My Senior Brother Is Too Steady
Chapter 16 Toxic, Surely Toxic
As Li Changshou covered a wider area, the number of Red Yang Poisonous Dragon Salivas continued to decrease.
His search bore no fruit in the area spoken of by ancient texts or around the Forest of Treasures of Chaos.
Three days after he had accidentally saved his Old Youqin, Li Changshou still had not found the Eternal Liberation Potion. However, as he ventured deeper into the Northern Continent, he had discovered many other useful, poisonous, and spirit herbs.
He had even captured two precious Corpse Burning Bugs, which could be distilled into Corpse Calcination Powder. This would give Li Changshou a total of twelve ways of handling corpses.
Although he started to feel frustrated, Li Changshou had never forgotten that he was in such a dangerous place like the Northern Continent. This meant that he remained extremely cautious the entire time.
Logically, while the Immortality Liberation Herbs were precious, they were considered as unusual herbs. Few people should be looking for them.
The areas that Li Changshou had been looking for had the right conditions for the herbs that Liberated Immortality. However, not a single seedling looks—all very strange.
Li Changshou tried his best to take some time in between his training to read all the classic texts on poison and herbs. Is everything he reads fake?
‘Indeed, Sir, the old man, very unlucky.’
Li Changshou could only comfort himself in this way. He wanted to get rid of the anger in his heart when he started to think about when he should return.
He had to walk another 100 kilometers to the west!
If he still could not find the potion, Li Changshou would rest him. He would go to the city and see if any herbs were sold. Of course, there was only a small chance that it would happen.
Li Changshou moved his legs quickly, casting a shadow under his feet. He wanted to complete the last segment of his quest.
After searching for 25 kilometers, he found nothing.
Li Changshou searched for a total of 50 kilometers, through all the areas where the Eternal Liberation Potion might be able to grow. However, he did not find any trace of them. Surprisingly, he found some precious spirit herbs, which he could use to create Soft Immortal Dispersers.
‘Look, the medicinal plants that will be useful to me are waiting in line to enter into the storage of my Dharma artifacts. However, no matter how hard I try, I can't find a useful herb for Master. This may be due to our differences in character and manners. Since I am unable to obtain the Eternal Liberation Potion, I will not be able to create the Eternal Melting Pill. This method will not work later. Fortunately I had already prepared Plan Two and Plan Three. Although this plan would not be as safe as making the Eternal Smelting Pill, at least it would help Master.’
Buzz
There was movement in the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth. People are fighting somewhere.
Li Changshou's spiritual consciousness immediately reached out to search for the source of this movement. However, the Miasma Qi in front of him was too rich. With the poisonous Qi moving, he could only search for a maximum radius of ten kilometers.
The fight was over 15 kilometers away. He could faintly feel some figures moving and spinning.
Is the area where this ‘cropper roving’ activity takes place, right in front?
There were many cultivators in the Northern Continent. Normally, they would go as far as 500 kilometers to the Northern Continent in search of precious and mysterious flowers and fruits. They would then exchange these flowers and fruits for other resources that would help with their own cultivation and training.
Assassin Turtledove, who Li Changshou had killed before, was one example. He was already in the Realm of Retaliation Dao. In the days when he did not do the dirty work of others, he would collect these flowers and fruits, and exchange them for other resources.
Li Changshou immediately thought of retreating. Therefore, he stopped moving and hid behind a rock, contemplating his next move very carefully.
Li Changshou had read all the ancient texts about this region. The cultivators were fighting on the road he was supposed to take. If he did not retreat now, when should he retreat?
As the saying goes, “Master should not stay in dangerous places.” This trip to the Northern Continent could only end in regret.
Suddenly, Li Changshou jumped up!
Coincidentally, his spiritual senses detected three emerald green plants that seemed to be wobbling in the wind at the top of the cliff, 11.5 kilometers northwest of where he was.
They are shaped like Orchid Grass, but they are much shorter. There was also a strange pattern on its leaves. Each potion seemed to be encased in a dull light.
The Eternal Liberation Herbs!
They were Immortal Liberation Herbs, which could poison the God of Essence and seriously injure the soul of the Perfect God essence!
Moreover, from the density of the pattern, Li Changshou was able to tell that the potion in the middle was around 3,000 years old. The other two herbs on both sides were also over 1,000 years old!
Li Changshou almost jumped out from behind a rock.
However, he immediately recited the Cleansing Heart Curse inwardly to calm himself down. He had yet to obtain the potion and hence could not celebrate it too early.
‘Quiet. I can only hold a small celebration after I get the potion and leave the Northern Continent. That's not true. Refining pills would also be extremely troublesome. At the very least, it will not be too late to rejoice after I return to the mountain and successfully create the Eternal Melting Pill. Let's start!’
Li Changshou used the Earth Escape and headed straight for the Immortal-Emancipating Herbs. At the same time, his spiritual awareness spread outwards underground, allowing him to observe the area around the Eternity Liberation Potion.
Next to the Eternal Liberation Potion was a bald old fir tree. He could transition from Earth Escape to Wood Escape to approach Immortal-Emancipating Herbs.
However, for poisonous animals, poisonous plants, which are thousands of years old, would be considered very nutritious. There was no way the potion would remain unguarded.
Indeed, Li Changshou quickly found the Three-Eyed Blue Wave Snake nearby.
This snake dangerously hid under the cliff. He even knew how to hide his own aura. His thirty-foot-long body was camouflaged with the surrounding rocks, but his blue-green scales shone mystically.
If Li Changshou had not observed the area, inch by inch, he would not have noticed that there was a poisonous beast hiding nearby.
There was a large bulge in the middle of the head of the Three-Eyed Blue Wave Snake. It looks very ugly and can easily conjure up bold ideas in the minds of humans.
His triangular-shaped head had already begun to extend. His body was also thicker than an ordinary snake. Clearly, this snake was on its way to immortality.
The oldest of the Eternity Liberation Potions is probably the key to his ascension to immortality. However, at that moment, it was neither toxic nor powerful enough.
‘This won't be easy.’
Li Changshou also noticed that there were many bones under the cliff. Among them were many human-shaped bones.
Li Changshou could not fight using force, so he had to use his intelligence.
Such a ferocious beast, which was approaching immortality, was considered a highly poisonous demonic beast. Even though Li Changshou was carrying a poison with nine types of effects, which could even threaten ordinary God of Essence, they would prove to be useless on such a beast.
Based on his own Dharmic spell, Li Changshou could fight against the beast using force. However, the surrounding environment was too dangerous, with instability around it.
‘How should I outsmart the snake? Should I use Wood Escape to get there, pluck the potion, and run? Most snakes are very agile. This plan may not work.’
As Li Changshou got closer to the Eternity Liberation Potion he craved, the battle that was taking place in the distance also became increasingly clear to his spiritual awareness. When he turned his attention to the battle, his breath choked in his throat, causing him to cough several times underground. He almost turned around and went there and then.
‘Why did I hit him? Is Youqin Xuanya this fascinated? He had to change his name to Toxic Xuanya. I've drawn a map to point it south. What the hell is he doing here? He was a full 1,000 kilometers away from where he was supposed to be!’
The corner of Li Changshou's mouth twitched a few times. He felt like there was a strange deviation in his knowledge.
‘Why is there a suppressive power belonging to an immortal being among the people who pursue it?’
A spark appeared in Li Changshou's mind. As his spiritual awareness focused on the battle, a brilliant plan to obtain the Eternal Liberation Potion emerged.
On further thought, if not for the battles taking place on this path, he would not have noticed the three Immortal Liberation Potions.
Moreover, in his current view, there was a high chance that they would not detect it.
From this angle, maybe he should thank ‘They are Toxic’.
“I saved you last time, and I will use you this time. I will assume we are balanced,” muttered Li Changshou slowly. He stopped before using Earth Escape once again.
Li Changshou activated his Dharmic power and used all of his strength to control his aura. He quietly traveled towards the cliff as fast as he could. Then, he began to observe the people who attacked Youqin Xuanya.
At that moment, a flaming sword revolved around his Youqin Xuan. He was floating in the air and was moving towards the cliff as well. The sword revolved around him at high speed, forming a dense shield.
However, with a single glance, Li Changshou could tell that his Youqin Xuan was only strong in appearance but weak in reality. He has not mastered the Dharma mantra of sword defense. Youqin Xuua knew the style of staying with it, but she did not know how to react according to her circumstances. As he defended himself, his Youqin Xuan could not mount an effective counterattack.
Six people, all dressed in black, attacked his Youqin Xuan back then. Two of them were in the Realm of Retaliation Dao, and four were in the Realm of Void Return. Although they used all their efforts to attack Youqin Xuanya, they did not critically injure her. Apparently, they wanted to keep him alive.
Li Changshou's luck was not bad either. There were two other Essence Gods from this group who were in the Dragon Trap Array at that moment. A certain Perfect Immortal in the same array was also powerful enough to keep the two Essence Gods busy.
‘Some of these people probably won't be able to defeat the Three-Eyed Blue Wave Snake.’
Fortunately, there were two more types of auras in the air, belonging to two people who had yet to act. Moreover, Li Changshou was quite familiar with them.
It was Yuwen Ling, the vanguard of whichever country Youqin Xua came from, along with Yuan Qing, a Young Brother of his sect, who came from Heaven Breaking Peak.
Within a radius of 15 kilometers, Li Changshou could only sense one immortal being—Yuwen Ling. He guessed that the suppressing power, which he felt before, was his as well.
Li Changshou's mind started racing.
‘Omong-by the way .. why is the big and warm man, Yuan Qing, yet to do a punch? Is he gonna drag this? Did he really think that there were no other strong people in the Eternal Du Sect?’
The Eternal Du Sect was a medial grade immortal cultivation sect, but it was also widely recognized as one of the Three Schools. Although some immortal beings had royal status, the Eternal Du Sect would not uphold these worldly royalties.
If Aunt-Master Jiu Jiu and the five disciples did not return to the sect at the appointed time, the immortal beings would be sent to the Northern Continent to search for them. Yuan Qing and his group sought death by continuing to take their time.
‘There are no two ways about it. Didn't this fake, warm man covet the body of the fake iceberg? Pui, despicable!’
At that moment, in the eyes of Li Changshou, Yuwen Ling, an immortal being sitting on the clouds, and the people who attacked Youqin Xuanya could be branded as Tool Number One, Two, Three, Four, and next.
Li Changshou focused his spiritual senses on his Youqin Xuan and used the Wind Greeting Spell to speak directly to his Youqin Xuanya ears.
“Take the position you are facing now as north. Backward eight feet to southwest.”
Youqin Xuanya, who used her sword defense to withstand the Dharma treasure attack in front, jumped up.
‘Senior Brother Changshou! Why is he here?’
Although he felt a little suspicious, his Youqin Xuan subconsciously followed Li Changshou's direction. He used the support of the flying sword and remained close to the ground as he moved backwards. Two rays of light immediately scratched the side of his sword array formation!
They are short knives and nails. They flew towards Youqin Xuanya at high speed, but landed on the ground!
“Return again, six feet to the west.” Li Changshou's voice sounded rather urgent.
Youqin Xuua trusted him and followed his directions. Two more beams of light swept over his side.
Then, Li Changshou's hoarse voice rang out in his ears once again. “Do not daydream. Use the extra energy you have to counterattack. Control your expression. Do not let them suspect.
“There are poisonous animals at the bottom of the cliff. Lure them and use poisonous animals to defeat them. Move three feet to the west, then move five feet to the southwest.”
The dark gaze of Youqin Xuanya became bright once again.
He pursed his lips and said, “Ya” in his heart in response.
Youqin Xuanya dodged to the left and to the right quickly. Very slowly, he covered his calmness and composure. In the eyes of his six attackers and the two observers above, his Youqin Xuan suddenly became much more nimble.
A breakthrough in battle?
Youqin Xuua managed to dodge most of the six opponent attacks. He had only used his flying sword as a shield before, but now he seemed to have realized how to handle the counterattack as well.
Just like that, Youqin Xuan became much less stressed. Calmly and methodically, he retreated to the bottom of the cliff, where the Three-Eyed Blue Wave Snake was hidden.
At the same time, Li Changshou arrived among the layers of rocks at the top of the cliff. He was 1,000 feet away from Immortal-Emancipating Herbs.
The Three-Eyed Blue Wave Snake seemed to have realized something was wrong as well. At the bottom of his cliff, he raised his head to observe his surroundings.
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There was a plain in front of the Eternal Liberation Potion. The powerful-looking black spruce tree was about 160 feet from the edge of the cliff, and the Eternal Liberation Potion was located under its shade.
Li Changshou found the roots of the black-skinned fir tree. While he was between the layers of rocks, he stopped using Earth Escape. Then, he fought against the surrounding pressure, gritted his teeth, and used Wood Escape instead. He drilled into the roots of the fir tree, hid his aura, and penetrated upwards.
Old fir tree: “...”
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