The place Li Yan wanted to go was a place called "Red Maple Pond". It was there that Master Xueye discovered the Red Mother Spirit. After some judgment, Li Yan found that the place he was teleported to was a place called "Green Python Forest". It was about four thousand miles away from the destination, which was not very far.
Li Yan's body turned into a wisp of light smoke and traveled through the forest. He was no longer a mortal now, so he no longer needed to go through the trouble of cutting through thorns and bushes as he had done when hunting in the Daqing Mountains before.
There are many monsters in the "Green Python Forest". Along the way, we encountered countless monsters, such as the Double-Soul Wolf, the Golden-Eyed Flower Spider, the Leaf-Eating Leech, the Shadow-Snatching Bird, etc. These were all monsters that we had seen in the jade slips that had been destroyed by themselves. Most of the monsters here were derived from evil spirits and were unique to this place.
Some were taken in from the outside world and lived here for generations. Li Yan guessed that it might be the work of the owner who built this tower, or it might be that cultivators from the outside world died here while training, and the spirit beasts they carried were left here.
Li Yan had no plan to stop and hunt monsters now. Perhaps he would have this idea only after he successfully obtained the Red Mother Essence, so he quietly avoided all the monsters he encountered.
As he rushed along, he would only stop to pick some rare herbs occasionally. Although Li Yan's alchemy skills were very ordinary, he had come into contact with quite a few herbs. How could he let go of the opportunity
However, some herbs would be accompanied by monsters. If the monsters were easy to kill, Li Yan would kill them and get the herbs. If some monsters were very difficult to deal with, Li Yan would weigh the value of the herbs before deciding whether to fight them.
But until Li Yan walked more than 400 miles, he had only picked two or three precious herbs. This phenomenon is understandable. Li Yan was moving very fast, and he would only pick the herbs he encountered in a straight line. This is different from looking for herbs alone. Moreover, this jungle has been visited by countless monks since ancient times. The possibility of encountering particularly precious herbs is very small without great opportunity and deep search in remote places.
The most difficult creature in this jungle, and the only overlord, is a second-order peak rhinoceros-horn green python, which is equivalent to a fake elixir cultivator. However, given that the Jiao pythons have a close relationship with the dragon clan, the innate magical powers of this kind of monsters are usually very powerful. Normally, cultivators will not fight with monsters such as Jiao pythons, phoenixes, and unicorns, unless they particularly want to get their flesh, blood, and bones to refine weapons.
Li Yan, who was flying, suddenly showed a change of expression, and his originally faint figure disappeared in the air.
He sensed that two cultivators were quietly approaching in front of him. Li Yan had already walked hundreds of miles on this second floor, and this was the first time he encountered a cultivator. It was a bit rare to say, but for the Beiming Demon Suppression Tower, it was very normal.
Although the Pure Land Sect allows monks from outside to come here to train, how many monks can actually enter? After entering, they are distributed to several floors in the tower, and each floor is vast and boundless. The monks are scattered among them, and it is difficult to meet each other, unless it is a must-pass place like the "Rongdong" on the first floor. In these two floors, it is estimated that only the entrance to the third floor will have Jindan monks gathering.
The two people Li Yan discovered were two big men, who were obviously from the same sect. They were wearing clothes made of some monster fur, with sleeveless upper bodies and tight trousers. They looked like two hunters. They were not moving very fast. Although they were heading towards Li Yan, their attention was very scattered. All the surrounding areas were the objects of their observation from time to time.
The moment Li Yan disappeared quietly, the two men also stopped moving forward.
After the two men stopped, they squatted down and hid in a bush. One of them held a big knife and the other held a dagger. They really looked like they came for hunting. After looking at each other while walking, they turned their bodies around and cast their gazes to one place, but left their backs to Li Yan. It was obvious that they did not notice Li Yan's existence. Both of them had reached the late stage of foundation building, but they still could not find that someone was spying on them hundreds of feet away.
Li Yan had no intention of attacking. After stopping, he focused his spiritual sense on the place where the two people had noticed. It was a small bush in the forest. In the knee-deep green grass, there was a black flower swaying in the wind. The black flower had three petals and the flower was about the size of two fists. There were faint silver rays emanating from the middle of the petals, which looked a little weird in the forest.
"Silver Vein Flower!" Li Yan thought of the name of this flower the moment he saw it. This is the main material for refining a fourth-level elixir called "Jingliu Pill", which has a good effect on damaged tendons and veins. In fact, except for the main material "Silver Vein Flower" of "Jingliu Pill", which is very difficult to find, the other auxiliary materials are very easy to find.
It has a single function, which is to repair damage to the tendons and veins. Therefore, if it is classified by the difficulty of refining, it can only be regarded as a third-grade elixir at most. However, once the elixir involves the dantian, meridians, and even the soul, its grade will rise sharply. This is why the "Jingliu Pill" has some effect on ordinary tendon and vein injuries. Otherwise, it must be a fifth-grade, or even a sixth- or seventh-grade elixir. But even so, this kind of elixir is priceless.
From this, we can know how rare the "Silver Vein Flower" is. Li Yan observed it with his spiritual sense and felt a little bit sorry, because this "Silver Vein Flower" can only be about 60 years old from its petals. It takes 20 years for a black petal to grow, and this "Silver Vein Flower" has only three leaves. If it is less than 100 years old, the effect will be greatly reduced if it is used as medicine, but Li Yan still wants to get it. He can transplant this flower into the soil spot space to grow slowly.
Looking at the two of them, they seemed to be waiting for something, which made Li Yan a little confused. As far as he knew, the "Silver Vein Flower" had no companion monster. That is to say, although this flower was precious, it needed to be refined with other herbs to stimulate its medicinal effect. For monsters, swallowing it directly would not have much effect, so there would be no monsters to guard it.
Well, if that's the case, why don't these two people pick it? Even though it's only sixty years old, if they go back and nurture it for another forty years, they can sell it for a very high price.
Not knowing what the two were going to do, Li Yan just stayed where he was and watched quietly.
Soon, Li Yan guessed the intention of the two men, because there was a certain distance between the two hidden people, and the "Silver Soul Flower" they were facing was only about a hundred feet, in a semi-enclosed state. Although there were dense trees here, it was almost instantaneous for the cultivators. It was clearly a plan to ambush someone.
"Use flowers as bait!" This is what Li Yan thought of immediately. The two of them used the "Silver Vein Flower" to set an ambush and then killed those who wanted to pick the plants. It was obvious that the two of them wanted to kill and rob. Looking at their skilled appearance, it was definitely not the first time they did this.
After thinking this through, Li Yan had no interest in watching any further. Although there were many monks in the tower, considering the probability of him encountering these two people after traveling 400 miles, it was unknown how long he would have to wait for others to come. So Li Yan did not want to wait any longer and planned to launch a sneak attack on the two of them, and then do something else.
But Li Yan was wrong. Just when he was about to take action, his expression suddenly tensed up. He steadied his body and dived down again. At this moment, he saw a figure rushing towards him in his consciousness. Although the speed was not fast, it arrived nearby in a moment.
In fact, this is because Li Yan is not familiar with the "Green Python Forest". He is now in the western area of the "Green Python Forest". Although the forest is dense, generally speaking, compared with the entire "Green Python Forest", it is a place with the most grass and shrubs, fewer trees, and sufficient water, soil and spiritual energy. Therefore, this is a place on the second floor of the tower where many rare herbs can be found, so this is also a place where monks often appear.
Li Yan is now in the central area of this place, and there is no detailed explanation in the jade slips given by the Pure Land Sect. No matter how generous the Pure Land Sect is, it will mark clearly what is in each area.
The monk quickly arrived near the "Silver Vein Flower". He saw the black petals emitting silver light at a glance. A look of surprise appeared on his face. He took a few quick steps, but after only two steps, he quickly stopped, looked around vigilantly, and then carefully began to search the vicinity.
This is a cultivator who is about forty years old. He carries a long sword, has a strong body, a pair of long arms, slender fingers, and thick joints. At first glance, he is a cultivator who is good at using a long sword, but Li Yan judged that this person is definitely not a sword cultivator from the Ten-Step Academy.
This person was carrying a long sword, and should be an outer sword cultivator. He did not have the sword case of the Ten-Step Academy on his body, but instead inserted the long sword diagonally into a scabbard on his back. Although Li Yan had also heard that the outer sword masters of the Ten-Step Academy, when reaching a certain level, could cultivate the sword case to be like the sword pill of the inner sword lineage, hidden in the divine orifice, but that could only be possible after reaching the late Golden Core stage. This person's cultivation was only the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment stage.
The man in front of him was also extremely cautious. The two people dressed as hunters in front of Li Yan were both motionless, holding their breath, hiding carefully, waiting for the sword cultivator to step into their ambush circle. The sword cultivator was also a veteran in the martial arts world. Although the "Silver Vein Flower" was only more than 200 feet away from him at this moment, he did not rush forward to pick it. Instead, his eyes were more vigilant. After searching for a while, he began to slowly retreat.
At this moment, the two monks in hunter attire, like cheetahs waiting for an opportunity to attack, attacked silently and in tacit understanding. Although the sword cultivator's position at the moment was not in their best attack range, they had no choice.
That was because the swordsman, who seemed to be cautious and had been retreating slowly, made an unexpected move. Just when it seemed that he wanted to leave, his waist, which was bent while retreating, suddenly shook slightly, and his shoulders took the opportunity to shake. The long sword behind him did not make any so-called unsheathing sound, but a streak of light came out of the sheath and slashed out, as if cutting the sky and the earth in the air.