After Li Shuidao's cultivation reached the peak of the second level, he stayed on the grassland for another three months.
In the past three months, although Li Shuidao's magic power had not increased, his physical body had been further strengthened.
The master and the apprentice stayed on the Silver Grassland for more than half a year...
Li Shuidao personally hunted the monsters and let Dragon Bone Tai Sui absorb the flesh and blood of the monster beasts. When Dragon Bone Tai Sui was sleeping, Qiu Lanying's personality awakened. With her own talent, she found a lot of spiritual herbs in the grassland.
Li Shuidao had nothing to do and refined these spiritual herbs into elixirs.
Most of these elixirs were fed to Dragon Bone Tai Sui by Li Shuidao to make it generate more Tai Sui elixirs. Among them, only the "Silver Shavings Life Extension Pill" was retained by him.
This elixir does not provide much spiritual power, but it can increase the longevity of the monks, so it is extremely valuable. It is the hard currency on the grassland, and its value is equivalent to that of the Green Lotus elixir.
The "Silver Life Extension Pill" stored in Li Shuidao's hand alone is worth 60,000 spiritual stones.
After practicing for more than half a year, "Tai Sui Spiritual Milk" not only had no effect on increasing Li Shuidao's mana, but even had an extremely limited effect on improving his physical body.
It's time to leave the grassland with complete merit...
Return to the Five Poison Gate, open up the virtual realm, and break through to the third level.
Although there are third-level and even fourth-level techniques in "Immortal Toad Qi", it does not tell the monks how to break through the third level.
Although Li Shuidao had been exposed to a lot of knowledge about the "Naxu Realm" in advance, he had never received systematic teaching. He had to return to his sect and family to get guidance from his seniors before he could break through.
Golden Staff Immortal City.
Li Shuidao and Qiu Lanying arrived outside this fairy city.
After more than half a year...
Li Shuidao came here again.
Now Li Shuidao was ready to return, and Golden Stick Immortal City was on his way back. He was going to ask for news about his old friend along the way.
On the streets of Fairy City, the monks coming and going were busy with various affairs. Two monks, a man and a woman, walked in tandem on the streets of Fangshi City. They were dressed in prairie people's costumes and veils, forming a beautiful image. The appearance is unremarkable.
Baibaotang.
At a glance, Li Shuidao saw the waiter from back then, who still looked like a veteran.
"I want to see your shopkeeper." Li Shuidao said in a deep voice.
The waiter was stunned for a moment and looked at Li Shuidao and Qiu Lanying carefully.
Although these two people were wearing prairie people's costumes, they were both veiled, and their identities looked a bit suspicious.
"Why do you two want to see the shopkeeper?" the waiter said with a smile.
Li Shuidao was not angry and said with a smile: "I want to buy the most expensive malachite here."
After hearing this, the waiter couldn't help but feel moved in his heart. Malachite is one of the most precious items in the Hundred Treasures Hall, and generally only the rich will buy it.
The waiter hesitated for a moment, but finally decided to inform the shopkeeper.
After a while...
In the inner hall, Li Shuidao and the shopkeeper sat opposite each other. The shopkeeper looked at Li Shuidao and asked with a smile: "I wonder how many malachites you want to buy?"
Li Shuidao said calmly: "I want to buy a piece of high-grade malachite."
"Haha..." The shopkeeper shook his head, picked up the tea, and smiled bitterly: "I thought it was such a big deal."
Li Shuidao responded in a poor Taoist tone: "It's not that I don't want to take care of Taoist friends' business. It's true that I have tight money and can only buy one piece. Of course, buying things is just a reason. My real purpose is to meet Taoist friends."
He took out a bottle of silver life-extending pill from his arms and handed it to the shopkeeper: "This is a bottle of silver life-extending pill. It is worth no less than 10,000 spiritual stones. It should be more than enough to buy a piece of malachite."
The shopkeeper took the silver life-extending pill and his eyes lit up. He knew that this was a very precious pill: "This fellow Taoist is really generous. In this case, I will find you a top-grade malachite."
The transaction was completed between Li Shuidao and the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper couldn't help but asked curiously: "Who is my old friend?"
Li Shuidao smiled slightly, lifted his veil, and revealed his face.
"Oh...it turns out to be fellow Taoist." The shopkeeper showed a look of surprise on his face.
"Who is talking about the matter in Golden Stick Immortal City now?" Li Shuidao asked directly.
The shopkeeper sighed and replied: "Now the city lord of Golden Staff Immortal City is a third-level monk from Cuiyu Sect. Erden is no longer the city lord."
Li Shuidao nodded, thought for a moment and then said: "What about Grandma Yaotong? What is her whereabouts?"
The shopkeeper shook his head and said with a somewhat helpless expression: "The medicine boy's grandma is also missing. It is rumored that she seems to have gone to Xiantu City, and her whereabouts are extremely elusive."
"I understand, I'll see you soon, shopkeeper!" Li Shuidao put on his veil again, took Qiu Lanying and left the Golden Staff Fairy City without stopping at all.
More than ten days later...
Binglianfang.
This city is located deep in the Yunmang Mountains and is surrounded by snow-capped peaks. It seems like an ice and snow kingdom forgotten by the world.
After entering Fangshi, a cold breath hit our face, making people feel refreshing and cold.
Li Shuidao and Qiu Lanying put on snow-white Taoist robes. They also wore veils, restrained their cultivation, and stepped into the market. They saw shops lined on both sides of the street, and a variety of products filled the shelves.
Among these products, the most numerous are various ice jade products, ranging from jewelry and ornaments to utensils and magical instruments.
The two strolled slowly, stopping from time to time in front of some shops to watch.
Especially those ice jade products, each piece is carefully carved and has a crystal clear luster.
Puyutang.
Unlike other stores, this place is filled with all kinds of jade raw materials.
"Two distinguished guests, the jade material here is of high quality. Whether it is used to make magical instruments or jewelry, it is an excellent choice." A middle-aged man came forward, wearing a robe and with a respectful attitude.
Li Shuidao and Qiu Lanying nodded and began to choose from the shops.
"How much does this piece of ice jade cost?" Li Shuidao asked.
"Fellow Taoist, you really have a good eye. This is a thousand-year-old ice jade, and the price is fifty thousand spiritual stones. If you two distinguished guests want to buy it, I can give you a discount. It only costs forty-five thousand spiritual stones."
"Can we use elixirs to offset the debt?" Qiu Lanying asked.
The middle-aged man glanced at her in surprise, then nodded: "Of course, I wonder how many pills you two have?"
Li Shuidao took out all the elixirs before buying this thousand-year ice jade, but it was worth the money.
…
The two of them successfully left the Yunmang Mountains, passed through Cuiping Mountain, and went all the way down to the border of Black Mountain.
Although there are few large monsters here, poisonous insects and spiritual grass are everywhere, so it can also be regarded as a treasured place for cultivation.
In an unknown valley, Li Shuidao sat cross-legged at the bottom of the valley, surrounded by silence.
His left hand burned with orange flames, and his right hand burned with green flames. These two flames intertwined and burned a pair of magical instruments that were taking shape.
Li Shuidao concentrated on controlling the temperature and intensity of the flame...
This pair of magic weapons was the result of his hard work during his return trip.
Whenever he had free time, he would devote himself to refining the weapon. After many days of hard work, he finally succeeded in refining this valuable Yin-Yang jade pendant.
The Yin Yang Jade Pendant is made from thousand-year-old ice jade and malachite, showing a green and white luster.
It is engraved with exquisite yin and yang fish patterns, which means that yin and yang complement each other and are endless.
Li Shuidao picked up the pair of yin and yang jade pendants and showed a satisfied smile.
…
Montenegro.
Mo Sha Cliff.
There is a black pine forest under Mosha Cliff.
It was a highly poisonous forest. In the hundreds of miles of black pine forest, the miasma filled the air with corrosive poisonous gas. Through the gaps in the leaves, you could see strange poisonous insects squirming.
Some grass that looks like dead leaves actually hides sharp thorns. If you don't pay attention, you will be stabbed.
This is the resource point of the Wu Du Men Ding family in Black Mountain. They will come here at specific times to harvest a spiritual herb called "Poison Dragon Zhi".
Normally, in order to protect the growth of this large area of poisonous Longzhi, they would let the poisonous gas spread in the forest.
At this time, two escaping lights flew from a distance and landed silently on the edge of the black pine forest.
It was Li Shuidao and Qiu Lanying who came out of the escape.
"Lanying, wait for me here." Li Shuidao warned.
"But master, I'm not alone anymore." Qiu Lanying said worriedly.
Li Shuidao smiled slightly, took out an emerald green jade pendant from his arms, and handed it to Qiu Lanying: "This is the yin and yang jade pendant I refined. If you and I each hold one jade pendant, we can find each other's traces no matter we are thousands of miles apart."
Qiu Lanying took the jade pendant and felt a little relieved. This jade pendant glows with a faint green light in the sun, as clear as emerald, and is engraved with some complex runes, which glow faintly in the sun.
"As long as you activate your magic power, you can feel the location of the other jade pendant." Li Shuidao explained.
"The forest in front of you is called the black pine forest. There are many poisonous insects in the forest, among which centipedes are extremely poisonous. If you are hungry, you can eat them."
"I...I'm not hungry." Qiu Lanying explained in a panic.
"There must be a lot of spiritual herbs in the forest. If they are wild, you can pick them freely. If they are planted by humans, be sure not to touch them!"
"Also! Try not to meet the monks, try not to have conflicts. If you are really forced into a corner, then you must eradicate the roots without leaving any future troubles!" Li Shuidao said again.
Qiu Lanying nodded seriously, and then said distressedly: "But master, you didn't teach me how to kill people. You only taught me how to grow spiritual grass."
"This... don't worry, you will naturally kill people when the time comes." Li Shuidao waved his hand and said, "Then let's say goodbye first."
"Okay, master, you have to be careful too." Qiu Lanying answered obediently.
Li Shuidao smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I will be back as soon as possible. You wait for me here." As soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a silver-gray escaping light, soaring into the sky and heading directly towards Mosha Cliff.
Li Shuidao decided to come to Mosha Cliff first to find out the situation from Ding Yufeng. After all, his relationship with Ding Yufeng was the most secretive...
(End of chapter)
