Chapter 17: The Moment of Life and Death

After the plan was formulated, Aotian immediately jumped down from the tree and began to look for the magic vine fruit.

But for the sake of safety, he was still very careful when walking through the woods, which can be said to be a sight and a listen, and the slightest wind and grass could not escape his ears and eyes.

In this way, he searched carefully in the barren forest for two days, and finally saw the shadow of the Moteng tree under a bare and extremely steep stone mountain.

I saw that it was a not very tall tree, and its lush branches and leaves stretched out like an umbrella, and dense dark blue vines stretched out from the branches and leaves, and hung down to the ground, occasionally blowing in the breeze, and could not help but sway slightly, as if there was nothing unusual.

However, there were also red fruits the size of fists hanging on the Moteng tree, which looked a little tempting.

"I've finally found it!" Aotian was overjoyed and quickened his pace slightly, but he remained vigilant.

Although he hadn't encountered any more magical beasts or dangers in the past two days, the terrifying experience before had always reminded him to be on high alert at all times.

A moment later, when Aotian came to a place about ten meters away from the Moteng Tree, the vines that had been naturally drooping suddenly seemed to come to life, and they wriggled slightly, looking like long cyan snakes from a distance, which was a little terrifying.

Then, the ends of the vines hanging from the ground quickly raised, like poisonous snakes throwing their heads up, warning the enemy not to approach it.

Seeing this, Aotian's face was as usual, and his right hand immediately pulled out the long sword at his waist, and his body shook in an instant, bringing a gust of wind, and quickly rushed towards the Moteng tree.

As if sensing the approach of Aotian, those snake-like vines also shot out one after another, rushing towards Aotian.

However, the attack power and toughness of these vines are very weak, so the Aotian Long Sword can easily cut off those vines with a swing.

However, there are many vines in this Moteng tree, one wave is broken, and another wave is broken.

Therefore, Aotian spent a lot of effort before slowly moving to the foot of the demon teng tree, and then with a force of his legs, he jumped high with a "Teng", grabbed a demon vine fruit with his left hand, and pulled it down.

Picking off the magic vine fruit, Aotian hurriedly put it into the storage ring.

At this time, many vines stretched out from the branches and leaves of the Moteng tree again, frantically attacking Aotian, but all of them were broken under Aotian's sword.

Breaking a wave of vine attacks again, Aotian's body flickered, and he rushed into the distance as fast as a wind, and the vines of the Demon Teng Tree still chased after him, until he could no longer catch up with Aotian, and then they retracted one after another.

Away from the Moteng Tree, Aotian stopped again, and immediately jumped onto a leafy tree, and took out the Demon Vine Fruit he had just obtained from the storage ring.

His eyes looked at the magic vine fruit in his hand, and Aotian's eyes showed a slight joy.

Now that the Demon Vine Fruit was also in his hands, he felt as if he was one step closer to refining Xuan Qi.

However, as soon as he thought of the last material, ambergris, the smile of Aotian disappeared again, and was replaced by a look of sorrow and worry on his face.

Suddenly, the sound of falling gravel came into Aotian's ears, and he couldn't help but feel a tightening heart, and he immediately reached out to pick up the leaves that blocked his vision, and looked at the place where the sound came from, and finally stopped on the stone mountain not far away.

But at this moment, a huge cyan figure appeared in Aotian's sight, crawling down from the halfway waist of the stone mountain, crushing some stones from time to time on the way, turning into gravel and rolling down.

And that figure is a third-level demonic beast - Dragon Horn Python.

"It's the dragon horn python!" Aotian was overjoyed in his heart, he was still worried about how to find the dragon horn python again one second ago, but he didn't expect to see the dragon horn python appear in his field of vision in the next second, which really made him feel a sense of joy falling from the sky.

With his eyes slightly condensed, Aotian carefully looked at the tail of the dragon horned python.

The big tree he was on was not too far from the stone mountain, so he could clearly see that the tail of the dragon horn python really had a circle of purple markings.

"Great, it's really a female dragon horn python!" Aotian was overjoyed, and almost cheered out excitedly.

And what made him even more excited was that judging from the sudden appearance of the dragon horned python, there must be a cave on the stone mountain.

"It's really hard to find a place to step through the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get there, I didn't expect to find the cave of the dragon horn python so easily, it seems that God is also helping me!"

However, although he could be sure that the dragonhorn python's cave was on the stone mountain, he did not act rashly, but continued to stay on the tree, monitoring the dragonhorn python's movements.

He knew very well what a powerful demonic beast he was about to face, so he had to determine if there was only one dragon horn python living on the stone mountain, and also determine the time period when the dragon horn python entered and left the cave, and how long.

Only in this way can he find the right time to act, and can he ensure that nothing goes wrong, otherwise the slightest mistake will cost his life.

In this way, Aotian squatted on the tree for nearly ten days.

After ten days of observation, Aotian has determined that there is only one dragon horn python living on the stone mountain, and has also roughly figured out the time period when the dragon horn python goes out to hunt, as well as the length of each outing.

At this point, he basically has full confidence, and the next thing is to find an opportunity to break into the "tiger's den".

In the afternoon of this day, Aotian saw the dragon horned python again descend the stone mountain and enter the woods below.

"Here's your chance!" Aotian was overjoyed, and quickly jumped from the tree, and then galloped all the way, and soon came to the foot of the stone mountain.

Although this stone mountain is a bit steep, Aotian is a martial artist after all, so it is not difficult to climb it.

After a long time, Aotian finally climbed to the halfway point of the stone mountain, and then found the hole of the dragonhorn python's nest according to the crawling traces of the dragon horn python.

Looking at the dark and deep cave in front of him, Aotian's heart "banged" and jumped, and then his eyes looked around slightly, and then quickly entered the hole.

Inside the cave is a fairly spacious tunnel, which stretches diagonally down the slope without an end in sight.

Aotian walked quickly along the tunnel, walking towards the depths, but his right hand was tightly gripping the hilt of the sword, and his spirit was also in a state of high vigilance.

After all, this is a "tiger's den", although he can basically be sure that there is only a dragon horned python living here, but everything is just in case.

After walking along the tunnel for a long time, Aotian finally found the nest where the dragon horn python lived.

By the faint light, he saw that the lair was an extremely spacious cave, and there were pitch-black holes of various sizes on the stone walls around the cave, and he didn't know where the road led.

In the center of the cave, in a two-meter-square pool, there are several python eggs larger than a human head.

Seeing the waterhole and the python egg, Aotian's eyes suddenly showed a look of ecstasy, and he knew that the waterhole was not water, but the ambergris liquid he was looking for.

So, he immediately rushed to the waterhole, and then took out the bottle that had been prepared from the storage ring and filled it with a whole bottle of ambergris.

After retracting the bottle from the storage ring again, Aotian didn't linger any longer, and immediately got up and ran quickly out of the cave.

However, just as he was about to rush to the entrance of the cave, a black shadow covered the light of the cave, and a gloomy bloody aura came to his face, and the huge head of the dragon horned python appeared at the entrance of the cave.

"Not good!" Aotian's whole body was like an empowerment of cold water, and an unprecedented sense of horror instantly swept through his body, making him freeze in place for a moment.

He didn't have time to think about why the dragon horned python suddenly returned, and the instinct for survival immediately urged his body to turn around and flee.

At this time, the dragon horn python at the entrance of the cave seemed to be stunned by the uninvited guest of Aotian, but when it saw Aotian fleeing quickly towards the inside of the cave, it came back to its senses, suddenly let out an eerie cry, and quickly chased towards Aotian.

Aotian's brain was almost blank, and the only thought left was to escape, desperately flee.

However, the only trace of reason and instinct left him to use the two major martial arts of Ninefold Neigang and Wind Gallop to escape.

Soon, Aotian fled back to the cave he had been in before.

Glancing at the openings around the cave, Aotian didn't have time to think too much, and rushed straight into a hole in the depths of the cave.

At the same time, the dragon horned python that was chasing after him rushed into the cave as if it was going to fight with Aotian endlessly.

This cave is also a tunnel, and it has been extending to the bottom of the road, but compared to the passage at the entrance, it is narrower, and there are many stone pillars connecting the upper and lower stones, so it has caused a great obstruction to the dragon horn python, but it has given Aotian the opportunity to escape again and again.

However, the speed of this dragon horned python is really amazing, even with the obstruction of those stone pillars, it still hasn't fallen too far by Aotian.

"What to do, I don't know where this passage will lead, if there is a dead end ahead, then there is really only a dead end!" Aotian had regained his senses, but his heart was still extremely frightened and worried.

"Bang, boom—"

Hearing the constant sound of crashing and the sound of stone pillars shattering behind him, Aotian's back was dripping with cold sweat, and he knew that he had no choice but to flee along this tunnel.

After running frantically for a long time, Aotian gradually felt that his blood was about to run out, and his speed seemed to slow down a lot. And there seem to be fewer and fewer stone pillars in the tunnel ahead, which means that there are fewer obstacles that can stop the dragon horn python.

In this way, he will be caught up by the dragon horn python sooner or later.

Just when Aotian's anxious heart was almost desperate, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared in the dark tunnel in front of him, and at the same time, a seemingly nonexistent sound of flowing water also came into his ears.

Seeing this, Aotian was overjoyed in his heart, and seemed to have a glimmer of hope again, and immediately rushed towards the light with all his strength.

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