At the beginning, I cleaned the Sutra Library and completed the incomplete skills.

"The branches and leaves are sparse, the wood is light red, and the texture is rather blurred... Hmm, this tree should be between one and three years old."

Li Lan stroked a spirit paulownia tree, carefully identifying it according to the introduction on the jade slip.

The power of the spellcasting auxiliary materials refined from spirit plants of different ages is naturally also different.

The older the year, the more expensive the price sold in the market, and the better the effect.

Although this spirit paulownia tree in front of him has not yet passed its infancy, it is enough for Li Lan, who is at the first level of Qi refining.

He immediately used his divine sense to command the spirit bean soldiers to climb up the tree and begin picking spirit paulownia fruits.

Today is the sixteenth day that Li Lan has come to this Immortal Trace Valley.

During these days, he has been extra careful and cautious, and has hardly left the safe area.

Each time, he would command the spirit bean soldiers to fully explore the terrain and confirm that there were no dangers.

Only then would Li Lan personally go there to pick spirit plants.

Through more than half a month of observation, he has gradually become more familiar with this forest.

At the same time, he has figured out some of the rules of Immortal Trace Valley.

For example, in the outer edge of this jungle, there are basically no valuable spirit herbs or spirit plants.

The deeper you go into the central area of Immortal Trace Valley, the older the spirit plants become.

In order to complete the sect's mission and meet his own needs for spirit plants.

Li Lan has gradually gone deeper and deeper into the central area.

However, he has never let down his guard.

He always maintains the good habit of letting the spirit bean soldiers clear the way in advance, and he finishes up at the rear.

While thinking, the spirit paulownia fruits had been almost picked.

Just as Li Lan was about to leave.

Suddenly.

A burst of rapid stinging pain came from his mind!

Li Lan's heart trembled, and he thought something was wrong.

This stinging pain was the signal that the spirit bean soldiers would transmit when they sensed a strong danger!

He sensed it slightly.

He discovered that the signal came from the bean soldier that was exploring the terrain deepest in Immortal Trace Valley.

Because the spellcasting auxiliary materials for this batch of spirit bean soldiers were too cheap, and Li Lan's cultivation level was not high.

This led to the fact that although he could sense danger, he did not know what the spirit bean soldier had seen.

However, Li Lan was not curious about this at all.

He did not hesitate for a moment and immediately rushed towards the outer edge.

While retreating, Li Lan used the spiritual connection to convey the instruction to the spirit bean soldier to run in the opposite direction.

He had already made a plan to abandon the chariot to protect the commander.

Li Lan ran wildly in the jungle, every step seeming to step on a taut string.

Besides the whistling wind and his heartbeat, there was no other sound around.

There was no trace of danger at all.

But Li Lan did not dare to relax in the slightest.

While escaping, he left the remaining three spirit bean soldiers along the way to cover the rear.

In case someone followed the trail without him being prepared.

Rushing non-stop to the edge of Immortal Trace Valley, Li Lan's chest heaved violently, and his clothes were already soaked with sweat.

But he was completely unaware of this.

At this moment, Li Lan was vigilantly looking around.

When he sensed that the four spirit bean soldiers were still alive and the danger warning had disappeared without a trace.

Doubt arose in his heart.

What is going on?

The other three spirit bean soldiers left along the way are fine.

Why hasn't the spiritual connection with the bean soldier that went deepest into the central area been severed until now?

This shows that it has not been destroyed.

It discovered danger, issued a warning, but was not destroyed by the other party, which seems a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.

Could it be that.

This spirit bean soldier was not noticed by the other party?

Li Lan's heart was filled with doubts, and he decided to summon the spirit bean soldier back to see what it had encountered.

However, the cautious Li Lan did not act immediately.

Instead, he commanded the spirit bean soldier to circle around in the nearby jungle several times.

After fully confirming that he would not be followed, Li Lan summoned it back to his side.

A rustling sound came from the cave.

A palm-sized light purple wooden puppet emerged.

Li Lan commanded another spirit bean soldier to go up and check, and found that there was no danger.

Only then did he step forward and take the spirit bean soldier in his hand.

After carefully looking at it, his brows furrowed even deeper.

This spirit bean soldier was the same as when it left, and there was no sign of damage.

This result made Li Lan even more puzzled.

What exactly did it encounter to send him a danger signal?

Out of curiosity, Li Lan injected mana into the spirit bean soldier's body.

Like watching a video tape, he began to check the memory of this spirit bean soldier.

In the memory of this spirit bean soldier.

At first, it passed through dense jungles, a scene that is very common in Immortal Trace Valley, and there is nothing different about it.

The only difference is that as it continued to penetrate deeper into the central area, the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy became more and more intense.

There were ancient spirit herbs and spirit plants everywhere on the roadside, and any one of them seemed to be more than three years old.

Li Lan was getting excited as he watched.

Suddenly, an extremely terrifying aura, like a cold wind, swept in from the depths of Immortal Trace Valley.

That aura was like materialized darkness, cold and heavy.

It almost froze the surrounding air.

Even the bean soldiers without intelligence, under that aura, instinctively trembled like chaff.

Even if he was only experiencing the memory of the spirit bean soldier, Li Lan personally felt the terror of that aura.

Although they had never met.

But he could also clearly feel that it definitely came from a strong person whose realm far exceeded his own.

It was under the pressure of this aura.

The spirit bean soldier, by instinct, sent a danger signal to Li Lan.

But what was strange was.

That aura might not have noticed the existence of the spirit bean soldier.

Or perhaps it disdained to attack this little thing that had no power to fight back.

In the end.

It actually let the spirit bean soldier leave safely under Li Lan's instructions.

The memory fragment ended.

Li Lan's brows were almost twisted into a ball.

Compared to before checking the memory, he had more doubts in his heart.

Judging from the feeling of this aura, its strength seemed to be even greater than that of Elder Jian Chen of the Foundation Establishment stage.

The other party is at least a Foundation Establishment stage existence.

How could such a strong person suddenly appear here?

Hasn't the spiritual vein here been abandoned?

Could it be that.

In addition to these infantile spirit plants.

Is there actually something more valuable hidden here?

To the extent that even a Foundation Establishment stage strong person was alarmed?

Li Lan pondered for a while, but still couldn't figure out the reason.

But no matter what the Foundation Establishment stage strong person's reason for coming here is.

It cannot change the decision in his heart.

Li Lan is not prepared to continue staying here.

Although risks are often accompanied by opportunities, Li Lan still has self-knowledge of his own strength.

The gap between the first level of Qi refining and the Foundation Establishment stage is no exaggeration to say that it is the difference between clouds and mud.

In a situation where the strength is extremely disparate.

Compared to opportunities, Li Lan still cherishes his little life more.

Thinking of this.

He immediately planned to use the communication talisman to contact Ah Hua and the other three.

However, just as Li Lan took out the talisman from the storage bag, this object suddenly shone brightly.

Ah Hua's slightly gloomy voice came from the communication talisman.

"Encountered five Qi Refining cultivators from the Spirit Firmament Sect, quickly come and help me seize the fifteen-year-old spirit herb!"