Xi Fangping smiled bitterly: "Three Taoist friends, in the next room, are poor, not to mention the storage bag, and there is not even a means of transportation." Xi Fangping’s words obviously evoked the sadness of three people, and their attitude towards Xi Fangping suddenly improved. Also, they always thought they were monks who got along quite badly. Unexpectedly, they met one who was even worse than them, and they felt proud in their hearts.
Yang Baiye enthusiastically said, "we are both unhappy — to the sky’s end, since we can meet here, it’s fate. Please sit down, Taoist. In Xiayang Baiye, the man in white is called Huyan Zan and the other is called Dongfang Ming. The three of us met on the road and came to Tianchi with each other, just to attend the Taolin Fair. I don’t know the name of Daoyou, but also to attend the Taolin Fair? "
Xi Fangping bowed to several people again: "It turned out to be Yang Daoyou, Hu Yandao and Dongfang Daoyou. I have heard a lot about you. My next name is Fang Ping, and I only entered the field of fix true ten years ago. Before I became a monk, my master was already in meditation, so I didn’t say anything about the fair to me at all. For ten years, I have been collecting herbs for a living. This time I went to Tianchi, I just wanted to collect some herbs. I wonder when and where the Taolin Fair will be held? I also picked some herbs in the sun. If I’m lucky, I might be able to change the lowest storage bag. "
Yang Baiye nodded and said, "So that’s it. Taolin Fair is a small fair organized by local people. Sanxiu practitioners are bitter. Usually, they only rely on collecting some medicines, digging some materials, making some talismans and making some small monsters to exchange some lingshi, instruments and pills. However, since Sanxiu practitioners seldom communicate with each other at ordinary times, it is quite troublesome to change what they have into what they need, and they have to be angry with those famous schools. In order to exchange needed goods, several decades ago, some predecessors in the condensed period organized this Taolin Fair. Taolin Fair is held once a year for three days, and it should be held eleven days later. If Xi Daoyou wants to change the storage bag, he should be able to get what he wants at Taolin Fair. If Xi Daoyou doesn’t mind, the four of us will go together and have a companion. Once something happens, we will have a care. "
Xi Fangping was overjoyed and repeatedly said, "Thank you so much for your three Taoist friends. However, I don’t know anything about the fix-true world, and I don’t know the lowest storage bag. How many inferior lingshi does one need? And that means of transportation, I don’t know how much it costs. "
Dongfang Ming laughed: "If Xi Daoyou only needs a lowest storage bag, it’s nothing, just ten pieces of inferior lingshi are enough. However, a low-order instrument that can walk instead of walking can’t be taken without fifty or sixty lingshi. "
Xi Fangping couldn’t help laughing. A storage bag needs ten pieces of inferior lingshi, and a low-order walking tool needs fifty or sixty pieces of lingshi. Then he has worked hard for ten years and finally collected herbs. At most, he can only change a storage bag. On second thought, a storage bag is also possible. At the very least, with this storage bag, he can put some unimportant things in it and hide his eyes and ears.
After thinking about it, Xi Fangping said, "There are still eleven days before the Taolin Fair. I wonder if the three Taoist friends have any plans?"
Yang Baiye smiled and said, "I heard that the Tianchi area has beautiful scenery, so it’s natural to have a good time here. Maybe we’ll be lucky and find one or two places with enough aura to practice." These days, all the places with strong aura are occupied by major sects, and scattered practitioners can only occupy some miserable small places, alas, it is difficult to mix. If Xi Daoyou has something to do, go first, and we will meet here in ten days. "
Xi Fangping thought for a moment and said, "That’s all right. I still have some common things to deal with. I’ll be waiting for you here in ten days."
Xi Fangping can have any common affairs. The reason why he said this is just to take advantage of this nine-day time to have a look at Tianchi, and maybe he can dig some elixirs again. At present, the herbs in his bag can only be replaced by a dozen pieces of lingshi, which is only enough to buy a low-grade storage bag. If we’re lucky, we’ll find a 500-600-year-old herb, and then the means of transportation will be lost.
After bidding farewell to Yang Baiye and other three people, Xi Fangping hurried towards Tianchi Mountain in the east of the city. When Xi Fangping arrived at the foot of Tianchi Mountain, it was near dusk. Looking at Tianchi Mountain in front of him, Xi Fangping was very disappointed. Although the mountain is famous, it is only more than 500 feet high at most. Although the road is steep, it is not close to the famous mountain. Moreover, the aura in the mountain is not enough. No wonder no monks have been here to practice.
Xi Fangping rested at the foot of the mountain for a night and came out at dawn. The 500-foot-high hill is a piece of cake for Xi Fangping. Just as the sun rises, he has already arrived at the Tianchi Lake on the top of the mountain. Looking at the Tianchi Lake in front of me, Xi Fangping couldn’t help but feel relaxed and happy, and the days of running around were swept away. Tianchi is not big, only a dozen hectares, but it is surrounded by green trees, with beautiful scenery and fresh air. What makes Xi Fangping even more incomprehensible is that the waves in the pool are rolling and unique. I don’t know where this wave came from. The whole Tianchi Lake is surrounded by hills, and there is no wind coming in. There is no smoke without fire in the true sense.
After enjoying it for a long time, Xi Fangping began to look for herbs around. To Xi Fangping’s disappointment, after searching for a long time, nothing was found. Also, the fame of Tianchi Lake is so great that it must have attracted many monks here. If there were herbs, they would have been daylighting by monks. This year, the more famous a mountain is, the more it can’t find good things. This is the reason.
Looking at the rolling waves in Tianchi, Xi Fangping frowned. To be sure, there must be something under this Tianchi lake, otherwise, there will be no such big noise. Just, what can it be? Why have you never heard of what Lingcao is in Tianchi? Xi Fangping was hesitant, and he wanted to have a look at the bottom. However, looking at the posture of the waves, it seems that it is not simple. There may be some kind of high-order monster beast living under it. Then, he is simply sending breakfast to the monster beast regardless of groundwater.
After thinking for a long time, Xi Fangping finally decided to go down and have a look. The reason is quite simple. Xi Fangping figured it out. Since this is the venue of Taolin Fair, the monks must often come here to play. If there is any high-order monster beast, they would have attracted some high-order monks. You know, the inner Dan of the monster beast is one of the treasures of the monks most love. The more high-order, the more people like it. If you can find the monster beast above seven or eight orders and kill it to get the inner Dan, it will be quite good for the monks to break through the bottleneck.
Put down the mace and stripped off all his clothes, leaving only a storage belt. After Xi Fangping moved his body, he jumped into Tianchi. The water is very cold, the kind that seeps into the bone marrow, as cold as the water in the colorful lotus pond in Hunyuan Cave, which makes Xi Fangping feel quite comfortable, as if he had returned to get along with Master. At that time, he often swam in the colorful lotus pond while listening to Master, and his life was very comfortable.
Xi Fangping wandered around Tianchi for a while, but found nothing. There was nothing at the bottom of the pool except a lot of strange rocks and a few small fish without any aura. XiFangPing not disappointed, this pool if there are herbs, estimates that would have been monks lighting. If you want to get valuable herbs, you can only find them in the deepest place.
After swimming for dozens of feet, Xi Fangping finally found out the reason why the waves rolled in Tianchi. At the bottom of the pool, there is a hole about ten feet square. A lot of water rushes out from the hole and rushes to the pool surface, causing waves. Xi Fangping didn’t go to explore the hole at once, but wandered around the hole for quite a while. It took two hours to search the bottom inch by inch, but there was not even half a useful herb.
Xi Fangping emerged from the water, came to the place where the clothes were put, and picked up the mace. He had thought about it at the bottom of the pool. The water at the bottom of the hole is obviously coming from a dark river, and the water in that dark river is quite large. Tianchi Mountain is the highest mountain around, and the mountains around Tianchi are only a few hundred feet higher than the surface of the pool. That is to say, this underground river can only exist in the surrounding mountains. It’s inconceivable that there is such an underground river at the top of a mountain in Fiona Fang, which is only dozens of miles away. Xi Fangping can be sure that this underground river must be extraordinary. Maybe, one or two valuable things can be found in it. In that case, his storage bag and transportation tools will be left behind.
However, the water at the mouth of the cave is too urgent. If the underground river is deeper, you can’t dive in by yourself. The only way is to use a mace weighing one thousand pounds to detain your body. As for the danger, Xi Fangping didn’t think too much. He is a man who can live freely under the water. As long as there is no high-order monster beast in the underground river, he won’t die even if he falls into the underground river. At most, he just takes some time to drill out.
With mace in his left hand and water in his right hand, Xi Fangping soon came to the mouth of the cave and went straight in. The water was so urgent that Xi Fangping could hardly control his body. If it weren’t for the mace, the heavy guy would have been rushed to the surface of the pool.
As soon as I entered the hole, the light suddenly dimmed. However, this has no influence on Xi Fangping at all. As a dragon incarnate, except for being slower than ordinary people, Xi Fangping’s other conditions are quite good, including his eyesight. As long as it is not absolutely dark, with a little light, Xi Fangping can see clearly, whether in water or on land.
Xi Fangping kept shaking his mace, controlled his body, and slowly sank deeply towards the mouth of the cave. The mouth of the cave is getting smaller and smaller, and the water is getting more and more urgent. When it is seven or eight feet deep, even the mace can’t hold it. Xi Fangping was horrified. With such a rush of water, how much water should there be in the underground river? Such a water potential, such a strange place, it is estimated that the monks in Dan period will not dare to come down. As for the monks in Yuan Babies, if they want to come down, it is still possible. However, they are too delicate and expensive to take risks in this place when they are not fully sure.
Sink about three feet further, and the hole is only three feet square, so Xi Fangping can only barely pass with a mace. Do you want to go down again? Xi Fangping is quite hesitant. If we go down there, it’s unpredictable. God knows what’s inside. But if he doesn’t go on, if there are any rare herbs down there, he will regret dying. Being in the mouth of the cave, there was no time for Xi Fangping to think about it. Xi Fangping just hesitated for a breath, gritted his teeth, forced his legs, and suddenly pedaled a few times, drilling straight into the hole. Didn’t Chen Xiaowu say that people are not rich without windfall, and horses are not fat without night grass. Sometimes, it is worthwhile to take some risks, even if you don’t find any rare herbs, but this experience is also a very useful experience for yourself.
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Chapter 16 Red Yang Bee
The hole is too small, only three feet square, so it is difficult to use force. Xi Fangping held a mace in his left hand to keep it close to his body so as not to be washed away by the water, while his right hand tentatively paddled forward, pedaling hard with his feet constantly, and slowly and cautiously drilling towards the ground.
After drilling down about ten feet, the water potential suddenly slowed down, and the waterway was also folded, from vertical to horizontal. At the same time, the hole was also much larger. XiFangPing exultation in the heart, he naturally knew that he had drilled to the bottom, and now he must have been in the lower part of the underground river. Seeing that he is about to reach his destination, Xi Fangping’s drive for paddling is getting stronger and stronger.
This horizontal waterway is quite long, which is several hundred feet long, not to mention the monks in the condensation period, even the monks in the Dan period, and don’t even think about moving freely in it. If Xi Fangping hadn’t been able to breathe freely in the water, he would have died.
When I got out of the waterway, the pressure on my body disappeared, and I found myself at the bottom of a huge lake. The water in this lake is quite clear, and from time to time I can see a few fish completely different from the outside. To Xi Fangping’s surprise, there was a faint light under the lake. You know, this lake must be hidden in the mountainside, where the sunshine comes from, and this light can only come from something unknown, which makes Xi Fangping confident in the next harvest.
Xi Fangping floated up for forty or fifty feet, and this just surfaced. Everything in sight, let XiFangPing eyes suddenly widened. It turned out to be a large-scale dark lake with an area of several hundred hectares. In the dark lake, the water plants are swaying, and the little fish are swimming freely. From time to time, you can see one or two slow-moving things like turtles swimming lazily by, ignoring the existence of Xi Fangping. The scenery at the bottom of this lake is hundreds of times more beautiful than Tianchi.
What surprised Xi Fangping even more was the unimaginable beauty of the lake. The lake is located in a huge stalactite cave, and the top and sides of the stalactite cave are inlaid with a large number of small stones with charming light, which makes the whole stalactite cave beautiful and full of mystery. This kind of thing has been seen by Xi Fangping in the ancient books of Hunyuan Sect, and it is called the luminous stone. The luminous pearl mentioned in the secular world is the higher-grade stuff in the luminous stone. For monks, the luminous stone is useless at all. At most, it is only used for lighting at night. However, for mortals, it is a good treasure. A thumb-sized luminous stone can sell for a hundred and eighty-two pieces of silver. Now, the luminous stone in the cave is more than one million yuan. If all of it is taken out, he will be as rich as a hatter.
However, Xi Fangping is not interested in the luminous stone. This thing can’t be exchanged for Lingshi. What he wants is exotic flowers and plants that are useful to monks, not this kind of luminous stone that is useless. XiFangPing carrying mace, slowly swam to the lake and climbed onto the shore. After a little dry, XiFangPing walked towards the depths of the bell hole. He walked very carefully, and his gods were always released, and his hands were clutching maces to prevent possible monster beasts. XiFangPing to be sure, in this place, there must be some kind of monster beast, but is it high-order, then I don’t know.
There are strange rocks all over the shore, and there is not even a grass. However, Xi Fangping is not discouraged. He is sure that there must be something of value in this cave. Unless a monk gets there first, he will certainly gain something today. The reason is quite simple. He just tried to absorb the aura. As a result, the aura inside the cave is slightly thicker than that outside. Don’t underestimate these points. This alone is enough for some small sects to seize the mountain gate. Judging from the situation on the shore, it seems that there are no traces of monks setting foot. At the very least, no one has set foot in recent hundreds of years. Xi Fangping is very confident that certain herbs will be bred under such aura.
With the light from the ceiling of the cave, Xi Fangping walked a few tens of feet forward. Now, on his right side, there are wisps of light vaguely, which shows that there are sub-holes in this cave, just like Hunyuan Cave, and there are more luminous stones in the sub-holes than in the main cave. Xi Fangping walked towards the light place without thinking. There are many bright stones at night, which means that the aura there is thicker and thicker, and maybe you can find some Lingcao in it.
Xi Fangping followed the light and walked into a hole that only allowed one person to enter sideways. After walking for about ten feet, a beautiful picture appeared in front of his eyes when he turned a corner. This is a small hole of about ten acres in Fiona Fang. The luminous stones on the wall of the cave are so dense that it almost shines like daylight. The light from the luminous stones, red, white and yellow, converge together to form a beautiful scenery that people can never get tired of seeing.
However, what makes Xi Fangping more happy is what shines under the beautiful light. The bottom of the cave is very flat, covered with a plant about three feet high with a big bowl of red flowers on the top. The red flowers, with pleasant fragrance, are very delicious.
"Chiyanghua!" Xi Fangping couldn’t help crying. Chiyanghua is not a rare thing in the field of repairing truth. Because Chiyanghua is an important auxiliary material for refining Ningqi Dan, many sects have planted it for a rainy day. However, the efficacy of artificially planted red flowers has always been only about 50% of that of wild red flowers, and their size is much worse than that of wild flowers. In the realm of repair, an artificially planted red flower is estimated to be worth a piece of inferior lingshi, but a wild red flower is worth at least three pieces of inferior lingshi.
The reason why there is such a big gap between artificially planted red flowers and wild red flowers is the red bee. Where there are red flowers, there are red bees. Red flowers and red bees coexist, and no one can live without them.
Theoretically, the monster beast of the fix true world can be divided into fourteen orders and one order monster beast, which has the strength of one to five layers of air entraining; The second-order monster beast has the strength of six to ten layers of air-entraining; The third-order monster beast is equivalent to the strength of the eleventh to fifteenth layers of air-entraining; Fourth-order monster beast, equivalent to the initial strength of condensate gas. By analogy, the 13th-order monster beast is equivalent to the initial strength of deification, while the 14th-order monster beast is equivalent to the middle strength of deification.
In the realm of fix true, thirteen-order monsters have been around for thousands of years, and occasionally there will be one or two, but fourteen-order monsters are almost never seen. It’s quite simple. Once the monster beast reaches the 14th order, it will immediately find a place to hide, just like the monks in the middle stage of deification. After being consolidated, it will soar to the spiritual world, where it will be free to toss about in the fix-true world.
Under normal circumstances, when the monster beast is advanced to the ninth order, that is, when it has the cultivation equivalent to the end of Jiedan, its soul will basically open and its body will turn into a half-human; The tenth order, that is, when you have the initial strength of Yuan Ying, will be completely transformed into a human form. However, there are exceptions, such as fairy beasts and god beasts brought down from the celestial world by Hunyuan reality, which cannot be transformed into human beings even if they soar to the spiritual world. Only when their strength reaches the level of ancient Jin Xian can they be transformed into human beings.
The monster beast is transformed into a human form, which is essentially different from that of Xi Fangping by taking human pills. After the monster beast turns into a human form, it still retains its own characteristics. There is a lot to say about it. When the battle is fierce, it will show its true appearance to fully exert its strength, and after its death, it will immediately return to its original shape. It’s not the same after taking the Humanization Pill. Its body is completely transformed into a human form, and it can marry and have children with humans. There is no evil spirit on it. Except for maintaining some of its original characteristics, it is basically a complete person.
The red-yang bee is a unique first-order monster beast. The strongest red-yang bee in the fix-true world only has five layers of air-entraining cultivation. Under normal circumstances, red wasps only have the strength to bleed one or three layers, and they simply don’t enter the eyes of monks. Moreover, the red bee has a violent personality and is extremely difficult to train. Once stimulated, it will attack violently. This is why red flowers can be transplanted, and red bees have never been successfully trained. The attack mode of red-yang bee is also different from other monster beasts, which is to shoot stingers in the abdomen to hurt the enemy. Once the stinger is shot, the red bee will die. It can be said that this is a monster beast that can only attack the enemy once in its life.
Only Xi Fangping knows that the potential of the red-yang bee is not only here, but also quite simple. The red-yang bee is one of the 100 single and eight kinds of celestial animals. When Hunyuan Immortal took Jade Bee, the ancestor of Chiyang Bee, to the lower bound, Jade Bee made a full blow, but it had the strength at the end of Yuanying. There were countless men of the ancient demon king who died in the hands of Jade Bee. Although jade bees can only attack once in their life, they are better than the large number, sending thousands of them at one time, and the continuous suicide attacks, coupled with the rapid speed and desperate efforts, even the virtual masters may not be able to escape their pursuit.
After Hunyuan Fairy ascended again, she took away the Jade Bee, leaving behind a large number of offspring of the hybrid between the Jade Bee and other bees. Like their ancestors, these descendants occasionally went to other exotic flowers and herbs to collect honey, but their favorite flower was the red sun flower, so they were called the red sun bee.
In front of this stalactite cave, there are so many red flowers. Therefore, Xi Fangping can be sure that there must be red bees here, otherwise, the red flowers will not bloom so brilliantly. He was not in a hurry to move the red flowers, but sat down cross-legged, practicing Hunyuan’s mind method through the aura here, while waiting for the emergence of the red bees. Didn’t the master say that those celestial animals would recognize him by their breath, and what the master said was generally not wrong. Therefore, although the possibility of Xi Fangping’s escape was almost zero if a large group of red bees attacked him, he was not worried at all.
After practicing for a week, Xi Fangping opened his eyes. Although the aura here is only a little stronger than the outside world, it has already benefited Xi Fangping a lot. This time, meditation is as much as the aura absorbed by practicing outside twice. Xi Fangping is very happy. He is thinking that the aura here is only a few minutes thick, which is equivalent to two hits. If he returns to Hunyuanzong, isn’t it easier for him to advance?
However, on reflection, Xi Fangping has no intention of returning to Hunyuanzong now. For one thing, now he doesn’t even have a means of transportation, so he can’t climb such a high mountain; Secondly, his main task is to find the Kaitian axe, not to practice it as an immortal, but to find the Kaitian axe, he must visit famous mountains and rivers everywhere, where he has time to practice in Hunyuanzong. Third, he was afraid that the monks would follow him and reveal the secret of Hunyuanzong. In that case, he would lose more than he gained. Therefore, unless absolutely necessary, he will not return to Hunyuanzong.
As soon as Xi Fangping opened his eyes, there was an inch-long bee parked on a red flower in front of him, all white, staring straight at himself with his big eyes, and his head was still flashing, which was very cute.
A familiar feeling welled up in my mind. Without thinking, Xi Fangping stretched out his hand toward the red bee. Never allow other creatures to get close to the red bee within ten feet of themselves, but miraculously fly and fall into the palm of Xi Fangping’s hand, and keep walking up and down, dancing in a figure of eight, looking extremely excited.