Volume III, Chapter 96
Chen Hong silently came to Chen Fan's side, took Chen Fan's hand without speaking, and looked at Chen Fan's eyes full of attachment. Chen Fan looked at her and smiled, his hand tightened, and then released it to show comfort.
Looking at the concern in Chen Fan's eyes, Chen Hong smiled even happier.
Gao Qiang and Ma Shan looked ashamed, Gao Qiang said: "Senior brother, I'm sorry, our martial arts are too low, not only can't we help, but we also want you to send someone to protect us, we are really useless." ”
"Yes, senior brother, we are the ones who have troubled you. Ma Shan also echoed beside him, after yesterday's and today's battles, he felt more and more that he was inadequate, the acquired third-level martial arts, he could only deal with the lowest-level wind wolf here.
"What's not involved, if you really want to say that it's involved, it's me who has caused you, and it's me who caused the trouble, so I want you to follow me into this dangerous place, so don't say this kind of thing again in the future. Here, my martial arts are not good, don't you see that I didn't join the battle just now? That is, I am not capable of participating in this kind of battle, and your martial arts are not impossible to continue to improve, just work hard to practice in the future, you are still young, the future is limitless, don't blame yourself anymore, let's work together!"
"Okay! We'll try. Hearing Chen Fan's comfort, the two of them were in a better mood, but they still looked ashamed.
Seeing the expressions of the two, Chen Fan understood that they were still blaming themselves, but there was no good way to relieve them, the only good way was to improve their martial arts in a short period of time, but he couldn't do this method for the time being. Now, Chen Fan's mood towards picking herbs to refine pills that can improve his strength is becoming more and more urgent.
"Haha, Brother Chen, thank you again this time! You saved my life again. A loud voice interrupted Chen Fan's thoughts.
Chen Fan turned his head and looked, but it was Yu Ruoxi.
Yu Ruoxi came to the front. patted Chen Fan on the shoulder and laughed: "Thank you for your kindness, if you need my help in the future, just ask, I will definitely help you do it." ”
For Yu Ruoxi's intimacy, Chen Fan was a little uncomfortable. But he didn't say anything, just responded lightly: "Now we are companions, this is what I should do, there is no such thing as anyone saving whom." ”
"Haha, anyway, thank you anyway. Yu Ruoxi greeted Chen Hong and the three of them again and greeted them.
"It's really dangerous today, that blood tiger should have been injured by the Berserk Demon Bear, and then chased all the way here. happened to meet us, otherwise there would not be two ancient beasts at the same time, but I don't know what they fought for, it stands to reason that the blood tiger would not dare to clash with the berserk demon bear, there is no comparison between the two, the blood tiger is lost. Uncle Ming still felt a little furious in his heart when he thought about it, if it weren't for Chen Fan's presence. It's dead today.
"It would be nice to have two more. Chen Fan sighed, he was still thinking about the four "Elite Beast Clan Souls" in his heart.
“......”
Uncle Ming and Yu Ruoxi looked at each other. Relatively wordless.
At the same time, the forest in the gorge was somewhere about twenty miles away from Chen Fan and the others.
A group of about forty practitioners was slowly advancing.
The lowest martial arts in this team all have the level of the seventh level of the day after tomorrow, and there are four people who have the great perfection of the day after tomorrow, and the most terrifying thing is. There are actually three innate realm masters in the team, one is congenital level 1 and two are born level 2.
The first level of innate is a tall middle-aged strong man with a strong face, and in his hand is a five-foot-long big knife. The bull's-eyed eyes were round, searching back and forth, paying attention to the movements around them.
The two of the two congenital level are both elderly men, one of them looks about sixty years old, with a thin face, a pointed chin, a goatee, a pair of small eyes like mung beans, and bones are swaying, at first glance he is the kind of treacherous and cunning person, and the other round fat face is full of red light, not even many wrinkles, if it weren't for the gray hair that revealed his real age, he might think that he was only about forty years old, but in fact, his real age is older than a goatee, and he is already over seventy years old.
Neither of them was armed and their hands were empty.
At this time, the goatee opened his mouth and said, "Senior Brother Ding, do you think we can get Neidan this time?"
"Whoever can say this kind of thing, do your best. The fat-faced old man looked around vigilantly and replied casually.
"Well, I don't know what the boss thinks, is it worth it to take such a big risk to hunt for Nedan?" the goatee vented his dissatisfaction.
Hearing the goatee's complaint, the fat-faced old man turned his head to look at the goatee with a serious expression and said, "Are you criticizing the master? Are you questioning the master's approach?"
The goatee was startled, and hurriedly said: "No, I'm not questioning the master's approach, it's just that I can't figure out why the head of the family should pay so much sacrifice for Nedan." The Inner Dan is just to increase the speed of cultivation, the high-level Inner Dan that has an effect on our innate masters, we can't get it, we can hunt and kill the low-level Inner Dan that has no effect on our innate masters, and can only be used by people in the acquired realm to assist in cultivation, but to sacrifice the current acquired masters, to exchange for the future acquired masters, no matter how I calculate, I feel that it is a loss, in case, when we encounter high-level ancient beasts, even our innate masters are in danger, if we lose the innate masters because of this, it will be even more than worth the loss. ”
"Hmph, with your wisdom, how can you understand the master's thoughts, don't be smart here, you won't understand the master's mind. As soon as the fat-faced old man mentioned the master, he had a look of adoration on his face.
A hint of cruelty flashed in the goatee's eyes, he gritted his teeth secretly, raised his head again and said with a smile: "That's it, the wisdom of the head of the family is as deep as the sea, and that's what I can guess, didn't I ask Senior Brother Ding for you." You are very important to the master, you should know the thoughts of the master, just reveal it to my junior brother, among so many senior brothers and junior brothers, only Senior Brother Ding can answer my doubts. ”
was slapped by the goatee, and the fat-faced old man was also a little fluttery, and he didn't notice the cruel look that flashed in the goatee's eyes, so he said happily: "That's right, it's not that I'm boasting, this matter." You will never find anyone else to help you answer your questions other than the head and the elders, except me. ”
"That's, that's, Senior Brother Ding is deeply respected by the head of the family, and he can be said to be the second person below the head of the family. What secrets do you don't know, Senior Brother Ding, and besides, Senior Brother Ding usually takes the most care of us junior brothers, and he will take the initiative to bring us any benefits, so I have always said, Senior Brother Ding, you are the Buddha of Wanjiasheng, and you are our most respected senior brother. "Goatee, whether he said it right or not, casually praised it.
Being slapped again by a goatee, the chubby-faced old man was even happier. He looked at the goatee with a smile and said: "Well, you know me best, Senior Brother Fei, I don't have any merits as a person, I just like to help others, alas, this is a habit, if you don't help others for a day, you will feel uncomfortable." ”
Goatee secretly vomited in his heart. He cursed the fat-faced old man a few more times in secret, and then said to the fat-faced old man, "Yes." Senior Brother Ding is really a model for us to learn, and in the future, I will ask Senior Brother Ding to teach me more, so that I don't know if I make a mistake. ”
Seeing the fat-faced old man's intoxicated look, the goatee continued, "Please ask Senior Brother Ding to guide me through the maze!"
"Okay, since Senior Brother Fei, you want to know so much, I am your Senior Brother. It is indeed my responsibility to answer your doubts, but this matter is very important, and after I tell you, you must not leak this rumor. The fat-faced old man's mysterious look aroused the goatee's interest even more.
Goatee nodded in agreement. The fat-faced old man then whispered: "I overheard the head of the sect mention this secret, and I heard that as long as there is enough inner pill, people who are already in the realm of the Great Perfection of the day after tomorrow can be forcibly elevated to the innate realm. ”
"You mean," Goatee looked horrified, "Artificial Innate Masters, if there are enough Inner Dan, they can create Innate Realm Masters in batches, right?"
"That's why the head of the sect will not hesitate to sacrifice like this, but also to get enough Neidan, just to improve the strength of our sect. As long as our strength improves, this year's ranking of the top ten sects of the Eastern Empire, the ranking of our Scorching Sun Sect will be improved, hehe!" The fat-faced old man had a yearning look on his face, as if he had seen the scene when the sect's ranking was raised.
The goatee was still in shock, and had not yet fully digested the shocking news, which, once spread, would definitely cause a shocking wave.
The master of the innate realm has always been a sign of the strength of the sect, but there are not many masters in the innate realm, most of the innate masters are from the various sects, those who do not have the sect of the innate masters, as soon as they come out, they are immediately recruited by the major sects, no matter how hard the sects work, the number of innate masters who increase every year is not much, so it is almost impossible for the strength of the sect to improve in a short period of time.
However, if you master a method that can create a large number of innate masters in a short period of time, then the strength of this sect will be greatly improved in a short period of time.
Although even if the strength of the Scorching Sun Sect is greatly improved in a short period of time, it will not be able to surpass the super faction of the Cold Shelter Palace, but it will definitely surpass the other ten major sects. In this way, the fame will increase, there will be more people who will learn from the teacher, there will naturally be more disciples with excellent qualifications, the number of innate masters will also increase, and the strength of the Scorching Sun Sect will be further enhanced, so that a virtuous circle will be formed, and in this way, it will not be impossible to reach the level of the Cold Shelter Palace one day in the future.
The fat-faced old man patted his goatee on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Let's go, don't be in a daze, hurry up and hit Nedan, and quickly complete the task and go back." ”
Seeing the appearance of the goatee, the fat-faced old man could also understand, you know, when he first heard the news, he looked worse than a goatee.
The goatee awoke from his trance, answered casually, followed the fat-faced old man, and continued to walk forward, disappearing into the dense woods in an instant.
About thirty miles northeast of the fat-faced old man and the others, at this time, there was also a team of about sixty people groping their way through the forest.
The leader of the group was two men of about fifty years of age, one of whom was six feet tall, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, tall and strong, with a three-foot long sword hanging from his waist, and walked with great might, and the other was quite handsome, and there was a scar on his face that stretched from the bottom of his left eye to the bottom of his left ear, which ruined the overall image. became a little hideous, his stature was not very high, only about five feet and three inches, and he also had a three-foot long sword hanging from his waist.
The martial arts of the two of them have actually reached the realm of the second level of congenital beings.
There was calm all around, except for the occasional roar of beasts in the distance. There was only the sound of pulling grass and chopping vines, and everyone did not speak, but moved forward silently.
The tall man suddenly turned his head and said to the scarred man, "Senior Brother Gu, do you know when the Golden Protector will be able to arrive, if they can't meet us on time, it will be difficult for us to complete the task, and it will be very dangerous." ”
Senior Brother Gu replied expressionlessly: "I don't know, according to the plan." They will come and meet us on time. ”
The tall man was still not at ease, and continued: "But this is the Nongxia Forest, who can guarantee that there will be no accidents, in case they can't come in time, and we go in on time, it's not very dangerous." It doesn't matter if we can't beat us and escape, but it's hard for our men. It's likely that they'll all be wiped out because of this. ”
Senior Brother Gu's tone was still cold: "If they don't come, we won't go in." ”
The tall man asked in surprise, "Huh! We won't go in until we've met them. ”
"Yes!"
"Is this the doorman's instructions?"
"Yes!"
"Then I'm relieved. The tall man laughed happily: "This mission is too dangerous, if there is no Golden Protector and them, relying on our team alone, the chance of the entire army being wiped out is at least ninety percent, and we may be the only ones who can escape." But if there are Golden Protectors and them, the chance of success is fifty percent, and even if we can't complete the task, at least we can ensure that our people will not be killed or injured in large quantities. ”
Senior Brother Gu smiled faintly and did not answer. Continue to push aside a dangling vine in front of you and walk forward.
The tall man knew his character, and was not upset, and walked beside him and continued to talk to him, but because he had solved the problem in his heart, he now spoke with a sense of joy in his tone, and from time to time laughter came out of his mouth and echoed in the forest.
"This is Nedan?" Looking at the two round balls the size of yellow and blood-red marbles in his hand, Chen Fan couldn't help but ask with some doubts.
Chen Hong, Gao Qiang, and Ma Shan had never seen Nedan before, and they all walked up and looked at Nedan steadily, wanting to see what was different.
"Yes, this is Nedan. The yellow ones are the Berserk Demon Bears, and the blood-red ones are the Blood Tigers. Uncle Ming nodded and gave Chen Fan a positive answer.
Except for the strange color, Chen Fan really couldn't see anything strange about these two balls, and lightly tapped them with his fingers, feeling hard and hard, like stones.
"How do you use it?" Chen Fan raised his head to look at Uncle Ming, and stretched out his hand holding the two Inner Dans in front of Uncle Ming.
"Hold the Inner Dan in your hand, operate the mental method as usual, and then separate a stream of true qi from the Lao Gong body in the palm of your hand, and inject it to the surface of the Inner Dan, the Inner Dan will automatically absorb it, and then automatically release a refined true qi back, you just need to absorb this true qi back again, forming a cycle. The amount of this absorbed True Qi has not changed, but the quality has changed, becoming purer and easier to control. In fact, it is a refining process. Because, the higher the martial arts, the purer the true qi in the body, and improving the level of martial arts is actually a process of purifying the true qi, the purer the true qi, the faster the speed of cultivation, so this effect of Neidan is actually indirectly helping us to improve our level. Uncle Ming explained in detail.
"Oh. Chen Fan somewhat understood, although he was not cultivating internal strength, he still wanted to see if this inner pill had any effect on the cultivation of "Divine Qi", so he separated the two inner pills, grabbed one in one hand, and was about to start the experiment.
"Don't! Stop! Little brother, please stop and listen to me. Uncle Ming was so frightened that his face turned white, and he hurriedly stopped Chen Fan's actions loudly.
Chen Fan stopped his movements and looked at Uncle Ming strangely, not understanding why he was so anxious.
"Please let go of your hands first, no luck, yes, let go slowly, never, no luck. Uncle Ming stretched his hands forward and pressed them down lightly to strengthen the tone of his speech, and his expression was anxious and solemn.
Although he was very puzzled, Chen Fan still let go of his clenched hands and spread out his palms, revealing two inner pills.
"Please put Nedan away first, and I'll explain it to you. Uncle Ming continued.
Chen Fan stuffed the inner pill into his arms, and looked at the two inner pills into his arms. In fact, he put it in the storage pool, and then said lightly, "Okay, now you can say it." ”
"Well, I'll tell you about the issues that you need to pay attention to when using Inner Pills: First, you can't use two different types of Inner Pills for cultivation at the same time, and the result of doing so is to go mad. No exceptions. This has been verified by many seniors, and there will be no mistake, so when I saw that you wanted to use two Inner Pills to cultivate at the same time, I would immediately stop you, so please pay attention to this. Uncle Ming had a solemn look on his face, and his words carried an unquestionable tone.
"Okay, I see. Chen Fan knew that Uncle Ming really didn't want to have an accident on his own, so his tone was not as indifferent as before, and became a little softer. Although he will definitely not go mad, because he is not cultivating internal strength, who can guarantee that when he uses two different inner pills to cultivate the "Divine Qi" at the same time, a similar situation will not occur?
"Second, the inner pill will be worn out when cultivating. After a period of use, the potency of the inner dan will slowly decrease. Until it disappears completely, it can no longer be used. After the effect of the inner pill disappears, when you need to use another inner pill to cultivate, the time between this is better to be more than ten days, if it is less than ten days, there may be a situation of going mad, this is according to each person's different physique and cultivation exercises. The time interval is also different, but as long as it is more than ten days, it will be fine. If the second Inner Pill you use is of the same type as your first Inner Pill, for example, the Inner Pill of the Blood Tiger of the Second Tier Ancient Beast, you don't need this interval, you can use it directly. ”
Chen Fan nodded in understanding. It was the first time Chen Hong and the others had heard of this kind of thing, and they were also listening attentively.
"Third, when using the Inner Dan to cultivate, it is best to choose the one with the same attribute as yourself to cultivate, which will speed up the purification of true qi. For example, most of the disciples of the Cold Avoidance Palace practiced ice-attribute exercises, so it was best to use the inner pills of ice-attribute beasts such as snow leopards, ice wolves, and frost earth dragons. Uncle Ming said and looked at Shui Yiyi and the others again, he regarded Shui Yiyi and the other seven women as disciples of the Cold Palace.
"Anything else?"
"No, there are only three things to pay special attention to. Uncle Ming shook his head.
"Okay, I'll pay attention to it when I cultivate in the future. ”
"By the way, Brother Chen, what do you want to do with that berserk demon bear and blood tiger?" Seeing the end of the topic, Yu Ruoxi interjected and asked beside her.
"What to deal with?" Chen Fan was confused again, didn't Nedan already get it?
"Hehe," as soon as she saw Chen Fan's appearance, Yu Ruoxi knew that he didn't understand, smiled and continued: " Just now, we only took out the inner dan of the Berserk Demon Bear and the Blood Tiger for Brother Chen, but their bodies are still very useful, for example, their fur can be made into clothes, and their defense is very strong, especially the fur of the Raging Demon Bear, if it is handled well, the clothes made will not be able to cut through the ordinary swords used by the masters of the peak of the day after tomorrow, and they can also be regarded as treasures, and even their flesh and blood are very useful, which is of certain help to improve their physique, and if they are sold, they are very valuable. ”
"However, they are too large to bring them all back, so please ask Brother Chen to see what to do with them. Yu Ruoxi said the reason why she wanted Chen Fan to make a decision.
This is indeed a bit difficult to do, according to common sense, when encountering this kind of thing, you can only take the two alien beasts Dan, peel the skin, take the inner Dan and the fur and go, the other parts can't be taken away, because it's too big, at most take a part to eat, and they still have a task, if they are now completing the task, if they want to get out of the thick gorge forest, they can also try to carry the entire alien beast away, but now there is no way, they can only take the inner Dan and the fur.
But Chen Fan is different, he has a charging pool, only he thinks, even if there are ten more such strange beasts, they can be easily taken away. The only problem now is that this kind of thing can't be exposed, if Chen Fan wants to take these two strange beasts away, he needs to think of a way to avoid everyone's eyes and ears.
This is a good thing, eating it can enhance the physique, even if you don't eat it, it can be worth a lot of money if you sell it, the meat of the ancient beast, it is rare and can enhance the physique, there are very few people who can eat it, if you can sell it with the flesh, the cost of living in the future will be no problem.
Chen Fan looked at Chen Hong and the three of them, he was no longer alone, he still needed to take care of the three of them, all the expenses fell on him alone, if he didn't take the opportunity to find some money, would he sit and eat empty?
After thinking about it, Chen Fan said: "Please help me peel off the fur, you can take as many other parts as you can, and leave the rest to me to deal with." ”
"Haha, okay, I haven't eaten the demon bear meat yet, let's dip the light of Brother Chen today, taste the meat of the third-level ancient beast, and see if it is as delicious as the legend." Yu Ruoxi laughed out loud and immediately ordered the people of the White Jade Clan's team to do the same.
In addition to being discussed in advance, the rule among the practitioners is that whoever hits first will own whoever hits first, so Yu Ruoxi put the decision of the Berserk Demon Bear and the Blood Tiger in Chen Fan's hands, because this is the spoils that belong to Chen Fan, and others have no right to dispose of it. And even if she let them fight, Yu Ruoxi would have no way to deal with the Berserk Demon Bear.
No matter how Yu Ruoxi instructed her subordinates to do things, Chen Fan pulled Chen Hong to the side and whispered to comfort her. Chen Fan was afraid that she would be left with a psychological shadow because of this battle. What happened last night made him know the fragility of her heart, and he had to pay special attention to it.
However, what Chen Fan didn't know was that because of what happened last night, the depression in Chen Hong's heart had already disappeared, and all her current spirit had been placed on him, as long as she could be with him, she would feel very happy, and it was difficult for other things to affect her emotions.
While listening to Chen Fan's words, he looked at Chen Fan with a smile on his face, and responded with "um, um" from time to time. Chen Hong's heart is now full of happiness, seeing Chen Fan caring about her and comforting her, she can't help but feel very happy, as long as she can see Chen Fan, she will feel that everything is beautiful, she has regarded Chen Fan as the only support in her heart, if she loses Chen Fan now, I really don't know if she still has the courage to continue living.
Last night's events made her put aside all the unhappy things before, her heart disease has been cured, but she put the hope of life on Chen Fan's body, and her emotions will be affected by Chen Fan in the future, Chen Fan is happy, she is also happy, Chen Fan is in pain, she is also in pain, new problems have appeared, for her, I don't know whether it is good or bad, but at least, at this moment, she is very happy.
Happy time always passed quickly, and when the two were chatting happily, Yu Ruoxi came over again, saying that she had already dealt with the Blood Tiger and the Berserk Demon Bear, and handed over two large bags of fur.
Chen Fan casually swept it with his eyes, and knew that it was the fur of the Blood Tiger and the Demon Bear. Chen Fan handed the fur to Gao Qiang and Ma Shan, one bag per person, and asked them to carry it on their backs, since they couldn't be included in the storage pool, they could only ask people to carry them, and the most suitable people, of course, were Gao Qiang and Ma Shan, they were not capable of participating in the battle in the Nongxia Forest, but it was still okay to carry two backpacks. (To be continued......)