Soon, he arrived in front of the Luo Shan Beauty Flower. The moment he bent down to pick it, Li Dong was alert to his surroundings. However, until he picked the flower and put it into his Universe Creator, the swamp remained silent."Am I worrying too much?"
The mutation had indeed happened! The little fox cried out in alarm, but it was already too late. A brown-yellow figure flew past behind Li Dong and cut a bloody wound on his neck. Dark red blood gushed out like spring water.
"Damn it! I was too careless." Li Dong covered his wound and retreated to the side while circulating his vital qi to stop the bleeding. At the same time, he condensed a flame art in his right hand, the Red Refined Spear, and threw it at the attacker. Just as the lightning-fast Red Refined Spear was about to hit, the yellow-brown figure turned into a lump of mud and melted into the swamp.
"Is this the Earth Evasion of the Five Elements Evasion Technique?”Li Dong guessed," This is a rather troublesome enemy. We can't linger on fighting! Retreat!"
Sun and Moon Shuttle activated! They retreated in the direction of the Holy Qilin Valley, but when Li Dong jumped to the entrance of the valley, there was a loud bang and ripples appeared in the void. Li Dong's body crashed into an invisible barrier, and he flew out and fell on the swamp.
"Barrier?" Li Dong was shocked. The Sun and Moon Rushing Shuttle was a top-notch Space Intent that could ignore the distance between them. However, his current mastery of the mysteries of space wasn't enough to penetrate a barrier that could make space independent. Moreover, the barrier before him was a protective barrier set up by an ancient God Realm expert. How could he enter and exit as he pleased?
Suddenly, an astonishing killing intent came from behind him. Li Dong wanted to get up and dodge, but he realized that his body was stuck in the mud. The mud was like extremely sticky glue, and no matter how hard he tried, he could not break free. He was firmly trapped in the mud. At the moment of life and death, Li Dong did not hesitate to use the Ice Art-Snow Domain! It reduced the movement speed of everything within a radius of 100 meters, and the cold air froze the mud around him.
The frozen swamp was forcefully broken open by Li Dong. Although the attacker's attack was slowed down, it was already in front of him. Li Dong jumped up and narrowly avoided the attack.
With Li Dong's current cultivation essence and magic power at the middle stage of the Foundation Establishment realm, even if he only had one layer left, he could still use the fourth-rank Four-Word Formula at the very least twice while maintaining the Snow Region. He could also use the fourth-rank Four-Word Formula at the normal standard once, or the first-rank Single-Word Formula at the maximum of six times, or the second-rank Two-Word Formula at the maximum of four times, or the third-rank Three-Word Formula at the maximum of three times.
"I can only use the ice art sparingly, but the flame art's effect is limited in this place.”Li Dong thought gloomily. His Fire Spirit Seed was not an ordinary fire. When a substance was burned, it would not carbonize to form other substances. Instead, it would directly restore the essence of the substance.
In other words, Li Dong could directly evaporate the swamp into Earth Origin Qi. However, the scale of this swamp was too large, extending for hundreds of kilometers and bottomless. Even if he exhausted all the Origin Qi in his body, he would probably not be able to find the ambusher.
Facing an opponent who knew how to use the Five Elements Escape Technique and had the geographical advantage, this battle was extremely disadvantageous.
"Let's retreat first. We still have to think of another way to protect the barrier at the entrance of the valley.”Li Dong, who had the intention to retreat, quickly condensed his Fire Qi and shot out more than ten Red Refined Spears at the same time, temporarily stopping the attacker's pace.
Just as Li Dong was retreating in the direction of the little fox, the mud under his feet suddenly boiled, forming a mud wall that was a thousand feet tall and several miles long, blocking his path.
"Hmph, a mere mud wall, Flame Art Attack!”The ancient flowing flame pattern appeared on the back of his hand. The huge flame pillar penetrated the mud wall that was dozens of meters thick without any pressure. However, when the flame technique dissipated, the big hole in the mud wall instantly healed.
"Tsk! It seems that he doesn't intend to let me off."
A gentle breeze blew from behind him. Li Dong's right hand stretched out the white jade pillar and gripped it tightly. He turned around and slashed the brownish-yellow figure in half. However, what was killed was only an afterimage.
Seeing this, Li Dong did not seem surprised. He clenched his left hand into a fist and struck the empty space behind him. With a bang, a tiger-shaped figure flew out and smashed into the mud wall.
He finally saw the attacker's appearance clearly. It was a ferocious beast with a human face and a tiger body. It had stripes like a South China tiger, and its face was covered with a slight beard. A pair of sword teeth reached its jaw.
The belly of a horse belongs to metal. It often lives on the bank of Yishui River in Manqu Mountain. It has the face of a human and the body of a tiger. Its voice is like that of a baby. It likes to eat people. It ranks 268 on the list of fierce beasts in mountains and seas.
"Phew ~ This really hurts. There's actually such a powerful little ghost in the human race. I've been guarding the valley entrance for 800 years, but this is the first time I've encountered one.”The horse shook its head and landed steadily on the ground.
"Are you the gatekeeper of this place?"
"Not bad! We are ordered by the Mountain God to guard the entrance of the Holy Unicorn Valley. Anyone who trespasses will be killed!”
Now that he had no way to advance or retreat, Li Dong could only try to defeat the horse's belly and spread his spiritual sense out to cover the surrounding one-mile radius. Although the range and speed of his spiritual sense had increased after reaching the Foundation Establishment realm, it still could not be maintained for too long. He had to end this quickly.
"Then let's see the real deal!"
Li Dong retracted the white jade pillar into his body. The moment the horse's belly disappeared, he released the Flame Art in his left palm and the Ice Art in his right middle finger at the same time.
Under the lock of his telegnosis ability, the Flame Technique-Scarlet Flame Strike was the first to hit the horse's belly, but this attack was blocked by the Earth Technique-Mud Wall. The Ice Technique-Icicles Break, which was a step slower, was amplified by the Territory of Snow, and its power was increased by nearly a level. It smashed into the broken mud wall on the horse's belly, instantly exploding into a beautiful ice flower. The cold air spread in a fan shape in a direction, covering the horse's belly.
" It's a beast ranked 268th after all…" Before he could finish his sentence, the frozen swamp beneath Li Dong's feet cracked open and a human face appeared. It opened its mouth with sharp teeth and bit at Li Dong's neck.
Li Dong seemed to have been prepared for this. He cast an ice spell with his right hand and stabbed a half-meter-long ice spike into the horse's open mouth, but it missed.
"As expected, it's not that easy to hit.”The horse's belly once again turned into mud and fell into the swamp. Li Dong threw the icicle, shaking off the mud and blood that remained on it.
At this moment, outside the boundaries of the Snow Domain, the body of the horse appeared again two hundred meters away. Its right cheek was cut open, and blood mixed with the mud.
"You actually broke through my protective Yuan Qi so easily. Not bad, human boy!”A trace of ferocity flashed in Ma Fu's eyes.
Li Dong sneered." The physical body of a beast is indeed far superior to a human's. However, the power of my punch was enough to shatter the protective Yuan Qi on your face. The two spells after that were to lure you to sneak an attack on me. Therefore, when you feel that my entire body is full of flaws, it will also be when you reveal your flaws…"
During his half month in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Li Dong's fleshly body had grown stronger than ever. As he devoured more and more beasts, his strength grew. His left hand could now exert a force of 2,200 jin, and his right hand could exert a force of nearly 1,800 jin. In addition to his unique explosive techniques, very few beasts could take his punches head-on.
Suddenly, the swamp behind Li Dong, which had been split open by the horse's belly, was about to freeze into ice when a gray 'wooden plank' that was more than a thousand feet long floated up from the swamp. A pair of beast eyes opened on both ends of the 'wooden plank' and a short distance of two meters, the huge beast opened its jaws and bit down at Li Dong with its bloody mouth.
Mud splashed everywhere as the giant beast snaked for a distance of five hundred and six hundred meters. It only stopped when it hit the mud wall that was several miles long.
"I'm very curious. How did you discover that there was more than one gatekeeper?”Ma Bei came to the side of the giant beast and asked indifferently.
It turned out that the giant beast's jaws had been open the entire time. Li Dong had relied on the strength of the white jade pillar to resist the giant beast's terrifying bite force. Clearly, he had been prepared for this.
This enormous beast was called an alligator (tuo). It looked similar to the Chinese alligator, and was of the earth element. When fully grown, it was three hundred meters long, and its bite force was shocking. It was ranked 294th on the Mountain and Sea Realm's list of ferocious beasts.
At this moment, Li Dong's left hand was holding the white jade pillar tightly to prop up the alligator's mouth. His expression was very calm, as if he was not surprised by the current situation. He replied indifferently,"From the beginning, I suspected that there was more than one spirit beast guarding this place. After all, you clearly have the metal attribute, but you used the earth escape technique so well that I felt that it was not you who was using it, but another bystander who was leading the battle. Especially the last sneak attack. Based on my accumulated combat experience, you definitely could not avoid my counterattack. Not to mention you, who is only ranked 268, even the top 100 beasts would not pay such a small price. So I'm sure that someone is helping you in the dark. Moreover, you appeared to chat with me right after you were injured. It's obvious that you're trying to attract my attention so that your companions can sneak attack me from behind. Unfortunately, an animal is an animal after all. In terms of schemes, you're far inferior to a human.”
Faced with Li Dong's ridicule, Ma Fu was not angry. Instead, he laughed and said,""Hahaha, interesting, really interesting. I didn't expect to meet someone as interesting as you after living for so long. Unfortunately, you still have to die here today.”
"Oh? How do you know? If it's because of my current situation that you have the illusion that you can kill me, then I really think too highly of you.”Li Dong's eyes did not reveal the slightest fear, and his tone was filled with confidence.
Ma Fu wanted to mock Li Dong's words, but when he saw the almost tangible baleful aura on this human, his expression instantly turned solemn.
"Although you don't seem to be bluffing, it's a pity that you have no chance of surviving today.”Ma Fu said with certainty.
Sure enough, a few powerful auras were slowly approaching. The ferocious beasts hidden in the swamp had surrounded Li Dong.
"…Eight, nine, ten, eleven!”As the beasts tore off their disguises and revealed their killing intent, Li Dong finally sensed them.
Li Dong's eyes lit up with a golden light as he looked at the ferocious beasts around him. A cruel smile appeared on his calm face. This terrifying expression made the horse's belly feel even more uneasy.
At this moment, the roars of hundreds of beasts came from the depths of the valley. A dazzling seven-colored light appeared in the sky. Seeing this, all the beasts in the Li Ze lowered their heads respectfully and prostrated on the ground.
Under the illumination of the seven-colored light, the injuries of the alligator and the horse's belly recovered, and Li Dong's exhausted magic power was also recovering at a hundredfold speed.
Suddenly, the horse raised its head and looked into the depths of the valley with an incredulous expression. The other ferocious beasts had retreated into the depths of the swamp, and the mud wall that spanned several miles had also returned to its original state.
Li Dong appeared to be at a loss. He did not understand what had happened at all. He only felt that the light was very warm and comfortable.
"By the decree of the Mountain God, we invite you into the valley.”Ma Fu said to Li Dong in an extremely respectful tone.
"Hmm?" Li Dong was confused by this sudden change. Was this a trap or a trick?
After thinking for a few seconds, Li Dong dispelled his doubts and retracted the fiendish aura all over his body. Using the connection in the symbiotic contract, he transmitted a message to the little fox,"Qiaoqiao, you can come over now."
Ma Fu and the alligator obediently stayed where they were. After they watched Li Dong and the little fox enter the valley, Ma Fu said,""I suddenly feel my face hurt.”
The alligator looked helplessly at the horse's belly. It did not know what it meant. Was it physiological or psychological?
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The Sacred Unicorn Valley was quiet and clear. In the distance, there was a mountain peak that reached into the clouds and was covered by thick fog. Previously, they had clearly heard the roars of hundreds of beasts, but now it was abnormally quiet. Although there were occasionally smaller ferocious beasts passing by, they would quickly escape after taking a glance at Li Dong and the little fox.
The little fox, Su Qiaoqiao, would occasionally look back at the entrance of the valley. She said with lingering fear," It's too scary. I thought we were going to die here. I didn't expect them to let us go just like that. We're so lucky…"
"Luck? "Ha ~" Li Dong laughed coldly in disdain and said,"You're right."I think they're lucky. If they hadn't stopped, I would have been seriously injured, but they would have died first.”
At this point, Li Dong coughed lightly. Although he did not release any spells, the compression of Primordial Qi in his body still placed a considerable burden on his internal organs and meridians.
Su Qiaoqiao did not notice that the golden light in Li Dong's eyes was slowly dissipating. Naturally, she did not notice that the extremely suppressed Primordial Qi in his body was gradually calming down. She thought that he was just trying to be brave.
"Hmph, humans love to brag. If you're so powerful, why did you plan to run away from the beginning?”
"Are you... really a beast from the Mountain and Sea Realm?”Li Dong stared at the little fox in disbelief and asked," Didn't the elders in your family teach you to avoid fighting as much as possible? Even if I could win, I would have to consider the price. Rather than returning with a miserable victory, I might as well take the initiative to avoid it. At that time, I had already obtained the Los Angeles Beauty Flower. Since my goal had been achieved, why should I get involved in a meaningless battle and increase the risk?”
Hearing this, Su Qiaoqiao immediately felt that her dignity as a member of the demon race had been insulted. She retorted in embarrassment,"I wanted to ask you the same question! He was clearly a human, but he lived like a beast!”
"This is all forced out. If a person wants to survive, they have to change. Survival of the fittest, elimination of the unfit. Just like human society, they have to experience all kinds of challenges at all times. During the day, as long as you relax your guard, you will be chased by the guys chasing closely behind you. At night, no matter how sleepy you are, you have to maintain enough mental and physical strength because there are too many places that you can't see. Perhaps a poisonous snake will jump out from a dark corner and bite your neck…"
Li Dong glanced at the little fox and continued,"There are also some guys who look harmless on the surface. When you turn around, they might turn into huge and terrifying beasts and swallow you in one gulp.”
"Woo…Don't scare me." Su Qiaoqiao leaned closer to Li Dong in fear." Where are we going next?"”
Li Dong first observed the direction of the nearby mountains and the trajectory of the mountain range. He then found some strange stones and shattered them to observe the patterns inside.
" According to the terrain of this mountain, there should be a main peak in front of us. If the records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas are correct, we should be able to reach the gate of Mount Shouyang in about three days. Judging from the texture of the soil and rocks, this valley is lush with vegetation. The cliffs are mostly straight and steep, which is suitable for the growth of vines and thorns. The Five Immortal Vine I'm looking for should be here.”Li Dong said.
Although there were some errors in the ancient information recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas-Anecdotes due to the changes of the times, with the help of Li Dong's rich geographical knowledge, not only did he correct some of the errors, but he also added a lot of useful information.
However, he still had no clue about the last medicinal primer required in the prescription, so Li Dong asked,""Qiaoqiao, have you heard of Rootless Grass? This grass has no roots or stems. Its entire body is emerald green and crystal-like. It looks like an antler and lives without water. When it comes into contact with soil, it will turn into crystal. When it comes into contact with fire, it will melt. It grows on one side of the water, on the cliff of the Heavenly Book…"
Hearing this, the little fox thought for a moment and shook her head."There are no heavenly resources that match the description in the memories passed down from my clan.”
" Is that so…" Li Dong could not help but feel a little disappointed and frustrated." My knowledge is limited. Just based on the description in the prescription, I can't deduce the growth environment of the Rootless Grass. There are only 26 days left. I have to get the last two medicinal triggers.”
In the next three days, they did not encounter any beasts on the way. When they reached their destination, Li Dong and his group were blocked by a steep cliff.
Just as Li Dong was thinking about what to do next, the little fox looked up at the cliff that was deep in the clouds and shouted,"Li Dong, this seems to be the legendary Xianfu Cliff. In the memories passed down by my ancestors, I seem to have seen some black-gold vines distributed on the top of the cliff.”
"Are you sure?"
"Yes."
The black-gold vines had similar characteristics to those recorded in the prescription. However, the cliff here was steep and the cliff was covered with strange vines. The risk of climbing was extremely high.
There were no other roads on either side of the cliff. On the left was a huge river that was hundreds of meters wide and led to an unknown place. On the other side of the river was a huge mountain. On the right side of the cliff was also a huge mountain. The forest was deep and the mountain roads were winding. Even with Li Dong's geographical knowledge, it was difficult to confirm if there was a road that led to the top of the cliff.
Seeing that Li Dong seemed to be planning to climb the cliff, the little fox said in disbelief,""Xianfu Cliff is 30,000 feet high. Are you sure you want to climb it barehanded?”
"Yes, we have to climb at least 10,000 meters. Otherwise, the sun and moon won't be able to reach the top of the cliff.”Li Dong said.
Seeing that Li Dong had made up his mind, the little fox immediately hid in his Universal Bag, only revealing its small head. As Li Dong climbed the mountain, the little fox's snow-white ears swayed as it cheered Li Dong on. Li Dong felt both angry and amused.
The sun gradually set, and the twilight grew thicker. The sun in the human world seemed to be bigger than the sun here, and the temperature brought by the sun was also hotter, adding some anxiety to Li Dong's heart. At this moment, he only wanted to obtain the Five Immortal Vine. As long as he successfully obtained the Five Immortal Vine, he would be one step closer to returning home.
"It's been a long time since I've felt this way.”Li Dong thought.
This feeling of longing was accompanied by all kinds of memories from the past. These memories were his precious treasures and also the sadness buried deep in his heart.
Naturally, he was unable to take care of his body's feelings when he was in a mental state. Li Dong relied on his instincts to climb up the cliff. Even if his hands were cut by the thorns on the cliff, he was completely unaware. Even if his body was cut by the sharp stone vines, he did not care at all.
His consciousness was occupied by his memories, and his eyes were fixed on the Five Immortals Vine on the cliff. The little fox called out several times, but it was unable to call Li Dong's primordial spirit back.
This was a very strange situation. Although many people in the world had similar experiences, it was extremely rare for someone like Li Dong to have his soul return to his Zifu, unable to be awakened by the power of the outside world, and still be able to move his body.
No Heaven, No Earth, No Man, Only Me-Only Me Realm! This was the inner realm of Daoism that was not written in the chapter on the highest kindness like water, because this was the realm that every Daoist disciple had to reach before cultivating the Daoist mental cultivation method: My heart knows me, only then can I know what I want. My heart is only me, and external desires cannot deceive me. Only in this way can the Tao mind be revealed.
The so-called Dao heart would not directly improve the cultivation level of the cultivator. Instead, it was through cultivating the Dao heart to stabilize the sea of consciousness. Those with a strong Dao heart could even be immune to all kinds of illusion arrays, hallucinatory special abilities, and soul-controlling spells in the world. Moreover, those with a clear Dao heart could take fewer detours on the path of cultivation, and it was easier for them to cultivate spells, arrays, and other cultivation methods than those with unstable Dao heart. It could be said that there were only benefits and no disadvantages.
However, perhaps it was because Li Dong's physique was too easy to provoke fierce beasts, but just as he was lost in his thoughts, an extremely discordant thud suddenly sounded behind him, mixed with a hint of killing intent.
"Tsk tsk, no one has been able to come to Xianfu Cliff in the past thousand years. I really don't understand what Lord Yu 'er God sees in you that you actually broke the rule that no outsiders are allowed to enter the Holy Unicorn Valley for thousands of years.”
The laughter was as ear-piercing as hitting a rock. Little Fox carefully poked her head out of the bag and looked at the owner of the voice. She realized that it was a strange snake with a six-meter-long body and four wings on its back that was flying in the air...
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