Following.

Xia Yuan and the three of them followed the endless crowd out of the Sword Casting City, and they also crossed the border of the Celestial Empire in the early morning sunrise and wet dew.

Among the three, Granny Mo walked in front with a wooden stick in her hand and bowed her back, followed by Xia Yuan and Qin Lan, who were dressed plainly, like a family of three in a rural family.

After crossing the border of the Celestial Empire, Xia Yuan and the three of them quickened their pace and kept walking to the east. They were all cultivators, and they kept walking until the sunset and the western mountains were nearly dusk.

"Is this where the Cave is located?"

Ahead, there is a big mountain with a black sky and no edge, and the cliff head like a knife and axe is standing up to the sky, and it is three feet and three minutes into the clouds.

Dayue is the top of the Jade Emperor.

In the sky above the top of the Jade Emperor, you will see a waterfall, flying down three thousand feet, like a silver dragon falling for nine days, but after a while, it will disappear. Xia Wuhou said, it was a mirage, you look at the clouds, white and vast, with half of the dusk, it looks even more magnificent.

The sun sets over the western mountains, and the afterglow shines horizontally.

The surrounding peaks of the Jade Emperor are undulating, like galloping horses, and they roar through the clouds.

It is a continuous mountain range, one after another, and it is called a hundred thousand mountains in the Nether.

100,000 mountains and forests are deep and secluded, and the treasures here are abundant, which is a paradise for hunters and monks, and also a holy place for alchemists.

"It's a majestic sight. ”

The three of them stopped and stood, and the shock in Xia Yuan and Qin Lan's eyes could not be concealed. The 100,000 mountains are magnificent, and the top of the Jade Emperor is directly inserted into the sky, as if the king is looking down.

"Little prince, according to the map given to us by the king, the Heavenly Cave should be at the foot of the Jade Emperor's Mountain, but if you want to open the door of the Heavenly Cave, you still need a drop of essence blood in the body of the royal family of the Heavenly Dynasty. ”

Granny Mo opened a sheepskin map with both hands, and after she checked the terrain, she spoke.

"The Jade Emperor Peak is surrounded by mountains, the terrain is steep and the road is difficult to walk, not to mention those powerful spirit beasts that exist in the 100,000 mountains, if we are not careful, we are very likely to become blood food in their mouths. ”

Xia Yuan stared at it, the trees in the 100,000 mountains were full of vitality, and under this tranquility, there was a danger that even a few people who were at the peak of their cultivation in the lower realm did not dare to easily set foot in the central area of the 100,000 mountains.

"Although we have breath-holding beads that can shield our own breath, we still have to try our best to avoid the places where those powerful spirit beasts are entrenched, but fortunately, the place we are going to is only close to the edge of the central area of the Hundred Thousand Great Mountain. ”

Xia Yuan's mouth also let out a long breath.

Before leaving, Xia Wuhou carefully instructed, but under this immersion, Xia Yuan's palms couldn't help but sweat.

"The Heavenly Grottoes are among the 100,000 Great Mountains, how would they have thought that if there was no map to guide them, no one would dare to go deep into the 100,000 Great Mountains to find an uncertain place. ”

Qin Lan groaned.

"Although there is no danger in the outer part of the 100,000 Great Mountain, we still have to pay attention to it and not be too much attention by the people who come here. ”

Xia Yuan nodded, and put a thumb-sized breath-holding bead in his arms. "Let's go, we have to speed up the pace of our feet, and strive to find a place to stay before the night comes, and it is certainly not impossible to travel overnight. ”

"Yes. The eldest prince, the county lord, please follow closely behind your subordinates. ”

After Granny Mo put away the map in her hand, she raised her legs and walked into the periphery of the 100,000 Mountain.

Xia Yuan and Qin Lan glanced at each other, and followed closely.

The periphery of the 100,000 Great Mountains was only a habitat for some weak spirit beasts, and not only did they not dare to go deep into the center, but they also had to guard against the hunters and monks who had come here to hunt and kill them for many years.

"Qin Lan, come closer to me, there is something wrong with the periphery of this 100,000 mountain. ”

Xia Yuan raised his eyes and glanced around, and his expression gradually became solemn. He took Qin Lan's hand, and the two walked side by side.

"The little prince is right, the periphery of the 100,000 Mountains is too quiet. ”

When things go wrong, there must be demons, and Granny Mo, who walked in front, released her divine consciousness and felt any wind and grass around her.

Xia Yuan and the three of them also slowed down their pace.

"Xia Yuan, do you smell it, there is a faint fragrance in the air, and there is a hint of sweet smell. ”

Qin Lan twitched the tip of her nose and frowned, but as soon as these two flavors fused, there was an indescribable feeling.

"Smell?"

When Xia Yuan heard this, he took a few deep breaths, and after feeling it carefully, he just smelled the wind in the forest, which was a little cool, and a mixed earthy fragrance.

Xia Yuan raised his eyes and looked at Qin Lan beside him in surprise. The Xuantian True Solution recorded a special physique, which was very sensitive to smells, but Xia Yuan was still uncertain.

"I wonder if the county lord can ask the direction where the fragrance is wafting. ”

Granny Mo stopped, turned around and said respectfully.

"Over there. ”

Qin Lan raised his hand and pointed out a direction, where there was a bubbling stream. "It seems to be at the end of that stream, and the smell is getting stronger and stronger now, don't you smell it?"

Qin Lan looked at Xia Yuan and said suspiciously.

"Didn't smell anything special. ”

Xia Yuan shook his head, he looked at Qin Lan's eyes flickering, and at the same time determined that Qin Lan's cultivation physique should be the special physique recorded in the Xuantian True Solution.

Xia Yuan's mouth outlined a smile, which had a deep meaning.

This kind of physique, which is infinitely useful, is what many people dream of.

"Xia Yuan, shall we go to the place where the fragrance comes from?"

Qin Lan raised her eyes and asked.

"Please also ask the little prince to show it. ”

Granny Mo and the two were waiting beside them.

"There is still a period of time before night falls, and since there are 100,000 mountains, there is no hurry to go to the Jade Emperor Peak at this time. This fragrance appears on the periphery of the 100,000 mountains, and the danger is still under control, so you can go and see what the owner of this fragrance is. ”

Xia Yuan raised his eyes and looked at the sky through the dense foliage, he groaned for a while, and then spoke.

But where there is a strange fragrance, it is not a strange flower, or a foreign grass, if you can pick it away, it is the best, if you can't get it, then don't force it.

"Yes, little prince. ”

Granny Mo received the order, and then turned around and walked in front.

"Qin Lan, do you know your cultivation physique?"

While walking, Xia Yuan asked softly beside Qin Lan.

"This ......... Xia Yuan, when the time is ripe, I will tell you, but if you ask me now, how can I answer you........."

Qin Lan lowered her head, her hands grabbed the corners of her clothes a little restlessly, her cheeks were flushed, and her voice was like a mosquito flapping her wings, but in the end, the words in Qin Lan's mouth were directly silent.

"Alright, alright, I see, you'll tell me when the time comes. ”

Xia Yuan's eyes were curved, and the smile on the corner of his mouth became more and more intense. What Qin Lan showed also confirmed the guess in his heart, eight or nine is not far from ten.

The breeze shuttled through the forest, bending the waist of the grass and blowing the leaves of the branches of the trees, with a hint of coolness.

A small stream bubbled and was full of mossy pebbles, and the water was clear, and occasionally small fish fry could be seen swimming in the water.

The soil by the stream was a little soft, and Xia Yuan and the three of them walked by, leaving a series of shallow footprints on the ground.

"Boom ........."

At the end of the stream, there is a small waterfall that is flying and splashing jade. It's just that the white mist that stirs up in the air also moistens the air.

"That's it, Scarlet Mandala!"

Xia Yuan stared at it, and an exclamation came out of his mouth.

Next to the waterfall, there is an ancient tree with intertwined roots, and on a rock under the ancient tree, a blood-red flower is blooming, delicate.

"Scarlet Mandala, what kind of flower is that? Isn't that a red-stemmed and red-leaved flower, and it's just the next medicinal herb. ”

Qin Lan lost interest after taking a look, the red-stemmed red-leaf flower is a common medicinal material that can be melted into many pills.

Qin Lan saw Xia Yuan's excited expression, and she couldn't help but have some doubts in her heart.

"The appearance of the blood-colored mandala and the red-stemmed red-leaved flower can be said to be exactly the same, and it is difficult to distinguish them. It's just that the blood-colored mandala grows on rocks, and the red-stemmed red-leaved flowers grow in the soil, which is the only way to tell the difference between the two. ”

Xia Yuan took a deep breath and calmed down some of his excited emotions. The blood-colored mandala in front of me must have been regarded as a red-stemmed red-leaf flower, so it was not picked away.

"The blood-colored mandala is a strange flower in the previous product, its rhizome is useless, the important thing is that when the blood-colored mandala matures and blossoms and bears fruit, there will be a companion spirit child, as for the specific use of the blood mandala, it depends on the strength of its accompanying spirit child's cultivation. ”

Xia Yuan came to the ancient tree, and his fingertips lightly touched the stamen of the blood-colored mandala.

"In this way, the rebellious thing about the blood-colored mandala is that in its companion spirit child, the others are the same as the red-stemmed red-leaf flower. ”

Qin Lan's eyes lit up.

Granny Mo looked shocked and looked at the blood-colored mandala blooming on the rocks.

"Yes, it is precisely because of this that after refining the blood-colored mandala into an elixir, no one has found anything special about the two. ”

Xia Yuan nodded, but his hand touching the blood-colored mandala stamen suddenly stiffened in the air. "It's not good, this blood-colored mandala has already bloomed, and a companion spirit child has also been born. Quick, let's get out of here. ”

Xia Yuan's eyes were shocked, and he pulled Qin Lan to turn around and leave.

Just from a distance, there was a little girl with two pigtails, wearing a blue floral dress, and she was jumping up.

"Companion Spirit Child!"

Xia Yuan's figure froze, and an exclamation came out of his mouth.

"If the situation is not right, little prince, the county lord, you go first, don't care about the safety of your subordinates. ”

Granny Mo straightened and bent her back, she stood in front of Xia Yuan and Qin Lan, and the wooden stick in her hand also changed into an autumn water sword, which was held in Granny Mo's hand.

"Granny Mo, don't act rashly, if the cultivation of the companion spirit child of the Scarlet Mandala is not high, it is useless for us to catch it, it is better to let it grow on its own, this can be regarded as forming a good fate and planting cause and effect. ”

Xia Yuan said in a deep voice, staring at it, the companion spirit child of the blood-colored mandala was just a little girl.