Liu Zhi and others nodded after listening to Chen Yang's words. To them, Xuanqing Sect is indeed a sect that cannot be smaller. High-priced things like soul stones can only be found in large sects.
market.
How did they know that Chen Yang was talking about being within the Yin Demon Sect. He had been in the Yin Demon Sect for so long and had never heard of anything about soul stones. Obviously, the Yin Demon Sect did not pay much attention to such things.
In the Yin Demon Sect, only crystal stones that are useful to demon servants, such as underworld stones, attract attention.
In this expedition to the ruins, you can only gain merit by collecting the types of spiritual herbs that the sect elders have told you about.
As Liu Zhi said before, things like soul stones are of great use to practitioners who have soul-like magic weapons, but they are of no use to ordinary people. It is still a bit difficult to find a buyer.
Chen Yang was not sure whether the soul stones in his hands would be recognized by others when he took them back. It was better to collect the spiritual herbs.
Liu Zhi felt that he had treated Chen Yang a bit wrong by exchanging those black gastrodia grasses for soul stones, so he offered to help Chen Yang harvest some black gastrodia grasses in this area as compensation.
It was quite difficult for Chen Yang to collect black gastrodia without causing attacks by ice toads, but it was easy for Liu Zhi.
He has many experiences collecting black gastrodia in the ruins, and can accurately determine the location of the ice toad's nest, and can maximize the harvest of spiritual grass while trying to avoid disturbing the ice toad.
When Liu Zhi offered to help, Chen Yang was naturally eager to ask for help and did not refuse his kindness.
Soon, under Liu Zhi's guidance, the four of them collected a lot of black gastrodia. Except for the black gastrodia that grew above the ice toad's nest, Chen Yang collected all of them.
When the four of them were getting ready to go, Liu Xu, who was responsible for receiving internal information from the sect, suddenly called out to Liu Zhi.
"Senior Brother Liu, the elders suddenly sent news that many people have reported that there may be a soul stone mine inside the ruins. They want us to stop the collection task at hand and focus on searching for the location of the soul stone mine."
"It turns out that so many people have discovered the existence of soul stones. It seems that this ruins is not simple. There may be many soul stone deposits."
Liu Zhi had no idea of exploring the soul stone mine for a long time, but he still had a task assigned by the sect, so he couldn't get away from it.
This time the sect directly issued an order asking them to change their itinerary, so Liu Zhi naturally had no objections.
According to Liu Zhi, soul stone mines usually appear on the rocky mountains of ruins. Like the alpine woods where they are now, there are almost no soul stone mines. This requires Liu Zhi and the others to go down the mountain immediately.
The place where Chen Yanggang entered was the rocky mountain area, but there were not many spiritual grasses there. He did not intend to go back. He pointed the direction to Liu Zhi and others, and decided to separate from them.
Chen Yang followed Liu Zhi and others, and he was already satisfied with the spiritual herbs he had harvested. He didn't care so much about being sprayed with potion in the cave before.
Liu Zhi tried to stay a few more times, but was still declined by Chen Yang, so he had to say goodbye to Chen Yang.
After returning to acting alone, there was no one around to protect him from sudden dangers, so Chen Yang walked extra cautiously.
After leaving the swamp, he found an easy mountain road and continued to move higher.
Perhaps because there is no experienced practitioner like Liu Zhi with him, when Chen Yang sees some strange flowers and plants, he always stops and takes out the Herbs Illustrated Book to compare them. In the end, he always finds that what he sees are just ordinary ones.
Plant.
This wasted a lot of time, and Chen Yang secretly regretted that Liu Zhi was still a good guide after all, so it was not a wise choice to act separately from him.
Nowadays, it is a bit difficult to find another upright practitioner like Liu Zhi.
Traveling to a mountain col, Chen Yang's spiritual consciousness finally detected the aura of a practitioner nearby.
He sneaked over quietly, and the first two people he saw were an old man and a young man. The old man was wearing white hair and a long beard, wearing a yellow shirt, and holding a long sword. He looked inconspicuous.
The young one is completely different. He is wearing a plain brocade suit made of luxurious fabrics. He looks no more than thirteen or fourteen years old. He has white lips and red teeth, and looks like a young man from a wealthy family.