Lord of Bones

Chapter 226 Stealing Zikucao
When Li Yuan returned to the inn, it was already late at night, Yuan Yao had already fallen asleep soundly, and Li Yunqing was still practicing and did not fall asleep.

As soon as he entered the room, Li Yunqing quit the cultivation state.

"How is it? Did you find anything?" Li Yunqing asked softly.

Li Yuan carefully told Li Yunqing the news he had inquired about, and discussed countermeasures.

.........

The next morning.

The morning sun shone brightly on the bed through the gap in the window.

Yuan Yao's tightly closed eyes slowly opened a small slit, yawned, and murmured: "Xiao Yuan, why don't you close the window properly!"

"It's three poles in the sun, it's time to go." Li Yuan said.

After Yuan Yao woke up and finished washing, she called Shi Chen, and the group of four left the inn and headed southwest of the town.

The whole town was shrouded in a faint red mist, which softened the already mild sunlight in the morning.

The transportation station in the town is not far from the inn where Li Yuan and the others live.

According to the route given by the inn's waiter, after passing through several small streets, we saw a square more than 300 feet wide and 500 feet long.

On the square, there are hundreds of elephant horses and more than 20 huge clouded leopards. The latter has long white hair all over its body and is five or six feet in size.

It may be the reason why Yunliu City can only enter and cannot enter. There are not many people in the huge square.

Seeing a guest coming to the door, a middle-aged woman with a mid-stage cultivation in the Void Stepping Realm came over and asked Li Yuan and the others respectfully: "Masters, do you want to rent a mount?"

"Yes. How do you rent the cloud leopard beast?" Li Yuan responded.

The middle-aged woman respectfully said: "I don't know where the adults are going?"

"Yunliu City, are you going? How much does it cost?"

"This... we can't go to Yunliu City during this time." The middle-aged woman smiled awkwardly, "Your Excellency should have heard that Yunliu City can only be entered and cannot be entered, and the inspection is very strict.

"If the adults really want to go, I can only send you a hundred miles outside the city. For the rest of the journey, the adults have to go on their own. If you want, I will only charge the four of you 80 Yuan middle-grade primordial stones.

"Business is not easy during this time. The fee is only [-]% of the usual fee."

The middle-aged woman was afraid that Li Yuan and the others would not ride, so she hastily added another sentence.

Li Yuan pretended to think for a moment, and said lightly: "Okay. Let's go now!"

The middle-aged woman looked around, saw that there were no other guests, and said, "Okay! You guys wait a moment."

Not long after, a middle-aged woman came over with a clouded leopard, and there were two animal trainers who specialized in driving clouded leopards, both of whom had completed the Void-Treading Realm.

A third-level earth spirit-like human being can't control it, only a special animal trainer can do it.

For Li Yuan, it is not difficult to drive the third-level earth spirit, but the route to Yunliu City is not clear.

The middle-aged woman handed an animal skin ticket to Li Yuan, who glanced at it, and immediately paid 80 yuan for a middle-grade Yuanshi.

On the back of the clouded leopard beast, a wooden house with fairly fine workmanship was built, almost three feet long and two feet wide, divided into two rooms inside and outside.

The outer room can seat 14 people on both sides, and the inner room can seat six people, which is relatively spacious.

"Let's go!" Li Yuan ordered to the two animal trainers outside after taking his seat.

The clouded leopard let out a beast roar, and under the command of the animal trainer, it galloped towards the outside of the square.

The straight-line distance from Hongyun Town to Yunliu City is nearly a thousand miles, and the route the clouded leopard beast walks is rugged, and it needs to avoid dense forests to avoid being attacked by monsters, which greatly lengthens the route.

.........

As night fell, fog filled the air.

"You two, how long will it take to get to Yunliu City?" Li Yuan asked the animal trainer outside the house.

"Back to my lord, there are still more than 300 miles. For safety at night, the forward speed will be slower. It is estimated that we will reach a hundred miles outside Yunliu City, and it will be around dawn tomorrow." One of the animal trainers replied respectfully.

Another animal trainer took out dozens of yellow wooden sticks from the storage bag, lit them, and fixed them on the shelves all over the clouded leopard beast, and inserted a dozen sticks in front of the head of the clouded leopard.

The yellow stick burns slowly, emits yellow smoke, and exudes a faint fragrance, which makes people feel refreshed.

The clouded leopard breathed with ease, pushing the smoke forward several feet.

Because the speed is much slower than during the day, it is less than half of the normal speed of the elephant horse.

Most of Earth Spirit's body was shrouded in yellow smoke, with a long trail behind it.

The red mist that permeated the forest, met the yellow smoke, and dispersed miraculously.

Li Yuan opened the door, lifted the curtain, looked at the burning yellow sticks, and asked, "Master, what are you planting around?"

The animal trainer who had just ignited the Huangyun rock wood replied: "My lord doesn't know about this thing, it should have come from outside the Luoyun mountain range.

"This is Huangyunyan wood, which is very common in our place. Its only function is to dispel the mist that permeates the Luoyun Mountains and prevent the monsters hidden in the mist from attacking. Those monsters are very afraid of Huangyunyan wood."

Li Yuan did not expect that Huangyun Yanmu had such a function.

After thinking for a long time, Li Yuan spent a piece of middle-grade primordial stone to buy sticks made of [-]% of the Huangyunyan wood on the two animal tamers.

"By the way, are there really no other big cities nearby besides Yunliu City?"

Li Yuan put away the Huangyun Yanmu, and continued to inquire about the two animal trainers.

"Yunliu City is only such a big city with a radius of [-] miles. There are quite a few towns, and our Hongyun Town is the largest town." Another animal trainer sitting on the right side of the carriage replied.

"I heard that there is a big city nearby. Although there is a Liu family Nirvana strongman sitting in the town, it is not completely controlled by the Liu family." The animal trainer on the left answered.

Hearing this, Li Yuan hurriedly asked: "What city? Where is it located? Is it far away?"

"Meteor City in Liuyue Kingdom should be three or four thousand miles away from Yunliu City!" The animal trainer on the left replied.

Another animal trainer added: "The Meteor City is located in the southwest of the Luoyun Mountain Range. It is not easy to pass through from the current northeast. You need to climb over the entire Luoyun Mountain Range."

The night was dark and misty.

It was rare for someone to talk to the animal trainer, and they chatted a lot along the way. Li Yuan inquired about some things related to the Liu family from them, and also learned a lot about the surrounding situation of Yunliu City.

On the second day, it was just dawn.

On the wide mountain road, the clouded leopard slowly stopped.

On one side of the mountain road is a straight cliff, and on the other side is an abyss.

Occasionally rolling rocks, the sound of colliding with the cliff, echoed in the mountains, and lingered for a long time.

"My lords, we are here. The rest of the road, you have to go on your own.

"There are fewer monsters around Yunliu City, and they are only first- and second-level monsters. The three red-blooded bats are mostly, but they are afraid of Huangyun Yanmu.

"We can only send it here. Going forward, if people from the Liu family find out, it's not easy to get out. That's Yunliu City over there."

After an animal trainer finished speaking, he pointed to the lush mountains in the northwest direction, and the outline of a huge city could be vaguely seen. At this time, the light was not very sufficient, so it was not clear.

After Li Yuan and the others got out of the car, the two animal trainers gave a salute, and drove the clouded leopard back.

With a flick of his fingers, several Huangyunyan sticks flew out, Li Yuan lit them, and the yellow smoke wafted with a fragrance.

Looking around, among the rolling peaks, there is a blood-red thick fog area that is thicker than other places, it seems to be west of Yunliu City.

"Finally we are almost arriving at Yunliu City." Li Yunqing said slowly, the destination was right in front of her eyes, but her face showed a solemn look: "Xiao Yuanzi, are we really not going to the city?"

"Don't go in." Li Yuan nodded and said, "The direction to the west of the city is strange, so we went around from outside the city. When we inquired in Hongyun Town before, we learned that although the Liu family's mansion is in Yunliu City, the place where the clansmen practice is in the ancestral house outside the city. .

"It is said that Liu Tianyun is also retreating there. It should be that particularly thick red mist area."

"Yeah." Li Yunqing nodded slightly, and glanced at the mountains, "Why don't we wait here until the sun comes out!"

"Xiao Yuan, I don't think that place is safe, do you really want to go?" Before Li Yuan could speak, Yuan Yao hurriedly said.

Looking at the red area, relying on her blood reaction, plus the three red blood bats before, a trace of anxiety arose in her heart.

Yuan Yao's words made Li Yuan hesitate, Jiu Huanyuan was naturally sensitive to dangerous places.

Ling is sleeping, and it's up to him to make up his mind.

Li Yuan deliberated over and over, and left, feeling a little unwilling.

If there is no accident, it is estimated that it will take five to ten years to advance to Nirvana with the help of the bones in their bodies.

After entering Nirvana, Li Yuan never thought of using Zongyuan Pill to assist in his cultivation, but directly used Ziyuan Pill.

There are so many obstacles in the future, and I give up every time I encounter danger, so it is difficult to improve my cultivation.

"Little Yaoyao, I decided to go and have a look. Now that everyone has come, I am unwilling to go back.

"If you really encounter a big enemy, you and I will join forces to kill him without leaving any behind. You can't back down.

"Don't be so afraid of death, you have to be worthy of the blood of the Yuan beast." Li Yuan looked at Yuan Yao and said with a half-smile.

Yuan Yao already understood that Li Yuan had made up his mind, and no longer struggled fearlessly, so he could only bite the bullet and nod silently.

.........

The sun finally climbed into the sky, and the golden light washed away the fog in the mountains and forests.

Li Yuan and the others headed towards the west of Yunliu City.

Detour in the mountains and forests so as not to be exposed.

Six hours later, the group finally reached the west of Yunliu City.

At this time, the setting sun had already set, the forest was dim, and the moon cage was lightly veiled, making it illusory.

Four pieces of Huangyun rock wood were lit and held in his hands to dispel the surrounding fog.

Looking up at the night sky through the gaps between the leaves, I don't know if it is because of the fog, the hazy full moon turned blood red.

There are continuous roars of beasts around, which is very scary.

Li Yuan paused, and suddenly said: "The front should be the Liu family's ancestral house!"

When Li Yunqing and the others heard the words, they all looked in the direction Li Yuan pointed.

The trees in front of us are thinning, and in the distance, we can see the flames dimming the fog in the night sky.

After staying for a while, they quickly skimmed to the thorn bushes under a huge rock.

Throwing away the thorns and revealing a small gap, Yuan Yao frowned and murmured in a low voice: "Why is there no guard at the gate of such a big house?"

At this moment, Yuan Yao felt even more uneasy.

Not far in front of the dense thorns, there is a square paved with huge stones, which is a hundred feet square.

On the opposite side of the square, the courtyard walls as high as tens of feet are connected with the steep mountain walls on both sides.

In the middle of the courtyard wall, on both sides of the giant courtyard gate, hung two three-foot-sized red lanterns with a large Chinese character "Willow" on them.

In front of the door are two huge three-headed red-blooded bat statues, about eleven or twenty feet high.

Li Yuan released his soul power, spread out slowly, jumped over the gate of the courtyard, and explored the situation inside the courtyard.

The buildings in the courtyard are like a rainbow.

Due to the terrain, all the buildings are built along the cliffs on both sides, extending slowly inward, getting wider and gradually upward.

Going seven or eight miles inward, it will come to an end.

On the side of the end of the house, there is a large hall with a plaque of "Purple Cloud Hall" hanging, and many elites are queuing up to submit things.

Li Yuan looked carefully and found that it was all Zikucao, and he was immediately excited.

From the conversation between the Yuan people, it is known that at this moment, it is the time for the Liu family members to go to the mountain to pick Zikucao.

In the Luoyun Mountains, only the core members of the Liu family know where Zikuweed grows.

Opposite the main hall, there is also a medicine garden of tens of acres, like a small purple lake, planted with Zikuweed.

However, in terms of quality, it is much worse than the herbs picked by those primordial people.

If these planted Zikucao were used to refine medicine, the level of refining medicine required by the alchemist was extremely high.

Otherwise, all the refining products will be waste pills.

When it comes to the elixir of Wang Dan's level, there is not much money in Yiwen elixir, and those who take it for a long time.

Erysipelas is too heavy, and Wang Dan is mostly used by Nirvana realm powerhouses.

For those who have reached this level, the improvement of cultivation base is already slow. If there is too much erysipelas accumulated in the body, the cultivation base will be completely stopped.

Li Yuan was extremely excited by the purple weeds in the garden.

As long as the other six materials are collected, the Zikucao here can fully satisfy dozens of people who have cultivated to the late stage of Nirvana.

Seen from a distance, Zikucao seems to exude a faint purple halo, but it is just a purple withered grass, lifeless and inconspicuous.

There are hundreds of members of the Liu family in the mansion, and only one of them is in the Nirvana state, who has reached the peak of the early stage of Nirvana state.

Li Yuan slowly withdrew his soul power, acting extremely excited and excited.

After a while, when he calmed down a bit, he said in a deep voice, "After midnight, I sneaked in. You wait for me here."

"Let me go with you!" Li Yunqing said immediately.

"No!" Li Yuan resolutely said, "I have found the location where the Zikucao is stored, and I can fetch it by myself. If there are too many people, they will be alarmed."

"But……"

"Don't worry, little aunt, even if someone from the Liu family finds out, they won't be able to trap me."

.........

In the middle of the night, a black figure sprang out from the thorn bushes on the opposite side of the square outside Liu Jiazu's house, quickly floated across the square, jumped up the courtyard wall, and fell into the courtyard.

Under the black robe, a blue and silver lightning arc flickered faintly.

Sniffing the mist covering the Liu family's ancestral house with his nose, the smell of blood was very strong, Li Yuan pressed down on the black cloak, borrowed the hazy red moonlight, and the dim light from some lanterns outside the small courtyard, along the Go deep in the courtyard.

At the entrance of the medicine garden opposite Ziyun Hall, three figures were sitting on wooden chairs, cuddling each other and sleeping soundly.

A Thunder Flying Blade suddenly appeared, and quickly struck the heads of several figures.

Just when the three of them were about to fall, a black figure flew out, and the majestic Yuan force straightened it.

Then, the black figure flashed into the medicine garden.

Looking at the purple dead grass in the garden, Li Yuan was overjoyed.

He leaned over to touch the soil in the medicine garden, picked up a handful, rubbed it on his fingers, and smelled it again. He thought to himself: "This should be the purple cloud mud that Ling said. I didn't expect the Liu family to make it With so many, it is no wonder that so many Prunus subtilis can be cultivated."

The quality of Zikucao in the medicine garden is difficult for others to refine medicine, but for Li Yuan, there is no problem.

Putting down the purple cloud mud in his hand, he flashed across the garden, and all the purple withered grass in the garden was collected into the ring.

After collecting the materials, he flicked his body and swept out of the medicine garden.

(End of this chapter)