After a night's rest, Shi Jiu came to the car dealership and after inquiring, he learned that due to the remote location of Chunyi City, there was no direct transportation route to other cities in Lanhai County. The only route was the one he had taken yesterday. The route from Iwatani Castle to here.
Therefore, if you want to go to Shuilin City, you must first arrive at Tahe City, which is three thousand miles away, and then take a bus from there to Lanming City, the county seat of Lanhai County, and finally arrive at the group's destination, Shuilin City.
Shi Jiu looked at the map and went to Tahe City, which had to pass through a continuous mountainous area.
"Fortunately, it's not a jungle, otherwise we would have had to walk."
Immediately, Shi Jiu bought a good fast horse at the car dealership, and then without wasting time, he drove the horse out of the city and rushed to Tahe City in the direction indicated on the map.
The journey was smooth and no obstacles were encountered.
On the third day, when passing by a stream, Shi Jiu stopped to drink water. Just as he was about to get on his horse and continue moving forward, he heard a roar of an animal.
Shi Jiu, who didn't want to get into trouble, planned to move on, but was stopped by the Great Red Sword Emperor.
"Wait, don't leave in a hurry yet."
"What's wrong?"
"Listen to this sound."
"Isn't it just the cry of the underworld beast?" Shi Jiu was a little confused.
"Didn't you hear that there are two kinds of cries? And the cries are obviously different." The Great Red Sword Emperor explained.
"Well, there are indeed two kinds of cries, but what does this have to do with me?" After listening carefully, Shi Jiu also discovered that the sound contained the cries of two different underworld beasts, but he didn't realize it.
"Let's go and take a look." The Great Red Sword Emperor suggested.
"Is it necessary? The sound sounds like two beasts fighting." Shi Jiu didn't want to go.
"You little guy, listen to me and go take a look. You might gain something." The Great Red Sword Emperor urged.
"Oh? Really?" After hearing what the Great Red Sword Emperor said, Shi Jiu immediately became energetic.
"You'll know when you go there."
"Okay, let's go now." After saying that, Shi Jiu quickly moved forward in the direction of the roar.
Ten minutes later, Shi Jiu hid behind a rock and observed the movement ahead.
I saw two underworld beasts fighting in front of me.
It was really a fight between underworld beasts. One of them was a shadow leopard, while the other was a big black beetle.
"What a big beetle!" Shi Jiu couldn't help but whisper. This was the first time he had seen such a big beetle, as big as a pig.
"That's the black-footed underworld insect, a third-level underworld beast." The Great Red Sword Emperor was doing some science on the side.
"It's a little strange. Black-footed worms are generally cave-dwelling creatures and rarely come to the ground." The Great Red Sword Emperor was a little confused.
"Senior, forget about this for now, the two beasts are about to decide the winner." Shi Jiu pointed at the battle ahead and said.
Although they are both level three beasts, their overall strength is not much different, but the Shadow Leopard clearly has the upper hand at this time. At its speed as fast as the wind, the attack of the Black-footed Dark Beast cannot hurt the Shadow Leopard at all, and it can only rely on its own strength. The thick carapace is used to defend against the opponent's attacks. Over time, it is easy for flaws to appear. The Shadow Leopard took advantage of this opportunity and bit off one of the legs of the Black-footed Styx at high speed.
After losing one of its legs, the Black-footed Insect began to shrink its defense. Unfortunately, the situation was over. The Shadow Leopard did not give it a chance and immediately overturned the opponent's body. The black-legged worm with its belly turned upward suddenly showed its most vulnerable abdomen in front of the enemy.
Without any hesitation, the Shadow Leopard quickly tore open the Black-footed Insect's abdomen, and then gave the opponent a fatal blow.
"It's over." Seeing the Shadow Leopard quickly understand the black Hades, Shi Jiu also sighed. No matter how good the defense is, if the attack is not in place, it will still be defeated. The most is the length of time.
The Shadow Leopard who killed his opponent did not immediately enjoy the feast in front of him. Instead, he looked around vigilantly. After confirming that there was no movement around, he walked towards the rock behind him and disappeared from Shi Jiu's eyes the next moment.
"It's weird. The Shadow Leopard didn't eat the Black-legged Insect? Is it because this big insect is not delicious?" Shi Jiu was a little puzzled by the Shadow Leopard's behavior.
"What are you thinking about? Even if the Shadow Leopard doesn't eat the meat of the Black-footed Styx, it will definitely swallow the opponent's Nether Core. And it doesn't do this now. Obviously there are other more important reasons. Go and see where the Shadow Leopard disappeared. Look." The Da Chi Dao Emperor rolled his eyes at Shi Jiu, and then expressed his opinion.
Shi Jiu didn't argue. He was used to the painless "reprimand" from the Great Red Sword Emperor, and then tiptoed to the place where the Shadow Leopard disappeared.
"I didn't expect that there was a cave behind this rock." Looking at the dark cave, Shi Jiu knew that the Shadow Leopard must have entered the cave.
However, the entrance to the cave was actually feeling cold, which really puzzled Shi Jiu.
"Won't you know when you go in?" the Great Red Sword Emperor urged again.
Shi Jiu took out a torch and walked step by step into the cave. At the same time, in order to prevent the sneak attack of the Shadow Leopard, he also activated his spiritual consciousness. However, due to the twists and turns of the cave, Shi Jiu's spiritual consciousness could only detect the area of 20 meters in front, so every time Be careful every step of the way.
After walking like this for about ten minutes, the chill in the cave became more and more intense.
At a certain moment, Shi Jiu stopped. At this time, the cold air in the cave reached its maximum. Shi Jiu knew that the end of the cave should be not far ahead. At the same time, his spiritual consciousness also discovered the traces of the Shadow Leopard, which was not far ahead. far away.
Shi Jiu did not act rashly, but stuck the torch on the rock wall beside him, and then walked gently forward. After turning a corner, Shi Jiu saw the Shadow Leopard from before.
However, the Shadow Leopard also discovered him, and immediately let out a roar, and then pounced on Shi Jiu.
Shi Jiu was not careless and immediately used the Big Dipper Star Step. Although the cave was not big, with the blessing of his own consciousness, Shi Jiu avoided the attack of the Shadow Leopard, and then hit the opponent's butt with a Xuanfeng Palm.
Feeling the pain coming from his butt, the Shadow Leopard was also furious and flew towards Shi Jiu again.
"Just in time!" Not only did Shi Jiu not panic, but he laughed loudly. He used the Big Dipper Steps and with an erratic movement, he instantly arrived under the Shadow Leopard who was already in mid-air. At the same time, he held the hand that had been prepared. The right hand of the dagger stabbed hard into the opponent's soft abdomen, and then under the inertia, a deep gash was quickly opened.
"Touch!" The Shadow Leopard fell heavily to the ground and became unresponsive. Under its body, blood was stained red.
Shi Jiu was very satisfied. The entire battle lasted only ten seconds, and he easily killed a level three underworld beast.
"Why are you so happy? That Shadow Leopard is obviously careless!"
The Da Red Sword Emperor still "taught him a lesson", but Shi Jiu didn't care, because he knew in his heart that the Da Red Sword Emperor just wanted him not to be proud and complacent.
"Don't worry about the Shadow Leopard for now. Go take a look ahead. I seem to see something."
The Da Chi Sword Emperor's urging made Shi Jiu curious, so Shi Jiu immediately walked forward quickly.
"Sure enough, it's Shuangxingcao!" When Shi Jiu reached the end of the front, the voice of the Great Red Sword Emperor rang out.
In front of Shi Jiu was a natural ice cave. The ice caves were all over the end of the cave, and the cold air that Shi Jiu felt was emanating from this ice cave. At this time, a crystal white grass was standing quietly on the ice cave.
"Is this frost walking grass? Is it also a heaven and earth spiritual grass?" Shi Jiu asked the question in his heart.
"Yes, it is also a kind of spiritual grass, but it is different from the two-leaf red fruit you have taken." Da Chi Dao Huang explained from the side: "Frost Walking Grass cannot enhance its own strength by taking it directly, but it can It is indeed the favorite of alchemists because its properties are very suitable for use as a buffer formula to refine other elixirs. For example, the Heart Protection Pill I mentioned has frost walking grass in it. If you want to ask an alchemist to refine it, For medicine, you can use this frost grass in exchange, they will definitely be happy."
"So, this frost walking grass is a good thing." After hearing the explanation of the Great Red Sword Emperor, Shi Jiu's eyes also lit up, and then he went to pick it, but was immediately stopped by the Great Red Sword Emperor.
"If you pick the frost grass like you did with the two-leaf vermilion fruit before, it will go bad before long."
"Ah? What should we do?" Shi Jiu immediately stopped and asked eagerly.
"Take out the ice cubes under the Frost Walking Grass and put them into the jade box." The Great Red Sword Emperor said the method.
After hearing this, Shi Jiu immediately followed the instructions and used a dagger to carefully dig out a round ice cube under the Frost Walking Grass. At the same time, he wrapped the roots of the Frost Walking Grass and put it into the jade box.
After doing all this, Shi Jiu looked at the Shadow Leopard not far away.
Today's harvest is not only the Frost Walking Grass, but also the Nether Cores of the two Nether Beasts.
Soon, Shi Jiu skillfully took out the shadow core of the shadow leopard, then skinned it to get the meat and kept it as rations.
After dealing with the shadow leopard, Shi Jiu walked out of the cave, and there was a black-footed worm outside the cave.
