Gourd Vine on Gourd Mountain

"Who are these four?"

Watching the one man and three women speed toward him, Li Yun subconsciously frowned, with no desire to deal with them.

After all, his strength was not enough to crush them, and they outnumbered him. Under such circumstances, rashly meeting them was not a good choice.

Especially as the four drew closer, Li Yun could clearly sense that the True Immortal Realm man at the front was injured, while the three Mysterious Immortal Realm female cultivators behind him were also quite disheveled. They had clearly suffered an attack as well.

With that thought, Li Yun did not hesitate in the slightest. He immediately rode the clouds into the air and withdrew.

No matter who they were, something was off about their condition alone. He would not foolishly wait there. What if they were being pursued? Wouldn't he be dragged into an undeserved disaster?

"This..."

Watching Li Yun's actions, Zhao Gongming and his sisters Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao, who were speeding toward him, were dumbfounded.

They had never expected Li Yun to be so decisive, not even giving them a chance to approach him or speak.

More importantly, the decisiveness he displayed gave them a vague feeling that he was no ordinary person. Unconsciously, the four siblings slowed down as well, with no intention of continuing to approach Li Yun.

"Big Brother."

Only after Li Yun's figure had vanished did Yunxiao speak. "That person just now was no simple figure. His identity is likely the same as ours—he may be a Saint's Disciple."

"Yet he does not exist within the Interception Sect, and I do not recall seeing him among the Chan Teachings either. Could he be our Eldest Uncle's disciple?"

Hearing this, Zhao Gongming came back to his senses. Glancing at Yunxiao beside him, he said, "No matter what, he does not trust us, and he even seems to have noticed our intentions. Since we are all Saint's Disciples, we should not disturb him any further."

"Let's go. Continue searching for other living beings. We must obtain the thing within that valley."

At those words, Yunxiao, Bixiao, and Qiongxiao all nodded.

Immediately afterward, the four siblings did not head in the direction Li Yun had retreated. Instead, they changed course and sped toward another area.

"They didn't follow me?"

As Zhao Gongming and his sisters changed direction, Li Yun noticed it immediately.

For a moment, Li Yun did not continue flying, but he looked toward the direction Zhao Gongming and his sisters had come from.

Though he did not know the specifics, their reactions made it clear that they harbored ill intentions. If he had not withdrawn just now, those four would certainly have targeted him.

Yet for them to act so suspiciously, there had to be something unusual in that area. There might even be some Fortuitous Encounter there.

At that thought, Li Yun's eyes gleamed as he fell into contemplation.

"Go!"

"I'd like to see what is over there!"

"And those three women and that man—I will remember that they dared to scheme against me."

With that thought, Li Yun drifted down to the ground. Rather than using a flight technique, he began rapidly racing across the ground in the direction Zhao Gongming and his sisters had come from.

Along the way, Li Yun did not see anything unusual.

But as he continued onward, he saw quite a few traces left behind by battles.

In several places, he even saw ground stained red with blood. However, due to the passage of time, much of the soil had already turned dark red. Without careful inspection, it would truly have been impossible to notice.

At this moment, Li Yun was certain that Zhao Gongming and his sisters harbored ill intentions.

But precisely because of that, his curiosity grew even stronger. He immediately accelerated toward the front.

After speeding onward for a while, Li Yun soon arrived at a mountain shaped like a gourd. Mist coiled around this area, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth was rich. A thick scent of blood even drifted faintly from within, while the roars and howls of Demonic Beasts could occasionally be heard.

"Is this the place?"

His expression darkened. Li Yun was certain that this was the source of the incident.

Driven by curiosity, Li Yun silently began approaching the mountain from within the forest.

As soon as he entered, Li Yun immediately sensed that something was wrong. The smell of blood in the air was more than ten times stronger than outside. He could even see numerous Earth Immortal Realm, Heavenly Immortal Realm, Mysterious Immortal Realm, and even True Immortal Realm Demonic Beasts and cultivators closing in on the summit of Gourd Mountain from all directions.

"Good grief!"

"So many Demonic Beasts, and cultivators too!"

"What treasure could possibly be on that mountaintop? Could it be an Innate Spirit Treasure? Or a powerful Innate Spirit Root?"

Muttering inwardly, Li Yun also began moving toward the mountaintop.

However, he was not in a hurry, because he knew the four siblings had not yet arrived. This also meant that the matter had not yet reached its true conclusion.

On the contrary, there were countless Demonic Beasts within this mountain—far more than he had encountered while wandering the foothills of Kunlun Mountain over the past three hundred years. This was practically an opportunity to replenish his Trait Library.

With that thought, Li Yun began moving toward the areas where the battle fluctuations were most intense.

After encountering Demonic Beasts, he did not attack immediately. Instead, he waited patiently in a hidden area nearby.

Once the Demonic Beasts had wounded each other badly, and were even about to determine the victor, Li Yun decisively launched a sneak attack with Taiqing Divine Thunder. Bolts of azure lightning descended, directly blasting apart those severely injured Demonic Beasts at the end of their strength.

[ Ding! Killing a Demonic Beast obtained green Trait: Strength! ]

[ Ding! Killing a Demonic Beast obtained blue Trait: Extreme Speed! ]

[ Ding! Killing a Demonic Beast obtained green Trait: Physique! ]

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Under such circumstances, time swiftly passed. The originally empty Trait Library gradually became abundant as Li Yun continued slaughtering Demonic Beasts.

Before he knew it, Li Yun had already reached the mountainside.

"Buzz, buzz..."

At that moment, resplendent rays of light suddenly burst forth from the summit of Gourd Mountain.

Li Yun instinctively looked up and saw a Gourd Vine standing atop the mountain, with three gourds hanging from it, radiating golden, black, and red Three-Colored Radiance!

"A Gourd Vine?"

"Damn, this lousy place actually has a High-Grade Innate Spirit Root!"

Seeing this, Li Yun's mouth fell open in disbelief.

Gourd Vines were not uncommon in the Primordial World, but ones capable of reaching the level of a High-Grade Innate Spirit Root were virtually nonexistent.

Other than the Innate Gourd Vine on Buzhou Mountain, one of the Ten Innate Spirit Roots, Gourd Vines were basically only low-grade or middle-grade spirit roots.

Now, a Gourd Vine at the level of a High-Grade Innate Spirit Root had actually appeared, and it had borne three gourds. This meant that if he could obtain them, he could gain three gourds that might be refined into High-Grade Innate Spirit Treasures. No wonder so many Demonic Beasts and cultivators had gathered here. No wonder...