Chapter 40: A Bitter Battle in the Mountains
Because of the medicinal herb business brought up by Zhao Fei, the market town under Qinghuang Mountain is now very famous.
And because the market town is located at the foot of Qinghuang Mountain, people are now accustomed to calling this place: "Qinghuang Town." ”
Recently, there have been many new faces in Qinghuang Town, and they rarely show up after coming to Qinghuang Town and staying in the inn. They almost always slept during the day and went into the mountains at night, and no one knew what they were doing in the mountains.
Wu Qiming came for a few days, but he didn't go deep into Qinghuang Mountain, he went around the periphery for several days.
He knew that Zhao Fei had been in for almost three months, and he had only been in for three or four hundred miles, and the more he entered, the more frightened he became. He had been hesitant to go in again, how to get in.
He hadn't entered Qinghuang Mountain before, and it was even more terrifying than he had imagined. If you get lost inside, you will never be able to get out.
Qinghuang Town has seen many familiar faces in the past few days, and he knows that everyone who should come has come, and more people may have walked into the depths of the mountain.
There are only a few months left before the legendary fairy fruit matures, and finding the fairy fruit is the most important thing, after all, no one knows its specific location.
As the number one medicinal herb family in the Blue Wolf Empire, he has countless good things in his hands, but the temptation of the fairy fruit is too great.
Today, after Wu Qiming rushed to the mountains for more than 300 miles, he no longer hesitated and walked directly to the depths.
No matter what is in front of Longtan Tiger's Den, he has to break through.
Granny Jinhua has been in for three months, and trying to find the fairy fruit in the vast mountains is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
According to the approximate location provided by Zhao Fei, she kept walking inside. She could still have a general direction in the early stage, but then she completely lost her way.
The fog became bigger and bigger, and she now thoroughly realized the danger of inviting Qinghuang Mountain. She finally knew why, for hundreds of years, she had only heard of one person who had ever received the fairy fruit.
If you want to get the fairy fruit, you not only need strength, but also chance and luck.
Judging from the current situation, luck is definitely not on my side, and I have been walking in place for the past few days.
Granny Jinhua leaned weakly against a big tree to rest for a while, she was in an extremely depressed mood now.
It's been three months, and I don't know how Lin Xuejiao is now.
Her biggest worry now: "It's not whether she can find the fairy fruit, but whether she can go out." ”
Now she has the idea of retreating, in the vast mountains, looking for it aimlessly, the probability of finding it is almost zero.
The further you go inside, the greater the risk, and after thinking for a while, Granny Jinhua resolutely made a correct decision: "Give up looking for fairy fruits." ”
With her feelings, she began to walk back, as long as she walked out of the fog area, she would definitely be able to find Lin Xuejiao and them.
But she overlooked a problem: "It's hard to get into the mountains, and it's even harder to get out of the mountains." ”
Old Man Qingfeng also came to Qinghuang Mountain, and no one knew this Qinghuang Mountain better than him.
He had even come in the depths of the mountain countless times, and today he came to the depths of the mountain again.
At this time, his position was at least more than 4,000 miles away.
He stood in the mist, his face solemn. It wasn't the furthest he'd ever been, it was at least a thousand miles away from the real depths.
He was dismissive of the beasts in the mountains, but he couldn't do anything about the fog and miasma inside.
Even if you cultivate to a high level, you are in danger of losing your way and the possibility of being poisoned by miasma at any time.
He didn't know where Zhao Fei had gone, the old man firmly believed that he must still be alive, and the last earthquake didn't kill him. With the last experience, he should know how to protect himself.
After standing there for a day, he resolutely decided to continue walking deep into the mountains.
I saw him raise his footsteps and stride in. Although fierce beasts attacked him from time to time, he only waved his big hand lightly, and the wailing of fierce beasts would definitely be heard.
Zhao Fei and Lin Xuejiao were completely lost in the mountains, and they didn't know how long time had passed, and they wandered around in the fog every day.
They groped their way forward, staring nervously around them.
They only felt that the forest in front of them was getting denser and denser, and there were more and more towering ancient trees, but there were fewer and fewer fierce beasts, but most of the fierce beasts they encountered were huge.
On this day they were in danger, dozens of leopards besieged them, all of them were of strong build, at least eight feet long.
And all of them were extremely fierce, they surrounded Zhao Fei and Lin Xuejiao's non-stop onslaught.
They are not only fierce, but also extremely cunning, this is the first time Zhao Fei has encountered such a fierce leopard in the mountains, and it is not one or two.
The fourth-order master of the Refining Earth Realm struck with all his strength, but he could only shock it but not kill them, which made Zhao Fei very surprised.
He and Lin Xuejiao fought the beasts back-to-back, and at first Zhao Fei treated them as an experience, but now it has become a life-and-death struggle.
They were now far away from the big tree, unable to get close to the big tree, and after an hour of fighting, Zhao Fei and Lin Xuejiao began to feel weak.
"Here you go, eat it. Zhao Fei handed Lin Xuejiao a Qi Replenishing Pill, which was the first time they had used the Qi Replenishing Pill in the mountains.
"Thank you. ”
Lin Xuejiao took the Qi Replenishing Pill and threw it in her mouth, and after a few breaths, their breath was full again.
"Come, let's fight these brutes again. ”
Zhao Fei pulled out the machete from behind and took the initiative to rush towards the beasts.
The cunning leopards saw Zhao Fei rushing up, but they took the initiative to retreat and dodge, as if all of them had the ability to understand Zhao Fei's intentions.
Lin Xuejiao followed Zhao Fei closely and guarded his back.
"Kill"
Zhao Fei jumped up with a roar and slashed at a leopard.
Maybe Zhao Fei provoked it, or maybe it didn't want to run away anymore, but instead of dodging, the leopard pounced on Zhao Fei.
Despite its huge size, it is very flexible, and this jump is actually seven or eight meters high.
Zhao Fei and it met in mid-air, he didn't spare any more strength, and slashed at the leopard fiercely.
With a scream, Zhao Fei struck its head, and the wild leopard suddenly splashed its brains and fell heavily to the ground.
Zhao Fei fell to the ground, and when he just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Lin Xuejiao's scream came from behind him: "Zhao Fei, save me." ”
Zhao Fei turned his head and was taken aback.
Five wild leopards besieged Lin Xuejiao, and they pounced on Lin Xuejiao desperately.
Although Lin Xuejiao punched down to 20,000 catties, she could only attack one, and the remaining four giant leopards had already come to her.
Zhao Fei punched the two beasts with both fists, and the beasts repelled with one punch, but the other two had already rushed to Lin Xuejiao's side, and they opened their mouths to bite Lin Xuejiao.
"Get out of the way. ”
Zhao Fei punched the two beasts with both fists, and at the same time he crashed into Lin Xuejiao. Lin Xuejiao was lucky enough to dodge it, but because the distance was too close, Zhao Fei couldn't exert his full strength at all.
He struck the beast, but it wasn't strong enough, and he was hit by the beast's inertia, and he quickly retreated backwards.
It's not scary, it's scary that there's a beast behind it that keeps watching.
Seeing that Zhao Fei was about to retreat in front of him, he opened his bloody mouth and bit Zhao Fei's thigh.
"Brute, damn it. ”
Zhao Fei had already realized that it was rushing towards him, clenching his fists and slamming down. The beast didn't dodge, it still bit Zhao Fei's leg.
Zhao Fei slammed his fists its head, and suddenly its brain burst and it fell to the ground.
But Zhao Fei was also bitten by it, and a piece of meat was torn off his leg alive.
Zhao Fei grinned in pain, this felt really uncomfortable.
"Zhao Fei, are you injured?"
Lin Xuejiao's face turned pale and quickly came to Zhao Fei's side.
"Pay attention to them, I'm fine for the time being. ”
Blood flowed down Zhao Fei's legs and stomach, but he gritted his teeth and stood firmly.
He drew his machete again, and now the situation was not in their favor.
I don't know if it was because of the excessive casualties of his companions, or if there were other reasons, the remaining beasts surrounded Zhao Fei and did not attack again.
At this time, the visibility was only a few meters, and Zhao Fei was in a clearing, he didn't know how far away he was from the big tree, and they were safe only by escaping to the big tree.
"Now the situation is not in our favor, we can only avoid them for the time being. You turn and run straight ahead, and I'll cut you off. ”
Lin Xuejiao nodded hurriedly when she heard Zhao Fei say this.
"Let's go. ”
Zhao Fei shouted, Lin Xuejiao turned around and jumped into the air.
Although it is only a dozen meters high, this is already more than the height of the beast jumping.
Lin Xuejiao was lucky that there were a few big trees in front of her. She jumped quickly towards the tree, and then hugged it tightly. She stood on the tree, and now she was finally safe.
When Lin Xuejiao jumped up, Zhao Fei also jumped up, and he followed closely behind Lin Xuejiao.
But due to a leg injury, his movements were slightly sluggish. The beasts had already reacted at this time, and they pounced towards Zhao Fei at the same time.
Zhao Fei couldn't care about the leg pain anymore, he jumped with all his strength, firmly grasped the trunk with both hands and turned over.
Sitting on the trunk of the tree, Zhao Fei let out a long sigh of relief, he was tired from more than two hours of fighting.
Fortunately, he escaped from the encirclement, otherwise if he hadn't been bitten to death by them today, he and Lin Xuejiao would have been exhausted to death by them.
"How is your injury?" asked Lin Xuejiao with concern.
"It's not a big deal, just wait for the bleeding to stop. ”
"Does it hurt?"
"I can't lie to you, it hurts. But I can hold on. Zhao Fei smiled.
"You're still laughing?"
Lin Xuejiao's eyes were already moist, and Zhao Fei said it very easily, but he should be in pain at this time.
"It's fine, it's better to be alive than anything else. ”
Zhao Fei quickly bandaged himself to stop the bleeding. Then he took out another healing pill from his body and swallowed it quickly.
"Thank you for saving me again. ”
Lin Xuejiao said with a sob.
"Do we need to say that to each other? Now we can count on each other. ”
Zhao Fei joked.
Lin Xuejiao was very happy when she heard it, in this vast mountain, there are only the two of them now, this is really dependent on each other.
"I had a leg injury and couldn't move. I want to take a break for a few days and we'll go back in a few days. ”
"Okay, I'll do whatever you arrange, everything is up to you. ”
In the next few days, Zhao Fei took Lin Xuejiao to hide in this big tree, recuperating from his injuries while cultivating.
Dozens of fierce beasts were reluctant to leave for a long time, and kept circling around the big tree, but they were no longer a danger to Zhao Fei, they couldn't jump so high, and they couldn't climb the tree.
The healing medicine given by the old man was really good, and after seven or eight days passed, Zhao Fei's leg injury was completely healed.