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Chapter 352 Wild Medicine
The foul silk is most adept at eroding treasures that are "extremely strong and yang".

The "upper half" of the Ghost Beard Tree is barely edible for the foul-smelling silkworm.

Guixumu was not unaware of this at first glance.

Its cunning tricks allowed it to escape from Xu Yuan's various crafts and Da Fu.

But then he discovered that this clump of silk-like stuff had stuck to his body and come along with him.

Because once the filaments come into contact, they become entangled, and the rate of erosion is extremely fast.

Ghostwood is beyond getting rid of.

As a result, the foul-smelling threads kept growing and entwining, tightly binding the tree trunk and obscuring the tree's eyes.

The ghost whiskers underground had no effect on them; they could escape with their upper bodies and the foul silk.

However, wrapped in the foul silk, the entire Ghost Beard Tree was extremely weak.

The ghost whiskers underground also gradually withered.

Xu Yuan used three hairpins to carve out a hole in the tree, and suddenly realized that he did not know which tree hole contained the "true seed".

Xu Yuan didn't think much of it, so he thrust out the three hairpins one after another.

Since we can't tell them apart, let's gouge out all thirteen eyes at once!

Ghostwood trembled weakly.

With each lost eye of the tree, it withers a little more.

After all thirteen tree eyes were gouged out, the eerie tree trunk dried up rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the branches at the top of the tree began to crack and crumble.

It scattered into countless wood chips.

Xu Yuan looked down and saw that the ghost whiskers were still struggling beneath the ground.

Xu Yuan thought for a moment. There were still people in Ghost Witch Mountain searching for Ghost Beard Wood—it was best if this thing didn't die right now.

The collapse of the tree trunk was beyond repair.

Xu Yuan had a sudden inspiration: Let's give it a try. There's no loss if it doesn't work.

Xu Yuan reached out and grasped the "Yin-Yang Guillotine," which he hadn't used in a long time.

After Xu Yuan obtained the Dragon-Slaying Sword, and later the Lightning Blade, along with his own Sword Pellet, he used these "treasures" less often.

However, the ability of this treasure to separate Yin and Yang can still be useful in many situations.

Such as now.

Xu Yuan drew his sword and slashed.

This perfectly cut the ghost beard wood into two halves, "yin" and "yang".

The ghost whiskers, representing yin, and the tree trunk, representing yang, are precisely separated.

Xu Yuan then retrieved the foul silk.

The evil creature took a bite.

The standard seems to have improved.

But Lord Xu usually doesn't need it, so he casually grabs it and turns it back into a strange pill to put away.

The tree trunk completely crumbled.

Ghost Beard writhed in anger and agony underground, as if dozens or even hundreds of giant earthworms were about to burst out of the ground to fight Xu Yuan and avenge himself!

Xu Yuan sneered: "I'm sparing your life, so hurry up and get lost! Are you still coming to die?"

If this thing dares to rush out, Lord Xu will not hesitate to burn it to ashes with a single burst of fire.

Ghost Beard immediately felt guilty.

Even when it was whole, it was no match for this guy, let alone when it was only half of itself.

Moreover, most of his skills lay in the tree's eye, but now the tree's eye was entirely in the other party's hands.

Ghost Beard, outwardly fierce but inwardly cowardly, stirred around on the ground a few more times.

It was as if he were issuing a threat: "You just wait!"

Then, as it drilled deep underground, the ground immediately calmed down.

The ghost had already fled several hundred feet away, and then dived another hundred feet underground—there was no trace of it left on the surface.

Xu Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

After collecting all sorts of crafts, he prepared to meet up with the two mountain runners.

But suddenly they saw Dafu swaying and unable to stand steadily.

"Dafu, what's wrong?"

Xu Yuan picked up Dafu, whose whole body was burning hot!
Dafu disliked being held in Fanzhezi's arms, but he was too weak to stand up and had no strength to struggle.

I'm probably sick... Dafu thought to himself.

I really shouldn't have been so greedy...

Xu Yuan frowned, realizing that Da Fu was ill. Could it be because he ate something from the tree tumor?
My immediate thought was that this "disease" must be related to gangrene or Qiu Ningtai.

"If it can't be cured, we'll have to ask Qiu Ningtai for help." Xu Yuan carried Dafu back.

We passed a cliff along the way.

Dafu suddenly opened his eyes, struggled to break free from Xu Yuan's embrace, and lunged at the edge of the cliff—he jumped off!

Xu Yuan frowned. Although he knew that Dafu would definitely survive the fall, what was he doing?

Xu Yuan followed on his fiery wheels.

Dafu was somewhere in the middle of the cliff, chiseling at the rock with a flat chisel.

On this cliff face, there grows a small, purplish-red grass that Xu Yuan had never seen before.

Dafu was too weak to work, and after two attempts, the rock didn't budge.

On the contrary, Dafu felt weak all over and had no strength. His two big webbed feet could not hold onto the rocks and he slid down.

Xu Yuan quickly caught it.

Dafu struggled a few times, but gave up helplessly, as he simply didn't have the strength.

It tried its best to hide its strangely shaped little hands under its wings, not wanting Fanzhezi to see them.

Then he pointed with the tip of his wing at the grass.

Xu Yuan understood, urged the fire wheel to fly over, and the sword pellet swept across the rock wall, digging out all the small grasses.

The roots of the small grass were deeply embedded in the crevices of the stone wall.

Roots resembling beans sprout from the roots.

It has a strong medicinal smell.

Daifu pecked at one and swallowed it, then let out a long breath, tilted his head to the side, and fell asleep.

Xu Yuan flew back to the cliff and looked down to observe Da Fu.

Its high fever is subsiding.

Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Carefully store the remaining herbs.

This must be a rare medicine that I have never seen before.

They turned back and consumed the medicinal pills that enhanced their abilities.

This increased his resistance to the diseases of the ravenous crow and Qiu Ningtai.

Having successfully achieved his goal of entering the mountains and finding Bai Laoyan and Gao Guanzi, Xu Yuan prepared to leave the mountains and return immediately.

That true seed has not yet reached the most mature state that the master spoke of.

Because the Ghost Tree did not devour a high-ranking cultivator.

But Xu Yuan didn't feel regret.

How can everything be perfect?

Guixumu was extremely cunning, and since we had finally found him, we couldn't let him go, otherwise we might never find him again.

Moreover, that important person was watching closely from the side.

This "genuine seed" is the key to whether I can advance to the fifth rank, so naturally I must secure it.

Being too greedy might lead to ending up with nothing.

Xu Yuan wouldn't make that kind of mistake.

……

A battle had just taken place on the riverbank.

Some traces remain on the ground and on the surrounding boulders.

However, the battle was not intense, as the two sides were vastly different in strength, and the weaker side was quickly defeated.

A machete, axe, bow and arrows were scattered to one side.

Gao Guanzi and Bai Laoyan looked ashen-faced, each enveloped in a clump of dark yellow slime, with only their heads showing.

It looks like... a worm wrapped in two clumps of resin.

Above their heads, the group of six-winged monsters split into two groups.

Some of them use their legs to hook onto the sticky substance and flutter their wings.

The other part, with its rear end sticking out, continuously replenishes the mucus to ensure that the two runners cannot break free.

The master then asked his subordinate, a pill refiner, "How is your recovery going?"

"It should be ready in about half an hour."

The adult nodded: "Let's go to that grove of trees first. Once you can use your nose, we'll continue searching for the Ghost Beard Tree."

The adult turned and walked away, and the strange insects followed.

Suddenly, he saw a person emerge from the nearby woods: "Release them, and I will let bygones be bygones!"

(End of this chapter)