In the middle of a barren mountain, a teenager is struggling through the forest. The bushes in the forest were full of thorns, and a green coat had been torn open at this time, and there were several blood marks on the young man's face.

"Further on, there are demon beasts infested, but today there is still not a single elixir. Li Hui stopped, looked at the deep mountains and forests in front of him, and sighed. There has been no harvest for three consecutive days, and this is the west of Lingxiao City, the periphery of Bixiao Mountain. I don't know how many low-level monks in Lingxiao City go into the mountains every day to collect medicine here.

It takes at least ten years for a medicinal herb to grow enough to be used in medicine and alchemy. And there are more and more people collecting medicines, which greatly exceeds the frequency of natural growth and replacement of medicinal materials, and now it is becoming more and more difficult to collect a medicinal herb that can be used for alchemy.

The mountains ahead are steeper, the sun is blocked by towering ancient trees, the bushes and thorns are thicker, and all the plants grow wildly, with few signs of human activity visible. This is already the edge of the periphery of Bixiao Mountain, and further on, there are gradually some low-level demon beasts infested. With Li Hui's current cultivation, not to mention demon beasts, encountering several ferocious ordinary beasts at the same time was enough to pose a threat to him.

After taking a break, Li Hui looked up at the front, a little uncertain in his heart. "That's it, take a gamble, I'll go a little deeper, pick a few elixirs and come back, I don't believe that I was so unlucky to run into a demon beast!" Li Hui sighed and shook his head, with a little helplessness on his face.

After straightening his clothes and holding his only weapon, a dark blue ruler-long sword, Li Hui walked towards the depths of the mountain.

This short sword is made of dark iron, refined by using the fire of the lungs of the earth, and has been tempered thousands of times. However, in the eyes of cultivators, it is the lowest level weapon, and only low-level Qi refining stage cultivators will use it, and in the eyes of foundation building cultivators, such a weapon is no different from scrap iron.

But this is already Li Hui's most precious belongings, the most valuable property left to him by his parents, one is the small house in the city, and the other is this short sword.

At this time, the sun had passed the middle of the sky, and the mountains appeared even darker, the tall and deep mountains were like a huge monster, and Li Hui's figure looked a little thin and lonely, slowly disappearing into the jungle.

"There are indeed many more elixirs in the depths of this mountain range than in the periphery, and I think it's because there are very few people who dare to come here to collect medicines. Li Hui wiped the sweat from his forehead, and a satisfied expression appeared on his face. In less than an hour, Li Hui already had seven or eight elixirs in his medicine basket, more than he had collected in the past two or three days. If you work harder and collect a few more elixirs, it will be enough for your own life for a month, and maybe you can exchange two Qi Gathering Pills for your own cultivation.

After a short rest, Li Hui continued to walk forward, and before he knew it, he had gone deeper and deeper into this mountain range.

"Jin Dilian!" Li Hui's breathing almost stopped! Today is really lucky! I can actually come across a Jin Dilian! This Jin Dilian is the main medicinal material for refining the Zhuji Dan! It is something that the monks of the Foundation Building Period will also be moved by when they see it. Li Hui had only seen it in the shop that collected elixirs before, but he had never picked it himself!

"With this Golden Lotus, not to mention that you don't have to go into the mountains to collect herbs for half a year, you can also exchange it for enough Qi Gathering Pill for three months of cultivation!" Li Hui felt that his throat was a little dry. He took out a jade box from his bosom, carefully dug up the roots of the golden lotus, and put it into the jade box with the soil attached to the roots.

This jade box is still something left by his father, which can prevent the leakage of some precious elixir and aura. The method of collecting the soil along with the roots was also taught by my father.

Li Hui carefully put the jade box back into his arms, basking in the joy of picking a golden lotus, but he didn't notice that in the bushes behind him, a pair of glowing green eyes were staring greedily at him.

There seemed to be a gust of wind blowing from behind, Li Hui's heart tightened for no reason, and before he had time to think about it, a horse lay on the ground.

"Whoosh!" A gust of wind, a gray shadow swept past Li Hui's back and landed in front, the gray shadow quickly turned around, and a pair of green eyes stared at Li Hui.

"Ironback wolf!" Li Hui exclaimed, a grain of cold sweat broke out from his back, and he held the dark blue short sword tightly in his hand.

"Calm, calm!" Li Hui's hand holding the short sword trembled slightly, but he didn't turn around and run away, because he knew that this iron-backed wolf liked to sneak attack from behind, and if he turned around and ran away, he would be sent to his own death! Comparing speed with iron-backed wolves in this mountain forest is really not a move that a person with a brain would make.

At this time, Li Hui felt a little regretful in his heart, if he didn't be greedy, he picked those seven or eight medicinal herbs and went back, at least he could live comfortably for a month!

But regret is useless, Li Hui is not an ignorant teenager who has entered the mountain for the first time, although it is the first time he has encountered a demon beast, and it is also an iron-backed wolf known for his speed and ferocity, but this scene Li Hui has imagined countless times. At this time, he slowly calmed down, put the short sword across his chest, his eyes wide open, and confronted this iron-backed wolf!

The iron-backed wolf, a second-level demon beast, is equivalent to an immortal cultivator from the fourth layer of the Qi Refining Period to the sixth layer of the Qi Refining Period. And Li Hui is only an immortal cultivator at the third level of the Qi refining period! However, the demon beast is naturally strong, but it has low intelligence and a single attack, which is also the reason why Li Hui can still calm down.

The iron-backed wolf failed to sneak attack, and at this time he was facing Li Hui head-on, with greedy saliva on his mouth, and the black hairs on his back stood upside down one by one, and suddenly jumped up, and pounced on Li Hui in an arc from it.

The iron-backed wolf was extremely fast, and Li Hui could only see an afterimage flying towards him. Li Hui held the short sword in his backhand, as if holding a dagger in his hand, and slashed forward.

"Ding!" Li Hui's short sword slashed right on the two front paws of the iron-backed wolf, like a symphony of gold and iron, the iron-backed wolf was unharmed, and his body twisted to the side.

Li Hui hurriedly turned his body and confronted the iron-backed wolf head-on again, it seemed that he still underestimated this iron-backed wolf, with the sharpness of the short sword in his hand, he couldn't even break the defense of the iron-backed wolf, did he really want to die here?

Li Hui's face became more and more solemn, with a hint of determination: "If you can't run, then fight!" The Earth Splitting Technique in his body worked, and the spiritual power was injected into the short sword, and there was a faint blue light on the short sword.

The iron-backed wolf's long oblique wolf eyes narrowed, and he seemed to disdain Li Hui, squatted down slightly on his hind legs, bent his front paws slightly, and suddenly bounced up and pounced again.

"It's good to come!" Li Hui tried to strengthen his courage, injected his spiritual power into the short sword, and slashed forward forcefully, if he made a solid stroke, even if it was really an iron claw, he would have to be injured!

Unexpectedly, this iron-backed wolf was extremely cunning, and when his front paws were just about to touch the short sword, he suddenly retracted his body and fell to the ground rapidly.

"Whew!" his left arm couldn't dodge, and a half-foot-long hole was torn open by the wolf's claws, and the flesh turned out, and blood flowed out.

Ignoring the bandage, Li Hui quickly stood up, and saw a gray shadow pounce again. This time, Li Hui didn't dare to take it hard, and his body tried to jump back, and at the same time, the short sword was across his chest to protect the vital point.

Unexpectedly, the speed of the iron-backed wolf was too fast, and he came first, catching up with the retreating Li Hui in the air, "Zheng", the short sword and the wolf claw were in harmony, Li Hui only felt that the right arm holding the short sword was numb, the wolf claw blocked the short sword aside, and grabbed Li Hui's chest with one claw, and suddenly the blood in his chest flowed, the iron-backed wolf was castrated, and the whole wolf body hit Li Hui, Li Hui only felt that a huge force was coming, and the internal organs seemed to be displaced, and the body fell towards a bush below like a kite with a broken line.

"Are you going to die?" Li Hui laughed miserably in his heart. In the process of falling, Li Hui felt that time suddenly slowed down, and the past quickly passed through his heart, "It's over like this, I've been too tired all these years, father, mother, I'm here to accompany you." The corners of Li Hui's mouth actually flashed a smile, and the smile was as innocent and bright as a child, as if he had returned to the days when he was with his parents in his childhood.

There was no expected "bang!". Li Hui's body crossed a small arc in the air and landed in a small bush, his body did not stop, but continued to fall, a few "bang" branches and leaves were knocked off, two or three breaths of time, only to hear a muffled sound of "bang!" came up.

The place where it was once a bush now reveals an irregular black hole, which was once obscured by the dense shrubs at the entrance of the hole, and looks like a normal bush. Li Hui fell and knocked open the bushes, revealing the hole.

The iron-backed wolf had already pounced again, but when Li Hui fell down, he stepped forward to tear him to pieces, and when he saw Li Hui suddenly fall into a black hole, he stopped his body and stopped at the mouth of the hole. After a pause, it seemed a little unexpected, and then reacted, walked around the entrance of the cave a few times, sniffed vigorously, and walked around a few more times, and then left unwillingly, disappearing into the mountains and forests like the wind.

This black hole is more than ten feet deep, and it sinks vertically from the ground, as if something has smashed it down from a high altitude and smashed out such a deep pit. The four walls of the cave entrance, near the ground, are overgrown with a mess of plants.

The bottom of the black hole was pitch black, and only the entrance of the hole showed a miserable white skylight, which looked so far away. Li Hui lay motionless, still with a smile on his face, his chest was blurred with blood, and blood was flowing out. Blood was also flowing from the wound on his left arm. Slowly, under Li Hui's body, it merged into a river of blood, flowing in all directions.

And not far from Li Hui's side, a gray-white plain stone slowly absorbed the blood that flowed here, at first it only absorbed the blood that flowed here unintentionally, and then the entire river of blood seemed to be pulled by something and began to flow by itself. And no matter how much blood there is, it is absorbed cleanly by this stone, like a drop of water dripping on a sponge.

After half an hour like this, the stone absorbed the blood more and more slowly, and finally stopped absorbing, and suddenly, the whole body of the stone emitted a white light, illuminating the entire bottom of the cave, and the light shrouded Li Hui's whole person, and then the light slowly disappeared. The bottom of the cave returned to darkness, and Li Hui on the ground also disappeared strangely!