Chapter 196

After a while, a cold-looking blue-clothed youth, an old man with white hair and beard, and a beautiful young woman in green clothes walked out one after another. WM Net They chose different locations with great tacit understanding and cut into the mountain forest ahead.

Han Li waited for nearly a quarter of an hour, seeing that no one else appeared, so he tidied up the items on his body for the last time, learned from the appearance of the previous few people, found a direction that no one had entered yet, and quietly sneaked in.

Han Li didn't know that not long after he entered, the ugly man Zhong Wu, whom he had seen yesterday, appeared in front of the passage. He looked at the pitch-black road up the mountain, gave a few cold laughs of "Hehe," released a dozen yellow dots from his body into the mountain forest, and then followed them unhurriedly.

At this time, outside the forbidden area, at the entrance to break the restriction, the people left behind by the seven major sects looked at the forbidden area with some worry, and that Li Li Shizu of Han Li was among them.

It was just unknown whether he was worried about the situation of his own sect's disciples completing the mission, or more worried about his own bet!

And another Core Formation stage Daoist from Qingxu Valley was not much better! Speaking of which, ever since the Qiong Old Monster of the Yanyue Sect forcefully intervened in the betting matter, this person no longer had the confidence he had when he first bet, and suddenly appeared a bit worried about gains and losses.

This was also understandable. That Blood-Thread Jiao inner core was truly hard to come by, and it was obtained after spending almost all his family wealth. If it were easily lost to others like this, even if this Daoist's state of mind was high, he would probably be heartbroken for several years and unable to sleep!

The Daoist secretly glanced at the only person in the crowd who looked calm, the leader of the Yanyue Sect, Immortal Ni Chang.

This only female among the seven Core Formation stage experts, ever since the disciples of the seven sects entered the forbidden area, had never shown the slightest worry, and had been chatting and laughing with others, seemingly full of confidence in the disciples sent by the Yanyue Sect this time, and didn't need her to worry at all.

The more the Daoist looked at this woman's smiling appearance, the more worried he became. Thinking of the Qiong Old Monster's confident look when betting, he felt that his Blood-Thread Jiao inner core had already flown away from his pocket and become someone else's possession!

Thinking and thinking, the worry on his face became even thicker! Those who didn't know would really think he was worried about the disciples of his own sect in the forbidden area!

After a while, the Daoist finally couldn't bear it anymore. He took advantage of the fact that others weren't paying attention and quietly approached Li Li Shizu, who was standing in another place, and asked with a worried face:

"Li Shi Zhu, the disciples sent by your Yellow Maple Valley this time should not be weak! If our two sects' people really lose to that Qiong Old Monster! I have some confidence in the disciples of the Qingxu Gate entering the forbidden area!"

"What do you mean? Are you looking down on our Yellow Maple Valley, Daoist brother?" Li Li Shizu was displeased upon hearing this.

"Haha! Of course not, I'm just feeling a bit strange about the disciples sent by the Yanyue Sect this time, and I can't feel at ease!" The Daoist laughed and explained with a forced smile.

"This is also true! Li has also noticed that something is wrong. In the past few times, when have the disciples sent by the Yanyue Sect been so young, and still in pairs of men and women! Do they think the trip to the forbidden area is a game for little kids?" Li Li Shizu said with a sunken face, it seemed he had also been worried about this bet.

The Daoist nodded repeatedly upon hearing Li Li Shizu's words, it seemed he agreed very much with what he just said.

"However, Daoist brother, please rest assured. Since Li dares to bet, he must have some confidence in the disciples of his own sect, and their strength will not be inferior to the disciples of your sect." Li Li Shizu looked at the Daoist meaningfully and said, his voice filled with a bit of heroism.

"Hehe! Since the benefactor said so, I feel much more at ease! Then I won't disturb you." The Daoist got the answer he wanted in his heart, and suddenly his expression relaxed, then he smiled and said goodbye and left. He returned to the original place and started to meditate and nourish his spirit, preparing to wait quietly for the result a few days later.

And after Li Li Shizu watched the Daoist leave, he suddenly snorted lightly, and then said calmly in a voice only he could hear:

"Fuyunzi, don't think I don't know what kind of idea you, this Daoist priest, are playing! Isn't it just hoping that our two families will join forces to defeat the Yanyue Sect, and then your Qingxu Gate will suppress our Yellow Maple Valley? Hehe! Although I don't know what kind of amazing disciples the Qingxu Gate sent into the forbidden area, this time, our valley has sent all the top disciples who are known to be in the top three in strength among the Qi Refining stage disciples. Otherwise, do you think I would bet with you?"

Li Li Shizu said as he spoke, his face showing a bit of cunning, and the previous worry could no longer be seen, clearly also an old fox who was deep and unrevealing.

Han Li naturally didn't know about the intrigue between the two Core Formation stage cultivators outside the forbidden area. He was now blocked by a giant brown wild boar.

This wild boar, apart from its skin color and huge body size, reaching several zhang high, was exactly the same as an ordinary wild boar in other respects.

But when Han Li saw this beast, he immediately recognized that this was one of the most common low-tier demon beasts on the ring-shaped mountain, the "Mountain-Pushing Beast." Apart from its thick skin and flesh and great strength, this demon beast only knew a natural "Stone Skin Spell," and its intelligence was extremely low, so it wasn't difficult to deal with!

At this time, after the "Mountain-Pushing Beast" snorted a few rough breaths from its nose, a yellow light flashed, and its whole body was covered with a layer of white rock-like armor, and then it rushed toward Han Li fiercely.

Han Li's expression didn't change as he waited quietly in place for the beast's charge. It wasn't until it was only seven or eight zhang away from him that he waved his right hand, and then his figure flashed, and he had already turned behind the demon beast.

"Mountain-Pushing Pig"

The huge body still rushed straight out for three or four zhang from where Han Li originally stood, and then with a "Huchi" sound, the entire body was neatly split into two from the nose to the tail, and colorful internal organs flowed all over the ground. It was actually cut open by Han Li's silk thread magic tool!

Han Li retracted the invisible silk thread, looked at the dead "Mountain-Pushing Pig," shook his head lightly, and immediately jumped onto a tree and left the place. Because he knew that the bloody smell of this demon beast's corpse would soon attract a large group of other demon beasts with sensitive sense of smell, so it was better for him to slip away as soon as possible!

Han Li had entered the dense forest of the ring-shaped mountain for several hours. But in such a short time, he had encountered four demon beasts.

Among them, three were low-tier, which Han Li naturally killed in one go without any politeness. But that mid-tier Flying Feather Peacock, whose five-colored long feathers could detach from its body to automatically chase and injure people and defend, made Han Li quite headache-inducing. Fortunately, although it belonged to the bird family, its speed was not fast. Thus, later, he simply raised his movement technique and threw it far away in one breath, thus avoiding this meaningless battle.

Now, Han Li was sighing continuously while jumping on the treetops!

Now, he finally knew to what extent the demon beasts of the ring-shaped mountain were.

Currently, he was still on the outskirts, and most of the ones he encountered were low-tier demon beasts, which were easy to deal with. But after a while, when he entered the abdomen of the ring-shaped mountain, it was estimated that mid-tier and high-tier demon beasts would appear in piles. At that time, apart from fleeing, Han Li couldn't think of any other way to escape.

No wonder the information about the hiding places of spiritual herbs was so little! It was estimated that the disciples who entered this mountain in the past spent most of their energy just avoiding these demon beasts, and the remaining time could only be used to check seven or eight places. And this couldn't ensure that every exploration had a harvest!

"It seems that the hope of me being able to collect enough spiritual herbs is not very great!" Han Li thought depressedly.

The direction Han Li was running toward now was a hidden mountain cave that often produced "Purple Monkey Flowers."

This place, according to the information, should have no great value. Because the spiritual herbs inside were picked once more than a hundred years ago, and now the ones inside should all be seedlings that were far from mature. They couldn't be used as medicine.

"Seedlings?" When Han Li thought of this, he couldn't help but smile lightly!

What Han Li needed were these seedling spiritual herbs that others wouldn't touch!

The main reason he dared to take the risk to enter the forbidden area and was so sure that he could snatch food from the tiger's mouth among so many "experts" and obtain "heavenly spiritual herbs" was that he had set his goal on the immature spiritual herb seedlings from the beginning! Only in this way could he try his best to avoid conflicts with disciples of other sects and try his best to run to more places and pick more things that were useless in the eyes of others.

After he picked these spiritual herb seedlings and took them back, he could use the green liquid of the mysterious small bottle to catalyze them. In this way, it was no different from picking mature spiritual herbs directly.

Although he heard from Senior Brother Ma that these seedlings couldn't be preserved for too long outside the forbidden area, only living for a year or two, these times were enough to catalyze them for several rounds. After all, as the main herbs for the Foundation Establishment Pill, they didn't need too long a year, and four or five hundred years would be enough to be used as medicine.

The only trouble now was that he didn't know if the remaining three days were enough for him to collect a sufficient number of spiritual herbs. Because the places where these spiritual herb seedlings grew were here and there, plus the demon beasts that might intercept him on the road, and the conflicts that might arise with disciples of other sects, all of this made Han Li have no bottom in his heart.

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