I made the entire cultivation world cry

Chapter 58: Collecting Herbs in the Pine Forest (asking for monthly tickets)

Deep in Tiebei Mountain.

Zhao Cangyun and Shang Shixu sat cross-legged on the back of the flying paper crane distributed by the sect, following the four teammates in front of them not too close or too far away.

Zhao Cangyun hugged his arms and sulked. It had been several days, and he still couldn't understand why Jiang Yi lied to him again.

If someone hadn't seen Jiang Yi and the other three accepting the mission and leaving that day, he would have waited at the door of the Deacon's Hall until the afternoon.

In desperation, he and Shang Shixu could only take on the C-level task of patrolling the back mountain of the Tiebei Mountain Black Iron Mine together with the other four senior brothers and sisters in the sect.

With the arrival of winter, many demons and beasts will hibernate and dig holes everywhere. Some demons and beasts will even attack the mines directly, so the mines have recently sent more people to patrol.

Their mission goal was to cross the cedar forest and go to the foot of the mountain on the other side of the mine to see if there were any evil spirits secretly digging holes into the mine and destroying the internal structure of the mine.

If it's not difficult, just deal with it on the spot, repair the holes, and then set up the formation flags given by the Deacon Hall.

The mission lasts for one month and is more difficult than the herb-collecting mission, but the rewards are richer.

"Don't let me catch you in Tiebei Mountain, or you'll be in big trouble!"

Zhao Cangyun muttered viciously, Shang Shixu chuckled and shook his head. He dared to guarantee that when Zhao Cangyun saw Jiang Yi again, he would still act obediently and try to please him, hiding his fierce side.

Zhao Cangyun cares a lot about Jiang Yi. Shang Shixu doesn't know the truth yet, but this care is definitely not the result of first love. After all, Zhao Cangyun is not a human. In his eyes, it makes no difference whether a human girl is beautiful or ugly.

However, Zhao Cangyun has a unique ability to appreciate demons and spirits. For example, he thinks the old woman in the Deacon Hall is as beautiful as a fairy.

"There's a cedar forest down below. The weather is nice. I hope it doesn't snow again in the next few days."

The cold wind is like a knife, the clouds on the towering snow-capped mountains are chilly, and large patches of rime stand under the golden morning glow.

A group of people flew paper cranes over the cedar forest in the wind, and the rustling sound of ice crystals on the trees was like fairy music.

The snow paths under the forest were deep and shallow. The strong wind blew away the ice and snow. The chubby girl was hit on the head and shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Who is it! Can't you fly slower?!"

"Don't shout, be careful of avalanche." Jiang Yi reminded.

Shen Puning quickly covered his mouth and asked softly, "Are the cold-repellent charms on both of you still warm? I have new ones here to replace them."

Hum! Hum!

A little pig's head suddenly popped out of the snow. Baozhu jumped and begged for a talisman to ward off the cold, but was ignored by Shen Puning.

She released the orb on purpose, letting it travel through the snow, using the icy air of the place to temper its bones, muscles, and skin.

"It's still hot, no need to change."

Xin Wushuang walked in front, one step deep and one step shallow, waving a short knife to clear away the dead branches that blocked the road, his eyes as sharp as lightning, searching for any possible elixirs that might appear under the trees.

Wanli was circling in the sky, helping them to keep watch. The weather was clear today and there was no bone-breaking wind in the forest.

Jiang Yi walked behind the two of them, with a cold-repellent talisman on his back and holding Hongli, who was warm and furry all over, in his arms.

Hongli raised her head and looked around curiously. This place was centered on an ice lake and covered with snow all year round. It was a place it had never set foot in.

The flower girl was hanging on the side, and a piece of yellow talisman paper was also pasted on the white cloud. If there was no talisman to keep out the cold, it would have been frozen into an ice lump.

It was for this reason that it was afraid that its owner would get frostbite, so it took the initiative to ask its owner to hold the vixen to keep warm.

"Hua Gu, why don't I just put you away? The temperature here is too low, and the cold-avoiding talisman is of fire attribute after all, so it won't be good for you."

Jiang Yi felt sorry for Hua Gu, but Hua Gu was determined not to go back to the demon spirit bag and insisted on staying by Jiang Yi's side to protect him.

It was afraid that when it was away, its owner would be bewitched by a fox spirit.

"There are a few snowmelts here."

Xin Wushuang squatted under a cedar tree and carefully used a hoe to separate the snow.

"I am coming!"

Shen Puning put on gloves, took out the jade box, and went over to help collect herbs.

Jiang Yi stood behind the two of them and kept alert. There were often groups of annoying snow macaques appearing in the cedar forest. They would hide in the trees and hit people with ice lumps and icicles, just like the habits of the fire-faced civet cat.

It took them only two days to reach the cedar forest by controlling the flying magic tool. Xin Wushuang carried Jiang Yi all the way, and Jiang Yi slept soundly in the back.

On the way, she placed the two blue-backed wolf demon seeds in her arms, rendered them inert, and then gave them to Hua Gu to absorb.

At this point, Hua Gu, having absorbed the second-grade spiritual spring water and two blue-backed wolf demon seeds, had already steadily entered the eighth level of Qi training. Once she had completely digested the power of the spiritual spring water and the demon seeds, transforming this power into her own spiritual power and storing it in the demon seeds, she would be on her way to the ninth level of Qi training. [Lan Yao: Upper Mortal Level]

【Attributes: Water, Thunder, Wind】

[Cultivation: Eighth level of Qi training]

[Spells: Rain (Low Level, Proficient), Water Blade (Low Level, Proficient), Wind Blade (Low Level, Mastery), Water Arrow (Low Level, Mastery), Thunderbolt (Intermediate Level, Mastery)]

As Jiang Yi expected, the wind blade reached the mastery level and could release eighteen wind blades at a time, or a giant wind blade comparable to a top-grade magic weapon, and its speed was faster than the golden leaf flying knife.

This is also a unique feature of Wind Blade. In low-level spells, gold, wood, water, fire and earth all have two forms: blade and arrow.

They seem repetitive, but in fact they each have their own merits.

The blade is crescent-shaped, has average speed, deals damage over a large area, and causes stronger bleeding effects.

Arrows are slender, with greater speed and penetration, making them suitable for precise strikes.

I have to thank Hongli for the new spell of Water Blade. Whenever they rested near the river, Hongli would dig up the nests of water dart frogs. Not only did she dig out hundreds of hibernating water dart frogs, she also dug out two nests of water crocodile lizards.

The water-patterned crocodile lizard knows the water blade technique, and the demon species obtained just allows Hua Gu's water blade to reach the proficient level. Xuan Shuisha's water prison is successfully upgraded to a meat grinder.

There are too many types of water arrow magic monsters, and Hua Gu cannot absorb them all at once, and is still slowly improving.

Jiang Yi calculated that if the qualifications were not stuck at the right level, these water arrow frog monster species would be enough for Hua Gu to improve her water arrow technique to the minor success level.

She is looking forward to it.

In addition to the monster species, Jiang Yi collected all the corpses of the water arrow frogs in a clean storage bag and kept them as food reserves.

Shen Puning is a greedy person, but she has never eaten a water dart frog. She said that the blue skin of the water dart frog made her lose her appetite, and she has never heard of any cultivator eating a water dart frog. She wanted to know under what circumstances Jiang Yi had the courage to eat this sticky blue thing?
Jiang Yi smiled but said nothing. How could a child who had never experienced hunger know the ecstasy of a seriously injured person who was unable to move and was almost starving to death when he caught a water arrow frog?

In addition to Hua Gu's improvement, Hong Li also had an improvement.

[Red Fire Fox: Yellow Level Lower]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Cultivation: Seventh Level of Qi Training]

[Spells: Charm (High-level, Beginner), Shapeshifter (Low-level, Beginner), Fire Claw (Low-level, Proficient), Fire Bullet (Low-level, Proficient), Fire Seal (Low-level, Beginner), Fire Chain (Low-level, Beginner)]

Hongli had been trying hard to please Jiang Yi these past two days, so naturally Jiang Yi wanted to reward it with the so-called 'top-grade Chengling Pill'.

She had previously obtained two Fire Claw Demon Seeds and two Fire Bomb Demon Seeds from the ring battle.

After Shen Puning identified the thirteen demon seeds in the storage bags of the two wandering cultivators, he found that eleven of them were fire-faced raccoon demon seeds, and nine of them contained both the fire claws and fire bomb spells.

Jiang Yi gave all of these to Hongli to eat, and its fire claws and fire bombs directly reached the proficient level.

Foxes are smart, so it's nothing surprising that they can quickly improve their spell levels through their comprehension. Xin Wushuang and Shen Puning wouldn't find it strange if they saw it.

In this way, Hongli is capable of fighting in both close combat and long-range combat. Combined with its high-level charm technique, it can be very effective in combat with just a little training.

As for the two spells, Fire Seal and Fire Chain, they were learned for the purpose of refining pills.

Last night, Jiang Yi took Hong Li to try to make an elixir for the first time, and stuffed its tail under the cauldron to act as a fire source.

In the end, she failed successfully. Although she didn't gain anything, she was also tired.

The next day, when Jiang Yi was taking a nap on the way, he reviewed the situation briefly and realized that it must be because Hongli's tail was always moving, causing the alchemy furnace to heat unevenly.

At present, she cannot directly control Hongli to control the fire, because Hongli has reservations about her. If she forcibly intervenes with her spiritual sense, she will only be met with fierce resistance from Hongli.

And this is not a long-term solution. What she wants is for Hongli to be able to refine the elixir independently. She stood by with her feet crossed, pointing and admonishing.

After much thought, Jiang Yi fed both the Fire Seal and Fire Chain demon seeds to Hong Li, and planned to try again when he rested tonight.

If Hongli can use the fire seal to sense the situation in the alchemy furnace and use the fire chain to accurately heat the furnace, the problem of fire control will be solved.

With the cry of an eagle, Jiang Yi's spiritual consciousness probed towards the west side of the cedar forest.

Large tracts of cedar trees shook violently, and snow fog gradually filled the air. Accompanied by the unique calls and fighting sounds of monkeys, people and monkeys were approaching this side rapidly.

Hua Gu floated forward on her own initiative. Jiang Yi dropped Hong Li and picked Hua Gu up.

"Hongli, it's time to test you!"

(End of this chapter)