diskusbooks Chapter 177 Picking up a bargain, the road to loneliness
Chapter 177 Picking up a bargain, the road to loneliness
These two people have extraordinary origins, but the other two people traveling with them seem to be just ordinary wanderers.
After a brief exchange of glances, the two groups staggered and went their separate ways, not provoking each other but remaining vigilant.
Li Changxiao's target was the wood marrow, and he was not sure whether he could find it here.
We walked another mile or so.
Finally arrived at the entrance of the Endless Forest.
"Miss Xiao, Brother Shang, wait a minute."
"This forest is filled with miasma. It's best to take an antidote pill before entering."
The two male martial artists who were traveling with Xiao Yuan and Shang Xin spoke up.
"..."
Xiao Yuan and Shang Xin looked at each other, nodded, and took the detoxification pills at the same time.
Then a group of four stepped into the endless forest.
Li Changxiao looked at the backs of several people. After they walked away, spiritual energy surged into his eyes. He used the magic "Eye of Detection" to find a more suitable path forward.
The Eighteen Dangers of Fuyao Tianxia were breathtaking before the spiritual energy dried up. Li Changxiao had never taken the initiative to go in, so he didn't have a deep understanding of them.
This gave Li Changxiao an idea.
Since ancient times, the place where cultivators break through their realm has been of utmost importance. It can even affect future development and is a very prominent item in one’s life resume.
Although these eighteen dangers are full of dangers, strictly speaking, they are a very good place for breakthroughs.
If you are lucky enough to receive blessings from a dangerous place, it can be considered a great feat.
The thought flashed through his mind, and Li Changxiao did not take it too seriously. After all, the saying of "blessings" was a thing of the past. Although the Endless Forest was still a dangerous place, it had lost most of its power compared to before. Otherwise, Li Changxiao would not dare to covet the ten divine essences that might exist here.
After determining the route, he walked straight in.
The surrounding area is covered with dense jungle. According to rumors, the place where the "wood marrow" appeared is in the deepest part of the Endless Forest, inside a towering ancient tree.
It took more than ten days.
It was a deserted place, and he encountered several strange beasts on the way. They had bizarre appearances and carried strange diseases. After he killed them, brown blood flowed out, which was very creepy.
This strange disease changed their appearance, but Li Changxiao could feel that if the disease was removed, these strange beasts would just be ordinary beasts, such as tigers and mountain bears.
A second-rate martial artist can deal with ordinary wild beasts alone if he is armed, but after contracting the strange disease, its physical strength and ferocity seem to have been greatly enhanced. If a mortal encounters it, they can only drive it away by joining forces.
in this case.
This disease is not all bad.
And then there is one more point.
There are many strange diseases in the Endless Forest, with more than 7,000 known types. Different strange diseases will present different external manifestations, which caught Li Changxiao's attention. He had previously experienced Panlong Sect and Buddha City, and was interested in the existence of strange diseases in the world.
He saw a rabbit.
It has three ears and seven eyes on them. Its body is bright red and its teeth are very sharp.
According to observation, this inconspicuous rabbit alone has contracted at least 70 kinds of strange diseases, including "dry teeth disease" and "red blood disease"...
Li Changxiao pointed his finger and a ray of light shot out, easily killing the rabbit.
The strange diseases he has encountered so far are all contagious, but they are far from strong. There needs to be blood contact for there to be a certain probability of infection.
A few days before entering the Endless Forest, Li Changxiao conducted an experiment. He killed a bear. Compared with a normal grizzly bear, it seemed that because it was in a marginal area, it was less infected with strange diseases, only one or two.
Then he took his blood, swallowed it, and observed carefully whether he would be infected.
The result is no.
He had anticipated this result. Perhaps there really was such a thing as "innate supernatural powers". Since he was born in this world, he had a clearer understanding of his own abilities.
He has always known that he is immune to all poisons and diseases, and that he can recover from any injury with just a good sleep.
Several more months passed.
They have reached a very deep place, and the strange diseases here are becoming more and more terrifying, to the extent that even the vegetation has been infected. Ordinary cultivators who come here will definitely be infected with some strange diseases.
As there was no one around, Li Changxiao did not need to save his spiritual energy. He always activated the "Eye of Detection" technique and accidentally discovered a clear spring.
There are five golden fish swimming in the spring, shining with golden light, which is extraordinary and magical.
Li Changxiao's eyes lit up, and he jumped into the river and caught all the fish. If he was not mistaken, this kind of fish was the golden black fish, which had a long lifespan and could spit out a golden black pill every hundred years.
When twelve Golden Mysterious Pills are connected in series, they can be refined into an extremely powerful treasure.
In addition, if you eat the fish directly, the fish will enter the treasure body, turn from solid to virtual, and merge into the human body. From then on, the blood vessels will become rivers, allowing them to flow freely, and the acupoints will become holes for them to dig. Its uses are so wide that you can't imagine it. It is of great help whether it is for transporting blood, qi, or mobilizing spiritual energy.
In other words, even if the Golden Black Fish is eaten by a mortal warrior, his strength will increase dramatically. With the help of the black fish, when fighting with others, his internal energy will circulate one step faster than others.
If it were given to cultivators, the benefits would be immeasurable. It is important to know that cultivators would need to mobilize spiritual energy more frequently and use the acupoints more miraculously.
This item is a treasure of heaven and earth, extremely rare, and should not exist here.
Li Changxiao looked around and gradually understood in his mind that this spring was in a hidden place, blocked by trees on all sides, and there were also traces of an illusion array. He was afraid that a powerful person had deliberately raised it here.
There are five golden black fish here. Two of them have grown majestic heads and are showing signs of turning into dragons. The other three are smaller.
From this, it is not difficult to infer that there were only two golden black fish in this spring at the beginning, and the three golden black fish were born later.
The golden black fish is rare, hundreds of times rarer than the dragon.
A male and a female are even rarer, and the breeding conditions of golden black fish are very harsh. The great man must have spent a lot of effort on this.
Unfortunately, this thing is a product of the time when spiritual energy was at its peak.
Now that the spiritual energy has been exhausted, even if the male and female golden black fish are still alive and well, they can no longer give birth to fish.
Li Changxiao felt very sorry and checked the five golden black fish. He found that due to the closed terrain, these five fish had never come into contact with other strange beasts and had not been infected with any strange diseases.
That night, Li Changxiao ate five fish. These fish were extraordinary creatures and did not need to be killed, grilled or cooked. All he needed to do was wrap them in spiritual energy and then open his mouth. The fish would swim into his body by itself, turning from solid to virtual, and from then on, it would proudly swim in the blood vessels and help him open up the acupoints.
This was an unexpected surprise. It could be said to be accidental, but it was also inevitable. Li Changxiao was neither arrogant nor impatient, but just walked forward step by step as he did before.
After leaving Qingquan, Li Changxiao discovered more and more works left behind by powerful people.
There is a strange grass buried on the top of the mountain, with a dazzling flower heart on it.
There was a treasure basin filled with dew from exotic trees.
These things definitely do not exist naturally, they must be man-made.
This is a dangerous place where strange diseases are rampant.
But as the saying goes, wealth and honor are sought in danger. It is precisely because this place is dangerous enough that the so-called "wealth and honor" can be nurtured, and that is why many powerful people have left their marks here.
Of course, there are traces of large formations next to the works of these powerful men. If the spiritual energy had not been exhausted, it would be difficult to even discover them, let alone get involved.
Li Changxiao collected them one by one. He never thought that he, who just wanted to find the original marrow of the wood, would accidentally pick up so many leaks.
I am happy of course.
But I can't help feeling a little sad.
And a bit lonely.
When the great Dao died, the monks of the world changed their ways and vigorously sought to reform.
It seems that I have become a loner.
Having witnessed the prosperity of the road, and then its present desolation, no one cares about the treasures of heaven and earth, and only one can walk on the road alone.