Sitting and forgetting longevity

Chapter 1947 Snake Valley
"Seal off the exits!"

"Seal off the exits immediately!"

With shouts, several teams of fish-head guards ran across the long street and headed towards the exit.

The many beast cultivators on the street were startled and hurriedly hid to the side of the road, while also unable to resist looking around curiously.

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"I don't know, with such a big commotion, something big must have happened, right?"

"I know, I know!" A slick-haired, fox-eared orc jumped out, saying smugly, "I heard someone has infiltrated our Black Forest Town, and the guards are trying to catch him!"

As they were talking, sure enough, squads of guards appeared at the other end of the long street, rushing to search every shop and house, checking everyone they encountered.

While the entire town of Heisen was in chaos, Liu Qinghuan had already reached the exit the moment she was exposed, and successfully left by passing through the passage and the mountain wall.

He took out the map he bought at the market, found the location of Snake Valley, and headed in that direction.

The mountains are high and the forests are dense, with tall grass and many vines.

Snake Valley is a few hills away from Black Forest Town, not far, but the terrain is treacherous and extremely difficult to traverse.

It's unclear what's in that Snake Valley, which is why the fish-headed guard showed such obvious apprehension when he spoke of it.

After leaving Black Forest Town, Liu Qinghuan switched to ordinary invisibility magic, thus retaining some magic power. He quickly crossed mountains and valleys and found the entrance to Snake Valley.

He looked around and quickly spotted many fish-headed guards hiding among the dense foliage, monitoring the area.

In addition, he found a faint mark among the branches of a tree.

That was something he had agreed upon beforehand with Li Shan and the others; if they accidentally got separated, they would leave a mark in a hidden place.

They drifted into Snake Valley like a gust of wind, then followed the markings to find their way.

The forest in the valley grew increasingly dense, with vines covered in sharp thorns twining among the trees and stretching across the air, leaving almost no place to step.

Snake Valley truly lives up to its name. Under the grass and on the branches, many snakes and insects of all sizes hide and hang, their colors very similar to the vines, making it difficult to distinguish which are vines and which are snakes.

To avoid alerting the enemy, Liu Qinghuan used the Wood Release technique to venture deeper into the forest, when he suddenly heard a faint hissing sound.

His heart tightened, and he hurried forward. He saw obvious marks on the ground, with grass and trees trampled and crushed, and the cuts on the broken vines were smooth, clearly caused by a sharp weapon.

The snakes and insects around were unusually restless, slithering about.

After turning a corner of a rocky hill, a clearing in the woods appeared ahead. Li Shan and Tian Nu stood back to back, one holding a long sword and the other a large hammer.

Countless snakes circled around them, their triangular heads raised high, poised to attack.

Snakes would occasionally leap up like lightning, biting at the two men, only to be either precisely slashed down by the longsword or smashed to pieces by the sledgehammer.

The ground was covered with snake corpses, including a huge snake as thick as a bucket, several meters long, covered with wounds, its head almost severed, with reddish-brown blood flowing all over the ground.

Clearly, a fierce battle had taken place here before Liu Qinghuan arrived, so much so that a large area of ​​the surrounding trees and vines had been cleared away.

The two men were also covered in blood, especially Li Shan, whose original moon-white clothes were now stained with large patches of blood.

Liu Qinghuan didn't have time to look closely. He escaped from the tree trunk, found a bottle of snake-repelling pills in his storage ring, and crushed them!
The pungent smell immediately spread, and the yellowish-brown powder flew out. Wherever it touched, snakes and insects first stiffened, then fell to the ground and writhed, quickly dying.

The snakes and insects that were not covered by the powder were choked by the pungent smell and retreated and scurried away.

"Brother Liu!" Li Shan exclaimed in surprise, "You're finally back!" Liu Qinghuan scattered medicinal powder as he walked towards the two of them. The snakes and insects avoided him as if they were facing a deadly star.

In no time, the snakes and insects around them disappeared completely, leaving behind a ground littered with corpses.

Li Shan slumped to the ground without any regard for appearances: "I'm exhausted! It's like a tiger fallen into the plains being bullied by dogs. If you hadn't come soon, we would have both been eaten by snakes!"

“I escaped too,” Liu Qinghuan said.

Li Shan's expression hardened: "What happened?"

“The Star Nirvana Ancestor is in Black Forest Town. I was discovered by him by accident, so I had to retreat from inside,” Liu Qinghuan said. “Now the sea tribes are searching for the three of us outside.”

Li Shan responded with an "Oh," displaying an indifferent attitude, as if saying, "I'm not worried about having too much debt, and I'm not bothered by having too many lice."

Just then, a loud thud was heard as the hammer fell to the ground. Tiannu leaned against the giant snake, clutching his chest and ribs with one hand, panting heavily.

Liu Qinghuan quickly went over to check his injuries and took out some healing pills.

"It's nothing, just a minor injury," Tian Nu said. "I was careless and didn't dodge in time."

Liu Qinghuan said, "You are already very powerful! The guards under Ancestor Xing Nie all have tokens that shield them from the influence of the black mist, so they can still use their magic power. Naturally, they have a greater advantage when facing them."

The fact that Li Shan and Tian Nu, both of whom had lost their magical powers, were able to escape from the encirclement of so many people demonstrates their formidable strength.

Li Shan was also injured, but unlike Tian Nu, he wasn't injured in any internal organs; it was just some superficial wounds.

After treating their injuries, the three left the open space littered with snake carcasses and blood, found a cave, and set up a protective array.

Liu Qinghuan then recounted the specific situation in Black Forest Town and how he found Xu Lingzi in the water dungeon.

"Fellow Daoist Xu Lingzi was afraid that we would not be willing to help, so he said he was willing to give up all his possessions as a reward, including two primordial treasures, several chaotic magic weapons, spirit stones and other items."

Li Shan was somewhat surprised: "This..." He glanced at the other two, but didn't swallow back the words "no reward needed".

"Then let's save him," Tiannu said. "We came out together; it wouldn't be right to abandon him."

“But how can we deal with Ancestor Xing Nie in our current state?” Li Shan asked.

Even when they are at the peak of their magical power, they only have a 30-40% chance of winning against a rogue immortal.

The three of them fell silent.

“Actually…” Liu Qinghuan sighed inwardly and said, “To save Fellow Daoist Xu Lingzi, we don’t necessarily have to defeat Xing Nie. We can also use a plan to lure him away, and the others can take the opportunity to rescue him.”

Both of them looked over, and Li Shan hesitated before saying, "Then the person who goes to lure him away will also be in great danger."

“Since it was my suggestion, I will naturally go,” Liu Qinghuan said. “Besides, rescuing people in Black Forest Town won’t be easy; there are many guards there.”

Therefore, this rescue was extremely difficult, which explains why Xu Lingzi was willing to give up all his possessions just to be saved.

But the person was still saved, so the three of them pooled their wisdom and efforts to think of a way to save the person.

Two days later, Liu Qinghuan left Snake Valley and arrived at a mountain peak.

Black mist flowed through the jungle, and in the distance, the Five-Colored Stone Mountain resembled a sweet, poisonous bait hanging on the horizon, luring people into its trap.

Liu Qinghuan took off her outer garment, and soon after, a giant azure dragon soared into the air and flew towards the Five-Colored Stone Mountain.