"The matter of the sword pill is not in a hurry, not to mention that there is little hope of finding the jade sword, even those medicinal materials are extremely rare. Li Qingxuan secretly thought to himself: "Twenty-eight main medicines, seventy-two auxiliary medicines, there are a lot of them, there is no shortage of rare and strange medicines, even if Lord Thorn Shi Cui and Pei Ge Lao are looking for them, they may not be able to get them together." ”

"And three of the main drugs and seven auxiliary medicines, even if Pei Ge Lao and Cui Yuanjun are powerful and spend a lot of manpower and material resources, they may not be able to find these precious medicinal materials, so they can only do their best. "The three main medicines, snow lotus, cordyceps, and purple black vine, while the other seven auxiliary medicines are saffron, dragon beard vine, papaya and other things. Although the appearance of these drugs was recorded on the Wuzhen Sword Dao, Li Qingxuan asked the famous doctors in Jingzhao Mansion, but still found nothing.

"Among the other medicinal materials, although there are also rare and precious ones, but with the connections of the current prime minister Pei Ge Lao and Master Thorn Cui, most of them can be found, even if I can't find them, I can find them myself. But these ten kinds are extremely valuable, they are legendary medicinal materials, and they are all rare treasures. ”

Li Qingxuan smiled self-deprecatingly, and said secretly: "These ten kinds of medicinal materials are invaluable, and they are more precious than hundred-year-old raspberry grass! With my current cultivation and identity, I really can't find this kind of precious medicinal materials, so I still want to improve my cultivation first, and then talk about other matters!" Walking among the mountains, Li Qingxuan suddenly realized that he had lost his way.

When Pei Ge Lao returned to Chang'an from Luoyang, he didn't know what happened, so under the leadership of the hunter, he walked through the mountains and forests, and at that time, there was an accident and he was invaded by the spiritual vein. Although he hadn't seen the spiritual vein with his own eyes, Pei Ge Lao speculated that the spiritual vein was near that section of the mountain road. According to common sense, the spiritual veins should be two or three miles in a circle here, not too far apart.

It's just that Li Qingxuan is not an Orion after all, with a topographic map, but he can only see the direction of the mountain road. But since entering the forest, the woods are dense, where have you seen the mountain road?" Even Pei Ge Lao was led by Orion to cross the mountain road, and this topographic map can only draw a rough idea, and it is impossible to be extremely accurate. Li Qingxuan said secretly: "I knew this was the case, I should have found a hunter to lead the way for me." ”

"Even if I find that section of the mountain road, the radius of two or three miles is not small for me. What's more, Pei Ge Lao can only draw a rough outline, this topographic map only draws the general direction of the mountain road, and in fact, the depth cannot be clearly marked. Li Qingxuan was a little annoyed, it was really inconsiderate. After walking for a while, Li Qingxuan paused.

There was a bloody breath not far away, his true anger was shocked, the green steel sword came out of its sheath, he held the sword in his hand, but he was not afraid of any fierce birds and beasts. The bloody breath came from a flesh-and-blood goat, which looked as if it had been hunted by some wild beast, but only half of it had eaten, leaving behind some remnants of flesh and bones.

"Mutton?" Li Qingxuan thought: "If it is encountered by any hunter, it can be regarded as a small fortune, although it is some stumps and flesh, but if it is sold, it is also good." Thinking so, he was about to leave, when suddenly a wind howled in his ears. Li Qingxuan moved up and down into inches, moving two feet horizontally.

A thin, white-haired, spiky, palm slashed past his ear. It was a white ape, almost the size of an ordinary person, with red eyes, white hair, long and thin palms, and sharp black nails at the tip, like sharp blades. Li Qingxuan is not even afraid of wolves, insects, tigers and leopards, naturally he will not be afraid of an ape, he pointed forward with a sword, and his heart suddenly beat a little.

The white ape grinned, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth, bloodstained, and fierce. This is not an ordinary ape, more like a fierce monster. Li Qingxuan's mind turned, and he said secretly: "This is not an ape, what kind of fierce beast is it?" A scream came, and it was the sound of arrows breaking through the air. An arrow flew over the white ape's head and slammed diagonally into the nearby tree.

The white ape was frightened, but it was even more ferocious, its eyes were red as blood, it glared at Li Qingxuan fiercely, and even screamed towards the place where the arrow came from, and then turned its head and ran, and after a short time, it did not enter the jungle. Li Qingxuan frowned and didn't catch up.

In the direction where the arrow came from, a few people quickly rushed in, and the first one glanced at Li Qingxuan, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "Your scholar's luck is too bad, you actually met the white ape, if you don't meet us, you are afraid that you will die." "These men were dressed simply, but they were stout, and they were all stout men of good luck and blood, and they wore knives at their waists, and longbows in their hands, and some rope knapsacks, and they were about hunters in the mountains.

After some conversation, Li Qingxuan realized that the white ape was a murderous creature. Unlike other mountain ranges, there are often some beasts with red eyes and snow-white or jet-black hair, and these beasts are collectively known as ferocious beasts. Not only the white ape before, but also tigers and wolves, bears, and even goats and wild deer.

But all beasts with red eyes and white or black hair are fierce, fierce, and bloodthirsty, and sometimes even rabbits will hurt people and eat meat, and they are full of ferocity. "Our ancestors lived in the mountains, many years ago, there were often people who were eaten by these fierce beasts, and later found that these fierce beasts were afraid of purple fluorite, so they beat purple fluorite into powder, sprinkled on the arrowheads, blades, and finally were able to drive away these fierce beasts. ”

The Orion sighed: "In fact, even with purple fluorite, these fierce beasts are very powerful, and if you are not careful, you may be attacked by them from the shadows, and you will lose your life before you have time to react." "This group of hunters, led by this one, is named Xu Tao, who is in his thirties, and has extremely rich experience in hunting, setting traps and chasing prey, all of which are first-class masters.

Although Li Qingxuan is an outsider, Xu Tao and others see him as handsome, a young scholar, and his attitude is quite kind. Hearing Xu Tao talk about this fierce beast and mention the purple fluorite, Li Qingxuan couldn't help asking, "What is the purple fluorite?"

Xu Tao said with a smile: "It is a kind of purple stone in the mountain, although this thing is a stone, but it has the same luster as glass, the color is light yellow, light blue and purple red, the stonemason who is good at stone carving can carve it into a strange stone, and it can be sold for dozens of taels of silver." But only purple-red fluorite is useful for fierce beasts like gray apes, and it is as powerful as poison. ”

At this time, a young man behind him said: "Purple fluorite specializes in restraining these fierce beasts, and it is not poisonous to other animals, but it is highly poisonous to fierce beasts." Not long ago, Brother Xu sent an arrow that hit a red-eyed black bear, and within two or three days, he saw that the black bear was dead by the tree, and the place where the arrow was hit in the shoulder was all rotten. ”

Li Qingxuan was shocked in his heart, the black bear has a huge body, rough skin and thick flesh, and if an ordinary arrow hits it, it will not be fatal, not to mention that it is only a shoulder, and it is not a vital point? But Xu Tao's arrow can only hurt the black bear, and within a few days, the shoulder rots and dies, which shows that this purple fluorite is indeed highly poisonous. Listening to what they say, it seems that it is only poisonous to ferocious beasts.

"It's just the poison of purple fluorite. Xu Tao said with a smile: "But you have to be careful, these white-haired or black-haired red-eyed beasts are much more powerful than ordinary people of the same kind." And the skin is rough and the flesh is thick, and generally the arrows that are not coated with purple fluorite powder may not be able to hurt them, even if you have a sword, it is estimated that a sword will not be able to cut these fierce beasts. ”

Li Qingxuan smiled secretly, and said in his heart: "This Xu Orion doesn't know that I am a cultivator, and I have an excellent swordsmanship, even rocks can be split, let alone wild beasts? But listening to what he said, these fierce beasts have rough skin and thick flesh, and ordinary people can't cut them with sharp weapons? How can there be such a fierce beast?" Thinking about it carefully, the white ape before was really weird, not to mention full of ferocity, just its appearance was weird.

Now that I think about it, this white ape is indeed much more ferocious than ordinary apes, and it is not unbelievable to say that the fur is thicker. He followed Xu Tao and the others all the way back to the village where the hunters were. The village is built on a hill and is surrounded by a fence, and one person is tall. There were also some stone walls five or six feet high piled up outside the fence, presumably to prevent wild beasts from attacking.

Looking into the village, there are about more than 100 families in the village, and each house has some dried meat, or some bows and arrows, and some hunting knives hanging in front of each house. Every family has hunters, and they are all good hunters. Li Qingxuan had long heard that some villages were built in the mountains, isolated from the world, and supported themselves, only hunting and fishing, and did not have contact with the outside world, but it was the first time he had seen such isolated villages.

This village is quite curious about an outsider, but it is not so mysterious, there are mountain roads nearby, and people often pass by this area, so the outside world knows about this mountain village. For example, Pei Gelao, on the topographic map, marks such a village.

"Although we are isolated from the rest of the world in the eyes of outsiders, sometimes when people walk on mountain roads, they occasionally strayed into the mountains and forests and came to our village. In addition, sometimes when we need something, we will go out and buy some back, but we are used to living in the mountains, and we may not go out once a year and a half. Xu Tao explained to him with a smile, and then led him into the village.

The folk customs are simple, and everyone is not wary of such an outsider, but is a little enthusiastic. Especially since this outsider is a young scholar, he seems to be relatively close, which makes everyone discouraged. In the eyes of older people, young scholars are just slightly older children. Children are always easy to get close to, Li Qingxuan figured this out and smiled bitterly.

That night, Xu Tao was hospitable, and the fish soup and bacon were all good. Outside, bacon is also rare, more expensive than ordinary meat, not much bigger, it costs dozens of silver, count two silver. Ordinary people can only eat two pieces during the New Year's holidays, and those who are a little poorer are reluctant to eat once in this life.

In this mountain village, there is no idea of money, they hunt and fish every day, and there is plenty of food, and they don't care much about the meat. After thanking Xu Tao that night, Li Qingxuan talked to him and asked a little about the fierce beasts and the nearby leylines, but Xu Tao didn't know much about these things, only that the old people in the village knew a lot.

Subsequently, Li Qingxuan found an elderly man in the village and asked him about it. The old man had gray hair and was over eighty years old, but he was in good health, and sometimes he would go out hunting with a bow and arrow. He likes to sit on the boulder at the entrance of the village every day to drink some old wine and eat some peanuts, so many people call him An Jiuweng.