Chapter 2299

He was too weak, speaking for long left him without strength, so he stopped to rest: "As a result, the water mirror inside the minor cave heaven suddenly blurred, and then for a full twenty days it displayed no image at all. When it later recovered, it was still incomplete, and only after half a year, when new stone-skin grass grew all over the mountains, did it return to its original state."

"The location of this grass essence?"

Xu Angqing hesitated before replying: "On the cliff directly opposite the Bai Su Stream. Other stone-skin grasses have red heads, but this one has a white head. Also, it is very timid; at the slightest rustle of wind or grass, it retreats into rock crevices. So you won't be able to find it."

"A very detailed explanation." He Lingchuan nodded, "Thank you, Elder Xu."

"By the way, my sect has placed a formation on Xun Yang Mountain that also prohibits evasion techniques." Xu Angqing warned, "Neither mountains nor marshes can be entered, and you won't be able to hide from the sect's eyes and ears; moreover, once this stone-skin grass essence is pulled up, the sect will immediately receive an alarm."

Everyone looked at each other, how are we supposed to play this now?

Liu Qingdao said: "Tonight, there is no Imperial Flow Elixir falling."

The situation in the Demon Realm has changed, so the outbreak period of the Imperial Flow Elixir has already ended.

Is there a way to not pull up the stone-skin grass essence but still render it unable to work?

Ling Guang monkey's eyes darted back and forth, then he interjected: "What does the stone-skin grass essence like to eat most? Surely not just morning dew?"

Having become a spirit monster, a plant would not be satisfied with merely eating wind and drinking dew, just like humans.

Some plants, after becoming spirits, instead take a special interest in flesh and blood.

"Honey." Xu Angqing said, "A few days ago, I personally delivered a large bucket of honey to it."

Ling Guang then asked He Lingchuan: "How long do you need the water mirror to be ineffective?"

"Thirty breaths will do." He Lingchuan affirmed, "With the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl assisting, I need only a little time to debug."

Thirty breaths is not long. The problem is, we cannot let the Qi Xia Sect discover that Cang Yan has run to their den to tamper. He Lingchuan himself approaching is not difficult; he can use the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl to conceal himself from the grass essence's perception, but during the setup he will inevitably attract attention.

Ling Guang then said to Dong Rui: "Do you still have on you the sample of the black spot disease of the man-eating flower?"

Black spot disease? Dong Rui hissed, reached out and angrily rubbed the monkey's head: "Good idea, Ling Guang is truly clever!"

Liu Qingdao guessed two-tenths of it: "You want to infect this grass essence with disease?"

Dong Rui took out a small jade bottle from his bosom, weighed it twice in his hand: "Our Ju City's man-eating flower, though strong, also has natural enemies—this black spot disease! It can quickly infect grass leaves, stems, and roots. I have treated it many times, Hui cannot kill it completely, and it can be called a stubborn ailment."

He Lingchuan instead worried: "Will it not kill the stone-skin grass essence outright?"

He only wants the stone-skin grass essence to temporarily stop working, not to kill it, otherwise it would still alarm the Qi Xia Sect.

"You think I don't know the dosage? This is a sample of the original strain of black spot disease, with lesser potency." In medicine, Dong Rui has always been more thorough than him, "There is a saying: your poison is my honey. Black spot disease has the strongest lethal effect on flowering plants; the stone-skin grass does not flower, so the damage it suffers is not that great. Moreover, I often use stone-skin grass for experiments, know its tolerance, and I will dilute and lower the concentration of the drug poison."

He looked at He Lingchuan and said solemnly: "The greatest difficulty, on the contrary, is how to properly grasp those thirty breaths."

He Lingchuan smiled: "Leave it to me."

Liu Qingdao was a little worried: "You personally taking action, this..."

Ten years after the founding of the state, Cang Yan has strong hands like clouds, and the Great Emperor has long not personally taken the battlefield.

"Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl, can you use it?"

Liu Qingdao shook his head. Since the fall of the Qianhuan True Person, the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl can only be wielded by the Nine Abysses Great Emperor.

At this moment, the form of Xu Angqing condensed from smoke and mist ceased to be solid, began to disintegrate.

"He can't hold on." Ling Guang had been monitoring his condition, seeing this, immediately took out a soft needle from his bosom, the needle tail connected to the medicine sac, then inserted the needle tip into the medicine membrane, and forcefully pressed the soft gel inside the medicine sac into the medicine membrane.

This needle was gifted by Zhu Xiuer, extremely fine and hollow, with a sac attached at the tail, convenient for medical officers to administer medicine.

"This is Tiger Dragon Balm! See if it can forcibly prolong life." But Ling Guang was not optimistic, "Elder Xu's body is almost petrified, I fear the fungal threads will consume this medicine's power even faster than he does."

Tiger Dragon Balm, as the name suggests, is a medicine of tigers and wolves; an ordinary person tasting a drop would explode and die, now the entire sac is pushed in, yet it still cannot sustain Elder Xu's breath.

He Lingchuan glanced at Dong Rui, the latter knew what he wanted to ask, and spoke first: "We have already reached the foot of Xun Yang Mountain, we should go up to the ground."

Ahead is the formation laid down by the Qi Xia Sect; if the Snail Toad were to forcibly intrude, it would certainly trigger an alarm.

"Elder Xu, hold on!" He Lingchuan pressed the shoulder of Elder Xu on the ground, "Once your body collapses, Old Liu will provide spirit-routing wood for your soul to temporarily dwell in."

Xu Angqing struggled to support himself, his face also became blurred: "Quick, quick!"

His body was like a sandcastle on the beach at high tide, about to be washed away in an instant.

The Snail Toad also leapt onto the ground, beside a small stream. Here the vegetation is lush, mugwort and reeds are three meters high, shading the stream bank tightly, while stone-skin grass usually does not grow by the water.

He Lingchuan slapped the Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl on his chest, leapt from the Snail Toad.

From the moment he jumped out, the passengers inside the Snail Toad could no longer see him.

This person vanished into thin air.

Tonight, Xun Yang Mountain suddenly blew up a great wind, the forest and shrub branches and leaves swayed chaotically, rustling.

The Nine Abysses Great Emperor was hidden in the wind; even the stone-skin grass all over the mountains did not notice his arrival, even though he had just walked past them.

The Great Expansion Heavenly Pearl concealed his form and scent.

Dong Rui and Ling Guang acted together, quickly prepared the black spot disease liquid, mixed it with honeydew, and injected it into a small bamboo section.

The fragrance of the honeydew is much richer than that of honey.

He then waved his hand:

"Come."

The bat demon puppet then emerged from behind him, seized the bamboo section, and afterward leapt from the Snail Toad and flew into the air.

Its mission is to find the stone-skin grass essence.

Liu Qingdao gazed at Xu Angqing, the fist in his sleeve clenched tightly.

Eight-tenths of Elder Xu's body has become petrified, his internal organs are almost completely disabled, only his heart still beats feebly. In fact, his vitality has already been extinguished, but he is also a tough man, continuing to use soul power as fuel, forcibly supporting his own body.

To sustain life with the soul, its pain cannot be added to. Liu Qingdao also admires him somewhat.

Thus passed ten breaths, twenty breaths, fifty breaths...

Exactly one hundred twenty breaths.

Finally he exhaled a long breath, the interior space of the Snail Toad seemed to be swept by a small whirlwind, the smoke and mist dispersed completely in the air.

Immortal passing.

The prone body of Xu Angqing trembled lightly, his head also rapidly petrified. Now, from head to toe, it can be struck to produce a clanging sound.

The sea of consciousness shattered, and a thread of dim light drilled out of Xu Aiqin's seven orifices, spinning in midair.