Chapter 2: Spirit Monkey Ganoderma

Yingxian Island on Juehun Star is located in the western seas of the West Circle Continent, and its size is much smaller compared to Yingxian Islands on other planets.
At this moment, a somewhat thin young man flew to Yingxian Island and began wandering around its central area.
This man was Qu Yi, who had used the true energy within his body to slightly alter his appearance.
Due to Qu Yi’s fame, which had spread throughout the entire cultivation world, he was wanted by all ten major sects, so almost every cultivator had seen his portrait. On Yingxian Island of Juehun Star, he did not want to reveal his identity right away.
The cultivation world was currently in a state of recovery, with intense competition for various resources. The ten major sects had once joined forces with the seven Immortal and Demon sects to massacre cultivators on various planets, causing massive casualties and depleting resources.
Now, with the arrival of those ten figures from the higher realms, open conflicts had been banned, but the factions on various planets, striving to rebuild and grow stronger, began to claim territories and fight over resources, keeping tensions high.
As Qu Yi walked along Yingxian Island, he extended his spiritual sense to monitor the expressions and conversations of the people there, gaining a general understanding of the current situation in the cultivation world.
“The powers of the Immortals, Demons, and Cultivators have all been greatly weakened. The Three Tripod Sect can accelerate its covert expansion,” Qu Yi thought to himself.
The Three Tripod Sect used to be a weak force, with fewer than five cultivators at the Fusion stage and only Qu Yi himself at the Tribulation stage—far too insignificant in the cultivation world. Thus, the sect had always expanded secretly, gradually building strength, waiting for the day when it would be strong enough to confront any of the ten major sects before emerging openly.
Now that the cultivation world had just gone through a great calamity, Qu Yi certainly wouldn’t miss this opportunity to speed up the sect’s expansion across the entire cultivation world.
At that moment, Qu Yi, who had been walking casually, stopped. His spiritual sense had detected the auras of five cultivators in the early Tribulation stage. They had come out of the Five Souls Desolation and seemed to be arguing—one in front, four chasing behind.
“Fang Shuo, Spirit Monkey Ganoderma—it’s something we saw together. Don’t think you can take it all for yourself!” shouted a middle-aged man in fine clothes among those chasing behind.

It turned out that the man flying ahead was named Fang Shuo. He had entered the Five Souls Desolation together with the four others and had also discovered the Spirit Monkey Ganoderma, a medicinal herb of legendary value. Seizing it first, he provoked the anger of the four others.

The Spirit Monkey Ganoderma usually takes ten thousand years to grow. When mature, it resembles a spiritual monkey, hence its name. It is extremely useful for cultivators in the body fusion stage to advance to the early stage of tribulation, making it a highly rare medicinal herb.

“Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, Tan Sheng, you four stop being noisy! It was me who discovered the Spirit Monkey Ganoderma first. You only noticed it after seeing my movements,” Fang Shuo shouted angrily as he flew ahead.

Hearing this, the four behind him roared in anger again, insisting that they had discovered the herb together.

Thus, the five of them continued flying through the air toward Yingxian Island.

Yingxian Island: Entering its central area meant safety, as it was under the control of the Immortal Path Alliance and represented the authority of the four major cultivation sects. Anyone who dared to fight privately here was offending those sects and would surely face punishment.

Therefore, Fang Shuo’s intention to head to Yingxian Island suggested that he wanted to use the spatial teleportation array to escape the pursuit of the four and keep the Spirit Monkey Ganoderma for himself.

The powerful auras of the five newcomers immediately caught the attention of all the cultivators on Yingxian Island. They focused their spiritual senses on them, trying to see if the four behind could catch up with Fang Shuo. Of course, some cultivators on the island hoped that these five strongmen in the early tribulation stage would fight to the point of exhaustion, allowing them to seize the Spirit Monkey Ganoderma for themselves.

Perhaps to fulfill the wishes of the cultivators on Yingxian Island, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng, who were chasing behind, suddenly drew out their mid-tier spiritual weapons—swords—all of which were pointed at each other. They gathered their vital energy and emitted a multicolored beam of light aimed at Fang Shuo.

“You despicable scoundrels!” Sensing danger, Fang Shuo immediately turned around and shouted.

Even if they couldn’t hit Fang Shuo, the combined vital energy could still shake the space in front of him, preventing him from using teleportation to escape.

Fang Shuo quickly shifted his body and hovered in midair, pulling out his own magical weapon—a sword as well.

Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng swiftly surrounded Fang Shuo, their faces twisted into sinister smiles.

“Fang Shuo, sharing benefits equally—don’t you even know this rule? It’s surprising you’ve lived in the cultivation world for thousands of years. Well, I’ll give you one last chance. Divide the Spirit Monkey Ganoderma into five parts; we’ll each take one to keep things peaceful. If you refuse, we’ll have no choice but to use force,” Li Shou said with a cold smile.

All four understood that Fang Shuo was also a strong warrior in the early stage of the Tribulation Phase. If pushed too hard, and if Fang Shuo resorted to self-destruction using his Yuan Ying, it would be difficult for them to survive as well.

Fang Shuo drew his sword, his eyes filled with growing murderous intent.

Due to the turmoil in the cultivation world, Fang Shuo’s family, the Fang Clan, had suffered heavy losses. Many strong warriors at the Convergence Phase had died, leaving the clan without successors. If things continued like this, once Fang Shuo died, the entire Fang Clan would be devoured by various forces in the cultivation world.

Therefore, Fang Shuo needed to find some spiritual herbs to help the few remaining warriors at the Convergence Phase advance to the early stage of the Tribulation Phase, ensuring the clan’s survival in the cultivation world. Thus, he couldn’t afford to lose the Spirit Monkey Ganoderma and naturally wouldn’t give away his possessions.

“Hmph, Fang Shuo, you’re forcing us to take action. Very well, then we’ll kill you all together!” Lin Huo shouted angrily.

Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng—all from different cultivation families—had also suffered severe losses in this great calamity in the cultivation world. Desiring the Spirit Monkey Ganoderma, they were determined not to give up.

In an instant, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng once again aligned their swords, merging their vital energies to emit four beams of light—gold, green, blue, and yellow—toward Fang Shuo.

Hmph!

Fang Shuo also grew furious. He thrust his sword forward with force, sending a thick beam of yellow-colored vital energy straight at the middle of the incoming beams, aiming to cut them apart.

Bang!

The two beams of vital energy collided vertically, and indeed, the beams were severed. But since Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng continued to merge their vital energies, the beams kept emerging from their swords and sweeping toward Fang Shuo.

Fang Shuo trembled violently and immediately released his Earthly Vital Energy, creating a yellow energy shield around him to block the incoming beams.

A thin crack appeared in the energy shield, but Fang Shuo stubbornly held it off. However, his vital energy was drained rapidly.

With the combined vital energies of four warriors in the early stage of the Tribulation Phase, Fang Shuo had to expend twice as much energy to resist.

With just this move, Fang Shuo realized it was far too difficult to withstand the combined attacks of those four. So, he continued to maintain his Vital Energy Shield to protect his body while quickly flying toward Yingxian Island.
“You still want to escape? I’m curious how long your Vital Energy Shield can hold!” Tan Sheng shouted coldly.
The rays continued to attack the Vital Energy Shield.
Fang Shuo faced even greater pressure, but he gritted his teeth and held on, as Yingxian Island was not far away.
Yingxian Island meant safety, and Fang Shuo remained firmly convinced of this.
Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng exchanged glances, then intensified their Vital Energy. At the point where the four swords converged, the Vital Energy rays became twice as thick, creating holes in Fang Shuo’s shield.
Yet Fang Shuo was extremely tenacious. Whenever a hole appeared in his shield, his Vital Energy accelerated to repair it immediately.
In no time, Fang Shuo’s body landed on Yingxian Island.
In the air, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng stopped attacking, afraid to use their Vital Energy anymore. If their attacks missed Fang Shuo and hit the ground of Yingxian Island, it would mean directly offending the Immortal Path Alliance and angering the four major cultivation sects.
“Hahaha, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, Tan Sheng! You four have ulterior motives. I’ll remember this, and I’ll seek revenge on you later,” Fang Shuo shouted triumphantly as he landed, though his Vital Energy was nearly depleted.
Seeing Fang Shuo’s smug expression, Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng were angry but helpless.
Soon, Fang Shuo started running across Yingxian Island toward the teleportation hall. The four of them also landed and followed him there, clearly unwilling to let him go. They wanted to teleport with him to another planet to pursue him.
Fang Shuo, unafraid of their persistence, knew that once inside the teleportation hall, those four wouldn’t know where he would go. At worst, he could wander around a few planets before returning to his family’s home, where he could escape their pursuit.
Soon, Fang Shuo arrived at the teleportation hall first. Li Shou, Wang Bang, Lin Huo, and Tan Sheng followed him in.
At that moment, Qu Yi also entered the teleportation hall.
Fang Shuo was already in line, ready to enter the teleportation room and leave.

Qu Yi was in the teleportation hall, smiling as he glanced at the five powerful warriors in the early stages of tribulation. Then he shouted in the hall, “Robbery! Those who don’t want to die, get out now.”