The footprints were very new. When Ye Zichen and co. saw them, they were only covered in a thin layer of snow.
Judging from the extent of the snowfall on the Snow Mountain, this huge footprint hadn't been here for too long.
"Ye 'zi, you mean …"
Yang Jian looked at the footprints in front of him and gulped. The footprints in front of him were too big.
The footprints were more than ten meters long and three meters wide.
"Are you trying to say that we can find the Thousand Lotus Flowers by following these footprints?"
"Is there a problem?" Ye Zichen carefully concealed his aura, then gestured for Gu Li and Yang Jian to do the same. "Didn't the Venerable of Numinous Treasure say that there are definitely vicious beasts guarding the Thousand Lotuses? Looking at these footprints, it should be the guardian beast. "
Judging from the footprints, it should be the footprints of a walking beast, but thinking about the size of this beast …
It shouldn't be small.
Looking down at his own feet and the footprints in front of him, he could roughly guess how big the beast was after magnifying it to the same scale!
After determining the direction of the footprints, Ye Zichen and co. slowly made their way through the snow.
Yang Jian's scalp went numb when he saw the footprints. But when he saw Ye Zichen, Gu Li, and Ye Zichen walk over, Yang Jian's cultivation was the highest among them, and he didn't want to see the monkey die. He had no choice but to grimace and follow them.
One hundred meters.
Ye Zichen and co. only saw the beast's second footprint after walking for about a hundred meters.
"Smell …"
Gu Li suddenly stopped, stretched out his neck, and sniffed. Yang Jian and Ye Zichen naturally smelled it as well. There was a faint fragrance mixed in with the demonic wind. The smell was very special; it smelled like roses, but it was even stronger.
This kind of thickness made the fragrance even more pleasant. Yang Jian straightened his neck and kept inhaling.
Ye Zichen sniffed the air for a while.
"It smells a little like the fragrance of elixirs."
"What kind of pill could be so fragrant? Could it be that we've come across some precious treasure? " Hearing that, Gu Li said, "We did indeed encounter a great treasure. A thousand lotuses …. Do they count as a great treasure?"
"Thousand Lotus Flowers?" Yang Jian was stunned for a moment, and his face instantly tensed up as he sniffed the fragrance. "This is the smell of the Thousand Lotus?"
"What do you think?" Gu Li snorted.
"Why didn't you say so earlier?"
Yang Jian glared viciously at Gu Li, then waved his hand and set up a barrier around them. Then he sat cross-legged on the ground and muttered to himself.
"I'm going to die, I'm going to die!"
He remembered how Pu Jingwan and the others were faring. Even the monkey looked weak.
The reason they were in this state was because of the Thousand Lotus Powder.
What was he doing just now?
He was actually facing the wind to smell the fragrance of the pollen.
The spiritual power in his body lingered around his body, and steam rose from the top of his head.
"What are you doing?" Ye Zichen didn't quite understand Yang Jian's actions. "Don't mess around. If that ferocious beast finds us and we don't find the Sorrow Relief Grass, then we're done for."
"If I didn't do this, I would be finished!" Yang Jian shouted.
"Then what are you …"
"I'm expelling the poison!"
White steam rose from the top of Yang Jian's head. Every pore on his body opened in an attempt to expel the poison from his body.
Yang Jian was truly anxious. He was in the prime of his life. If his kidneys became weak, he'd be better off dead! "Don't waste your energy. The Thousand Lotus Powder is a gas. So long as you breathe it in, it'll flow through your limbs and meridians. If you want to expel it completely, you'll need to reconstruct a new body and break all your meridians. "He glanced at Yang Jian.
Gu Li snorted.
"What the hell?"
When he heard Gu Li's words, Yang Jian, still sitting cross-legged, nearly suffered a cultivation deviation.
With great difficulty, he calmed himself, then lay on the ground and looked up at the sky, as if there was nothing left to live for ….
Ice and snow filled the sky. He didn't have any barriers around him, so he allowed the snow to fall on his face.
It was cold!
But no matter how cold the snow was, it couldn't compare to his heart.
It was over.
His life had come to an end.
Before long, he'd be like a monkey with a weak kidneys, and he'd have to say goodbye to his happy sexual life.
"Ye-zi."
Ye Zichen could immediately tell what Yang Jian was worried about. He resisted the urge to laugh, then looked over with a serious expression.
"I'll take good care of Sister-in-law for you."
"F * ck off!" Yang Jian jumped up from the snow. "Ye-zi, I treat you as a bro. You actually have ideas about your sister-in-law?"
"If you don't want me to have ideas about sister-in-law, then just be good," said Ye Zichen.
Suddenly, Yang Jian drooped his head like a frosted eggplant. He looked down at the space between his legs.
"There's no hope."
This time, Ye Zichen couldn't help but laugh. Hearing Ye Zichen's laughter, Yang Jian felt a bit annoyed.
"Are you a brother or not?" "Well, don't be so self-pitying. Since the Venerable of Numinous Treasure told us to go to the Thousand Lotuses to find Sorrow Relief Grass, wouldn't the pollen there be much denser than in the wind? It's obvious that we're immune to the flowers. Otherwise, we would've fallen for it on the way here. "
Ye Zichen was speechless.
Yang Jian blinked, then exclaimed in delight, "You're saying …"
"Don't worry about your lower body. Besides, even if you really did fall for it, it's not like your kidneys are weak. Gu Li and I have already been here with you for too long. Hurry up and stop fooling around. We have more important matters to attend to. "
The demonic wind carried the fragrance of the flowers, which meant that they were indeed very close to the Thousand Lotuses.
As they followed the beast's footprints, Ye Zichen and company could more or less determine that this was the only beast guarding the Thousand Lotuses.
Of course, they weren't completely sure, because they hadn't actually seen the flowers yet.
"The smell is getting stronger and stronger."
Gu Li walked in front. His eyes flashed with joy as he sensed the intensity of the fragrance. He was in a rush. An Lu was still waiting for him to pick the Sorrow Relief Grass to save her.
Yang Jian and Ye Zichen nodded, then tensed up.
They continued forward for about a thousand meters ….
The beast's footprints had disappeared.
They'd been following the beast's footprints the entire time. As for why they were so certain that the beast would lead them to the Thousand Lotuses, it was merely a guess.
Following the beast's footprints was better than running around aimlessly.
What's more, as they followed the beast's footprints, they could sense that the fragrance of the flowers was getting stronger and stronger.
"The Thousand Lotuses are definitely around here," Gu Li squinted his eyes and sniffed.
Gu Li wrinkled his nose and narrowed his eyes. The fragrance of the flowers was so thick that it stung their nostrils. However, the snowy mountain winds were too strong, so they couldn't tell which direction the fragrance was coming from.
Ye Zichen glanced around. In a situation like this, using his divine sense was the best option.
However, releasing their Divine Sense was very likely to alarm the vicious beast that had left behind the footprints. Their purpose for coming here was to retrieve the Sorrow Relieving Grass as soon as possible. If they could retrieve the Sorrow Relieving Grass without fighting, it would naturally be the most time-saving method.
"Ol 'Yang, open your Eye of the Heavens."
It was very difficult to locate the Thousand Lotuses with the naked eye in this windy weather. The Great Sage wasn't there, and Ye Zichen hadn't fully mastered his Fiery Eyes of Truth, so the task of locating the Thousand Lotuses could only be left to Yang Jian, who had the Eye of the Heavens.
Opening his third eye, Yang Jian could not help but look around.
"Look!" Yang Jian pointed down into the valley.
There was a plain at the foot of the mountain range.
The plain was completely covered in ice and snow. When you looked over, all you could see was ice and snow. You couldn't see anything special at all. However, if you looked closely, you'd see that the plain was covered in endless, crystal-like lotuses.
"Are those Thousand Lotuses?"
This was Ye Zichen's first time seeing them, so he wasn't too sure.
However, the fragrance coming from the bottom of the valley was the same one they'd smelled along the way.
While Ye Zichen hesitated, Gu Li was already about to jump into the valley, but before he could do so, Ye Zichen pulled him back.
"Are you crazy? The beast's footprints stopped here. It's obvious that the big guy is at the bottom of the valley. If you jump down like that, do you think your tiny body will even be enough to fill its teeth? "
Gu Li's head tightened. He'd nearly forgotten about the beast guarding this place.
He'd always been cautious, but this time, An Lu's life was on the line, so it was hard for him to remain absolutely calm.
They'd followed the beast's footprints and the fragrance of the Thousand Lotuses. The beast's footprints had disappeared here, so it was likely that the beast was in the valley.
As for why the beast had appeared ten thousand meters away from the Thousand Lotuses, it was very likely that this mountain range was its territory. It had just been patrolling its territory to see if there were any intruders.
However, these kinds of beasts were usually very territorial. They shouldn't have been able to sense Ye Zichen and company following them for so long.
"Ye Zichen, what do you think we should do?"
Gu Li's mind was in chaos. When he saw the Thousand Lotuses in front of him, his only thought was to find the Sorrow Relief Grass and bring it to An Lu as soon as possible.
He couldn't calmly make a decision, so he could only rely on Ye Zichen to plan.
"You're asking me now? I don't know what to do either," Ye Zichen shrugged. "Plans can never keep up with changes. What's more, we've only seen the beast's footprints. As for anything else …. We haven't even seen its back."
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