Chapter Thirty-Nine: Deep Mountains and Old Forests
"Hu ......" In a cliff cave deep in the mountains and forests, Li Jingxuan, who had been sitting cross-legged for a long time, let out a long breath of turbidity.
It's been three days, and it's been three full days since he came here with his ruined body to meditate on his knees. In the past three days, his mood has also changed from the original anxiety of suffering from gains and losses, to the helplessness of the broken jar behind him, and then he really calmed down to cultivate, and further with the peace of mind, he more and more understood the power of the exercises that Ming Lingzi handed over to him.
Three days ago, he was like the walking dead, and he could die at any time.
After three days, he was able to walk, sit, box, hunt, and then had the most basic self-preservation ability.
"The recovery power of this set of exercises is really amazing. Li Jingxuan stood up from the place where he was meditating, directly took a horse step, raised his breath, and swung his fist. There were no moves, just a flat punch straight out, and the Yuan Qi Cyclone immediately gushed out, and as Li Jingxuan's fist hit the vacant out, it vibrated out a circle of ripples that could be perceived but could not be seen.
"The peak fist strength of the day after tomorrow ......" Li Jingxuan whispered, with only joy on his face, but no frustration.
After all, it is lucky to survive such an explosion. What's more, being able to return to the current level in three days, Li Jingxuan felt that he had no more complaints to complain about.
"What's more...... My forging body is at its peak, and it's not really a drop-in-the-top, it's just a lack of output. My realm and the vitality in my body are all real qi induction realms. Li Jingxuan thought so, and a faint sense of loss appeared on his face: "However, according to the introduction of the exercises given to me by Ming Lingzi's predecessors, what can be done simply by repairing the body with vitality is the current step." If you want to further heal the pain on your body, in addition to conditioning your body with water grinding, you can only refine the wound medicine. But...... There is no pharmacy here. Although it is in the mountains and forests, I am the only one at the moment, so I can only find the best formula for wound medicine. Alas......"
Li Jingxuan sighed, and then mobilized his memory, trying to recall the prescription he needed. In the end, he found the most suitable prescription for himself at the moment among dozens of prescriptions suitable for the Qi Induction Realm.
"That's it...... Tiger gall and bear heart soup. With tiger bones and bear paws as the soup base, stew bear heart, tiger gall, and mountain ginseng to make a decoction. According to the prescription, this can nourish the vitality and strengthen the body, which is suitable for me at the moment. Right now, I'm in the middle of a mountain forest, and it's easy to find mountain ginseng, as for tiger guts and bear hearts...... These two fierce objects, as long as they are not almost at the level of demon beasts, should be able to deal with them with my current combat power. As long as you are well prepared...... I think I should be able to take them. Li Jingxuan thought so.
At this time, he was already somewhere in the depths of Zhongtiao Mountain, where exactly was it, how far away from the Holy Dao, he didn't understand, and he didn't want to understand. After taking the longevity pill, his damaged essence blood recovered somewhat. With a lifespan of at least forty years, he is still steadfast in going to the Blue Netherworld Continent, but he is not as urgent as he was at the beginning.
Forty years, this is enough time for him to leisurely recuperate here, recover from his injuries, and "waste" so a year and a half.
"Must ...... Only after you can get out after conditioning your body!" Li Jingxuan thought so, and he had already secretly made up his mind in his heart.
Coming out of the cave, the mountains and forests outside were as dark as ever. The giant tree, which was more than ten zhang high and several zhang wide, and the countless branches and leaves that stretched out from the giant tree, obscured the blue sky that should have been visible. Only some of the light as thin as silk threads passed down, forming spots of light in the shape of stars on the ground.
This world off the beaten track. It's completely different from the outside, everything is so primitive, so natural.
Pranayama is different from closing the door, it pays attention to relaxation, and it is a combination of work and rest. With Li Jingxuan's current level, thirty-six weeks of luck a day, six hours of meditation and convincing are about the same. Instead of repairing one's body, it is harmful to one's body.
Because there is a lot of time in addition to recuperating his body, Li Jingxuan has also taken the time to walk around the cave where he is in the past three days. He didn't go very far, just circled the two-mile radius of the cave, trying to find out as much as he could about the surroundings.
After observing it, he had a general idea of his surroundings: it was a natural cave deep in the forest, perhaps originally used as a resting place for some beast, so it was filled with a fishy smell and many skeleton remnants. However, the cave has been abandoned, and judging by the bones of the beasts that have been ossified and the vines that have obscured the cave, there has been no life here for several years.
The cave is located under a cliff wall, and around the cave, under the giant trees that have grown for hundreds of years, countless well-known and unknown plants are thriving.
Li Jingxuan just turned around, and found that there are a lot of them growing here: yellow essence, wild ginseng, He Shou Wu and the like, with years ranging from tens to hundreds of years. It is not an extremely precious treasure of heaven and earth, but it is enough for Li Jingxuan to take it at this time.
Walking in the forest, Li Jingxuan plucked a thick hundred-year-old wild ginseng from the ground, gently brushed off the dust on its roots, incorporated it into the space skin that had been prepared for a long time, and casually put away a few thirty-four-year-old yellow essence plants growing near the left, and finally exhaled.
"The wild ginseng has been found, and now I only need to hunt the blind bear and the tiger, and take the bear heart, bear claws, tiger bones, and tiger gall, and then I can make a decoction. Cutting off a piece of yellow essence and putting it in his mouth to chew, Li Jingxuan relied on these wild medicinal materials to make up for his lack of qi and blood, filling up his hungry belly, while secretly thinking about his next actions.
There were bears and tigers in the mountains and forests, and Li Jingxuan had seen them and knew their approximate location: the tigers lived on the north side of the cave, on the opposite side of the creek two miles away, while the black bears lived on the southwest side of the cave, about a mile and a half away from the cave where Li Jingxuan was, which was its territory, and a large circle was drawn from the cave to wrap around the cave. It has a wide range of activities, but somehow never goes near the place where the cave is, as if there is something in this cave that it fears.
"I must have passed through its territory when I first came, and I was lucky to be able to walk through the territory of the Great Bear with a broken body without encountering him. Li Jingxuan was very glad about this, and at the same time he was also a little curious about the cave he was in: "Why haven't the two fierce beasts, the tiger and the big bear, never approached here? Could it be that this is their buffer zone? No...... This is impossible, where do these brutes know how to set up a buffer zone outside their territory. They're not monsters. ”
Li Jingxuan thought for a moment, then shook his head decisively.
Since it's not a buffer zone, it's something here that they fear, it could be breath, it could be a magic weapon, or something else.
"Perhaps, after dealing with the matter of the potion, I should go deep into the cave and investigate the party. Li Jingxuan muttered.
It is human common sense to be curious about strange places, and Li Jingxuan is naturally no exception. He used to be calm, because he didn't have much time and couldn't waste things looking into these weird things. And now, he has some time, and he can really do some of the things he wants to do according to his heart.
In line with the principle of first difficult and then easy, Li Jingxuan decided to go bear hunting first.
To this end, he made a series of preparations: he found some drugs that might have belonged to a disciple of the Ancestral Spirit Hall and two daggers that seemed to be sharp and abnormal.
He pinned one of the daggers to his leg for backup, and tied the other to a stick that he had prepared to make a spear. This spear is about eight feet long and weighs three catties, which is considered a lightweight object. Li Jingxuan took it in his hand, held it alone and waved it for a while, and he didn't feel any discomfort, and immediately nodded with satisfaction.
The spear and the dagger were the weapons of this operation. As for the drug, Li Jingxuan intends to use it as a hole card to launch an attack.
After completing the preparations, he took the time to wash his body, get rid of all the odors, and then changed into a black robe in the space skin, and then unfolded his body, lifting his breath and jumping into the treetops.
Although he still retains the combat power of the peak of forging his body, Li Jingxuan did not directly walk in front of the black bear to have a life-and-death struggle with it, and finally defeated it.
Although it is an upright way to convince people with strength, it is a stupid way to waste strength for Li Jingxuan.
After seeing the big black man cruising leisurely in the forest under the treetops, what Li Jingxuan thought about was how to follow it back to his lair without alarming it, and then release the drug in his hand when it was asleep, preparing for his sneak attack.
After all, Li Jingxuan didn't want to have a hearty battle with it from beginning to end. In his opinion, as long as he can get the other party's bear heart and bear paws, no matter what method is used, it is acceptable.
"Man is stronger than beasts of prey for wisdom, not strength. If it weren't for the last resort, a fool would fight a beast in close combat. "Follow the black blind man who didn't know the danger was coming around in the treetops, and watched it return to the cave where he lived, Li Jingxuan thought.
At this point, it's time to step on the inventory, and the rest is to wait quietly in the treetops. After waiting for the black blind man to fall asleep, he strolled into it, and fanned the drug lightly in front of his nose.
Although Li Jingxuan didn't know how long it would take for the black blind man to fall asleep, he estimated that half an hour should be a suitable time. He planned to start his own action in half an hour.
Lift your breath, bend your knees, and jump lightly from the treetops, which is quick at first, but the slower you go. This is the reason why Li Jingxuan unfolded the white cloud body method, turned into a white cloud, and his heart was as pure as empty. This is the true meaning of the White Cloud Body Method, and it is also one of the tricks to practice it to the highest realm. Although he has only just mastered this method, there is still a huge movement in the ears of the master, which is not worth mentioning, but at this moment, it is enough to use this method to deal with the stupid bear inside.
He landed lightly on the ground, like a feather, without a single movement.
After looking around at the surrounding movements and finding that it was still extremely quiet in the four corners, Li Jingxuan tapped lightly and moved forward. At this moment, every step he took was extremely light, as if he was stepping on the ground, but in fact, every step he took was gently stepping on the ground and a finger away.
At this time, he stepped into the air, naturally without a trace of fireworks, just like a living immortal.
Li Jingxuan stepped into the dark cave leisurely. At this time, the sun in the sky was just half west, but in the depths of this cave, it was already out of sight. The bear's burrow is usually found on a sunny hillside or in a hollow of a dead tree, and its most sensitive thing is not its eyes, nor its ears, but its nose.
If Li Jingxuan came here without cleaning up beforehand, he was afraid that the black bear would be awakened no matter how well he slept soundly, but now, the black bear didn't move at all, and it just fell asleep on the ground honestly. The thunderous snoring shook all directions, forming a melodious echo in this small bear hole.
There was only one bear in the hole. Li Jingxuan was very aware of this.
At that moment, he stood three feet away from the bear, took out the drug he had prepared from the space skin, and swept it to the bear with a palm wind.
This elixir can work on monks in the forging stage, but it is not so effective for monks in the qi induction period, plus Li Jingxuan has already held his breath and used the palm wind to send the elixir into the bear's nose, but it magnifies the effect of this elixir to the best.
After a few moments, the drug was gone, but the black bear was sleeping more deeply.
Li Jingxuan poked and poked at him/her hard, and even used a little bit of real power, but he didn't wake it up at all, which was still asleep.
"This is an opportunity!" Li Jingxuan smirked.
He turned to the back of the black bear's head, gently grabbed the fur at the back of his neck with his hand, took out the sharp dagger from his leg, and gestured at the black bear's head.
In the last moment, the dagger was held high, and the sharp dagger exuded a piercing chill.
The next moment, the dagger fell, bringing up endless vitality.
Li Jingxuan attached his vitality to the dagger, and the ordinary dagger became extremely sharp. Although it is not to the point of breaking gold and cutting iron, it is enough to penetrate the head of a black bear.
Under the blow, the black bear only felt a pain in his head and let out an earth-shattering wail. This is its last, and craziest wail. It woke up from its sleep with wide eyes and instinctively sensed that something was wrong. It wanted to stand up, but as Li Jingxuan held it down and twisted the dagger on its head with force, it fell into darkness in severe pain.
It died, died with a wail.
Li Jingxuan lay on his back and gasped heavily, only to feel that his hands and feet were sore, and his strength was gone.
Although it was only a simple blow, Li Jingxuan had done his best. At this moment, he felt that dealing with this blind bear was much more difficult than dealing with a person.
"It is said that one minute on the stage, ten years of work off the stage...... Don't look at me stabbing comfortably at this moment, I made preparations in advance, but it also took a lot of thought. Li Jingxuan secretly sighed.
He looked at the big guy under him, who was already at his mercy, and suddenly became excited: "Hehe...... Bear paws, bear hearts, bear bile, bear meat...... After a few days of vegetarian eating, my mouth has already faded out of the bird. Now there is finally meat to eat. ”