Lu Pingchuan was also happy to hear that this spiritual grass was so precious, but he was more interested in the big scorpions below: "Well, it's worth it, hahahaha, hey, why don't we catch a few more big scorpions and go back to play with them? ?”
"Brother Lu, there are so many low-level and mid-level monsters down there, and they are also highly poisonous. You can't do this. We can't touch them yet. Let's find a place for Qian to rest for a while."
"Well, Miss Tang is right, let's spare them first."
"Wait a minute," when he was about to leave, Qian Chao stopped a few people and pointed down with his hand, "Take that thing with you. Maybe I can use it."
What Qian Chao was referring to was the poisonous tail needle of the Youdi tiger that was cut off by Li Jian's sword.
At this time, underground, several giant terrestrial tigers couldn't find their opponents, so after patrolling for a while, they all went back underground. The giant scorpion whose poisonous tail was cut off by Li Jian's sword was the last one. The one who only dug in, it can be seen that this guy was injured by Li Jian's sword and could not take revenge, so he seemed quite unwilling and irritable. However, after all, these monsters can't fly, so in the end he had to dig in angrily. go back.
And its poisonous tail hook was cut off by Li Jian's sword and fell nearby. When that thing was cut off, Qian Chao noticed it even though his spiritual energy was a little scattered at that time, and knew that with the strength of the five of him, I'm afraid he couldn't break into the lair of the virgin insect, but as soon as the poisonous tail hook was chopped off, he was moved. If he took it back and studied it carefully, he might be able to refine some powerful spiritual weapon. After all, The books he got from Ma Hu did contain some partial refining methods that were not common in the sect. After reading them, he wanted to try them.
"Well, wait, I'll get it."
Lu Pingchuan said something and then floated down, found the poisonous tail hook that was cut off by Li Jian, took it in his hand and flew back.
First of all, Qian Chao needed to meditate and rest, and secondly, the newly obtained stamen grass also needed to be carefully taken care of. Therefore, the five people stopped searching and let Li Jian lead the way to a safer secret. After Qian Chao set up the hidden spirit formation, the five people became invisible in it.
What Li Jian found was still an inconspicuous cave. The entrance was covered by forest branches and leaves, and with the Hidden Spirit Formation, there was no need to worry about monsters or passing monks discovering them.
Being outside the sect, it was natural to restore spiritual energy as quickly as possible. In addition, Qian Chao was wealthy, so he held two spiritual stones in his hands before meditating.
When several people saw Qian Chao meditating with his eyes closed, they didn't bother him and just watched Yan Xuan happily tending the remaining two stamen grasses there.
Tang Ping said while helping Yanxuan: "I didn't expect that we got two of the five main spiritual herbs of the Foundation Establishment Pill before we passed the Xiaowu Pass. I have to say that our luck is really good. !”
"Yes," Yanxuan said while cleaning the roots of the stamen grass, "I really didn't believe my eyes when I saw this spiritual grass, and I didn't expect that there would be so many poisonous insects there, A Ping, Those big scorpions really scared me to death, I’ve been afraid of them since I was a kid.”
Li Jian listened to the words of the two women and continued: "This time is also very risky. In my opinion, the bottom of the lotus grass is more dangerous than the cloud pearl fruit. Those big scorpions that come up are just that. , In fact, there are more powerful ones below, but we ran away quickly so they didn’t come up."
"Oh?" Yanxuan asked curiously, "Is there a bigger scorpion down there?"
"Well, it's not bigger, but more powerful." When Li Jian said this, he still felt a little scared. Tang Ping might know what might be in the Underground Tiger's underground lair, but Li Jian relied on his own The feeling is like seeing it with one's own eyes, "Just like the last Mu Kui beast we encountered on the island where we found the spiritual spring water, there is more than one hidden in the nest. If they come out, I'm afraid We can only run for our lives, there is no way we can deal with it.”
"Oh my God!" Yanxuan finally knew how much risk the people who picked the spiritual grass had taken today. He looked at the nearly packed lotus grass and murmured, "I didn't expect it to be so dangerous there!"
"Sister Yan, this is right!" Tang Ping handed a piece of stamen grass back to Yanxuan, clapped her hands and said, "Otherwise, this is a spiritual grass that can refine the foundation building pill. If there is no powerful demon, If the beast is guarding it, wouldn’t it be too simple to build the foundation?”
"Alas," Yanxuan thought of another thing, "I really don't know how our senior brother Bian from Qixia Mountain got all the spiritual grass to refine the foundation-building pill. He must have taken a lot of risks. It is said that he has always been a loner, so it must be much more difficult than us."
Lu Pingchuan said: "Well, everyone has his own destiny. I can't say that it's easier for your senior brother Bian to get the spiritual grass than us. Oh, by the way, Sister Tang, why are there so many poisonous insects in Pipa Ridge? You Look, since we came in here, most of the things we have encountered are bugs, and all of them are poisonous. We can't touch them easily. Could it be that this Pipa Ridge is a bug nest?"
Tang Ping replied: "It is true that there are more poisonous insects here. I have heard people in the Yuling Sect talk about this place. People who want to find some larvae of evil insects often come here."
"Why are you looking for that larvae?" Lu Pingchuan didn't understand.
"Of course they are used to raise them," Tang Ping replied, "For example, the big scorpion we encountered last time is called the Ghost Tiger. If we can get its eggs and raise them from a young age, they can also give monks a lot of trouble." The strength."
"There are also people who keep scorpions. Hehe, when I was a child, I only heard my grandfather say that those things are good for making wine. Hey, Sister Tang, can the Underworld Tiger be used to make wine?"
"Of course not. Brother Lu, don't make this idea. Ordinary scorpions can make wine, but the underworld tiger is too poisonous, and the wine brewed is also poisonous. However, Sister Yan, if the underworld tiger can take it If the venom in the poison glands in the body is properly prepared, it is said that it can be made into an elixir of detoxification, which is much better than the commonly prepared antidote."
Yanxuan blinked after hearing this, as if he was thinking about something, and then said after a moment: "I don't know this recipe. Let's read the book when we go back. But the Netherland Tiger is so powerful, are we going to catch it again? ?”
"There's no need to catch them anymore," it was Qian Chao who spoke. After a period of meditation, when he opened his eyes again, the spiritual energy in his body had been restored. After saying this, he opened his eyes He looked at his hands, but they were empty. The spirit stone he held earlier was completely absorbed by him and disappeared. "I didn't expect that after the breakthrough, the spirit energy in the spirit stone was absorbed much faster. "
When several of his companions saw that he had spoken, they all looked at his face and found that Qian Chao's expression was as usual. Tang Ping also asked: "How is it, are you okay?"
"It's okay," Qian Chao said, and then he took out the poisonous tail hook of the nether tiger that Lu Pingchuan picked up for him at the end. This thing was not small, black and hairy, and Qian Chao had to use both hands to pick it up. , although it had been cut off from the Netherland Tiger, at this time several people could not help but feel chills in their hearts when they saw this ferocious, curved, and extremely sharp thing. Qian Chao took it and smiled and said, "Since the Netherland Tiger's The venom is still useful, so we can’t waste the contents here. Sister Yan, give me a small bottle.”
After hearing this, Yanxuan quickly took out a small crystal bottle and handed it over.
Qian Chao picked up the poisonous tail hook, pointed the end of the poisonous hook at the mouth of the bottle, and used the Object Control Technique to force out the venom remaining in the poisonous hook bit by bit.
Drop by drop of dark yellow, slightly transparent and viscous juice dripped from the sharpest point of the poisonous hook into the vial. In the end, there was about a teacup.
Tang Ping looked at the venom in the transparent vial and said with some emotion: "It is said that the venom is so toxic that just a little dip with a needle can kill a monk. However, this kind of venom, as long as it is prepared properly, can detoxify." It only takes a little of the elixir to bring the poisoned person back from the hell gate, killing people and saving people is just a matter of how to use it!"
Yanxuan saw that there was no more venom dripping from the poisonous hook, and knew that the venom inside had been cleaned out by Qian Chao. She took the small bottle to her eyes and looked at it carefully. She also put the mouth of the bottle to the tip of her nose and sniffed it. , but immediately turned her head to avoid it. After listening to Tang Ping's words, she also knew that the venom was precious, and she also said: "When I go back, I will go through the ancient books of Qixia Mountain and find the recipe for brewing this venom. Also get some antidote with you, so you can feel more at ease if you encounter poisonous insects when you go out."
Qian Chao took the poisonous tail hook and looked at it carefully. He hadn't thought of how to use it yet, but he heard what Tang Ping said when he was meditating just now, and said: "It turns out that big scorpion is a ghost tiger. I’ve only read about it in books before, but this is the first time I’ve seen him in person.”
"Oh, what does the book say about this guy?" Tang Ping asked.
"What the book tells is just a story. It tells that there is someone in a family who knows the art of earth. That person found a good place for his family and said that there is a good vein of spiritual stone there, which means that he can dig it. The spiritual stone is not only enough for the daily use of the small aristocratic family, but it may also be used to strengthen its own strength, and it may become a prominent family in the future. Therefore, in order to monopolize this spiritual stone vein, this small aristocratic family also wants to deceive others and prevent others. In order to prevent other aristocratic families from competing for it, they made up various reasons to abandon their previous residence, moved their family to the mine, and rebuilt the manor there, so that no one would discover the spiritual stones being mined. , but something happened soon after the spiritual stone was excavated. Large groups of demonic insects appeared in the mine. The book said it was the Underworld Tiger. The family with advanced cultivation went to kill them. Unexpectedly, However, there are more and more demonic insects, and they are becoming more and more powerful. In the end, a good family was completely slaughtered by the underworld tigers that came out of the ground, which is amazing!"
Tang Ping curled her lips after hearing this and said disdainfully: "What's there to sigh about?"
Qian Chao smiled and continued: "Because according to the book, it is very likely that those ghost tigers were placed there in advance to protect the spirit stone veins from being mined by others."
"Oh?" Tang Ping said after listening to the interface, "Does the book mean that the mineral vein has been discovered a long time ago, and the person who discovered it was a powerful family. They don't need these spiritual stones for the time being and they don't want to take advantage of others. , those netherworld tigers were placed there just to prevent others from digging for spiritual stones, right?"
"Then... what if they use these spirit stones themselves? Wouldn't the Netherland Tiger be a big trouble as well?" Yanxuan was confused after hearing this.
"Sister Yan, since it was a big family that did this, there must be monks with advanced cultivation levels in the family. Even though Youdihu is so powerful, it is not the only way to die in front of more powerful monks!"
Hearing this, Yanxuan nodded.
"Alas!" Qian Chao sighed, "Our cultivation is still shallow now. According to the record of the Underworld Tiger in the book, this kind of monster likes to mine the spirit stone veins or other rare and hard-to-find mineral veins. Digging holes everywhere to build nests. If this is the case, then there are still many good things hidden in the underground tiger's nest under the lotus grass. It's a pity..."
Having said this, Qian Chao shook the poisonous tail hook in his hand.
"It's a pity that I only got one of these things, so I can take them back as a treasure."
