Primitive forest, search for the Fire and Ice Herb

The ancestor, Qin Deming, Qin Dexin and Qin Ruqing finally set out for the southern primitive forest.

As for why Qin Ruqing, who had the worst cultivation, was also in the team, it was because she had a treasure finder. Of course, under the ancestor's cover, it was only said that Qin Ruqing had reached the realm of innate great perfection and was extremely sensitive to the spiritual objects of heaven and earth. Her ability was needed to explore the Fire and Ice Herb, so she was brought along. Qin Ruqing

sat on the ancestor's flying sword, and the wind blew her black robe predatorily - yes, it was Tang Zifeng's black robe. Qin Ruqing realized at the beginning that this was a magic weapon that could conceal her figure and breath, so she bought it from him for this trip.

Qin Ruqing covered her face with the hood of her robe, and asked by pulling the sleeve of the ancestor, her voice muffled: "Ancestor, when can we get there?" The wind blew her eyes so hard that she couldn't open them.

Although she was protected by the aura shield, she still felt uncomfortable - in fact, Qin Ruqing just wanted to fly the flying sword by herself, but the ancestor thought she was too slow and forced her to be carried on his sword.

The ancestor glanced at her indifferently and said, "Very soon."

Woohoo, how fast is very soon? Qin Ruqing curled up on the ancestor's sword in grievance.

Because she was not proficient in flying the flying sword, the ancestor always complained about her slow flying speed and often carried her like a chick by the ancestor. However, this can't be blamed on her, she is not a sword cultivator, it is normal that she is not proficient in controlling the sword.

My dear father heard the noise from behind and couldn't help but said, "Qing, why don't you come and sit on my alchemy furnace."

Qin Ruqing raised her head and her eyes lit up.

"It's just a little breeze. This girl is spoiled. Don't listen to her yelling." The ancestor said indifferently.

Qin Ruqing's raised expression froze instantly. My dear father gave her a helpless expression. My daughter, it's not that I won't help you, it's the ancestor who said so, just lie on the sword.

Qin Dexin flew to the left side of the ancestor and didn't say anything when she saw this. "This girl is spoiled", ancestor, aren't you one of the spoiled ones? She has been domineering at home since she was a child, and now with you supporting her, she has become a crab - because she walks sideways.

Seeing that no one offered her a helping hand, Qin Ruqing gave up all thoughts, pulled the sides of her hood to cover her face, huddled tighter, and secretly swore in her heart that she would coax Xiao Tang more after returning and ask him to quickly design the blueprint of his own life-defining magic weapon.

She had emphasized to Xiao Tang before that the attribute requirement of the magic weapon was critical hit acceleration. With a magic weapon with speed bonus, let's see if the ancestor will still say that she is slow, hum!

After flying for about half an hour, the three of them landed in a small town on the outskirts of the primitive dense forest.

This is already the southernmost place in the Southern Region. The Southern Region is already remote, not to mention the outermost area close to the primitive dense forest, so there is only such a small town within a hundred miles, named Yuanshan. Generally, people who want to enter the dense forest will basically stop in Yuanshan Town for repairs.

The ancestors are now taking a break at a tea stall. Qin Ruqing took a sip of the bitter tea and glanced at the cultivators who looked powerful on the seats around him.

This power does not refer to the cultivation level. Qin Ruqing is sure that if there is no visit from a master in Yuanshan Town, it is impossible for anyone to have a higher cultivation level than the ancestors. It is a style and feeling.

Most of these people's clothes are incomplete, with arms and legs missing. Some people even expose their backs and chests. New and old scars can be faintly seen in the exposed skin. They all carry one or two weapons. One is placed at hand, and the other is hung on the back.

Overall, these are probably casual cultivators who have been stationed in Yuanshan Town all year round and are bloodthirsty.

Qin Ruqing retracted his gaze and took another sip of tea. The old ancestor was talking to Qin Deming's third aunt.

The old ancestor took out a few small medicine bags, gave one to each person, and said: "There are many poisonous ants and insects in the dense forest, and there are also high-level monsters near the inner circle. This medicine powder can repel insects and beasts and conceal the breath of humans to a certain extent."

Qin Ruqing silently stretched out her claws to put away the medicine powder wrapped in butter paper. This thing is very important in the primitive dense forest. After putting it away, she held the teacup with both hands, looking well-behaved.

I don't know why, the old ancestor's mouth twitched when she saw her stretching out her claws. Even Qin Deming realized something and looked over.

Qin Ruqing noticed the eyes of the old ancestor and the other two looking at her, and sat up slightly, "What's the matter?" Looking at me like this.

Qin Deming is the real father, and he speaks directly, "My daughter, why are you so quiet?" This is not the style of a daughter at all.

Qin Dexin held the sword, looked at her, and said, "Are you thinking of some bad ideas again?"

... No, Qin Ruqing was not convinced, "Do I think you are so dishonest? You think of bad ideas all day long?"

As a result, looking at the eyes of the three ancestors, they actually agreed.

"......" Qin Ruqing curled her lips, "I was just thinking about whether to open the Qin's clinic and alchemy shop in Yuanshan Town."

Qin Ruqing became excited when he talked about this, and his pupils seemed to brighten. "I just took a look at the environment in Yuanshan Town. People here live on the edge of a knife. I feel that the elixir travel package launched by our Qin family will sell well here. However, this place is a bit small, and it seems that the market demand is not very large, so if we really want to open a branch, We still have to be cautious..."

Old Ancestor: "..."

Qin Deming: "..."

Qin Dexin: "..."

The old ancestor stood up, grabbed Qin Ruqing by the back of the collar, and said lightly: "The Qin family doesn't need that little bit of money for the time being, so you should rest your brain." He

motioned to Qin Deming to pay for the tea, and carried Qin Ruqing onto the flying sword, "Let's go!"

It was not until Qin Ruqing and the other three left that the people sitting on the tea stall looked at their backs and dared to speak louder.

"That group of people just now didn't look like they were from Yuanshan Town!"

"They were neatly dressed, their posture was leisurely and calm, and their aura was strong. Especially the woman in green at the head, her cultivation was unfathomable, and they should be a large family traveling." There were also people at the tea stall who had traveled far and wide and had a wide range of knowledge. They saw that the Qin family was unusual.

"So what if they are from a big family? If they get close to the inner circle of the jungle, they will still die. It's been very chaotic there recently."

"Ah, I don't know why, there are so many monsters in the past few months. It was safe to wander around the outer circle before, but now we can't even enter the outer circle."

"...I hope that guy can get out alive."

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Qin Ruqing They didn't know what was being discussed behind the scenes. At this time, they finally reached the edge of the jungle. The ancestor stopped and said seriously:

"It is not convenient to use flying magic tools in the jungle. It is easy to alert the monsters. Let's stop here and walk forward."

After several people put away the flying magic weapon, the ancestor instructed again, "Now sprinkle the powder." Then he took out two black robes and handed them to Qin Deming and Qin Dexin, "This robe can also hide the breath."

Seeing that Qin Ruqing was already wearing a black robe, the ancestor did not give it to her, but he could not help asking, "Where did you get this robe from?" The ancestor's eyes were so sharp that he could see that this robe was a magic weapon, even better than the one she had in her hand.

Qin Ruqing smiled and said, "I asked Elder Tang to buy it."

While talking, several people had already dressed up. Qin Deming folded his hands leisurely and said jokingly, "The weapon refiner this girl asked from the Zhang family is very powerful."

The ancestor hummed. If he was not powerful, the Qin family would not cooperate with him just based on the two magic weapon drawings.

Qin Dexin was a little puzzled. Did they ask for this from the Zhang family? It seemed that she had heard that Qing Yatou asked for such a person, but, "You are talking about that guest Tang, isn't he an alchemist?"

The ancestor didn't want to stay here for long, so he waved his hand and jumped into the dense forest first, followed closely by Qin Deming. Seeing this, Qin Dexin wanted to catch up with Qin Ruqing by the back of her collar, but was avoided by Qin Ruqing.

She smiled and said, "I can keep up without driving a flying sword." At the same time, she answered the third aunt's previous question, "That elder Tang is a dual cultivator of weapon and alchemy, and he is much better at refining weapons than alchemy!"

Qin Dexin hummed indifferently and motioned Qin Ruqing to follow.

Several black shadows shuttled through the forest and soon disappeared.

Qin Ruqing felt something unusual the moment she stepped into the dense forest. She had been to quite a few dense forests so far, and had explored almost all the large and small dense forests in the past secret realms, but they were all different from this secret realm.

The ancient trees blocked out the sun, covering the sky above so tightly that almost no light could penetrate; the forest had a paradoxical smell of both freshness and decay; the dead leaves were extremely thick, and the wet moss was everywhere. Every ancient tree was hung with thick and vigorous vines, hanging and drooping on the branches, like huge nets; from time to time, small exotic beasts flew by, bringing with them a burst of sharp bird calls and beast roars.

A gloomy, depressing, and tense atmosphere.

The old ancestor stopped on a thick branch with a solemn expression and looked ahead. Qin Ruqing landed beside the old ancestor and subconsciously lowered his voice: "Old ancestor, why is the atmosphere of the dense forest here so strange?"

Qin Deming was also puzzled. He didn't know why this place gave people an extremely uncomfortable feeling. "Is this the difference between the primitive dense forest and the ordinary dense forest?"

Qin Dexin jumped down from the tree. The heavy dead leaves creaked, as if he had jumped onto a fur mat. She looked under the tree for a while, cut off the vines, pointed to a red spot on the trunk and said lightly: "There are traces of fighting here."

"It should be the traces left by the fight between monsters." The ancestor glanced at the traces, her frowning eyebrows did not relax. She had a strong spiritual awareness, closed her eyes and sensed for a while, and said: "There are many such traces."

"Will the normal monsters in the jungle fight so frequently?" Qin Ruqing asked.

The ancestor shook her head, "It was not like this when I came here last time. It seems that after so many years, the primitive jungle in the south has also changed."

"It is not advisable to stay here for a long time. We must quickly find the ice and fire grass, investigate the situation, and return immediately!" The ancestor's voice was very serious.

Qin Ruqing wanted to use her treasure finder, but the forest was too large, and at least the approximate location needed to be determined before it could be accurately found.

Qin Ruqing said, "Grandmaster, do you know the approximate location of the Ice and Fire Grass?"

The ancestor's face changed for some reason, but he still said, "I know... follow me."

They came to a place with a very special terrain. Qin Ruqing crossed her arms and stood there suspiciously for a while, confirming that half of her body was cold and the other half was hot.

And... Qin Ruqing stared at a faintly red spring. It seemed that the feeling of cold and hot was divided by this spring.

Continuing forward, Qin Ruqing knew why she had this feeling. A silver ice spring and another red fire spring came from the distant mountains, winding down, gathering and intersecting here, and merged into a spring.

And where the springs meet... isn't there a shiny grass growing? The whole grass is shaped like an orchid, with slender and long leaves that bend and then droop gracefully. There are two small flowers in the center of the grass, one white and the other red.

Ice and Fire Grass!

The eyes of the group were slightly excited. The elixir that could heal the old ancestor's injuries was right in front of them.

The ancestor exhaled slowly, and was about to say something when the girl turned her head and said to her with shining eyes, "Ancestor, this grass was not eaten by the monster!"

Ancestor: "..."

When the ancestor came here and saw this grass, he couldn't help but think of some old things. His mood was complicated, but the girl's words immediately diluted the sadness and made him speechless.

After a while, the ancestor retracted his gaze, "Thanks to you, if it was a greedy girl like you who came to guard the grass, I think the grass would be gone in a few years." Qin

Ruqing smiled embarrassedly and changed the subject: "Ancestor, this grass is at the intersection of the two springs. Where is the Jindan stage monster? It won't move, right?"

"No," the ancestor's spiritual awareness passed over cautiously, and then quickly retracted after a while, "It's already here."

Qin Ruqing and the others were obviously nervous about this. Qin Deming crouched down, "Ancestor, should we retreat a little? Will it find us hiding here?"

The ancestor said, "No, this place is still far away from the ice and fire grass, and we are wearing magic tools that cover our breath. I will set up a spiritual shield to block the breath, and it will be safe."

As he said that, he raised his hand to set up a barrier, covering Qin Ruqing and the others.

They were hiding in a bush, using their spiritual awareness to detect the movement in front. The area where the spiritual springs converged probably had no vegetation because the temperature was too high and too low. It was a barren land, making it difficult to hide.

Qin Ruqing held his breath, and indeed, he sensed a big monster coming from the distant mountains ahead. It was not impatient, and from time to time it sniffed with its nose, or painted its own scent to mark the territory. It seemed to be patrolling the territory.

When it came closer, Qin Ruqing finally saw the complete appearance of this ice flame beast.

It looked like a big tiger with a circle of mane! The mane was like a circle of blazing fire surrounding its neck, but ice froze where its heavy feet stepped. The fur was shiny and smooth, and the buttocks were very round, but there were several very deep scars, and blood was faintly oozing out.

The big mane tiger walked to the ice spring on the left and drank a few sips of water, then ran to the fire spring on the right and drank a few more sips of water. Just like completing a daily task, it finally came to the ice and fire grass where the two springs meet, and took a deep breath. The beast face actually showed a hint of intoxication in a human way.

After smelling the fragrance, the big tiger's head actually lay down on the grass leaves.

It actually wanted to take a nap next to the grass!

Qin Ruqing couldn't help thinking in his heart, what kind of haunting is this? Could it be that the grass has been licked countless times by it... Oh, I dare not think about it.

Qin Ruqing and others just watched the big tiger taking a nap with the grass. After a while, it finally stood up slowly. Suddenly, a sharp bird cry came from the forest. The big tiger's pupils straightened up instantly, and it looked in the direction of the bird cry. The fierce appearance of the Jindan stage monster was revealed.

It roared wildly in that direction, and the birds started up. After a while, the forest returned to silence.

It seemed that a blind monster accidentally entered the big tiger's territory and was scared away by it.

The big tiger finished its patrol today, stood up slowly, looked at the grass reluctantly, and finally left and returned to the nest.

After it left completely, Qin Ruqing and the others held their breath and waited for a while. The ancestor gestured for them to retreat. When they retreated a few miles away, the ancestor finally spoke with a stern face:

"The ice flame beast is actually injured!"

Qin Ruqing thought of something and covered her mouth, "Ancestor, are you talking about the injury on its big butt?"

Ancestor: "...That is an external injury. Its breath is extremely unstable, and the heat energy is dissipated. Didn't you see that its mane is burning like fire? This is a symbol of its injury. Generally, except for courtship and healing, the mane will not be deliberately burned."

Qin Ruqing smiled embarrassedly. She thought it was just a style.

Qin Dexin said, "Ancestor, since it is injured, can we ..."

The ancestor shook his head, "It is only slightly injured, its breath is suspended, and with Shuangquan healing, it will recover soon. We can't rush to get the herbs, we have to take it slowly."

Qin Ruqing touched his chin and pondered, "Ancestor, according to the law, this big tiger is already in the Jindan stage, and it is outside the dense forest. It is definitely the rhythm of being the king. Who can hurt it?" Thinking of something, his eyes flashed, and he coughed again, "Look at the wound on its butt, it looks like it was caused by a fight between monsters."

Qin Deming looked at Qin Ruqing strangely. Why is this girl so concerned about the butt of other monsters?

Qin Ruqing turned his eyes away and laughed in his heart. This has nothing to do with Shanshan. Those who have raised cats and corgis will understand.

The ancestor pondered for a while and said, "Qingqing is right. Although the injury of the Ice Flame Beast is not serious, it is the king of the outer forest. Who dares to hurt it?"

"There must be a monster with the same cultivation level as it nearby, and it is not far from the Shuangquan territory, otherwise there will be no conflict."

The ancestor stood up and said, "Follow me to search nearby. This dense forest is a little unusual, so don't use your spiritual consciousness casually, so as not to disturb some large monsters and cause some unnecessary conflicts."

Qin Ruqing and the other four walked around the Shuangquan Mountains, but they found nothing except a monster in the foundation-building period.

The old ancestor was puzzled. "The level of the monsters outside this dense forest is obviously much higher than the last time I saw them

, and they are also much more dense." Qin Dexin nodded. "Logically, monsters in the Foundation Establishment Stage should start to divide their territories and not interfere with each other. There will be no more than ten monsters outside the dense forest, but just now I saw that there were two or three monsters near the Shuangquan Mountains, not to mention other places."

Qin Deming was on guard against the surrounding environment, but he saw Qingqing stroking her chin with a thoughtful look on her face. "My daughter, what have you thought of?"

The old ancestor and the third aunt both looked over. Qin Ruqing then said, "I'm wondering where the Jindan-stage monster that was fighting the big tiger is."

"There are two theories now. One is that the Jindan-stage monster that was fighting the big tiger was just passing by and accidentally broke into the big tiger's territory. The big tiger fought with it and was injured and drove the intruder away."

"Second, the Jindan stage monster is just outside the territory of the big tiger, and it came here to test it on purpose. If this is true, we have to think about why it knew there was a strong man here, but it had to come here to fight. What is so attractive about the Shuangquan territory?"

The ancestors looked at each other and said in unison: "Ice and Fire Grass!"

Qin Ruqing smiled and clapped his hands, "Yes! It also wants Ice and Fire Grass. Assuming this conjecture is true, this monster should also like ice and fire attributes. The big tiger lives at the source of the intersection of the two springs, so this monster lives..."

Qin Ruqing looked in the direction of the intersection of the two springs. The ice spring and the fire spring merged together to form a "Y" shape. The converging spring water was dark red and meandered to the depths of the dense forest.

Qin Ruqing pointed to the direction where the dark red spring extended, without saying anything, her eyebrows were flying, but how could people not know what she meant.

The big tiger lives at the source, so the Jindan stage monster must live at the tail end.

The ancestor patted her on the back of the head and flew forward first. Qin Deming followed and praised Qin Ruqing, "Our daughter has a good brain."

Although Qin Dexin did not say it, she also felt that Qin Ruqing was a shrewd girl, and she could come up with an idea as soon as she slapped her head.

The ancestor's calm voice came from the front, "She has a good brain, but she doesn't often use it in serious places."

This girl usually only thinks about serious things for a small half of the time, and the rest of the time is actually thinking about operations and bad ideas.

Qin Ruqing was not annoyed by the ancestor's teasing. Hehe, she thought that the ancestor was praising her.

As they were talking, they quickly arrived at the end of the double springs. The few people slowed down their pace and finally stopped on a thick branch that was slanted out.

The ancestor said: "There is something strange ahead, gather the aura!"

Raising his hand to set up a protective shield, the ancestor lowered his voice, "There is a strong aura ahead, but it seems that there is more than one, and the others are slightly weaker."

Because of the large number, the ancestor did not dare to use his spiritual consciousness to investigate casually, for fear of disturbing the Jindan stage monster in front.

Qin Ruqing squatted on the tree trunk, thought for a while, and took out a small gadget, "Grandfather, use this!"

Qin Dexin looked at the thing that looked like a simulated bird and asked, "What is this?" "

A small spiritual tool for investigation and inspection. Without spiritual energy fluctuations, it is just like an ordinary bird. We may be discovered if we use spiritual consciousness, but we won't be discovered if we use this."

The ancestor looked at her, "Is this something you asked for from the weapon master Xiao Tang?"

Qin Ruqing corrected, "I didn't ask for it, he gave it to me."

Qin Deming was surprised, "Isn't he avoiding you? Why would he give you a spiritual tool?" The father had heard something about the relationship between the daughter and Xiao Tang. I don't know what the daughter did, but the weapon master wanted to avoid her when he saw her.

Qin Ruqing clenched his fists, a little unconvinced, "He really gave it to me. Dad, you gave me half of the gifts you received at the foundation-building banquet. I picked out a lot of precious refining materials from them and gave them all to him. He was so touched that he gave me the spiritual weapon in return."

My father was suspicious. Really, so touched? Why do I feel that my daughter's words are full of water~

Qin Ruqing shifted her eyes. As for Xiao Tang, she was quite touched, but... she was also a little frightened. She felt that she must have an ulterior motive for being so nice to him all of a sudden. God knows! But few people can get anything from Qin Ruqing. She picked out all the materials for refining tools in the gift that day and sent them to him.

Later, when Xiao Tang saw that she really didn't ask for anything, she became awkward and took the initiative to ask her (unconsciously), if she needed anything.

Qin Ruqing hesitated for a while (pretending to be reserved), and then said, hey, she really wanted some small spiritual tools that could detect the situation.

Xiao Tang said nothing, took out a few things and stuffed them into her hands. After briefly explaining the functions, he left.

Qin Ruqing fiddled with the little thing in his hand and changed the topic, "Hey, don't worry about how the thing came from, as long as it works well, I will control it to see what is going on in front."

In order to achieve a better disguise effect, Qin Ruqing inserted some bird feathers at the bird's head and butt.

Qin Deming twitched his mouth, "My daughter, can you do this?"

Qin Ruqing raised her hand seriously, "Don't panic, I have tested it in advance. I dare not use it in actual combat without testing. The effect is very good." Xiao Tang's things are still reliable.

The little bird trembled forward, and after dropping a few bird feathers, it landed next to another little bird that was perched on a tree.

The little yellow bird looked at its peers strangely, and its eyes widened, and it flew away in a flash. The strange little bird took its place naturally.

The little bird looked forward and saw a group of monsters lying in the dense forest ahead. The monsters were all in the shape of wolves, some with their eyes closed, some dozing off, and some on alert.

The little bird seemed to be frightened by the sight of such a large group of monsters gathered together. It shook a little, and another red bird feather fell off its butt. After it slowed down, it focused its attention and looked at the largest beast-shaped wolf king leaning against the edge of the red spring.

It had oily black fur all over its body, and its limbs were strong. The strangest thing was that it had a third eye on its head, which was green and looked like a green lantern on its head.

At this time, the green lantern was slightly closed, and it looked very relaxed. Because there was a ball of white fluff in the wolf king's arms.

The little bird's eyes widened, wanting to take a closer look at what the white fluff was. Soon, the fluff moved, revealing two pointed ears and a big fluffy tail.

It turned out to be a little fox with a white body, but there was a pink tip on the tail. At this time, the little fox stretched out its head to let the wolf king lick its fur. The wolf king's green eyes actually revealed a rare tenderness, and he also began to lick the little fox's fur.

The two beasts were surrounded by an ambiguous atmosphere that no one could penetrate.

The little bird was stunned, and the last hair on its butt finally fell off.

The wolf king seemed to have sensed something and suddenly looked in the direction of the bird. The bird was frightened and shuddered, its eyes closed, and it instantly lost its agility.