Chapter 12 Spiritual Medicine 4 Those with spiritual roots may enter the Jade Cloud Sect
Damn it!
The man in purple robes was shocked and furious; a cultivator had actually appeared!
So this mortal had helpers; no wonder he dared to provoke them like that!
"The Jiaolong Clan?"
Shen Du frowned. The Jiaolong clan mostly lived by the sea, so how could they appear here? The one who left the spiritual medicine should be the snake clan, but he wondered how this Jiaolong demon knew about it.
He led the purple dragon aside to prevent Xu Xing from being caught in the crossfire.
"Ah Xu, take Miss Xu down the mountain."
"Alright! Be careful, senior brother!"
Zuo Qiuxu rushed out, picked up the unconscious Xu Xing, and quickly left the battlefield.
In Xiahe Village, Xiang Yuquan, who rescued the villagers from the attack of the purple dragon, is comforting the frightened crowd.
"Don't worry, your senior brother has already fought with that demon. You'll be fine..."
Before he finished speaking, a deafening roar echoed through the mountains, and a huge purple dragon soared into the air. Chen Du's figure appeared incredibly small in front of the purple dragon.
With a heavy swipe of its tail, the dragon caused a large portion of Mount Huiling to collapse, sending rocks and trees tumbling down.
"ah--"
"Wow, it's huge! Can the immortal really defeat that monster?"
The villagers, still shaken, were terrified.
"Zuoqiu Xu! Immediately request reinforcements from the sect!"
Upon seeing the purple dragon's body clearly, Xiang Yuquan made a quick decision. His master was currently in seclusion, but there were Golden Core cultivators stationed at the nearest branch sect.
Even if this purple dragon hasn't reached the Golden Core stage, it definitely has near-Golden Core strength! I'm afraid they wouldn't be a match for it in a head-on confrontation!
While instructing Zuo Qiuxu to notify the steward, Xiang Yuquan raised his hand to gather a spiritual energy shield to block the rolling rocks.
"You stay here and protect them, I'll go help Senior Brother Shen!"
Xiang Yuquan leaped up and joined the battle.
Zuo Qiuxu put Xu Xing down. Upon seeing this, Wang Lianhua rushed over. Seeing the thin girl unconscious, she couldn't stop her tears from flowing.
"Immortal, Immortal Master! Xu Xu, she..."
"Don't worry, he's just unconscious, there's still hope."
Zuo Qiuxu fed Xu Xing a life-saving pill, then raised his hand and took out a talisman. After thinking for a moment, he also wrote the existence of the Seven-Leaf Lingzhi on the talisman.
The lives of outer disciples may not be of great concern to the sect, but the safety of Senior Brother Shen Du, a disciple with great potential, coupled with the availability of a seventh-grade spiritual medicine, is a different story.
After sending out the communication talisman, Zuo Qiuxu looked at the fight in mid-air with a somewhat grim expression. He hadn't expected that the demon who stole the medicine would be so powerful.
"It's good that you're alright, it's good that you're alright!"
Wang Lianhua held Xu Xing and wiped the dust and sweat from her face.
Zhao Linglan leaned against her mother, looked at Xu Xing, and whispered, "Mother, it was Xu Xu who saved me..."
Wang Lianhua choked up, "Mother knows, it's all thanks to her, otherwise our whole village would probably be..."
"A mere Foundation Establishment cultivator dares to try and steal from me?!"
The purple dragon spewed out lightning, forcing Shen Du to retreat.
However, with a wave of his hand, Shen Du's sword light was sharp and fierce, forming a sword net to contend with the lightning, and he was not suppressed by the purple dragon by much.
"Which sect are you a disciple of? This place clearly doesn't belong to any cultivation sect. Why are you meddling in this mess?!"
Upon realizing that this person was actually a sword cultivator, and already possessed the cultivation level of the late Foundation Establishment stage, the Purple Dragon abandoned its disdain, for the explosive power of a sword cultivator should not be underestimated.
Shen Du raised his hand and unleashed another sword strike, his expression indifferent. "Oh."
"you?!"
Seeing that he was being looked down upon by a junior, the purple dragon felt his blood rush to his head and spat out a mouthful of blood, which was also accompanied by wisps of black smoke.
How could this be? The poison wasn't completely expelled?!
The purple dragon was terrified. Just who was that mortal? How could he possess poison that could affect him?!
Upon closer examination, Zi Jiao would have discovered that although the poison had not been completely expelled, it had only caused his body to bleed and had little effect on him. However, under the pressure of Shen Du's attack and the shock of being ambushed by a mortal, he subconsciously overestimated the power of the poison.
"Senior brother! Let me help you!"
Xiang Yuquan stopped in mid-air, raised his flute, and played a tune that was enough to bewitch the mind.
Under the suppression of the flute music and sword light, after hundreds of rounds, the Purple Dragon finally succumbed and gradually showed signs of defeat.
No matter what, he never imagined that he, who had just stepped into the Golden Core stage, would be suppressed to this extent by two Foundation Establishment stage juniors!
The flutist is nothing to fear, but the swordsman is truly detestable! His sword intent is so perfect at such a young age! He's incredibly troublesome!
Zi Jiao was filled with jealousy and hatred. He was about to form his core and wanted to remove the poison from his body before that. That's why he took advantage of her injury and seclusion to set his sights on the Seven-Leaf Lingzhi. Who would have thought that he would be caught off guard in such a remote mortal place!
"You can have that Seven-Leaf Lingzhi! We're complete strangers, why risk our lives for each other?!"
Although Zi Jiao really wanted the Seven-Leaf Ganoderma, she didn't want to be seriously injured for it. Besides, she had left the Ganoderma behind. If she found out that these cultivators had taken it, these ignorant juniors would definitely not survive!
Shen Du swallowed the metallic taste in his throat, but his attack was smooth and unhindered. His expression remained unchanged, and he was unmoved by what Zi Jiao said.
The demon race is cunning, and this dragon demon is highly skilled. If it cannot be eliminated, it will become a hidden danger for them in the future.
It is a grave mistake to cut the weeds but not remove them at the root.
The two were practicing; one played the flute continuously, while the other's swordplay grew increasingly fierce.
Amidst the flying sand and swirling stones, even the sky was obscured by purple lightning and overwhelming sword energy, plunging the village into darkness.
"Mom! I'm so scared..."
"It's alright, the immortals are protecting us..."
Watching the fight in the air, the people of Xiahe Village were filled with worry.
"Village Chief, why don't we leave first? There's nothing we can do to help the Immortal Master if we stay here!"
"Yes! Let's run now!"
Zhao Desheng's face darkened. "Where can you go? Are you going to fly to the sky or come down to earth?!"
"That monster's tail could flatten a mountain with a single blow. If we anger it, we'll probably be caught before we even take two steps! Now that a kind immortal has come to our rescue, shouldn't we just stay put?"
Zhao Desheng looked at Zuo Qiuxu, who was casting a spiritual energy shield for them, and then at the unconscious Xu Xing, and sighed deeply.
If it weren't for Xu Xing's quick thinking and the time he bought, Xiahe Village might have been destroyed before the immortal arrived to save them...
Lost in a hazy state, Xu Xing felt pain all over her body. She struggled to open her eyes and mumbled, "Snake...snake demon..."
"Xu Xu?! Xu Xu, you're awake! Look at your aunt, she's alright, she's alright!"
Wang Lianhua quickly helped her up, saying with concern, "Good child, don't be afraid, the immortals have come to save us!"
Xu Xing moved her body with difficulty. She remembered that the snake demon had clearly attacked her, so how come she was not dead?
Seeing the battle unfolding in mid-air, Xu Xing breathed a sigh of relief. They had arrived, thank goodness.
"Auntie, Sister Linglan..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Lianhua's nose tingled with emotion. "Lingling is fine! Everyone in the village is alright too! It's all thanks to you for buying time and waiting for the immortal!"
She wiped away her tears, "You child, you're so young, how could you dare to face that monster alone..."
Xu Xing twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled. Just as he was about to comfort Wang Lianhua, he realized that something seemed off about him.
Her consciousness sank deep into her mind, where she saw the seven-leaf Ganoderma lucidum quietly floating in her body.
Xu Xing only discovered that he had a space after his cooking level reached level 10. It was more like a backpack in the game than a space. Items obtained through life skills could be stored in it, but other items could not.
Fearing that it would attract attention, Xu Xing rarely used it, only keeping some life-saving poison and food as a precaution. Unexpectedly, he actually had to use it.
The fluorescent powder left along the way when following the snake demon into the mountains and the bloodthirsty powder used to deal with the snake demon were both taken from my space.
But Xu Xing never expected that the seven-leaf lingzhi mushroom, which he had originally planned to destroy before his death, would actually be collected by her...
"Damn humans!"
Seeing that they showed no mercy and pressed forward relentlessly, Zi Jiao was filled with malice. His face contorted with rage, and he was even willing to detonate his inner core to drag Chen Du and those mortals down with him.
"Oh no! Senior brother, run!" Seeing the situation was bad, Xiang Yuquan quickly retreated.
The self-destruction of a demon at the half-step Golden Core stage is extraordinary. It is feared that the entire Huiling Mountain range will be razed to the ground, and Xiaohe Village will not escape the calamity!
"You insolent fiend!"
A deep, angry roar echoed from afar, and a gigantic hand descended from the sky, firmly pressing the purple dragon, whose body was about to explode, under its grasp.
Shen Du and Xiang Yuquan retreated rapidly, and together with Zuo Qiuxu, they erected a spiritual energy barrier to protect themselves and the mortals behind them.
"Boom—"
After the huge explosion, the powerful demonic energy shattered the spiritual energy barrier, creating cracks. However, because the purple dragon's body was suppressed by the palm, Chen Du and the others suffered internal injuries, but they were not serious. As for the people of Xiaohe Village who were protected behind them, they were completely unharmed.
After the illusory hand moved away, the body of the purple dragon, who had self-destructed, had turned into ashes.
Shen Du's gaze swept over the blood left by the purple dragon during the previous fight. The blood contained a faint black toxin. He remained expressionless and imperceptibly raised his hand to dissolve the blood.
At this point, the purple dragon left no trace whatsoever.
Xiang Yuquan flew down to search for the Seven-Leaf Lingzhi, but the Huiling Mountain, which had already collapsed most of the way, no longer had any trace of the spiritual herb. If the purple dragon had already obtained the spiritual herb, it would have left nothing behind with its self-destruction.
pity.
An elderly man with white hair and beard landed slowly from the air with his hands behind his back. His face was serious, and his gaze swept over the three outer disciples, only pausing briefly on Shen Du.
"Where is the seven-leaf Ganoderma?"
Xiang Yuquan returned after searching around and respectfully reported, "Reporting to Senior Lin, this disciple found no trace of the spiritual medicine. It may have disappeared along with the purple dragon's self-destruction."
"Foolish! If we had reported it earlier, the sect would have obtained the elixir long ago. Why go through all this trouble?"
Fearing the sect's wrath, Zuo Qiuxu couldn't help but explain how they had accidentally discovered the Seven-Leaf Lingzhi and repaired the barrier.
"Senior is wise. The spiritual herb was not yet mature, and we were also worried that the mortals here would be innocently implicated after the barrier disappeared, so we..."
"The sect has its own methods to take the medicinal herbs without diminishing their effects," the old man sneered. "Is it you who have ulterior motives?"
Zuo Qiuxu immediately lowered his head and stopped arguing. If the sect didn't know about this, it would be fine, but since it was brought out into the open and Senior Lin, the outer sect manager, was asked to help, that was a different story.
Although their original intention was not to bring disaster to mortals, sometimes in the eyes of cultivators, the lives of mortals are not worth mentioning compared to precious spiritual medicines.
The old man also knew that anyone who knew the location of the treasure would first think of obtaining it themselves rather than reporting it. Now that the elixir was lost, there was no point in saying anything more.
He closed his eyes, pointed his finger, and after a moment opened his eyes to look at Chen Du. "Did you reinforce the barrier?"
"yes."
"After returning to the sect, go and receive your punishment."
"Disciple understands."
Shen Du knew that although his actions had saved the lives of these mortals, they had caused the sect to miss out on a seventh-grade spiritual herb, which was naturally his fault for concealing it.
Fortunately, the old man was not an unapproachable person. His name was Lin Borong, and he was the outer sect manager. He had already reached the Golden Core stage and knew that Shen Du was a promising talent. He had some faith in him, so he did not dwell on the matter.
"You reinforced the barrier, which drew you into the karma. Now that these mortals are safe, this karma can be considered settled."
Lin Borong spoke without any attempt to hide from the villagers of Xiahe Village, but the villagers, fearing the pressure of the immortal, still kept their heads down and dared not utter a sound.
Lin Borong glanced at Huiling Mountain and shook his head. "Never mind, let's go back."
"Immortal Venerable, please wait!"
Xu Xing struggled to sit up from Wang Lianhua's embrace. Seeing Wang Lianhua looking at him nervously, she smiled reassuringly and then took something out of her bosom.
The seven-leaf Ganoderma lucidum, emitting a faint glow, lay quietly in Xu Xing's hand.
Xu Xing's voice was weak, but his tone was firm: "I am willing to offer it to the Immortal Master."
Shen Du's gaze swept over the seven-leaf lingzhi, then looked at Xu Xing, his expression shifting slightly, but he did not speak.
"Seven-leaf Ganoderma?!"
Lin Borong swooped down, took a closer look, confirmed its grade, and noticed Xu Xing's unusual eyes. He frowned slightly and asked, "How did you obtain it?"
There was no point in hiding it, so Xu Xing told her about how she met Shen Du and the others three years ago.
“I led the snake demon to find the elixir. After the snake demon broke the barrier, the immortal arrived and fought with him. I then secretly took out the elixir.”
Of course, Xu Xing did not mention that he could enter the barrier or that he had given the snake demon a bloodthirsty poison.
She's already attracting enough attention today.
“You’re quite bold,” Lin Borong said with some surprise. After taking the Seven-Leaf Lingzhi from Xu Xing, his gaze softened a bit. “That wasn’t a snake demon, but a purple dragon that was just one step away from the Golden Core stage. You’re quite lucky to have escaped from it.”
"Tell me, what do you want?"
Lin Borong understood that this mortal was willing to hand over the Ganoderma lucidum because he had something to ask of him.
If we can obtain a seventh-grade spiritual medicine, it would be perfectly acceptable to give this mortal some benefits. The Jade Cloud Sect is a reputable and righteous sect, and it would not do anything like taking things from a mortal for free.
Xu Xing glanced at the ruins of Xiaohe Village and said softly, "I dare not ask for anything, but our homes have been destroyed by the Purple Dragon. I beg the Immortal Venerable to grant us a place to stay."
"You want me to take them all back to the sect?"
The Jade Cloud Sect is not a place where ordinary mortals can survive. Even if they went in, it wouldn't be a good thing for them. Lin Borong resolutely refused, "No way."
"However, I can test the spiritual roots of all of you. Those who possess spiritual roots can be taken back to the outer sect of the Jade Cloud Sect. As for the others, I will contact the local authorities, provide them with financial compensation, and relocate them elsewhere."
Knowing he couldn't protect something as precious as the Seven-Leaf Ganoderma, Xu Xing, who only wanted to ask these immortals for help building a house, was speechless.
Is there really such a good thing?
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