Yun Hanshuang, following the direction the village chief had indicated, cautiously sneaked toward the cave where the trapped villagers were.

Although Yun Hanshuang was confident in his strength, he was not a reckless person. On the way, Yun Hanshuang had already preliminarily decided on a relatively safe rescue plan. Based on his knowledge of medicinal herbs, Yun Hanshuang picked many herbs along the way that could cause wild beasts to fall unconscious.

Although he could not fly, when Yun Hanshuang employed his Lightness Skill, his speed was still very fast. He reached the vicinity of the cave where the villagers were trapped in just two hours. Standing on a large tree, Yun Hanshuang watched the herd of wild boars guarding the cave entrance, an expression of puzzlement on his face.

The behavior of this boar herd was far too abnormal. From the current situation, that boar herd could attack the villagers in the cave with ease, yet they merely guarded the entrance and prevented the villagers from leaving. This was very abnormal.

Roar~

Yun Hanshuang stood on the large tree watching for a long time. Just as he was about to make a move, a beast roared not far away, sounding extremely pained, drew his attention. At the same time, the boar herd guarding the cave entrance grew vigilant, assuming a stance as if ready for battle, as if they would attack the cave immediately at a single command.

Seeing this, Yun Hanshuang took out the herbs he had picked along the way, used his Lightness Skill to leap several times to a distant wind outlet, and then lit those herbs on fire. Watching the thick smoke blow with the wind toward the cave, Yun Hanshuang waited in place for 7 to 8 minutes before stepping toward the cave.

By the time Yun Hanshuang reached the cave entrance, that boar herd was already staggering and about to collapse. Circulating his Innate True Qi, he merely swung his blade a few casual times and slaughtered the entire boar herd.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, Yun Hanshuang clearly realized that items inconspicuous in the cultivation world had a tremendous impact on the beings of the mortal world, whether for good or ill. Taking the knockout drug this time as an example, in the cultivation world such drugs would have no effect on any living creature, yet here in less than a quarter of an hour, over two hundred wild beasts had lost the ability to resist.

“Come on out, the wild boars outside have been dealt with by me.”

The villagers in the cave, upon hearing Yun Hanshuang’s words, cautiously poked their heads out. Upon seeing the corpses all over the ground, they all drew in a sharp breath. Their gazes toward Yun Hanshuang were filled with disbelief, and also a trace of fear.

“Young Master Yun, did you kill all these by yourself?” One of the villagers, who was relatively familiar with Yun Hanshuang, stammered.

“I used drugs to knock them unconscious first, then killed them. Let’s not talk about it; I’ll escort you down the mountain first.”

Yun Hanshuang could tell from the expressions on the villagers’ faces that they had developed a sense of fear toward him. Thus, he decided not to speak further, turned around and headed down the mountain. The villagers exchanged glances, then quietly followed behind him.

On the way down, Yun Hanshuang and the group encountered several waves of wild boars blocking their path, but each wave consisted of a group of ten to twenty boars. To Yun Hanshuang, an Innate Master, these were nothing.

As easily as cutting grass, he slaughtered all the boars that blocked their path. Most importantly, he remained completely calm and expressionless throughout, as if he did this sort of thing often. This made the villagers even more fearful of Yun Hanshuang. Along the way, they dared not say a word, all following him silently.

After all, Yun Hanshuang was born into a cultivation clan. In terms of mental fortitude, he had been trained from a young age. Never mind killing wild boars; even killing a person, he could do so without the slightest ripple in his heart. Yun Hanshuang did not care in the slightest about the villagers’ reactions; this way, he actually got some peace and quiet.

Under Yun Hanshuang’s escort, after five hours, their group finally reached the foot of the mountain. By this time, it was already midnight. A full moon hung in the sky, its silvery-white moonlight allowing one to clearly see the road beneath one’s feet even at night.

After seeing the villagers off, Yun Hanshuang turned around and, using his Lightness Skill, rushed back. He wanted to confirm something.

After carefully avoiding several patrolling boar herds, Yun Hanshuang arrived before a huge cave at dawn. At this moment, a giant wild boar was groaning in pain at the cave entrance. Over a thousand ordinary boars surrounded the entrance, guarding the giant boar inside like guards. When Yun Hanshuang saw that boar, his suspicions were finally confirmed.

‘No wonder so many wild boars have appeared on Heavenly Wolf Peak. So there’s a leader here. But with the spiritual energy here so thin, how could there be a wild beast on the verge of evolving into a Spirit Beast? Fortunately, this boar has not yet fully evolved into a Spirit Beast, otherwise the surrounding villages would suffer disaster. But it’s about to complete its transformation. No wonder it only had its subordinates trap the villagers without attacking; it must be planning to make the villagers its first meal after evolving into a Spirit Beast.’

In the cultivation world, spirit beasts are very common, but in a place with such thin spiritual energy, the appearance of a spirit beast is abnormal. At this moment, that boar was undergoing its transformation, which was why it emitted such pained groans. But judging by its current condition, it would fully transform in just a few days, at which point it would be a true Spirit Beast.

Yun Hanshuang closed his eyes and carefully sensed the surrounding spiritual energy. He wanted to see what was special about this place, that it could allow this boar to evolve into a Spirit Beast. Although Yun Hanshuang could not draw qi into his body, his perception was not weak. As he calmed his heart and perceived, he clearly sensed a mysterious energy continuously drifting out from the depths of that cave.

‘I suppose it must be under the effect of this energy that the boar has evolved!’

Yun Hanshuang looked at that cave and sank into deep thought. With his current strength, he could at most fight that boar to a draw. If they were to fight, with the ordinary boars around helping, he might not even have a chance to flee. Yet Yun Hanshuang desperately wanted to enter the cave and see just what that energy was. He had a strong feeling that whatever was inside was very important to him.

Yun Hanshuang pondered for a long time but could not come up with any effective method. The knockout drug worked on ordinary boars, but it was useless against that boar about to evolve into a Spirit Beast. In this boar’s territory, even if Yun Hanshuang drugged the nearby boars, with a single command from it, boars from elsewhere would quickly rush over. But if he did not kill that boar before it evolved into a Spirit Beast, once it became a true Spirit Beast, Yun Hanshuang would truly have no chance at all.

Roar~

Just as Yun Hanshuang was at his wits’ end, the giant boar suddenly charged out of the cave, looking extremely pained, cold air continuously puffing from its mouth. The giant boar that emerged from the cave ran madly into the distance as if it had lost its mind, crashing into countless objects along the way. However, seeing the giant boar run off in a frenzy, the ordinary boars originally guarding the entrance did not follow, instead guarding the entrance even more vigilantly.

This change in the giant boar made Yun Hanshuang stare blankly for a moment, but then a smile immediately appeared on his face. Yun Hanshuang quietly climbed down from the tree, then used his Lightness Skill to leave. Not long after, he stood at a wind outlet and lit the pile of grass in front of him.