Next to a puddle overgrown with weeds in the dense forest, Liu Yu was holding a thin white jade bowl against the fangs of a long snake that was as thick as an arm and nearly ten feet long, with circles of golden patterns on its back, and squeezed out a thick dark green substance from the fangs. liquid.
This snake is the fourth-level "Golden Ring Spirit Snake" that Liu Yu just killed. This snake is quite rare. Its venom is highly toxic and can quickly erode the human body's meridians.
If you are bitten by this snake and the incense stick is not dissolved in time, the Taoist foundation will be seriously damaged. However, the snake venom can also be used as medicine and can be used to refine several high-grade elixirs.
This continuous dense forest is surrounded by water and is overgrown with shrubs and weeds as tall as a man. A wide variety of rare medicinal materials grow in it.
Along the way, Liu Yu picked a large number of snake berries, hundreds of years of ginseng, Zhicao and other elixirs. The day before yesterday, he also dug up a huge "blood-spotted black taro".
After the team set off from "Youyatan", they searched for various rare medicinal materials in the forest while heading towards the reef marked on the map.
Due to such a delay, the originally expected three days had passed, but looking at the map, we still had about half a day to go to the reef.
After squeezing out the last drop of snake venom, Liu Yu stood up and carefully poured half a bowl of dark green venom into a red jade bottle, sealed the mouth of the bottle with magic, and put it into a storage bag.
As for the corpse of the Golden Ringed Spirit Snake, it was dragged aside by Bai Niang. Starting from the snake's head, it was swallowed bit by bit into its belly and began to enjoy this "delicious food" delivered to the door.
"This is this?" Liu Yu took out the "Qiankun Disk". In addition to the two light spots on the left and right representing the moon and the heavenly legacy respectively, there was another light spot in front of the outer circle of the Bagua Kanyu Disk. This light spot was exactly the same. Move quickly towards yourself.
Liu Yu couldn't help but be startled. This was obviously a member of another team from the sect, because the other members of the team were all spread out in a line, searching for spiritual materials at intervals. It was impossible for them to suddenly appear in front of them.
After a while, there were several more light spots ahead, appearing behind the earliest light spot. That's right, this was another sect picking team headed by the Xiahou family.
"Master!" At this time, Yue'er and Tianyi also noticed this situation and rushed to Liu Yu's side.
"You go and inform Uncle Xuanqing and the others!" Liu Yu told Yue'er and Tianyi to inform the others, and they came to meet up and take back Bai Niang, who had swallowed the whole "Golden Ring Spirit Snake", back into her spirit beast bag.
Then he held the "Qiankun Plate" and headed towards the front light spot.
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"Senior Brother Wei!" According to the point of "Qiankun Disk", Liu Yu soon met the first light spot that appeared. From a distance, it turned out to be Senior Brother Shang Shou, and he said with a busy smile as he stepped forward.
"It turns out to be Junior Brother Liu!" Wei Ping couldn't help but smile when he saw the person coming. When he went to look around, he suddenly found traces of another group of people from the sect. After hearing the news, he informed Xia Houkong and others, and took the first step. Came over.
"Brother, what you get after entering the secret realm is not bad!" After the battle in the "Black Blood Valley", the two of them moved around from time to time and were considered good friends. This time they participated in the secret realm together again. Although they were not in the same team, they were on the way here. We also had a great time talking.
"Hey! It's hard to explain in words!" Wei Ping couldn't help but shook his head, and then revealed the encounters in the "Stream Reef Beach" one by one, losing four of his fellow disciples one after another. It was a disastrous defeat. Ten days had passed in the secret realm, and the entire team had not even a single "Snake King Fruit" "They haven't been picked yet.
Although it was not that nothing was gained, one was captured after repelling the Spirit Beast Sect team, but it had nothing to do with ordinary members like them.
"This!" Liu Yu couldn't help but frown after hearing this. Senior Brother Wei and his team unexpectedly encountered people from the Spiritual Beast Sect and the Tianluo Tantric Sect. Four brothers from the same sect died in the battle, and "Stream Reef Beach" had also been destroyed by the Tianluo Tantric Sect. Occupy it together with the Spirit Beast Sect.
"Hey! This isn't Junior Brother Xuanyu!" While the two were talking, Xia Houkong and others arrived. Xia Houyi saw that it was Liu Yu and stepped forward with a strange expression.
"Greetings to Uncle Pufeng!" Liu Yu paid no attention to Xia Houyi and bowed to Xia Houkong.
"Yeah!" Xia Houkong nodded slightly, accepting it.
"Where's Uncle Xuanqing!"
"Junior brother, how many people are there in your team?" Di Qing's face beamed with joy as he hurriedly stepped forward and asked Liu Yu repeatedly.
Seeing this, Xia Houkong's face couldn't help but darken.
"I have asked Yue'er and Tianyi to inform Master Xuanqing and the others. They will be here soon. After entering the secret realm, unfortunately, two brothers were killed, and there are still eight people in the team!" Liu Yu quickly replied.
Although he had little contact with the senior brother Chifeng in front of him within the sect, his reputation within the sect was so great that he could not be cautious.
"There are eight people, that's enough!" Di Qing couldn't help clenching his hands.
Hearing this, Xia Houkong's face became even more ugly.
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Soon, Xuan Qing arrived one after another with others, and the meeting was indispensable without a while of greetings. The heavy losses suffered by Xia Houkong's team made the encounter between the two teams less joyful and more heavy.
After a while, Di Qing pulled Xia Houkong and Xuan Qing aside, saying that he wanted to discuss the next action.
"That group of monks should still be on the reef at this time. Let's rush there now. We will definitely catch him off guard!" When the three of them came to the side, Di Qing immediately expressed his thoughts.
"Based on the condition of the previous 'Snake Corpse Devil Flower', the fruit has almost absorbed enough snake blood and is indeed ready to be picked."
"But even if we set off now, it will still take half a day to reach the reef beach. By then, the group of monks will have disappeared, so why go through this trip in vain." Xia Houkong explained slowly, obviously not agreeing to return to the "stream" Reef Beach” proposal.
"Junior sister, do you think so?" Wu Forgot glanced at Xuan Qing and said.
"If so..."
"Let's not talk about whether the snake fruit is ready to be picked. Even if the group of monks killed the snakes and picked the snake king fruit, they had to surround and suppress a group of ferocious pythons and deal with the large number of corpses left by the snakes. It all takes a lot of time.”
"If we set off now, we might be able to catch up. Even if they have left the "reef beach", they won't be able to go far." Before Xuan Qing could speak, Di Qing interjected.
"This..." Xuan Qing couldn't express his position at the moment.
"What my nephew said is only a slight possibility, but instead of wasting half a day on this trip, it is better to seize the time and search elsewhere."
"Master Nephew, don't be anxious. It's still early for the secret realm to begin. I will definitely be able to help Master Nephew find another Snake King Fruit."
"Hmph! Uncle Master said it nicely. Before entering the secret realm, Di went to the Scripture Collection Pavilion and read a lot of ancient books and notes about this "Jinhua Secret Realm"."
"Every time the secret realm here is about to be opened, it is because the entrance to this small world gradually overlaps with the Dongyuan world. Stimulated by the overflowing space turbulence, the "Snake Corpse Magic Grass" that meets the conditions in this secret realm will bloom together."
"This is also the fundamental reason why every time the secret realm is opened, more or less every sect can pick the Snake King Fruit."
"And most of the Snake King Fruits picked by each sect were harvested in the previous fifteen days, because in less than fifteen days, the high-yield Snake King Fruit locations marked on the map will be searched by each team."
"Occasionally, some snake king fruits that have not been searched by the teams will fall into the mouths of the snake kings that were born due to the snakes devouring each other, so the chance of finding the "snake king fruit" will only get lower and lower. "
"Now that we know that the monks have at least one in their hands, instead of looking around like headless flies, why not go and snatch it away?" Di Qing said with an unhappy expression.
"Master Nephew can't bear to swallow this. Uncle Master can understand, but with the addition of Junior Sister Xuanqing's team, we only have one more person than them."
"You have seen those Tianluo monks before, and they are not easy to mess with. My nephew also failed to get a favor from the monk named "Wu Ai". Even if we find them, besides losing both sides, nothing will happen. Good thing!" Xia Houkong couldn't help but persuade him earnestly.
"What uncle said is wrong! That "Wu Ai" is indeed not weak, but because there were too few of us before, I was afraid that you, uncle, wouldn't be able to hold on, so Di Mou hurriedly said to attack. This time there are uncle Xuanqing and the others. Now, just leave this person to Di!" Di Qing said disapprovingly.
The last time he fought against this "Wu Ai", he suffered a small loss, but it was because of his impatience. If he fought again and used his powerful "Ling Burning" characteristics to slowly fight with this person, he would win. The heart can take down this monk.
"Judging from the last fight, there are only three of them who have reached the Nine Palaces. They are Wu Ai and another high-ranking war monk. The other one is the Suo family monk from the Spirit Beast Sect. However, this person is not alone. The spirit-cultivating beast has been hacked to death by Di, so there is no danger!"
"Di Mou entangled "Wu Ai", the two uncles first killed the Jiufu monk of the Suo family as soon as possible, and then joined forces to kill the last Gao Zhan monk. The others only need to try their best to drag the opponent away, so we must Win." Di Qing said with a fierce look in his eyes.
Di Qing, who has been practicing so far, has never felt so aggrieved as he is today. Even if he loses half of Zi Mansion's remaining pill energy, he will still let go of the bad breath in his heart.
And if he could kill Wu Ai, the sect would definitely receive a heavy reward, and he would also be able to take back the "Snake King Fruit". He would kill him no matter what.
"Having said that, there are too many variables in a life-and-death fight. Even if the war situation develops as my nephew said, if those monks want to leave, it will be difficult for us to retain them, which will only increase casualties."
"It's better to listen to Pindao and seize the time to search for the Snake King Fruit elsewhere, what do you think, junior sister!"
Xia Houkong once again looked at Xuanqing with expectant eyes, thinking that Junior Sister Xuanqing had also obtained a Snake King Fruit. Like him, she was unwilling to do such a risky thing and waste her own elixir energy in vain.
"Uncle, aren't you afraid? Before we set off on this trip, did the sect master tell us not to jeopardize the sect's reputation? It is not our sect's style to retreat without fighting when encountering an enemy."
Di Qing finally saw that Xia Houkong was simply stingy with his own elixir energy and deliberately avoided fighting, and then said bluntly with a cold face.
Although he is now worshiping under the second elder, he does not accept this affection in his heart. With his qualifications, it does not matter which elder he worships under.
On weekdays, he is just closer to Xiahou Kong's family, but when he said these words at this moment, it was obvious that he did not care about Xiahou Kong's face at all.
"You...!" Xia Houkong couldn't help but blush, and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
"Senior nephew, look at what you said. Senior brother is just afraid that this trip will be in vain!" Just half a day.”
"Then go!" What else could Xia Houkong say? He couldn't afford the reputation of being greedy for life and afraid of death.
I just hope that those Tianluo Fan monks will leave early. If they do encounter them, it will be another fierce battle. It is not that he is really greedy for life and fear of death, but that the time left for him is limited.
Unlike Di Qing, he has plenty of time, no matter how much elixir he consumes, he won't be afraid.
After leaving this secret realm, Xia Houkong will soon have to go into seclusion to survive the tribulation. At this moment, it is natural to have one more thing to do rather than one less thing. Too much elixir energy is consumed, so there is no need to survive the tribulation, and he can just wait to die!
The three people immediately announced the results of the discussion, and then everyone in Huang Shengzong jumped on the flying swords and galloped towards the "Stream Reef Beach" in a group.
Knowing that they might fight against the Tianluo people next, everyone looked solemn. Among them, Lingcai, Lingchen, and Fenshan were the three with the lowest cultivation levels, and their faces were even pale.
