Chapter 16: Spirit Beast Forest

The next day, after a night's rest, Li Ji's body really recovered miraculously, and he walked like a fly, no different from ordinary people.

Accompanied by Xin Liu, Xin Xinyan and all the senior brothers, they came to the top of Shennong Villa - Yunfeng.

Standing on the top of the Qianren Cloud Peak, several people are dressed in fluttering clothes, looking up into the distance, and the fairyland in the clouds is in full view.

Since the Qin and Han dynasties, Shennong Villa has undergone repairs, with a new appearance of ancient appearance, a collection of gardens, and buildings stacked up, like a brilliant pearl and emerald, inlaid in the east of the land of China.

At the end of the cloud peak, there were two huge stone pillars seven or eight zhang high, and a layer of crimson defensive cover was shrouded between the boulders, exuding an incomparably hot aura.

There is a line of words engraved on the stone pillar: "A sword comes from the west and two grandiose, and life and death are between good and evil", the handwriting is dragon and tiger, strong and powerful, and seems to be carved with fingertips.

This line of words is carved by the ancient spirit emperor after sealing the spirit beast forest, which is intended to warn the disciples of spiritual cultivation to practice diligently, abandon inertia, transcend the extraordinary, and always observe themselves and introspect themselves, so as to defend the right path and benefit the common people. Xin Liu pointed to the inscription on the stone pillar and said respectfully.

Everyone stood solemnly, looking up at the handwriting of the Spirit Emperor, all of them were amazed and fascinated.

"The entrance to the spirit beast forest enchantment is located at the top of Shennong Villa, and the three halls and seven courtyards have been guarded for generations to prevent the invasion of otherworldly demons, and between these two stone pillars is the entrance to the enchantment. Shi Niang pointed to the entrance of the enchantment, reminding everyone not to approach without permission.

"Master, the disciple will live up to the master's order and complete the training!" Li Ji put on the Xuanjing ring, waved goodbye to everyone, and stepped into the enchantment alone.

A wave of heat rushed in front of him, and when the Xuanjing Ring touched the fire of the enchantment, it released a purple light, enveloping his whole body, and Li Ji instantly felt cold and comfortable.

After passing through more than ten zhang flame enchantment, he came to the Spirit Beast Forest.

Looking at a verdant forest, the ancient trees are towering, the mountains and rocks are standing in a forest, the birds are singing, the rare and exotic grasses, the rare birds and beasts of prey, it is dazzling, just like a fairyland on earth.

Li Ji couldn't help but be intoxicated by such a beautiful scenery, and sighed: "There are completely two worlds inside and outside the enchantment, and the disparity is so big?"

Looking at the lonely peak, the clouds and mist, the mountains are wooded, and the green bamboos are in the shade, Li Ji slowly took a step, although he didn't know what was in the forest, and he didn't know what the future would be, but he knew that he had already set off on the road, he only needed to take a step forward and continue to move forward, and the goal would eventually appear.

The most fearful thing in life is not having a goal and direction.

"The target is the Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass, so try your best to find it!" staring at the dense jungle, Li Ji swallowed and muttered to himself.

After a short bush, the dew drops on the branches and leaves near are dripping, the morning light is faint, I don't know where there is a sudden birdsong, this sound of breaking the empty clear cry wakes up the earth, the forest suddenly becomes noisy, there are occasionally unknown animals shuttling between the woods along the road, man and nature are instantly integrated, natural harmony, can not find a trace of the glitz and distractions of the world.

Although human civilization is constantly making history, in the process of creation, the overexploitation and damage to nature are also enormous. Lao Tzu has a cloud 'man law earth, earth law heaven, heaven law Tao, Tao law nature', people are blessed by the earth, so their behavior should imitate the earth, and the earth should always follow the law of heaven and run. Every time man conquers nature, nature takes revenge on man. The wise men of the ancients still remember the teachings vividly, I really don't understand why some people are so obsessed?" shook his head, Li Ji no longer thought nonsense, simply looked at the mountains, enjoyed the pleasant scenery of dripping gold and emeralds, birds singing and flowers, strolling in the empty mountains and forests rain and mist, the air was filled with a moist and soft fragrance, making people feel refreshed all over the body.

Suddenly, there was a flash of light in the distance, and Li Ji remembered what Shi Niang said, "The Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass is radiant and visible", and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, could it be the Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass?

Follow the light and take a look, only to see a bowl of thick silver tree standing in front of him, this small tree looks like a mighty sentinel, a palm of the big nine-toothed black leaf grows on the silver branch, the leaf veins condense silver ice crystals, in the first ray of sunlight, folds and shine.

"Its plant is humanoid, the leaves have nine teeth, and the whole body is covered with crystal clear ice beads, it should be the Nine Heavens Xuan Ice Grass. With that, Li Ji raised his eyebrows and reached out to pluck the first black leaf.

It seemed to have come at the right time, the first leaf had just grown, and Li Ji said with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "What Shi Niang said is right, this kind of fairy grass grows in an extremely cold place on the periphery of the Spirit Beast Forest, and it is dazzling, and it is not difficult to find." It seems that you can gather thirteen pieces of Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass in one day and complete the experience ahead of schedule. ”

After half an hour, the second leaf began to grow, Li Ji carefully picked it, and thought in his heart: "Everything has its own growth law, the Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass sunrise and the first black leaf grows, and the second leaf is formed every half an hour, so it can be picked in six and a half hours." ”

Li Ji smiled a few times towards the sky, and said secretly in his heart: "I will guard this silver tree, and I can collect it in one day, this training task is really easy and ordinary! Anyway, it takes half an hour for each leaf to grow, why don't I take the opportunity to be in this fairyland, according to the exercises taught by my senior sister, enter the cultivation, and build the foundation as soon as possible." ”

After saying that, Li Ji sat down cross-legged, took a deep breath, screened out distracting thoughts, and became one with two hearts, one with heaven and man......

At this moment, there were no distracting thoughts in his heart, and he slowly settled down, only to feel that a cyclone slowly rose from the dantian, and Li Ji immediately followed the mantra to guide, swimming around the meridians, and everywhere he went, there was a warm current that warmed the muscles and veins of the whole body.

After a week of running, I was sweating profusely and relaxed, and my ears seemed to become more subtle and sensitive, and I could faintly hear rabbits tickling their legs in the distance.

"Cultivating the exercises here seems to have a miraculous effect of getting twice the result with half the effort, could it be that the Spirit Beast Forest has a flame enchantment to shield from external interference?" Li Ji secretly said in surprise.

So, every half an hour, he picked a piece of Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass, and then continued to meditate and practice, and before he knew it, he had practiced until midnight, and had collected twelve leaves of different colors.

"There is still one last piece left, and the task is complete, and you can go back to Kamikaze Temple to resume your life. Touching the bag full of Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass, Li Ji secretly rejoiced, "Master and Sister must be very happy to complete the experience ahead ......of schedule!"

Thinking of Xinyan, dressed in a peony red dress, stepping on white-soled embroidered cloth shoes, the clear and bright pupils, fair and flawless skin, already very delicate, and often with a smile at the corner of her mouth, it makes people feel like a spring breeze, how can people forget her!

The breeze was blowing, and his mind seemed to be a little clear, and he couldn't help but secretly wonder why he thought of Xinyan every time, so he shook his head vigorously, wanting to wave away these inexplicable thoughts.

"The hour has come!" He hurriedly reached out to pluck the last piece of Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass, and suddenly found that the first leaf in the bag had melted into water.

"What's going on?" Li Ji frowned, staring at the Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass that had turned into water suspiciously, really unable to figure out the mystery.

After another half an hour, another leaf melted in the bag, and then an average of one leaf was melted every half hour, and the cycle repeated.

Li Ji hung his head and sat on the ground, puzzled.

It was late at night, and after a busy day and exhaustion, Li Ji climbed a big tree to recuperate, thinking that he would pick the Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass again after dawn tomorrow.

When I woke up the next day, I suddenly felt cold and clear on my neck, and when I opened my eyes, I saw a small flower snake swimming past me.

Li Ji closed his eyes slightly, held his breath, and after a while, the little flower snake swam away.

Li Ji smacked his lips, secretly glad that he had grown up in the mountains and wilderness since he was a child, and he also knew that most snakes would not provoke it, and generally would not take the initiative to attack humans.

At this time, the first rays of sunlight rose and shone on Li Jijunxiu's face, so bright that he couldn't open his eyes.

"According to yesterday's situation, the Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass has a total of thirteen leaves, ranging from black to white, growing one leaf every half an hour, and each leaf only has six hours of life. There are twelve hours in a day, which means that it is impossible to collect all the thirteen leaves and nine heavens of Xuanbing Grass, because when the thirteenth leaf is harvested, the first leaf will turn into ice water. After Li Ji's careful analysis, his face immediately froze.

"Is this simply an impossible task?"

When he stared blankly at the Nine Heavens Xuanbing Grass he had just picked, suddenly a bird in the distance startled.