Ding Huan did not hear any beast roars here, except for some unknown insects chirping in the grass at night.
This made Ding Huan even more cautious. He was well aware that the ferocious beasts here were more cunning than those on the Qianlu Mountain.
He was ambushed by various gene beasts more than ten times during his journey, which was only about ten kilometers away.
Ding Huan took out his flashlight from the backpack. The medicinal herbs he was looking for were all very common things.
With his current eyesight, even at night, it shouldn't be too difficult to find these herbs.
Perhaps sensing Ding Huan's arrogance, not a single ferocious beast approached him when Ding Huan actually turned on the light to search for the medicinal herbs.
After searching for two hours, Ding Huan was only attacked by a gene-mutated blood-sucking vine. For Ding Huan, it was just one slash to deal with this vine.
Two hours, and Ding Huan had found three plants: the Light Cypresse, the Magnolia, and the Yuan Pine. For him, finding the Bāyòu (Banyan) was sufficient; Fu Kui was secondary.
As for the Fukui (Unknown), Ding Huan had already seen it during the day in Anhe county.
The Fukui is the Silver fir, which many people like to plant at their gates.
As if joking with Ding Huan, over the next few hours, Ding Huan couldn't find the Bāyòu, but it wasn't as anxious as he was found by Fukui.
The only thing that made him feel a bit less frustrated was that there were no ferocious beasts or mutated plants attacking him. Did they know he was powerful?
With dawn approaching, Ding Huan decided that if he couldn't find the herb in time, he would first return to Anhe County and then wait for Qu Yi for a day.
Sometimes that's just how it is, the more urgent you are, the more things go against your wishes.
Ding Huan had already thought of going directly back to Anhe County if he couldn't find it, but he suddenly saw a Bāyòu (Banyan) tree, and it was a healthy one.
Under the beam of the flashlight, this Bāyòu (Banyan) tree seemed to have been surrounded by a layer of silver, making it particularly beautiful.
This was definitely not a regular Bāyòu (Banyan), but a genetically mutated one, which is what Ding Huan had heard from those people in the hotel earlier.
Even if Ding Huan didn't use the genetically mutated medicinal herbs to refine the essence of the root gene, their value was not ordinary.
Ding Huan took a few steps to the Bāyòu tree, but before he could reach out, a black shadow surged forward.
Ding Huan had always been on his guard, and he managed to avoid the incoming black shadow.
He hadn't encountered any gene beasts all night, and now he was about to go back. How come he had run into a gene beast now?
After failing to catch Ding Huan the first time, the beast let out a deep, rumbling growl and charged at him again.
Is this the Báimiàn Cūwěi Yuán?
In a split second, Ding Huan confirmed that it was not just a White-faced Long-tailed Ape, but a genetically mutated one.
Even more accurately, it shouldn't be called a White-faced Long-tailed Ape anymore, but a Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, as there was a faint gold thread on the ape's face.
If it wasn't for Ding Huan being a Level One Genetic Refiner, he might not have noticed the faint gold color.
Being confronted by a White-faced Long-tailed Ape in the dead of night is indeed quite eerie, as this creature has a white face and the rest of its body is jet black, which can be quite intimidating to anyone who sees it.
However, Ding Huan became excited, he absolutely couldn't miss this genetically mutated ferocious beast, the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape.
If there is anything on Earth that can consider all kinds of poison to be insignificant, it must be the White-faced Long-tailed Ape without a doubt.
Even the old-school antidote experts like the Headless Brother and the Snake Mongoose might not be stronger than the White-faced Long-tailed Ape.
However, one thing the Headless Brother is better at is resisting neurotoxins.
Were his anti-toxin genes from the Headless Brother, and then merged with the anti-toxin genes from the White-faced Long-tailed Ape?
This idea was immediately ruled out by Ding Huan.
In front of him was not a regular White-faced Long-tailed Ape, but a Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape.
Moreover, since his genetic system had gradually formed, he had a grand goal.
That is, if the various alien genes he had integrated were to constantly improve with his cultivation, could he really one day uncover the secrets of immortals and gods?
Otherwise, when he became a high-level genetic cultivator, would he have to integrate higher-level skill gene again?
If so, then his path of genetic cultivation would have failed by half.
After successfully dodging the two strong attacks from the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, it seemed that the ape was getting angry. Its fur stood up, and it let out a low growl as it charged at Ding Huan for the third time.
Ding Huan held a knife in one hand, and at the same time, he reached into his bag and grabbed a glass bottle.
The miner's lamp in his hand had been thrown aside, but he had thrown it with discretion, so the light still illuminated this area. With the slightly whitening sky, Ding Huan could still see relatively clearly.
In this place, if he couldn't see, he would have to run.
As the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape lunged in front of him, Ding Huan took a step back and slashed out with the knife in his hand.
Ding Huan felt his knife cut into something hard, like iron, and even a rebounding force was transmitted.
According to Ding Huan's plan, he was going to strike one more blow and kill the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, and then use the glass bottle to catch a drop of blood.
Just this one slash, Ding Huan knew he was too imaginative, and the mutated Long-tailed Ape was definitely not something he could defeat.
All the gene beasts he had encountered before were nothing compared to this Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, not even a mere snack.
That's why it's dangerous outside Anhe County, and even half of the villages outside Anhe County have been wiped out by gene beasts.
It's completely normal to have such terrifying gene beasts.
He's at least a Level One Genetic Refiner with incredibly rich combat experience, yet he can't deal with a mutated Long-tailed Ape.
This mutated Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape should also be a Level One Genetic Mutant Beast. However, he had just entered the rank of a Level One Genetic Refiner, and his foundation still can't compare to this mutated Long-tailed Ape.
Ding Huan slowly exhaled, staring at the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape opposite him. The sky was gradually brightening, and he could clearly see the fierce glow in the eyes of the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape.
Regardless, today he must obtain the anti-toxin gene from the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape.
This opportunity doesn't come often.
Even though that slash didn't hurt the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, there was a clear trace of blood.
The Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape was angry. This time, instead of charging at Ding Huan, it stared at Ding Huan intensely. As long as Ding Huan showed any movement or vulnerability, it would launch another attack.
Ding Huan put the glass bottle back into his bag and cautiously retreated to the side of the Bāyòu (Banyan) tree.
This genetically mutated Bāyòu (Banyan) tree is a valuable thing. Ding Huan guessed that this mutated Banyan was of great use to the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, which is why it was guarding here.
The Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape stared at Ding Huan intensely, and after seeing Ding Huan approach the Bāyòu (Banyan) tree, it let out a series of low growls and its eyes became even more ferocious.
Ding Huan reached out to the Bāyòu (Banyan) tree, grabbed it with all his might, and pulled hard. The Banyan tree was pulled off by Ding Huan.
This action thoroughly enraged the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, and it no longer cared about waiting for the right moment; it charged towards Ding Huan.
Drawing on the lesson from its previous two failed leaps, the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape did not leap this time.
Ding Huan had already anticipated the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape's actions. As the ape rushed close, Ding Huan twisted his waist once again, and with the short knife in his hand, he slashed down.
However, this time Ding Huan's evasion angle was not enough, and after the blade was struck out, it was hit on the chest by the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape.
The terrifying force came, and Ding Huan could not control his body at all. He was flung out, and he suspected that one of his rib bones had snapped.
As Ding Huan was flung away, the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape also let out a painful cry. Earlier, that slash from Ding Huan had severed a segment of the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape's tail.
Before Ding Huan hit the ground, he sensed a cool, chilling breath at his lower back. Without hesitation, he drove back with all his might with an elbow.
Severe pain followed, and then Ding Huan saw a grey shadow swiftly fleeing away.
Ding Huan broke out in a cold sweat; he had forgotten about this grey snow leopard. The creature really holds a grudge and has great patience as well.
If it weren't for him sensing something was wrong and bracing himself in advance by driving back with his elbow, the snow leopard's bite would have certainly caused him severe injuries.
After its initial attack failed, the snow leopard immediately retreated, which was decisive and efficient.
Ding Huan didn't have time to worry about the snow leopard. He didn't wait for the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape to turn around and seek revenge; he endured the pain, grabbed half of the ape's severed tail, and fled wildly.
The Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape was relentlessly pursuing Ding Huan from behind, clearly enraged by his actions.
Fortunately, the sky was now quite bright, allowing Ding Huan to at least see the general direction.
The smaller gene beasts around felt the might of the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape and scattered to both sides as Ding Huan fled.
The Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape's speed was extremely fast, and it was also very agile.
Ding Huan was not weak either. He was a Level One Genetic Refiner and knew how to escape by utilizing terrain.
Because he had to escape by using terrain, when Ding Huan left the Beilong Mountains, it was already past 8 a.m.
At this moment, Ding Huan's whole body was torn and ragged by thorns.
The only advantage was that the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape did not follow him out.
Ding Huan stopped to breathe heavily, checked his body, and fortunately, his ribs had not been broken.
However, his elbow, which had hit the snow leopard's open mouth just in time, caused his elbow to get hurt by the snow leopard's teeth.
After resting for a few minutes, he finally repackaged the small half-segment of tail in his bag.
He had come out to look for fire lizards, but unexpectedly, he found a mutated Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape.
In terms of value, Ding Huan felt that the mutated Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape was even higher than the fire lizards.
If he could refine the anti-toxin gene potion from the Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape, then after merging it with his own, he would be immune to all kinds of toxins.
Ding Huan remembered there was a company in Europe called Tonghe Gene Company, which had developed a gene potion called the Hundred Toxin Gene Potion and the Non-Zero Gene Potion.
The company's advertisement claimed that non-zero genes could ignore all kinds of toxins.
Ding Huan was certain that non-zero genes had various limitations and couldn't ignore all kinds of toxins.
Even if they integrated the anti-toxin gene of the Pintail monkey, they might not be able to ignore all kinds of toxins.
Because he believed that only Ding Huan could achieve this.
Not only that, but he also wants to research a detoxification potion that surpasses the detoxification gene of the mutated Golden-faced Long-tailed Ape. Who could do that with just this?
Or the senior who wrote the Pi Jian (Peach Blossom Spring) could have done it, but that senior has definitely no need to research these gene potions anymore.
As long as he doesn't publicize his gene potion, no one will be able to possess the same abilities as him.
