Liu Yuanyang walked at the front, observing the locations of possible spiritual plants growing around him, and reminded the three people behind him:
"We only have two days at most to complete the exploration of this mountain peak, otherwise it will be very troublesome when the spiritual energy here spreads out and attracts some powerful sea beasts!"
Li Xuangang, who was walking at the end, also understood this truth.
The senior monk who opened a training cave here, spending such a huge price to build a mountain guarding array is definitely not unnecessary.
A mountain guarding array can not only provide necessary protection for oneself in retreat, but also seal all the spiritual energy generated by the spiritual veins within the array.
There are two main purposes of blocking spiritual energy:
First, it can provide a better growing environment for the spiritual plants planted on the mountain peaks.
Second, it can prevent monks or monsters in the sea from discovering this place through the diffused spiritual energy.
In this way, many unnecessary disputes can be avoided and the monks who are retreating here can have a quiet practice environment!
Because after all, no one would be interested in a small island without spiritual energy.
...
The four of them had not been walking on this mountain peak for long when Liu Yuanyang suddenly stopped. He turned to look at the three people behind him, then stretched out his hand and pointed to a forest on the side of the road.
The three of them extended their consciousness in the direction he pointed, and soon noticed a different wave of spiritual energy there.
Li Xuangang is very familiar with this kind of spiritual energy fluctuation. It is clearly the aura that a spiritual plant emits when it is fully mature.
Several people looked at each other, thinking about what to choose.
Because of this action, the ultimate goal is to open the remains of the monk's cave. The cave must also contain the essence collected during his hundreds of years of practice.
Of course, these spiritual plants growing on the mountain peaks are also the harvest of this trip, but compared with the things stored in the cave, they appear to be lighter.
Liu Yuanyang, who had the highest level of cultivation, asked:
"What's your plan? Are you going to collect these spiritual plants first and then go find the cave?"
"Should we go look for the cave first and then dig out these spiritual plants when we leave?"
These words are extremely directional, and it is obvious that Liu Yuanyang prefers the latter option.
Li Xuangang thought for a moment and replied:
"That cave is our biggest gain this time. Logically speaking, we should go look for the location of this thing first, but I just used my spiritual sense to detect that the location of this spiritual plant is not far from us. Let's go and take a look.
It won’t waste much time.”
"If there are spiritual plants found again in the future, we will pick them up if they are close. If we are far away, we will wait until we have explored the cave before making a decision. What do you fellow Taoists think?"
The other three were silent for a moment, seeming to consider the rationality of Li Xuangang's suggestion.
After a while, Chen Yu said:
"I think Fellow Daoist Li's suggestion is good. I actually want to see what these spiritual plants that have been growing for hundreds of years are like?"
"In that case, let's go take a look?"
Zhu Guangshou also echoed.
Seeing that the other three people were interested in going and taking a look, Liu Yuanyang couldn't hold on any longer.
So the next moment, the four people who had unified their opinions walked towards the place where the aura of the spiritual plant was fluctuating.
They walked through a forest for about fifty feet. After passing through the forest, a medicinal garden covering an area of ten acres appeared in front of them.
The spiritual energy gathers here, and there is also a small guardian ban to protect the entire medicinal garden.
Li Xuangang already had a lot of knowledge in the field of spiritual plants. With just one glance, he recognized the types of spiritual plants grown in this medicinal garden.
Suddenly seeing so many elixirs, the four of them were very happy, and their joy was beyond words.
Li Xuangang opened his mouth and said:
"If I'm not mistaken, what is planted here is the second-order mid-grade spiritual grass Turtle Leaf."
As he spoke, he squatted down and looked carefully through the guarding restrictions.
These turtle leaves that have been growing quietly here for hundreds of years are finally displayed in front of people. Each one has its branches and leaves stretched out, like a lovable child. At the same time, their bodies are also rich in extremely rich spiritual energy.
Li Xuangang continued to introduce:
"Although this Turtle Leaf is only a second-level spiritual plant that cannot be advanced, the ones in front of us have been growing for hundreds of years. It seems that the medicinal power has reached two to three times higher than those of the same kind circulating on the market.
If you exchange it for spiritual stones, I estimate that one plant can be sold for around ninety spiritual stones."
Listening to Li Xuangang's introduction and valuation, Zhu Guangshou couldn't help but sigh in admiration. He looked at these turtle leaves and said:
"Three seniors, this medicine garden looks like it has more than a hundred turtle leaves planted. If we go by senior Li Jiu's valuation, then the harvest from this place is worth more than 9,000 spirit stones, even if we share it equally among the four of us.
, each person can also get more than two thousand coins..."
"But... I don't know what method was used to set up this restriction. After so long, it is still functioning normally without any damage at all?"
Li Xuangang said to the three of them with some doubts.
"Huh?" Liu Yuanyang let out a light sigh!
He walked forward, investigated, and found out that after hundreds of years, this protective circle still protected the spiritual plants inside.
If you want to break this magic circle, it may take a long time.
Liu Yuanyang stood up, looked at the ten-acre medicinal garden, and asked:
"Then what are your plans?"
Li Xuangang also stood up, moved his eyes away from the turtle leaf, and replied thoughtfully:
"Since...since we can't get it right away, we might as well go find the cave first. As Liu Daoyou said before, after we finish exploring the cave, we can then search for the various spiritual plants on the mountain. That's it.
You won’t miss the real thing.”
This suggestion is feasible, and the other three people have no objections.
So next, the four people left this place and continued towards the top of the mountain, because monks usually build caves on the top of the mountain with the most spiritual energy.
In the process of climbing to the top of the mountain, they gradually noticed that there were still several places where spiritual plants existed, but they did not go to check again.
Because there must be guarding restrictions in these places, so I couldn't collect them even after a while.
Although they did not go to check it out in detail, they still silently remembered the locations where these spiritual plants grew.
I thought that when I came down the mountain, I wouldn't have to search all over the mountains and fields for the location of the spiritual plant.
There was no conversation all the way, and the four of them just walked towards the top of the mountain.
...
The sea breeze roared in the distance. Since the mountain peak was no longer protected by the mountain guarding formation, all the sea breeze flowed in unimpeded.
When the moist wind blew on their faces, the four of them turned their heads and looked towards the seaside. They saw that the sky and the earth were covered by a large black cloud. The sky seemed to want to press down and merge with the entire sea.
This scene is so majestic that it gives people an unstoppable feeling!
Looking at this scene, Liu Yuanyang sighed: "It seems that a heavy rain is coming."
Li Xuangang seemed to feel something, turned his head to look at the sky, and said: "That's true!"
Seeing the large groups of dark clouds getting closer and closer, the four of them also accelerated their pace up the mountain.
After about half an hour, the four of them finally arrived at the top of the mountain. However, the place was completely bare, and there was no sign that any cave had been opened here.
However, they were not panicked. Judging from the large and small restrictions placed on this mountain peak, this senior monk in the foundation building stage might also be an array master. He used arrays to hide his cave before retreating.
It's also completely understandable.
Considering this possibility, Liu Yuanyang said:
"The entrance to the cave should be right here, everyone, look around!"
So the four people spread out and began to carefully explore around the top of the mountain.
The focus is on those places where the spiritual energy flow is abnormal.
Just like this, about a quarter of an hour passed. The dark clouds that were originally above the East China Sea still reached the sky above this mountain peak, and raindrops as big as beans also began to fall, first pattering, and then gradually becoming denser.
The raindrops kept hitting people's faces, making them unable to open their eyes.
Li Xuangang walked around calmly. On the surface, there seemed to be nothing wrong, but in fact, he was careless and had no sense of urgency to find the location of the cave as soon as possible.
The heavy rain did not get Li Xuangang wet. Countless raindrops were automatically stopped by his body-protecting Qi before they even got close to his body.
The other three people in his consciousness were still searching "with all their heart". He stood casually beside a big tree and observed with great interest whether the big tree was also a spiritual plant.
But the result was disappointing, it was just an ordinary big tree.
In fact, Li Xuangang was not worried at all about the location of the cave, because Liu Yuanyang and the three of them would always find it.
Sure enough, at the next moment, Zhu Guangshou's voice rang from a corner on the top of the mountain:
"found it!"
Following this shout, the corners of Li Xuangang's mouth raised slightly, but he immediately disappeared them again.
Then, he also set off with Liu Yuanyang and the two of them, heading towards the direction where the sound came from.