Chapter 47 A day spent floating in the forest, suddenly a demon appears…
The interlude was just an interlude after all. After dealing with other matters, Chang Yu and his apprentice returned their focus to digging for the ginseng.
After many years, the little thing is still incredibly shrill; its screams are enough to make anyone dizzy.
At first, Chang Yubai did the work of digging up ginseng, but later, the master noticed that his apprentice was watching intently from the side, his eyes fixed on the whole process of digging up ginseng, and he began to have designs on it.
"Xiaoyun, how much is left?"
“There are still five trees left in Shuque County,” Li Qingyun replied.
The sixteen ginseng roots from Muqiong County were taken on the first return to the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits. Of the twenty-one ginseng roots in Shuque County, sixteen have now been taken.
“There are only five left, how about I teach them all to you?” Chang Yubai suggested.
"Leave it all to me?" Li Qingyun asked in surprise. "Should I pick them?"
Chang Yubai nodded.
This can be considered a trial he gave to Xiaoyun.
After a long break, I haven't had a chance to take Xiaoyun to the secret realm to test her skills. Even after entering the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits, I haven't been able to find an opportunity for Xiaoyun to fight. Now, picking ginseng is a good excuse. It can train Xiaoyun's mental endurance and also test her progress in speed.
It should be noted that even Chang Yubai, who was also at the early stage of high martial arts back then, was sweating profusely while chasing this book.
It would be right to let Xiaoyun chase after it for a while too.
What a twist of fate! Time has been reversed, master and apprentice have switched places, and all the coincidences have happened in the same place.
As expected, Li Qingyun was given a headache when she first faced the ginseng, and she couldn't hold on to it properly, as the ginseng chattered and escaped.
Li Qingyun's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly gave chase, clearly knowing that even a slight difference in speed would leave him far behind.
Chang Yubai wasn't in a hurry to chase after her. Even though he and Xiaoyun were a thousand feet apart, he only needed to focus his thoughts to sense the specific situation on Li Qingyun's side.
The leaves on the trees next to me, however, kept moving endlessly.
"Li Hongyi?"
He asked in confusion.
But no one came out.
Chang Yubai's expression instantly turned serious.
Was that strange movement just now not Li Hongyi returning?
He thought it was just his own people dawdling and didn't pay much attention, but he never expected to see a single person or even a single insect crawling out from behind the leaves.
By the time they went to investigate, it was too late. They shouldn't have made a sound earlier, which alerted the thief hiding behind the leaves. Now, the thief was far away.
"well."
This person was incredibly lucky; they escaped with their life.
But the question is, when did the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits become so dangerous that it's teeming with thieves?
Although it hid behind the fallen leaves for a short time, who was it after?
"The Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits doesn't seem much better than the Yan Kingdom."
Chang Yubai was speechless.
Some are fighting wars, others are fighting internal strife. In this situation, Zhongzhou is still desperately trying to promote its own list of geniuses. It's like adding another layer of chaos before the first one has been settled.
Chang Yu Bai Qianqian pinched the spiritual energy fluctuations she had participated in, memorized them, and then wiped away the traces with a wave of her hand before leaving.
During his absence, Li Qingyun was in a state of utter chaos.
But since the ginseng was something that Li Qingyun had dropped himself, he couldn't find the trick at first. After chasing it two or three times, he actually managed to control it.
Those eyes are so green they could be eaten like vegetable leaves.
Attracting Spirits—a skill that allows the spirits recruited by the middle school to feel a sense of affinity, and it is also Li Qingyun's innate innate skill.
To activate this move, one needs a life essence. Li Qingyun originally intended to use the life essence ginseng in his pocket to make the fleeing life essence ginseng turn back. Unexpectedly, when he activated his move, the fleeing life essence ginseng instantly stopped moving and directly joined the pocket.
So, the original ginseng within a certain range can be used directly... Li Qingyun twitched the corner of her mouth, it was hard to tell whether she was more surprised or speechless.
"They actually caught them." Chang Yubai's voice rang out at the right moment.
When Li Qingyun turned around, Chang Yubai was stroking his chin, looking incredulous.
Li Qingyun: "Master, this is, after all, mine."
That makes sense. Chang Yubai was successfully persuaded.
“But you still almost escaped from Shuque County.” Chang Yubai pointed to Ying Sui not far away, which happened to be the magic array connecting Shuque County and Shuying County.
Chang Yubai arrived at just the right time. In his mind, there was no example of Li Qingyun successfully capturing someone, but he knew that if he ran in this direction, he would be out of Shuque County in just a few dozen breaths.
The original ginseng in Shuque County has not yet been fully harvested, and there is a pack of wolves eyeing it in Suoying County. In order to harvest ginseng in peace, it is best not to cross the border easily.
"Unexpected." Chang Yubai expressed his praise and then steeled himself to hand over a whole box of Bee Spirit Candy.
Li Qingyun: "..." Do I need your candy?
But she still took it very easily.
Li Qingyun chewed and chewed: "Master, am I going by myself again next?"
"No rush, let's take it slow," Chang Yubai said.
"Oh, okay." Li Qingyun nodded.
If he hadn't found the trick, he might have worried about being preempted by bad people and bad things, but now that he had figured out how to subdue the ginseng, he wasn't in a hurry to deal with these little things.
Nowadays, ginseng roots the size of an adult's palm are lying in pockets, and it's fun just to rummage through them.
His consciousness seemed to be becoming increasingly clear.
While the two rested on the spot, the other creatures in the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits refused to rest.
A magical beast quietly crawled out; it was a bird that looked like a deer, with long antlers and four legs…?
"What is this thing?" Chang Yubai couldn't help but grab the strange bird by the back of its neck, startling the little creature so much that it flapped its wings in fright.
Li Qingyun glanced at it and recognized the little thing: "Deer-winged birds, they're everywhere in the Nine Heavens. Their meat is delicious and very nutritious, but..."
Before Li Qingyun could finish saying the word "two," she saw Chang Yubai poking and pinching it like a little kid seeing a toy for the first time.
Li Qingyun couldn't help but warn, "The deer-winged bird has a terrible temper and is very dangerous."
Nine Heavens is one of the Ten Wonders and also the top of the Three Secret Realms. Where can the spirit beasts that come out of there go safely?
However, Li Qingyun realized that she was worrying for nothing. She was no longer the same person who had only caught a fleeting glimpse of Jiulitian, and Chang Yubai was no longer the high-level martial artist who had first brought her to the Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits.
A single deer-winged bird poses no real threat to Chang Yubai.
But Li Qingyun deliberately left it unfinished, just to wait and see what would happen next.
The little bird's four legs, which had been kicking wildly, suddenly began to work together forcefully, and the frequency of its wing flapping decreased. This sudden change in behavior seemed to indicate that it was preparing for something.
Chang Yubai looked on with confusion, but without Li Qingyun's reminder, he thought the little bird was trying its best to struggle and found it more and more adorable, so he rubbed it even more vigorously.
When Chang Yubai brought the little bird closer, its head suddenly grew larger than the leaves of the giant tree next to it, and its gaping maw seemed to want to swallow Chang Yubai whole.
Chang Yubai: "..."
Oh my god, throw it away right now!
This is unbelievable!
Who would have thought that one second it was an adorable, headless sparrow, and the next it would transform into a ferocious, ugly, carnivorous falcon? Is that right?
Chang Yubai silently turned his head to look at Li Qingyun.
Li Qingyun turned her head away, avoiding eye contact with him.
Very good, this round is a back-and-forth struggle between master and apprentice, a two-way race.
Suddenly, Chang Yubai caught a sound in his ear.
This time, he took the initiative to restrain Li Qingyun and released his senses, avoiding alerting her as he had done at the beginning.
The spiritual energy opposite was enveloped by Rang's detection, and sure enough, it was not Li Hongyi who came this time.
Regardless of where Li Hongyi died and became a wandering ghost, the smell of this spiritual energy is truly unsettling.
"This thing has delicious meat, right?" Chang Yu waved the little bird in his hand, which was already in a XX shape. After receiving an affirmative answer, he stuffed it into the food slot in his mustard seed space. Then, Black Scale silently unsheathed itself and flew around in front of Li Qingyun.
The hidden cultivators had obviously seen the sword and tried to escape, but they were too late. Just as Chang Yubai was asking about the quality of the bird's meat, he placed a restriction within a ten-meter radius, preventing anyone from leaving.
"How's the quality of this meat?" Chang Yubai asked casually.
Li Qingyun: "...The stench is unbearable."
He also saw the thief who tried to escape but failed.
Chang Yubai had already made his move, and Li Qingyun was unsure whether to intervene.
But soon Li Qingyun retreated a few steps and left the battle.
There was no other reason than that this thief wanted to fight to the death, so he actually used all his skills to attack Chang Yubai.
Daring to show off against a Venerable Martial Realm expert means there's really no way out. What's truly frightening is the demonic aura emanating from this thief. Just by smelling it, he doesn't look like a human or a ghost; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say he's a corpse that's been rotting for hundreds of years.
But what's worse is the spiritual power this thief used. At first glance, it looks like the demonic energy of someone who has lost their mind and fallen into demonic ways, but upon closer inspection, it's all karmic evil energy. This thief who is desperately following the two is clearly a genuine evil cultivator!
Chang Yubai usually doesn't make a move when he has apprentices, but this time it's an unusual situation.
He had already sensed something was wrong, and the black-scaled flying sword transformed into countless illusory entities, all pointing at the masked evil cultivator.
"Purpose?" Chang Yubai asked coldly.
The evil cultivator opposite him only let out a muffled growl and did not respond.
There was no need to ask any more questions. Black Scales happily descended and directly killed the strange and evil cultivator.
Then the evil spirit was triggered, and the black scale sword absorbed all the evil cultivator's karma, strengthening his body. So his efforts weren't in vain.
The matter was resolved, but Chang Yubai and his apprentice did not show any improvement in their complexions.
The rune restriction had been removed, and the space was once again open to free movement, but the master and disciple still hadn't made any move.
Chang Yubai and Li Qingyun looked at each other, and saw a hint of shock in each other's eyes.
Sure enough, this was unusual.
The Forest of Ten Thousand Spirits has always been known as a pure land, and runes targeting evil cultivators are engraved in the Firefly. It can immediately activate purification once there are mutually repulsive evil energy fluctuations.
How could heresy practitioners be lurking here?
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