Chapter 23 Sneak Attack
Three months later, Xiao Lin once again dragged the bodies of two fire-armored beasts back to the cave.
It had been half a year since he left Wuyin Fairy City. During this half year, he had hunted dozens of fire-armored beasts near the volcano. There were thirty-two white scales in his cloth bag alone. It seemed that they were frightened by Xiao Lin. During this period, fewer and fewer fire-armored beasts went to the river to drink water. Even if they came, they usually came in groups. Once, there were five of them together at the river. Seeing this scene, Xiao Lin did not say a word and ran away. He faced five fire-armored beasts at a time. The opponent could send Xiao Lin back home with a volley.
The only thing that made Xiao Lin satisfied was that after half a year of practice, his water arrow technique finally entered the silent level. He could cast it by silently reciting the spell, but it was obviously still a long way from the perfect level. This made Xiao Lin feel relieved and helpless. Basic spells were so difficult to practice, so elementary spells and even intermediate spells were even more abnormal.
Through this period of trials, Xiao Lin also discovered a shortcoming of his own, that is, he did not have auxiliary control spells, and his water arrows had not reached the instantaneous great perfection level, so he often completed the water arrows, and the prey had already escaped, which made him very impatient.
He wanted to go back to Wuyin Xiancheng to buy an auxiliary control spell, but after looking at the thirty or so white scales in his bag, he finally gave up the idea. These white scales could only be exchanged for three low-grade spirit stones at most. He had seen a better control spell in the East City Market, which required at least five low-grade spirit stones. Even if he went back, he could not buy it. It would be better to continue the trial in the Tianlu Mountains.
As for the strange space in the center of the eyebrows, although Xiao Lin had mastered the method of entering and exiting, after studying it countless times, he did not find any use for the strange space, and finally had to give up temporarily.
After six months of practice, Xiao Lin has mastered the method of flying with a flying device. However, he does not have a special flying device, only an ebony spirit shield. Through experiments, he can now fly with the ebony spirit shield, but the flying speed is a bit terrible, often trembling, as if it will fall at any time. However, there is nothing he can do about it. First, he does not have a special flying device, and second, his flying device level is still at the most basic stage. Only by practicing diligently in the future can he become proficient.
Since there is no hope of hunting the fire armor beast, Xiao Lin decided to change a place for trial tomorrow. He took out the map that recorded the distribution of monsters around the Wuyin Fairy City and studied it carefully.
The next day, a green light trembled and flew up from a mountain forest. After flying more than ten feet high, it found the right direction and flew towards the distance.
Xiao Lin was full of excitement. Although it was not his first time flying, he was still obsessed with the feeling of flying. However, he was also very clear that in the Tianlu Mountains, there were not only dangerous monsters, but also cultivators like Qi Chang who killed people and robbed goods. Therefore, he did not fly too high, but only flew slowly at a low altitude. If it were not for the purpose of familiarizing himself with the flying technique, he would rather spend more time walking.
More than half a month later, Xiao Lin appeared in a narrow valley. This valley was tens of thousands of miles away from Wuyin Fairy City. The map recorded that there lived a golden monster called [Saber-toothed Tiger] in this valley. Although the saber-toothed tiger was also a mortal primary monster, it was definitely the top existence among mortal primary monsters. This saber-toothed tiger was two feet long, with a tiger skin surface, and fine nails and large scales on the chest, abdomen and back. The most important thing was that there was a half-foot long bone sword on the forehead of the saber-toothed tiger, one side was extremely sharp, and the other side was serrated. This bone sword was an excellent material for refining the primary magic weapon [Golden Bone Sword]. Even if the refined materials were better, it could be refined into a mid-level magic weapon. It was precisely for this reason that this bone sword was very precious. A bone sword on the forehead of an adult saber-toothed tiger could be sold for at least ten low-grade spirit stones.
However, it is precisely for this reason that many monks come here to hunt saber-toothed tigers, so that the number of saber-toothed tigers in this valley has become extremely rare, and now there are even fewer low-level monks coming here.
Xiao Lin also came to try his luck, because not far from this valley, there is a Fengping Mountain, where many wind-attributed golden-feathered eagles live. If he really can't find a saber-toothed tiger, he will go to hunt the golden-feathered eagle. The golden-feathered eagle has a feather on each of its wings, which is also an excellent material for refining magic tools, and is no less than the bone sword on the forehead of the saber-toothed tiger.
Two days later, Xiao Lin, who was sitting cross-legged on a piece of bluestone, looked at the distance with a depressed face. In these two days, he didn't even see the tiger hair of the saber-toothed tiger. He even doubted whether the saber-toothed tiger had become extinct in this valley.
"Huh" Xiao Lin suddenly made a sound of surprise. He actually saw a group of light mist not far away. This group of mist was very small, only the size of a fist, but Xiao Lin was very familiar with such a scene.
"Lingwu grass?" Xiao Lin showed a surprised expression on his face. After a few jumps, he came to a rock on the edge of the cliff. In the crack of this rock, a small grass was growing stubbornly.
When Xiao Lin came to the front and saw this Lingwu grass, he couldn't help but show disappointment on his face. The Lingwu grass in front of him could only last for five or six years at most. It couldn't be used to refine the Lingling Pill. Lingwu grass that couldn't be used to refine the Lingling Pill was useless.
Xiao Lin, who had thought that he would have a surprise and make some unexpected money, could not help but feel a little depressed. He looked at the Lingwu grass and didn't know what to do with it. If he pulled it out, it would be useless. If he didn't pull it out, he seemed a little unwilling. This Lingwu grass grew here. Even if it reached the medicinal effect of more than ten years in a few years, it would probably have been pulled out by someone else by then, and it would not be his turn at all.
Suddenly, Xiao Lin's eyes lit up, and he thought of a way. He thought that if he transplanted this Lingwu grass into the strange space, although he could not take it out to sell it for the time being, he could sell it after a few years when the medicinal effect was achieved. Thinking of this, he carefully dug out the Lingwu grass with its roots, and then found a hidden cave and began to look inward at the gray cloud between his eyebrows.
After the dizziness, Xiao Lin really appeared in the strange space again. He saw that the Lingwu grass was still in his hand, and he couldn't help but smile. He came to the sapling, dug up the soil a few feet away from the sapling, and then gently planted the Lingwu grass.
Suddenly, Xiao Lin saw the green leaves of the sapling turn and turned to the other side of the Lingwu grass. In Xiao Lin's opinion, the sapling actually looked like it disliked the Lingwu grass.
Xiao Lin couldn't help laughing, but he didn't care. After planting the Lingwu grass, he gently flicked the tender leaves of the sapling, and then he was transmitted.
Xiao Lin, who was transmitted, just appeared in the cave and heard a roar of the angry tiger outside. His face changed, and then he showed a surprised expression on his face, but then he squatted down again, with a look of doubt on his face.
He heard voices coming from outside.
"I didn't expect there are saber-toothed tigers in this Tiger Roar Valley." A slightly younger voice said excitedly.
"Of course. I spent two low-grade spirit stones to buy this information from a Taoist friend who was at the fourth level of Qi Refining. That person accidentally discovered this saber-toothed tiger while collecting herbs in the Tiger Roar Valley. However, his cultivation was too low and he was no match for this saber-toothed tiger. He reluctantly sold the information to me."
"Hehe, I am lucky for Brother Tuofang. This saber-toothed tiger is already an adult. The bone sword on its forehead plus the scales, tiger skin and tiger bones on its body can be sold for at least 20 low-grade spirit stones. At that time, we can each get 10, which is also a small fortune."
"Hehe, what are we brothers still arguing about? Brother Li, hurry up and get rid of this saber-toothed tiger as soon as possible to avoid more trouble."
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Lin heard the sound of fierce fighting and the roar of the saber-toothed tiger coming from outside. He carefully nestled in the cave and had no intention of going out. They were hunting saber-toothed tigers at a critical moment. If he showed up rashly, he would definitely be considered to want a piece of the pie. If things go wrong, these two people will unite to deal with him first.
Xiao Lin was very self-aware of his own strength. He was definitely at the bottom of the list among the casual cultivators. Under normal circumstances, cultivators below the middle stage of Qi Refining would choose to find some work in the Immortal City. It was not difficult to earn one or two low-grade spirit stones a month. Only cultivators above the middle stage of Qi Refining would choose to go to the Tianlu Mountains to hunt monsters or look for some rare minerals and spiritual herbs.
And for a saber-toothed tiger, Xiao Lin would never do such a stupid thing to fight two cultivators who were much more powerful than him. He stayed in the cave, listening to the fighting outside. After a while, he simply closed his eyes and practiced the Dry Water Sutra. Although his Dry Water Sutra remained at the third level for more than half a year, Xiao Lin still practiced at least three hours a day.
Half an hour later, the fighting outside had disappeared, and even the sound of people talking had disappeared. Xiao Lin opened his eyes, carefully came out of the cave, and walked towards the depths of the valley.
After walking for a while, Xiao Lin suddenly stopped. He heard a faint groan and a weak voice coming from the front.
"Fang Xing, you didn't expect that there is always a mountain higher than the other. I am wearing the inner armor of the spiritual silkworm. Although I was hit by your fireball technique and suffered a great loss of vitality, it did not kill me. And you can't cure my cold toad poison at all."
Xiao Lin's face changed slightly when he heard this. He used his Qinggong to go around behind a big tree. He quietly looked out and saw a person lying on the grass not far away, and another person leaning against the trunk of a tree, his face a little pale.
The person lying on the ground only made a faint groan, and not far from them there was a tiger more than two meters long, half of its body was burnt black, and blood was flowing from its abdomen.
"Is it a rebellion?" Xiao Lin's face showed a look of surprise and doubt.
"Li Yan, you are so cruel. You actually poisoned me with cold toad poison early in the morning. I trusted you so much and gave you the Shining Shield technique that I bought at a high price. But you are so ambitious that you plotted against me.
"Bah." Li Yan's angry voice came out: "You are so kind to give it to me? It's because you are attracted by our Li family's background. The strength of our Shanbei Li family in Dancao Mountain is enough to rank in the top ten among the cultivation families. You just want to get a recommendation from me so that you can get the recommendation quota of the head of my Li family."