This campaign is very short, lasting only three days.

And to completely occupy the Spirit Peak, one must set up the Array Disc and stabilize it for a day. This leaves the disciples with even less time to subdue demon beasts and defeat fellow sect members.

No one dares to wander around carelessly.

But after his magical combat with the Water Ape, Gu Yuan roughly understood his own strength, and without any hesitation, he headed straight to the next Spirit Peak.

A top Spirit Peak yields at most four hundred Spirit Stones a year; to accumulate wealth would take several years. Gu Yuan doesn’t have the luxury of waiting around.

A bird in hand is worth two in the bush.

However... they are all grown cultivators, naturally not making choices—Gu Yuan intends to take everything.

First, raid other Spirit Peaks, gather resources, and occupy a Spirit Peak on the last day. This way, he secures both the present and the future.

Wealth now and in the future.

...

"Brother Su, we can’t wait any longer, this Crimson Flame Fox is already at the Qi Refining Eighth Layer, it’s extremely powerful!"

And just as Gu Yuan’s figure moved like lightning into another Spirit Peak, cries for help rang out from the mountain.

In the forest of the mountain, a group of ghostly green Wolf Demons and crimson Fox Demons, led by a stout Fire Fox the size of a calf, were frantically besieging two young Daoist-robed men.

One of them held a Golden Lamp, releasing layers of golden light like endless golden serpents, enveloping an area several meters around. The pack of demons kept howling, but they struggled to break through the lamp’s defense.

However, the leading Fire Fox’s aura was extremely fierce, its fiery red tail burning like flames; and as it opened its mouth, a scorching sea of fire spewed out.

"Splash!"

The fiery sea was so fierce that it dims the golden light of the Golden Lamp. The man’s face changed dramatically, and he couldn’t help but shout to those behind him.

"Brother Su, quickly take action, I can’t hold on for long!"

Behind him, a youth with thick brows and big eyes sat cross-legged, a jade-green Sword Seal on his knee gleaming brightly, absorbing the surrounding Spiritual Qi like a tide into this Dharma Seal.

"Zheng!"

Upon hearing the cries for help, the youth abruptly opened his eyes, in which a Sword Shadow seemed to flicker brilliantly. At the same time, the Sword Seal on his knee shone brightly, and a dazzling glow suddenly shot out.

This radiance, swift as the wind, cleaved the air like a streak of cyan lightning, striking the stout Fire Fox with unstoppable power.

"Good sword!"

The youth wielding the Golden Lamp couldn’t help but exclaim joyfully upon seeing this.

But the youth with thick brows and big eyes had a change of expression.

"Not good!"

"Bang!"

The sword light pierced the fox, but no blood sprayed.

The stout Fire Fox, once stabbed by the sword light, dissipated like a bubble.

It was just an illusion!

And at that moment, behind the two men, the stout Fire Fox reappeared. This time, besides the fiery red color, its fur had a dreamy seven-colored hue.

"Shoo, shoo, shoo!"

It opened its mouth and called, and the strange ripples in its call swept across all directions.

Not only that, but the blazing fire was even fiercer than before, aggressively rushing toward the two men.

The Golden Lamp’s light only held for a moment before completely dimming.

"Oh no, this isn’t a Crimson Flame Fox, it’s a Dream Spirit Fire Fox!"

The youth holding the Golden Lamp saw his lamp’s light fade, his face changed drastically, and the eyes of the youth with thick brows and big eyes also showed a shade of ash.

Trapped!

This was actually a Qi Refining Eighth Layer Exotic Fox Demon.

"Splash!"

But just when the two men were in despair, heavy rain suddenly poured down around them. The sound of rain was like a leak in the sky; the intense Water Spirit Power suppressed all spells, and even the blazing sea of fire slowly extinguished in the face of the downpour.

Moreover, a dense fog mysteriously appeared, shrouding everything before their eyes.

"Which senior brother is here?"

The youth holding the lamp was both surprised and delighted, but he couldn’t see through the fog and could only shout in place.

Only the youth with thick brows and big eyes, with his strong Spiritual Sense, could barely hear the pitiful cry of the fox amid the fog, as if it had encountered some terrible enemy.

"Hoo!"

Just as they were in doubt, the dense fog dissipated suddenly, as if it had never appeared.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

The shrill cry of a fox snapped the two back to attention.

Raising their heads to look, they saw the once stout Fire Fox was gone, replaced by a bald, hairless, terribly hideous naked fox.

Its once beautiful fur was completely plucked clean, not a single hair left on its body.

The originally bulging Storage Bag had also vanished.

"The Dream Spirit Fire Fox is an Exotic, its fur is all Dao Pattern Spiritual Materials..."

"This is..."

The youth with thick brows and big eyes suddenly had an epiphany as if a thought struck him. Turning his head, he saw an ethereal figure picking Spirit Grass and Spirit Fruit from every corner of the Spirit Peak. Then, like lightning, the figure slowly disappeared into the Spirit Peak.

"This is raiding a Spirit Peak—what kind of senior brother is so confident?"

The youth with thick brows and big eyes shouted in shock.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak!"

But before he could think further, the blazing sea of fire surged at them.

The Fire Fox, its fur plucked and its strength greatly reduced, was still fierce, driven mad as it charged at the two men.

"Damn it, this senior brother is so unscrupulous, leaving the Fox Demon unhandled, afraid we’d take advantage of it!"

The youth with the Golden Lamp realized it too, and cursed loudly.

But by that time, the senior brother they mentioned had already dashed across the Spirit Peak like the wind, heading towards the third Spirit Peak.

...

...

"Which senior brother is here? Thank you for your assistance!"

On the third Spirit Peak, two Humble Lineage Disciples of the Qi Refining Seventh Layer were fiercely battling a Fierce Cloud Ice Bird of the Qi Refining Eighth Layer. But just as the battle was at its peak, a dense fog descended, and then the Fierce Cloud Ice Bird let out a screech, as its Dao Pattern-embedded feathers were forcibly plucked.

The two Humble Lineage Disciples were overjoyed, but before they could finish thanking, the fog disappeared. The Fierce Cloud Ice Bird then emitted an even more fearsome cold aura, ferociously assaulting them.

"Oh no, this person is here to raid the Spirit Peak!"

...

On the fourth Spirit Peak, a youth wearing a finely embroidered Daoist Robe, with eight verdant branches on the cuffs, sat cross-legged at the top of the mountain. A group of demon beasts beneath him bowed their heads, trembling.

The youth smiled contentedly, then took out a golden Array Disc, tossed it with Mana, letting it fall atop the mountain.

"Buzz buzz!"

The invisible Array Pattern slowly permeated the Spirit Peak. He needed only to wait a day to completely occupy this Spirit Peak. By then, with a Grand Array defense, unless a Foundation Establishment Cultivator intervened, no one could seize the Spirit Peak.

"Swish!"

"Swish!"

But at that moment, a figure suddenly came from another Spirit Peak, landing in the mountains. Then, without a word, he began collecting Spirit Grass and Spirit Fruit from the mountain.

The Spirit Peak is vast, and without exhausting the resources, no one would pick all the Spirit Grass at once.

But this figure raided like a bandit, plucking everything in sight.

Most critically, this person’s eye for detail was exceptional, easily discovering Spirit Grass hidden for years even from the mountain’s demon race.

"Where did this little thief come from, daring to steal my Spirit Peak!"