Chapter 127: Golden Spring And Immortal Soil
“Wow!”
Activating the Heavenly Eye in his brow, he searched carefully.
Soon, he discovered a rather special shallow golden stone about a person’s height more than ten meters away, so he took out the iron book and swung it down.
With a bang, the stone exploded.
Nothing was there.
Li Weiyi showed a disappointed expression: “Without becoming a Great Mind Master, the Heavenly Eye can only be considered rudimentary. It can only see the general outline, and I can’t always guess correctly.”
There were many special shallow golden stones beneath the waterfall. Li Weiyi struck seventy to eighty of them, finding only three drops inside one.
Not even enough for a single gulp.
“This is impossible. Even if the Heavenly Eye can only see a little of the fur, it should at least indicate the right direction. So many stones here containing special auras are definitely not normal. How can there only be a few drops?”
Li Weiyi stopped to rest, looked up, and gazed at the darker golden cliff face about ten zhang above the ground, beside the waterfall.
His heart stirred, he stepped on the protruding parts of the cliff face and leaped up.
“Bang!”
The iron book struck, knocking off a large piece of the cliff face, which fell towards the cliff below.
Following this was a second strike, a third strike…
As he struck deeper, golden auspicious light overflowed from the depths of the cliff face. Touching it with his finger, his fingertips became moist, and spring fluid began to seep out.
Li Weiyi’s heart pounded like thunder. He quickly took out the magic tool treasure bottle, not daring to use the iron book for brute force anymore, but instead condensed magic power at his fingertips to penetrate the thin layer of cliff face.
Golden spring water flowed out along with a light fragrance.
The area where he was located was completely enveloped in golden radiance.
“Excellent, it came effortlessly. A full tenth of a fang! More than enough, absolutely more than enough.”
One fang is equivalent to one thousand liters.
One hundred liters is not enough for tempering veins, let alone bone tempering.
The golden spring water he originally obtained, which helped him temper two gold veins, was only a little over a tenth of a liter.
“It was already worth the trip.”
Li Weiyi took out another iron bottle, filled it, and immediately put the magic tool treasure bottle into his blood mud space. What if Zuo Qiu Bai Ming saw it? Wouldn’t he demand to split it again?
He continued searching and smashed the entire cliff face, naturally gaining nothing more.
Returning to the base of the cliff, Li Weiyi drank the golden spring water and tempered the veins within his body.
Tian Che and Zuo Qiu Lanlan returned first, looking with surprise at the shattered shallow golden cliff face before them, then their gaze fell upon Li Weiyi, who was sitting cross-legged.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan’s face showed displeasure: “Sima Tan, the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse invited you to help search for and excavate immortal soil. Did you look for it?”
Li Weiyi, having newly tempered seven gold veins and in excellent spirits, quickly stood up and responded heartily: “I looked. I searched this entire cliff face but didn’t find any. What about you two?”
Tian Che, being kind-hearted, shrugged: “Same here, we found nothing. Immortal soil is too difficult to find.”
“I didn’t find immortal soil, but I found half a bottle of golden spring water. My luck is a bit better than yours. Here, here, share some, don’t be polite with me.” Li Weiyi was very enthusiastic and generous.
“It’s actually half a bottle.”
Tian Che took the iron bottle, opened it, and looked, quite shocked. He didn’t suspect Li Weiyi of hiding anything, as golden spring water was hard to find, and finding half a bottle at once was already a lot.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan’s displeasure faded, replaced by some awkwardness. Regardless, this Sima Tan was truly open and exceptionally generous.
Golden spring water was a good thing, and they didn’t stand on ceremony, taking some.
Of course, as a couple, they still had some pride and only filled one-fifth of their bottles. Their good impression of Li Weiyi increased significantly, and their previous distant and cold attitude disappeared.
Zuo Qiu Lanlan expressed a desire to recruit him, smiling: “Your combat power in the Spring Gushing Realm, we as a couple have heard of it. If the rumors are true, why do you stay in the Jiuli tribe’s precarious tower? The Zuo Qiu Gatehouse is actually a better choice.”
Li Weiyi smiled and waved his hand.
Tian Che said: “Brother Sima, if you have concerns about being envied by some people in the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse, you could also marry into our family like me… Haha, then we’ll be family!”
“Boom!”
A loud noise echoed from the depths of the dense forest, and the clouds and mist vibrated.
Immediately following, a short and sharp whistle from Zuo Qiu Bai Ming came from that direction.
The three of them straightened up, exchanged glances, and then rapidly rushed towards it using their movement techniques.
“Swish swish!”
Li Weiyi deliberately lagged a few zhang behind Tian Che and Zuo Qiu Lanlan.
As they approached the sound of battle, a large number of bone wing bird demonic beasts appeared in the ancient forest, where the tree trunks were a hundred meters tall. They flew in groups, their calls dense and sharp.
The bone wing birds were about three feet long, with flesh and blood demonic bodies, their wings made of white bones burning with green flames, and their beaks sharp as swords.
Tian Che looked at the swooping bone wing bird flock and the cloud of demonic energy and said: “It’s a demonic beast group from Tian Ya Ridge.”
“Leave them to me! You two hurry and go find Senior Disciple Brother Bai Ming. He must be in trouble.”
Li Weiyi let out a long cry and struck out with the iron book in his hand.
“Swish swish!”
Thirty-five iron book pages spun and flew out, forming thirty-five small whirlpools, causing the bone wing birds intercepting Tian Che and Zuo Qiu Lanlan to fall in swarms, like raining blood.
“Such a powerful magic tool.”
Tian Che exclaimed, and he and Zuo Qiu Lanlan quickly rushed to the area where the combat fluctuations were most intense.
Li Weiyi had been fighting amidst the bird flock for a while when Shang Zhi finally arrived.
After dispersing the bird flock, the two calmly arrived at the center of the battle.
Zuo Qiu Baiming, holding the Sky Flame Saber, was clashing with a Demon Race expert who was also wrapped in departed spirit human skin. Both the person and the demon had high-grade magic tools, completely reducing that patch of jungle to flat ground, with a large number of ancient trees toppled.
Tian Che and Zuo Qiu Lanlan were at a valley entrance, locked in battle with five Five Seas Realm demonic cultivators.
The couple, both possessing Pure Immortal Bodies, coordinated with tacit understanding, their combat power formidable, yet they were only slightly at a disadvantage.
Li Weiyi narrowed his eyes and, in the distant dense forest valley, saw the veins of Immortal Mist. He secretly speculated that the battle was triggered by Immortal Soil.
“Let’s go, we’ll help them. Tian Ya Ridge is too overbearing relying on their numbers.”
Shang Zhi brandished his saber and charged towards the valley.
Li Weiyi followed closely, deliberately shouting, “Brother Tian, I’m here to help you. This group of demonic cultivators dares to snatch the Immortal Soil we found. They clearly don’t have the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse in their eyes. We must teach them a harsh lesson.”
Upon arrival, Li Weiyi, holding the Iron Book, sent a First Realm of the Five Seas Realm ape demon flying.
He held back his strength, only injuring it, not killing it directly.
He did not want to expose too much of his strength.
The ape demon resentfully exclaimed, “Your Zuo Qiu Gatehouse is too brutal and overbearing. This Immortal Soil in the valley was clearly found by us first, yet you’re accusing us. Humans are indeed shameless!”
Li Weiyi was astonished and looked towards the person holding the Sky Flame Saber in the distance. So, Zuo Qiu Baiming wanted to snatch it from Tian Ya Ridge?
Excellent!
This was the perfect opportunity to stir up trouble and pull the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse into the mess.
Li Weiyi no longer held back, directly swinging the Iron Book to split the ape demon’s head in half, and said coldly, “In the Southern Territory, the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse’s word is law.”
Then, he attacked a black-haired dog demon of the Five Seas Realm, and after a few moves, he severed its head, saying, “We’ve taken a liking to the Immortal Soil in this valley. If you don’t retreat quickly, we will kill you all.”
The Fox Demon expert, who was dueling with Zuo Qiu Baiming, seeing two of his own Five Seas Realm cultivators decapitated in succession, was filled with immense hatred. He gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s retreat for now!”
The demonic cultivators in the forest retreated like a tide.
“Zuo Qiu Baiming, this matter is not over. I’ll leave the Immortal Soil with you for now.” Retreating into the depths of the dense forest, the Fox Demon expert’s cold voice was heard, filled with malice.
“Ineffectually enraged.”
Zuo Qiu Baiming’s lips curved slightly, unfazed. He sheathed his saber and walked towards the valley.
Li Weiyi knew his actions just now were too obvious and was considering how to deal with Zuo Qiu Baiming’s anger.
However, he heard Zuo Qiu Baiming’s approving voice: “Well done. This is how you should uphold the prestige of our Zuo Qiu Gatehouse. A group of demons dares to claim parity with the Ten Million Gateways in the Southern Territory; they are outright rebellious. Your strength is indeed not weak; among those in the same realm, you are already hard to find an equal.”
Li Weiyi, unsure if Zuo Qiu Baiming had seen through him, pondered for a moment before presenting his prepared excuse: “I saw Brother Tian and his wife being besieged, and I couldn’t control my anger. My emotions got the better of me!”
“It matters not.”
Zuo Qiu Baiming followed the veins of Immortal Mist into the valley.
Shang Zhi secretly gave Li Weiyi a thumbs-up and transmitted via magic energy, “These disciples of the Gatehouses first care about the actual benefits they gain. Second is their reputation. Those two shouts of yours might be exactly what he wanted to say. This Zuo Qiu Baiming is an extremely arrogant person; in his opinion, he is the number one under heaven in Thirty-three Mile Mountain.”
For some reason, Li Weiyi felt uneasy, always feeling that since entering the mountain, Zuo Qiu Baiming had looked at him and Shang Zhi as if they were dead men.
Deep in the valley, the three from the Zuo Qiu Gatehouse were already excavating Spirit Soil.
The Spirit Soil on the ground was a tri-color of blue, black, and yellow, covering an area of ten feet square.
Tian Che placed a Boundary Bag on the ground and continuously loaded the excavated Spirit Soil into it.
Boundary Bags were also refined from the lung leaves of martial cultivators, but they could not hold living things, and the refining difficulty was lower.
At the center, after digging half a foot deep, Zuo Qiu Baiming immediately told Tian Che to stop.
He personally walked over and brushed away the soil layer, and immediately a four-colored radiance emanated from below. A type of four-colored soil appeared, both crystalline and possessing the stickiness of soil.
“Nearly a pound, excellent!”
Zuo Qiu Baiming was emotionally excited, not letting a single grain of Immortal Soil go to waste. He collected it all using magic energy and put it into another Boundary Bag. He then said, “You two quickly go and help, dig up all the Spirit Soil. This thing can make medicinal herbs grow tenfold faster.”
After Li Weiyi and Shang Zhi joined, in less than half an hour, they had dug up hundreds of pounds of Spirit Soil completely.
The five quickly walked towards the valley entrance.
Li Weiyi sniffed and detected a subtle change in the air. He immediately stopped, held his breath, and channeled magic power into his eyes. Instantly, he saw imperceptible gray particles in the air.
Looking back towards the depths of the valley, there were no such gray particles.
In other words, it had just drifted from the valley entrance.
“Something’s not right! There’s something in the air, gray liquid particles,” Li Weiyi warned everyone.
The four of them simultaneously channeled magic power to observe, and Zuo Qiu Baiming’s expression changed drastically: “It’s the Earth Spirit Grey Mist from Coffin Mountain! Quickly, hold your breath.”
…
The voice of that Fox Demon expert from Tian Ya Ridge came from the Valley Entrance, “Too late! Zuo Qiu Bai Ming, recklessness will come at a price.”
“There is no Zuo Qiu Gatehouse in Thirty-three Mile Mountain, only the law of the jungle.” Another voice echoed from above the valley, reverberating endlessly.
