After staying in this shop for almost half an hour, Li Xuangang finally left with some joy on his face.
Although he still didn't buy enough thorn grass here, the boy gave him a clue that it was possible to obtain a large amount of thorn grass.
For this reason, Li Xuangang not only purchased the more than two hundred thorn grasses he took out, but also selected a large number of auxiliary medicines for refining the Ruby Pill.
This time, he spent a total of nearly 600 spirit stones here.
And with such a big deal, the boy was very happy and told Li Xuangang the clue in great detail.
He also pointed out the key points and reminded him deliberately.
After Li Xuangang left here, the boy was calculating how many spiritual stones he had earned from this transaction at the counter, while secretly guessing Li Xuangang's identity.
"This senior in the Foundation Establishment Stage has purchased so many spiritual plants. Could it be that he is an alchemist?"
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There was no way to verify the boy's guess, because Li Xuangang was speeding over a mountain forest at this time.
According to the clues he got from the boy, there was a long and narrow canyon in the middle of Limeng Island, where many thorn grasses grew.
This news was accidentally discovered by the boy a few years ago when he went deep into the depths of Limeng Island to look for spiritual plants. Because there were too many thorn grasses in the canyon, it left him with a lot of information.
Deep impression.
Today, after Li Xuangang proposed to buy a large amount of thorn grass, he immediately recalled it.
And not only that, the boy also told Li Xuangang: Because spiritual plants like thorn grass have no use, ordinary monks and monsters will not be interested in it.
This means that the thorn grass he saw in that canyon a few years ago is very likely still growing in place.
After Li Xuangang heard the news, he only thought about it for a moment and then made the decision to go to that canyon.
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As soon as he left Donghaifang City's sphere of influence, Li Xuangang used the Breath Condensation Art to suppress his aura to a minimum.
Although he is not afraid of the third-order monsters he may encounter on the way, the main purpose of his trip is to collect thorn grass, so he does not want to cause any conflict with these third-order monsters.
Soon, when he deliberately suppressed his aura and released his spiritual consciousness to help him avoid those third-level monsters in advance.
Five days later, he successfully arrived at a place that was very similar to the canyon the boy said.
He stopped over the canyon and looked at it from above for a few times. Then he took out a map and compared it with the location recorded on it to make sure he was in the right place.
When he took the map back, a happy look appeared on his face and he whispered softly: "It seems like this is it!"
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Now that he had determined his position, Li Xuangang didn't waste any more time, and he immediately lowered his height slowly.
And as soon as he landed, he spread his consciousness around, looking for thorn grass while also guarding against possible dangers here.
After all, only the one-third of the entire Limeng Island near Donghaifang City is relatively safe, while the remaining two-thirds are inhabited by many high-level monsters.
Although the boy had repeatedly assured him that there were no high-level monsters in this canyon, he still had to be on guard.
After all, so many years have passed, and there's no telling if a third-level demonic beast might move here.
He has seen many incidents of boats capsizing in the gutter, so he has always believed in being prepared for everything!
With this vigilance in his heart, Li Xuangang slowly moved towards the inside of the canyon, and soon he discovered a small patch of green thorn grass growing on a slope.
While flying towards that slope, I thought in my heart:
"It seems that the boy did not deceive me. I just stepped into the canyon and saw thorn grass growing. If I continue to go deeper into it, I will probably see more."
Landing next to this piece of thorn grass, Li Xuangang waved his hand and called Zhong Da out of Zi Yan's corpse coffin.
The amount of thorn grass he needs to collect during this trip is too large. If Zhengda helps, the collection speed will undoubtedly be improved a lot, which will save him a lot of time.
Zheng Tianzi knew what Li Xuangang meant, so the next moment, each of them took a small jade shovel and began to collect these thorn grasses one by one.
They collected the thorn grass directly into the storage bag, instead of using jade boxes to bloom it first and then putting it into the storage bag like when Li Xuangang collected other spiritual plants.
This is because the amount of thorn grass he wants to collect this time is too much, so there are not so many jade boxes.
Moreover, according to his original arrangement, these thorn grasses would be consumed quickly, so it would not be a big deal to store them directly in the storage bag.
The key is that these thorn grasses are indeed not as delicate as other high-level spiritual plants!
There were about a hundred thorn grasses on this slope, and it only took Li Xuangang and Zhengda less than a quarter of an hour to collect them all. When they straightened up, they had already collected all the thorn grasses here.
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There was a mountain wind blowing from the other end of the canyon. Li Xuangang and Zheng Da were still searching inside the canyon. From time to time, they could see a large area somewhere.
Stopping and going, I probably spent half a day searching in this canyon.
At this time, their storage bags totaled nearly 1,500 thorn grasses.
In terms of quantity alone, although it is still far from Li Xuangang's requirements, the progress of their collection is actually pretty good.
Moreover, they have only explored part of this canyon. If they continue to go inside, they will definitely encounter more.
Without further ado, after collecting the newly discovered thorn grass growing point, Li Xuangang and Zheng Da continued to head deeper into the canyon.
In this way, the two of them stayed here for a whole day. By the time night fell, the number of thorn grass in their storage bags had reached four thousand.
Just when Li Xuangang was about to change places and continue searching for thorn grass, a short black figure suddenly attracted his and Zhengda's attention.
This black figure slowly poked its head out from the rocks on one side of the canyon. Since both Li Xuangang and Zheng Da concealed their auras at this time, the black figure did not notice their presence at first.
On the other side, Li Xuangang and Zheng Da stayed here throughout the day and did not detect any scent of monsters here.
But now this figure was real. Zhengda glanced in Li Xuangang's direction, asking him to go over and deal with it.
Li Xuangang slowly shook his head towards him.
His consciousness was strong enough, so he noticed some things in this black figure that should not appear in it.
During his investigation, the black shadow that suddenly appeared was a first-level mid-level rat monster.
There is nothing strange about this. Rat monsters like to move at night, but what makes Li Xuangang feel strange is that the aura of this rat monster is so rich that it seems that it has just come from somewhere.
It comes out of a place with abundant spiritual energy, or it seems like it has just swallowed something rich in spiritual energy.
So in order to find out the reason, Li Xuangang decided to implement a small plan.
He suddenly released his aura, and after noticing such a powerful aura, the rat monster immediately panicked.
At this moment, there was only one thought in its little head: "There are high-level monsters here, and I want to return to a safe place as soon as possible."
Driven by this thought, the rat-like monster quickly fled towards the place where it came from.
When Li Xuangang saw that it was about to disappear into the night, he sent a message to Zhengda:
"Concentrate your breath and keep up with it."
So in this originally extremely silent canyon, there was a little disturbance.
A first-level mid-level rat-like monster was running away in front of it, while two blurry black figures behind it were rising and falling, hanging it in the distance.
Soon, the rat monster got into a cave in the canyon. After a while, two figures also landed at the entrance of the cave.
Li Xuangang stood still, so Zhengda also stopped here, waiting for his follow-up arrangements while keeping a vigilant eye on the surrounding environment.
Feeling a special aura coming from the cave, Li Xuangang also had some guesses about the situation below.
So the next moment, he walked into the cave with Zhengda.
The cave is not big, and they reached the end in a short time.
But what he saw at the end surprised Li Xuangang.
This place is actually densely covered with thorn grass, and the area is green. The environment in the cave was originally a bit dark, but because of the existence of these thorn grass, some of the environment inside can be seen clearly even with the naked eye.
The rat monsters that had escaped earlier were also blocked here by Li Xuangang and Zheng Da.
However, looking at so many thorn grasses in front of him, Li Xuangang had obviously been attracted by it and no longer paid attention to the rat monster.
Seeing the thorn grass everywhere here, Li Xuangang smiled.
Now he and Zhengda no longer have to search slowly for thorn grass in the canyon. It seems that as long as the thorn grass here is collected, it will be enough to complete the transformation of Qing Ling into a demon.
With the introductory practice of gong, maybe there will be something left over!
And just when he and Zhengda completely exposed their bodies and breaths here,
A "squeak" sound full of panic and vigilance suddenly sounded, interrupting Li Xuangang's reverie.
He turned his head and saw that it was the rat-like monster that he and Zangda had blocked here.