The pig demon, which was still imposing just now, disappeared cleanly after the gray mist entered the body.

What happened next frightened Xiao An goosebumps, which was the size of a house, and the pig demon lying on the ground like a small mound became smaller and smaller as if it were a trick. After careful observation, it was found that it was not that the pig demon had become smaller, but that the flesh and blood on the pig demon had deflated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After a while, there were tens of thousands of pounds of pig demons, and they were so thin that they were only three or five hundred pounds left, and at this time the pig demon became more terrifying than a dry corpse, as if there was no trace of flesh and blood between the skin and bones.

Until this time, the pig demon was still not dead, but he had no strength to roll, only a powerful and airless humming sound, as if an old man was breathlessly gasping before he died, how could there be a little bit of the rampant demonic spirit.

Even so, the pig demon is still deflated little by little, as if the bones in its body are also disappearing little by little. In less than a cup of tea, only a piece of skin was left on the pig demon's body spread flat on the ground, only the head was still intact, and from time to time there were a few faint snorts, indicating that he was still alive.

In the next moment, the head of the pig demon suddenly deflated, and the breath of the pig demon completely dissipated in the heaven and earth, leaving only an extremely complete skin on the ground.

And at the moment when the pig demon's head deflated, the gray mist suddenly appeared above the skin, although Xiao An had been looking in that direction, and he didn't find when this gray mist appeared.

At this time, this gray mist is not only a little larger, but even the color is much darker than before, even a fool knows that the gray mist has become more powerful, Xiao An can only secretly pray that this gray mist will ignore himself.

Unfortunately, it backfired, and an eerie laugh came from the gray mist. Although it was just a few eerie laughs, Xiao An heard disdain and endless ridicule from them, as if mocking Xiao An's cowardice.

When the pig demon was knocked down by the gray mist, Xiao An regained control of his body, and the depleted spiritual power in his body began to recover slowly. But the tragic situation of the pig demon made Xiao An's fear begin to increase, and it was like a big mountain, so that Xiao An was almost out of breath.

But when the gray mist let out an eerie laugh and mocked himself for being cowardly, Xiao Anxin suddenly summoned up a wave of courage, and this little courage actually crushed Xiao Anxin's fear. Xiao An, who got rid of his fear, began to frantically operate the spiritual power in his body, and mobilized the thunder beads in the meridians to operate in a peculiar way.

When Xiao An was about to fight hard, the gray mist suddenly stopped, and the two fell into an eerie calm.

Just when Xiao An felt that he was about to lose control of the spiritual power and thunder beads running at high speed in his body, three fast-moving black shadows suddenly appeared in the high air in the distance. These three black shadows were extremely fast, and in just a few breaths, they flew from the edge of the sky to the high altitude where Xiao An was, and then quickly flew towards the other side of the sky.

These three black shadows were fighting with each other while flying, and it was actually the gray crane and the other two demon cultivators. Before these figures were about to disappear into the sky, a black shadow fell from the sky, and then Xiao An vaguely saw a gray mist flying towards the falling black shadow.

After confirming that the gray mist in front of him had disappeared, Xiao An gritted his teeth and used the little spiritual power in his body to flee in the direction of the Cangyue faction.

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"How can this black jade lotus be sold?" Xiao An squatted in front of a simple stall in a slightly remote area of the market. Among the herbs sold in this stall is a fifty-year-old black jade lotus, the jade box containing the black jade lotus has been opened, under the watchful eye of the stall owner, Xiao An carefully took out the herb from the jade box, held it in his hand and observed it carefully.

The spiritual power contained in this black jade lotus is extremely rich, and Xiao An immersed a little spiritual power into the herb, and he felt a strong vitality. It seems that this is a medicinal herb harvested from the elixir garden, otherwise the aura contained in the herb would not be so abundant.

"You have such a good eye, this black jade lotus was just collected from a cultivator family some time ago, if it weren't for the urgent need for spirit stones at home, I would be reluctant to take it out. If you want, just give me twenty-five spirit stones. "The stall owner is a fair-faced teenager, and he is a little shy when he speaks.

It is not uncommon for teenagers to set up stalls in the market, and most of these teenagers are members of some small practice families around the market. In order to save time, the elders of the family will hand over some items that need to be traded to the teenagers in the family to sell, and these teenagers can also earn some spirit stones to maintain themselves.

After a while, Xiao An selected a few twenty or thirty-year-old herbs from this stall and handed the spirit stone to the young stall owner.

"What other herbs do you need? I still have a few vintage herbs here, I see if I have any here. After taking Xiao An's spirit stone, the young man did not immediately hand the herb to Xiao An, but asked in a low voice.

When Xiao An reported the name of the herb, the young man had a lost expression on his face.

"I only have three medicinal herbs in my hand: Tranquility Flower, Phoenix Bath Fruit, and Agave Grass. The young man's eyes secretly observed Xiao An as he spoke.

After listening to the names of the herbs reported by the young man, Xiao Anxin also took a look at the prescriptions Du Zhiyun gave him, and none of these unilateral prescriptions had these three herbs.

When he saw the expression on Xiao An's face, the young man secretly said in his heart, "There is a play".

"These herbs are of excellent quality, if you don't take a look, you'll be fine. As he spoke, the young man carefully took out the jade box from the storage bag, three jade boxes, and the young man took it three times.

"My cultivation is relatively low, and I don't dare to take out all the valuable herbs at once. The young man was afraid that Xiao An would be suspicious, so he hurriedly explained in a low voice.

The young man opened one of the jade boxes, glanced at Xiao An secretly out of the corner of his eye, saw Xiao An's confused expression, and hurriedly explained to Xiao An: "This is a Ningshen flower that has reached more than fifty years of medicinal age, you can take a look." ”

As he spoke, the young man took the herb out of the jade box and put it in Xiao An's hand.

Xiao An just wanted to refuse the boy, but the other party had already put the herb in Xiao An's hands.

After getting the herb, Xiao An subconsciously checked the herb and was surprised to find that the medicinal properties of this herb were excellent, far exceeding the few fifty-year-old herbs he had purchased before. Xiao An estimated with his poor knowledge of medicinal herbs that this herb may have reached sixty years, and this discovery made Xiao An a little excited.

Although the herbs were excellent, they were of no use to Xiao An, and the little spirit stone in his hand couldn't even buy all the herbs on the prescription.

"Some time ago, there was a very famous alchemist nearby who named and purchased these three flavor herbs, which was said to be to refine the 'Seven Treasures Guiyuan Pill', and you also know that this pill is the best pill to verify alchemy. After my family patriarch learned the news, he deliberately went to a far away place to find these herbs, but when he came back, the alchemist had already collected all the herbs, alas!" the young man sighed after speaking, with a sad expression.

Listening to the young man's words, Xiao Anxin moved, and took the other two herbs in his hand and carefully examined them, these two herbs are the same as the first one, the medicinal properties are excellent, and they should have reached sixty years.

Xiao An's expression was seen by the young stall owner, and the young man first secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then secretly rejoiced.

"These three herbs are all fifty years old, a total of seventy-five spirit stones, if you want them, just give me seventy spirit stones. ”

The price of each sixty-year-old herb is around thirty-five spirit stones, and the price of three medicinal herbs requires one hundred and five spirit stones. And the young stall owner obviously regarded it as a fifty-year-old herb, which was much cheaper than the market price.

"Okay, I'll have all three herbs. Xiao An said to the young man on the side after carefully examining the herbs.

After receiving Xiao An's affirmative reply, the young man happily closed his mouth and happily took Xiao An's spirit stone.

"Okay, wait a minute, I'll put it up for you. Oh, you see that this jade box is a little damaged, I'll replace it with a good one for you. The young man pointed to the jade box containing the three herbs and said, there were some small openings at the bottom of the jade box, which should have been accidentally bumped.

The jade boxes containing the herbs are all refined magic weapons, which can protect the medicinal effect of the herbs from being lost. The bump on the outside of the jade box will not affect the effect of the jade box's protective herbs, but it will make people feel a little embarrassed after all.

As he spoke, the young man took out a stack of brand-new jade boxes and carefully moved the herbs into the new jade boxes.

Xiao An took the herb, received it in his storage bag with satisfaction, and continued to move towards other stalls. Not long after Xiao An left, the young man hurriedly collected his stall and left the place.

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In the dimly lit room, with a long spitting sound, a figure meditating cross-legged slowly opened its eyes. Through the faint light, it can be seen that this person is Xiao An.

After finishing the meditation, Xiao An put away the Spirit Gathering Array in front of him, and then paced in the room. As Xiao An walked, he could see several array plates placed in the four corners of the room, and after Xiao An inspected these array plates, he carefully checked the location of the windows and doorways.

Following Xiao An's line of sight, you can see that the walls, doors and windows are covered with a faint layer of white mist. Standing inside the house, this layer of white fog is extremely thin. If a monk wanted to observe the inside of the house through the window from the outside, he would only see a white expanse.

In the end, Xiao An showed a satisfied expression, and the several array plates placed in the room were the "Moon and Sun Covering Array" specially refined by Xiao An for this outing, which was specially used to prevent others from peeping.

Every monk has secrets that they don't want others to know, but the strange methods of exploration in the cultivation world are endless, and it is difficult to guard against them. And the Occultation of the Moon and the Sun Formation can prevent most of the means of exploration, which is a magic weapon that Xiao An has spent a lot of effort refining for this long journey.

After checking the formation, Xiao An walked to the desk and put the herbs he had acquired today on the table, and checked them one by one against the thick herbal books.

This is the third Fang Market that Xiao An has arrived in after leaving Qishifang City, although each Fang Market has harvested, but not even a tenth of the herbs on the prescription have been gathered. Every time he encountered the herbs on the prescription, Xiao An would buy one first, and after returning to the inn, he would compare the herbs with the information in the classics. Because what you learn on paper is a little inaccurate after all, you need to compare it with the real thing.

Of course, the main reason is that the herbs are too expensive, although Xiao An has a small net worth, he will feel distressed for a long time if he is deceived.