"Are we safe?"
Ye Feixue said with a trembling heart, feeling so close to death.
"Temporarily safe," Lu Xuanji said, "I just tried it, not expecting it to actually work."
"Why is that?" Ye Feixue asked.
"The White Tiger has a Light Attribute, but the Netherworld Grass has a Dark Attribute. By applying the juice of the Netherworld Grass on ourselves, it's like staining a pastry with some feces. The White Tiger finds it disgusting and gives up eating us," Lu Xuanji guessed.
In the Animal Realm, every animal has its way of survival. Remember, in a previous life, some animals, when facing danger, would hide in animal dung. Upon seeing this, predators would immediately give up hunting.
He pulled out a rough map and started measuring the distance.
The conclusion was that they couldn't move forward anymore.
They were approaching a mixed zone where the bloodline level of the demon beasts was higher, thus increasing the danger.
"Let's go."
Lu Xuanji began to return but as they walked, gradually realized they were lost.
The direction went wrong.
In the vast Great Mountains, getting lost was almost normal with just a rough map.
The only slight fortune was having a rough compass that might shift direction, but at least the general direction was right, preventing them from inadvertently entering the mixed zone.
After walking for about three days.
They were still in the mountains.
Boom boom boom.
At this moment, Lu Xuanji felt the Spiritual Qi violently surging, spells clashing, waves of destructive power following one after the other.
"Not good, there's a battle between top-tier experts."
Lu Xuanji instinctively pulled Ye Feixue to hide behind a rock, waiting anxiously.
Boom boom boom!
The spell collisions continued, with waves of power clashing. A giant bird engulfed in flames and a human cultivator faced off in the sky, a kilometer high.
Like low-yield nuclear bombs colliding, waves of destruction collided.
About ten kilometers away, but the destructive waves hit the ground, felling large trees, grooving the earth, and the soil flying. Many demon beasts that couldn't escape in time were directly affected, instantly turning into meat paste.
Numerous demon beasts were running, including Qi Cultivation Demon Beasts and Foundation Establishment Demon Beasts, forming groups to avoid the aftershocks of the battle.
He also wanted to run, but seeing the demon beasts running around, he gave up.
Boom boom boom.
The battle in the sky continued, the fight persisting.
Waves of destruction surged like tides, as if floods erupted, triggering the violent surge of Spiritual Qi within a ten-mile radius, causing celestial phenomena to change.
High-level cultivators fought fiercely, the battle scene remarkably terrifying and awe-inspiring.
In the heated battle, the battlefield moved, disappearing a hundred miles away after a moment.
"How powerful are they?"
Ye Feixue's eyes flashed with longing.
"They are Golden Core Cultivators, far beyond our reach," Lu Xuanji sighed slightly.
They are strong, but how strong is unknown.
In the eyes of an ant, wolves and tigers are equally strong, unable to discern whether tigers are stronger or wolves.
"A true man should aspire to be like that!"
A glimmer of determination flashed in Lu Xuanji's eyes.
They continued walking out of the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
About three days later, they finally emerged from the Hundred Thousand Mountains, severely off-course, a thousand miles away from Wu Family Marketplace.
As they reached Wu Family Marketplace, feeling the bustling crowd coming and going, Lu Xuanji and Ye Feixue exchanged a glance, a hint of relief and joy in their eyes.
After two months of treacherous paths in the Hundred Thousand Mountains, often encountering dangers, even sleeping was not peaceful.
Now that they arrived here, they could finally sleep peacefully.
At the marketplace entrance, Lu Xuanji presented a token, to which the guard at the gate nodded.
Lu Xuanji and Ye Feixue entered the marketplace.
At this moment, a terrifying aura emanated from the void, as a white-dressed palace-attired woman descended, exuding nobility and grandeur, radiating a Geng Metal aura, sharp and glaring.
Just one look caused Lu Xuanji's spirit to tremble.
He felt an astonishing beauty, almost unable to take his eyes off her.
Many loose cultivators looked on, their spirits trembling as well.
Even the female cultivators were mesmerized.
In the next instant, the white-dressed palace-attired woman exuded Sword Intent, causing the loose cultivators present to feel a slight pain in their eyes, unconsciously averting their gaze.
"This is a Sword Cultivator, with a fierce and sharp attack!" Lu Xuanji pondered.
To become a Sword Cultivator, one must have a Gold Spirit Root and comprehend Sword Intent in the Qi Cultivation Realm, using Sword Intent as the foundation to step into Foundation Establishment.
Sword Cultivators are unrivaled in the same realm of attack power.
At this time, the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Wu Family appeared, bowing respectfully, "Junior Wu Quan greets Golden Dawn Ancestor. What brings the Ancestor to Wu Family Marketplace?"
"Just to conduct some business."
Golden Dawn replied.
"Ancestor, please come inside," Wu Quan said respectfully, inviting the Ancestor into the Cave Mansion, where he warmly served Spirit Tea.
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"Brother, she's truly beautiful."
A flash of longing crossed Ye Feixue's eyes.
Lu Xuanji said, "You're just lusting after her. You're coveting her body, you lowly thing."
Ye Feixue giggled.
Inside the Cave Mansion, they opened the Storage Bag, taking stock of their gains.
Here lay Spirit Medicine, Spirit Grass, demon beast corpses, some Qi Cultivation Realm demon beast corpses fetching at most one or two Spirit Stones, some Spirit Grass less than a hundred years old priced at three to five Spirit Stones. The most precious was the corpse of the Netherworld Cat, despite its somewhat lacking combat power, it was nonetheless a Foundation Establishment Demon Beast.
The corpse of a Foundation Establishment Demon Beast had great utility.
There was also the Netherworld Grass in a box, which was quite expensive.
Evaluating their gains, Lu Xuanji took only a small portion of items to the Wu Family old shop for sale.
"This is Netherworld Grass."
One item after another appeared, laid out on the shop floor. Initially, Wu Yueqin's expression was calm, but her eyes changed when she saw the three Netherworld Grasses.
All three Netherworld Grasses were five hundred years old with potent medicinal properties and excellent grade.
Wu Yueqin's eyes flashed with eagerness as she looked at the three Netherworld Grasses. Netherworld Grass is the main material for refining Netherworld Pills. Consuming Netherworld Pills can enhance a cultivator's spiritual power, serving as a decent supporting elixir.
Unfortunately, Netherworld Grass demands harsh survival conditions, not only needing an area rich in Spiritual Qi but also requiring dark, dank valleys, a challenging growth environment.
Only a few clans, in some special regions, artificially grow Netherworld Grass, but even so, the quantity is limited.
Wild Netherworld Grass is rare, especially five-hundred-year specimens.
Moreover, in places where Netherworld Grass grows, Netherworld Cats often roam. These cats aren't very strong but excel at hiding and ambushing, leading even Foundation Establishment cultivators to frequently die there.
Yet this Lu Family cultivator was lucky enough to pick three wild Netherworld Grasses.