The appointed day arrived in the blink of an eye. Zhou Xian arrived at Huang's Elixir Shop.
Wang Daoyuan led him into the shop and asked, "Zhou Daoyou, are you ready?"
Zhou Xian smiled and said, "Everything is ready. We can set off at any time."
Wang Daoyuan changed into the attire of a loose cultivator and left the shop with Zhou Xian.
The small valley that Zhou Xian found was more than six thousand li west of Guiyan Market.
Guiyuan Sword Sect had people watching the shop. In order to avoid the eyes of Guiyuan Sword Sect, they decided to go south and leave Guiyan Market.
They first went to the south of the mountain, then went west. After bypassing Guiyuan Sword Sect, they went over Huiyan Mountain and returned to the north of the mountain.
The people of Guiyuan Sword Sect did not dare to go to the south of the mountain casually. This route could shake off Guiyuan Sword Sect's pursuit.
Moreover, they could avoid the area occupied by the Red Beard Bandits.
Both of them were dressed in black and wore veils and bamboo hats. After blending into the crowd of people in the market, it was difficult to find them.
After leaving the market, they immediately flew south on their swords.
Soon, they arrived at Jinyan City.
In order to avoid being followed, they directly entered Jinyan City.
Not long after, they left the city through the south gate and went west along the south foot of Huiyan Mountain.
The journey was very smooth. After traveling six thousand li, they went north and crossed Huiyan Mountain.
This place was still part of Huiyan Mountain's remnant vein. It was still about four thousand li away from the main vein.
Outside of the main vein, there were generally no third-rank monsters.
Most second-rank monsters were not a big threat to Foundation Building cultivators.
They no longer hid their tracks and flew north on their swords.
When flying over the territories of monsters, the monsters were probably used to it.
As long as they did not fly too low and did not release pressure to provoke them, they did not care.
Zhou Xian led the way in front. When they were only a few dozen li away from the north of the mountain, they arrived at a small valley that was two to three li long and seven to eight zhang wide.
Zhou Xian stopped here. Wang Daoyuan asked, "Daoyou Zhou, there is no spirit vein here. How can there be blood dragon wood?"
Zhou Xian smiled and said, "If that valley was so easy to find, who knows how many years have passed. Would we have a chance to get the good things inside?"
After saying that, he controlled his flying sword and landed on the ground.
Wang Daoyuan followed closely behind and landed on the ground.
He saw Zhou Xian walk towards the western cliff in the middle of the small valley. There did not seem to be anything out of the ordinary here.
As they got closer, Wang Daoyuan felt that the concentration of Spiritual Qi here had increased.
He used his Divine Sense to explore the rock wall, only to discover that there was a tiny crack in the rock wall, from which spiritual power was constantly pouring out.
His Divine Sense probed behind the crack, only to discover that there was a cave behind it. There was also a broken array formation in the cave.
With his proficiency in formations, it was easy for him to see that this was a formation that blocked the flow of Spirit Qi. It was used to prevent the Spirit Qi from flowing out of the cave.
If it were not for the fact that the formation was somewhat damaged, causing the Spiritual Qi to leak out, Zhou Xian would not have discovered this valley.
Zhou Xian walked to the front of the rock wall and placed his hand on a protruding rock beside the crack. He used all his strength to twist it.
The rocks beside the crack slowly opened, revealing the cave behind it.
The cave was about ten feet high and three feet wide. It was quite spacious.
Zhou Xian smiled and said, "The place where I found the Golden Silk Grass and the Blood Dragon Wood was behind this cave."
After saying that, he walked into the cave first.
Wang Daoyuan stuck two middle-grade second-tier Earth Armor Talismans on his body and followed behind, walking in.
After entering the cave, Zhou Xian pressed on a rock inside the cave, and the rock at the entrance of the cave slowly closed.
They walked along the inside of the cave. After walking for about one mile, their eyes suddenly opened up.
This was a large underground cave. The inside of the cave was covered with dense vegetation. One could not see the end of it at a glance.
On the surrounding rock walls, there were fist-sized luminous pearls.
There were small holes above the cave, and light penetrated through each small hole.
Wang Daoyuan used his Divine Sense to explore a small hole, only to discover that there was a magic mirror in the cave.
The grade was not high, only a low-grade First Stage.
This magic mirror could adjust its angle according to the position of the sun and the moon, reflecting the sunlight and moonlight into the cave.
Although the grade of this magic mirror was low, it was not simple.
With these magic mirrors and luminous pearls, this underground cave was not dark at all. There was also a high-grade Second Stage Spirit Vein in the cave.
Wang Daoyuan followed Zhou Xian out of the cave and into the cave.
After careful observation, he discovered that there were dense array patterns on the surrounding rock walls.
These array patterns should be a middle-grade Second Stage Array. The array patterns were relatively rough and had lost their function.
This cave's owner's attainments in array formations had barely reached the mid-grade of the second level.
This array should be able to block the leakage of spiritual energy, as well as have a defensive function. This cave was a bit like a medicine garden.
The python in the cave should have crawled in through the small hole above the cave after the array had lost its effect.
He quickly discovered a few stalks of Golden Silk Grass on the ground. He immediately pulled them out and stored them in the Spirit Pearl's space.
The surrounding vegetation was mostly of First Stage and did not have much value.
Wang Daoyuan followed Zhou Xian's footsteps and carefully walked through the dense vegetation.
They did not dare to extend their divine senses too far to avoid disturbing the Second Stage Demonic Beast and causing a big commotion. The two of them only dared to use their divine senses to explore an area of about two hundred feet.
After going more than a thousand feet deep, Wang Daoyuan saw a blood-red tree twenty feet away through the gaps in the vegetation.
This Blood Dragon Tree was more than two hundred feet tall and had a thick trunk that required two people to wrap their arms around. Wang Daoyuan did not see where the python was.
In order to avoid being detected by the middle-grade Second Stage Python, the two of them used the Breath Concealing Technique to restrain their aura and suppress their spiritual energy fluctuations.
Zhou Xian did not dare to speak again. He transmitted his voice, "Huang Daoyou, the python is hiding on the Blood Dragon Tree.
You go and lure it out. I will prepare a spell here.
As long as you lure that beast away from the Blood Dragon Tree, you will be able to hold on for twenty breaths of time to prevent my spell from damaging the tree.
Take down the python and dig out the Blood Dragon Tree. Then, we will leave this place. "
Wang Daoyuan also replied, "No problem."
After saying that, he took out the Inky Gold Sword from the space in the spiritual pearl and slowly moved forward.
After more than fifty breaths of time, Wang Daoyuan moved to the vicinity of the Blood Dragon Tree.
He scanned the surroundings with his divine sense and did not find any demonic beasts.
It seemed that the python's hiding ability was not weak. He did not let down his guard. Instead, he paid more attention to the python.
He raised the Inky Gold Sword and cut off a branch as thick as an arm from the Blood Dragon Tree. He stored it in the spiritual pearl and handed it over to his doppelganger.
His doppelganger cut off a small branch as thick as a finger and inserted it near the Spiritual Fire of Life.
Although the Blood Dragon Tree could not be grown by cutting, with the vigorous vitality provided by the Spiritual Fire of Life, there might be hope.
Wang Daoyuan's divine sense was constantly monitoring the surrounding area of three hundred feet. He did not want to be killed by the python in one strike.
Suddenly, a blood-red python's head jumped out from the branches. It opened its bloody mouth and bit toward him.
He waved the Inky Gold Sword in his hand and chopped the side of the python's head.
He also activated the Swift Art under his feet. Borrowing the force of the collision between the long sword and the python's head, he quickly flew to the right and narrowly avoided the python's attack.
The Inky Gold Sword was very sharp. The sword left a half-foot-long wound on the python's head.
At this time, Wang Daoyuan felt that there was a violent fluctuation of spiritual power on Zhou Xian's side. He should be preparing a magic spell.
Seeing that its attack had missed and that its head had been cut by the sword, the python would not give up.
It came down from the Blood Dragon Tree and crawled toward Wang Daoyuan.
The python's body was blood-red. On both sides of its back, there were clusters of obvious light-colored cloud patterns.
Wang Daoyuan knew this python. It was called the Blood Red Cloud Patterned Python. The highest level it could cultivate to was the second rank upper grade.
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