"Great!"

Xia Hongyuan's face was overjoyed: "Then what are you waiting for? Let's leave now and go to the southern Xinjiang to find blood spirit ginseng." ”

Huang Xiongshi hurriedly shook his head and said: "This is a long way to go to southern Xinjiang, it will take at least ten days, and the southern Xinjiang side is not very peaceful, the city lord, you are shallow in cultivation, so you don't have to take risks yourself, the old man can go alone, hurry up, presumably you will be able to get back the elixir after ten days." ”

"How's that going to work?"

Xia Hongyuan's face was embarrassed: "It's dangerous all the way to southern Xinjiang, how can I rest assured that you are alone, so let's do it, I will send fifty guards to protect your safety all the way." ”

"No need, city lord. ”

Zhou Lie stood up and said: "There are many people, but the eyes are mixed, and it is easy to attract the attention of others, this time I will go to southern Xinjiang to find medicine, so I will accompany Huang Lao." ”

When Huang Xiongshi heard Zhou Lie's words, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he didn't want to take risks alone, southern Xinjiang was the border area of the Great Xia Dynasty, where there were poor mountains and bad waters, full of dangers, and even many fierce beasts.

Now that he is escorted by a master named Zhou Lie, his heart is much more steady.

"Then there is Lao Zhou's son. ”

Xia Hongyuan looked grateful and bowed to Zhou Lie.

Time was pressing, Zhou Lie and Huang Xiongshi simply cleaned up and immediately rode out of the City Lord's Mansion.

The horse on which the two of them were ridden, with strong hooves, dark red all over the body, and fur burning like a cloud of fire, looked like a divine horse that could run thousands of miles in a day.

This is the famous red flame horse, and when it runs, its mane flutters like a cloud of fire, hence the name.

Red flame horses are very rare, and there are tens of thousands of them in the entire Great Xia Dynasty, and there are only five in Xia Hongyuan's City Lord's Mansion.

I don't know how many times better this kind of horse is than ordinary war horses, and it is good at running and carrying weights.

The Great Xia Dynasty had a heavy cavalry, called the Black Iron Army, and the people and horses all wore black iron armor, which was extremely fierce, and relied on the battlefield impact ability of the Red Flame Horse to defeat many enemy armies.

"Drive, drive, drive!"

Zhou Lie and Huang Xiongshi rode the Red Flame Horse, and soon left the city gate and came to the wilderness outside the city, and then disappeared south along the official road.

The wind is galloping, and the angry horse is like a dragon.

It took three days, and the two of them crossed several cities in a row, and finally came to the southern Xinjiang region with great difficulty.

As soon as you enter southern Xinjiang, you can see endless mountains everywhere, as well as endless primeval forests, and you can hear the roar of wild beasts at any time.

Huang Xiongshi took out a map from his arms, carefully checked the route, pointed to a forest in front of him and said, "Zhou Gongzi, after crossing this forest, there is a valley in front of you, and the blood spirit ginseng grows in the valley. ”

Zhou Lie nodded, and then the two of them drove their horses through the dense forest, and after about half an hour, they came to a valley.

In the distance, you can see that there is a waterhole in the valley, a lot of water vapor is dense, floating above the valley for a long time, the vegetation around the waterhole is luxuriant, verdant and dripping, and it is a holy place that can grow elixir at a glance.

The two of them drove their horses to the vicinity of the waterhole, but at this time, the Red Flame Horse did not go forward, and its hooves were nailed to the spot, and it chirped in horror, as if there was something terrible near the waterhole.

"The Red Flame Horse seems to have sensed something, and it seems that there must be danger around the waterhole. ”

Zhou Lie lowered his voice and said, "Old Huang, let's leave the horse here and walk over to have a look." ”

"Good!"

Huang Xiongshi's face also became solemn.

The two quietly dismounted, and with the help of the weeds in the valley, cautiously lurked towards the waterhole.

When they approached the waterhole, the two couldn't help but be surprised.

I saw that on the edge of the waterhole, there was a huge python coiled there, full of twenty meters long, the thickness of a small tree, and the inverted triangle snake head had a pair of vertical pupils, eerie and terrifying, and the forked tongue was constantly swallowing.

"Zhou Gongzi, look, is that red plant the blood spirit ginseng we are looking for?"

Huang Xiongshi suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed, and Zhou Lie instantly looked in the direction of his finger.

Sure enough, he saw that next to the python, there was a strange elixir that resembled the shape of ginseng, but with a circle of blood-red veins and three leaves on the top of the head.

And the big python stretched out its forked tongue from time to time to lick a mouthful of elixir, and then its eyes were slightly fascinated, and it looked like it was enjoying itself, as if it was cultivating with the help of elixir.

"It must be blood ginseng, I once read it in ancient books, once there are rare and exotic herbs in the world, there will be fierce beasts guarding them, because these exotic grasses are of great benefit to the cultivation of fierce beasts, and even with the help of the aura cultivation in the exotic grasses, demon beasts can open their spiritual wisdom and evolve into demon beasts. ”

After Zhou Lie finished explaining, his eyes flashed and said: "However, it seems that the blood spirit ginseng in front of me is not yet ripe, and it is a few days away, otherwise, it would have been eaten by the python a long time ago." ”

"Then we can't wait, let's kill this beast first, so the elixir is eaten by this beast, wouldn't it be a waste in vain!"

The yellow male lion stood up directly, pulled out a long knife from his waist, and strode towards the python.

Zhou Lie followed unhurriedly, without the slightest worry, Huang Xiongshi was a beginner-level Xuanwu realm cultivator, and he was absolutely comfortable dealing with that python.

Sou!

The python had already seen that the human being in front of him was here to snatch the elixir, so naturally he would not sit still, and the snake body bounced violently from the ground like a bow, opening its bloody mouth and biting at the yellow male lion.

Its thick tail swayed from side to side, like an iron rod, and the small trees and rocks around it were swept to pieces.

"Good guy, you can actually use your tail to shatter the mountain rock, the strength of this python is almost comparable to the real martial realm!"

When Huang Xiongshi saw this scene, a trace of surprise appeared on his face.

However, after all, he is a Xuanwu realm cultivator, and he will not be afraid, at the moment when the python bounced up, he strode out, and let out a long roar that pierced through the golden cracked stone, and slashed under the sword light of the "force splitting mountains and rivers", and attacked straight towards the python's head.

In the face of this ferocious knife light, the python's vertical pupils faintly revealed fear, knowing that it could not resist, it rolled violently on the spot, bringing up a large area of mud.

Flutter!

The knife light flashed, although the head of the python dodged a killer knife, but the tail behind it was slashed by the yellow lion, cut into two pieces, blood rain flew, it puffed into the waterhole after eating pain, and disappeared directly.

"What a cunning brute, it escaped!"

Huang Xiongshi roared angrily and rushed to the edge of the pool, jumping ten steps away to grab it, but there was no shadow of the python for a long time.

He circled around the waterhole and did not dare to go into the water to chase after him.

On land, it is as easy as chopping melons and vegetables for him to kill a python, but when he reaches the bottom of the water, it is the world of pythons, and he doesn't understand water, so he naturally doesn't dare to take risks easily.