Thinking of the monsters in the cracks of Yinmo Cliff, Li Yan couldn't help but think of the recent turmoil in the world of immortal cultivation. The purple elephant interrupted his thoughts.
"More than three hundred years ago, when He Baiyi, the chief disciple of the Jianglong Sect, went out for training, the Jianglong Sect leader handed the 'Great Dragon Elephant Formation' to him, hoping that he could awaken the spirit of the formation by chance. However, He Baiyi was unlucky and was ambushed by four snow spirit masters. Although he eventually killed them one by one, he himself was seriously injured and died in a 'melting cave'.
In the end, I had to stay in the ice and snow for many years. For hundreds of years, I was unable to recover any of my cultivation. I gradually lost consciousness. It was not until I arrived at the "Fire Palace" that I woke up and felt the possibility of recovery..."
The purple little elephant said with a gloomy expression that as an ancient ferocious beast, even if it was just a wisp of its spirit, it still had pride in its blood and would not want to be driven by anyone under any circumstances.
"You..., Master... Master, when did you poison?" The purple elephant hesitated for a moment and finally asked, but it still felt uncomfortable with this address.
Li Yan smiled slightly but did not answer. Instead, he continued to ask, "How powerful can you drive the 'Big Dragon Elephant Formation' now?" He did not want to talk about such trivial matters as expelling poison, as it would only make the purple elephant feel mysterious and fearful.
Although this purple elephant has a lot of inheritance in its memory, it has always been in hiding and has no real experience in fighting the enemy. It absorbs the high temperature here like a whale sucking water. Li Yan doesn't need to poison it deliberately. He only needs to add a little bit of poison that can damage the soul.
Seeing that Li Yan did not answer his question at all, disappointment flashed in the purple elephant's eyes, but he had to answer Li Yan's question, just like an order that could not be disobeyed. After thinking for a while, he said uncertainly.
"My soul power has recovered less than 40% now. If it can be fully recovered, I estimate that the 'Great Dragon Elephant Formation' can trap at most one Jindan middle stage cultivator. It may be possible to trap a Jindan late stage cultivator for three to five breaths."
"You mean that those in the middle and late stages of the Golden Core can be trapped?" Li Yan's heart sank.
He had never expected this. In his opinion, the little purple elephant had fully recovered, but it was still a little elephant and did not possess a powerful soul like the adult Purple Dragon Elephant. But he soon understood.
The key point of the "Great Dragon Elephant Formation" is the formation. Although the formation spirit is the main thing, its power can be amplified tenfold or a hundredfold after being converted through the formation. This is the terrifying aspect of the formation.
What made Li Yan feel powerless was that this little purple dragon elephant had only recovered less than 40% of its strength. His body, which he was so proud of, was actually struggling to resist.
"This should be the power of the Purple Divine Dragon Elephant." Li Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
"Do you only need the high temperature here to recover, or do you need some other natural treasures? I mean, can you be promoted in the future?"
Li Yan thought for a while and asked, although there was only one small purple dragon elephant left in the "Big Dragon Elephant Formation", it was a great help to him. Not only must the little purple dragon elephant recover as soon as possible, but it would also be best if its spirit could continue to grow stronger.
Under Li Yan's expectant gaze, the little purple dragon elephant's eyes slowly lit up. "The high temperature here can only allow me to slowly recover to 50%, but the magma below may help me condense my soul. But if I want to advance, of course I need some other natural treasures to nourish my soul. The temperature of the magma here can no longer promote my advancement.
Master, you are so powerful, practicing both magic and body, and you are also a poison practitioner, so you must have a lot of treasures like this. Let me think, I only need a few herbs and monsters to quickly advance, such as Longyang tree fruit, precious peach juice, white wind bird bones, tiger-headed sparrow blood, ten-tailed dragon scorpion hook poison... "
“Stop, stop, stop right there…” Li Yan felt that he had asked a very stupid question. Among the things the little purple dragon elephant mentioned, there were some that he had never heard of before, but he knew the white wind bird and the ten-tailed dragon scorpion, which seemed to be ancient monsters. They cannot be said to be extinct now, but they are also very rare. From this, it can be seen that the Longyang Tree and the tiger-headed bird are also very rare.
"What's wrong? Master, these are all common fire-type herbs and monsters!!" said the little purple dragon elephant with some dissatisfaction.
Li Yan stroked his forehead with his hand and said, "I say, you have been in Jianglongmen for at least thousands of years, or even longer, right? Have you seen the things you mentioned?"
"This... this is not the case, but after the Dragon Subduing Sect went into seclusion, it's located in a remote area and rarely appears in the world. It's normal that we can't see it." The little purple dragon elephant paused for a moment, then said with a hint of heat in its eyes, it had long lost its previous arrogant tone.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye out for it. When I find it, I'll give it to you as soon as possible. Do you want to continue recovering now?" Li Yan quickly changed the subject.
Seeing Li Yan's helpless look, the little purple dragon elephant was still unwilling to give up, and asked carefully, "Master, do you really not have any of these things? I have a few more here, maybe you have them in your storage bag, like the Nine Phoenix Feathers..."
"No, none of them. To tell you the truth, what you said may have long been extinct in this world. Some of them I have never even heard of. Are you still practicing? I see that you are very energetic. Do you want to perform the ritual again to strengthen our blood connection?"
"Then... Don't do that!" The little purple dragon elephant was terrified. Every time he practiced, it was a difficult journey for his mind. "How long will it take for you to practice here to make your soul completely solid?" Li Yan breathed a sigh of relief and finally understood what the little purple dragon elephant meant by pretending to be old. It was because it was unsure and wanted to take advantage of him. In fact, it didn't know many things except for some things in its memory.
"Now, I can swallow the high temperature once every half an hour, and each time I can swallow more and more. I estimate that if I swallow it twice, the high temperature here will not be enough for my cultivation. Then I will need to swallow the magma below. As for how many times I need to swallow the magma before I can solidify my soul, I can't judge now. I can only know after swallowing it once. But the temperature of the magma here should be enough for me to solidify my soul."
After Li Yan sensed the situation outside the mountain, he said to the little purple dragon elephant, "The high temperature here can be completely provided and replenished by the magma below, and all of this is within the 'Big Dragon Elephant Formation', so those cultivators outside cannot sense it. You can continue to absorb the high temperature to practice.
But when you need to devour the magma below, it will make a lot of noise. Now you can't completely seal the entire cave with the 'Big Dragon Elephant Formation'. You can only devour the magma below after the monks outside have dispersed."
After saying this, Li Yan no longer looked at the little purple dragon elephant. He now even doubted whether his decision to subdue the little purple dragon elephant was correct.
Shaking his head gently and no longer looking at the dissatisfied eyes of the little purple dragon elephant, Li Yan finally turned his head to look at Bro who had been in a coma.
The injuries on Bro's body looked horrible, with several broken bones sticking out from his ribs, and streaks of blood in the white flesh, which was really chilling. If it happened to a mortal, he would most likely die. However, for a cultivator, as long as it was not a limb regeneration, reconnecting broken bones was a trivial matter.
Bro only felt that he had a very long dream. In the dream, he was in a closed dark space. His body kept falling down. No matter how hard he tried or how he struggled, he could not use any of the spiritual power that he could easily summon up on a normal day.
In his fear, he could only let his body fall downwards as if it would never end. He didn't know why he came here, nor who he was before. However, many familiar scenes and faces kept passing by his eyes. They were so familiar, yet strange. He was in a daze like this for no apparent reason.
Suddenly, he felt his body shake, and then all the images in front of his eyes became fragmented and floated away. He saw a ray of light in his eyes, and he couldn't help but cheer up and tried to fly towards the light.
What came into view was an ordinary face. Bro was somewhat familiar with this face, but not quite. His mind was still in a daze. He tried to turn his head and found himself lying on the ground with waves of heat coming from under him.
Li Yan nodded in satisfaction. Bro's body was only badly injured by the collision. This was a trivial matter for a cultivator, but Bro's body had a large amount of poison accumulated in it. It took Li Yan a lot of effort to force out most of the poison in Bro's body.
This is not to say that Monk Yiming's attack was not powerful enough, nor that Bro's body was strong, but that the bamboo basket behind Bro took up most of the attack force. To be precise, Monk Yiming's attack hit the protection range of the two straps of the bamboo basket on Bro's chest.
Otherwise, with the "Little Vajra Body" that Monk Yiming had cultivated for more than a hundred years, just that one blow would have exploded Bro's entire body into a ball of blood mist.
"Brother Bro, you are really lucky. But how did you recruit dozens of monks to hunt you down? I am really curious about your courage!"
Just when Bro was still a little confused, a cold voice sounded in his ears, which made Bro's consciousness quickly return to his brain, and many memories also flooded into his mind.
"It's you? Where am I?" Bro finally recognized Li Yan, but a look of vigilance suddenly appeared on his face, and the spiritual power in his body began to surge.
"If I want to kill you, do I need to wake you up? If I wake you up, can I still let you use your magic power?" Li Yan stood up slowly, looking at Bro on the ground and said calmly.
As Bro moved his spiritual power, he felt that there was no restraint on his body, but he just reacted and Li Yan's words rang out at the same time. He already understood his situation.
Although he was arrogant, he was a very smart person. He figured out everything that happened in an instant. He knew that it was the person in front of him who saved him, although he didn't understand why this person did that? And how did this person save him from the three people's joint efforts? But the fact that the other party didn't seal him up was enough to explain everything.
"Oh, it turns out to be Brother Daoist Jiang. Bro has just woken up from a serious injury, so his mind is still confused. Thank you for saving my life."
As Bro was speaking, he slowly sat up and found that although the injuries he had suffered before were not completely healed, he felt a cool and itchy sensation at the broken bones, which were the symptoms of rapid healing.
He felt again that although the spiritual power in his dantian was still weak, it was no longer as violent and uncontrollable as before. He felt relieved, but when he sat up, he was still shocked. He saw the bamboo basket placed beside him, and the bamboo branches that had not been put into it were still leaning against the inside of the bamboo basket. There was also a piece of oilcloth and a silver plate on the ground. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.