Chapter 10: The Search for the Ugin Toad
"This girl, we are in a hurry to need this thing, can you transfer it to us, we can pay more. Li Gaoyuan couldn't help but say.
The woman's pretty face seemed to be covered with frost, as if she hadn't heard it.
The green-clothed maid sneered and said, "Does my young lady look like a person who lacks silver?"
Li Gaoyuan hurriedly defended: "I didn't mean that, I just said that we really want this red sesame grass." β
"If you want it, we must give it?" the maid shrugged her little nose and snorted softly.
"This ......," Li Gaoyuan was speechless for a while.
Seeing that the red sesame grass was about to fall into the hands of others, Li Gaoyuan was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
Li Mo thought for a moment and asked, "The girl should want to refine the 'Qingxin Pill' when she takes the red sesame grass, right?"
"You're an alchemist?"
The woman in the green dress glanced at him one more time, but it was only a glimpse.
"Li Mo is a dignified yellow-level third-grade alchemist!" Li Gaoyuan straightened his chest and said proudly.
"Bragging, you're a freshman who has just entered the Dan Dao Academy at this age, and what are you talking about the yellow level three grades, when I haven't been to the Dan Dao Academy?" the maid sneered on the side.
Li Gaoyuan smiled and said proudly: "Then you have seen the alchemists in the Martial Arts Academy? Li Mo is not only a yellow-level third-grade alchemist, but also the first place in this year's Martial Arts Academy's lower courtyard entrance ceremony! If you don't believe it, you can go to the Martial Arts Academy to inquire!"
"Really?" the maid was stunned.
The woman in the green skirt was also a little surprised, so she officially looked at Li Mo.
Seeing that although he was dressed ordinarily, his calm temperament was on the surface, not like an exaggerated person, so he said: "So, you are a Danwu double cultivator." β
Li Mo didn't say yes, but asked: "The Pure Heart Pill is a special thing for healing, isn't the girl injured?"
The maid said proudly on the side: "My young lady hunted a hexagonal fire ** collar alone a few days ago and was a little injured. β
"Hexagonal Fire ** Collar?"
Li Gaoyuan was taken aback when he heard this, it was a third-class brute beast that only a strong person in the late stage of the Iron Bone Realm could hunt.
Li Mo smiled: "In this case, the young lady's words about refining the Pure Heart Pill are wrong." β
"What?" the woman in the green skirt frowned.
"Qingxin Pill is indeed used to treat fire-related healing, but the poison of the hexagonal fire turtle is not only a fire, this thing is a fire on the surface, but it grows in a swamp, and it is a thing that generates fire at the water pole, so it stands to reason that the 'Water Yan Pill' should be refined. Li Mo said.
"Is that so?" said the woman in the green skirt thoughtfully.
Li Mo said again: "The girl can go and check the information about the hexagonal fire turtle, and then you should know that I am not talking nonsense." Besides, there are also people with names and surnames, if you deceive the girl, you can come to the martial arts academy to find me. β
The woman in the green skirt thought for a while, then handed him the red sesame grass and said, "Since this is the case, this red sesame grass will be given to you, and you will be rewarded for helping me solve my doubts." β
"Thank you. β
The woman was so refreshing, and Li Mo didn't refuse.
"Let's go. β
The woman in the green skirt exhaled like an orchid, and turned away.
"This time, thanks to your golden signboard, otherwise, I am afraid that I will not be able to get this red sesame grass. Li Gaoyuan shouted lucky, and said in surprise when he was finished, "You said that this girl looks about the same age as us, could it be that she really has the cultivation of the late stage of the Iron Bone Realm?"
"There is nothing strange about this, the children of the great family have been taking various elixirs and wearing spiritual treasures since they were young, and it is not surprising that those with excellent qualifications have reached the four realms. However, in this county town, it is indeed good to be able to reach the late stage of the Three Realms. Li Mo said.
In this way, the red sesame grass was in hand, and a few days later, Li Xun sent someone to pass the word.
Early in the morning of the second day, the two rushed to the mansion to gather, and more than 40 members of the Yingjie Association rushed to the Ghost Vine Forest.
Going deep along the way, in the early morning, the group finally arrived at the third-class brute beast area.
In front of the dark forest, everyone stopped to rest.
Xu Qingsong said: "I have already talked about the life rules of the Ugin toad and the location of its appearance on the road. Let's team up and scatter to hunt beasts on their own while looking for traces of the Ugin Toad. After finding it, immediately send someone back to inform it, once it is confirmed to be true, you will receive three superb Qingyuan Dan as a reward, and the credit will be recorded, and at the end of the year, everyone will be rewarded according to their contributions. β
The new students were all refreshed when they heard this, but Li Mo was indifferent, and there was no temptation for him to be a mere Qingyuan Dan.
Then, someone came over and handed out a bottle of healing pill for everyone to use, but Li Mo didn't look at it, and threw it directly in his bag.
And his move, Xu Qingsong, Zhang Weizhuang and others saw it in their eyes, and the corners of their mouths hooked into a cruel smile.
Death had put the scythe on the boy's neck, but unfortunately, he didn't feel anything.
Li Shaojun and Su Shancheng did not notice the vicious intentions of the two families, but only told Li Mo and the others to pay attention to safety on the road.
After the event, Li Mo called Li Gaoyuan and Su Tie and looked for a direction to go deep into the past.
On the way, after hearing Li Mo say that he was going to capture the Ugin Toad, Su Tiezi also agreed, and said: "As long as you find it, you will naturally not give it to others." It's just that this third-class brute beast area is too big to be found. β
Li Mo smiled slightly and said, "I went to the library in the past few days and flipped through the map of the Ghost Vine Forest. They found a dozen or so places where Ugin toads might appear nearby, which was very consistent with what they had investigated on the way. After filtering, two of them were locked. The first one, called Chishui Lake. β
"Then show me the way, I don't know this place well. Cycad said.
So, Li Mo pointed the way, Su Tie opened the way, and Li Gaoyuan postponed.
The three of them moved forward tacitly, trying to avoid the brute beasts in order to gain time, and finally arrived at Chishui Lake in the early morning.
It is a huge lake nestled between valleys, the red water glowing strangely in the sun, and a few black-haired antelopes are drinking from the lake.
Suddenly, a huge silver fish jumped out of the lake, more than ten feet long, and swallowed one of them in one gulp, and the remaining antelopes fled in fright.
"This is a hundred carp, and I heard that any creature smaller than it will become prey. It's in this lake, but I'm afraid the Ugin toad won't live here. Cycad said.
Li Mo said: "Not necessarily, the Ugin toad will release a special smell to drive away natural enemies, so it can survive in a complex environment." Moreover, there are large and small caves around the pool, each of which could be its hiding place. β
"Then let's go and put the red mushroom on the edge of the lake and see if there's any movement. Li Gaoyuan said.
Li Mo nodded, and Li Gaoyuan cautiously rushed to the lake and placed the red sesame grass on a rock.
The three of them waited there quietly, time flew by, the Ugin Toad did not appear, but Li Gaoyuan suddenly shouted: "What a big ant!"
Li Mo glanced at it, and saw that there was a red ant crawling on his clothes at some point, which was the size of a thumb.
"Don't move, this is a bone-eater!" Li Mo admonished in a low voice, and then quickly pulled out his throwing knife and slashed it.
"I almost caught up, I heard that this bone eater ant can secrete a kind of venom, which penetrates into the skin, softening the bones and making the whole body weak. Li Gaoyuan muttered as he checked the surface of his clothes.
"It's not just this one!"
Cycad said in a deep voice.
The two of them looked to the ground, and at some point, hundreds of bone-eater ants were surrounding them from all sides.
"We're too lucky, there must be a bone-eating ant nest around here, this thing is not afraid of fire or water, and it is afraid of being stained with venom when trampled to death. Li Gaoyuan's face changed.
"It's okay, I've been prepared. β
Li Mo's expression was calm, and he unhurriedly took out a gray branch from his arms, lit it with a fire, and lit it.
The branches were placed on the ground, emitting a strong smell, and the bone-eating ants suddenly receded like a tide as if they had met a nemesis.
"This is a branch of the Ink Smoke Tree, burning it to repel insects. Li Mo smiled slightly.
"Brother Li's hand is really a big problem. Su Tie praised.
After waiting here quietly for a while, Li Mo said, "Let's go, I haven't come out for so long, I guess it's gone." Before the branches burned out, we left first. β
So they picked up the ink-smoked branch and left, and the three of them prepared to go to the next location: the Hukou Hanging Pond.
Just when they walked to the mouth of the valley, the three of them suddenly heard a strange noise, looked up, and saw that on a rock above the mouth of the valley, there was suddenly a giant ape more than a foot high.
The ape has a strong physique with dark hair, except for a ring of white hair on its forehead and a single horn growing on it.
"White-fronted giant ape!"
The cycad let out a low cry and immediately took aim at the thing with his bow.
"Bang-"
Long arrows flew out of the string and flew like lightning.
"Roarβ"
The white-fronted giant ape suddenly waved his hand, grabbed the long arrow, and "snapped" to break it in half.
"This brute has a lot of strength. β
The cycad was taken aback, and the white-fronted giant ape had jumped off the cliff and rushed towards the three of them.
"I'll take the lead!"
Li Mo let out a deep sigh, his whole body was full of true qi, and Xuanba entered the realm of six stages of power.
"Khooth!"
A sword slashed the white-fronted giant ape, and the ape's arm was as hard as steel, and it couldn't be cut in by half a point.
"Roarβ"
The white-fronted giant ape swung his fist and attacked, Li Mo did not fight with it, moved to the side with a lightning step, raised his sword and slashed again.
Su Tie and Li Gaoyuan rushed up from both sides, and their guns and swords moved together, besieging and killing the white-fronted giant ape.
The white-fronted giant ape is infinitely powerful and has a body like steel, but the three of them have the experience of being able to hunt third-class brute beasts, and they cooperate properly.
Li Mo urged the blood-drinking sword, the sword was as heavy as a landslide, and under the siege, the white-fronted giant ape was finally stabbed to the point, whimpered, and fell to the ground.
All three of them let out a long breath, and it took no effort to exert themselves.
He was about to take away the ape horns, when suddenly the forest above flashed, and Li Mo said, "It's not good, it's likely that the white-fronted giant ape group is coming!"
There are more than a dozen of these apes at once, and it is likely that there are elites and even leaders.
Even if the three of them had the courage to fight, they didn't dare to start a war with the apes, so they immediately ran away.
Before he ran out of the valley, a huge wolf appeared in front of him.
The giant wolf is one size larger than the average wolf species, with sharp eyes and saliva on its fangs, and when it sees three people, it makes a low sound.
"Brother Su!"
Li Mo didn't say a word, and the flying knife shot.
The cycads also have a tacit understanding and shoot arrows with a bow.