Chapter 17: To Antarctic City II
These red spirit plants were none other than the Flame Grass he had just taken some time ago.
"Childe, look!"
Jizo stood at the edge of the lava pit, staring at the pit in amazement. I don't seem to feel the temperature that almost burns the air.
Letting Xiao Ning stay at the entrance where the temperature was low, Qin Jue walked over and looked at Jizo's gaze, only to see a strange plant half a human tall and red growing in the middle of the lava pit.
At the top of the strange plant, there is a fruit the size of a red date. The fruit seemed to have absorbed a huge amount of fiery energy, and a little red light gathered within it, but the surface was radiant.
"Do you recognize this thing?" but it was Qin Jue who asked Jizo, although he himself had read many books, he could not find a record of the thing in front of him.
"Of course I do!"
Qin Jue originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect Jizang to answer without thinking.
"This thing is called 'Red Flame Earth Heart Fruit' and is ranked among the ground steps of Tianhua Baolu. Such a rare treasure, I didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet it here today. ”
"This Red Flame Earth-Heart Fruit contains a huge and pure Earth-Heart Energy, and high-level monks can greatly improve their cultivation when they take it. But the most precious thing about this object is not here. The most precious value of this thing is to give it to low-level body refining realm cultivators, after taking it, body refining realm monks can use the incomparably pure power of the earth's core heat to purify all impurities in the body, wash the muscles and marrow, strengthen the blood and bones, and reach a very perfect state of the body refining realm. ”
With unconcealed joy in his eyes, Jizo said, "This spirit fruit is just the right time for Childe. If Childe takes it, cultivating the Body Refining Realm to the Great Perfection Realm will be of great benefit to his cultivation in the future. ”
With that, Jizo stretched out his palm and sucked it towards the fruit. The fruit detached from the plant and slowly flew towards the palm of Jizo's palm. As soon as the spirit fruit flew away, the plant instantly turned into hot rock and slid down into the magma pool.
"Childe, take a container and put it up!"
Qin Jue hurriedly touched his body, and there was no suitable container. I had to take out the wooden box containing a few spirit grasses, and use it for the time being!
The spirit fruit flew down and inside the wooden box, and Qin Jue hurriedly closed the box.
Although this spirit fruit was transformed by absorbing the essence of the earth's core heat energy, it did not have much heat overflow, and it was okay to hold it in the wooden box, allowing Qin Jue to put down his previous worries.
Just when Qin Duwu was overjoyed, the entire cave suddenly shook.
Rumble!
The walls of a cave shattered, and huge stones fell into a pool of lava, splashing magma like a wave.
A monitor lizard covered in red scales, with glowing eyes, quickly crawled out of the cave with a heat wave.
As soon as a pair of vertical pupils appeared, the monitor lizard stared at Qin Du, probably feeling the breath of the spirit fruit in the box. The monitor lizard opened its huge mouth and roared angrily, swinging its tail to sweep the rubble and roll it around, and its thick limbs moved towards Qin Du.
"It's not good, it's the Burning Rock Armored Lizard, this desolate beast has this treasure to cultivate, it seems that it already has the strength of the Yuan Realm!" After Jizo finished speaking, he rushed directly towards the armored lizard, "Childe, you go quickly, I'll stop it." ”
Although he has never seen Jizo fight, he doesn't know his exact strength, but it can be seen from his gestures that his strength is not weak. Moreover, Xiao Ning is still here, and she can't be affected.
As soon as he thought of this, Qin Jue did not hesitate, and quickly turned around and went to Xiao Ning's body. Bent down and picked up Xiao Ning, who was still in a daze with a handful of flame grass in his hand, turned around and ran towards the outside of the cave.
Behind him, there was a constant rumbling sound, and the entire mountain peak shook, which showed how fierce the battle was.
Shout!
Holding Xiao Ning out of the cave, Qin Jue put Xiao Ning down and told her not to run around. Then, without taking a breath, he reflexively returned to the cave, wanting to go back to help Jizo.
Boom! Boom!
He had just entered the cave and had not gone far when a more violent shaking came. The ground shook and the mountains shook, and the stones above the head fell one after another, filling the air with dust and smoke. After shaking a little lightly and seeing the situation in front of him clearly, Qin couldn't help but feel a burst of despair from the bottom of his heart.
The direction leading to the belly of the mountain in the cave is buried by collapsed rocks!
In the dust and smoke, Qin resolutely picked up the gravel desperately. However, it is clear that everything was in vain. Not to mention how long the cave has been collapsed and buried, even the few rocks in front of him who don't know how big they are, they can't be shaken.
Qin Jue and Jizang have only been together for a few days. Not to mention that the other party obeyed him, when he was in danger just now, the first thing that came to mind was his safety.
A moment later, with extreme unwillingness, Qin Jue returned the same way.
Xiao Ning was still waiting for him outside the cave, Xiao Ning didn't have any cultivation at all, and in this wilderness, he didn't dare to leave her alone for too long.
"Haha,,, such a beautiful little girl, how dangerous it is to be here alone, go with Young Master Ben, you can be safe. ”
Are you really worried about what's coming? As soon as Qin Jue arrived at the entrance of the cave, he heard a voice from outside.
"Young master, be careful! The movement here just now is so big, it must not be caused by ordinary people!"
Outside the cave, five or six monks surrounded Xiao Ning with a panicked expression. One of the old men said to a young man of all shapes.
The young man stood in the middle of the crowd, dressed in fine clothes, and was clearly the leader of the group.
When everyone heard what the old man said, they immediately raised their vigilance and looked around.
After a while, seeing that he didn't find anything abnormal, the young man flicked his sleeves, "What are you afraid of, even if there are people, in the area around Antarctic City, my Nalan family still needs to be afraid of others." ”
"That's it, you guys are too careful, can it be said that anyone dares to make a move against the young master?" said a tall thin monk standing beside the young man, with a proud face on his face. That look, those who don't know, think that he is the young master.
"No,,, young master, I mean, look at that little girl's hand. ”
After the old man reminded him again, the young man and the others all looked at Xiao Ning's hand.
"This, Spirit Grass!"
"It's all flaming grass!"
"And it doesn't look like it's a low vintage!"
The eyes of the group of people were immediately filled with greedy gaze.
"Little girl, would you like to buy the spirit grass in your hand from me?" the young man tried to pretend to be a kind smile and stared at the spirit grass in Xiao Ning's hand and said.
"Not good!" Xiao Ning replied stubbornly, although he was a little scared. After speaking, he clenched the spirit grass in his hand and couldn't help but take a few steps back.
"Young master, don't talk nonsense with her little girl, just grab it. There was such a big commotion here just now, and if there were other monks around, they would definitely be attracted to it. The old man was secretly anxious, it was time, and the young master was still doing something. Then he continued, "If the young master likes this little girl, he can bring someone back directly." ”
Seeing the old man's words and urging, the young man's face changed, and he was slightly dissatisfied. However, he is not stupid and understands that the other party is reasonable. So, with a wave of his hand, he ordered: "Do it, take people away!"
The two monks immediately approached Xiao Ning, and Xiao Ning was so frightened that he retreated step by step.
"Let's go!" The tall and thin monk just now was in a hurry to behave, walked in front of Xiao Ning in three or two steps, and stretched out his hand to grab Xiao Ning.
Bang! A sudden change occurred, and a figure instantly blocked in front of Xiao Ning. At the same time, a punch slammed into the chest of the tall and thin monk, and the tall monk didn't expect that someone would suddenly appear, and he was caught off guard and was knocked away by Qin Du's punch. After flying three or four meters, he fell to the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood from his mouth, and passed out.
"Childe!" Seeing Qin Jue appear, Xiao Ning hurriedly hid behind him.
"Who are you?" Seeing that someone suddenly came out to stop him, the young man glanced at the other party and asked. At the same time, he secretly observed the reaction of the old man next to him.
Qin Jue ignored the young man, observing the strength of the other party while thinking about how to deal with the current situation.
The group of people on the opposite side are also body refining cultivators, and judging by their breath, they should all be in the realm of opening up two or three strange veins. Only that old man had a strong aura on his body, and it was basically certain that he was at least a mid-stage cultivator who had opened up the five veins.
In the refining realm, the first four veins are all in the early stage, the fifth and sixth veins are the middle stage, and the seventh or eighth veins are considered the late stage.
Don't talk about others, just the strongest old man on the other side, he will not be an opponent no matter what.
"If you want these spiritual grasses, I can give them to you. However, if you want to hurt those behind me, I will fight with my life. ”
Jizo's life and death are unknown, and it is almost impossible to take Xiao Ning away from this group of people by himself. If he was alone, he would definitely try his best to escape, and now that Xiao Ning was there, he knew that he had no choice. Therefore, Qin Jue decided to abandon the spirit grass, hoping that the other party would stop it.