Chapter 196 Han Li's Plan
In no time, a blue-clothed youth with a cold expression, an old Daoist with white hair, and a charming young woman in green clothes walked out successively. They tacitly chose different locations and entered the mountain forest ahead.
Han Li waited for nearly a quarter of an hour, but seeing no one else appear, he finally tidied up his belongings and, imitating the previous few individuals, quietly entered a direction where no one had gone before.
Little did Han Li know that shortly after he entered, the unsightly man he had seen yesterday, Zhong Wu, appeared at the entrance of the passage.
He looked at the dark path leading up the mountain and sneered a few times before releasing dozens of yellow dots from his body into the mountain forest. Then, he followed along without haste.
Outside the forbidden area, at the entrance to the broken restriction, the people from the seven major sects looked worriedly towards the direction of the forbidden area, including Han Li's senior, Li Master.
It's just that it's unclear whether he was worried about his own disciples completing the task or more concerned about his own bet!
The situation of the Daoist from Qingxu Valley wasn't any better! Ever since the old eccentric from Concealed Moon Sect intervened in the bet, this Daoist had lost the confidence he had when he first made the bet and appeared somewhat indecisive.
This was understandable since obtaining the Bloodline Jiao Core was not easy; it almost depleted his entire fortune. If he were to lose it easily to someone else, no matter how high his cultivation was, he would probably lose sleep for several years!
The Daoist sneakily glanced at the only person in the crowd who appeared calm, the leading woman from Concealed Moon Sect, Fairy Nishang.
As the only woman among the Nascent Soul experts of the seven major sects, since the disciples of the seven sects entered the forbidden area, she had never shown the slightest hint of worry.
She had been chatting and laughing with others all along, seemingly full of confidence in the disciples sent by Concealed Moon Sect, not even bothering to worry about it.
The more the Daoist looked at her smiling face, the more worried he became. Coupled with the old eccentric's confident demeanor when making the bet, he felt as if his Bloodline Jiao Core had already flown out of his pocket and into someone else's bag!
As he thought about it, the worry on his face became heavier! People who didn't know might think he was worried about his own disciples in the forbidden area!
After a while, the Daoist couldn't bear it any longer. When no one was paying attention, he quietly approached Li Master, who was standing in another place, with a worried look on his face, and asked:
"Master Li, the disciples sent by your Yellow Maple Valley this time should be quite capable! If our two sects really lose to that old eccentric from Concealed Moon Sect, I'll be worried about it! I still have some confidence in the disciples from Qingxu Sect entering the forbidden area!"
"What do you mean? Do you look down on our Yellow Maple Valley?" Li Master's face turned unpleasant when he heard this.
"Haha! Of course not. I just find it a bit strange that Concealed Moon Sect's disciples seem to be so confident. I'm just a bit concerned." The Daoist chuckled and explained with a forced smile.
"That makes sense! I've also noticed something amiss.
In the past few times, has Concealed Moon Sect ever sent such young disciples, and in pairs of men and women at that?
Do they think the trip to the forbidden area is child's play?
" Li Master said with a serious face, indicating that he was also quite concerned about the bet.
The Daoist nodded repeatedly at Li Master's words, showing that he strongly agreed with them.
"But rest assured, even if you have doubts, I'm confident in our sect's disciples. Their strength should not be inferior to your sect's disciples." Li Master glanced meaningfully at the Daoist and said slowly, his voice filled with confidence.
"Hehe, Master Li's words put my mind at ease. I won't bother you anymore." The Daoist got the answer he wanted and instantly relaxed. Then, he smiled and bid farewell before leaving. He returned to his original place to meditate and wait quietly for the results to come out in a few days.
After watching the Daoist leave, Li Master suddenly snorted and muttered to himself with a voice only he could hear:
"Fu Yunzi, what are you scheming? Don't think I don't know!
You're hoping that our two sects will join forces to surpass Concealed Moon Sect, and then Qingxu Sect will further suppress our Yellow Maple Valley.
Hehe! Although I don't know what outstanding disciples Qingxu Sect has sent into the forbidden area, this time, our valley has dispatched all of the top three Nascent Soul experts.
Otherwise, do you think I would make this bet with you? "
As Li Master spoke, a cunning look appeared on his face, and the previous worry was nowhere to be seen. It was clear that he was also a hidden old fox.
Han Li naturally had no idea about the scheming between the two Nascent Soul cultivators outside the forbidden area. At this moment, he was being blocked by a brown giant wild boar on his way.
This wild boar, except for its skin color and exceptionally large size, reaching several dozen feet, was the same as an ordinary wild boar in other aspects.
However, as soon as Han Li saw this beast, he immediately recognized it as one of the most common lower-tier demon beasts on the circular mountain, the "Pushing Mountain Beast." This demon beast, aside from its tough skin and great strength, only had a natural "Stone Skin Technique" and extremely low intelligence, making it easy to deal with!
At this moment, after snorting a few coarse breaths from its nose, the "Pushing Mountain Beast" flashed with yellow light, and its whole body was covered in a layer of white rock-like armor. Then, it charged towards Han Li aggressively.
Han Li remained calm and waited for the beast's charge. Only when it was seven or eight zhang away from him did he wave his right hand. Then, with a flicker, he appeared behind the demon beast.
The gigantic body of the "Pushing Mountain Beast" continued to charge forward for three or four zhang from where Han Li had been standing before it suddenly split neatly in half from its snout to its tail.
Its colorful organs spilled all over the ground.
It had been completely cut open by Han Li's invisible silk threads!
Han Li retracted the invisible threads, looked at the dead "Pushing Mountain Beast," shook his head lightly, and immediately jumped onto a tree to leave the area.
Because he knew that the bloody smell of this demon beast's corpse would soon attract a large number of other sensitive demon beasts, it was better to slip away as soon as possible!
Han Li had been in the dense forest of the circular mountain for several hours. Yet, in such a short time, he had encountered four demon beasts.
Three of them were lower-tier beasts, which Han Li easily killed without hesitation. However, the mid-tier Feathered Peacock posed a bit of a headache with its colorful long feathers that could detach from its body and autonom
ously attack and defend. Fortunately, although it was a bird, its speed wasn't fast. So, later on, Han Li simply used his body movement technique to shake it off and avoid an unnecessary fight.
Now, as he leaped from tree to tree, Han Li couldn't help but sigh!
Now he finally understood how numerous the demon beasts on the circular mountain were.
Currently, he was only on the periphery, encountering mostly lower-tier demon beasts, which were easy to deal with.
But after a while, when he delved deeper into the heart of the circular mountain, he was afraid that mid-tier and high-tier demon beasts would appear in droves.
By then, apart from fleeing in panic, Han Li couldn't think of any other way to escape.
No wonder there was so little information about the hiding places of the spirit medicines in the data!
Perhaps the disciples who had entered this mountain in the past had spent most of their energy avoiding these demon beasts, and the remaining time could only be used to explore a few places.
This still couldn't guarantee a harvest every time!
"It seems that my hope of collecting enough spirit medicines is not very high!" Han Li thought to himself with frustration.
The direction Han Li was rushing towards now was a hidden cave where "Purple Monkey Flowers" were often found.
According to the information, this place shouldn't hold much value. Because the cave had been picked once over a hundred years ago, and now it probably only contained immature seedlings that were far from mature and unusable for medicinal purposes.
"Young seedlings?" Han Li chuckled when he thought of this!
What Han Li needed was precisely these seedlings that others wouldn't touch!
The reason he risked entering the forbidden area and was so confident he could snatch the "Heaven and Earth Spirit Medicines" among so many "experts" was mainly because he initially set his sights on the immature spirit medicine seedlings!
Only in this way could he try to avoid conflicts with disciples from other sects as much as possible and perhaps visit several more locations to collect seemingly useless items in others' eyes.
Once he collected these spirit medicine seedlings and brought them back, he could use the mysterious green bottle of Green Night to stimulate their growth. In this way, they would be no different from directly harvesting mature spirit medicines.
Although, according to what Master Ma said, these seedlings could only be preserved outside the forbidden area for a year or two at most. However, this time was enough to mature them several times over.
After all, as the main ingredient for Foundation Establishment Pills, they didn't need many years; four or five hundred years would be enough.
The only trouble now was whether the remaining three days would be enough for him to collect a sufficient number of spirit medicines.
Because these places with spirit medicine seedlings were scattered all over the mountain, coupled with the possible obstruction from those demon beasts and potential conflicts with disciples from other sects, Han Li had no confidence in his heart.