The scholar nodded and smiled, "It is fate that brought us together. Consider it a greeting gift as a souvenir."
They hadn't even exchanged a few words. They didn't even know each other's backgrounds and he was already giving them gifts? Miao Yi felt that this person was a little strange, but the item looked good. Perhaps it was worth some money. It would be a waste not to accept it.
He grabbed the item in his hands and pretended to be generous as he wore it around his neck, thanking the scholar on the spot.
The scholar turned and walked to the edge of the cliff. His cloak and hair fluttered in the clouds like an immortal. He had an extraordinary temperament.
He lowered his gaze and looked at the waist of the mountain below the cliff. There were five stalks of plants emitting a faint glow. It was the Glorious Star immortal herb that cultivators regarded as a divine healing medicine. It was also one of the things that Miao Yi had come here to obtain.
However, the scholar, who had his back to Miao Yi, flicked his finger towards the waist of the mountain. Out of the five immortal herbs, three were instantly turned to dust by an unknown force. Only two were left.
This was something that many people dreamed of, but it was destroyed with a flick of his finger.
It was for no other reason than that Miao Yi said he had three siblings, so he only left two. He wanted to see how Miao Yi would choose.
The scholar pointed towards the waist of the mountain and said without turning his head, "Little Brother, come over and take a look."
Miao Yi maintained his vigilance towards this strange person. He didn't put down the butcher knife in his hand. He walked to the scholar's side and kept a distance. Following the direction of the scholar's finger, his gaze immediately froze. He cried out involuntarily, "Immortal herbs. They are immortal herbs." And there were two of them.
But he quickly sensed something was wrong. He turned to stare at the scholar and asked, "Why didn't you pick them? Aren't you here to look for treasures? "
"It's easy to dirty your clothes when you climb up and down."
The scholar threw out a ridiculous reason and turned around to leave.
Miao Yi was speechless. He looked at the scholar's back as he walked away, and finally understood why the other party's clothes were so clean. He had come to this place where all the plants and trees had been carbonized, and where even a casual rub would leave a smudge of black. Yet, he was still able to remain spotless. It turned out that he had mysophobia.
But Miao Yi still felt suspicious. Why would he risk his life here if he was afraid of getting dirty? Could he be plotting something?
"Where are you going?" Miao Yi chased after him to the side of the stairs. Looking at the scholar's silhouette descending the mountain, he shouted, "Shall we go together?"
"Xianxia has an unfinished road, the sea of blood is boundless, the white bone boat! Little brother, let's meet again if fate wills it. "
The scholar's voice came from afar.
Miao Yi subconsciously turned his head to look at the words left behind on the giant boulder behind him. He then turned his head back to look at the foot of the mountain, only to discover that the scholar's figure had already disappeared into the dense fog.
He wasn't in the mood to think about anything else right now. Regardless of whether or not he was plotting something, he had to get his hands on the two immortal herbs first.
He turned around and ran to the edge of the cliff. He strapped the butcher knife to his waist and used all four limbs to carefully climb down the cliff.
The slope of the mountain wasn't too steep, so Miao Yi successfully made his way to the side of the two immortal herbs. His eyes shone brightly, and he was so excited that his heart was thumping wildly.
Along the way, he had seen with his own eyes how many people had fought to the death for this thing. Countless people had died for the sake of a single immortal herb. Now that he had found two of them, it was hard for him not to be excited.
He had seen the immortal herb that Yan Beihong had snatched before, but it hadn't been as big as the two in front of him.
With his body pressed against the cliff, Miao Yi wasn't in the mood to admire the two immortal herbs he had just picked, because the scholar's generosity made him a little worried. He quickly tore off a piece of cloth and wrapped the two immortal herbs, hiding them in his robes.
After making sure they were securely placed, he had just climbed up a little when he suddenly felt a gust of wind beside him.
A gust of wind? He turned around to look, and was almost scared out of his wits.
He saw a Hell Mantis with a body size of two zhang hovering behind him with its wings flapping. The faint green eyes on its triangular head were staring at him, and its sharp chewing mouthparts were incessantly moving.
'I'm done for!' Miao Yi lowered his head to look at the lake at the foot of the mountain. Since he was going to die either way, he might as well take a gamble. He steeled his heart, loosened his limbs, and immediately jumped down.
Just as he was about to crash into the lake's surface, he realized that his body had abruptly stopped, and was once again sent flying.
Miao Yi was frantic. His fingers had already reached the surface of the lake, and he tried his best to reach out and violently push against the lake's surface twice. He really wanted to dive into the lake, but his body still quickly moved away from the lake's surface.
That Hell Mantis actually 'rescued' Miao Yi, who was about to 'commit suicide' by jumping into the lake. Four barbed limbs wrapped around Miao Yi, and quickly swept across the lake's surface into the distance.
He had finally managed to pick two immortal herbs with much difficulty, but who knew that he would once again fall into the hands of the Hell Mantis.
Miao Yi felt like crying. He pulled out the butcher's knife from his waist, and fiercely chopped at the limbs that were grabbing onto him, hoping that the Hell Mantis would loosen its grip and let him fall into the lake again.
With two clangs, the butcher's knife actually created sparks on the Hell Mantis's limbs. It was as if he was chopping at iron, and didn't even leave a mark on it. Instead, the Hell Mantis, which was flying at high speed, lowered its head to look at its abdomen.
Miao Yi, who was holding the butcher's knife, froze when he was being stared at by those frightening green eyes. He awkwardly put down the knife, and didn't dare to randomly chop anymore, afraid that he would be strangled to death.
The Hell Mantis's flying speed suddenly increased. The clouds and mist flew by, and the strong wind that came head-on was so strong that Miao Yi couldn't even open his eyes. He was shivering from the cold.
After flying for an unknown amount of time, he felt that his speed had slowed down. Just as he opened his eyes, he discovered that the Hell Mantis had suddenly dived down at a low altitude.
Seeing that he was about to crash into the ground, Miao Yi's heart was in his throat.
The Hell Mantis suddenly flipped into the air, and at the same time dispelled the inertia of its fall, its four limbs also loosened its grip on Miao Yi.
"Ah … cough cough …"
Miao Yi, who had fallen flat on his face, struggled to get up, and spat out a few mouthfuls of mud. He subconsciously quickly flipped over to see what the Hell Mantis was going to do to him.
"…" In the end, he didn't see anything. The Hell Mantis had disappeared without a trace, and the most unbelievable thing was …
Miao Yi stared ahead with widened eyes. He moved his limbs that were a little stiff from the cold, and stumbled out of the boundless fog.
In front of him, there were quite a few people standing guard outside to watch the commotion, all staring at him.
Behind the crowd was the familiar ancient city. When the Boundless Secular World had opened, he had departed from this place.
He abruptly turned his head to look behind him, and saw that dense fog that connected the heavens and the earth.
He rubbed his eyes with all his might, thinking that he was hallucinating. He turned his head back and forth a few times, and confirmed that he wasn't mistaken. He had really come out. He actually came out? That Hell Mantis had actually unintentionally sent him out?
"Eldest Zhang, is that you?"
A woman wrapped in a headscarf asked as she looked at Miao Yi, who was neither human nor ghost. She seemed to be a little unsure.
Indeed, she couldn't be sure. The flowers, plants, and trees in the Boundless Secular World had all been carbonized into a black color, and everyone who entered looked like they had crawled out of a coal mine. If it weren't for the familiarity of the butcher knife on Miao Yi's waist, the woman wouldn't have opened her mouth to ask.
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