Chapter 127

The severely wind-eroded stone tablet stood among the lush ancient trees on the opposite bank of the big river; most of the tablet body was dug out, having been buried underground before.

The four blurred inscriptions "Thirty-Three Miles" on the tablet were not the characters of this world, but were translated by a spiritual mental master who had lived for more than a hundred years.

Li Youyi wore black night-traveling clothes on the outside, iron-cloth battle clothes and talisman robes in the middle, and corpse-cloth soft armor on the inside, four layers of defense on his body, completely covering his original figure and looking quite bloated.

He also used 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 Border, afraid of being recognized by people who had seen him like Yang Qingxi and Shi Shi.

The silver-horned deer carriage stopped by the river, the curtains hung on both sides, Yang Qingxi sat inside and smiled: "Only sending five Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu into the mountain, it seems 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 help with all its strength; why borrow people from the Nine Li tribe?" Yang Qingxi said.

Zuoqiu Ting said in a teasing tone: "Is it still too late to borrow from Miss Qingxi now?"

Yang Qingxi smiled charmingly and did not answer.

The four-armed Wuxin Golden Ape had no flattery or respect for Zuoqiu Ting and said: "Immortal soil is a good thing! Even the spiritual soil near the immortal soil can increase the growth rate of medicinal materials by ten times. But it's not that easy to dig; in these days, hundreds of monster cultivators of the Spring Realm in my Tianya Ridge have died, and only half a catty of immortal soil and a hundred catties of spiritual soil have been dug."

"I heard that immortal soil is the main medicine for the Longevity Pill; Young Master Zuoqiu, as a successor of a thousand-gate family, should know some inside information, right?" Yang Qingxi asked.

Shi Shi pricked up his ears.

Longevity Pill, the legendary number one treasure in the world, only ten pills are born every sixty years. Even if it's just to smell it, it can make those imposing leaders fight until their brains are out.

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

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

Shang Zhi did not carry the green python with the strength of the Five Seas Realm, 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 Spring Realm Wu Xiu 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 teams entering the mountain from major forces: "Before today, there were no large-scale Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu entering the Thirty-Three Mile Mountain; human disaster is often more dangerous."

Shang Zhi nodded: "The people of the four major sects must indeed be guarded against."

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

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

Xue Qi rode on a cow monster of the Spring Realm level, his body wrapped in departed spirit human skin, holding a white shadow banner in his hand, a battle knife of a magic tool hanging at his waist, with the demeanor of a leader, leading a large group of people to be the first to charge into the mountain forest dawn glow.

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

Shang Zhi, as a Nine Springs Supreme Person, had high standards: "The leaders of the Tianyi Gate and the Coffin Sea Pavilion have mediocre strength. On the contrary, Chen Song of the Three Chen Palaces is said to be one of the three Nine Springs Supreme People of the younger generation of the Chen clan; after taking the dawn-dyed exotic medicine, he broke through the second gas sea and entered the second realm of the Five Seas Realm."

With the continuous birth of dawn-dyed exotic medicines in the Burial Immortal Town over the past half year, the number of Nine Springs Supreme People and Pure Immortal Bodies of major forces has increased significantly, and the gold content has declined somewhat.

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 messy long hair, and his eyes were very sharp.

Zuoqiu Baiming, who was riding a strong horse at the very front, holding a green shadow banner reduced to only two meters long, heard the conversation between the two behind him and said: "You are working for the Zuoqiu Gate now; why fear the four major sects? The Wu Xiu of your Nine Li tribe can't have a little ambition; the four major sects were just your family servants and slaves."

"Besides, Xue Qi, an Eight Springs Pure Immortal Body, and Chen Song, a mortal Nine Springs Supreme Person, don't have the courage to be my enemy."

Tian Che walked with a gun and smiled: "Brother Baiming is a Nine Springs Pure Immortal Body Breaking the Five Seas, not comparable to them."

"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 Wu Xiu of the Nine Li tribe had indeed lost a bit of sharpness from top to bottom over the years.

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

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

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

During the conversation, the group of five entered the dawn glow and clouds, stepping on thick fallen leaves, and went up along the mountain momentum.

The rest of the teams were nowhere to be seen.

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

"There are only three days, and we must descend the mountain before the clouds and mist dissipate. We won't search for Golden Spring and dawn-dyed exotic medicine in this area at the foot of the mountain, but go directly to the mountain domain above nine miles to dig for immortal soil; be fast, all follow me."

Zuoqiu Baiming rode his horse rapidly.

All four were Five Seas Realm Wu Xiu and could keep up.

Li Youyi took out a Light Flame Pill and swallowed it; compared to immortal soil, he was more interested in the Golden Spring, and he secretly performed the Heaven-Connecting Eye along the way to search.

Climbing to the four-mile mountain, they encountered the corpses of five Spring Realm Wu Xiu.

They died miserably, some had their hearts dug out by unknown creatures, the blood holes in their chests and the pale corpses making people's scalps numb. There was another one, half of whose body was gone, the upper body looking like it had been eaten in one bite, the bite marks on the waist being very irregular.

The Thirty-Three Mile Mountain itself was mysterious and unpredictable, rumored to be a place where immortals were buried; the scene before them made their backs feel cold, giving birth to fear of the unknown.

"This doesn't look like human disaster!"

Zuoqiu Lanlan looked like she was in her twenties, her beautiful Pure Immortal Body face containing mature charm, revealing unease, completely different from the calmness at the foot of the mountain, her mood restless.

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

There wasn't a single money bag.

But from the arms of one of the corpses, he fumbled out three dawn-dyed exotic medicines and an iron bottle. Obviously, he was the leader of this Spring Realm small team, and the things collected were all placed on him.

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

Li Youyi was overjoyed, hurriedly covered it again, and stuffed it into his bosom.

Tian Che, Zuoqiu Lanlan, and Shang Zhi all regretted it, knowing that the harvest would be so great, they should have gone to fumble 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 split the rest of the harvest equally, so as not to cause conflict due to uneven distribution."

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

Li Youyi frowned, but didn't object, took out the three dawn-dyed exotic medicines and handed them to Zuoqiu Lanlan: "Golden Spring, I have great use for it, I won't take the three exotic medicines!"

Zuoqiu Baiming's eyes under the departed spirit human skin revealed a satisfied smile.

This is the charm of power and absolute formidable 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.

"Brother Baiming is worthy of being a gate pride, making people admire. If I were the leader, if I possessed your strong 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, one has to admit that character really exists."

Zuoqiu Baiming felt uncomfortable, secretly cursing his miscalculation; it was obviously too late to change his words now, so he said: "Lanlan, put all the exotic medicines away first, and we will split them after descending the mountain."

"Who is it?"

Tian Che raised his magic tool long gun and roared into the mist.

Everyone looked in the direction of his gaze, their faces changed, and they hurriedly operated 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 exactly what it looked like, but one could see the long hair on the head and feel that it was being watched by it.

Zuoqiu Baiming snorted, condensed a flying knife in his palm with magic power, and hit it with a "swish."

The giant-headed human black shadow disappeared.

"What kind of monster is it? These Spring Realm Wu Xiu wouldn't have been killed by it, right?" Zuoqiu Lanlan looked around, nervous, her mood restless.

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

Continuing to march 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 his horse, held the high-grade magic tool Sky Flame Knife, and walked at the back to suppress the formation. The Zuoqiu Gate had handed over all the top battle soldiers 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 on the nine-mile mountain.

Zuoqiu Baiming ordered everyone to stop and looked around: "Arriving at the nine-mile mountain, there is a chance to dig for immortal soil; everyone disperse and search. Don't go too far, and when you hear my whistle, return the same way immediately."

"What does immortal soil look like?" Shang Zhi asked.

Zuoqiu Baiming said: "You go into the forest to find the trajectory veins of the dawn glow and clouds; follow the veins, and there is a chance to find immortal soil. Immortal soil, it is not easy to describe what it looks like specifically, but when you see it, you will naturally know that it is immortal soil, and it will never 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, 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 together?"

Li Youyi shook his head and sat on a giant rock on one side: "Are you not tired at all? Anyway, I'll rest for a while first; it's three days, no need to rush for a moment."

"Haha, okay, if I dig up immortal soil later, you must not be jealous. One tael of immortal soil is 300,000 silver; this kind of big opportunity is rarely encountered in a lifetime."

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

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

Zuoqiu Baiming definitely knew something; first he said "split the exotic medicine after descending the mountain," then he said "hand over all the immortal soil dug up to me first," and in his words, it seemed that he was implying that the few of you might not necessarily be able to descend the mountain alive.

Li Youyi stayed behind alone, naturally not to rest, but to target the hundred-meter-high light golden cliff beside the waterfall. And under the cliff, there were light golden stones everywhere.