Chapter Ninety-Four: Into No Man's Land
Such a task process decided that Xu Fan had to go to the no-man's land, but he didn't know much about the no-man's land now, so he didn't plan to receive the task this time, but exchanged his only two hundred points for three sniffing pills, and exchanged the remaining one hundred points for a booklet about the introduction of the no-man's land. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Today's watering task has not been completed, Xu Fan will not stay here for long, and soon returned to the medicine field under his jurisdiction, completed the corresponding content of today's management of the medicine field, and turned around and went to Wu Xuemei, although the two did not say that they must be together, but they seemed to have a little meaning in their hearts, and they talked together for a long time before reluctantly parting.
During this period, Xu Fan also told Wu Xuemei that she was going to a no-man's land to collect medicine, and took out the booklet that was introduced to her, Wu Xuemei was very worried when she heard this, and she didn't agree with Xu Fan's approach, so she agreed on the premise that Xu Fan repeatedly assured that she would come back safely, and told Xu Fan to go early and return early.
Being cared for and worried about by a beautiful woman is the happiest thing for a single dog, so Xu Fan is even more determined to make the decision to collect medicine, he wants to get more elixir out, exchange more points, and then come to better facilitate Wu Xuemei's use.
In the afternoon, it was time to grab the dung, Xu Fan asked Wu Xuemei to go to grab the position early, but unfortunately today's luck was not good, there were very few spirit beasts, and they were robbed by those old medicine servants in an instant, the two returned empty-handed, very frustrated, seeing that Wu Xuemei was unhappy, Xu Fan hurriedly found a few jokes from the original world to tease her, and it worked, Wu Xuemei, who was laughing, leaned forward and back, and she had never been so happy since she was a child.
On the day she first came, Wu Xuemei was very uncomfortable here, but slowly found that the people here were very easy to get along with, even if the cultivation of those medicine servants was higher than herself, but she didn't mean to bully herself, everything was answered with questions, and later she became familiar with the conversation, and she learned from Ma Juan's mouth that the reason why this was the case was all because of the atmosphere of the entire Xuanling Sect.
There is no killing in the entire Xuanling Sect, there is no need to constantly improve your cultivation in order to survive, you just need to complete your own things every day, of course, even if you don't complete it, it doesn't matter, because no one will urge you, if you don't want to do it, you won't do it, it's a big deal that you will be here all your life, many of these hundreds of medicine servants have already memorized the 30,000 kinds of medicines, but they just don't go to the test tower to test, there are many reasons, and at most these people have never thought of going out since they entered the Xuanling Sect, and they all came in with the intention of providing for the elderly.
There are also some people, there are many enemies in the outside world, such as Ma Juan and Tian Wenju, who were all well-known characters outside before, killing people without blinking, countless enemies, many people are eager to eat their flesh, drink their blood, and rest and meditate every day are extremely careful, for fear that if an enemy finds the door, he will not have time to escape, and he will not live a human life, but since entering the Xuanling Sect, all this has changed, at the beginning there will be a big fight for trivial things such as grabbing dung, but later, there is no such thought, here is like a paradise, no strife, very free, such a slow-paced life, consumed all the sharp weapons of these outlaws, and only wanted to live this life plainly, and it was also because of this that Ma Juan and Tian Wenju walked together and became Taoist couples.
Every day at sunrise and day in and out, the two of them go in and out of pairs, living a fairy-like life, what kind of longevity do you need in such a life, and what spells do you practice.
Of course, people like Ma Juan are more pessimistic about life and death, and want to return to peace, not all the disciples who have entered the Xuanling Sect for thousands of years think so, and there are many who still have great revenge, especially young people like Xu Fan, who are all inspired to become an alchemist, most of the time in life is spent on learning alchemy knowledge, and if there is a little improvement, they will go to the test tower to test their results, and they are also very obsessed with the study of medicinal materials, these people later became the famous alchemists of the Xuanling Sect, and their reputation was known to everyone in the entire Yizhong Heaven Pill World.
Of course, Xu Fan didn't come here to make a living, his purpose was to become an alchemist, and it was best to memorize the entire content of the pharmacopoeia, so that his vase would be of great use.
On the third day, Xu Fan probably studied the content of the no-man's land booklet, so he decided to give it a try, in fact, the content of the booklet is not much, it is a very brief map, this map draws a circular area, divided into three circles, the outermost circle is marked as a safe area, and also pointed out that there is no danger for general foundation monks to enter this area, and all the spirit beasts in this area can be swept away, and it is also the best place for newcomers to collect medicine, but because it is too easy here, there is also a bad aspect, that is, there is basically not much left of the elixir of high years, and this place can only be said to be lucky if you want to collect elixir of high years, can't say that there is no one, it depends on whether you can pick up the leak.
The second circle of the map is called the danger zone, this place also seriously declares, non-foundation mid-stage monks are not allowed to step in, those who step into the nine deaths, in this second circle, the light beast king level spirit beasts are marked with no less than a thousand, their strength and weakness are in the middle of the foundation building, but although it is the middle stage of the foundation, but the combat power of the spirit beast is much higher than that of the monk, although these spirit beasts are not like the demon clan can use spells, but they have their own talents, and they will also spray or cast a variety of harmful venom and the like, once the monk touches a serious one, the bones of the corpse can be melted in an instant。
As for the innermost circle, there is no mark on any spirit beasts, only four words are written, that is, 'land of death', the simple four words are enough to explain the danger there, there is almost nowhere to enter, it is estimated that only the peak cultivation of a heavy heaven, and it is possible to go in and take a trip if the foundation is built and the Great Perfection is cultivated.
However, after Xu Fan asked Lu Yuanming next door, he learned that many elixir spirit insects and spirit beasts in the outer four halls were still made from the place of death, and it was the sect master of the Xuanling Sect who did this, Lu Yuanming had been in the Xuanling Sect for more than a hundred years, and the mysterious sect master had never seen it once, and once he was curious, he asked Song Xuan, and as a result, he was driven out on the grounds that he could not inquire about any news about the sect master, and he was scolded for a while, and he was seriously warned that he should not discuss the identity of the sect master in the future.
After Xiaobao learned about this situation, he held his head in his hands and thought for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion that the water of this heavy heaven is too deep, and there are many unknown existences, which is even more lively than the nine heavens, but these things have nothing to do with Xu Fan, his current cultivation does not involve this circle, and only the goal is to live his own small life.
handed over the work of taking care of the medicine field to Xiaobao, and soon came to the place where the Dantang collected medicine, the task administrator looked at Xu Fan's cultivation, and kindly reminded Xu Fan that he must pay attention to safety, and not go to the second circle of places to collect medicine, Xu Fan reciprocated with sincere gratitude, Xu Fan liked the atmosphere of this Xuanling Sect very much, but he always felt that something was wrong, and deep down he felt that everything here seemed to be too peaceful, but this idea was just a flash, Xu Fan felt that he might be thinking too much.
Taking the task token, Xu Fan followed the instructions of the administrator and marched towards the no-man's land, the center of the Xuanling Mountain Range is still far away from the Dantang, Xu Fan spent half a day to fly to its edge, the no-man's land is surrounded by the Xuanling General Array, in addition to the fixed entry and exit points, it is difficult to break through this layer of anti-slip for the cultivation of the foundation of the Great Perfection in other places, this protection is to prevent some disciples from escaping here without permission, and on the other hand, it is also to prevent the powerful spirit beasts in the no-man's land from suddenly running out of the businessman。
It's not that spirit beasts have never been released, and it has happened more than once in the records of the Xuanling Sect, and this costly protection has also been built under the lessons of blood.
After changing the token, Xu Fan finally entered the no-man's land, and when he first entered it, Xu Fan only felt that the aura in it was rich, even richer than the area occupied by the Xuanling Sect outside, no wonder huge spirit beasts and elixirs could be produced here, all of which were caused by a good environment.
After casually walking around twice, Xu Fan didn't think that he really wanted to collect medicine here, his elixirs were ready, and another advantage of taking care of the medicine field was that occasionally digging out one or two plants in that large elixir field would not affect anything, and others would not come to check these things.
Through the study of the pharmacopoeia and the manual for managing the medicine field, Xu Fan's understanding of the elixir finally no longer stayed at the elementary level of the past, so this time it was decided to cultivate in the vase no longer the spirit ginseng, but the unique elixir 'mangrove flower' of Xuanling Mountain, this elixir has no tubers, only branches and leaves, and can grow up to thirty years, and it is also the most common elixir on the periphery of this no-man's land.
Since Xu Fan is here, of course, he has done his homework, he doesn't want to arouse the suspicion of others, in fact, this mangrove has been made for twenty years last night, and at this moment, Xu Fan is only left to wander back and forth, and he himself has to stay here for at least three or four days before going out like that, otherwise it will be too fast, and it will easily arouse the suspicion of others.
After walking around for a day, Xu Fan found that this place was really a safe area as stated on the map, and there were some spirit beasts equivalent to the cultivation period of contemplation.
At night, Xu Fan found a tall tree as a resting place, although this is a safe area, but it is safer to find a safe place to stay alone, which Xu Fan originally didn't care about and only knew after reading the manual.
"Roar"
When Xu Fan was meditating with his eyes closed, a loud roar suddenly sounded, Xu Fan hurriedly opened his eyes, and was immediately attracted by the scene in front of him, the original dark night, but at this moment it lit up, countless fireflies flew in the grass, and the stars were very good-looking, but Xu Fan immediately noticed that there were some particularly large and bright light beads in this little starlight, and if you looked closely, it turned out that some spirit beasts were foraging at night.
Looking at everything in front of him, Xu Fan felt a special peace of mind, looking up at the starry sky, Xu Fan sighed with great emotion, he was an idler in the noisy city, but he never expected to be the way he is now, a strange place, a strange way of life, and he actually adapted to it little by little.
Xu Fan's dream since he was a child is to be able to have a warm home, and then live his own small life plainly, without thinking about how to be vigorous, but fate really made him unusual, although he did not wait for him like those pretending plots in the novel, but it was worth it to come to this strange world.
"Roar"
Suddenly, there was another loud roar, this time the roar was obviously louder than the last time, and the slow anger could be heard from the sound alone, and at the same time, the originally comfortable glowworm light suddenly all burrowed into the grass and disappeared, and the little beasts that came out of the night secret room also quickly hid.
"Quack"
Immediately after that, a few strange screams sounded, and this time Xu Fan felt a sense of tearing when he heard the scream, as if the spirit beast that made the cry was suffering very much.
"Boom"
A few loud noises appeared, and the whole earth seemed to tremble, Xu Fan didn't know what was going on, and suddenly two words appeared in Xu Fan's mind, that is, "beast tide".
The booklet that Xu Fan got in exchange for described a kind of incident in no man's land, that is, every time, a huge beast tide will occur in the entire no man's land, the reason for this seems to be because the internal spirit beasts come out to forage, and the frightened peripheral spirit beasts are constantly fleeing, which caused a chain reaction, and there is a beast tide, when this beast tide occurs, the time is uncertain, depending on how many powerful spirit beasts are foraging, if it is one, maybe find what you like to eat and go back, the beast tide will soon end, if there are more, it is difficult to say, maybe it will be turned upside down for a day and a night。
The pamphlet also seriously warned the disciples that the best way to encounter this kind of beast tide is to find a safe place to hide in the outermost area, and if it is close to the exit, it is best to run directly out of the exit.
Xu Fan didn't expect his luck to be so good, he encountered such a situation for the first time, at this time his position was quite far away from the exit, and it must be too late to run over, Xu Fan decided to sit honestly on the top of the tree to avoid the limelight, anyway, he was already on the outskirts of the no-man's land, and he was not afraid that those powerful spirit beasts would affect him.
The content of the booklet is really more reliable, and after about a stick of incense, it will be quiet over there, which shows that there are not many powerful spirit beasts that come out to forage today.
As soon as the beast tide passed, the world in front of Xu Fan changed back to its original appearance, and it became quiet and peaceful again.
"Qiuqiu, the beast tide just now is really scary"
"Yes, Maomao, the innermost group of spirit beasts is too domineering, and every time they will come out to loot our peripheral beasts to fight tooth sacrifices"
Xu Fan was about to continue to close his eyes and meditate, when he suddenly heard a voice talking, and looked for a sound, it was actually two squirrel-like little beasts chatting under the big tree, such a little beast could actually speak human words, which still surprised Xu Fan, so there was nothing else, Xu Fan listened patiently to see what these two little guys were talking about.
"Come on, Qiuqiu, people can't hit us again when they come out to fight tooth sacrifices, we don't have enough people to stuff their teeth."
"Also, it seems that there are small benefits to being born small, but it's a pity that our elven rat clan, even if the cultivation is high, can only operate in the outermost part of this Xuan Spirit Beast Domain, our cultivation can only make us live longer, and it has no other effect at all, any carnivorous spirit beast can click us, it's really sad."
"Mao Mao, just look away, this heaven is still very fair, okay, although our clan's mana is not good, but we are born with the ability to escape the earth, and we can avoid many disasters, haven't you heard the old people say, isn't what those human monks ultimately pursue is immortality, what's the difference with us?"
"Qiuqiu, that's not the same, the human cultivator is too powerful, the firm ruler of the Nine Heavens, even if the innermost spirit beast in this Xuan Spirit Domain is strong, it doesn't dare to go out and make a mistake, and if you live like this all day long, even if you live immortal, what's the point?"
"Maomao, be realistic to be a mouse, we were born like this, we can only obediently accept our fate, otherwise what do you want?"
"Alas, it's a pity that I'm not human, otherwise I will definitely search the immortal cave in the north, and I will definitely be able to get a lot of good things, obviously as long as the face of the stone statue at the foot of the mountain is wiped clean, I can enter the cave, but for so many years, no human monk is willing to do this, only use some brute force, there is no treasure mountain and cannot enter, and the spirit beast is not allowed to enter, it is really infuriating"
"Okay, okay, don't complain, it's almost dawn, let's hurry up and find food, and then come here to enter the Immortal Cave Mansion when you are reincarnated as a human in the next life." ”
"Alas, well, I heard that another human monk came today, it seems that he is here to collect medicine, I don't know if he can enter the Immortal Cave Mansion. ”
"Who knows, Maomao should hurry up. ”
“......”
Xu Fan never expected that the two little spirit beasts could actually speak human words, and they said so slippery, as if they understood everything, Xu Fan heard of this thing for the first time, even there was no introduction to this spirit beast in the booklet, Xu Fan felt that it was estimated that only the disciples of the Spirit Beast Hall could tell what this little beast was.
The cultivation of the two little beasts was only equivalent to the tenth layer of contemplation, so they didn't notice Xu Fan's eavesdropping at all.
But those are not the point, the point is that Xu Fan heard the good place of the Immortal Cave, and also knew the method of opening, this is really a huge discovery, and listening to the meaning of the little beast, the Immortal Cave Mansion can only be entered by human monks, and it seems that no one has entered it so far, this is really an unexpected gain.
Since it was night at this time, Xu Fan was also a little confused about the direction, so he could only suppress his curiosity and save it until tomorrow during the day to visit.
As soon as the sky turned white, Xu Fan got up and began to march in the direction of the north, the elf mouse only said a general direction, this place is so big in the north, Xu Fan does not know, fortunately, there is a statue as a reference, so Xu Fan feels that as long as he finds the statue, he will definitely be able to find the fairy cave.
"Hey, that stone looks like a statue."
Xu Fan searched for a long time, and suddenly returned to the halfway of a low mountain, and there was an independent stone away from there, which looked like a statue, but he was surrounded by all kinds of vines and moss, and he couldn't see what it was.
Walking closer, and then observing carefully, Xu Fan found that this was really a statue, stretched out his hand to remove the vines on it, and saw a statue full of filth appeared in front of him, but he still saw the true face, it was a statue of a person, or a woman, but the face of this statue was stained by something, and it was black, like a large birthmark imprinted on this woman's face, but even so, it could still be seen that this carving was a beauty.
Listening to the elf rat say, as long as the woman's face is wiped clean, the cave can be opened, but how to wipe it is not said, Xu Fan doesn't know how to start, and finally Xu Fan Jue will try it with the most primitive method.
So he took two steps back, saluted the statue, and said, "Sister Fairy has offended a lot. ”
After worshipping, Xu Fan took out a clean cotton handkerchief from the storage bag, approached the stone statue, and gently began to wipe it with the cotton handkerchief.
"Hey, it's so easy to wipe it off"
Xu Fan originally thought it would be difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so simple, it didn't take a moment to wipe the face of this statue clean, this statue was originally carved from white jade, but because it was covered with moss, it looked very dirty, but only this part of the face, was wiped by Xu Fan like this, and suddenly revealed the original white and warm color, and a beautiful face also bloomed.
Xu Fan stood a little farther away from the statue, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the woman carved by the statue was really beautiful, this kind of beauty was the kind of beauty that did not touch the mortal dust, far more than the beauty of the mortal dust like Wu Xuemei.
But after watching half of the pillar of incense, Xu Fan didn't see anything strange happening, "Could it be that those two little guys knew that I was eavesdropping on it last night and deliberately played tricks on me?"
Xu Fan was suddenly a little depressed, feeling that it was ridiculous that he had been deceived by two spirit beasts.
Suddenly, just when Xu Fan was distressed, a halo of light emanated from the stone statue, and the originally dead statue seemed to be alive, and the moss around the statue fell off in an instant with the spread of the blue light.