After listening to Zou Ran's whisper, Chen Xuan still had no intention of handing over the medicinal herbs.
While on the road, he heard from Zou Ran that there were more than a dozen small immortal cultivating sects in the upper area of the Rift Cloud Valley who sent people here to collect "protection fees."
In the past, there were many small sects that directly robbed casual herb collectors. Later, they were suppressed and even destroyed by those powerful sects. Therefore, in recent years, no one dared to rob openly.
After all, the medicinal herbs collected by casual cultivators are necessary for the major sects near the Split Cloud Valley. Small sects must not be allowed to damage the herb-collecting environment of the Split Cloud Valley.
Of course, these small sects dare not rob openly, but they dare to use their names to receive protection fees. In fact, they have helped the casual cultivators to stop many ferocious beasts, and by collecting some protection fees, the big sects will turn a blind eye.
Too lazy to care.
The reason why Chen Xuan still decided not to hand over the medicinal herbs when faced with an entry-level monk in the foundation building stage and a dozen or so monks in the Qi refining stage who were similar to him was because the Tianba Sect did not dare to steal it from him openly.
Herbs.
What's more, if he hands over one-tenth of the herbs, these people won't have some thoughts when they see so many herbs in his bag.
Based on the above, Chen Xuan said coldly: "Why should I hand over the herbs that I picked by myself?"
As soon as these words came out, Zou Ran and the other four casual cultivators were all shocked.
He didn't expect that Chen Xuan would dare to talk to Yan Du like this. Would he die?
Sure enough, it's this stupid young man who has never seen the world, and something is going to happen now!
Yan Du looked as if he wanted to kill someone. He glared at Chen Xuan coldly, then suddenly sneered and asked Zou Ran, "Is this with you?"
"Uh..." Zou Ran didn't know how to answer.
He wanted to cut off the relationship with Chen Xuan, but Chen Xuan had saved them before, so he was speechless for a moment.
"No!" Feng Shi quickly answered for Zou Ran, "Senior Brother Yan, the five of us are in the same group. This fellow Daoist Chen only joined us temporarily. His personal decision has nothing to do with us. I hope you won't blame us.
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As soon as these words came out, the expressions of Zou Ran, Zhang Qing, Yan Meng and Song Feng changed slightly.
After a few days of getting along, they actually had a good impression of Chen Xuan.
Especially Zhang Qing and Yan Meng, who are not as deep-minded as the other three, and already regard Chen Xuan as half a friend.
But in the current situation, they finally did not dare to stand up and speak for Chen Xuan, or to persuade Chen Xuan.
As for Zou Ran, Song Feng and Feng Shi had the same idea in their hearts. Even if Chen Xuan had helped them, they had only known each other for a few days. Now that Chen Xuan had offended Tianbamen, they immediately chose to give up on Chen Xuan as a member.
Although Tianbamen did not dare to attack them openly, who could say for sure about this kind of thing?
So when Feng Shi spoke, none of the other four people spoke again, and they all acquiesced to Feng Shi's words.
In this regard, Chen Xuan thought it was nothing. These five people just wanted to save their lives, but since they made their choice, if they encountered any danger in the future, Chen Xuan would not be able to help them again.
"It turns out he's a casual cultivator. Boy, you don't want to hand over the herbs, but have you thought about it carefully?" Yan Du asked with a cold light in his eyes.
Chen Xuan didn't respond, picked up the herb bag on the ground, turned around and left.
"Hmph! How dare you be so arrogant in front of me as a casual cultivator in the Qi Refining Period? I don't think you can survive in this Cloud Valley for a few days by yourself!" Yan Du became angry with embarrassment, and his words contained a strong threat.
But he still didn't take action against Chen Xuan after all.
The spiritual consciousness of those high-level monks from large sects can cover the entire Split Cloud Valley at will. Of course, a monk in the foundation-building stage of a small sect like him would not dare to commit murder and swindle openly.
But it's easy to lure some ferocious beasts into the kid's medicine-gathering range...
Thinking of this, Yan Du sneered inwardly, waved his hand, and took a dozen juniors to other places to collect protection money.
Watching Chen Xuan disappear into the night, any trace of guilt in Zou Ran's heart disappeared.
This young man is so arrogant that he can't listen to his advice at all, so you can't blame him.
The five casual cultivators all know what will happen to a casual cultivator in the Qi refining stage in the dangerous and treacherous Cloud Split Valley.
But even Yan Meng and Zhang Qing, who were relatively kind-hearted, did not pursue Chen Xuan to persuade him to come back.
After breaking away from the group of five casual cultivators, Chen Xuan did not start a fire. He walked in the deep night for about half an hour and found a sunken rock wall. He sat down to collect his breath and closed his eyes to rest.
Hidden in the sea of rolling clouds above were various unknown strange and giant birds, taking advantage of the dark night to hover at low altitude in search of prey, but these giant birds could not sense where Chen Xuan was at all.
About three or four feet in front of Chen Xuan, there is an abyss. In the thick fog, the shadows of some giant beasts can be vaguely seen. There are creatures several feet tall that look like giant apes. There are also green lights peeking out from the clouds.
A single gleaming scaly claw, and even dozens of tentacles dancing faintly in the clouds and mist, make people feel chilled just by looking at it.
However, according to what Zou Ran said before, the huge beasts and powerful monsters below the Split Cloud Valley will not come up to the higher areas. I don’t know if they are not interested in low-level monks, or they are afraid of some powerful sects with advanced cultivation levels.
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Chen Xuan spent the night like this in a half-asleep and half-awake state. When the sky was about to get bright, he got up and continued to search for medicinal herbs.
Chen Xuan had asked Zou Ran before about how to get to Cliff City in the east of Split Cloud Valley. According to his plan, after collecting herbs here that can be exchanged for a hundred low-grade spiritual stones, he would go to Cliff City to exchange for cultivation resources.
He can use more time to collect more herbs, but carrying thousands of herbs on his person will definitely attract the attention of many people with malicious intentions.
Suddenly, half a day passed, and Chen Xuan collected more than fifty ordinary medicinal herbs. Although the laws of heaven and earth in the mountain and sea world were different from those on the earth, and he could not use the "celestial induction" ability, his induction was still much stronger than that of ordinary monks.
Along the way, he avoided many groups of casual cultivators, as well as large beasts that he could not handle.
At noon, Chen Xuan was about to find a place to rest for a while. He walked a few steps forward and suddenly found a narrow passage recessed in the corner of the rock in front of him. It seemed that there was some secret path hidden between the rock walls.
And from the other end of the secret path, there was a violent aura.
"What?" Chen Xuan frowned, pondered for a moment, and decided to explore what was abnormal in the passage.
He tried his best to restrain his breath and walked quietly against the rock wall. After walking about twenty steps, a circular open area appeared in front of him. Such a circular space was naturally formed inside the rock wall.
There are many flowers and plants inside, and one of them has a herb with fruits like black gems. It is surrounded by many flowers and plants, exuding a strong aura.
