Chapter 12: Elixir Valley
The sound of the 'whooshing' stream is crisp and pleasant, the gentle air, and the emerald greenery of the eyes make people feel more energetic.
There are usually no fierce beasts in such a place, but once they appear, they are very powerful, looking at the quiet canyon, although there is no trace of the fierce beasts, but the frightening wind is still a little worried. If you keep looking like this, you don't know when you will find the legendary Elixir Valley.
As they walked, the mercenaries chatted, and one of the burly men was the first to speak, "We are mercenaries, and we all lick blood on the edge of the knife, and when this matter is over, I won't do it, the soil has covered the neck, and if you don't enjoy the blessings well, this life is considered to be a waste of time in this world." ”
One of the mercenaries behind him continued, "It's time for you to go home, but we can't!
After speaking, he looked at a younger young man next to him and said, "I heard that your wife is pregnant and has a child, so I came out to continue to be a mercenary." ”
The young man smiled bitterly, can he do it if he doesn't come out? How can a family survive without money?
The expression on Storm's face kept changing, and he wanted to say something, but he never said it.
At the end of the creek is a small lake, small but crystal clear, and there are many swimming fish in it, frolicking in the lake, rolling up pearl-like droplets.
The lake is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the only way out is from the creek where you just came. This is not the Elixir Valley, and all hope is shattered in an instant.
The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment.
Just as everyone was about to leave, the frightening wind suddenly stopped, because he had already sensed a dense and abnormal aura around him, and this aura was emitted from the spirit grass.
The mercenaries seemed to sense the dense aura and began to gather around the lake, but still nothing came of it.
Although he didn't dare to believe that the Elixir Valley was around, he was sure that there were definitely a lot of spiritual grasses with dense spiritual energy here.
The sun was gradually going down, and the night was gradually coming, and it took nearly a day, but there was still no harvest, and every inch of land around the small lake had been carefully collected, except for some weeds, there was no spiritual grass.
Shocking Wind didn't think about giving up, as long as he didn't find the Elixir Valley, he wouldn't leave here.
Looking at the five strange boxes in front of him, his eyes were full of curiosity, as if he knew what was in this box?
He looked closely, and there were many gaps in the top of these boxes, and the patterns on one of the boxes looked a little disorganized. The patterns should be complete. Can the gap in it move? He twisted the tin box slightly, and sure enough, the box began to spin. It seems that the person who designed the box did this on purpose. In order to open the tin box, it is necessary to piece together these chaotic patterns into a complete pattern, but it is not easy. He tried many times, but it didn't work, and he seemed to be getting more and more messy by himself.
A mercenary walked in, his gaze fell on the box in front of the frightening wind, and then he smiled, revealing a row of white and neat teeth, "Young Master Long, it turns out that you also like to play this!"
A hint of surprise flashed on his frightened face, and he suppressed the joy in his heart and asked, "Do you know what this is?"
"I used to play this a lot when I was a kid. It is also well-known in the village. ”
Shocking Wind smiled slightly, then handed over the box, "You can't just talk about it. Why don't we make a bet, if you open this box, I will give you fifty taels of silver, if you can't open it, it doesn't matter, how about inviting me to drink when you return to Wolf City?" After speaking, he took out fifty taels of silver from his bosom and put it in front of him.
When the mercenary heard that fifty taels of silver, he was happy in his heart, and when he was a child, he was often scolded by his father, saying that he knew how to play this all day long, and he couldn't use this to make some silver in the future, but he didn't expect that since he saw the silver today, he would put it in front of him. The mercenary couldn't help but pick up the box, thought for a long time, and then kept spinning, and just as he stopped, suddenly there was a slight noise from the box.
Frightened Wind was completely dumbfounded, and when he opened the box, he couldn't help but ask, "What's your name?" and handed the silver over.
The mercenary took the silver with a happy face, then carefully put it in his arms, and replied with a respectful face, "My name is Da Niu, and everyone in the village calls me Brother Niu." ”
Later, they learned from Da Niu's mouth that they were not the Elixir Valley, so they were ready to leave here to look elsewhere, and the frightening wind was unwilling to embarrass them, so they had to agree.
After the mercenary left, he opened the box, and with a crisp sound, the box was opened, and a silver-white silver ring appeared inside, there was nothing peculiar, this was obviously a ring, and the wind couldn't help but smile bitterly, he had spent so much effort to get a useless thing.
Since I got it with so much effort, I can't just throw it away in vain, put it on my fingers, it's just right, and I just brought it in, it's really like I prepared it for myself. Suddenly, he felt a wave of dizziness, as if he had been shot into his body by something. After the dizziness, it was as if nothing had happened.
I don't know what the mystery is in this ring, and it's better not to bring it, but I tried it many times, but I didn't take it off, as if it had grown roots on my finger. Now I can't take it off, so I just put it on my finger. I thought I had picked up something good, but I didn't expect it to be this kind of ghostly thing. If only she were there now, maybe she could find a way to take it off.
Now it's time to cultivate, his eyes are slightly closed, and the battle qi in his body continues to pass through the bone marrow and enter the heart sea, since he cultivated to the war spirit, the heart has been clear. In the middle of the sea of hearts, the battle qi gathered there like a lake, and the battle qi on the body flowed to the center of the sea of hearts like the water of a stream.
He took out the War Emperor Pill that he had picked up in Broken Cloud Valley, this War Emperor Pill was very valuable, but in order to cultivate, he could only keep it for himself. The incomparably powerful battle qi on the Battle Emperor Pill was slowly sucked into his heart by his divine sense, and gradually filled his true heart.
Just as he was about to put away his divine sense, a huge suction force suddenly appeared on his body, not only inhaling the battle qi on the Battle Emperor Pill into his body, but then entering a strange place, this place was the ring on his hand. When the battle qi entered the ring, the ring that originally looked plain instantly emitted bursts of dazzling white light. The suction on the ring was so strong that he couldn't stop it without a trace of it. The ring was like a bottomless pit, frantically sucking the battle qi.
"Poof", a mouthful of blood spurted out of the mouth of the frightened wind, and at that moment just now, his divine sense almost collapsed. Looking at the War Emperor Pill suspended in front of him, there was no trace of battle qi on it, and now it had turned into a withered yellow earth-like thing, which soon slowly shattered, and then turned into a gust of wind and disappeared in front of him.
His eyes widened, and his heart was full of surprise and fear, this was simply too against the sky, the Battle Emperor Dan, how powerful it was, how strong the battle spirit was, it was just a moment of effort, and he was completely absorbed by the ring on his finger. It's unthinkable.
The injury is not very serious, but it still needs to rest for a while to fully recover. The divine consciousness couldn't help but sweep into the body again, and when it swept the ring, the strange suction appeared again, and the divine consciousness was instantly sucked into an ethereal space, and saw that there was no trace of danger in it, so he gradually calmed down, and the divine consciousness continued to move in the space, but there was no end in sight.
He only knew that there was a space inside the ring, and he didn't know what it was doing. There are so many things on my body that I don't have a place to put them, if I can put the things on my body inside, haha! Suddenly, a bright light flashed, and the heavy sword beside me appeared in it inexplicably. It's just too rebellious, and it would be ...... if it could hold more things.
Before I could finish thinking about it, the bright light appeared again, and when the light disappeared, all the tables and chairs in the room appeared in the space of the ring, and even the teacups and teapots on the table appeared inexplicably. So how do you get them out? He began to get into trouble, and tried many times but didn't get the tables and chairs out of them. The forehead is full of cold sweat, you can only put it in, you can't take it out, then this thing is simply a waste. Originally, I wanted to think of this place as a warehouse, but now it seems that there is no hope.
Anyway, what I have now is time, so it's better to have a few more times. Again and again, again and again, again and again. When he saw that the sky was already slightly white, he was almost out of confidence, gritted his teeth, and prepared to try one last time. As the Divine Sense swept over the objects, a surprise finally appeared, and the contents fell into the room in a bright light.
I couldn't help the excitement in my heart, and my chapped lips laughed. I'm still worried about how to bring it back if I find the Elixir Valley, hehe! I don't have to worry about that now. This treasure is just the fulfillment of himself.
Before leaving, you have to look for it, and since you are here, you can't go home empty-handed. A large number of mercenaries began to collect again, but still found nothing.
Just as they were about to leave, two fierce-looking beasts pounced and quickly scurried to the crowd. Their strength is not weak, but in front of so many people, they are simply killing themselves.
He was a little disappointed, as soon as he saw these two fierce beasts, he did not hesitate to strike, those two fierce beasts were his opponents, and soon fled to the shore of the lake with injuries, and then jumped up the steep slope on the side, and the mercenaries behind chased after him, and followed closely.
Just when everyone thought they were going to catch them, their figures disappeared from view. One of the guards couldn't help but be curious, and glanced at the place where the two beasts had disappeared, and then disappeared in front of everyone like the two beasts.
All the people in the crowd looked up at the place where the mercenary had disappeared with puzzled faces, and that mercenary was the mercenary named Da Niu who opened the box of the frightening wind.
Just when everyone was already disappointed, Da Niu appeared in everyone's sight again, his face was full of surprise, his eyes were a little demented, he couldn't say a word for a long time, and after a long time he said, "I...... I found it. ”
"What did you find?" someone asked.
Could it be that he found the Elixir Valley, his face was full of surprise," you said slowly. ”
Da Niu wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with excitement on his face, "I found the Elixir Valley." Then he pointed his finger behind him, "Right behind this cave."
Everyone immediately cheered, and after looking for such a good elixir valley, they finally found it.
The excitement of the frightening wind far surpassed everyone else, and once he found the legendary elixir valley, then his plan could be hopeful.
After everyone passed through the cave, their eyes suddenly opened up. A wide flat land appeared, which was a valley where the air was warm and humid, and the aura was dense, and it was the easiest place for elixirs to grow. There are indeed some spirit grasses here, and the dense spiritual energy on their bodies is constantly emanating, which is enough for ordinary cultivators. These spirit grasses were already very rare for them.
"Take them all!" Storm waved his hand, and the mercenaries immediately swarmed up.
He personally clicked on it, there are fifty kinds of spirit grass, and the average number is about one hundred plants, which is already a lot for him, because the spirit grass is not more, but in the essence, the more spirit grass, the less it is worthless, it is rare.
After loading the spirit grass, he rushed back to the desert overnight, and when it was dawn, he had already rushed to the edge of the desert, as long as he crossed this desert, it was very close to the wolf city. The desert is hot, there must be enough water and food, otherwise it will be difficult to get out of such a place, and fierce beasts will appear from time to time.
In the hot air, the hot yellow sand was constantly blowing in the air, and when it fell on the body, it was like being burned by fire.
Among these mercenaries, they were already injured when they found Elixir Valley, and now combined with the hot weather, the wounds have worsened more and more.
Shocking Wind always believed that it was not the legendary Spirit Moon Valley, the legendary Spirit Pill Valley, how could there only be dozens of spirit grasses, and they grew so sparsely. But he didn't want to drag it out any longer, the powerful beasts here were often infested and were very dangerous. When I hired them, I promised to get them out alive no matter what.
Since he didn't return empty-handed, he still had to go back, although he didn't get the countless spirit grasses as he expected, but it was enough to open an auction hall by himself.
There were many more fierce beasts in the desert than when they came, and they were all relatively powerful beasts, fifty mercenaries, and soon only nearly half of them were injured and lost the ability to fight. If it drags on like this, no one wants to get out.
The beasts of the desert are like scorpions, they bury their bodies in the sand, and once the mercenaries step on them, they will launch the most fierce attack in a short time. There is also a fierce beast like a poisonous snake, but the body is much larger than the poisonous snake, if it does not appear, it is enough, once it appears, it is the appearance of dozens of them, although the venom in the mouth is not fatal, but it can paralyze the mercenaries for several days.
Looking at the mercenaries who were getting more and more injured, he began to worry a little, even if he walked out of this desert, he would have to walk a long way through the dense forest.
In the face of such a dangerous desert, the mercenaries' confidence began to crumble a little.
Another day passed, and the woods slowly appeared before them, and the desert had been left far behind, and their hopes were rekindled. After this wide dense forest, it is the wolf city.
The current frightening wind, after several fierce battles with the same strength, the battle qi on his body is slowly becoming stronger, although he does not feel the cultivation of the middle stage of the war spirit, but he is still relatively satisfied, if he doesn't come out this time, I am afraid that his current cultivation is probably still the peak of the war division.
This time the harvest is not small, not only did he get a weird ring, but he also found a lot of herbs, and more importantly, he was promoted to the war spirit, and he could also have a place in Wolf City.
Among the mercenaries, there are many injured people, and there are often fierce beasts in the forest, so the speed is very slow, and you can only walk ten miles in a day, which is already the limit. Ten miles a day, it will take at least five days to get out of here to Wolf City. For five days, I don't know if they can hold on.
Where there is a frightened wind, there will be a small white figure, and every time the frightened wind beast makes a move, it will tacitly help him on the side. Its body was now at least twice as large as before, and even the largest wolfdog looked a little short in front of him. Its strength is constantly increasing, and it is no longer devouring the corpses of fierce beasts to increase its strength, but relying on the fierce beasts Neidan that the frightening wind has collected along the way.
The dense forest slowly thinned out, which gave the mercenaries hope and increased their speed.
After three days, basically all the mercenaries have been injured and their physical strength is declining, but they always believe that as long as they take one more step forward, the closer they are to Wolf City, the closer they are to hope.
On the fourth day, it stopped. It was the attention of the frightening wind, which has now gone about two-thirds of the way through the woods. Take a break to replenish your strength, and you may be able to get out of here in the shortest possible time.
On the fifth day, the distance was getting shorter and shorter, and it was less than five miles a day. At this rate, I'm afraid that before I get out, nearly half of the people will die here.