The next morning, Jiang Yuebai and Yunshang bid farewell to Yinhuan, left the village and continued to explore the outskirts of the Shiwan Mountains.
When they reached the top of the mountain, they saw a bunch of hundred-year-old spiritual candle fruits. Jiang Yuebai fought against a group of eagles. Yun Shang plucked the spiritual fruits and also touched two eagle eggs. The Golden Core Eagle King returned and was chased for more than three hundred miles. They applied medicine to each other in the cave.
The baked carved eggs are delicious!
He went down the gorge and entered the bat cave to search for treasure. He didn't find the treasure and almost fell into the bat droppings pit, which alarmed thousands of demon bats. Fortunately, he got help from Jiang Yuebai's Jianxiao puppet and finally wiped out all the demon bats after two days and one night.
Unfortunately, bat meat doesn’t taste good.
There were many kinds of poisonous insects when crossing the swamp. Yun Chang was like a rat entering a rice jar. She filled her own storage bag and stuffed a lot of poisonous insects into Jiang Yuebai's storage bracelet, which delayed her for more than ten days.
The wild fruits are pretty good.
After leaving Mi Ling, they saw the Gu Masters from two villages fighting for the rare flower. Yun Chang wanted to leave the place of trouble, while Jiang Yuebai watched while chewing sugarcane. When the two sides became blood-thirsty, Yun Chang flashed back and forth, snatched the rare flower and escaped.
Two months passed by so quickly, it was a thrilling and exciting journey with lots of noise and fun, and we gained a lot.
Jiang Yuebai collected a lot of spiritual medicines. Although they were not of high age, little by little they accumulated into a lot, and his progress in practicing "The Book of Immortal Herbs" was encouraging.
A lot of animal souls have been collected, but their essence has not yet been extracted.
Yun Chang refined two Black Python Strength-Strangling Gu and more than ten Stone Skin Gu. This type of auxiliary Gu is like a disposable magic weapon and can be directly used by the Gu Master on other people.
With Yun Shang's help, Jiang Yuebai absorbed a black python's strength-strengthening Gu and five stone skin Gu, greatly increasing his strength and defense.
After traveling for half a month, the two finally arrived at Chan Village one day before the Gu Fighting Conference was to begin.
After dealing with the monster materials all over their bodies, the two changed out of their tattered clothes, walked around the street arm in arm, feeling refreshed.
Chanzhai was extremely bustling at this time, with crowds of people jostling each other, the sound of hawkers on the roadside incessant, and the dazzling array of goods making one dazzled.
Jiang Yuebai stocked up some local liquor, especially local liquor soaked with various poisonous insects. He bought ten large jars and planned to give them to the supreme elder when he returned to the sect to see if she would drink it.
"The Gu Fighting Conference will be held for half a month. There are so many people here recently. Ah Chang, can you help me set up a stall to sell elixirs and talismans?"
Jiang Yuebai glanced at the surrounding stalls. Business was particularly good. There were also some outside cultivators buying and selling items from the Central Plains cultivators.
Yun Chang hesitated, "I won't help with the hawking."
"There are so many people in front of the shop over there, what are they doing?"
Jiang Yuebai pulled Yunshang and squeezed behind the crowd, tiptoeing to look inside, and found that it was a place similar to a gambling house, where bets were being placed on the outcome of the Gu Masters participating in the Gu Fighting Competition.
"Achang, how about we place two bets as well, what if we win?" Jiang Yuebai asked.
"We don't know much about these Gu Masters, so how do we know who will win? What if we lose?" Yun Shang said worriedly.
Jiang Yuebai pulled Yun Shang and forced her way to the front, while Yun Shang kept apologizing to the people around her.
After seeing the names of the Gu Masters on the screen in the store, Jiang Yuebai raised his hand and pointed.
"Yinhuan from Yinhuan Village, we know her, so we'll take her into custody."
Yun Shang looked embarrassed, "But I don't think she can take the first place."
"Who cares? I'll bet a hundred lower-grade spirit stones!"
Yun Chang was urged by Jiang Yuebai, and finally she also bet one hundred low-grade spirit stones to buy the silver ring and win the first place.
In the following days, the two watched the Gu Fighting Competition during the day and admired the fights between Gu Masters. At night, they set up stalls at the market to earn a few spirit stones and listen to people around them cursing at each other because of the Gu Fighting Competition.
The Gu fighting competition was exciting. The two of them bet on Yinhuan to win by throwing spirit stones. Every time she went on stage, Jiang Yuebai and Yunshang were extremely nervous.
It was as if Yinhuan was their relative, and they liked him no matter how they looked at him, and even his falling was cute. Yinhuan's opponent was their enemy, and they hated him no matter how they looked at him, and even breathing was wrong.
If Yinhuan had the upper hand, Jiang Yuebai would jump up from the stands; if Yinhuan was slightly defeated, Yunshang would have to cover her face and hold Jiang Yuebai to prevent her from cursing.
However, their hopes were ultimately in vain. Yinhuan lost because she failed to enter the top ten, and Jiang Yuebai was unhappy about this for several days.
It was not until the finals that Jiang Yuebai was attracted by the thrilling and twists-and-turns battle.
Just passing by other people's journeys, appreciating their splendor, and being an insignificant passerby in their cultivation journey can also bring different gains!
"Congratulations to Scorpion Village Gu Master Long Shanxiao for winning the first place in the Foundation Establishment Stage of the Gu Fighting Conference!"
Cheers rang out in the arena, and a grand event of the witch clan came to an end.
"Achang, if you participate, you will definitely win the championship."
The moon was bright in the sky. Jiang Yuebai and Yun Shang were walking on the way back to the inn. There were people happy and sad on the roadside. They were all the frustrated and proud people who had placed their bets.
"That Long Shanxiao is indeed very powerful, but I also discovered her weakness." Yun Shang was rarely confident.
Jiang Yuebai smiled, "When you are no longer afraid of having your secret discovered, come and defeat her and let everyone see how powerful you are."
Yun Shang blushed and smiled, nodding vigorously.
Nothing happened during the night. The next morning, Jiang Yuebai went to Hongyan Tower to collect letters as usual, and finally received a letter from Lu Nanzhi.
After reading it, she realized that the head of the Lu family had unfortunately passed away, that is, Lu Nanzhi's father had passed away.
This matter was suppressed by the Lu family and never spread out until the new head of the Lu family took office and the situation of the Lu family was stabilized again. Only then did Lu Nanzhi dare to tell Jiang Yuebai about this matter.
In the past few years, she has been in the clan mourning for her father and accompanying her mother.
Lu Nanzhi said in the letter that she would go to Baishui District to attend the Fengyun Club in three years, and told Jiang Yuebai not to worry about her, and that they would see each other in Baishui District then.
Jiang Yuebai was still worried about Lu Nanzhi's current situation. The letter did not say who the new head of the family would be, but Jiang Yuebai could probably imagine that Lu Nanzhi would definitely suffer some unfair treatment if she fell from the position of the head of the family's daughter.
Lu Nanzhi has always been strong-willed. No one can change her decision, and she is unwilling to let others interfere. Jiang Yuebai can only write her a letter to greet and comfort her.
In addition to Lu Nanzhi's letter, there was also a small note from Xie Jingshan.
[Jiang Yuebai, just wait for me! ]
"Just this one sentence, coming all the way from the White Waters, must have earned a lot of spirit stones. He really deserves to be called Xie Jingshan, who never lacks money."
When returning to the inn, Jiang Yuebai saw Yu Qiuchi coming back.
After listening to Yun Shang's experiences over the past three months, Yu Qiuchi thanked Jiang Yuebai for accompanying and caring for Yun Shang during this time.
"... I heard from Yun Shang that you were collecting spiritual herbs. These are the three hundred-year-old spiritual herbs I collected during my trip. Please accept them."
Jiang Yuebai never behaves politely with anyone and accepted the elixir immediately.
"Master Yu is so generous. Thank you. Ah Chang, now that Master Yu is back, I should say goodbye to you and continue on my way."
Yun Shang reluctantly held Jiang Yuebai, "Can't you stay for a few more days? Or travel with us?"
Yu Qiuchi said, "Achang, your cultivation is close to the middle stage of foundation building. We have been out for a long time, it is time to return to the sect and let you retreat to the middle stage of foundation building."
Jiang Yuebai nodded, "Yes, cultivation is important, and it's not like I won't return to Tianyan Sect. There's also the Fengyun Conference in three years. You and Master Yu will definitely go there, right? We can meet again there."
"So where are you going next?" Yun Shang asked.
Jiang Yuebai shook his head, "I don't know. Let's go around and find out the news about gold and water spirit objects."
Hearing this, Yu Qiuchi said, "If you want to find these two kinds of spiritual objects... For the gold spiritual object, you can go to the black waters within the Cang Kingdom. There are abundant minerals there, so the possibility of gold spiritual objects appearing there is relatively high. The same goes for the water spiritual object. You can look for it in various sea areas."
"Thank you, Master Yu. Then... we will have to go through a long journey. I will say goodbye to you for now. We will meet again in the future and drink together until dawn."
(End of this chapter)