more time here.
However, just as he reached the door of his room, that familiar feeling struck again...
Ye Fan remained in the posture of pushing the door, frozen in place...
Ye Fan: ...
He was stiff for a full two hours...
By the time he could finally move again, his eyes were bloodshot!
From hunger!
His intestines were twisted into knots!
After arranging for the cultivators to bring the roasted demon beast meat onto the flying boat, Ye Fan closed the door and devoured it!
The energy contained in the meat of these low-level demon beasts could certainly not compare to those he found in the ruins.
Ye Fan ate two or three entire beasts in one go before he was barely full...
For the next few days, Ye Fan temporarily stayed at the edge of the forest.
News spread in the vicinity that a rich man who was foolish with his money was buying demon beast meat!
Some small sects even mobilized their entire forces to earn extra income!
For a time, the demon beasts at the edge of the forest suffered greatly...
It wasn't until ten days later that Ye Fan left, completely satisfied.
During these ten days, he had accumulated a large reserve of demon beast meat, including two from the Void Returning fifth or sixth layer!
And during these ten days, his body would become rigid for a period almost every day.
Sometimes for half an hour, other times for a full four or five hours!
And there was no pattern to the timing.
Sometimes he might fall asleep hard the night before, and the next morning, before he even finished dressing, he would become hard again...
Ye Fan could do nothing about this and could only be forcibly resigned to it...
At this moment, he was sitting in his room, fiddling with the demon cores extracted from the demon beasts.
Demon cores were usually used as materials for formations or artifact refining, or simply sold for money.
However, these low-level demon cores had very little use, and were typically used by beginner apprentices for practice.
Although he couldn't use them for side businesses, Ye Fan didn't intend to let them go to waste.
Don't forget, he still had a sniper rifle!
Ye Fan took out the materials and tools from his ring and began to set up a formation.
After finishing, he arranged the demon cores one by one.
What he was setting up was an energy conversion formation.
Simply put, it was to transfer the energy from low-level demon cores to other demon cores.
Although there would be some energy loss during the process, there was no other way.
He knew how to set up conversion formations that didn't waste energy at all, but the problem was that he didn't have enough high-level materials on hand.
Even if he did, Ye Fan wouldn't do it that way.
Because such formations were meant for higher-level materials.
Using them on this trash would be a loss-making endeavor.
As the energy was drained, a demon core shattered on the spot.
Ye Fan swept away the residue and placed a new demon core.
...
Two hours later.
Only two demon cores remained in Ye Fan's hand.
One from the Void Returning peak, and one from the Void Comprehension first layer.
These two demon cores represented two bullets.
Although considering energy loss, the bullets fired would be weaker than the demon cores themselves, it was still better than nothing.
At least now, he wasn't completely defenseless.
In addition, the bullets converted by the sniper rifle's own spiritual energy absorption were also stored.
If one of these was fired, even a Nascent Soul peak cultivator would be finished!
Of course.
Ye Fan hoped he would never have to use them.
Because according to general patterns, after dealing with the small ones, the bigger ones would appear...
He only had three bullets in total, which wasn't enough for trouble...
From then on, Ye Fan would go to the nearby demon beast forest to 'restock' periodically.
With spirit stones paving the way, he finally didn't have to cook all day.
Five months later.
Ye Fan finally arrived at the Yard Empire.
After some inquiries, he finally learned the location of the Clear Heart Sect's base.
However, he did not rush to find Liang Rujing, but first went to the nearby demon beast forest.
His previous supplies were almost gone, and it was time to replenish them.
The outskirts of the demon beast forest.
As Ye Fan arrived in the airspace above the outskirts, he saw people fighting below.
Speaking of which, Ye Fan hadn't indulged in gossip for a long time, so he didn't rush to go down.
He leaned against the ship's railing, took out a large watermelon from his ring...