Li Yan had already made hand gestures to cast a spell and put away the formation, but when he heard Mei Hongyu's warning, he just nodded slightly. The other party was right. The place he was going to was still close to the Green Python Forest. The monster had suffered a loss, and it was hard to say whether it would not come to seek revenge. According to Mei Hongyu, the monster might be particularly sensitive to a certain smell.
But when Mei Hongyu mentioned the word "bitter-free powder" in her later words, he was stunned for a moment. After a moment, he realized that bitter-free powder was one of the five main ingredients he used to refine Guiyi Fenshui Thorn. When he left Xuanqing Temple, he heard that bitter-free powder had appeared in the market of Linshui City. It seemed that it was bought by a woman a few years ago.
Seeing the gleam in Li Yan's eyes, Mei Hongyu knew something in her heart. She stopped talking, as if she had realized something.
"It seems that Master Jiang also needs bitter-free powder. If that's the case, Hong Yu didn't use much this time. She still has most of the amount she bought several years ago.
Well, now that the medicine Hong Yu needs is in hand, if you need it, then I will take it all, but I don’t know if the quantity is enough.”
As she spoke, Mei Hongyu smiled for the first time. In a flash of inspiration, a small jade box appeared in her fair hand. Then with a gentle push, the jade box flew towards Li Yanxu.
It has to be said that Mei Hongyu is extremely intelligent and decisive.
Seeing that he had only asked one question, Li Yan thought at first that he had heard it wrong. Unexpectedly, the other party not only had this thing, but also had most of it in stock. At the same time, he nodded secretly at the woman's cleverness.
Seeing the jade box flying towards him, Li Yan was no longer polite this time and grabbed the jade box in his hand. The jade box was warm to the touch, with a faint fragrance on it. Li Yan blushed, this fragrance was somewhat familiar to him, it was exactly the same as the orchid fragrance that had just been exhaled in his ear. He naturally knew where the fragrance came from.
Seeing that Li Yan did not open the jade box immediately after taking it, but looked dazed, Mei Hongyu, who was far away, was very smart. She immediately retracted her jade hand that was about to push out the jade box. After lowering her hand, she twisted the corner of her green shirt awkwardly and felt her cheeks burning.
Li Yan's nose twitched unconsciously, and then he lifted the jade box with his thumb and the lid opened. While he was opening the jade box, he had already held his breath, and the spiritual power in his body was secretly surging, and he was cautious and alert.
Everything was normal. The jade box was about the size of a palm and had a faint glow. The moment the lid was opened, what caught Li Yan's eyes was a powdery substance that was half thick in the box and turned slightly yellow when spread out, like some kind of medicinal powder that had been ground by someone.
Li Yan stretched out his other hand, gently picked up some powder with his fingertips, then held it in front of his eyes and looked at it carefully for a while, and finally sniffed it with the tip of his nose, and a smile slowly appeared on his face.
"It is indeed bitter-free powder. Both the shape and smell are exactly the same as Pingtu's description. It looks like there is still more than half a box left. It is completely enough to refine a pair of Guiyi Water-Dividing Thorns. There is even some left."
Li Yan thought to himself, then he looked up at Mei Hongyu who was slightly lowering her head as if thinking about something.
"It is exactly what Jiang needs, and the quantity is sufficient. Please tell me how many spirit stones this item costs, Fairy Mei."
Mei Hongyu's face was still flushed, and she looked up in surprise.
"This is for Master Jiang. You saved my mother and me before. I told you that I don't have many spirit stones on me. I didn't know how to thank you. Now, by chance, I have what you need. Why would you even bother with spirit stones? Do you think Hong Yu is really an ungrateful person?"
A trace of anger appeared on Mei Hongyu's face. She was a strong-willed person by nature, and it was not her wish to be unable to repay someone for saving her life.
"Oh... Oh, then... Then Jiang will accept it. Thank you, Fairy Mei! Jiang wishes you a speedy recovery and that you and your wife can relive the joy of family life again."
In fact, Li Yan had seen Mei Hongyu's nobleness outside the tower. Because she didn't have many spirit stones on her, she first begged the Zen monk to reduce the number of spirit stones allowed in. After being rejected, she never mentioned it again. He knew at that time that this woman must be a strong-willed person, and now he is even more certain of it.
At the same time, Li Yan concluded in his heart that Mei Hongyu was the woman who bought the "bitter-free powder" in Linshui City several years ago. However, Li Yan had no intention of asking further questions. In that case, the other party might guess that he was from other areas and not a cultivator under the jurisdiction of the Pure Land Sect.
As for where Mei Hongyu came from, as they had just met by chance, he did not want to ask any more questions. A spiritual light flashed in his hand, and the jade box disappeared. Then he said no more and pointed at the floating purple flag. The flag immediately started to spin, and the formation was put away in an instant.
He did everything while talking, but when Li Yan finished everything, he found that Mei Hongyu's face suddenly dimmed. He couldn't help but feel strange and wanted to ask another question, but saw that Mei Hongyu was just slightly dazed, and then the gleam in her eyes reappeared, and she nodded to Li Yan.
"Thank you for your kind words, Mr. Jiang. Hong Yu will say goodbye now. Mr. Jiang, please be careful in the tower and take care!"
After saying that, he stopped dragging his feet. A faint light flashed on his body, and his body was as light as nothing. He soared into the air, and in a moment he was invisible, and then quickly disappeared into the vast night sky. Although Li Yan's blue shirt was too long, when Mei Hongyu took off with the wind, the wide hem of his clothes fluttered backwards, moving with the wind, and dragged like a long skirt through the air.
Looking at the plum blossom rain that quickly disappeared in the night sky, Li Yan could still smell the faint fragrance at the tip of his nose. Only then did he breathe a long sigh of relief, as if a heavy stone had been lifted from his heart. Although both of them had deliberately avoided the embarrassing incident and kept silent about it before, it was obvious that both of them looked extremely unnatural.
"This woman has a long, light and agile aura. Could it be that she has a rare wind-attributed spiritual root? Seeing that she can hardly sense any waste of spiritual power when using it, her true cultivation level may be close to breaking through the golden elixir stage.
In a direct spiritual battle, I am definitely not her opponent. If it hadn't been poisoned, the rhinoceros-horned green python might not have been able to defeat her. No wonder a green python forest overlord had to use a sneak attack to win. The wind-attributed cultivator's attacks are unpredictable and very difficult to deal with."
Li Yan, who had calmed down a little, suddenly thought, "Oh, right, Mei Hongyu was so beautiful before, and she seemed to be very different from what I saw during the day. Could it be my illusion, or is it the spring poison that makes people's temperament change drastically, and they appear different..."
Li Yan immediately shook his head quickly, because this thought reminded him of what happened before, so he waved his sleeves and floated up, as if to shake off the beauty in his heart. He also hurriedly left this embarrassing place, but at the same time he was in a very good mood. He accidentally got the bitterness-free powder, which could be said to be destiny.
At this moment, dozens of miles away from Li Yan, a plump figure appeared again in the night sky. She looked down at the green shirt on her body. With a complicated expression, she gently took off the green shirt. Then, after a blur on her body, the previously damaged dress disappeared, and a light blue dress was put on her again, which was charming and beautiful.
Looking at the green shirt in her hand, Mei Hongyu was stunned for a while, her face turned pale and red alternately for a while, and finally she put the green shirt into the storage bag.
Feeling the heat on her face, she immediately thought of something. Mei Hongyu couldn't help but moan and quickly stroked her jade-like face. Then her jade-like face turned even pinker. "Damn that lustful python. That poison actually broke my illusion. I didn't realize it for a moment. I think that person saw it clearly."
Then she gently wiped her face with her jade hand. When she raised her head again, her face had returned to its cold and indifferent state. Although her whole appearance was still about 60% similar to before, she had become a person in her 35th or 36th year, no longer as gorgeous and charming as before. She murmured to herself.
"After Fei'er's illness is cured, it's time to look for that man. My husband, you risked your life to protect us. Now it's time to avenge you. I will hunt him down and kill him, even if it means searching all over the world, and put an end to this hatred."
Finally, she turned her head and glanced in the direction of the Green Python Forest. She gritted her teeth in hatred and said, "Next time I come, the Green Python Forest will have a new owner. Even if you have dominated this place for many years, I will not let you go. Not only did you almost ruin my innocence, you also caused cracks in the 'Wind Bright Art' that I was practicing, and my character became loose. You must die!"
There were still whispers in the air. The night sky was already empty, with only the breeze blowing the waves of the forest.
Li Yan traveled overnight. Two days later, at dusk, he saw a fiery red maple forest in the sky from afar. Since Li Yan left the green python forest yesterday, the trees on the entire ground began to become sparse, and what appeared in his eyes were low hills covered with wild flowers. Only now did his vision change again.
Li Yan, dressed in a black robe, was flying in the air, overlooking the low mountains from above.
The setting sun was like blood, and the maple leaves were layered. Li Yan walked all the way from the first floor of the tower, as if he had walked from winter to spring and summer, and now he had reached the golden autumn. There were red leaves, yellow trees, and the wind rustled the leaves. Occasionally, maple leaves were floating around in the woods.
Not long after, Li Yan landed. He stood by the stream in the forest. The clear stream was flowing slowly. Occasionally, a few maple leaves were spinning gently in the breeze, or floating in the air like ups and downs of boats, and finally fell into the stream and drifted down with the waves. After being wetted by the water in the stream, the maple leaves became even wetter and cleaner.
The maple leaves that fell on the shore were propped up by the green and yellow grass and stood tilted. They seemed to be shaking unwillingly in the breeze, as if they were trying to jump into the stream and drift with the flow to see the scenery elsewhere.
In the maple forest, the trees are not very dense, so the layers of red and yellow maple leaves under the trees are like a thick red and yellow carpet, with more red and less yellow, stretching out into the distant forest. Even if Li Yan stands by the stream, he can see very far through the gaps in the forest. The setting sun in the distance intersects and shines, and the red and yellow interweave on the ground, which is as beautiful as a poem...
"The person who created the North Ming Demon Suppression Tower should not be a tyrannical person. Walking all the way from the first floor, the changing of seasons is poetic and picturesque. Compared with the magnificent ice and snow wall on the first floor, it is even more refreshing and pleasant. Could it be that the predecessor who created the North Ming Demon Suppression Tower was a female cultivator?"
Li Yan withdrew his gaze, but then thought of the several fights he encountered on the way. Although he relied on his powerful spiritual sense to avoid them one by one, the battles he saw were extremely bloody. However, Li Yan decisively stayed away from them. As soon as he saw them, he flew away immediately. Even though the blood stained the sky and the wailing was heard, Li Yan just moved forward quietly.
"Even if you are an immortal, even if you live in a fairyland, it is nothing but a bloody world. It is no different from the world of mortals, except that there are more powerful things and more ways to kill people. Changsheng..."
Li Yan's thoughts flooded into his mind, but when he thought of the rotten intestines and punctured stomachs and the blood raining in the sky he saw along the way, he couldn't help but lose interest for a moment.