A muffled clang rang out as a dense rain of Green Flying Swords slashed against the purple light, leaving it completely unharmed.
At that moment, the purple light revealed its true form: a Purple Giant Scorpion more than ten zhang long. Judging by its aura, it was a mid-stage Spirit Transformation Realm spirit insect.
It opened its enormous maw and sprayed a large cloud of Purple Poisonous Liquid over the flying swords. Their spiritual light immediately dimmed, and they wobbled in midair.
It beat its wings hard, whipping up a gale that sent all the flying swords tumbling backward. Then it became a streak of purple light and lunged toward Li Yan and the other four.
Just then, dazzling golden light flared from the ground. An overwhelming force of gravity appeared out of nowhere, dragging the Purple Giant Scorpion helplessly toward the earth.
Countless slender golden threads sprang from the ground and wrapped tightly around the Purple Giant Scorpion, leaving it unable to move.
A pale golden light screen appeared in an instant, enclosing the Purple Giant Scorpion.
Qu Feiyan and Lu Tianzheng transformed into two streaks of light and sped into the valley.
Before long, they reached a cave hundreds of zhang across. Stone chairs and tables lay scattered on the ground, and the cave bore clear signs of being excavated. A long blue-stone passage ran along the right side, while more than a hundred Purple Small Grass plants, each about a foot tall, grew in a corner on the left.
"Purple Yin Grass! I never thought we'd find this kind of Spirit Herb." Qu Feiyan beamed. She and Lu Tianzheng picked all the Purple Small Grass.
Purple Yin Grass was one of the main ingredients for refining Purple Jade Pills, as well as several kinds of Sixth-Grade detoxification