Volume 1 Hidden Immortals Chapter 16 Harvest and Loss
Suddenly, he smelled a faint stench of decay, and looked in the direction from which the stench had come from. Nangong Xiao found the corpse of the demon bear that had caused him to be in danger. He took a deep breath, then held his breath and walked over to check.
The demon bear's eyes widened, and although it had lost its brilliance, Nangong Xiao still understood the confusion, unwillingness, and pain in its eyes.
He can also understand that the demon bear is so dead, and when he has all the advantages, he was turned over in an instant by the person who is about to die, and it is the same for himself. However, he didn't have any pity for the demon bear, and even wanted to go up and carry two feet.
In order not to continue thinking about it, he turned his gaze to other parts, and found that except for the wound on the back door of the demon bear and the entrance of its mouth, where insects such as ants and flies came in and out, the rest of the place was not rotten, which made him a little curious.
I have already refined the spirit grass, and the temperature around me should be no different from the outside world, looking at this withered leaves all over the ground, at least it has been a summer, and the corpse is only slightly decaying, which is a little strange.
Nangong Xiao stretched out a hand with interest to caress the yellow and white fur, and a cool and comfortable feeling passed from his fingertips. This surprised him slightly, and then he was overjoyed, this is a rare treasure, and it is made of leather armor, and when it is worn on the body, it will not feel hot when fighting.
Thinking to himself, he pulled out the dagger he carried with him and stabbed the bear in the abdomen, trying to peel the bear skin off. But the tip of the knife pierced the fur and could no longer advance for half a minute, no matter how Nangong Xiao used his strength, and even used the giant force technique to deform the demon bear's abdomen, it was useless, and in the end, the dagger couldn't stand the power of the giant force technique, and the blade was broken into two sections in response.
Seeing this scene, he could understand why the demon bear's corpse had been left for so long, but it had not been eaten by other demon beasts. Such a tough fur made other demon beasts bite it.
In fact, Nangong Xiao only guessed part of it correctly. Indeed, the strength of this demon bear is the first in this area, and it is indeed not easy for other demon beasts to bite through its fur, but it is just not easy. Hundreds or thousands of bites, you can bite and wear the same. The most important point was that the terrifying aura emitted by the two evil knives that broke away from Nangong Xiao's body made the other demon beasts stay away from it. Otherwise, let alone the demon bear, it is Nangong Xiao who now doesn't know which demon beast has digested it in the belly.
Nangong Xiao didn't want to do this at all, he was now thinking hard about how to cut the bear skin, he didn't want to enter the treasure mountain and go back empty. If the demon bear is moved away, it will not work. The demon bear is too heavy, although he can barely move it, but if he encounters sudden danger, he will definitely not have time to respond, it is too dangerous.
At this time, out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of the evil knife on the side, hesitated for a moment, but still moved, came to it, reached out and grabbed it, and held the evil knife in his hand. Nangong Xiao's body changed, flashed back to the demon bear's side, divided his hands, crossed the two knives between his abdomen and slashed, and the demon bear's abdomen was completely slashed.
"Oh, it's a bit too much." Nangong Xiao scratched his face and muttered to himself as he put away the two knives. Originally, he just wanted to cut a big gap, but who knew that the sharpness of the evil knife was greatly beyond his expectations, and it was so crisp and sharp.
The rest of the pouring is not so troublesome, just separate the fur from the flesh with a knife from the inside. He just wanted to draw another dagger, when suddenly there was a sweetness in his throat, a trace of blood overflowed from the corner of his mouth, and then he was dizzy, and he smelled a strong rancid stench, and couldn't help but kneel on the ground and vomit.
It seems that he still overestimates himself, even if it is only for a few moments, the use of mana is not a small burden on the body. Nangong Xiao wiped the blood and filth from the corners of his mouth with his hand) (Wu Xin smiled bitterly.
After resting for a while and feeling that his body had recovered, Nangong Xiao peeled off the bear skin by dividing it by two. He also removed the biggest teeth and claws of the demon bear. And obtained a white ball and its bear bile from the demon bear's body, as if it had not rotted due to the heat removal effect of the bear skin.
Bear bile is easy to say, he naturally put it away happily, but what the white ball is, he doesn't know, but he faintly feels that the value of the white ball is far above the bear bile, and the strong aura fluctuation makes him feel that this is the essence of the demon bear's body. So he used a wooden box to store precious medicinal herbs. As soon as he put the wooden box in his arms, Nangong Xiao slapped his head and patronized the corpse, what about the elixir he picked?
He hurriedly looked at the ancient tree ten zhang away, and when he hit the trunk, the bamboo basket fell off his back. Sure enough, a bamboo basket was found under the tree. Nangong Xiao hurriedly ran over to check, and his heart suddenly cooled. The ordinary medicinal herbs in the back basket were intact.
But all the seedlings of the spirit grass died without exception, but it's right to think about it, I have been unconscious for so long, and the death of the seedlings is also expected. What made him most distressed was that all the mature elixirs, including the five-hundred-year-old ginseng, were gone, and looking at the paw prints scattered around, it should be a demon beast or a wild beast stealing food.
This is the fruit of his own life's labor, Nangong Xiao really wants to scold the street, but because of that spirit grass, he can't scold now. I almost got angry, and I can only talk about myself with the blessing of not dying in the catastrophe.
However, Nangong Xiao still did not give up, the main purpose of going up the mountain this time was not achieved. So after packing up the bear corpse, he searched the surrounding places in Xu Li, he was not afraid, after all, a powerful existence would not be inhabited by other forces in the territory, as a former explorer, he knew very well.
But the result was unsatisfactory, only one mature elixir and nine seedlings were obtained, if he looked for it farther away, it was very likely that he would encounter the territory of other demon beasts, he didn't think that he could have the ability to turn evil into good fortune, so he had to embark on the journey back in a huff.
The rest of the journey was not dangerous, following the previous markings to avoid the possibility of getting lost, and occasionally finding a few seedlings of herbs and spirit grasses. After half a day's effort, Nangong Xiao returned to the black forest, looked at the inner perimeter of Yunxi Mountain in the distance and let out a long sigh.
It seems that it is really not a wise move to go into the mountains to collect medicine recklessly, and it seems that you have to think of other ways to increase your cultivation in the future.
At this time, the sky was already twilight, and although Nangong Xiao was not afraid of walking at night, he was really tired of going through so many things, so he decided to stay here for another night.
Although the sunset was good, it was quite short, and soon night fell, under the warm bonfire, Nangong Xiao was holding a roasted roe deer leg and gnawing on it. He heard a buzzing sound in his ears and remembered that a dark shadow swept past him and danced around the campfire.