At the very least, the medicinal properties of the spirit herbs that I know have become more, and when I research and develop the pills by myself in the future, I can also have more choices.

Ye Chen still felt that it was a pity that he had barely been able to develop the pill Shepherd Demon Pill before, but he died because of that female cultivator.

Although he has gained a lot of benefits from this, he always feels uncomfortable.

It is also good to increase some understanding of the sexual aspects of spiritual herbs.

In the past few days, when they are idle, they will take a look at and study those books, and they can't say how much they have gained, but it can be said that they still have gains.

So at this time, Qu Zhaozhao came to him to discuss these things, and he didn't have ink to say.

It's just that he has some situation here now......

"Of course you can ......" After thinking about it, Ye Chen still didn't choose to refuse in the end.

One is that he is indeed very interested in this kind of exchange.

On the other hand, he really didn't have any good reasons to refuse.

Ye Chen and Qu Zhaozhao have known each other for a long time at this time, and they are quite familiar with each other.

After all, they have supported each other under the same roof for so much time.

Exchanging experiences in alchemy with each other is already a common activity that often happens.

If Ye Chen has cultivated all the way to the point where he believes in the most, then there is really only Qu Zhaozhao, and no one else.

Of course, when it comes to his own secrets, Ye Chen still won't mention half a word.

What he is worried about now is whether the existence of the fox demon will cause any harm to Qu Zhaozhao, You Ran and others.

However, imagining that what the other party did before did not cause much harm to him, and if it was really that one, his reputation would still be guaranteed, so he was relieved.

Although he doesn't look like he has changed from usual, inside the clothes he is wearing now, the fox demon lord is sleeping peacefully.

Since he was "woken up" for the first time and said a few words to him, he couldn't sleep soundly anymore, no matter what Ye Chen called, it was useless.

He could only give up the idea of reasoning with this master and began to think about what to do next.

Afraid that the fox demon would see the secret on his body was still a trivial matter, and it was a big deal that he would not take the high-grade pill to cultivate during this time.

Anyway, he didn't refine the ordinary-quality pills, and he couldn't use them up for a while.

Although the effect of the top-grade pill is good, it is limited by absorption, and the so-called good effect is actually quite limited, and more is the improvement of the quality of his mana.

Now that it is a special moment, it is not that he can't accept this kind of improvement when he stops for the time being.

But other problems, such as not wanting others to find out about the fox demon in others, are also enough to cause headaches.

There are reasons why Ye Chen doesn't want to be discovered, firstly, he feels that even this fox demon deity probably doesn't want to be discovered, after all, she must have some purpose when she appeared in this Kuiyuan secret realm at this time.

Not letting them know is, in a sense, actually a kind of protection for them.

The second is that although it is really cumbersome to carry this fox demon.

Although the fox demon is not big, and it is not much bigger than his fist when curled up, it is a trouble to stick to his body like this.

Now he was dressed normally, and the little fox was hidden on his chest, and it was almost impossible to find it unless he touched it.

The appearance problem was solved, but the rest, he still has no clue.

However, this is not something that can be solved in a moment and a half, Ye Chen shook his head and didn't think about it, and concentrated on communicating with Qu Zhaozhao.

A few hours passed, and the two of them were almost finished, and it was time to leave.

In principle, everyone did not set any so-called departure date, but no matter who had a tacit understanding in this regard.

I don't know when I'll encounter real danger in this stone forest, and it will be more dangerous to stay outside for a day, so I still have to find a safe place as soon as possible.

Everyone gathered up and set off again.

Everything was exactly the same as when he came, except for the fact that Ye Chen had an extra fox demon on his chest, there was no difference in the rest.

Advance in the same way as before, maintain a certain line order, and advance carefully on the ground.

Xiao Qing, the weakest in strength, was protected in the middle, Qu Zhaozhao was responsible for protecting him when he encountered danger, and Ye Chen and You Ran were one in front of the other, divided into two ends of the team.

In this way, most of the unexpected situations can be abandoned, and most of the dangers encountered are borne by Ye Chen and You Ran.

Days were spent in this tense atmosphere.

In the past few days, they have encountered two more Kui Beasts, both of which are completely different from the vine Kui Beasts at the beginning in terms of appearance and attack methods.

And they also vary in strength.

Ye Chen and the others did not have a special standard, and they could only guess roughly based on the strength shown by the other party.

The strength of a Kui beast that looked like a large groundhog was about the eighth or ninth layer of Qi refining, and the other Kui beast that was as black as a briquette was slightly weaker, not much different from that vine Kui beast.

Although at that time, it was always a terrible tone when others mentioned the Kui Beast, but after actually coming into contact with it, Ye Chen found that it was actually much weaker than the image they imagined that they could not make enemies.

Weird is really weird, and a lot of it is weird that goes against people's intuition and understanding.

For example, the groundhog, which was almost a man tall, was so fast that even the monk's eyes could hardly see clearly, and when they first encountered it, Ye Chen and the others were almost planted in this pit.

You Ran still stood up, although she couldn't catch up with the speed of the groundhog, but the long sword swing happened to slash the groundhog, and the other party was disemboweled.

The groundhog had red eyes, and at first he didn't realize the fact that his internal organs were falling out, and he was still collapsing with all his might.

At this speed, its internal organs fell to the ground almost instantaneously, and by the time the groundhog found it, it was so weak that it had no strength to move.

Of course, Ye Chen and the others unceremoniously killed it, and then found that the material on the groundhog was really quite strange.

The flesh seemed to be infected with some black substance, and it stinked.

Not to mention that it was used as a material or dish like a demon beast, Ye Chen just tentatively reached out and infected the black blood, and his fingers corroded off a layer of skin.

It's not like it can be used for alchemy or other functions like ordinary demon beast materials.

Moreover, the fur of the groundhog was no different from that of ordinary beasts, extremely fragile, and even less sturdy than the clothes on their bodies.

A whole Kui beast, there is no place on its body that can be used!

If there really is anything else that can be used, it is that the blood on its body has a certain corrosive effect, and like the previous vine Kui beast, it may have other effects if it is kept.

The other Kui beast was not much better, and after checking it for a long time, it was found that the same was the same, only blood could be used.

Ye Chen and You Ran finally knew why this Kuiyuan Secret Realm had always said that it only produced shepherd grass.

These Kui beasts, not to mention whether the other monks can beat them or not, even if they can beat them, these flesh and blood that seem to be polluted are of no value.

They also need to be loaded in more expensive containers, and the cost and output do not grow at all.

Over time, naturally no one will choose to go out with these materials.

Even after killing the Kui Beast, it's hard to say whether it will take a look at the corpse.

However, although they can be said to have won many battles and have not suffered too much loss on the Kui Beasts so far, if you think about it carefully, the strength of these Kui Beasts is actually not easy to underestimate.

The strength of the two weaker ones is also above the seventh layer of qi refining, and the strength of that groundhog is even stronger, and it can even be compared to the ninth layer of qi refining.

If it weren't for the sword that You Ran had accidentally hit, Ye Chen estimated that they didn't know how long they would have to be entangled before they could make a breakthrough.

The most fortunate thing for Ye Chen now is that they have met You Ran, the body cultivation of the ninth layer of qi refining, and he is really a powerful partner in this secret realm.

If it was the same as before, only him and Qu Zhaozhao, the two seventh-level Qi refining monks, even if they were both from the sect and had extraordinary net worth, it would be difficult to say that they could walk out of the Kuiyuan Secret Realm.

But with You Ran, the Qi Refining Nine-Layer Body Cultivator, it was different.

For Qi Refining Stage cultivators, the combat power of physical cultivation is far superior to that of the same level of law cultivation within the same level, and the higher this gap in cultivation, the more obvious it is.

If it is said that a physical cultivation of the fourth or fifth level of qi refining can be against two opponents of the fourth or fifth level of qi refining at the same time, then a body cultivation of the eighth or ninth level of qi refining can be almost the same as that of three of the same realm of law cultivation at the same time.

It was not until the monks had laid the foundation that the gap gradually narrowed.

It is said that after reaching the Jindan stage, even if the combat power of physical cultivation is still slightly better than that of Fa cultivation, the advancement of physical cultivation will be more difficult, and the further you cultivate, the more difficult it will be.

It can only be said that there are pros and cons.

But at least now, You Ran's strong combat power has given their team the confidence to continue to move forward and find a safe point.

……

The canopy was black, and not a single cloud could be seen as far as the eye could see.

The soil beneath his feet was also black, and stone pillars were scattered at the edge of the field of vision, adding a sense of oppression to the desolate scene.

Stepping on a piece of dry vine in front of him, Ye Chen looked at the distant sky, licked his slightly dry lips, and his face was calm.

He hadn't encountered the vine beast in the past few days, but he always had a strange and ominous feeling.

It was as if the beast was peering at them from any corner, waiting for an opportunity to come out and strike them a fatal blow.

Although intellectually it was clear that it was just a Kui beast whose strength was at most equivalent to that of a seventh- or eighth-level Qi refining cultivator, this inexplicable feeling always lingered, and even his mood never improved.

After a few days of exploration, everyone has a lot of understanding of this stone forest, and they already know a lot about the sources of many possible dangers.

Kui beasts are different from demon beasts, although the names are similar, but the existence of demon beasts is still a creature to put it bluntly, and they must have a habitat as a creature, a place to hunt, and a place to live.

Therefore, the monks can easily guess the possible location of the monster and the type of monster through some signs in the wild, so as to find a way to target or avoid it.

Just like a mortal hunter hunting, a blind bear has a bear blind man's territory, and it is difficult to find a second tiger in the tiger's territory.

The monsters all have their own habits, and these habits can be used by the monks.

But the Kui beast is different.

Their presence is rather strange and counterintuitive.

To date, no one has ever found the cubs of the Kui beast, or the place where they mate and breed.

It's as if all the Kui beasts were adults, and then they were thrown into the secret realm from somewhere.

And these Kui beasts don't seem to need to hunt, although their appearance is not particularly different from the demon beasts, but they don't have the need to eat.

There is no need to even cultivate, and even the step of absorbing the essence of the sun and moon is omitted.

For most of their time, the Kui Beasts wandered from place to place until they came across a human monk, killed and devoured them, or became a lifeless corpse.

After Ye Chen learned more about the Kui Beast, a word that did not belong to this era popped up in his mind very abruptly-NPC.

This is the "non-player character".

In the online games of the previous life, in addition to the players, there are many NPCs such as characters, and broadly speaking, the monsters that players usually fight actually belong to the category of NPCs.

These Kui beasts, to him, feel that they are inexplicably the same as those NPC monsters, without their own lives and thoughts.

It's just a mass of moving meat, a killing machine designed to hunt down monks.

Other than that, they have no value to live as living creatures.

Combined with the fact that this Kuiyuan Secret Realm itself is a secret realm divided into three layers, this kind of sense of déjà vu brought him even stronger.

It's not that it's exaggerated enough to think that the reality he is experiencing now is fake, and this world is just a game, but he always feels that the existence of the Kuiyuan Secret Realm, which is one of the few relatively famous secret realms in Yunzhou and open for monks to enter at will, is quite strange in itself.

Divided into three layers, there are limits on strength, and they are accurate to the point of refining qi to build a foundation and knot pill, as if someone deliberately did it.

There is a lot of endless output, and this output is quite simple, and it is difficult to form an instant combat power for the monks.

There are also a large number of monsters that seem to have been specially created for monks, and it is even easier to kill monks.

All of this added up to the impression that this secret place seemed to be a strange place that had been specially created to attract monks to enter, and the purpose was unknown.

Ye Chen didn't have a clue what it was, he had too little information now, and he could only guess and guess.