Zhu Bangbo was persuaded to retreat by physical means. There were no more obstacles ahead, so Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan were able to move forward unhindered.
This surprised him quite a bit. After receiving the invitation, Zhu Qilan did not rush to act, but waited for three or five days before setting off.
Considering that Zhu Qilan was the eldest princess, although she held a senior civil servant position, her interests were absolutely contrary to those of the Huangji Sect. It would be inappropriate to deliver the invitation to her on time, and there was a delay of three to five days.
After such a long delay, few people came to the secret realm to seek opportunities...
Are the disciples of Huangji Sect too indifferent, or are they from wealthy families who have no worries about food and clothing and look down on a mere secret realm
If you don't understand, just ask. Lu Bei expressed his doubts and Zhu Qilan explained it calmly.
Because of the Chinese New Year.
The Huangji Sect is both an official force and a family force. When there are many people, there are many etiquettes. During festivals, everyone stays away from the ground.
Moreover, the three states are far away from the capital, the emperor is far away, and there is a lack of constraints and supervision. The activities between them are very frequent, which has delayed the opportunity to explore the secret realm.
There is another reason that Zhu Qilan did not make clear.
The big family meeting involves the distribution of interests. The big group oppresses dissidents, and the small group seeks opportunities to curry favor with the big brother. The gains and losses are visible to the naked eye. It is a secret place that has not yet been explored. How much you can gain depends on luck. Compared with the two, the meeting is more profitable.
…
The two of them moved forward in the cave, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. The reason they moved slowly was because Lu Bei was a poor man with nothing at home, so he felt that anything new he saw was destined to happen.
For example, when they passed by a spiritual spring, Zhu Qilan took some spring water. Lu Bei took a few big gulps but still felt unsatisfied, so he dived down and found a pearl as big as three bedrooms and two living rooms at the bottom of the spiritual spring... a shell.
Pearl oysters are not rare, but those as big as a three-bedroom and two-living-room house are very rare. The black pearls are as big as a human head, and the small ones are as big as a fist. They are nourished by spiritual energy over the years, and each one is plump and strong.
Lu Bei decisively launched rescue work, extended a helping hand to the rare species, forced his way in, and took away all the pearls.
In this way, the pearl oyster has no value to be exploited, and its existence is meaningless. It is forced to rot and is completely safe, with no more worries about its life.
Lu Bei silently gave himself a thumbs up for doing good deeds every day. In this materialistic world of immortal cultivation, there are not many enthusiastic people like him who only want to give without expecting anything in return.
Keep it up, don’t let the pure stream of the immortal cultivation world be cut off.
Seeing that Lu Bei had found a dozen pearls that looked good and were of good quality and could be used for both internal and external use, Zhu Qilan gave him a curious look and said nothing, letting him figure it out on his own.
Lu Bei simply ignored it. What a joke! This was a treasure passed down from daughters to daughters in the Lu family. His parents, whom he had never met, had just appeared in his dream. This was a serious matter and he couldn’t just give it away casually.
Once given away, it must be matched with the Y chromosome of the Lu family, which is passed down to males but not females.
If there is a lack of fairness, there may be a fire in the backyard.
Facing Zhu Qilan's curious gaze, Lu Bei slapped her on the back of her head, quickened his pace, and walked towards the next opportunity.
There is no light source in the cave at the bottom of the lake. The lighting depends entirely on springs of varying sizes. The rock walls are soaked in cold water, which has a fluorescent effect. Extending downward, the veins are connected in all directions and are integrated with the underground river.
Therefore, even though there is no light, some plants can still grow tenaciously with the help of a little light source.
Lu Bei kept an eye on all directions and, relying on his experience as a bushwalker, discovered a large area of green plants next to the spring before Zhu Qilan.
It is lush and green, with upright rhizomes and narrow leaves dotted with grayish-white lines.
"Cousin, what kind of magical herb is this?" Lu Bei looked around but didn't find any fruit, so he plucked a few and swallowed them.
Because the house was not big, with only three bedrooms and two living rooms, he plucked it all out in just a few moves.
"Heart-eating grass." Zhu Qilan gave the answer.
"It turns out to be the carnivorous grass. I was wondering why it looked so familiar." Lu Bei suddenly realized.
Zhu Qilan rolled his eyes. Knowing that Lu Bei didn't know, he reminded him, "Heart-eating grass is the main ingredient for refining the Soul-breaking Pill. It has a single function and almost no other uses. Be careful and don't eat it carelessly."
"Ah... Ah, it's the Soul-Severing Pill."
"… "
In the vast world of immortal cultivation, it is common for elixirs to have the same name. For example, in the simple and pure western land of Mingfeng, there are thousands of poisons named "Soul-breaking Pills" alone.
Lu Bei didn't know what kind of soul-breaking pill it was, and Zhu Qilan was not surprised. He explained as they walked.
Known as a heart-eater, it is definitely not a good grass.
The effect of the heart-eating herb is single, and it lowers the state of mind.
The refined Soul-breaking Pill is delicious in color, aroma and taste. Once a cultivator takes it, his realm will plummet and his magic power will go out of control. In the mildest case, his eyes and mouth will become crooked, in the worst case, he will urinate blood, and in the worst case, his body will explode and die. The way he dies is extremely horrible.
Because the growing environment of the heart-eating grass is harsh and difficult to cultivate in large quantities, and its medicinal effect is too anti-monk, it has been basically eliminated from the territory of Wu Zhou.
It is hard to say whether the official inventory exists, but there is definitely none among the public.
Lu Bei's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he secretly thought it was a magical herb, but soon he heard bad news.
Whether it is the Heart-Eating Grass or the Soul-Severing Pill, neither of them can target cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Realm. Against the Innate Realm, it is very helpful for expelling gas, but against the Core-Bearing Realm, the efficacy cannot last too long.
It can be said that if a person at the Baodan realm accidentally ingests this medicine, there is no need to panic. As long as he can survive the period when his magic power is out of control, even if he explodes and dies, his realm will be restored to its original level.
What is yours will always be yours, and no one can take it away, not even the grass can.
It's tasteless to eat and a pity to throw away, it's definitely a waste.
Lu Bei showed disappointment. He tried his best to think of a proper way to use it, but couldn't think of a good way to use it.
"It can be used for interrogation." Zhu Qilan said lightly.
As far as she knew, there was still a stockpile of Soul-Breaking Pills inside the Xuanyin Division. If they encountered someone who would not confess even if beaten to death, they would treat him to a feast of Soul-Breaking Pills.
As it turned out, most of the hard-core customers were just waiting for quotes, and were unwilling to speak because the offer was too little. But when faced with the meal packages of fried soul-breaking pills, steamed soul-breaking pills, and stir-fried soul-breaking pills, they were so moved that they burst into tears on the spot and answered whatever was asked.
Lu Bei thought for a while and decided to resell the grass to Hu San in a private capacity. The latter bought it back at a high price in his capacity as a purple guard of the Xuanyin Division.
After using the public account, the profit was split 97% and he got 97% of it, so both brothers made a profit.
…
The underground world was formed naturally, with connections in all directions and an area that is difficult to calculate. It would take Lu Bei and Zhu Qilan forever to explore it.
There was no way to conduct a blanket search, so any opportunities he encountered depended entirely on luck. Lu Bei considered himself the reincarnation of the European Emperor, so he was extremely confident in this aspect of luck.
As for the luck value on the personal panel...
He still said the same thing, luck is different from all attributes, it cannot be expressed by mere numbers, just for fun, don't take it seriously.
After exploring for about two days, Zhu Qilan couldn't stand Lu Bei's ugly eating habits anymore, so he quit the two-person team, picked a dark cave, and walked in alone without looking back.
This lack of organization and discipline, complete lack of collectivist spirit, selfishness and narrow-minded thinking that only cares about personal gains and losses immediately attracted a severe rebuke from Team Leader Lu.
Considering that Zhu Qilan had been a princess since she was young, and had been provided with everything she wanted, with deep-rooted feudal ideas, it would be difficult for her to be as wise and righteous as him. A simple reprimand would be of no use, so Lu Bei decided to scold her for a while longer.
Chat for two hours to moisten your throat.
"It's in the middle of nowhere, it's dark, and there's not a lot of people around. What if I run into a bad guy?"
"You know, I now have Sister Yu's appearance and figure. Most people can't control themselves at all!"
"The same goes for you. If you encounter hundreds of beasts, where will the dignity of the royal family be?"
"Let's take a step back. As a Qingwei of the Xuanyin Division, I am surrounded by wild dogs of the Huangji Sect. I feel very insecure alone... Why are you looking at me? I didn't say that you are also a wild dog."
"Oh, I see. You want to kill someone with a borrowed knife!"
“Waibiwaibi…balabala…bilibili…”
Zhu Qilan was extremely annoyed. She had never seen such a long-winded man before. She snorted coldly and forced Lu Bei to retreat. She flew into the air to speed up her journey. In mid-air, she suddenly stopped and turned back to punch hard.
"Hey, no hit."
"… "
Two people, one in front and one behind, one running and the other chasing, with the combination of man and woman, the exploration efficiency is greatly improved several times.
Running wildly all the way, a slightly strange smell aroused Zhu Qilan's vigilance. She gestured to Lu Bei not to make trouble and walked quickly forward.
The breath is neither human nor dead; it is ambiguous and cannot be specifically categorized.
Sensing a strange aura, Lu Bei perked up. He thought that something must be wrong when things were abnormal. If his guess was correct, it was his European Emperor physique that was acting up and he had come across a great opportunity.
The cold cave has a square layout, and the carved pillars show obvious traces of human intervention. The construction method of chiseling through the rock wall makes it seem as if an entire palace is embedded in it.
The two of them walked slowly along the way and did not encounter any formation mechanisms. In front of the palace gate, they were blocked by the owner of a strange aura.
Sixteen snow-white tigers without any stray hairs blocked the way. Their translucent bodies were between real and fake and difficult to distinguish. They were five meters long and each one was exactly the same size, as if they were carved from the same mold.
Analyzing the aura of the sixteen white tigers, Lu Bei did not sense any fluctuation of magic power. Only when he looked into those pairs of golden eyes could he sense the murderous aura.
Different from the dragons in the secret realm of Fire Dragon Mountain, the sixteen white tigers are extremely pure, their evil spirits do not contain any impurities, and they are born naturally and not cultivated.
He took a deep breath and gave Zhu Qilan a look. The situation was unclear, so he decided to wait and see.
To his surprise, Zhu Qilan looked directly at the white tiger spirit in front of him, took a tentative step, and without encountering any warning, he quickly stepped forward and walked straight into the hall.
Lu Bei's eyes widened. It turned out there was such a method. He followed suit, looked at the white tiger spirit in front of him, and took a steady step forward.
"Roar, roar, roar—" x16
Sixteen translucent white tigers instantly materialized, roaring and roaring, shaking the entire cave.
Lu Bei: “…”
The princess can survive, but her personal maid can’t. When will the maid be able to stand up again
Master Bianyi once said that there are two kinds of opportunities, those that come to you on their own initiative and those that come to you on their own initiative. As long as you can reason, opportunities are everywhere.
Lu Bei agreed with this and ignored the sixteen majestic white tigers. He took another step forward despite the violent wind and waves.
The warning was ineffective. Sixteen white tigers jumped out of the cordon at the same time. Their golden eyes flashed with murderous intent. They froze the space for a moment and crisscrossed around Lu Bei.
In the blink of an eye, the sharp edge cut repeatedly tens of thousands of times.
Those who had no chance were killed to ashes, and the sixteen white tigers regained their translucent bodies, either turning into stone statues or slowly sinking into the ground.
In the palace, Lu Bei, who sneaked in through the air, was thoughtful: "The IQ is average, no, there is no brain at all... It's not a spirit, it's just a defense mechanism."
A streak of blood extended from his cheek. He raised his hand and wiped it across his face, but not only did it fail to heal the wound, but his palm was also cut by the lingering murderous aura.
"The princess's pampered body will definitely not be able to withstand such a dangerous opportunity..."
"No, I can't just stand by and watch someone die."