Chapter 41
"strangeness……"
Gu Qi stepped on the flying sword and stopped above the central area of the Death Mountains shrouded in fog, without descending.
Is it because she doesn't want to?
Because I can't.
After the flying sword descended to a certain height, Gu Qi felt a sense of danger coming from the undetectable central area.
Her intuition told her that she couldn't go down any further.
Excluding the intuitive factor, Gu Qi could not continue to descend. There was an invisible and powerful barrier covering the sky above this area. Unless she exhausted all her spiritual power and supernatural powers, she would not be able to break through this barrier.
This is also what Gu Qi found strange. She can be sure that this barrier is not from mutant creatures, but from the formation.
Gu Qi frowned slightly: "Could there be other immortal cultivators traveling through here?"
"No." Jiu Cang said very confidently.
This immediately diverted Gu Qi's attention from the formation barrier. He looked at Jiu Cang who was sitting beside him and asked again, "Do you know something?"
Jiu Cang also showed a puzzled look again, as if he didn't understand why he was so sure, even though he hadn't checked the situation below yet.
Just like last time, he said that he had put the things into the core space in advance.
Gu Qi didn't think much about it at the time, and just thought that Jiu Cang was preventing some unexpected situations from happening when she was undergoing the tribulation. But when she thought about it carefully later, she felt that something was not right.
Even if she failed to pass the tribulation, and the cave bound to her was damaged, as long as she was still in the world of immortal cultivation, couldn't she refine elixirs and other things at any time?
But the last time she asked, Jiu Cang said that he didn't know the reason. He only remembered that he packed his things in advance, but he couldn't remember why he had to make these preparations in advance.
Sensing the tremors in the cave within his spiritual sea, Gu Qi quickly raised his hand and channeled a stream of pure spiritual energy into Jiu Cang, saying, "If you can't remember, then don't think about it. You haven't recovered yet, so don't use your original power carelessly. Who knows, you might remember it once the cave is fully repaired?"
"But..." Aqi wanted to know.
"No buts." Gu Qi held his head and said seriously, "If it will hurt you, then I don't want to know anything."
The white mist instantly turned pink, and Jiucang whispered, "I will listen to Aqi."
It was as if beautiful fireworks were exploding in his head, and in an instant, only one thought remained: Aqi cares about me!
only……
Jiu Cang looked down at his current appearance, then looked up at Gu Qi's hand pressing on his head, and his mood suddenly became much lower.
She needs to recover a little more. Now, not to mention protecting Aqi, it's even inconvenient to cover her with a blanket.
Jiu Cang stood up on the flying sword and pointed to the area of Death Mountain that was not shrouded by fog. "Since we can't go down directly, why not try another way to see if we can get in? By the way, we can also collect some exotic plants and beasts. The cave is almost ready to upgrade to the next level."
"That's right."
Gu Qi nodded. Anyway, she had originally planned to look for mutated plants and animals in the Death Mountains to replenish the last few things needed to upgrade the cave.
Besides, the central area is somewhat dangerous. If her strength can be improved a little more, she will be more confident.
Before leaving, Gu Qi couldn't help but look at the central area shrouded by the fog barrier.
"If there are no other cultivators, then the barrier below..."
Gu Qi thought of a possibility.
"Natural formation!"
"There's a natural formation underneath."
One person and one weapon spoke in unison.
Jiu Cang continued, "This natural formation was formed not long ago. It should have been formed after the earthquake you mentioned, Ah Qi. Judging from the strength of this natural formation, our previous speculation should be correct. There is a spiritual vein underneath, and the spiritual energy is very abundant."
Gu Qi nodded in agreement.
If it weren't for the spiritual veins with abundant spiritual energy, she wouldn't have felt so dangerous.
This also explains why Xiang Haoyu could never get in in his previous life. Judging from the strength of this natural formation, it would be difficult for someone who has no knowledge of formations to enter even if he is lucky.
Gu Qi retracted his gaze, turned around and warned: "Jiu Cang, you should rest well first, and don't use your spiritual power to help me investigate the surrounding situation. I will need you to enter the formation later."
As luck would have it, although she had some understanding of the formation, she was not proficient in it.
It would be fine if it was an ordinary formation, but for her to enter this kind of natural formation safely, it would not only be difficult, but it would also take a lot of time and it would be easy to get trapped.
"Okay, I'll listen to you." Jiu Cang withdrew his spiritual power and recuperated the damage he had suffered when he tried to find the memory fragments that were disrupted by the power of time and space.
Gu Qi sighed in her heart and became more determined to quickly improve her strength. If she was strong enough, she would have a way to enter safely even if she was not proficient in the formation.
After the crisis at Hope Base is over, perhaps she could consider opening a store somewhere else. Having an additional channel would allow the cave to be upgraded and restored faster, and she would be able to recover her cultivation faster.
Gu Qi controlled the flying sword to change direction and was about to fly in the direction where he sensed a mutant creature of level no less than four.
Suddenly, she remembered something and the flying sword stopped abruptly.
After a moment, the flying sword changed direction again.
There was a mutant sparrow beside Gu Qi. It was the mother sparrow in the sparrow family, and it was also the first one to discover the adventure.
When Gu Qi left the mutant sparrow family behind, he learned from them about a place that was suspected to be the place where Xiang Haoyu had an adventure in his previous life. However, he was delayed by other things and did not have time to look for it.
"Chirp..." We're almost there. The baby is behind the stone wall in front.
"Chirp, chirp..." But the vines on that stone wall are so annoying. They always block us from going in, and we can't catch them. They always want to eat us.
Gu Qi looked in the direction the mother sparrow pointed.
There was no stone wall to be seen, only a very lush vine wall and some red flowers hidden among the vines, which were gorgeous and dangerous.
When the flying sword got closer, the vines that were swaying in the wind suddenly rose from the ground, and several vines came towards Gu Qi, as if wanting to pull her down.
Gu Qi controlled the flying sword to quickly avoid the attacking vines. At the same time, he swung his right hand holding the dagger vigorously, and the sword energy slashed towards the vines.
In just a moment, more than ten vines were broken off at the same time. The cuts were smooth, and you could faintly see a few strands of red mixed in with the green vines.
The mutated vines seemed to have no reaction. More than ten vines stood straight and motionless in the same place. The vines covering the mountain wall no longer moved with the wind, and they were completely frozen and motionless.
"Chirp chirp..." Hahahaha! Stupid Ivy didn't expect this!
"Chacha..." You always stop us, bah bah bah, and you still want to suck the blood of your ancestor? Dream on! Don't even think about it in your next life!
"Chirp chirp..." Are you stupid? Get out of the way now! If you keep blocking the road, I'll uproot you and you won't be able to suck blood anymore!
The mutant sparrow mother was attacking crazily, flying around and mocking the mutant vines that stayed in place. As she spoke, she spit out a thunder ball and hit the vines.
Gu Qi: “…”
Why didn’t I realize before that the mutant sparrow mother was so talkative?
Just as the thunder ball was about to hit the vine wall, the many vines covering the mountain wall moved.
Nearly a hundred vines twisted into a large net, rushing towards the flying mutant sparrow cage with great momentum, as if they were going to crush it to death.
There was also a vine that wanted to knock away the lightning ball, but unfortunately the result was the same as before, the lightning ball could not be knocked away, and the vine was charred by electricity.
As nearly a hundred vines pursued the mutant sparrow, Gu Qi sensed the consciousness of the fourth-level mutant vine.
[I'm so angry, so angry, so angry! Damn sparrow, you ate me before the apocalypse, and now you're electrocuting me afterward, you have no moral principles at all! If you have the guts, don't confront me head-on with your thunderball!]
[Ahhh! This hurts so much! I'm going to make you into a sparrow cake! I'll use you as fertilizer for my flowers!]
“Ji!” Help! Help!
"Chirp!" Master, help! The sparrow is dying!
“Chirp chirp!” Stinky vine! Damn you! You deserve it for not being able to bloom!
Gu Qi, who was watching the farce and about to take action, was stunned when he heard this. No flowers can bloom?
What are those bright red flowers?
She looked carefully at the red flowers that were still well protected by vines even when they were chasing the mutant sparrows.
Only then did she realize that those were not flowers on the vines at all.
Instead, it is assembled from the leaves and roots of the vine. Several bright red vine leaves are stacked together to form "petals", and the pale yellow roots are in the center of these "petals" as "stamens".
There are even darker vine leaves serving as calyxes beneath this gorgeous "flower."
"This exotic vine has great potential." Jiu Cang suddenly said, "Its medicinal properties are similar to the Ninghuan Grass in the world of immortal cultivation."
Gu Qi asked in surprise, "Is it the Ninghuan Grass used to refine Huanzhen Pills?"
"That's right."
"The effect of the medicine is even stronger."
Gu Qi's eyes suddenly became brighter, and the corners of his mouth curled up unconsciously.
This is such a surprise!
It was not because she had found the herbs that could be used to refine the Illusion Pill. After all, the Illusion Pill was not of much use to Gu Qi. She knew a lot of magic tricks that could change her appearance, including some that could make the fake look real.
What surprised her was that Ninghuan Grass could be used to refine another kind of elixir -
The Explosive Yuan Pill can elevate one's cultivation to a higher level. Depending on the quality of the pill, the improvement time ranges from two quarters of an hour to half an hour.
Ninghuan Grass is an auxiliary medicine for refining Explosive Yuan Pill. She basically has all the other herbs needed. Some come from the warehouse of the underground research institute, some are received from the store, and the other two are in the seed bank unlocked after the cave was upgraded.
I hope the monster wave the base will face will be large-scale, and it would be best if we have more trump cards.
Since it is a hidden spiritual vein, moving it will not only fail to eliminate the crisis, but will make the crisis come faster. Not to mention that if you only move the spiritual vein without moving the base, it will cause the base city to collapse.
Gu Qi's eyes fell on the mutated vines and he quickly swung his sword to cut them off.
The mutant sparrow that almost fell into the vine net escaped and flew towards Gu Qi with rapid breathing, wanting to land on her shoulder to rest.
Before it landed, it felt a dangerous gaze falling on it.
Meeting Jiu Cang's cold gaze, the mutant sparrow froze in its tracks and didn't dare to land again.
"Chirp chirp..." The stinking vine is so crazy that it scares the birds. Master, can I go back to the cave and hide first?
It’s too dangerous outside, so it’s better for it to go back to the cave and have a meal, even if it’s just farming!
The mutant sparrow thought with lingering fear, wondering how the stinking vine grew. It was obviously very weak before, but now it is stronger than it. If it had not graduated with perfect flying skills, it would have become a sparrow cake long ago.
Of course, there is another point - it doesn't want to be thrown into the martial arts training ground for more training!
"Okay." Gu Qi raised his hand to catch the mutant sparrow that was tired of flying, and then send it into the cave.
But just as she raised her hand, someone, no, a spirit got there first.
The mist-like figure fluttered its wings and flew to the mutant sparrow. He raised his hand and put it into the cave. He then slowly landed on Gu Qi's shoulder as a quiet shoulder pendant.
Inside the cave, the mutant sparrow, which had landed on the grass with a "plop", shook its dizzy head and whispered in its heart: "Stingy guy, drink some cold water..."
No, that person doesn't seem to need water.
After looking around and confirming its location, the mutant sparrow, which had just crawled up from the ground, spread its claws and lay back on the grass.
I don’t want to fly anymore because my wings are tired.
It's impossible to walk, this place is too far from its nest. If it really walks all the way there, its claws will definitely be broken.
Suddenly, it thought of something and quickly said to Gu Qi through its connection with her, "Master, Master! The stinking vine has become so powerful now. It must have either secretly used the treasure or found another treasure. Master, remember to ask it to hand over the treasure!"
A few minutes later—
"Chirp..." Mom, mom! We've brought you some food! Master Jiucang said this is your reward for leading the master.
Two little sparrows grabbed a bag of throwing knives in front of the mutant sparrow mother.
The cloth bag was opened, and inside was a bag full of spiritual wheat.
"Jiu Cang!" Lord Jiu Cang is so generous!
The mutant sparrow mother thought to herself: It turns out that it is more useful to please the owner!
Outside, in front of the stone wall:
Gu Qi held a stone that looked like jade in his hand. The green mineral emitted pure wood energy. Of course, it was the kind of wood energy that was unique to the end of the world and contained violent energy.
This is also a spiritual chalcedony.
Unlike the spiritual jades he had obtained before, which only contained pure non-attribute energy, the one in Gu Qi's hand was a wood-attribute spiritual jade.
For her, the wood-type spiritual jadeite is more useful than the non-attribute spiritual jadeite. Just by holding it like this, the wood-type spiritual power will flow into her body through her hand.
Next to Gu Qi was a wilted vine lying on the ground with a few bright red "flowers" on it. A closer look revealed that the vine had many sword marks and some smooth cuts, and next to it were piles of vine branches.
[Wuwuwu…it hurts…]
The mutant vine looked at the branches next to it with heartache, and when it saw a few bright red "petals" among them, it couldn't help crying even louder.
This human is too cruel!
The mutant vine looked at Gu Qi cautiously. It never thought that it, which had been rampant in this area and had never suffered any harm except for the group of mutant sparrows, would suffer such a miserable loss today.
It, who never admits defeat, can't help but think: If I had known earlier, I would have admitted defeat earlier QAQ
Teng Shishi never expected that after he stubbornly refused the human's request and tried to launch a sneak attack and suck blood, he would be beaten so badly!
If it hadn't reacted quickly, it would have been beaten into a bald vine!
In the end, he still became the subordinate of this terrible human. It would be better to admit defeat earlier so as not to get beaten in vain.
wrong……
It's not a free thing, it's a loss!
[Woo woo…my baby…]
The mutant vine couldn't help but curse in its heart, but it didn't dare to curse Gu Qi. It was cursing the mutant sparrow that brought Gu Qi here.
It didn't know how Gu Qi noticed the wood-type spiritual jadeite, but it accidentally cursed the culprit.
Just as the mutant vine was crying and cursing, Gu Qi said, "I can make you bloom, a real flower."
Mutated vines:!!!
[Really? ! ]
[Can I really bloom real flowers?]
[The one who cheated on Teng is a bastard!]
Gu Qi: "...Of course it's true."
Not to mention plants, even if a person wants to have a flower bloom on his head, it can do so. It is not an illusion, but a real flower. This is the effect of the Huanzhen Pill.
However, the flowers that bloom or other things that grow after taking the Huanzhen Pill have a time limit. Just like normal flowers, they will wither. After withering, they will not grow again unless you take the Huanzhen Pill again.
[Woo wow wow @&%……*#￥%]
Gu Qi: Is this just garbled text due to excitement? I have no idea what the consciousness frequency behind it means.
It took a long time for the mutant vine to recover. The fluctuations of consciousness were no longer garbled, but it was still shaking its branches excitedly.
[Do you like this stone? I have other colors!]
As he spoke, the roots of the mutant vine pulled out a yellowish spiritual jade from the bottom like pulling out a carrot, and handed it to Gu Qi like offering a treasure.
What do you think of this? It's not a very pretty color, but it looks very similar to that baby and makes me feel comfortable.
A hint of surprise flashed in Gu Qi's eyes. He didn't expect that there was a piece of earth-type spiritual jade hidden underneath.
However, it was precisely because it was earth-type that she had not discovered it before. Of course, it was also because the mutant vines buried it quite deep.
"I love so much."
Gu Qi took the earth-type spiritual jade and threw a Huiyuan Pill to the mutated vine.
[What's this? ]
The mutant vine fiddled with the Huiyuan Pill, and felt its roots stirring, wanting to grab the small pill that made the vine feel very comfortable.
"You can bury the one that heals you at the root system."
After getting the promise, the mutant vines quickly wrapped around Huiyuan Dan with their roots, and soon the sword marks on the vines gradually faded.
As a spiritual spell was cast, those shallow traces completely faded away.
The mutant vine felt that new branches could finally grow from its severed branches, unlike before, when no matter how hard it tried, it couldn't grow a single one.
Ignoring the delighted mutated vines, Gu Qi's gaze stopped somewhere on the earth-type spiritual jadeite, with a puzzled look in his eyes.
Why does it feel like something is wrong here?
A mist-like hand was placed on the place she felt was wrong, and Jiucang showed a look of surprise: "There is a piece of water-type spiritual jade in it."
"Crack..."
As Jiu Cang exerted a little force, a crack appeared on the earth-type spiritual jade marrow.
Through the crack, Gu Qi saw a touch of aqua blue, like a pool of pure sea water, or a cloudless sky, which made people feel relaxed and happy.
"This purity..." Gu Qi raised his eyebrows slightly in surprise, "Isn't this an ordinary water-type spiritual jade, but a spiritual marrow heart?"
Gu Qi was not too sure about this.
She had seen all kinds of spiritual jadeite. Although there were not many different types of jadeite in the world of immortal cultivation, there were still some.
The Spiritual Marrow Heart has long become a legend, and no one has seen it for nearly a thousand years.
There had been some in the cave before, but it had long since turned into spiritual power to maintain the cave, so Gu Qi naturally had never come into contact with it.
Jiu Cang nodded affirmatively: "Except for the thin outer layer, the inner core is indeed the Water Spirit Core."
That's why he was surprised.
But when he thought carefully about what Aqi had said about the situation before the end of the world, Jiu Cang felt that it was quite reasonable. If this world mobilized all its strength to exchange for a new life, naturally everything was possible.
Just like in the world of immortal cultivation, although no one has seen the Jade Heart in nearly a thousand years, is it really extinct? Not necessarily, it is just hidden by the world in a place where no one can find it.
"Oh no..." Gu Qi's face changed, and he quickly stuffed the things in his hand into Jiu Cang's arms, "Put them away quickly."
We can’t waste the spiritual jade and spiritual marrow heart here!
Jiu Cang panicked at first, but soon realized that something was wrong with Gu Qi and slowly felt relieved.
After putting away the wood-type spiritual jade and the earth-type spiritual jade wrapped in the water-type spiritual jade, he took out a few pieces of attributeless spiritual jade from the cave and placed them around Gu Qi.
He then casually carried the mutated vines into the cave, and Jiu Cang then held the flying sword and quietly waited aside, always paying attention to Gu Qi's changes.
The spiritual energy rushed towards Gu Qi frantically. The spiritual jades were shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and even formed a spiritual energy vortex. She was at the center of the vortex, rapidly absorbing the spiritual energy and converting it into spiritual power.
In Gu Qi's spiritual sea, the green energy core that was only slightly blue had now turned half blue.
Of course, the power core has also become much larger than before.
After the spiritual energy that flows into the body is transformed, most of it enters the dantian, and the other small part flows into the spiritual sea. Some of it sinks into the flesh, blood, and bone marrow, and scatters in the spiritual sea. The rest falls into the supernatural core.
While compressing the spiritual power in his dantian, Gu Qi kept an eye on the blue and green energy core.
That’s right, she actually has dual abilities of water and wood.
It’s just that the wood element awakens first.
However, in her previous life, Gu Qi's water ability was not awakened until the third year after she turned into a zombie. In this life, she had already noticed it and was cultivating it intentionally. She estimated that she would be able to awaken the water ability in another three or four months.
I didn't expect this incident to happen today.
The water spirit essence heart allowed her to awaken her water ability early, and the abundant energy also loosened her cultivation, and she was halfway into the golden elixir realm.
When his water-based abilities awakened early and his realm was about to break through, Gu Qi unconsciously absorbed the spiritual energy around him, with the spiritual jadeite being the first to be affected.
This was also the reason why she had asked Jiu Cang to put the things away. She didn't want to use them at this time.
But what Gu Qi was thinking about most now was another crazy thing——
Separate the superpower core.
And she is doing something that seems crazy to other people with special abilities in the apocalypse.
You have to know that the superpower core is like the heart to the superpower user. Everyone protects the superpower core carefully, fearing that any damage to it will affect their life.
But that's only for other people with special abilities.
Gu Qi is not only a person with superpowers, she is also a cultivator. Even if her superpowers are destroyed, she still has cultivation and her life will not be in danger.
In fact, Gu Qi had tried to separate the superpower core in his previous life.
At that time, she felt that her existing strength was not enough to deal with Xiang Haoyu, a very evil person, so she thought, if she had two superpower cores, wouldn't that be equivalent to having double the energy?
In the end she succeeded.
The separation of the superpower core was successful, and revenge was also successful.
This time, with his cultivation as a backup, Gu Qi is even less afraid and is unwilling to miss this opportunity to improve his strength.
The stronger we are, the more confident we will be in dealing with the upcoming crisis at Hope Base.
If possible, she naturally didn't want to see the destruction of Hope Base.
The aura transformed from a vortex into an aura cocoon.
Jiu Cang added a few more spiritual jades to the surrounding area to ensure that Gu Qi would not fail due to lack of spiritual power.
The changes here naturally attracted the attention of other creatures in the Death Mountains.
Regardless of the distance, those mobile level 4 and 5 mutant creatures were all coming here, wanting to see what was going on.
I wonder if the strangeness here is caused by their own kind, or if some treasure has been born.
Among the branches of the tall trees, a pair of eyes were staring at the blue and green cocoon beside the mountain wall, as if they were observing something or confirming something, with some uncertainty in their eyes.
Sensing that more things were approaching, Jiu Cang frowned and prepared to set up another formation around them.
The cave house hadn't been upgraded yet, so the formations he could set up were relatively simple. They might not be able to stop those things, but they were better than nothing. If that really didn't work...
Jiu Cang looked at the long sword beside him, and his figure changed for a moment. He was no longer a misty little man, but a tall young man wearing an ancient robe.
After determining the current limit, he thought to himself: Half a quarter of an hour should be enough.
Jiu Cang was about to throw the fragments of spiritual jade marrow out when he suddenly stopped when he noticed something.
There is actually a formation?
Who arranged it?
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