Senior sister Cheng Yaowei led Xiao Ding to the top of Qingluan Peak to look for purple fruits. They found that there were only a lot of flowers blooming on the branches of the fruit forest, but there were no fruits at all.
Not only was there no fruit, the hiding place was actually discovered by the group of monsters guarding the Aoki Purple Fruit.
Seeing the leader of the Qingluan Fire Crow, who had reached the third level, and a large group of other second-level fire crows, flying overwhelmingly towards the hiding place of the two, the senior sister quickly picked up Xiao Ding and ran away, saying something. Shouting: "Let's run!"
Senior Sister's cultivation level is much higher than that of Xiao Ding. With her pulling Xiao Ding to run, his speed is naturally much faster than that of Xiao Ding running by himself.
Fortunately, the group of fire crows guarding the green wood and purple fruit forest did not chase them far, and then they all returned.
Xiao Ding was held by the senior sister's arm and ran out of breath. When he saw the senior sister's expression unchanged, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, this is the gap. When will he be able to reach the cultivation level of the senior sister?
After the two stopped, the senior sister also patted her chest and said, "Fortunately, I ran fast, otherwise, I would have been cremated by those dead crows."
Xiao Ding asked: "All the fruits on this green wood purple fruit tree have been eaten by crows. I don't know how many years it will take before the fruit will grow again."
Generally speaking, the growth cycle of spiritual plants in the world of immortality is very slow, and there are many spiritual plants that can take thousands of years to mature.
Although Xiao Ding didn't know exactly how many years it would take for the green wood purple fruit tree to bear fruit, he guessed that the cycle for this fruit tree to bear fruit would definitely not be short.
But the elder sister smiled and said: "You don't have to worry about this. Although the purple fruit tree needs to grow for thousands of years before it can bear fruit, the fruit trees in this forest were not planted at the same time. Moreover, , since these fruit trees have bloomed and produced fruit, seeds will fall to the ground after each fruiting, and continue to take root and sprout to grow fruit trees. Therefore, this forest has grown to this day, and there are fruit trees blooming and bearing fruit here almost every year."
When Xiao Ding heard this, he felt relieved and said happily: "So, those flowers on the trees will be able to bear fruit in autumn?"
"Of course you can. It just takes a few years for the fruit to mature from the tree. However, although the young fruit is not as effective as the mature fruit, it can actually be used to make medicine." Senior sister said.
The two of them walked and chatted until they arrived at the foot of Qingluan Peak. Although going down the mountain was much faster than going up the mountain, it still took most of the afternoon.
After discussing it, the two decided to sleep in the cave at the foot of the mountain tonight and wait until tomorrow morning to look for spiritual plants elsewhere.
Otherwise, if the two of them hurry up now, it will get dark before they reach their destination. By then, the monsters in Soul Burial Mountain would come out and move around at night, and the two of them would be in great danger.
As for staying for the time being, although there is still more than an hour before the sun sets, the two of them can use this time to collect dry wood for the fire tonight and prepare tonight's dinner.
Facts have proved that the decision of the two people was extremely correct. Not only did the two have enough time to collect dry firewood and hunt game, but they also cooked a sumptuous dinner.
In Xiao Ding’s jade pendant space, there are all the commonly used pots and pans, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other daily necessities. Therefore, as long as you have the ingredients, it is not difficult to make a sumptuous dinner.
When the senior sister saw Xiao Ding cooking, she felt itchy and eager to try it herself. Xiao Ding didn't give her any chance at all. It would be a pity if these ingredients were destroyed by Senior Sister. The senior sister's grasp of the heat was completely messed up. She had no idea at all in her mind, so how could she cook?
After dinner, the two of them were still the same as last night. The senior sister was lying in the middle of the cave, while Xiao Ding could only sleep at the entrance of the cave.
The two still moved the fire to the entrance of the cave to prevent mosquitoes from flying into the cave.
This night, the two slept peacefully. The ghost soldier last night did not harass them again tonight. Xiao Ding didn't know where the ghost clan went.
Early the next morning, after the two had breakfast, the elder sister took Xiao Ding and piloted the spaceship magical weapon along the periphery of Soul Burial Mountain to a place called Black Mist Valley not far from Qingluan Peak. valley.
Black Mist Valley, as the name suggests, it is definitely easy to get lost in this valley. According to the elder sister, this Black Mist Valley is rich in thousand-year-old black soil purple ginseng, which is the earth attribute spiritual plant among the five main materials for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill.
It only took about an hour for the two of them to arrive at the mouth of a valley.
The eldest sister put away the spaceship magic weapon, and the two of them looked at the valley intently. I saw heavy fog filling the valley. The entire valley was shrouded in black fog, and the visibility in the valley was very low.
With such a huge fog, if the terrain in the valley is simple, it would be okay. If the terrain in the valley is complex, it is indeed easy to get lost.
The two of them watched for a while, and when they were about to enter the valley, they suddenly saw a flying fish magical weapon flying from a distance. Soon, the flying fish magical weapon also stopped at the mouth of the valley.
Six or seven monks in white clothes jumped out from the flying fish weapon. These people saw Xiao Ding and Senior Sister standing at the entrance of the valley and watching. The leader among them quickly came over to greet Xiao Ding and Senior Sister: "I wonder which sect these two fellow Taoists are from? Jia Zhongliang, the Thunder Sword Sect, is being polite!" After saying this, he clasped his fists and bowed his head, which was very polite.
The senior sister rolled her eyelids and glanced at those people, then said in a nonchalant manner: "We are from the Tianyang Sect. Do you also want to enter this Black Mist Valley?"
The man named Jia Zhongliang replied: "That's right. I and the other senior fellow apprentices are planning to go into this dark foggy valley to experience it."
When Xiao Ding heard this person say that they were from the Thunder Sword Sect, he immediately remembered that when he first came to Tiankun Continent, due to the error in the interstellar teleportation array, he and Su Lanlan did not land exactly when they crossed over. At the teleportation point, he landed on the hillside of Chuanyun Mountain. As a result, he met two disciples who claimed to be Thunder Sword Sect. In the end, he used the Shadowless Ice Silkworm to kill them and snatched them from their hands. Here came the three magic weapons they had just stolen from the ancient tomb.
Since these people are also members of the Thunder Sword Sect, then I have to be more careful and not show any signs of weakness. Otherwise, if they know that I have killed their fellow sect, they will definitely not let it go. .
However, when Xiao Ding heard that the man's name was Jia Zhongliang, he couldn't help but feel funny. The word Zhongliang was originally quite good, meaning loyalty, integrity and kindness, but when paired with this person’s last name, Jia Zhongliang, which is homophonic to Zhongliang, it immediately became reversed, haha!
I heard the senior sister over there say contemptuously again: "You are the seventh and eighth level qi practitioners, how dare you break into this dark valley of mist?"
Although the senior sister's tone was very rude, the people opposite were concerned about the senior sister's cultivation and did not dare to get angry in front of her. Jia Zhongliang just said with a smile: "Don't we also rely on the number of people to make up the numbers, haha! I see that the two fellow Taoists also plan to enter the Black Mist Valley. I think we should go in together. What do you two think?" After saying that, he hugged his fists at Senior Sister and Xiao Ding again.
The senior sister curled her lips in disdain and said, "I don't think so! The two of us still have important things to do. I think we should go into the valley separately."
When Jia Zhongliang saw that the senior sister did not intend to go into the valley with them, he had no choice but to say sarcastically: "Okay, let's go ahead and say goodbye!"
After saying that, he took the six or seven people and walked towards the black mist-filled valley.
Senior Sister and Xiao Ding waited at the entrance of the valley for about half a stick of incense before they started to enter the valley.
Xiao Ding asked in confusion: "Senior Sister, why don't we go into the valley with the people from the Thunder Sword Sect? If there are more people, wouldn't the winning rate be higher if we encounter danger?"
But the senior sister said disdainfully: "Go into the valley with them? Do you know their purpose for going into the valley?"
Xiao Ding replied blankly: "I don't know."
"They must have come into the valley to find the black soil purple ginseng. Think about it, we are also looking for the black soil purple ginseng. If we go with them and find the black soil purple ginseng, who should own it? What? If we want to, we will definitely have a dispute with them. Do you think that with the strength of you and me, we can defeat six or seven of them who are at the seventh or eighth level of Qi training?" The senior sister asked in return.
"This, I really didn't expect this." Xiao Ding replied ashamedly.
He couldn't help but admire the senior sister in his heart, and said to himself, although this senior sister has a somewhat rough personality and is usually careless, she is very shrewd in what she does. Her experience in the world is much richer than his.
This matter is indeed what the senior sister said. If there is a fight with the Lei Jian Sect people on my side, only the senior sister’s cultivation of Qi Dzogchen and the cultivation of the fourth level of Qi training alone Because, if you go against six or seven people with seven or eight levels of Qi training, you really have no chance of winning.
After the two of them walked forward for a certain distance in the valley, Xiao Ding discovered that the black mist that filled the valley seemed to have a hallucinogenic effect. He always felt that he would have hallucinations in his mind from time to time. Fortunately, he ran the Qingxin Jue in time, which made his mind clear again.
Therefore, he had to continue to run the Qingxin Jue in his body to ensure that hallucinations would no longer occur in his mind. He secretly observed the senior sister, and saw that the senior sister was still acting as if nothing was wrong. She seemed not to be affected at all, and she still kept walking forward at a fast pace.
As we continue to go deeper, the terrain in the valley begins to become more complicated. At the beginning, there was only one road stretching forward, with cliffs on both sides, making it difficult to get lost.
However, as we walked, the roads suddenly began to branch. Each branching road had identical cliffs on both sides.
Just pick a road and walk in, leaving marks on the road as you go.
However, if you continue to move forward, there will still be forks in the road. And as we go deeper and deeper into the valley, there are more and more forked roads. At the end, not only will there be multiple roads stretching ahead, but there will also be horizontal roads blocking you, leaving you wondering which path to take.
Moreover, in this black mist, the visibility is very low. Even if Xiao Ding opens his eyes and activates his divine sense detection, the range covered by his divine sense is still very limited and cannot detect further.
When the two of them reached the end, they discovered that there were roads crisscrossing the valley, and there were identical cliffs on both sides of the road. It turns out that this Black Mist Valley is not just one valley, but is composed of countless large and small valleys crisscrossing each other. After walking in, it seems like a maze.
Even if the black mist has no hallucinogenic effect, it seems to be very difficult to get out of the valley in such a thick black mist.
When the two were hesitating to choose which route to take, they suddenly heard a scream of "Ah" coming from a certain road ahead.
"Let's go over and take a look!" After the senior sister said that, she quickly ran forward.
Xiao Ding followed closely, but he forgot that his own lightness skills were far different from those of his senior sister. He only followed for a short time before he was already left behind.
After he ran forward for a certain distance, he suddenly discovered that the senior sister was missing.
This time, Xiao Ding was greatly frightened. He quickly shouted: "Senior Sister, where are you?"
However, in this valley, only Xiao Ding's echo echoed.
He actually got separated from his senior sister...
