In her previous life, Su Qing once happened to see a sea buckthorn dragon spirit fruit tree in the Gobi Desert. The tree was not big, and it only bore three or five fruits.
Unfortunately, she had already established her foundation at that time, so even if she consumed the sea buckthorn fruit, it would not be able to stabilize her spiritual root.
Later, Su Qing properly preserved these fruits and sold them for a considerable amount of spirit stones.
With the help of these spirit stones, Su Qing painstakingly cultivated herself into a Core Formation cultivator.
Now, Su Qing's eyes were practically sparkling with excitement over these hundred or so sea buckthorn fruits.
She is currently only at the seventh level of Qi Refining. After consuming it, her spiritual root will be stabilized, and her cultivation will be faster in the future.
Not only Su Qing, but all the Xuanling Sect disciples had slightly reddened eyes.
But then, everyone turned their gaze and saw the guardian beast of the Seabuckthorn Dragon Spirit Fruit Tree in the crystal ball—a seven-tier, five-headed sand serpent.
So big!
The sand snake was coiled next to the seabuckthorn dragon spirit fruit tree, and from this angle, it looked as tall as a small mountain.
The sand snake's scales are all golden, shimmering in the golden light of the setting sun over the Gobi Desert.
Four of the five heads were dozing off, while only one snake head was looking around.
Suddenly, the large green eyes on the snake's head were reflected in the crystal ball...
Everyone was startled.
"Oh no!" Mu Zihan exclaimed in shock. Then, the crystal ball went completely black!
"All the puppets have been destroyed." Mu Zihan's face was pale.
Although the puppet is mainly driven by the spirit stones on its body, Mu Zihan needs to drip a drop of his essence blood onto the puppet in order to make the projection on the crystal ball appear to the puppet.
As the puppet was destroyed, Mu Zihan also felt a needle-like pain.
At the same time, Wen Yougui coughed up a mouthful of blood, his face turning as pale as paper.
"All the greenwood rats are dead."
The dozens of green wood rats were all connected to the soul of the Wenyou turtle. With the death of the green wood rats, the Wenyou turtle also suffered some backlash.
Su Qing quickly grabbed a handful of Rejuvenation Pills and gave them to the two of them.
Mu Zihan...
Wenyou turtle...
The two of them silently pinched one and put it in their mouths.
They were all thinking to themselves, "Junior Sister, we've only suffered some backlash, why did you have to grab such a handful of Spirit Returning Pills?"
That's a Grade 3 Spirit Returning Pill! They're practically treating pills like they're nothing special.
Half an hour later, the two opened their eyes, and their complexions returned to normal.
"This sand snake is too powerful. I'm afraid we won't be able to pick the sea buckthorn dragon spirit fruit." Mu Zihan's voice was somewhat low.
"Yes, that's a seventh-tier demonic beast, it's incredibly powerful. Its combat strength is probably comparable to a Core Formation stage cultivator," said Wen Yougui.
Su Qing lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then said, "The Wuji Sect might also be eyeing the Seabuckthorn Dragon Spirit Fruit. Let's wait and see what methods they have."
Mu Zihan nodded and said, "Quite a few people from the Wuji Sect have entered the secret realm. It sounds like that guy surnamed Ouyang is quite capable."
Su Qing pouted. What skills did that Ouyang have? He couldn't even draw Mu Zihan's sword.
However, Wuji Sect is one of the five major sects, so maybe they have some hidden treasures.
"I'll send out some more puppets, but they won't get close. They'll just observe from the outside. If the Wuji Sect makes any moves, they'll be able to detect it immediately," Mu Zihan said, releasing another batch of puppets.
A rough count revealed that there were thirty to fifty of them.
As expected of Senior Brother Mu, he carries so many puppets with him.
“Then my Green Wood Rats will come along too,” Wen Yougui said, taking out another spirit beast cage, which contained about a hundred Green Wood Rats.
Okay, you guys are awesome!
“He moved,” Mu Zihan said.
Before leaving, Mu Zihan secretly dropped a puppet into the bushes to monitor the Wuji Sect disciple.
Su Qing had also placed a tracking talisman on the Wuji Sect disciple, so she could also detect the disciple's movements.
“Senior brother, I also released the Green Wood Rat,” Wen Yougui said.
It has to be said that these three people have a pretty good understanding.
The Wuji Sect disciple was unaware that he was being tracked three times. He searched along the way and finally found a mark on a tree.
This was left behind by the disciples of their Wuji Sect.
Following the direction of the arrow, the Wuji Sect disciple stopped after walking for two hours.
Before him lay an ancient site half-buried in yellow sand.
I never imagined there would be such a place in the Gobi Desert.
“Let’s follow them!” Mu Zihan said.
This secret realm was already eerie, but unexpectedly, it also contained ancient relics left by immortals.
I wonder what's hidden inside.
As soon as the Wuji Sect disciple arrived near the ancient ruins, two other Wuji Sect disciples blocked his way.
"Senior brothers, I am Qiu Baishou, an outer disciple of the Wuji Sect. I am in the second batch to enter the secret realm. I have something to report to Senior Brother Ouyang."
The two disciples of the Wuji Sect led him into the ancient ruins.
This ancient site is half buried by yellow sand, but there is still a door that leads inside.
More than a dozen Wuji Sect disciples were guarding the passage. At the end of the passage was a small room where five or six Wuji Sect disciples were sitting together.
"Senior Brother Ouyang!" Qiu Baishou knelt down abruptly and said, "Our team was scattered by the sand snakes under the boulder. I'm afraid the rest of our fellow disciples are already dead."
A young man dressed in a blue disciple's robe sneered and said, "You guys are quite bold, daring to confront a seventh-tier demonic beast!"
Inner disciple!
Qiu Baishou then realized that apart from Senior Brother Ouyang, who was an outer disciple, the others were actually inner disciples.
One of the disciples was even wearing the purple disciple robes that only direct disciples could wear.
she is……
Qiu Baishou's mind went blank for a moment.
She was actually Yan Ziying, a disciple personally taught by the sect leader, and a single-elemental fire-attribute spirit root.
She joined the Wuji Sect at the age of thirteen, and now at fourteen, she has already reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage. She only needs one Foundation Establishment Pill to complete her Foundation Establishment.
Unexpectedly, the Wuji Sect allowed the proud daughter of heaven, Yan Ziying, to enter the secret realm.
"It's just a mere seventh-tier demon beast," Yan Ziying said calmly. "My master has already prepared the Golden Silkworm Feather Robe for me, which can protect me even against a seventh-tier demon beast! I'm determined to get my hands on the Seabuckthorn Dragon Spirit Fruit this time."
“Senior Sister Yan, the Golden Silkworm Feather Robe is powerful, but that seventh-tier demon beast has five heads!” Qiu Baishou said, “It’s probably not a good idea to just charge at it.”
“What you said does make some sense.” Yan Ziying looked at Qiu Baishou teasingly and said, “Why don’t you go and distract that monster?”
Qiu Baishou's face turned pale instantly.
"What, you're scared now?" Yan Ziying sneered and said, "If you're scared, then don't point fingers at me! This time, Master sent me into the secret realm for the Seabuckthorn Dragon Spirit Fruit. I've already made full preparations, and it's not your place to tell me what to do."
Not only Qiu Baishou, but also Senior Brother Ouyang and those inner disciples all lowered their heads and remained silent.
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