In the following days, Lin Xiaofei continued to send Song Qingyun and a few others to catch water frogs, while he himself took the little black cat into the deep forest of Red Mountain to search for herbs.

As Lin Xiaofei continued his search, he found many wild herbs in the deep forests of Hongshan. He also hunted many strange beasts along the way and fed the little black cat well every day, and the little black cat's body grew bigger every day.

In just a few days, he had planted more than 6,200 herbs in his spatial bead.

He first searched the woods at the edge of Hongshan Bay, gathering all the wild herbs, before continuing his search for wild herbs deeper into the Hongshan forest.

He would occasionally encounter strange beasts along the way, but fortunately, he was highly skilled in martial arts and could easily kill the weak ones. If he encountered a powerful beast, he could hide in his spatial bead. Otherwise, he would not dare to go into the deep forest of Red Mountain alone.

Lin Xiaofei swung his longsword, and a flash of light appeared, like a rainbow piercing the sun, a sword of mad shadows.

puff!

He killed a blue-eyed bull-like beast with a single sword strike.

"The little black cat has been in for a treat lately."

This blue-eyed bull was not weak, possessing the strength of a late-stage martial artist, but it was still not enough for him to kill it with a single sword strike.

The blue-eyed cow died, and the little black cat beside it seemed excited. It ran over and pounced on the cow's corpse, eagerly licking the strange beast's blood flowing from its wounds.

Beasts are born with the ability to strengthen their bodies through continuous metamorphosis. Their blood and flesh contain a lot of energy, and if the little black cat eats more of their blood and flesh, it will greatly benefit the little black cat's growth.

However, during these past few days of searching for herbs, whenever the little black cat found a spiritual herb, Lin Xiaofei would rush to dig it up first, and then throw the exotic beast meat from his spatial bead to the little black cat as a reward.

The little black cat ate a lot of the flesh and blood of the strange beasts, and its body grew bigger.

At the same time, the little black cat runs twice as fast as some low-level beasts.

Back then, the little black cat was small and short, with a soft and limp appearance. Any stray dog ​​could easily kill it.

Now, the little black cat is different. Its body has grown to Lin Xiaofei's knees, and its pouncing power is stronger than that of a large wolfhound.

At the same time, the little black cat also developed a special ability: it could smell exotic beasts or spiritual herbs within a range of one hundred meters.

When the little black cat discovers that the beast's power is greater than its own, it will wait for Lin Xiaofei to make a move. If it is an ordinary wild beast, it will pounce on it and fight it to death.

However, the little black cat didn't seem to like eating the beast's carcass, so Lin Xiaofei didn't pick it up and put it into his spatial bead, leaving it to rot in the mountains.

"I felt something was strange earlier, why this blue-eyed cow was reluctant to leave. It turns out there were a few vines growing in the woods and grass."

If I remember correctly, vine leaves are one of the main ingredients used to refine Qi Condensation Pills, which can help peak martial artists generate internal energy and have a certain chance of entering the Inner Qi Realm.

However, the leaves of this vine are still very tender; they need at least a month to mature before they can be effective.

Lin Xiaofei looked at Teng Zhiye and made a judgment in his mind.

Although the vine leaves were not mature, it didn't matter to him. He simply dug them up and planted them in the black soil inside the space bead.

The little black cat licked up a lot of blood, making its belly bulge. Lin Xiaofei looked up at the other side of the mountain, where the sun was gradually setting.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiaofei stepped forward, picked up the carcass of the blue-eyed cow, threw it into the spatial bead, and then led the little black cat back through the other side of the forest.

After walking for a while, Lin Xiaofei's eyes flashed, and he stopped.

There was a cave halfway up the mountain ahead. The grass and trees around the cave had obviously been cut down by swords and knives, and someone had entered the cave.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Xiaofei picked up the little black cat, put it into the spatial bead, and planned to go closer to the cave to take a look.

The little black cat suddenly found itself in an unfamiliar place. It looked around frantically and then noticed a pile of strange beast corpses on the ground beside it. Its eyes flashed with a sharp light, and it pounced on the corpses, tearing at them while letting out a low growl from time to time.

Lin Xiaofei cautiously walked over, and seeing that no one was near the cave entrance, he quietly slipped inside.

The moment he entered the cave, he discovered that it was more than ten meters high and contained a long passage. He walked through it, turning left and right, for about twenty minutes.

Suddenly, he heard the roar of a strange beast coming from deep inside the cave. It sounded like someone was fighting with the beast. Without hesitation, Lin Xiaofei hurriedly went deeper into the cave.

More than a thousand meters deep in the cave, his eyes flashed with illusion magic, and he saw a huge, jet-black scorpion fighting with several people in the distance.

"Are they inner disciples of my Green Peak Gang?"

Lin Xiaofei looked over and thought to himself.

Deep within the cave, in a low-lying area, several people dressed in the robes of the Green Peak Gang's inner disciples, each wielding a weapon, were engaged in a fierce battle with a powerful alien beast.

Although the light inside the cave was dim, Lin Xiaofei was able to see the night as if it were daytime thanks to his Illusionary Eye Technique, allowing him to clearly see the battle between several inner disciples from a distance.

"They are at a disadvantage in their battle with the giant scorpion, and they can't kill it anytime soon."

It seems they don't want to leave. Why is that?

After observing for a while, Lin Xiaofei had some doubts.

Then, he carefully observed the scene deep inside the cave once more.

With a quick glance, he noticed a spring in a low-lying area deep inside the cave. Looking up from above the spring, he saw a cone-shaped stone pillar hanging from the top of the cave.

Upon closer inspection, the stone pillar was revealed to be a spirit marrow stone. The spirit marrow stone had fifty fine cracks on its surface, indicating that it was a spirit marrow stone pillar that was fifty years old.

Every minute or so, a drop of spirit essence liquid would drip from the tip of the spirit marrow stone.

"Fifty years' worth of spiritual essence liquid?"

Lin Xiaofei's eyes lit up, and he was surprised. He hadn't expected that there would be fifty-year-old spiritual marrow liquid inside this cave.

According to his understanding, fifty-year-old spiritual essence liquid is equivalent to a low-grade spiritual liquid that can be taken directly. If ordinary people take it, it can improve their physical condition and eliminate illnesses. If martial artists take it, it can not only improve their physical condition, but also help peak martial artists cultivate internal energy.

Of course, this stuff is also a great tonic for low-level cultivators.

Fifty years of spiritual essence liquid, when consumed by low-level cultivators, can not only restore their depleted spiritual energy, but also slowly nourish their body and mind, purify the impurities in their spiritual energy, and make it purer.

Lin Xiaofei felt a surge of excitement. He was currently at the peak of the Entering Realm. If he could consume some fifty-year-old Spirit Marrow Liquid, it would be much easier to generate internal energy than consuming Qi Condensation Pills.

Next, Lin Xiaofei carefully observed the pool of spiritual essence liquid that resembled a spring and estimated that it weighed over a hundred pounds.

He glanced at the inner disciples who were still fighting the giant scorpion. He had originally wanted to try to sneak over and take away the spirit essence liquid, but he found that it was impossible. As soon as he got close, he would be easily discovered.

Among those inner disciples was a middle-aged man who was constantly fighting the giant scorpion head-on, drawing its attention but not daring to get too close, clearly afraid of being injured by the scorpion.

Soon, Lin Xiaofei was shocked to see that when one of the inner disciples stepped back to collect the spirit marrow liquid in a porcelain bottle, the giant scorpion suddenly went berserk and pounced directly on the place where the spirit marrow liquid was.

After watching for a while, Lin Xiaofei understood that the reason why the giant scorpion was able to fight against eight or nine inner disciples was probably because it had consumed the spiritual marrow liquid, which made it incredibly powerful.

However, those inner disciples could only manage a draw against the giant scorpion at best, and were unable to take the spiritual essence liquid.