Chapter 126: Giant-Headed Human Shadow

The severely wind-eroded stone tablet stood among the lush ancient trees on the other side of the big river; most of the tablet body was dug out, and it was buried underground before.

The four blurry inscriptions "Thirty-Three Li" on the tablet were not the characters of this world, but were interpreted by a spirit mental master who had lived for more than a hundred years.

Li Youyi wore a black night-walking suit on the outside, iron cloth battle suit and talisman robe in the middle, and corpse-clothing soft armor on the inside, four layers of defense added to his body, completely covering his original figure, appearing quite bloated.

Using the disguise technique to change his facial muscles, he lowered his head slightly and walked under the eyes of a group of top experts of the younger generation in the Southern Region, afraid of being recognized by people who had seen him like Yang Qingxi, Shi Shishi, etc.

The silver-horned deer carriage stopped by the river, the curtains hung on both sides, and Yang Qingxi sat inside, smiling: "Only sending five Five Seas Realm martial cultivators into the mountain, it seems that the Zuoqiu Gate's goal this time is very clear, only for Immortal Soil."

Zuoqiu Ting shook his fan: "Came in a hurry, didn't bring enough manpower."

"If Young Master Zuoqiu speaks, the Sui Sect will definitely support you fully; why go to the Nine Li Clan to borrow people?" Yang Qingxi said.

Zuoqiu Ting used a teasing tone: "Is it still too late to borrow from Qingxi girl now?"

Yang Qingxi smiled charmingly and didn't answer.

The four-armed Wuxin Golden Ape had no flattery or respect for Zuoqiu Ting, saying: "Immortal Soil is a good thing! Even the spiritual soil near the Immortal Soil can make the growth rate of medicinal materials increase tenfold. But it's not so easy to dig. In these days, hundreds of Gushing Spring Realm demon cultivators from my Tianya Ridge have died, and only half a jin of Immortal Soil and a hundred jin of spiritual soil have been dug."

"I heard that Immortal Soil is the main medicine for the Longevity Pill; Young Master Zuoqiu, as an inheritor of the Ten Million Sects, should know some inside information, right?" Yang Qingxi asked.

Shi Shishi pricked up his ears.

Longevity Pill, the supreme treasure of the world in legend, only ten pills are born every sixty years. Even if it's just to smell it, it can make those awe-inspiring Jia-heads fight until they break each other's dog brains.

Zuoqiu Ting looked at Yang Qingxi, understood what she was thinking, and smiled: "With the peerless natural talent of the modest gentleman Yao Qian, he has a very high hope of stepping into the Longevity Realm without the Longevity Pill."

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After crossing the river, Li Youyi and Shang Zhi walked at the very back of the five-person team.

Shang Zhi didn't carry the cyan python that possessed Five Seas Realm strength, and his whole person was in an excited state, full of expectations for this trip: "Brother Sima, you don't have to be so nervous; even many Gushing Spring Realm martial cultivators can return safely with a full harvest. We are Five Seas Realm experts; we can't be worse than them, right?"

Li Youyi observed the mountain-entering teams of major forces: "Before today, no large group of Five Seas Realm martial cultivators had entered the Thirty-Three Li Mountain; human disaster is often more dangerous."

Shang Zhi nodded: "Indeed, we must be wary of the people of the Four Great Sects."

"The leader of the Sui Sect, that is Xue Qi, exactly twenty years old this year, at the second realm of the Five Seas Realm, the person with the highest natural talent in the younger generation of the Xue family, quite remarkable. He once fought dozens of rounds with a senior expert at the third realm of the Five Seas Realm. I witnessed that battle in Yao Guan City; it would be difficult for that senior expert to defeat him without using the manifested battle intent."

Li Youyi couldn't help but take an extra look at a figure who could fight across realms.

Xue Qi rode a cow beast at the Gushing Spring level, his body wrapped in departed spirit human skin, holding a white shadow banner in his hand, with a magic battle saber hanging at his waist, having a very leader-like demeanor, leading a large group of people to rush into the mountain forest mist first.

The Sui Sect is a local force and can summon a large number of Gushing Spring Realm dead soldiers in a short time.

As a Nine Springs Supreme, Shang Zhi had high standards: "The leaders of the Tianyi Sect and the Guan Hai Pavilion are both mediocre. However, Chen Song of the Three Chen Palace is said to be one of the three Nine Springs Supremes of the younger generation of the Chen clan; after consuming a Cloud-Dyeing Exotic Herb, he broke through his second Qi Sea and entered the second realm of the Five Seas Realm."

With the continuous emergence of Cloud-Dyeing Exotic Herbs in Burial Immortal Town over the past half-year, the number of Nine Springs Supremes and Pure Immortal Bodies among the major forces has increased significantly, and their value has somewhat declined.

Chen Song had opened the Ancestral Field before this. He was also wrapped in departed spirit human skin; the human skin face was an old man with disheveled long hair, and his eyes were very sharp.

Zuoqiu Baiming, who rode a strong horse at the very front, held a cyan shadow banner reduced to only two meters long, and after hearing the conversation between the two behind him, said: "You are working for the Zuoqiu Gate now; what are you wary of the Four Great Sects for? The martial cultivators of your Nine Li Clan can't have a little ambition; the Four Great Sects were just your house servants and servants back then."

"Besides, Xue Qi, an eight-spring pure immortal body, and Chen Song, a mortal Nine Springs Supreme Person, don't have the guts to be my enemies."

Tian Che held a spear and walked, smiling: "Baiming Senior Brother is a Nine Springs pure immortal body breaking into Five Seas; they cannot be compared."

"Just work for the Zuoqiu Gate with peace of mind; safety issues are left to us." Zuoqiu Lanlan said.

Shang Zhi felt bitter and embarrassed, feeling that the martial cultivators of the Nine Li Clan had indeed lacked a sharp spirit from top to bottom over the years.

Li Youyi's mentality was different from Shang Zhi's, and he always felt that the people of the Zuoqiu Gate were too confident.

In a place like the Thirty-Three Li Mountain, who cares about your identity? Who will fight you one-on-one?

In Zuoqiu Baiming, he saw the two-sidedness of these gate children. An excellent background can cultivate a heaven-favored child like Zuoqiu Ting who is full of confidence, wise, and frank. However, it will also give birth to martial cultivators who are overconfident, conceited, and arrogant.

During the conversation, the group of five entered the Immortal Mist clouds, stepped on thick fallen leaves, and climbed along the mountain momentum.

The rest of the teams were nowhere to be seen.

The forest was abnormally quiet, with only the footsteps and breathing of the five people.

"We only have three days; we must descend the mountain before the clouds and mist disperse. We won't search for Golden Springs and Cloud-Dyeing Exotic Herbs in this area at the foot of the mountain; we will go directly to the mountain region above nine miles to dig for Immortal Soil. Be fast, and everyone keep up."

Zuoqiu Baiming rode his horse and moved fast.

All four were Five Seas Realm martial cultivators and could keep up.

Li Youyi swallowed a Flame-Light Pill, and compared to Immortal Soil, he was more interested in Golden Spring, secretly performing the Heaven-Connecting Eye to search along the way.

Climbing to the four-li mountain, they encountered the corpses of five Gushing Spring Realm martial cultivators.

Their death state was tragic; some had their hearts dug out by unknown creatures, and the blood holes in their chests and pale corpses made people's scalps numb. There was also one whose half body was gone, the upper body looking like it was eaten in one bite, and the bite marks on the waist were very irregular.

The Thirty-Three Li Mountain itself was mysterious and unpredictable, rumored to be a place of burying immortals, and the scene in front of them made their backs feel cold, giving birth to fear of the unknown.

"This doesn't look like human disaster!"

Zuoqiu Lanlan looked to be in her twenties, and the beautiful face of a pure immortal body containing mature charm showed unease, completely different from the calmness under the mountain earlier.

Li Youyi was very bold, walked over to observe for a while, and searched on the corpses.

There was not a single money bag.

But from the arms of one of the corpses, he fished out three Cloud-Dyeing Exotic Herbs and an iron bottle. Clearly, he was the leader of this Gushing Spring Realm squad, and everything they had collected was kept on him.

Unscrewing the iron bottle, golden light surged inside, emitting a faint fragrance.

Li Youyi was overjoyed, immediately re-covered it, and stuffed it into his arms.

Tian Che, Zuoqiu Lanlan, and Shang Zhi all regretted it, knowing that the harvest was so great, they should have gone to loot the corpses first.

Not to mention them, even Zuoqiu Baiming was moved: "We are a team. After entering the mountain, except for the Immortal Soil, it is better to divide other harvests equally, so as not to cause contradictions due to uneven distribution."

Why didn't you say it before finding the treasure?

Li Youyi frowned, but he did not object, taking out the three Cloud-Dyeing Exotic Herbs and handing them to Zuoqiu Lanlan: "I have great use for the Golden Spring; I don't need the three exotic herbs!"

The eyes under Zuoqiu Baiming's departed spirit human skin showed a satisfied smile.

This is the charm of power and absolutely strong strength. Any word of his is an imperial decree that everyone must follow.

But Li Youyi's next sentence made the smile in his eyes disappear instantly.

"Baiming Senior Brother is worthy of being a gate heaven-favored child, making people admire. If I were the leader, if I possessed your powerful cultivation, I would definitely not distribute it equally; I would take at least half." Li Youyi said.

Shang Zhi nodded in agreement: "I might take the big head alone! Sometimes, I have to admit that character truly exists."

Zuoqiu Baiming felt distressed, secretly cursing his miscalculation; it was obviously too late to change his words now, so he said: "Lanlan, collect all the exotic medicines first, and divide them after going down the mountain."

"Who is it?"

Tian Che raised his magic spear and roared into the mist.

Everyone followed his gaze, and their faces changed, quickly mobilizing the magic power in their bodies.

Re-standing, shrinking defense.

In the mist twenty zhang away, stood a strange black shadow, looking like a human, but the head was too huge, the head length being one-third of the body. It was impossible to see what it looked like specifically, but one could see the long hair on its head and could feel being watched by it.

Zuoqiu Baiming snorted, condensed a flying knife in his palm with magic Qi, and struck it out with a "swish".

The giant-headed human black shadow disappeared.

"What kind of monster is it exactly? These Gushing Spring Realm martial cultivators wouldn't be killed by it, right?" Zuoqiu Lanlan looked around, uneasy, her mood restless.

Zuoqiu Baiming said: "I have the Town-Yin Banner and the Heavenly Flame Knife in my hand; whether it's a living thing or a departed spirit, I can handle it. However... it's better to leave this ghost place first."

Continuing to climb up the mountain.

There was no road, the slope was getting steeper and steeper, and the five people shuttled through thorns and jungles.

Li Youyi and Shang Zhi opened the way in front.

Zuoqiu Baiming had long abandoned the horse, held the high-grade magic Heavenly Flame Knife, and walked at the back to suppress the formation. The Zuoqiu Gate had handed over all the top combat weapons and battle treasures to him, arming him to the extreme.

The journey was smooth, and the giant-headed human shadow did not appear again. In less than three hours, they climbed to the bottom of a waterfall located at the Nine Li Mountain.

Zuoqiu Baiming ordered everyone to stop and looked around: "Arriving at the Nine Li Mountain, there is a chance to dig for Immortal Soil. Everyone disperse and search. Don't go too far; when you hear my whistle, return the same way immediately."

"What exactly does Immortal Soil look like?" Shang Zhi asked.

Zuoqiu Baiming said: "You go into the forest to search for the floating trajectory veins of the Immortal Mist clouds. Following the veins, there is a chance to find Immortal Soil. Immortal Soil, it is not easy to describe exactly what it looks like, but when you see it, you will naturally know that it is Immortal Soil, and it will definitely not be spiritual soil or mineral mud."

"In addition... the Immortal Soil dug up, unify and hand it to me first; I will help you remember the amount."

Zuoqiu Baiming rushed into the forest first, very much wanting to dig more Immortal Soil to prove himself in front of Zuoqiu Ting.

Tian Che and Zuoqiu Lanlan walked in another direction.

Shang Zhi said: "Brother Sima, do you want to form a team and go together?"

Li Youyi shook his head and sat down on a giant rock: "Are you not tired at all? Anyway, I will rest for a while first; three days, no need to be in a hurry for a moment."

"Haha, fine, if I dig up Immortal Soil later, you must not be jealous. One tael of Immortal Soil is 300,000 silver; such a big opportunity is rarely encountered a few times in a lifetime."

Shang Zhi carried his saber and left, disappearing into the mist.

Li Youyi always held awe for the Thirty-Three Li.

Zuoqiu Baiming definitely knew something; first saying "divide the exotic medicines after going down the mountain," and then saying "the Immortal Soil dug up should all be given to him first," his words seemed to imply that the few of them might not be able to go down the mountain alive.

Li Youyi stayed behind alone, of course not to rest, but was eyeing the light golden cliff wall more than a hundred meters high near the waterfall. And under the cliff wall, there were light golden stones everywhere.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 127 =====