Chapter 8: Drunken Immortals and Demons (1)
As soon as it was dawn the next day, several people set off. According to Senior Brother Sun, Bailu Mountain is about ten miles away from here. Along the way, he occasionally encountered a few low-level demon beasts, and he didn't cause any trouble under the joint efforts of the five of them.
Two hours later, they walked out of the reddish-brown hills. The terrain in front of me suddenly changed, and a lush mountain range appeared in front of me.
Senior Brother Sun took out a map at this time, looked around at the markers on it, and then pointed to a certain mountain peak and said, "Look! The one in front is Bailu Mountain." This place is beyond the edge of the Hundred Beasts Mountain Range, so everyone should be cautious. ”
After speaking, Senior Brother Sun put away the map and took out the demon avoidance bead. He uttered a few incantations, and a white halo appeared on the surface of the bead. The white light seemed very gentle, rhythmically expanding and contracting like breathing.
The other four saw it for the first time, and they all looked at it curiously. Senior Brother Sun explained: "When this bead glows white, it means that there are no demon beasts nearby, and when it emits a red light, it means that there is. The darker the red light, the larger the halo, which means that the closer the demon beast is, the stronger it is!"
Senior Brother Sun led a few people towards Bailu Mountain, and when he encountered a few low-level demon beasts, he didn't make a move, and he avoided them from afar. After all, it's not very safe here, and if the sound of a fight attracts high-level demon beasts, it's no joke. In this way, it took more than half an hour without danger, and several people finally came to the foot of this mountain. This mountain is about four or five hundred zhang high, and there is a small circular lake with a diameter of three or four miles not far away.
The mountains are lush with vegetation, old trees and vines, and are full of primitive atmosphere. Liu Yiwen took a breath and felt the abundant aura here. Heart: Such a treasure land, no wonder there is an elixir to grow.
Under a large square stone, Senior Brother Sun gathered the four of them together and came up with a picture. There was a figure of an elixir the size of a foot on it, and he pointed to it and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Five Flame Grass generally grows in the crevices of the rocks, about a foot long. Mature five-flame grass will have five leaves, each with a different color at the top, resembling a flame. If you look at this drawing, it should be very easy to recognize. ”
A few people looked at the graphics for a while, and Senior Brother Wen said, "Shall we look for them separately?"
"Only Senior Brother Sun has this demon avoidance bead, and it will be dangerous if he acts alone. Li Mingzhu frowned slightly.
Liu Yiwen thought this in his heart, he didn't want to take too many risks. If you entrust your life here, it would be too wrong.
Senior Brother Sun was silent, and he was also making trouble about this matter: if you act together, the scope will be smaller, and the chance of finding the spirit grass will be smaller, and if you are separated, the danger will increase.
At this time, Senior Sister Ye smiled slightly and said, "It's better to be like this, Senior Brother Sun and the other person are in the center, and the other three are divided into two groups and stand on both sides." Senior Brother Sun is mainly responsible for looking at the beads, and immediately greets everyone if there is a situation. The other four were tasked with finding the elixir. In this way, as long as you are not far from Senior Brother Sun, you can be safe. What do you think?"
After speaking, his beautiful eyes wandered, looking at the other four. Several people thought for a moment, and then nodded in agreement. For now, there is only this compromise.
Everyone stood in dispersion, separated by about ten zhang between the two and two, and began to act around this mountain forest.
The mountain forest in front of them was covered with verdant vegetation. Flowers, shrubs, large trees, and a variety of unknown plants grow on it. They gently brushed aside the weeds in front of them, carefully searching for the elixir.
Suddenly, Liu Yiwen heard Senior Sister Ye in the middle shout of joy. He hurriedly looked over there, only to see Senior Sister Ye holding a small purple flower in her hand and said excitedly to Senior Brother Sun, "Purple Wood Flower! ”
This purple wood flower is one of the main medicines called "purple elixir". Taking this pill while refining qi can increase the mana of cultivators and save months of meditation and penance, it is highly sought after by these low-level disciples.
She took out the red gourd and carefully put away the purple wood flower, and continued to search forward. The other four people were also happy, and they all felt that the trip was worthwhile.
The five of them searched slowly and picked up some other elixirs. This includes Liu Yiwen and Wen Tao picking a "purple wood flower" and a small bag of "gastrodia seeds", and Li Mingzhu also gained something. But none of the Five Flame Grass were picked, so they were depressed. Especially Senior Brother Sun, he looked a little anxious.
Just as Senior Brother Sun was about to search further, the demon avoidance bead in front of him emitted a faint red halo. The red light was faint at first, but slowly became deeper and brighter.
"It's not good! It's a high-level demon beast!, everyone, hurry up!" Senior Brother Sun quickly said hello to the three people on both sides and stepped aside.
As soon as these three people heard this, they dared to hesitate and immediately moved closer to him. The five of them retreated cautiously backwards, and Senior Brother Sun looked left and right along the way, hoping to find a cover to take shelter for a while.
Several people were walking quickly through the half-human-tall vegetation. This one scurried around in a hurry, and I didn't know where I went.
After almost a meal, Senior Brother Wen saw a huge slope in front of him, which was concave inward, and the inside was relatively hidden. He pointed to that place and whispered, "Look, there's a slope over there, I'll take shelter for a while." ”
Senior Brother Sun glanced at it, and immediately nodded: "Let's go, hurry up!"
The monster hasn't discovered them yet, so hiding is a good choice. A few people came to the bottom of the slope and crouched down against the slope, surrounded by weeds and small bushes.
They held their breath and stared at the beads in Senior Brother Sun's hand. I saw that the red light was getting stronger and stronger, and the demon beast seemed to be getting closer and closer to them.
Liu Yiwen's heart is now in his throat, and his palms are full of sweat. He was scolded: This time the luck of collecting medicine was really not good, and it didn't take long for him to encounter a high-level demon beast. The point is that the purpose of this trip, "Five Flame Grass", has not yet been found. He was thinking to himself depressedly.
The other four were not much better than him: Senior Sister Ye's face was pale at this time, her fists were clenched, and she couldn't even breathe; Wen Tao and Li Mingzhu looked nervous; only Senior Brother Sun looked slightly better.
After another stick of incense, the red light on the demon avoidance bead became more and more faint, and after a while, the red light disappeared, and several people breathed a sigh of relief.
Sun Huo wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and then said with relief: "Fortunately, this demon didn't find us, otherwise it would be more than lucky." He also knew in his heart the danger of being discovered by a high-level demon beast.
"Senior Brother Sun, why don't we go back. It's not very safe here!" Senior Sister Ye proposed with a lot of fright just now. Her mission for this trip has been completed, and everyone has picked some elixirs, which can be said to have gained a lot. She was tempted by the elixir just now, and she didn't understand the gains and losses for a while, but now she is much more sober.