Immortality Cultivation: I can use my clansmen’s energy and blood to add points.

"Yeah." Su Xiaowan wiped her tears and nodded, knowing that now was not the time to cry. She supported Lin Wan'er, while Lin Wan'er carefully held Bai Ling'er, and the two began to struggle to find a temporary shelter in this unfamiliar forest.

Their hearts were filled with worry about Luo Qingchen and confusion about the future.

But as long as there is a glimmer of hope, they will not give up.

Luo Qingchen walked slowly in the dark and deep underground palace, taking every step carefully. He held the Black Dragon Sword tightly in his hand, with the tip of the sword slightly lowered, ready to deal with any possible surprise attack. The Chaos Art slowly circulated in his body, and a little bit of mixed spiritual energy was refined and absorbed. Although it was a drop in the bucket, it was better than nothing.

The deeper you go, the thicker the smell of decay in the air becomes, and you can even smell a faint smell of blood. On the stone walls on both sides of the passage, some blurry murals begin to appear, mostly depicting strange sacrificial scenes and some hideous beast patterns, with a rough and weird style.

He could feel the aura of those gray-robed ghosts lingering nearby, like maggots on the tarsal bones, approaching yet not approaching. They seemed to be waiting for an opportunity, waiting for the moment when he was completely exhausted.

Luo Qingchen knew this very well, but he remained calm and not panicked at all. He knew that the more times like this, the more he had to stay calm.

After walking for about half an hour, the road ahead suddenly became clear.

A huge underground cave appeared in front of him. The dome of the cave was extremely high, and countless strange stalactites hung down. Unlike the dead silence of the palace before, there was actually a small underground river flowing through one side of the cave, making a slight sound of water.

What made Luo Qingchen even more excited was that he found several strange plants emitting faint fluorescence by the dark river. It was a kind of grass about half a foot tall, with translucent blue leaves and several rice-sized, dew-like fruits on the top, emitting a faint fragrance and a trace of pure water-attributed spiritual energy.

"Dark Blue Water Jade Grass?" Luo Qingchen's heart moved. This is a rare spiritual herb. Although the grade is not high, the spiritual power contained in its fruit is pure and gentle. It has a miraculous effect on restoring spiritual power and nourishing meridians, especially suitable for his current state.

He did not go forward to pick them immediately, but carefully observed the surroundings. Beside the dark river, besides these few dark blue water jade grasses, there were also some scattered animal bones and a few fresh marks left by sharp claws.

Obviously, there are monsters guarding the spiritual herbs here, or in other words, the spiritual herbs themselves are food for some kind of monsters.

Luo Qingchen held his breath, restrained his aura to the extreme, and slowly approached.

Just when he was still several feet away from the blue water grass, there was a sudden splash of water in the dark river! A pitch-black snake covered with sticky scales and a single horn on its head suddenly jumped out of the water, opened its stinking mouth full of fangs, and bit towards Luo Qingchen's neck with a cold mist like lightning!

This strange snake was extremely fast and silent, and it had obviously been lurking here for a long time, waiting for its prey to come. Judging from the aura it exuded, it was a demon beast comparable to the middle stage of foundation building - the black water snake!
Luo Qingchen was prepared. The moment the strange snake jumped out, he stepped forward and floated back like a ghost, narrowly avoiding the fatal blow.

"You beast, you're looking for death!" A cold light flashed in Luo Qingchen's eyes, and he raised the Black Dragon Sword in his hand. A condensed gray sword energy broke through the air and cut the Black Water Mystic Snake's vital point!

The Black Water Serpent failed to hit the target, and a hint of ferocity flashed in its eyes. Its huge tail swept across like a steel whip, bringing up a whistling evil wind, and at the same time a stream of dark green venom spurted out of its mouth, with a pungent smell.

Luo Qingchen nimbly avoided the sweep of the snake's tail, and turned the sword to split the incoming venom. The venom fell to the ground, making a "hissing" corrosion sound, corroding the hard rock into small pits.

"What a strong poison!" Luo Qingchen felt a chill in his heart.

His Chaos Power has not recovered much at this moment, so it is not suitable for him to fight this demon snake for a long time. He must fight quickly and decisively!

He took a deep breath and pushed the Chaos Art to its extreme. The trace of Chaos Power that he had accumulated with great difficulty in his body was poured into the Black Dragon Sword without reservation.

"Chaos Sword Art: Falling Stars!"

The Black Dragon Sword made a clear sound, and a little bit of gray starlight lit up on the sword, as if countless tiny stars were born and died in it. His figure flashed, and he appeared on the side of the Black Water Mystic Snake as if teleporting, and stabbed out with a sword!
This sword was as fast as lightning and at a tricky angle, pointing directly at the left eye of the Black Water Snake, where the defense was relatively weak!
The Black Water Snake seemed to have sensed the danger as well. It let out a sharp hiss and twisted its huge body violently, trying to avoid the fatal blow.

puff!

Although the tip of the sword failed to pierce the eyes, it penetrated deeply under the scales of the Black Water Snake's neck, bringing up a puff of smelly black blood!

"Hiss!" The Black Water Snake felt pain and twisted its body wildly. Its huge tail slapped around, smashing the surrounding stalactites into pieces.

Luo Qingchen succeeded in his attack and without further ado, he immediately withdrew and retreated to avoid the demon snake's dying counterattack.

The Black Water Serpent struggled for a while, and finally ran out of strength. Its huge body fell heavily to the ground, splashing water, and it was completely lifeless.

Luo Qingchen heaved a sigh of relief, walked forward, carefully pulled up the few blue water jade grasses by their roots, and put them into his storage ring. He took another look at the body of the black water snake, hesitated for a moment, and used the Black Dragon Sword to cut open the snake's belly and took out a fist-sized black demon pill that exuded cold water vapor.

Although the properties of this demon pill are not quite compatible with him, it is better than nothing and perhaps it will come in handy in the future.

After doing all this, he did not stay here for long, but quickly left the cave and continued to explore the unknown depths. He had a hunch that the exit might not be far away.

In the forest, Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan had found a relatively secluded and dry cave as a temporary shelter. The cave was not big, just enough to accommodate the three of them.

Lin Wan'er used her sword to clear the weeds and vines at the entrance of the cave, and spread some soft hay in the cave, and settled Bailing'er down.

Su Xiaowan volunteered to go out and look for food and water. Although her cultivation was not high, she grew up in the Su family and learned some survival skills in the wild. In addition, she carried a lot of strange talismans on her, so ordinary small beasts could not do anything to her.

"Sister Wan'er, look what I found!" Half an hour later, Su Xiaowan ran back happily, holding a few fist-sized, brightly colored wild fruits in her arms, and also holding a fat wild rabbit tied with vines and cleaned.

"Is this... the Flame Sun Fruit?" Lin Wan'er took a bright red fruit and was a little surprised. "This fruit contains pure yang fire energy. Ordinary people will get angry if they eat it, but for us cultivators, it is a good thing to replenish qi and blood. Where did you find it?"

"Hehe, there is a small patch of it on a sunny hillside not far behind the cave!" Su Xiaowan raised her chin proudly, "I trapped the rabbit with a tracking charm, and then killed it with a fireball charm! How about it, am I awesome?"

Lin Wan'er smiled and rubbed her head: "Well, our Xiaowan is the best. But you have to be more careful when you go out next time. There is no telling what dangers there are in this forest." "I know!" Su Xiaowan stuck out her tongue and began to skillfully make a fire to roast the rabbit. She took out a flint, tinder, and even a small bag of secret seasoning from her storage bag, which made Lin Wan'er laugh and cry. This girl didn't forget to bring these things when she was escaping.

Soon, the aroma of barbecue filled the cave.

The two shared the roasted rabbit and the Flame Sun Fruit, and felt their strength had been restored and their spirits were much better.

"Sister Wan'er, how do you think Senior Brother Luo is doing now?" Su Xiaowan was chewing on a rabbit leg and started to worry about Luo Qingchen again.

Lin Wan'er was silent for a moment, then said softly, "He will be fine. What we need to do now is to take good care of Ling'er, recover our strength as soon as possible, and then find a way to find out the news here, to see if we can find a way back to the sect, or contact Senior Brother Luo."

She looked out of the cave with a deep gaze. Although this forest was beautiful, it was also full of unknowns. Just when Su Xiaowan went out, she vaguely felt that there seemed to be signs of other monks' activities in a certain direction of the forest.

The breath was very faint and fleeting, but she was sure that she was not wrong.

Whether they are friends or enemies is still unknown. They must be more cautious.

As the night deepened, the bonfire in the cave crackled. Lin Wan'er stood guard at the entrance of the cave, while Su Xiaowan snuggled up to Bai Ling'er and fell into a deep sleep.

Lin Wan'er looked at the dark forest outside the cave, listening to the occasional roars of animals and chirps of insects in the distance, with a myriad of thoughts in her mind.

Senior Brother Luo, where are you?

Luo Qingchen walked along the underground river for nearly an hour. The passage ahead gradually became wider, and the air gradually became less polluted. He could even feel a faint air current with the fragrance of plants and trees blowing from the front.

windy!

Luo Qingchen was cheered up, this meant the exit was probably nearby!

He quickened his pace and turned a corner. Suddenly, a faint light appeared in front of him! It was not the fluorescence emitted by the spiritual grass, but... the real light from the sky!

It was a narrow crack extending diagonally upward, and the light came from the end of the crack. The crack was covered with slippery moss and tangled tree roots, and it had obviously existed for a long time.

Luo Qingchen was filled with an indescribable excitement. He was finally leaving this damn underground world!

He took a deep breath, put the Black Dragon Sword on his back, grabbed the rocks and tree roots on both sides of the crack with both hands, and began to climb up with difficulty. The crack was narrow and steep, almost vertical in some places, and full of loose gravel, and it was easy to slip if you were not careful.

But he had only one thought in his mind at this moment - get out!
He didn't know how long it was, but when he used up his last bit of strength, squeezed out of the crack and fell heavily on the soft rotten leaves, the dazzling sunlight made him squint his eyes.

The fresh air, the singing of birds and the fragrance of flowers, and the long-lost warm sunshine shining on my body dispelled the coldness and fatigue of the past few days.

He...came out!

Luo Qingchen lay on the ground, breathing heavily, feeling the joy of surviving the catastrophe. He looked around and found himself in a dense primeval forest, surrounded by towering ancient trees and knee-high bushes, which was quite similar to the environment that Lin Wan'er and the others were in after being teleported.

Could it be that... the other end of the teleportation array is somewhere in this forest?
This thought ignited hope in his heart.

He struggled to sit up, swallowed a few blue water jade fruits, and took a breath for a while, feeling that his strength had recovered a little. The most urgent task was to find Lin Wan'er and the others.

He carefully observed the surrounding environment, trying to find some clues. In the forest, there were many traces of animals, but few traces of human beings.

He closed his eyes and slowly spread his spiritual sense. In this relatively pure spiritual environment, the range of his spiritual sense was much larger than when he was underground, and it could cover an area of ​​several hundred feet in radius.

Suddenly, his expression changed. In the southeast direction, about two or three miles away, he sensed a faint fluctuation of spiritual power belonging to a human cultivator! Moreover, that fluctuation seemed to be mixed with a familiar breath of...Tianyuan spiritual power!

It’s Wan’er!
Luo Qingchen was overjoyed and no longer cared about his tiredness. He immediately stood up, identified the direction, and ran towards the place where the breath came from!

At this moment, Lin Wan'er and Su Xiaowan were facing a little trouble.

The entrance to the cave where they lived yesterday was blocked by a group of uninvited guests early this morning.

There were three young monks wearing green robes and carrying long swords, two men and one woman, all of whom were in the early to middle stages of foundation building. The leader was a tall and thin young man with an arrogant look. He looked up and down at Lin Wan'er at the entrance of the cave, with a flash of surprise in his eyes, and then turned into contempt.

"Two fairies, this is the place where our Qingmu Sect's ancestors have practiced in seclusion. How dare you trespass without permission?" The tall and thin young man spoke with a questioning tone.

Lin Wan'er frowned slightly. She could sense the hostility in the other person's words. She protected Su Xiaowan and Bai Ling'er behind her and said calmly, "My fellow Taoist, we two sisters are just passing by and came across this cave by chance. We want to take shelter from the wind and rain. We have no other intentions. Please forgive us if we disturb you. We will leave now."

"Leave?" The young man sneered, "That's easy for you to say! Who knows if you are demons who sneaked into our Qingmu Mountains with evil intentions? I think you should come back with us to the sect, so that my uncle-master can question you thoroughly, and then you can be cleared of suspicion!"

The short and fat male disciple beside him also chimed in, "That's right! Two female cultivators with a child in this desolate mountain area look very suspicious!"

Another female disciple looked at Lin Wan'er's beautiful face with jealousy and said sarcastically, "Humph, maybe she is a vixen sent by some demon sect, trying to seduce us righteous disciples!"

Su Xiaowan was furious when she heard this. She put her hands on her hips and said, "Hey! Are you being unreasonable? We are here with good intentions to leave, but you want to arrest us? What Qingmu Sect? I think it's Heimu Sect! You bully two weak women without knowing right from wrong. What kind of a prestigious sect are you!" (End of this chapter)