Chapter 14: Into the Mountains for Training

The battle between Yuan Caiwei and Du Ruofei ended, Shi Xuan and Yuan Caiwei had an appointment before, they gathered the other two people this time, and the four of them prepared to enter the mountain to experience a while.

The mountains of Hongyanling are steep and dangerous, but this mountain produces many valuable minerals and spiritual materials, as well as many powerful spirit beasts, the elixir of these spirit beasts is very precious spiritual materials, once successfully hunted, they can make a lot of money.

In this boundless mountain, danger and adventure are accompanied, and there is no shortage of mercenaries who have made some windfalls in the mountains.

There are several famous mines in the mountains, all of them are occupied by the four major families, and the others have no way to start, so they can only go deep into more dangerous areas to explore, but the deeper they go into the Red Rock Ridge, the more terrifying the high-level spirit beasts become, and every year it is rumored that many powerful mercenaries will die.

This time, Yuan Caiwei found Shi Xuan, Zhu Ziming and a junior brother named Zhang Xian, and the four of them formed a group to prepare to go deep into the mountains to explore, one is to experience, and the other is to be able to obtain some cherished spiritual materials.

As the son of a hunter, Shi Xuan had entered the mountains several times, but his father could only take him to some areas closer to home, and he didn't dare to go deeper.

Shi Xuan still remembers the time when his father was almost injured by the demonic leopard. Now, if Shi Xuan encounters that leopard again, he can completely defeat it head-on, and he will no longer be as embarrassed as he was at the beginning.

Shi Xuan prepared a lot of things and began to go to Yuan Caiwei's residence, and when he arrived, Yuan Caiwei was already ready, and after a while, Zhu Ziming and Zhou Xian arrived one after another.

"Are you all ready?"

"I'm almost ready", Shi Xuan looked at the heroic Yuan Caiwei, Yuan Caiwei had been in the mountains more than once, and this time she was also a good guide.

Yuan Caiwei opened a map, on which many place names were marked, and Shi Xuan and several people gathered around to watch.

"This time we don't plan to go too deep, we are only going to this place called Yiwang Mountain, here I have been here with a few senior brothers before, I found a lot of spiritual materials last time, and also hunted a few second-order spirit beasts and a third-order seriously injured spirit beast, the harvest is not small, this time we are ready to go again, there will definitely be some gains, for us at this stage, this place is not too dangerous", Yuan Caiwei pointed to the map and said.

"Just listen to the arrangement of the senior sister", Zhu Ziming said, and the other two also nodded.

"Okay, then let's go......"

Now it is the height of summer, the weather is hot and hot, this is not a small test for entering the mountain, everyone has brought a lot of dry food and water, several people are not weak, in order to avoid being too eye-catching, the four people choose some trails to quickly enter the mountain.

The fiery red sun scorched the dark red mountain, the majestic mountain exuded a strange dark red, giving people a solemn atmosphere, and the group of people on the ridge climbed quickly, Yuan Caiwei took the other three to the destination quickly.

"Senior sister, it's been all morning, is it almost there?" Zhu Ziming asked, he was already sweating at this moment, although everyone's strength was not bad, but in this harsh mountain, it seemed small, and several people were a little tired.

"Since everyone is tired, let's rest on the spot for a while", Yuan Caiwei looked at everyone who was tired.

A few people found a shady place to escape the heat a little and drink some water to replenish their strength.

"This mountain is also too big, and I can't see the end of it after walking for so long," Zhang Xian said.

"This is the famous 100,000 mountains in the southwest of the continent, Hongyan Ridge, I have never heard of anyone who can cross this boundless mountain, which also leads to the fact that there is only one waterway to the mainland in Jiahe City, and no one has opened up a land route into the rest of the mainland for thousands of years", Yuan Caiwei introduced to everyone.

"I've also heard that some mercenaries have gone deep into the mountains for dozens of miles, but they still can't get out of the mountains, and the closer they get to the center, the more steep the mountains become, and there are many dangers and no way out, and there are even legends that birds don't cross," Zhang Xian said, looking at everyone.

"This mountain is also too weird, there is little rain all year round, the volcanoes are continuous, and the raging Jia River rushes out from the depths of the mountain, and the color always exudes a hint of dark red, which no one can solve for thousands of years," Zhu Ziming said to everyone.

"For so many years, hasn't there been a single person crossing this mountain?" Shi Xuan asked curiously.

"I've never heard anyone say that when I'm so old, everyone says that the waterway is the only way out," Zhang Xian said to Shi Xuan.

"If one day I can control the spirit weapon and fly straight for nine days, I really want to see what kind of place this area is," Zhu Ziming hoped.

"Harness the spirit weapon, it's still early, I heard that the masters of the Tianmai Realm can only break through the air and fly low for a while, let's not think about it for a while, let's not think about it, and if we encounter any terrifying beasts inside, even if we can fly, we probably won't be able to live", Yuan Caiwei glanced at him.

A few people rested for a moment and got up again, they stood on the top of the towering ridge and watched the surging Jiahe River into the distance, a heroic air flowed through their hearts, although this place was barren but it was very majestic, looking at such a magnificent mountain scenery, several people were a little intoxicated.

"Let's hold on for a while, and we will arrive after crossing these two mountains", Yuan Caiwei looked at the map and cheered everyone up.

"Be careful", Shi Xuan on the side sensitively felt a hint of danger approaching.

Hearing Shi Xuan's warning, several people quickly formed a horn defense formation, covering each other and carefully observing the surroundings, the cliffs here are extremely steep, and once they fall, they will inevitably be crushed.

Shi Xuan held a big bow in his hand, jumped on a big rock, and suddenly found a Red Rock Demon Tiger that was cautiously approaching, it felt the breath of its prey, and tried to surprise a few people.

Shi Xuan observed carefully, and did not find any other spirit beasts, so he let down his vigilance. He quickly pulled the bow full moon, this is not an ordinary material bow and arrow, Shi Xuan's specially forged high-quality spirit bow, the power is huge, and the three arrow feathers are aimed quickly.

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The three arrows as fast as thunder came one after another, and the Red Rock Demon Tiger fell in response, and Shi Xuan then motioned for a few people to walk over.

"What a big Red Rock Demon Tiger, this animal has already given birth to some spiritual intelligence, and it is extremely fierce, ordinary hunters may not be able to hunt one in their lifetime," Shi Xuan said.

"This time, we couldn't bring too many items, so we took out the useful elixir, peeled off the fur, and discarded everything else," Yuan Caiwei said.

"I'll come", Senior Brother Zhang Xian quickly took out a sharp dagger and began to collect spiritual materials, obviously he was also born in a family of hunters, and his movements were sharp.

A Red Rock Demon Tiger was already a huge gain for Orion, but it was definitely not satisfying for their team, and they moved forward quickly. Several people were amazed by Shi Xuan's keen insight, which could undoubtedly avoid a lot of dangers for everyone.

With this battle, several people are a lot more cautious, and the slightest carelessness may suffer heavy losses. Next, the road was quite smooth, and I came to the Yiwang Mountain that Yuan Caiwei said, where the terrain was much more relaxed, and the trees were abundant.

"Where there are dense trees and abundant spiritual energy, there are generally powerful spirit beasts infested, everyone is very careful", Yuan Caiwei reminded everyone.

Shi Xuan walked behind the team with a big bow in hand, ready to strike at any time.

"Hey, Tianxing Grass", Zhu Ziming shouted as he looked at an emerald green elixir under the tree.

A few people came to the tree, and a spirit grass with a good rise was discovered, and Zhu Ziming quickly dug it up and put it away.

"Everyone's eyes are smarter, there are a lot of spiritual materials here, try your best to find them", Yuan Caiwei told everyone.

After a while, a few people found more than a dozen elixirs, and the harvest was not small, all of them were some first-order or second-order elixirs, which could be exchanged for a lot of contributions, and it was worth a lot of money to sell them to the pharmacy.

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Just as everyone was concentrating on finding spiritual materials, there was the chirping of a group of insects behind them.

"Be vigilant"

"It's not good, the seven-life vermilion bee", Shi Xuan shouted, this is a highly poisonous bee in the mountains, a sting, will leave seven stingers in the human body, can easily poison a big cow, hunters are afraid of this kind of thing.

Shi Xuan quickly took out a few bottles of elixir and gave it to everyone, "Take it quickly, this medicine can resist bee venom, hide quickly."

A few people quickly took the elixir to avoid the poisonous bees, Shi Xuan cut off many dark red branches for everyone to cover their heads, and a few people quickly hid in the bushes, trying to avoid the pursuit of the poisonous bees, but these poisonous bees seemed to have spotted them and flew towards them in large groups.

"It's not good, there are some aura in the elixir I picked just now, and the smell is huge, and they follow the smell to find us," Yuan Caiwei said.

"Damn, do you have to throw away the elixir you worked so hard for?" Zhu Ziming was unwilling.

"I'll figure it out, you guys hide", Shi Xuan picked up a few mellow-smelling elixirs and jumped out of the bushes, and suddenly, a large group of peaks flew towards him.

"Shi Xuan, what are you going to do, don't want the elixir, come back..."Yuan Caiwei shouted, but Shi Xuan had already run away.

Looking at the sparrow-sized seven-life vermilion bee that flew quickly, Shi Xuan's feet erupted into a rapid and fast run, he tried to lure the group of bees far away, and then took the opportunity to get out.

The swarm of bees behind him chased after him, and Shi Xuan ran all the way to the edge of the cliff, where the dead trees were overgrown, and below the cliff was the surging Jia River.

Shi Xuan threw a few elixirs in his hand directly on the side of the cliff, and began to run away quickly to hide, he urged the battle armor with all his strength, and gradually the color matched the primary color of the surrounding rocks. The bee swarm smelled the smell of the elixir and flew towards the cliff, Shi Xuan ran back the way he came, along the way his residual smell attracted a few scattered bees, he was stung a few times, even his amazing defense could not be stopped, Xin took the antidote elixir before, otherwise he would be worried about his life, and soon there were two big bags on the neck of the sting, Shi Xuan almost screamed in pain, he hit the spirit of real fire in one hand and burned a few loose bees into ashes, and quickly ran back to the bushes where he had avoided before.

"He's back", Zhu Ziming said to everyone, seeing Shi Xuan running all the way.

"Are you okay?" several people looked at Shi Xuan, who was sweating profusely.

"I successfully lured them away, you wrap the remaining elixir tightly, don't show your aura, otherwise it will cause trouble", Shi Xuan said to a few people.

At this time, Yuan Caiwei saw two red envelopes around Shi Xuan's neck, there was no spirit armor defense here, and he was stung by a poisonous bee.

"You've been stung, is it serious?" Yuan Caiwei carefully observed the two swollen red envelopes.

"After taking the elixir before, there was no big problem, but it hurt badly," Shi Xuan said.

Yuan Caiwei took out another bottle of elixir and applied it to the red envelope for him, which was a lot cooler for a while, and the pain gradually decreased.

"Next time, see if you are still capable, just throw away a few elixirs, you know how powerful you are this time, right?" Yuan Caiwei was a little angry.

"I also don't want everyone to work in vain? Isn't this a big deal..."Shi Xuan didn't dare to speak when he saw Yuan Caiwei's eyes.

"This group of poisonous bees is far away from the nest at the moment, I heard that the honey of the Seven Lives Vermilion Bee is an expensive elixir, which is very beneficial to us cultivators, so let's go and take away his honey now, which can be regarded as making up for our losses", Zhu Ziming suddenly reminded.

"Isn't this too dangerous, once it is surrounded, it will be miserable, do you see Shi Xuan's appearance?" Yuan Caiwei said worriedly.

"If we don't investigate first, if there are still poisonous bees guarding us, we will give up, if it is only a small amount, we will take the opportunity to seize it, and it can be regarded as avenging Shi Xuan," Zhang Xian said.

"Okay, everyone, be careful, leave immediately if it's dangerous," Yuan Caiwei said.

A few people carefully jumped out of the bushes to look for the beehive, and after a while, a rich fragrance came, and several people were intoxicated.

"It's nearby, that's the smell," Zhang Xian reminded.

"There," Shi Xuan pointed to a large tree on which a huge beehive hung over.

A few people looked closely, only to find that half of the hive was gone, and only half was hanging there.

"I see, someone attacked the hive before, and that caused these poisonous bees to follow the smell everywhere, and we became scapegoats," Zhu Ziming said.

"Don't talk about it yet, quickly collect the rest of the honey, and those poisonous bees will be back in a while", Shi Xuan urged.

A few people quickly cast a technique to kill some scattered bees around, Yuan Caiwei quickly cast a spell, a vine rose up, took off the honey plate, and packed it in a special airtight container, and several people quickly escaped......

After escaping for a long time, in a hidden cave, several people ran out of breath, and finally hid, they didn't want to be chased by those poisonous bees.

"Look, what is the quality of this honey?"

Yuan Caiwei opened the container, took out a plate of golden honey, and the cave suddenly smelled fragrant, "Good thing, this should be royal jelly, the value is comparable to the third-order elixir", Yuan Caiwei said.

"This thing can greatly enhance the aura and detoxify, and improve the physique," Zhu Ziming said.

"This time, I picked a lot, everyone should eat some, and keep the rest for the auction."

Several people ate some royal jelly, and suddenly felt that the aura in the body was vigorous, the meridians were smooth, and it was worth a long period of penance, the red envelopes on Shi Xuan's neck disappeared, and several people quickly absorbed the aura it brought.

It was getting late, and several people found a bonfire, lit it in the cave, and began to take turns to rest on duty......

In the early morning of the next day, the sun shone on the earth again, and the temperature here rose rapidly, and it was so hot that it didn't work after a while, Shi Xuan was fortunate that he was often accompanied by high temperatures as a spirit forging master, and several other people were obviously struggling.

"Let's hurry up and find some spiritual materials as soon as possible, and take a break at noon, otherwise our physical strength will not be able to keep up, and if a battle breaks out, we will be more passive," Yuan Caiwei urged.

A few people walked through a large area and found some spiritual materials, but the harvest was far less than on the first day, and several people decided to go deeper again, hoping to gain more.

Several people have gone all the way, and they have cooperated with each other to hunt a few difficult first-order spirit beasts, and the value is not very satisfactory.

The journey was so quiet that you couldn't even hear the insects.

"It's really strange that yesterday all the way, insects and birds chirped, and today it is quiet," Shi Xuan said.

"I also think it's a little scary, I don't know what's going on, where is this?" Zhu Ziming asked Yuan Caiwei.

Yuan Caiwei opened the map to check, this map was bought by some mercenaries with a lot of money before, this map only roughly marked some important areas on the edge, and many remote places were not marked.

"I've walked a little far today, I don't know where I've been, the map is not complete?" Yuan Caiwei observed for a while, without a clue.

"It's getting late, let's go back to the cave where we stayed yesterday, otherwise it's easy to get lost in the mountains when the sun sets, Dad often told me," Shi Xuan said.

Several people also planned to return the same way, and it was extremely dangerous to get lost in the mountains, and there were many nocturnal spirit beasts at night, which could not be guarded against.

Just as they were returning along the road, a roar came, Shi Xuan and the others were so frightened that they hurriedly hid, and several powerful third-order spirit beasts ran away from this highest mountain, roaring and running all the way.

"What the hell did these beasts get so excited about?" asked Zhang Xian.

"I don't know, be careful, it's been a strange afternoon," Shi Xuan said.

At this time, the wind and clouds around this mountain suddenly changed, a large black oppressive cloud obscured the sky, and a low buzzing sound was heard between the mountains.

"It's not good, this active volcano is about to erupt, Shi Xuan shouted", the residents of Jiahe City have a lot of experience with volcanic eruptions, this buzzing roar comes from this active volcano not far away, and the black smoke rolled up from the crater has formed a black cloud that covers the sky, which is terrifying.

"I said why are these beasts so violent, let's leave quickly, otherwise we may die here", Zhu Ziming urged.

"But our way ahead is blocked by this mountain, and this is the only place to go back," Zhang Xian said.

"Let's run to the other side, and we'll come back when the volcano hears it, make a note of the surrounding mountains, and follow it back when the time comes," Yuan Caiwei said to everyone.

Several people carefully observed the shape of the mountain range, carefully remembered it, and began to flee into the distance.

Along the way, Shi Xuan and the others avoided open places, and from time to time some spirit beasts popped out of these places to be extremely dangerous, and the mountains behind them completely erupted, thick black smoke covered the sky and the sun, and with a loud bang, large pieces of fire erupted from the crater, and large pieces of molten lava quickly remained from the mountains, and everywhere they passed turned into ashes.

Shi Xuan and the four of them fled in a hurry regardless of the way, and they were not afraid to admit the wrong way with this volcano as a signpost. From time to time, some spirit beasts escaped around them, and they didn't bother to care about these people, so they ran all the way, and a large cloud of dust rolled up in the woods.

The earth began to shake violently, and the four of Shi Xuan were all overturned to the ground, falling hard, and the mountain shook violently, like a demon tribulation.

Several people supported each other, all the way to escape, they escaped the range of the volcano, reached the foot of another mountain opposite, they looked at the erupting volcano, for a moment dumbfounded, this horror can only be known by personal experience.

Several eruptions occurred a few years ago, all far apart, and this time they felt up close how terrifying the wrath of heaven and earth was.

"Let's run away, this time the movement is too big, once the black smoke covers here, we will probably choke to death", Shi Xuan looked at the black smoke billowing in front of him, and his heart palpitated for a while.

Several people climbed over the mountains again in an attempt to escape, but at this moment the earth shook violently again, and cracks spread out between the mountains, forming terrible ravines, and the rocks were rolling on the mountains.

"We didn't look at the yellow calendar when we went out, is this to bury us all here?" Zhang Xian said in horror.

Several people grabbed two sturdy trees fiercely to resist the swaying of the earth, and at this moment they were on the mountainside, unable to go up and down.

Just when a hole suddenly appeared next to them, Yuan Caiwei, who was close to the edge, suddenly slipped down, and when she was about to fall into a huge black cave from a distance, Shi Xuan grabbed Yuan Caiwei to prevent her from falling, and at this moment the earth shook violently, Shi Xuan hugged the tree trunk tightly with one hand, and tightly pulled Yuan Caiwei who was about to fall with the other hand.

"Grab the big tree with your vines", Shi Xuan shouted, at this moment Yuan Caiwei was frightened, and for a while she actually forgot to use her spiritual skills to save herself, hearing Shi Xuan shouting, she began to use her spiritual skills, a thick vine grabbed the trunk and tried to climb up, at this moment, a huge stubborn stone rolled down on the side The huge impact force directly lifted Shi Xuan and Yuan Caiwei directly down the cave, and Zhang Xian and Zhu Ziming, who were holding on the other tree, screamed in fright, and the two of them watched Shi Xuan and the two of them fall into the cave.

"Ahhh

The two screamed and fell down, Shi Xuan didn't let go, and used the flame thorns in mid-air several times to try to grab the wall of the cave to delay the fall, Yuan Caiwei woke up from the fright, and also began to cooperate with Shi Xuan, unfolding several vines to grab the protrusions on the stone wall, accompanied by Shi Xuan's firelight, several times successfully hooked the protrusion of the mountain, but the huge impact pulled the shackles and vines off, but the two never gave up, holding hands, with the flame aura kept falling.

Shi Xuan's spirit was concentrated to the extreme at the moment, he saw a good grasping point with the spiritual light emitted from his whole body, a huge flame shackle was firmly bound in an instant, the speed of the two people's descent decreased sharply, and the huge strength of the two still broke the shackles, at this moment Shi Xuan was exhausted, the flame aura of the whole body gradually dissipated, Yuan Caiwei urged the remaining aura to cast a huge vine, enveloping the two of them, like a huge green ball smashed at the bottom of the cave.