A day in late spring.

After Chen Ping and Yun Haitang agreed, they finally decided to set off to collect medicine.

Before leaving, Chen Ping arranged more traps in the tunnel in the house, and informed Yu Lingchun of the methods of activating and bypassing them one by one.

There are two formations in the house, and there is a hidden tunnel.

Under normal circumstances, as long as you are not too reckless, you will be fine.

"This time the medicine collection is in the Qingyun Domain, I will go back as soon as possible, and I will be back in a few days at most. You go out as little as you can." Chen Ping pulled a wisp of green silk from Yu Lingchun's ear.

"Don't worry, husband. Have you brought all these evil charms, awakening pills, and miasma pills? ...。」 Yu Lingchun reminded.

At this time, Yu Lingchun first paid attention to the safety of her husband, which made Chen Ping's heart warm.

"Bring it all." Chen Ping smiled.

……

In the early morning, Chen Ping and Yun Haitang went out of the city in a low-key manner, and there was no imperial sword in the city, but they walked around at will, just like a weekday patrol.

Try not to be known by others as much as possible that you are going out to collect medicine.

The Lingxiao Sect did not limit the specific time for each person to travel to collect medicine, and everyone could arrange it by themselves, which greatly facilitated the monks.

For example, Ji Yan, because of the injury he was held the year before last, he has not fully recovered until now, so this is not the best time to travel, and it can be postponed to other seasons.

Because of this, the travel time of each person is not consistent.

Conceal your whereabouts so that you will not be ambushed or calculated by others.

Walking on the dilapidated streets, Chen Ping found that after a harsh winter, the monks who walked by became more and more distracted, as if they had lost hope in life.

From time to time, you can see some traces of fighting on the streets and the houses on both sides.

It records the cruelty of this immortal cultivation city.

"Chen... Senior Chen."

Chen Ping and Yun Haitang were walking down the same street when a voice came from the courtyard of a house.

Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, looking for prestige, and there was a female cultivator standing in the courtyard.

only to find out that when he first came to Cloud City more than ten years ago, he lived next door to him, Lu Zhengzhong's Taoist companion - Mo Xuebi.

It's just that Mo Xuebi at this time seems to be more vicissitudes.

The originally large exaggerated breasts seem to be smaller.

At this time, she was holding a bowl, obviously eating breakfast, but she was no longer eating demon beast meat and spiritual rice.

It's some fruits and vegetables.

… Is life so tight in today's casual cultivation? … Chen Ping's heart tightened and asked:

"It's Mo Daoyou. Where's your old Lu?"

"He... It was gone half a year ago." Speaking of this, the light in Mo Xuebi's eyes disappeared in an instant.

She then forced out a smile:

"Half a year ago, I went out with other Taoist friends to collect medicine, and I didn't come back. Maybe... Maybe it's still alive."

Chen Ping nodded.

... I haven't seen him for half a year, so what is my life?

It's no wonder that Mo Xuebi eats melons, fruits and vegetables, in this world, men are inferior to women, and men are usually in charge of money in the family, Lu Zhengzhong never returns, and the family's savings will naturally be gone.

In these years, prices are high, and the days of casual cultivation are not easy.

"Maybe sometime I'll be back." Chen Ping smiled reluctantly and gave her an encouragement.

Such deaths may not be a minority.

Where does Mo Xuebi not know how cruel reality is? How could you not know that Lao Lu was dead?

She just smiled and didn't debunk it individually.

After chatting for a few more sentences, Mo Xuebi said desolately:

"Senior Chen, I'm still alive... Do you want to leave the Qingyun Domain?"

When she said this, the tears in her charming peach blossom eyes suddenly became uncontrollable and hazy.

Not only her, but several surrounding families also looked at Chen Ping when they heard this.

Chen Ping was even more stagnant.

Oh, yes.

Can you still leave Qingyun Domain?

In terms of strength, he can't answer this, he is only in the middle stage of foundation building, surviving in the crisis, how can he decide whether he can get out of the Qingyun Domain?

Chen Ping took a deep breath and smiled easily:

"Surely, live well."

Only by staying alive can there be hope for the future.

Chen Ping didn't talk any more, and under Mo Xuebi's gaze, he said goodbye and left.

In fact, Mo Xuebi's situation is not unique.

The high cost of living made life even more difficult for the monks.

The missing Awakening Elixir makes people's evil side burst out at any moment.

The reputation of the Ling Xiao Sect was also gradually declining.

With the blessing of the three, the robbery and fighting became more and more blatant.

For many monks, living is a luxury.

"Hopefully it's getting better." Chen Ping took a deep breath.

Yun Haitang was silent.

After half a ring, he said:

"I heard that after the demonic intent is ignited, if it is not suppressed by the Awakening Pill, within six or seven years, the monk will completely lose himself and fall into the demonic path. Now I can't see the way to break the game, it's very difficult."

"Yes, cultivating immortals has never been easy." Chen Ping said lightly.

said so, but in fact, if he didn't need to go out to collect medicine, there would be nothing difficult for him.

His spiritual rice is enough, and the demon beast meat is enough.

The Awakening Pill is enough.

even unexpectedly got a spiritual vein cave mansion that he couldn't ask for on weekdays.

The drawn talismans are also more valuable.

As long as you stay in the house and don't come out, it's not a big deal.

……

The two of them walked out of Falling Moon City and continued to walk more than ten miles into the forest before Edgeworth took off.

"Whoosh" to the southwest.

Choosing to go to the southwest is a decision made by Yun Haitang based on the Yun family's previous experience in collecting medicine.

The Yun family has been collecting medicine for hundreds of years, and they know the spiritual plants in the Qingyun Domain relatively well.

This is the benefit of traveling with Yun Haitang to collect medicine.

The destination is closer to the Western Barbarian Domain, but further south, where the forest is a swampy land with a humid and warm climate all year round, and is a natural place for spiritual plants.

The destination is about 1,600 miles away from Lingxiao Sect.

Chen Ping's swordsmanship was perfect, and there was no drag, so the speed was very fast.

Since Yun Haitang entered the late stage of foundation building, the amount of spiritual power reserves has increased greatly, and the speed is not slow.

"How are you? Want to slow it down? Or do you want to stop and rest for a while?" Halfway through, Chen Ping asked her.

Yun Haitang's face was slightly red due to the continuous operation of spiritual power, her sword skills were incomparable to Chen Ping, and it was a little difficult to be at the top speed, but when she saw that Chen Ping on the fourth floor of the foundation was fine, she was embarrassed to admit defeat first:

"It's okay, it's all up to you."

She was slightly surprised that Chen Ping's swordsmanship was so perfect, and she thought that at the beginning...

The teenager in front of him has grown up.

It's no longer the young boy who was behind her and couldn't even stand on his feet when he was edgeworthy.

Under the condition of replenishing the Qi Gathering Pill, even if they moved forward cautiously, they reached the southwest destination after half a day's effort.

Then it landed cautiously.

"Let's take a look at the forest in this area, the aura here is good, but it is relatively remote, and the soil is also fertile, so there should be a lot of spiritual plants." Yun Haitang softly.

Chen Ping naturally agreed.

He first observed the surroundings, the forest here was denser than near the Ling Xiao Sect, and the big trees shaded the sky and the sun, and even if he walked down, he could hardly see the sun even in the daytime.

The humidity in the air is very high.

Chen Ping took a picture of the righteous qi talisman he had drawn, and measured that the demonic qi here was much richer than that of Falling Moon City, and even worse than that in his Spirit Vein Cave Mansion

To be several times richer.

"You have to fight quickly, you shouldn't stay here for long."

Chen Ping swallowed a Awakening Pill and a Miasma Pill.

"Give it to you, the cloud-winged bird has a limited perception range after all, and the magic weapon can detect more than two miles. I have some experience in collecting herbs, and I can find spiritual plants without magic weapons." Just as Chen Ping was thinking about it, Yun Haitang's voice came.

Two miles?

Hearing this, Chen Ping originally wanted to tease her magic weapon for being like her own cloud-winged bird, but seeing her sincere face, Qiong's nose was slightly upturned, and the flush on her face caused by the sword had not yet dissipated, which was very cute.

The ridiculous words came to his lips and he swallowed them again.

"Take the artifact yourself, I bird... Cloud-winged birds are ok. I'll hurry up and find spiritual materials." Chen Pingdao.

"Hmm." Yun Haitang is not hypocritical.

Chen Ping and the two immediately went forward to explore.

The cloud-winged bird flew in front of Chen Ping, and could accurately explore the distance of more than three miles in a radius.

After a stick of incense, suddenly, the cloud-winged bird quickly flew in one direction, Chen Ping hurriedly followed, and finally stopped at the root of a big tree three miles away.

The fluttering fluttering wings of the cloud-winged bird.

Chen Ping walked over, picked up the dense bushes, and found a robe spirit fern in a hidden place below.

This kind of spiritual plant likes yin.

… Cloud-winged bird, it really works!!

... If it is really up to the herb pickers themselves to identify, this environment is too hidden and may not be able to be found.

Yun Haitang, who came along, silently measured the distance, looked at the magic weapon in his hand again, and suddenly felt that the magic weapon was not fragrant at all.

Chen Ping dug up the Lingfern with soil and roots, carefully wrapped it up, and then put it into the spirit plant bag.

The Spirit Plant Bag was issued by Ling Xiao Sect when he was teaching, one per person, and was specially used to place the Spirit Plant.

And so I continued to explore for an hour.

The two didn't get much.

Except for the Tsubaki Spirit Fern that Chen Ping found, the Tsubaki Spirit Fern has not been found since, nor has the Frostbeard Purple Pod been found.

Not only Chen Ping, but also Yun Haitang's side.

Yun Haitang mainly looked for blue frost grass and warm vines, but he found nothing, and he didn't find a single plant.

'Something is wrong. ，

Since this area is a spiritual plant enrichment area, it is not so low that the density of spiritual plants is so low.

I've been looking for an hour.

"You come here to take a look, according to what you knew when you taught before, this environment should be the living ecology of Blue Frost Grass, and there are indeed traces of people digging up here, it is not surprising, it is normal for so many people to collect medicine."

"But if you look at the soil and the surrounding area, do you see any clues?" Chen Ping carefully surveyed a spiritual plant den.

Yun Haitang squatted down beside Chen Ping and looked at it carefully.

But it's still unclear why:

"What's the clue?"

Chen Ping narrowed his eyes and took a breath:

"This place has been deliberately vandalized, and this person aims to completely destroy the living ecology of the Blue Frost Grass."

This...

… It's not normal!

(End of chapter)