"Stop, stop, stop!" Ye Xiruo pointed her delicate white finger at a large tree in front of her, her tone full of excitement.
"What's wrong?" Xiu Qiyu looked up at the tree in front of him with some confusion. A pungent smell was emanating from the tree, and Xiu Qiyu instinctively wanted to leave. Cultivators' senses are often much more sensitive than ordinary people's, and this smell made him very uncomfortable.
"These are Sichuan peppercorns. Quickly pick them and cook them in a dish; they'll be delicious."
Sure enough, upon hearing about food, Xiu Qiyu's expression softened. He put Ye Xiruo down and flew up to a tree in a flash. Ye Xiruo then saw streaks of white sword light flying around, seemingly light and weak, but it looked like a rain of peppercorns was about to fall.
"That's enough, that's enough." This much peppercorn is enough for them to eat for several years.
Unable to see Xiu Qiyu's movements clearly, Ye Xiruo gathered all the peppercorns into a bag. Her mouth hung open as she stared blankly at the bag Xiu Qiyu handed her.
"This is a storage bag, about ten cubic meters."
"Is it for me?" Ye Xiruo's eyes sparkled, and her eyebrows were curved, making her look very cute.
Xiu Qiyu pinched Ye Xiruo's cheek and said calmly, "This is a loan from you, you have to return it."
"Hmph." Ye Xiruo happily accepted the storage bag and put it in her bosom. She would return it in ten years.
During the rest of the trip, Ye Xiruo discovered wood ear mushrooms, shiitake mushrooms, chili peppers, and garlic. Unfortunately, she didn't see any cumin, otherwise she could have made barbecue.
Of course, she didn't miss any of the herbs along the way. Gradually, she discovered that whenever she found a herb, the "Compendium of Herbs" would appear in her mind. The herbs would float around in her mind, very lively.
Since Xiu Qiyu couldn't see it anyway, Ye Xiruo brazenly began to look through the medicinal herbs.
This contains seven types of Ganoderma lucidum, eight types of Ganoderma lucidum, and cinnamon.
Although the spiritual energy in the back mountain was not as good as that in the space, it was much better than that in the village. Ye Xiruo absorbed the spiritual energy while carrying the medicinal herbs.
A pale green light emanated from her, falling on the trees and grass. The plants grew wildly at a visible speed, and then fed back their spiritual energy to Ye Xiruo.
Ye Xiruo's aura slowly increased, and the medicinal herbs in her sea of consciousness, whether sensing the spiritual energy or for some other reason, became more active than usual. Ye Xiruo flipped through them faster and faster.
Xiu Qiyu's expression was very solemn. He didn't know what Ye Xiruo had done, but cultivating like this in the inner circle of the back mountain was very dangerous. The sound of wild beasts galloping could be heard in the air, and what was worse, it was getting dark, and the beasts at night were even more ferocious and powerful.
Xiu Qiyu circulated his true energy and ran quickly through the forest, determined to get out of the inner circle before dark.
More and more wild animals appeared on the road, their eyes bloodshot, charging madly toward Xiu Qiyu, or rather, Ye Xiruo on Xiu Qiyu's back.
Without exception, all these beasts died under Xiu Qiyu's sword finger; not a single beast could withstand a single finger strike from him.
Ye Xiruo closed her eyes, and the small grass in her dantian swayed, carrying a mysterious charm. Meanwhile, Ye Xiruo's sea of consciousness had become an ocean of herbs, with countless medicinal materials constantly flying around. Ye Xiruo's divine sense carefully perceived their characteristics and then imprinted them into her sea of consciousness.
As for the absorbed spiritual energy, it continuously transformed into pure true energy, cleansing her meridians and impacting her acupoints.
She seemed oblivious to everything around her.
Half an hour passed, and Xiu Qiyu still hadn't made it out of the inner circle. There were just too many wild beasts to kill them all, and since he couldn't fly on his sword in the inner circle, his speed was greatly affected.
What unsettled Xiu Qiyu the most was that the beasts were growing stronger. A pack of gray wolves walked through the jungle, their emerald green eyes fixed on Ye Xiruo with a calm yet greedy gaze.
The wolves made no move, but Xiu Qiyu dared not relax for a moment. Wolves are social animals and the most patient. These twenty-odd wolves were waiting, waiting for Xiu Qiyu to get tired or let his guard down, so they could strike him deadly.
Xiu Qiyu was naturally not afraid of these wolves. Even though he had consumed a small portion of his true energy, he was not someone these wolves could bully at will.
His concern was for Ye Xiruo on his back; she was cultivating and seemed to have entered a profound state. This kind of state was clearly rare and highly sought after, and judging from her aura, she was very likely to break through. At this moment, she absolutely could not be interrupted, otherwise she would be seriously injured at best, and die at worst.
Xiu Qiyu naturally couldn't let Ye Xiruo die.
As soon as Ye Xiruo was gently placed on the ground, Xiu Qiyu stood up, drew his sword, and prepared for battle.
These wolves were only the first prey of the day. If Ye Xi hadn't stopped cultivating, the green light around her would have become even more intense, and she would have been almost completely enveloped in a ball of light, making it impossible to see her small figure.
The snow-white sword light carried a chilling aura in the dim forest. Xiu Qiyu gripped the sword in his right hand, his snow-white robes remaining perfectly still. Yet, his aura surged to its peak in an instant, rendering the surroundings almost completely silent.
Dozens of green eyes stared coldly at Ye Xiruo, filled with greed and cruelty.
Xiu Qiyu moved, her snow-white sword light sweeping towards the wolf pack with a chilling killing intent. At the same time, the wolves also moved, their white claws flashing with a cold, bloodthirsty light, rushing towards Xiu Qiyu like streaks of gray lightning.
The bloody battle came to an end in an instant. In Xiu Qiyu's eyes, endless sword light flashed. His snow-white figure was in the wolf pack. The sword light swept across, bringing with it patches of blood.
Surprisingly, the wolves wounded by the sword light had white ice flowers spreading continuously from their wounds. The wounded wolves began to move slowly, and within two breaths, Xiu Qiyu struck their vital points, causing them to fall to the ground and die.
A quarter of an hour later, bright red blood slowly dripped from the snow-white sword to the ground and disappeared. Xiu Qiyu's expression remained unchanged, the sword light in his eyes still so intense that it was impossible to look directly at him. The green light surrounding Ye Xiruo intensified, and the vegetation around her grew wildly.
The remaining wolves howled incessantly, their front paws gripping the ground tightly, waiting for the white figure in front of them to fall.
A new battle quickly began, and Xiu Qiyu moved even faster, her sword almost invisible. Wolves fell one after another, but the remaining wolves were not deterred by the deaths of their companions, and continued to fearlessly attack Xiu Qiyu.
Xiu Qiyu's sword light protected Ye Xiruo in the middle without any gaps. The wolf pack gradually discovered the weakness of their opponent and began to frantically pounce on Ye Xiruo.
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