After resting for half an hour, the four of them stood up.
Qin Tiexin had recovered most of his spiritual power, and he kept Divine Sense within ten steps, so that he could be alert and not consume it too quickly.
The temperature is higher deep in the ruins, and the smell of sulfur in the air is strong and choking. The cracks in the ground increase, and from time to time, dark red magma can be seen slowly flowing in the depths, making gurgling sounds.
"Where are we going?" Chen Feng asked. His smile was lighter than before, and his eyes occasionally glanced at Qin Tiexin's Storage Bag - after the boulder was taken in, Qin Tiexin's footsteps were obviously heavier when walking, leaving shallow footprints on the ground.
Qin Tiexin didn't answer, just looked at Li Yun.
Li Yun closed her eyes for a moment and pointed to the northeast. "There is a little more water aura over there, there may be a water source, or... a special spiritual plant."
The team turns.
After walking for about two-quarters of an hour, a wide crack in the ground appeared in front of me. The crack was three feet wide and bottomless, with magma rolling at the bottom and steaming heat.
Qin Tiexin Divine Sense scanned and found that the Spiritual Qi fluctuations in the area on the upper left rock wall were obviously different from those around it.
After careful observation, Qin Tiexin pointed in that direction and said "Look" to everyone. On the rock wall at the edge of the crack, in a corner of the rock wall protruding, miraculously grew a small piece of pale white plant.
Chalcedony mushroom.
There are ten plants, each one is about the size of a palm. The mushrooms are as thick as gelatin, with a warm luster like jade on the surface. The sweet aroma is particularly clear among the smell of sulfur, and you feel refreshed when you smell it.
"It's Chalcedony Mushroom!" Chen Feng's eyes lit up, "The auxiliary medicine for refining the Foundation Establishment Pill, one plant in the city has at least thirty Spirit Stone!"
Wang Zhong also showed joy. "Ten plants... are worth more than three hundred Spirit Stone."
The four of them walked to the edge of the crack. Chalcedony mushrooms grow on the rock wall two feet above the ground and need to be climbed to pick them.
Chen Feng rubbed his hands and smiled eagerly, "According to the rules, the discoverer divides it first. But..." He looked at Qin Tiexin, "Junior Brother Qin said before that we should take it first if we discover it later. Chalcedony Mushroom is worth a lot of money. I think this is it - Junior Brother Qin will take one plant, and the three of us will each have three plants. After all, Junior Brother is only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and Foundation Establishment is still early, so we won't need so much."
This sounds reasonable, but is actually harsh.
Wang Zhong frowned. "Senior Brother Chen, that's not what you said. Although Junior Brother Qin was humble, he discovered it after all. I don't think it would be better for Junior Brother Qin to take three plants, Junior Sister Li three, and you and I each have two plants."
Chen Feng's smile did not change, "Senior Brother Wang is right, I didn't think well." He turned to Qin Tiexin, "Junior Brother Qin, what do you think?"
Qin Tiexin looked at the chalcedony on the rock wall, and then looked at Chen Feng's eyes.
In those eyes, greed was deeply suppressed, but it was not suppressed.
"Let's pick it." Li Yun said, "Pick it first and then talk about it."
A coldness flashed across Chen Feng's eyes, but the smile on his face became even brighter, "Okay, then I'll go pick it up."
He urged Light Body Technique, put his toes at a certain point on the rock wall, and climbed to the chalcedony. He took out the jade shovel from Storage Bag and dug carefully.
One plant, two plants, three plants...
He picked it very carefully, taking out each plant with its roots and soil intact, and putting it in a jade box. When he picked the seventh plant, he paused and glanced at the three people below.
Li Yun was observing the surrounding warnings from a little distance. Wang Zhong stood by the crack, looking up at him, as if he was afraid that he would fall. Qin Tiexin was squatting on the ground, touching the ground with his fingers lightly - feeling the vibration. This movement was a bit strange, so he had to finish picking it quickly and leave quickly.
When Wang Zhong turned around and looked at what Qin Tiexin was doing, it was now!
A fierce light suddenly appeared in Chen Feng's eyes!
He continued to pretend to dig the eighth chalcedony mushroom with his left hand, but his right hand was Hand Seals in his sleeve. The wind energy gathered silently, turned into three invisible wind blades, and suddenly shot towards Wang Zhonghou's heart!
The distance is too close and the wind blade is too fast.
Wang Zhong felt the hairs on his back stand on end. The life-and-death crisis made him instinctively turn sideways. "Pfft!" Two wind blades scraped across his right chest, his robes shattered and his skin torn open. The third one struck firmly on the shoulder blade, and the sound of bone cracking could be heard clearly.
"Ah!" Wang Zhong groaned and fell to the ground, his blood instantly staining the ground red.
Chen Feng grabbed all the remaining chalcedony on the rock wall, dug out the soil and stones, and stuffed it into Storage Bag. At the same time, he retreated quickly and headed towards the complex corridor opposite the crack.
"Idiot!" His ferocious laughter came in the hot wind, "Split it equally? This kind of treasure is enough for me to exchange for the realm-breaking elixir! You guys just take your time and play with it!"
When Li Yun reacted, Chen Feng had already jumped over the crack and landed on the opposite rock wall.
"Chen Feng!" She yelled angrily, forming a seal with her hands, and three ice picks shot out.
Chen Feng was well prepared. He turned around and waved, and the wind shield condensed. "Bang, bang, bang!" The ice pick shattered, and he staggered and continued to retreat quickly.
Just then, the ground shook.
Qin Tiexin moved.
The stone slabs under his feet exploded, and the "Mountain Shaking Step" exploded with all its strength. The distance of three feet was covered in one step! The body was so fast that it dragged out the afterimage, and the hot wind was torn apart and howled harshly.
As soon as Chen Feng landed, he turned around and caught a glimpse of this scene, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
How could it be so fast?!
He hurriedly activated the light body talisman, the talisman burned, and his body erratic and accelerated. But a terrifying wind pressure was already coming towards him - Qin Tiexin's left hand shield swept across, and simply and roughly slapped his newly condensed second wind shield.
"Crack!"
The wind shield shattered like paper.
Chen Feng was horrified and wanted to retreat. His right wrist was already clasped by an iron-like hand. Qin Tiexin exerted force with five fingers, pinching and twisting - "Crack!" The crisp sound of the broken wrist bone was mixed with Chen Feng's scream.
Storage Bag gets rid of it.
Qin Tiexin caught it, without even looking, he raised his leg and kicked Chen Feng in the abdomen.
This kick did not require full force, but the basic strength of several kilograms of physical body, coupled with the power-generating technique of "Mountain Shaking Step", was enough to make Chen Feng, who was at the seventh level of Qi Refining, fly backwards like a broken bag and hit the opposite rock wall hard.
"Pfft--" Chen Feng sprayed blood mist from his mouth, slid down the rock wall, collapsed to the ground, and passed out.
The whole process takes two breaths.
Qin Tiexin landed, threw Storage Bag to Li Yun, and then walked quickly towards Wang Zhong.
Li Yun caught Storage Bag, looked at Qin Tiexin's back, and then looked at Chen Feng who was unconscious under the opposite rock wall. Her lips moved but she didn't speak. For the first time, she truly felt how crisply this junior brother who was usually taciturn could move his hands.
Wang Zhong was lying on the ground, his right chest was bloody and bloody, his shoulder blades were shattered, and his face was pale. But he was conscious and gritted his teeth and stopped screaming.
Qin Tiexin squatted down and took out the trauma medicine powder from his Storage Bag - this was something he always kept in the Waste Equipment Pavilion. Burns and cuts were inevitable when forging weapons. The powder was sprinkled on the wound, and the bleeding stopped quickly. He took out another healing pill and stuffed it into Wang Zhong's mouth.
"The bones were broken, but the internal organs were not damaged." Qin Tiexin said after examination, "You can recover by resting."
Wang Zhong swallowed the pill and smiled miserably, "Thank you... Junior Brother Qin. I am blind to associate with such a person..."
"The heart is separated from the belly." Qin Tiexin said.
Li Yun came over and used the water technique to clean Wang Zhong's wound and re-bandage it. Her technique was skillful, and it was obviously not her first time dealing with trauma.
After dealing with Wang Zhong, Li Yun looked at Chen Feng under the opposite rock wall. "How to deal with him?"
Qin Tiexin walked to the edge of the crack, jumped over a distance of three feet, and landed next to Chen Feng. He squatted down and took away everything on Chen Feng - Storage Bag, the talisman, the elixir, and three fire-patterned jades. Only a bottle of the most common rejuvenation elixir and a small bag of water were left.
Then he tore off a few tough withered vines from the side, tied Chen Feng's hands and feet to death, dragged him to a prominent stone pillar, and tied him to it.
After doing this, Qin Tiexin looked at Chen Feng's pale face and said in a calm tone:
"Whether you live or not depends on your luck." The regulations prohibit fatal internal fighting, but this situation does not count.
Chen Feng's eyelids trembled and he woke up. When he saw Qin Tiexin, his eyes first showed fear, then turned to resentment. He opened his mouth to curse, but coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Qin Tiexin ignored him and jumped back to the crack.
Li Yun has re-counted the chalcedony mushrooms - ten of them are intact, all in Chen Feng's Storage Bag. She looked at Qin Tiexin: "How to divide them?"
Qin Tiexin thought for a while, "I'll take two plants, they won't be used in a short time. You each have four plants."
Wang Zhong said anxiously, "How can this be done! Junior Brother Qin, you--"
"Take it." Qin Tiexin interrupted, "You need elixirs to heal your wounds."
Wang Zhong's eyes turned red and he did not refuse.
Li Yun took a deep look at Qin Tiexin, packed up the four chalcedony plants, and gave four more to Wang Zhong. She carefully packed the remaining two plants in jade boxes and handed them to Qin Tiexin.
Qin Tiexin took it and put it in Storage Bag.
At this time, his eyes fell on the edge of the crack in the rock wall - there were several dark purple grasses growing close to the cracks in the rock. The edges of the leaves were serrated and emitted a faint fishy smell.
Bloodweed.
He has seen descriptions in the books in the library: extremely poisonous, causing abdominal pain like cramps after taking it, Qi and Blood going retrograde, and in severe cases, the cultivation level will regress.
However, if the Body Tempering monks can withstand the toxicity, they can use its power to temper the blood and remove deep-seated impurities. This is one of the key auxiliary drugs to break through the seventh level of Body Tempering "Blood Refining Realm".
He carefully picked three plants and sealed them in jade boxes.
"What is this?" Li Yun asked.
"A poisonous weed." Qin Tiexin said, "It may be used for body training."
Li Yun didn't ask any more questions.
The three of them simply rested. After Wang Zhong took the elixir, his complexion improved, but he could not move his right arm for the time being. Li Yun helped him fix the injury.
"We have to find a place to hide." Li Yun said, "Senior Brother Wang needs time to recover."
Qin Tiexin nodded and was about to speak when the ground suddenly shook.
It's not an illusion.
The second earthquake was more violent, and gravel rolled down from the rock wall. The magma at the bottom of the crack began to boil, and the gurgling sound turned into a dull roar.
"What's going on?" Wang Zhong's expression changed.
Qin Tiexin unfolded Divine Sense with all its strength and probed towards the source of the vibration - then its pupils shrank suddenly.
"Let's go!" he shouted, picked up Wang Zhong, put it on his shoulders, and rushed back towards the way he came.
Li Yun followed closely behind.
Just after exiting ten feet, the rock wall behind him exploded!
Rubbles rained like rain, and smoke filled the air. A huge beast rushed out from the crumbling rock wall - a dark red body nearly three feet long, covered with a thick carapace like lava. When four stubby giant claws stepped on the ground, cracks spread on the ground. Sparks smelling of sulfur were spitting from its mouth and nose, and a pair of red-yellow vertical pupils locked on the three of them.
Lava lizard.
Half a step later, Foundation Establishment's breath came over me like a volcano erupting, and the heat wave burned my skin.
Li Yun reacted the fastest, formed seals with his hands, and shot out seven ice picks, hitting the lizard's carapace, leaving only a few white marks and evaporating instantly.
The ground lizard roared, and its red-yellow vertical pupils swept across the three people, and finally stopped on the Storage Bag on their waists - there was the breath of chalcedony in it. It had been guarding this piece of chalcedony for three years. It planned to swallow it when it broke through Foundation Establishment, but it was picked off by these ants first.
Furious.
It raised its huge claws and struck Qin Tiexin in front of it.
Qin Tiexin threw Wang Zhong to Li Yun: "Take him back!"
At the same time, the left arm was raised, and the arm shield faced the lizard claw.
"Boom--!!!"
The loud sound of the impact echoed through the cracks. Qin Tiexin The bluestone beneath his feet exploded, and his feet sank half a foot into the ground. The spiritual light on his arm shield flashed wildly, and the "reverse shock" spiritual pattern was overloaded. A huge force spread throughout the body along the arm, and the internal organs felt like a heavy hammer. His throat felt sweet, and the smell of blood surged up.
The ground lizard was also shaken by the force of the counter-shock, and its claws were slightly numb, and its movements were stagnant for a moment. A trace of surprise flashed in its red and yellow vertical pupils - this kid at the fourth level of Qi Refining could actually withstand its blow?
Then came even more violent anger.
It opened its huge mouth, and sulfuric sparks gathered in its throat, turning into a pillar of red fire and spewing out!
Heat waves hit my face and the air twisted.